A slider, a milestone and a heartfelt thank you: Kershaw’s 3,000th strikeout
Alex Graur
AP — Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout. His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become the 20th pitcher to reach the milestone. “It’s a little bit harder when you’re actually trying to strike people out,” he said, smiling. “I never really had to do that before.” Kershaw accomplished the feat when Vinny Capra of the Chicago White Sox took a slider for a called third strike for the final out of the
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