[外電] Wang Wins Pitching Duel With Sabathia

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http://tinyurl.com/5u2hfb CLEVELAND (AP) -- Chien-Ming Wang shut down Cleveland for seven innings and outpitched C.C. Sabathia, whose lone mistake turned into a homer by Melky Cabrera, to help the New York Yankees end a three-game slide with a 1-0 win over the Indians on Sunday. Wang (5-0) allowed four hits, struck out a season-high nine and joined Arizona's Brandon Webb as the majors' only five-game winners. Only one Cleveland runner reached third against the right-hander, who made 113 pitches and got the Yankees back to .500. Wang got help from reliever Joba Chamberlain, who pitched a perfect eighth in his first appearance in Cleveland since Game 2 of last year's playoffs when tiny insects called midges swarmed him and the Yankees in the late innings. Mariano Rivera worked the ninth for his seventh save and 450th of his career, joining Trevor Hoffman and Lee Smith as the only closers to reach the milestone. After Wang gave up a leadoff single in the fifth, the Indians didn't manage another hit. The trio of Wang, Chamberlain and Rivera combined for New York's other shutout, a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay on April 6. Sabathia (1-4) dropped to 1-8 in regular-season games against the Yankees. The defending AL Cy Young winner pitched eight strong innings, giving up just four hits -- one of them Cabrera's one-out homer in the fifth inning. Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore didn't play because of a sore right ankle, ending the majors' longest consecutive games streak at 382. Locked in an October-like pitching matchup, Sabathia gave up a leadoff single to Robinson Cano in the fifth, but then picked the Yankees' second baseman off first. Cleveland's crowd had just quieted when Cabrera drove Sabathia's next pitch over the wall in left to give New York a 1-0 lead. It was Cabrera's fifth homer, and sixth allowed already by Sabathia in just 32 innings this season. Sabathia, who has had to battle emotional outbursts on the mound in the past, was able to keep his cool in the sixth. Derek Jeter led off with a hard-hit double off Sabathia and moved to third on a groundout. After pitching coach Carl Willis came out for a visit, a fired-up Sabathia struck out Alex Rodriguez and Shelley Duncan to end the threat, punctuating both Ks by yelling and pounding his fist into his glove. In both cases, Rodriguez and Duncan looked in Sabathia's direction as they walked away from the batter's box. Wang, who lost Game 1 to Sabathia in last year's playoffs, was poised from the start and only got in trouble once. Jason Michaels doubled to open the third and moved up on a passed ball with two outs, but Wang got Travis Hafner to ground out and end the inning. Wang gave up three other meaningless singles to the Indians, who came in batting just .251 and have struggled offensively all season. Yankees catcher Jorge Posada was inexplicably removed from the starting lineup minutes before the first pitch, replaced by Jose Molina. The team did not give an immediate reason for Posada's absence, and manager Joe Girardi batted Molina ninth and moved everyone else up one spot. Cleveland's Ryan Garko went 0-for-3 and is hitless in his last 19 at-bats. Notes: It was Sabathia's 110th start at home, the most for an Indians pitcher at Progressive (formerly Jacobs) Field. Charles Nagy made 109 starts there. ... Jeter has a .379 career batting average (78-for-206) in Cleveland, the highest average for any player in the 15-year-old ballpark. .... A new video game in the visitors' clubhouse called "Buck Hunter," where players fire fake shotguns at four-legged targets has drawn a crowd of Yankees' sharpshooters this weekend. On Sunday, Johnny Damon and pitcher Chris Britton were squaring off when manager Joe Girardi walked up. "You guys are killing cows," Girardi said. ... The Indians are expected to recall LHP Aaron Laffey on Monday to start the series finale against Mike Mussina. ... Garko was hit in the sixth by Wang. Cleveland players have been hit a major league-leading 20 times. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 124.8.2.234