※ [本文转录自 Matsuzaka_18 看板] 作者: noctem (noctem) 看板: Matsuzaka_18 标题: [新闻] Matsuzaka in right spot? 时间: Thu Oct 16 23:54:02 2008 http://0rz.tw/ff4U9 Matsuzaka in right spot? He can prove he's big-game pitcher By Adam Kilgore Globe Staff / October 16, 2008 Daisuke Matsuzaka smiled as his translator repeated a reporter's observation, that the Red Sox brought him from the Seibu Lions to Boston so he could pitch games like tonight's. It is a must-win playoff game, the type of night the Sox would once have preferred to be handled by Josh Beckett, currently a husk of himself, or Jon Lester, proved mortal earlier this week. 当口译重复记者的话：红袜把松坂从西武狮带来波士顿就是为了今晚这 种比赛，松坂大辅微笑了。碰上一场非赢不可的季後赛，以往红袜会希 望由 Josh Backett 来处理，或着给 Jon Lester。然而 Beckett 近况 不佳，本周稍早也证明了 Lester 终究是凡人。 Now Matsuzaka may be Boston's best hope. He considered the notion, bobbing his head back and forth as if he enjoyed the idea, and answered. 现在松坂可能是波士顿最可靠的希望。松坂考虑了一下，点了点头似乎 很喜欢这种感觉，然後回答： "I'm not Beckett," Matsuzaka said. "But if I can pitch like he did last year and hand the ball off to the guys behind me, that would be great." 「我不是 Beckett, 」松坂说。「但如果我能投得和他去年一样好，这 样把球交给我後面的人，那会很棒。」 If anybody knows how to operate down, 3-1, it's Matsuzaka, now charged with translating his trademark escape acts to a macro scale. The Red Sox will hand him the ball and put their season on his shoulders. Matsuzaka has faced games of this magnitude before - the World Baseball Classic final, Game 7 of the 2007 American League Championship Series - and delivered. 如果说谁最会处理这种 3-1 劣势，那一定是松坂。他现在得把他拿手的 逃脱技提升到整个队伍的层次。红袜将把球交给他，把整个球季放上他的 肩膀。松坂以前见过这种场面 -- 例如世界棒球经典赛决赛、和2007 美 联冠军第七场 -- 而他都没让人失望。 The Sox now face the same situation they did last year, when their starting pitchers saved them - a three-games-to-one deficit. Beckett steamrolled through the Cleveland Indians' lineup in Game 5, igniting the Sox' comeback and setting the tone for their World Series rampage. That task now falls to Matsuzaka against the Tampa Bay Rays. 红袜面临和去年一样的情况，当时也是靠先发投手救了大家 -- 在一胜 三负的情况下，Beckett 在第五场压住了克里夫兰印地安人的打线，点 燃了红袜的反攻之火，也为他们世界大赛的大胜定调。现在同样的任务 落在松坂身上。 "I think he will enjoy this challenge a lot," manager Terry Francona said. "The intensity, the meaning, as much as this game means, that will help him. That won't hinder him." 「我想他会很喜欢这种挑战，」总教练 Terry Francona 说。「这种 紧张感和这场比赛的重大意义会帮助他，而不是给他压力。」 "He has some experience," catcher Jason Varitek said. "He's a man that has been in a lot of big spots in his whole life. Just look forward to him giving us a real strong, competitive start." 「他有经验，」捕手 Jason Varitek 说。「他这辈子投过很多大比赛。 我们可以期待他给我们一场紮实有竞争力的好投。」 The Rays have scored 31 runs in three games, battering a pitcher who throws fastballs in the 96-mile-per-hour range and one who throws knuckleballs in the 65-m.p.h. range. Matsuzaka's unconventional style may be another easily conquered challenge for the Rays, but it could also stifle them as it did in Game 1. 光芒过去三场比赛打下了 31 分，从投 96 miles 速球的投手到 65 miles 蝴蝶球的投手都被打垮了。松坂少见的投球风格对光芒来说可 能只是个小挑战，但也可能像第一场一样毫无办法。 Red Sox starters have lasted only 12 2/3 innings in the past three games, precluding the opportunity to win, Boston's moribund offense aside. Once they fell behind the Indians last season, Sox starters took control of the series. Beckett, Curt Schilling, and Matsuzaka combined to allow five earned runs in 20 innings. 红袜先发在过去三场比赛中只撑了 12 2/3 局，也都早早失去了赢球 的机会，更别谈波士顿熄火的打线。去年当他们落後给印第安人，是 靠红袜先发群掌控了比赛。Beckett, Curt Schilling, 和松坂总共 在 20 局中只掉了五分。 "There's quite a few keys, but we need to start with our pitching," Varitek said. "We need Dice to come out with a quality start." 「[接下来的比赛]有很多关键，不过最基本的是投球，」Varitek 说。 「我们需要 Dice 给我们一个优质先发。」 Matsuzaka pitched well but inefficiently against the Rays during the regular season. He made three starts and went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA, but he lasted only 15 combined innings in those starts, allowing 11 walks and 24 base runners. 季赛中，松坂对光芒投得可以，但很没效率。三场先发一胜零败，ERA 3.00, 但总共只投了 15 局，却有 11 次保送，24 名打者上垒。 In the ALCS, Matsuzaka changed his approach after a rocky start. He spent the first inning nibbling at the corners and walked three batters before he escaped without allowing a run. He didn't have a good feel for any of his pitches, and none worked particularly well. 在美联冠军系列赛中，松坂在岌岌可危的开场之後改变了投球策略。他 把第一局花在边角闪躲上，保送了三名打者之後不丢分下庄。他觉得每 个球种状况都不好，确实效果也都不好。 He relied instead on his "shutto," a pitch that moves somewhat like a cutter. He rarely used it in the regular season, Matsuzaka said, which he felt made the pitch more effective against the Rays. From the second inning forward, he walked only one as he carried a no-hitter into the seventh and struck out nine, his most since April 1. 於是他转而依靠 "shutto," 一种动得有点像 cutter 的变化球。松坂 说，球季之中他很少用这颗球，而对光芒似乎还蛮好用。从第二局开始， 他只保送了一名打者，维持无安打的状况直到第七局，三振九次，这是 他自从四月一日之後最多的三振。 "The more I'm able to use that pitch in games," Matsuzaka said, "the better it's going to get over time." 「我越能用那颗球，投得就越顺，」松坂说。 Rays outfielder Carl Crawford thought several of Matsuzaka's pitches were balls until he watched film from the game and realized, to his surprise, they were strikes. Matsuzaka's differing looks and arsenal of pitches gave the Rays an illusion. "The plate looks bigger than it is," Francona said. "That's what good pitchers do." 光芒外野手 Carl Crawford 以为松坂的几颗球是坏球，直到他看了比赛 录影，惊讶地发现它们确实是好球。松坂多变的球种和策略给了光芒 一种错觉。「好的投手能让本垒板看起来更大，」Francona 说。 Matsuzaka threw 4.06 pitches per batter this season, and despite his more efficient approach against the Rays, that barely changed in Game 1 - Tampa Bay batters saw 3.97 on average against him. The figure owed more to his skill than erratic pitching. Matsuzaka made 115 pitches in Game 1. The Rays put only 16 in play. 松坂本季平均对每个打者要花 4.06 球。虽然他对光芒似乎投得比较有 效，这点倒是并没有变 -- Tampa Bay 打者每次平均要看 3.97 个球。 这是由於他的技巧而不是失投。松坂第一场比赛投了 115 球，而光芒 只把 16 球打到场内。 "Even if I have to throw a lot of pitches, I'm going to do my best to throw to quality spots and keep them guessing and keep them off balance," Matsuzaka said. "But I won't be going into it [with] the exact same game plan as Game 1. 「即使我得用很多球，我会尽量投到不好打的点，让他们猜，让他们 失去平衡，」松坂说。「不过我的策略不会和第一场完全一样。」 "The Rays' lineup has a lot of aggressive hitters, and I wanted to take advantage of that in the last game. In terms of attacking the strike zone and being aggressive again, that's certainly something I want to keep doing." 「光芒打线有许多积极的打者，上一场比赛我想利用这一点。至於 攻击好球区和再积极投球，确实那是我希望持续做的。」 Matsuzaka, of course, has not always been aggressive. He often dug himself holes this season, only to emerge unscathed and imbued with confidence. His team needs to mimic him now, with Matsuzaka leading the way. 当然，松坂并不总是积极投球的投手。今年球季他常把自己投到困境， 然後又靠自信毫发无伤地走出来。现在他的球队也得要这麽做，由松 坂本人带队。 "He has some scary moments," outfielder Coco Crisp said. "He always gets out of them. We call him the Magic Man. Hopefully, he can bring some of that magic." 「他有过很多考验心脏的时候，」外野手 Coco Crisp 说。「但他总是 逃得过。我们都叫他『魔术男』。希望他这次能施展一些魔术。」 --

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