NATIONAL LEAGUE
Taiwanese pitcher Kuo Hong-chih of the Los Angeles Dodgers made his seasonal debut on Thursday evening against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kuo replaced Dodgers starter Vicente Padilla in the seventh inning, taking the loss in his first game of the season.
Both Andre Ethier and Garret Anderson hit two-run homers, in the first and seventh innings respectively. Padilla allowed four runs, three earned, and eight hits in six innings, putting the Dodgers 5-4 ahead.
Kuo, who was reinstated from the injury list before the game, made his first appearance of the season in the bottom of the seventh inning. He got one out, and gave up a walk and a hit.
The Dodgers decided to replace him with Ronald Belisario after one-third of an inning. Belisario also gave up two runs on three hits and two walks.
Kuo took the loss after being charged with both of the runs that scored on Scott Rolen’s two-run double off Belisario, which gave the Reds a 6-5 lead in the seventh inning. The Reds went on to defeat the Dodgers 8-5.
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