A no-hitter for Kershaw
A seventh-inning error produces the only runner against Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, who fans 15 in an 8-0 victory over the Rockies.
LOSANGELES— Clayton Kershaw pitched his first no-hitter Wednesday night, striking out a career-high 15 and allowing his only baserunner on a throwing error by shortstop Hanley Ramirez in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Kershaw’s gem gave the Dodgers the only two nohitters in the majors this season. Josh Beckett tossed one May 25 at Philadelphia.
“I am so amazed,” Kershaw said. “Beckett told me he was going to teach me how to do that, so I have Josh to thank.”
Cheered on by his wife in the stands, Kershaw (72) retired his first 18 batters before Corey Dickerson led off the seventh with a slow bouncer to Ramirez. His throw on the run went wide past first baseman Adrian Gonzalez for a two-base error — ending any chance for a perfect game.
Thatwas it for the Rock- ies against Kershaw, a twotime NL Cy Young Award winner.
Ramirez was backin the lineup after leaving Tuesday night’s game with a bruised ring finger on his throwing hand, the result of a sharp grounder by Dickerson that deflected into short center field for a double.
The only other time the Dodgers threw two no-hitters in one season was 1956, when the team was still in Brooklyn. Carl Erskine and Sal Maglie turned the trick that year.
One batter after Dickerson reached base, rookie third baseman Miguel Rojas backhanded Troy Tulowitzki’s grounder behind the bag and let fly with a strong throw to first that Gonzalez — a threetime Gold Glove winner — scooped out of the dirt to keep the no-hitter intact.
Ramirez was replaced on defense by rookie Carlos Triunfel to start the eighth.