Guardians 8 - 4 Red Sox
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Healthy Matsuzaka takes the mound for Red Sox

May 30, 2007 - 2:51 PM Cleveland (31-19) at Boston (36-15) 7:05 pm EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) -- Daisuke Matsuzaka overcame some intestinal problems to earn his sixth straight win last time out. The Boston Red Sox hope his health is better on Wednesday when he takes the mound in the series finale against the visiting Cleveland Indians.

Matsuzaka (7-2, 4.43 ERA) struggled through five innings with the flu at the Texas Rangers, surrendering five runs and seven hits in the Red Sox's 10-6 victory.

The 26-year-old righthander's win was the first in Boston's current five-game winning streak, which includes the first two games of the series against the Indians.

On Tuesday, Josh Beckett came off the disabled list to toss seven strong innings in a 4-2 win. On Monday, Curt Schilling struck out a season-high 10 in seven frames en route to a 5-3 win.

Matsuzaka will try to become the third Red Sox starter in a row to hold what was the American League's top-scoring offense down.

Cleveland had the AL's top scoring offense until running into the circuit's second-best pitching staff in Boston. The Detroit Tigers' 14-run explosion vaulted them over both Boston and Cleveland for the league lead in runs.

Paul Byrd (5-1, 3.81) will be charged with keeping the Red Sox's bats down. The Indians' resident control artist has won five games while issuing just three total walks on the season.

Byrd owns a 3-2 career mark with a 4.54 ERA in six starts against Boston. The veteran righthander has been tough against Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis, holding him hitless in six at-bats. Youkilis is riding a 21-games hit streak and has nine straight multi-hit games.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 8 18 1
    BOSTON 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CLE - PAUL BYRD, TOM MASTNY (7TH), AARON FULTZ (7TH), ROBERTO
    HERNANDEZ (8TH), RAFAEL BETANCOURT (9TH) AND KELLY SHOPPACH
    BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA, KYLE SNYDER (6TH)

    May 30 10:43 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MIKE LOWELL (10) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF ROBERTO HERNANDEZ SCORED J.D. DREW.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 8, BOSTON 4
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.279, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 10:16 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY TRAVIS HAFNER SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T HAFNER ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 8
    BOSTON 2 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.336, 2-FOR-3, HBP)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 10:02 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY KELLY SHOPPACH (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF J.C. ROMERO.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 7, BOSTON 2
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.270, 2-FOR-4, HR, 2 RBI)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 9:55 PM
  • bones argh, big papi just missed that one

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 9:52 PM
  • bones this will be sick if the red sox let the indians escape after having bases juiced, no outs

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 9:50 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY GRADY SIZEMORE (9) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 6TH OFF DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SCORED KELLY SHOPPACH.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 2
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.272, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 9:05 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSH BARFIELD SCORED DAVID DELLUCCI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BARFIELD ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 4
    BOSTON 2 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: K SHOPPACH (.333, 1-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 9:01 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY DAVID DELLUCCI SCORED TROT NIXON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D DELLUCCI ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    BOSTON 2 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J BARFIELD (.236, 1-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 8:59 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY TRAVIS HAFNER SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T HAFNER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    BOSTON 2 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.333, 1-FOR-1, HBP)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 8:37 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY CASEY BLAKE SCORED KELLY SHOPPACH.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G SIZEMORE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    BOSTON 2 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: T HAFNER (.263, 1-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 8:34 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY J.D. DREW SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    BOSTON 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.330, 1-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 8:20 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JASON VARITEK SCORED J.D. DREW.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M LOWELL ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    BOSTON 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: A CORA (.319, 2 HR, 13 RBI)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 30 7:41 PM

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