SEATTLE — In the latest edition of the Clayton Kershaw farewell tour, the surefire Hall of Fame left-hander was removed from his final regular-season start by an unexpected individual.

Rather than Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts walking to the mound to take the ball from Kershaw, it was teammate Freddie Freeman who made the move after the 37-year-old left-hander recorded his seventh strikeout in a 6-1 win against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Freeman’s request for the ball was denied, though, as Kershaw slid it into his back pocket and exited the contest to a standing ovation from a sold-out T-Mobile Park crowd of 45,658

“I’ve always tried to do right by him, and he’s done the same for me and this organization,” Roberts said. “You just can’t find any superlatives to describe

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