He allowed his only run in the fourth, when one-out singles by Mark Kotsay and Yonder Alonso put runners on the corners, and Jedd Gyorko pulled a 1-2 changeup over the third-base bag for a double and his first big league RBI.
Kuroda's eighth inning ended with a snappy double play started by shortstop Jayson Nix, who ranged far to his left to scoop up Nate McLouth's grounder up the middle and flipped to Robinson Cano covering the bag for a 6-4-3 double play.