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Dodgers’ Kershaw ‘very likely’ to start Thursday

Dodgers' Kershaw 'very likely' to start Thursday

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That would line up Kershaw, 35, to pitch at home Thursday to start a four-game series against the Rockies. In his career, he has a 27-11 record with a 3.33 ERA and 312 strikeouts in 49 starts against Colorado.

The Dodgers had been targeting an early August return for Kershaw, a three-time National League Cy Young Award winner.

Kershaw is 10-4 with a 2.55 ERA in 16 starts this season. He has struck out 105 batters in 95 1/3 innings.

In his 16th season, all with the Dodgers, Kershaw has a 207-91 career record with a 2.48 ERA and 2,912 strikeouts.