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Dice-K's session

Daisuke Matsuzaka threw 50 pitches in his batting practice session today, and the closest thing to a hit he gave up was a ground ball through the right side by David Ortiz (though that probably would have been an out if the overshift had been on).

Besides Ortiz, Matsuzaka faced Manny Ramirez (who just tracked the three pitches he saw), Julio Lugo, Wily Mo Pena, Alex Ochoa, and Alex Cora.

After his 50 pitches, Matsuzaka threw two pitchouts, then two more pitches to Ochoa just for good measure.

Matsuzaka came off the mound to applause from the fans, to which he shook his head. Jason Varitek, who was sitting on a water cooler at the time (Doug Mirabelli caught Dice-K’s session), stood up and waved thanks at the fans’ gesture as if it was for him, which cracked up Matsuzaka.

One final note ... earlier, Ramirez hit against Travis Hughes and got what would have been a single.