Kershaw lasts 2 innings, goes on DL

LOS ANGELES — Manager Dave Roberts said Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was headed to the disabled list after the lefthander exited 21 pitches into his start Sunday because of tightness in his lower back.

“Just felt a little something in my back that wasn’t normal,” a subdued Kershaw said.

The NL West leaders overcame a blown save by Kenley Jansen to beat the Braves 5-4 on Logan Forsythe’s bases-loaded single in the 10th and gain a split of the four-game series.

Roberts said Kershaw felt something as he warmed up before the second inning. Kershaw’s form didn’t look right from the dugout, so a trainer checked on him. Kershaw said he would see a doctor and undergo scans Sunday night.

“It’s a DL situation,” Roberts said. “It will take 10 days regardless.”

Kershaw declined to compare his current situation with last year, when he was limited to a 12-4 record in 21 starts and missed 21⁄2 months with a herniated disk in his back.

“Some of the symptoms aren’t as bad as they could be,” he said.

Kershaw is unbeaten in 15 consecutive starts, and the team is 19-2 when he takes the mound.

Jansen entered with a 3-1 lead and got the final out of the eighth but gave up a three-run homer to Matt Adams in the ninth, tying the game 4-4. Jansen blew his first save since Aug. 26.

“He’s got that nasty cutter,” Adams said. “I was just telling myself to be on time and not get jammed with it. I got a pitch I was able to do it with.”

The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger hit his team-leading 27th home run.

Also headed to the DL is Dodgers starter Brandon McCarthy, who has a blister.