Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw leaves with forearm discomfort against Brewers

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw faced conscionable 10 batters successful his commencement Friday night, leaving with near forearm discomfort – the aforesaid wounded that sidelined him for much than 2 months earlier this season.

Kershaw gave up 5 hits earlier coming retired of the crippled aft Kolten Wong’s two-out treble drove successful the Milwaukee Brewers’ 3rd tally of the 2nd inning.

Kershaw was sidelined from July 3 until aboriginal September with the forearm/elbow wounded but was making his 4th commencement since returning.

He made it done the archetypal inning with lone a bloop azygous allowed. But successful the 2nd inning, the archetypal 3 Brewers had hits – 2 singles and a treble – earlier Kershaw got a crushed retired (that scored a run) and struck retired the opposing pitcher.

After Wong ripped a 3-and-1 slider into the close tract country for his double, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts came retired to the mound with caput diversion trainer Neil Rampe. Kershaw near the mound having thrown 42 pitches (only 25 strikes), retiring conscionable 5 of the 10 batters helium faced. Five of those 10 batters deed balls with exit velocities implicit 95 mph (the Statcast modular for a “hard-hit ball”).

Perhaps astir significantly, Kershaw took the shot with him arsenic helium near the mound – perchance for the past clip successful a Dodgers uniform.

The three-time Cy Young Award victor (and 2014 National League MVP) is headed toward escaped bureau this wintertime astatine property 33. If Kershaw is incapable to transportation this postseason – oregon the Dodgers are eliminated earlier helium tin – and helium doesn’t re-sign with the Dodgers, Friday could person been his farewell show for the franchise helium carried connected his backmost for years, trying to volition a title adjacent erstwhile helium was beset with injuries (and sick fortune).

Kershaw ends his 2021 regular play with a 3.55 ERA successful 121-2/3 innings.

Clayton Kershaw faced 10 batters contiguous and 5 of them produced a batted shot with an exit velocity of 95+ mph.

This is the 1st clip successful immoderate crippled successful the Statcast epoch (since 2015) that astatine slightest fractional the batters Kershaw faced had a hard-hit shot against him. pic.twitter.com/XvrWvDajwG

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 2, 2021