Watch Clayton Kershaw rack up his 3,000th career strikeout
Kershaw won three Cy Young Awards (2011, 2013 and 2014) and was the 2014 NL MVP, going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA. Drafted by the Dodgers seventh overall in 2006, Kershaw is just the third pitcher to rack up 3,000 strikeouts exclusively with one team.
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Kershaw got No. 3000 as his 100th pitch of the night, laboring through six innings but ending with four scoreless.
Kershaw, 37, joins Steve Carlton, Randy Johnson and CC Sabathia as the only left-handers in the 3,000 strikeout club.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watch Clayton Kershaw make history with 3,000th career strikeout
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