Kershaw Gets 14th Win, Dodgers Beat Astros 6-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clayton Kershaw earned his career-high 14th victory and drove in a run with a safety squeeze, Matt Kemp ended an 11-game home run drought, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 6-1 on Saturday night.
Kershaw (14-5) won for the sixth time in his last seven starts, allowing a run and six hits over eight innings. The All-Star left-hander struck out nine and walked one.
Houston's Wandy Rodriguez (8-9) was charged with five runs, two earned, and six hits in six innings. The left-hander is 2-6 with a 4.50 ERA over his last eight starts, after going 3-1 with a 1.80 ERA in June -- including a 7-0 win at Dodger Stadium in which he pitched six innings.
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