[[新聞] Yanks split, can clinch East tonight (NJ.com)

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時間: Sun Sep 17 21:08:11 2006

Yanks split, can clinch East tonight
Sunday, September 17, 2006
BY ED PRICE
Star-Ledger Staff

NEW YORK -- Chien-Ming Wang lost a game yesterday but not his chance
to be the Yankees' Game 1 starter in the AL Division Series.

Another option for the playoff opener, Randy Johnson, got no decision
last night despite giving up five runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.

But the Yankees, who are tied with the Mets for the best record in the
majors, can fix it so they face a decision on the playoff rotation as
soon as tonight.

Yesterday's split of a day/night doubleheader against the Boston Red
Sox -- a 5-2 loss followed by a 7-5 victory -- means they can clinch
the AL East title today with a sweep of another day/night doubleheader
and a Toronto loss to Tampa Bay.

"I know everybody's pretty beat up and tired," Johnson said, "but it'll
all be worth it in the end."

Derek Jeter hit safely in both games, extending his hitting streak to
25 games. That is the seventh-longest in team history and longest by
a Yankee since 1942, when Joe Gordon had a 29-game hitting streak.

Jeter, 2-for-10 on the day, trails Minnesota's Joe Mauer in the AL
batting race, .3439 to .3432.

Wang and Johnson made another piece of Yankees history by becoming the
first pair of 17-game winners to start for the Yankees on the same day
since Whitey Ford and Jim Bouton on Sept. 20, 1963.

Four of the five runs off Johnson in the nightcap scored on two-out,
two-strike hits. Coco Crisp, who had struck out his first three at-bats,
roped Johnson's 112th and final pitch just fair down the left-field line
for a two-run double that broke a 3-3 tie.

"I guess there's a couple of ways of looking at it," Johnson said. "You
put yourself in a situation where if you make a pitch you're out of the
inning ... and you're not battling to get even or ahead in the
count -- you're already ahead in the count -- and now you need to make
the quality pitch to get him out. That's what I didn't do.

"If there was any positive, I put myself in a situation to get the
hitter out because it was a count in my favor."

There were some encouraging signs from Johnson: a sharp slider in the
early innings, as 97 mph fastball to Wily Mo Pena in the fifth inning
and six strikeouts overall. But he also gave up key hits on sliders in
the middle innings.

"Maybe just stick with the fastball a little bit more, now that the
velocity's back up," he said.

The Yankees got Johnson (who is 38-4 in September games since 1993) off
the hook by tying the game in the bottom of the sixth inning and went
ahead as Jason Giambi's RBI double keyed a two-run seventh.

Craig Breslow (0-2) took the loss. Scott Proctor (6-4) pitched two
scoreless innings for the win, and Kyle Farnsworth earned his fifth save.

"Proctor was magnificent," manager Joe Torre said. "That's about as
sharp as he's been for a while."

In the opener, Wang (17-6) allowed three runs on nine hits
(five of them doubles) in five-plus innings.

"He's still on course," said Sal Fasano, who caught Wang.

"I didn't think he had his good command," Torre said. "And that could
be the fact he's a couple of days overdue."

Wang was originally scheduled to pitch Thursday, but the threat of
rain caused the Yankees to push him back to Friday. That game was rained
out.

"Sometimes you're too strong," Fasano said.

In fact, Wang said his sinker was sinking more than usual.

"The ball was moving too much," he said, "going too low." The extra
rest, he said, "was not a problem, but today I couldn't find the strike
zone."

Wang needed 29 pitches in the first inning, when he worked out of
a second-and-third, one-out jam. But the high pitch count caught up
to him later, as he allowed three runs on four hits in the fourth.

Otherwise, Wang dodged in and out of trouble.

"I think that's really a really good sign for someone who we've come
to count on so often," Torre said, "when it's hard for him, when he has
to work at what he's doing, he still manages to keep you in the game."

The three runs the Red Sox scored off Wang were enough for
Josh Beckett (15-10). In six innings, Beckett walked five but
stranded six runners and allowed two runs. The Yankees went 0-for-8
with men in scoring position for the game and left 10 men on base.

The two runs came on Robinson Cano's 11th homer, a second-inning shot
to center that gave him 42 RBI in 37 games since returning from a
strained hamstring.

Torre indicated Wang could start the playoff opener in part because of
his record at Yankee Stadium.

"I trust all three of those guys, whether it's (Mike Mussina), Wang or
Randy," Torre said. "I think the only thing right now that you're looking
at if we get to the playoffs is the success he's had here. That certainly
would have to be a part of the information that you have to use."

Over his past 14 Yankee Stadium starts, Wang is 10-2 with a 2.22 ERA.
His 2.88 ERA at home is fourth best among AL starters.

For Wang, who came out after Mike Lowell doubled to lead off the sixth,
yesterday was his shortest start at Yankee Stadium was Sept. 8, 2005,
against Tampa Bay.

The slow infield probably benefits Wang's sinker, but Wang's only
explanation was, "I just feel comfortable."

Wang was asked if being named the No. 1 starter in the postseason would
be an "honor," but he could not answer until the word was defined for
him by a reporter from his native Taiwan.

Once he understood, Wang said, "Just get a team win."

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