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Ryu Hyun-jin takes no-decision

April 23, 2014
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Tim Federowicz, left, talks to starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu, of South Korea, during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Tim Federowicz, left, talks to starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu, of South Korea, during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin took a no-decision after laboring through six innings against the Philadelphia Phillies at home on Tuesday.

Ryu only gave up two runs, but on a season-high nine hits, including three to the opposing pitcher A.J. Burnett. He walked two and struck out three, and left the game with the Dodgers trailing 2-1.

Ryu got off the hook when a pinch hitter Justin Turner delivered a game-tying single in the bottom of the seventh, but the Dodgers went on to lose the game 3-2 in 10 innings.

Ryu stayed at 3-1 for the season, but his ERA went up slightly from 1.93 to 2.12. He has still yet to win at home.

Before the game, Ryu hadn’t given up an earned run in four of his first five starts.

Ryu escaped the Phillies’ early rallies unscathed before finally cracking in the top of the fifth.  Burnett and Ben Revere hit back-to-back singles to start the inning. With one out, Marlon Byrd drove home Burnett with a single to left.

The run snapped Ryu’s string of 18 1/3 scoreless innings.

Ryan Howard followed it up with a sacrifice fly to left that scored Revere and made it 2-0 for the Phillies.

Ryu threw 106 pitches, 68 of them for strikes. Chris Withrow relieved Ryu to start the seventh.

Before the game at Dodger Stadium, members of both teams and nearly 45,000 fans observed a minute of silence for the victims of the deadly ferry capsizing in South Korea.