[外電] Kuo may be healthy enough to play in …
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標題: [外電] Kuo may be healthy enough to play in NLCS
時間: Wed Oct 8 05:54:58 2008
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Kuo throws painless simulated inning
Left-hander may be healthy enough to play in NLCS
PHILADELPHIA -- Dodgers reliever Hong-Chih Kuo moved another step closer to
being on the active roster for the National League Championship Series with
an impressive simulated inning Tuesday morning.
Pitching to four hitters at Dodger Stadium before the team flight left for
the series with the Phillies that starts Thursday night, Kuo threw 19 pitches
and experienced no discomfort in the triceps area that has limited him to one
inning in the last month.
"His command was much better than I anticipated," said pitching coach Rick
Honeycutt. "He had no issues. He threw all of his pitches and had command of
them. If everything is good tomorrow, we'd expect him to be available."
The way Kuo's arm feels Wednesday will be the final exam. He has often said
that his current condition doesn't bother him when he throws, but it stiffens
the following day.
"He said he has just a little feeling there, but nothing like before," said
Honeycutt.
If he's available, the Dodgers plan to use Kuo for no more than one inning
and probably not on consecutive days.
Kuo, who has had four operations on his elbow and who missed the NL Division
Series with the Cubs, could be critical to the Dodgers' chances in this
series. He was lights-out in three appearances against the Phillies this
year, allowing one hit over five scoreless innings and notching his lone save
of the season.
The Dodgers never used or needed a left-hander against the Cubs, but Kuo
would be a key element in club tactics for this series because the Phillies
have lethal left-handed hitters in their lineup like Ryan Howard and Chase
Utley, and the Dodgers are likely to use the same three-man right-handed
rotation of Derek Lowe, Chad Billingsley and Hiroki Kuroda they used against
the Cubs in the Division Series sweep, and possibly lefty Clayton Kershaw in
a Game 4.
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