Clayton Kershaw Sends Clear Message to ‘Bush League’ Cardinals After Win originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Los Angeles Dodgers great Clayton Kershaw and the St. Louis Cardinals each felt like traveling back to 2014 on Sunday afternoon.

Clayton Kershaw pitched five-innings of one-run ball on Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals to collect his first victory of the 2025 campaign and perhaps the Los Angeles Dodgers hurler was fired up a bit by a choice made by the home team before he ever stepped on the rubber.

It’s been 11 years since former St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams hit the go-ahead home run in the series-clinching Game 4 of the 2014 NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers.The clutch three-run shot came off Dodgers future Hall-of-Fame starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw.