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[October 17, 2016]    Oct 15 (The Sports Xchange) - Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start Sunday's Game 2 of the National League Championship Series at the Chicago Cubs.

 

Kershaw will face the Cubs three days after he wrapped up the NL Division Series against the Washington Nationals, getting the final two outs in relief in the decisive Game 5. The Dodgers also announced Saturday that left-hander Rich Hill will get the start in Game 3 when the best-of-seven series shifts to Los Angeles.

A three-time National League Cy Young Award winner, Kershaw did not face Chicago this season. He missed 2 1/2 months of the season while dealing with a back injury.

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Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis was removed from the team's American League Championship Series roster because of a knee injury.

Travis missed the final two games of the AL Division Series against the Texas Rangers with a bone bruise in his right knee. He aggravated the injury in the fifth inning of Friday's Game 1 at the Cleveland Indians.

Major League Baseball approved the request to remove Travis from the roster, and the Blue Jays replaced him with Justin Smoak. Darwin Barney got the start at second base in Game 2 on Saturday.

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Los Angeles Angels right-hander Garrett Richards is continuing his recovery from an elbow injury and received a platelet-rich plasma injection on Friday.

Richards sustained a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in May and opted for stem cell treatment instead of Tommy John surgery. The 28-year-old was examined Friday after pitching in his final instructional league game and continued healing was noted. He will take the next eight to 10 weeks off from throwing and is expected to be ready for spring training.

Richards went 1-3 with a 2.34 ERA in six starts before being shut down in May and is 40-32 with a 3.58 ERA in 148 career games - 93 starts. The Oklahoma native had his 2014 campaign ended in August when he sustained a torn patellar tendon in his left knee but returned to make 32 starts in 2015 as the ace of the Los Angeles staff.

(Editing by Andrew Both)

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