LOS ANGELES >> When they were teammates, Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke elicited comparisons to Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale — mirror images of great pitching, one left-handed and the other right-handed.
Friday, Greinke’s three seasons as a Dodger felt so far removed from the present, they might as well be preserved in sepia-toned images.
The anticipated duel between Greinke and Kershaw, pitching opposite each other for the first time, never materialized.
Kershaw was Kershaw in the Dodgers’ 7-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. He came two outs shy of throwing the first shutout by any pitcher in 2017, taking a three-hitter into the ninth inning before Arizona scored its only run.