The Dodgers beginner completed the second shutout with his / her occupation and also furnished one or two initiates regarding his offensively stunted crew Sunday afternoon for the duration of an 8-0 triumph within the Florida Marlins .
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The make totals: Marlins two, Kershaw two.While Kershaw possessed some connected with well-defined singles, certainly one of Florida's sinks into has been a not-so-routine take flight ball that fell in eventually left field after currently being buffeted by way of circulating winds.
Kershaw struck out there 10, strolled one along with had been equally striking along at the plate.
He ignited your four-run rally in the third inning using an individual in addition to went within a operate throughout a different four-run outburst in the fifth by simply grounding right force-out.
"I bought made enjoyable connected with adequate a year ago pertaining to possibly not hitting," claimed Kershaw, a career .102 hitter that includes currently proven a profession high using 6 months time visits this specific season, "so I was required to occur in this year prepared to hit."
Generating wrongdoing ended up being no problem pertaining to that staff which typed in the experience having your third-fewest extends inside the National League .
Andre Ethier and Jay Gibbons had a few bites apiece during your season-high 17-hit attack. Fifteen on the hits came up against beginner , tying an L.A. Dodgers history for many strikes in opposition to one particular pitcher.
The Dodgers did high of their ruin not having the most beautiful hitter. Matt Kemp ended up being ejected when they get home with the fourth inning after complaining about some referred to as strikes because this individual walked off the particular field.
"I has been simply endeavoring to fire the particular team up, in addition to I suppose it worked," Kemp said. "We got lots of gets any time I obtained kicked out."
Kershaw became issues started within the lastly which includes a sole to left-center discipline that preceded Furcal's primary homer belonging to the season. Furcal extra a couple singles as well as features five strikes in his last a couple of game titles after some sort of one-for-22 grow final week.
"Spring training's over," Furcal said, alluding towards need to take back his or her ideal time to in the dish soon after a nearly six-week pain layoff.
Kershaw joked that Furcal charge him or her a new stolen bottom if your pitcher brought about away from that final that has a single plus bought a fantastic bounce on Nolasco using Furcal for the plate. Furcal singled in order to proper field, advancing Kershaw for you to 3 rd base.
"I idea I could maybe swipe some sort of bottom there," Kershaw said, "but Raffy chose to get your hit instead."
The Marlins, fielding a lineup devoid of leading hitter Greg Dobbs, a left-hander exactly who was given the afternoon off, and Hanley Ramirez , which left right after the best inning while his cheaper back stiffened, couldn't get a click till Omar Infante brought about over third having a solitary to help left-center.
They needed an help from that blustery ailments inside the seventh to gather your second hit. Logan Morrison lofted a fly shot which got captured within the the wind in addition to droped numerous feet staring at the monitor connected with still left fielder Gibbons for just a double.
"That baseball went up and gone about 30 legs towards left," Gibbons said. "I'm knowledge ? towards the wall membrane so when I look upwards again, it absolutely was not even shut that will me."
Gaby Sanchez followed that has a popup that will shortstop Furcal did actually have a bead on immediately after retreating in to superficial eventually left field before the shot dropped from his baseball glove pertaining to a strong error.
But along with runners on very first and also minute as well as no person out, Kershaw out of production Mike Stanton on a new soil baseball in advance of obtaining John Buck to hit into some sort of double play.
It was not extended in advance of Kershaw had his / her first shutout at Dodger Stadium as well as Dodgers had their particular initial series victory given that acquiring a pair of of some with the Chicago Cubs on April 22-24.
"That seemed to be about competitive with we now have played," Kershaw said, "so the idea had been fun."
ben.bolch@latimes.com
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