New York Yankees 6 – Chicago White Sox 0
After All-Stars were announced, the Yankees game was underway behind Masahiro Tanaka.
In the first inning against Carlos Rodon, All-Star Carlos Beltran got on base with a single and Alex Rodriguez put two in scoring position with a double. On a soft ground ball to the middle of the infield, Brett Lawrie could not catch it but knocked it down. On the play, Beltran was thrown out at home on a strange fielder's choice as the Yankees came out of the inning without a run.
Following a scoreless first inning by Masahiro Tanaka, the Yankees got on the scoreboard in the second inning.
Rob Refsnyder led off with a single but two outs followed. Brett Gardner kept the inning alive with a single and Carlos Beltran brought in a run on a single. An error by shortstop Tim Anderson allowed another run to score and the Yankees provided a two-run lead to Tanaka.
Masahiro Tanaka worked around a pair of one-out hits and the bats kept going against Rodon and the White Sox.
After a single by Starlin Castro, Chase Headley went deep to left field for a two-run home run, his second in two days to put the Yankees ahead by four. Carlos Beltran scored on a double by Mark Teixeira for the fifth Yankees run. Austin Romine got his third home run of the season, a two-run home run to left field to wrap up the five-inning outing by Rodon in which he surrendered six runs on 12 hits.
When are things clearly going right? After a top of the sixth inning when Mark Teixeira reaches base on an infield single going against the shift, Masahiro Tanaka allows a pair of one-out singles but Todd Frazier lines into an unassisted double play at first base when Mark Teixeira tags Melky Cabrera and first base to end the inning.
In 7 2/3 scoreless innings, Masahiro Tanaka scattered six hits and one walk while striking out six.
In the eighth inning Rob Refsnyder adds his second hit of the game with a run-scoring double and Aaron Hicks manages to join the hit parade with his first hit of the night in the eighth inning, a run-scoring double of his own.
The Yankees added the ninth run of the game in the ninth inning when Teixeira hit a sacrifice fly. After assisting Tanaka with the end of the eighth inning; the returning Chasen Shreve pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in tonight's dominant win.
Win – Masahiro Tanaka (6-2)
Loss – Carlos Rodon (2-7)
Notables
Yankees
*Chase Headley – 3 for 5, 2 R, Two-run home run (7) in the 3rd, 2 RBI (25)
*Brett Gardner – 4 for 6, 2 R, 2B
*Carlos Beltran – 3 for 5, R, 2B, RBI (54)
White Sox
*Alex Avila – 1 for 2, 2B
*Adam Eaton – 2 for 4
Current Yankees Record: 41-42
