Kershaw Dominant Over 7 Innings, Dodgers Beat Cardinals 1–0

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Los Angeles on April 29, 2023. Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo

LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw continued his dominant start to the season with seven sharp innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the struggling St. Louis Cardinals 1–0 on Saturday night, April 29.

Kershaw didn’t allow a baserunner until Dylan Carlson’s one-out single in the fifth. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner gave up two hits, struck out nine and walked none, throwing 88 pitches.