紐約每日新聞 L.A.'s three-peat sinks Maine Consecutive HRs keep Mets slidin' By ADAM RUBIN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2007, 4:00 AM (只翻部分) LOS ANGELES - Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for the Mets, along came Hong-Chih Kuo. 當你想Mets不能再壞的時候，來了一個郭泓志。 The Dodger lefty not only kept Met hitters in a free-fall, but Kuo also provided the ultimate insult when he hit the third of L.A.'s back-to-back-to-back homers on consecutive pitches in the second inning that punctuated a dismal 4-1 loss for the Mets. 這位道奇左投不只使得Mets打者如同自由落體，並且郭成為對Mets終極羞辱三連轟的 最後一炮，在第二局重擊Mets，使得Mets 4-1輸球。 As if Kuo's mammoth blast wasn't enough, he admired it a la Manny Ramirez on his way to first base. 郭的巨炮尚且不夠，他那如同Manny Ramires地跑經過一壘壘包。 The Mets have lost four straight and eight of nine. They ensured they will lose their fourth straight series - their longest skid in that category since losing six straight series from Aug. 26-Sept. 15, 2005, during Willie Randolph's inaugural season as manager, when the Mets tumbled out of the wild-card race. It doesn't get any easier tonight as they face L.A. ace Brad Penny (7-1) and then get the red-hot Yankees this weekend in the Bronx. The Mets (36-27) remained two games ahead of the Braves in the NL East, but third-place Philadelphia closed to within three games. "This is a test of our character, and what were made of," David Wright said. "We're not playing the type of baseball we're capable of. It's getting to the point where it's beyond a little slump, a little rut....This isn't us; this isn't what we're about." For the fourth straight game, the Mets took an early lead and for the fourth straight time saw if vanish quickly. How quick? Try two pitches. Wilson Betemit tied the game with a one-out blast off John Maine. One pitch later, Matt Kemp's homer made it 2-1. Up stepped Kuo, who crushed Maine's first pitch, and flipped his bat and admired the ball as it sailed into the right-field bleachers. Betemit第一轟平比數，Kemp第二轟成2-1，Kuo對Maine的第一球擊出驚天一轟， 甩棒，並仰望它飛入右外野露台。 The Dodger pitcher's home-run act didn't sit too well with Willie Randolph. Mets教頭藍道夫說:道奇投手的全壘打動作不太對。 "It looked good anyway. He must be used to that," Randolph said sarcastically. "Obviously John made some pitches in the wrong location, and they jumped on them. He threw the ball pretty well, but he sailed in a little bit." 藍道夫諷刺地說:但是它看起來很漂亮，他一定很習慣如此做。 明顯Maine有幾球投錯了位置，那一球不錯，但是太裡面一點了。他們就轟了。 Maine had his back to Kuo, and didn't catch his counterpart's styling until he saw a replay. Maine第一時間沒看到Kuo的甩棒，等重播時看到了。 "It upsets you a little bit," Maine said. "You leave three pitches across the plate, that's going to happen. You have to settle down because it's still 3-1. It's still a winnable ballgame." 那個三連轟使你沮喪，但是你留了三個甜球在本壘上，就會發生這種事。 你要靜下心來，因為比數還在3-1,仍有贏球的機會。 The three L.A. longballs traveled a combined 1,267 feet, with Kemp's 447-foot shot the first to reach the loge level at Dodger Stadium in 23months. The last time a Met had surrendered homers to three straight batters: Opening Day in 1997 at San Diego, when Chris Gomez, Rickey Henderson and Quilvio Veras did it against Pete Harnisch in what became an 11-run sixth inning. At least Harnisch had an excuse for hitting a wall after facing one over the minimum batters through five innings. He was suffering from withdrawal symptoms including insomnia after quitting a 13-year smokeless-tobacco habit. The last time a team hit three homers on as many pitches occurred last Sept.18 on the last three of the four straight hit by the Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth inning in an 11-10, 10-inning victory over San Diego. Maine (6-4) is 1-4 with a no-decision in his past sixstarts. The Mets are 1-5 over that stretch after winning Maine's first seven starts of '07. Last night, Maine departed trailing 3-1 in the sixth after a one-out single by Betemit put runners on the corners. Joe Smith entered and got a grounder to third base from Kemp, but the infield single scored Luis Gonzalez for the fourth run charged to Maine. Maine allowed more than three runs for only the second time this season - the other coming May 20, when he allowed five runs in five innings in a 6-2 loss to the Yankees. Only a half-inning before the homer barrage, the Mets had taken a 1-0 lead on Carlos Delgado's RBI single that scored Wright. Wright extended his hitting streak to 14 with a single off Kuo for his 500th career hit. He then stole second to get into scoring position for Delgado. Wright is 14-for-14 on steals this season. Kevin McReynolds has the club record for perfection, going 21-for-21 in 1988. That was the lone run scored off Kuo (1-1), who went seven innings. "The pitching is solid - we need to score runs," Wright said. "It's on the offense." --

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