For, in Game 7 of the first World Series to have been contested here in more than a generation, at Dodger Stadium, which had never hosted such a game, Kershaw was spectacular for four innings, and later said he could have gone longer. It is not illogical to entertain the notion of Kershaw in innings one through four or more, rather than three through six. The Houston Astros put five runs on Darvish before Game 7 was an inning-and-a-half along, almost precisely what they'd rendered over five outs in Darvish's start of Game 3, and for those two reasons and about a million more, their 5-1 win Wednesday night brought their first World Series championship, in their 56th season.