 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - The Dodgers akapfuurira kuNLCS kwenguva yokutanga kubvira muna 2009, apo vakatarisana neSt. Louis Cardinals. Mumutambo wekutanga wemakwikwi aya kuBusch Stadium, Zack Greinke akabvumidza makwikwi maviri chete mumasekondi masere, achirova mabhati gumi, mutambi wekutanga kurova makadhi gumi mumutambo wepositi kubvira Denny Galehouse mu1944 World Series. Andre Ethier, achitanga mutambo wake wekutanga mumwaka uno mushure mekunge akanganiswa nekurova zvibodzwa mumutambo wapfuura, akangopotsa kubata Carlos Beltrán kaviri pafenzi kuti abvumire makundano maviri kuti awane muchikamu chechitatu. Dodgers yakakwanisawo kumhanya kaviri, pabhora rimwe chete raJuan Uribe mumutambo wechitatu. Mutambo wacho wakaramba wakabatanidzwa mumitambo yekuwedzera kusvikira Beltran akarekodha kufamba-kubva kunorova Kenley Jansen pasi pe13th inning kuti ape maCardinal kukunda 32. Uyu waiva mutambo wakarebesa munhoroondo yeDodgers yapashure pemwaka kubvira pa1916 World Series. Mumutambo wechipiri, Clayton Kershaw nevatambi vaviri vakabatanidzwa kuti vabvumire chete 2 hits uye 1 run asi izvo zvaive zvakakwana sezvo mhosva yeDodgers yakatadza kuwana chero chinhu uye vakarasikirwa 1 0. Kershaw ndiye akatanga kutanga mumutambo mumutambo wekupedzisira kuti arasikirwe nemutambo apo achibvumira pasina kuwana kumhanya uye maviri kana mashoma hits. 