DENVER — Clayton Kershaw will go down as one of many biggest beginning pitchers in baseball historical past. Earlier this season, he recorded his 3,000th profession strikeout to associate with quite a few different accolades over an illustrious 18-year profession that may land him in Cooperstown sometime.
The title “Kershaw” and the phrase “unhittable” have been uttered in the identical sentence numerous occasions over the previous twenty years. However the three-time Cy Younger Award winner took “unhittable” to a different stage towards within the Dodgers’ 9-5 win over the Rockies on Thursday at Coors Subject.
Simply possibly not the best way you may assume.
Dealing with Ryan Ritter within the third inning, Kershaw started his windup to ship an 0-2 pitch to the 24-year-old rookie, who absolutely anticipated one thing nasty from the legendary left-hander.
And that’s what he acquired … form of.
Kershaw strode towards the plate, however as an alternative of unleashing his signature curveball or one other devastating pitch, he spiked the baseball straight into the bottom.
You’re undoubtedly not hitting that.
“Yeah, I ought to’ve simply had [catcher Dalton Rushing] come out and take a gathering,” Kershaw stated. “It’s simply, when the pitch clock is operating out and nobody’s on base, I don’t know what to do.
“I by no means assume to name a gathering. And I don’t wanna simply throw a meatball, both. And you’ll’t simply step off.”
The consequence? An unhittable Kershaw pitch for the ages.
