clayton kershaw made his third appearance of the 2025 season wednesday aftternoon against the guardians at the jake progressive field. kershaw was coming off a rain shortened appearance against the mets, but there was no delay for this start. so, i am pleased to be able to post another edition of the k is for kershaw kountdown as we track his progress to the 3,000 strikeout milestone.
kershaw pitched five innings and threw 74 pitches, allowing just 1 run on 6 hits. he walked 2 and struck out 3, bringing his season total to six strikeouts. those three guardians he k'd raised his career strikeout total to 2,974.
in honor of his performance, here are three cards (not seen on this blog before) from my collection to represent strikeouts number 2,972 though 2,974.
2,972 - 2017 topps stadium club gold foil
2,973 - 2019 topps stadium club red foil
2,974 - 2023 topps black & white
kershaw's third strikeout came against jose ramirez to close out the fifth inning and it put him in line for his first win of the season. unfortunately, tanner scott blew the lead in the 8th inning and so kershaw will need to wait to notch that first w of the year.
here's a non-kershaw card - it's a 2021 topps stadium club chrome alex vesia card
vesia relieved tanner scott in the 8th inning of the game with the score tied and two guardians on base. he promptly gave up a 3-run home run.
from the same set, here's zach mckinstry
kershaw remains in 21st place on the all-time leader board, and he will remain there until he passes zack greinke. greinke has a career strikeout total of 2,979, and so kershaw is now 5 k's behind greinke and 26 away from the 3,000 milestone.
kershaw should be back on the mound next week to get another crack at the mets (he will miss the yankee series coming up this weekend). know that when he makes his next start, i will be back to update the kountdown soon thereafter. stay tuned!
Solid outing. Looking forward to Kershaw getting 3K.... one K at a time.
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