Al Behrman/APClayton Kershaw struck out nine of the first 15 batters he faced, but then the game got crazy.Clayton Kershaw worked the Reds over for the first five innings today like Ali worked the ring. The fifth inning in particular was just athletic poetry, Kershaw striking out the side, and I was in thrall.Leading 1-0, Kershaw had faced the minimum number of batters in taking a one-hitter heading into the sixth inning, and then things just went haywire. Ramon Hernandez singled, and two outs later, Drew Stubbs walked. Brandon Phillips then fisted a 1-1 pitch to right field, just over the head of second baseman Aaron Miles, a them's-the-breaks hit to tie the game.And then Joey Votto blasted a three-run home run.And before he was out of the game in the seventh, Kershaw had given up six
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