The St. Louis Cardinals stirred Clayton Kershaw’s emotions by playing a video of Matt Adams hitting a pivotal home run off him in the 2014 NLDS before their game on Sunday, which Kershaw deemed “bush league.” Despite this, Kershaw led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 victory, achieving seven strikeouts and not allowing any runs in five innings, marking his first seven-strikeout game since 2023. The win improved the Dodgers to 39-27 and halted a potential series sweep by the Cardinals, who had won the first two games of the series.
