LOS ANGELES — Yu Darvish reached a milestone on Friday night, but his start against the Rockies was cut short thanks to a fifth-inning rally that included four doubles.
Six days after the shortest start of his career, Darvish had things working early on. He allowed a solo home run to Carlos Gonzalez in the first inning, but allowed no more hits through four innings, and struck out six of his first 12 batters faced.
His strikeout of Gonzalez in the fourth inning was the 1,000th of his career, making Darvish the 501st player in major league history to reach the milestone.