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New York Yankees Recap: Break the Sleeperhold

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Any time Masahiro Tanaka‘s on the hill, you feel pretty good about the Yankees chances to at least stay in the ballgame long enough to scratch a couple of runs across the board and sneak a win. For the first six innings, it looked like the Yankees were going to waste yet another quality start from their ace. If not for a couple of clutch two-out solo homers in the bottom of the seventh, they would have.