BOSTON — Could there be a higher compliment for a pitcher in October than the one Masahiro Tanaka earned on Saturday night?
He is the anti-Price.
Struggling against the Red Sox this year? Searching for his splitter? October seems to cure all for the Yankees’ right-hander, who pitched the Yankees back into this American League Division Series with a 6-2 victory over the dangerous Red Sox and their postseason-averse starting pitcher David Price at Fenway Park. Tied at 1-1, the rivals resume action Monday night with Game 3 at Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees own a seven-game postseason winning streak.