Tanaka helps Yankees beat A's for 4th straight win (Yahoo Sports)

With his surgically repaired right elbow no longer throbbing in pain, Masahiro Tanaka is back to pitching the way the Yankees envisioned when they outbid several teams to lure him from Japan two years ago. Tanaka allowed one run over seven innings to get his first victory in more than a month and the Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Saturday to win their season-high fourth straight in Joe Girardi's 1,500th game as a manager. ''I thought he was pretty good today,'' Girardi said.