[外電] Yanks' rock, Wang likely for Game 1
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09/30/2007 8:00 PM ET
Yanks' rock, Wang likely for Game 1
Steady 19-game winner to open second consecutive ALDS
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
It was lost in the Yankees' first-round exit at the hands of the Tigers last
season, but Chien-Ming Wang was the man on the mound when the playoffs began,
getting a series started in promising fashion.
The Yankees obviously want to find different results in 2007 as they play
their 13th consecutive postseason, but as far as their ace sinkerballer is
concerned, he has been doing just fine. The 27-year-old Wang is the favorite
to start Game 1 of the American League Division Series at Jacobs Field in
Cleveland.
For most of the Yankees' remarkable campaign, Wang and left-hander Andy
Pettitte have been the veteran horses, often running neck and neck as far
as their value to the club.
The race was so tight that hours after workers successfully washed out any
remaining traces of champagne from the visitors' clubhouse at Tropicana
Field, the call was still too close to make for manager Joe Torre. All he
could commit to was that, in some order, Wang and Pettitte would be starting
the first two games against the Indians.
"It's either going to be Wang and Pettitte or Pettitte and Wang," Torre said.
"We're still talking about it. Neither of them really have an opinion on
what they want. They don't care. I talked to Andy, and he said, 'You make
the decision.'"
It may be a simple call to make just based upon timing and days of rest.
Wang made his last appearance of the season on Wednesday at Tropicana Field,
logging his 19th victory with six innings of two-run ball against the Devil
Rays and helping secure a playoff-clinching celebration.
Pettitte was used in one more turn around the rotation, pitching a few
innings on Saturday against the Orioles in Baltimore. That would make Oct. 4
Pettitte's normal day to pitch, but Wang will already have been on longer
rest, throwing in between.
Besides, all bets are off, considering the Yankees could wind up playing in
an ALDS scenario in which Torre would be able to use Wang and Pettitte twice
around a Game 3 starter, something he called "logical" if presented with the
opportunity. Pettitte said he is game for whatever is decided.
"This postseason is really the reason why I came back, for sure," Pettitte
said. "In talking with Joe and [general manager Brian Cashman], basically,
their desire for me to come back was to help them hopefully be successful in
the postseason. The goal, for me, was to come back here and get this team to
where we were before I left."
Wang suffered losses in his first two starts of the season, falling to the
Devil Rays and Red Sox, but he recovered to finish 19-7 with a 3.70 ERA in
30 starts, tying a career high in wins he set in 2006.
"After the injury," catcher Jorge Posada said, "he came back and he wasn't
himself. It took really, like, three or four starts to really get going. And
ever since then, he's been able to take the ball any time he wanted to. ...
I've seen him every day. I've seen what he's been able to do. I think he's,
for us, been No. 1."
Wang finished the season allowing 199 hits in 199 1/3 innings, more
interested in garnering ground-ball outs than recording strikeouts, though
he logged a career-high 104 in that department. Wang's bowling-ball-like
sinker handcuffed opposing batters to a .265 mark.
"It's awesome," said catcher Jose Molina. "It's a hard, heavy sinker, and
it's hard to pick it up. It's not like 89 [mph]; it's 93 and 94. It's a
little bit tough, especially when he's throwing strikes."
Wang walked 59 batters this season, and the Yankees won 21 of the games in
which he pitched. Though he is 2-1 in three career starts against the Tribe,
Wang has not faced the Indians since July 3, 2006, when he took a loss.
Pettitte, by comparison, drew Cleveland for an Aug. 12 start at Jacobs Field,
tossing 7 1/3 innings of two-run ball for his ninth victory.
"It's so unusual," Torre said. "That's what this unbalanced schedule does for
you or to you -- we haven't faced [C.C.] Sabathia in four years. It's crazy."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the
approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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