Clayton Kershaw Praises Dodgers Organization After Securing 200th Career Win

Dodgers longtime ace Clayton Kershaw made historical past on Tuesday, turning into the third pitcher in Dodgers franchise history to reach the 200 wins mark. Kershaw earned the victory on Tuesday, throwing seven shutout innings, and permitting simply three hits, zero earned runs and 0 walks whereas placing out 9. He threw 105 pitches to get the job executed.

After the sport, the Dodgers celebrated Kershaw with a champagne toast within the locker room. Freddie Freeman, Austin Barnes and supervisor Dave Roberts had been amongst these to talk.

Nevertheless, Kershaw by no means likes having the highlight on him, which is why he praised the Dodgers group after carrying out the feat (per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic).

“So far as reflecting, I’m not the best at that,” Kershaw mentioned. “However with the ability to assume again concerning the completely different teams of fellows that I’ve performed with, the completely different division titles that we’ve received, the completely different common seasons and all these items, to have the ability to have this many wins is only a byproduct of all these those who I received to play with. As soon as once more, grateful to be a part of this group, actually. That’s all tonight comes right down to.”

Kershaw is such a class-act, and at all times likes placing his teammates first. He made certain to provide his teammates all of the credit score for serving to him attain this milestone.

“The aim is to win,” Kershaw mentioned. “That’s why tonight is admittedly cool. As a result of it’s a workforce stat, a win. So for me to have the ability to try this 200 occasions, is only a product of being on some nice groups. That’s why I actually like tonight and that’s fairly cool.”

Whereas Kershaw received’t rejoice himself, luckily, the Dodgers and their followers had been capable of rejoice him. Kershaw put himself in an unique group on Tuesday, and provides one other unimaginable accomplishment to his Corridor of Fame resume.

Congratulations once more to Clayton on this spectacular achievement. Hopefully he has many extra wins to return in a Dodger uniform.

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