MLB Notebook: Kershaw stands tall against Giants

With less than a month remaining in his seventh big league season, Clayton Kershaw carries a career 2.48 ERA. This mark — built over 1,365 1/3 innings — is the second lowest in the liveball era for all pitchers with at least 1,000 innings through their first seven years. It rests just ahead of Whitey Ford’s 2.60 and just behind Tom Seaver’s 2.38, and has more than a little something to do with how Kershaw has fared when facing the San Francisco Giants.