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San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers

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San Francisco Giants
77-78, 34-46 Away
Final
0 - 7
Los Angeles Dodgers
95-59, 52-28 Home

Kershaw tosses 2-hit ball over 5 innings and Dodgers beat Giants 7-0

The 35-year-old left-hander tossed two-hit ball over five innings, Mookie Betts hit a two-run double that set a record of 105 RBI for a leadoff hitters and the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 7-0 on Saturday night.

The NL West champion Dodgers clinched a first-round bye in the postseason. They earned their 95th win and 15th shutout, tied for second in the major leagues behind Seattle’s 16.

Kershaw (13-4) struck out five and walked two in winning his 210th game, breaking a tie with Don Drysdale for second on the Dodgers' career list behind Don Sutton's 233.

“I have a lot of respect for Don Drysdale and what he meant to this organization, so it’s a huge honor to get to do that,” Kershaw said. “Wins are just being on good teams and being in the right spot.”

Kershaw will pitch on six days' rest again next Saturday, when the Dodgers are in San Francisco.

“I'm on the college schedule, I’m a Saturday starter,” he joked. “We’re doing everything for a reason around here so take the extra rest when you can get it.”

The three-time Cy Young Award winner has not gone beyond five innings in any of last seven starts. He returned Aug. 10 after missing six weeks with a left shoulder injury that he and the team have said little about.

“At the end of the day, you just have to execute pitches,” Kershaw said. “It’s as simple as that regardless of what your velocity is or how your stuff is moving.”

In seven starts since coming off the IL, Kershaw has a 2.03 ERA with 27 strikeouts and 14 walks.

Joe Kelly, Michael Grove and Caleb Ferguson followed with hitless relief.

Betts’ RBI are the most by a leadoff hitter in a single season, two more than Charlie Blackmon's 103 for Colorado in 2017. Betts' double in the eighth extended the lead to 7-0.

“There’s been a lot of great leadoff hitters and for him to be number one is pretty remarkable,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “It seems like every night we’re eclipsing milestones as individuals."

J.D. Martinez hit his 31st home run and added a two-run double after fouling a ball off near his ankle. The Dodgers could have three players with 100 RBI for the first time since moving to Los Angeles in 1958. Max Muncy has 103, and Martinez (98) and Freddie Freeman (96) are approaching triple digits with seven games remaining.

Freeman got his major league-leading 57th double of the season in the fifth, driving in Austin Barnes. Muncy's RBI single extended the lead to 5-0.

Freeman is three away from the first 60-double season since Charlie Gehringer and Joe Medwick in 1936.

He singled in the seventh for his career-high 203rd hit, then stole his 22nd base in 23 attempts.

The Giants had runners at the corners in the fifth after Marco Luciano's leadoff double and a walk to Luis Mato with two outs. David Peralta made a diving, inning-ending catch on Austin Slater's fly ball to left that potentially saved two runs. Kershaw looked up at his wife, Ellen, and children watching from a suite and smiled and waved as he reached the dugout.

“They're up past their bedtime. This time of year it’s hard for them to be around, so it’s always special to get to see them in the stands,” Kershaw said, with his 6-year-old son, Charley, watching from the side of the room.

Giants opener John Brebbia (3-2) took the loss, pitching 1 1/3 innings.

San Francisco has lost seven of nine and been outscored 57-32 with one game remaining on its trip.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Giants: RHP Jakob Junis left after the fourth inning because of neck tightness. ... LHP Scott Alexander is on the 15-day IL with a left hamstring strain.

UP NEXT

RHP Lance Lynn (12-11, 5.92 ERA) starts Sunday for the Dodgers.

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Matchup Prediction

Dodgers: 78.4%
Giants: 21.6%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Ramos struck out swinging.
9th Inning Ramos hit for Pederson
9th Inning Flores flied out to center.
9th Inning Davis grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Ferguson relieved Grove
8th Inning Muncy struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 7
11 Strikeouts 9
0 Runs Batted In 7
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
2 Hits 10
0 Stolen Bases 1
3 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
0 Runs 7
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
29 At Bats 34
0 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 21
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 5
9 Fly Balls 18
0 Caught Stealing 0
143 Pitches 147
0 Games Started 0
3 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
3 Total Bases 18
32 Plate Appearances 39
0.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
1 Extra Base Hits 6
-0.6 Runs Created 7.2
.069 Batting Average .294
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.103 Slugging Percentage .529
.138 Secondary Average .412
.156 On Base Percentage .385
.260 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .914
1.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
-0.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 8.1
4.0 Batter Rating 52.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 34.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.47 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.77
.034 Isolated Power .235
0.27 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.56
.094 Walks Per Plate Appearance .128
.069 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .118
0.0 Runs Produced 14.0
0.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.2 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.4
55.3 MLB Rating 94.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Dodger Stadium

Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 52,704 | Capacity:

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3
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