Kershaw Struggles, Offense Manages 2 Hits In 6-0 Shutout Loss To Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (CBSLA.com/AP) — Archie Bradley made a dazzling major league debut Saturday night, allowing one hit over six innings to outpitch Clayton Kershaw and lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Bradley, a first-round draft pick in 2011, struck out six, walked four and singled for his first hit. He became the fifth rookie starter to make his first start against a reigning Cy Young Award winner and the fourth to earn a win.
Kershaw (0-1) lasted 6 1-3 innings and gave up 10 hits, including Paul Goldschmidt's two-run homer in the seventh inning. Goldschmidt has home runs in four straight games against the Dodgers dating to last season.
Kershaw did not allow 10 or more hits in any regular-season game in 2014. He struck out five and walked three.
Mark Trumbo had a run-scoring single in the top of the first.
Bradley singled in the second but was picked off by Kershaw.
Goldschmidt drove in A.J. Pollock with a groundout in the third and the Diamondbacks scored twice in the fourth after the first three hitters reached base, two on walks. Pollock and Ender Inciarte drove in the runs.
Pollock and Inciarte, the first two batters in the Diamondbacks' order, combined for five hits off Kershaw, with three for Pollock. He was 4 for 19 against Kershaw entering the game.
Trumbo added two hits. The Diamondbacks, 4-15 against the Dodgers last season, have wins in the team's first two meetings of this season.
It was the first loss to an NL West opponent Kershaw has suffered since May 2014.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: 3B Justin Turner injured a finger on his right hand trying to apply a tag to Pollock in the bottom of the third inning and left the game. Pollock was sliding on a steal attempt and was called out but Turner dropped the ball for an error. He shook his hand in pain and had to be checked by a trainer. ... Juan Uribe, originally scheduled for a day off, replaced Turner at third briefly before Alex Guerrero took over in the fourth. Uribe left the game after only a half-inning due to left hamstring tightness. Both Turner and Uribe are day to day. The Dodgers used four third basemen in the game, with Darwin Barney entering the seventh on a double switch.
Diamondbacks: Backup catcher Gerald Laird was unable to play due to back tightness. He was originally scheduled to be in the lineup but manager Chip Hale went with Tuffy Gosewich, knowing that the club has a third catcher in Jordan Pacheco available. ... C Oscar Hernandez, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a broken hand, is on track to return next month and will start swinging a bat next week, Hale said.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: Zack Greinke, who got a no-decision in his first start of the season on Tuesday, was 3-0 against the Diamondbacks last season with a 1.42 ERA, 26 strikeouts and seven walks.
Diamondbacks: Opening-day starter Josh Collmenter takes the mound for the Diamondbacks in the series finale. Collmenter failed to make it out of the fifth inning with four earned runs allowed against San Francisco on Monday. He's 4-7 with a 5.66 ERA in 15 career games (seven starts) against the Dodgers.
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