LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers needed a lot of innings from Clayton Kershaw on Monday night, and like a pharmacist he filled their prescription to precision, delivering a complete game shutout in a 1-0 victory over the Reds in the opener of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.
He was very economical, needing just 102 pitches to go the distance.
Kershaw pitched his third shutout of the month, the first Dodgers pitcher to do so since Tim Belcher in 1989.
Kershaw is the first Dodgers pitcher to last a seven or more innings in each of his first 10 starts of the year since Fernando Valenzuela in 1981.