Booed and banged up during a frustrating season, Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton muscled his way to a breakthrough performance Saturday night. A couple inches the other way, it might've been the Houston Astros' turn to exhale. Stanton hit a pair of go-ahead, two-run singles — both ...
Yankees hurler Masahiro Tanaka tosses two-hit shutout against Rays
At the start of a tough week for his team, Masahiro Tanaka made things look easy on the mound against the Tampa Bay Rays again. Tanaka pitched a career-best two-hitter with 10 strikeouts for his fourth major league shutout, and the New York Yankees beat ...
Stephen Strasburg earns 100th win as Nats rally past White Sox
Stephen Strasburg didn't turn in a vintage performance. He still did enough — with plenty of help from the Washington Nationals' offense — to reach a career milestone. Strasburg earned his 100th victory, Anthony Rendon homered and drove in five runs and Washington rallied past ...
Shohei Ohtani lifts Angels to win over Athletics with two-run single in ninth inning
Joakim Soria took issue with a 1-2 curveball he believed should have been strike three to Shohei Ohtani, who two pitches later lined a go-ahead single, and Oakland's best winning streak in 13 years had all but ended. Ohtani hit the tiebreaking two-run single with ...
Yankees sweep lowly Orioles; Masahiro Tanaka gets no-decision
Aaron Hicks drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees completed a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 6-5 victory Thursday afternoon after blowing a four-run lead. New York's Masahiro Tanaka allowed ...
Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka surrendered three runs over four innings on Wednesday, and suffered his third loss of the season, in the New York Yankees' 3-2 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tanaka (2-3) struck out six of the 18 batters he faced, but allowed the aforementioned ...
Ravaged by injuries, the New York Yankees hardly resemble the 100-win team that set a major league record for homers last year. And even though it's very early in the season, they are frittering away games during a favorable portion of their schedule. Tim Anderson hit ...
Masahiro Tanaka gets no-decision as Yankees fail to preserve lead against Astros
Masahiro Tanaka tossed six solid innings but missed out on his second win of the season as the New York Yankees fell 4-3 to the Houston Astros on Monday. The 30-year-old right-hander, who is 1-0 in three starts this year, held the Astros to a ...
Yankees hurler Masahiro Tanaka solid in Opening Day victory against Orioles
Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka got an Opening Day victory in his fourth try Thursday as the New York Yankees started the season with a 7-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The 30-year-old Tanaka became the first Japanese-born pitcher to start four openers in the major leagues, ...
