WASHINGTON Clayton Kershaws lips curled into a smile for a fraction of a second as he heard the question about his postseason track record, as if he was in on it. Hes not, and his critics are not going to be silenced by a Game 1 performance in the division series, but its perfectly clear that Anthony Banda Jersey he knows the deal here.Kershaw, the 2014 National League MVP and a three-time Cy Young winner who probably would have won a fourth this season had he not mi sed July and August with a back injury, is now the proud owner of three wins in his playoff career. With five innings of work Friday, in which he gave up three runs on eight hits, Kershaw got the W in the Dodgers 4-3 victory over the Nationals, a triumph that steals away home-field advantage in the best-of-five series.MORE: For his career, Kershaw is now 3-6 in the postseason, with a 4.65 ERA. That ERA went up by six points on Friday. But so did the win total, just as it did in Game 4 of Brent Honeywell Jersey last years NLDS, when Kershaw gave up one run on three hits over seven innings in New York, keeping the Dodgers alive in their series with the Mets before New York ultimately prevailed back at Dodger Stadium.By Game Score, this was Kershaws fourth-worst start of the 11 he has made in his postseason career. But who cares about Game Score when theres a game score? Certainly not Kershaws critics, who brand him a playoff choke artist largely on the basis of two games.There was Game 6 of the 2013 NLCS, when Kershaw gave up seven runs on 10 hits in four-plus innings in St. Louis, which is fair enough if you want to rip the guy. Then there was Game 1 of the 2014 division series, when Don Mattingly was too scared of his own bullpen to give the hook to an ace who battled the Cardinals hard for six innings, then clearly was out of gas in the seventh long before Mattingly called on Pedro Baez to throw gasoline on the fire.MORE: Other than that, Kershaw has been pretty good in the playoffs. Not great, with a 3.20 ERA that is nearly a full run higher than his career 2.37 mark in the regular season, but pretty good, and certainly nowhere near David Price country especially after the Boston left-handers meltdown against Cleveland on Friday.So, the Chris Archer Jersey question for Kershaw: With so much talk about his performance in October, having had good starts where he didnt win, and a start like Fridays where he didnt pitch his best but did win, does this help?Does it help? Kershaw repeated. I dont care. It doesnt matter to me. I think winning in the postseason you kind of throw the stats out the window. If I pitched better tonight and we lost, it doesnt feel good at all. Carlos Gomez Jersey But right now, I can smile, kind of exhale a little bit, and well come back tomorrow and try to go up 2-0 back to LA.MORE: The funny thing, and the mark of baseball being a team game, is that Kershaw looked a whole lot better because the Dodgers do now have a bullpen that manager Dave Roberts can rely on, without pushing Kershaw beyond his limits. After 101 pitches in five innings from the ace, which included seven strikeouts, Roberts went to Joe Blanton for two outs, Grant Dayton for two more, Pedro Baez for three and Kenley Jansen for the last five. Only Jansen allowed a hit a two-out double just fair down the third-base line by pinchhitter Clint Robinson.Your browser does not support iframes.Were trying to count outs by the time the bullpens in the game, Dayton said. Were hoping for more runs, but its fun that way, to have a one-run lead and have it end up like that.It ended up with Kershaw getting that win, the only thing that really matters even if its a silly Brandon Lowe Jersey way to judge his performances. To many of the critics, the only way Kershaws reputation will change is when hes wearing a ring. Getting this win means the Dodgers need 10 more to make that happen, and that Kershaw will be on the mound again this season exactly the man Los Angeles wants for the biggest games, regardle s of what anyone says.MORE: Clayton is going to take the mound again in this series if it comes to that, said Roberts, meaning if the Nationals win either the next two games to make Game 4 a must-win on three days rest, or force a Game 5 for Kershaw to pitch. We always feel good with Clayton.And thats all that matters. What Austin Pruitt Jersey s plagued Kershaw isnt some mental block in October. Its been a lack of support in his good starts, one horrendously bad start and one start in which he was left to take a sensele s beating. Kershaw getting a win on Friday doesnt change the past, but it does help to smooth out one of the rough edges on Kershaws record, meaning fewer questions about how he is viewed as if he is suddenly somehow a different pitcher in October. He doesnt care and neither should we.