NEW YORK _ Carlos Rodon quieted the Bronx on Sunday. The White Sox left-hander retired 11 straight hitters and Masahiro Tanaka could not get out of the fifth inning as Chicago beat the Yankees 5-2 at the Stadium.
The Yankees (6-9) dropped the rubber match of the series against the White Sox (5-9) and have now lost four out of the five series they have played this season. It was also the third straight series the Yankees have lost in the Bronx this season.
Rodon held the Yankees to two runs on three hits over six innings work.
Tanaka breezed through the first three innings, retiring eight of the first 10 batters he faced. The second time through the lineup, Tanaka struggled. He retired just two of the next 10 he faced.
Tanaka allowed five runs, all earned, on seven hits. He walked three and struck out six in four innings, plus three batters.
He issued back-to-back one-out walks to load the bases after Yoan Moncada's double in the fourth. He went with his splitter to face Tim Anderson, who he had gotten out in the second, and paid for it. Anderson hit a grand slam, the first Tanaka had given up since surrendering one to J.D. Martinez April 11, 2018.
Tanaka came back out for the fifth and gave up a lead-off double to No. 9 hitter Yolmer Sanchez, a single to Leury Garcia and walked Moncada before he was pulled.
Aaron Judge robbed Jose Abreu of a grand slam, leaping to get his glove about two feet about the right-field fence and grabbing the ball. Sanchez did score on the sacrifice fly though.
The Yankees scored on Luke Voit's RBI-double in the first and Aaron Judge's single in the third. They did not manage a baserunner again until the seventh inning.
DJ LeMahieu, who came into the game having reached in 25-of-51 plate appearances, went 0-for-4 hitting in the leadoff spot for the second time this season. Brett Gardner, who dropped to the six hole, went 0-for-4.
