The Houston Astros ran into a buzz saw in the name of Hiroki Kuroda on Wednesday night as Kuroda pitched seven scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Astros 4-1. The Astros just couldn’t get anything going against Kuroda. When they did score a run in the bottom of the ninth inning it was a little too late to make a difference.
Cliff Lee hit a solo home run in the ninth inning for the Astros only run. There really isn’t anything else to blog about on the offense.
Runelvys Hernandez dropped to 0-2 on the season after pitching five innings and giving up six hits and four runs. Hernandez struck out four batters but gave up a two run home run as well. Dave Borkowski pitched two scoreless innings while Tim Byrdak and Chris Sampson both pitched one scoreless inning each.
The Astros will need to win on Thursday to salvage a split in the series with the Dodgers.
