The Red Sox paid front of the rotation money for Dice-K so people keep expecting him to be an ace. This season he is the team’s fifth starter and he has been pitching like it. He will have a great start followed by a disappointing one like last night, that’s what fifth starters are like. Matsuzaka gave up a four run lead to the Rays and ruined what would have been a great night for newcomer Eric Patterson who hit two homers in the game. With the loss Matsuzaka’s record drops to 5-3 with a 4.7 ERA, pretty standard stuff for a fifth starter.
Red Sox Lose 6-5 BOX SCORE
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