To start, the Braves came out strong as Medlen struck out the side in the 1st inning. Fortunately, Kershaw was equal to the task as he struck out two in his bottom half. Then, the Dodger bats got started. Puig grounded to center for a single, Uribe lined a single to center to send Puig to 3rd, and Schumaker flied to center to score Puig for their first run of the game. Next up was AJ Ellis.
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Ellis' double scored another run for the Dodgers, making it 2-0.
The very next inning, Adrian Gonzalez came up to bat with Mark Ellis in scoring position.
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4-0, Dodgers!
From there, a Dodger win was a near certainty. Via a tweet from Eric Stephen at True Blue LA.
Dodgers when scoring 4 runs in a Clayton Kershaw start this season are 14-1 (Kershaw is 11-0)
— Eric Stephen (@truebluela) October 4, 2013
Clayton Kershaw went 7 innings, striking out 12, walking 3 and allowing just 1 earned run. What was even better was watching a well balanced Dodgers offense. Mark Ellis, Adrian Gonzalez, Yasiel Puig and AJ Ellis all had two hits, and five different Dodgers knocked in a run.
The Dodgers take the first game of the series, 6-1, and look to win again tomorrow with back-up ace Zack Greinke on the mound.
As for some additional highlights, watch Yasiel Puig snag a Chris Johnson's fly ball, then fire to first to complete the double play in the 2nd inning, below. Watch a video of the play here.
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BJ Upton looked like a frightened deer as Clayton throws a bender to strike him out in the 6th inning.
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If watching one Kershaw strike out isn't enough, here are the 6 straight strike outs he threw from the 5th to 6th innings.
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And here is the final out by Kenley Jansen - fittingly via a strike out.
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