Clayton Kershaw

Dodgers, Kershaw KO'ed 6-0 in Desert

The Arizona Diamondbacks knocked around Clayton Kershaw on Saturday and defeated the Dodgers 6-0.

Clayton Kershaw suffered his first loss of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers may have lost two third baseman for the foreseeable future. Both Justin Turner (finger) and Juan Uribe (hamstring) left the game on consecutive plays in the third inning leaving Cuban defector, Alex Guerrero, to man the hot corner.

Led by Paul Goldschmidt, the Arizona Diamondbacks dominated the National League’s reigning Cy Young and MVP winner 6-0 on Saturday night. For the second night in a row, Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer. The slugger has tormented the Dodgers to the tune of six RBIs in the past two games.

The night marked the debut of Diamondbacks hot pitching prospect, Archie Bradley. Bradley (1-0) made sure not to disappoint as he dazzled the hometown fans and outdueled the greatest pitcher in the game today.

Arizona’s first-round draft pick in 2011, fanned six Dodgers, walked four and allowed one-hit ball over six strong innings.

Kershaw (0-1) got knocked around in his second start of the season allowing six runs, on ten hits through 6 1/3 innings. Kershaw never surrendered more than 10 hits during the entire 2014 season, but he has given up 16 hits over his first two starts.

Mark Trumbo got Arizona their first run when he singled home A.J. Pollock in the bottom of the first inning.

Two innings later, Goldschmidt scored Pollock on a groundout to third and Pollock and Ender Inciarte drove in two runs in the fifth before Goldschimdit’s blast in the bottom of the 7th chased Kershaw from the game.

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After finishing 15-4 against the Diamondbacks last season, the Dodgers are currently 0-2 against their NL West division rivals to start the year.

Game Notes:
Uribe was given the day off before Turner’s injury brought him into the game. The Dodgers used four total third baseman on the night when Darwin Barney took over in the seventh.
 

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