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By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Thursday, April 5, 2007

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: MLB Matsuzaka • Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out 10 batters in seven innings in the Red Sox' 4-1 win at Kansas City. Matsuzaka was the first pitcher to reach double-digits in strikeouts in his major league debut since May 2002, when Aaron Harang and Mark Prior did it three days apart. Matsuzaka fell one short of the team record for strikeouts in an MLB debut, set by Don Aase in 1977, and two short of the A.L. record shared ...

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