yes, the kountdown to 3,000 strikeouts for clayton kershaw continues as he took the mound against the guardians this past wednesday night in cleveland. he struck out 4 batters to give him 115 strikeouts on the season. those 4 guardians that he k'd increased his career total to 2,922.
in honor of his performance, here are 4 cards from my collection to represent strikeouts 2,919 through 2,922.
2,919 - 2019 bowman heritage veterans/rookies
2,920 - 2020 topps gallery heritage
2,922 - 2022 topps allen & ginter pitching a gem
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 5 in his return from the il on tuesday, has a career strikeout total of 2,960. kershaw is now 38 k's behind greinke and 78 away from the 3,000 milestone.
kershaw pitched only two innings against the guardians, as the grounds crew rolled out the tarp right after kershaw recorded his fourth strikeout of the night. there was no rain, however, until 28 minutes later. curious.
it looks like kershaw's next start will come against the diamondbacks in los angeles early next week, meaning he won't start on short rest in boston this weekend. 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!
Was really hoping he'd hit #3000 this season. Oh well... at least he's still having a great one. He's still one of my favorite pitchers in the game.
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