NEW YORK (AP) Masahiro Tanaka allowed two hits over 7 2-3 innings, Brett Gardner hit a first-inning home run and learned midgame he had been picked for his first All-Star team, and the New York Yankees rallied past the Oakland Athletics 6-2 Thursday.
Cole Figueroa doubled twice in his Yankees debut, grounding his first over first base in the fourth inning and down the right-field line. Jacoby Ellsbury followed with a tiebreaking, two-run single over the very same inside corner of the bag.
Tanaka (5-3) ended a four-start winless streak, the longest drought of his 1 1/2-year major league career.