Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer will forever be tied together. Along with Justin Verlander, the three comprise an easy and obvious elite tier for the generation of pitchers whose prime ran through the 2010s.

Clayton Kershaw gives up seven hits and one earned run over six innings and Mookie Betts hits a two-run home run in the Dodgers' 5-1 win over Toronto.

Seventeen years after their first head-to-head matchup, Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer met for perhaps the last time in their storied careers on Friday night when the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1.