Red Sox overcome Matsuzaka problems to beat Blue Jays
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The Boston Red Sox erupted for five runs in the sixth inning on the way to a 9-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Ted Lilly threw a three-hit shutout with a career-high 13 strikeouts to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 3-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox at SkyDome.
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Kevin Millar and Orlando Cabrera each drove in two runs, and former Gold Glove first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz made his first career start at second base in the Boston Red Sox's 8-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
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Dice-K was OK at Petco Park, again. Daisuke Matsuzaka escaped a first-inning jam to outpitch Greg Maddux, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres in a matchup of two of baseball's top teams Friday night.
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Kenny Rogers' return to the mound went better than he thought it would. Daisuke Matsuzaka's first game back at Petco Park was successful, too.
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The Boston Red Sox cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Tuesday, with Diasuke Matsuzaka tossing eight shutout innings for the 10th victory of his rookie campaign in the Major Leagues.
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BOSTON - Down to their last three outs of the season, the Boston Red Sox rallied - against Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees and decades of disappointment. Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory Sunday over the Yankees that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series...
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Javier Vazquez struck out a season-high 13 in eight innings, Paul Konerko drove in four runs and the Chicago White Sox beat Toronto 7-1 Saturday to hand the Blue Jays their seventh straight loss.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched five solid innings, Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run home run and the Boston Red Sox led the Cleveland Indians 5-2 after seven innings in Game 7 of the AL championship series Sunday night.
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Not since Babe Ruth was pitching for Boston had the Red Sox won a pair of games like this. Josh Beckett held the punchless Kansas City Royals to four hits over eight innings and Manny Ramirez homered Wednesday, leading Boston to its second consecutive 1-0 victory.
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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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David Ortiz thumped two homers and drove in four runs to fire the Boston Red Sox to an 11-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wednesday.
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With the AL East race all but over, the Boston Red Sox managed to beat the New York Yankees. David Ortiz responded to booing fans with a pair of doubles, Josh Beckett had just one shaky inning and the Red Sox defeated the Yankees 5-2 Saturday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
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The man can pitch. The man can hit. The man can field. Daisuke Matsuzaka played the game of his life last night, picking up the win with 5 1/3 solid innings in the Red Sox' 10-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
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Josh Beckett won his major league-leading 17th game and the rookie Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits, helping the host Boston Red Sox defeat Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3, last night.
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A.J. Burnett came within one out of a complete game and Russ Adams drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double in the eighth inning, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the faltering Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka had an easy time in his first spring training outing against major leaguers. Dice-K allowed two hits in three scoreless innings and struck out three Tuesday for the Boston Red Sox in a 14-6 rout of the Florida Marlins at Jupiter, Fla.