NEW YORK -- Masahiro Tanaka recovered from allowing an early home run and pitched into the seventh inning as the New York Yankees ran their winning streak to five games with a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
Tanaka lowered his ERA from 11.74 to 8.36 by allowing three runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings. He withstood several hard outs, struck out five and walked two in a 103-pitch outing.