Matsuzaka pitches scoreless debut
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Daisuke Matsuzaka's spring training debut with the Boston Red Sox began when he gave up a leadoff double by a college junior. The Japanese star retired his other six batters Friday night.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka hit a two-run single during Boston's big third-inning outburst and pitched the Red Sox to a 6-0 lead over the Colorado Rockies after five innings Saturday night in Game 3 of the World Series.
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On paper, the matchup of Hideki Matsui against Pedro Martinez didn&#39;t look like a good one for the Yankees. But, as Derek Jeter always says, that&#39;s why they don&#39;t play the games on paper.
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Hideki Matsui left his first three at-bats behind him, wasn't worried about delivering with Alex Rodriguez out of the lineup, and wasn't bothered by the funky motion of Twins reliever Pat Neshek.
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The Red Sox hope Hideki Okajima, their new reliever, can nullify left-handed hitters like the Yankeesâ Hideki Matsui, who was Okajimaâs teammate in Japan.
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Eight and a half years ago, Daisuke Matsuzaka established his legendary status in Japan with a feat of endurance that is still hard to fathom in the context of Major League Baseball.
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What you saw last night were coming attractions. Pitching coach John Farrell offered a primer on Daisuke Matsuzaka's repertoire, one that only was given partial exposure in his two-inning, 25-pitch performance at City of Palms Park.
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Sapporo, Japan (Sports Network) - Daisuke Matsuzaka went the distance on a five-hitter to lead Japan to a 5-1 victory over the Major League Baseball All- Stars in the sixth of an eight-game exhibition series.
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Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is set to make history as the most expensive Japanese player to enter Major League Baseball after the Boston Red Sox sealed a record-breaking deal worth a total $103.1 million.
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Matsui had made 1,251 consecutive starts with the Yomiuri Giants in his native Japan and has played in all 322 games with the Yankees over the last two seasons...Bush&#39;s previous long outing was an eight-inning stint against Oakland on July 20, in which he
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The only reason Hideki Matsui batted from the cleanup spot Thursday was because Alex Rodriguez took the day off. But Matsui certainly made the most out of the opportunity.
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SEATTLE - Ichiro went 1-for-4 against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Monday, moving within two hits of becoming the first player in major league history to record 200 hits in four consecutive years from his rookie season.
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At quarter past 11 yesterday morning, there were only two people in uniform in the Red Sox clubhouse: starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka and coach Luis Alicea . The team bus was late, and it appeared Dice-K might have to beat the Florida Marlins all by himself.
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In an era of offense, batters came up blank for a night. Tuesday marked the first time in 34 years that there were seven shutouts in the major leagues on a single day.
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NEWPORT BEACH, California  - Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka has done his homework for next month's spring training with his new Boston Red Sox teammates.
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NEW YORK -- Hideki Matsui left his first three at-bats behind him, wasn't worried about delivering with Alex Rodriguez out of the lineup and wasn't bothered by the funky motion of Twins reliever Pat Neshek.
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With a week to go before the clock strikes midnight on the Red Sox' quest to sign Daisuke Matsuzaka, perhaps it should not surprise anyone that the Sox are feeling their chances of landing Dice-K are more than a bit dicey.