While heading into Sunday after two straight Dodgers wins over the Padres, here are a few stories to start your morning.

A little more on Clayton Kershaw’s gem in Friday’s series opener, during which he allowed only three baserunners and one run in six innings, giving Kershaw a 1.00 ERA in three August starts. Kershaw downplayed his outing a bit, as noted by Fabian Ardaya at The Athletic:

“It’s a game in August, obviously,” Kershaw said. “It’s not that huge a deal. But the way we were going, it felt like a big game for us. Thankfully, we got a win.”

Kershaw’s next start — most likely Thursday afternoon in Denver — will be his 16th of the season, earning him a $1 million bonus, the final one of his contract incentives totaling $8.5 million in addition to his $7.5 million base salary. Ker

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