Kershaw looked gassed as he walked slowly off the mound, stopping in front of the third-base dugout, doffing his cap and tapping his chest to salute the sellout crowd of 53,536 and blowing a kiss to his wife and kids in the loge level.

Freddie Freeman had been keeping track of how many strikeouts Clayton Kershaw needed to reach 3,000 all season.

Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers notched his 3,00th strikeout against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium.