True Blue LA - Clayton Kershaw throws no-hitter to beat RockiesWhere The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2014-06-24T10:00:04-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/55881492014-06-24T10:00:04-07:002014-06-24T10:00:04-07:00The start after the no-hitter
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<p>The last Dodgers pitcher to win his next start immediately following his no-hitter was Sandy Koufax in 1964.</p> <p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> starter <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> makes his first start since his no-hitter, looking to join Johnny Vandeer Meer, who 76 years ago was the only major league pitcher to throw no-hitters in back-to-back starts.</p>
<p>No team has thrown more no-hitters than the 22 tossed by the Dodgers, so we have a lot of games with which to see how Dodgers pitchers did in their first start after throwing a no-hitter. Of the first 21 no-hitters thrown by the Dodgers, 18 have been since 1914, the earliest year for which there are full game logs.</p>
<p>Beginning with Dazzy Vance in 1925 and ending with <span>Josh Beckett</span> in 2014, here are the Dodgers' no-hit pitchers and their very next start after the no-hitter.</p>
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<th colspan="11">Dodgers in start immediately following no-hitter^ </th>
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<td><u><b>Pitcher</b></u></td>
<td><u><b>Date</b></u></td>
<td><u><b>Opp</b></u></td>
<td align="center"><u><b>Days Rest<br></b></u></td>
<td align="center"><u><b>Dec</b></u></td>
<td align="center"><u><b>IP</b></u></td>
<td align="center"><u><b>H</b></u></td>
<td align="center"><u><b>R</b></u></td>
<td align="center"><u><b>ER</b></u></td>
<td align="center"><u><b>BB</b></u></td>
<td align="center"><u><b>K</b></u></td>
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<td>Dazzy Vance</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN192509180.shtml">9/18/25</a></td>
<td>@StL</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">L</td>
<td align="center">7⅔</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
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<td>Tex Carleton</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN194005090.shtml">5/9/40</a></td>
<td>@Chi</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
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<td>Ed Head</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN194604300.shtml">4/30/46</a></td>
<td>@Chi</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
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<td>Rex Barney</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO194809130.shtml">9/13/48</a></td>
<td>Chi</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">W</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
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<td>Carl Erskine</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO195206250.shtml">6/25/52</a></td>
<td>StL</td>
<td align="center">3*</td>
<td align="center">W</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
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<td>Carl Erskine</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO195605180.shtml">5/18/56</a></td>
<td>Cin</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="center">2⅓</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
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<td>Sal Maglie</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO195609291.shtml">9/29/56</a></td>
<td>Pit</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">W</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
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<td>Sandy Koufax</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN196207041.shtml">7/4/62</a></td>
<td>Phi</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">W</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
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<td>Sandy Koufax</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN196305150.shtml">5/15/63</a></td>
<td>Phi</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">W</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">11</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
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<td>Sandy Koufax</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN196406080.shtml">6/8/64</a></td>
<td>Cin</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">W</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
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<td>Sandy Koufax</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN196509140.shtml">9/14/65</a></td>
<td>@Chi</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">L</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
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<td>Bill Singer</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197007240.shtml">7/24/70</a></td>
<td>@NY</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
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<td>Jerry Reuss</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN198007010.shtml">7/1/80</a></td>
<td>SD</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">L</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
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<td>Fernando Valenzuela</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199007040.shtml">7/4/90</a></td>
<td>Chi</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">L</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
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<td>Kevin Gross</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199208220.shtml">8/22/92</a></td>
<td>Chi</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
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<td>Ramon Martinez<br>
</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199507190.shtml">7/19/95</a></td>
<td>Hou</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
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<span>Hideo Nomo</span><br>
</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN199609220.shtml">9/22/96</a></td>
<td>@SD</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">L</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
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<td>Josh Beckett<br>
</td>
<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN201405300.shtml">5/30/14</a></td>
<td>Pit</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">L</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
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<td colspan="5" align="left">
<b>Totals: 6-6, 2.67 ERA, 1.130 WHIP, 7⅔ IP/start</b><br>
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<td align="center"><b>138</b></td>
<td align="center"><b>125</b></td>
<td align="center"><b>52</b></td>
<td align="center"><b>41</b></td>
<td align="center"><b>31</b></td>
<td align="center"><b>91</b></td>
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<p><font size="-2"><i>^Neither Baseball-Reference or Retrosheet have game logs for the years of the Dodgers' first three no-hitters: Thomas Lovett in 1891, Malcolm Eason in 1906, and Nap Rucker in 1908.</i></font></p>
<p><font size="-2"><i> </i></font></p>
<p><font size="-2"><i><font size="-2"><i>*Erskine pitched his first no-hitter on June 19, 1952 against Chicago, then two days later pitched the final inning of a win to earn a save. His next start came on June 25 against St. Louis, six days after his no-hitter but four days after his last appearance.</i></font></i></font></p>
<p><font size="-2"><i> </i></font></p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2014/6/24/5836352/no-hitter-dodgers-next-startEric Stephen2014-06-23T12:53:06-07:002014-06-23T12:53:06-07:00Kershaw named NL Player of the Week
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<p>LOS ANGELES -- In perhaps the easiest call of the year, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> ace <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> was named National League Player of the Week on Monday. Kershaw pitched a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2014/6/19/5824108/clayton-kershaw-no-hitter-dodgers-rockies">no-hitter on Wednesday to beat the Rockies</a>.</p>
<p>Kershaw needed just 107 pitches to no-hit the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>, striking out 15 and walking none. The only runner to reach base in the game was <span>Corey Dickerson</span>, who reached on a throwing error by <span>Hanley Ramirez</span> in the seventh inning. Kershaw's 15 strikeouts were tied for the third-most strikeouts in a no-hitter, trailing only Nolan Ryan.</p>
<p>Kershaw is the third Dodgers player to win NL Player of the Week honors this season. Fellow no-hit artist <span>Josh Beckett</span> was <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2014/5/27/5754488/josh-beckett-player-of-the-week-national-league">co-Player of the Week for the week of May 19-25</a>, and <span>Yasiel Puig</span> was <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2014/5/19/5732526/yasiel-puig-national-league-player-of-the-week">co-Player of the Week from May 12-18</a>.</p>
<p>The last time the Dodgers had three Player of the Week winners in one season was 2012, with <span>Matt Kemp</span> winning twice and Kershaw once. The last season the Dodgers had more POTW winners was 2000, with <span>Gary Sheffield</span> (twice), <span>Adrian Beltre</span> and <span>Chan Ho Park</span> taking home the honors.</p>
<p>This is the fourth time Kershaw has won NL Player of the Week honors, along with June 20-26, 2011, May 14-20, 2012 and April 1-7, 2013. The only other Dodgers pitchers to win the award four times are Fernando Valenzuela (five times) and Orel Hershiser.</p>
<p>Kershaw might be on his way to his third NL Pitcher of the Month honor, 4-0 with a 1.24 ERA so far in June, with 40 strikeouts and just one walk in 29 innings.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2014/6/23/5833740/clayton-kershaw-player-of-the-week-national-leagueEric Stephen2014-06-19T06:02:01-07:002014-06-19T06:02:01-07:00Kershaw no-hitter, by the numbers
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<p>LOS ANGELES -- <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> pitched one of the most dominant games in baseball history on Wednesday night with his 15-strikeout no-hitter to complete the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a>' sweep of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>. Here is a look at some of the more remarkable numbers surrounding the milestone achievement.</p>
<p>Kershaw was 26 years, 91 days old on Wednesday. Sandy Koufax when he threw the first of his four no-hitters, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN196206300.shtml">on June 30, 1962 against the Mets</a>, was 26 years, 182 days old.</p>
<p>The <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/x3GtG">only pitcher to strikeout more than Kershaw (15) in a no-hitter is Nolan Ryan</a>, who struck out 17 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> on July 15, 1973 and struck out 16 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/">Blue Jays</a> on May 1, 1991.</p>
<p>Kershaw is the only pitcher ever to strikeout 15 in a game while allowing no hits and no walks.</p>
<p>The Dodgers have 22 no-hitters, more than any other franchise in baseball, including 12 in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>Kershaw's game score (a fun stat invented by Bill James as a quick and dirty look at starting pitcher effectiveness) of 102 <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/NL00Y">is the second-highest in a nine-inning game</a>, trailing only Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout one-hitter on May 6, 1998.</p>
<p>Among his 28 batters faced, Kershaw had one three-ball count, to <span>Josh Rutledge</span> in the second inning. Rutledge grounded out to second base.</p>
<p>Kershaw's 15-strikeout, no-walk game is just <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/Fpdap">the second by a Dodgers pitcher dating back to 1914</a>, joining Van Lingle Mungo on Sept. 29, 1935 against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/">Phillies</a>.</p>
<p>The last major league pitcher with 15 strikeouts and no walks in a game was <span>James Shields</span>, then of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.draysbay.com/">Rays</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/Caa0N">on Oct. 2, 2012</a>.</p>
<p>Shields, with 106 pitches, was the last pitcher to strikeout 15 in a complete game in under 110 pitches. Kershaw needed only 107 pitches on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Only three Rockies hit a ball out of the infield on Wednesday night: <span>Brandon Barnes</span> flew out to <span>Scott Van Slyke</span> in center field in the first inning, <span>Troy Tulowitzki</span> flew out to <span>Matt Kemp</span> in left in the fourth, and <span>Charlie Culberson</span> flew out to <span>Yasiel Puig</span> in right field in the ninth.</p>
<p>Koufax has the only perfect game in Dodgers history, on Sept. 9, 1965 against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a>, but Kershaw's outing was the <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/7AklE">fourth complete game by a Dodger with no hits and no walks allowed</a>. Bill Singer no-hit the Phillies on July 20, 1970 with his only baserunner a hit by pitch. Jerry Reuss no-hit the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a> on June 27, 1980 and like Kershaw, his only runner was on an error by the shortstop.</p>
<p>From <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-most-perfect-non-perfect-game/">Dave Cameron at FanGraphs</a>: "His FIP for the game was -0.24, because the model isn’t designed to handle dominance at this level. His xFIP was 0.19."</p>
<p>The Dodgers have the only two no-hitters in the majors this season, with Kershaw and Josh Beckett. The last major league team with two pitchers to throw no-hitters in the same season was the 1972 Cubs (Burt Hooton and Milt Pappas).</p>
<p>The only other Dodgers team to through multiple no-hitters in the same season was the 1956 Brooklyn squad, with Carl Erskine no-hitting the Giants and Sal Maglie the Phillies.</p>
<p>Wednesday was Kershaw's 13th career complete game and eighth career shutout.</p>
<p>Entering this season, Kershaw had seven career starts with nine or more strikeouts and no walks, <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/ZTgBE">tied for third-most in baseball from 2010-2013</a>. This year, <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/WJ55s">he already has five such games</a>, in 10 starts.</p>
<p>In June, Kershaw has made four starts, he has four wins, has allowed four runs and has 40 strikeouts with just one walk.</p>
<p>The Dodgers have lopped off 5½ games in 10 days, and now trail the Giants by four games in the National League West.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2014/6/19/5823630/clayton-kershaw-no-hitter-numbers-dodgersEric Stephen2014-06-18T22:08:36-07:002014-06-18T22:08:36-07:00Kershaw's masterpiece theater
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<p>LOS ANGELES -- <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> painted his masterpiece on Wednesday night, throwing his first no-hitter in leading the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> to an 8-0 shutout and a sweep of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p>It was the second no-hitter by a Dodger this season, joining teammate <span>Josh Beckett</span>, who no-hit the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/">Phillies</a> on May 25 in Philadelphia.</p>
<p>In the 192nd start of Kershaw's brilliant career, he struck out 15 and walked none. The strikeouts set a new career high for Kershaw, who has an absurd 86 strikeouts against only eight walks all season.</p>
<p>The only runner to reach base against Kershaw did so by error, an errant throw by <span>Hanley Ramirez</span> to lead off the seventh inning, allowing <span>Corey Dickerson</span> to reach. But that was but a speed bump for Kershaw, who stranded him at third and won his fourth straight start.</p>
<p>The no-hitter is the 22nd by a Dodgers pitcher, the most by any franchise. It is the first no-hitter at Dodger Stadium since <span>Ramon Martinez</span> no-hit the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Marlins</a> on July 14, 1995.</p>
<p>The Dodgers jumped on Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa early, scoring two runs in a 28-pitch first inning. They added a pair of RBI doubles from <span>Adrian Gonzalez</span> and <span>Matt Kemp</span> to make it 4-0, then loaded the bases. <span>Miguel Rojas</span> collected the first extra-base hit of his career at an opportune time, driving in three runs to blow the game wide open in the third inning.</p>
<p>The Dodgers have struggled all season with the bases loaded and even after the Rojas hit are 7-for-46 on the season, hitting .152/.180/.239. But in their last three at-bats with the bases loaded they have gotten doubles by <span>Dan Haren</span> and Rojas.</p>
<p>But the night belonged to Kershaw. More to come.</p>
<h5>Wednesday particulars</h5>
<p><b>Home runs</b>: none</p>
<p><b>Stolen base</b>: <span>Dee Gordon</span> (37)</p>
<p><b>WP - Clayton Kershaw (7-2)</b>: 9 IP, <b>0 hits</b>, 15 strikeouts</p>
<p><b>LP - Jorge De La Rosa (6-6)</b>: 3⅓ IP, 6 hits, 8 runs (7 earned), 5 walks, 1 strikeout</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2014/6/18/5823120/clayton-kershaw-no-hitterEric Stephen