Yankees Game 83: The hits keep coming for the Yankees

The Yankees created a hit parade with a season-high 20 hits in tonight's shutout win.

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