Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw winds up to deliver in the second inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on September 24, 2014. Kershaw pitched a eight-hitter over eight innings and struck out 11 to improve to 21-3 before a capacity crowd announced at 53,387. He hit the first triple of his major league career in the fifth, driving in Carl Crawford with the Dodgers' first run. UPI/Jim Ruymen