The St. Louis Cardinals play the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in Game 1 of the 2014 NL Division Series. The game starts at 6:37 p.m. ET. Listen to the live radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright (20-9, 2.38 ERA) open the division series against Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (21-3, 1.77). Wainwright hasn't had the best luck this season at Dodger Stadium, where he has a 4.30 ERA in seven games, according to the Associated Press.
"I pay no mind to what happened in the regular season," Wainwright told the Associated Press. "Obviously, Clayton had an amazing regular season and now we go to the postseason and it's anybody's ballgame. This is one game for the rest of your lives every day, so we'll take that mindset and be ready."
Kershaw, meanwhile, is coming off an incredible season in which he led the majors for the fourth straight year with a 1.77 ERA. For Wainwright, the most impressive thing about Kershaw is what the Dodgers ace has accomplished in such a short period of time.
"I'm more impressed that, what is he 26 years old, that he's had the career he's already had and is the pitcher he already is," Wainwright said. "Most times it takes a pitcher a few years to kind of break in and then he starts finding his own, and he's just been excellent from the very beginning."
The accolades, though, don't mean as much to Kershaw as winning a World Series. He admitted he's still haunted by that 9-0 loss in Game 6 last season.
"That's the hardest part about it. Your season ends," Kershaw said. "It always hangs with you until your next start. I had to wait a long time for that next one."
