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Wang’s Performance Solidifies Rotation’s Strength
By JOE LAPOINTE
Published: July 29, 2006
Shortly before Chien-Ming Wang of the Yankees pitched a two-hit shutout
in a 6-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays last night at Yankee Stadium,
Manager Joe Torre casually assessed his starting rotation.
It was an appropriate subject because so many teams, are hoping to add
starting pitching before the nonwaiver trading deadline Monday. The Yankees
do not seem to share that urgency with Wang, Mike Mussina and Randy Johnson
leading their five-man rotation.
What other teams, Torre wondered, “can send three guys that have been as good
as Randy and Moose and Wang?’’
It was Wang’s second complete game of the season and in his two-year career,
and his first complete-game victory. He lost the other, 3-2, on June 18 at
Washington.
The victory tied Wang (12-4) for the staff lead in victories with Mussina.
Jorge Posada, who caught Wang last night, said he has “the best stuff in the
rotation. I don’t say that for nothing. He’s that good. He looks calm.
He looks ready every time. The best thing is he doesn’t panic.’’
Wang, a man of few words, said: “I felt comfortable. The team defense was
pretty good.’’
In response to a question, Wang added: “Yeah, best game as a Yankee.’’
“It’s fun to play behind him,’’ Derek Jeter said. “You always expect
ground balls. He doesn’t walk a lot of guys. He keeps you in the game
mentally.’’ Only four American League pitchers began play yesterday
with more victories — and they had 13. Johnson has 11 victories and
will pitch today against the Devil Rays, the last-place team in the A.L. East.
Mussina pitches tomorrow in the final game of the series. “Right now,
I’m pretty comfortable with our starters,’’ Torre said.
He has a right to feel that way, even though the fourth starter, Jaret Wright,
rarely finishes the sixth inning and the fifth starter, Sidney Ponson,
is 0-1 in that role and is not guaranteed more than one more start.
Last night’s victory, before 53,979 fans, offered a certain statistical
neatness. It was the 100th game for the Yankees and their 60th victory.
They have won four consecutive games and five of six.
Coming into the game, they trailed first-place Boston by one and a half games
in the A.L. East and were a half-game ahead of Chicago and Minnesota in the
chase for the wild card.
Jeter had three hits and drove in two runs for the Yankees. Bernie Williams
hit a home run. Alex Rodriguez drove in the first run. Two other runs scored
on bases-loaded walks.
Wang has won his last four outings. He retired the first 12 hitters,
most of them on ground balls, as is often the case when his fastball
is sinking. He gave up his first hit to Ty Wigginton, who led off the
fifth inning with a ground single to center.
Wang then retired the next five batters before giving up an infield hit and
his first walk in the sixth. He retired 9 of the last 10 hitters he faced and
finished with two walks.
The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Rodriguez singled with
two outs to drive in Johnny Damon, who had led off with a double.
They made it 3-0 in the second on a two-run single by Jeter, also with
two outs.
They added another in the fourth when starter Tim Corcoran (4-2) walked
Posada with the bases loaded, the last batter he faced. It was Corcoran’s
third consecutive walk and sixth of the game. He also gave up seven hits.
Reliever Chad Harville got Williams out on a fly ball, but then walked
Andy Phillips to force in a run and make the score 5-0 before the inning ended
on Melky Cabrera’s groundout to first.
Williams increased the lead to 6-0 with a home run off Harville with two outs
in the sixth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/29/sports/baseball/29yankees.html?ref=sports
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