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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 (83-77) at HOUSTON ASTROS (51-109) Current Standing in AL East: . T3rd, -14 .0 LHP Andy Pettitte (10-11, 3.88) vs. RHP Paul Clemens (4-6, 5.69) Current Streak: . Won 1 Current Road Trip: . .1-0 Saturday, September 28 • Minute Maid Park •7:10 p.m. Recent Homestand: . 2-4 Last Five Games: . 1-4 Game #161 • Road Game #80 • TV: YES • Radio: WCBS-AM 880 Last 10 Games: . 4-6 Home Record: . 46-35 (51-30) AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the second game of their season-ending three-game set at Houston after Friday’s 3-2 Road Record: . .37-42 (44-37) win… went 2-4 on their just-completed homestand after getting swept by Tampa Bay and going 2-1 vs . San Francisco . Day Record: . .. 31-24 (32-20) Night Record: . 52-53 (63-47) Were eliminated from postseason contention on Wednesday . Pre-All-Star . 51-44 Snapped a four-game losing streak with their win on Friday at Houston… are 4-9 in their last 13 games . Post-All-Star . 32-33 Have scored three-or-fewer runs in five straight games, marking their second-longest such stretch since the start of the vs . AL East: . 37-39 (41-31) 2006 season (had seven straight games of 3R or less from 7/30-8/6/13) . vs . AL Central: . 22-11 (21-16) Are 2-4 in their last six road games (since 9/13) and 9-15 away from home in their last 24 (since 8/4) . vs . AL West: . 15-16 (20-15) Are 32-33 since the All-Star break despite going 7-13 in their first 20G following the break… own a 25-20 record since 8/11 . vs . National League: . 9-11 (13-5) Are 6G over .500, leaving them six games shy of matching their season-high-water mark of 12 .0G over .500 (previously vs . RH starters: . 52-54 (58-43) reached twice before: 30-18 on 5/25 and 28-16 on 5/20)… since last reaching their season-high-water mark on 5/25, vs . LH starters: .. .. 31-23 (37-24) Yankees Score First: . 53-21 (59-27) have gone 53-59, including 23-33 on the road and 31-25 at home . Opp . Score First: . .30-56 (36-40) Leading After 6: . 58-6 (73-8) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees defeated Houston, 3-2, in their series opener on Friday… RHP Adam Warren made his third Trailing After 6: . 12-62 (13-54) career start, tossing 5 .0 scoreless IP (2H, 1BB, 4K, 64 pitches) to improve to 3-2 this season … earned his first career win as a Tied After 6: . .. 13-9 (9-5) starter… Yankees batters outhit Houston, 6-5, and scored all their runs in the fourth inning… 1B Mark Reynolds (2-for-4) had Leading After 7: . 64-4 (79-5) an RBI single and was the only Yankee to record a multi-hit game… David Adams (1-for-4) drove in the Yankees’ other runs with Trailing After 7: . 9-64 (9-58) a two-run double… David Robertson recorded his third save of the season, tossing a perfect ninth (1 .0IP, 1K) . Tied After 7: . .. 10-8 (7-4) Leading After 8: . 68-4 (88-5) AFTERTHOUGHTS: With Wednesday’s results, the Yankees have been eliminated from Trailing After 8: . 4-68 (1-58) SINCE ACQUISITION OF postseason play for just the second time in the last 19 seasons (also 2008)… Thursday’s game Tied After 8: . .. 11-4 (5-4) ALFONSO SORIANO (7/26) Extra-Inning Games: . 5-6 (6-3) vs . Tampa Bay marked the first home game the Yankees played without being in the playoff One-run Games: . 29-16 (22-25) picture since the team’s final home game in 1993 (10/3/93 vs . Detroit) . Most HRs in Majors Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 47-29 (41-33) 1. ALFONSO SORIANO .. 17 NYY Scores 5 or more: . 50-7 (68-19) WINNING PROPOSITIONS: The Yankees have clinched their 21st straight winning 2 . Chris Davis . 16 NYY Scores 4 or more: . 65-16 (83-27) season (1993-2013), marking the second-longest such stretch in Major League history 3 . Ryan Zimmerman . 15 NYY Scores 3 or less: . 18-61 (12-40) 4 . P . Goldschmidt . 14 behind only the franchise’s streak of 39 consecutive winning seasons from 1926-64… will NYY Scores 2 or less: . 5-50 (6-27) T5 . M . Cabrera, G . Stanton Opp . Scores 5 or more: . 12-47 (14-46) finish this season with their fewest wins since the strike-shortened 144-game 1995 season (79- A . Jones, J . Gyorko . 13 65)… will finish with their fewest wins in a 162-game season since 1992 (76-86) . Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 70-30 (81-19) Most RBI in Majors Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 53-22 (66-8) 1. ALFONSO SORIANO .. 50 Opp . Scores 2 or less: . 37-10 (46-4) FROM ZEROES TO HEROES: With their win on Friday at Houston, the Yankees improved to 9-3 2 . Matt Holliday . 45 Yankees No Errors: . 58-47 (66-40) this season in games immediately following a shutout loss, and have gone 35-12 ( .745) in such 3 . Hunter Pence . 43 Yankees Make Error(s): . 25-30 (29-27) games since 2008 when Joe Girardi took over as manager…have been shut out 12 times in 4 . Freddie Freeman . 42 NYY Starter Goes 6: . .MARIANO . 62-44 RIVERA RETIREMENT (71-35) LOGO Option 1 March 8, 2013 2013, marking their most in a single season since being shut out 15 times 1990 . T5 . Six players . 41 Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 45-57 (54-48) Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 52-9 (66-12) Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 19-61 (20-50) RIVERA TRIBUTES: On Thursday vs . Tampa Bay, RHP Mariano Rivera made his final Yankee Stadium appearance, tossing 1 .1 perfect innings LOWEST ERA - ALL TIME Hit Totals Are Even: . .12-7 (9-5) (min. 1,000.0IP)* Come-From-Behind Wins: . 39 (46) before being removed from the game with two outs in the top of the C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 11 (9) ninth inning by longtime teammates Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte, 1 . Eddie Cicotte . 2 .20 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 1 (4) who came out to call for a pitching change . 2. MARIANO RIVERA. .2.21 3 . Jim Scott . 2 .26 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 0 (1) Was honored on Sunday with a 50-minute pregame ceremony…with 4 . Babe Ruth . 2 .28 Yankees hit 0HR: . 25-49 (7-24) Rachel and Sharon Robinson in attendance, a new Jackie Robinson Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 58-28 (88-43) *Since earned runs became an Tribute plaque and a new Yankees-blue “42” were unveiled in official statistic (1912-NL, 1913-AL) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 31-8 (55-17) Walk-off Wins: . 6 (5) Monument Park… on-field guests included Gene Michael, Jeff Nelson, David Cone, John Wettleland, Hideki Matsui, Tino Martinez, Paul O’Neill, Bernie Williams, MOST APPEARANCES Walk-off Losses: . 6 (6) ALL-TIME Series Record: . 23-24-6 (30-15-7) Jorge Posada, Gene Monahan, Joe Torre, the Robinsons, the Steinbrenner family and the 1 . Jesse Orosco . 1,252 Series Record, home: . 14-10-3 (17-7-2) Rivera family… Rivera entered the field from the Yankees bullpen while Metallica played a 2 . Mike Stanton . .. 1,178 Series Record, road: . .. 9-14-3 (13-8-5) live rendition of “Enter Sandman” from a stage in centerfield . 3 . John Franco . 1,119 Series Openers: . 26-27 (32-20) Received numerous gifts on Sunday, including a painting and Metallica guitar (signed 4. MARIANO RIVERA ....1,115 Series Finales: . 25-27 (34-18) by Willie Mays) given by the Giants… Metallica presented a Rivera-themed customized 5 . Dennis Eckersley . 1,071 Sweeps by Yankees: . 8 (10) speaker cabinet… the Yankees Foundation presented a $100,000 donation to the Mariano Rivera is the only pitcher all time to Sweeps by Opponent: . 7 (4) make more than 1,000 appearances Rivera Foundation… SS Derek Jeter and Manager Joe Girardi on behalf of the Yankees TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY with one club. Sept. 28, 1951: In Game 1 of doubleheader presented a baseball-bat rocking chair… Yankees General Partner Hank Steinbrenner vs . Boston at Yankee Stadium, Allie and Yankees Executive Vice President and Chief International Officer Felix Lopez MOST SAVES - ALL-TIME* Reynolds tosses his second no-hitter of presented a framed replica of Rivera’s number and retired-number placard from Monument 1. MARIANO RIVERA ..... 652 the season (previously no-hit the Indians at Park… Yankees Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner and his wife, Christina, 2 . Trevor Hoffman . 601 Municipal Stadium in Cleveland on July 12) . presented a custom-designed Waterford Crystal replica of Rivera’s baseball glove from 2013 . 3 . Lee Smith . 478 Sept 28, 1923: In a 24-4 win at Fenway 4 . John Franco . 424 Park, the Yankees collect 30H, setting a still- Rivera addressed the crowd and caught the ceremonial first pitch fromJorge Posada . 5 . Billy Wagner . 422 standing single-game franchise record . During the Yankees’ final four home games of the season from Sunday through TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Thursday, the team wore “Mariano Rivera Final Season” patches on the left sleeves of Sept.