Baseball: Tanaka picks up 1st career win against Reds

Masahiro Tanaka pitched his way out of early inning no-out jams and earned his fifth win of the season Monday as the New York Yankees beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-4 in interleague play.Tanaka faced the Reds for the first time in his career, and the fourth-year right-hander gave up four runs, three earned, on 10 hits and a walk while striking out six over seven innings at Great American Ball Park, throwing 112 pitches for the most this season."These were batters doing well so I was being careful as I pitched," said Tanaka."Luck played a role but they had that many hits (off me). I persevered …READ FULL ARTICLE