Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 2, NY Mets 0
When: 10:10 PM ET, Thursday, July 22, 2010
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Kerwin Danley, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Dana DeMuth
Attendance: 42299

Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight shutout innings and Matt Kemp drove in both Los Angeles runs as the Dodgers blanked the New York Mets 2-0 on Thursday night.

Kemp had a run-scoring double in the first and homered in the seventh as Los Angeles won for the second straight night following a six-game losing skid.

Kuroda (8-8) gave up five hits and walked one. He struck out four to help send New York to its seventh loss in eight games.

Hong-Chih Kuo pitched the ninth and recorded his third save of the season.

Kemp’s homer was his 17th of the season. In the opening inning, Jamey Carroll walked and scored on Kemp’s two-out double off the right-field wall.

Hisanori Takahashi (7-5) went seven innings for the Mets and gave up two runs and three hits. Takahashi struck out five and walked two.

Jeff Francoeur had two of New York’s five hits.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   LA Dodgers
Hisanori Takahashi Player Hiroki Kuroda
Loss W/L Win
7.0 IP 8.0
5 Strikeouts 4
3 Hits 5
2.57 ERA 0.00
Hitting
NY Mets   LA Dodgers
Jeff FrancoeurPlayer Matt Kemp
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 5 0 5 .167 10 6 0 2 0 0
LA Dodgers 4 1 8 .148 9 6 2 3 0 0