In a critical game for the struggling Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw delivered a stellar performance against the St. Louis Cardinals, earning his first win of the season. Kershaw's outing of one run allowed over five innings, along with striking out seven, disrupted the team's two-game losing streak and was essential given multiple injuries to the rotation. Manager Dave Roberts praised Kershaw's legacy as a Hall of Famer and his ability to prepare under pressure, especially after the Cardinals' pre-game taunt referenced Kershaw's past failure in a playoff series.
Kershaw answered that slight with his best outing of an injury-delayed season, allowing just a run on six hits in five innings. He struck out seven, the most he's had in exactly two years, leaving him just 17 strikeouts shy of 3,000 for his career.
He's been a stopper for many years. He's been a staff ace for many years. He's going to the Hall of Fame,
That performance was especially useful coming a day after the Dodgers' rotation was scrambled before the team's big three-game series with the Padres.
Especially after the Cardinals picked at an old wound just before the first pitch, using the massive scoreboard facing the Dodgers' dugout to replay video of Kershaw bent over, hands on knees, after giving up a series-winning home run.
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