LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw ended his outing with a fired-up scream after which capped his milestone evening with a champagne toast from teammates.
The left-hander delivered a classic efficiency for his two hundredth win, pitching seven splendid innings of three-hit ball because the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 5-0 on Tuesday.
“The goal is to win and that’s why tonight is really cool, because it’s a team stat, a win,” Kershaw stated. “For me, to be able to do that 200 times is just a product of being on great teams. That’s why I really like tonight.”
J.D. Martinez homered twice and drove in 4 runs, ending with 4 hits to assist the Dodgers cease New York’s five-game successful streak.
Kershaw (3-1) struck out 9 to cross Mickey Lolich for twenty second place on the profession record with 2,833 strikeouts. The three-time Cy Young Award winner improved to 200-88 in 405 video games (402 begins) over 16 main league seasons – one of the best successful share (.694) among the many 117 pitchers to win 200 video games.
The solely one in every of them with a decrease profession ERA than Kershaw (2.48) is Hall of Famer Walter Johnson (2.37).
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“I think what is nice for me is to look back at the different groups of guys I got to play with over the years. And maybe it hasn’t ended the way we wanted to in the postseason, but ultimately, winning all those games with those groups is special,” Kershaw stated. “And I think this (team) is going to be the same. I think it’s going to be special.”
Kershaw allowed three singles and no walks. He took a one-hitter into the seventh however wanted 32 pitches to get by the inning, letting out a uncommon primal shout after placing out Tommy Pham with two on to protect a 3-0 lead.
“It was just kind of a big moment in the game more than anything,” Kershaw stated. “I think that’s where that emotion came from. Obviously, it wasn’t planned or anything.”
Evan Phillips and Brusdar Graterol completed the four-hitter, Los Angeles’ first shutout of the season.
The 35-year-old Kershaw moved to 11-0 with a 2.03 ERA in 17 regular-season begins in opposition to the Mets and joined Hall of Famers Don Sutton and Don Drysdale as pitchers to achieve the 200-win milestone with the Dodgers.
“It took a lot of hard work and for us to be a part of it and watch it happen in real time is really special,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated. “Certainly it’s individual in a sense that it is 200 wins, which very few have ever achieved or will ever achieve. But he said it’s a compilation of good teams he has been a part of and that just shows his humility.”
Martinez went deep in his first two at-bats for his nineteenth profession multi-homer sport as Los Angeles improved to 2-3 on a six-game homestand.
New York is 4-1 to open a 10-game West Coast journey.
Mets right-hander Tylor Megill (3-1), a Los Angeles-area native, gave up three runs on seven hits over 5 innings in his first profession begin at Dodger Stadium.
Kershaw’s night acquired off to an ominous begin when Brandon Nimmo hit an extended fly ball to proper subject that Jason Heyward dropped for a three-base error. But then Kershaw escaped the early jam by placing out Starling Marte, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso in succession.
In the underside of the primary, Freddie Freeman singled earlier than Martinez launched a 438-foot drive to heart subject. Martinez made it 3-0 within the third when he simply cleared the right-field wall together with his third dwelling run of the season.
The Mets had been hitless till the fourth in opposition to Kershaw till Lindor singled previous shortstop Miguel Rojas. They didn’t get their second hit till Mark Canha blooped a single with two outs within the seventh to finish a 13-pitch at-bat. Jeff McNeil adopted with a single however Kershaw struck out Pham as he roared together with the Dodger Stadium crowd.
“He threw a lot of strikes and he was missing barrels,” Nimmo stated. “He got a lot of outs very quickly. He did a very good job and there’s a reason he’s going to be a Hall of Famer. There’s a reason he’s still in the game.”
Kershaw retired 10 consecutive batters twice within the outing. He improved to 107-40 in 207 dwelling begins.
“He used to have a little more (velocity) and that made him a little tougher,” Nimmo stated. “Now, I think he’s lost a little velo but he’s gained a little bit of ride. That also is hard to hit, so he’s kind of substituted one thing for another and adapted well. Hats off to him for being able to adapt.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mets: RHP Justin Verlander (higher again) threw a bullpen and is scheduled to throw stay batting apply Sunday. He may make a rehab begin as quickly as April 28. … RHP Carlos Carrasco was positioned on the 15-day injured record with elbow irritation and RHP Jeff Brigham was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. Carrasco was despatched again to New York for additional assessments. … RHP Tommy Hunter (again) is with the group and near getting back from an IL stint.
Dodgers: RF Mookie Betts was anticipated to overlook one sport whereas on paternity depart. INF Luke Williams was recalled from Triple-A. … C Will Smith just isn’t anticipated to return from the seven-day concussion IL when he’s eligible Thursday, though he will likely be with the group for its upcoming street sequence in opposition to the Chicago Cubs. … INF/OF Chris Taylor was out due to soreness in his left aspect, with an IL stint not out of the query. … RHP Daniel Hudson (knee) was moved to the 60-day IL and received’t be eligible to return till June.
UP NEXT
Mets: RHP Max Scherzer (2-1, 4.41 ERA) will face his former group within the sequence finale Wednesday afternoon.
Dodgers: RHP Noah Syndergaard (0-2, 5.63) additionally pitches in opposition to his former group.
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