Clayton Kershaw Leaves Game After Second Inning With Injury

The earliest diagnosis of his injury was right lower back tightness. “Hopefully find out more (Sunday evening)”.

Kershaw is 15-2 with a 2.07 ERA and had a 14-start unbeaten streak coming into the game.

“They asked me if I was hurting”.

For that reason any shred of optimism Sunday was worth clinging to. “Sitting down and getting cold and going back out wasn’t going to be a good thing”. If Kershaw’s diagnosis is anything but minor, the asking price for Darvish and other starting pitchers can only rise.

“We took him out as a precaution”, said Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts after the game. Dodger fans are having the time of their lives; what could possibly go wrong? The Braves won in a laugher, 12-3.

At a very crucial time in the year, the Dodgers organization has a few different options on how to deal with the bullpen.

Then, Garcia made his start.

“I don’t know”, Roberts said of the mistakes.

“Now it’s a matter how he comes out of it”, manager Bruce Bochy said. “I’ve done countless hours of back maintenance and rehab trying to stay healthy”. They have been linked to Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish, among others.

Braves: 2B Phillips returned to the lineup after missing the last two games with hamstring soreness. First team to score is a prop bet that works exactly as you’d think: first team to score wins.

It’s no surprise than that Los Angeles is the best bet in baseball, up almost 23 units for the season.

“I didn’t have my command like usual”, Wood said.

It was a weird night all around.

Yet the celebration was tempered. Los Angeles, which won 31-of-35 before dropping the first two games of the series, improved to 49-7 when scoring first.

“It was a good at-bat by Adams”, Jansen said. You can’t second guess yourself.

Both teams are dominating their respective National Leagues- East and West after the first half of the season. A trainer came out to the mound to check him.

The August and September schedules aren’t nearly as daunting (except for that Dodgers series at home).

It was Jansen’s first blown save since last Aug. 26.

Kershaw threw 21 pitches, walked one batter and had two strikeouts before his departure.

In the Western Division, the Diamondbacks currently have a 56-41 record. Brandon McCarthy could also be headed to the DL with a blister issue, and Julio Urías (shoulder) has been there for a month and might not return until 2019. First pitch is 7:10PM PST.