NY YANKEES 6, FLORIDA 5
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BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Chien-Ming Wang battled through
seven innings to match his win total from last season and Alex
Rodriguez collected three hits, as the New York Yankees held on
for a 6-5 interleague victory over the Florida Marlins.
Wang (8-3) made his major league debut in April 2005 when Jaret
Wright suffered a shoulder injury. He filled in for Wright and
although he missed two months with shoulder problems of his own,
Wang managed to post an 8-5 record with a 4.02 ERA in 18 games.
The righthander endured an inconsistent first two months despite
a 5-2 record. But in his last three starts, Wang has allowed
eight runs and 29 hits in 28 1/3 innings.
"He's been great," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "Last year
when he came up, to have the type of presence for a young
inexperienced pitcher, he's been terrific for us.
"The thing is, it gets to the point where you don't like to do
this but you get to the point where you count on him. You never
like to put that on any kid with the limited experience that he
has. But the way he's pitched, you just feel that way."
One of those starts was Sunday in Washington when Wang gave an
overworked bullpen a day off by going the distance. Wang,
however, lost that game when he allowed a two-run home run to
Ryan Zimmerman in the ninth.
"I give Wang a lot of credit," Torre said. "To go back out
there tonight and battle through seven, I thought was great."
On Friday, Wang's worst inning was the second when he allowed an
RBI double to Josh Willingham and a two-run home run to Miguel
Olivo that evened the contest at 3-3.
But instead of getting rattled, Wang used an effective sinker,
including to win for the third time in four starts. He allowed
four runs and nine hits, struck out two, walked one and
recorded 15 ground-ball outs.
"I wanted to stay in," said Wang, who threw 55 of 85 pitches for
strikes. "I could have gone longer. I thought my pitches were
smooth."
"He's been throwing the ball good," New York catcher Jorge
Posada said. "The last four starts, he's been doing well. He's
doing a lot of things well."
Wang's recent outings have helped the Yankees immensely as their
rotation entered the game with a 4.59 ERA due to inconsistent
outings from Randy Johnson, Shawn Chacon and Wright.
"He's tough, he's got the best stuff on this staff," Posada
said. "When he's down in the zone, he keeps it coming."
As for Rodriguez, he posted his sixth three-hit game of the
season and first since May 31 at Detroit. He also produced his
first three-hit game at home since May 26 vs. Kansas City and
Friday was his first game at Yankee Stadium since going 6-for-35
on the club's last homestand.
Rodriguez struck out in the first inning with runners on second
and third. But in the fourth, he came through as he lined a 1-1
pitch from Florida starter Brian Moehler (5-6) up the middle,
scoring Johnny Damon for a 4-3 lead.
"Alex gets up there four or five times a game, and we'd like it
to be wonderful all the time," Torre said. "But I thought he
had three good at-bats. Hopefully we can build on that."
Posada followed with an RBI single. Following an intentional
walk to Robinson Cano, Rodriguez scored on Bernie Williams'
sacrifice fly.
Last Friday, Rodriguez went 1-for-5 in a 7-5 win at Washington.
He had three strikeouts but afterwards he appeared to discover a
mechanical flaw during a session with hitting coach Don
Mattingly and since then Rodriguez is 9-for-21.
Rodriguez's hit was not the game-winning hit as the Marlins
scored a run on Miguel Cabrera's double play groundout in the
sixth.
The Marlins entered their first trip to Yankee Stadium since
Game Six of the 2003 World Series with 20 wins in their last 27
games. But they did not resemble the club that had won nine of
10 as they committed three errors in the first inning and
trailed 3-0.
"Those are plays we should make," Florida first baseman Mike
Jacobs said. "It could have been a lot better game."
"We gave them six outs, maybe seven in the first inning,"
Marlins manager Joe Girardi said.
Kyle Farnsworth allowed a run in the eighth and closer Mariano
Rivera worked a perfect ninth for his 15th save in 17
opportunities.
Moehler labored through four innings and was charged with six
runs - four earned - and eight hits.
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