Tanaka leads Yankees over Ohtani, Angels 3-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka scattered three hits over six strong innings and struck out fellow Japanese countryman Shohei Ohtani twice as the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 Sunday.
Brett Gardner had three hits for New York, which won five of six against the Angels this season.
Although Ohtani was pushed back from Sunday's scheduled start due to what the Angels called "workload management", Tanaka (6-2) held up his end up of the highly anticipated pitchers' duel that never materialized.
Featuring his splitter, Tanaka struck out eight and allowed just Andrelton Simmons' sixth-inning home run in his longest outing in nearly a month.