Kim Hye-sung's defense and Kershaw also cheered and announced his revival with 7K 1 run in 5 innings...The long-awaited 3000K "-17"
Kim Hye-sung's defense and Kershaw also cheered and announced his revival with 7K 1 run in 5 innings...The long-awaited 3000K "-17"
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (37) announced his revival. He pitched the best game of the season with assistance from center fielder Kim Hye-sung (26).
Kershaw started the away game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2025 Major League Baseball at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri on the 9th (Korea Standard Time), and allowed six hits, seven strikeouts, and one run in five innings. Kershaw, who is down with a 4-1 lead and meets the requirement for his first win of the season, also lowered his ERA from 5.17 to 4.35.
The seven strikeouts are the most in the last 23 games since June 9, 2023 against the Cincinnati Reds (nine). Kershaw, who has increased his total strikeouts to 2,983, overtaking Zack Greinke (2979) to rank 20th in this category, has 17 more to go for the long-awaited 3,000 strikeouts.
Kershaw, who has been in the starting rotation since the 18th of last month after undergoing rehabilitation after undergoing surgery on his left big toe and knee since last season, struggled with an ERA of 5.17 without winning or losing four games (15 ⅔ innings) before taking the mound. On the 4th, when he took the mound just before, he failed again in his first win of the season, as he collapsed with six hits (one homer) and three walks, two strikeouts and five runs (three earned runs) in four ⅔ innings against the New York Mets.
The game against St. Louis was different on the day he took the mound for the fifth time.
Kershaw started the first inning by catching Las Nutba with a pop fly at the first pitch, but allowed Brendan Donovan to hit a double to the center field after grounded out Macyn Win to the third base. However, he struck out Wilson Contreras with a four-seam fastball of 90.9 miles (146.3 kilometers) per hour across the borderline to end the first inning.
In the second inning, he struck out Ivan Herrera with a slider at full count and played pop fly to the first base. He allowed a shortstop infield hit to Alec Burrelson, but struck out Pedro Pazas at three pitches. He swung and missed at two strikes and a curveball that dropped to the lowest point on the third pitch.
In the third inning, Kershaw struck out Jose Barrero with a curveball and Nootba with a slider, which swung and missed for a long time, and was hit by Win. However, center fielder Kim Hye-sung caught the ball and caught the ball. Kershaw also raised his right arm to express gratitude.
In the fourth inning, Donovan hit a ground ball to second base and Contreras hit a fly ball to left field to catch a two-out. Herrera hit a double to the left, but Arenado continued his scoreless streak by inducing him to ground out to third base.
In the fifth inning, Ryu faced a crisis. He gave up consecutive hits to left-handed ones to Burrelson and Farggs, putting him on the verge of being at the first and second bases with no outs. Kershaw caught Barrero with a foul fly to the first base and struck out Nootba with a slider. Nootba gave up the bat on the low ball outside and stopped, but was judged to be a swing and miss.
However, with runners on the first and second bases with two outs, Win hit an RBI double that dropped to the right side of the left field, and lost for the first time. Crisis continued with runners on the second and third bases with two outs, but Kershaw did not collapse. He struck out Donovan on three pitches, and did not yield any additional runs. He swung and missed on the third pitch by hitting a high slider on the outside. 메이저놀이터
The fifth inning was the last. Kershaw, who handed over the mound to relief pitcher Lou Trivino from the start of the sixth inning, finished the game with 82 pitches. He threw four-seam fastballs (32) with a maximum speed of 91.5 miles (147.3 kilometers) and an average speed of 89.6 miles (144.2 kilometers) with sliders (33), curves (15), and splitters). Sliders stole the most four strikeouts. He struck out three times on offense, as he pitched well.