One night after Dodger Stadium held Japanese-American Community Night, it will host just the sixth meeting between two Japanese starting pitchers, as Hiroki Kuroda takes on Hisanori Takahashi of the Mets:
| Japanese Starting Pitching Duels in MLB | |||
| Date | Road | Home | Result |
| 5/7/99 | Mac Suzuki (Sea) | Hideki Irabu (NYY) | NYY 10, Sea 1 |
| 7/22/00 | Hideo Nomo (Det) | Mac Suzuki (KC) | Det 2, KC 0 |
| 6/19/02 | Mac Suzuki (KC) | Tomo Ohka (Mon) | Mon 6, KC 3 |
| 5/9/07 |
Daisuke Matsuzaka (Bos) |
Tomo Ohka (Tor) | Bos 9, Mon 3 |
| 6/19/09 | Kenshin Kawakami (Atl) | Daisuke Matsuzaka (Bos) |
Atl 8, Bos 2 |
Lineups
| Mets | Dodgers | |||
| SS | Reyes | SS | Furcal | |
| CF | Pagan | LF | Carroll | |
| 3B | Wright | RF | Ethier | |
| 1B | Davis | CF | Kemp | |
| RF | Francoeur | 3B | Blake | |
| LF | Carter | 1B | Loney |
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| C | Thole | 2B | Belliard |
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| 2B | Castillo | C | Martin | |
| P | Takahashi | P | Kuroda |
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The Dodgers swept the Cardinals in a three-game series at home this year, then got swept in a four-game set in St. Louis. Let's do the same with the Mets, who swept the Dodgers at home in a three-game series in April.
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Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: KCAL
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