Apr

27

Finally A Win

Posted by M. Patel under News 

The Ace pulled through again to lead the Yankees to a 1-0 win over the Indians. Chien-Ming Wang pitched seven innings and continued his great start today with an astounding 9 strikeouts! Looking at his April, the critics seem to be quiet for now- hopefully they’ll stay that way. Wang only allowed four hits in his outing and let up no runs. Oh yea, and on top of that Wang out-pitched the reigning AL Cy Young winner, C.C. Sabathia. If he keeps this up he’s going to be in contention for the Cy Young come the end of the season.

Sadly this was more of a bitter-sweet victory for the Yanks. Why? Jorge Posada is headed to the DL. What makes it especially shocking is that this is the first time ever in his career. He is certainly disappointed with it, but its just a part of the game. The reason for the placement was because he continued to have trouble with the strained muscle in his back. More tests are going to be taken soon to find out if it is something more than a strain. Let’s hope its not and that Posada can come back sometime soon.

Jose Molina, who started in place of Posada today will continue to catch for the team. He is a good catcher as well, so there isn’t much to worry about, but Posada just has such a big presence on the team. Molina worked with Wang, Chamberlain, and Rivera today in a great show by the pitching staff. Joba and Rivera continued their great seasons with an inning of hitless ball each. The Wang-Chamberlain-Rivera combo is going to be a tough one for opponents come October, assuming that all three are healthy.

The pitchers looked great and the batters, like recently, didn’t. With four runs and one hit there is really nothing to talk about.

Next game is against the Indians again at 7:05EST tomorrow. Mike Mussina will take on Aaron Laffey. The game will be on ESPN.

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