[新聞] Tigers need lefty bats to power up

看板NY-Yankees作者leddy (耿秋)時間17年前 (2007/08/17 15:11)推噓4(4推 0噓 0→)

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換點口味, 看看底特律的報紙, 這是第一場打一半寫的重點: 老虎需要左打者讓炮火升級 1. 老虎到洋基的四連戰要看老虎的打線如何對付洋基的右投手 2. 週三晚上輸給Carmona後, 老虎對上右投的勝率掉到五成(贏這場後又稍升), 但對上左投則是勝多於負12場, 剛好是本季老虎勝大於負多出的12場勝場數(指對上洋基前, 明天Pettitte小心了)。 3. 也不是什麼機密了, 本季開始時老虎打線即是右打者所主宰, 目前的情況更是嚴重, 左右開弓的Carlos Gillen從明星賽後就沒打出全壘打了(誰知今天就幹了滿貫), Sean Casey本季僅有三隻全壘打, Curtis Granderson雖然打過長打, 但有三個星期沒有全壘打了。這三人也是基本上老虎每天排得出來的三個左打者。 4. 在這個系列賽之前, 老虎三週來左打者只打出一隻全壘打(Gillen打了以後再三週再打吧), 是Casey對上魔鬼魚時打出來的, 缺乏強力的左打者是三周來老虎贏不了任何一個系列賽的主要原因。 5. 近年來的一些時候, 老虎欠缺強力左打者就訊息就已經顯示出來了, 但現在則更為明顯, 老虎必須在季後補進一個強力的左打者。(大吉!?)。前場對上印地安人的Carmona, 在第八局老虎有機會用三個強打者設法打回追平分, 但這三個都是右打, 結果全部被 Carmona解決(當局Indge 一壘打, Granderson 三壘打, 然後Thames K, Sheff 平飛出局, Ordonez 界外飛球接殺)。這時候希望至少能派上個左打者(Carmona 對左打被打擊率是.279, 對右是.226. SLG 左打.391, 右打.326, 小王更是Orz...) 6. 對洋基的四場系列賽除了週五對上派派是左投外, 週四Moose, 週六老克, 週日小王全是右投手, 再來對上笑臉人三場, Carmona, Byrd, Westbrook也全是右投。 7. 本週老虎遇上洋基終結者MO的機會多不多呢? 據NY Post專欄作家Joel Sherman表示 Rivera前四次救援上場都很抖, 拿到一敗, 一砸鍋(BS), 一個很險的Save, 這原因要歸咎於總教練Torre在關鍵時刻，除了MO以外沒什麼其他選擇，因為在那時實在沒什麼救援投手值得信賴，結果在前幾個月經常用Rivera超過一局 (這實在是沒得選擇, 季初才信誓旦旦說本季不會讓MO丟超過一局)。Joel也說到Torre表示對上老虎這四場系列賽將讓MO好好休息。老虎隊喜不喜歡這情況呢? 去年季中的比賽老虎唯一打敗洋基的二場，便是因為MO因健康因素沒法上場，讓老虎在第九局拿到逆轉勝(記得天天P嗎，雙重賽連續上，第一場一球解決老虎打者，第二場Monroe打了三分炮逆轉)。 Tigers need lefty bats to power up JOHN LOWE'S BLOG www.freep.com Tigers need lefty bats to power up EDITOR'S NOTE: John added to his blog at 7:32 P.M. August 16, 2007 Hello from Yankee Stadium. Among the things to watch in this four-game series will be how the Tigers do against the Yankees right-handed pitching. With Wednesday night's loss to Fausto Carmona, the Tigers fell to .500 in games in which right-handers start against them. They are 12 games over when lefties face them -- and 12 over for the season. There's not much mystery here. The Tigers were a predominatly right-handed team when the season began. They have become even more so now. Switch-hitter Carlos Guillen hasn't hit a homer since the All-Star break. Sean Casey has three homers for the season. And Curtis Granderson, for all his triples and extra-base hits, has now gone three weeks without a homer. And Guillen, Casey and Granderson basically represent the left-handed part of the Tigers' everyday attack. In these last three weeks, the Tigers have one homer from a left-handed batter. Casey hit it against Tampa Bay. The lack of left-handed power is one reason the Tigers haven't won a series in those three weeks. As as it has other times in recent years, the Tigers lack of left-handed power is showing. It seems more and more evident they will need to try to find a left-handed hitter in the off-season. The Tigers had their three big sluggers up against Carmona as the potential tying run in the eighth last night. But all three of those sluggers were right-handed. It's a situation where you'd like to have a left-handed power threat to mix in there. The Yankees will pitch three right-handers against the Tigers: Mike Mussina tonight, Roger Clemens on Saturday and Chien-Ming Wang on Sunday. Lefty Andy Pettitte will start Friday night. In his first at-bat tonight, Guillen -- batting left-handed -- launched a first-inning grand slam off Mike Mussina. Then Cleveland will come to Detroit next Tuesday-Wednesday, and it is scheduled to start its three right-handers: Carmona, Byrd and Jake Westbrook. How much will the Tigers see right-handed closer Mariano Rivera this week? In today's New York Post, columnist Joel Sherman says that Rivera's struggles in the last four days (he's got a loss, a blown save and a shaky save) can be traced to all the times that manager Joe Torre, lacking in reliable alternatives, often used Rivera for more than one inning in the last few months. To read the complete column, visit http://www.nypost.com/seven/08162007/sports/yankees/joe_must_lessen_closer_s_workload_yankees_joel_sherman.htm. Joel also called on Torre to give Rivera the entire Tigers series off to rest. Wouldn't the Tigers love that? The only two times they beat the Yankees in the regular season last year, they came from behind in the ninth inning on nights when Rivera was deemed unavailable for health reasons. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.132.198.21