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Dice-K late scratch; Lester To Start

Oregon Dave found this 7 months ago on boston.redsox.mlb.com

BOSTON -- Another night, another Red Sox starter scratched just hours in advance of his start. A day after ace Josh Beckett couldn't take the ball because of a combination of a stiff neck and the flu, No. 2 starter Daisuke Matsuzaka had to give up his start on Wednesday night against the Angels because of an illness that has spread around the team like wild fire in recent days. Matsuzaka's sickness was more sudden than Beckett's. The pitcher was thought to be fine heading into the day, but word broke roughly 90 minutes before game time that lefty Jon Lester would be starting in Matsuzaka's place. Lester will make his start on three days' rest.

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Tags: Illness Flu Dice-K Lester

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	LET'S GO LESTER; LET'S GO RED SOX!! 04/23/2008 6:30 PM
∞Cynic..

	Even if he continues to pitch decently ,we are still in the game.Not bad for losing our #1 and #2 to the flu,not to mention Lowell missing most of our games so far. 04/23/2008 7:57 PM
RIPBabe

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