KERSHAW FANS 16 BUT DODGERS FALL IN 12

Brewers Parley 4 Unearned Runs to Victory

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (AP) – Clayton Kershaw struck out 16 batters but the Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in 12 innings at Dodger Stadium.  Kershaw’s effort matched a single-game major league season high for strikeouts, tying Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers who fanned 16 Houston Astros on August 9 at Minute Maid Park.  Darvish also settled for a no-decision.  Two key errors were the undoing for the Dodgers as all four of Milwaukee’s runs were unearned.

The Dodgers took a 3-0 lead early in the game.  A two-out, two-run rally in the first inning set the tone.  Adrian Gonzalez drew a four-pitch walk from Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo.  It was the first of three consecutive walks issued by the Milwaukee right-hander.  After Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford drew free passes, the bases were loaded and Justin Turner made Gallardo pay, rifling a single into right field.  Gonzalez and Kemp scored and while Crawford was advancing to third the Brewers nailed Turner trying to take second on the play, ending the inning.

Los Angeles added a run in the third when Yasiel Puig led off with his 13^th home run of the year, giving the Dodgers a 3-0 advantage.

Gallardo settled down after that and the Dodgers were unable to add to their lead, but for some time, it appeared it wouldn’t matter.  Kershaw coasted through the sixth inning with a four-hit shutout intact, having fanned 10 batters.  At one point, Kershaw struck out six consecutive Brewers. 

But in the top of the seventh, Milwaukee, improbably, drew even.  After Jonathan Lucroy became Kershaw’s 11^th strikeout victim, Ryan Braun drew a walk, the first of the game issued by Kershaw.  And then, it happened.  Kershaw induced a double play grounder off the bat of Aramis Ramirez, but Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas kicked it for an error.  Instead of the inning being over, the Brewers had runners on first and second with one out.  Kershaw struck out Kris Davis for the second out but then, Rickie Weeks worked ahead in the count 2-0 and drove a Kershaw fastball into the seats down the left field line for a three-run homer, tying the game.  The sellout crowd of 56,342 watched in stunned silence as Weeks rounded the bases.

Kershaw remained in the game through the eighth and struck out the side, rounding out his 16 strikeout game. 

After the Dodgers were retired 1-2-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Kershaw returned to the mound in the top of the ninth to a raucous ovation, but after yielding consecutive singles to Braun and Ramirez to open the frame, the left-hander was replaced by Pedro Baez, who retired Davis and Weeks, but walked Mark Reynolds on four pitches to load the bases.  Baez worked ahead of Elian Herrera 0-2 and then ended the threat by inducing a pop fly for the third out.

Mild threats by the Dodgers in the 9^th and 10^th innings were turned aside and the next scoring opportunity came in the top of the 12^th.  With one out, pinch hitter Jean Segura lined a base hit to center off Brandon League, who was in his second inning of relief.  Segura stole second and when A.J. Ellis’ throw caromed into center field, Segura advanced to third on the error.  Herrera then bounced a single through the drawn-in infield, scoring Segura.  League avoided further damage, but the Brewers now led 4-3.

Francisco Rodriguez came on for Milwaukee in the bottom of the 12^th and immediately ran into trouble, yielding a lead-off double to Adrian Gonzalez, who was replaced on first base by pinch runner Scott Van Slyke.  Kemp then drew a walk, putting the potential winning run on base with no outs.  But Rodriguez bared down, worked ahead of Crawford and then got him to ground into a double play, with Van Slyke taking third.  Rodriguez then retired Turner on a grounder to short to end the game, recording his 38^th save of the season in the process.

8/16/2014, Mil14-LAN14, Dodger Stadium

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12     R  H  E   LOB DP

2014 Brewers           0  0  0  0  0  0  3  0  0  0  0  1     4  7  0     6  1

2014 Dodgers           2  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     3 10  2    12  1

Brewers              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Dodgers              AB  R  H BI   AVG

Gomez,C           cf  6  0  0  0  .272    Gordon,D          2b  5  0  0  0  .248

Lucroy            c   5  0  0  0  .311    Puig              cf  4  1  1  1  .291

Braun             rf  4  1  1  0  .273    Gonzalez,Ad       1b  4  1  2  0  .278

Ramirez,Ar        3b  5  1  2  0  .245     Van Slyke        pr  0  0  0  0  .263

Davis,K           lf  5  0  1  0  .243    Kemp              rf  3  1  0  0  .260

Weeks,R           2b  5  1  1  3  .250    Crawford,C        lf  5  0  1  0  .337

 Rodriguez,Fr     p   0  0  0  0  .000    Turner,Ju         3b  6  0  4  2  .324

Reynolds          1b  2  0  0  0  .200    Ellis,A           c   5  0  0  0  .163

 Duke             p   0  0  0  0  .000    Rojas             ss  4  0  1  0  .124

 Jeffress         p   0  0  0  0  .000     Baez,P           p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Segura           ph  1  1  1  0  .226     Ethier           ph  1  0  0  0  .225

Herrera,E         ss  5  0  1  1  .290     League           p   0  0  0  0  .000

Gallardo          p   1  0  0  0  .159    Kershaw           p   1  0  0  0  .244

 Parra,G          ph  1  0  0  0  .249     Barney           ss  2  0  1  0  .239

 Estrada          p   0  0  0  0  .031                         40  3 10  3

 Gennett          ph  1  0  0  0  .302

 Kintzler         p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Overbay          1b  1  0  0  0  .250

                     42  4  7  4

Brewers                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Gallardo                         5.0  6  3  3  4  5  80  49  3.68

Estrada                          2.0  1  0  0  2  0  28  15  4.40

Kintzler                         1.0  1  0  0  0  0   7   6  5.65

Duke                             1.1  0  0  0  1  3  21  11  3.00

Jeffress         W 1-0           1.2  1  0  0  0  1  26  15  2.50

Rodriguez,Fr     S 38            1.0  1  0  0  1  0  20  11  3.27

                                12.0 10  3  3  8  9 182 107

Dodgers                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Kershaw                          8.0  5  3  0  2 16 119  83  1.56

Baez,P                           2.0  0  0  0  1  1  21  14  2.25

League           L 1-5           2.0  2  1  0  1  2  34  21  3.91

                                12.0  7  4  0  4 19 174 118

Mil: Parra,G batted for Gallardo in the 6th

     Gennett batted for Estrada in the 8th

     Overbay inserted at 1b in the 9th

     Segura batted for Jeffress in the 12th

     Segura moved to ss in the 12th

     Herrera,E moved to 2b in the 12th

LAN: Barney inserted at ss in the 9th

     Ethier batted for Baez,P in the 10th

     Van Slyke ran for Gonzalez,Ad in the 12th

E-Ellis,A, Rojas. 2B-Gonzalez,Ad(34), Turner,Ju(19). HR-Weeks,R(7), Puig(13).

RBI-Weeks,R 3(26), Herrera,E(12), Puig(59), Turner,Ju 2(36). SB-Segura(12).

CS-Herrera,E. K-Gomez,C 3, Lucroy 4, Ramirez,Ar, Davis,K 2, Weeks,R 2,

Reynolds, Herrera,E 3, Gallardo, Parra,G, Gennett, Gordon,D, Puig,

Gonzalez,Ad, Kemp, Crawford,C 2, Ellis,A, Rojas, Kershaw. BB-Braun,

Reynolds 2, Overbay, Puig 2, Gonzalez,Ad 2, Kemp 3, Crawford,C. SH-Gordon,D,

Kershaw. HBP-Kershaw. HB-Gallardo.

GWRBI: Herrera,E

Temperature: 65, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 11 MPH.

Attendance: 56,342

Game Time: 3:58