Almost! Clayton Kershaw was six outs away from possibly completing a perfect game but lost it on a Luis Rengifo double in the eighth.
Kershaw needed just 71 pitches to retire the first 21 consecutive batters aton Friday night, but Rengifo ended Kershaw’s quest for his second no-hitter and first perfect game with a clean double down the left field line.
The 34-year-old Kershaw was selected for his ninth All-Star team earlier this month, and he is a candidate to start for the NL at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night. The three-time Cy Young Award winner got a head start on what’s sure to be a celebration of his career by dazzling the struggling Angels, who have been offensively inept while losing 10 of their previous 12.
Kershaw already flirted with history in his first start of the season, throwing seven perfect innings with 13 strikeouts at Minnesota on April 13. Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts pulled Kershaw from that start with the lefty’s reluctant approval, and reliever Alex Vesia gave up the Twins’ only hit in the eighth.
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