King Felix Eclipses Dice-K, One-Hits Sox Suzuki-Matsuzaka matchup less riveting than anticipated By Jesse Andrews Posted Apr 12, 2007 5:49 AM CDT Copied Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, right, greets Ichiro Suzuki, left, during a warming up before their baseball game against Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, April 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) (Associated Press) The much-ballyhooed matchup of Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka—MLB's best Japanese hitter versus its first-year Japanese pitching sensation—turned out to be far less impressive than the performance of Seattle's young ace, Felix Hernandez. King Felix, who had just turned 21 on Sunday, had a no-hitter until J.D. Drew's 8th-inning single, Boston's only hit. Meanwhile, Matsuzaka gave up three runs in seven frames. For his part, Suzuki went 0-for-5. Read These Next The Wall Street Journal is naming more names tied to Epstein. The White House and South Park are having a tiff. Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. The first video of an earthquake fault slip led to a major discovery. Report an error