The eight-time All-Star will kick off the Dodgers' efforts in the best-of-seven series as the starting pitcher in Game 1 on Tuesday, capping a season that once appeared in doubt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and enduring amid a super-sized, 16-team playoff field. "You know, the post-season's been in some aspects a little harder with the extra round and things like that, it's been a little bit more of a crapshoot with 16 teams making the post-season," said the 32-year-old lefty. "It's been a tough go, facing different teams in different bubbles and different things like that," Kershaw told reporters on Monday.