An elevated slider without much bite and left over the middle of the plate sunk Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The grand slam was the first Kershaw allowed in his career in 104 batters faced with the bases loaded.
Prior to the fateful sixth inning, the Phillies had only managed two hits. One was an infield single that went off Kershaw’s glove in the first inning. He proceeded to retire nine batters in a row.
The string was snapped in the fourth inning by Phillies rookie extraordinaire Rhys Hoskins on his two-out base hit to left field.