[新聞] Pettitte has the upper hand

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NEW YORK 8, ANGELS 2 Pettitte has the upper hand Angels' struggles against left-handers continue. New York breaks it open against Shields in the eighth. By Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 23, 2007 重點: Pettitte有夠威, 天使怕左手 1. 天使今年球季的成績亮麗, 主場的比賽也打得一級棒, 但在這一連串的勝利裡還是有他們的弱項, 不管是在主場或客場所顯露出來的就是: 他們不擅打左投手。 2. 洋基的左投手Petttitte是最近一個打敗他們的左投手, 他讓天使在7局內只打出5支安打只得了一分以8比2落敗, 使天使隊沒法在美聯西區拉大和水手的領先的差距。 3. 洋基在八局開始時仍僅以3比1領先, 卻在八局連得四分, 有三分是從天使的後援投手 Scot Shields取得, 避免被天使三場橫掃, 使得洋基在美聯與破襪的勝差回到五場。天使仍以兩場領先水手隊。天使投手John Lacky在7局多的投球中, 被打十支安打掉了4分, 他的成績掉落到15勝8敗, 他說: 他知道這會是一場難打的比賽, 天使前一場從洋基手上得了18分, 天使想要進一步橫掃洋基, 卻要碰上一個好投手, 事情有點讓洋基得以板回保住顏面。 3. 週三的比賽洋基想要板回局勢最好選擇就是Pettitte, 他面對天使的26個打者有14位的第一球都是好球, 同時三振了六位, 讓他最近9度先發的成績增加到7勝1敗。他生涯在洋基時, 洋基輸掉前一場後, 他上場先發的記錄是68勝33敗。這場比賽唯一的瑕疵是第六局被Orland Cabrera打出陽春砲將比數追成1比1平手。 4. 老托提到Pettitte時說, Pettitte總知道什麼時候贏球對球隊是重要的, 尤其贏得這場比賽對洋基非常非常的重要。在這個球季中天使對上左投手的紀錄是15勝15敗, 包括主場10勝8敗, 客場5勝7敗。對上右投手, 天使則是59勝37敗。(所以季後如果對手是天使, 首場先發應該是由Pettitte掛帥) 5. 對左投手打不好的一些解釋是: Robb Quinlan, 生涯對上左投手打擊率是0.324, 本季對上左投手的記錄是0.250, 他上場打擊的次數不夠多到找回手感。左右開弓的Gary Matthews Jr. 用右打的打擊率只有0.198。強打二壘手Howie Kendrick則因傷休息了大半季。總教練Scioscia說: 天使的Q打得沒有去年好, 不然他真得很會打左投手, 而天使一些左右開弓的球員像Gary則用右打打得很慘, 這球季一直都是這樣。 6. unlucky的Lackey投滿七局, 在四局時因Cano的內野安打掉了一安, 第七局則被牛奶弟和帥哥隊長各出兩支一打點的一壘打掉了兩分。但是八局一上來就被阿布打了一支中外野的陽春砲, 讓比數來到4比1。天使總教Sciosica派出神盾(Shields)希望能重振這右投手的信心。可惜神盾變紙盾, A-Rod被保送, 松井二壘打, Posada打出兩打點二壘打, Cabrera又從Bootcheck手中打出一打點一壘打, 有三分記在Shields身上, 讓比數變成7比1。Shields目前在8月9場出賽的自責分是13.50。Sciosica說, 他們設法讓神盾放鬆心情投些球, 但他落後給A-Rod將他保送, 事情便越來越糟, 他將會變好的, 取決他自己找到問題點, 紙盾會變神盾的。(但會是在明年, 不在今年....不會在今年...) 7. 但天使後援投不好的可能也要怪一壘審Dan Iassogna, 在四局時的誤判污了天使一分, 一分在一個勢均力敵的比賽顯示很是巨大。當天使一三壘有跑者的情況, Kendrick打出三壘方向的滾地球, 他顯然搶在Cano的傳球前到達一壘, 應該是個一分打點的野手選擇。但丁丁一壘審判Kendrick出局, 洋基撿到一個雙殺的守備將比賽維持在1比0領先。重播畫面明顯顯示Kendrick是安全上壘。 8. 天使總教練Scioscia說, 天使沒有打得夠好到可以吸收這個誤判, 但是在那時, 這誤判影響實在巨大。(只能說丁丁一壘審其實一點也不丁丁) 9. 對天使還有更壞的消息。在失掉因腕部受傷的開路先鋒Chone Figgins的一晚後, 一壘手Casey Kotchman在九局, 被一個他打出界外的投球打中左手大姆指和中指, 雖然他完成了那個打數, 但今天要去照X光檢查看看。天使總教練說, 我們將祈求好運, 那是烏青, 幾天內不可能沒事, 現在相當的痛。 As good a record as the Angels have this season, and as well as they've played at home, there has been one weak link in their chain of victories, one sore spot that has been exposed at home and on the road: their vulnerability to left-handed pitchers. New York Yankees veteran Andy Pettitte was the latest lefty to beat the Angels, limiting them to one run and five hits in seven innings of an 8-2 victory Wednesday night that prevented the Angels from increasing their lead over Seattle in the American League West. The Yankees blew open a 3-1 game with four runs in the eighth inning, three off beleaguered Angels reliever Scot Shields, to avoid a three-game sweep and move within five games of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The Angels remain two games ahead of the Mariners. "I knew it was going to be a tough game," said Angels starter John Lackey, who gave up four runs and 10 hits in seven-plus innings and fell to 15-8. "We scored 18 runs against them [Tuesday], we were going against a good pitcher, and we were trying to sweep the Yankees. Things kind of even themselves out." Pettitte was the great equalizer Wednesday. He threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of 26 batters and struck out six to improve to 7-1 in his last nine starts and 68-33 as a Yankee in games following a loss. His only blemish: Orlando Cabrera's solo homer that made it 1-1 in the sixth. "He knows when it's important for us to win," Yankees Manager Joe Torre said of Pettitte. "This game was enormously important for us." The Angels, meanwhile, fell to 15-15 against left-handed starters on the season, 10-8 at home and 5-7 on the road. They're 59-37 against right-hander. Some explanations: Robb Quinlan, a career .324 hitter against left-handers, is batting .250 against them this season and has not played enough to find his stroke. Switch-hitter Gary Matthews Jr. is batting .198 from the right side. Hard-hitting second baseman Howie Kendrick has missed half of the season because of injuries. "Q is not as locked in as he was last year, and he really attacks left-handers well," Manager Mike Scioscia said. "Some of our switch-hitters, like Gary, have struggled from the right side. It's a consistency thing." Lackey kept the Angels in the game through seven innings, giving up a run on Robinson Cano's infield single in the fourth and two runs on RBI singles by Melky Cabrera and Derek Jeter in the seventh. But Bobby Abreu led off the eighth with a home run to center to make it 4-1, and Scioscia went to Shields in hopes of boosting the right-hander's confidence. So much for that -- Alex Rodriguez walked, Hideki Matsui doubled, Jorge Posada hit a two-run double, and Cabrera's RBI single off Chris Bootcheck, a run charged to Shields, made it 7-1. Shields now has a 13.50 earned-run average in nine August games. "We were trying to let him relax and make some pitches, but he fell behind Alex and things spiraled from there," Scioscia said. "He'll get better. It's just a matter of him finding it." A lack of quality Angels relief was probably a relief to first-base umpire Dan Iassogna, whose blown call in the fourth inning cost the Angels a run and would have loomed large in a tight game. With runners on first and third, Kendrick chopped a grounder to third and appeared to beat Cano's relay to first for an RBI fielder's choice. But Iassogna ruled Kendrick out, and the Yankees had a double play and retained their 1-0 lead. Replays clearly showed that Kendrick was safe. "We didn't play well enough to absorb a play like that," Scioscia said, "but at the time, that was big." More bad news for the Angels. One night after losing leadoff batter Chone Figgins to a wrist injury, first baseman Casey Kotchman was hit in the left thumb and middle finger as he fouled off a pitch in the ninth. Though he finished the at-bat, he will have X-rays today. "We'll keep our fingers crossed," Scioscia said. "It's black and blue. Hopefully, it's nothing that won't be all right in a couple of days. It's very sore right now." mike.digiovanna@latimes.com -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.132.198.21

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