※ 引述《EdJay (會冷會冷果實能力者)》之銘言： : 又一次熱身賽出賽但是表現仍然不好 : 因為球速最高只有88mile : location 又找不太回來 : 這實在有點令人擔心啊 : 最近有事 所以就不翻譯了 不算是什麼太好的消息 但是可以看得出我們的小普在努力回來 內容講的是星期四 小普出戰老麥的熱身賽 上一次兩人交手是 2003 Game 3 NLDS (真是有人事全非的感覺 不過至少他們兩個都還能在球場上投球) PEORIA, Arizona -- The last time Mark Prior and Greg Maddux opposed each other on a baseball field, the stakes were quite a bit higher than they were Thursday afternoon -- that was Game Three of the 2003 NLDS against the Braves at Wrigley Field on October 3, 2003. Prior was masterful, throwing a two-hit complete game (oddly, one of the hits was registered by Marcus Giles, who faced Prior today, and the other was by Prior's now-teammate Mark DeRosa). Or maybe that's wrong -- maybe the stakes were higher today, as the future of Prior's career, seemingly so bright on that October evening, may stand in the balance. I've returned from the Cubs' rain-shortened, 5-inning, 1-0 loss to the Padres to tell you that, as opposed to what appeared last Friday to be Prior fading away into an Arizona sunset, he may have earned himself a reprieve. The first inning looked like Prior from Fitch Park -- up in the zone, arm angle dropping, getting hit hard; even the first two hitters, who made outs, made solid contact. Then the next four hitters all singled, and Prior might have been tagged for more than one run, had it not been for a nice throw from Matt Murton to get Josh Bard trying to score the second run of the inning. In that first inning, Prior had no called strikes nor any pitches on which Padres swung and missed. But then -- almost miraculously -- he settled down. He'd have had a 1-2-3 inning in the second if Aramis Ramirez hadn't foolishly thrown away a relatively easy grounder by Maddux. Prior didn't let it bother him -- he then retired Marcus Giles on a comebacker. And had a couple of swings and misses, including a swinging strikeout of Kevin Kouzmanoff. He walked two in the third inning, but finished it off with another swinging strikeout, and you could see his body language changing with nearly every batter. There's no swagger there yet -- but there seemed to be confidence building. His fourth inning was even better -- more swings and misses, and finishing, somehow appropriately, with a called-K on Maddux. For good measure, he hit a solid line-drive single to left field in his only at-bat in the third inning. Is Mark Prior "back"? Heavens, no. It's one game, four innings, in spring training, though against a good team that was starting what is probably going to be its Opening Day lineup (although how the Padres can hit Josh Bard cleanup on an everyday basis is beyond me). Prior's stuff was better. His command was better. Is he ready for a major league mound? No, he's not. Is he ready for another spring training start? I would suspect so; next Tuesday against the Royals would make sense to me. --

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