Clayton Kershaw is enjoying his best stretch of the season as he gets ready to face a familiar strikeout-prone opponent. The Los Angeles Dodgers starter looks to win his fourth straight outing Friday night in the opener of a three-game road series against the San Diego Padres. Kershaw (5-3, 3.36 ERA) has yielded two runs and 10 hits with 28 strikeouts over 22 innings in his last three starts after he pitched eight innings of one-hit ball with 11 strikeouts in Saturday's 2-0 home win over St. Louis.