"For Doc to let me be a part of it in that moment, those are the ones that will choke you up as you think about things that you were able to do in your baseball career. To be able to take, in my opinion, the greatest pitcher of our generation out of his last regular-season start, I think that might be up there as one of my favorite baseball moments that I've had. For him to do what he did today, five and a third, end it with a strikeout, very, very fitting for Clayton and happy to be a part of it."
"Yeah, I said I wanted the ball. And he said no, which I understood. I just told him I loved him and just said thank you and let him have his moment. What he's done on this baseball field, he's left everything out there on that mound. Eighteen years, he's been incredible. So all we can really do is just hug him and tell him what he means to all of us."
Clayton Kershaw pitched his final regular-season start for the Los Angeles Dodgers at T-Mobile Park, throwing 5.1 scoreless innings. He allowed five baserunners (four hits, one walk) and recorded seven strikeouts on 94 pitches, finishing with a strikeout of Eugenio Suárez on a slider. Freddie Freeman, who had exited earlier, returned from the dugout to make the pitching change after a long embrace on the mound. Freeman said manager Dave Roberts allowed him to be part of the moment, called it a career highlight, expressed love and gratitude to Kershaw, and praised his 18 years with the team.
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