(The Sports Xchange) - Clayton Kershaw recorded the final two outs in the bottom of the ninth as the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series with a Game Five 4-3 road victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday. Two days after starting Game Four in Los Angeles, Kershaw made his first relief appearance since 2009 and sealed the victory by retiring Daniel Murphy on a pop-up to second base before striking out pinch hitter Wilmer Difo. The Dodgers won the last two games of the best-of-five series and will begin the NLCS against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Saturday.