Clayton Kershaw put the finishing touches on his legendary career, tossing 5 1/3 scoreless innings to go with seven strikeouts on Sunday at T-Mobile Park. The future Hall of Famer was pulled in the sixth after striking out Seattle's Eugenio Suárez, when Freddie Freeman came out of the dugout to grab the ball from him before he exited to a roaring ovation from the Seattle crowd.
Kershaw, who will not be on the Dodgers' Wild Card roster , finishes his career with a 2.53 ERA and 3,052 strikeouts in 2,855 1/3 innings. He figures to slot in as a key member of the postseason rotation as long as the Dodgers advance past the Wild Card round. He made his first appearance out of the bullpen since 2019 on Wednesday in Arizona, pitching a scoreless ninth inning. While he seemed likely to be an inn