Matsuzaka Leads Japan Over Major League
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Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka picked the right spot to showcase his talent. He pitched a complete game Thursday in leading the Japanese All-Stars past the touring major league stars 5-1 in Game 6 of an eight-game exhibition series. The major leaguers lead the series 4-2.
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NEW YORK - Hideki Matsui hit a three-run double off Curt Schilling and had four RBIs, helping the New York Yankees build a 6-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox after four innings in Game 1 of the AL championship series Tuesday night.    Mike Mussina shut down Boston's powerful lineup, retiring all nine batters as the teams resumed their storied rivalry with a rematch of last year's thrilling ALCS...
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Photographers jammed the left-field line from home plate to third base. Daisuke Matsuzaka threw the first pitch of his first batting practice. Then he threw 43 more &#151; fastballs, curves, sliders and changeups. When the Japanese star was done, Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell gave him a positive review.
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TOKYO (Sports Network) - Carl Crawford led off the game  with a homer and David Ortiz hit a monstrous shot to lead a  team of Major League Baseball All-Stars to a 5-3 win over a  squad of Japan stars in Game 2 of their series at the Tokyo  Dome.
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The Boston Red Sox were flying Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka to Boston from California on a private plane on Wednesday following contract negotiations, an official at his agent's California offices said.
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Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka was the winning pitcher in Boston's 10-5 victory over the Rockies in Game Three of the World Series on Saturday, bringing the Red Sox within one more victory of the Fall Classic crown.
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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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Manny Ramirez ends a 50 at-bat homerless streak and Daisuke Matsuzaka has his best performance yet Saturday to lead the Red Sox to a 1-0 victory over the Giants.
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Ichiro Suzuki's relentless assault on  Major League Baseball's (MLB) record books has given sport in  Japan a huge lift after a disappointing year.
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BALTIMORE - Daisuke Matsuzaka's horrid struggles of late aren't due to a physical problem or fatigue or anything that could be defined easily, according to Terry Francona, John Farrell, and Matsuzaka himself.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova overpowered American Mashona Washington on Saturday to claim back-to-back Japan Open titles. Top seeded Sharapova cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Washington
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Former Met Kaz Matsui has a career-high five hits and Ryan Spliborghs hits his first grand slam to lead the Rockies to an 11-3 victory over New York.
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It was two batters into the seventh inning when Hideki Okajima, the Red Sox' savior (or at least the one who had earned that title Thursday night), entered last night's game. His bullpen mates, not to mention Daisuke Matsuzaka, the starter who lasted just 5 1/3 innings, surely expected him to do what he had done two nights ...
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The Detroit Tigers slammed three home runs off Japanese import Daisuke Matsuzaka to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 and sweep a three-game series on Sunday.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka is quickly putting his off-the-field worries behind him. Now, the Japanese ace is hungry for spring training with the Boston Red Sox.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova overpowered Mashona Washington 6-0, 6-1 on Saturday to win the Japan Open for the second straight year.
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The man with the $100 million arm is eager to add to Boston's rich pitching history. Daisuke Matsuzaka's $52 million, six-year contract was announced Thursday by the Red Sox, who hope he will follow Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez as an ace on the Fenway Park mound.