Kershaw leaves with a toe injury in the second inning, but the Dodgers get home runs from Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith and Freddie Freeman in a 10-9 win that extends their NL West lead to five games o…
Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw walks off the field after being removed during the second inning of their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Phoenix. Kershaw was pulled with what the team said was pain the big toe on his left foot.
The Dodgers gave him a 2-0 lead thanks to a two-run home run by Freddie Freeman in the first inning. But four of the first five Diamondbacks reached base against Kershaw on a double, walk, single and hit batter. Two runs scored and the lead was gone. Right-hander Joe Kelly appeared to be warming up in the Dodgers’ bullpen already as Kershaw pitched to Carroll, an indication there might have been discussion between innings of the issue bothering Kershaw.
The Dodgers scored five times in the first two innings against Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen and regained the lead in the sixth inning when Max Muncy led off with a double. He moved to third on a ground out then scored on a wild pitch by lefty reliever Joe Mantiply with Shohei Ohtani batting.
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