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.

The Los Angeles Dodgers had a full night Wednesday, watching Clayton Kershaw record his 3,000th career strikeout before Freddie Freeman capped a three-run ninth-inning rally with a game-ending single in a 5-4 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox.