[外電] Duca: Wang was all right

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這篇還滿捧小王的所以我又翻了 >.< 原文出處 : http://0rz.tw/123Wj Duca: Wang was all right By ROB DUCA BOSTON — The renewal of the rivalry began not with a bang, but with a whimper. From the Red Sox offense, that is. 傳統的基襪對決並不是以打擊大爆發開場，相反的，你可以聽到紅襪的打者哭哭的聲音。 Fans were treated to a no-hitter the last time Clay Buchholz was the starting pitcher at home. They nearly saw another one last night — but not from Buchholz. 對主場的球迷來說，Buchholz上次在主場的先發，賞了他們一場無安打比賽，而他們昨晚又差點見證了另一場無安打比賽，不過不是來自Buchholz。 The rookie right-hander pitched a solid six innings against the New York Yankees, departing in a 1-1 deadlock. But this time it was the other guy on the mound who dazzled the crowd. 這隻菜鳥右投對洋基投出了六局的好球，離場時留下1:1的平手，不過這場比賽吸引大家目光的是另一位投手。 Chien-Ming Wang came — in the words of Maxwell Smart — that close to replicating Buchholz's achievement. If not for a cheap home run (yes, that's what I said) by J.D. Drew and a meaningless two-out, ninth-inning Coco Crisp bunt, history would have been made. 小王這次要來複製Buchholz的成就，要不是J.D. Drew那支差勁的全壘打還有 Coco Crisp九下二出局時那個無腦的偷點，小王就能締造歷史。 The Red Sox managed only two hits against Wang in a 4-1 loss, and he was every bit as dominant as the numbers suggest. Wang fanned only three, but did not issue a walk and breezed through the Red Sox order. 紅襪隊僅僅從小王手中擊出兩支安打，最後以4:1輸球，而小王就跟數據顯示的一樣宰制著全場，他雖只三振了三人次，但也沒有送出任何保送，輕而易舉的解決了紅襪隊。 Facing a team renown for working counts — many starters that face the Red Sox hit the century mark before the sixth inning — Wang needed a mere 93 pitches in a complete-game triumph. "He was very efficient," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. 面對這個難纏的隊伍，通常投手在六局以前就買單回家吃自己了，而小王僅僅用了93球就完投勝，紅襪總教練Francona說：「他實在太有效率了。」 He was never in trouble. He set down the first 10 and retired 13 of the final 14. Let there be little doubt, no one hit the ball particularly hard all evening. 這場比賽他沒有遇上任何麻煩，他使前10個打者乖乖出局，並在前14個打者中解決了13個，這個晚上沒有人能夠結結實實的把他的球打出去。 "His sinker and his slider were excellent," new Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "His stuff started getting better at the end of spring training." 洋基總教練Joe Girardi說：「他的sinker跟滑球很完美，事實上，他的stuff 春訓結束前就已經進化了。」 His stuff has been overwhelming through the first month of the season. The Yankees have six wins, and Wang is responsible for half of them. Last night's effort dropped his ERA to 1.23. After back-to-back 19-win seasons, he seems on his way to cracking 20 for the first time in his career. 他在球季開始的第一個月以他的stuff壓制了對手的打擊，洋基至今的6勝中，有一半是出自小王之手，經過昨晚的努力小王的ERA降到了1.23，而經過了連續兩年19勝的球季，這個球季他將有望第一次挑戰突破20勝。 "He only had one inning in the fifth that he had a little trouble," Girardi said. "His pitches were up and they hit some fly balls off him, and J.D. Drew hit the home run. But he was at the top of his game." Girardi說：「他只有在五局下遇到了小亂流，球路有點偏高，被擊出了幾個飛球，然後被J.D. Drew擊出了那支全壘打，不過大致來說，他還是處於顛峰。」 Perhaps you didn't watch the game. Highly unlikely, I know. But let's just say . . . and you're wondering how a home run that broke up a no-hitter can be labeled cheap. Well, maybe cheap isn't the best word. But it could have, maybe even should have been caught. 對沒有看到比賽的朋友來說，你或許不知道為什麼我說那支打破無安打比賽的全壘打是支差勁的全壘打，不過對我來說，那支全壘打是可能被接殺，甚至是應該要被接殺的。 Drew's high fly toward the Red Sox bullpen allowed right fielder Bobby Abreu plenty of time to retreat to the wall. But he appeared a bit timid going after it, he didn't stretch the glove much over the fence and the ball eluded him and landed in the pen for the game's first hit. Drew那個直擊紅襪牛棚的深遠高飛球應該讓Abreu有足夠的時間退到牆邊，但他卻有點畏縮了，他的手套伸的不夠高，使得那個球越過了他落在牛棚裡，形成了這場比賽的第一支安打。 Had this happened in the eighth or ninth, we'd really have a story on our hands. But it took place in the fifth, somewhat lessening its impact. That is, until Wang kept rolling through the Red Sox lineup without surrendering another hit. 要是這發生再第八或第九局，我們這些記者就可以大批特批了，但是因為是發生在第五局，所以稍稍減低了衝擊。不過小王繼續屠殺紅襪的打線，沒有再讓他們擊出任何一支安打。 "Bobby had a bead on it. He had a good jump. But things like that are going to happen," Girardi said. 總教練Girardi說：「時也命也，Abreu跳的不錯，不過有的時候這種事就是會發生。」 By things like that, we assume the manager meant failing to make the play. Or in harsher terms, blowing the play. Which is pretty much how Abreu candidly explained it. "I made contact with the wall and the ball hit my glove. I should have caught it," he said. 總教練說Abreu未能完成那個play，或者以更嚴厲的角度來說，搞砸了那個play， Abreu自己也解釋了：「我撞到了牆然後球碰到了我的手套，我應該要能接到那個球的。」 Wang's no-hit bid had been preserved in the previous inning when Dustin Pedroia's hot shot to third base was correctly ruled an error after Alex Rodriguez made a diving back-handed grab and then threw high to first, pulling Jason Giambi off the bag. 在前一局中，Pedroia的三壘方向滾地球被A-Rod漂亮的反手接到，不過在傳往一壘時傳高了，使得Giambi的腳離開了壘包，這個play被紀錄組裁定為失誤，保住了小王到第四局為止的無安打比賽。 Crisp's bunt in the ninth (I'm betting he doesn't attempt that if the no-hitter is still in play) was the only other blemish. Crisp在第九局的偷點也只是另一個小瑕疵而已。(我猜如果那時候還是無安打比賽的話，他應該不會做那麼沒品的事。) For all Wang's heroics, the game was hanging in the balance until the end. Jason Giambi snapped a 1-for-20 beginning to the season with a solo home run in the seventh off Mike Timlin that broke a 1-1 tie and the Yankees pushed across another run in the inning for a 3-1 edge. They tacked on more insurance in the ninth. 儘管小王英勇的表現，這場比賽還是緊張刺激，直到Giambi打出了突破僵局的陽春砲。後來又多得了幾分保險分。 Still, when Crisp reached base, the Fenway crowd began to murmur, knowing that if Pedroia could get aboard, David Ortiz would step to the plate as the tying run. But Pedroia lined out. It might not have mattered anyway. Ortiz endured another hitless night, dropping his batting average to .077. 當Crisp上壘後，紅襪的球迷開始竊竊私語，希望Pedroia能夠上壘，讓Ortiz這個追平分能夠上場打擊，最後Pedroia還是平飛球出局，不過就算老爹上場，以他貧打的近況，恐怕也挽救不了大局。 In the end, Chien-Ming Wang wasn't perfect last night. All he lacked was a little luck. 最後，王建民今晚的表現並不完美，他還缺了一點運氣 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.105.209.140

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