Wang blanks Rays in opener (NYY-MLB 長篇新聞)

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標題: Wang blanks Rays in opener (NYY-MLB 長篇新聞)
時間: Sat Jul 29 12:39:43 2006

Wang blanks Rays in opener
Right-hander throws two-hitter for first career shutout
By Ryan Mink / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- The last time Chien-Ming Wang pitched a complete game, he threw
his glove to the ground in frustration as he left the mound. It wasn't quite
the classic nine-inning variety, as Wang surrendered a walk-off homer to
Washington's Ryan Zimmerman.

On Friday night, before Wang walked to the mound in the ninth inning,
pitching coach Ron Guidry joked with Wang on the bench saying, "I'm going to
give you one more chance."

This time Wang finished it, sitting down the Devil Rays in order to cap a
6-0 complete-game victory. It's win No. 12 for Wang and his first career
shutout.

The Yankees have won four straight, putting them 20 games over .500 for the
first time this season. With a Boston loss, the Yankees are only ? game out
of first place in the American League East.

Friday night's game didn't have nearly the suspense of the June 18 contest
in Washington. Yet monotony has become the routine whenever Wang takes the
hill. The only people who get excited are the infielders -- and that's
including Wang.

Even after recording the last out, Wang still didn't crack a smile until
shaking hands with his teammates. He proclaimed he was happy despite his
expression, but this kind of performance is something neither he nor his
teammates are surprised by anymore.

"It seems like every time out that seems to be the topic of conversation,
how much better he was than the previous time out," Derek Jeter said. "I
don't know how much better he can get."

Wang said this was his best game as a Yankee. It was nearly perfect.

The 26-year-old sinkerballer allowed only two hits and took a perfect game
into the fifth inning before Ty Wigginton singled up the middle. The only
other hit Wang surrendered came on a ball that went under Miguel Cairo's
glove and could have been ruled an error.

"I'd say he had no-hit stuff tonight," Wigginton said. "I was just fortunate
enough to get it into the outfield. He was just lights out from the get-go."

Wang allowed only two runners to get past first base, walked just one,
struck out just one and used a total of 104 pitches.

Alex Rodriguez, who got the eventual game-winning RBI with an single in the
first, said he couldn't remember seeing a complete game with only one
strikeout. But even with a 96 mph fastball, that's not Wang's style. Using a
two-seam sinker, Wang recorded 18 of the 27 outs on ground balls.

"He's the type of pitcher that can tell you what's coming and they still
have trouble digging it out of the ground," manager Joe Torre said.

With the bottom two spots of the Yankees' rotation somewhat shaky, Wang has
made Torre feel quite comfortable with the No. 3 hole. Wang is now has a 3.77
ERA and has won four straight decisions, which is also a career first.

"With the amount of experience this kid has had, he has garnered so much
trust from us," Torre said. "This kid, you put him right up with Moose and
Randy as far as the quality starts you expect from him."

Wang was 1-3 with a 6.94 ERA against the Devil Rays last season. He is
now 2-0 with a 1.11 ERA against them this season.

Asked if Wang had changed anything since his rookie season last year, Torre
said, "nothing."

"He's been this way since he's been up here," he said. "This is a game where
I don't care who we we're playing, the way this kid was pitching tonight it
would have been tough for anybody to beat him."

Tampa Bay did make things a bit easier on the Yankees than they needed to
be. Devil Rays starter Tim Corcoran walked six batters in 3 1/3 innings. The
Yankees came within one hitter of batting around twice during the game but
only scored two runs in each of those innings.

The first big inning came in the second, which was highlighted by a bobbled
double play ball that gave the Yankees new life. The other was in the fourth,
as Jeter hit a double and four of the next five batters walked to give the
patient Bronx Bombers a 5-0 lead. Bernie Williams hit his eighth homer of the
season, a blast to dead center in the sixth, to cap off the scoring.

It was more than enough support for Wang. All he needed was one. And this
time there would be no disappointment.

"He had a complete game in Washington but certainly not one where he wanted
to remember," Torre said. "This was a jewel."

Ryan Mink is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject
to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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推 psion:Torre說得好 都告訴你是個sinker 你還是很難打得到
→ psion:那些老是嫌建仔少這個球種少那個球種的 該閉嘴了
→ sheff:樓上說這種話有意義嗎？
推 JohnnyT:推樓上...
推 s155083:一樓別激動
推 wwwee:圈民旺已經可以媲美好樂迪了~~ya!!
推 kobe1006:但我還是覺得練個變速球或滑球，成績應該會更好些…淺見!
→ beagoodguy:好當然要更好阿( ￣ c￣)y▂ξ
推 kaka66:變速和滑球他也有丟吧~只不過是搭配用~
→ VaROne:王如果沒辦法練出outpitch，增加他的三振數，總有一天會走
→ VaROne:衰運，怎麼投怎麼穿出去，向上次對藍鳥那樣。
→ jhjhs33504:http://0rz.net/0f1Dp
推 micotosai:小王都說自己要投的更好更好更好..安啦他會練的
推 mayday896614:上次對藍鳥那場狀況不好 下次狀況好就不是那樣了
推 RaXePhOnZeRo:1F 當然要練啊 這是為了避免像今年的Silva一樣
推 qk123:王現在是1球投手,如果某年那顆球變呆了可能會被釘的滿頭包
推 VaROne:表現跟狀況好壞是相對關係。