Red Sox RHP Matsuzaka donates $1M to Japan relief
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is donating $1 million to the team's official charity for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in his native Japan.
The team said Friday the right-hander's gift to the Red Sox Foundation will be sent to the Japanese Red Cross Society to aid response to the March 11 disaster.
Boston's other Japanese pitchers — Hideki Okajima, Junichi Tazawa and Itsuki Shoda — also have made personal donations and joined Matsuzaka, team captain Jason Varitek and others in collecting donations from fans at two spring training games in Florida.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Red Sox Foundation has raised more than $1.3 million for relief in Japan.