First win meaningful for Williams Houston native leads Astros to third straight over Reds By Alyson Footer / MLB.com Woody Williams 拿下意义非凡的一胜 这位休士顿出身的投手带领太空人拿下对红人队的三连胜 CINCINNATI -- At the risk of sounding sappy, it's safe to say Woody Williams waited his entire life to play for the Houston Astros. 虽然听来有点傻，但是，若说 Woody Williams 已经等了一辈子才等到替太空人 出赛的机会也没什麽错。 But once he became an Astro, the Houston native probably never imagined it would take this long for him to get his first win. 但是，他这位休士顿出身的投手大概无法想像，当他加盟太空人後，竟然要等上这麽 久才拿下第一胜。 In his eighth start of the year, Williams finally logged win No. 1 as the Astros topped the Reds, 3-2, before 16,278 fans on a clear Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park. The win arrived nearly six months after he signed a two-year deal with Houston, a team he grew up rooting for but had to wait until age 40 to finally put on the uniform. 在今年第八度先发的比赛中， Woody Williams 终於拿下第一胜，而太空人也以 ３－２在 Great America Ball Park 一万六千多名观众面前击败红人队。这一胜， 在 Williams 与太空人签下两年合约已经六个月後才终於到手，更别提，从小看太 空人比赛长大的他，到了近四十岁才穿上太空人队制服。 "It's nice, no doubt," Williams said. "I can't lie to you. It's a good feeling. Obviously, anytime you win it's nice, but to have the Astros uniform on, it's very special to me." Williams 说：「毫无疑问的，这感觉很棒。没盖你，这感觉真的很棒。当然， 每次你赢球都很棒，但是，穿着这身太空人的制服，一切都很特别。」 Williams held the Reds to two runs over 6 2/3 innings, walking two and striking out three. He also drove in his own game-winner, singling off Matt Belisle in the fourth to drive in Adam Everett. Wiliams 让红人队在六又三分之二局中仅拿下两分，投出两次保送、三次三振。 他还替自己拿下致胜的一分，在四局时面对 Matt Belsle 击出安打送回 Admd Everett。 Williams struggled early, walking the bases loaded during a 27-pitch first frame that he escaped when Josh Hamilton grounded out to end the inning. 一开赛 Williams 有些不稳，在投出２７球後，让红人把垒包占满，幸好， Josh Hamilton 的滚地球出局结束这次危机。 "[The first inning] was tough, and I was worried about how much it was going to take out of me," Williams said. "Especially just coming from the bullpen, the first inning's always crucial. Luckily, I didn't give up any runs. Adam made a good play to retire Hamilton, who the last time I pitched here did some damage against me. It was nice to get out of the first inning." Williams 说：「第一局相当辛苦，而且我很担心那一局到底会耗掉我多少力气。 你刚刚上场，第一局总是很重要。很幸运的，我没有掉分。 Adam 的守备让 Hamilton 没有上垒的机会，不然，上次我可是被他好好的修理过。能够度过第一局真是太好了。」 Williams said as the game progressed, he began to get a feel for his changeup. He was touched for two runs in the third when Brandon Phillips led off with a triple and scored on Adam Dunn's home run to right, but the veteran right-hander limited the Reds to one hit and a walk for the remainder of his outing. Williams 提到，当比赛慢慢继续下去，他开始抓到 changeup 的感觉。他在第三局 被攻下两分， Brandoh Phillips 先以三垒安打上垒，接着 Adam Dunn 以全垒打送 回这两分。不过，这位老牌右投手在接下来的局数中只让红人队击出一支安打，还只 投出一次保送。 "I just went with it," Williams said. "I was able to get quick outs and keep guys in the dugout instead of on the field, like I had been in the past." Williams 说：「我只是继续投下去。我後来可以顺利拿下出局数，把他们关 在休息区，而不是在场上乱跑，就像我过去一样。」 "He obviously struggled the first couple of innings, but then found a groove and did a nice job," Astros manager Phil Garner said. "He got us deep in the ballgame. I think he changed his game just a little bit as he went on, which is a good thing. He got results for it. And then he decided to take matters into his own hands and drive in the winning run." 太空人队总管Phil Gatner 说：「一开赛他的确不太稳，但是，他有找到方法而 投出好结局。他让我们得以维持均势到比赛後段。我想，他稍微调整了自己的节 奏而那很好。他的做法奏效。之後，他决定赢球还是要靠自己，打回那致胜的一分。 "We didn't score that many runs again for him, but it was good to see him drive in the game-winning RBI," Lance Berkman said. "If the pitchers don't take care of themselves, we can't be responsible for them." Lance Berkman 说：「又一次，我们没有替他拿下很多分。但是，看他自己打出 致胜分的打点感觉很好。如果投手自己没办法搞定，我们也没办法帮上忙。」 Berkman, the resident team jokester, was kidding about that last part. Berkman is never at a loss for one-liners, but it's understandable if he's even more jovial these days. 队上最会耍宝的 Berkman 刚刚最後一段当然是在开玩笑。他从来都是搞笑高手， 但是，这几天他的搞笑功力越来越复苏可是有所原因。 After all, he appears to be working his way out of the slump that plagued him for the entire first month of the season. And he's doing it in the city where he's had the most success -- Cincinnati, where he's clubbed 15 home runs at Great American Ball Park, more than any other visiting player. 毕竟，他看来已经慢慢走出低潮，一段维持了近一个月的低潮。而他也很会选地点， 在他生涯表现最佳的城市，辛辛那提，一个他猫出十五支全垒打的地方，这数字胜过 所有其他客队选手。 No. 15 arrived Wednesday. Morgan Ensberg reached on an error by third baseman Edwin Encarnacion, and Berkman followed with his fifth homer of the year, giving the Astros a 2-0 lead. 而这第十五号全垒打就在　Morgan Ensberg 靠着红人队三垒手 Edwin Encarnacion 的失误上垒後出现。这支 Berkman 本季第五发的全垒打给了太空人２－０的领先。 "When [Encarnacion] makes the error, to be honest with you, I'm thinking, [Belisle] punched me out the first time with a runner in scoring position and here we go again," Berkman said. "Just try to have a better at-bat." Berkman 说：「当那个失误发生，说老实话，我就想到上次 Belsile 也是在跑者 攻占得分位置的时候把我三振。我只是想要表现得更好。」 Dan Wheeler has recorded a save in all three wins this week against the Reds, and Brad Lidge also has caught Garner's eye. On Wednesday, Lidge faced four batters and retired the heart of the Cincinnati order in the eighth to preserve the Astros' slim lead. Dan Wheeler 在本周对上红人队的三次胜利中都拿下救援点， Brad Lidge 也吸引到 Garner 的注意。今天， Lidge 面对四位打者，在第八局解决掉红人队的中心打线， 保住太空人那微薄的领先。 "A beautiful job by Lidge," Garner said. "He didn't let them get any momentum at all. He just slammed the door, and so did Wheeler -- nicely done." Garner 说：「Lidge 今天干得好。他没有让对手有任何反攻的动能。他紧紧的守住 ， Wheeler 也是。太棒了。」 "I really do feel right now that I'm throwing the ball as good as I have my entire career," said Lidge, who hasn't allowed a run in 13 of his last 15 outings. "I'll continue to stay aggressive and go after guys. It's what I've always done in the past when I felt real good." Lidge 说：「我真的觉得现在我跟我生涯当中过去的满分表现一模一样，我将会继续 保持侵略性，正面对决。那就是我之前的做法，而我感觉真的很不错。」他在过去十 五次出赛中已经有十三次一分都没失掉。 The Astros have topped the Reds by one run in every game of the series. 这个系列赛中，太空人全都以一分胜出。 "I don't know how we're doing it," Berkman said. "It seems like we're staggering around to these victories. If you can win three one-run games like that in a row, it's not easy on the nerves, but it looks good in the win-loss column." Berkman 说：「我不知道我们怎麽办到的。我们这几场胜利都惊险。如果你连赢 三场一分之差的比赛，对心脏的刺激可是很大，但是，赢球还是赢球，战绩总是 因此变好。」 --

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