Dodgers win with unusual offense
Published 5/22/2008 by Ken Gurnick at Major League Baseball News
In an all-Japanese first, starter Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight innings for the victory and closer Takashi Saito pitched the ninth for the save as the Dodgers completed a series sweep with a 5-2 win over the Reds.
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