Dodgers' Kuroda Wins Big League Debut

Leads Dodgers to a 7-1 victory over Padres
By Lev Weinstein,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 5, 2008 3:05 AM CDT
Dodgers' Kuroda Wins Big League Debut
Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the San Diego Padres in the first inning of their baseball game Friday April 4, 2008 in San Diego.    ((AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi))

Hiroki Kuroda was brilliant in his big league debut, holding San Diego to three hits in seven innings and leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-1 win Friday night. The right-hander allowed Brian Giles' first homer of the season, but otherwise limited the Padres to two singles while striking out four and walking none.

Kuroda (1-0) also walked and scored on Russell Martin's first hit of the season, a two-run single in the seventh. A meltdown by the Padres' bullpen led to six runs that inning. The 33-year-old Kuroda was one of the Dodgers' big offseason acquisitions, signing a $35.2 million, three-year contract in December. (More MLB stories.)

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