"Thankfully got some big double plays" - Clayton Kershaw credits Cardinals' all-swing attitude going to bust for scoreless outing in win 

Clayton Kershaw doubled down on his quality start against the Milwaukee Brewers with another quality scoreless start against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. The Cardinals were very upfront in their strategy to take down the future Hall of Famer.

However, the idea went to bust, with them hitting at almost everything Kershaw had to offer, giving up easy ground balls, resulting in an efficient outing for the southpaw. Kershaw echoed a similar sentiment following his six scoreless innings and two-strikeouts start.

"I think there were some misses I'd like to have back, but they were swinging a lot and putting the ball on the ground," Kershaw said in the post game interaction.

"Thankfully, we got some big double plays, and we basically had four shortstops behind me in the infield. They were hitting it to them, so that was a good recipe."

Clayton Kershaw could only get two strikeouts in the game, but a large portion of it can go to the Cardinals' aggressive approach at the plate

When asked if, at this stage of his career, he likes ground balls more, considering they help him with low pitch counts, he said:

"No, I mean, better than fly balls, but yeah, I don't really worry about how you get the outs—just try to get the outs as best you can. Today, there was early contact and a lot of ground balls, so it kept the pitch count down, which was good and gave us what we needed today."

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Dave Roberts excited to receive 'vintage' Clayton Kershaw back

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For a large part of Clayton Kershaw's career, he has been known to go deep into innings, helping his relievers be fresh for important innings.

Although that ability has faded in the last few years, when it comes to making things count, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts feels there's no one better equipped then Kershaw.

“I think that it’s not easy for a player to take on the responsibility of being a stopper, to go deep into a game, to manage stress a couple times and to keep going,” Dave Roberts said.

“You’ve got to be able to experience it, go through it, to be able to be that guy. And I think everyone wants to be that guy, but you’re not until you do it and you continue to do it. So that’s something Clayton’s done his entire career.”

Following this outing, Clayton Kershaw is back to his usual sub-3.00 ERA pitcher, sporting a 2.63 ERA after a couple of poor starts to begin the season.