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The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Dodgers 4, Diamondbacks 2: Manny Ramirez hit a two run homer in the first inning and Casey Blake homered an inning later to give the Dodgers their first win of the 4 game series. Hiroki Kuroda gave up a run in seven 1/3 innings. Red Sox 12, A’s 2: Jason Bay had a three run homer [...]
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake hit their first home runs as National Leaguers and Hiroki Kuroda pitched well into the eighth inning, leading the Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Diamondbacks last night in Los Angeles. Cubs 5, Pirates 1 In Chicago...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake hit their first home runs as National Leaguers on Saturday night and Hiroki Kuroda pitched well into the eighth inning, leading the Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Kuroda allowed a run and four...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake hit their first home runs as National Leaguers and Hiroki Kuroda pitched into the eighth inning, leading the Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight at Dodger Stadium.
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AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Yusmeiro Petit HP, 1-1, 2.55 Hiroki Kuroda RHP, 5-8, 4.40 Baseball-Reference.com preview [opens in new window] We've got people over, so I don't have time to do a full preview. But a win today would be our best streak since the middle of April, and would guarantee the series win. Kuroda has sucked of late - 17 earned runs in only 11.2 innings, over his past three starts - so I would like to see us...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Dodger fans (and especially Hiroki Kuroda) wish it were that easy, but last night's 7-6 loss to the Giants will unfortunately remain in the MLB 2008 season's official books. And likely inside Kuroda's head, as what began as a reasonably...
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Baseball Toaster (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Russell Martin shouted at Hiroki Kuroda to throw to first base on the one-out, fourth-inning comebacker with a runner on third and another runner having broken for second, but Kuroda didn't hear him, Ken Gurnick notes at MLB.com. Unfortunately, as the replays showed, Martin didn't point to first base.
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LAist (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Colorado Rockies defeat LA Dodgers 5-3 . Dodger's starter Hiroki Kuroda came out shaky in the first three innings but eventually pulled it together in his last three innings. Unfortunately the aftermath of the first three innings was giving up five runs to the Rockies who seemed to luxuriate in hitting the Dodgers. Apart from the eight-run first inning of the first game, the Dodgers were completely...
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Rusch's career record against the Dodgers: 0-5, 14.21 ERA. Motivation to pitch well? Go Rockies! W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2008 - Glendon Rusch 2-1 4 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 24 11 10 4 2 9 5.09 1.47 W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2008 - Hiroki Kuroda 5-6 18 18 2 2 0 0 107.0 105 52 45 10 30 63 3.79 1.26