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The Washington Nationals traveled out to Los Angeles for a series between the top two teams in the National League in September 2014. The Nationals held a slight edge in the standings going into the September 2nd game, the Dodgers had their ace, Clayton Kershaw on the mound. Kershaw pitched a gem this evening, as he only allowed 5 batters to get on base. One of those batters was Asdrubal Cabrera, who faced off against Kershaw in the top of the third inning. This baseball was used early in the at-bat but was taken out of play after striking the dirt. This at-bat ended with a walk, one of only two that Kershaw allowed. Clayton Kershaw only allowed one run on a Bryce Harper home run in the seventh inning. When it was all said and done, Kershaw pitched 8 solid innings, allowing three hits, one run, two walks, and eight strikeouts in his 94th career win, and the 17th win of the season in which he would go on to win the NL MVP and NL Cy Young awards. The Dodgers improved to 78-61 with this 4-1 win over Washington, and lead their division, trailing only the Nationals by 1 game for the best record in the National League.