Kershaw’s shutout relief does little to ease sting

Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen gave Dave Roberts five scoreless innings in Wednesday’s Game 7. However, circumstances didn’t offer Roberts the luxury of holding either back until the end. Instead, their stingy relief work, while it did prevent the Astros from adding to their early five-run lead, finished mostly as a footnote in a 5-1 loss that left the Dodgers a victory short of a World Series championship.