LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw will retire at the end of this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Thursday.

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The 37-year-old left-hander who got his 3,000th strikeout in July will make his final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium on Friday night against the San Francisco Giants.

Kershaw’s last start period could be against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park next week. He is the projected starter for the Dodgers in the first game of the season-ending series next Friday, Sept. 26, per ESPN .

The 11-time All-Star and 2014 NL MVP is in his 18th major league season, all with the Dodgers, which ties him with Zack Wheat and Bill Russell for the most years in franchise hist

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