Clayton Kershaw Debuts 17th MLB Season with Dodgers Win
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00:00He's 17th year of service started yesterday in Los Angeles in Major League Baseball.
00:10That's Clayton Kershaw as we go all around MLB from a short eight game Thursday slate,
00:16but plenty of drama ahead of the trade deadline on Tuesday in MLB the Dodgers in their fourth
00:23and final game afternoon ball at Chavez ravine in downtown LA against the Giants in this
00:29midweek set set out Clayton Kershaw for his first start in his debut in the 2024 MLB
00:36campaign.
00:37Kersh was pretty good at the age of 36 entering year number 17.
00:42The Dodgers were booked as a home favorite.
00:45They make good on that ticket a six to four victory over the Giants to take the series
00:50winning three of four games a total of eight and a half does go over the Dodgers have been
00:56hot Donnie since the all-star break.
00:58They had lost eight of 11 games entering the break.
01:01They've now won six of seven since that all-star break in Arlington Nick Ahmed Shohei Ohtani
01:08both hitting a solo shot in the eighth inning when the game was tied at four apiece.
01:13The Dodgers pulled away for a 6-4 win.
01:16Yeah, go back to back and also I guess the biggest focus of this is we don't really think
01:20the Giants probably going to make the playoffs Logan Webb's a good pitcher.
01:23I thought Logan Webb might actually be the underdog choice yesterday and it was a close
01:26game till late and the Dodgers pulled out why because they have some superstars like
01:30Shohei Ohtani going yard at the right time.
01:32But having said that about Clayton Kershaw, I don't look at this start and say to myself.
01:36Well good.
01:37This is going to be on a short runway here and it's going to be fantastic down the stretch
01:40and into the playoffs.
01:41He can be a number one or number two pitcher.
01:43If this just gives the Dodgers a quality start every fifth day and I'm not even talking about
01:48I need seven innings pitched 115 pitches.
01:51Just keep the Dodgers in ballgames with the veteran presence who's been there done that
01:55before that could really help them even if Clayton Kershaw isn't in the playoff rotation
01:59as one of the one two or three starting pitchers for the Dodgers because quite frankly when
02:03everybody comes back healthy and if they make a move he won't be there, but at least he
02:06can be that guy to help them down the stretch.
02:09It's a good start that they got yesterday felt good.
02:11We didn't hear anything in the postgame press conference that said anything right tweaking.
02:15That's why he came out of the game.
02:16I like this move for the Dodgers even if it doesn't mean Kershaw is actually going to
02:20be a playoff pitcher.
02:21He'll help in August and September no doubt.