UNDATED (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have played themselves into the National League Championship Series by beating Clayton Kershaw for the second time in the five days.
Matt Adams launched a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the Redbirds past the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in Game 4 of the NL division series. Kershaw had a one-hit shutout until Matt Holiday and Jhonny Peralta (JAH’-nee peh-RAHL-tah) opened the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back singles. Adams followed with a blast just two pitches later to chase Kershaw and put the Redbirds in the NLCS for the fourth straight year.
The Cardinals got 3 1/3 shutout innings from the bullpen, although closer Trevor Rosenthal made things interesting by putting two runners on base before getting Carl Crawford to hit a series-ending grounder.
Marco Gonzales worked the seventh to pick up the victory.
The Cards will play either San Francisco or Washington in the NLCS. The Giants are making a second attempt at closing out their division series against the Nationals.
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