The Yankees lost 3-12 to the Cleveland Indians in their first best-of-five American League playoff games Thursday with 19-game winner Wang lasting only 4 2/3 innings.

The Yankees now need to win three of the next four games to advance.

“If the coach asks me, I will have no qualms about resting only three days, and playing in the fourth game,” he said.

When asked by U.S. media if he wished to “vindicate” himself, Wang replied, “Yes, I want to,” according to the United Evening News.

Yankees catcher Jorge Posada told reporters that he kept encouraging Wang, but “this is the way baseball is sometimes, nothing seems to work no matter what you do.”

Wang said that no matter what he tried and how much his coach and Posada tried to help him, he just could not bring himself to pitch well.

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