April 02, 2008
Dice-K in Control
Daisuke Matsuzaka showed no sign of his Japan wildness as he struck out nine Oakland Athletics in 6 2/3 innings without walking a batter. He did allow a run on a Cust homer, but the Red Sox scored twice off Joe Blanton, and that was enough for the Boston victory. The A's are hitting just .105 against Matsuzaka.
Joe Blanton pitches another decent game, giving up hits but not a lot of runs. He has no wins to show for a 3.86 ERA.
Jason Varitek stopped his 0 for with two hits, but David Ortiz posted another 0 for 4.
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DiceK looked really good - even the pitch Cust hit out wasn't that bad a pitch. He was striking guys out and they were missing pitches by a foot. I'm guessing Ortiz will eventually get a hit but yanevano.
Both pitchers were aided somewhat by a wide strike zone, but Matsuzaka was a whole lot better.
Also Varitek's double was a homer. Pretty clearly, as the ball bounced straight up in the air after landing on the top of the yellow line; the same thing happened to JD Drew at Fenway last year and it's absolutely mind boggling that an entire umpiring crew can miss that call. But they did, apparently deciding that the ball defied the laws of physics by bouncing up after striking a vertical surface.