WE LOST THE BATTLE, BUT WILL WIN THE WAR!

I know it hurts but at the end of the day, it was just one game.

To make things better let's think about the good times. Remember that time we swept them in London. Yeah, that was sweet. Okay, now back to reality.

Last night was rough, however, it was just one battle in the war of the rivalry.

Masahiro Tanaka had arguably his worst start yet, letting up seven runs in the first inning. In total, he let up 12 runs. He let this start inflate his ERA from a 4.00 to a 4.79. Before his awful start in London, Tanaka was seen as the starter in October...now I am not so sure about that.

Over the last five games, Yankees starters have had an 18.34 ERA. I think it is time to find some better pitching and before the trade deadline. Pitching wins ballgames. Last night was a perfect example. Ken Davidoff of the New York Post helps break it down:

"In this year of the juiced baseball, it’ll take a village of pitchers to advance all the way to a parade. That means the Yankees really, really would benefit from acquiring a starting pitcher (Marcus Stroman? Robbie Ray? Noah Syndergaard or Zack Wheeler?) and a reliever (Sam Dyson? Ken Giles? 

Shane Greene? Will Smith?), plus see the returns of Luis Severino and Dellin Betances from the injured list — both men, sidelined all year, continued their slow climbs by throwing off flat ground on Thursday — and maybe even some assistance from youngster Deivi Garcia. "

The time is now. Alarms are blasting!  We have now fallen to 9.5 games ahead of the Rays in AL East, allowing Boston to be within 10 games of the Yanks.

We've beat the Red Sox before and we can beat them again. Let's keep our heads up and win the upcoming games!

--Missy O'Rourke
BYB Contributor
Twitter: @missy_orourke