1. MLB.com Wang slated to face Yanks for first time By Bill Ladson / MLB.com | 03/12/12 7:30 PM ET VIERA, Fla. -- Nationals manager Davey Johnson announced Monday that right-hander Chien-Ming Wang will face his former team, the Yankees, on Thursday at Space Coast Stadium. The game will be played at 1:05 p.m. ET and can be seen on MLB.TV. It will mark the first time Wang has faced the Yankees after becoming a free agent after the 2009 season. Wang was 55-26 with a 4.16 ERA for New York from 2005-09. His best seasons were 2006 and '07, when he won a combined 38 games. Wang is expected to throw at least three or four innings and be followed by left-hander John Lannan, who is expected to pitch at least five innings. http://tinyurl.com/6tg2so9 2. nationals journal (Washington Post) Posted at 12:11 PM ET, 03/12/2012 Chien-Ming Wang to start Thursday, John Lannan to follow By Adam Kilgore The Nationals have twice started Chien-Ming Wang and John Lannan, their two candidates to become the fifth starter, on the same day. When their turn in the rotation comes up Thursday, though, the Nationals will not have the luxury of pitching Wang in a minor league game or a split-squad games. The Nationals decided to give Wang the start against the Yankees, his former team, and have Lannan relieve him and pitch his typical allotment of pitches. The order reflects Wang’s favored status to claim the job, as the Nationals have little choice but to put Wang in the rotation. Manager Davey Johnson, though, insisted Wang getting the start had to do primarily with health reasons. Wang, who missed more than two years after undergoing surgery to repair a torn shoulder capsule, requires an involved, time-consuming warm-up before he pitches, and so Lannan is better equipped to enter in the middle of a game. Johnson also wanted Wang to start against his old team. “The two reasons got Chien-Ming in is, it’s the Yankees and coming off an injury year, I want to give him the full whatever-he-goes-through,” Johnson said. “I feel that Lannan can handle it easier starting an inning than Chien-Ming.” By Adam Kilgore | 12:11 PM ET, 03/12/2012 http://tinyurl.com/83ke9ws 王先發對洋基（3～4局），Lannan後援（預計）5局 總教練說王先發原因是因為他之前花兩年復健再加上需要較長的時間熱身 另外一個原因是因為洋基來訪 --

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