커쇼가 5월25일 연장전 끝에 승리한 경기에서 효과적으로 6이닝을 투구하며 5안타 2실점을 기록했다. 삼진 7개를 잡고 볼넷 1개를 허용했다. 투구수는 102개 였고 이중 69개가 스트라이크였다. 첫 이닝 3아웃을 삼진으로 처리했다.
커쇼는 당초에는 화요일 등판할 예정이었지만, 조 토레 감독과 허니컷 투수코치가 이전 등판에서 많은 이닝을 소화한 빌링슬리와 구로타에게 휴식을 하루 더 주기로 결정하여 이날 등판했다. (다른 기사에는 화요일 시카고 컵스와 경기가 원정경기이므로 이날 홈경기가 커쇼의 데뷰전으로 더 낫다고 판단했다 라고 되어있다.)
5월19일에 만 20살이 된 커쇼는 시범경기에서 작년 월드시리즈 챔피온인 레드삭스와 경기에 구원 등판하여 4이닝 동안 삼진을 6개 잡았다. 스프링 캠프에서는 14이닝동안 19개 삼진을 기록했다.
이날 경기에서 커쇼가 5선발로서 효과적으로 활약을 해 주었으니, 박찬호 대신 계속 기용될 것으로 생각된다. 박찬호의 보직은 5선발이 아닌 롱릴리프나 패전처리가 될 것 같다. 제이슨 슈미트가 복귀하는 싯점이 로스터에 남을지에 대한 또 한차례 고비가 될 것으로 보인다.
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기사출처 : cbssportsline.com, http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20080525_STL@LA
In debut, Kershaw pitches six effective innings in Dodgers' extra-inning win
May 25, 2008
CBSSports.com wire reports
LOS ANGELES -- Andre Ethier singled home the winning run in the 10th inning, and Luis Maza hit his first big league homer, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.
Russell Martin drove in two runs and touted prospect Clayton Kershaw pitched six effective innings for the Dodgers in his major league debut.
Terry Tiffee, recalled Saturday from Triple-A, pinch-hit for Los Angeles closer Takashi Saito (3-1) and led off the 10th with a bloop single against Mike Parisi (0-1). The right-hander then turned Juan Pierre's comebacker into a force play, but Pierre advanced on a wild pitch and Ethier lined Parisi's 3-2 delivery down the right-field line with two outs.
Saito struck out Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick in succession in the top of the 10th and finished his two-inning stint with five Ks.
Kershaw allowed two runs and five hits, striking out seven and walking one. The left-hander threw 69 of his 102 pitches for strikes, recording his first three outs on punchouts.
Kershaw was the seventh overall pick in the 2006 draft out of Highland Park High School in Dallas. He was promoted from Double-A Jacksonville to take the fifth spot in the rotation for at least three turns.
The original plan was for him to pitch Tuesday, but manager Joe Torre and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt decided instead to give Chad Billingsley and Hiroki Kuroda an extra day of rest because they both pitched deep into the game their last time out.
Kershaw, who turned 20 on March 19, got a chance to pitch at Dodger Stadium in the team's final exhibition game against the World Series champion Boston Red Sox and tossed four scoreless innings of relief with six strikeouts. During spring training, he gave up one run over 14 innings and struck out 19.
St. Louis starter Todd Wellemeyer gave up three runs and five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and no walks. The right-hander was removed for a pinch-hitter in the seventh, when the Cardinals tied it 3-all on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Miles, who was batting for Brendan Ryan.
The Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the fourth as Ethier scored from first base on Martin's double off the center-field fence.
Brian Barton scored the tying run for St. Louis in the sixth, when third baseman Blake DeWitt charged Ludwick's slow bouncer and made a high throw to the plate that Martin had to reach for as Barton slid across. Barton reached on a pop-fly single that first baseman James Loney lost in the sun near the foul line.
But Martin put the Dodgers back in front 3-2 in the bottom half with a two-out RBI single after Pierre led off the inning with a single and was sacrificed to second by Maza. The hit ended the Dodgers' 0-for-26 drought with runners in scoring position.
After striking out his first batter, Skip Schumaker, Kershaw asked that the ball taken out of play for a keepsake as the crowd of 46,566 gave the rookie a warm round of applause. But he walked his next hitter, Barton, on four pitches and Pujols followed with an RBI double. Kershaw then came back to strike out Ludwick and caught Troy Glaus looking at a third strike to end his 32-pitch inning.
Maza, starting at second base with Jeff Kent getting the day off, got the run back in the bottom half when he drove a 1-1 pitch over the left-field fence. Wellemeyer had not allowed a home run in his previous five starts, spanning 30 innings.
Glaus was back in the Cardinals' lineup after a brief bout with stomach pains, which forced manager Tony La Russa to send up a pinch-hitter for him in the ninth inning of Saturday night's 4-0 victory and resulted in a brief visit to the hospital for the four-time All-Star third baseman. Glaus was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Notes
Kershaw was 0-3 with a 2.28 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 43 1-3 innings with Jacksonville. ... Ryan was in the starting lineup for the first time at Dodger Stadium as a major leaguer. He played 2B at Chavez Ravine eight years ago, when Notre Dame High School lost the California state championship game to San Luis Obispo High on Graduation Day. Everyone on the team wore their caps and gowns over their baseball uniforms for the commencement before taking a chartered bus to the ballpark.
