Clayton Kershaw became the 20th pitcher in MLB history and first with the Los Angeles Dodgers to record 3,000 career strikeouts. He achieved the milestone against the Chicago White Sox after striking out Vinny Capra in the sixth inning.

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout. His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become the 20th pitcher to reach the milestone.

Clayton Kershaw became the latest member of MLB's exclusive 3,000-strikeouts club, painting the outside corner on Vinny Capra with a sixth-inning slider in a Los Angeles Dodgers walk-off victory at Dodger Stadium.