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Daisuke Matsuzaka remains confident

He says Red Sox's rotation can carry team into postseason

Updated: August 15, 2010, 11:49 PM ET
By Joe McDonald | ESPNBoston.com

ARLINGTON, Texas -- On their 10-game, three-city road trip, which ended Sunday with a 7-3 loss to the Texas Rangers, the Boston Red Sox did what they've done all season -- lived to fight another day.

But playing .500 ball, as the Sox did on their trip through New York, Toronto and Texas, isn't going to cut it going forward. Boston opens a critical homestand on Tuesday, and to reach its goal of making the playoffs, it will rely heavily on its starting rotation -- not that that's a major ...

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