Have Nats seen best of Chien-Ming Wang yet? - 棒球

※ 引述《xiemark (aisinjuro)》之銘言：
: Have Nats seen best of Chien-Ming Wang yet?
: Stephen Whyno
: Published on August 21, 2011

國民隊看到小王最猛的時候了嗎？

: Chien-Ming Wang’s fifth start of the season was punctuated by a pair
: of home runs. His sinker didn’t sink right, leading to the Phillies
: ’ Carlos Ruiz and Chase Utley going deep.

小王本球季第五次的先發，遭到兩支全壘打砲轟。
他的伸卡球沒有掉下來，所以讓盧義斯與阿特力逮的正著。


: Regardless of that, Nationals manager Davey Johnson was pleased with
: Wang in his 5 2/3 innings Sunday, ended only by a 1-hour, 11-minute
: rain delay. If not for that, Johnson said he would’ve let Wang stay
: in for 100 pitches.

即使如此，國民隊總教練強森對小王星期天五又三分之二局的投球仍然感到相當滿意。
這場球賽因為大雨，而暫停了一個小時又十一分鐘。
如果不是因為下雨，強森說他應該會讓小王投滿一百球。


: “He looked free and easy,” the manager said. “Everything was crisp.
: The breaking ball was crisp; he threw some quality [change-ups].”
: Using his change-up as a swing-and-miss pitch, mixing in an effective
: curveball that got a few outs and keeping his slider down, Wang
: struck out four Phillies hitters. That was by far a season high; he
: had only three strikeouts combined in his previous four starts.

強森說：「小王看起來很自在，每個動作都很簡潔。他的變化球很讚，球質也不錯。」
小王用變化球讓打者揮空，然後用曲球拿到一些出局數，同時也投出了低角度的滑球。
在這場比賽裡，小王一共三振了四名費城人打者，這是他本季三振人數的新高。
而他在前四次先發，一共只投出三次三振。

: Wang didn’t get a decision in a dramatic 5-4 walk-off win for the
: Nats, but he almost went pitch-for-pitch against reigning NL Cy Young
: Roy Halladay. The 31-year-old Taiwanese righty allowed just five hits
: and walked one Sunday. He threw 54 of his 87 pitches for strikes.
: Johnson said (while making a knock-on-wood motion) that Wang shouldn’
: t miss another start this season. Sunday was yet another chapter in
: what’s becoming a nice comeback story.

雖然國民隊戲劇性地以五比四氣走費城人，但是小王最後卻無關勝敗。
不過，小王的表現幾乎可以和欲尋求連莊國聯賽揚的好樂迪相比擬。
在星期天的比賽裡，這個來自台灣的三十一歲右投手只讓對手打出五支安打。
小王一共投了八十七球，其中有五十四顆是好球。
強森認為小王本季應該不會錯過本季其他先發機會；星期天的表現，只是小王重返榮耀的一個插曲罷了。
(knock-on-wood：強森希望自己不要烏鴉嘴）


: “Every start I’ve seen progress and improvement,” Johnson said. “I
: don’t think we’ve seen the best of him yet.”

強森說：「小王的每次先發，我都看到他的進步。我想我們還沒看到小王最猛的時候。」

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