Clayton Kershaw pitched his second straight complete game yesterday that allowed the Dodgers to salvage the final game of a three-game series against the Angels or whatever they happened to be called this week. He struck out eleven and only threw 114 pitches. That is a very economical outing for a power pitcher. He took over the league lead in strikeouts with 128 and improved his record to 8-3. With any run support they would be talking potential Cy Young right about now. He also extended his hitting streak to four games and scored the first run in the 3-2 Dodgers victory.
Dee Gordon stole the show for the Dodgers last night as a pinch runner in the bottom of the ninth inning, stealing a base and scoring the tieing run on an Aaron Miles sacrifice fly to short center. Both calls could have gone either way and if I was to rule on either play I would have to say he was more out on the steal than he was on the slide into home. I am not sure Angels Catcher Jeff Mathis ever tagged him with the ball on the slide home.
If you play the "what if" game, I wonder if Angels catcher Jeff Mathis would have been blocking home plate in that manner if it was Matt Kemp coming home compared to 150 pound Dee Gordon? Jeff Mathis was asking to be tattooed on that throw home, and the play was completely legal according to the rules, and I wonder if there would have been any out cry if Gordon would have gone head hunting? What if....
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