During the fourth inning of last night's Yankees-Red Sox game, Remy commented that Tanaka, who speaks Japanese, shouldn't be allowed to have a translator present when the team's coaches visit the mound.
The 36-year-old southpaw had been good over his previous four outings, but this was a turn-back-the-clock performance on Wednesday against the Red Sox in the Bronx.
Pitching with his hardest fastball since 2012, averaging more than 92 miles per hour this season, Sabathia submitted a vintage performance against a Red Sox lineup that was stacked with right-handed batters.
BRAVES 14, PHILLIES 1 Mike Foltynewicz allowed only four hits in seven scoreless innings, Nick Markakis drove in five runs and host Atlanta crushed Philadelphia to end the Phillies' four-game winning streak.
Boston survived a late-inning rally to claim a 5-4 decision as a +119 underdog in the series opener Tuesday, but was no match for the Yankees' bats in Wednesday's blowout loss that leaves the club trailing NY by two games in the American League East standings going into Thursday night's Red Sox vs. Yankees betting matchup at Yankee Stadium. Sabathia also will attempt to become the 65th pitcher to reach 230 career wins.
Boston right fielder Mookie Betts robbed Carter of another home run in the sixth, leaping and getting his glove above the 8-foot wall for a sparkling catch.
"It's baseball. It is what it is", Sabathia said after his last home start May 27 against the Oakland A's. He said pitchers, such as Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, should "learn baseball language".
The Red Sox came into this series in NY looking to make a statement.
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And Wednesday's path to a win was boosted by another C.C.in No. 9 hitter Chris Carter, who clubbed a three-run homer in a three-hit, four-RBI night.
It came at a good time, after Boston beat Masahiro Tanaka on Tuesday and the Red Sox were breathing down New York's neck in the standings. He struck out big-hitting rookie Aaron Judge on a 158 kph fastball to finish it.
Tanaka (5-6) lost his career-worst fifth straight start, a string that began immediately after he won five starts in a row, including a three-hit shutout at Fenway Park in late April. RHP Michael Pineda (6-3) pitches for the Yankees.
Sabathia insisted he doesn't think about that when he's on the mound, but manager Joe Girardi said he appreciates how important it is.
Boston is surging with 11 wins in its last 15 games and displayed its power both at the plate and on the mound in Tuesday's triumph. "They want to see the kid play", Girardi said. He is to throw batting practice again Saturday, and the Red Sox will decide after that whether he is ready for a minor league rehabilitation assignment.
"That was really weird", Sabathia said.
Porcello (3-8) lost his third straight start, giving up six runs - five earned - and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. He has allowed only 4 ER in the past 5 GS and 32.1 IP, which is good for a 1.11 ERA.
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