MLB Note - Los Angeles Dodgers Kershaw, Clayton
Aug 21, 2017 - 7:05 AM LHP Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers will throw a three-inning, 45-pitch simulated game in Pittsburgh on Monday. The three-time Cy Young winner continues to rehab from a lower back strain that has sidelined him since July 23. The Dodgers open a four-game series on Monday against the Pirates. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters Sunday that the 29-year-old Kershaw is expected to pitch a rehab game next weekend with either Double-A Tulsa or Triple-A Oklahoma City. Kershaw, who was on his way to a runaway Cy Young season when he encountered tightness in his back after the second inning against the Atlanta Braves on July 23, was 15-2 with a major-league-best 2.04 ERA with and 168 strikeouts in 141 1/3 innings in 21 starts before the injury.No one has shouted yet.
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