Bill Plaschke: Clayton Kershaw slips up on the big stage once again
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Oct 05, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Clayton Kershaw's first pitch was a fastball, and Trea Turner smacked the cover off it.
It was that quick. It was that ominous. The demons didn't wait.
The ball skittered inside third base and down the left-field line, and Turner was soon standing on second base while the breathless attention of Dodger Stadium was focused on the pitching mound.
Was this really happening again?
It was. It did. The greatest Los Angeles Dodgers regular-season pitcher drove into another October ditch Friday, and
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