Hiroki Kuroda

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• Hiroki Kuroda goes eight innings in 5-0 win over Blue Jays

  last Sunday's start in Kansas City, one in which Hiroki Kuroda allowed two runs in 72/3 innings in another Yankees victory, the veteran made a surprising statement. "I don't feel I was particularly good today,'' said Kuroda, who was a bit irritated with his   Read more »

• Yankees sweep Royals behind solid outing from Hiroki Kuroda

  CITY, Mo. - After his previous start, Hiroki Kuroda lamented the one mistake that got his team beat.Of course, in that game, his team provided him no offense so he wasn't close to the only culprit in the defeat.On Sunday, Kuroda was just as good but on this   Read more »

• Hiroki Kuroda plans to start Monday but says he might not be 100 percent

  -- Hiroki Kuroda declared himself set to start Monday's game in Cleveland. But the righthander, injured Tuesday when his right middle finger was grazed by a line drive, said he can't say for sure that the finger is 100 percent."I would be lying if I said nothing   Read more »

• Hiroki Kuroda leaves Yankees game after being hit on fingers by line drive

  Kuroda, the Yankees' most consistent pitcher in 2012, left his first start of 2013 Wednesday night with one out in the second inning of the game against the Red Sox.His outing ended after 41 pitches, apparently the result of a line drive off the bat of Shane   Read more »

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• Yankees on deck at Orioles

  7:05, WWOR RHP Phil Hughes (2-3, 5.88) vs. RHP Miguel Gonzalez (2-2, 4.58) TOMORROW 7:05 p.m., YES RHP Hiroki Kuroda (6-2, 1.99) vs . RHP Jason Hammel (5-2, 5.72) Both games on WCBS (880 AM) INSIDE THE MATCHUPS YANKEES: Hughes did not make it out of the first 2:49 AM from New York Post Read more »

• Kuroda Could Be the Ace on Most AL Teams

  Michael Salfino Hiroki Kuroda isn't the Yankees' titular ace—CC Sabathia still is—but Kuroda has been this team's most effective starter since he first donned the pinstripes in 2012.And that is no slight against Sabathia. Kuroda would rank No. 1 on most teams.After 5/20/13 from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• New York Yankees: Not a roster for the ages, but subs are earning their pinstripes

  until Jeter (38) and A-Rod (37) get back are all older than Werth: Mariano Rivera (43), Andy Pettitte (40), Ichiro Suzuki (39), Hiroki Kuroda (38), Lyle Overbay (36), Travis Hafner (36), Vernon Wells (34) and Kevin Youkilis (34). “It’s a different guy picking   from The Washington Post Read more »

• New York Yankees’ Bullpen: 5 Pitchers Who Are Making a Difference

  There is the early impressiveness of Vernon Wells both offensively and defensively, Travis Hafner’s explosive April, and Hiroki Kuroda’s dominant start to the 2013 season. In addition to all these factors, however, the Yankee bullpen has been backing the team   from Rant Sports Read more »

• Davidi: Bronx rainout may be blessing for Jays

  led in all four games but failed to close out a single contest, losing by a cumulative score of 19-13. This past weekend Hiroki Kuroda stuffed them decisively on Friday, but Saturday they played the type of error-filled contest that helped bury them in April,   from Sportsnet.ca Read more »