ST. PETERSBURG — Clayton Kershaw spent parts of 12 years pitching nearly everywhere else, and often very well, before making it to the mound at Tropicana Field.
When he finally did Tuesday, he put on a show.
The three-time Cy Young award winner scattered six hits while working into the seventh in leading the Dodgers to a 7-3 win.
For the Rays, Tuesday’s game was the start of critical 6 ½ week stretch, the opening of a run of playing 34 games in 34 days (with one doubleheader and one day off) and 47 in 48 leading up to the early July All-Star break.