SEATTLE (AP) Clayton Kershaw may not know the exact change he made has him again throwing like one of the top pitchers in the National League.

Whatever it was, it’s unlocked a dominant version of the left-hander over his past two starts.

”I don’t know. I just know that you reach back and the ball comes out a little bit differently,” Kershaw said. ”I don’t know why other than all the different stuff we’ve tried over the past 10 moths or so, but it’s a good feeling, no doubt.”

Kershaw struck out a season-high 11 in seven strong innings, Cody Bellinger homered for the second straight game and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Thursday.

Kershaw moved past Don Drysdale and into second place on the Dodgers’ all-time strikeout list. It came on his fifth strikeout of the game when he got Shed Long Jr. swinging leading off