Hu dazzles in Triple-A debut for the Red Wings
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简短摘要一下这篇新闻
胡投的很好,投手教练很满意并送他这场比赛的欧打单当纪念品
胡有很好的曲球跟一颗偶尔出现的掌心球,一种现代棒球很少见的变速,轨迹有点像快速指
叉球,捕手说这是他生涯第一次call掌心球
胡的这颗掌心球是过去几年才练的,这场比赛的第一颗掌心是第二局K掉Jake Elmore的那
球(查了一下,是签约前没多久学的)
捕手说胡很敢跟打者对决,胡说他一开始有点紧张,不过他前九个打数只让一个人上垒
教练说对刚升上3A的投手来讲控球是挑战,优势是这些打者从来没面对过他
胡明天就会回到A+
The Rochester Red Wings were savoring a 4-3 victory over the Durham Bulls early
Tuesday afternoon when pitching coach Marty Mason emerged from his office and
stopped winning pitcher Chih-Wei Hu in the clubhouse hallway.
Mason had a little memento for Hu to take back to Fort Myers: the lineup card
from an impressive Triple-A debut.
The Wings are predicting it was the first of many victories at this level — and
perhaps beyond.
"I just feel very good," Hu said after making the special spot start in the
11:05 a.m. school-day special at Frontier Field.
Hu, a 21-year-old native of Taichung, Taiwan, allowed just one run and two hits
in six innings, walking four and striking out six. Brock Peterson's two-run h
omer in the fourth powered the offense.
"What a great job that kid did," manager Mike Quade said. "I'm anxious to see
him down the road career wise. He's got good stuff."
Hu's curve was especially effective and he even threw an occasional palm ball,
a pitch that few pitchers — maybe no pitchers? — in today's game throw.
"It's just another version of the change but it usually has really good
downward motion, similar to a split (finger)," Quade said.
That palm ball made its debut in the second inning, and Jake Elmore, a .314
hitter, went chasing and missing to strike out.
"I've never even caught a palm ball before," catcher Eric Fryer said.
Hu, signed out of Taiwan by the Minnesota Twins in 2013 for around $200,000,
said he added the pitch to his repertoire over the past few years. "I need a
weapon," he said. "It has good movement and it changes my tempo."
He is one of the brightest pitching prospects for the Twins. Since starting his
pro career in 2013, he has combined 15-2 record and 1.94 ERA in rookie,
Class-A and now one Triple-A start, allowing 100 hits and 33 walks while
striking out 145.
Hu was promoted from the Class-A Fort Myers Miracle to ease the burden on the
Wings pitching staff created by Tuesday's day/night doubleheader. He'll be
rejoining the Miracle Wednesday.
In six starts in the Florida State League, the 6-foot-1, 209-pound right-hander
was 4-0 with a microscopic 1.03 ERA. He had walked just six, struck out 36 and
opponents were hitting only .185 against him.
Triple-A, of course, is a whole new ball game. Hitters are more experienced,
more patient, more dangerous.
Hu, however, was not intimidated.
"He had good poise, he attacked the hitters," Fryer said.
There were first-inning jitters, perhaps evident by a walk to Alexi Casilla,
the second batter of the game.
"I was a little bit nervous, a little bit scared," Hu said.
Still, he retired eight of the first nine batters he faced, didn't allow a hit
until the third and the run he allowed came in the fifth.
"Usually it's about command," Quade said of the challenges facing a newcomer to
Triple-A. "They (the opposition) haven't seen him so he should have a little
bit of a jump on them, at least the first couple times through the lineup.
"You hope he follows 'Fry' and understands Fry's preparation of the opposition. He was pretty mature for a guy at 21, knowing what he needs to do."