CLAYTON Kershaw shut out the Padres on two hits over six innings and drew a bases-loaded walk to force home the game’s first run Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers scored a 2-0 win in San Diego.
The Dodgers added an insurance run when Justin Turner led off the ninth with a solo homer against Emilio Pagan, the third baseman’s fifth homer of the season.
The win was the Dodgers’ eighth straight and lifted them to a 13-2 start for only the second time in franchise history.
Yu Darvish (1-1) suffered the loss despite allowing one run — the Kershaw walk — on one hit, two walks and a hit batter with nine strikeouts in seven innings. He retired the Dodgers in order in six of the seven innings he worked.
But Kershaw was even sharper, giving up two hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six innings to improve to 3-1 and lower his ERA to 2.19.
