Blue Jays pound Wang, Yankees to take series finale - 棒球

雖然王建民說是一局掉十分
但是看精華區最接近的是

對手 W L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO
Harrisburg 0 1 5.01 0.2 8 7 7 1 1 0

除非還有其他場次，因為以前好像有聽過一局十分之類的新聞
但是忘記是在那裡看到了！

Blue Jays pound Wang, Yankees to take series finale
By PETER ABRAHAM
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: August 9, 2007)

TORONTO - The Yankees were playing with house money against the Toronto
Blue Jays last night, having won the first two games of the series.

By the third inning, they had lost every penny of it.

Chien-Ming Wang had the worst start of his career as the Yankees were
thumped 15-4 before a crowd of 40,811 at the Rogers Centre.

The Yankees hit three long home runs off Toronto ace Roy Halladay and it
hardly mattered as Wang allowed eight runs on nine hits and was unable
to get through the third inning.

The Blue Jays finished with 16 hits off Wang and three relievers and
matched a franchise record with nine doubles. The 15 runs matched the
most the Yankees have allowed this season.

"We've won so often we know we're good at this point in time," manager
Joe Torre said. "You go from now to the end of the season, you know you're
not going to win every ballgame. It wouldn't have made us feel any better
losing 2-1, that's for sure."

The one-day disaster could have been worse. With Detroit losing 7-1 against
Tampa Bay, the Yankees remain only a half-game out in the American League
wild-card race. They have today off before starting a three-game series in
Cleveland tomorrow night.

The Yankees, who had won five straight, were without Alex Rodriguez. He
has a bruised left calf, the result of a retaliation pitch from Toronto's
Josh Towers on Tuesday night. The Yankees hope he will be ready to face the
Indians.

With how Wang (13-6), pitched, it was a good night for Rodriguez to have off.

Wang was 10-1 over his last 13 starts and said on Tuesday that he was looking
forward to facing Halladay, a fellow sinker-ball specialist. But the
right-hander was bad from the start as the first four Toronto batters had
hits and the Blue Jays took a 3-0 lead.

"The ball was up and in the middle," said Wang, who believes his arm angle
was off. "All game."

The Yankees gave Wang a chance to keep them in the game when Jason Giambi
singled and Robinson Cano homered deep to right field in the second, the
first of two he would hit off Halladay. Giambi was 1 for 4 as the designated
hitter in his first start since coming off the disabled list.

But Wang took the Yankees out of it, giving up five runs in the third inning
before being relieved by Jeff Karstens with two outs. Wang walked slowly off
the field after Torre came to the mound. There were a group of fans behind
the dugout waving small Taiwanese flags but he did not look up at them.

It was the first time in 71 career starts that Wang failed to pitch at least
four innings. The eight runs were also the most he has ever allowed.

Wang said it was his worst start since 2004 when he gave up 10 runs in one
inning while pitching for Double-A Trenton.

"I have to forget about it and work in the bullpen," he said. "Bad game."

Vernon Wells had three hits and four RBI. Frank Thomas had two of the nine
doubles, a single and three RBI. Gregg Zaun, Aaron Hill and John McDonald
drove in two runs each.

"You don't see that from Wang much," Johnny Damon said. "We won the series,
so we have to be proud of that. We can just forget this game."

Halladay (13-5) went seven innings, allowing four runs on six hits. He
walked one and struck out eight.

With his team up 14-2 in the seventh, Halladay was just trying to throw
strikes and Hideki Matsui and Cano homered. Matsui's shot, to dead center
field, gave him 23 homers and 80 RBI on the season.

He is second on the team behind Rodriguez (36 homers, 109 RBI) in both
categories.

Reach Peter Abraham at [email protected] and read his Yankees blog at
yankees.lohudblogs.com.

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