Kershutout! Clayton’s two-hitter stymies Reds

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LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw dominated again Monday night at Dodger Stadium, firing a two-hit shutout in a 1-0 Dodgers win over the Reds, whose losing streak reached eight.

With a third shutout (all this month), Kershaw is 7-1 with a 1.48 ERA, 5-0 in May, and the Dodgers have won nine of his 10 starts this season. He struck out seven and walked one, snapping an MLB-record streak of six consecutive starts with at least 10 strikeouts and no more than one walk. The walk he issued on Monday was only his fifth this year, compared to an MLB-leading 95 strikeouts in 79 innings.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDOne is enough for Kershaw: The only run Kershaw needed scored in the sixth inning. Justin Turner led off with a walk from tough-luck loser Brandon Finnegan, took second when catcher Tucker Barnhart’s pickoff throw sailed into right field for his second error, went to third on Adrian Gonzalez’s check-swing chip-shot single over third baseman Jordan Pacheco …

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