By Ken Gurnick and Austin Laymance Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw recorded his 1,000th career strikeout in the second inning on Wednesday night against the Padres, hitting the milestone in fewer innings than the club’s previous record holder, Sandy Koufax.
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Pitching in spotlight of Giants-Dodgers rivalry
By Lyle Spencer Welcome to the National League West, where pitching continues to rule. The Dodgers and Giants appear determined to take the game back to the 1960s when Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Juan Marichal routinely made offenses disappear. …read more
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Koufax provides relief for Dodgers' first pitch
By Austin Laymance Dodgers manager Don Mattingly made one call to the bullpen on Opening Day, but it wasn’t to relieve starter Clayton Kershaw. Mattingly called on former Dodgers great and Hall of Fame left-hander Sandy Koufax to throw out the first pitch before the game. …read more
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With assist from Koufax, Beckett starts off strong
A decade after working with Sandy Koufax as a young phenom, Josh Beckett is trying to recapture some of the magic that followed those sessions, and he credited Koufax after throwing two scoreless innings with three strikeouts against the Giants on Tuesday in his first Dodgers spring game. …read more
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