New York: Right-hander Clayton Kershaw lost his no-hitter early, but pitched another gem as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0.
Kershaw allowed only one runner to reach third base. Kershaw (8-2), the 2013 National League Cy Young award winner, won his fifth straight start, departing after eight scoreless innings, allowing seven singles, walking one and striking out eight, while throwing a season-high 108 pitches. In his past five starts, Kershaw has yielded 21 hits and four runs in 37 innings for a 0.97 ERA.
The Dodgers added a run in the ninth when Andre Ethier’s pinch single to center scored first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, who led off the inning with a walk and moved to second on catcher AJ Ellis’ single. In another match, Chris Young hit two of the Mets’ four homers and New York remained red-hot at the plate with a 10-1 rout of the Oakland Athletics.
The Mets (36-41) earned their third win in a row and their fifth victory in six games. Right fielder Curtis Granderson hit a two-run homer in the second, and Young, the Mets’ center fielder, followed three pitches later with his first blast of the night. Catcher Travis d’Arnaud hit a three-run shot in the third off Athletics left-hander Scott Kazmir to extend the lead to 7-1. Young homered again in the fifth. The four homers tied a season high for the Mets. Reuters
