yes, the kountdown to 3,000 strikeouts for clayton kershaw continues as he took the mound against the mariners on saturday night in seattle. he struck out 4 batters to give him 127 strikeouts on the season. those 4 mariners that he k'd increased his career total to 2,934.
in honor of his performance, here are 4 cards from my collection to represent strikeouts 2,931 through 2,934.
2,931 - 2017 topps fire flame parallel
2,932 - 2018 topps fire flame parallel
2,933 - 2020 topps fire gold minted parallel
2,934 - 2021 topps fire flame parallel
kershaw remains in 21st place on the all-time leader board, and he will remain there until he passes zack greinke. greinke, who struck out 4 blue jays and 1 astro in his appearances since the last countdown post, has a career strikeout total of 2,967. kershaw is now 33 k's behind greinke and 66 away from the 3,000 milestone.
kershaw's start was delayed, not due to injury (according to dave roberts), but rather as a way of lining things up for him as the dodgers approach the postseason (again, according to roberts). he went only four innings, and again didn't have his best stuff - at least in the first couple of innings. with the rag tag starting rotation that the dodgers have in place right now, it seems like a healthy kershaw would get the game 1 nlds start although he is following bobby miller in the rotation so it could be the rookie. time is marching on...
it looks like kershaw's next start will come at home later in the week against the giants. 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!
Does Zack get to 3,000 this season?
ReplyDeleteno chance, unfortunately. i hope the royals will bring him back next year to get it (if he wants to), but he's not been pitching the best this year
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