Daisuke Debut

My predicted outcome for Daisuke Matsuzaka in his MLB debut was pretty close. I thought he would go 7 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on five hits with 8 strikeouts. His actual line was 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 hits, 10 K's. The one run he let up was a solo homerun to David DeJesus in the sixth. He mixed in a fastball, a changeup, a splitter, a curveball and a slider (well, that's what Jerry Remy said on NESN). If this is the pitcher we will be seeing on a regular basis than I think the Sox caught a bargain on the $103 million they spent to acquire him. I know it's only one game but he certainly lived up to his reputation this afternoon. Jonathan Papelbon struck out two in a perfect ninth to record his first save in the 4-1 Boston win.