Having used six relievers to get a win on Monday, Aaron Boone entered Tuesday night’s game against the Padres looking for a daily double from Masahiro Tanaka: length and a victory.
The manager received six innings, but Tanaka put the Yankees in a four-run hole in the opening frame and absorbed a 5-4 loss that was witnessed by a Yankee Stadium crowd of 37,028.
Tanaka gave up a three-run homer to Eric Hosmer in the opening inning and another run in the sixth and fell to 3-4 in a dozen starts.