Sox bats quiet again for Dice-K

For his second start in a row, the phenom Daisuke Matsuzaka has not won. He has faced the Mariners at home and lost, and got the same result against the Blue Jays in Toronto last night. In his two losses he has given up only 5 runs (3 and 2 respectively) but has gotten only 1 run of support from the Sox in those games. In Toronto Dice-K had one bad inning, the 4th inning, but that was his only blemish. Through 6 innings he had 10 strikeouts and gave up only 2 earned runs. The lone Sox run came from a blast by Willy Mo Pena to centerfield.

It also seemed like Dice-K was shaken up after the 2 strike slider he threw to Vernon Wells that wasn't a called third strike. After that Wells reached on an infield single (also a controversial call) and that seemed to add to Dice-K's frustration. He proceeded to start throwing wild, walking batters, and gave up the 2 runs of the game. That was the 4th inning of the game and his only bad inning.