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SEATTLE -- Superlatives will be scarce come September if Masahiro Tanaka continues this pace. For now, Joe Girardi and the rest of the New York Yankees are just thankful they have the Japanese right-hander pitching like one of the best in baseball. "Hes been really, really big. You look at the numbers hes put up, the wins that he has, the distances hes given us during the course of the season," Girardi said. "Hes meant a lot." Tanaka added another notch to his stellar first two months in the majors, striking out 11 and tossing a complete game Wednesday night as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2. Tanaka became the second pitcher in baseball with 10 wins and won his fourth straight start. It was on the verge of being possibly his most impressive performance of the season before giving up a two-run homer to Robinson Cano in the ninth inning that ruined the shutout. That only made Tanaka more determined to finish off his second complete game of the season. He struck out Kyle Seager and Logan Morrison to finish off the victory. "Obviously I wasnt very happy about that home run, but at the end Im pretty satisfied I was able to go all nine innings tonight," Tanaka said through a translator. Tanaka allowed six hits, walked one and leads the AL with a 2.02 ERA. He tied for the wins lead with Torontos Mark Buehrle, who is 10-2. Tanaka has allowed only four earned runs in the past 29 2-3 innings and hasnt given up more than three earned runs in any start. That number would be less if not for Cano hitting his third homer of the season -- and first at Safeco Field -- in the ninth. James Jones reached on an infield single with one out and Cano hit a drive out to left-centre on the first pitch. "He was dealing. He was the same guy you see on TV," Cano said. "He put the ball where he wants. Hes filthy." Tanaka cruised from the start. It took the Japanese rookie 15 pitches to get through the first two innings and 26 pitches setting down the first nine Mariners in order. Seattle got baserunners in the fourth when Jones and Seager singled, but the threat ended when Morrison struck out on a check swing. It also started a strikeout binge from Tanaka. Beginning with Morrison, six of the next seven outs came via strikeout. Tanaka struck out the side in the sixth, getting Cole Gillespie and Endy Chavez swinging before capping the inning by getting Jones looking at strike three. Cano broke the strikeout streak at five when he grounded out to open the seventh. Seager then walked on four pitches, the first walk issued by Tanaka. But Morrison grounded into a double play and Tanaka was through seven innings on just 79 pitches. Tanaka also wiggled out of trouble in the eighth after Mike Zuninos double and Brad Millers single. Just as movement started in the Yankees bullpen, Gillespie lined out and Miller was doubled off first base to end the inning. Tanaka was given an extra day of rest after a rainout on Monday in Kansas City. That ruined a possible matchup against countryman Hisashi Iwakuma, but Tanaka said the rest was helpful. "I never really thought about it going into the season. I just thought about taking it game by game, just trying to go out there and do the best that I can each game," Tanaka said. "As a result this is where I am." All the offence Tanaka needed came from Jacoby Ellsbury and Mark Teixeira. Ellsbury extended his hitting streak to 15 games with an RBI single in the third. Two innings later, with Seattle starter Chris Young (5-4) struggling, Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer that barely cleared the wall in right-centre field. The game-breaking shot was Teixeiras 11th homer of the season. But all Teixeira wanted to do was rave about Tanaka. 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Murray was left trailing Djokokvic by 4,695 points after failing to make the semi-finals at the US Open, but is still given a chance of making up the ground due to the number of points that Djokovic, who won the final five events of 2015, will be defending in the final stretch.Indeed, Murray is actually just 2,055 points behind in the singles race, which ranks players on their yearly performances rather than the last 12 months. He can reduce that lead by another 500 points by claiming the title in Beijing this week, with the six-time champion still rehabilitating following an elbow injury.Murray has reasserted his target of claiming the top spot this week, suggesting his motivation is greater than his rivals.Ive never been there and its something I would like to do for the first time, which is maybe more of a motivation for me than some of the guys that have been there before, Murray said. Murray sweeps aside Seppi Andy Murray starts China Open by beating Andreas Seppi While it feels like an opportunity to strike, the task of toppling Djokovic looks as difficult as ever if full fitness is regained for the coonclusion of the Masters series.ddddddddddddDjokovic holds a greater stranglehold over the end of the year than any other portion, having won three of the last four in Shanghai and Paris, and he is on course for an unprecedented fifth consecutive World Tour Finals title.Murray, in contrast, has all too often struggled to continue to be competitive on the final stretch, failing to win in Shanghai since 2011 while lacking a single title from his previous trips to Bercy and the O2 Arena. Djokovic withdrew from the Beijing Open with an elbow injury However, the Scot has proved an adaptable force in 2016, enjoying easily his best campaign on clay, including a first French Open final appearance on the back on beating Djokovic to the Rome Masters crown.Assuming Djokovic does return to 100 per cent, the greatest challenge will come when the pair renew their rivalry and Murrays chances hinge on improving a head-to-head record of 10-24, including just two wins from their last 15 meetings.In the meantime, Murray must focus on avoiding upsets, starting with Wednesdays second-round clash with Andrey Kuznetsov at the China Open.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! ' ' '