Daily Rants: Cardinals shut down by dominant Clayton Kershaw.

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The Cardinals had another late game in Los Angeles last night and faced reigning Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw. The results weren’t pretty as Kershaw showed why he was one of the best in the game. How did Jake Westbrook fare against the Dodger bats?

Westbrook actually fared well against a fairly weak Dodger lineup. He gave up six hits and a walk through six and a third innings. Unfortunately, he gave up runs in the fourth and seventh innings and left the game down 4-0. Eduardo Sanchez, who had performed strongly since being called up last week, gave up two earned runs in two thirds of an inning to put the Cardinals down 6-0. Brandon Dickson made his first big league appearance since being called up to take Kyle McClellan‘s spot. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning.

Unfortunately, this game was all Clayton Kershaw. He only allowed six hits through nine innings and shut the Cardinals out. Carlos Beltran and Shane Robinson each picked up a hit, while Matt Holliday and Yadier Molina recorded two. It was all for naught, however, as Kershaw was just too dominant for the Cardinals.

Box Score

Final123456789RHE
St. Louis000000000062
LA Dodgers00020040X691
WP: C. Kershaw (4-1)
LP: J. Westbrook (4-3)
ABRHRBIHRBBKSBLOBSeason Avg
R. Furcal ss400000100.351
C. Beltran rf401000000.298
M. Holliday lf402000002.269
L. Berkman 1b100000001.333
    M. Carpenter 1b300000101.283
D. Freese 3b300000000.266
Y. Molina c302000000.301
    B. Dickson p000000000.000
T. Greene 2b300000001.227
S. Robinson cf301000001.259
J. Westbrook p200000200.125
    E. Sanchez p000000000.000
    T. Cruz ph-c100000001.133
 Totals3106000407
IPHRERBBKHRWHIPSeason ERA
J. Westbrook (L, 4-3)6.16431511.222.58
E. Sanchez0.22221101.506.75
B. Dickson1.01000001.000.00

Today’s Preview

The Cardinals look to avoid their second sweep of the season as they send 5-1 Kyle Lohse out to face 2-3 Chad Billingsley. Lohse has a 2.70 ERA and has struck out 32 batters and only eight walks. Billingsley sports a 3.83 ERA with 37 strikeouts against sixteen walks. Redbird Rants will have the recap of this game which features a 7:05 start time.