Masahiro Tanaka Returns To Form As New York Drops The Opener To Oakland

New York ace Masahiro Tanaka returned to form Friday in the opener as New York hosted Oakland for the first of a three -game set at Yankee Stadium but unfortantly  New York ended up the losing end. 

As for his  outing, Masahiro Tanaka struck out thirteen while  Jed Lowrie  drove home the tiebreaking run and Stephen Vogt slugged a two-run homer as the Athletics secured a 4-1 victory over the Yankees on Friday evening at Yankee Stadium. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/232641192/as-wait-out-masahiro-tanaka-beat-yankees/

Will Masahiro Tanaka stay in that form the rest of the season? Will he have a couple more bad starts like he did against Houston and Tampa Bay? 

Jed Lowrie collected his third hit of the game in the eighth inning off Tyler Clippard, who had relieved Tanaka. Khris Davis added a run-scoring single later in the inning, and Vogt went deep in the ninth off Jonathan Holder, helping boost Sean Manaea who has a record of 3-3 with the win. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/232641192/as-wait-out-masahiro-tanaka-beat-yankees/

Oakland catcher Stephen Vogt   had this to say about Sean Manaea outing." We felt like all we had to do was keep sticking around and Manaea was going to give us a chance to win," Vogt said, "and we did." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/232641192/as-wait-out-masahiro-tanaka-beat-yankees/

Keeping New York off balance, the left-handed Manaea completed seven innings for the first time this season while holding New York scoreless on just four hits -- three singles and a double -- with a walk and eight strikeouts. The A's have won five of seven. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/232641192/as-wait-out-masahiro-tanaka-beat-yankees/

"When he's throwing strikes, getting ahead, he's tough to think along with," A's manager Bob Melvin had this to say about Sean Manaena's performance  "He felt good enough to go out and finish the seventh, and incrementally we're trying to get his pitch count up so he can pitch deep into games for us." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/232641192/as-wait-out-masahiro-tanaka-beat-yankees/

New York drops to 27-18 while Oakland improves to 22-25 on the season. 

New York and Oakland resume their three -game series Saturday at Yankee Stadium as New York looks to rebound while veteran left-hander CC Sabathia looks for his third straight win after winning his last two starts. 

CC Sabathia has a record of 4-2 with a 4.62 earn run average is a product of Vallejo California. He has a record of 2-1 with a 6.26 earn run average in his last five starts against Oakland has won -back-to -back outings as he goes for his first third straight winning streak since 2013. He will go up against Oakland right -hander Jharel Cotton who has a record of 3-4 with a 5.68 earn run average. He is coming off seven scoreless innings a year ago for Triple -A Nashville and he hopes to recapture MLB form from a year ago. This will be his first start against New York. "according to    https://www.mlb.com/gameday/athletics-vs-yankees/2017/05/27/490838#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490838

First pitch is set for 1:05 pm. The game will be televised on the Major League Baseball Network. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/athletics-vs-yankees/2017/05/27/490838#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490838