"Right-hander Hiroki Kuroda, the Dodgers' opening-day starter, was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a mild strain of his left oblique, a move that was mostly precautionary for a condition that isn't believed to be serious. To fill Kuroda's spot on both the roster and in the starting rotation, the Dodgers recalled lefty Eric Stults, who was about to make his first start of the season for Triple-A Albuquerque against Omaha but instead will now start tonight for the big club at Arizona. Although Dodgers trainer Stan Conte stopped short of predicting Kuroda will miss the minimum amount of time - the move was backdated to Tuesday, so he is eligible to return on April 22 - club officials clearly made the move in hopes of getting Kuroda back sooner rather than later. They also made it over Kuroda's objections. "He was very disappointed, because he wanted to pitch," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said. "I had to talk to him twice about it. But we want to get this taken care of. It's better to lose him for a couple of starts or whatever it might be than (letting him pitch) and having it become something (worse). That didn't seem like a smart thing to do." Kuroda pitched 5"