yes, the kountdown to 3,000 strikeouts for clayton kershaw continues as he took the mound against the marlins on tuesday night in miami. he struck out 3 batters to give him 123 strikeouts on the season. those 3 marlins that he k'd increased his career total to 2,930.
in honor of his performance, here are 3 cards from my collection to represent strikeouts 2,928 through 2,930.
2,928 - 2020 panini diamond kings
2,929 - 2020 topps stickers
2,930 - 2021 bowman platinum
kershaw remains in 21st place on the all-time leader board, and he will remain there until he passes zack greinke. greinke, who failed to strike out any red sox in his appearance on sunday, has a career strikeout total of 2,962. kershaw is now 32 k's behind greinke and 70 away from the 3,000 milestone.
kershaw struggled against the marlins, getting bailed out by the pitcher's best friend (the double play) in two of his five innings. he gave up 5 hits and walked 5 as well, which is uncharacteristic for sure. his whip, while still a nice 1.065, is the highest it's been at this stage of a season since 2010.
it looks like kershaw's next start will come on sunday in washington against the nationals. regardless of when he makes his next start or how many k's he posts, i will be back to update the kountdown soon thereafter. stay tuned!
Those 5 walks were uncharacteristic indeed. He walked 5 Padres back in May... but before that it had been four years (8/1/19) since he had accomplished that feat.
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