VOA标准英语2010年-San Francisco Giants Take Game One of

The San Francisco Giants knocked off the Texas Rangers¹ 11-7 before a home crowd Wednesday at AT&T Park in Game 1 of Major League Baseball's 2010 World Series. Ace² starter Tim Lincecum overcame some early-game jitters³ to capture a win for the National league champions in the opener of this best-of-seven-game series. The two-time Cy Young pitching award winner allowed four runs on eight Texas hits in nearly six innings of work.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy said his team was proficient⁴ in batting and the pitchers⁶ stepped up when it mattered.

"We just clicked on all cylinders⁷ tonight," he said. "It took that because they had some good at-bats, too, and were fighting back to get in the game, but we held on."

San Francisco scored six runs in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie. The Giants batters⁸ rocked Rangers star pitcher⁵ Cliff Lee for five hits and two runs that chased him out of the game, and broke his streak⁹ of seven consecutive¹⁰ post-season wins for the American League pennant¹¹ winners. Slugger Juan Uribe capped the Giants scoring spree with a three-run home run off relief pitcher Darren O'Day.

Freddy Sanchez had four hits, including three doubles and three RBI, to propel the Giants offense¹². The second baseman says his team found a way to get to Lee.

"I think we were able to put the bat on the ball today and find some holes," said Sanchez. "I think that is really what it boiled down to. Guys were able to try to step up and have good at-bats, and try to work the pitch count and put the ball in play."

In all, Lee allowed seven runs on eight hits before he left the mound¹³ in the fifth inning.

The Giants scored three more runs in the eighth inning, which gave them enough of a cushion to withstand the Rangers' rally of three-runs in the top of the ninth.

The San Francisco Giants are attempting to win their first Major League Baseball crown since 1954 - four years before the team moved west to California from New York City. The Texas Rangers are playing for the championship for the first time in the 50-year history of the franchise¹⁴.

The Rangers may have their work cut out because history and statistics say the opening game winner has a 61 percent chance of going on to claim the World Series championship. That's what has happened in 11 of the last 13 World Series.

Texas outfielder David Murphy said it will be nice to win the next game in San Francisco, but it is not critical.

"Home field advantage has not mattered for us throughout most of the playoffs," Murphy said. "But, I mean, we are already down 0-1, so 1-1 is the best case scenario¹⁵ for us."

Game 2 of the World Series is Thursday in San Francisco.
 

1 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

2 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。

3 jitters   

n.pl.紧张(通常前面要有the)

参考例句：

• I always get the jitters before exams. 我考试前总是很紧张。
• The whole city had the jitters from the bombing. 全城居民都为轰炸而心神不宁。

4 proficient   

adj.熟练的，精通的；n.能手，专家

参考例句：

• She is proficient at swimming.她精通游泳。
• I think I'm quite proficient in both written and spoken English.我认为我在英语读写方面相当熟练。

5 pitcher   

n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手

参考例句：

• He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
• Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。

6 pitchers   

大水罐( pitcher的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Over the next five years, he became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. 在接下来的5年时间里，他成为了最了不起的棒球投手之一。
• Why he probably won't: Pitchers on also-rans can win the award. 为什麽不是他得奖：投手在失败的球队可以赢得赛扬奖。

7 cylinders   

n.圆筒( cylinder的名词复数 )；圆柱；汽缸；（尤指用作容器的）圆筒状物

参考例句：

• They are working on all cylinders to get the job finished. 他们正在竭尽全力争取把这工作干完。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• That jeep has four cylinders. 那辆吉普车有4个汽缸。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 batters   

n.面糊（煎料）( batter的名词复数 )；面糊（用于做糕饼）；（ 棒球） 正在击球的球员；击球员v.连续猛击( batter的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The pitcher has beaned as many as three batters in this game. 在这？热？投手投球竟打中了三个击手的头。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• A storm batters the ship. 一场风暴袭击了这条船。 来自辞典例句

9 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

10 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

11 pennant   

n.三角旗；锦标旗

参考例句：

• The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.第二辆车插着加纳的三角旗。
• The revitalized team came from the cellar to win the pennant.该队重整旗鼓，从最后一名一跃而赢得冠军奖旗。

12 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

13 mound   

n.土墩，堤，小山；v.筑堤，用土堆防卫

参考例句：

• The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
• The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。

14 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

15 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。