by shawn medeiros | May 28, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki, Jose Lopez, Jose Vidro, Manny Ramirez, Miguel Batista, Mike Timlin, Seattle Mariners, Terry Francona
Bad enough for the Boston Red Sox that Daisuke Matsuzaka was taken out of the game in the fifth inning with a lower back injury, but even worse is that Manny Ramirez’ 499th home run, a three-run shot, to tie the game at 3-3 was all for naught as the Seattle...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 28, 2007 | Ben Broussard, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki, J.D. Drew, Joel Pineiro, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Lopez, Richie Sexson, Seattle Mariners
Quite possibly the best game pitched by Daisuke Matsuzaka this season (8.1 innings, three hits, one earned run, one walk, and eight strikeouts) was not enough as Joel Pineiro blew it in the 11th inning as the Seattle Mariners completed the sweep of the Boston Red Sox...
by evan brunell | Apr 13, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Felix Hernandez, Ichiro Suzuki, Jose Lopez, Seattle Mariners
Heading to Fenway for Wednesday’s game, the excitement in the air was palatable. Daisuke Matsuzaka was making his triumphant arrival at Fenway Park, and his opponent was a player we had all heard about: Felix Hernandez. It was a match-up of nicknames (Dice-K vs....