[官網] 超高效率翻譯系列：桑德斯上校邁向成功之路 (6/3)
<原文> http://tinyurl.com/5ffqy6 </原文>
<標題> Saunders first in AL to nine wins </標題>
勝投王‧上校
<副標> Izturis drives in three to help left-hander beat Mariners </副標>
Izzy 的神來兩棒是獲勝關鍵
<作者> By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com </作者>
<內文>
SEATTLE -- Considering where he was three months ago, wondering if he'd have
a steady job in the Major Leagues in a loaded Angels rotation, Joe Saunders
can't resist shaking his head in wonder.
"It does amaze me," he said, having become the American League's first
nine-game winner when the Angels turned away the Mariners, 5-4, Tuesday night
in front of 23,534 at Safeco Field. "It's special to achieve something like
that. There are so many great pitchers, being the first to nine wins really
is a great feeling.
三個月前還不確定自己有沒有先發頭路的桑德斯上校，現在是美聯第一個九勝投手。
"It doesn't really surprise me -- I've always felt I could pitch and have
some success. But I'm kind of in a place I've never been before, and it's a
great honor ... and a pretty special moment."
「爽。」
The Angels' fourth straight win and 11th in the past 15 games pushed their
MLB-best road record to 18-11 and enabled them to maintain their grip on a
highly competitive American League West race.
猴子軍是大聯盟最壞的客人。
It ended with a flourish, Francisco Rodriguez striking out the side to notch
his 23rd save in 24 chances after Jose Arredondo had blazed through a perfect
eighth.
本日劇場公休。
It had begun with a rare offensive uprising against one of the game's most
feared left-handers.
With Maicer Izturis driving in three runs with a pair of hits, Robb Quinlan
rapping out three runs and scoring twice and cleanup man Torii Hunter
delivering a pair of hits, including a two-out RBI double to get it started,
the Angels exceeded the four-run barrier for the first time in 14 games.
小翅膀快炮不可思議地打掛大聯盟裡最可怕的左投之一。
They staked Saunders to a 5-0 lead and chased Erik Bedard, the man imported
from Baltimore to take the Mariners places, in the fourth inning.
Bedard, who cost the Mariners five young players, is 4-4 with a 4.47 ERA. The
Cy Young Award candidate on the Safeco mound Tuesday night was the other
lefty. Saunders shaved his ERA to 2.63, tied for third in the AL, while
moving to 9-2.
上校，不下北大。
Winning is nothing new to Saunders -- he was 15-8 in 33 starts as a part-timer
for three seasons -- but nobody could have anticipated anything like this. The
Angels are 17-4 behind Saunders and Ervin Santana, the man Saunders was
supposed to duel for the fifth-starter's role this spring before injuries
felled John Lackey and Kelvim Escobar.
五號投手出頭天。
"Right now," Hunter said, "he's one of the best lefties in the game. I think
he definitely went out and pitched better than Bedard."
猴王的場面話。
Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was also better than Bedard, keeping the Mariners
in the game with 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief with six strikeouts.
Saunders sailed into the fourth having allowed one hit, when Jose Lopez's
leadoff homer made it 5-1. There were two outs when the Mariners stirred in
the fifth on Yuniesky Betancourt's second double and an infield hit by Ichiro
Suzuki.
Lopez's grounder to Howie Kendrick's left jumped up and got through the
second baseman for an error, with Betancourt scoring. After Jose Vidro lined
an RBI single to right-center, another error -- on a throw from third by
Quinlan -- delivered the third unearned run of the inning. It was the first
two-error inning of the season by the Angels and only the fifth time they'd
committed as many as two errors in a game.
守備率是棒球裡最無用的數據之一。
Here came Adrian Beltre with two on and a chance to bust it open. Saunders
broke off a two-strike curveball, and Beltre went down swinging.
"That was a big punchout," Saunders said, having finished a 31-pitch inning.
"It felt like I threw 50 that inning. It was a battle. My focus was,
`Don't get flustered; don't lose my focus or emotions.'
"As a pitcher, you make enough mistakes. When the infielders make mistakes,
I say, `I'll pick you up here.' That's been my mind-set ever since high school
and Little League."
「幸虧老衲從幼時起就潛心於禪定的功夫，這點小場面不算什麼。」
The Angels struck quickly against Bedard, courtesy of an error by Beltre at
third that put leadoff man Reggie Willits aboard. He scored on Hunter's
ringing, two-out double to left-center.
Another two-out hit, Izturis' single through the middle, made it 3-0 in the
second, delivering Casey Kotchman, who'd walked, and Quinlan, who'd singled.
意外現場。
"Those two-out hits feel good, especially against a guy like Bedard," Hunter
said. "We've been getting the job done with pitching and defense keeping us
in the game, and we're coming through when it matters."
猴王，場面話二連擊。
A two-run fourth gave Saunders a five-run cushion. Quinlan's leadoff double
triggered the rally, with Izturis and Kendrick each delivering RBI singles
that chased Bedard. He departed after 3 1/3 innings having yielded five runs
(four earned) on seven hits and three walks.
意外現場 part 2。
Jeff Mathis called all the right pitches for Saunders, Arredondo and K-Rod
and walked three times coming off his two-run homer in the series opener.
猴子幕後的無名英雄，小馬。
"We're so good as a hitting team," Saunders said, "we're bound to score.
I think it's going to get better."
上校罵人不帶髒字。
The guy who came to camp hoping to win a job was beaming. He's come a long
way in three months
不過還是給上校一點掌聲吧。
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