Yanks ace throws a gem in 4-1 win at Fenway

TheBaseballWriter.com posted 4/12/2008 from www.thesoxreport.com [flag]

Chien- Ming Wang tonight silenced those critics who refuse to call him an ace with his 2 hit 1 run complete game. Buchholz kept up just giving up 1 run but Mike Timlin in his first appearance this year gave up the deciding run on a homer to his first batter. [link]

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