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June 15, 2008
CINCINNATI -- Daisuke Matsuzaka, who hasn't pitched since May 27 because of a strained right rotator cuff, will be starting for the Pawtucket Red Sox Monday night in Lehigh Valley in a rehab start.
It is expected the right-hander will throw 70-80 pitches, or roughly five innings.
"It's a transitional start for him, is what it is," said manager Terry Francona.
If all goes well, Matsuzaka will rejoin the Red Sox rotation for a start at home against St. Louis this Saturday.
Matsuzaka will be accompanied on the roughly one-hour trip from Philadelphia, where Boston will be playing the Phillies, by his translator, Masa Hoshino; his massage therapist, Takanori Maeda, and assistant trainer Masai Takahashi.
-- STEVEN KRASNER
Posted by Steven Krasner 
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