LOS ANGELES – Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw first clashed Sept. 7, 2008, during their rookie seasons, understudies thrust onto the mainstage when Randy Johnson and Greg Maddux were both scratched from one final duel between the two all-time greats. Only 17 years later, it is clear that one pair of now Hall of Famers was replaced by another set of Cooperstown-bound hurlers, which is what made their sixth, and perhaps final, meeting Friday night so highly anticipated.

Together, they have six Cy Young Awards, 19 all-star selections and four World Series championships, becoming undeniably the class of their generation. They may also very well be the final pitchers to surpass all of the 200-win, 3,000-strikeout and 2,800-inning plateaus, making it a marquee matchup with an end-of-an-era fee

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