Kershaw collapsed so miserably after giving up 6 runs in ⅓ innings.

 Kershaw started in the first game of the National League Division Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the '2023 Major League Baseball League' held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA on the 8th (Korean time), allowing 6 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, and 6 runs in 35 pitches in ⅓ innings. He was beaten hard and was judged early.

Kershaw was not originally a strong pitcher in the fall. Until this day, he had appeared in a total of 38 postseason games (31 as a starter), winning 13 and suffering 12 losses. This means that he had almost a 50/50 chance of giving the Dodgers a win. His postseason ERA is high at 4.22. It is significantly higher than Kershaw's major league regular season career ERA of 2.48.

In fact, Kershaw was not in good shape at the end of the regular season. Although his earned run average was as low as 2.33 in four games in September, he never pitched more than six innings. His last pitching of more than 6 innings was on July 28 against the Colorado Rockies (6 scoreless innings). In August and September, most of his pitches barely lasted five innings.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts still selected Kershaw as the first starter for fall baseball. He meant that he would trust the more experienced Kershaw than Bobby Miller.

In a situation where there were no baserunners and no outs, Kershaw had a hard time getting one out by returning the sixth batter, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., to a grounder to shortstop. However, he was once again in danger as Alec Thomas was sent out with a walk, and Evan Longoria hit a timely double in the middle of the month, making the score 0-6.

Manager Roberts could no longer have Kershaw on the mound. Kershaw was replaced by Emmett Sheehan after a humiliating pitch. Sheehan prevented additional runs by not calling in Kershaw's runner.

Kershaw retreated to the dugout with a miserable expression, and Dodgers fans, who had always been enthusiastic about Ace Kershaw, could not hide their disappointment to the point of booing.

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