LOS ANGELES (AP) Getting close available by Clayton Kershaw had been the lowest amount of of the St. Louis Cardinals' problems. They might have to perform without very first baseman Lance Berkman for quite a while as a result of an injured right knee.
Kershaw outdueled Jake Westbrook that has a six-hitter for his or her last profession shutout, primary the Los Angeles Dodgers to some 6-0 victory on Saturday night.
''The initial number of innings I threw primarily fastballs,'' claimed the 24-year-old left-hander, that is 14-1 with a 1.40 ERA throughout his past nineteen starts from home. ''Once I proven it, I applied my smashing tennis ball more, along with the combination worked. They have got a great lineup, nevertheless sacrificing Lance Berkman may be a significant come regarding them.''
Berkman hurt himself stretching for just a place from shortstop Rafael Furcal about Justin Sellers' groundout for any finally out from the minute inning. Matt Carpenter took more than in the beginning along with entirely a fielding mistake on the hard-hit grounder through previous Cardinal Adam Kennedy in the fourth, making it possible for your game's first two goes to be able to score.
The switch-hitting Berkman, a six-time All-Star as well as the NL comeback player of the year inside 2011, possesses played out in exclusively thirteen video games this year which is batting .333 using a homer along with four RBIs.
In Friday night's series opener, this individual homered since your pinch-hitter alongside Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen having a couple of out throughout this ninth for you to tie that score, prior to a Cardinals misplaced from the underlying part fifty percent on some sort of bases-loaded walk. The homer broken the longest season-opening home work drought regarding his / her profession once 40 at-bats.
Berkman had just come off the incompetent listing final Sunday following appearing sidelined intended for 21 game titles on account of your strained kept calf your dog aggravated while chasing a popup. Another vacation on the DL is usually your distinct possibility, judging in addition he had been limping around inside the clubhouse.
''I hope I knew,'' reported Berkman, having been on your DL five times. ''We're merely going to put it off and see just what exactly the MRI says, but it really only isn't going to look right. It buckled on myself twice, and also I have no idea of the reason why the idea managed that. I managed to be able to move around OK in here, after which you can the item buckled again. So I must be careful with it. It's not really too painful, nevertheless it is really merely a weird feeling. I would like I may possibly express it. There's a bit more involving instability which is mildly concerning.''
Kershaw wouldn't walk a new batter for any finally occasion the following season although lowering his ERA from 2.22 in order to 1.90.
''It's scary, but he / she retains getting better,'' catcher A.J. Ellis said. ''It just presents us your ton associated with self-confidence in this clubhouse of which whenever it is his or her day time to pitch, he has been going to provide all of us a wonderful possible opportunity to win the actual game. You find out what you might be getting with Kersh. He's the identical steady person with and also heli-copter flight field, as well as they knows they've got work to try and do regardless of the the circumstances. He prefers each sport actual badly, nevertheless , you could possibly say to your dog definitely required this particular one.''
The reigning NL Cy Young success earned the seventh complete activity of his / her profession about 116 pitches, striking out some instead of allowing some sort of runner beyond following put faitth on next to a great crime that followed inside leading that NL inside crew batting average, runs, homers, on-base percent and slugging percentage.
Sellers triggered a new four-run seventh inning with his first residence function of the season for the NL West-leading Dodgers, exactly who enhanced the particular finest track record inside the majors to help 27-13.
The Dodgers defeat that defending World Series winners for the sixth straight time period - their greatest successful ability from the Cardinals because an eight-game expand from July 24, 1975 as a result of May 12, 1976.
Westbrook (4-3) has been charged using some runs - about three earned - in addition to six hits in a few 1-3 innings. The 34-year-old right-hander, pitching at Dodger Stadium with the first time in his / her 12-year career, departed immediately after quiting Kershaw's opposite-field 2 bottle off the particular glove involving left fielder Matt Holliday. It seemed to be Kershaw's primary extra-base hit after hitting 28 singles around personal trainer seasons.
Tony Gwynn Jr. approached Eduardo Sanchez using a solitary of which went with Kershaw. The Dodgers got two more operates of which inning when Gwynn scored on Sanchez's wild frequency in addition to Andre Ethier put in an RBI solo this increased his NL-best RBI total to 36.
Westbrook believed they can be his or her perform cut available for himself confronting the particular Dodgers' ace, nevertheless this individual didn't make that distract him.
''You do not do that, because you usually prefer to go forth generally there and throw a decent ballgame and decide to put up zeros regardless which you will be facing,'' Westbrook said. ''If you placed too much included demand upon yourself, it is certainly counter-productive. So you just continue right now there along with pitch ones online game in addition to carry out the best an individual can.''
Ellis doubled their first twice up, plus has arrived at trust that has a make or a new wander with thirty-one of his primary 32 video games - such as the past 28 in a row. He typed in Saturday which includes a .459 on-base percentage, the actual second-highest inside the majors at the rear of your Mets' David Wright (.510).
Notes: Dee Gordon, that Dodgers' frequent SS in addition to leadoff batter, got that night out of soon after going 2 to get thirty-one using twelve strikeouts plus one go walking with the previous seven games. Mattingly stated prior to the activity of which he will probably remain him for some days. . Kershaw, who brought about the NL using 248 strikeouts continue season, possesses created thirteen consecutive gets going devoid of achieving two times digits around strikeouts. . In eight gets going this specific season, Westbrook includes gave only 1 function covering the primary three innings. He has made merely two additional regular-season looks resistant to the Dodgers, both equally in elimination intended for Cleveland in 2003.
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