LHP Clayton Kershaw (14-2, 2.18 ERA) will start on Tuesday when the Dodgers visit the Chicago White Sox. Kershaw last pitched on July 9 against the Kansas City Royals, earning a complete-game victory. He allowed just six hits and two runs, striking out 13 without walking a batter and firing an efficient 99 pitches. Batters are hitting just .195 against Kershaw this year. Kershaw has also made 13 consecutive starts without being tagged for a loss. Kershaw hasn't pitched against the White Sox since 2014 but is 1-1 with a 4.00 ERA in three career starts against them.

Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale and Washington Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer were named the starting pitchers for Tuesday night's 88th All-Star Game at Marlins Park in Miami. Sale will become the first pitcher to make consecutive All-Star starts representing different teams. He started for the American League last season while with the Chicago White Sox.The 28-year-old Sale also becomes the first pitcher to be named his league's starting pitcher in consecutive years since 2000-01 when Arizona's Randy Johnson did so for the National League. Sale also is the first in the AL since Toronto's Dave Stieb in 1983-84.In last year's game in San Diego, Sale pitched the first inning and allowed a two-out home run to Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs.Sale, who was traded in December to the Red Sox for top prospects, is 11-4 with a 2.75 ERA and a major league-leading 178 strikeouts in 127 2/3 innings and 18 starts this season.Scherzer, 32, will be making his second All-Star start. He was with... [More]

LHP Clayton Kershaw allowed six hits and struck out 13 Sunday in a 5-2 win over Kansas City to give him a major league-leading 14 wins at the All-Star break. He did not issue a walk, and he didn't have a three-ball count until the last batter of the game. He needed just 99 pitches, 73 of them strikes. His effort was a major league first: No pitcher has ever had 13 or more strikeouts in a complete game while throwing under 100 pitches. He is the first Dodger to go into the break with 14 wins or more since Sandy Koufax won 15 in 1966. He's made 19 starts, the Dodgers are 17-2 in those games, and this was his 16th quality start of the season. In his last 13 starts, he's 10-0 with a 1.98 ERA and .187 opponents average.

LHP Clayton Kershaw will take his normal turn in the rotation for Sunday's game against the Kansas City Royals, thereby making him ineligible to pitch in Tuesday's All-Star Game. Pitchers who start their team's final game before the All-Star break aren't eligible to compete in the Midsummer Classic. Kershaw (13-2) became the first Dodgers pitcher to win 13 games before the All-Star break since Orel Hershiser in 1988. The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner and four-time NL ERA champion struck out 11 in Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw will take his normal turn in the rotation for Sunday's game against the Kansas City Royals, thereby making him ineligible to pitch in Tuesday's All-Star Game.Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made the announcement after his team's 1-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.Pitchers who start their team's final game before the All-Star break aren't eligible to compete in the Midsummer Classic.A replacement hasn't been named for Kershaw (13-2), who became the first Dodgers pitcher to win 13 games before the All-Star break since Orel Hershiser in 1988. The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner and four-time NL ERA champion struck out 11 in Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.Teammate Alex Wood could be a fine replacement after the 26-year-old left-hander improved to 10-0 by scattering three hits over seven innings on Wednesday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Clayton Kershaw gave up three hits over seven innings to earn his major-league-best 12th win, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.Kershaw (12-2) allowed only an unearned run, struck out 12, his second-highest total of the season, and walked two while making 93 pitches. The Dodgers smashed three home runs, including what was essentially a game-clinching three-run blast by Joc Pederson in the sixth inning.Yasiel Puig and Chase Utley each hit solo shots, as all three homers came off Angels starter JC Ramirez. The home runs increased the Dodgers' total to 50 in June, the most in a calendar month in franchise history.Ramirez was knocked out of the game when a sixth-inning line drive by Puig struck him on the right hip. Ramirez (7-6) gave up all six Dodgers runs (five earned) on seven hits and one walk in 5 2/3 innings.White Sox 4, Yankees 3CHICAGO -- James Shields earned his first victory since April 6, throwing a... [More]

LHP Clayton Kershaw gave up one unearned run and three hits in seven innings in the Dodgers' 6-2 victory over the Angels on Thursday. Kershaw, who earned his major league-leading 12th win of the season, struck out 12 and walked two. The only run the Angels scored against him came after Dodgers LF Trayce Thompson's error led to an RBI fielder's choice by Angels DH Albert Pujols in the fourth inning. "I feel good, I think tonight was another step in the right direction," Kershaw said. "I threw everything pretty decently tonight, a few fastball mistakes but overall, I'll take tonight for sure."

LHP Clayton Kershaw will start Thursday against the Angels. The ace threw six scoreless innings in his last start, despite a difficult first inning during which he threw 33 pitches and allowed the Rockies to load the bases. Kershaw was "on edge" in that start, according to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, because he was coming off a rough outing against the Mets. In that one, he gave up six runs and allowed a career-worst four home runs. Kershaw is 5-2 with a 2.69 ERA in nine career starts against the Angels. The only Angel who has hit Kershaw well is DH Albert Pujols, who is batting .379 (11-for-29) against him.

LHP Clayton Kershaw (11-2) will take his usual turn in the rotation Thursday on his usual rest. Manager Dave Roberts gave Kenta Maeda a spot start Tuesday so each of the five starters would get an extra day off, but Kershaw wanted to work on his usual schedule. Alex Wood's start was moved back a day behind Kershaw.

LHP Clayton Kershaw pitched six shutout innings in a 4-0 victory against Colorado on Saturday to improve to 11-2. He has the most wins in the National League and shares the major league lead with Kansas City's Jason Vargas. The win was the 137th of his career, moving him into ninth place on the all-time list, passing Johnny Podres. Kershaw has a 2.38 ERA in 281 games, the lowest ERA for a pitcher with 1,500 or more career innings since 1920. He tops a list that includes four Hall of Famers, Hoyt Wilhelm (2.52), Whitey Ford (2.75), Sandy Koufax (2.76) and Jim Palmer (2.86).

LHP Clayton Kershaw struck out 10 and walked one batter but the Dodgers ace got tagged for a career-high four home runs. Kershaw allowed six runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings. Kershaw also has given career-worst 17 home runs this season, the most he's given up since he was served up 16 in 2012. "Got a lot of guys swinging the bats well that picked me up today. There's two ways you can go: You can either try to rethink everything or you can just say 'Screw it,' and come back tomorrow and act like it didn't happen. So, I'm going to go with the latter for now, I think."

LHP Clayton Kershaw didn't have his best stuff, but had enough to pitch seven innings, holding Cleveland to two runs. "It was not a great night. My fastball command was erratic," Kershaw said. "I think every hit I gave up was on my fastball." Manager Dave Roberts said Kershaw was good enough. "It's a credit to him that when he doesn't have his best stuff he was still able to keep us in the game," Roberts said.

LHP Clayton Kershaw didn't have his best stuff, but he had enough to defeat the Nationals on Wednesday. Kershaw (8-2) struck out nine with three walks. He allowed one run on three hits in seven innings. Kershaw joins Colorado Rockies rookie Antonio Senzatela as the National League's only eight-game winners. Kershaw said he didn't have his best stuff. "Yeah, I didn't have much today in the tank," said Kershaw, who is 4-1 with a 2.40 ERA in seven starts at home. "I felt fine, it just wasn't come out the way I wanted to. I felt like I threw a lot of off-speed pitches, I don't know exactly. That's a good lineup, too. They've got a really good team over there. Fortunate to get a win there and it feels good to kind of salvage the series a little bit."

HP Clayton Kershaw struck out a season-high 14 batters Friday but did not earn a decision in the Dodgers' 2-1 victory at Milwaukee. Kershaw moved past the 2,000-strikeout mark for his career by fanning Brewers 2B Jonathan Villar in the fourth inning. He's the second-fastest player to reach that threshold in terms of games, accomplishing the feat in 277 games.

LHP Clayton Kershaw takes the mound Friday night when Los Angeles starts a three-game weekend series in Milwaukee. Kershaw is coming off a rare rough start, allowing 11 hits and four runs in 4 1/3 innings Sunday and not qualifying for a win over the Chicago Cubs in a game the Dodgers took 9-4. He's 5-4 with a 3.11 ERA in 11 career outings against the Brewers.

LHP Clayton Kershaw was cruising along and appeared to have victory in hand before throwing a two-base wild pitch in the ninth inning. Kershaw gave up a leadoff single to Cardinals LF Randal Grichuk in the ninth. Grichuk advanced to second on a groundout by PH Tommy Pham and scored on Kershaw's wild pitch that C Yasmani Granal was unable to retrieve before Grichuk scored, forcing extra innings. Kershaw fanned 10 with no walks on three hits in nine innings but did not factor into the decision.

LHP Clayton Kershaw improved to 20-9 in his career against the San Francisco Giants with seven shutout innings in Wednesday's 6-1 win. Kershaw lowered his career ERA against the Giants to 1.62, the second-lowest for any pitcher against a single opponent since 1920. LHP Sandy Koufax had a 1.44 career ERA against the New York Mets.

LHP Clayton Kershaw brings a 19-9 career record against the Giants into Wednesday's 38th start versus rival San Francisco. Kershaw allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits over six innings and took the loss during his last start against the Giants on May 1.

LHP Clayton Kershaw improved his record in 35 career starts against the Rockies to 20-6 with a 3.13 ERA. He surpassed Hall of Famer Randy Johnson for the most career wins against the Rockies. In his past 11 starts against Colorado, Kershaw is 9-1 with a 2.36 ERA. In 19 starts at Coors Field, Kershaw is 9-4 with a 4.58 ERA.

LHP Clayton Kershaw had his scheduled start Thursday against the Colorado Rockies pushed back a day since the club plans to activate Hyun-Jin Ryu and start him. Kershaw hasn't pitched since Saturday's victory over the San Diego Padres.