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NEW YORK -- In the last month, Masahiro Tanaka has been a sure thing on the mound for the New York Yankees.Tanaka takes a five-game winning streak to the mound Saturday afternoon when the Yankees continue their playoff pursuit in the third contest of a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium.Tanaka is 12-4 with a 3.11 ERA. He is fourth in the American League in ERA, sixth with a 1.08 WHP, third in walks per nine innings (1.56) and fourth in strikeouts to walk ratio (4.84).The right-hander also has allowed two runs or fewer in 19-of-28 starts this season, tied for the most in the American League. He is seventh in innings at 179 1/3 and during his last 39, Tanaka is 5-0 with a 2.08 ERA.Tanakas last loss was at the New York Mets on Aug. 2, when the Yankees were 53-53, 7 1/2 games out of first place and 5 1/2 back in the wild-card race.The next day, Gary Sanchez was promoted, Alex Rodriguez played his last game the following week and since Tanakas last loss, the Yankees (75-65) are 22-12 while one game out of the second wild-card spot and four out of first.Were trying to get in, Yankees closer Dellin Betances said. Thats our goal.Tanaka allowed two runs and seven innings in 6 1/3 innings of a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. Although this year is similar to his rookie season of 2014, Tanaka said he feels more in control even if his high standards are not quite good enough.Im not overly satisfied with the overall way of pitching, how Im pitching this year, Tanaka said. ... But this year I feel like Im more in control of myself compared to the first year. In that sense, I feel sort of a sense of maybe satisfaction compared to the first year.Tanaka will be pitching after Sanchez hit his 12th home run and Mark Teixeira belted a grand slam in Fridays 7-4 victory that was slowed by three rain delays totaling 94 minutes.The Rays have dropped five of six since getting the first two from Toronto last weekend and clinched a non-winning season at 59-81. They increased their home run total to 190 after Logan Morrison and Steven Souza Jr. hit back-to-back homers off Michael Pineda.Were playing at Yankee Stadium, were playing Toronto, were playing in Baltimore, were going to Texas, those games are going to be packed with atmosphere, packed with people, Rays manager Kevin Cash said of the rest of the season.Tampa Bay received a laborous 2 2/3-inning outing from Blake Snell on Friday and hopes Chris Archer can continue pitching decently and give them some distance.Archer is 8-17 with a 4.06 ERA. His next loss will tie the team record set by Tanyon Sturtze, who was 4-18 in 2002.Archer has taken losses despite leading the league with 211 strikeouts.You take away the win-loss record, which is obviously not ideal, you look at the other numbers and theyre pretty good, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Archer is 4-5 with a 3.03 ERA in his 10 starts since the All-Star break and his ERA is the lowest since it was 3.60 following his first start of the season. Archer last pitched Sunday against Toronto and allowed two runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts.Archer is 5-4 with a 2.52 ERA in 12 career starts against the Yankees. He is 0-4 with a 3.15 ERA in his last six starts against the Yankees and last faced them Aug. 12 in New York, when he allowed Alex Rodriguezs RBI double in his final game and gave up five runs and seven hits in six innings.Fake Jordan .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. Air Jordan Outlet . Shot outdoors against the stunning backdrop of Banff, Alta., the networks 30-minute original production airs tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt on TSN2. The four All-Star teams will play for $100,000 in prize money during TSNs annual skins game, airing live this weekend on TSN from The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre. https://www.wholesalejordanshoeschina.com/ . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Discount Air Jordan .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. Cheap Jordan . Michell Burger, a woman who lives on an estate next to Pistorius gated community, said she and her husband were awoken by the screams in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 14 last year, when Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp by shooting four times through a door in his bathroom.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Odell Beckham Jr. has been seen screaming on the sideline this year, but hes not yelling to give him the damn ball.Beckhams emotion spilled onto the sideline during recent losses to the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings. New York Giants wide receivers coach Adam Henry, who was also Beckhams position coach at LSU, has been one of the voices in the star wide receivers ear.Hes a very passionate player. [I] just tell him to stay within the game, Henry said Friday. Hes doing well. He wants to win. Hes highly competitive, one of the most competitive guys I know.Not once has he ever asked anybody to throw him the ball or do anything. Hes just ... he wants to win. Hes like all of us. Just stay the course and do what you do best.Beckham has talked in the past about his intense desire to win, no matter what it is hes doing. The Pro Bowl receiver even said prior to the start of the season hed be more than willing to sacrifice stats for victoriees, especially after the Giants went 6-10 last season.ddddddddddddI definitely want to get better each and every year, Beckham said prior to the season. The numbers mean something in a sense, but the 6-10 number, flip that around, 10-6 means a lot more.I just hate losing. Im cool with other people being open, were scoring. Theres no better feeling than being on the field and everything is clicking and were winning games.Beckhams production has dipped early this season. He has 27 receptions for 359 yards and one touchdown in five games. His targets have decreased slightly, from 10.6 per game to 10.2.Henry doesnt think this has anything to do with the emotional outbursts that occurred earlier this season. The coach sees the same competitiveness with the Giants that he saw from Beckham at LSU.Hes always been competitive, Henry said. Always. ' ' '