Cody Bellinger salvages a win over Brewers with 12th iing home run

MILWAUKEE >> Cody Bellinger homered in the 12th iing off Milwaukee Brewers reliever Neftali Feliz, salvaging a 2-1 win Friday for the Los Angeles Dodgers on a night when ace left-hander Clayton Kershaw recorded his 2,000th strikeout.

Kenley Jansen (3-0) pitched two scoreless iings for the win, stranding the potential tying run at third with one out in the speedy Jonathan Villar by striking out Orlando Arcia looking and getting Travis Shaw to pop out to short.

The Dodgers pulled out a win and a couple impressive mound milestones, too.

Their pitchers set a franchise record with 26 strikeouts, breaking the previous mark of 22 set on Aug. 8, 1972 in a 19-iing loss to Cinciati .

Jansen’s strikeout of Hean Perez in the 11th was his 36th of the season without having allowed a walk all year, setting a major league mark.

Both teams combined for 42 strikeouts.

But Bellinger had the biggest hit after lining a 1-2 fastball from Feliz (1-5) into the right-field bleachers to break the 1-1 tie. Yasmani Grandal had tied the game with one out in the ninth by lining a 3-1 fastball from closer Corey Knebel over the wall in right-center.

Lost in the late-iing power surge was the duel between starting pitchers Kershaw and Jimmy Nelson.

Domingo Santana had the only run off Kershaw, hitting a 1-0 fastball down the middle of the plate deep to left-center to ending a stretch of 20 in a row retired by the lefty. It was a rare mistake in a game in which Kershaw faed a season-high 14, one off his career high.

Nelson was just as effective for the Brewers, tying a career high with 11 strikeouts and allowing five hits over eight strong iings.

Kershaw counter

Kershaw recorded his 2,000th strikeout in 1,837 2/3 career iings. The Dodgers said he was the third-fastest pitcher in major league history to reach the milestone. Pedro Martinez reached the plateau in 1,715 1/3 iings, and Randy Johnson was next at 1,734 iings.

Trainer’s room

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that left hander Alex Wood (shoulder) could start throwing by the end of the weekend, and that tests on Wood’s AC joint came back negative. Wood might retu for the Dodgers’ series next weekend at home against the Reds, Roberts said. ... Tests on left hander Adam Liberatore (forearm) revealed no nerve or ligament damage, and Roberts said the reliever would probably be sidelined a couple weeks after going on the 10-day DL on Wednesday.

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The Brewers Ryan Braun is ruing on a treadmill for the first time since going on the DL for a left calf injury, though the outfielder says there is no timetable for his retu. Braun went on the 10-day DL on May 26, the second time he had been sidelined this year for the injury.

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