Chien-Ming Wang shows improvement - 棒球

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Chien-Ming Wang shows improvement in Sunday spot start
王建民的週日先發顯示投球狀況有改善

The last time Chien-Ming Wang climbed onto a Nationals mound to start a game
was on June 19, the day of the now infamous pine tar incident between the
Nationals and the Tampa Bay Rays. Since then, it’s been a long road for Wang
from injuries and issues with mechanics through the minor leagues to return
to where he stood on Sunday afternoon, on cool, sun-drenched day in September
in the heart of a pennant race.

上次先發已是6/19

His final pitching line won’t be dazzling – two runs on eights over four
innings – but Wang was much improved and looked as strong as he has this
season. His sinker consistently hit 92 to 93 mph and dived low in the strike
zone on hitters, inducing seven groundouts. He even notched his first career
extra-base hit with a double in the third inning, rounding first base
awkwardly.

帳面成績並不亮眼，但是投球有改善跡象。伸卡維持在92-93嘜，落點也都在好球帶
下半部，製造了7個滾地球出局。王建民也打出生涯首支二壘安打，雖然過一壘時有
點囧

“Wang looked really good,” Ian Desmond said. “That’s probably the best we
’ve seen him all year. Yeah, he was good. A lot of hitters were saying he
had a lot of late life on his ball. They were kind of impressed, I guess you
could say.”

Desmond說:「王看起來真的不錯，大概是這整年我們看到最佳的一次。很多打者都說
他的球進壘時有許多位移。」

Wang encountered some hard luck in the fourth inning when Ryan Braun lifted a
ball to center field but Bryce Harper lost it in the sun. The next two hits
were singles just out of the infielders’ reaches. Logan Schafer then doubled
to deep right field, just over Jayson Werth’s head. Five Brewers reached
base that inning but Wang escaped with only a 2-0 deficit when he got two
groundouts to end the threat. At 69 pitches, Wang could have gone deeper but
Nationals Manager Davey Johnson didn’t want him to throw more after little
recent work.

王建民第四局時運氣不佳，先被Braun使出一記太陽拳，下兩個打者的安打也都是從
內野找洞穿了出去，然後才被Schafer打出二壘打。王才投69球，但總教練不希望如此

“He pitched well,” Johnson said. “Made good pitches in the jam. He
deserved better.”

Johnson說:「他投得很好，在關鍵時刻都有好球，他理應得到更好的結果」

Wang was making a spot start on Sunday, needed when bad weather rained out
Tuesday’s game and forced a doubleheader on Wednesday. Now, Wang will return
to the bullpen and likely isn’t a candidate to make the playoff roster. He
could, however, make another start if needed this season, Johnson said. While
he didn’t speculate when, it seems like that could be possible if and when
the Nationals clinch the National League East title and they want to res.t
their regular starters.

王建民會重返牛棚而且大概不會進入季後賽名單。但是若要需要的話則是會在季末前
再先發一次，特別是如果國民隊拿到國聯東區第一，其他先發投手需要休息時

The Nationals may not have received the return they had hoped for when they
brought Wang back for a one-year, $4 million deal in the offseason. But for
one start on Sunday, he showed flashes of his old self and gave the Nationals
a momentary bridge to their next starter.

國民隊或許沒有從當初給王建民的一年4M合約中得到他們想要的回報，但這個禮拜天
王建民的確顯示了一點他以前狀況佳時的跡象，並且給了隊上下個先發投手一點休息

“To look back for the season, I was down in the minor league for a long time
and really appreciate for those coaching staffs down there really helping out,
” Wang said through an interpreter. “And from this point, looking back
again, that was kind of difficult for me to come back this year.”

王透過翻譯說:「回顧本季，我在小聯盟待了好長一段時間。我很感激小聯盟教練們的
幫助。而從這個角度再回顧一次，就會覺得今年要再回大聯盟真是蠻難的一件事。」




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