NEW YORK (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka allowed two hits over 7 2-3 innings, Brett Gardner hit a first-inning home run and learned midgame he had been picked for his first All-Star team, and the New York Yankees rallied past the Oakland Athletics 6-2 Thursday.

New York Yankees' Cole Figueroa (40), called up from Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre Thursday morning, hits a fourth-inning double
New York Yankees' Cole Figueroa (40), called up from Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre Thursday morning, hits a fourth-inning double (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Cole Figueroa doubled twice in his Yankees debut, grounding his first over first base in the fourth inning and down the right-field line. Jacoby Ellsbury followed with a tiebreaking, two-run single over the very same inside corner of the bag.

Tanaka (5-3) ended a four-start winless streak, the longest drought of his 1½-year major league career. He set season highs for innings and pitches (114), striking out six and walking one. One of the runs off him was unearned.

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