Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw ended the regular season on a high note Wednesday, giving up just one earned run on eight hits in eight innings while striking out 11 to pick up win No. 21 in his team's 9-1 victory over the Giants.
Kershaw (21-3) closes the season with wins in seven straight games, throwing eight innings a remarkable six times during that stretch. He even got things done at the plate Wednesday, smacking an RBI triple -- his first career three-bagger -- to get back the run he surrendered and tie the game 1-1. The Dodgers tacked on eight more unanswered runs later in the game to clinch the NL West title. The overwhelming Cy Young favorite, Kershaw ends the regular season with a 1.77 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 239:31 K:BB ratio in 198 1/3 innings.