...4... After a 2-0 loss in Game One, the Tampa Bay Rays will look to even the series with a win tonight. For Tampa Bay, Scott Kazmir will go (12-8, 3.49). For Boston, Josh Beckett will be on the hill (12-10, 4.03). Yesterday, Daisuke Matsuzaka paced the...
...the Red Sox's Josh Beckett is sharp tonight, Scott Kazmir (above) could be on a short leash for the Rays. Breaking down Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. All stats for starting pitchers are for this postseason only. Josh Beckett vs....
...PETERSBURG, Fla. - Seemingly forever, but not for as long as you think, Scott Kazmir was known for being a very good pitcher on a very bad team. âPut this guy on a decent team,â went the chorus, âand thereâs no telling how good he can be.â But here we...
...than they did in Game 1 against Daisuke Matsuzaka. --Jerry Crasnick Another long first inning for Kazmir (8:28 p.m. ET) Scott Kazmir threw 38 pitches to get out of the first inning. He threw 37 first-inning pitches in his previous start, which came...
Background
Scott Edward Kazmir (born January 24, 1984 in Houston, Texas) is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. He was highly recruited after striking out 172 batters in 75 innings as a senior at Cypress Falls High School and had verbally committed to the University of Texas, but was drafted in the first round (15th overall) of the 2002 MLB Draft by the New York Mets. Along with teammate Clint Everts (who was selected 5th overall by the Montreal Expos) he became half of the first pair of high school pitchers from the same team drafted in the first round. His most popular nickname is perhaps "Sco-Kaz," with his lesser known ones being "Kid K", "K-Train", "Kazmanian Devil" and "Scotty K." The K being emphasized in his nicknames as a double meaning between the initial in his last name and his high strikeout rate.
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