Kershaw replaced him for giving him a point in the fifth inning, and Roberts explained it hard...Ohtani's 4-for-4 hitless silence LAD 2-6 PHI
Aug 07, 2024
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Kershaw started the home game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium on the 7th (Korea time) and allowed one run on five hits in four ⅔ innings. The Dodgers lost 2-6 and Kershaw lost.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts quickly replaced Kershaw when he allowed one run in the fifth inning. Kershaw struck out five without giving up a walk.
It was close to perfect until the fourth inning. Kershaw announced the return of the ace by putting the first and second innings to rest with three consecutive outs.
Kershaw, who struck out leader Kyle Schwarber with a 72.6-mile curve in the top of the first inning, grounded out Trey Turner to shortstop with an 86.9-mile slider on the second pitch and Bryce Harper to fly to third base with a 90.9-mile fastball in the middle.
In the second inning, Alec Bohm, JT Realmuto, and Nick Castejanos were cooked with a ground ball to shortstop, a fly ball to center field, and a fly ball to left field, respectively.
Kershaw sent out a runner for the first time in the top of the third inning after a hit by leadoff Austin Hayes. In 2B2S, he threw a 91-mile fastball into the strike zone on his body, and it was a hit that fell in front of right fielder Andy Paz.
However, Kershaw struck out Brandon Marsh with a fly ball to right field and Edmundo Sosa with a swing and miss, and ended the inning as Hayes, the first baseman who had been greedy for second base, was tagged out while his third 87.3-mile slider went one-bound at Schwaber's at-bat and ran sideways after hitting catcher Will Smith.
Kershaw, who struck out the lead Schwaber in the fourth inning with an 85.9-mile slider that stabbed a low strike from the full count, was driven to first and third bases with one out after consecutive hits by Turner and Harper.
Turner hit an 87.1-mile slider on the outside and Harper hit an 83.7-mile slider on the third pitch. But Kershaw's true value was more brilliant in the crisis. Bohm then struck out swinging by dropping a 74.3-mile big curve on the 5th pitch in 2B2S, and then lightly handled JT Realmuto with a 72.7-mile curve to third baseman groundout to finish the inning.
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In the end, manager Dave Roberts went up and replaced Kershaw with Joe Kelly. Kelly caught Turner on a fly to center field with one out and runners on first and third and finished the inning without additional runs.
However, Roberts approached Kershaw after the fifth inning and patted him on the back while talking about something. It seemed to soothe the disappointment of not completing five innings. Kershaw nodded.
Kershaw, who threw 81 pitches, had a fastball (27) with a maximum speed of 91.4 miles and an average of 90.4 miles. I mixed 38 sliders, 15 curves, and one splitter, respectively. This resulted in Kershaw losing two games and a 4.38 ERA in three games of the season.
Kershaw, who returned on the 26th of last month after undergoing shoulder surgery in November last year and completing eight months of rehabilitation, has yet to pass five innings. The number of pitches was 72 → 83 → 81.
In the top of the sixth inning, Bruceda Graterol voluntarily withdrew after complaining of hamstring pain with one out and runners on the first base, and Brent Haniwell, who took the mound, lost three runs due to timely hits by Castejanos and Sosa, widening the gap to 0-4.
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In the top of the ninth inning, Philadelphia added two more runs with back-to-back home runs by Sosa and Schwarber.
We're going to end our three-game winning streakJuss went 66-48. The gap between the National League's No. 1 Philadelphia (67 wins and 46 losses) widened to 1.5 games.
jhno@sportschosun.com
