Clayton Kershaw surrendered four runs in the first inning after the Pirates opened with a double, two walks, another double and a single plus a sac fly. Kershaw settled to finish five innings with four hits, four runs, four walks, three strikeouts and 83 pitches, including a diving play on a Tommy Pham comebacker. The Dodgers offense rallied with key hits, a bases-loaded Conforto walk and a 120-mph Shohei Ohtani homer (his 46th of the year and 100th as a Dodger), but the bullpen allowed additional runs, producing a 9-7 defeat.
A sac fly was the game's first out to make it 4-0, and after yet another single followed, a double play allowed Kershaw to get through that inning as he was in danger of being removed. The good news is Kershaw did settle down from there, as he allowed just a pair of walks over the next four innings, ending his outing by spearing a missile of a comebacker from Tommy Pham.
Almost surprisingly, the offense did their best to dig Kershaw out of that hole. After a quiet 1st, back-to-back singles from and Teoscar Hernandez started the 2nd. A Michael Conforto walk loaded the bases with nobody out, but hit into a double play, which got a run home but also killed off that golden chance. In the 3rd, Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th of the year and 100th as a Dodger, a rocket at 120 MPH to make it 4-2 Pirates.
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