Spring Training Game Notes Saturday, March 22, 2014
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SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014 TODAY’S GAME: NEW YORK YANKEES (14-9-2) at MINNESOTA TWINS (7-11-3) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – HAMMOND STADIUM – FORT MYERS, FL – TV/RADIO: WFAN 2 Derek Jeter ...................INF RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (0-0, 1.93) vs. RHP KEVIN CORREIA (1-1, 6.00) 11 Brett Gardner ................OF In relief for NYY: RHP Danny Burawa, LHP Fred Lewis and RHP Shane Greene. 12 Alfonso Soriano ..............OF 14 Brian Roberts. .INF YANKEE DOODLES: Today the New York Yankees will play a 1:05 p.m. game vs. the Minnesota Twins at Hammond 17 Brendan Ryan ................INF Stadium in Fort Myers… are scheduled for 33 total spring games, including 32 against Major League opposition (defeated 18 Hiroki Kuroda ...............RHP Florida State, 8-3, in their first game of the spring on 2/25)… are slated for 17 home games, including 16 vs. Major League 19 Masahiro Tanaka ............RHP teams… will play six night games, including five at home (3/4 vs. Baltimore, 3/7 vs. Detroit, 3/21 vs. Pittsburgh, 3/25 vs. 22 Jacoby Ellsbury ...............OF Philadelphia and 3/28 vs. Miami) and one on the road (3/20 at Boston)… marks Most Seasons as a Yankees Player 24 Scott Sizemore* ..............INF the Yankees’ 19th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2014), formerly 25 Mark Teixeira .................INF Legends Field, and the 112th season in franchise history. Player Seasons DEREK JETER ....... 19 (1995-2013) 26 Eduardo Nunez ...............INF Mariano Rivera .........19 (1995-2013) 27 Shawn Kelley ................RHP YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees won their sixth straight game, shutting out Yogi Berra. 18 (1946-63) 28 Joe Girardi ........... MANAGER the Pirates, 4-0, at Steinbrenner Field… LHP CC Sabathia started and earned the Mickey Mantle ...........18 (1951-68) 29 Francisco Cervelli. C win, tossing 7.0 scoreless innings (4H, 1BB, 7K) in the longest outing by a Yankees Frank Crosetti ............17 (1932-48) 30 David Robertson ............RHP Bill Dickey ...........17 (1928-43, ’46) starter this spring… C Brian McCann (1-for-4) doubled, drove in a run and caught Lou Gehrig ...............17 (1923-39) 31 Ichiro Suzuki .................OF a full 9.0 innings… SS Derek Jeter (0-for-3) and CF Brett Gardner (0-for-3) each had Jorge Posada ..........17 (1995-2011) 33 Kelly Johnson ................INF RBI groundouts in the second inning… RHP David Robertson tossed a perfect ninth Whitey Ford ..........16 (1950, ’53-67) 34 Brian McCann ................. C inning (1.0IP) and has allowed just 1H and 1BB in 5.0 scoreless innings over six relief Bernie Williams ........16 (1991-2006) 35 Michael Pineda ..............RHP appearances this spring (5K). MLB All-Time Hits List 36 Carlos Beltran ................OF 1. Pete Rose. .4,256 38 Preston Claiborne ...........RHP SPRING IN THEIR STEP: C Francisco Cervelli is hitting .484 (15-for-31) this spring with 2. Ty Cobb ..................... 4,191 40 Matt Daley* .................RHP 1 double, 1 triple, 7RBI and a team-leading 4HR… INF Yangervis Solarte has batted 3. Hank Aaron .................3,771 41 David Phelps ................RHP .455 (15-for-33) with 2HR and 8RBI, leading the club in RBI and tied with Cervelli for 4. Stan Musial ..................3,630 5. Tris Speaker .................3,514 43 Adam Warren ...............RHP the lead in hits… RHP Ivan Nova leads all Yankees pitchers with 21K (in 19.2IP)… RHP 6. Honus Wagner ..............3,430 45 Andrew Bailey ...............RHP Michael Pineda has tossed 9.0 scoreless innings, going 2-0 with 14K (8H, 1BB). 7. Carl Yastrzemski ............. 3,419 47 Ivan Nova ...................RHP 8. Paul Molitor. 3,319 48 Matt Thornton ..............LHP MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have four Japan-born players in camp: OF Ichiro 9. DEREK JETER .............3,316 50 Mick Kelleher ......... 1B COACH 10. Eddie Collins ................3,313 Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Masahiro Tanaka and non-roster invitee RHP 52 CC Sabathia .................LHP Yoshinori Tateyama… the Yankees have had six Japan-born players in their history: Most Hits in Franchise History 53 Austin Romine ................ C Hideki Irabu (1997-99), Hideki Matsui (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda 1. DEREK JETER .............3,316 54 Kevin Long ..............HITTING 2. Lou Gehrig .................2,721 (2012-13), Ryota Igarashi (2012) and Ichiro Suzuki (2012-13)… with Tanaka and Kuroda, 55 David Herndon* .............RHP the Yankees will have two Japan-born pitchers in their starting rotation, becoming 3. Babe Ruth ..................2,518 4. Mickey Mantle .............. 2,415 56 Tony Pena ................BENCH the first team to do so since the Los Angeles Dodgers had starters Hideo Nomo and 5. Bernie Williams .............2,336 57 Chris Leroux* ................RHP Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004. 58 Larry Rothschild .......PITCHING 59 Rob Thomson ........ 3B COACH DOUBLE TAKE: Major League Baseball’s new instant replay rules will be in effect in six Yankees games this spring (3/6 at 60 Gary Tuck ..............BULLPEN Philadelphia, 3/8 at Houston, 3/12 vs. Detroit, 3/13 at Philadelphia, 3/22 at Minnesota and 3/29 vs. Miami). 61 Jim Miller* ..................RHP 63 Yoshinori Tateyama*. RHP #WINNING: The Yankees secured their 21st consecutive winning season in 2013 (since 1993), the second-longest such streak 64 Cesar Cabral .................LHP among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ run of 39 straight wining seasons from 1926-64-credit: Elias. 65 Zoilo Almonte ................OF 66 John Ryan Murphy ............ C THE SKIPPER: In 2014, Manager Joe Girardi enters his seventh season (2008-present) at the helm of the 67 Vidal Nuno ..................LHP Yankees… owns a 564-408 (.580) record in six years with the club, the Majors’ best mark over the stretch and the sixth- 68 Dellin Betances ..............RHP most managerial wins in Yankees history… has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World 70 Russ Canzler* ................INF Series championship in ‘09… is the 32nd manager in Yankees history… his .566 (642-492) career winning pct. (including 73 Antoan Richardson*. .OF a 78-84 mark in 2006 with Florida) is the highest by any skipper with at least 1,000 games managed since Hall of Famer 80 Jose Gil* ...................... C Earl Weaver tallied a 1,480-1,060 (.583) mark over a 17-year managerial career (1968-82 and ‘85-86). 88 Danny Burawa* .............RHP 89 Yangervis Solarte* ............INF SUPPORTING CAST: The Yankees drew an AL-high 3,279,589 fans to Yankee Stadium in 2013, leading the AL in total 90 Shane Greene ...............RHP attendance for the 11th consecutive season… also led the AL with an average of 40,489 fans per home game… both 92 Fred Lewis* .................LHP marks were fourth in the Majors, behind only Los Angeles-NL (3,743,527/46,216), St. Louis (3,369,769/41,602) and San 93 Dean Anna ...................INF Francisco (3,369,106/41,594)… the Yankees also led the AL in road attendance (2,690,604)… the Yankees’ combined draw 95 Adonis Garcia* ...............OF of 5,970,203 fans topped the AL for the 15th consecutive season. 98 Zelous Wheeler*. .INF *Non-roster invitees CANAL STREET: From 3/15-16, the Yankees and Miami Marlins participated in the “Legend Series” with a two-game series at Panama City’s Rod Carew Stadium, splitting the series in front of nearly 50,000 over two games… the series honored the legacy of recently-retired all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch to RHP David OPENING DAY COUNTDOWN Robertson prior to the game on 3/15… the series marked the return of Major League Baseball to Panama for the first time (April 1 at Houston - 7:10 p.m.) since 1947… the “Legend Series” included charitable events away from the field, including a gala featuring representation of both teams on Friday to benefit the Mariano Rivera Foundation… proceeds from the dinner went to Children’s Hospital 10 DAYS in Panama City, the largest pediatric hospital in the country. UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION FOR STARTERS: Today at Minnesota, RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his fourth spring appearance and third spring start… last started on 3/16 vs. Atlanta, allowing 1ER in 4.1IP (3H, 2BB, 6K)… was acquired by the Yankees via the posting Yankees at Minnesota system from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan and signed to a seven-year contract on 1/22/14… contract extends Saturday, March 22 – 1:05 p.m. through the 2020 season with an opt-out following the 2017 season… went 24-0 with one save and a 1.27 ERA (212.0IP, 30ER, Hammond Stadium 183K 8CG, 2SHO) in 28 games (27 starts) with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles… won the Pacific League MVP and the 14100 Six Mile Cypress Pk., Ft. Myers, FL 33912 Sawamura Award as the best pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball, setting all-time NPB records for wins and ERA… was the Bus Leaves: 9:00 a.m. No. 1 pick in the 2006 NPB draft. Yankees vs. Toronto • On Sunday vs. Toronto, RHP Michael Pineda will make his fourth appearance—and third start—of the spring… last Sunday, March 23 – 1:05 p.m. started on 3/18 vs. Boston, tossing 4.1 scoreless innings (4H, 0BB, 5K)… began 2013 on the 60-day disabled list George M. Steinbrenner Field recovering from right shoulder surgery performed on 5/1/12… in five combined rehab starts with Single-A Tampa, One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, went 2-0 with a 2.82 ERA (22.1IP, 7ER)… was optioned to Scranton/WB on 7/7 after coming off the D.L. and went 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA (23.1IP, 10ER) in six total starts with the Clubhouse Hours: 8:15-9:15 a.m.