April 13, 2009

Wang Off To Another Bad Start

It's only one out into the bottom of the first inning, but Chien-Ming Wang has already proven to the Yankees that his sinker isn't what it was a year ago. It has been up this whole year (Spring included) and he has been hit because of it. 

The Rays are beating up Wang, scoring 3 runs off of back-to-back doubles by Carlos Pena and Pat Burrell. Wang walked B.J. Upton to start the game, then hit Carl Crawford and struck out Evan Longoria. After a double-steal, Pena blasted a double to right-center field and Burrell followed up with one of his one to left. Dioner Nivarro followed up with a grounder up the middle but reached on a wide throw by Robinson Cano.

The only out Wang has recorded was his K of Evan Longoria, who actually had 2 really good pitches to hit but wiffed them both.

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