Baseball / MLB Oct 13, 2019
Gleyber Torres, Masahiro Tanaka guide Yankees to victory over Astros in ALCS opener
Gleyber Torres kept up his October surge with a homer and five RBIs, Masahiro Tanaka polished his playoff résumé and the New York Yankees blanked the Houston Astros 7-0 Saturday night in the AL Championship Series opener. With so much attention focused on the Astros ...
Baseball / MLB Sep 14, 2019
Rookie Bo Bichette lifts Blue Jays over Yankees with 12th-inning blast
Bo Bichette led off the bottom of the 12th inning Friday night with a home run as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 6-5. Bichette's 11th homer of the season came against left-hander Tyler Lyons (1-2). Toronto's Wilmer Font (3-2) pitched two perfect ...
Baseball / MLB Aug 23, 2019
Athletics jump on Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka early, complete series sweep
Masahiro Tanaka allowed five runs and suffered his seventh loss of the season on Thursday as the Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 5-3 to sweep their three-game series. Tanaka (9-7) gave up a leadoff double and two straight walks before conceding three runs ...
Baseball / MLB Aug 17, 2019
Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka delivers solid effort in victory over Indians
Masahiro Tanaka turned out another quality start on Friday to help the New York Yankees clinch their 27th straight season above .500 with a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians. It's the second-longest streak in major league history behind the Yankees' run of 39 seasons ...
Baseball / MLB Aug 12, 2019
Masahiro Tanaka allows just three hits to snap Yankees' losing streak
Masahiro Tanaka kept the Toronto Blue Jays off-balance with a three-hit, eight-inning performance on Sunday, helping the New York Yankees snap a two-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Tanaka (8-6) fell three outs short of a ...
Baseball / MLB Aug 1, 2019
Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka bounces back from worst start of career
Masahiro Tanaka provided a solid but unspectacular start Wednesday, bouncing back from the worst performance of his career to help the New York Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5. Tanaka threw four scoreless innings but exited with none out in the fifth at Yankee Stadium ...
Baseball / MLB Jul 21, 2019
Masahiro Tanaka picks up 170th career victory in Yankees' rout of Rockies
Masahiro Tanaka claimed his seventh win of the season and 170th of his career, between Japan and North America, as the New York Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 11-5 on Saturday. Tanaka (7-5) pitched five scoreless innings at Yankee Stadium as the hosts built a ...