Two interesting pitching matchups defined this series, and for the most part both were duds. Masahiro Tanaka was outstanding last night, but he was the only one to hold up his end of the bargain. Yusei Kikuchi struggled about as much as Tommy Milone, and yielded as many runs as Justus Sheffield today. James Paxton returned to the PNW with an asymmetrical outing aided by multiple baserunning snafus from his former team. Sheffield had his first walk-free big league appearance of the season and just his second ever (this time over 4.
Yankees show themselves to be four runs, years better than the Mariners
