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June 21, 2008
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Daisuke Matsuzaka

Daisuke Matsuzaka
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The Reds give Daryl Thompson a tough assignment for his major league debut. At 22, he was tearing up AA, but gave up four home runs in his 19 innings at AAA. He'll face Dan Giese who was shadowing Joba Chamberlain before Wang went down with a foot injury. He'll get a chance to fill in for Chien. He's only walked one in 7 1/3 innings of relief. His control has been there throughout his long minor league career, but didn't get him to the majors until 2007.

C.C. Sabathia visits Los Angeles as he faces Chan Ho Park at Dodger Stadium. C.C. Recovered well from his poor start. He walked 14 in his first four games, 15 in his 11 starts since. Park returned to the park of his greatest success. He's posting a 0.50 ERA at Dodger Stadium, 4.74 on the road.

Daisuke Matsuzaka returns to the Red Sox after a rotator cuff problem kept him out for nearly a month. It will be interesting to see if his control improves with the healed shoulder. Mitchell Boggs makes the third start and fourth appearance of his career. His low strikeout rate and high walk rate does not match up well against Boston. They'll wait for him to throw strikes, and pitching to contact against a team that hits well just isn't a good idea.

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Posted by David Pinto at 08:57 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Thompson's allowed no runs through 4.2 and appears quite composed. He was acquired by Krivsky in the criticized Austin Kearns-for-bullpen-help trade, right?

Posted by: Dan Branda at June 21, 2008 02:37 PM
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