The Yankees did not keep up their five-game consecutive streak of eight or more runs a game. Bummer. On the plus side, they still won the ballgame by a score of 5-3 and secured their sixth win in a row. I suppose that’s more important than scoring eight runs. Slightly.
The story of the night was Masahiro Tanaka’s performance on the mound. After having his start on Sunday pushed back, Joe Girardi and Larry Rothschild were hoping that facing the Angels could get his mechanics back in order. That looked like the case tonight.