Paul bracket: 2017 Dodgers defeat 1924 Athletics in five games

Game 1: Dodgers 3, Athletics 2 (10 innings)
WP: Watson (1-0)
LP: Gray (1-1)

Game 2: Dodgers 8, Athletics 0
WP: Hill (1-0)
LP Heimach (1-1)
HR: Bellinger (1)

Game 3: Dodgers 7, Athletics 4
WP: Maeda (2-0)
LP: Baumgartner (1-1)
HR: Hauser (2), Turner (1)

Game 4: Athletics 5, Dodgers 4
WP: Gray (2-1)
LP: Darvish (0-1)
Save: Harriss (2)
HR: Hauser (3), Galloway (3) 

Game 5: Dodgers 5, Athletics 0
WP: Kershaw (2-0)
LP: Meeker (0-1)
HR: Turner (2), Puig (1)

The Los Angeles pitchers muted the Philadelphia bats, casting a pair of shutouts.

Game One, in Dodger Stadium, was a duel between aces Eddie Rommel and Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw went seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits; the Athletics first run scored on a balk, and the the other on a ground out. Rommel went nine innings, scattering nine hits and surrendering two runs. Dodger relievers Pedro Baez, Kenley Jansen and Tony Watson each threw a hitless inning, and in the bottom of the 10th A's reliever Sam Grey allowed two walks and two hits to plate the decisive run..

The second game was all Dodgers. Rich Hill, Brandon Morrow, Tony Cigrani and Ross Stripling combined for a seven-hit shutout, with Hill going five innings.

The series shifted to 1924 and Philadelphia, and the Dodgers rode a five-run fifth to the win in Game Three. Justin Turner drove in three runs; he went 2-for-2 with a homer, two walks and a sac fly. Kneta Maeda threw seven innings for the win, allowing three runs on six hits.

The Athletics staved off elimination in Game Four, overcoming a 3-0 deficit after the first inning. Joe Hauser and Chick Galloway each homered in the A's three-run sixth to take the lead. Dennis Burns threw three scoreless innings of relief to keep the game close, and Sam Gray allowed one run in three-plus innings for the win, with Slim Harris getting the final three outs after Gray allowed the first two men to reach in the ninth.

Kershaw threw a three-hit shutout in Game Five to wrap up the series for the Dodgers. The lefty drove in the first two runs for L.A. with a second-inning double, and Turner and Yasiel Puig added homers.

Player of the series: Justin Turner.

Projected rotation: More roster changes. Kershaw-Wood-Ryu-?McCarthy?-(Kershaw)-(Wood)-(Ryu).