Heading into Game 2 of the 2017 World Series, the Dodgers should feel mighty confident of their chances of victory after Clayton Kershaw's performance to open the series. The 29-year-old is the first pitcher in World Series history with 10 or more strikeouts, no walks and three or fewer hits allowed in a game, according to ESPN. Kershaw, who has anchored the Dodgers' rotation and battled through a back problem to post an 18-4 record with a 2.31 ERA this season, has perhaps unfairly become the face of the expensively assembled team's failure to advance to the World Series despite making the playoffs every year since 2013.