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Yankees Drop Season Opener, Tanaka Wildly Ineffective

Yankees ace, Masahiro Tanaka, who looked like he was headed to the Cy Young he missed by a hair in 2016 in the spring, got off to an inauspicious start, taking 23 pitches to get out of the first inning, and not before three runs crossed the plate for the Rays.

Tanaka struggled with a splitter that floated and stayed flat, often missing wildly outside to right-handed batters.

Logan Morrison did most of the damage with a sharp single that drove in two giving Tampa a 3-0 lead. Tanaka did not top 91 on the gun in the inning.