Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 2008, Kuroda ya fara fitowa a kakar wasa ta farko a manyan wasannin a matsayin dan wasan farko na wasan 3 na Dodgers na farko na wasan kwaikwayo da Chicago Cubs, wanda Dodgers ya jagoranci wasanni biyu zuwa babu. Ya ba da wasan kwaikwayo na ban mamaki na 6 mai ban sha'awa, ya lashe wasan kuma ya taimaka wa Dodgers ya kammala kullun na Cubs don ci gaba zuwa zagaye na gaba na gasar zakarun kasa. A ranar 12 ga Oktoba, 2008, Kuroda ya fara wasa na 3 da Philadelphia Phillies a cikin 2008 NLCS
tare da Dodgers baya wasanni biyu zuwa babu. Ya sake yin tasiri sosai, ya ba da gudummawa biyu a cikin wasa shida (tare da 'yan wasa uku da suka fuskanci wasa na bakwai), kuma ya ci gaba da cin nasararsa na biyu a wasan bayan wasan.