The Red Sox got a great performance last night out of starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, as he struck out 9 and walked none over 7 innings en route to a victory. To me, it is a good sign for the Red Sox, as they may need him sooner than they think, with Josh Beckett suffering from back spasms, and being skipped in his next start. The Red Sox have to be hopeful that Matsuzaka will continue this, especially the zero walks part. They simply cannot catch the Rays or Yankees if they don't get better starting pitching than they have to this point.
Onto Tuesday's top performers...
Hitters:
- Jack Wilson (SEA): 2-3, 2 R
- Rob Johnson (SEA): 2-4, R, RBI
- Chris Heisey (CIN): 3-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Brandon Phillips (CIN): 2-4, 3 R
- Joey Votto (CIN): 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
- Jay Bruce (CIN): 3-5, R, 3 RBI
- Christian Guzman (WAS): 2-3, 2 R
- Adam Dunn (WAS): 1-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Angel Pagan (NYM): 2-5, R, RBI
- Jason Bay (NYM): 3-4, 2 R, RBI
- Rod Barajas (NYM): 2-4, R, 2 RBI
- John Buck (TOR): 2-3, R
- J.D. Drew (BOS): 2-4, R, RBI
- Jason Varitek (BOS): 2-3, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Cody Ross (FLA): 1-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Kosuke Fukudome (CHC): 2-3, R
- Eric Chavez (OAK): 2-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Eric Patterson (OAK): 2-3, RBI
- David Murphy (TEX): 2-6, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Juan Pierre (CHW): 3-5, R
- Alexei Ramirez (CHW): 1-4, R, 2 RBI
- Joe Mauer (MIN): 3-4, R
- Justin Morneau (MIN): 2-4, R, HR, RBI
- Russell Branyan (CLE): 3-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Grady Sizemore (CLE): 2-4, R, 2 SB
- Austin Kearns (CLE): 2-4, 3 R, RBI
- Troy Glaus (ATL): 2-5, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Eric Hinske (ATL): 2-2, 3 RBI
- Brian McCann (ATL): 2-4, 3 R, RBI
- Jason Heyward (ATL): 2-4, 3 R, RBI, SB
- Brooks Conrad (ATL): 2-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Casey McGehee (MIL): 2-4, 2 R, RBI
- Hunter Pence (HOU): 2-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Ryan Ludwick (STL): 3-4, 2 R, RBI
- Russell Martin (LAD): 2-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
- Manny Ramirez (LAD): 2-3, 2 R
- James Loney (LAD): 4-6, 2 R, 2 RBI
- Andre Ethier (LAD): 2-6, 2 R, RBI
- Ronnie Belliard (LAD): 2-4, 3 RBI
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Carl Crawford (TAM): 3-5, R, RBI, 2 SB
- Evan Longoria (TAM): 2-5, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Erick Aybar (LAA): 2-5, SB
- David Eckstein (SD): 2-2, 2 RBI, SB
- Aubrey Huff (SF): 2-4, R, RBI
Pitchers:
- Cliff Lee (SEA): 7 1/3 IP, 2 K, ER, 8 BR, W
- Johnny Cueto (CIN): 9 IP, 8 K, 0 ER, 1 BR, W, SHO
- Charlie Morton (PIT): 6 IP, 4 K, 3 ER, 9 BR
- Daisuke Matsuzaka (BOS): 7 IP, 9 K, 1 ER, 3 BR, W
- Ricky Nolasco (FLA): 7 IP, 3 K, ER, 6 BR, W
- Randy Wells (CHC): 8 IP, 8 K, 3 ER, 5 BR
- Colby Lewis (TEX): 7 IP, 5 K, 3 ER, 7 BR
- Freddy Garcia (CHW): 7 IP, 3 K, 2 ER, 10 BR, W
- Jake Westbrook (CLE): 6 IP, 2 K, ER, 7 BR, W
- Brett Myers (HOU): 6 IP, 3 K, 2 ER, 10 BR, W
- Brad Penny (STL): 7 IP, 3 K, 0 ER, 7 BR
- John Ely (LAD): 6 IP, 6 K, 2 ER, 6 BR, W
- Dan Haren (ARI): 6 1/3 IP, 10 K, 4 ER, 11 BR
- Jeff Niemann (TAM): 7 1/3 IP, 4 K, 2 ER, 8 BR, W