Dodgers' Kershaw Added To 2015 NL All-Star Active Roster, Replaces Scherzer
The reigning National League Cy Young and MVP winner has been added to the NL roster for the 2015 MLB All-Star Game.
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The reigning National League Cy Young and MVP winner has been added to the NL roster for the 2015 MLB All-Star Game.
Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer to put the Dodgers ahead in the eighth inning, and NL West-leading Los Angeles beat the last-place Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Sunday.
Rookie Taylor Jungmann tossed a three-hitter, Carlos Gomez drove in five runs and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-1 on Saturday night.
We compiled a list of the top-five most dominant pitchers this season in the major leagues, based on strike-out percentages, opponent's batting average, and earned run average.
Brandon Beachy has had a tough road back to the Major League's after undergoing two Tommy John surgeries in the past two years, but get back on the mound for the first time in 23 months and will make his Dodgers' debut Saturday night against the Brewers.
Pinch-hitter Andre Ethier had a tying two-run single in the seventh inning, rookie Joc Pederson drove in the go-ahead run moments later with a double, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 Friday night.
The MLB does not have any official awards given out at the All-Star break, but as the season just passed the halfway point, let's take a look at the players who dominated the first half of the 162 game campaign.
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez edged out the other four National League nominees to win the National League's Final Vote. In doing so, he secured the final roster spot on the NL All-Star team.
Clayton Kershaw definitely made a strong effort to convince fans to vote for him into the All-Star game through the Final Vote by striking out 13 and pitching a complete game.
The rosters for the 2015 MLB All-Star Game were released on July 6th, and as always, there were some surprising names that were left off the roster. The game will take place at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati on Tuesday, July 14th.
Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson will represent the Dodgers and the National League in the 2015 Home Run Derby, it was announced Wednesday.
The Dodgers fell to the Phillies, 7-2, as Brett Anderson was saddled with the loss and Chad Billingsley picked up his first win of the 2015 season, and his first win since 2013.
Kershaw has a second chance to make the 2015 All-Star team, in the MLB's "Final Vote", which nominates five players from each league, and lets the fans vote to decide who the final spot on each team goes too.
Former Dodgers pitcher and 1st round draft pick Chad Billingsley will make his return to Dodger Stadium Tuesday night, this time in an unfamiliar uniform. Billingsley will make his fifth start of the year for the Philadelphia Phillies as they take on the Dodgers in game two of the four game series.
