Daisuke Matsuzaka news stories on Newser

Is This Man the Next Dice-K?

Katherine Thompson — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:52:38 CDT

Japan's best pitcher is a towering 21-year-old named Yu Darvish, and the biggest question about his career is not if he will come to the US, but when, writes ESPN. With Japanese baseball strides ahead of the American institution in terms of commercialism, his team may well offer him up...

Dice-K, 4 Homers Carry Red Sox to Win

Mike Buss — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:58:34 CDT

The Boston Red Sox got an unexpected power surge from the bottom of their lineup to help Daisuke Matsuzaka remain undefeated with a 5-2 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. Coco Crisp and Jed Lowrie hit back-to-back homers to lead off the seventh inning and Matsuzaka (6-0) gave up two runs...

BoSox Down Slumping Tigers

Doug Sweeney — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:15:43 CDT

Mike Lowell hit one of Boston's three homers for his first RBIs this season, and the Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 Monday behind a wild Daisuke Matsuzaka. Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz also connected for Boston, which won its fourth straight game and sent the Tigers to their...

Angels Blast BoSox 6-4

Jesse Andrews — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:54:10 CDT

Casey Kotchman's solo home run put Los Angeles ahead in the sixth inning, Gary Matthews Jr. hit two solo homers of his own and the Angels snapped the Boston Red Sox's six-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory Wednesday night. Kotchman hit his sixth of the season off Craig Hansen,...

Red Sox Survive in Wild 8-5 Win

Mike Buss — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:10:57 CDT

A wild Daisuke Matsuzaka labored through five innings before the Boston Red Sox's overworked bullpen bailed him out for a sloppy 8-5 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday night. Matsuzaka improved to 3-0 after lasting just long enough to get the win as he issued six walks—at...

Red Sox Get Rings, Then Drop Tigers to 0-7

Chip Bayers — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:16:39 CDT

There was red-white-and-blue bunting hanging from the stands, a Green Monster-sized American flag on the left-field wall and an Air National Guard flyover punctuating "The Star-Spangled Banner." After opening with a three-country trip of nearly 16,000 miles, the Boston Red Sox returned to Fenway Park, received their World Series...

MLB Starts Season With Rising Sun

Kevin Spak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:45:00 CDT

The sun was just rising in Boston today as the Red Sox began their World Series title defense by taking on the Oakland Athletics half a world away. Many American fans were still in bed, but Japanese aficionados were paying rapt attention, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Sox have...

Sox 1 Away From Series Sweep

Katherine Thompson — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:10:31 CDT

The Red Sox are one win away from another World Series title, thanks to the heart of their lineup—the 9, 1 and 2 spots—of Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia. Matsuzaka pitched 5 1/3 solid innings, and together the three scored and drove in nine runs in...

Sox Clinch 1st Title in 12 Years

Katherine Thompson — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:07:33 CDT

After watching their once double-digit lead dwindle alarmingly in recent weeks, the Red Sox finally clinched the AL East title last night with a 5-2 win over the Twins and a loss by the second-place Yankees. Boston players and fans stayed at Fenway park to cheer for the Orioles as...