Teng ‘trusting his stuff’ pays off in season-best outing for Astros By Brian McTaggart CHICAGO – What makes right-hander Kai-Wei Teng’s sweeper so difficult for opposing pitchers to hit, says Astros catcher César Salazar, is that it resembles a fastball for a good portion of the time while traveling to the plate and then suddenly takes a hard left. By that time, the hitter has committed to the fastball and has little chance of making good contact. 芝加哥—太空人捕手 César Salazar 表示，右投 Kai-Wei Teng 的 sweeper（横扫滑球）之所以难以击中，在於球路前段看起来和速球非常相似，但接近本垒时会突然大幅横移。等到打者判断出变化时，通常已经对速球出棒，很难击出紮实击球。 The quality of Teng’s sweeper was on full display in Saturday’s 3-0 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field, where he threw a season-high six scoreless innings, striking out three batters and allowing two hits. Christian Walker clubbed a pair of homers to drive in all three runs for the Astros, who have gone 6-4 in their last 10 games. 邓恺威的 sweeper 在今天对 Chicago Cubs 一战完全展现威力。太空人在 Wrigley Field 以3比0击败小熊，邓恺威主投本季新高的6局无失分，送出3次三振、仅被敲2安。Christian Walker 则敲出双响炮，包办球队全部3分打点。太空人近10战取得6胜4败。 Teng, making his fourth start since being moved to the rotation, lowered his ERA to 2.19 and WHIP to 1.05 in 37 innings. Teng threw the sweeper 42 times in 89 pitches and got seven of his 10 whiffs on the pitch. 自从转任先发後，这是邓恺威第4场先发。此役过後，他本季37局的防御率降至2.19，WHIP为1.05。今天89球中有42球是 sweeper，并利用这颗球种制造10次挥空中的7次。 “Obviously, the sweeper is my best pitch right now,” Teng said. “During the past few years when I didn’t really feel my sinker and my four-seam, I sometimes threw tons of sweeper. This year, I really trusted in my stuff and even though I didn’t feel good throwing the sinker and four-seam, I stuck with the game plan – just throw those fastballs and then it has good tunnelling with the sweeper. That’s probably why the sweeper plays that well.” 「很明显，sweeper 是我目前最好的球种，」邓恺威表示。 「过去几年当我对伸卡球和四缝线没有太多手感时，有时候会大量使用 sweeper。今年我更相信自己的球威，即使伸卡球和四缝线状况没有特别好，我还是照着比赛策略去投那些速球，让它们和 sweeper 形成不错的 tunnelling（轨迹伪装效果）。这大概也是 sweeper 能发挥效果的原因。」 For the season, opposing hitters are batting .105 with a .140 slugging percentage and 32.2 percent whiff rate against Teng’s sweeper. Salazar said his ability to throw it on both sides of the plate, for strikes and for chase, makes it effective. 本季打者面对邓恺威的 sweeper，打击率仅0.105、长打率0.140，挥空率则达32.2%。Salazar 表示，邓恺威能将这颗球投进好球带两侧，不论是抢好球或引诱打者追打，都相当有效。 “It has a good line off the fastball for a long time,” said Salazar. “It’s like six or seven miles [per hour] off the fastball, but it’s not like it pops out of the hand. It goes in a straight line and takes a hard left, even when he’s throwing it for get-me-over strikes.” 「它有很长一段时间都和速球维持相似轨迹，」Salazar 说。 「它大概只比速球慢6、7英里，但不会让人一出手就看出来。它会先维持直线球路，之後再突然大幅横移，即使只是拿来抢好球也一样。」 Teng issued leadoff walks in the second and third inning, but ground-ball double plays in both innings kept the Cubs off the scoreboard and his pitch count low. Astros starting pitchers have posted a 1.58 ERA in 23 innings in the team’s last four games, including three scoreless outings by a starter. 邓恺威在第2与第3局都投出开局保送，但两局都靠滚地球双杀化解危机，不仅让小熊无法得分，也有效控制用球数。太空人先发投手群近4场比赛合计23局、防御率1.58，其中已有3场由先发投手完成无失分内容。 “We’re starting to get quality start after quality start,” Astros manager Joe Espada said. “Our offense continues to put [together] some good at-bats again today, but for us to get going and create consistency in how we win games, we need both sides of the ball, and it starts with our pitching.” 太空人总教练 Joe Espada 表示： 「我们开始一场接着一场投出优质先发。今天打线也持续有不错的打席内容，但如果想建立稳定赢球的模式，攻守两端都必须到位，而一切都是从投手开始。」 Teng, acquired in a January trade from the Giants, was excelling in a long relief role before the Astros decided to move him to the rotation in late April. That was in part because of the number of injuries they had in the rotation, but also because of how well Teng was throwing. 邓恺威是在今年1月透过交易自 San Francisco Giants 加入太空人。在4月底被调进先发轮值前，他原本担任长中继角色且表现出色。太空人之所以做出调整，一方面是因为轮值伤兵问题，另一方面也是因为邓恺威本身投球内容相当稳定。 As a starter, he’s managed to remain effective during the second and third time through the batting order. He retired nine of the final 10 hitters he faced Saturday. Teng said he sticks to the pregame plan during the first time through the order, but focuses on hitters’ reactions after that to determine which pitches to throw. 转任先发後，邓恺威在面对打线第二轮、第三轮时，依然能维持压制力。今天他最後面对的10名打者中，解决了其中9人。邓恺威表示，第一次面对打线时，会依照赛前拟定的策略配球，之後则会根据打者反应调整球种搭配。 恺威今年的sweeper依旧是有目共睹，赛前Run value是6。 这场缴出生涯代表作，今年控球的进步是自己休赛季的功劳，我空是帮他优化game plan，文中也有提到更相信自己的stuff，而不是像去年基本上一直靠sweeper。不过这场只有sweeper能用的情况下重回到了去年的使用率，但该丢的四缝还是要丢，直接丢进去而不是要求一定要控在边角，实际取得的效果非常好。 这场隐忧则是BB希望还能更好以及本场Hard Hit还是偏高，这点相较於去年就没那麽好了。 但无损恺威连续两场缴出无失分好投，继续保持，我空也只落後外卡4场而已，还有机会。 Brown要准备复健赛了，到时候真的是要烦恼要继续6人轮值还是谁去牛棚了XD ----- Sent from JPTT on my iPhone --

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