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April 23, 2008
Another day, another scratched starter.
Today it's Daisuke Matsuzaka who is unable to make a scheduled start. The right-hander is suffering from the flu that has been ravaging the Red Sox the last week or so.
The Sox didn't have many alternatives, so they have turned to Jon Lester for tonight's outing against the Angels. Lester had been scheduled to start tomorrow afternoon's series finale against the Angels, so he will be pitching on short rest, one day sooner than normal.
Lester threw 107 pitches in his previous outing, against Texas last Saturday.
Boston had to make a quick starting-pitcher change last night, too, when Josh Beckett (stiff neck) was unable to make his scheduled start. He was replaced by David Pauley, an emergency call-up from Pawtucket.
Pauley lasted only 4 1/3 innings, forcing manager Terry Francona to call on Julian Tavarez for 1 2/3 innings, so Tavarez, who could have been a candidate to start either tonight or tomorrow night, is unable to do so because of his Tuesday night workload.
The Red Sox likely will have to call up a pitcher to start tomorrow's game.
-- Steven Krasner
Posted by Steven Krasner 
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