Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 30, 2006
Saving the Pen

Chien-Ming Wang is at 97 pitches through seven shutout innings, allowing just two hits so far. He's given the Yankees a big lift here. With an extra-day off after travel from the west coast, Wang's start assures Joe Torre he'll have a maximum flexibility with the bullpen going into Wright's start tonight. The Yankees can pull Jaret the second he gets into trouble.

Nate Robertson's done the same for the Tigers. He's in the seventh with a man on base, but he's eating innings and having allowed two runs pitched more than well enough to win.

Update: Yankees win game one 2-0. Wang goes 7 2/3 innings, lowering his ERA to 3.66. Proctor and Rivera combine to throw 15 pitches to finish the game. New York is set for a poor performance by Wright tonight.

Andrew Miller, recently drafted by the Tigers, makes his major league debut at Yankee Stadium. He hits a batter, but doesn't allow a hit or a run.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:04 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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Proctor throws one pitch and gets out of the Jam. Not sure what number appearance that is for Proctor but I think he still leads the majors in that category. Take A look at that Red Sox lineup today. Ouch. Crisp out with a shoulder injury. Lowell bats cleanup.

Posted by: Jason at August 30, 2006 03:35 PM

"New York is set for a poor performance by Wright tonight."

Says who?

Posted by: Pete at August 30, 2006 04:30 PM

Wow! I can't believe the Tigers brought Andrew Miller up the Majors already. All he has is three minor league games, 5 innings and 9 strikeouts under his belt. Why was an option or start the arbitration clock on him early?

Posted by: Matt Torpey at August 30, 2006 05:18 PM

Re: Miller -- I think the callup was a condition of the contract he signed after being drafted.

Posted by: David Dean at August 30, 2006 05:45 PM
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