Clayton Kershaw picks up his 210th career win, passing Don Drysdale for No. 2 on the Dodgers' all-time wins list in a 7-0 triumph over the Giants.
It was impossible to tell at the time, but Dodgers catcher Will Smith was playing his best this season when his body felt the worst.The Dodgers skipped Kershaw in the rotation in early September and gave him six days rest before Saturday night’s start to give him some extra time to recover. His fastball averaged 88.7 mph again Saturday night but kept the Giants off the board by mixing the pitch with his 85-mph slider and looping 72-mph curveball.
“It’s remarkable, it really is,” manager Dave Roberts said of Kershaw’s ability to pitch so effectively with diminished stuff. “I think Clayton is the first to tell you he doesn’t like to use anything as an excuse or talk about anything, but I know what’s going on. I just have so much respect for him. People can’t do what he can do.
“I remember a start [in 2018] where he was throwing [87-88 mph] in a game where his back went out. And he found a way to get through [five innings of one-run] baseball. I don’t know how he was doing it. He ended up going on the IL right after that. He just sort of wills himself to get guys out.”Margarita Mota, who cofounded a nonprofit that has raised money to build a medical clinic, baseball fields and a school in the Dominican Republic, has died.
Kershaw, who improved to 13-4 with a 2.42 ERA this season and 26-15 with a 1.99 ERA in 58 career games against the Giants, usually responds to questions about his shoulder by smiling and saying, “I’m fine.” Not only has he not used it as an excuse, he’s barely even acknowledged it as an injury. It’s more of a nuisance.
Asked if Kershaw told the Dodgers not to disclose details of his shoulder injury or if the team made that decision, Roberts said, “Maybe a combo. I think it’s one of those things where … it doesn’t do much good to talk about something if you’re making a decision to compete. What’s the point of it? I think Clayton, he sees the world sometimes like that.
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