The Los Angeles Dodgers recently snapped a five-game losing skid and are now looking towards the final stretch of the regular season.
Although there have been many glaring weaknesses in the defending champions recently, future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw, who started Sunday's win, spoke on the state of his team.
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"Just keep showing up, keep going on the field, keep playing. We're too good for it not to turn around," Kershaw said. "Just a complete performance today by everybody."
The Dodgers have no shortage of talent on their team, but injuries have certainly been a factor in their recent cold streak.
With Saturday's devastating loss to the Baltimore Orioles -- a game that Yoshinobu Yamamoto went 8.2 no-hit innings and the Dodgers still found a way to lose -- to say that Kershaw's performance on Sunday was needed would be a massive understatement.
He finished with eight strikeouts across 5.2 innings, allowing just two earned runs on four hits in that time. Even still, Kershaw felt that he could have done more to help his squad.
"I wanted to get through six (innings) there. I made two bad pitches there -- the last two sliders -- so frustrating to not get out of there," Kershaw said. "Overall, it was a decent day, stuff-wise."
Although the former MVP spoke on the talent the rest of his team has in order to turn things around, Kershaw has taken matters into his own hands as of late.
Since the start of August, Kershaw has a 6-0 record, a 2.75 ERA across 39.1 innings of work, and 30 strikeouts to just eight walks. The Dodgers have gone 6-1 in games that Kershaw has started in that time.
As for Kershaw's talented teammates, there was a promising sign on Monday when slugging third baseman Max Muncy was activated and made his long-awaited return to the lineup. Nothing has been perfect for LA, especially with a nine-game lead in the division during the first week of July shrinking to just one, but the Dodgers must continue doing whatever they can to get back to their winning ways.