ANAHEIM -- Again and again, the targets that Yankees catcher Austin Romine kept giving to pitcher Masahiro Tanaka on Monday night were so low that his mitt seemed to be scraping the batter's-box dirt.
Romine's setups probably had at least a little something to do with the Yankees ace finally pitching a good game again because Tanaka's splitter consistently was diving right there to the mitt throughout a no-decision in which he deserved a victory.
"Yeah, he's effective in the bottom of the zone," Romine said after a post-game shower that followed a 5-3 Yankees win over the Los Angeles Angels.