Might 17, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (22) pitches within the first inning in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels at Dodger Stadium. Necessary Credit score: Jonathan Hui-Imagn Photos
Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw intends to have a correct begin in opposition to the New York Mets when he faces them on Tuesday for the second time in lower than two weeks.
Kershaw has made simply three begins since coming back from knee and toe surgical procedures within the offseason, and his street outing in opposition to the Mets on Might 23 lasted simply two innings earlier than it was interrupted by rain in New York.
The 18-year veteran seems to be trending in the proper path after lacking the primary two months of the season.
Kershaw confirmed some rust in his season debut Might 17 in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels, then had his abbreviated outing in opposition to the Mets earlier than giving up one run over 5 innings in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. He was removed from glad.
“There’s just a few stuff I have to hammer down,” Kershaw mentioned. “Simply with not feeling my finest, I believe I created some unhealthy habits final 12 months. After which, I have never pitched shortly, so there’s just a few rising pains, I believe, with the primary few.”
In 18 profession regular-season begins in opposition to the Mets, Kershaw has been spectacular, going 11-0 with a 2.00 ERA. He additionally made two spectacular begins vs. the Mets within the 2015 Nationwide League Division Sequence, pitching to a 2.63 ERA in a pair of no-decisions.
By means of the primary two video games their collection final weekend, the Dodgers had their offense rolling, as they piled up 26 runs in consecutive victories over the New York Yankees. Nonetheless, they have been held to a few runs in a loss to the Yankees on Sunday earlier than falling 4-3 to the Mets in 10 innings on Monday.
Shohei Ohtani drove in two of the Dodgers’ three runs within the Monday contest. He hit a solo dwelling run within the seventh inning, his twenty third to tie the Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh for the most important league lead. Ohtani has six homers in his previous eight video games.
Los Angeles struggled to place collectively offense in opposition to a pair of soft-throwing starters on Sunday and Monday however will face an above-average fastball from New York right-hander Tylor Megill (4-4, 3.52 ERA) on Tuesday.
Megill, a Los Angeles-area native, is 0-1 with a 3.18 ERA in three lifetime begins in opposition to the Dodgers. He had a three-inning aid look vs. the Dodgers in Sport 3 of final season’s NL Championship Sequence, and he gave up 4 runs on 5 hits with three walks.
Francisco Lindor had a leadoff dwelling run for New York on Monday and drove within the closing run of the competition with a Tenth-inning single. He has 4 dwelling runs in his previous 4 video games.
The Mets have gained 27 consecutive video games when Lindor has hit a house run. Additionally they have gained three of 4 in opposition to the Dodgers — the previous three — since falling when the groups met final October within the NLCS.
“It is a completely different feeling strolling on this place figuring out that is the place the season ended,” Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned of Dodger Stadium. “It is type of like a bitter style but additionally understanding that after every little thing we went by as a crew to get to the NLCS, when no person thought something of this crew, we ended up dealing with the crew that gained the World Sequence. …
“Not making an attempt to look again. Attempt to win a baseball recreation and win the collection.”
–Area Stage Media
