Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waGumiguru 4, 2008, Kuroda akaita yake yekutanga postseason kuoneka mumakundano makuru seye anotanga dhiramu yeMutambo 3 weDodgers 'yekutanga playoff nhevedzano kurwisa Chicago Cubs, umo maDodgers akatungamira mitambo miviri ku hapana. Akapa zvinoshamisa 6 shutout inning kuita, kuhwina mutambo uye kubatsira Dodgers kupedzisa kutsvaira pamusoro Cubs kuti mberi rakatevera rwakapoteredza National League Championship Series. Musi waGumiguru 12, 2008, Kuroda akatanga Mutambo 3 vachipesana nePhiladelphia Phillies mu2008 NLCS
neDodgers iri pasi mitambo miviri ku zero. Akakanda zvinobudirira zvakare, achiburitsa makundano maviri mumatanho matanhatu (pamwe nevatambi vatatu vakatarisana mumatanho manomwe), uye akaenderera mberi nekutora kukunda kwake kwechipiri mumutambo.