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本篇翻譯自MLB官網紅襪隊記者Ian Browne所撰寫關於4月16日紅襪天使戰的新聞


標題：

Chang's breakout game powers Red Sox to win: Utility infielder snaps 0-for-28
skid with two-run homer, hit go-ahead RBI single v.s. Angels

張育成爆發，帶領紅襪奪下勝利：內野工具人對上天使，用兩分彈及勝利打點終止28支0的
打擊荒


內文：

A zany Saturday at Fenway that included three catcher's interference calls
- two of them in one inning by the Angels - might wind up being remembered by
Red Sox Nation as the Yu Chang game.

Behind an out-of-nowhere performance (2-for-4, a homer and four RBIs), Chang
fueled Boston to a 9-7 victory over the Angels.

This was the day the 27-year old utility infielder from Taiwan demonstrated
some of the prowess Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and other members
of the brass envisioned when they claimed him off waivers from the Rays on
Sept. 12 and signed him to a Major League deal with Spring Training already
in progress on Feb. 16.

出現在芬威球場的一個荒唐星期六，一場發生三次捕手妨礙打擊（其中天使隊在八局下包
辦兩次）的比賽，可能會讓紅襪球迷記憶為「育成的球賽」。

張育成用出人意料的表現（4支2，一支全壘打及四分打點）幫助波士頓以9比7氣走天
使隊。




When Chang came to the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning on Saturday,
he was in an 0-for-28 rut that dated back to Sept. 22, 2022.

With one powerful cut, Chang reversed his fortunes with a two-run rocket that
hit a sign behind the Monster seats. He gave the Red Sox a 5-4 lead in a game
they trailed, 4-0, on a Gio Urshela grand slam in the top of the first.

Chang practically felt weight coming off of him as he rounded the bases, the
Fenway crowd of 36,594 roaring with approval.

當張在四局下半站上打擊區時，他歷經了從去年9月22日開始，28支0的打擊低潮。

張利用擊中綠色怪物席次後方看板的驚天兩分彈，逆轉了他的命運。而這支全壘打也幫助
紅襪，在一局上半被Gio Urshela敲出滿貫彈後，取得5比4的領先。

張在繞壘時如釋重擔，此時的芬威球場充滿了36,594名球迷的喧囂所帶來的肯定。


The loss of Adam Duvall to a broken left wrist, combined with the Red Sox
facing a seemingly endless stretch of lefties this week, has led manager Alex
Cora to move Kiké Hernández back to center field with Chang playing short.

"I'm so happy that the team gave me the opportunity to play every day,"
 said Chang through interpreter Patrick Chu. "I didn't do well in the
beginning, but today, I just got the chance, and with that homer, I was so
happy."

But the story of this day was far from over after Chang's Monster mash.

In the top of the eighth, Taylor Ward hammered a 106.5 mph line drive that
looked like a sure hit, only for Chang to make a spectacular leaping grab at
shortstop.

面對失去傷到左腕的Adam Duvall以及這週連續遭遇左投的情況，紅襪總教練Alex Cora決定
將Kike Hernandez調回中外野，並讓張守游擊。

「我非常高興隊上給我每天上場的機會，我在一開始表現的不好，但今天我有把握住機會
，我非常高興能夠揮出那支全壘打。」張透過翻譯表示。

然而，故事在張挑戰綠色怪物成功後還尚未結束。

八局上半，Taylor Ward擊出了初速106.5 mph（約170 km/h），看似將成為安打的強勁平
飛球，但這球最後讓張在游擊演出了令人驚嘆的跳接。


"That jump catch was important to the team," said Chang. "And the coaches
asked me to shift a little bit before the pitch and I did it and it just came
to my spot and I got it."

Then came the bottom of the eighth, the final momentum swing of a wild
afternoon and early evening at Fenway. The inning started with the Angels in
front, 7-6.

Hernández led off the frame with a single to left, creating hope of another
comeback. But when Raimel Tapia smashed one deep to left and Ward flagged it
down in front of the Monster, it was setting up some possible deflation.

But catcher's interference was called on Matt Thaiss and Tapia was awarded
first base.

張表示，「那一個跳接對球隊很重要，教練在投手投球前有要我移動一下站位，我照做了
，而我也在球正朝著我來之後成功接住。」

接著，八局下半時，最後的攻勢在芬威球場狂熱的下午出現了。這個半局在天使隊7比6領
先時開始。

Hernandez左半邊的一壘安打開啟了攻勢，並燃起了反攻的希望。但隨後Raimel Tapia擊出
左外野飛球被Ward在綠色怪物前接殺，這使得紅襪的反攻希望受到了挫折。

然而此時天使捕手Matt Thaiss被判妨礙打擊，Tapia因此上到了一壘。


"What I can say is, if I didn't hit the catcher's mitt, that ball would
have made a hole in the Green Monster. I hit that ball really well," said
Tapia.

Following a strikeout by Triston Casas, the unthinkable happened. Reese
McGuire fouled off a 1-0 pitch and Thaiss was again called for catcher's
interference. Two in one inning?

"Yeah it's rare for sure," said McGuire, a catcher himself. "He was
obviously too close and it doesn't happen that much, but it also happens when
the hitter is seeing the ball deeper and trying to go the other way."

The bases now loaded with one out, Chang put a capper on his memorable day by
rifling a two-run single through the hole at shortstop to put Boston up for
good.

Tapia說，「我只能說，如果我沒有打到捕手手套的話，那顆球可以在綠色怪物上打出一個
洞。我那球真的打得很好。」

在Triston Casas被三振後，令人無法置信的事情發生了。Reese McGuire在0好1壞時打
出一顆界外球，而此時Thaiss又被判了一次妨礙打擊。一局兩次？

同樣身為捕手的McGuire說道，「那確實很罕見。很明顯地，他太靠近了，這不常發生，但
這情形在當打者看球看得更深入且嘗試做反向攻擊時，就可能會出現。」

此時，滿壘一出局，張用打穿游擊防線，並同時幫助波士頓取得領先的兩分打點一壘安打
，為屬於他的日子畫龍點睛。


The last time Chang enjoyed playing baseball as much as he did on Saturday
was last month at the World Baseball Classic, when he was named the Pool A
MVP for Chinese Taipei.

"The way he's hitting the ball in batting practice is hard and on a line.
It was a matter of gaining confidence," said Cora. "He made a comment about
how comfortable he was over there playing, and when he comes here, it's a
little bit harder. We understand that. We've been talking about Pool A MVP,
but it's like, 'Just go play, just be you.'"

"Everybody has big expectations for me," Chang said. "They want me to copy
the WBC performance here [in MLB], so I'm excited that I played well tonight
and I'll do my best to help the team win games."

At least on Saturday, Chang couldn't have done much more to aid his team's
cause.

張上一次像今天同樣享受棒球的時刻是上個月的經典賽，他當時為中華隊獲得了預賽A組的
MVP。



張表示，「大家都對我有期望，他們希望我可以在MLB複製經典賽的表現，所以我對今晚的
好表現感到興奮，而我也會盡全力幫助球隊取得更多的勝利。」

至少在今天，張無法再幫助他的球隊更多了。


感想：看到部長有好表現真的好感動，希望他可以繼續保持，站穩MLB！


原文連結：https://reurl.cc/WDgRm5

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