Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 28, 2008
Dice-K Damage

Daisuke Matsuzaka felt fatigue Tuesday night:

As for Matsuzaka, the Red Sox were identifying his problem as right shoulder fatigue.

"He felt some, I guess, fatigue is the right word," manager Terry Francona said. "We're not going to run somebody out there when we think [there's something wrong]. It's too long of a season. I don't think he really wanted to give the ball up."

Matsuzaka was examined by med ical personnel, and will be further examined today.

"Even before I went up on the mound, I felt that things were a little bit off in the bullpen," Matsuzaka said, through interpreter Masa Hoshino. "I wouldn't go so far as to call it discomfort, but I wasn't at my best even before going into the game.

"After pitching the third inning, I definitely felt that there was something wrong. At that point, I had a conversation with the coaching staff."

"We knew in between innings," Francona said. "I knew that we wanted to keep an eye on him."

Wow. There's something wrong, and they send him out for another inning. He was coming off a 118 pitch outing, and he does rank 19th in pitcher abuse points at Baseball Prospectus (subscription required). We'll see if he misses his next start.

Manny Ramirez hit home run 499, but the Red Sox lost 4-3 as Mike Timlin gave up the winning run in the ninth. Also, in one of the most unusual ejections I ever saw, Julio Lugo was tossed for arguing a check swing call from shortstop. Francona came out and in defending Lugo got himself tossed as well.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:17 AM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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And that was 118 pitches in less than 6 innings. And he walked 6 Royals batters while doing that. I'm pretty sure that's a paddlin'.

Posted by: Andrew at May 28, 2008 10:47 AM

Dice K always pitches like a 100 plus pitches its about time the guy is feeling some fatigue. The kid never wants to give up the ball.

Posted by: Scott at May 28, 2008 03:04 PM
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