Wang's 2-hitter lifts Yanks past Red Sox (AP)
Published 4/12/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
Chien-Ming Wang added an outstanding pitching performance to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry -- a two-hit complete game. In the teams' first meeting of the season, Wang gave up only a home run by J.D. Drew that was nearly caught and a bunt single Friday night as New York beat Boston 4-1. Wang (3-0) allowed only one other runner, on an error.
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