Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw dueled against Madison Bumgarner and the Giants for the second time in six days. Although he got through seven innings for the first time this season, the left-hander was forced to settle for a tough-luck loss Tuesday night at home against San Francisco.
Kershaw (1-2) was unable to solve Buster Posey, who singled in a run in the first inning and launched a home run off the southpaw in the fourth, which proved to be the difference in a 2-1 defeat. Kershaw yielded two earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out eight over seven innings of work. Of his 92 pitches, 66 were strikes.
"Not a whole lot of analyzation going on -- bottom line, I just got outpitched. I gave up two, he gave up one," Kershaw said of his outing against Bumgarner, per the Orange County Register.
Kershaw lowered his ERA from 4.07 to 3.73 through five starts. He will make his first start of May on Monday at Milwaukee.