It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Oh no, sorry. Not Christmas. Yankees vs Red Sox baseball. Masahiro Tanaka (1-0, 2.92 ERA) and Henry Owens (0-0, 8.10 ERA) kick things off in game one at Fenway. Tanaka is coming off a career high seven strikeouts in his last start against Tampa Bay. He threw seven innings yet again, allowing two runs on five hits (one homer) and a walk in the no decision. He has allowed just two earned runs in each of his four starts this year.
“It seems like he’s getting better every start, he’s giving us more distance every start, which is important,” Joe Girardi said.