Clayton Kershaw pitched eight strong innings, Justin Turner hit a solo home run in the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie, and Kenley Jansen saved a 3-2 Dodgers win over the San Francisco Giants. The box score is here.
Confidence in Julio Urias is brimming on the eve of his Sunday start.
Rounds 3-10 of the draft were today. Here’s some background on the eight new Dodgers. I heard that at least one has already agreed to terms, though the team hasn’t officially announced anything yet.
Here are some eye-popping Kershaw notes from tonight. They seem to pop up every fifth day:
- Kershaw improved to 10-3 with a 1.30 ERA (18 earned runs, 125 innings pitched) in 17 career games (16 starts) at AT&T Park.
- He recorded 13 strikeouts tonight, marking his eighth double-digit strikeout game this season (last: May 29 at NYM).
- Three of Kershaw’s five home runs allowed this season have been hit by San Francisco Giants players (Ehire Adrianza and Madison Bumgarner on April 9 and Matt Duffy tonight).
Clayton Kershaw has tied a major league record with six games of 10+ strikeouts and no walks this season. It's June 11.
— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) June 11, 2016
Clayton Kershaw has 122 strikeouts and 6 walks this season
next-most K by a P with fewer than 10 walks is 59, by Dellin Betances
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 11, 2016
Here's an amazing Clayton Kershaw stat tonight: He threw as many swinging strikes as he did balls — 30 each. pic.twitter.com/LqN7ar2bI3
— Positive Residual (@presidual) June 11, 2016