Astros ride Sampson's gem in win 太空人靠着 Sampson 的优异表现拿下胜利。 Starter goes eight solid innings; Lee, Scott add homers 先发投手主宰八局的比赛； Lee 与 Scott 各添一发全垒打。 By Ben Dubose / MLB.com HOUSTON -- On an afternoon in which he recorded no strikeouts and got behind early, Chris Sampson ended up dealing one of his best career starts. 这个下午，没法三振对手又早早落後的 Chris Sampson 竟然缴出生涯最佳先发。 The second-year right-hander threw a career-best eight innings, recovering from early trouble and limiting the Cardinals to three runs in an 8-3 Astros victory on Saturday afternoon. The win is Houston's second in three games after a 10-game losing streak. 这位右投、二年级生主投生涯最佳的八局，从比赛初期的乱流中走出，将红雀队压制 到只得三分，而太空人最终在周六下午以８－３拿下胜利。自从十连败之後，太空人 已经在三场比赛中拿下两胜。 "It's a good step in the right direction and helps us out tremendously," Sampson said. "It definitely gives us confidence. I had the good sinker working today, and starting in the fourth and fifth innings, I was able to put it where I wanted it and put a good, consistent sink on it. My control wasn't there early, but I settled down and found it later in the game." Sampson 说：「这是往对的方向踏出的一步，而这对我们有很大的帮助。这的确 带给我们信心。今天我的 Sinker 有认真上班。在第四、第五局我开始能够确实 掌握到我 Sinker 的位置，而且持续保持下去。一开始我的控球不稳，但是我回 稳，在比赛过程中找回感觉。」 After surrendering a second-inning solo home run to Jim Edmonds and sacrifice flies to Aaron Miles and Gary Bennett, Sampson buckled down and retired 13 consecutive Cardinals from the top of the fourth until a two-out single from Scott Spiezio in the eighth. More impressively, Albert Pujols was retired in all four of his at-bats and never had a ball leave the infield. 在第二局被 Jim Edmonds 的阳春全垒打及 Aaron Miles 与 Gary Bennett 的 牺牲打攻下两分後， Sampson 自四局上起连续挡下了红雀队１３位打者，直到 第八局才又被 Scott Spiezio 在两出局後击出安打。更令人激赏的是， Albert Pujols 四个打席都没有安打，连把球击出内野的机会都没有。 "Chris [Sampson] has done a great job this whole year with his control and keeping the ball down in the zone, and today he did another excellent job of that," reliever Brad Lidge said. "He never really gets in too much trouble, because he has a good sinker he can rely on. He's not the hardest thrower, but he has a lot of movement and it's always down in the zone, so you have to take your chances with a guy like that." 後援投手 Brad Lidge 说：「 Chris 一整年表现都很棒，控球、把球压低等等。 今天他又一次拿出优异表现。他没有真正陷入麻烦过，因为他可以依赖很好的 Sinker。他不是最威的投手，但他有很多的尾劲，而且球压的很低，所以遇上他 打者只能碰运气了。」 Lidge pitched a perfect ninth, with two strikeouts, to secure the win, bringing his ERA down to a season-best 2.70. In his last 19 outings, he boasts an impressive 0.89 ERA, with just 12 hits allowed and 30 strikeouts. Lidge 也投出完美的第九局，以两次三振确保胜绩，把他的 ERA 降到本季最佳的 2.70。在过去１９次出赛中，他缴出引人注意的 0.89 ERA ，只被击出１２支安打 ，送出３０次三振。 But unlike many starts from Houston pitchers in recent weeks, Sampson's gem was coupled with quality run support from the Houston offense. Trailing 3-2 entering the bottom of the fifth, Eric Munson and Adam Everett led off the inning with back-to-back singles against St. Louis starter Kip Wells, and Sampson reached on an error to load the bases with no one out. 但是，不像太空人近几周先发投手的遭遇， Sampson 的优异表现也有来自打线 的充分支持。当球队以２－３落後，进入五局下时， Eric Munson 与 Adam Everett 带头以连续安打威胁红雀队先发投手 Kip Wells ，而 Sampson 更靠 着失误上垒把垒包占满，无人出局。 Two batters later, Hunter Pence fisted an inside fastball down the right-field line and it dropped in for a double, scoring Everett and Sampson and putting the Astros in front for good at 4-3. 两个打席後， Hunter Pence 抓准一个靠内侧的快速球往右外野边线猫过去， 这球弹了回来形成二垒安打，送回 Everett 与 Sampson 还让太空人以４－３ 领先。 "We had a lot of timely hits," Pence said. "I got in there and tried to battle. I said, 'We've got to get this run.' [Wells] had been throwing me a lot of inside fastballs, and I wanted to be short to the ball and stay inside of it, and it happened to fall in for me." Pence 说：「有好几支安打都来的及时。我上场，打算跟他拼了。我想”我们 一定要拿下这分”Wells 比赛中已经对我投了不少内侧快速球，我想要靠球近 一点，而那球真的如我所愿。」 From there, the Astros offense poured it on. Berkman drove in Craig Biggio with a groundout, and Luke Scott and Carlos Lee added home runs in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively. 从那里开始，太空人的打线苏醒了。 Berkman 以滚地球出局送回 Craig Biggio 而 Luke Scott 与 Carlos Lee 在第六、第七局各击出全垒打。 "We did what we're supposed to do," Lee said of the offense. "We put the ball in play and made things happen. We had key hits at the right times." Lee 说：「我们做到份内的事。我们击出安打、让球队得以赢球。我们在正确的 时间击出关键安打。」 Perhaps most crucial to the Astros' nine-hit, eight-run outburst was getting rare support from the bottom part of the lineup: In the six-spot, Scott homered; in the seven-spot, new catcher Munson singled and walked; and in the eight-hole, Everett had a team-high three hits, including a second-inning home run that tied the game, 2-2. 对太空人来说这九支安打得到的八分，最值得注意的是来自後段棒次的罕见火力。 第六棒的 Scott 有全垒打，第七棒、新任补手 Munson 有一支安打与一次保送， 在第八棒 Everett 有全队最高的三支安打，包含在第二局把比赛追平在２－２的 全垒打。 "They did a nice job," manager Phil Garner said of the bottom of his order. "Everett hit three balls very well. When the bottom of the order does a good job, you can put a lot of runs on the board, because you're getting those guys on base when the top of your lineup is coming up." 总教练 Phil Garner 对於後段棒次的看法是：「他们做得很好。 Everett 有 三次打击表现得很好。当後段棒次有发挥，你可以灌进不少分，当你的前段打 线上场时，发挥不错的後段棒次都已经攻占上垒包了。」 Besides Everett, Pence was the only other Astros hitter with multiple hits, going 2-for-4 with the two-run double to raise his season average to .358. Biggio went 1-for-5, raising his career hit total to 2,978. Lee was 1-for-1 with three walks and the homer. 除了 Everett 之外， Pence 是太空人队唯一一位击出多支安打的选手，四个 打席２支安打包含２分打点的二垒安打，本季打击率已经提升到 .３５８。 Biggio 五个打席１支安打，生涯累积２９７８支安打。 Lee 一个打席１支安 打，三次保送一发全垒打。 "[Our offense] swung the bats well and saw the ball well," Sampson said. "We were clicking well as a team today." Sampson 说：「我们的进攻有发挥，而且看球看得很准。今天我们真的像只好球队。」 For the Cardinals, Wells became the Majors' first starter to reach double-digit losses, dropping to 2-10 on the season with a 6.40 ERA. He gave up six runs, five earned, in five innings, allowing seven hits and three walks. 对於红雀队来说， Wells 成为大联盟首位败绩达到双位数的先发投手，本季２胜 １０败， ERA 为６.４０。他被攻下６分，５分是自责分，在五局中被击出７支 安打，保送３位打者。 With a win Sunday, the Astros can claim their first series victory since taking two of three from the Giants in mid-May. 只要在周日胜出，太空人将可以继五月中面对巨人队三战两胜後，再一次拿下 系列战的胜利。 Ben Dubose is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. --

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