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Penny, Wade on DL with shoulder woes | dodgers.com: News

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LOS ANGELES -- It was no surprise after Wednesday night's game, but the Dodgers' pitching staff took a double hit on Thursday when starter Brad Penny and reliever Cory Wade were placed on the 15-day disabled list. To replace them and shore up the weary bullpen, the club recalled left-hander Eric Stults and purchased the contract of right-hander Tanyon Sturtze. Penny, who lasted only three ...

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Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — I’m out at dinner tonight with some friends from MLB.com. One checks his phone, and seeing the press release, says to me, “Brad Penny and Cory Wade to the DL.” I reply, “no surprise on Penny. Too bad about Wade, he’s been really good. Who’d they call up?” He says, “Eric Stults… and a former Yankee.” ...

Kuroda Pitches Dodgers Past Phils for Sweep
Dem Bums - A Dodgers Blog — Hiroki Kuroda gave up just one run on two hits through seven in a 3-1 Dodger victory to give them the four-game sweep and keep them tied atop the division. The Dodgers put up a small, early lead with one in the second off Nomar’s groundout to score James Loney, who had tripled. Matt Kemp made it 2-0 in the sixth with a solo homerun, his team-high 14th of the year. Casey Blake then added an RBI-single in the seventh for another run. Kuroda held the the Phillies scoreless through six and allowed just one run in the seventh for his seventh win. He surrendered no walks and had 7 K’s for arguably his best outing of the year. Hong-Chih Kuo pitched just as effective, pitching two hitless innings with two K’s ...