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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs will throw one of their youngest players into the fray against the Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw?on Saturday in Game 6 of the National League Division Series. The Cubs need only one more win to advance to their first World Series in 71 years.Cubs manager Joe Maddon has inserted rookie Albert Almora Jr., 22, into the lineup in right field in place of veteran Jason Heyward. Almora, who bats right handed, is 0-for-6 in the postseason in limited action, primarily as a defensive replacement.Kershaw is pretty good, Maddon said coyly. You look at his numbers, theyre absurd against lefties. Get another right-handed bat out there, [and] the way Albert can play defense really makes it a little bit easier. Chose him over [Jorge] Soler. I think Albert is swinging the bat well. I like his defense a lot.Almora hit .277 with three homers in 47 games during the regular season. He also wowed with highlight-reel defense.Heyward, who signed an eight-year, $184 million free-agent deal with the Cubs last winter, has struggled at the plate all season, though his defense and base running have helped keep him in the lineup. He is just 2-for-28 in the postseason, including a 1-for-16 showing against the Dodgers. His career numbers against Kershaw are even less encouraging: 0-for-12 with seven strikeouts.Hes struggling, obviously, Maddon said. He keeps working. We have a lot of faith in him. If we didnt have the opportunity to do something differently tonight, I wouldnt have. But we do. Albert just presents well at the plate and well on defense to the point where I thought we need to give it a go.Maddon suggested that Heyward might need to use the offseason to recapture his once dangerous swing. He hit .281 over the previous two seasons before sinking to .230 in 2016.Theres going to be a lot of internal work done with him in the offseason, no question, Maddon said. You know hes not satisfied with the year. But he keeps going out there and, again, hes a big part of our 100-plus wins this year.The Dodgers, in search of a spark on offense, also switched up their lineup Saturday, putting rookie Andrew Toles in the leadoff spot and dropping veteran Chase Utley to the No. 8 spot.Toles did not start a game as the Dodgers leadoff hitter this season?and had just one at-bat from that spot. Utley was the Dodgers leadoff hitter 112 times this season, holding the job primarily with a right-handed pitcher on the mound.Toles was a third-round draft pick in 2012, and he?made his major league debut on July 8, 2016. But the outfielder was sent back down at the end of July and returned Aug. 21, batting .313 with a .567 slugging percentage over his past 32 games with the Dodgers.Aside from the Toles/Utley switch, the Dodgers mostly stuck to their lineup against right-handed pitching. Corey Seager will follow Toles, with Justin Turner batting third. Adrian Gonzalez is the Dodgers cleanup hitter, with Josh Reddick, Joc Pederson and Yasmani Grandal to follow. Kershaw will bat after Utley in the No. 9 spot.ESPNs Doug Padilla contributed to this report.Josh Rosen Youth Jersey . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. Cameron Wake Dolphins Jersey . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. http://www.dolphinsrookiestore.com/Dolphins-Mark-Clayton-Jersey/ . "Trying to breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break. Mark Duper Dolphins Jersey . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. Mark Clayton Womens Jersey . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night.CANTON, Ohio -- Former Seattle Seahawks safety Kenny Easley has been selected as the senior finalist for the 2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.Easley was selected by the Hall of Fame Seniors Committee on Monday. A senior nominee must have completed his career at least 25 years ago. Easley would need to get at least 80 percent of the vote by the Hall of Fame selection committee when it meets during Super Bowl week in Houston to be elected..ddddddddddddEasley was the No. 4 overall pick in the 1981 draft and played seven seasons, all in Seattle. He was a first-team All-Pro fouerceptions, two of which he returned f Wholesale Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' '