NL DIVISION SERIES: PADRES VS DODGERS

October 12, 2022

Clayton Kershaw

Dodger Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers

Postgame 2 Press Conference

Padres - 5, Dodgers - 3

THE MODERATOR: First question for Clayton.

Q. Dave described this one. He said you were in compete mode all game. How would you assess this for yourself?

CLAYTON KERSHAW: Yeah, I definitely had some traffic all day. It could have been a lot worse, for sure. I think there's a lot of traffic all day. I had to make some pitches. Had to pitch out of jams basically every inning, but there's a few mistakes in there that got hit hard, obviously.

The homer to Manny was a mistake, and the two-strike hit that Profar got there was a mistake. Then I left a slider up to Soto too that he got a hit on.

I definitely made some mistakes that they made me pay for, but overall I would like to have a few pitches back, but it definitely could have been worse, for sure.

Q. Just overall the slider, I mean, you were able to land some good ones early. Dave thought you didn't really have a feel for it until the 4th or 5th. Is that fair?

CLAYTON KERSHAW: No, that's not really fair. That's how I got out of the jams.

I threw some good sliders there to strike some guys out. I mean, I left the one up to Manny, but if I throw it where I'm supposed to, I think I get him.

Definitely had a few sprays in there, a few misses. I think it was more the curveball. I think I bounced a few curveballs, and then when I did throw for a strike, Manny got the hit behind the count, which I usually don't throw curveballs behind the count, and that was impressive. And then Wil Myers too with the curveball base hit, I didn't expect that either. That was a little bit unanticipated, I guess.

Q. As far as your pitch count and where this left you physically, could you hypothetically come back in Game 5 in some capacity?

CLAYTON KERSHAW: I think everybody will be ready. Hopefully we don't get there, but I think everybody will be ready for that.

Thanks.