On June 9, Los Angeles trailed San Francisco by 9.5 games in
the National League West.
Today, the Dodgers drew even with the Giants behind a 6-0
win over the St. Louis Cardinals and a 4-0 San Francisco loss to Cincinnati.
Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw scattered five hits over seven
innings, struck out 13 and improved his record to 9-2 on the season.
Los Angeles scored twice in the fourth inning and four times
in the fifth inning to chase the Cards’ Shelby Miller.
Andre Ethier hit a three-run homerun and Adrian Gonzalez and
Matt Kemp had a pair hits apiece to pace the Los Angeles attack.
Brandon League and Jamey Wright pitched the eighth and ninth
innings in relief as Don Mattingly was able to rest Brian Wilson and Kenley
Jansen for the second straight game.
The Dodgers took three of four from St. Louis, the team that
knocked the Dodgers out of the playoffs a year ago.
With the seven innings of shutout ball, Kershaw extended his
consecutive scoreless inning streak to 28, fifth on the Dodgers all-time list
of Orel Hershiser (59), Don Drysdale (58), Don Sutton (35) and Sandy Koufax
(33).
Kershaw finished his June outings with a 6-0 record and 0.82
ERA. The Dodger southpaw had 61 strikeouts in June, second behind Koufax.
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