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I'm sure that Clayton Kershaw was surprised that the Dodgers offense scored 11 runs in a game that he started. LA coasted to a 11-0 win as Kershaw only pitched 6 innings. In another excellent outing he only gave up 4 hits and no runs. He improves to 16-9 this season and lowered his ERA to an unbelievable 1.83. This was a good decent length pitching outing for Kershaw. He'll probably see his next pitching start in the first or second game of the playoffs!
It was good to see the recently slumbering Dodgers offense to finally wake up. Adrian Gonzalez hit his 22nd homer of the season, which also gave him his 100th RBI. With all the injuries of Dodgers players, Gonzalez was the only Dodger that could possibly finish with 100 RBIs this season. Carl Crawford hit his 6th homer of the season and now has 31 RBIs. Finally A.J. Ellis hit his 10th homer of the season, giving him 52 RBIs this season.
Meanwhile in Cincinnati, iIn the first game of the big Pirates-Reds 3 game series the Pirates won 4-1. They were powered by A.J. Burnett's strong outing. He pitched 8 innings, only allowing 5 hits and 1 run. He also struck out 6 Reds as his record improves to 10-11. He was also able to lower his ERA to 3.30. Recently added Pirate Marlon Byrd had the big offensive game, he was 3 for 4, and is hitting .288 this season. He had a single in the third inning that drove in Andrew McCutchen and Starling Marte. Then later when Pedro Alvarez hit his 35th homer of the season he also drove in Byrd. Alvarez now has 99 RBIs on the season.
The Pirates lead the Reds by 2 games, with two games left on the season. One more win and the Pirates will host Tuesday night's NL Wild Card playoff game. (As I write this blog, the Pirates already won the second game in the series as they were powered by 6 homers. I know what I'll be watching Tuesday night, go Pirates!)
St. Louis and Atlanta both won, remaining tied for the NL's best record, with the Braves holding the tie breaker. The Cardinals clinched the NL Central title. That was a bit of a shock to me as I had already thought they had clinched the NL Central.
In the AL Wild Card the Indians continued their incredible surge by winning their 8th straight game. Meanwhile the Rays had their 7 game winning streak broken, which means they are tied for first place in the AL Wild Card race. The Rangers have broken out of choke mode and won their fifth consecutive game, they trail the previously mentioned teams by 1 game. This race could go down to the final day, it should be fun.
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