[外電] Chien-Ming Wang is starting slow and finishing strong

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Chien-Ming Wang is starting slow and finishing strong
By Adam Kilgore

As Chien-Ming Wang has returned this summer from a devastating shoulder
injury, durability and consistency have not been issues. Wang has thrown
at least 5 2/3 innings in six consecutive starts after this afternoon’s
7-4 Nationals loss to the Dodgers. He threw an efficient 80 pitches in six
innings, and Manager Davey Johnson thought he could have thrown more.

Wang’s biggest issue in his return, then, has not been what happens at
the end of starts. It’s what happens at the beginning. He cannot warm up
as easily as he once did, and it has led to slow starts.


Early in starts, Wang has not been able to command his sinker and throw
it with as much movement as later in his outings. Three of the first four
Dodgers hitters this afternoon tattooed line drives. With one out in the
third inning, Wang had allowed six hits and four runs.

But then Wang stopped his leaving his sinker high in the strike zone and
settled down, retiring 10 of the final 11 batters he faced. Eight of those
10 outs came on groundouts or fly balls.

The slow starts and strong finishes becoming a trend. In the first and
second inning this year, Wang has a 7.86 ERA. Once he gets past the
openings two frames, Wang has a 2.60 ERA.

Wang has returned from a torn shoulder capsule and subsequent surgery that
held him out of the major leagues for more than two years. Before his
injury, when he became one of the league’s best pitchers with the New York
Yankees, he threw about 40 pitches in the bullpen. This season, Wang has
thrown 50 or 60 before the game.

“I’m going to try to get the warm-up done and put myself in game
situations earlier,” Wang said through an interpreter. “Hopefully,
I can do better.”

By Adam Kilgore  |  05:36 PM ET, 09/08/2011


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