Dodgers rally past White Sox in 9th inning; Kershaw reaches 3,000
strikeouts
[July 03, 2025]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw got his 3,000th strikeout and Freddie
Freeman capped a three-run ninth inning by singled in Shohei Ohtani,
lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on
Wednesday night.
Kershaw became the 20th pitcher to reach 3,000 when Vinny Capra took a
slider for a called third strike for the final out of the sixth inning. |
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws against Chicago White
Sox's Vinny Capra during the sixth inning to strike him out for his
3,000th career strikeout Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP
Photo/Kevork Djansezian) |
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Los Angeles trailed 4-2 and hadn't scored since
the second inning when Michael Conforto singled and Tommy Edman
and Hyesong Kim drew back-to-back walks from Grant Taylor (0-1)
to open the ninth. Ohtani hit into a run-scoring forceout,
Mookie Betts tied the score with a sacrifice fly off Steven
Wilson and Freeman singled sharply to right.
Los Angeles won for the 14th time in 17 games and clinched its
seventh straight series victory.
Andrew Benintendi had a two-out RBI single in the first. Will
Smith tied the score in the bottom half against Sean Burke with
his 11th homer and Andy Pages lead off the second with his 17th
homer.
Austin Slater hit a two-run homer in the third for a 3-2 lead
and Edgar Quero added a flare RBI single.
Key moment
Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy was injured while tagging out
Michael A. Taylor in the sixth. Taylor was caught stealing as
catcher Will Smith threw to Muncy, who tagged Taylor for the
second out of the inning. Muncy sprawled on his back as a
Dodgers athletic trainer came out to check on him. The team said
he had left knee pain. A White Sox trainer also checked on
Taylor, who sustained a bruised left trapezius in his back.
Key stat
Kershaw threw a season-high 100 pitches, giving up four runs and
nine hits in six innings. He struck out Miguel Vargas in the
third and Lenyn Sosa in the fifth.
Up next
White Sox RHP Aaron Civale (1-4, 4.74 ERA) starts the series
finale Thursday. Dodgers RHP Dustin May (4-5, 4.68) faces
Chicago for the first time in his career.
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