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CHICAGO -- So much for October closer. With his Dodgers desperate for a win, Clayton Kershaw delivered the most dominant start of his checkered playoff career.The ace left-hander pitched seven sparkling innings, Adrian Gonzalez homered and Los Angeles beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 Sunday night to tie the NL Championship Series at a game apiece.Kershaw retired his first 14 batters and allowed just two hits in first outing since he pitched three times in the NL Division Series, including a two-out save in Game 5 on Thursday night in Washington. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner struck out six and walked one while throwing just 84 pitches in a brisk outing that could help when he returns later in the NLCS.The Dodgers needed a clutch pitching performance after their heartbreaking 8-4 loss in the series opener. And Kershaw responded with a postseason gem that continued his reputation repair after a handful of playoff duds over the years. He was just 3-6 with a 4.79 ERA in 16 career postseason games coming into the series.Kenley Jansen struck out four in two perfect innings for his third save of the playoffs.Game 3 is Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta, who pitched a no-hitter at Dodger Stadium last August, faces left-hander Rich Hill, who worked a total of seven innings in two starts in the Division Series against the Nationals.The Cubs lost a 1-0 game in the postseason for the first time since Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox blanked them in the 1918 World Series opener.Chicago, trying for its first pennant in 71 years, wasted a solid start by major league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks, who pitched 5 1/3 innings of three-hit ball in his first outing since he left his Division Series start against San Francisco with a bruised right forearm.Hendricks only mistake was a second-inning fastball that Gonzalez drove over the wall in left-center for his second homer of the playoffs. Gonzalez also had a tying two-run single in the eighth inning of the series opener, but Miguel Monteros pinch-hit grand slam was the big blow in a dramatic win for Chicago.A day later, the Cubs couldnt get anything going against Kershaw.Slumping slugger Anthony Rizzo just missed a home run with a foul drive in the fourth, and then bounced out. Javier Baez and Willson Contreras hit consecutive two-out singles in the fifth for Chicagos first baserunners, but Jason Heyward fouled out to third.Nothing seemed to bother Kershaw on a muggy night at Wrigley Field. After catcher Yasmani Grandal dropped a foul popup in the seventh, Kershaw responded with a wry grin, and then struck out Ben Zobrist.With two down and a runner on first, Baez drove Kershaws final pitch to the warning track in center, momentarily delighting the crowd of 42,384. But Joc Pederson was there for the catch.Jansen backed Kershaw with flawless relief. The big right-hander struck out Dexter Fowler and Kris Bryant before Rizzo lined meekly to second for the final out.While the Cubs struggled against Jansen and Kershaw, Hendricks and their bullpen gave them a chance. Carl Edwards Jr., Mike Montgomery, Pedro Strop and Aroldis Chapman combined for 3 2/3 innings of hitless relief.Josh Reddick got Los Angeles last hit of the night in the sixth, putting runners on first and second. Edwards then came in and got Pederson to hit a soft liner to second that Baez let drop before starting a heady inning-ending double play.SLUMPINGRizzo, one of the leading candidates for NL MVP, went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. He is 1 for 24 with eight Ks in the playoffs. Heyward and Addison Russell each had another hitless night, continuing their struggles.UP NEXTThe Cubs and Dodgers work out in Los Angeles on Monday, and then Arrieta and Hill return to the mound for the first time since the Division Series. Arrieta made one start against Los Angeles this season, pitching seven scoreless innings in a no-decision at Wrigley on May 31. Hill, a fourth-round draft pick by the Cubs in 2002, has made one appearance against his first major league team, recording two outs in relief for Boston on May 21, 2011.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenapWomens Tom Brady Jersey . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. Tom Brady Jersey New England Patriots .ca NHL Power Rankings for the second straight week, ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. https://www.sportsstarsjerseys.com/michael-jordan-jersey/ .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Michael Jordan Jersey 45 .Y. - Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseballs chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner. College Michael Jordan Jersey . The incident occurred at 19:56 of the second period of the Kings 4-2 road win over Edmonton on Sunday. Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum.ROME -- Now that Frank de Boer has been fired, Inter Milan fans are debating who was more responsible for the squads poor start to the season: the Dutch manager or the new Chinese owners.While De Boer never really showed a complete understanding of Italian football tactics in his 84 days in charge, more blame is being heaped on the retail giant Suning, which took control of 70 percent of Inter in June.Even an extraordinary coach cant do great things without the club. You cant control a football squad from Jakarta, Beijing or Nanjing, said Marco Tronchetti Provera, the CEO of Inters chief sponsor Pirelli and a big supporter of the team. Theres been a long line of mistakes. ... This is a problem that should have been resolved a while ago.De Boer was fired on Tuesday after producing only five wins, seven losses and two draws in 14 matches in all competitions -- leaving the club in 12th place in Serie A and also struggling in the Europa League. Many Inter fans had lost patience with the Dutchman and were calling for a change.De Boer was hired less than two weeks before the season began following the unexpected resignation of Roberto Mancini, who reportedly wanted more control over the transfer market and clashed with Suning.Players who thrived under Mancini struggled under De Boer.Felipe Melo has appeared in just two of 11 Serie A matches. Fellow midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia lost his place in the starting lineup after getting substituted 28 minutes into a 1-1 draw with Bologna because he wasnt listening to De Boers instructions.Gabriel Barbosa, the promising Brazilian forward known as Gabigol who Inter signed in late August amid great fanfare -- even though it was unclear if De Boer wanted him -- appeared for just 21 minutes against Bologna and hasnt played since.Mauro Icardi, the high-scoring Inter captain, was widely ridiculed by the clubs hardcore ultra fans after recounting a clash with the supporters in his recently published autobiography.The lone highlight of De Boers campaign was a 2-1 win over Juventus in September -- sandwiched in between embarrassing Europa League losses to Hapoel Beer-Sheva and Sparta Prague, matches in which Inter was outscored 5-1.Its too bad it ended like this, De Boer said on Twitter. This task required more time to move forward.Inters youth squad coach, Stefano Vecchi, was given temporary control of the senior team for Thursdays Europa League match at Southampton.Former Chievo Verona, Bologna and Lazio coach Stefano Pioli is the leading candidate to take over permanently for De Boer.Im sorry for De Boer. Im sorry for Pioli. Its the management that should be fired, Tweeted entertainner, comedian and Inter supporter Rosario Fiorello.dddddddddddd.Inters next coach will become the teams ninth since Jose Mourinho led the club to a treble in 2010. The others were: Rafa Benitez, Leonardo, Gian Piero Gasperini, Claudio Ranieri, Andrea Stramaccioni, Walter Mazzarri, Mancini and De Boer.Of the bunch, De Boers term was the shortest, beating the 90 days that Gasperini -- who is now finding success at Atalanta -- was in charge in 2011. Ranieri, who led Leicester to the English Premier League title last season, also didnt last a full term as Gasperinis replacement.On social media, Inter supporters declared that the coaching changes highlight the incapability of the management and said De Boers sacking was a shame.An 18-time Serie A champion, Inter is 13 points behind Italian league leader Juventus and has 10 fewer points than at this stage last season, when it stood second and appeared to be a genuine challenger to Juventus.As a player, De Boer won the Champions League with Ajax. He also coached the Dutch club to four Eredivisie titles before resigning at the end of last season.De Boer had never played or coached in Italy before taking the Inter job.Former Serie A coach turned commentator Emiliano Mondonico suggested that De Boer deserved at least six months.He has a revolutionary idea of football that deserved time to be applied and assimilated by the players, Mondonico said. Unfortunately, the Italian mentality doesnt include patience.Mondonico added that Inter should have provided De Boer with an expert Italian guide, like when he assisted Sven-Goran Eriksson for the Swedes first season in Italy with Roma in 1984-85.(Then Roma president) Dino Viola made me his assistant to help him get settled in his new environment, Mondonico recounted. The president understood that Roma was a difficult place to control for anybody, so I tried to put the Swede in the best condition to coach in absolute tranquility.Suning decided to fire De Boer after Inter appeared thoroughly confused in a 1-0 loss at Sampdoria on Sunday.Generally, the only winning formula in football is a passionate owner who is close to the squad, exactly like (Silvio) Berlusconi with AC Milan or (Andrea) Agnelli at Juventus, Tronchetti Provera said.The Chinese owners moved well in the transfer market, but theyve got to rely on someone who knows Italian football well and give them full powers to control the squad, Tronchetti Provera said. Somebody you can really trust.---Andrew Dampf on Twitter: www.twitter.com/asdampf ' ' '