Sleepy Yankees end Reds’ 5-game streak

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds faced a team on Monday night that didn't get a lot of sleep the night before.

The New York Yankees had to overcome the fatigue from an 18-inning, 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, a game that began Sunday night and ended early Monday morning. The Yankees didn't land in the Cincinnati area until 5:08 a.m., and the sun was up when some of them finally fell asleep. Players sipped caffeinated drinks and yawned in the clubhouse pregame. Didn't matter much. Brett Gardner and Matt Holliday homered, Masahiro Tanaka won his fifth consecutive start, and the Yankees beat the Reds 10-4 for their sixth victory in a row. Tanaka (5-1) gave them what they needed after their all-nighter, going seven innings on 112 pitches to rest the bullpen. He allowed four runs — Joey Votto drove in

three with a single and a homer — while ending the Reds' fivegame winning streak.

"That's a big boost for them," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "They play 18 innings, and then their starter goes seven. That puts them in a lot better shape for tomorrow."

Gary Sanchez got the Yankees going with his bases-loaded single in the first off Rookie Davis (1-2), a former Yankees prospect. Didi Gregorius also drove in two runs off Davis, who went to the Reds in the trade for closer Aroldis Chapman after the 2015 season.

Davis couldn’t quite capitalize on the chance to exact revenge on his former team. Davis lasted just 4 innings and allowed five runs, four of which were earned. He walked three and struck out four.

Despite the ugliness of his pitching numbers, the outing was not disastrous. Most of the damage came in the first, which started poorly when Davis missed the bag while covering first on a groundout for an error. A single, strikeout and walk later, the bases were loaded. Two more singles from Davis’ former minor-league teammate Sanchez and former Reds prospect Didi Gregorius made it 3-0.

Davis gave up two more runs over the course of his outing but avoided a total meltdown, and even struck out the side in the fourth. All seven of the hits he allowed were singles.

Gardner and Holliday connected in the eighth inning as the Yankees pulled away.

Notable

Injured Reds starters Brandon Finnegan and Sal Romano have resumed throwing over the last couple of days as they work their way back from shoulder issues. Finnegan at least will need multiple rehab starts in the minors before he will be activated from the 10-day disabled list.