The Dodgers star hurled an immaculate seven innings but was pulled after 80 pitches by Manager Dave Roberts, who made a similar move in 2016.
“As much as I would have wanted to do it,” he said Wednesday of trying to finish a perfect game, “I’ve thrown 75 pitches in a sim game. I hadn’t gone six innings, let alone seven.”
“Every decision I make is for the best interest of the player, their health and the ballclub,” Roberts, “because there’s a lot of people that are cheering for the Dodgers, not only just for today and Clayton to throw a no-hitter, but for the Dodgers to win the World Series. For us to do that, we need him healthy.”
Kershaw expressed sympathy for the missed opportunity by Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes to be part of a history-making battery. “Barnesy did such a great job, and it’s fun to get to catch one of those, so I wanted to do it with Barnesy,” he said. “It’d be special. But at the end of the day, those are individual things. Those are selfish goals, and we’re trying to win.
“Later on in the season, when he’s a little more built up, I think he goes out there [for the eighth inning],” the catcherThat’s not how some saw it, including veteran pitcher Jake Arrieta.Arrieta, who is a free agent. “Doesn’t matter if it’s his 1st or 30th start. … If any man has ever earned the right, it’s him. Roll the damn dice.”
Clayton Kershaw Perfect game 80 pitches, take him OUT !!!!! WHAT THE! what’s the game coming to?1 of the era’s best, and you take him out with a perfect game in the 7th, 7-0 Dodgers winning. Take him OUT! THIS IS BASEBALL PLEASE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER PLAYED GET OUT OF ITS WAY
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