Greg Maddux took a perfect game into the fifth but it was the Rockies who scored the first and only run of the game for the win in the 10th inning.
It was a pitchers duel the entire game, with Aaron Cook allowing eight hits to the Dodgers in his eight innings, but held the shutout. The closest the Dodgers came to touching home was in the first when they hit three singles but left ‘em all on base.
Maddux pitched just about his best game of the year…he took a perfect game into the fifth and gave up just two hits before leaving after seven. But Cook was just an even a match for Maddux, who didn’t allow the Dodgers to give Maddux any run supports for a win. Cory Wade tossed two perfect innings before Hong-Chih Kuo came on for the tenth. He gave up four singles, including the RBI game winner to Tulowitzki for the loss.
The Dodgers still have a decent lead in the division as they head to Pittsburgh for a four-game series with the Pirates. Hiroki Kuroda will make the start on Monday and face Ross Ohlendorf. Kuroda is looking for his ninth win in his first career start at PNC Park while Ohlendorf is 1-2 and is making his first career start against the Dodgers.
