Kershaw fans first 7, remains masterful

MIAMI — Clayton Kershaw struck out the first seven batters he faced and matched a season high with 10 strikeouts in seven shutout innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 9-1 on Wednesday night.

Kershaw (12-2) allowed two hits and retired the first 14 Miami batters before Harold Ramirez’s two-out single to right in the fifth inning. The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner left after 90 pitches.

Rookie Edwin Rios hit his first two major-league homers. Justin Turner went 3-for-5 with a home run and Corey Seager homered and had three RBIs for the Dodgers, who have outscored Miami 34-2 the last three games.

The Marlins didn’t put a ball in play until Lewis Brinson grounded out with one out in the third inning.

Rios’ second blast off Marlins starter Elieser Hernandez (2-5), a two-run shot that landed in the right-field upper deck, gave the Dodgers a 6-0 lead. Max Muncy’s two-run double in the eighth increased Los Angeles’ advantage to 9-0.

The Dodgers wasted little time following up their six-homer performance Tuesday with home runs from Turner and Seager in the first.

Turner put Los Angeles ahead 1-0 with his shot over the wall in center. Seager hit a two-run blast that also scored Cody Bellinger, who had reached on a bunt single as he took advantage of a Miami shift that left the third-base area vacant.

Rios hit his first career homer in the fourth, a solo blast that gave the Dodgers a 4-0 lead.

Hernandez was lifted after six innings. The right-hander allowed six runs, eight hits, struck out seven and walked one.

Miami’s Curtis Granderson hit a pinch-hit homer off Yimi Garcia in the ninth.

MARK BROWN/GETTY Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw delivers a pitch against the Marlins on Wednesday.