http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/04/02/aces_up/ Aces up 注: Aces, trumps 都是借用扑克牌的比喻 Matsuzaka trumps Oakland By Gordon Edes Globe Staff / April 2, 2008 OAKLAND, Calif. - The homecoming dance was a disappointment. "It's something I can only say in hindsight," Daisuke Matsuzaka said last night, "but it would have been nice to pitch better in the Tokyo Dome than I did." [奥克兰，Calif 讯] 松坂的返乡之旅最後失望做结。 「我只能在事後这麽说，」松坂大辅昨晚表示，「如果我在东京巨蛋投 好一点那有多好。」 But that was a one-shot deal, pitching for the Red Sox in his native land. In last night's 2-1 Sox win over the Oakland Athletics, two teams who opened the 2008 season in Japan, Matsuzaka returned to his adopted country and served notice that he may be settling in quite nicely in the place where he'll be making another 30 or so starts this season. 但在家乡为红袜投球毕竟只是一场比赛。昨晚，曾在日本打 2008 开 幕占的两支球队再次碰头。在这场红袜以 2-1 击败奥克兰运动家的比赛 中，松坂回到了他移居的国度，宣告他在这个他本季还得先发三十多场 的地方适应得很不错。 "I guess you could say I'm getting more and more used to it, but it's not something I really think about," he said. "A lot of it has to do with how everyone perceives me. That may be one of the results." 「我猜你大概可以说我越来越习惯了，不过我其实并没想那麽多，」他 说。「很大一部份是别人怎麽看待我。那是一种可能的结果。」 （注：这段看不太懂） Matsuzaka gave up an opposite-field home run in the second inning to Jack Cust, the ultimate all-or-nothing Oakland slugger, and just one other hit in 6 2/3 masterful innings in which he struck out nine and did not walk a batter. With Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon making a one-run lead stand up and batterymate Jason Varitek knocking in the go-ahead run with a double that might have been a home run, Matsuzaka had his first win of the season. 松坂第二局被 Jack Cust, 奥克兰不轰则已、一轰惊人的长程炮手打出 反方向的全垒打。除此之外，在他充分发挥压制力的 6 2/3 局投球中 他只被打出另外一支安打，三振九名打者，而且没有保送一个人。靠着 冈岛秀树和 Jonathan Papelbon 维持一分领先，以及 Jason Varitek 击出超前打点、本来可能是全垒打的二垒安打，松坂得到了本季首胜。 He also had sufficient motivation to ask a clubhouse attendant to retrieve the game ball, which someone (the evidence points to Papelbon) had tossed into the stands. 他也有很充分的理由请球队职员要回比赛结束的那颗球。某人把那颗球 丢给观众了。（一切证据再次指向 Papelbon!） Matsuzaka wanted the ball as a souvenir for his newborn son, whose name he has not yet made public. "I had asked my teammates to hang onto the game ball, but I guess the message didn't get through," he said. 松坂想把球要来当作给他刚出生的儿子的纪念品。儿子的名字还没公布。 「我已经跟队友讲过请他们把球留给我了。大概话没传到吧，」他说。 Given his emotional state after striking out the side in the ninth inning of a four-out save, Papelbon probably had no idea what he'd done with the ball. It would have surprised no one if he said his dog ate it, like last October's World Series ball. 考量 Papelbon 在九局三振掉他解决的第四名打者拿下救援点时的激 动心情，他蛮有可能根本不记得他把球怎麽了。如果他再说球被狗吃 了大概也没人会惊讶。去年十月的世界大赛决胜球就是这麽给他喂狗 喂掉的.... There was no question which side of the Big Pond Papelbon prefers. "From my last outing to today's outing, it was a totally different pitcher, a totally different feel, a totally different person," said Papelbon, who entered with a runner on first and two outs in the eighth and retired pinch hitter Mike Sweeney on a force play, then struck out Travis Buck, Mark Ellis, and Daric Barton in succession. Papelbon 毫无疑问地比较喜欢太平洋的这一边。 「我上次出场跟这次根本是不同的两个投手，感觉完全不同，是完全 不同的人，」Papelbon 说。他在八局下一垒有人两出局时上场，解决 了代打的 Mike Sweeney, 後来连续三振了 Travis Buck, Mark Ellis, 和 Daric Barton. "I don't think that my outing in Japan really signified the vintage Papelbon," he said. "I feel like tonight I signified that." 「我在日本的表现没有发挥我的实力，」他说。「今天晚上才是发挥 到了。」 Matsuzaka, who had a no-decision in Boston's 6-5, 10-inning win in his first start, set the tone last night by striking out the first two batters he faced, Buck and Ellis, and allowed only four balls out of the infield. The last time he pitched without issuing a walk was last May 30. 本季第一次先发只得到无关胜败（红袜缠斗十局，以6-5获胜）的松坂 昨晚三振了他面对的头两位打者 Buck 和 Ellis，立刻为这场比赛定了 调。他只让球跑出内野四次。上次他投一场没有保送的比赛是去年五月 三十日。 The Sox did not exactly mash against Oakland starter Joe Blanton and two relievers - jet-lagged DH David Ortiz remains hitless (0 for 11) in three games - but Kevin Youkilis had three hits and scored both runs, rookie Jacoby Ellsbury drove home one with a fifth-inning single, and Varitek doubled home the deciding run an inning later. 红袜面对奥克兰先发投手 Joe Blanton 和两名後援并没有讨到便宜。 好像还在调时差的指定打击 David Ortiz 最近三场比赛还是没有安打 （十一打数无安打！）。不过 Kevin Youkilis 打出三支安打并且跑 回这场比赛的两分，新人 Jacoby Ellsbury 第五局挥出有打点的一垒 安打，而 Varitek 则在下一局用一支二垒安打把胜利打点送回家。 It's two openers and counting for Matsuzaka, who got a no-decision in the Japan game and a win in Oakland's home opener. Strangely enough, one more opening act awaits him. With ace Josh Beckett primed to come off the disabled list and start Sunday in Toronto, Matsuzaka is in line to pitch the Red Sox home opener Tuesday afternoon in Boston. Based on last night's performance, he should be on the receiving end of a rousing reception in the Fens. 松坂已经投了两场开幕战，一场在日本无关胜败，一场在奥克兰得到 胜利。很巧的是还有一场开幕战在等他！由於王牌 Josh Backette 将挪出伤兵名单并於周日在多伦多先发，松坂照轮值会在周二下午波 士顿的开幕战投球。有了昨晚的表现，芬威球场的球迷们应该会很热 情地迎接他。 The Athletics took a 1-0 lead in the second when Cust hit Matsuzaka's first pitch of the inning into the left-field seats. The Sox tied the score in the fifth against Oakland ace Blanton. Youkilis blooped a single to right, and Julio Lugo hit a comebacker that caromed off Blanton's heel and rolled away for an infield hit. Ellsbury, playing right field in J.D. Drew's absence and batting leadoff for the first time this season, lined a single to right. Cust 在二局将松坂投出的第一球打上左外野观众席之後，运动家取得 了 1-0 领先。红袜在第五局面对奥克兰王牌 Blanton 时把分数追平。 Youkilis 往右外野打出一垒安打，Julio Lugo 接着把球打到 Blanton 的脚踝旁，滚成了一支内野安打。本季首次代替 J.D. Drew 镇守右外野的 Ellsbury 击出右边的一垒安打。 Buck, the right fielder, played the ball on one hop and uncorked a strong throw to the plate, but Youkilis somehow managed to elude the tag of catcher Kurt Suzuki to score the tying run. 右外野手 Buck 立刻将球迅速传回本垒，不过 Youkilis 不知怎麽地 躲过了捕手 Kurt Suzuki 的触杀，拿到了追平分。 The Sox took a 2-1 lead in the sixth when Youkilis tripled off the top of the left-field fence and scored ahead of a double by Varitek, who was shocked that he was required to stop at second, since his drive appeared to hit above the yellow line on the right-field wall that signaled a home run. Sox manager Terry Francona pleaded Varitek's case to plate umpire Wally Bell, and though the umpires huddled to discuss the matter, the hit stood as called, and Varitek was stranded when Coco Crisp tapped out to Blanton. 第六局，Youkilis 将球挥击到左外野墙上，形成一支三垒安打，接着 趁 Varitek 挥出二垒安打时跑回来得分，红袜 2-1 领先。Varitek 很惊讶他被裁判在二垒挡下来，因为他击出的球似乎已经打到右外野 全垒打墙的黄线以上，照规定是全垒打。红袜教头 Terry Francona 和主审 Wally Bell 抗议。虽然裁判们开会讨论，最後仍判定是二垒 安打。 Matsuzaka had rung up 60 pitches in his first two innings in the Tokyo Dome and appeared unnerved by the occasion. 松坂上次在东京巨蛋投球时，头两局就花了六十球，而且看来自信尽失。 But last night, Matsuzaka was at his unflappable best, retiring the last 13 batters he faced after Suzuki's leadoff single in the third. Francona lifted him for Okajima with two outs and nobody on in the seventh, Matsuzaka having thrown 96 pitches, one more than he'd thrown in five innings in the Tokyo Dome. 不过昨晚，松坂无疑地处於最佳状况。第三局被 Suzuki 打出一垒安打 之後，他接连解决了接下的 13 名打者，直到第七局 Francona 在两人 出局无人在垒的情况下换上冈岛。此时松坂已经投了 96 球，比他在东 京巨蛋投五局那次只多了一颗。 Okajima, facing Cust, issued the first walk of the night for Boston, but retired Emil Brown on a pop to second to end the inning. 冈岛面对 Cust 投出了红袜今天奉送的第一个保送，不过接着让 Emil Brown 挥出二垒方向滚地球结束了本局。 Okajima gave up a single to Bobby Crosby to open the eighth. Jack Hannahan tried bunting the runner over, but Mike Lowell pounced on the ball and erased Crosby at second. Suzuki flied to left for the second out. 第八局开始，冈岛让 Bobby Crosby 挥出了一支一垒安打。Jack Hannahan 试着出其不意地偷点，不过 Mike Lowell 抢到了这球， 把 Crosby 解决在二垒。Suzuki 接着击出左外野飞球，两出局。 'I kind of gambled," Lowell said. "I figured lefty on lefty, if you're going to slash there, the percentages are in my favor. I just wanted to make sure if he bunted it up the middle or toward third I'd get to it early. Sometimes you cheat a little bit and see what happens. It paid off right there." 「我赌了一把，」Lowell 说。「我想，这是左打对左投，如果打 者猛挥，结果对我有利（注：因为球不会到三垒？）。我只要确定 如果打者往三垒或中间方向短打，我可以早点抓到球。有时候你可 以这样偷吃步一点，看情况如何。这次我猜对了。」 When Oakland manager Bob Geren went to Sweeney to pinch hit, Francona summoned Papelbon, who induced Sweeney to ground to shortstop Julio Lugo for an inning-ending force. 奥克兰教头 Bob Geren 派出 Sweeney 代打时，Francona 也换上了 Papelbon。他让 Sweeney 挥出 Julio Lugo 面前的滚地球，本局以 封杀结束。 --

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