Clayton Kershaw struck out five to inch closer to 3,000, Shohei Ohtani hit his 28th home run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1.

Clayton Kershaw drew closer to 3,000 career strikeouts in six crisp innings and Shohei Ohtani homered as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Thursday in Denver.

The Rockies are a heavy underdog at home (+254) against the Dodgers (-319). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Los Angeles Dodgers looking to Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-6), and Chase Dollander (2-7) getting the nod for the Colorado Rockies.

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Clayton Kershaw is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Austin Gomber for Colorado.The Dodgers had another high-scoring game against the Rockies last night. They won 8-1 and have scored at least 8 runs in three straight games.