NEW YORK -- The Los Angeles Dodgers thrived while Clayton Kershaw missed more than two months with mild disk herniation in his back.Now Los Angeles will look to thrive with their ace on the mound in the final weeks of the regular season.Kershaw makes his second start since being activated from the disabled list when the visiting Dodgers conclude a three-game series with the New York Yankees on Wednesday afternoon.Without the three-time Cy Young Award winner and 2014 NL MVP, the Dodgers were 38-24 and only the Cubs had a better record from June 27-Sept. 8. During Kershaws absence, the Dodgers went from being seven games behind the San Francisco Giants in the NL West to five games up.On Friday, Kershaw returned and allowed two runs and five hits over three innings. He threw 46 of 66 pitches for strikes, struck out five without a walk and has 150 strikeouts and only nine walks this year.He bounced back well, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. It was good to get him in the rotation and pitch. I think for us is the bigger question is how did he respond in the days following and outside of regular game soreness he felt good. So hes going to make his start and well monitor inning by inning.Kershaws pitch count will be increased but regardless manager Roberts is looking forward to seeing his ace.Itll be more than his last start, Roberts said. Well see. We expect Clayton to be Clayton.Kershaw faced the Yankees on July 31, 2013 at Dodger Stadium. He allowed five hits in eight scoreless innings but New York scored three times in the ninth inning in a 3-0 victory. Kershaw also opposed the Yankees on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles and allowed two runs in seven innings before New York rallied in the late innings for an 8-6 10-inning victory.Kershaw has faced two Yankee starters more than 20 times and has done well against them. Chase Headley, who faced him often with the Padres, is 11-for-54 with 12 strikeouts while Starlin Castro is 2-for-23 with seven strikeouts.Didi Gregorius, Brian McCann, Brett Gardner and Mark Teixeira have faced Kershaw less than 10 times and are a combined 1-for-21 with eight strikeouts.The Dodgers look to bounce back from getting shutout for the 10th time this season during Tuesdays 3-0 loss Ross Stripling gave up home runs to Jacoby Ellsbury and Didi Gregorius on consecutive pitches in the seventh and Jesse Chavez gave up Gary Sanchezs 14th home run in the eighth.Those home runs helped the Yankees (77-67) win for the eighth time in 10 games. New York is two games behind Baltimore and Toronto for a wild card spot and four behind first-place Boston, which it visits for a four-game series Thursday.Each game probably gets a little bit more important, especially with where we are and there are teams who we do not control our destiny against, manager Joe Girardi said.This is lot of fun. This is what September baseball is about, Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia said.Gregorius and Ellsbury did not start Tuesday but are expected back in the starting lineup Wednesday. The Yankees will be without Aaron Judge (strained right oblique), who will have an MRI and could be out a while.While the Yankees will be focused on scoring runs against Clayton Kershaw, theyll hope Michael Pineda can prevent them. Pineda is 6-11 with a 5.07 ERA and still has signs of inconsistency even though he is 4-5 with a 4.11 ERA in his last 18 starts since the start of June after going 2-6 with a 6.92 ERA in his first six.Pineda was an out away from qualifying for a win Friday against Tampa Bay when he allowed two runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings of a 7-4 victory.Friday was the 14th time he allowed two earned runs or fewer but he also has allowed at least five earned runs in 10 starts this season.Pineda has never faced the Dodgers and the only five hitters he has faced (Josh Reddick, Chase Utley, Adrian Gonzalez, Howie Kendrick and Carlos Ruiz) are a combined 3-for-16. Cheap NHL Jerseys Free Shipping . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. Hockey Jerseys China . Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." 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It wasnt pretty.Jules was 5-2 or 5-3 as a junior on varsity, just tiny, Edelman said. All you saw was his head over center.Little Jules, or Julian, grew 7 or 8 inches before the start of his senior season at Woodside High in Woodside, California.And then all hell broke loose, his father recalled from the auto service shop he still runs more than 3,000 miles from Gillette Stadium. Jules started dominating just like he had in Pop Warner.New England Patriots fans know the rest of the story.?Julian Edelman became a dual-threat quarterbacking star at the College of San Mateo and then at Kent State before Bill Belichick decided he was worth drafting in the seventh round in 2009. Belichick didnt know what position Edelman would play for Tom Bradys team. The coach just knew the kid was good enough at football to play somewhere.On Thursday, that somewhere just might be back under center against the Houston Texans. Brady is suspended, Jimmy Garoppolo has a bum shoulder, and rookie?Jacoby Brissett might be one J.J. Watt hit away from needing a temporary replacement. Thats where Julian Edelman, stud receiver, comes in.Edelman hasnt thrown a single pass in 89 career NFL regular-season games. However, he threw one pass in the postseason, a 51-yard touchdown strike to Danny Amendola against Baltimore two seasons ago. Its only one of the biggest passes in recent Patriots history. Without it, New England probably doesnt reach the Super Bowl, and people are probably talking today about Belichick and Bradys failure to win the big one since 2004.Frank Edelman was Julians first and longtime football coach, from the youth leagues into high school, and he was heavily involved in the management of his sons college career. For the record, despite reports that Belichick has been prepping Julian to play quarterback if needed, Frank doesnt think its going to happen.Youre dealing with Bill Belichick here, and youd have to take two quarterbacks down, he said. And its an AC joint for Garoppolo. They can numb that. Jules played through a sprained AC joint in high school, and Ben Roethlisberger played with it llast year in a playoff game.dddddddddddd I thought Brissett played pretty well last week. I mean, Jules could play a quarter or so and hang in there, and if anyone can do it, the Patriots can. I just dont see it.What if Belichick actually put Edelman in at quarterback against Houston, the way he put Edelman and Troy Brown in the secondary in the past?Id be a nervous wreck watching, Frank said. Jules has been out of that quarterback position for eight years. Were not really good at winging it -- thats not in our DNA. Weve got to study for a test. And hes added muscle for the punishment he has to take as a receiver, so he might have tighter mechanics trying to throw the ball.Can Jules do it? Yeah, he could definitely do it. But could he do it well? Im just not sure. I dont know how many picks he would throw. Ill say this: He does know the offense like the back of his hand. That wouldnt be a problem.Frank Edelman said he has been eternally grateful that his son ended up with Belichick, a master at cloaking weaknesses and accentuating strengths. But if he were asked to assume Belichicks role for a night and game plan his sons return to the quarterback position, Frank said he would lean on the athleticism and ankle-breaking quickness Julian showed in running for nearly 2,500 yards (and throwing for nearly 5,000 yards) over three seasons at Kent State.Id have Jules drop back to pass, let the play break down and then find the open alley and run, Frank said. Id have him hand off, run the read-option, run some bootlegs, some waggle passes. Hes going to have to move the pocket. Remember, hes only 5-10, so he cant throw over the line of scrimmage. And without practice, you cant wait for throwing lanes to open.When Jules runs, as long as he tries to stay vertical and runs north and south, hell be all right. If he takes off that way, J.J. Watt wont catch him. But if Jules tries to run sideways, those big guys are fast, and they eat up a lot of yards.When Jules throws, Ill bet you five bucks hell throw those little crossing routes to Amendola and [Chris] Hogan. I promise you hell stay between the hashes, and he wont throw one ball to the outside.And the other thing I can promise you is that Jules will do the very best he can. 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