Even though the newly signed Hideki Matsui didn’t make much of an impact, the Durham Bulls took two out of three games from the Pawtucket Red Sox, led my Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis.

Friday night, the Bulls rallied from a 5-2 deficit with four runs in the eighth inning to win the series. Matsui went hitless while Bulls leadoff hitter was the hero with four hits, including a triple, and three RBI. Youkilis was 1-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts. Matsui is batting just .143 while Youkilis is hitting .400 and will probably come off the disabled list for the Red Sox soon.

Pawtucket shortstop Jose Iglesias went 3 for 5 and belted his first home run of the year in an 8-2 victory Tuesday night to start the four-game series.

Pawtucket narrowly defeated the Durham Bulls in a 5-4 final on Wednesday night at the DBAP. Hideki Matsui went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI but it wasn’t enough to edge out the PawSox, led by the rehabbing Youkilis who was 1-2 with a run scored.

On Thursday, one of the most historic nights in the rich history of the Durham Bulls Baseball Club, a sellout crowd of 10,064 watched two international megastars collide in a star-studded evening at the DBAP. Rehabbing Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was dealt the loss, as the Matsui-led Bulls rode the arm of Jim Paduch to a 5-0 shutout victory.

Matsuzaka finished his rehab appearance throwing 6 2/3 innings, allowing 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB and 2 HR, while striking out three.

Matsui finished the night 0-3 with a run scored. He was plagued by the Pawtucket shift and narrowly missed homering in the 8th.