Dodgers stifled by Pirates Club manages just six hits; Little praises Kuo in defeat 道奇熄火，全场仅击出六安;总教练Little称郭泓志虽败犹荣。 Two months and a couple false starts into the season and Grady Little finally has the rotation he's wanted. After announcing the Tuesday return of Jason Schmidt, he took the wraps off Hong-Chih Kuo Saturday night. And although Kuo suffered the 3-1 loss to the Pirates in his first start of the year, his manager was talking about wins afterward. 经过开季以来的调整，Little终於排定了他心目中的先发轮值表。 Little在发表Schmidt将於周二归队之声明後，又在周六夜晚排上郭泓志登板。 虽然郭对上海盗以3：1吞下今年先发的首败，但Little对郭的将来充满期待。 "We've got a lot of confidence in the kid and we know he's going to pitch well," Little said after Kuo's eventful 4 2/3 innings. "We feel confident the people we run out there now have a chance to win games." 『我们对这孩子十分有信心，我们知道他会是个好投手』，Little在郭投出惊险 的4又2/3局後评论道『我们对於本队的先发投手群非常有信心』。 No surprise he feels that way about Schmidt, who takes back his job from Mark Hendrickson after seven weeks on the disabled list, or Derek Lowe, his Opening Day starter, and certainly not with his pair of seven-game winners, Brad Penny and Randy Wolf. Schmidt毋庸置疑令人放心，他在伤兵名单待了七周之後终於归队，将代替 Hendrickson重回先发名单，开幕战投手Lowe、还有二位七胜投手Penny和Wolf也 是一时之选。 But the confidence in Kuo has more to do with potential than performance, because Kuo has more Tommy John elbow reconstructions (two) than Major League victories (one). 但对於第五号先发郭，Little的信心并非源於郭的战绩（目前大联盟胜场：1）， 而是郭的无穷潜力（Tommy John手术次数：2）。 Yet he's been Little's presumed choice as fifth starter since Spring Training, ahead of Chad Billingsley, and not even Kuo's shoulder injury has shaken Little's confidence. 春训时郭本来是Little预定的第五号先发，排名尚在Billingsley之前。 但直到郭的肩膀伤势动摇了Little的信心。 In part, there's Kuo's stated and documented preference for starting over relieving, whereas Billingsley has succeeded in relief. But Little also remembers the six scoreless innings Kuo pitched under pennant-race pressure in New York last September for his only victory and how he kept his club in Game 2 of the NLCS, a rookie against the Mets at Shea Stadium. 另一方面，郭在先发的表现上来得比中继表现要好，Billingsley则较擅长中继。 Little也记得去年九月郭在大都会主场抗压性十足投出一场六局无失分的比赛并 拿下生涯第一胜。同时国联分区季後赛在大都会主场，郭初生之犊的表现也十分 不错。 And Little is naturally intrigued with a left-handed pitcher who throws hard and handcuffs right-handed hitters. They can't be found just anywhere. "He's deceptive and tough to hit when he's throwing strikes," said Little. "I'm not looking at the number of games he's won. I'm looking at the number I feel he's going to win." Little对於能够投出强力球种并压制右打者的左投不禁十分有兴趣。 毕竟这种投手十分罕见。 『当郭控球准的时候，他的球路十分刁钻难打』Little言『虽然他过去没有辉煌 战绩，但我对他的未来十分有信心』 This, however, wasn't one of them, even though the Pirates tried very hard to make it so, having three runners erased trying for home, two in a sixth inning that started with home run, double, double and ended with only one run scoring. But the Dodgers' offense did even less against Ian Snell. New third baseman Tony Abreu had three hits, two of them doubles, the one in the second inning scoring Mike Lieberthal for the only run. They had one more big chance, with runners on second and third and one out in the seventh inning, but pinch-hitter Wilson Betemit and Juan Pierre struck out. 可惜今晚郭没拿下胜投，海盗队非常积极进攻，造成三位球员在本垒前出局，其中 有二位在六局下发生，海盗击出三支长打却只靠一发阳春弹攻下一分。 但道奇对於海盗投手Ian Snell也一筹莫展。新任三垒手击出三只安打包括二只二垒 安打，其中一只二安在第二局上送回Lieberthal拿下这场比赛唯一的一分。 道奇在七局上有大好攻势，二三垒有人一出局，但代打Betemit和第一棒Pierre相继 被三振。 They also saw shortstop Rafael Furcal reinjure the left ankle that had him on the disabled list the first two weeks of the season. The fact that it turned so easily while he was merely planting to change directions is an indication that it never fully healed and will probably nag at him until he can rest it over the winter. The productive shortstop has a high threshold of pain, but the weakened ankle seems to be a large reason why he's gone from 15 home runs last season to none so far this year. His .364 slugging percentage is well below last year's .445. Furcal remained in the game and said he expected to play Sunday. 游击手Furcal这场比赛又伤了右脚踝，这旧伤曾使他在季初被送进伤兵名单二周。 除非经过长期的疗养，他的脚伤可能本季内不会完全复原将一直困扰着他的移动转向。 这场比赛Furcal并未退场，并说他下一场仍会出赛。 Kuo wasn't around anywhere near the end. The first inning started with three soft singles, then he hit Xavier Nady with a pitch and walked Adam LaRoche with the bases loaded, but escaped when Andre Ethier threw out Freddy Sanchez at the plate trying to tag on Ronny Paulino's fly to end the inning. "He wasn't very lucky," said Little. "I'm glad he didn't buy my Powerball tickets today." 郭在比赛前段就先退场了，他在第一局一开始就被击出三只鸟安，满垒时又接连保送 二名打者，但因右外野手Ethier精彩的回传本垒双杀守备，而幸运度过这局的大危机 。Little说『他真好运，他今天应该去买乐透』 With that reprieve, though, Kuo suddenly was pitching like the hard-throwing lefty Little envisioned, but the high pitch count took its toll. When Luis Gonzalez made a desperate running catch of Sanchez's fifth-inning fly into the deepest nook and cranny of PNC Park, Little had seen enough after 94 pitches and 4 2/3 innings. "He's tough to catch," said Lieberthal, spelling catcher Russell Martin, who lined out as a pinch-hitter. "His ball cuts in on right-handers with a lot of movement and they don't get good swings. When he gets ahead in the count, he can be nasty." 度过第一局获得缓息後，郭突然变身为Little所寄望的那位强力左投，可惜投球数 过多。当第五局左外野手Gonzalez奋不顾身接杀一个深远飞球後，投球数已达94球 而被换下场。 『他的球不好接』捕手Lieberthal说『他的球切进右打者的内角且很会跑，右打者 打不太到，当他球数取得领先时，十分具威胁性』 Brett Tomko finished off the fifth, but started the sixth by serving up a long homer to Nady. He somehow escaped further damage despite back-to-back doubles when the Pirates had a pair erased at the plate, one on a rundown in which Furcal reinjured his ankle, another on a blown squeeze play. Rudy Seanez was electrifying in his two innings of relief with five strikeouts. Tomko第五局中继上场，但第六局一开始就被Nady击出一只大号全垒打。他莫名奇妙 少失一分，当海盗队的接连二垒安打和跑垒失误造成本垒前出局。Seanez表现则十分 精彩，他在最後二局中投出五次三振。 --

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