※ 引述《wonders320 (一飞冲天)》之铭言： : Chien-Ming Wang goes back to his sinker and lifts the Nationals to 3-1 : victory over Cubs 小王重拾伸卡，率领国民队以3:1击败小熊队 : CHICAGO — When Chien-Ming Wang returned to a major league pitching mound, his : right shoulder diminished even after two years of sweat and toil, he no longer : trusted what had made him one of the best in the world. He lost conviction in : his unrelenting style, in throwing the pitch — and only that pitch — that : thudded off bats like medicine balls. His battered shoulder changed him, and : he responded with more change. 芝加哥电： 当小王回到大联盟投手丘上时，虽然经过两年的辛苦复健，但他的右肩仍然稍嫌无力。 小王似乎不相信那颗曾帮助他成为世界顶尖投手之一的伸卡球。 小王似乎对自己过去那种毫不留情让打者出局的风格失去了信念， 所以当棒子打到他投出的球时，发出的声音，就像是打中练习球一般。 不过，小王逐渐强壮的肩膀，改变了他的想法，而小王也有了更大的转变。 : Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, Wang ditched his attempt at reinvention and : crafted perhaps the most promising game of this Washington Nationals season. : In a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs, Wang carried a no-hitter into the sixth : inning, allowing only an infield single in his six scoreless innings. In his : third start since returning from a torn capsule in his right shoulder and the : massive surgery it required, Wang earned his first major league win since June : 28, 2009. 星期二晚上，在Wrigley Field球场上，小王试图重振旗鼓， 用心投出了可能是他今年在国民队最让人充满期待的一场球。 在这场以3:1击败小熊队的球赛中，小王前五局都没让对手击出任何一支安打。 直到第六局，才让小熊队打出一支内野的滚地安打，但小王仍保持六局无失分的表现。 在经历过右肩受伤与复杂的手术後，小王终於拿下自2009年6月28日以来的第一场大联盟胜投。 : “For me, it means a lot, because it’s been two years,” Wang said through : an interpreter. “It’s not a short time.” 小王透过翻译说：「对我而言，这场球意义重大，因为我已经等了两年，那已经够久了。」 : Wang’s performance hinged on him finding what made him so dominant in his best : seasons. He largely abandoned, to great effect, any pitch other than his sinker : , the pitch he threw insistently at his peak, the weapon made him one of the : best pitchers in baseball. Wang threw 66 of out of 81 pitches. The results were : familiar — he recorded 11 groundball outs, Cubs batters drilling sinkers into : the dirt in front of home plate. 小王的表现也让他自己找到过去之所以能在球季中有主宰能力的原因。 小王在比赛中舍弃了其他球种，全力发挥他的伸卡球。 因为这正是过去他在王牌时期所惯用的球种，同时也是让他成为棒坛最佳投手之一的武器。 在小王投出的81球中，有66颗都是伸卡球。 而我们也看到过去熟悉的结果：面对小王的伸卡球，小熊队的打者纷纷击出本垒版前（内野的）吃土的滚地球， 最後小王一共造成11次滚地球出局。 : “I was right when I told you I expected him to be better,” Manager Davey : Johnson said. “I even watched him warming up, his ball really had some good : sink. That’s him.” 强森说：「当我对你说我期待他表现更好时，我就知道我是对的。 我甚至还看着他暖身呢，他的球真的掉得很厉害，那就是小王呀！」 : Pitching coach Steve McCatty implored Wang this week to throw more sinkers. The : sinker had lost velocity and bite through his shoulder operation and recovery, : and Wang pitched as though he believed one pitch could no longer sustain him. : He sprinkled in more sliders and change-ups. But what remained of Wang’s : sinker, McCatty insisted, was still a pitch capable of making major league : hitters hit groundballs. 投手教练McCatty本周拜托小王多投点伸卡球。 小王的伸卡球因为肩部手术与复健，变得比较不会跑，也比较没有威胁性。 小王当时好像不再相信单一球种，就足以让他扬名大联盟一样。 所以小王只好多投滑球跟变化球。 但是McCatty相当坚持，他认为小王的伸卡球仍然绝对能够让大联盟打者击出滚地球。 : In Colorado this weekend, McCatty chatted with Rockies first baseman Jason : Giambi, a teammate of Wang’s during his best years with the New York Yankees, : and brought up Wang’s slider. “Was it good,” McCatty asked, “or was it a : little fuzzy?” 当国民队上个周末进驻科罗拉多时，McCatty和落矶队一垒手大吉聊了一下。 大吉是以前小王在洋基队当王牌时的队友。 McCatty和大吉聊到了小王的滑球。McCatty问大吉：「小王的滑球够猛吗？还是只是过得去？」 : “A little fuzzy,” Giambi replied. “But I didn’t see it too much.” Because : Wang threw so many sinkers. 大吉说：「他的滑球还ok，不过我没看他投过几次。」因为小王几乎都是投伸卡球。 : Tuesday night, Wang threw almost all his sinkers between 89 and 92 mph, : occasionally touching 93 on the radar gun. In 2006, the season he finished : second in Cy Young voting, Wang often threw mid-90s sinkers, but he averaged : 93 mph with the pitch. Between starts, Wang worked on throwing a better sinker, : focusing on his release point and staying on top of the ball as he released it. : “It almost feels the same,” Wang said. “The sinkerball was sinking.” 在星期二晚上，小王投出的伸卡球，速度几乎都在89到92英里之间，测速枪上偶尔出现93英里的数据。 在2006年的球季结束後，小王是赛扬奖票选第二名的投手。 小王当时虽然经常投出95英里左右的伸卡球，不过整体来说，平均也有93英里。 在几次先发之间，小王努力投出更好的伸卡球，专注找出最好的放球点， 让自己在丢出球时，把球放在最高位置上。 小王说：「那种感觉就像过去一样，我的伸卡球掉下去了。」 : After five innings, as the groundballs piled up, Wang still had not allowed a : hit. Ian Desmond saved a potential single in the fifth, when Tyler Colvin shot : a groundball through Wang’s legs and Desmond made one of several dazzling play : s, a slick stop behind second base on a wicked hop. 五局结束後，滚地球已经堆积如山，但小王还没有让对方击出安打。 Desmond在第五局的美技，破坏了一个可能的安打。 当时Colvin击出的滚地球穿过小王的脚，而Desmond做出了让人炫目的美技。 他在二垒後方，巧妙地跳起来接到了这颗球。 : The Nationals, though, still had not scored a run off Cubs starter Matt Garza, : a problem fixed with a sudden, powerful spasm of offense. With one out, Michael : Morse crushed a home run over the batter’s eye in center field, into the : section of bleachers attached to the old-school scoreboard in center. It was : Morse’s 20th homer of the year, and maybe his longest. The fans who buy : tickets there do not bring their gloves to their park. 虽然国民队当时也没能从小熊队先发Garza手中得到分数，但是情势很快就有了变化。 一人出局之後，Morse击出了中外野的阳春全垒打。 球就落在与中外野百年计分版相连的看台区上。 这是Morse今年第二十发全垒打，也可能是到目前他打出距离最远的一发。 可惜的是，坐在那个位置的球迷并没有带手套来看球。 : “It’s up there with my top ones that felt good,” Morse said. “But as long : as it goes over, I don’t care how far.” Morse说：「那应该是我打的几颗好球之一，不过只要球飞出去了，我就不在乎飞得多远了。」 : Garza had dominated the Nationals — he struck out nine in six innings — but : Morse’s homer seemingly lifted some kind of lid. Jayson Werth smashed a single : down the third base line. Jonny Gomes, starting for the third straight game, : followed with a home run of his own, a high drive that snuck into the first row : in left field. Garza也主宰了国民队的打击。在六局的投球中，Garza一共投出了九次三振。 然而，Morse的全垒打，似乎让Garza的好投破功了。 Werth後来又击出一支三垒方向的安打，跟在他後头的Gomez，虽然已经连续第三场出赛， 但是却击出了一发飞得很高的全垒打，球狠很地落到左外野第一排的地方。 : Wang walked to the mound in the sixth armed with a 3-0 lead and a no-hitter. : "I wasn’t thinking that much about it,” Wang said. “I just wanted to get the : sinker going.” 小王在第六局继续上场投球，当时国民队正以3:0领先，而小王的无安打比赛也还继续着。 小王说：「我没想太多，我只是想继续投我的伸卡球。」 : Tony Campana led off, pinch-hitting for Garza. He bunted one pitch foul, then : whacked two others foul, building a 2-2 count. Another sinker, and another : groundball, laced to the right side of the infield. Morse took a quick step to : his right and dove. The ball deflected off his mitt and trickled behind him. : Wang still sprinted to cover first, and second baseman Danny Espinosa scooped : the ball off the dirt on the run. Espinosa buzzed a running throw to Wang, : hitting him in stride just as he reached the base. If a hitter other than : Campana had been running, Espinosa’s fabulous play would have preserved : Wang’s no-hitter. Instead, Campana beat him by a step, and the Cubs had a : "one’ in their hit column. 後来Campana代替Garza上场打击，他先打了一个界外，然後又击出两个界外，球数来到两好两坏。 接着，来了一个伸卡球，同样是被打成内野右方的滚地球。 Morse很快跑向右边想要接球，但是球却跑出他的手套，然後滚到後面去。 小王还是小跑步到一垒补位，二垒手Espinosa边跑着拣球，边把球抛向小王。 就在小王踩到垒包时，球似乎也刚好接到手套里。 如果当时跑垒的不是Campana，Espinosa的美技或许还可以让小王继续维持无安打比赛。 可惜，Campana比球快了一步，小熊队在计分版的安打栏上也因此得到数字「一」。 : Wang stranded Campana on second base with three consecutive outs. He threw a : sinker with his final pitch, 93 mph, and Blake DeWitt hit a groundball to : second base. Wang trudged back into the dugout and grabbed a bat, ready to hit, : but Johnson wanted to protect his shoulder — he said afterward he would have : pulled Wang even if he still had the no-hitter. He shook Wang’s hand and told : him, “Good job.” 後来，小王解决了後面的三个打者，让Campana停在二垒不动。 小王最後投出了一颗93英里的伸卡球，让DeWitt击出二垒方向的滚地球。 这局结束後，小王慢慢走回球员席，拿起一只球棒准备打击。 不过强森还是得保护小王的肩膀，所以他跟小王握手，跟小王说：「干得好！」 强森後来说，就算当时仍然是无安打比赛，他也不会再让小王上场。 : Since the Nationals signed Wang in February 2010, they had waited for a night : like this. “Light years,” McCatty said, asked how far Wang had come. : Afterward, about 75 Taiwanese fans lined up in the Wrigley Field concourse, so : dense and large in number they created a surreal traffic jam as fans left the : park. As he sat in the clubhouse, Wang could hear them chanting: “Chien-Ming : Wang! Chien-Ming Wang!” 国民队从2010年2月跟小王签约之後，就一直等待着今天这种结果出现。 当McCatty被问到小王走了多久才重登投手丘时，他说：「好几光年了吧！」 後来，有大概75个台湾球迷聚在Wrigley Field内的走道上。 人数之多，还在其他球迷离开球场时，就好像遇到交通阻塞一样。 当小王走进球员休息室时，他还能听到球迷大声叫着：「小王！小王！」 --

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