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Kershaw dominant in 1st north-of-border start
- Updated: May 7, 2016
TORONTO — Clayton Kershaw, by his own account, had a weird start Saturday. It was his first time pitching in a dome and his first time facing the Blue Jays, he was lacking fastball command, the slider was erratic and opposing hitters ran his pitch count up early by fouling off his tough pitches.
And, oh yeah, he struck out 10 without a walk and stopped another losing streak as the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays, 6-2, with Kershaw winning a duel with another former National League Cy Young Award winner, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.
That’s just what Kershaw does and who he is. On the season, he has 64 strikeouts and three walks. He’s struck out at least 10 without a walk each of his past three starts, and he’s struck out 10 or more each of his past four starts. Kershaw is the third Dodgers pitcher in the live-ball era (since 1920) to have four straight starts of 10 or more strikeouts. Hideo Nomo did it back in ’95, while Sandy Koufax did it on five separate occasions from ’62-’65.
Kershaw allowed two runs on eight hits Saturday, but he’s also 4-1 this year.
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