Overview
- The Cardinals played a looped video of Matt Adams’ 2014 go-ahead NLDS home run off Clayton Kershaw before their game at Busch Stadium.
- Kershaw brushed off the pregame stunt as “a little bush league” and insisted it would not affect his focus.
- He delivered his strongest outing of the season, allowing one run over five innings with no walks and seven strikeouts for his first win of the year.
- The Dodgers capitalized on Kershaw’s performance to beat St. Louis 7-3, improving to 39-27 on the campaign.
- Former Cardinal AJ Pierzynski apologized on a podcast, clarifying the video was intended to honor Matt Adams rather than target Kershaw personally.