The Dodgers' pitcher had just allowed a home run to Corbin Carroll when the injury struck.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw was removed from Friday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with an injury in the second inning.According to the Dodgers, Kershaw was removed with left big toe pain. If that's the extent of his woes, consider it a bullet dodged.Kershaw was touching 89-91 mph with his fastball in the first inning. The Diamondbacks scored two runs in the inning, on a double by Geraldo Perdomo, an RBI single by Josh Bell, and a sacrifice fly by Eugenio Suarez.
Overall, however, Kershaw's 17th major league season offered more than a few glimmers of hope that he could continue to pitch into October for an injury-riddled Dodgers pitching staff. He's had a couple rocky outings — seven runs allowed in 3.2 innings in San Diego on July 31, and five runs allowed in five innings last Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays. He had walked only eight hitters and struck out 24 in 29 innings.
The Dodgers' projected number-1 and number-2 starters, Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are on the injured list. Number-3 starter Bobby Miller is working back from an early season injury and, more recently, a bout of ineffectiveness . Rookies Gavin Stone and Landon Knack have been arguably the team's most consistent starters when healthy.
Other than trade deadline acquisition Jack Flaherty , Kershaw offered the best combination of postseason experience, effectiveness and health of any Dodgers starter. Until Friday.J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content for Inside the Dodgers, and is the author of 'The 50 Greatest Dodger Games Of All Time.' He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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