2-1 ballgame right now. Matsuzaka surrendered a long homerun in the 6th and escaped further damage on a strike him out-throw him out. He surrendered two doubles that inning, in addition to the homerun. And he also potentially got bailed out by the umpire at second base (on a bang-bang play.)
Surprisingly, Matsuzaka is still out there in the 7th inning despite throwing over 100 pitches. He gets through the inning on 12 pitches, striking out two and inducing a shallow pop-fly to center.
Matsuzaka's pitching line: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K's, 1 HR, 1.29 ERA
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