NEW YORK – The Yankees received an outstanding pitching performance from Masahiro Tanaka in a 1-0 triumph over the Indians in Game 3 of the AL Division Series Sunday night.
Tanaka struck out seven while holding Cleveland to three hits over seven innings for his first victory in two career postseason starts.
The Indians, who lead the best-of-five series 2-1, also received a strong starting effort from Carlos Carrasco, who was reached for just three hits while striking out seven over 5 2/3s.
Greg Bird broke the scoreless deadlock with a seventh-inning homer off loser Andrew Miller.
Aroldis Chapman struck out four in a five-out save as the Yankees forced a Game 4 at home on Monday night.
Luis Severino is slated to start for the Yankees against Trevor Bauer, but rain is expected in the area.