[外電] Wang beats Marlins 4-3, says he'd like to be back
Wang beats Marlins 4-3, says he'd like to be back
By HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2011 5:53 pm
With that familiar slow delivery _ reaching both hands behind his head _
and that familiar biting sinker, Chien-Ming Wang is looking more and more
like the pitcher who twice won 19 games in a season for the Yankees.
Except now, at long last healthy again, Wang is with the Washington
Nationals, and he'd like to stay with the club that gave him a chance to
return to the majors.
Making the longest start of his comeback from surgery on his pitching
shoulder, Wang left with two outs in the seventh inning Sunday, and rookie
Chris Marrero drove in two runs, helping Washington edge the Florida
Marlins 4-3.
"I really appreciate their patience the last two years. Hopefully in the
future I can win more games for them," Wang said through an interpreter.
"Hopefully I can come back here, but the decision is made by the team.
But personally, I would like to come back."
Wang (3-3) gave up three runs and six hits, didn't walk a batter and struck
out five in his 6 2-3 innings.
"The main thing is he's starting to trust that he's healthy. He's throwing
more quality pitches," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "He's getting
more confidence it's going to hold up. That was a severe injury."
This game marked Wang's 10th appearance _ one had lasted 6 1-3 innings _
since returning to the big leagues on July 29, exactly two years after his
right shoulder operation. Until then, he hadn't been on a mound in the majors
since July 4, 2009, when he was with New York.
Just as when he was dominating AL batters for the Yankees, Wang got
groundball out after groundball out Sunday: Only four of the 20 outs he
recorded were flyballs.
"Each time he's toed that rubber, he's gotten a little better. It's turning
into a pretty good success story for him," Nationals outfielder Jonny Gomes
said. "If he just came back and pitched, that would be pretty awesome.
To come back and pitch at this level and have success, that's icing on the
cake."
Wang hadn't won a game since Aug. 16 against the Cincinnati Reds, going 0-1
in five starts since.
But the right-hander was much better Sunday. He allowed runs on Gaby
Sanchez's fifth-inning solo shot and Brett Hayes' two-run homer in the seventh
_ both liners to left that barely cleared the wall.
"Kept the hitters off balance. Changed speeds well," Marlins manager Jack
McKeon said. "I think it's a good sign for the Nationals. Maybe this guy
next year is part of their rotation and can come back and pitch like he did
when he was with the Yankees."
Wang made it sound as if he'd like to be in Washington in 2012.
He's playing under a one-year contract that was worth $1 million plus
incentives for 2011. He also got a one-year deal in 2010, but didn't make it
back to the big leagues last season.
After Hayes' homer pulled Florida to 4-3, Wang departed to a partial standing
ovation. Tyler Clippard got the next four outs, and closer Drew Storen
pitched the ninth for his 38th save in 43 chances.
At this point of the season, the only thing truly at stake for either
the Nationals or Marlins is avoiding a last-place finish in the NL East,
so some individual players are keen to make an impression with next year
in mind.
Wang did exactly that, as did first baseman Marrero.
Florida rookie Brad Hand (1-8), meanwhile, lost his fifth consecutive start,
allowing four runs _ three earned _ and five hits in four innings.
Marrero's sacrifice fly in the second made it 1-0, and Washington scored
three in the fourth.
With two on, Espinosa lined a single to center, and the ball hopped over
the glove of hard-charging center fielder Bryan Petersen and kept bouncing
and rolling for several feet.
By the time Petersen corralled it, two runs had scored and Espinosa was on
third. Espinosa entered the game with 60 RBIs as a rookie, but none since
Sept. 4. Marrero followed with a ground-rule double that made it 4-0.
"I've worked my whole life to get to the big leagues," Marrero said. "I'm
here, and I just want to keep moving up and keep doing my thing."
後面有段球隊行程的瑣事沒貼上來
http://ppt.cc/tld!
--
まだ始まったばかりです!いくらでもやり直せます!
よろしいですか。よろしいですか?
例え、例えですね、明日死ぬとしても、やり直しちゃいけないって、
誰が決めたんですか?誰が決めたんですか?
まだまだこれからです。 (古畑任三郎)
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 74.110.53.160
推
09/19 08:07, , 1F
09/19 08:07, 1F
推
09/19 08:27, , 2F
09/19 08:27, 2F
推
09/19 08:30, , 3F
09/19 08:30, 3F
推
09/19 08:33, , 4F
09/19 08:33, 4F
推
09/19 08:36, , 5F
09/19 08:36, 5F
推
09/19 08:47, , 6F
09/19 08:47, 6F
推
09/19 09:00, , 7F
09/19 09:00, 7F
推
09/19 09:45, , 8F
09/19 09:45, 8F
CMWang 近期熱門文章
33
39
PTT體育區 即時熱門文章
6
17
103
212