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The Pirates scored four runs off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw in the second inning on Sunday night. In all, Kershaw allowed only those four runs on nine hits over six innings in a 4-3 loss.

Let's zero in on that four-run second, though. It's an uncommon occurrence for many reasons. First of all, that's a four-run inning against the best pitcher on Earth. That's something right there.

Also, how they rallied was pretty noteworthy. With one out, Josh Harrison and Chris Stewart (the latter of whom brought a .195 average into the game) singled. Then Sean Rodriguez drew a walk. Prior to the game, Rodriguez had struck out 50 times against 12 walks. Kershaw had 141 strikeouts and seven walks in 115 innings before the game started. In his last three starts combined, he had one walk in 22 1/3 innings against 32 strikeouts.

Kershaw had an out of character second inning on Sunday. USATSI

So, yes, it was quite rare. There's more. Pitcher Chad Kuhl, in his first major-league at-bat, fouled off five Kershaw pitches in an eight-pitch strikeout. Adam Frazier followed with an RBI single and then David Freese came through with a bases-loaded double, scoring three more and running the score to 4-0 Pirates.

Since the beginning of May, Kershaw had not allowed more than two runs in any of his 10 starts (1.15 ERA overall). This time around, he coughed up four in one inning.

There's more. Again.

Prior to Sunday, Kershaw had only allowed four runs total in the second inning (15 previous second innings). In the first five innings combined -- which is 75 total innings -- Kershaw had only allowed a total of eight runs. Again, this time around it was four runs in one inning.

On top of that, Stewart later doubled off of Kershaw. That means that in his career, Stewart is 9 for 18 (.500, math majors!) with a double and home run. That's a career .235 hitter owning a future Hall of Famer.

Man, baseball can be ridiculously weird and fun, can't it?