Bill Plaschke: Clayton Kershaw has surpassed Sandy Koufax as Dodgers’ greatest pitcher
LOS ANGELES — Spencer Torkelson flailed, and Dodger Stadium shook. Clayton Kershaw shoved his cap into the air, and Dodger Stadium screamed. The cool April air was filled with a whiff of greatness Saturday night as a sweating, jabbing Dodgers lefty punched out a record and took his place at the top of a rotation of legends. In the fourth inning against the Detroit Tigers, on an 89-mph slider ...
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
May 01, 2022
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Spencer Torkelson flailed, and Dodger Stadium shook.
Clayton Kershaw shoved his cap into the air, and Dodger Stadium screamed.
The cool April air was filled with a whiff of greatness Saturday night as a sweating, jabbing Dodgers lefty punched out a record and took his place at the top of a rotation of legends.
In the fourth inning against the Detroit Tigers, on an 89-mph slider that was as unhittable as it was historic, Kershaw recorded his 2,697th career strikeout to pass Don Sutton to become the Dodgers’ all-time leader.
In doing so, he cemented his status as something far more enduring.
Clayton Kershaw
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