Kenta Maeda killed it yesterday. In six innings of work he scattered three hits and gave up the Brewers lone run of the day to lead the Dodgers to a victory over Milwaukee, 8-1. Per Ken Gurnick and Adam McCalvy at MLB.com:
"Kenta had his breaking ball working, he threw good changeups," said manager Dave Roberts. "For him to give us six innings [was] huge for the 'pen."
No doubt he was aware what he needed to do. Via Doug Padilla at ESPN:
“It hurts to lose Kershaw,” Maeda said afterward through an interpreter.