Snakebit Kershaw Gets Another No Decision

Former Highland Park pitcher Clayton Kershaw was in line to earn his first Major League victory while pitching in his home state last night in Houston.

Kershaw went 5 2/3 innings for the Dodgers, leaving the game with a 6-3 lead. He gave up six hits with four strikeouts and two walks. But the Los Angeles bullpen couldn’t make the lead stand up. The first three relief pitchers gave up a run apiece to allow the Astros to tie things at 6-6 in the seventh.

Kershaw (0-2) will try again on Sunday at San Francisco.

The Dodgers then rallied for a 7-6 in 11 innings off a Jeff Kent solo homer.