Kershaw (4-2) gave up four runs (three earned) on eight hits while striking out five Monday. He was the losing pitcher of record in a 4-3 loss to San Francisco.
The Dodgers' ace didn't have his best stuff Monday, failing to take advantage of a very favorable matchup against the light-hitting Giants. Kershaw was dealing with a minor calf injury heading into this start, but he didn't mention the injury after taking the loss, giving credit to San Francisco's batters for grinding out at-bats against him. Fantasy owners would normally take a quality start as a successful outing from their starting pitcher, but considering the matchup, it is hard to not consider this a poor showing from the dominant southpaw. Kershaw will look to bounce back in his next scheduled start, which was moved up to this Sunday against the Padres.