Kershaw fires seven scoreless innings as the Dodgers roll 7-0 in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader at Wrigley Field
CHICAGO — They bill Wrigley Field as “The Friendly Confines.” Clayton Kershaw has never found it to be so.
But he made himself comfortable in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon, holding the Chicago Cubs scoreless for the first seven innings of a 7-0 Dodgers victory. “I’ve always been kind of a guy who gets some first-pitch outs when it’s going okay,” Kershaw said. “I do throw strikes, I think for the most part, and guys are trying to attack me early. I do throw a lot of first-pitch fastballs so at times, you get some early outs that way. Might give up some first-pitch hits here and there. But overall, I think it’s better to be aggressive and sometimes they hit it at guys.
Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki drew a one-out walk in the first inning and was picked off first base by Kershaw to end the inning. Suzuki reached on a single in the fourth as well and was erased when Yan Gomes bounced into a double play.With two outs in the second, Hoerner chopped a ground ball to shortstop Trea Turner. Turner charged and tried to make a bare-handed play but his throw was up the line and got past Freddie Freeman at first base.