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Mets' deGrom banishes nerves to emerge winner

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October 9, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) celebrates the …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jacob deGrom was a bag of nerves as he sat in the locker room before Friday's Game One against the Los Angeles Dodgers but the New York Mets pitcher emerged a winner hours later after his first ever postseason start.

The long-haired 27-year-old outlasted his opposite number, three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers, as he allowed just five hits in seven scoreless innings before New York wrapped up a 3-1 win at Dodger Stadium.