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ATHENS, Ga. -- Auburns championship dreams disappeared in a deluge of three-and-outs.Rodrigo Blankenship kicked two fourth-quarter field goals, Maurice Smith returned an interception for a touchdown and Georgias defense shut down No. 8 Auburn in the second half to beat the Tigers 13-7 on Saturday.The loss ended Auburns Southeastern Conference championship hopes and knocked the Tigers out of consideration for a spot in the playoff.Auburn (7-3, 5-2 SEC, No. 9 CFP) had been in control of its hopes to win the SECs Western Division, with one conference game remaining at No. 1 Alabama. Instead, Alabama clinched the division.Auburn was held to 32 yards with no first downs in the second half, and 164 yards overall.The offense didnt get it done today. Its a simple as that, said Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, who said he stuck with struggling quarterback Sean White because Sean is our guy.Georgia held the ball about 39 minutes, almost doubling Auburns time of possession.The Tigers couldnt overcome the loss of star running back Kamryn Pettway , the nations No. 4 rusher who hurt his left leg on a long run in last weeks win over Vanderbilt. Pettway was with the team but not in uniform.This is the SEC. People get hurt, said Kerryon Johnson, who filled in for Pettway. Thats no excuse for us to not have a productive day. We just got outplayed.Malzahn said an undisclosed injury prevented White from throwing in practice for the second straight week.White couldnt find a passing game to complement Johnsons 99 yards rushing, including a 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. White completed only 6 of 20 passes for 27 yards with an interception.Georgia (6-4, 4-4) earned its biggest win under first-year coach Kirby Smart. The Bulldogs controlled the clock on two fourth-quarter field goal drives of 13 and 14 plays.We told ourselves a few weeks ago we were going to run the ball and we were going to be successful, said Georgia running back Nick Chubb, who had 23 carries for 101 yards.Jacob Eason completed 20 of 31 passes for 208 yards without an interception.After Blankenships 21-yard field goal with 2:25 remaining, Auburn was stopped on four downs, triggering a celebration in the stands and on Georgias sideline.Blankenship, the Georgia walk-on kicker who wears black-rimmed glasses under his helmet, barely cleared the cross bar on his 45-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter for a 10-7 lead. Blankenship was short on a 49-yard attempt about three minutes later before kicking a 21-yarder late in the game.Auburn had only 25 yards passing in the first half and opened the second half with three straight passing plays -- two incompletions and a third-down pass intercepted by Smith and returned 34 yards for a tying touchdown.He looked like a receiver on the play, Smart said.THE TAKEAWAYAuburn: The Tigers likely will be headed for a sharp drop in the Top 25. The inability to compensate for Pettways injury revealed Auburns lack of offensive balance and inability to retain its spot as a championship or playoff contender.HAPPY RETURNAuburn strong safety Tray Matthews, who began his career at Georgia before he was dismissed from the team in 2014, delivered the key defensive play of the first half. Matthews picked off a pass from receiver Terry Godwin, who took the snap in the wildcat formation, in the end zone for his first interception of the season.Auburn took advantage of the turnover with an 80-play touchdown drive capped by Johnsons 3-yard scoring run.FAMILIAR RIVALSmith transferred to Georgia from Alabama, Auburns top rival.The team I am with right now, we have been counted out, and for us to get this win is big, Smith said. This makes it definitely worthwhile. Its a blessing. For me to be part of this team and be able to help the team, I just love it.UP NEXTAuburn: The Tigers will play their final home game against Alabama A&M next Saturday as they hope to gain momentum for their Nov. 26 game at Alabama.Georgia: Georgia hosts Louisiana Lafayette next Saturday before closing its season with another home game against in-state rival Georgia Tech on Nov. 26.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-Top25 Nike Zoom Comprar Online . 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WASHINGTON -- A little past midnight in Game 5 of the National League Division Series, Clayton Kershaw emerged from the bullpen to pitch in relief for the first time in seven years.Two outs later, the only save of his major league career in the books, Kershaws arms were raised and teammates were rushing to celebrate with a guy whose postseason performances have never carried the luster of his regular-season success.Coming in after closer Kenley Jansen entered in the seventh inning and threw a career-high 51 pitches but issued a pair of one-out walks in the ninth, Kershaw got Daniel Murphy to pop out, then struck out Wilmer Difo to end it.That finished the Los Angeles Dodgers dramatic 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals that decided their NLDS in the wee hours of Friday.The adrenaline rush was pretty good right there, said Kershaw, who approached Dodgers manager Dave Roberts in the seventh inning to offer to pitch if need be on the must-win occasion.At the at the end of the day, if we dont win that game, were going home, anyway, so what does it matter? Kershaw said. I just wanted to be available, and it ended up to the point where I could help out tonight.The Dodgers won the last two games of the best-of-five NLDS with Kershaw pitching in each and now head to the NL Championship Series to face the Chicago Cubs. That opens at Wrigley Field on Saturday night.The Nationals, meanwhile, still have never won a postseason series, winning three NL East titles in the past five years but losing in the NLDS each time.And while theres no way Kershaw will be available for Game 1 against Chicago, one things for sure: Whatever notion there might have been about the leftys playoff problems -- he was 2-6 in the postseason until this series, with an ERA nearly twice what he has in the regular season -- is now a thing of the past.That (criticism) is ridiculous, Dodgers president Stan Kasten said, his dress shirt soaked with alcohol from the postgame festivities. Thats why I said to him, Dude, youre Mr. October.Kershaw worked two days after throwing 110 pitches over 6 2/3 innings in Game 4, when he had the benefit of only three days rest following his win in the opener against the Nationals.Nobody wants it more than him -- his tireless work ethic and how much he competes. And just for him to go up and tell them, Hey, I can come in and close this thing out if you need me, just says so much about the type of player he is, said Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, whose two-run triple in the seventh helped L.A. build its lead. Hes a winner. Hes a champion.How unanticipated was Kershaws work as a reliever? Several hours before Thursdays game began, Roberts was asked whether Kershaw might be available at all -- maybe for just one out, say?No, came Roberts reply. Absolutely not.Turned out the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner would get a pair of outs in his first relief appearance since the 2009 playoffs.Clayton came to me in the seventh, Roberts said, and said that he had an inning if I needed it.Kershaw came in after Jansen got a career-high seven outs. Jansen walked Bryce Harper and Jayson Werth with one out in the ninth -- and thats when Roberts went to Kershaw.Kershaw wound up with his second pro save. His other came on Aug. 19, 2006, in the Gulf Coast League in a game against the Nationals rookie club.And Kershaws catcher that day a decade ago?Amazingly, none other than Jansen, who didnt begin pitching professionally until three years later.Jansen said he couldnt recall that particular game. He assured everyone hell never forget this one. When Kershaw walked from the dugout to the bullpen before removing his blue jacket to start warming up, he got fist bumps from teammates.In the tunnel that leads from the dugout to the visiting clubhouse, Jansen looked up at a TV and saw Kershaw getting ready to pitch.ddddddddddddIm like, Wait a minute. Am I dreaming right now? I couldnt believe it, Jansen said later, just socks on his feet and ski goggles on his head, leaning against a wall in a clubhouse hallway. Im like, Is Kersh warming up? Is he really out there?Sure was.L.A.s scoring all came in a four-run seventh off six Nationals pitchers, including Joc Pedersons homer off Max Scherzer.Its the craziest game Ive ever been a part of, said Scherzer, who took a no-hitter into the fifth. We just didnt get it done. No ones a goat. No one made a crucial misplay. Everybody stepped up and did their game. We just didnt get that extra run.Washington was leading 1-0 in the sixth, when Werth walked and Ryan Zimmerman smacked a two-out double to left. But third-base coach Bob Henley -- whose propensity for waving runners home led to a popular T-shirt among Nationals players that says, Send em short, send em tall, send em one, send em all -- sent Werth and saw him get thrown out easily on shortstop Corey Seagers relay.Wasnt even close.You live and die by those moments, sometimes, Werth said.And in the sort of blink-and-you-missed-it game-shifting sequence, Werths inning-ending, overzealous bid to score was followed immediately by Pedersons homer on Scherzers first -- and, it turned out, only -- pitch of the seventh.That began a rally that included a pinch-hit RBI single by 37-year-old pinch hitter Carlos Ruiz , helping L.A. go up 4-1.Then came pinch hitter Chris Heiseys two-run homer in the Washington seventh.Then came Jansen in an inning that took 66 minutes and included a total of eight pitchers.And then came Kershaw.The West champion Dodgers are back in the NLCS for the first time since 2013, but theyve lost in their previous three trips to that round, failing to make it to the World Series since they won their most recent championship in 1988.And Kershaw had a hand in all three NLDS wins.Looking him in the eye, I felt good about it, and the training staff gave the OK, Roberts said, so its only fitting for Clayton to get the last out right there.MATCHUPThe Cubs were 4-3 against the Dodgers this year. The only other time they met in the postseason was the 2008 NLDS, which L.A. swept.ONE-AND-DONEThe East champion Nationals are one-and-done in the playoffs yet again, losing in the NLDS yet again. Washington was beaten in five games in 2012 by St. Louis and in four games in 2014 by San Francisco. Take it back further, and a baseball club based in the nations capital hasnt won a postseason series since the old Senators were the 1924 World Series champions.Im not ready to go home, Nationals first-year manager Dusty Baker said. I havent been home since February, but I would have gladly stayed a couple more weeks.Marc Rzepczynski was the losing pitcher.YOUNG URIASDodgers LHP Julio Urias, who turned 20 in August, became the youngest pitcher to appear in the postseason since Cincinnatis Don Gullett was 19 in the 1970 World Series, the Dodgers said, citing STATS. Urias entered in the fifth and threw two scoreless innings and got the win. He walked Harper, then picked him off first base.MAKE THE MOVEBefore this year, Roberts was best known in the postseason for his ninth-inning steal as a pinch runner in Game of the 2004 ALCS that sparked Bostons comeback against the Yankees. Hell now also be remembered for his mound maneuvers that won this game -- he used three members of his rotation, plus his closer in a career-long outing.These are conversations that me, the front office, we have daily, about just kind of forward-thinking, being open-minded to how you can use guys in certain roles. And today was a prime example, Roberts said. ' ' '