Jacob deGrom was a bag of nerves as he sat in the locker room before Friday's Game One against the Los Angeles Dodgers but the New York Mets pitcher emerged a winner hours later after his first ever postseason start. The long-haired 27-year-old outlasted his opposite number, three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers, as he allowed just five hits in seven scoreless innings before New York wrapped up a 3-1 win at Dodger Stadium. DeGrom, who pitched to a 14-8 record and a 2.60 ERA during the regular season, tied the Mets' record in the postseason with 13 strikeouts to give his team a much needed confidence boost in their best-of-five National League Division Series.