A little rest goes a long way to extend Clayton Kershaw's greatness

Five years to the day since the Dodgers' ace no-hit the Rockies, he's still dominating despite some concessions to age.

Kershaw secures 7th win of season (0:39)

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Hernandez hits grand slam in Dodgers' 9-0 rout of Giants

Clayton Kershaw combined with two relievers on a four-hit shutout, Enrique Hernandez had a grand slam to highlight a six-run seventh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the rival San Francisco Giants 9-0 Tuesday night.

Hernandez breaks game open with grand slam (0:26)

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The Dodgers can strike for a big inning at any moment. Tonight, it was the seventh. They scored six runs, four off them on a grand slam by Kiké Hernandez.

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Clayton Kershaw is officially out of this game. That's five baserunners and 100 pitches through seven scoreless innings, dropping his ERA to 2.85.

Pederson connects for leadoff homer (0:28)

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Cody Bellinger made a nice leaping catch against the right field fence, possibly preventing a run in the sixth inning. He entered tonight with 20 Defensive Runs Saved, the most in the majors.

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer

Clayton Kershaw, pitching on the fifth anniversary of his no-hitter, has allowed only two hits and no runs through the first five innings tonight. His ERA is down to 2.92. He entered with a quality start in all but one of his 11 starts this season.

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Contacted by ESPN's Outside the Lines about the White Sox' plans to extend netting to the foul poles at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago native Erwin Goldbloom said, "Go Sox! I hope it's a start — somebody had to do it and I hope now the rest of teams will follow." Goldbloom's wife Linda died in August after a foul ball into the loge, above netting behind home plate, struck her in the head at Dodger Stadium. His daughter Jana Brody said Tuesday, "I'm thrilled they are taking action...the only other thing I want is to raise it behind the backstop, but I'll take it."

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The Dodgers approached OF Joc Pederson about learning 1B when AJ Pollock went down. Now, Dave Roberts said, they're "ramping it up." Against righties, it can be a way to put Pollock, Pederson, Alex Verdugo and Max Muncy, who has been more adept at 2B, in the same lineup. Roberts said Pederson is "more excited about playing first base than I've seen him excited about anything, outside of hitting a homer."

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Beede earns 1st big league victory, Giants edge Dodgers 3-2

Tyler Beede allowed one run over six innings to earn his first big-league victory and the San Francisco Giants defeated the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Monday night in the opener of a four-game set between the NL West rivals.

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Max Muncy stepped on Pablo Sandoval's right hand as he ran through first base for the final out of the fifth inning. Sandoval was in pain, but seems to be fine.

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Kenta Maeda took a grounder to his right wrist/hand, but stressed that he was fine. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was content after just one warm-up pitch.

Muncy cranks 433-foot homer to right (0:37)

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We're nearing the midway point of the season, and Max Muncy, who hit a ball 433 feet, has a .933 OPS, only 40 points below last year's breakout.

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Kenley Jansen pleaded with Dave Roberts to let him take batting practice, saying he did it once in May and it was time to do so in June. Jansen got his wish. "At 70 miles power, batting practice, he looks great," Roberts said. "But when the ball starts to spin, not so much."

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Justin Turner is out of the lineup for "precautionary" reasons, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Turner is probably available off the bench, but Kenley Jansen has the day off after pitching three straight days. It'll either be Pedro Baez or Julio Urias if a save situation arises.

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer

Angels/Dodgers in the mix for All-Star Game starts: 2B Tommy La Stella (first), SS Corey Seager (third), OF Cody Bellinger (first), OF Mike Trout (first). DH Shohei Ohtani, 3B Justin Turner, 2B Kiké Hernandez and 1B Max Muncy are each fourth.