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POSTGAME NOTES YANKEES (30-30) vs. (26-34) THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016

R H E LOB SERIES LOS ANGELES ANGELS 3 8 0 6 0 6 11 1 10 4

STARTING TIME: 7:10 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 2:58 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 69 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 34,971 WINNING PITCHER: Ivan Nova (5-3) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Jhoulys Chacin (2-4) Yankees: Ivan Nova (76/51) : (11) Angels: Jhoulys Chacin (82/49)

HOME RUNS (2016 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES ANGELS None Jefry Marte (#3/ 7th inn. / 1 on / 1 out / 1-0 / Nova / LAA 3- NYY5)

NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees have won four consecutive games and are 6-2 in their last 8G…are 14-8 in their last 22 games (since 5/18)…are 14-6 in their last 20 home games (since 4/22) after starting the year 3-6 at . • At 30-30 this , have reached the .500 mark for the first time since being 22-22 at the conclusion of play on 5/24. • Swept their first four-game series against the Angels since 7/21-24/94 in Anaheim and their first in since 7/22-25/93 at the original Yankee Stadium…are 16-5 against the Angels since 6/16/13…have won nine straight home games against the Angels, their longest current home winning streak against any team…are 24-8 (.750) against the Angels at the current Yankee Stadium, their best winning pct. here vs. any AL team…have won or split each of their last 12 home series against the Angels (10-0-2 since 7/6/07). • Have won 10 consecutive games outside the AL East (since 5/18)…are 20-13 outside the division this season. • Have completed a sweep in both of their last two four-game series (also 5/19-22 at Oakland)…marks the first time they have swept consecutive four-game series since 2003, when they swept Cleveland from 7/17-20/03 at the original Yankee Stadium and swept Baltimore from 8/14-17/03 at Camden Yards. • Are 4-0 during 2016 HOPE Week…have won 15 of their last 17 HOPE Week games and are 27-10 (.730) during the event dating back to 2009. • Yankees batters have scored at least 5R in 7 of their last 8G, averaging 6.0 R/G in that span (48R in 8G)…are hitting .323 (91-for-282) in that stretch. • Are 12-1 this season when and both score runs in the same game, and 34-5 since the start of 2015. • RHP Ivan Nova allowed 3ER in 6.1IP (6H, 1BB, 5K, 1HR) made his eighth start of the season…has tossed at least 6.0IP in five straight starts…allowed a two- HR on his last pitch of the game. • The Yankees are now 8-0 in games in which Dellin Betances, and Aroldis Chapman have all pitched, combining for a 1.85 ERA (24.1IP, 5ER, 6BB, 43K)…Chapman has recorded the save in all of those games. • RF Carlos Beltran (1-for-3) has at least 2RBI in each of his last four games, tying for the longest such streak of his career (also 4G: 7/28-8/1/06 w/ NYM)…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Beltran is the first Yankee to have at least two RBIs in each game of a series of at least four games since Chris Chambliss from 8/12-14/77 in a four-game series vs. California at Yankee Stadium…Elias also notes that Beltran is the first Major Leaguer to accomplish the feat since Houston’s Evan Gattis from 4/30-5/3 vs. Seattle. • In his last 20G since 5/19, is batting .351/.392/.770 (26-for-74) with 15R, 7 doubles, 8HR and 24RBI. • In 168G since 5/8/15, is hitting .292/.346/.533 (175-for-600) with 85R, 40 doubles, 35HR, 101RBI and 51BB. • Has safely in 12 consecutive starts since 5/27. • 1B Chris Parmelee (1-for-3) left the game with an injured right hamstring…has driven in a run in each of his first two career starts as a Yankee and is the second Yankee to accomplish the feat this season (also Starlin Castro). • CF Jacoby Ellsbury (1-for-4) is hitting .336/.410/.523 (36-for-107) with 20R, 6 doubles, 4 triples, 2HR, 11RBI, 12BB and 7SB in 30G since 5/1 …the Yankees are 17-3 this season when Ellsbury scores a run. • LF Brett Gardner (3-for-4, 2R) is batting .556 (15-for-27) with 9R and 2RBI during his seven-game hitting streak (since 6/3)… raising his season batting average from .211 to .261 over the stretch. • DH (1-for-4, 2RBI) is batting .342 (13-for-38) with 2 doubles, 1HR and 7RBI over his last 9G, raising his season batting average from .170 to .222 over the stretch.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS NOTES • The Angels were swept for the fifth time this season…marked the first time they were swept in a four-game series since 9/26-29/13 vs. the Rangers…the Angels were swept by the Yankees in a 4G series for the first time since 7/21-24/94 at home and were swept in a 4G series in the Bronx for the first time since 7/22-25/93. • Los Angeles-AL has lost six of their last eight…dropped to 14-17 on the road this season…fell to 1-9 vs. the AL East…have lost nine straight games at Yankee Stadium, which is the longest active losing streak in the Bronx for any team in the Majors…are 4-18 over their last 22G in the Bronx dating to 8/10/11…are 8-24 all time at the current Yankee Stadium. • RHP Jhoulys Chacin (5.1IP, 7H, 5ER, 3BB, 3K, 1HP) took his fourth loss of the season in his first career start vs. the Yankees…his 5ER are his second- most he has allowed in the game this season (allowed 8ER on 5/4/16 at the Mets w/ Atlanta)…has struck out only four batters over his last two starts after recording 10K on 5/30 vs. Detroit.

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• DH C.J. Cron (1-for-4) drove in the first run of the game on an RBI in the fourth inning…is batting .347 (17-for-49) with runners in scoring position this season. • CF (1-for-4) doubled in the fourth inning …is hitting .338 (22-for-65) with 12R, 7 doubles, 5HR, 11RBI and 9BB in 17 career games at Yankee Stadium. • 3B Yunel Escobar (2-for-4) recorded his second consecutive multi-hit game and his 24th multi-hit contest of the year…entered tonight’s game tied for fifth in AL for the most multi-hit games…is batting .345 (50-for-145) with 18R, 8 doubles, 1HR, 11RBI and 8BB in his last 36 contests. • PH Jefry Marte (1-for-1) hit a two-run in the seventh, marking his first career pinch hit…marked the first pinch-hit home run by an Angel this season…has homered in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. • 2B Johnny Giavotella (1-for-4) snapped an 0-for-19 with a seventh-inning double. • RF (1-for-4) is batting .362 (42-for-116) on the road this season compared to his .229 (24-for-105) batting average at home. • Is hitting .328 (21-for-64) with 15R, 3 doubles, 1 , 4HR and 12RBI in his last 16 games.

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Fri., 6/10 vs. Detroit LHP CC Sabathia (3-4, 2.58) vs. RHP (1-5, 4.76) 7:05 p.m. WPIX Sat., 6/11 vs. Detroit RHP Masahiro Tanaka (3-1, 2.76) vs. RHP (5-5, 3.97) 7:15 p.m. FOX Sun., 6/12 vs. Detroit RHP Michael Pineda (3-6, 6.14) vs. RHP Michael Fulmer (6-1, 2.83) 2:05 p.m. YES/MLBN On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN-AM 660/101.9FM and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP