[新聞] Kuo replaces Loaiza in rotation
Kuo replaces Loaiza in rotation
Lefty slated to start Tuesday night against Pirates
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- Left-hander Hong-Chih Kuo will bump Esteban Loaiza from his
scheduled start Tuesday night against the Pirates, according to manager Joe
Torre.
Loaiza allowed four runs in the first inning of his first start Tuesday night
in Arizona, but his velocity increased in the second inning and he retired 10
consecutive batters. The next day, Torre said Loaiza would remain in the
rotation.
But after Friday night's game, Torre reversed course. Kuo has eight
strikeouts in 6 2/3 scoreless innings over two appearances, including an
unexpected three-inning start nine days ago when Torre scratched scheduled
starter Chad Billingsley because of an approaching storm.
Kuo, who has had two Tommy John reconstructions among his four elbow
operations, was the likely fifth starter a year ago until suffering a Spring
Training shoulder injury.
Loaiza beat out Chan Ho Park for the fifth starter job this Spring Training,
in large part because he had a guaranteed $6.5 million salary. Loaiza is 0-2
with a 6.75 ERA. Park has emerged as a long reliever, having appeared in
three of the seven games, allowing one run over four innings.
The goal of management is to bide time with Loaiza, Park and Kuo taking
starts for another month or so while preserving the arm of 20-year-old phenom
Clayton Kershaw, who has never pitched more than 122 innings in a
professional season.
Had Kershaw been asked to pitch every five days in the Major Leagues from the
start of the season, it would have been unrealistic to expect him to have
much left in the critical weeks of a pennant race without risking injury.
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