Clayton Kershaw got the win over Max Scherzer, his former teammate and fellow 3,000 strikeout club member, in the 5-1 Dodgers victory Friday night at Dodger Stadium against the Blue Jays (68-49). Mookie Betts drove in three runs in a big offensive night for the struggling shortstop. The Dodgers (67-49) picked up a game on the San Diego Padres in the NL West in the process.

It wasn’t merely a good pitching matchup for the sentimental value. For being so-called aging veterans, Kershaw and Scherzer kept two of the top offensive lineups in baseball in check. Their fastballs may not have the same velocity and zip as they once had, but the two MLB legends still put on dominant pitching performances.

Kershaw used two curveballs to set up a trademark slider to strike out Davis Schneider to start

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