Beckett Hurt, Next Start Moved Back

Josh Beckett's next start has been moved back because of numbness in his fingers and throwing arm. Here is what he told the ProJo moments ago:

"I have some numbness in fingers that I'm not used to having," he said. "As far as pain goes, there's not very much pain with it. We just have to figure out what it is because you don't want it to get so bad where it ends up being a really bad problem...."It's something I've been dealing with," Beckett said moments ago. "At some point and time we just have to figure out what the hell it is. Obviously, it's not what I want, but at this juncture (being pushed back) is something that needs to happen because there's something going on."

This is not the news the team needs right now but it does help explain his last outing.

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Dice-K Leaves the Game With an Injury in the 5th

Dice-K was holding his side as if he had pulled a muscle after a throw to first when he fielded a ground ball. He threw a few warm ups at the start of the 5th but could not continue. He left the game with the M's leading 3-0. He may have injured his side earlier when he stretched for an errant throw by Casey while covering first.

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