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Daisuke Matsuzaka felt much better yesterday and said he does not anticipate the sudden illness that limited him to only five innings in Friday’s 10-6 win over the Texas Rangers will prevent him from making his next start.
Matsuzaka’s stomach flu required him to be treated with intravenous fluids when he left the game on Friday. A Rangers physician examined him last night and determined that the primary problem was dehydration.
“I still haven’t figured out exactly what happened (Friday) night, but fortunately I feel better today,” Matsuzaka said in a statement. “I think above all else, I need to focus on getting game ready for my next start (Wednesday vs. Cleveland). I also feel I have to be ever conscious about monitoring my health."
The illness, which developed in the second inning on Friday, began with cramping and progressed to nausea and vomiting. Even so, pitching coach John Farrell and manager Terry Francona were still pleased enough with the way he was pitching that they planned to let him go longer.
“I was actually going to let him go back out for the sixth, but when I went to check on him, he was bent over (vomiting),” Francona said. “Me being the second coming of Casey Stengel, that was all I needed to see.”
Farrell said the five runs Matsuzaka allowed in the fourth inning had nothing to do with his illness, but were a result of not changing speeds and mixing up his pitches effectively. Even so, his desire to continue pitching impressed his bosses.
“We’ve all had the flu and you don’t want to be pitching, you want to go under the covers and be miserable,” Francona said. “He managed somehow to throw the ball 95 mph past (Frank) Catalanotto to end the (fifth) inning. That’s just willing yourself to do something.”
Matsuzaka issued a statement after Friday’s game apologizing for being a “burden” to the team because he wasn’t able to pitch deep in the game, which impressed Francona.
“That’s part of what makes him special,” he said. “I don’t think that’s culture, that’s the person, like (Curt) Schilling with the bloody sock. That’s not Japanese, that’s someone willing themselves to be a good player.”
Matsuzaka has won his last six decisions, the second-longest streak in the majors behind teammate Josh Beckett [stats]’s seven. Matsuzaka is the first Sox rookie to win six straight decisions since Aaron Sele went 6-0 over eight starts in 1993. The last Sox rookie with a longer streak was Mike Nagy, who went 7-0 in 12 starts in 1969.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka felt much better yesterday and said he does not anticipate the sudden illness that limited him to only five innings in Friday’s 10-6 win over the Texas Rangers will prevent him from making his next start.
Matsuzaka’s stomach flu required him to be treated with intravenous fluids when he left the game on Friday. A Rangers physician examined him last night and determined that the primary problem was dehydration.
“I still haven’t figured out exactly what happened (Friday) night, but fortunately I feel better today,” Matsuzaka said in a statement. “I think above all else, I need to focus on getting game ready for my next start (Wednesday vs. Cleveland). I also feel I have to be ever conscious about monitoring my health."
The illness, which developed in the second inning on Friday, began with cramping and progressed to nausea and vomiting. Even so, pitching coach John Farrell and manager Terry Francona were still pleased enough with the way he was pitching that they planned to let him go longer.
“I was actually going to let him go back out for the sixth, but when I went to check on him, he was bent over (vomiting),” Francona said. “Me being the second coming of Casey Stengel, that was all I needed to see.”
Farrell said the five runs Matsuzaka allowed in the fourth inning had nothing to do with his illness, but were a result of not changing speeds and mixing up his pitches effectively. Even so, his desire to continue pitching impressed his bosses.
“We’ve all had the flu and you don’t want to be pitching, you want to go under the covers and be miserable,” Francona said. “He managed somehow to throw the ball 95 mph past (Frank) Catalanotto to end the (fifth) inning. That’s just willing yourself to do something.”
Matsuzaka issued a statement after Friday’s game apologizing for being a “burden” to the team because he wasn’t able to pitch deep in the game, which impressed Francona.
“That’s part of what makes him special,” he said. “I don’t think that’s culture, that’s the person, like (Curt) Schilling with the bloody sock. That’s not Japanese, that’s someone willing themselves to be a good player.”
Matsuzaka has won his last six decisions, the second-longest streak in the majors behind teammate Josh Beckett [stats]’s seven. Matsuzaka is the first Sox rookie to win six straight decisions since Aaron Sele went 6-0 over eight starts in 1993. The last Sox rookie with a longer streak was Mike Nagy, who went 7-0 in 12 starts in 1969.
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