Four wins in the first five games of this six-game homestand against the two worst teams in baseball. The Yankees are taking care of business. They won Tuesday’s series opener 6-3 over the Orioles and are a season high 31 games over .500 at 68-37.
Six Scoreless For Tanaka
Make it 17 consecutive scoreless innings for Masahiro Tanaka, who is now sitting on a 3.84 ERA (4.42 FIP) in 98.1 innings. The numbers are starting to look respectable. Hope this means a big second half is on the way. This was the third straight strong outing for Tanaka, who’s looked much better since the dual hamstring injuries than he did before landing on the disabled list.