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Article: Matsuzaka Regains Control of Situation; After Walking Bases Loaded in First, Right-Hander Pitches Red Sox to Game 1 Victory Over Rays
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- The Washington Post
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- October 12, 2008
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Red Sox 2, Rays 0
By midway through the bottom of the first inning, surely they
were running through complex bullpen scenarios on the Boston Red
Sox' bench, so awful was the start to Daisuke Matsuzaka's night, so
tenuous were his chances of getting even three outs. By the start of
the seventh, they were digging up grainy photos of Don Larsen in
newsrooms and TV control rooms across the land, so complete was
Matsuzaka's recovery and so near was he to making history.
And by the end of the night, across Red Sox Nation, they were
merely settling for the warm comfort of a well-pitched game from the
Red Sox' enigmatic Japanese import -- who carried a no-hitter into
the seventh and departed in ...