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- Updated: July 27, 2016
9:22 PM ET
LOS ANGELES — Inspired by his team’s play and buoyed by his own optimism, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is determined to come back this season and be a difference maker.
“I’m trying to make it back to have an impact on this season for our team,” Kershaw said in the Dodgers’ dugout before Tuesday’s interleague game against the Tampa Bay Rays. “I don’t know what that means exactly.”
The three-time Cy Young Award winner has not pitched in exactly a month, last appearing June 26 at Pittsburgh. He has been out of action with what was first diagnosed as a mild disk irritation in his lower back, but that was before a setback during a simulated game that has left his return date unknown.
Clayton Kershaw has been on the shelf since last pitching June 26, but says he still plans to make it back this season and make an impact for a Dodgers team that remains in the postseason hunt despite his absence. Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire
Nobody was making a bigger impact on the game that Kershaw before his injury surfaced. He had a 1.79 ERA over his first 16 starts and had 145 strikeouts in 121 innings. Most mind-blowing of all, though, might have been the …
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