先發對洋基之外電（2則） - 棒球

1. MLB.com
Wang slated to face Yanks for first time
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com | 03/12/12 7:30 PM ET
VIERA, Fla. --

Nationals manager Davey Johnson announced Monday that right-hander
Chien-Ming Wang will face his former team, the Yankees, on Thursday
at Space Coast Stadium. The game will be played at 1:05 p.m. ET and
can be seen on MLB.TV.

It will mark the first time Wang has faced the Yankees after becoming
a free agent after the 2009 season. Wang was 55-26 with a 4.16 ERA for
New York from 2005-09. His best seasons were 2006 and '07, when he won
a combined 38 games.

Wang is expected to throw at least three or four innings and be followed
by left-hander John Lannan, who is expected to pitch at least five innings.

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2. nationals journal (Washington Post)
Posted at 12:11 PM ET, 03/12/2012
Chien-Ming Wang to start Thursday, John Lannan to follow
By Adam Kilgore

The Nationals have twice started Chien-Ming Wang and John Lannan, their
two candidates to become the fifth starter, on the same day. When their
turn in the rotation comes up Thursday, though, the Nationals will not
have the luxury of pitching Wang in a minor league game or a split-squad
games.

The Nationals decided to give Wang the start against the Yankees, his
former team, and have Lannan relieve him and pitch his typical allotment
of pitches. The order reflects Wang’s favored status to claim the job,
as the Nationals have little choice but to put Wang in the rotation.

Manager Davey Johnson, though, insisted Wang getting the start had to
do primarily with health reasons. Wang, who missed more than two years
after undergoing surgery to repair a torn shoulder capsule, requires an
involved, time-consuming warm-up before he pitches, and so Lannan is
better equipped to enter in the middle of a game. Johnson also wanted
Wang to start against his old team.

“The two reasons got Chien-Ming in is, it’s the Yankees and coming off
an injury year, I want to give him the full whatever-he-goes-through,”
Johnson said. “I feel that Lannan can handle it easier starting an inning
than Chien-Ming.”

By Adam Kilgore | 12:11 PM ET, 03/12/2012

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王先發對洋基（3～4局），Lannan後援（預計）5局
總教練說王先發原因是因為他之前花兩年復健再加上需要較長的時間熱身
另外一個原因是因為洋基來訪


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