Lee, who Kershaw should be grateful for, faced off with decisive diving catch + reversal two-run shot 3000K Legend, and became 218 wins with Scherzer

Aug 09, 2025

Lee, who Kershaw should be grateful for, faced off with decisive diving catch reversal two-run shot 3000K Legend, and became 218 wins with Scherzer
LA Dodgers Clayton Kershaw starts and pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on the 9th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



Lee, who Kershaw should be grateful for, faced off with decisive diving catch reversal two-run shot 3000K Legend, and became 218 wins with Scherzer
LA Dodgers Mookie Betts is celebrating after hitting a two-run home run to the left in the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 0-1 against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on the 9th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News
Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw won the showdown between 3,000 strikeouts.

Kershaw started the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on the 9th (Korea time), gave up seven hits and one walk in six innings, struck out four, blocked one run and led the team to a 5-1 victory.

Toronto starter Max Scherzer also did his part with six hits, three walks, five strikeouts and two runs in six innings, but he lost the game because he gave one more point than Kershaw.




The two pitchers became the 19th and 20th pitchers in Major League history with 3,000 strikeouts. Scherzer had 3,456 strikeouts and Kershaw had 3,014 strikeouts so far. Kershaw's victory equalized the two players' total wins to 218. The two players, who made their major league debut side by side in 2008, have faced each other five times, including playoff games, with Kershaw losing 3-1 and Scherzer losing 1-3.

On this day, Kershaw was more stable than Scherzer in game management and control. With six quality starts in the same innings, Kershaw threw 74 and Scherzer threw 98 pitches, 24 more than that.

Lee, who Kershaw should be grateful for, faced off with decisive diving catch reversal two-run shot 3000K Legend, and became 218 wins with Scherzer
Max Scherzer starts the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on the 9th (Korea time) and sprays the ball vigorously. AFP Yonhap News
Lee, who Kershaw should be grateful for, faced off with decisive diving catch reversal two-run shot 3000K Legend, and became 218 wins with Scherzer
Clayton Kershaw won his fifth showdown with Max Scherzer. AP Yonhap News
The speed of the fastball was 90.0 miles for Kershaw, 88.7 miles for average, and 96.1 miles for Scherzer and 94.2 miles for average. Kershaw was 0.3 miles slower than the season average, and Scherzer was 0.6 miles faster. Kershaw mixed curve (13), splitter (2), and sinker (1) by throwing mostly at sliders (32) and fastballs (26). Scherzer had 52 fastballs, which were more than half of them, followed by sliders (21), curves (11), changeups (10), and cutters (4).

This resulted in Kershaw's 6-2 record, 3.14 ERA, and Scherzer's 2-2 record and 4.21 ERA for the season.

It was Kershaw who lost first. Bobbi at the beginning of the second inning??He faced a crisis when he gave up a right-handed double to . After catching Alejandro Kirk with a ground ball to shortstop, he gave up a right-handed hit to Addison Barger at third base with one out and allowed one run.

Kershaw then got consecutive hits from Ty Frans and Dalton Basho, who were on the verge of losing a large number of runs with one out. But I was lucky. Myles Straw, the next batter, hit a line drive that flew 98.5 miles to shortstop, but Mookie Betts blew himself to the left and caught him, then quickly threw him to second base to end the inning with a double play that even put second baseman Francis out.




Kershaw then sent out one runner every inning, but he effectively hit the follow-up batters, preventing additional runs.

Lee, who Kershaw should be grateful for, faced off with decisive diving catch reversal two-run shot 3000K Legend, and became 218 wins with Scherzer
Mookie Betts is hitting a two-run homer from behind to the left in the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 1-2. AFP Yonhap News
Scherzer allowed lead Shohei Ohtani and Betts to hit back-to-back heavy hits in the bottom of the first inning, then walked Max Muncy with two outs and loaded the bases, then struck out Teoscar Hernandez with a slider and handed him no runs, setting the stage for good pitching.

Scherzer, who silenced the second and third innings with three outs in a row, hit an infield hit by Teosca after two outs in the fourth inning, struck out Michael Confoto again with a slider and allowed no runs.

However, he failed to overcome the Dodgers' flagship hitters in the bottom of the fifth inning with a 1-0 lead. Scherzer, who gave Ohtani a ground-rule double to go one-bound over the right-center fence after two outs, hit Betts with an 85.6-mile slider in the middle of the first pitch, hit a two-run shot to the left and allowed a 1-2 turnaround. His 12th home run of the season, with an angle of 25 degrees, a batting speed of 101.7 miles and a driving distance of 389 feet, came 34 days after Betts hit a solo shot to left in the bottom of the first inning against the Houston Astros on July 6.

The Dodgers maintained the lead taken from Scherzer by adding points afterward. In the seventh inning, Betts' groundout, Will Smith's pushout walk, and Teoscar's sacrifice fly added three more runs to seal the victory by running away 5-1.

Lee, who Kershaw should be grateful for, faced off with decisive diving catch reversal two-run shot 3000K Legend, and became 218 wins with Scherzer
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani hits a ground-rule double to the right in the bottom of the fifth inning. ImagesYonhap News
Ohtani faced Scherzer three times and continued his strength by hitting two hits in three at-bats. Scherzer's overall batting average became 0.333 (2 hits in 6 at-bats). Ohtani, who recovered a batting average of 0.280 (125 hits in 447 at-bats) for the first time in a month since the 9th of last month, had 39 home runs, 75 RBIs, 108 runs and an OPS of 0.992.

Betts, who has rarely been able to get out of the slump this season, was selected as the MVP of the game by MLB.com with two hits, three RBIs and two runs from four times at bat, including a home run for the first time in a long time.

The Dodgers, which marked 67 wins and 49 losses, secured the top spot in the NL West and widened the gap with the second-place San Diego Padres (64 wins and 52 losses) to three games. Toronto still maintained its lead in the AL East with 68-49. It is three games away from the second-place Boston Red Sox.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.