※ 引述《xiemark (aisinjuro)》之铭言： : A ‘strong’ start for Chien-Ming Wang provides more promise, leaves a : few questions : By Adam Kilgore 小王再次「强势」先发，虽然前景更加光明，但似乎留下了一些疑问。 : In the first inning Tuesday night, as he watched the Reds knock around : Chien-Ming Wang’s sinker, Nationals pitching coach Steve McCatty : turned to Manager Davey Johnson and said something that would have : seemed unfathomable during the past two years. 在星期二晚上的第一局里，当国民队的投手教练麦卡悌看着红人队球员接连打出小王的伸卡球， 他转头对着总教练强森说了一句过去两年里不可能听到的话。 : “He’s too strong,” McCatty kept saying. “He’s too strong.” 麦卡悌说：「小王太有力了，他太强壮了。」 : Wang’s sinker, the pitch that allowed him to carry a no-hitter into the : sixth inning last week in Chicago, was staying up, consistently a few : inches higher than where Wilson Ramos stuck his mitt. Wang received six : days off because of an off day and a rainout. Now, to McCatty’s eyes, : Wang was too strong after spending the last two years recovering from a : torn shoulder capsule and surgery. 上周，小王的伸卡球曾经让他在芝加哥投了一场五局的无安打比赛。 不过同样的伸卡球，今天似乎一直都有点高，比捕手拉摩斯手套摆的位子高了那麽几寸。 前场比赛因雨延误，所以小王这次共休息了六天。 经过两年时光，从肩伤与手术中恢复的小王，在麦卡悌的眼中，似乎变得太有力了。 : Wang settled down, earned the win and pitched 6 1/3 innings, his longest : start since June 10, 2008. To do it, though, he needed help and good : luck. The Reds smashed five line drives to the outfield from the second : inning through the fifth, and they all found the glove of an : outfielder. 今天小王投了六又1/3局，是他从2008年6月10日以来投最久的一场球，而他最後也拿到胜投。 然而，小王的胜利却不是完全靠着自己的强投，而是仰赖着队友的协助与相当的强运。 从第二局到第五局，红人队一共击出了五次外野高飞球，但都找到外野手的手套而出局。 : Wang, for his part, said he felt “the same,” not too strong. But he : agreed that he did not have his typical sinker. Consistency, after more : than two years away from the majors, will not come back to Wang easily. : The most unnerving thing about Wang, perhaps, has been his dearth of : strikeouts. Wang, by inducing groundballs with his sinker, never needed : to strikeout many batters. From 2005 to 2008, he struck out four : batters per nine innings; this year, that would rank him ahead of two : out of 107 qualifying pitchers. 虽然小王觉得自己的投球「跟过去一样」，不会太用力，但是他也认为伸卡球没有到位。 事实上，小王离开大联盟超过两年的时间，一时之间，小王的确很难恢复过去稳定的球感。 对许多人来说，小王最令人担忧的一点，或许就是他的三振能力。 小王往往都是用伸卡球让打者击出滚地球出局，所以不太需要三振打者。 从2005年到2008年，小王平均每九局才三振四名打者。 这个数据如果放到今年来看，小王等於是全联盟107位合格投手中的倒数第三名。 : So Wang does not have to be a strikeout pitcher to succeed. But in his : first four starts, he has struck out almost literally nobody. In 21 1/3 : innings, Wang has struck out three batters. He struck out no one last : night. Entering last night, batters had swung and missed at 8.6 percent : of his pitches, a little more than half his career average. Last night, : the Reds swung and missed only twice, both by Drew Stubbs, on : consecutive pitches. 所以，这样看来，小王要在大联盟成功，似乎并不一定要变成一个三振型的投手。 然而，从他今年前四场先发来看，小王几乎没有三振掉任何一名打者。 在过去21又1/3局的投球里，小王只三振了三名打者。昨天晚上，则没有三振任何红人队球员。 在昨天晚上的球赛之前，打者对小王的挥空率是8.6％，比小王生涯平均的一半稍微高了一些。 不过，在昨天晚上的球赛里，红人队只有史塔布斯连续挥空了两次。 : Wang has countered his inability to strike out any hitters by not : walking them. He’s issued just five walks. The question of whether a : groundball pitcher can succeed with the ball constantly in play, so : long as he walks no one, is interesting both in practice and in theory. : Wang pitched decent last night, but he also needed a reasonable amount : of luck. What would his start have looked like if some of those line : drives had fallen in? Can his sinker produce weak groundballs : consistently enough for him to have sustained success? 在无法三振对手的情况下，小王则是靠着不投出保送来因应。 到目前为止，小王总共只投出五次保送。 从实务上与理论上来说，只要滚地球投手不投出保送， 那麽这类投手是否能够顺利投出好球，其实是一个相当有趣的问题。 小王昨晚其实投得很好，不过最重要的是，小王的运气也很不错。 如果昨晚那些高飞球都落地形成安打，整场比赛不知道会变得多惨。 小王的伸卡球究竟能不能持续让对手击出软弱滚地球，进而让小王继续获得胜利呢？ : The answers to those questions will start come over the next six weeks, : as the Nationals continue to evaluate whether or not they should keep : Wang in the fold for next season. The important thing, for now, is : simply that he’s healthy enough to provide an honest assessment. For : one night, he may have even been too strong. 在接下来的六周里，相信我们会慢慢地看到这些问题的答案。 国民队也将继续评估小王明年是否还有机会留在华盛顿。 不过，目前最重要的，就是让小王保持健康，好让球团能够做出公平的判断。 就这一晚来说，也许小王的手臂真的太够力了。 : One more thing from last night that warrants mentioning: The Nationals : received another overpowering performance from Tyler Clippard and Drew : Storen, who recorded all eight outs after Wang departed. Clippard : stranded a pair of runners by striking out Brandon Phillips in the : seventh, and Storen struck out two in the ninth, firing 97-mph sinkers : that dove from off the left side of the plate to just over the corner : to save his 32nd gave. 昨晚的球赛还有一点值得讨论：国民队的後援投手克李帕与史多伦的表现超棒！ 在小王退场後，他们两个让红人队剩下的八次打席无功而返。 克李帕在第七局三振了菲力普，冻结了垒包上的两名跑者。 史多伦则在第九局投出两次三振，顺利取得第32场救援成功。 他的伸卡球速度来到97英里，进垒点也相当优异。 --

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