LA Story: Almost Perfect

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Peter@BaseballReflections Peter@BaseballReflections posted 7/10/2008 from baseballreflections.com [flag]
On Monday night, first year Dodger pitcher Hiroki Kuroda needed only 91 pitches to complete a shutout of Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira, Brian McCann and the Atlanta Braves. In fact, he came 6 outs away from a perfect game until Mark Teixeira doubled to lead off the 8th inning ( a solid hit by the way). [link]
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