Matsuzaka is still safe at new home - 美國職棒

出自Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/06/17/
matsuzaka_is_still_safe_at_new_home/
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以下是概略意思翻譯，不求精確，
但若連意思都不正確就還是麻煩板友指正了，
謝謝～

By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist | June 17, 2007

He'd been spared the talk show torchings, the columnist wisecracks,
and the wrath of the Nation. Like some of his teammates,
Daisuke Matsuzaka was able to work through a June slump
without getting much attention.

大輔免於脫口秀和專欄的談論以及Nation的憤怒～
就像他的一些隊友一樣，大輔能夠渡過6月衰退期而沒有得到太多注意～

But if the Red Sox had not been safely ensconced in first place,
there might have headlines asking about "Tumbling Dice" and
serious speculation about the $103 Million Man March to Mediocrity.

但若紅襪沒有先取得安穩地位～
那就會出現一些新聞頭條　像是”翻轉的骰子”～
還會有一些嚴重的推論　說$103百萬的男人是個庸才～

He'd lost three straight starts. His Fenway ERA was 5.62.
If not for a cushy lead over the Yankees, we might have been asking why
everyone made such a big deal about Dice-K all winter and spring.

他已連續失利三次
他在芬威的era是5.62
如果不是輕易領先洋基的狀況
我們會一直問　為什麼整個冬天到春天大家要這麼關心大輔的交易

But none of the negativity ever rained down on Matsuzaka's gentle face
because the Sox were winning.

但是這些負面事情全都不曾寫在大輔的紳士臉上
因為紅襪一直贏

And then yesterday, with the hoofbeats of the Yanks again audible
from the southwest, Dice-K came through with seven stellar innings
of shutout ball in a surgical 1-0 win over the San Francisco Giants.
The victory stopped Dice-K's personal losing streak,
lowered his ERA to 4.18, and kept the Sox 8 1/2 games ahead of the
suddenly-hot team in New York.

然後昨天隨著洋基的蹄聲再次逼近
大輔經歷了耀眼的七局無失分　達成對巨人的一比零勝利～
這場勝利停止了大輔個人的連敗
也將他的era降低到4.18　讓紅襪領先最近突然火熱的洋基8.5場勝差

With significant help from the generous and inconsistent work of plate
umpire Charlie Reliford, Dice-K smothered Barry Bonds
(1 for 6 at Fenway this weekend) and the Giants on three hits, fanning eight.
Dice-K's countryman, Hideki Okajima, took care of the eighth inning,
Jonathan Papelbon saved it in the ninth,
and Manny Ramírez supplied the only offense
with a fourth-inning homer off 22-year-old Matt Cain.

隨著來自裁判Reliford的慷慨而重要的幫助與工作（不確定什麼意思）
大輔讓棒子爺熄火　也讓巨人只打三安
他的同胞岡島則照顧好第八局
寶貝碰拯救了第九局
Manny供應了唯一一支全壘打支援

"Daisuke was really good, and on a day when he had to be every bit that good,"
said Sox manager Terry Francona.

This was a tidy game, a worthy successor to the Giants' last series
against the Red Sox at Fenway --
an epic joust that concluded with Smoky Joe Wood beating Christy Mathewson
in the eighth and final game of the 1912 World Series.

這是接近的比賽　也繼承上次巨人在芬威對戰紅襪以來的比賽
那是1912世界大賽最後一場比賽　Wood打敗了Mathewson　是史詩般的競爭

Matsuzaka's drama unfolded in the sixth.
He walked Randy Winn to start the inning, losing the Giants' left fielder
after getting ahead, 1 and 2.
Then came a single to left by Ray Durham and suddenly,
the menacing Bonds was standing at home plate with two aboard and nobody out
in a 1-0 game.

大輔的戲碼在第六局揭露
比數1:0　一二壘有人無人出局　而棒子爺在打席上的局面

Barry is humming to the tune of Grand Funk Railroad at this hour.
He is Slouching Toward Cooperstown.
The national hardball pariah has only two homers since May 8
and at this rate he may still be stalking Henry Aaron in August and September. Bonds's struggles come at a good time for the Red Sox. Thus far at Fenway, he has a mere single with two walks (both intentional), zero RBIs, and a strikeout.

棒子爺正哼著Grand Funk Railroad這首歌的曲調
在5/8以後　國家硬球的賤民（看不懂orz）只有兩支hr
他正以這種速度在8月9月接近Henry Aaron

Matsuzaka intentionally walked Bonds in the first inning.
It was a no-brainer. First base was empty with two outs.
Folks back home in Japan were no doubt disappointed,
but it would have been the same thing had Dice-K been facing Sadaharu
Oh back in the day.

（這三段都在講比賽的情況）

Barry had gotten a fat pitch when he faced Matsuzaka in the fourth.
As he did Friday night, Barry ripped it far -- and foul.
Then he went out on a routine fly to right.

Fast-forward to the sixth. This was Barry's chance to beat the Red Sox and
Dice-K at Fenway on Fox TV. But Dice-K got ahead, 1 and 2,
then retired Barry on a grounder to the right side of second base.
It would have been a double play, but the Bonds shift put shortstop Alex Cora
on the right side of second and there was nobody to cover the bag.

"I felt that I wanted to challenge him, but overall I was just careful not to
make any mispitches that he could get solid contact on," said Matsuzaka.
"I've faced many great batters,
but he certainly emitted a great aura about him.
That's rare to see even among those great hitters."

大輔說”我感覺到我想去挑戰他，但是從頭到尾我只是小心不要失投讓他逮到機會”
”我已面對了許多強打者，但他無疑地散發出一種光環，那即使在那些強打者中也
難得一見”

Bengie Molina lined to short for the second out,
then Dice-K hit Nate Schierholtz on the shoulder to load the bases.

（比賽情況）

Veteran Rich Aurilia worked the count to 3 and 2,
but was caught looking at a pitch pretty clearly outside.
Aurilia was not happy and he had good reason. But the shutout was preserved.

Dice-K got the side in order in the seventh,
fanning Dave Roberts (born in Okinawa, by the way) with his 112th and
final pitch. It's not easy leaving in the middle of the shutout,
and Dice-K said, "I felt I could have gone a little bit longer in the game,"
but this is not the Japanese High School tournament,
in which Dice-K threw 250 pitches in a single game.

大輔在第7局面對Roberts投了第112次投球（也是最後一球）
在完封比賽中途離開並不容易
大輔說　”我覺得我還可以再投久一點”　
不過這不是日本的高中聯賽
在後者　大輔單場比賽投了250球

Dice-K termed this his "best performance."

大輔說這是他的”最棒表現”。

And so he is spared. He'll hear none of the negativity that
Rick Pitino once cited as a trademark of our town.
The celebrated rookie is 8-5, Barry has been held at bay,
and the Red Sox are still comfortably ahead of the Yankees. Life is good.

因此他免於批評。他將不會聽到我們鎮上註冊商標的Pitino任何負面評語。
這個出名的新人是8勝5負。
Barry在灣上等著，而紅襪隊仍然很舒適地領先洋基。
人生真是美好。

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