NEW YORK 8, ANGELS 2 Pettitte has the upper hand Angels' struggles against left-handers continue. New York breaks it open against Shields in the eighth. By Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 23, 2007 重点: Pettitte有够威, 天使怕左手 1. 天使今年球季的成绩亮丽, 主场的比赛也打得一级棒, 但在这一连串的胜利里还是有 他们的弱项, 不管是在主场或客场所显露出来的就是: 他们不擅打左投手。 2. 洋基的左投手Petttitte是最近一个打败他们的左投手, 他让天使在7局内只打出5支安 打只得了一分以8比2落败, 使天使队没法在美联西区拉大和水手的领先的差距。 3. 洋基在八局开始时仍仅以3比1领先, 却在八局连得四分, 有三分是从天使的後援投手 Scot Shields取得, 避免被天使三场横扫, 使得洋基在美联与破袜的胜差回到五场。 天使仍以两场领先水手队。 天使投手John Lacky在7局多的投球中, 被打十支安打掉 了4分, 他的成绩掉落到15胜8败, 他说: 他知道这会是一场难打的比赛, 天使前一场 从洋基手上得了18分, 天使想要进一步横扫洋基, 却要碰上一个好投手, 事情有点让 洋基得以板回保住颜面。 3. 周三的比赛洋基想要板回局势最好选择就是Pettitte, 他面对天使的26个打者有14位 的第一球都是好球, 同时三振了六位, 让他最近9度先发的成绩增加到7胜1败。他生涯 在洋基时, 洋基输掉前一场後, 他上场先发的记录是68胜33败。这场比赛唯一的瑕疵 是第六局被Orland Cabrera打出阳春炮将比数追成1比1平手。 4. 老托提到Pettitte时说, Pettitte总知道什麽时候赢球对球队是重要的, 尤其赢得这 场比赛对洋基非常非常的重要。在这个球季中天使对上左投手的纪录是15胜15败, 包 括主场10胜8败, 客场5胜7败。对上右投手, 天使则是59胜37败。(所以季後如果对手 是天使, 首场先发应该是由Pettitte挂帅) 5. 对左投手打不好的一些解释是: Robb Quinlan, 生涯对上左投手打击率是0.324, 本 季对上左投手的记录是0.250, 他上场打击的次数不够多到找回手感。左右开弓的Gary Matthews Jr. 用右打的打击率只有0.198。强打二垒手Howie Kendrick则因伤休息了 大半季。总教练Scioscia说: 天使的Q打得没有去年好, 不然他真得很会打左投手, 而 天使一些左右开弓的球员像Gary则用右打打得很惨, 这球季一直都是这样。 6. unlucky的Lackey投满七局, 在四局时因Cano的内野安打掉了一安, 第七局则被牛奶弟 和帅哥队长各出两支一打点的一垒打掉了两分。但是八局一上来就被阿布打了一支中 外野的阳春炮, 让比数来到4比1。天使总教Sciosica派出神盾(Shields)希望能重振 这右投手的信心。可惜神盾变纸盾, A-Rod被保送, 松井二垒打, Posada打出两打点 二垒打, Cabrera又从Bootcheck手中打出一打点一垒打, 有三分记在Shields身上, 让比数变成7比1。Shields目前在8月9场出赛的自责分是13.50。Sciosica说, 他们设 法让神盾放松心情投些球, 但他落後给A-Rod将他保送, 事情便越来越糟, 他将会变 好的, 取决他自己找到问题点, 纸盾会变神盾的。(但会是在明年, 不在今年....不 会在今年...) 7. 但天使後援投不好的可能也要怪一垒审Dan Iassogna, 在四局时的误判污了天使一 分, 一分在一个势均力敌的比赛显示很是巨大。当天使一三垒有跑者的情况, Kendrick打出三垒方向的滚地球, 他显然抢在Cano的传球前到达一垒, 应该是个一 分打点的野手选择。但丁丁一垒审判Kendrick出局, 洋基捡到一个双杀的守备将比 赛维持在1比0领先。重播画面明显显示Kendrick是安全上垒。 8. 天使总教练Scioscia说, 天使没有打得够好到可以吸收这个误判, 但是在那时, 这 误判影响实在巨大。(只能说丁丁一垒审其实一点也不丁丁) 9. 对天使还有更坏的消息。在失掉因腕部受伤的开路先锋Chone Figgins的一晚後, 一 垒手Casey Kotchman在九局, 被一个他打出界外的投球打中左手大姆指和中指, 虽 然他完成了那个打数, 但今天要去照X光检查看看。天使总教练说, 我们将祈求好运, 那是乌青, 几天内不可能没事, 现在相当的痛。 As good a record as the Angels have this season, and as well as they've played at home, there has been one weak link in their chain of victories, one sore spot that has been exposed at home and on the road: their vulnerability to left-handed pitchers. New York Yankees veteran Andy Pettitte was the latest lefty to beat the Angels, limiting them to one run and five hits in seven innings of an 8-2 victory Wednesday night that prevented the Angels from increasing their lead over Seattle in the American League West. The Yankees blew open a 3-1 game with four runs in the eighth inning, three off beleaguered Angels reliever Scot Shields, to avoid a three-game sweep and move within five games of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The Angels remain two games ahead of the Mariners. "I knew it was going to be a tough game," said Angels starter John Lackey, who gave up four runs and 10 hits in seven-plus innings and fell to 15-8. "We scored 18 runs against them [Tuesday], we were going against a good pitcher, and we were trying to sweep the Yankees. Things kind of even themselves out." Pettitte was the great equalizer Wednesday. He threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of 26 batters and struck out six to improve to 7-1 in his last nine starts and 68-33 as a Yankee in games following a loss. His only blemish: Orlando Cabrera's solo homer that made it 1-1 in the sixth. "He knows when it's important for us to win," Yankees Manager Joe Torre said of Pettitte. "This game was enormously important for us." The Angels, meanwhile, fell to 15-15 against left-handed starters on the season, 10-8 at home and 5-7 on the road. They're 59-37 against right-hander. Some explanations: Robb Quinlan, a career .324 hitter against left-handers, is batting .250 against them this season and has not played enough to find his stroke. Switch-hitter Gary Matthews Jr. is batting .198 from the right side. Hard-hitting second baseman Howie Kendrick has missed half of the season because of injuries. "Q is not as locked in as he was last year, and he really attacks left-handers well," Manager Mike Scioscia said. "Some of our switch-hitters, like Gary, have struggled from the right side. It's a consistency thing." Lackey kept the Angels in the game through seven innings, giving up a run on Robinson Cano's infield single in the fourth and two runs on RBI singles by Melky Cabrera and Derek Jeter in the seventh. But Bobby Abreu led off the eighth with a home run to center to make it 4-1, and Scioscia went to Shields in hopes of boosting the right-hander's confidence. So much for that -- Alex Rodriguez walked, Hideki Matsui doubled, Jorge Posada hit a two-run double, and Cabrera's RBI single off Chris Bootcheck, a run charged to Shields, made it 7-1. Shields now has a 13.50 earned-run average in nine August games. "We were trying to let him relax and make some pitches, but he fell behind Alex and things spiraled from there," Scioscia said. "He'll get better. It's just a matter of him finding it." A lack of quality Angels relief was probably a relief to first-base umpire Dan Iassogna, whose blown call in the fourth inning cost the Angels a run and would have loomed large in a tight game. With runners on first and third, Kendrick chopped a grounder to third and appeared to beat Cano's relay to first for an RBI fielder's choice. But Iassogna ruled Kendrick out, and the Yankees had a double play and retained their 1-0 lead. Replays clearly showed that Kendrick was safe. "We didn't play well enough to absorb a play like that," Scioscia said, "but at the time, that was big." More bad news for the Angels. One night after losing leadoff batter Chone Figgins to a wrist injury, first baseman Casey Kotchman was hit in the left thumb and middle finger as he fouled off a pitch in the ninth. Though he finished the at-bat, he will have X-rays today. "We'll keep our fingers crossed," Scioscia said. "It's black and blue. Hopefully, it's nothing that won't be all right in a couple of days. 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