[翻譯]OF injuries, Matsuzaka mistakes spell doom

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http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=1019716 OF injuries, Matsuzaka mistakes spell doom By Michael Silverman Boston Herald Sports Reporter Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - Updated: 05:37 AM EST NEW YORK - It’s hard to say the sky is falling with the Red Sox [team stats] still holding a seven-game lead in the AL East this morning. But after falling, 5-3, to the Yankees and losing Manny Ramirez [stats] and Bobby Kielty to back injuries last night, there were enough M. Night Shyamalan-type signs hovering over the Bronx to give Red Sox followers a minor case of the heebie-jeebies. 紐約訊 -- 紅襪還有七場領先，[輸了一場比賽]稱不上是什麼天塌了的大事。但以 5-3 輸給洋基，Manny Ramirez 和 Bobby Kielty 又在同一個晚上背部受傷，紅襪球迷們難免感到一股奈特沙馬蘭(註)式的惡兆，而開始焦慮起來。 (註)M. Night Shyamalan, 導演 With a partial lunar eclipse in the morning, a full moon rising in the evening and a petrified but living squirrel perched atop the right field foul pole at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox resumed their eternal squabble with the Yankees in a somewhat spacy atmosphere, with the visitors getting lost in it. 這天，早上出現了月偏食，傍晚升起了滿月，一隻受驚的松鼠攀在右外野全壘打柱上。就在這股些許離奇的氣氛之下，紅襪繼續著與宿敵洋基的永久纏鬥。這次，客隊輸了球。 The Red Sox’ favorite ex-idiot, Johnny Damon, supplied the game-winning hit with a two-run home run in the seventh inning off Daisuke Matsuzaka, who also gave up a go-ahead home run to Derek Jeter in the fifth in losing his third consecutive decision. 紅襪最愛拿來說嘴的叛將 Johnny Damon 在第七局從松坂大輔手中打出了致勝的兩分全壘打。松坂在第五局也被 Derek Jeter 打出了超前的全壘打，第三度失去了勝投機會。 “In a game like this, a couple of mistakes can go a long way,” said Sox manager Terry Francona, not making a sly reference to Damon’s home run, which barely cleared the right field wall next to the squirrely pole, just 314 feet from home plate. “He tried to go front-door cutter to Jeter and got it out too much over the plate and he tried to come in on Johnny, and even though the ball didn’t catch the great part of the bat because it wasn’t in enough, he was able to keep it fair in the perfect part of the ballpark.” 「在這樣的比賽中，幾個錯誤會變得很難以彌補，」紅襪教頭 Terry Francona 不僅暗指 Demon 打到有松鼠的竿子附近，剛好越過牆頭、 314 呎遠的全壘打。「他想投一個從內側進壘的 cutter, 但跑得太中間；他對 Johnny 也想投近一點，結果雖然沒有被球棒的大部分擊中，因為球不夠進來，他還是把球打到球場最剛好的地方。」 Francona said Ramirez will be re-evaluated today and the team has no interest in seeing him visit the disabled list. But just mentioning that raised the spectre of the Red Sox’ sustaining a serious blow to their lineup. Francona 說 Ramirez 今天會重新檢查一下。球隊當然不希望他上 DL, 但光是這樣假想就讓人覺得紅襪打線大受打擊。 That lineup was able to do enough damage to Yankees starter Andy Pettitte that Matsuzaka should have been able to hold on to at least a tie, especially after his mates had dug him out of a 2-0 hole. 這次的紅襪打線已經給了洋基先發投手 Andy Pettitte 足夠的傷害，松坂至少應該可以把分數維持在平手才對。尤其，他的隊友還在他 2-0 落後的時候拉了他一把。 Needing 26 pitches before he could record his third out of the first inning, Matsuzaka’s opening effort paled next to Pettitte, who needed just seven pitches in the first. The Red Sox struck back when Ramirez led off the second inning by poking a home run over the right field wall. An inning later, they tied it on David Ortiz [stats]’ sacrifice fly. Both starters settled in after that, aside from Jeter’s home run and Jason Varitek [stats]’s game-tying solo shot to lead off the seventh. 松坂在第一局花了 26 個球才抓到第三個出局數的表現和第一局只花了七個球的 Pettite 相比之下略遜一籌。紅襪的反擊由 Ramirez 在第二局的右外野全壘打開始。一局之後，紅襪靠著 David Ortiz 的犧牲飛球追平比數。兩名先發投手後來都穩了下來，僅有 Jeter 打出的一隻全壘打，和 Jason Varitek 在第七局的追平全壘打。 Matsuzaka’s sharpness evaporated in the bottom of that inning. He allowed a single, followed by a sacrifice bunt and Damon’s homer. One walk later, Matsuzaka was done for the evening. He threw 110 pitches but the 84 he needed for his final 5 1/3 innings could not make up for his early inefficiency and his late failures. 松坂的銳利度在那一局下半卻憑空消失了。他讓對方打出一隻安打，緊接著的是一個犧牲觸擊和 Damon 的全壘打。他投了 110 球，但他在最後 5 1/3 局中的 84 球並無法彌補他剛開始耗掉的球數，和他最後的失敗表現。 “Both (home run) pitches could have been prevented so I definitely regret both,” said Matsuzaka, whose record dropped to 13-11 with his first loss in three starts against the Yankees. “I think all the responsibility for my recent losses belong to me.” 「那兩個[造成全壘打]的投球都是可以避免的，我自然是很懊惱，」松坂說。在對洋基系列戰首戰落敗後，他的戰績掉到 13 勝 11 敗。「對於我最近的敗投，我認為責任都在我身上。」 Matsuzaka’s ERA against the Yankees stands at a bloated 6.98, a testament to the home team’s offensive prowess and the threat it presents to any team employing mediocre pitching, no matter how briefly. Last night, Matsuzaka was shaky in the first, then made two brief but major mistakes. The Yankees pounced and shaved a game off the Red Sox [team stats] ’ lead. 松坂對洋基的 ERA 高達 6.98, 這證實了洋基的強大火力，只要對手的投球稍稍失去水準，即使只有一下下，洋基也能造成威脅。昨晚，松坂就是在第一局不穩，然後犯了兩個一瞬間但後果嚴重的錯誤。這就足以讓洋基趁機重擊，削下了一場與紅襪的勝場差。 With all the mischief going on in the heavens last night, the loss felt like something bigger than it probably was. The key word there is “probably.” 在昨晚詭異的天象之下，這場敗戰給人的感覺可能被誇大了。不過，上一段的關鍵字是「可能」。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 123.192.157.71 ※ noctem:轉錄至看板 RedSox 08/30 00:32 ※ 編輯: noctem 來自: 123.192.157.71 (08/30 01:07)