The New York Yankees couldn’t quite kick off 2017 with a victory, as the Tampa Bay Rays smacked around Masahiro Tanaka for seven runs in an eventual 7-3 victory.
New York’s ace surrendered seven runs on eight hits, two home runs, two walks and only recorded three strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work. Evan Longoria smacked a solo home run off Tanaka in the second, Logan Morison did the same one inning later and Tommy Layne relieved the 28-year-old after Derek Norris flew out to center.
The bullpen went on to pitch four innings of shutout ball.