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ANGELES, Calif. - Clayton Kershaws first home win of the season was a
perfect example of how the two-time Cy Young Award winner has made a
living out of pitching through early adversity and getting stronger as
the game goes along.
Kershaw shrugged off a two-run homer by Jose Abreu in the rookies return
from the disabled list, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago
White Sox 5-2 Monday night.
"It was one pitch. Thats all it was tonight. One pitch. But he was great
all the way to his last one," Dodgers catcher Drew Butera said.
Kershaw (4-2) allowed four hits over eight innings, striking out nine
and walking none. Kenley Jansen got three outs for his 17th save.
"I think Kershaw just continues to fight no matter what. If they get him
once, hes going to keep it right there," Dodgers pitching coach Rick
Honeycutt said. "Hes not happy about the home run, but hes able to put
it behind him and keep going. Thats the sign of a guy with a short
memory. The great ones dont worry about the past. They just know what
theyve got to do going forward."
Justin Turners two-run single keyed a five-run sixth inning in which all
the Dodgers runs were unearned.
"Thats how you win games. You take advantage of one little mistake, and a
lot of times it ends up rolling into a big inning," outfielder
Scott Van Slyke said. "Good teams do that. When they get the
opportunity, they take advantage."
Jose Quintana (3-5) gave up six hits through six innings and was charged
with all five unearned runs.
The Dodgers parlayed two infield errors, four singles and a walk into
the five-run rally that put them ahead. All the runs came with two outs.
Kershaw led off with a single and Matt Kemp reached on one-out grounder
that went under second baseman Gordon Beckhams glove for an error with
the infield overshifted to the left side.
Yasiel Puig struck out on a high fastball and slammed his bat in
frustration, but the Dodgers got a break when third baseman
Conor Gillaspie fielded Hanley Ramirezs grounder behind the bag and
bounced his throw past first base as Kershaw scored.
"He had a chance to get the force at third, but thats an error and thats
part of it," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "Q pitched a great
game, going inning for inning with Kershaw, and he deserved a better
fate. Theres no two ways about it. But when you dont play defence, and
give a team like that opportunities, you leave that littlle crack in the
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Adrian Gonzalez drove in Kemp with an infield hit, and Quintana gave up a
two-run single to Turner and an RBI single to Butera after a walk to
Van Slyke.
"Its always fun to get hits, and its always fun when youre part of the
run-scoring," Kershaw said. "Sometimes with us, it takes a couple times
to get through the lineup. I knew if I just kind of kept us in the game,
gave us a chance, we were going to break out."
Kershaw needed only 12 pitches to get through the first two innings and
retired his first 10 batters before Beckham singled and Abreu followed
with his 16th homer. The Cuban slugger was leading the majors in homers
and ranked second in RBIs with 42 before missing 14 games with
tendinitis in his left ankle. The White Sox were 8-6 in his absence.
"It was nice, coming against a guy like Kershaw," Ventura said. "It
didnt seem like he missed too much of a beat. When we have that guy
swinging the bat good, were a better offence."
The only other baserunner the White Sox had against Kershaw through the
first six innings was Moises Sierra, who hit a dribbler to the right of
the mound and beat the left-handers throw to first base with two outs in
the fifth.
Kershaw, who led the majors in ERA each of the previous three seasons,
made only 66 pitches through six.
"I was throwing strikes. They were swinging and my pitch count was low
those first four, five innings," Kershaw said. "Theyve got some
aggressive guys over there. It doesnt really bother me as long as I make
my pitches early."
NOTES: The Dodgers announced after the game that RHP Chris Withrow will
undergo Tommy John surgery Tuesday. ... Abreu set major league rookie
records for homers (10), RBIs (32), extra-base hits (19) and total bases
(71) in April and was named AL rookie of the month. ... Beckham
committed another error in the seventh, booting a routine grounder by
Puig. ... Abreu and Puig, teammates with Cienfuegos before defecting
from Cuba to the United States, are among six Cuban-born players in
uniform for this series. The others are Alexei Ramirez, Dayan Viciedo,
Adrian Nieto, and the Dodgers Erisbel Arruebarrena. ... Ventura gave
1B-DH Adam Dunn the night off even though he is 8 for 13 against Kershaw
with four home runs. ... Quintana has not allowed a home run in 43 1-3
innings over his last seven starts, after giving up one in each of his
previous four outings.
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