SB Nation Los Angeles - Kershaw, Dodgers End 5-Game Skid By Beating Mets 6-0https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48949/la-fave.png2011-07-07T22:38:23-07:00http://losangeles.sbnation.com/rss/stream/20286322011-07-07T22:38:23-07:002011-07-07T22:38:23-07:00Dodgers End Streak With 6-0 Win Over Mets
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> snap their 5-game losing streak by beating the Mets Thursday night in Los Angeles. <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> held New York scoreless over 8 innings, while the Dodger hitters broke open the game in the 6th by scoring 5 runs.</p>
<p>In beating the Mets, the Dodgers avoided a Mets’ 4-game sweep at home, and ended New York’s own 4-game winning streak.</p>
<p>Kershaw (9-4) lasted 8 innings, scattering 5 hits and striking out 9, was able to get himself out of a bases loaded jam in the 8th before giving way to <span>Kenley Jansen</span> who loaded then bases on two walks and a hit in the 9th. Hong Chih Kuo releived Jansen and retired the final two batters to end the game. The win was Kershaw’s 7th in his last 8 decisions.</p>
<p>The Dodgers scored a run in the second on an <span>Aaron Miles</span> sacrifice fly that scored <span>Juan Uribe</span>, but the big inning came in the 6th the Dodger hitters connected for four extra-base hits. <span>Matt Kemp</span> doubled to left to score Tony Gwynn and <span>Andre Ethier</span>. He was driven in by a Juan Uribe double to right. After a James Looney strikeout, Aaron Miles drove in his second run of the game with a double to right center scoring Uribe. <span>Dioner Navarro</span> greeted Mets reliever <span>Manny Acosta</span> with a triple to right that drove in Miles and the 5th run of the inning.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/los-angeles-dodgers/2011/7/7/2265537/dodgers-end-streak-with-6-0-win-over-metsJim Gardner2011-07-07T12:31:14-07:002011-07-07T12:31:14-07:00Kershaw, Dodgers Look To Avoid Four-Game Sweep Against Mets
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<p>The reeling <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> look to avoid a four-game sweep at the hands of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a> Thursday night at Dodger Stadium. <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> starts on the mound for the Dodgers, facing <span>Dillon Gee</span> for New York. They have lost five straight games for the second time in the last four weeks, and have lost 15 of their 21 games.</p>
<p>Kershaw, named to his first All-Star team on Sunday, is 8-4 on the season with a 3.23 ERA. He is tied with <span>Justin Verlander</span> for the major league lead with 138 strikeouts. Kershaw has struck out 10 or more batters in each of his last three starts, the longest streak since <span>Hideo Nomo</span> did it in four straight starts in 1995.</p>
<p>Gee is 8-2 with a 3.47 ERA on the season, and he allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings to the Dodgers on May 7, a game the Mets would eventually win 4-2. The Mets have beaten the Dodgers in five of six games this season, and their starters have a collective 3.17 ERA against the Dodgers this season, averaging 6.17 innings per start.</p>
<p><i><b>Tonight's 7:10 p.m. PDT game will be televised by Prime Ticket. For more news and information on the Dodgers, or on tonight's game, be sure to read the SB Nation blog <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/">True Blue LA</a>.</b></i></p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2011/7/7/2337611/kershaw-dodgers-look-to-avoid-four-game-sweep-against-metsEric Stephen