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New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a pitch during the sixth inning of an exhibition baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, March 1, 2014, in Tampa, Fla.
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Yankees 'ace' Masahiro Tanaka was so bad last Sunday in the worst start of his big league career, that New York officials are altering his mechanics. He gave up eight run runs against the Houston Astros and was pulled from the game in the second inning. And it wasn’t any ordinary game — it was nationally televised on Sunday night because New York was retiring Derek Jeter’s number.
Tanaka will be pitching from the third base side of the rubber today, and not the first like the past year. Coaches determined his “legs were getting ahead of his body” and believe moving him to the third-base side of the rubber could help. Regardless, Tanaka has a 7.25 earned run average since May 1 and has been hit hard by every opponent.
New York, after starting the season as one of the best teams in the American League, has dropped six of its past nine games. Tanaka won’t help matters.
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