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IN-GAME UPDATE: Dice-K pitching as well as he's hitting

Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka unloads on the Rockies in the fifth inning this evening.
BY JIM DONALDSON
Journal Sports Writer

DENVER -- Through four innings of Game Three, Daisuke Matsuzaka has gotten as many hits as he's allowed.

Dice-K had a two-run single (with two outs and the bases loaded) in a six-run third inning for the Red Sox. The way he's going, he may not need that much run support. Other than a leadoff single by his Japanese countryman, Kaz Matsui, in the bottom of the first, Matsuzaka hasn't given up another base hit.

Colorado third baseman Garrett Atkins was hit by a pitch in the second and walked in the fourth. He is the only other Rockies player to reach base (although a couple of others were on the basepaths, following a fielder's choice.)

Posted by Jim Donaldson  at 10:14 PM | Permalink