[News]No decision for Wang, but a major assist

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No decision for Wang, but a major assist



BY SEAN BRENNAN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Chien-Ming Wang never will be confused with Nolan Ryan for his
strikeout totals. And he'll probably never get mentioned in the
same sentence with Roger Clemens when the discussion turns to
throwing the splitter.
But after last night's gem of an outing against Baltimore, both
pitching on and bouncing off the mound, you just might hear
Wang's name in the same conversation as, say, Jason Kidd.

Last night Wang, in just his third start since being reinstated
from the disabled list with shoulder inflammation, mesmerized
the Orioles by allowing just two runs and seven hits over eight
innings along with a stunning nine assists.

"The thing I saw from him that made us all smile in the dugout
were all the ground balls," Joe Torre said after the Yankees
pulled within a half game of division-leading Boston. "When
he's down like that you feel pretty comfortable."

Wang struggled a bit in the first and third innings, with the
Orioles scoring a run in each stanza. But for the rest of the
game he was brilliant. After allowing three hits in the first
inning, Wang settled down and yielded just four hits the rest
of the way, walking one and fanning three.

"(In the first inning) the balls were high," said Wang, who
matched his career high by going eight innings. "The sinkers
didn't sink."

But from there on it was almost as if Wang wanted to take care
of the Birds single-handedly. Even Torre was amazed at the
ground Wang covered around the mound.

"There were a couple of fast runners that hit balls off to the
side of the mound," Torre said. "He was a cat coming off the
mound."

Wang's nine assists, surprisingly, were neither a team nor
major league milestone. The record of 11 assists is held by
five different pitchers, including the New York Highlanders' Al
Orth in 1906 and George McConnell in 1912.

So while he didn't find his way into the record books, Wang
might just have found himself a more permanent spot in Torre's
rotation, especially with the availability of Mike Mussina and
Jaret Wright still in question.

"Hopefully we'll have a tough decision to make," Torre
said. "Obviously this is Wang's best since he's been back. We
know what he's capable of because the first half (of the
season) he was terrific for us."



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推 solonwu:The sinkers didn't sink.
→ solonwu:雖然沒拿到勝投，不過媒體都是很正面的報導
推 mirage2000b:哇!討論王的文章裡竟然看得到神人萊恩跟火箭人耶!
推 sanders:Torre確實要傷腦筋 不過是甜蜜的煩惱 好手太多啦....
→ solonwu:小王也慢慢投出自己的風格了...
推 Diac:這篇太kuso了啦 王被拿來跟jason kidd比了XD
推 juichangkuo:助殺王 vs 助功王
推 srtlct:哈 我笑了  那班蛙不就是CLEMENT嗎
推 pelicanzero:Jason Kidd @_@
推 spitwind:Jason Kidd XD 有夠好笑^^b
推 fjjkk:我還在想跟Kidd有啥關係:P哈哈哈
推 sivid:a major ass …  orz
→ sivid:好像只有我注意到這種奇怪的東西..