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baseballanalysts.com - 7/9/2008
Game Scores
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So this is pretty fun. In light of Hiroki Kuroda 's masterpiece last night , I thought it might be fun to look at the best Game Score performances in each league thus far in 2008. Lucky for us, ESPN tracks such things . Note that Kuroda shows up twice in the National League, while James Shields does the same in the American League. Date Opp Game Score J. Lester 5/19 KCR  ...

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Brew Crew Ball — ... Even 3 months later, Ben Sheets' performance on April 6 against the Giants is tied for the fifth best game score of the season. A more surprising fact, though: Hiroki Kuroda has outperformed him twice in 2008. ...

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