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標題[情報] Matsuzaka leaves start with injury
時間Wed May 28 15:47:32 2008
肩爆彈??
松坂表示跟他早年在2000或2001的一場傷勢類似,
你也知道在瘋狂的2001後松坂在2002大大的爆炸了。
Matsuzaka leaves start with injury
By GREGG BELL AP Sports Writer
Article Launched: 05/28/2008 12:05:21 AM PDT
SEATTLE—Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka left his start against Seattle on Tuesday
night before the bottom of the fifth inning with what the team later said was
a tired shoulder.
The 11th Red Sox pitcher to win his first eight decisions in a season allowed
three runs—two earned—on four hits in four innings. Then, after two
seemingly routine warmup pitches before the bottom of the fifth, he appeared
to briefly grab his lower back.
Yet Red Sox spokesman Henry Mahegan said late Tuesday that "shoulder fatigue"
ended Matsuzaka's chance to join Josh Beckett as the second Boston pitcher
since 1971 to begin a season 9-0.
When asked after the Red Sox lost 4-3 to the Mariners if he would be able to
make his next start, Sunday or Monday at Boston, Matsuzaka said through an
interpreter: "It's hard to say. We are able to assess the situation again
tomorrow."
Roger Clemens has the best start in Red Sox history, 14-0 in 1986.
Boston manager Terry Francona said his training staff will ice Matsuzaka's
shoulder Wednesday and "let it cool down" before reassessing the injury.
"You are always going to err on the side of caution," Francona said. "I hope
we never change that."
The Red Sox have been without starter and six-time All-Star Curt Schilling
since early March because of shoulder weakness in his pitching shoulder. Josh
Beckett missed the first six games of this season following a lower back
strain.
After Matsuzaka threw thetwo warmup tosses before the fifth, catcher Jason
Varitek went to the mound and Francona soon joined them.
A moment later, Francona summoned a trainer.
After a brief discussion with all infielders huddled around, Francona called
on David Aardsma from the bullpen. The manager and the trainer then escorted
Matsuzaka back to the dugout. The Japanese pitcher then went to the clubhouse.
The 27-year-old Matsuzaka, who struck out two, said he pitched through a
similar injury in 2000 or 2001, his second and third seasons with Seibu in
Japan's Pacific League. That time, as he did Tuesday, Matsuzaka said he felt
"off" in the bullpen before the game. But he successfully pitched deep into
the game in that previous painful start, and the issue ended soon after.
But he decided to play it safe Tuesday.
"I wasn't at my best. After pitching the fourth inning, I definitely felt
there was something wrong, and I had a conversation with the coaching staff,"
he said. "I went out for the fifth inning to give it a try, but felt it was
best to stop there.
"With so much of the season left, I thought that it would be best to come out
of the game at that point."
Francona said he decided Matsuzaka would not begin the fifth, but the pitcher
ran out of the dugout past an unaware Francona to try warmup tosses.
"Since this is something I have experienced in the past, I'm not overly
concerned with the situation right now," he said, before bowing and politely
cutting off questions.
Catcher Jason Varitek has only played with Matsuzaka for 15 months, but he
knew his pitcher wasn't himself Tuesday.
"You couldn't tell so much by the rotation of the ball, but by his demeanor,"
Varitek said. "Hopefully they caught it early enough where we don't lose him
for an extended period of time."
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