Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kershaw ya lashe wasan farko na MLB da Washington Nationals a ranar 27 ga Yuli, 2008. Ya jefa wasanni shida da suka wuce, ya ba da izini hudu, ya yi tafiya, kuma ya buga biyar. Kershaw ya gama kakar wasansa 5<unk>5, tare da 4.26 ERA a wasanni 22 (farawa 21). Har ila yau, ya jefa biyu innings daga cikin bullpen ga Dodgers a cikin
Wasannin Gasar Zakarun Kasa na 2008 (NLCS) da Philadelphia Phillies.