5 innings 6K 1 run Kershaw's brilliant august, 5 all-out + ERA 1.88 Pitcher of the Month?LAD 63 CIN

Aug 27, 2025

5 innings 6K 1 run Kershaw's brilliant august, 5 all-out ERA 1.88 Pitcher of the Month?LAD 63 CIN
LA Dodgers Clayton Kershaw takes the mound against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on the 27th (Korea time) and throws the ball vigorously. AFP Yonhap News



5 innings 6K 1 run Kershaw's brilliant august, 5 all-out ERA 1.88 Pitcher of the Month?LAD 63 CIN
LA Dodgers Shohei Otani. AFP Yonhap News
Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw won all five games in August. NL 'Pitcher of the Month' emerged as a candidate.

The Dodgers won 6-3 against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on the 27th (Korea time) with Kershaw's good pitching and the concentration of the batters.

Kershaw earned his ninth win (two losses) of the season with two hits, six strikeouts and one run in five innings, lowering his ERA to 3.06. He marked 88 ⅓ innings, WHIP 1.15 and a 0.247 hit rate in 17 games.




In particular, he became a winning pitcher in all five games he took the mound in August. He gave up 20 hits and three walks in 28 ⅔ innings, striking out 19. He has five wins per month and a 1.88 ERA. This is the performance that allows him to give his business card as a candidate for the NL pitcher in August.

His fastball speed of 19 throws remained at the top of 89.5 miles and an average of 88.1 miles, but he overwhelmed Cincinnati batters by freely using his main weapons, sliders (32) and curves (16).

5 innings 6K 1 run Kershaw's brilliant august, 5 all-out ERA 1.88 Pitcher of the Month?LAD 63 CIN
Clayton Kershaw won all five games in August, lowering his ERA to 3.06. EPA Yonhap News
Kershaw gave up a run first in the top of the first inning. Kershaw, who gave up a left double to the leader Spencer Steer, struck out Noelby Marte with a swing and miss, but gave up one run by dealing with Miguel Andujar as a ground ball to third base after being hit by a left-handed hit by Eli Delacruz. Kershaw finished the inning by catching Austin Hayes with a fly ball to center field.




The Dodgers tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the first inning with Freddie Freeman's double on the left-field line and an opponent's error.

Then, Kershaw continued his exciting pitching from the second inning. In the top of the second inning, Jose Trevino, Kibryan Hayes, and Santiago Espinal were all put to bed with bums, and in the third inning, Matt McClain was caught on a fly to center field, and Steer and Marte were struck out with consecutive swings and misses to finish the inning lightly.

He also had three outs in the fourth inning. Kershaw, who cooked Delacruz with a big curve of 70.7 miles, struck out Andujar with a grounder to shortstop and Hayes with a slider in the middle of 83 miles in the 10th pitch after a close game of full count.




As Kershaw's good pitching continued, the Dodgers' batters responded. In the bottom of the fourth inning, when the lead Teoscar Hernandez hit a line drive double that fell on the left-field line, Michael Confoto hit an infield hit to create chances for the first and third bases. Kiké Hernandez then hit a sacrifice fly to left field to bring in Teosca for a 2-1 lead.

5 innings 6K 1 run Kershaw's brilliant august, 5 all-out ERA 1.88 Pitcher of the Month?LAD 63 CIN
Kershaw emerged as NL pitcher of the month with a 1.88 ERA in August. EPA Yonhap News
Kershaw stopped the fifth inning with seven balls. He struck out lead Trevino on three pitches and handled a fly ball between Hayes and Espinal. Kershaw, who put 13 consecutive hitters to bed from the last batter in the first inning to the fifth inning, threw up to 72 pitches and handed over the mound to Eduardo Enriquez in the sixth inning with a 2-1 lead.

The Dodgers secured four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to secure Kershaw's winning pitcher requirements. The Dodgers, who added two runs with Miguel Rojas' double to the center with two outs and runners on first and second bases after opening the gap 3-1 with Will Smith's solo home run to the right, ran 6-1 with Ohtani hitting a timely hit to the right.

Cincinnati followed 3-6 in the top of the seventh with Hayes' two-run shot to left-center, but the game was already on the wane.

Ohtani failed to add a home run for the second day, but he added one hit, one RBI, and one walk from four times at bat to help win.

The Dodgers, which won three consecutive games, marked 76 wins and 57 losses and firmly maintained their lead in the NL West.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.