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The Yankees are now 5-1 following their heavy 7-0 loss in Arizona earlier this week and a 5-2 victory over the D'Backs on Monday. This season was the first time in franchise history that the pinstripes won their five games of the season on the road. What's more, this season is the fifth time in franchise history that the Yankees have started with a 5-0 record. The Yankees' last season in which they had five straight victories was 32 years ago, when they opened the season with a 6-0 record.

After playing for years in Japan, Masataka Yoshida has already made some mechanical improvements at the plate during his rookie season with the Boston Red Sox. They certainly paid the bill on Sunday. Boston roared to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-5 after Yoshida homered twice during Boston's nine-run outburst in the eighth inning. Since Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz's debut in August 2008, he became the first Red Sox player to go deep in a single inning.