Clayton Kershaw passes Sandy Koufax to move into third on Dodgers’ all-time strikeout list

He may have not had his best start of the year, but Clayton Kershaw certainly moved up the Los Angeles Dodgers record book on Thursday.

When he fanned catcher Austin Hedges with an 0-2 breaking ball in the sixth inning of the team’s 8-2 win over the San Diego Padres, he surpassed Sandy Koufax to move into third place in the franchise’s strikeout list with 2,397.

Despite his happiness for the accomplishment, he focused more on his frustrating performance post-game after walking a season-high batters in six innings.

“I heard the crowd, but I was a little bit frustrated with myself at the time,” said Kershaw, who walked a season-high five.

“I have the ball right here. It’s really cool, any time you get mentioned in the same breath as Sandy. He wouldn’t be proud of this one, though. Thankful I got through six. Can’t even talk about it, I was so bad.”

Kershaw now needs 90 strikeouts to pass Don Drysdale (2,486) for second all-time and 300 to climb over Don Sutton (2,696) for most K’s in franchise history.