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由於進入季末調整，洋基並未派出阿布瑞尤、吉昂比、A-Rod先發，前五局雙方均未得分，但替補球員湯姆森六局上先被保送，靠著格林與戴蒙的連續安打，先搶得第一分，卡布瑞拉擊出外野高飛犧牲打，格林再添一分。

八局上，戴蒙先擊出二壘安打，靠著卡布瑞拉的犧牲觸擊掩護上三壘，隊長基特的一壘安打，再打回一分。

反觀金鶯隊在王建民的壓制下，雖然也打出八支安打，但只靠著七局下的二壘安打及一壘安打，搶回一分；八局下，王建民讓首名打者出局後，今年剛好投滿兩百局，托瑞換下王建民，由邁爾斯與波克特聯手守住第八局。

由於洋基里維拉因傷休息，九局下，由方斯沃擔任終結者，被第六棒Millar擊出陽春炮，但未再讓打者上壘，洋基三比二獲勝，王建民也首度射下金鶯，與雙城王牌桑塔納暫列大聯盟勝投王。

王建民今天共投七又三分之一局，被擊出八支安打，僅失一分，投出一次三振、沒有保送，共投八十五球，五十六好球、二十九壞球，製造十六個滾球出局，五個飛球出局，自責分率從3.66降為3.60。

繼郭泓志與姜建銘，王建民也在二十四小時內拿下勝投，預定下一場先發是台北時間周五上午七時，在洋基主場迎戰魔鬼魚。
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也歡迎觀看洋基官網對王建民的報導
 
新聞轉載:http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20060909&content_id=1654360&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
 
洋基官網對王建民的報導:
 
BALTIMORE -- Chien-Ming Wang is confident when he takes the mound, but even the 26-year-old never believed he would have as much success in 2006 as he has had.

Wang became the Majors' second 17-game winner, joining Minnesota's Johan Santana for the league lead by leading the Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards. Wang (17-5) held Baltimore to one run on eight hits over 7 1/3 innings, striking out one batter without issuing a walk.

"I thought he was all right, but this good?" Johnny Damon said. "You expect him to go out and win 13 or 14 games in a good year, but he's stepped up to the forefront. Hopefully, he'll get some Cy Young considerations. He should finish up top."

Left-hander Adam Loewen (5-5) continued to baffle the Yankees, holding them to two runs over seven innings. But Wang outdid his counterpart, winning his fourth consecutive decision and ninth in the last 10.

"I don't know how you can't consider this guy as a Cy Young," Kevin Millar said of Wang. "I know that he doesn't have the strikeouts and all that baloney, but he has the wins, he's got the ERA and he throws bowling balls at the plate."

"I've said that it's not fair to keep counting on him the way we do," manager Joe Torre said. "But it's hard not to, as consistent as he's been for us."

Derek Jeter went 2-for-4, as his RBI single in the eighth accounted for what would turn out to be the game-winning run. Jeter has now hit in a career-high 19 consecutive games, the first Yankee to reach that number since Bernie Williams in August 2002.

"I don't really get caught up in that," Jeter said. "We're just trying to win games."

The Yankees dropped their magic number to clinch a ninth straight American League East title to 13, with the Red Sox still scheduled to play Saturday night.

Loewen and Wang countered each other with one zero after another on the scoreboard, carrying the scoreless game into the fifth.

New York finally broke through against Loewen in the fifth, as Kevin Thompson walked and Nick Green singled, putting runners at first and second. Damon blooped a single to score Thompson, then Melky Cabrera hit a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Green to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.

Wang allowed a pair of singles in the bottom of the inning, but he escaped unharmed when Melvin Mora grounded out to Green at third base for the third out. Before the game, Wang and catcher Jorge Posada talked about changing speeds a little more, resulting in more sliders and changeups from the pitcher.

"Hitters had only seen the sinker and inside fastball," Wang said. "The slider is another pitch."

Loewen settled in after his one rocky inning, retiring six of the next seven batters. He left the game after seven innings, charged with two runs on six hits and two walks. Loewen struck out six batters.

"I thought we had some better at-bats against him," Torre said of Loewen. "At least we made him work a little harder. He still got late in the game. He's pretty impressive."

The Orioles cut the lead to one in the seventh, after Millar started the inning with a leadoff double and Brandon Fahey singled him in with two outs.

"When they score off him, he goes right back and makes better pitches," Torre said. "He's a very special youngster with a great deal of poise."

Wang came back out for the eighth, retiring Mora before turning the ball over to Mike Myers. The lefty got Nick Markakis to pop out before handing the ball off to Scott Proctor, who retired Miguel Tejada.

With Mariano Rivera still nursing a mild muscle strain in his right forearm, Kyle Farnsworth closed out the game in the ninth, earning his third save of the season despite giving up a solo homer to Millar.

After the game, Wang said he never expected to win 17 games this season, let alone with four starts remaining in September. When asked if he thinks he should be included in the Cy Young race, Wang modestly said, "No," but one of his opponents on Saturday believes otherwise.

"We look for strikeouts, we look for dominating pitchers, we look for dominating strikeout pitchers," Millar said. "He consistently throws strikes, he consistently pounds the strike zone and he consistently gets ground balls. And he's got wins; what is he, 17-5? You can't overlook that. This guy is as dominating as there is going right now on the mound."

Mark Feinsand is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

[This is Alexandros Lee speaking]Tears in my eyes ...........
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轉載 黃哲斌 的 台灣巨投三連發 賀賀賀之餘
引用：http://blog.chinatimes.com/dander/archive/2006/09/10/102226.html
 
(他的政治評論我不認同,但是棒球報導,真是棒!請自己看)
 
 
「狂賀」二字似乎太廉價，但在二十四小時內，郭泓志在道奇先發首勝、姜建銘在日職巨人三連勝、王建民奪下十七勝，再居勝投王，除了狂賀，大概只有「狂賀賀賀」，才能形容球迷心中的爽快了。
 
八月底的《商業周刊Business Week》曾以「競爭」作為封面故事，並專訪洋基教頭托瑞，如何定義「贏Winning」？他的答案很簡單：別怕輸、激勵自己的天賦、用心投入，而且永遠要準備好。
 
聽來像是老生常談，但是，他說了個讓人印象深刻的例子：
 
2004年，洋基與紅襪爭奪季後賽美聯冠軍，洋基先連贏三場，眼看只要再贏第四戰，紅襪就要打包回家，大家或許記得，該役延長到十二局下，老爹歐提茲的兩分炮逆轉戰局，讓洋基飲恨；但托瑞的故事主角不是歐提茲，而是一名板凳球員：Dave Roberts。
 
歷史性的第四戰，九局下，洋基仍領先一分，只差三個出局數，就能挺進世界大賽。結果，終結者里維拉保送了首席打者，紅襪決定換上代跑Dave Roberts，他盜向二壘，然後Mueller上場，擊出中間方向安打，Roberts拼命跑回本壘，追平比數。
 
因為Roberts，才有歐提茲第十二局的再見全壘打；因為Roberts，才有第六戰的席林的「血襪傳奇」；因為Roberts，紅襪才能以四勝三負空前逆轉洋基，拿下美聯冠軍，接著四連勝國聯冠軍紅雀，抱回世界大賽冠軍，打破八十六年的魯斯魔咒。
 
在整個美聯冠軍系列戰中，Roberts根本沒上場打擊，但托瑞認為，他跑回了最關鍵的一分，「因為當他接獲任務時，他已經準備好了」。
 
雖然，當後人談論紅襪破除魔咒的那個傳奇年份，大多會想起席林、歐提茲，或世界大賽MVP拉米瑞茲，但托瑞念念不忘的卻是Dave Roberts，他常向球員舉例，即使不見得每個人每天都能上場，但當你被派上場，最好已經作好準備，因為整個球隊都依賴你，而每個人都有機會扭轉戰局，為球隊贏得冠軍。
 
（我查了一下，Dave Roberts出生於日本沖繩，後來被交易到教士隊，成為固定先發的中外野手，今年打擊率超過三成。）
 
王建民與郭泓志何嘗不是如此？
 
去年春訓，王建民在熱身賽拿下三勝，九局只失一分；但球季一開始，照樣下放小聯盟。等到四月底，萊特受傷，王建民被叫上大聯盟救火，首戰藍鳥雖被中繼投手砸掉勝投，最後無關勝負，但幫助球隊中止主場三連敗，從此一場投過一場，逐漸確立自己與穆西納、強森並列三大巨投的地位。
 
郭泓志更是苦熬了七年，歷經三次手術，包括兩次韌帶大刀，幾次在大小聯盟之間浮浮沉沉，擔任中繼的表現時好時壞，他甚至想要放棄一切，打包回台灣；今年在3A轉任先發，拿下三場勝投，也是靠著同為菜鳥的先發投手Billingsley受傷，被教練委以重任，六局無失分，從國聯最強的大都會手中搶下勝投，讓總教頭笑著說：「郭為自己贏得機會，他至少可再先發一、二次，也許再先發十年也說不定。」
 
這些豈是僥倖偶然？在風光勝投背後，他們都經歷過語言陌境的孤絕、長途巴士的疲憊、每天冷凍三明治果腹、手術復健的不確定感、月薪千元美金的窘迫，以及遙遠家人的期待、異地奮鬥的熬煎。
 
最重要的是，他們夠頑強、夠認真、夠勇敢，等到大聯盟的電話一響，他們都緊抓住機會，證明自己能在最嚴酷的運動舞台上，找到重要的角色，實現自我，也幫助團隊贏球。
 
原本，我並不打算那麼「勵志」，但我猜想，他們的故事之所以動人，之所以緊緊磁吸全台灣千萬雙眼睛，因為他們的奮鬥故事，重現了台灣遺失已久的角色典範（Role Model）：平凡人靠著自己的天賦、努力與堅持，只要機會來臨，照樣能在全世界最現實、最激烈的競爭環境裡，找到自己的價值，贏得所有對手的敬重。
 
如果有所謂「美國夢」，那麼，王建民等人一球又一球，再現了過去半世紀的「台灣夢」，質樸而充滿力量。
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