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紅襪VS白襪@紅襪主場：8IP，0ER，0R，2H，2BB，0HR，7K，ERA＝2.82，104球（65-39），勝投（第16勝）
對手： White Sox 的 Javier Vazquez（10-11；ERA 4.37） 

表現：★★★★★

2008.8.31 今日表現

今天表現很出色，幾乎可以算是本季最精彩的投球。
僅送出2BB加上僅被2安，0失分的省球八局精彩好投，令維尼迷都很興奮。
雖然錯失了難得的完封機會，可惜。
本季第16勝順利入袋，除超越去年勝投數之外，也追平野茂過去的勝投數。
剩下五次先發，亮麗的表現繼續維持到季後賽吧。

2008.8.31 官網新聞 翻譯 by nally 

Pedroia, Dice-K sock Chicago
Second baseman notches four hits to back righty's gem

Pedroia跟松阪齊踩白襪
二壘手打四支安支援了松阪的好投

BOSTON -- Jason Bay continuously calls him the "Energizer Bunny."
Given Dustin Pedroia's season-long assault on American League
pitching, Bay just might be right.
Pedroia does it all: He scores runs, he steals bases and he plays exceptional
defense at second base. But above all, the man can hit.

波士頓訊—

Jason Bay持續叫他勁量兔！在Dustin Pedroia本季持續很久的火熱表現之下，
Bay的表現也許只能算還好。Pedroia做到了全部的事情，
他得分、他盜壘、他守二壘的美技不斷。但是最重要的是，這傢伙很會打安打。

Need Proof? It's in Friday's box score. Pedroia notched a 4-for-4 evening
at the plate -- including one walk -- as the Red Sox welcomed themselves
home with an 8-0 thrashing of the White Sox at Fenway Park.

證據在哪兒？在星期五的分數盒子中。Pedroia打出四支四的成績，外加一次保送。
讓紅襪以8比0的成績在自家中痛擊白襪。

"What can you say about what he does with the bat? It's almost become
 expected," Bay said. "Just another day for Dustin Pedroia. I don't
think it impresses anybody anymore, and I've only been here for a month."

Bay說：「你說他可以打得怎樣？這幾乎是可被預期到的。
這又是Dustin Pedroia的一天。我不認為這會讓任何人印象深刻，
且我只在這邊一個月而已。」

Talk about a day when one 5-foot-9 second baseman did everything
but pitch a shutout. The second-year man laced three singles,
a double, crossed the plate three times and stole two bases.

提到這位五尺九高的二壘手，除了還沒投過完封之外其他都做到了。
這位第二年的菜鳥，今天打出結實的三支一壘安打、一支二壘安打，
三次通過本壘，二次盜壘成功。

It's becoming quite epidemic around the Major Leagues. Pedroia
might be the smallest member of Boston's team, but he sure makes
a lot of noise when he hits the field.

在大聯盟裡頭，這很容易成為傳染性的，Pedroia也許是紅襪球隊裡頭個子最小的，
但是他很確定的事當他打安打時，卻可以製造出最多的喧鬧聲。

"I worry more about Pedroia than I worry about Big Papi," Chicago
manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Right now, I have to, because he's swinging
the bat good. ... It's amazing how this kid shows up to the ballpark
every day and plays the way he plays. He brings a lot of energy to the field."

白襪總教練說：「現在啊，比起擔憂老爹，我更擔憂Pedroia了！
我必須說，他揮棒實在太好，頗令人驚奇這小子如何維持這樣
的表現，且以他的方式。他隨時保有著許多能量。」

Of course, Pedroia wasn't alone. It was a slew of Boston hits that
put an eight-spot on the board for a cruising Daisuke Matsuzaka –
who, for those keeping track, notched his 16th win of the year.

當然，Pedroia並不孤單。紅襪打者很多的安打支援松阪八分，
松阪也拿到了今年第16勝。

It was apparent early that Dice-K and the Red Sox's lineup were
on their "A" games. Matsuzaka began the first with a 1-2-3 inning,
one of six frames in which he'd face the minimum three batters.

很明顯的，松阪跟紅襪打線的表現都是他們顛峰狀態。
松阪剛開始就三上三下，這是他今天六局三上三下中的其中一局。

He located, pitched ahead in the count and avoided racking up
a lofty pitch-count early. His 103 pitches through eight innings
proved to be one of his finest, most complete outings of the season.

松阪穩住了，且球數領先，避免在早先局數就耗太多球數。
他在八局內共投103球，幾乎是他今年最好表現場次之一，
也是本季最長的投球局數。

Matsuzaka never allowed more than one runner on base at a time,
giving up just two hits and two walks.

今天的松阪沒有同時讓2個人以上的打者在壘上，
今天他只被打兩支安打，以及兩次保送。

The Boston lineup, on the other hand, couldn't be stifled by Javier
Vazquez. The Sox tagged him for five runs (three earned) in 5 2/3 innings.

另一方面，紅襪打線沒有被對手先發Javier Vazquez鎖住，
Javier Vazquez在5.2局中被打5分（3分為自責分）。

"We came out with a lot of energy," Pedroia said. "Javy Vazquez
was throwing the ball well. It was nice to score a couple runs
and get some momentum, then Dice-K took over. He threw the ball great."

Pedroia說：「我們有著許多能量！Javier Vazquez也投得不錯，
我們得了很多分，而且打擊連貫。而松阪也投得很好。」

Six runs came in the fifth and six innings alone, the first two tallies
coming from RBI doubles by David Ortiz and Mark Kotsay in the fifth –
it was Kotsay's first RBI since the Sox acquired him from Atlanta on
Wednesday. Bay tacked on a three-run double with two outs in the
sixth to break the game open.

在第五局以及第六局一口氣得到六分，前兩分是David Ortiz及
Mark Kotsay在第五局打出帶有打點的二壘安打--這是Kotsay
從勇士隊被交易到紅襪後所打出的第一支帶有打點的安打。
Bay在兩出局之後跟著也打出三分打點的二壘安打，將兩邊比數拉大。

Pedroia -- who else? -- scored in each of those frames, recording
his 104th run to pass Bobby Doerr's club record set in 1950 for
the most runs scored by a second baseman in a season.

Pedroia---在五六局都有跑回來得分。
他打破二壘手Bobby Doerr 在1950年創的得分紀錄。

"It's awesome. I really don't think about stuff like that," Pedroia said.
"I just try to come out and play hard all day. Like I said, it's David
and Youk [Kevin Youkilis] driving me in when I get on base."

Pedroia說：「他是令人尊敬的，我不認為我跟他一樣足夠的stuff。
我只是試著努力打球。就像我說的，當我上壘後，是David及
Youk的推進，讓我得分。」

Doerr introduced himself to Pedroia last summer, telling him he'd
be watching every game and that he liked the way Pedroia played.
The encounter made Pedroia feel confident that breaking the 58-year
record before the end of August wouldn't create any hard feelings.

Doerr去年夏天跟Pedroia說，他每天看比賽，且他喜歡Pedroia
目前的打球模式。這樣的偶然相遇使得Pedroia覺得更有自信，
也讓他在八月底之前打破了這維持58年的紀錄，而不會有不好的感覺。

"He didn't seem like a guy who would be mad about it or anything,"
Pedroia joked.

Pedroia開玩笑說：「Doerr看起來不像是會為這種事或其他事生氣的啦。」

What it did was solidify Pedroia as a formidable part of Boston's
batting order. And given how this lineup has changed almost monthly
with trades and injuries over the course of the season, Pedroia's
consistency is anything but overlooked.

Pedroia已是紅襪打序中令人畏懼的部分。
紅襪本季常因打者受傷、交易而改變先發打序，但Pedroia在任何層面來看都是持續穩定的。

"We love the way he plays," manager Terry Francona said.
"That would be very disrespectful to say it's a surprise.
He just does it all the time."

紅襪總教練說：「我們喜歡他投球方式。說他是個驚喜是相當無禮的。
他一直表現地這麼好。」

But make no mistake, the accolades mean little to Pedroia.

但是無疑的，這個稱讚對於Pedroia沒有太大的意義。

There's just one statistic that matters to him, and that's in the left
column of the standings.

對他來講，這只是一個統計數據，列在數據的左欄。

"The only thing I care about is helping us win games," Pedroia said.
"I'll go 0-for-4 and have us win any day of the week."

Pedroia說：「我唯一在乎的事情是讓我們球隊贏球，我寧可四支零而我們球隊每天贏球。」