{"id":65829,"date":"2025-07-03T11:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:16:29","slug":"chicago-white-sox-los-angeles-dodgers-legend-now-linked-forever-in-baseball-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

When the staff members at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., compile the facts and figures ahead of the eventual enshrinement of Clayton Kershaw, the Chicago White Sox will have a prominent place,.<\/p>\n

Kershaw, the longtime Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander, has a scant pitching record against the White Sox \u2014 just six starts, including Wednesday’s outing. But with his third strikeout on Wednesday \u2014 when he retired Chicago third baseman Vinny Capra on a called third strike to end the sixth inning\u2014 Kershaw rang up his 3,000th career punchout.<\/p>\n

\n

\u2014 MLB (@MLB) July 3, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

The 37-year-old Kershaw became just the 20th player in Major League Baseball history to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n

He needed just three strikeouts entering the game, but the White Sox \u2014 last in the major leagues in batting average \u2014 made things tough on Kershaw. While more than a dozen batters had two strikes on them, Chicago’s hitters fought off pitch after pitch, tagging Kershaw for four runs on nine hits in six innings.<\/p>\n

Manager Dave Roberts said before the game he would manage differently, and he allowed Kershaw to throw the most pitches he has in a game this season. The strikeout of Capra came on pitch No. 100.<\/p>\n

He also struck out infielders Miguel Vargas in the third inning and Lenyn Sosa in the fifth to join the list of pitchers with 3,000 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

The list is an impressive one, topped by Nolan Ryan and his 5,714 strikeouts. Of the 19 players ahead of him, 14 have plaques in the Hall of Fame. CC Sabathia will be inducted later this month, and Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer \u2014 both still active \u2014 are likely first-ballot selections when eligible. HOF voters have not selected Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling, with off-field issues a primary reason.<\/p>\n

Kershaw is one of four left-handers to achieve the milestone \u2014 Sabathia, Steve Carlton and Randy Johnson are the others \u2014 and one of just three pitchers to do it while wearing only one uniform. On that front, he joins Walter Johnson (Washington Senators) and Bob Gibson (St. Louis Cardinals).<\/p>\n

Kershaw is in 18th season in Dodger Blue and entered the game with a 216-94 record and 2.51 career ERA. He was the 2014 National League MVP and is a 10-time All-Star who also has won three Cy Young Awards and pitching’s Triple Crown.<\/p>\n

He led the NL in strikeouts in 2011 and 2013 before striking out an MLB-best 301 in 2015.<\/p>\n

White Sox manager Will Venable played for the Dodgers briefly in 2016 and saw Kershaw up close as a teammate,<\/p>\n

\u201cJust an extremely hard worker, great human being, a guy that deserves all the success he\u2019s had,\u201d Venable said, per the Chicago Sun-Times. \u201cHe\u2019s a very good pitcher who is still performing well. Just a competitor who presents a lot of problems for hitters on both sides. He\u2019s probably going to be able to spin the ball for the rest of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chicago rookie shortstop Chase Meidroth grew up in the Los Angeles suburbs and must have had a surreal moment when he faced Kershaw in the first inning. He finished 1-for-3 against Kershaw, who was replaced by Lou Trivino in the seventh.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up watching Kershaw,” Meidroth said ahead of the game. \u201cI\u2019m for sure gonna have an on-deck moment where I go, \u2018Yeah, this is sick.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the staff members at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., compile the facts and figures ahead of the eventual enshrinement of Clayton K<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":65830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nChicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When the staff members at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., compile the facts and figures ahead of the eventual enshrinement of Clayton K\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-03T11:16:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/avtvip-86.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829\",\"name\":\"Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/avtvip-86.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-03T11:16:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-03T11:16:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/avtvip-86.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/avtvip-86.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\",\"name\":\"MrThanh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrThanh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History - NEWS USA","og_description":"When the staff members at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., compile the facts and figures ahead of the eventual enshrinement of Clayton K","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2025-07-03T11:16:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/avtvip-86.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrThanh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrThanh","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829","name":"Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/avtvip-86.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-03T11:16:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-03T11:16:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/avtvip-86.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/avtvip-86.jpg","width":900,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65829#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Now Linked Forever in Baseball History"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec","name":"MrThanh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrThanh"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65831,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65829\/revisions\/65831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}