It’s like the offseason never happened for Matt Garza and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Garza pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, and the Rays hit three homers off Daisuke Matsuzaka to beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Thursday and win their opening three-game series.
Evan Longoria had three hits, including a two-run homer, and Matt Joyce and Shawn Riggans also homered for the defending AL champions.
“We just wanted to establish ourselves early in the season, set the tone and let the people know it wasn’t a fluke,” said Garza (1-0), who allowed one run and three walks, striking out five to improve to 6-1 in his career against Boston. “We’re here to battle for a while.”
Matsuzaka (0-1) gave up four runs, nine hits and three walks in 5 1-3 innings. The Japanese star was MVP of the World Baseball Classic for the second straight time, but his season debut more closely resembled his performance in Game 5 of last year’s AL championship series, when he gave up three homers in four innings before the Red Sox rallied from a seven-run deficit to win 8-7 and force the series back to Tampa Bay.
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Dice-K blows a seal
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Elephant seal, grey seal or harp seal? And did it taste better than a walrus?
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Ivytalk wrote:Elephant seal, grey seal or harp seal? And did it taste better than a walrus?
Tasted like Blue Hen
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??? How did you know? I haven't seen a Blue Hen in the playoffs lately.dbackjon wrote:Ivytalk wrote:Elephant seal, grey seal or harp seal? And did it taste better than a walrus?
Tasted like Blue Hen
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Hmmm... I think I deserved this thread
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dbackjon wrote:Tasted like Blue Hen
How would seeing them in the playoffs give you any idea of how they taste?grizzaholic wrote: ??? How did you know? I haven't seen a Blue Hen in the playoffs lately.
Did watching the NC game last year give you any idea of how spiders taste?
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Dice-K gives up 5 ERs on 5 Hits, 2 Walks, no K's in one inning before being pulled.
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His ERA tonight....drum roll please
45.00
Suck on that Boston.
45.00
Suck on that Boston.
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