"Emmet Sheehan got through the 10th and 11th innings unscathed but got into a two-out, bases-loaded jam in the 12th. That's when Kershaw, who had started warming up in the ninth inning, got the call to make his 496th appearance and his first in extra innings. "I warmed up a lot. I was loose," Kershaw said in an on-field interview with MLB Network after the game. "I threw enough pitches, but that's the life of a bullpen guy, I'm learning.""
"Dodger Stadium erupted as the loudspeakers blasted Kershaw's warm-up song, the appropriately titled "We Are Young," and the veteran prepared to face Toronto's Nathan Lukes, a switch-hitter who had gone one for four with a double and a walk. With fellow Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax watching from the stands, as well as childhood buddy and Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, Kershaw delivered his first pitch, an 89-mph slider that was low."
Clayton Kershaw entered Game 3 in the 12th inning to relieve a bases-loaded, two-out jam after several Dodgers relievers had worked through nine innings. Emmet Sheehan had pitched the 10th and 11th before getting into trouble in the 12th, prompting Kershaw's 496th major-league appearance and first extra-innings outing. Kershaw had started warming up in the ninth and described himself as loose and prepared, saying he had thrown enough pitches. Dodger Stadium erupted to "We Are Young" as Kershaw faced Nathan Lukes, who had been one for four with a double and a walk. Kershaw mixed 87-91 mph sliders and a four-seam fastball, inducing a grounder to second baseman Tommy Edman.
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