Last Night's Action: Broken Wang?

Yankees 13 Houston 0: It should have been a great day for the Yankees. An easy win completing a 5-1 road trip should provide plenty of reasons to smile. But all the joy was dashed in the sixth inning when Chien-Ming Wang started limping on the way to scoring the first run of his career. Wang has been diagnosed with a sprain on the top of the foot and will have a MRI tomorrow.

Losing Wang for an extended period of time would be a devastating blow to the Yankees who have already lost two starting pitchers to injury. They will keep their fingers crossed that Wang’s injury is only a sprain and not a dreaded lisfranc fracture.

Mets Earn A Split: As of right now, Willie Randolph is still the manager of the Mets though for how long is anyone’s guess. The Mets dropped game one 8-7, rallying from an 8-2 deficit and almost tying things up in a wild ninth.

In the nightcap, New York used six strong innings from Pedro Martinez and a 1-2-3 ninth from Billy Wagner to surpass the Rangers 4-2. Omar Minaya is headed out West with the team so Willie had better keep winning.

Photograph of Chien-Ming Wang being helped off the field by Joe Girardi and a trainer by Pat Sullivan/AP

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By Peter Trinkle in News on June 16, 2008 12:22 AM

Comments [rss]

Marsh009

Sprain Injury Compensation Claim
You can prevent a sprain injury by using proper safety equipment for your wrist, ankle and knee. Other prevention methods are warming up properly and perform regular stretching before and after your soccer games.

Kojak

Surprisingly Broken Wang was still able to score, making it past 3rd base limp... what a trooper. We need Wang to bust it wide open. The last time he exploded on the field he really made a real mess of things for the opposing team. He has to learn not to Jerk it too hard or he'll get a lot more than a sprain.