Clayton Kershaw made his second start of the season on Friday night, but people will only remember it for a strange moment in the game when he was on the mound. Kershaw threw one of the weirdest pitches of his career.
Kershaw out here throwing HEAT ? pic.twitter.com/8Xux3CxAec
— Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) April 8, 2023
Gabriel Moreno stepped into the box to lead off the bottom of the fourth vs. Kershaw, but as the left-hander did his usual windup to deliver his pitch, he seemed to do a jump throw to the plate, It resulted in a 65 MPH pitch that was well above the strike zone.
“What was that?” Diamondbacks announcer Steve Berthiaume asked. “Was that a jump throw? A Derek Jeter jump throw, a Tim Tebow loft it over the goal line.”
Aside from the strange pitch, Clayton Kershaw gave up back-to-back home runs to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning of the Dodgers’ 6-3 loss Friday night. In six innings, the left-hander gave up four runs and seven hits.
— Camisa 42 (@camisa_42) April 8, 2023
The wifi glitched https://t.co/kPShbfuyQm
— Mantequilla (@Topnotch_julius) April 8, 2023
Kershaw jump shoot pitch https://t.co/vl3SGzUGS4
— David Zaldivar (@DavidZebra900) April 8, 2023
Wtf is that pitch?! https://t.co/ILLP1Dcg6N
— Kiko (@Pho3nixKing602) April 8, 2023
— Corby Dickerson (@corbydickerson) April 8, 2023
*checks to make sure this is an Arizona account* ? https://t.co/4BbRaR6YOG
— Courtney Baker (@CBake93) April 8, 2023
Wtf is this https://t.co/zXgmBiZ3Np
— christian (@fpsmichigun) April 8, 2023
Kershaw reached his latest milestone moment Friday night, becoming just the 34th pitcher in big league history to make 400 starts with the same team.
After the game, he never addressed the weird pitch, but many have speculated he was trying to avoid a pitch clock violation and just got caught in between.
The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to 5-3 on the year, but they still remain in first place in the National League West.
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