http://0rz.tw/823Y4 Loaiza ready in relief(04/16/2008 11:13 PM ET) After most of career spent as starter, righty OK with 'pen role By Mike Scarr / MLB.com LOS ANGELES -- Esteban Loaiza has spent most of his big league career as a pitcher in a starting rotation but currently he's being asked to contribute from the bullpen. In 14 seasons, Loaiza has appeared in 370 games and started 331. Prior to this year, the veteran right-hander hadn't pitched in relief since 2004 with the Yankees, when incidentally his manager, like now, was Joe Torre. Loaiza makes no secret he'd rather start than relieve but realizes he must perform when called -- no matter the role. "I just have to concentrate on being ready every day until they tell me something. It's their decision. It's [Torre's] decision. We'll see what happens," Loaiza said. "I wasn't upset. I was never upset. I just have to be ready." Loaiza is 1-2 this season with a 4.63 ERA in three appearances that include one start. That was in his second outing of the year April 7 in Arizona, where he allowed four runs in four innings to take the loss. Hong-Chih Kuo was given the ball to start Tuesday's game against the Pirates in place of Loaiza but was pulled after four innings and 75 pitches. That opened the door for Loaiza, who came on to allow a run in five innings of relief in the Dodgers' 11-2 victory. 小小郭在本周二代替Loaiza担任先发，投了四局花了75球即下场。 接替投球的就是自从04年季後赛後再也没有担任後援的Loaiza， 他投了五局并让道奇以11比2获得了胜利。 The Dodgers will hold off on the decision to name Kuo or Loaiza the starter in the slot that does not come up again until next Tuesday in Cincinnati. Torre said Kuo's performance, which included three walks and 10 straight balls at one point, will not rule him out. 第五号先发到底是Kuo还是Loaiza， 道奇队决定将这件事情延後到下周二对红人的比赛结束後再确定。 Kuo上次的表现(虽然投满四局包含3个保送及连续10个坏球)， 但Torre还没有将他排除在五号先发的竞争名单中。 "I didn't see him one time, even though he was wild, I didn't see him try to guide the ball over the plate. His velocity stayed about the same," Torre said of Kuo. "With a left-hander in your rotation it gives you some balance, more balance anyway. We haven't said for sure what we're going to do." "我不是第一次看他投球了，尽管他有一点不稳定，但他还是尽全力的将球投进好球带， (这段翻的不好请见谅) 但是他的球速一直都很稳定，"Torre说， "有一个左投手在轮值先发名单当中，对於轮值是一种平衡， 不管怎麽说都比全部都右投来的平衡， 我们还没有保证这名单还会不会改变。" Loaiza, who appeared on track to be the fifth starter coming out of Spring Training, won't fight the situation and agreed that his most recent outing was a bit of an audition. "[Torre] had me in the bullpen in '04 in the playoffs. I think that was the last time I was in the bullpen until now. There is still a lot of season left. I know he wants to see people perform. He knows what I am capable of doing in situations," Loaiza said. "I just have to be ready if I'm in the bullpen and go from there just like Chan Ho Park is doing now and Kuo, who got the opportunity last night. We both finished the game. We ended up winning which was the most important thing and now we just have to wait to see what he says next." Derek Lowe will start in Atlanta on Friday, when the Dodgers open a three-game series there. He will be followed by Chad Billingsley and Hiroki Kuroda with Brad Penny scheduled to start Monday in Cincinnati. -- 翻译不好请见谅~ --

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