Kershaw somehow ended up losing seven runs in three ⅔ innings, struggling even more with a defensive error...2 matches ERA 5.87 after return
Aug 01, 2024
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Kershaw started the game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 1st (Korea time), giving up six hits and one walk in three ⅔ innings and allowing seven runs (three earned runs).
Kershaw, who underwent left shoulder surgery in early November last year, took his first mound of the season against the San Francisco Giants on the 26th after three minor league appearances last month after eight months of rehabilitation. However, he ended his return game with difficulty by allowing six hits, two walks, six strikeouts and two runs in four innings.
After that, the pitching content worsened in the game, which was the first start in five days. He struggled in game management and control, and it became a more difficult pitch with three defensive errors.
Kershaw, who caught Luis Arraez and Jurickson Profar with infield grounders in the bottom of the first inning, induced Xander Bogaerts to ground out, but second baseman Gavin Lux made an error and made a runner. However, he grounded out Manny Machado to shortstop and gave up no runs.
However, after one out in the second inning, Jackson Merrill was sent out as a critical hit, facing a crisis. Kim Ha-sung was then allowed to walk by throwing a slider outside the fifth pitch in the ball count of 3B1S.
With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, Kershaw lost his first run after being hit by Luis Campusano, and third baseman Kim Ha-sung homered after failing to catch Bryce Johnson's bunt. Kershaw's defensive error led to the crisis with one out and runners on first and second bases.
Then, Araez made a wild pitch at the batter's box, and the runners advanced one by one, and while leading Araez to a groundout to the first base, Campusano homered and became 0-3. Johnson also scored as he allowed a right-handed hit to Profar with two outs and a third base, widening the gap to 0-4.
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However, he caught the leadoff Kim Ha-sung in the fourth inning with an 85.1-mile-low slider to the second base and gave it the fifth run after hitting a solo home run to the left by Campusano. He threw an 86.1 mile slider toward his body at the ball count 2B1S, but the parabolic ball went wide inside the left foul pole. Kershaw's first home run back.
Kershaw, who continued to shake by giving up a left-handed hit while putting a slider in the middle of Johnson, then induced Araez to ground out, but second baseman Lux made another catch-and-miss error, pushing him back to the crisis of first and second base with one out.
He then threw a high 89.6 mile fastball to Profar and was hit by a timely hit to the right-center, widening the gap to 1-6. Kershaw, who gave up another run on Bogaerts' sacrifice fly to center field, eventually left the mound. Joe Kelly, who took the mound with two outs and one out, had one hit, but the score stopped 1-7 by preventing additional runs.
The number of pitches was 83, and the fastball speed of 34 pitches was up to 92.4 miles and an average of 89.6 miles. The last San Francisco match had a maximum of 91.7 miles and an average of 89.7 miles. Since Kershaw's return, his two-game ERA has deteriorated to 5.87.
jhno@sportschosun.com
