※ 引述《noray (nora)》之銘言： : Small Ball, Dropped Balls and All Square 小球、掉球，全部重頭 : By TYLER KEPNER : Published: October 6, 2005 : ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 5 -- The Yankees have learned to rely on the glove : work of Alex Rodriguez and the accuracy of Chien-Ming Wang. When both : went haywire at Angel Stadium on Wednesday, the Yankees lost a chance : to take a commanding lead in their division series. 洋基隊這回可是從「A-Rod的手套技術」和「小王的傳球準確度」裡學了不少。 星期三在天使球場裡，這二件事都出了狀況， 因此洋基也喪失了取得系列賽絕對領先的機會。 : A fielding error by Rodriguez helped the Los Angeles Angels tie Game 2 : in the sixth inning, and a throwing error by Wang in the seventh helped : put the Angels ahead to stay in a 5-3 victory. Instead of giving Randy : Johnson a two-games-to-none lead when the best-of-five series continues : on Friday, the Yankees headed home tied with the Angels, a game apiece. A-Rod第六局的內野守備失誤讓天使隊在第二戰裡扳成平手， 小王第七局的傳球失誤則讓天使取得領先，並以５－３拿下了勝利。 星期五回到紐約主場繼續這個五戰三勝系列賽時， 巨怪強森將面對的是一比一的平手局面，而不是二比零的領先。 : "Wang did an outstanding job," shortstop Derek Jeter said. "You can't : ask him to do much better. We made a couple of mistakes, and that's : what happens - you make mistakes against a good team, and they're going : to take advantage of them." 「小王的表現非常出色」，游擊手Jeter這麼說著，「不能要求他再多了。」 「我們犯了一些錯，而當我們面對強隊時卻犯錯時，他們一定不會浪費這些機會。」 : The Angels scored three unearned runs off Wang, whose error was his : worst throw over six and two-third innings. He walked none and allowed : six hits, but unraveled in the seventh. 天使隊在小王手裡拿走了三個非自責分， 六局下的失誤是他六又三分之二局投球中所投出最差的一球。 他沒投出任何四壞保送，只被擊出六支安打，但在第七局時遭逢困境。 : The Yankees held a 2-0 lead in the fifth, but they stranded a runner on : second that inning when third baseman Chone Figgins made a diving stop : to rob Hideki Matsui and first baseman Darin Erstad made a nifty scoop : at first base. The Angels were trailing but fielding well, and they : kept the Yankees from building on their lead. 第五局時洋基取得２－０的領先， 但天使隊三壘手Figgins的美技飛撲和一壘手Erstad的精彩接球擋下了酷斯拉的進攻。 天使們雖然落後但守備精彩，讓洋基不至於拉開領先差距。 : "I thought the Figgins play was a huge play for them, because it was : basically a two-run turnaround," Rodriguez said. A-Rod說：「Figgins那個防守對他們至關緊要，因為來回相差了二分。」 : Rodriguez meant that the play cost the Yankees a run, and one batter : into the bottom of the fifth, the Angels scored on a homer by Juan : Rivera. Then, in the sixth, Rodriguez let Orlando Cabrera's leadoff : chopper clang off his glove for an error. Cabrera would score on a : two-out single by Bengie Molina, tying the game, 2-2. A-Rod的意思是那讓洋基損失了一分，而五局下天使首名打者Rivera卻轟出陽春彈。 然後第六局A-Rod又讓首名打者Cabrera的彈跳球跳著跳著跳出了手套， 二出局後Cabrera再藉著Molina的安打回本壘得分，二隊２－２戰成平手。 : "It was pretty routine," Rodriguez said. "The ball was up, and when : I looked down, I couldn't believe the ball wasn't in my glove. I : don't know what happened." 「那球實在平凡簡單」，A-Rod說， 「那球彈起來了，但當我往下瞧，我無法相信球竟然不在手套裡，我不知道怎麼回事。」 : In the seventh, Rivera chopped an infield single to lead off the : inning, sliding headfirst into first base to beat Jeter's throw. : Steve Finley then dropped a bunt that Wang fielded. Robinson Cano : covered first, but Wang's throw pulled him off the bag for an error. : Wang said later that he rushed the throw. 七局下，首名打者Rivera砍擊成內野安打，他靠撲壘的方式戰勝了Jeter的快傳。 然後Finley觸擊，小王前去處理，Cano補位一壘，但傳球卻讓Cano的腳離開了壘包。 小王稍後表示：「我傳的太急燥了。」 : The Angels, taken out of their small-ball style by the Yankees' early : scoring in Game 1, kept at it here. Adam Kennedy bunted the runners : over, and after a shallow fly to center by Figgins, Wang missed his : spot on his first pitch to Cabrera. Catcher Jorge Posada wanted the : pitch down and away, but Wang left it up and in. Cabrera lined a hard : single to left center, scoring two to give the Angels a 4-2 lead. 天使隊第一戰時由於洋基一開始便大量得分，並未使出小球戰術，但此時正是時候。 Kennedy的觸擊推進了壘上二名跑者，而就在Figgins的中外野短淺飛球被接殺後， 小王的一記失投球被Cabrera逮個正著。 補手Posada要的是邊邊角角的低球，但小王卻投出偏高且正中的球。 Cabrera將這記失投球狠狠擊向中左外野，二分進帳，天使取得４－２的領先。 : "A sinkerball pitcher like this guy, when they are getting tired, : they usually start leaving the ball up," Cabrera said. "In the at-bat : with Figgins, I was looking. Everything was up, up, up, so I figured : he was getting tired." 「像小王那樣以伸卡球為主的投手，他們累的時候球路會偏高」Cabrera說， 「在Figgins那個打席，我一直在看，每一球都偏高，所以我猜他應該是累了。」 ─　好累，以下就休息一下再說吧！ 　　畢竟搞不好已經有強者翻好貼上了。 : The pitch to Cabrera was Wang's 85th and last, and after Al Leiter : got out of the inning and retired Vladimir Guerrero in the eighth, : Molina homered into the first row of seats in the left field corner. : That made it 5-2 Angels when closer Francisco Rodriguez came in for : the ninth. : Jorge Posada blasted a leadoff homer, but Tino Martinez struck out : and Derek Jeter grounded to short. : Alex Rodriguez came up next and smacked a grounder down the third : base line. Figgins backhanded it and fired to first, where Erstad : scooped the throw to end the game and make Rodriguez 0 for 5 in : the series. It was the second impressive play by Figgins and Erstad, : and the Yankees could not play as skillfully. : Their fielding blunders - Cano also made an error, in the second : inning - obscured a fine effort by Wang, the rookie who was making : his postseason debut. Wang is an extreme ground-ball pitcher, and : Manager Joe Torre's lineup reflected that. : Torre, the Yankees' manager, used Tino Martinez at first base instead : of the more erratic Jason Giambi. Wang was the reason. "You try to go : with the percentages, and this kid's mainly getting us ground balls," : Torre said before the game. : In Wang's last three starts, opponents had made only four outs in the : air. Everything else was a ground out or strikeout. Sure enough, the : first nine Angels hitters on Wednesday put the ball on the ground. : "He was getting ground ball after ground ball," Angels Manager Mike : Scioscia said. "He's got a heavy ball, heavy sinker and just pounded : it all night. We did a little better job as the game went on." : Cano, another rookie, got a lead for Wang in the second inning. Cano : had doubled in three runs in his first at-bat of Game 1. This time, : his first at-bat came after Matsui doubled with one out. Cano laced a : fastball into left field off John Lackey, just inside the foul line, : to put the Yankees ahead, 1-0. : The Angels struggled, at the time, to get their running game going. : Kennedy singled to lead off the third, and he tried to run with a 1-0 : count on Figgins. The pitch sailed up and away and Figgins swung, : helplessly, but he could not foul the ball off. : Posada fired to Jeter at short, nailing Kennedy the same way he pegged : Vladimir Guerrero on a botched hit-and-run on Tuesday. Figgins would : strike out, and Cabrera would pop softly to right. : The Angels tried another hit-and-run in the fourth, with mixed results. : As Guerrero broke for second, Cano broke with him to cover the bag. : Because he did, he was in position to make a tumbling grab of Molina's : grounder up the middle. Cano set his feet - knowing Molina is a slow : runner after forgetting it the night before - and threw to first for : the out. : While the Angels missed an opportunity, the Yankees took advantage in : the fifth. Lackey walked Rodriguez for the second time, and then allowed : a double to right center by Jason Giambi. A chopper by Gary Sheffield : scored Rodriguez to make it 2-0, before Figgins robbed Matsui to stop : the Yankees' budding rally. : By the time the Yankees scored again, the Angels had scored five runs. : Rodriguez tried to run on Molina in the seventh, guessing that Kelvim : Escobar, who had already thrown over to first, would try a splitter on : 1-2 to Giambi, which would have been a good pitch to run on. Instead, : Escobar pitched out, and Molina caught Rodriguez. : Giambi then struck out, the first of five co --

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