This afternoon’s game is going to be a pretty big deal in Japan. Masahiro Tanaka and Hisashi Iwakuma, former teammates with the Rakuten Golden Eagles, will be facing each other in the first matchup between former NPB teammates in MLB history. (It’s the 12th matchup between two Japanese born pitchers overall.) The game starts at 2am local time in Japan, and I’m sure lots of folks are going to be staying up late to watch this one.
As for the Yankees, they’re struggling big time right now, mostly offensively. They’ve lost four straight and scored seven runs total in the four games.