Despite control Wang walks tall
BY MARK FEINSAND
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Wednesday, July 4th 2007, 4:00 AM
Listening to Chien-Ming Wang and Joe Torre talk about Wang's performance
following last night's game, it would be easy to think that the righthander
had posted subpar numbers for a third consecutive start. But that was not
the case, as Wang (8-4) tossed seven shutout innings, helping the Yankees
to an 8-0 win over the Twins.
The cause for concern came from the four walks issued by Wang - three of
which came in the fourth inning alone - an unusually high total for him.
"When he walks three guys in one inning, that's very uncharacteristic,"
Torre said. "He never stops competing, which is the important thing."
Wang's right middle finger, which has a split nail he has been dealing with
all year, bothered him in the middle innings, but he said it was a change
in his arm angle that accounted for his loss of command. Wang, who had
allowed 10 runs over 12-2/3 innings in his last two starts, felt that his
pitches had flattened out during those two outings because he had dropped
his arm during his delivery. He worked this week on raising his arm angle
to his previous spot, and it took a little while last night to feel
comfortable with the adjustment.
"I just tried to get the ball down," Wang said.
Wang recorded 14 of his 21 outs on ground balls, including a pair of big
double plays in the fourth and fifth innings.
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