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New York Over Powers Cincinnati As They Win Their 6th Straight

The night before New York was supposed to fly to Ohio to take on Cincinnati they first had to take care of business by finishing off the world champion Chicago Cubs that took longer than expected eighteen innings to be exact.

How do you think you would perform after playing an eighteen inning game and then had to fly to another state to take on a new opponent the next day? Would you feel extremely exhausted? That was not the case Monday for New York as they were able to back up Masahiro Tanaka fifth straight win while New York won their sixth straight game by a score of 10-4. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/229116568/yankees-beat-reds-for-6th-straight-win/

New York ace Masahiro Tanaka fired seven innings allowing four runs three of those were earned on ten hits to go along with one walk and six strikeouts. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/229116568/yankees-beat-reds-for-6th-straight-win/

New York manager Joe Girardi who is a former player had this to say about his team's performance" It's great," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "It's a tough performance by our guys. Guys are really fatigued. To be able to come and get three [first-inning runs] and let Tanaka go to work, then to get another the next inning and put 10 on the board, it shows you a lot about these guys." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/229116568/yankees-beat-reds-for-6th-straight-win/

New York who is in first place in the American League East improved to 21-9 on the year while Cincinnati dropped to 17-15 while they're second in the National League Central. New York and Cincinnati will return to action tonight as they will play game two of their three -game series. Left-hander pitcher CC Sabathia will get the start for New York. He has a record of 2-1 with a 5.45 earn run average to go along with twenty -five strikeouts. Although his last three starts haven't been as good as when he began the season.  He has given up five home runs while the New York offense has bailed him out while scoring twenty -two runs.  He will go up against Cincinnati right-hander Tim Aldeman who has a record of 1-1 to go along with a 4.22 earn run average and twenty strikeouts. He is coming off a win over Pittsburgh Thursday giving up just two runs over six innings. Against left -handers he has a 0.66 WHIP to go along with 1.67 opponents average and against right -handers he is 1.59 and 3.04. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-reds/2017/05/09/490591#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490591

First pitch is set for 7:10 pm. The game will be televised on Fox Sports 1. "according to  https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-reds/2017/05/09/490591#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490591