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- Updated: August 24, 2016
SEATTLE — Masahiro Tanaka threw seven shutout innings and Gary Sanchez homered yet again in the Yankees’ 5-0 victory over the Mariners Wednesday afternoon to close the series in Seattle. With its second consecutive win, New York took the three-game set.
The Yankees’ right-hander earned his second win pitching opposite his former Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles teammate Hisashi Iwakuma. Tanaka scattered six hits, walked one and struck out five in his fourth straight win. The only other time the two starters faced each other was April 17, when the Yankees beat the Mariners, 4-3.
Yankees relievers Tyler Clippard and Dellin Betances combined for two scoreless innings to complete the shutout.
After a rocky start to the game, Iwakuma settled in and only allowed one run beyond the second inning. He gave up three runs on six hits. By pitching six innings, Iwakuma guaranteed his club option for next year by surpassing 162 innings pitched.
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