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Official Game Information Official Game Information Yankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: (718) 579-4460 • [email protected] • Twitter: @yankeespr & @losyankeespr World Series Champions: 1923, ’27-28, ’32, ’36-39, ’41, ’43, ’47, ’49-53, ’56, ’58, ’61-62, ’77-78, ’96, ’98-2000, ’09 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2013 (2012) NEW YORK YANKEES (81-73) vs. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (71-83) Current Standing in AL East: . 4th, -12 .5 RHP Ivan Nova (8-5, 3.36) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (3-5, 5.73) Games Behind for 2nd Wild Card . -3 .0 Current Streak: . Won 1 Saturday, September 21 • Yankee Stadium • 1:05 p.m. Current Homestand: . 1-0 Recent Road Trip: . 4-6 Game #155 • Home Game #77 • TV: FOX • Radio: WCBS-AM 880 Last Five Games: . 2-3 Last 10 Games: . 5-5 AT A GLANCE: Today the Yankees continue their final regular season homestand of the season with the second of three games Home Record: . 45-31 (51-30) vs . San Francisco… have an off day on Monday followed by three games vs . Tampa Bay (Tues .-Thurs .)… completed a 4-6 road trip Road Record: . .36-42 (44-37) on Thursday going 3-1 at Baltimore (9/9-12), 0-3 at Boston (9/13-15) Day Record: . .. 30-23 (32-20) MOST GRAND SLAMS MOST GRAND SLAMS and 1-2 at Toronto (9/17-19)… following this homestand, play their Night Record: . 51-50 (63-47) final three games of the regular season at Houston (9/27-29) . ALL TIME NYY FRANCHISE HISTORY Pre-All-Star . 51-44 Are 2-5 in their last 7G and 6-9 in their last 15G (since 9/5) . 1. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...24 1 . Lou Gehrig . 23 Post-All-Star . 30-29 2 . Lou Gehrig . 23 2. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ..14 Are 30-29 since the All-Star break despite going 7-13 in their vs . AL East: . 37-36 (41-31) 3 . Manny Ramirez . 21 3 . Joe DiMaggio . 13 vs . AL Central: . 22-11 (21-16) first 20 games following the break… own a 23-16 ( .590) record 4 . Eddie Murray . 19 4 . Babe Ruth . .. 12 vs . AL West: . 14-16 (20-15) in 39 games since 8/11, the seventh-best record in the Majors T5 . McCovey/Ventura . 18 5 . Bernie Williams . 11 vs . National League: . 8-10 (13-5) over the stretch and the fourth-best record in the AL (Oakland, vs . RH starters: . 51-52 (58-43) 26-13, .667; Boston, 23-13, .639; and Cleveland, 22-15, .595) . vs . LH starters: .. .. 30-21 (37-24) Are 8G over .500, leaving them four games shy of matching their season-high-water LOWEST ERA - ALL TIME Yankees Score First: . 51-20 (59-27) mark of 12 .0G over .500 (previously reached twice before: 30-18 on 5/25 and 28-16 on (min. 1,000.0IP)* Opp . Score First: . .30-53 (36-40) 1 . Eddie Cicotte . 2 .20 Leading After 6: . 56-6 (73-8) 5/20)…since last reaching their season-high-water mark on 5/25, have gone 51-55, including 21-33 on the road and 30-22 at home . 2. MARIANO RIVERA. .2.21 Trailing After 6: . 12-59 (13-54) 3 . Jim Scott . 2 .26 Are 3 .0G behind for the second Wild Card spot . Tied After 6: . .. 13-8 (9-5) 4 . Babe Ruth . 2 .28 Leading After 7: . 62-4 (79-5) Are 30-23 in day games and 51-50 in night games in 2013 . *Since earned runs became an Trailing After 7: . 9-61 (9-58) official statistic (1912-NL, 1913-AL) Tied After 7: . .. 10-7 (7-4) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees defeated San Francisco, 5-1, in their series opener at Leading After 8: . 66-4 (88-5) MOST APPEARANCES Yankee Stadium…Yankees batters scored all their runs on homers… LHP CC Sabathia Trailing After 8: . 4-64 (1-58) started and allowed 1ER in 7 .0IP (7H, 3BB, 4K), recording the win and improving to 14-13 ALL-TIME Tied After 8: . .. 11-4 (5-4) 1 . Jesse Orosco . 1,252 this season… has won each of his last four starts at Yankee Stadium since 8/13… LF Alfonso Extra-Inning Games: . 5-6 (6-3) 2 . Mike Stanton . .. 1,178 One-run Games: . 28-15 (22-25) Soriano (2-for-3) opened the scoring with a solo HR in the second inning, marking his 100th 3 . John Franco . 1,119 Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 46-29 (41-33) RBI of the season… DH Alex Rodriguez (1-for-4) hit his 24th career grand slam, surpassing 4. MARIANO RIVERA ....1,113 NYY Scores 5 or more: . 49-7 (68-19) Lou Gehrig (23) for most in Baseball history…was his 14th grand slam as a Yankee, breaking 5 . Dennis Eckersley . 1,071 NYY Scores 4 or more: . 64-16 (83-27) a tie with Joe DiMaggio (13) for sole possession of second place on the Yankees’ all-time list Rivera is the only pitcher all time to NYY Scores 3 or less: . 17-57 (12-40) (see chart at top right)… RHP David Robertson tossed 1 .0 scoreless inning (1BB, 1K)… RHP make more than 1,000 appearances NYY Scores 2 or less: . 5-47 (6-27) Mariano Rivera tossed a perfect ninth in a non-save situation (1 .0IP, 1K) . with one club. Opp . Scores 5 or more: . 12-45 (14-46) Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 68-28 (81-19) MOST SAVES - ALL-TIME* Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 51-21 (66-8) HALF MEASURES: The Elias Sports Bureau notes that LF Alfonso Soriano (51RBI w/ 1. MARIANO RIVERA ..... 652 Opp . Scores 2 or less: . 35-9 (46-4) Cubs and 49RBI w/Yankees) needs 1RBI to become the fifth player in MLB history to 2 . Trevor Hoffman . 601 Yankees No Errors: . 56-46 (66-40) drive in 50-or-more runs for each of two different teams in one season, joining Matt 3 . Lee Smith . 478 4 . John Franco . 424 Yankees Make Error(s): . 25-27 (29-27) Holliday (2009-OAK/STL), Manny Ramirez (2008-BOS/LAD), Carlos Beltran (2004-KC/ 5 . Billy Wagner . 422 NYY Starter Goes 6: . 61-42 (71-35) HOU), and David Justice (2000-CLE/NYY) . Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 45-54 (54-48) Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 50-8 (66-12) FAREWELL ANDY: On Friday, the Yankees announced that LHP Andy Pettitte will MOST SAVES Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 19-58 (20-50) retire following the 2013 season… owns a 255-152 ( .627) career record with a 3 .86 ERA IN FINAL CAREER SEASON Hit Totals Are Even: . .12-7 (9-5) List excludes active players. Mariano Come-From-Behind Wins: . 39 (46) (3,300 .0IP, 1415ER) in 529 appearances (519 starts) over 18 Major League seasons with the Yankees (1995-2003, ’07-10 and ’12-13) and Houston Astros (2004-06) . Rivera has 44 saves this season. C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 11 (9) T1 . Robb Nen (SFG) . 43 (2002) Was originally selected by the Yankees in the 22nd round of the 1990 First-Year C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 1 (4) Jeff Shaw (LAD) . 43 (2001) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 0 (1) Player Draft… has played 15 seasons with the club, going 218-126 with a 3 .95 3 . Billy Wagner (ATL) . 37 (2010) Yankees hit 0HR: . 24-47 (7-24) ERA (2,780 .1IP, 1,220ER) and 2,009K in 445G (436GS)… is the franchise leader in 4 . Tom Henke (STL) . 36 (1995) Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 57-26 (88-43) strikeouts and is on pace to finish his career tied with Whitey Ford (438) for the 5 . Todd Worrell (LAD) . 35 (1997) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 30-8 (55-17) most starts in Yankees history… trails only Ford (236 wins, 3,171 .0IP) and Red Walk-off Wins: . 6 (5) Ruffing (231 wins, 3,168 .0IP) in wins and IP as a Yankee and ranks Walk-off Losses: . 6 (6) MOST WIN/SAVE COMBINATIONS ALL TIME Series Record: . 22-23-6 (30-15-7) fifth in franchise history in appearances… appeared in eight career World Series (seven as a Yankee), winning championships with the 1. ANDY PETTITTE/MARIANO RIVERA (NYY) ..72 Series Record, home: MARIANO. 13-9-3 RIVERA RETIREMENT (17-7-2) LOGO Option 1 March 8, 2013 Yankees in 1996, ‘98, ’99, 2000 and ’09 . 2 . Bob Welch/Dennis Eckersley (OAK) . 57 Series Record, road: . .. 9-14-3 (13-8-5) 3 . Mike Mussina/MARIANO RIVERA (NYY) . .49 Series Openers: . 25-26 (32-20) 4 . Dave Stewart/Dennis Eckersley (OAK) . 43 Series Finales: . 25-25 (34-18) PATCHING THINGS UP: During the Yankees’ final T5 . Jimmy Key/Tom Henke (TOR) . 37 Sweeps by Yankees: . 8 (10) four home games of the season from Sunday Kevin Tapani/Rick Aguilera (MIN) . 37 Sweeps by Opponent: . 6 (4) through Thursday, the team will wear “Mariano Official stat since 1969 / CourtesyElias Sports Bureau TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Rivera Final Season” patches on the left sleeves of Sept. 21, 2008: The Yankees play the final their jerseys and on their caps . game at the original Yankee Stadium, SINCE ACQUISITION OF defeating Baltimore, 7-3 . ALFONSO SORIANO (7/26) Sept. 21, 1955: In his final bout, boxer FIRST IMPRESSIONS: The Giants are the 24th different opponent to Rocky Marciano knocks out Archie Moore Most HRs in Majors play in the current Yankee Stadium… with the Yankees’ win on Friday, in the ninth round to retain his world improved to 19-5 in an opponents’ first-ever games at Yankee Stadium .
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