The Los Angeles Dodgers provided Clayton Kershaw with a 4-0 lead by the second inning on Sunday and were up 5-2 on the Milwaukee Brewers when he exited after six innings.
Although Kershaw walked three of the first six batters faced and four overall, he also carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning and finished with six strikeouts. The Brewers’ first hit came on an Orlando Arcia blooper that dropped just fair for a leadoff triple.
The only runs Kershaw allowed came two batters later when Lorenzo Cain hit a home run. While the Dodgers bullpen had stabilized of late, the trio of Scott Alexander, Pedro Baez and Kenley Jansen were shaky.