Kershaw is expected Jets Leonard Williams Jersey to start Friday in the Freeway Series opener against the Los Angeles Angels, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said during batting practice.
''Clayton went through his bullpen session the other day and was fine during that, but he felt a little sore the next day,'' Mattingly said. ''I thought he'd be ready to roll, but it wasn't that great. He was still a little tender. So with the off day, we didn't think there was any reason to push it. We'll try to take advantage of the off day, and hopefully we're good on Friday.''
Kershaw has pitched 29 consecutive scoreless innings after taking a perfect http://www.jetsnflofficialshop.com/Authentic-Geno-Smith-Jersey game into the seventh inning of a win over the New York Mets last week. He has thrown two shutouts in his past three starts with 38 strikeouts and no walks, making him the first pitcher in history with three straight scoreless starts that included no walks and at least 10 strikeouts.
After winning the NL MVP and Cy Young awards last season along with his fourth straight ERA title, he is 8-6 with a 2.51 ERA this season. He also leads the majors with 185 strikeouts.
Los Angeles Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw was scratched from his scheduled start against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday due to hip soreness.
Clayton Kershaw breezed through six perfectly easy innings against the worst-hitting team in baseball, facing an especially meek Mets lineup that made a no-hitter seem more likely than not.
Not long after the Dodgers' left-hander realized that he was working on a perfect game to start the seventh inning, it was gone. Kershaw had to settle for a three-hit shutout, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory against New York on Thursday night.
''Once the seventh inning rolls around, it's time http://www.eaglesshopnfl.com/Authentic-Fletcher-Cox-Jersey that it could be possible and didn't last very long,'' Kershaw said. ''Not a whole lot of nerves. If you don't do it, so what, but if you do, it's pretty exciting.''
Kershaw (8-6) now has thrown 29 consecutive scoreless innings - 14 2-3 less than teammate Zack Greinke - and 11 career shutouts. He was perfect until Curtis Granderson lined a leadoff single in the seventh inning.
''Clayton is so competitive, in a healthy way, that he wants to show how good he is. And Zack, on the other end of it, doesn't seem like, over the last couple years, he was really just wanting to go by the wayside, he was kind of showing all of us that he could pitch, too,'' Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
Kershaw threw his first no-hitter 13 months ago at Dodger Stadium against the Colorado Rockies.Kershaw got ahead 0-2 on Granderson leading off the seventh, but the Mets outfielder lined a clean single to right on the third pitch. Kershaw dipped his head, took a short walk behind the mound and proceeded to strike out the next batter, Ruben Tejada, swinging at a curveball.
Don't call it a comeback, he's been here for years, rockin' his peers and putting hitters in fear.
Yep, Clayton Kershaw let the world know that he was back Thursday night, with the same fervor that LL Cool J brought when mama told him to knock you out. Kershaw threw another shutout, taking a perfect game into the seventh inning, eventually giving up three hits and striking out 11 as his Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets by the count of 3-0.
In the end of June, when Kershaw had lost three straight starts, people wanted to know if the sky was falling on the reigning NL MVP. He looked mortal. But then his July went like this: 33 innings pitched, 0.27 ERA, 45 strikeouts against two walks. On June 27, he was 5-6 with a 3.20 ERA. Now he's 8-6 with a 2.51 ERA.
Now Kershaw faces the odd prospect of being one of the main reasons the 51-39 first-place Dodgers have a shot at the league's best record while also facing the possibility of being partly responsible for the Dodgers opening the World Series on the road.
"It's not something I think about," said Kershaw when asked on whether Aldon Smith Elite Jersey homefield advantage was something he thought about before his appearance. "It's not really my favorite thing in the world that they determine homefield advantage [with the winner] but I understand why they do it."