Matsuzaka dominates again as Red Sox sweep Rangers
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08/14/2008 -
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Daisuke Matsuzaka threw seven shutout innings,
and Boston used a nine-run second inning to cruise to a 10-0 win over Texas,
to complete a three-game sweep of the Rangers.
Matsuzaka (14-2) surrendered six hits and five walks, while striking out five,
to pick up the win for the third consecutive start. In the first game of this
series, the Red Sox scored 10 times in the first inning and needed to battle
back for a 19-17 win.
Matsuzaka's performance made Thursday's result a little easier, as Boston got
a three-run home run from David Ortiz. Additionally, Dustin Pedroia finished
3-for-5 with two doubles and a run batted in, while Jed Lowrie went 3-for-4
with an RBI to help Boston win its fourth straight.
Tommy Hunter (0-2), making his third major league start, was touched for nine
runs on seven hits in just 1 2/3 frames. Michael Young had two of the six hits
for the Rangers, who have lost seven of eight.
Hunter set Boston down in order in the first inning, but Kevin Youkilis got
the Boston rally started in the second with a single. After a fly out, Lowrie
hit another single and Jason Varitek walked to load the bases.
Coco Crisp plated one run with a single, and then Hunter hit Alex Cora with a
pitch to force in another run. J.D. Drew then grounded into a fielder's
choice, allowing Varitek to dash home, and runners were left on the corners.
Pedroia stroked a double to left that brought in Crisp, and Ortiz followed by
blasting a three-run shot to right, also completing Boston's turn around the
batting order.
Youkilis got on base again, this time with a double, and Jason Bay singled him
in. That chased Hunter from the game, and Warner Madrigal came in. Lowrie
plated Bay by doubling before Madrigal fanned Varitek to at last end the
frame.
Matsuzaka got into a few jams of his own -- notably a bases loaded situation
with two away in the top of the second. However, he struck out Ramon Vazquez
to end that threat, and got Milton Bradley to ground into a double play in the
third to escape the inning after having runners on the corners with one out.
The Boston starter only got better from that point on, and only had one runner
reach second base for the rest of his outing. Manny Delcarmen tossed a
scoreless top of the eighth, and pinch-hitter Jeff Bailey plated Pedroia with
an infield single in the home half. Mike Timlin worked a 1-2-3 ninth to finish
the shutout.
Game Notes
Each team left seven runners on base...Pedroia has 162 hits this season, which
leads the majors...Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler went 1-for-3, upping his
hit total to 161...The Red Sox continue their six-game homestand on Friday
with the opener of a three-game series with Toronto...Texas wrapped up a road
trip with a 1-5 mark, and next heads home for a three-game set with Tampa Bay,
starting Friday.
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