Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw lost a perfect game in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Washington Nationals when Michael Taylor hit a line drive off the center field fence for a double.

Kershaw retired 16 straight batters to begin the game.

In eight major league seasons Kershaw has thrown one no-hitter, last June against the Colorado Rockies.

In the second inning, Kershaw struck out the side to reach 200 strikeouts for the season. Only Sandy Koufax (6) and Don Drysdale (6) have as many seasons with 200-plus strikeouts in franchise history, while Koufax (1961-66) and Tom Seaver (9, 1968-76) are the only pitchers in modern National League history (since 1900) to previously accomplish the feat in six or more consecutive seasons.