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Associated Press
Jun 26, 2025, 05:51 PM ET
DENVER -- Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw inched person to 3,000 vocation strikeouts connected Thursday, fanning 5 successful six innings against the Colorado Rockies.
Kershaw has 2,997 strikeouts successful his 18-year career, 3 abbreviated of becoming the 20th large leaguer to scope the milestone.
Kershaw's adjacent scheduled commencement is expected to travel astatine Dodger Stadium connected Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox.
The 37-year-old would beryllium the 3rd progressive pitcher to scope the people down Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer. Verlander, successful his 20th season, has 3,468 strikeouts. Scherzer has 3,412 successful 18 seasons.
Kershaw struck retired 3 successful the archetypal 2 innings Thursday and got his 4th for the last retired of the fifth. He struck retired Tyler Freeman for the 2nd retired of the sixth inning and near the crippled aft retiring the adjacent batter. He threw 69 pitches, 41 for strikes.
He recorded 2 strikeouts connected his 73 mph curve and got 3 much connected sliders against a Rockies lineup that had each right-handed batters. Kershaw earned his 4th consecutive triumph arsenic the Dodgers closed retired a three-game expanse with a 3-1 victory.
The three-time National League Cy Young Award victor and 10-time All-Star received plentifulness of assemblage enactment successful Colorado, getting a lasting ovation from immoderate successful the Coors Field assemblage erstwhile helium near the mound aft the sixth inning.
Kershaw has made 8 starts this play aft being activated from the injured database May 17 pursuing offseason near genu and ft surgeries. His ERA dropped to a season-low 3.03 aft Thursday's game.
