In the eighth inning,
Gaston turned to left-handed reliever Jesse Carlson
with the Blue Jays clinging to a 4-3 lead.
Carlson's first task was to take on Yankees designated hitter Hideki Matsui,
and the pitcher nearly won the confrontation.
On a 2-2 pitch, Matsui's knees buckled on a sharp slider high in the strike zone,
but he held his swing and moved into a full count.
Matsui then drilled a 3-2 pitch -- another slider -- down the right-field line,
pulling it too far to the right of the fair pole for a towering foul ball that
crashed into the second deck.
Carlson opted to alter his approach, firing an 88-mph fastball toward Matsui,
who sent the ill-fated pitch well over the right-field wall for a game-tying homer.
cling to | 固守する、維持する |
designated hitter | 指名打者 DH |
confrontation | 対決、対立 |
opt to | 〜することを選ぶ |
alter | 修正する 変更する |
ill-fated | 不運な |
game-tying | 同点 |
reference
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/mlb/090812/mlb0908121141006-n1.htm
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090811&content_id=6374878&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor