Dodgers 3, Cubs 0

What better night than tonight, when there were 10 Japanese sumo wrestlers in the house, for Hiroki Kuroda to pitch the Dodgers' first complete-game shutout in almost three years? The last one was by D-Lowe at Wrigley Field on Aug. 31, 2005, and the last complete game of any kind by a Dodgers pitcher was Chad Billingsley last July 23 at Houston. This one was a study in complete domination, Kuroda striking out 11 while giving up just four hits and allowing only one baserunner past first base. He did it on an economical 112 pitches -- and more importantly in a game that started at 7:40, he did it in an economical two hours, 34 minutes. ... Dodgers go to 29-32 and remain four games behind the Snakes. Bright and early tomorrow. Sayonara.