[外電] WANG BIG WIN FOR YANKS(NYPost)

看板CMWang (王建民 - 大樹哥)作者xiemark (aisinjuro)時間18年前 (2008/04/12 17:18)推噓2(2推 0噓 1→)

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WANG BIG WIN FOR YANKS BOSOX TAKE IT ON CHIEN FROM ACE'S 2-HITTER By GEORGE A. KING III ( TWO MUCH: Bobby Abreu goes up for a catch (right), but has J.D. Drew's fly glance off his glove for a home run, and the first hit off) Chien-Ming Wang in the Yankees' 4-1 victory over the Red Sox last night at Fenway Park. Wang (inset), who tossed a two-hitter, can't catch Coco Crisp on a bunt single in the ninth. April 12, 2008 -- BOSTON - Chien-Ming Wang annihilated two schools of thought last night at Fenway Park when he toyed with the Red Sox. Because the Red Sox have spanked Wang during his short big league career and the Indians, another muscular lineup, punished him last October, some believed the right-hander's turbo sinker wasn't enough to handle good hitters. Because the Yankees beat him at the arbitration table, others thought Wang would be angry after posting the most wins of any big league pitcher across the past two seasons. After watching Wang dissect the Red Sox on the way to a 4-1, two-hit, complete-game victory in front of 37,624 nobody will ever accuse him of not being able to handle the elite lineups. Even with World Series MVP Mike Lowell out, the Red Sox are more than dangerous. How good was Wang? Until Coco Crisp's two-out bunt single in the ninth, Wang threw one pitch from the stretch. He needed only 93 pitches to post his fourth career complete game. And he came within inches of having a no-hitter in play when Crisp surfaced in the ninth. Depending on whom you talked to, Wang had several reasons for the dominating performance that upped the Yankees' record to 6-5. "The key was he spotted his fastball on both sides of the plate," flu-ridden pitching coach Dave Eiland said of Wang, who is 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA. "I threw a lot four-seamers [fastballs] and sliders," said Wang, who retired the first 10 batters until Dustin Pedroia reached on a questionable throwing error by Alex Rodriguez. "I changed speeds and threw more inside." The only inning Wang seemed vulnerable was the fifth - and it was more than J.D. Drew's homer to right that glanced off Bobby Abreu's glove and into the Red Sox bullpen to tie the score, 1-1. Manny Ramirez hit a ball to deep right for the first out. Kevin Youkilis sent Abreu to the warning track for the second out. Drew then homered and Jason Varitek sent center fielder Melky Cabrera to the track for the final out. "I dropped my arm and the slider was flat," Wang said of the home-run pitch. "The pitching coach told me to get back on top." Wang responded by retiring the next dozen hitters. While Wang was carving the Red Sox hitters up, he was locked in a dual with right-hander Clay Buchholz, who allowed only Jose Molina's RBI single in the fifth. Jason Giambi's first homer and Melky Cabrera's sacrifice fly upped the Yankees' lead to 3-1 in the seventh against reliever Mike Timlin and Abreu's two-out, infield single scored Alberto Gonzalez in the ninth. Nursing a three-run bulge, Wang retired the first two batters in the ninth before Crisp reached on the bunt single. With Mariano Rivera poised to enter the game to face Ortiz, Wang sealed the victory by getting Pedroia on a liner to Hideki Matsui in left. "People want to make a lot out of a couple of playoff starts but sometimes it happens to pitchers, you are not going to be as sharp at that time of the year," Joe Girardi said of the Indians raking Wang last October. "Tonight he was as good as I have seen him. The sinker and slider were excellent." Is it too early to call him Cy Wang? Of course. It's only April 12. However, chew on this. Last year he won 19 games and didn't win his third until May 21. george.king@nypost.com -- ___ ___ /| | /\__\ |:| | ___ /:/ _/_ |:| | /\__\ /:/ /\__\ __|:|__| /:/__/ /:/ /:/ _/_ /::::\__\_____ /::\ \ /:/_/:/ /\__\ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.67.109.117