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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Dodgers lose no-hit bid, then game
A hitless effort over 6 2/3 innings by Kuroda was quickly forgotten when the bullpen fell apart and allowed six runs in the top of the eighth for a 8-5 loss to Houston at Dodger Stadium. The loss was the fourth straight for Los Angeles and completed a three-game sweep in front of 40,217 on Mother’s Day.
It was Hunter Pence, the No. 6 hitter, who saved the Astros from being on the wrong side of history, breaking up the no-hit bid with a rip to left field. After the two-out hit by Pence and a walk to Ty Wiggington, Kuroda was replaced by Joe Beimel. Kuroda had a career-high five strikeouts and he walked three.
Did anyone see the game? Kuroda was under 100 pitches, and had just given up 1 hit and a walk. Why was he pulled?
CFiJ
Posted: May 11, 2008 at 11:11 PM | 10 comment(s)
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The walk to Pence was on four pitches, none all that close to the zone. He was behind in the count to most batters, btw.
Kuroda looked gassed, frankly. I had no issues with Torre bringing the hook.
Cool, that's the kind of info I wanted to hear. I was just following on Gameday, so it seemed a little surprising.
How many pitches? How could he be behind every (or even lots) hitter and go 6.2 with under 100 pitches?
This, I will not defend.
Kuroda faced 25 batters, and threw first-pitch strikes to only 10.
Quick-and-dirty interpretation of Gameday: HOU hitters did a lousy job of hitting Kuroda's cripple pitches.
Kuroda always seems to look gassed, even when his pitching is still working. I don't think I've seen him not gasping for air through a thick layer of face sweat.
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