Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw gathered the 2,500 th strikeout of his career during Thursday nights game versus the checking out Arizona Diamondbacks.
Kershaw reached the milestone with his third strikeout of the night, throwing a looping curve that got Nick Ahmed swinging in the 2nd inning.
At 32 years, 168 days old, Kershaw is the third-youngest pitcher to reach the milestone, behind Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan (31 years, 101 days) and Walter Johnson (31 years, 197 days), according to ESPN Stats & & Information research study.
Kershaw is the second pitcher in Dodgers history to reach the mark, signing up with Don Sutton, and the 11th southpaw all time to get there. Hes the only left-hander to reach 2,500 strikeouts with a sub-3.00 ERA– he went into the video game with a 2.43 profession ERA.
Kershaw joins Justin Verlander (3,013), Max Scherzer (2,753), Zack Greinke (2,657) and Cole Hamels (2,558) as the only active pitchers with 2,500 strikeouts.
Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw records 2,500th career strikeout – ESPN
