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Kershaw, Hamels to start in NLCS Game 1 (AP)

Clayton Kershaw will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League championship series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Manager Joe Torre says he went with the 21-year-old left-hander because he came up big in the Dodgers' division-clinching win against Colorado on Oct. 3. Kershaw pitched six scoreless innings in that game, striking out his first five batters and retiring…