[外電] Yankees Lose Wang in Rout of Astros

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Yankees Lose Wang in Rout of Astros By TYLER KEPNER Published: June 16, 2008 HOUSTON — The Yankees’ season changed irreversibly on Sunday. Chien-Ming Wang’s season is in jeopardy with a serious injury to his right foot, and C. C. Sabathia instantly became a very important name in the Yankees’universe. Wang staggered to the plate in the sixth inning with the fifth run of a 13-0 rout of the Houston Astros. He did not speak to reporters, but he told others that he felt a pop in his foot while rounding third base, a strong sign of ligament damage that could sideline him for months, if not the rest of the season. “That’s a manager’s worst nightmare,” Joe Girardi said. “Pitchers on the basepaths.” The Yankees called the injury a sprained right foot, and they will hope for the best until Wang has a magnetic resonance imaging test in New York on Monday. But the early signs are grim. The injury is to the top of Wang’s foot, the same general area that reliever Brian Bruney injured when he tripped while covering first base in April. Bruney was found to have a Lisfranc injury and is expected to miss a minimum of three months. Wang has symptoms of the same injury, including swelling and the inability to bear weight on the foot; he left Minute Maid Park on crutches, in a soft cast. Bruney’s injury was in the middle of the foot, and Wang’s is believed to be in the webbing of his toes, between his big toe and second toe. “I feel sore,” Wang said in a statement to the Yankees’ media relations director, Jason Zillo. “The doctor says I have to go to get an M.R.I. tomorrow. Of course I’m disappointed.” Wang was examined by an Astros team doctor, John Duggan, but he did not have X-rays. Girardi said he would be shocked if Wang made his next start. “You’re going to go through injuries, and you’ve got to find a way to get it done,” Girardi said. “But it’s not easy to replace 19 wins.” As it happens, though, another 19-game winner from 2007 may hit the trade market soon. With their playoff hopes fading, the Cleveland Indians are likely to trade Sabathia, last year’s American League Cy Young award winner, who won again on Sunday and has a 2.21 earned run average over his last 11 starts. The Yankees were interested in him before Wang’s injury, and their need has become more acute. Sabathia can be a free agent after the season, and the Yankees have the payroll space to afford him and the prospects to obtain him. The Yankees resisted a similar deal last winter, passing on the chance to add Johan Santana, but the stakes are different now. The Yankees are four games over .500 for the first time this season, seemingly ready to make their move into playoff contention. They have weathered injuries to Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada — who each bashed home runs in the Yankees’ eight-run sixth inning Sunday — but the loss of Wang, their ace starter, could be devastating. “Nothing against Posada or A-Rod, because they’re very good players, but when you lose front-line starting pitchers, that’s a big deal,” Mike Mussina said. “You can’t replace what A-Rod or Posada do offensively, but you have seven other guys who are pretty good players. When you lose probably our No. 1 starting pitcher, that’s hard — very hard — to replace.” Wang allowed six hits and no walks in five innings, improving to 8-2 with a 4.07 E.R.A. Four relievers followed, including Dan Giese, who would seem to be the most likely internal candidate to take Wang’s turn on Saturday. Another option could be Dan McCutchen, a highly regarded Class AAA pitcher who threw a shutout on Saturday. Wang struck out in his first two at-bats against Roy Oswalt, but he came up in the sixth with one out, runners on first and second and the Yankees leading, 3-0. He tried for a sacrifice bunt, but Oswalt fielded the ball and threw to third for a force. That put Wang on the bases, and he was running from second when Derek Jeter singled through the hole on the right side. Robinson Cano scored easily for the fourth run, and Wang told Mussina that he hurt his foot when he hit the grass after turning past third base. The Yankees’ pitchers have taken batting practice for weeks, but they do not practice base running. “American League pitchers are at the most risk, because we don’t hit, we don’t run the bases,” Mussina said. “You get four or five at-bats a year at most, and if you happen to get on base once or twice, you never know. We run in straight lines most of the time. Turning corners, you just don’t do that.” Mussina has 10 victories, Andy Pettitte pitched well in his last start, and Joba Chamberlain has transitioned to the rotation. But nobody denied that losing Wang was one of the worst things that could happen to the team. “Man alive, you hope it’s a couple of weeks and not something worse than that,” Pettitte said. “Obviously, it’d be a huge loss. He’s our ace.” Sabathia is one of few pitchers in the same class, but the Yankees would have to pay dearly for him if Wang’s injury is as serious as they fear. Their need for a top starter has just become painfully obvious. http://tinyurl.com/6kpmxb -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.109.23.24

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