※ [本文转录自 Matsuzaka_18 看板] 作者: noctem (noctem) 看板: Matsuzaka_18 标题: [翻译] 红袜指望松坂拿下分区冠军 时间: Sat Sep 29 00:21:02 2007 官网文章 09/28/2007 1:50 AM ET Red Sox look to Matsuzaka for clincher Minnesota (78-81) at Boston (94-65), Friday, 7:05 p.m. ET By Alex McPhillips / MLB.com Josh Beckett and the Red Sox couldn't squeeze their magic number down to one Thursday. On Friday, Daisuke Matsuzaka will try his hand. 周四，Josh Beckett 和红袜无法把魔术数字压到一。周五，改由松坂大辅 试试手气。 With a loss and a Yankees win Thursday night, the Red Sox dropped to two games ahead in the American League East with three games to play in the hunt for their first division title since 1995. A Boston win and New York loss on Friday would seal the crown in front of the Fenway faithful. 周四晚输球，加上洋基赢球，使得红袜在美联东区领先的胜场差减为两场， 仅剩下三场比赛可争取他们自从 1995 年来的第一个分区冠军。如果周五 晚上红袜赢球，洋基输球，他们就可在芬威球场的忠实球迷面前封王。 Matsuzaka has shown some improvement in his last two starts, yet his march toward 15 wins and 200 innings pitch has slowed to a near standstill. He is 1-4 in his last eight starts, dating back to Aug. 10. During that time, his ERA has ballooned from 3.70 to 4.48. In four September starts, meanwhile, he is averaging a hair better than five innings per appearance. 松坂在最近两场先发中表现出了一些改进，不过他往 15 胜、200 局投球 的步伐仍旧难以迈出。从八月 10 日起的过去八场先发，他的战绩是一胜 四败。这段时间他的 ERA 从 3.70 暴增到 4.48。在九月的四场先发中， 他每场平均只能投比五局多一点点。 Matsuzaka's struggles have taken on a significance that extends beyond Friday's potential clincher. Boston will need him when the playoffs begin next week. 松坂的困境不只对周五可能封王的这一战有影响。波士顿在下周的季後赛 也还需要他出力。 "I think he'll be just fine, you know?" said right fielder J.D. Drew. "He seems to be kind of a big-game pitcher. And it's important that we get good pitching all the way around. I think our guys have done a great job all year. Hopefully we can lean on that in the postseason." 「我想他应该没问题，你知道吗？」右外野手 J.D. Drew 说。「他像是 那种大比赛的投手。而且我们一路走来都有好投挺着，我觉得队友们 整年表现都很好。季後赛的时候我们应该也可以依靠这点。」 Pitching coach John Farrell said he has seen an improvement in Matsuzaka's last two starts, both in which Matsuzaka left games with leads. Both times, the bullpen squandered opportunities for his 15th win. 投手教练 John Farrell 说他有看到松坂前两次先发的改进。这两场比 赛中，松坂退场时球队都领先。两次都被牛棚搞砸了他的第十五胜。 "I think over the past couple of starts," Farrell said, "he's used his curveball -- and really his changeup -- with much more frequency and much more effect. I think what it's allowed is some relaxation to filter into he executing his fastball. I think we're still seeing more consistent location with his fastball and, again, I think on [Saturday] he pitched well enough to win. Unfortunately, the circumstances didn't work out that way." 「回想他前几次的先发，」Farrell 说，「他用 curveball, 还有尤其 是 changeup 的比率和成效都比较高。我想这使他能比较放松地确实投 好速球。我想他的速球位置正在稳定中。而且，上周六他投得够好，应 该要赢的。可惜外在情况扭转了结果。」 The Red Sox will be looking for better circumstances in this, Matsuzaka's last start of the regular season. 红袜在松坂正规球季的最後一次先发中，会尽力让外在情况好一点。 Pitching matchup BOS: RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-12, 4.48 ERA) With Los Angeles, the Twins are one of two American League teams Matsuzaka has never faced. He needs 3 1/3 innings to reach the 200-inning threshold, and seven strikeouts to reach 200 Ks. 投手对决 BOS: 右投手 松坂大辅 (14 胜 12 败， ERA 4.48) 双城和天使是松坂在美联唯二没面对过的队伍。松坂本季只差 3 1/3 局就可投满 200 局，离 200 K 只差七个三振。 MIN: RHP Kevin Slowey (4-0, 4.57 ERA) Slowey, a 23-year-old right-hander with plenty of promise, is coming off the best two starts of his young career. After striking out nine in seven innings Sunday, Slowey has allowed just two runs in his last 13 innings, shaving nearly a full run off his ERA. He has never faced the Red Sox. MIN: 右投手 Kevin Slowey (4 胜 0 败, ERA 4.57) 倍受期待的 23 岁右投手 Slowey 刚投出他职业生涯最好的两场先发。 周日他在七局之中投出九次三振。在最近的 13 局中只让对手拿下两 分，使得他的 ERA 大为降低。他从没对战过红袜。 Player to watch Red Sox outfielder Brandon Moss could get the start in right in place of Jacoby Ellsbury, who fouled a ball off his right leg on Thursday. Moss' leadoff double Thursday initiated the Red Sox's ninth-inning rally. If regular center fielder Coco Crisp returns to the lineup after battling a viral infection, the point could be moot. 观战重点 红袜右外野手 Brandon Moss 可能代替周四疑似受伤的 Jacoby Ellsbury 出赛。Moss 周四的二垒打带动了红袜九局的攻势。如果固定先发的中外 野手 Coco Crisp 在病癒之後回到打线，[接替 Ellsbury 的人选]就很难讲。 --

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