Taiwan’s Wang Chien-ming pitched to his fourth no-decision in nine starts this season in New York on Tuesday, in a game in which his Washington Nationals edged the New York Mets 3-2.
Wang pitched five innings in the second of a four-game series between the Nationals and the Mets, leaving the mound after yielding two earned runs. The 31-year-old tossed 72 pitches, allowed nine hits, struck out four and walked none.
He had a better start to the game on Tuesday than when he gave up four runs to the Mets in the first inning, in his first start in the majors on July 29, after being sidelined with a shoulder injury for over two years.
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Wang needed only 19 pitches to get through the first two innings and had his team in a scoreless tie after four.
However, the Mets scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth, on Lucas Duda’s RBI single and an error by right fielder Jason Werth.
Wang was then pulled for pinch-hitter Alex Cora in the top of the sixth inning, when the Nationals rallied to tie the game at two on three hits and two walks.
Washington scored the winning run in the seventh on a two-out single by Ryan Zimmerman. Relief pitcher Craig Stammen (1-1) earned his first win of the season while Dale Thayer (0-2) got the loss.
Wang’s record remained 2-3 and his ERA improved to 4.35 for the season.
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