BOSTON -- Daisuke Matsuzaka has been picked by the Boston Red Sox to open the AL Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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The 18-game winner will start Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla., and will be followed in the rotation by 2003 World Series MVP Josh Beckett.
Jon Lester, who pitched a no-hitter against Kansas City on May 19, starts Game 3 when the series moves to Fenway Park on Monday. Tim Wakefield, Boston's 42-year-old knuckleballer, is to start Game 4.
Source: Espn.com
October 8, 2008 11:35 AM
Go (Devil) Rays!