Dice-K Game #2
JAPANESE BATTLE ROYALE!!!!
Dice-k’s home opener against the Seattle Mariners. The Red Sox are coming off a 14 run drubbing of the struggling, M’s, and they have there hands full once again as they have to take on the amazing Daisuke Matsuzaka in front of a raucus Fenway Park crowd.
On the mound for the Mariners is red hot Felix Hernandez who is coming off a 12 K, 8 inning shutout outing against the Oakland Athletics.
Pre-Game: Cold as all heck! Dice-K has been sitting for a bit. Lets do it!
Inning #1 - SIT DOWN ICHIRO! Great Start for Dice-K. Got Ichiro to gound out, Beltre to ground out. Gave up a hit to Vidro but sat Ibanez down in the fielders choice.
Inning #2 - Didn’t Start off so well for the Dice man. Guillen singled and Johjima doubled, then Guillen scored after a Betancourt sac fly. (Ya I know) He settled in to clean up, and he’s starting to gain velocity on the fastball. Ichiro is first up in the next inning. Let’s see the Dice man settle in here.
Inning #3 - Thats what were talking about! Smooth sailing. Throwin the Cheddah!
Inning #4 - A few early control problems but he’s starting to get it together. Just warming up! Three Strikouts in a row and then a forceout. 59 Pitches, 36 for Strikes!
Inning #5 - OUCH! Dice-K is struggling slightly. No movement in the B.P. just yet, but he looks shaky. 2 earned Runs. His worst inning as a Red Sock…?
Inning #6 - The lower he gets into the batting order, the worse it seems he pitches! Giving up yet another hit to Johjima, Dice-K needs some help from Red Sox Bats to get a W out of today. I can’t see him going past 7. Hernandez is lighting it up
Inning #7 - Damn Ichiro is fast! This looks like the last inning for the Dice man. It must be the cold. He, and the Gyroball will be back!
Heres his game stats:
| Name | IP | H | ER | BB | GB | K |
| Dice-K | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ? | 4 |
