The Mariners’ Braden Bishop swings and misses as Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes reaches for the ball to end the seventh inning of a game Aug. 20, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

The Mariners’ Braden Bishop swings and misses as Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes reaches for the ball to end the seventh inning of a game Aug. 20, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Kershaw dominates Mariners’ bats in Dodgers’ victory

The Los Angeles ace and three-time Cy Young winner strikes out 11 in a 6-1 victory over Seattle.

  • By Tim Booth Associated Press
  • Thursday, August 20, 2020 7:24pm
  • SportsMariners

Associated Press

SEATTLE — Clayton Kershaw struck out a season-high 11 in seven strong innings, Cody Bellinger homered for the second straight game and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Thursday.

Kershaw moved past Don Drysdale and into second place on the Dodgers’ all-time strikeout list. It came on his fifth strikeout of the game when he got Shed Long Jr. swinging leading off the fifth inning. Kershaw now has 2,493 and trails only Don Sutton in franchise history. Sutton has 2,696.

Kershaw (3-1) struck out the side in the fifth and got Sam Haggerty leading off the sixth. He closed out his dominant afternoon by fanning Long and Braden Bishop. It was a second straight dominant performance for the lefty, after he allowed one run and one hit in his last start against the Angels.

Seattle managed just four hits off Kershaw and the only run came on Kyle Seager’s solo home run in the fourth inning. Haggerty’s double and singles by Kyle Lewis and Austin Nola were the only other hits allowed by Kershaw.

Kershaw relied heavily on his slider that produced 12 swinging strikes. But his curveball was just as good, and was the pitch he used to strike out Seager looking to end the sixth inning.

Kershaw walked just one and threw only 96 pitches. It was his first game of at least 10 strikeouts since Aug. 25, 2019, when he fanned 12 against the Yankees.

Bellinger’s solo home run came leading off the eighth inning against Seattle reliever Ljay Newsome in his major league debut. It was the 50th home run of the season for Los Angeles.

Seattle starter Yusei Kikuchi returned to the rotation after being scratched from his last start due to neck spasms, but couldn’t finish the fifth inning. The Dodgers scored four times in the third inning on an RBI double by Matt Beaty and RBI singles from A.J. Pollock and Bellinger. The Dodgers also got runs via a wild pitch and passed ball with runners at third.

Kikuchi (0-2) allowed just four hits, but walked four and struck out five. It was his first start since Aug. 7.

Trainer’s room

Mariners rookie 1B Evan White was out of the lineup after taking a foul ball off his left knee in Wednesday night’s game. Manager Scott Servais said White was sore but was hopeful White would be back in the lineup on Friday. … Seattle placed RHP Erik Swanson on the 10-day injured list retroactive to Aug. 17 with a right forearm strain. Swanson has appeared in six games.

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