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Clayton Kershaw not only continued his scoreless streak on Thursday night and flirted with perfection, settling for a shutout in the Dodgers’ 3-0 win over the Mets in the series opener at Citi Field in New York.

Kershaw takes a 20-inning consecutive scoreless inning streak into Thursday’s opener against the Metropolitans. Clayton Kershaw gets the ball, and he’s 7-6 with a 2.68 ERA and 174 strikeouts this season.

On three separate occasions, a light bank along the left field line went out, and finally the game suspended after the fifth inning with Washington up by a score of 3-2.

Before playing against his ex- team for the first time in his 16-year major league career, and hitting ninth in the lineup for first-place Los Angeles, Rollins sat in the dugout at Dodger Stadium and was flooded with questions about his ex- franchise.

“I didn’t even realize it until I read it or (saw) it on ‘SportsCenter, ‘” the Los Angeles Dodgers manager said.

Billingsley (1-2) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings in just his third start in 25 months to earn his first victory since April 10, 2013. The left-hander pitched with a chip on his shoulder after being snubbed by his peers for the 2015 All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio...

Surkamp was charged with four runs and four hits over 3 1/3 innings.

Ellis and Jimmy Rollins who each homered as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 at Dodger Stadium.