Clayton Kershaw gave up four runs in just one inning -- the shortest start of his career -- in a 7-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.

Kershaw was pulled by manager Dave Roberts after throwing 39 pitches, giving up four hits and two walks while striking out two.

The previous shortest career start of Kershaw's career as 1 1/3 innings, which also came on May 4 (in 2010).

Roberts told reporters after the game there were no physical issues with Kershaw and that it was "an outlier of an outing."