Kershaw won his eighth consecutive start since June 2, improving to 8-0 with a 0.74 ERA (5 ER/61.0 IP) in last eight starts. It’s the second-longest winning streak of his career behind a 10-game run Aug. 13, 2011-April 27, 2012. Kershaw has 80 strikeouts and just six walks during his current winning streak. o It was Kershaw’s third complete game of the year and 14th of his career. Kershaw’s 9.0 innings tonight qualified him for the league leaders and he now leads the Majors with a 1.78 ERA. o Kershaw struck out 11, his third double-digit strikeout of the season and 25th of his career. o According to Stats, LLC, Kershaw joined Sandy Koufax (May 10-June 10, 1966) and Juan Marichal (April 25-May 26, 1967) as the only pitchers in the last 100 years to have won eight consecutive starts in a single season while striking out seven or more batters in each game. * Yasiel Puig (on Scott Van Slyke’s RBI single in the fourth inning) and Hanley Ramirez (on Adrian Gonzalez’s sacrifice fly) scored the Dodgers’ runs tonight. Van Slyke has hit safely in five of his last six games, batting .318 (7-for-22) with a double, two homers and five RBI since July 2.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 05:08:32 +0000
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