Felix Hernandez outduels Daisuke Matsuzaka in Boston!

                   

April 11, 2007-This ball game was supposed to be all about the Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka making his Fenway Park debut. He did pitch well. But, he didn’t pitch well enough as Seattle Mariners super phenon Felix Hernandez out pitched Dice-K as the Mariners won the game, 3-0. King Felix was simply masterful as he only allowed one hit and pitched a complete game. He took a no-hitter into the 8th inning. J.D. Drew led off the 8th with a single to break up the no-hitter. The Mariners infield helped out Felix too as Jose Lopez and Yuniesky Bettancourt make some diving plays. Felix is now 2-0 on the young 2007 season and the Mariners are 3-2.

The other big story about this ball game was the Daisuke Matsuzaka-Ichiro Suzuki matcup. Ichiro last batted against Matsuzaka way back in 1999 in Japan. Ichiro was 0-3 against Dice-K tonight. This was a great game! Because King Felix stole the show! Hopefully these two teams can play again tomorrow, because a huge storm is moving into Boston and the game may be cancelled.  That’s what the broadcasters said on FSN Northwest during tonight’s ballgame. God, why can’t they start the baseball season in warm weather ball parks?!! The Mariners already have 4 games to make up against the Cleveland Indians because of bad weather earlier this week due to a snow storm that hit Cleveland .  Keep your fingers crossed Mariners’ fans and hope the Mariners-Red Sox game can be played tomorrow.