 taking a look at Tanaka and the pitch breakdown in this game we know a lot of sliders a lot of splitters Jack talked on the pregame about how he has to have those pitches in order to be effective he did not have them against Texas eventually he did in this performance against the Rays and normally for the Yankees they get a quality start and they win there 47 and 4 this year entering this game when they get a start of at least six innings and three runs allowed or fewer still on pace at 47 and 5 for the best winning percentage all time but today that just wasn't enough because the offense couldn't come through in what was a nice steady performance from Tanaka right that's what makes today even more frustrating if you're the Yankees because when this game first starts out it looks as if Tanaka doesn't have that splitter and the Yankees are sitting in the dugout saying wait a second this will be the second straight start he doesn't have the splitter but he makes sure that that deficit doesn't go beyond to nothing and then he steadies himself and he gets no offense of support but I think what the Yankees have to like about Tanaka is how much of a professional he is Ryan through eight splitters in the first inning it was clear that pitch wasn't there for him so in the second and the third inning he backed away from it only threw it a couple of times but David Cohn has always said and he threw a splitter you can't give up on your pitches at some point in the game you've got to find it again and Tanaka found it in the fourth fifth and sixth he went back to using that splitter as a weapon he leaves down two to nothing after six innings as you mentioned that's a quality start usually that's a win not today not with this offense an abysmal performance from the Yankee offense