Yu Darvish didn’t have much command on Thursday night against the Diamondbacks, but still managed to strike out 10 in his five innings. That made Darvish just the second pitcher to whiff double digits in each of his first two starts with the Dodgers, and the first in 63 years.
The other pitcher wasn’t a veteran like Darvish, but rather rookie Karl Spooner, who had arguably the strongest pitching debut in major league history.
Spooner, a 23-year-old left-hander from Oriskany Falls, New York, debuted with the Dodgers on Sept.