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3 More Batters

Matsuzaka came three batters short of throwing a no-no against the Nippon Ham Fighters on Friday (6/30) night. In the bottom of the 9th, lead off batter Kataoka ripped a base hit to center for the Big Bang's first hit of the game. One out later, Shimada ripped a double to right. Kataoka tried to score from first, but was touched out at the plate. Ide struck out for he final out of the game.

It was just a couple of weeks since Elvira threw a no-no, and here super-monster Matsuzaka comes three outs from one.

Matsuzaka's pitch count was actually lower than Nippon Ham's starter Shimizu's, throwing a very low (for him) 117 pitches compared to 146. Shimizu only surrendered one run in the first inning, that being the difference in the game.

[Updated layout format on Feb 14, 2005 9:06 PM JST]

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