![]() Louis order for the first time this season after batting cleanup for all but one game. Just the way he tunneled tonight was exceptional.”Ĭarlson contributed on defense with a running, over-the-shoulder catch of Mookie Betts' drive to the center-field warning track in the fifth.Īrenado, who entered batting. “I thought the fastball (was good), the curveball, the lateness of it was as good as I've seen it. “I think I've said it before, maybe even this year, but tonight was his best night for me (this season) as far as stuff, start to finish,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Kershaw. When we're downhill and have a lead he's really, really good.”Īfter Carlson's single, Kershaw retired five straight batters before Goldschmidt singled to lead off the seventh. “Just to come through, get a run on the board, especially when (Kershaw) is on the mound. “It felt good and obviously I have been struggling a little bit,” said Barnes, who is batting just. They are 2-7 on a 10-game West Coast trip that started in Seattle last weekend.īarnes drove in James Outman with his two-out single to center in the second. We saw a really good version of him tonight.” ![]() The sinker was in play, seven punchouts overall. ![]() “Monty was good, man,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. He struck out seven while pitching 6 2/3 innings of five-hit ball, but he lost his fourth consecutive decision. Evan Phillips worked around a walk and an error by shortstop Chris Taylor in the eighth, and Brusdar Graterol finished the three-hitter for his second save.Ĭardinals left-hander Jordan Montgomery (2-4) had his second consecutive hard-luck defeat after taking the loss Monday at San Francisco when he gave up one unearned run. (Paul) Goldschmidt and (Nolan) Arenado are two of the toughest at-bats I have in the game.”Īustin Barnes hit an RBI single in the second inning for Los Angeles, which will try for its first three-game series sweep Sunday. “They were swinging a lot, which kept my pitch count down, which was good,” Kershaw said. He has yielded one earned run over his last three outings, a span of 20 innings. “Four innings, you don't really think about (being perfect) but it's nice to get off to a good start like that and kind of get into that rhythm,” Kershaw said.īack for his 16th season on a one-year deal, the 35-year-old Kershaw (5-1) won his fourth consecutive start. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner gave up two hits, struck out nine and walked none, throwing 88 pitches. Kershaw didn't allow a baserunner until Dylan Carlson's one-out single in the fifth. LOS ANGELES - Clayton Kershaw continued his dominant start to the season with seven sharp innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the struggling St. ![]() Kershaw dominant over 7 innings, Dodgers beat Cardinals 1-0 ![]()
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