Clayton Kershaw

(Minneapolis) Le partant des Dodgers de Los Angeles Clayton Kershaw a été parfait pendant sept manches à son premier match de la saison, dominant les Twins du Minnesota avec 13 retraits sur des prises en 21 frappeurs. Publié à 15h57. Partager.

Vainqueur de trois Cy-Young, Kershaw a signé un nouveau pacte d’une saison et 17 millions US avec les Dodgers cet hiver après avoir raté plus de deux mois en 2021 en raison d’inflammation au coude gauche. À sa 15e saison dans les Majeures, toutes avec les Dodgers, Kershaw a notamment retiré au bâton les trois frappeurs à lui faire face en sixième. Il a retiré tous les frappeurs des Twins à lui faire face sur trois prises au moins une fois, sauf Gio Urshela, qui s’est commis dans un roulant au troisième et un ballon dans la droite. Max Muncy a frappé une claque en solo en neuvième.

When the time came for manager Dave Roberts to relieve him, Kershaw didn't put up a fight, either. Kershaw took a perfect game through seven innings for the ...

He struck out the side in the sixth and fanned every Twins batter at least once except Gio Urshela, who grounded out to third and flied out to right in his first two at-bats. This was Kershaw's 66th career double-digit strikeout game in 380 regular season appearances. Roberts has pulled a starting pitcher with a no-hitter before. “For us to do that, we need him healthy.” “He said, ‘Sorry,'” Barnes said. That unusual assignment was to give his arm more time to build up strength in light of the limited spring training schedule. “He’s been pitching like that for years. It didn’t have the bite. Blame it on me not picking up a baseball until January,” said Kershaw, who threw a no-hitter against Colorado on June 18, 2014. "My slider was horrible the last two innings. Vesia gave up Minnesota’s first and only hit, a one-out single by Gary Sánchez. That’s really all we’re here for,” Kershaw said.

Clayton Kershaw has done it all — except pitch a perfect game. And it'll remain that way.

While in the dugout, Kershaw looked joyful and at peace with the decision to exit after seven, even if fans weren't happy with that decision. "Blame it on my not picking up a ball for three months." The Dodgers lefty put 21 up and 21 down through seven innings.

Clayton Kershaw a été retiré du match après sept manches parfaites, mercredi, dans la victoire de 7-0 des Dodgers de Los Angeles sur les Twins du Minnesota.

Justin Turner a permis à L.A. de prendre les devants dès la première manche en poussant Mookie Betts et Trea Turner au marbre à l’aide d’un simple après deux retraits. Vainqueur de trois Cy-Young, Kershaw a signé un nouveau pacte d'une saison et 17 millions $ US avec les Dodgers cet hiver après avoir raté plus de deux mois en 2021 en raison d'inflammation au coude gauche. La sensation japonaise compte neuf points produits au cours de cette séquence. À son premier départ de la saison, Kershaw (1-0) a retiré 13 frappeurs au bâton et a eu besoin de seulement 80 lancers – incluant 53 prises – pour franchir sept manches. « Je savais avant le match qu’on n’allait pas me laisser effectuer une centaine de lancers, a mentionné Kershaw après le match. Ce malaise l’a empêché de lancer en séries éliminatoires.

Pour la première fois en 2022, Clayton Kershaw était sur le monticule des Dodgers. Le lanceur, qui est une légende à Los Angeles, en était à son premier ...

Ceci dit, rationnellement, je comprends pourquoi la décision a été prise. Les 21 frappeurs qui ont été retirés dans l'ordre ont créé une possibilité de match parfait. Je comprends que Kershaw était à 80 tirs à son premier départ de l'année (ce qui est la norme pour un premier départ) et je n'aime pas jouer au gérant, mais je vais le faire quand même : Kershaw aurait dû rester dans le match un brin plus longtemps.

The MLB world took to Twitter to react to Reggie Jackson's take on Clayton Kershaw being pulled after seven perfect innings.

Kershaw had 13 strikeouts on 80 pitches when he was pulled in the seventh inning. Take him OUT! THIS IS BASEBALL PLEASE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER PLAYED GET OUT OF ITS WAY Take him OUT! THIS IS BASEBALL PLEASE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER PLAYED GET OUT OF ITS WAY,” he wrote.

Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed legend Clayton Kershaw looks, uh, fully healthy in his first start of 2022 against Max Kepler and the Minnesota Twins.

If he can stay healthy, he’s got a superstar season in that left arm. It’s not like the Twins don’t have a potent lineup, either! Kershaw’s 2021 campaign ended prematurely, with his absence ranking right alongside Max Muncy’s as an unsung reason that the season ended early.

Three-time Cy Young award winner Clayton Kershaw was unhittable in his first start of season, striking out 13 of the 21 batters he faced in 7-0 win.

The Dodgers have had only one in their history, by Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax in 1965. Vesia retired the first Twins batter, but gave up a line drive single to catcher Gary Sanchez to end the bid for MLB's first-ever combined perfect game. Because of the shortened spring training, the ace lefty had pitched just 11 2/3 innings in four spring outings.

Not wanting to risk injuring his aging ace, Manager Dave Roberts pulled Clayton Kershaw. He had thrown only 80 pitches.

But Roberts, who has weighed such decisions in the past, had a recent reminder of importance of calibrating pitching workloads. The thread connecting the two ace left-handers pulls tight through Dodgers history: Kershaw and Koufax since have developed a strong friendship and mutual admiration over the years. Jackson, who played right field for the Athletics during Hunter’s perfect game, expressed his shock at Roberts’s decision on Twitter. Had he completed a perfect game, it would have added to his legend and presented M.L.B. with an all-time moment. The right-hander Ross Stripling fired seven and a third no-hit innings during his major-league debut on April 8, 2016, in San Francisco before Roberts pulled him after 100 pitches. The decision to pull the plug on the potentially huge moment for Kershaw was met with some fierce criticism online. But those were accomplished before the era of pitch counts and conservation tactics, and Kershaw appeared to be a willing victim to both in surrendering his chance at perfection. His age and the fact that Kershaw made only 22 starts last year and missed the entire postseason because of left forearm and elbow discomfort — and, the fact that he’s battled back issues in his past — undoubtedly contributed to the blame as well. Walker Buehler fired six no-hit innings in just his third major-league start in a game against San Diego in Monterrey, Mexico, on May 4, 2018. There have been only 23 perfect games, and none since Seattle’s Félix Hernández did it against Tampa Bay on Aug. 15, 2012. Hill, 42, now pitches for Boston. But his afternoon ended there.

The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner looked like his vintage self in Wednesday's 7-0 win over the Twins, tossing seven perfect innings in his ...

He knows how to read situations. He knows how to read hitters. And then he came to spring and he was ready to roll. “He knows how to throw the ball. “Kershaw went out there and was as impressive as any pitcher that you’ll see in this game,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. That was a surprise to me, how good he looked in spring and then carrying it over is big for us and big for the Dodgers.” He knows how to read situations. He knows how to read hitters. For Kershaw to even be in that position was a story in itself. “There’s no right, 100% answer, but in this case I felt it was very clear to me the right decision was, ‘Give us seven great innings and hand the ball off to the next guy.’” “He knows how to throw the ball. “It’s not a great spot as far as the decision, ultimately, that I have to make.

MINNEAPOLIS — Le partant des Dodgers de Los Angeles Clayton Kershaw a été parfait pendant sept manches à son premier match de la saison, dominant les Twins ...

Il faut blâmer le fait que je n’ai pas pris une balle depuis janvier, a indiqué Kershaw. Ma balle glissante a été horrible lors des deux dernières manches. Vainqueur de trois Cy-Young, Kershaw a signé un nouveau pacte d’une saison et 17 millions $ US avec les Dodgers cet hiver après avoir raté plus de deux mois en 2021 en raison d’inflammation au coude gauche. Max Muncy a frappé une claque en solo en neuvième. À sa 15e saison dans les Majeures, toutes avec les Dodgers, Kershaw a notamment retiré au bâton les trois frappeurs à lui faire face en sixième. Il a retiré tous les frappeurs des Twins à lui faire face sur trois prises au moins une fois, sauf Gio Urshela, qui s’est commis dans un roulant au troisième et un ballon dans la droite. C’est vraiment pour cette raison que nous sommes tous ici.» «Ce sont des objectifs égoïstes, a mentionné Kershaw, qui n’a pas fait de cas lorsque Roberts l’a retiré du match.

The last time Clayton Kershaw took the field in a regular season game, the three-time Cy Young Award winner walked off the mound Oct. 1 at Dodger Stadium ...

“I’m as big a fan as anyone, a fan of Clayton, and to see a battery of him and Austin throw a perfect game or a no-hitter, I’m all in,” Roberts said. Every decision I make is for the best interest of the player, their health and the ballclub, because there’s a lot of people that are cheering for the Dodgers — not only just for today and Clayton to throw a no-hitter but for the Dodgers to win the World Series. For us to do that, we need him healthy.” After Kershaw’s departure, Cody Bellinger, Lux and Barnes — the bottom three hitters in a stacked Dodger lineup — hit back-to-back-to-back home runs. Kershaw had a smile on his face as his outing came to an end. Kershaw wanted to operate quickly for his team on a 38-degree afternoon to finish the road trip. “It makes sense, and I was good with that.” Trea Turner added more insurance in the second inning with a sacrifice fly. The only thing that stopped him in a 7–0 win was the calendar. He knew Wednesday wouldn’t be one of those situations, despite the efficiency with which he navigated a perplexed Twins lineup. “He was rolling,” Barnes said. While Kershaw felt his slider’s effectiveness slipping late Wednesday, each of his first 11 strikeouts came on the pitch. He didn’t pick up a baseball again until January, which made what took place Wednesday afternoon in Minnesota all the more remarkable.

Clayton Kershaw was closing in on one of baseball's rarest feats. Then, after having thrown only 80 pitches, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled ...

He struck out the side in the sixth and fanned every Twins batter at least once except Gio Urshela, who grounded out to third and flied out to right in his first two at-bats. This was Kershaw's 66th career double-digit strikeout game in 380 regular season appearances. “For us to do that, we need him healthy.” “He said, ‘Sorry,'” Barnes said. That unusual assignment was to give his arm more time to build up strength in light of the limited spring training schedule. Roberts has pulled a starting pitcher with a no-hitter before. It didn’t have the bite. “He’s been pitching like that for years. Blame it on me not picking up a baseball until January,” said Kershaw, who threw a no-hitter against Colorado on June 18, 2014. "My slider was horrible the last two innings. “Blame it on the lockout. Vesia gave up Minnesota’s first and only hit, a one-out single by Gary Sánchez.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Clayton Kershaw took a perfect game through the seventh inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his season debut, dominating the Minnesota ...

Kershaw threw a no-hitter on June 18, 2014, against Colorado. Manager Dave Roberts pulled Kershaw after 80 pitches on a cold afternoon at Target Field. He fanned every Twins batter at least once except Gio Urshela, who grounded out to third and flied out to right.

Clayton Kershaw looked jovial in the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout, slapping backs and shaking hands. The scoreboard showed it was the eighth inning, ...

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Kershaw made his long-awaited season debut, and he delivered a perfect game through seven innings. He racked up 20 swinging strikes across 80 total pitches, ...

“[One] des meilleurs de l'époque, et vous le sortez avec un match parfait dans le 7e, 7-0 Dodgers gagnant. Mets-le dehors! C'EST LE BASEBALL S'IL VOUS PLAÎT ...

Ce sont des objectifs égoïstes », a déclaré Kershaw. « Nous essayons de gagner. “[One] des meilleurs de l’époque, et vous le sortez avec un match parfait dans le 7e, 7-0 Dodgers gagnant. C’EST LE BASEBALL S’IL VOUS PLAÎT LES GENS QUI N’ONT JAMAIS JOUÉ S’ÉLOIGNENT DE SON CHEMIN »

Le partant des Dodgers de Los Angeles Clayton Kershaw a été parfait pendant sept manches à son premier match de la saison, dominant les Twins du Minnesota ...

Vainqueur de trois Cy-Young, Kershaw a signé un nouveau pacte d’une saison et 17 millions US avec les Dodgers cet hiver après avoir raté plus de deux mois en 2021 en raison d’inflammation au coude gauche. À sa 15e saison dans les Majeures, toutes avec les Dodgers, Kershaw a notamment retiré au bâton les trois frappeurs à lui faire face en sixième. Il a retiré tous les frappeurs des Twins à lui faire face sur trois prises au moins une fois, sauf Gio Urshela, qui s’est commis dans un roulant au troisième et un ballon dans la droite. Max Muncy a frappé une claque en solo en neuvième.

Kershaw, in his season debut, struck out 13 batters through seven perfect frames. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts then removed Kershaw to begin the eighth inning, ...

Kershaw didn't require surgery, however, and he returned to Los Angeles on a one-year pact worth $17 million after the lockout was lifted in March. Kershaw generated 20 whiffs on the afternoon overall, with 17 of those coming against his slider, his primary pitch in the outing. "Later in the season, when he's a little more built up, I think he goes out there," Barnes said to Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times. "But I think that's the right call, taking him out there. The only perfect game in Dodgers history was thrown by Sandy Koufax in September 1965. He accomplished the feat in June 2014 against the Colorado Rockies, just weeks after teammate Josh Beckett had delivered his own versus the Philadelphia Phillies. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts then removed Kershaw to begin the eighth inning, inserting lefty reliever Alex Vesia. Vesia subsequently surrendered a single to Gary Sánchez, dashing any hopes Los Angeles had of making history.

The three-time Cy Young winner had thrown just 80 pitches, and had 13 strikeouts in the game.

Fans are still buzzing about the controversial decision to pull Kershaw, who does not have a perfect game in his career. Kershaw sat down 21 straight Twins to open the game, fanning 13 in a masterful outing. Clayton Kershaw was two innings away from a potential perfect game against the Twins on Wednesday when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts elected to play it safe and pull the 34-year-old star.

Clayton Kershaw flirted with a perfect game on Wednesday, blanking the Twins through seven innings. The Dodgers lefty put 21 up and 21 down through seven ...

While in the dugout, Kershaw looked joyful and at peace with the decision to exit after seven, even if fans weren't happy with that decision. "Blame it on my not picking up a ball for three months." The Dodgers lefty put 21 up and 21 down through seven innings.

Clayton Kershaw was perfect through seven innings. And then Dave Roberts took him out. The Dodgers manager would not let Kershaw go beyond the 80 pitches he ...

The Dodgers went on to win 7-0. The 34-year-old Dodgers southpaw completely shut down the first 21 Twins who came to bat, striking out 13. “Those are individual things.

Manager Dave Roberts made the logical, unpopular decision to take out Kershaw during a perfect game. It was smart, but costly to the ace and us fans.

It made sense in terms of his workload and the abbreviated spring and what it meant to think ahead for the rest of the season. It might be just as easy to conceive of it as selfless rather than selfish: a great communal gift as much as a great individual achievement. It was not just an opportunity for a perfect game but for one of the best games in recent history. Was it selfish to think of the injury, the workload, the rest of the season and still wish for history? Like, for instance, if he is in the middle of a perfect game in which he has struck out 13. And so in a career that has already included just about everything—three Cy Youngs, an MVP, a World Series—here was a chance for the greatest of his generation to nail down arguably the greatest single achievement for a pitcher. They put reliever Alex Vesia on the mound to start the eighth; he promptly gave up a single, ridding the afternoon of the cursed, bizarre phrase “combined perfect game,” and Los Angeles went on to beat Minnesota, 7–0. There were no signs of annoyance from Kershaw. He did not appear frustrated in the dugout, and afterward, he said all the right things. It is just about what to do with a guy who has not yet had a chance to build up his workload for a Wednesday afternoon in April. The pitcher went only five innings at most in the spring, and today he has gone seven, a marked stretch. It is not really about modern baseball, or how the game is played nowadays, or any of the big, existential questions that hang around the sport. In the winter, he needed to reconfigure his offseason program for additional treatment and rest, and when he was able to start working out again, there was no structured opportunity for him to do so: A lockout meant that spring training had to be pushed back and then cut short. He did not have a chance to be fully stretched out by Opening Day. Now, it’s a week later and he’s in his first start of the season, and he’s dealing. It is not about analytics or efficiency or rationalizing the existence of overstuffed bullpens.

Parfait jusque dans le septième inning, Clayton Kershaw a été sorti alors qu'il ne lui restait que six batteurs à retirer pour réaliser un perfect game.

Une sage décision qui crée tout de même un nouveau what if ? et qui empêche le joueur de devenir le vingt-quatrième joueur de l’histoire à réaliser un tel exploit. Et si Clayton Kershaw a réagi de cette manière, c’est aussi parce que, comme il l’a dit lui même à la fin de la rencontre, son manager a sûrement pris « la meilleure décision ». Gêné par une blessure à l’avant-bras gauche la saison dernière et soigné en octobre dernier avec une injection de plasma riche en plaquettes, le pitcher savait qu’il était plus raisonnable qu’il ne prenne aucun risque en ce début de saison. Dans le dugout des Dodgers depuis 2016, le natif de Naha au Japon avait déjà joué la sécurité lors de sa première saison en tant que manager de Los Angeles. Lors des débuts de Ross Stripling en avril 2016, il l’avait sorti dans la huitième manche alors qu’il se dirigeait vers un no-hitter. Cette performance, qui n’a plus été réalisée depuis Philip Humber (Chicago White Sox), Matt Cain (San Francisco Giants) et Félix Hernández (Seattle Mariners) en 2012, aurait renforcé un peu plus la légende de Clayton Kershaw. Déjà entré dans l’histoire, notamment pour sa saison 2014 extraordinaire, et avec une place à Cooperstown qui lui semble déjà réservé, il aurait pu devenir le deuxième Dodger à réaliser une telle performance, après le perfect game de Koufax 1965. La nuit dernière, Clayton Kershaw a lancé sa saison de la meilleure des manières. Pour son premier start de 2022, le triple Cy Young et MVP de la National League en 2014 a été intraitable face à Minnesota. Dans un Target Field acquis à la cause des Twins, Kershaw a offert un véritable récital, en sortant les vingt-et-un batteurs qui lui ont fait face. Parfait jusque dans le septième inning, Clayton Kershaw a été sorti par son manager, alors qu’il ne lui restait que six batteurs à retirer pour réaliser un perfect game.

Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw was ultimately in some cases drafted as an overlooked mid-round pitcher but instead looked like vintage Kershaw in his debut. The ...

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There was no perfect answer for Dave Roberts on Wednesday in Minnesota.

As the game was progressing on Wednesday, I really, really wanted Clayton Kershaw to complete a perfect game. It seems a no-brainer from there to let him have the ninth. Talk to any doctor who has dealt with arm injuries and the only thing they agree on is that they just can't possibly pin down a certain pitch count in specific situations like this. We can't possibly know that an additional 13 pitches across two innings is going to be detrimental to the rest of Kershaw's season and/or career. The second someone mentions the possibility of a no-hitter, any baseball fan immediately wants to tune in and either see the completion of it or how it's broken up. The offensive players want to break it up and the defensive players are ready to leave their feet to keep it intact. He got a platelet-rich plasma injection and was forced to shutdown for a large portion of the offseason. Everyone in the ballpark is on the edge of their seat. Under this scenario, through one turn in everyone's rotation, this would be the guy with the most pitches in a start by a pretty decent margin. Coming off an elbow injury at age 34, with a history of back injuries and a shortened spring training, did Kershaw really need to breach the upper levels of workload compared to what any starter has done so far this year in a start? This is now the third time this season a pitcher has been pulled with a no-hitter through at least six innings. For those fortunate enough to miss the explosion, it was every bit as fiery as you'd imagine.