ve receiving touchdowns gave him 14 on the season, tying Tommy Kanes school record.Pitt: The Panthers finished the regular season with

CHICAGO -- Clayton Kershaws playoff renaissance is over, at least for this year. The ace flopped at a big moment -- again.Kershaws postseason resume took another hit in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series, finishing off the reeling Los Angeles Dodgers. The Chicago Cubs beat up the three-time Cy Young Award winner and took advantage of Los Angeles shaky defense on their way to a 5-0 victory Saturday night, leaving the Dodgers still in search of their first World Series trip since winning the title in 1988.Kershaw could have started Game 5 on three days rest, but manager Dave Roberts decided to save him for Saturday night at Wrigley Field. Roberts was hoping a couple more days would help Kershaw duplicate his performance from Game 2, when he pitched seven innings of two-hit ball in a 1-0 victory.The decision worked out quite well -- for the Cubs. After winning a pair of shutouts in Games 2 and 3, the Dodgers dropped the next two by a combined score of 18-6. Even the great Kershaw was unable to slow Chicagos momentum, and Dave Roberts first season as Dodgers manager ended in disappointment.The left-hander allowed four earned runs and seven hits while dropping to 4-7 with a 4.55 ERA in 18 playoff games.I think that the first thing I saw is the Cubs hitters, they had a great game plan tonight, Roberts said. And there was a couple mistake sliders that they took advantage of. But they were running counts, they used the whole field, and there was traffic all night for Clayton. And he gave it everything he had, but when they did -- when he did make a mistake, they made him pay.Fowler hit a ground-rule double on Kershaws third pitch of the night, and the Cubs were off and running. Kris Bryant followed with an RBI single. Then left fielder Andrew Toles dropped Anthony Rizzos fly ball to the gap in left-center, setting up Ben Zobrists sacrifice fly.It was the first time Kershaw had given up two runs in the first inning all season.Fowler added a two-out RBI single in the second, rookie Willson Contreras hit a leadoff drive in the fourth and Anthony Rizzo connected in the fifth. It was the first time Kershaw had allowed two homers in a game since April 9 at San Francisco.That was it for Roberts, who hit for Kershaw in the sixth.While Kershaw struggled against the Cubs, the Dodgers were shut down by Kyle Hendricks and Aroldis Chapman, who combined on a two-hitter. Los Angeles had four baserunners, no advancing past first as the Cubs turned three double plays and ended an inning with a pickoff.Dave Roberts managed the Dodgers to the NL West title after taking over for Don Mattingly. But injuries to Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy, Brett Anderson and Hyun-Jin Ryu hurt rotation depth.Kenta Maeda, who won 16 games during his rookie season, struggled in the playoffs, and 20-year-old Julio Urias was knocked out in the fourth inning of his first postseason start in Game 4 on Wednesday night.Los Angeles went with three starters in the Division Series against Washington and Kershaw pitched three times, including a two-out save in the clinching Game 5. When he stepped up again in his first start in the NLCS, it looked as if he might be on the verge of a postseason breakthrough.But his turnaround came to a screeching halt on a cool night in the Windy City. He dropped to 1/3 with a 6.28 ERA in five career starts with the Dodgers facing postseason elimination, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.We have asked a lot of Clayton all year long, so, again, its just more of you got to give those hitters credit, Roberts said.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap Air Max 97 Black And White ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. Air Max 97 Silver Bullet .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. http://www.fundfdr.org/air-max-97-for-sale/air-max-97-gold.html . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. Nike Air Max Tn Mens . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts. Nike Tn Trainers . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. PITTSBURGH -- For the better part of four hours Pittsburgh and Syracuse raced up and down the Heinz Field turf like kids playing in the street waiting until their parents called them in for dinner. The touchdowns kept piling up, one after another. An absurd 20 in all.When Pitt quarterback Nate Peterman mercifully ended it with a simple kneel down to run out a 76-61 victory -- the highest scoring regulation game in FBS history -- the Panthers trotted toward the band for one last victory song caught somewhere between relief and disbelief, their head coach included.Ive never been in a game like that, Pat Narduzzi said. I dont ever want to be in a game like that again. But Ill go back and say theres no such thing as a bad win.If anything, it was a memorable one for the Panthers (8-4, 5-3), who capped a season that included victories over Clemson and Penn State with a performance that looks like a typo or something borrowed from the annual basketball showdowns by the former Big East foes turned ACC rivals. Pitts point total was actually higher than anything the schools basketball team mustered in three wins over the Orange last season and the most Syracuse has ever surrendered in a program that dates back to 1899.The combined point total (137) beat the previous FBS record of 136 set in 2007 when Navy outlasted North Texas 74-62.Half of me is jumping for joy with what our offense did today, Narduzzi said. The other half of me, makes me sick.Pitt survived thanks in part to 251 yards passing and four touchdowns by Peterman, who added a diving 13-yard score on the ground, and 160 total yards and three scores by running back James Conner. The Panthers needed only 24:18 to put up 644 total yards and averaged 10.9 yards per play.No, really.And still Pitt never really got comfortable, not even after Quadree Hendersons 66-yard sprint gave the Panthers a 49-21 lead with 8:59 in the third quarter. Ten more touchdowns were to come.Im thinking were about to put up 80 points in a football game, Henderson said. Are we playing basketball or football? It was definitely weird.The Orange (4-8, 2-6) ended coach Dino Babers first season a fourth straight loss but hardly rolled over when things looked bleak. Backup quarterback Zack Mahoney kept chipping awway against the nations 127th ranked pass defense.dddddddddddd Mahoney threw for 440 yards and five scores, all of them to Amba Etta-Tawo, and ran for two more.Three times in the fourth quarter Syracuse pulled to within two touchdowns only to have Pitt answer quickly on a day the teams combined for 1,312 yards, something hard to do in video games, let alone real life.Its fun being out there and putting up all those points, Mahoney said. When it comes down to it, the only important stat at the end of the days is wins and losses.STAYING PUT?Babers brushed aside any speculation he might have any interest in the coaching vacancy in Houston now that Tom Herman has jumped to Texas.I am 100 percent locked in here at Syracuse, said Babers, who just completed his first season with the Orange.LAST CALLConner, who extended his ACC record for career touchdowns to 56, reiterated he will wait until after Pitts bowl game to make a decision about whether to return for his senior season or head to the NFL. A year after being diagnosed with cancer, Conner finished the regular season with 1,060 yards to become the fifth back in school history with two 1,000-yard seasons.TAKEAWAYSyracuse: Etta-Tawo will likely be getting paid to catch the football in the NFL next fall. The graduate transfer from Maryland finished with 13 catches for 178 yards. His five receiving touchdowns gave him 14 on the season, tying Tommy Kanes school record.Pitt: The Panthers finished the regular season with a three-game winning streak for the first time since 2004 and offensive coordinator Matt Canada will likely be a hot property after Pitt set a school record for points in a season (508). Yet theres plenty for Narduzzi -- who built Michigan State into a defensive power during his long run as coordinator there -- to work on.People like scoring a lot of points ... fans like a lot of points, Narduzzi said. Were going to buckle down. Thats not going to happen again.UP NEXTSyracuse: The loss ended any outside shot at a bowl game.Pitt: Likely played its way into an upper-tier ACC bowl thanks to a resume that includes wins over Clemson and Penn State. ' ' '