Dodger Thoughts: Just One Look: Kuroda Just Misses Perfect Game

6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog found this 7/8/2008 on dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com [flag]

Absolutely leaving the Braves punchless for most of the game and threatened only on a couple tough infield plays through seven innings, Hiroki Kuroda lost his bid for a perfect game Monday when Mark Texeira doubled in the top of the eighth. Instead, he settled for his second brilliant game of the season, a one-hit, no-walk, 28-batter, 123-minute shutout of Atlanta. [link]

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