Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 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 buga wasanni biyu daga cikin bullpen don Dodgers a gasar zakarun kasa ta 2008
(NLCS) da Philadelphia Phillies.