18 ground balls usually spells victory and Wang continued his great pitching tonight as he held on for a 4-3 win. Cano who has been at least steady for a fairly long stretch, played hot potato with a few balls, but Wang managed to get out of trouble with the only real damage being a two run knock to Gary Matthews Jr. This looks like the Wang from last year. Cool and unflappable. Texas can mash the ball with any team and Chien only threw 85 pitches. At this point he is our # 2 gun behind Mike Mussina.
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