Kuroda (3-5) did not walk a batter in his 13th big league start, induced two double plays and allowed only one baserunner as far as third
- the result of his own throwing error.
The Cubs, who lead the majors with 346 runs and a 39-23 record, were shut out for the third time this season. Kuroda's gem was the first complete game pitched against Chicago this season.
Danny Ardoin got one of his two RBIs with a suicide squeeze and Jeff Kent had an RBI double for Los Angeles.
Sean Gallagher (3-2) gave up two runs and three hits over five innings, striking out six and walking three before he was lifted for a pinch hitter.
Kent, who homered twice in Thursday night's 5-4 loss to the Cubs, was ejected for the second time in a span of six weeks after arguing with umpire Marty Foster over a called third strike that ended the fifth inning. Kent tossed the bat away after a 3-2 pitch that was low and inside, then headed toward first base before getting the news.
Kent grinned at Foster, then got closer to plead his case. All the while, first base coach Mariano Duncan stood next to Kent instead of trying to lead him away from Foster
- who ejected Kent just as manager Joe Torre started out of the dugout.
Kent also was ejected on April 24 at Dodger Stadium after a heated argument with second base umpire Andy Fletcher, who ruled during the previous inning that Kent had taken Nomar Garciaparra's throw off the bag while trying to sidestep baserunner Conor Jackson.
Trailing 1-0 on Kent's RBI double in the first inning, the Cubs were the victims of a blown call in the fourth by first base umpire Derryl Cousins with runners at the corners and one out. Shortstop Chin-lung Hu turned Kosuke Fukudome's grounder into a double play, but replays showed Fukudome was safe at first on the relay from Kent to James Loney.
