The Yankees head into tonight’s Subway Series finale trailing Boston by five games in the AL East race, while leading Seattle by 4.5 for the top Wild Card berth. Masahiro Tanaka (7-2, 4.54 ERA) faces off against Mets ace Jacob deGrom (5-4, 1.68 ERA), as the Bombers go for the season-series win against their crosstown rivals.
Pitching matchup
Tanaka injured both hamstrings running the bases at Citi Field on June 8th, and subsequently spent a month on the disabled list. He had been pitching a masterpiece to that point — a solo home run was the only hit he allowed the Mets through five innings.