Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw gets 3,000th strikeout of his career
LOS ANGELES — You can’t spell Kershaw without a K. A total of 3,000 of them to be exact.
Clayton Kershaw became the 20th major league pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts when he sat down the Chicago White Sox’s Vinny Capra to end the top of the sixth inning on Wednesday night.
The milestone strikeout came with an 85 mph slider on a 1-and-2 count as Capra struck out looking. It was Kershaw’s final batter and the 100th pitch of a six-inning outing.
With a sellout crowd in full roar from the very first strike...