"Chien-Ming Wang has been huge for us all year long," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He has pitched great. He knew what we needed and he gave it to us."
Wang said that he did not take any additional motivation from facing Cleveland again, saying, "Every team is the same," but clearly his approach changed from last October.
"Today, I went deeper than the playoffs. It was different," Wang said. "Last year, I only threw a lot of sinkers without changing a lot of speeds. Today, I changed a lot of speeds."
"He had a very good slider today, with his sinker as well," Girardi said. "He mixed in some changeups and splits as well to the left-handers. I thought he had great depth on his slider, which kept the right-handers off balance."
The battery change mattered little to Wang, who scattered four hits while walking two in a 113-pitch (73 for strikes) performance.
"He knows what he wants to do," Molina said. "He knew even though I stepped behind the plate a little bit late and we didn't even have a chance to talk. I just went there with whatever I had in my mind, and he went with whatever he had in his mind. It worked out, so that's what I think we're going to do from now on."
"You definitely go out with a different feel and a different mind-set to know how hard [Wang] works to keep the team in the game with a one-run lead," Chamberlain said. "You know you definitely don't want to lose that for him. It's definitely gratifying to know that he put in most of the work."
Wang said that he did not take any additional motivation from facing Cleveland again, saying, "Every team is the same," but clearly his approach changed from last October.
"Today, I went deeper than the playoffs. It was different," Wang said. "Last year, I only threw a lot of sinkers without changing a lot of speeds. Today, I changed a lot of speeds."
"He had a very good slider today, with his sinker as well," Girardi said. "He mixed in some changeups and splits as well to the left-handers. I thought he had great depth on his slider, which kept the right-handers off balance."
The battery change mattered little to Wang, who scattered four hits while walking two in a 113-pitch (73 for strikes) performance.
"He knows what he wants to do," Molina said. "He knew even though I stepped behind the plate a little bit late and we didn't even have a chance to talk. I just went there with whatever I had in my mind, and he went with whatever he had in his mind. It worked out, so that's what I think we're going to do from now on."
"You definitely go out with a different feel and a different mind-set to know how hard [Wang] works to keep the team in the game with a one-run lead," Chamberlain said. "You know you definitely don't want to lose that for him. It's definitely gratifying to know that he put in most of the work."
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