Official Game Information Yankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: (718) 579-4460 • E-mail: [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 2015 (2014) NEW YORK YANKEES (57-44) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (49-51) Standing in AL East: . .1st, +6.0G RHP Nathan Eovaldi (10-2, 4.27) vs. LHP Carlos Rodon (4-3, 4.09) Current Streak: . .Lost 2 Current Road Trip . .4-3 Recent Homestand: . .5-1 Friday, July 31, 2015 • U.S. Cellular Field • 8:10 p.m. ET Home Record: . 30-17 (43-38) Game #102 • Road Game #55 • TV: YES • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Road Record:. 27-27 (41-40) Day Record: . 18-13 (32-24) Night Record: . 39-31 (52-54) AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the eighth game of YANKEES ACQUIRE ACKLEY FROM SEATTLE: The Pre-All-Star . 48-40 (47-47) a season high-tying 10-game road trip… begin a three-game Yankees acquired from the Seattle Post-All-Star . .9-4 (37-31) OF/INF Dustin Ackley vs. AL East: . 24-17 (37-39) series at Chicago-AL tonight… are 4-3 so far, splitting 4G at Mariners on Thursday in exchange for RHP Jose Ramirez vs. AL Central: . .11-5 (19-16) Texas after going 2-1 at Minnesota… went 5-1 on their fi rst and OF Ramon Flores… Ackley was added to the roster this vs. AL West: . 16-14 (15-16) homestand after the break… return home on Tuesday to begin afternoon and will be in uniform for tonight’s game. vs. National League: . 6-8 (13-7) a six-game homestand vs. Boston (8/4-6) and Toronto (8/7-9). vs. RH starters: . 39-33 (60-58) vs. LH starters: . 18-11 (24-20) Have lost consecutive games for the fi rst time since WHAT’S ON THE TUBE?: For the second straight night Yankees Score First: . 42-15 (47-25) dropping two in a row on 7/5 vs. Tampa Bay and 7/7 vs. Thursday, YES had its most-watched and highest-rated Opp. Score First: . 15-29 (37-53) Oakland… have still won 8-of-11, 10-of-14 and 13-of-18. Yankees telecast of the 2015 season… Thursday’s telecast Leading After 6: . .43-2 (67-10) Are 13G over .500… prior to this week, had not been at Texas attracted 315,000 average Total TV Households Trailing After 6:. .7-32 (7-53) more than 12G over .500 since concluding the 2012 and averaged a 4.24 TV Household rating, eclipsing Tied After 6: . .7-10 (9-14) Leading After 7: . .48-2 (68-5) season with a 95-67 record (28G over). Wednesday’s previous season-high of 302,000/4.06… of Trailing After 7:. 4-36 (5-58) Own the fourth-best record in the Majors (second in AL). YES’ 11 highest-rated Yankees games this season, four have Tied After 7: . .5-6 (10-14) Hold a 6.0-game lead and come in the past two weeks. Leading After 8: . .54-0 (69-2) are alone in fi rst place in BEST RECORD, MLB, 2015 Trailing After 8:. 2-38 (5-61) Team W L Pct. Tied After 8: . 1-6 (9-14) the AL East today for the St. Louis 65 37 .637 FIRST THINGS FIRST: Yankees batters scored 3R in the fi rst Extra-Inning Games: . 2-5 (7-7) 28th straight day (since Kansas City 61 40 .604 inning of Thursday’s game at Texas and have scored 89R in One-run Games: . 16-14 (28-24) 7/3)… have at least a share Pittsburgh 59 42 .584 the fi rst inning in 2015, marking the most runs by any club Two (or fewer)-run Games: 28-20 (50-37) YANKEES 57 44 .564 of fi rst place today for a 29th in any inning this season… have scored at least 3R in the NYY Scores 5 or more: . 40-7 (48-11) Houston 58 45 .563 straight day, their longest fi rst inning in three of their last 9G… have already scored NYY Scores 4 or more: . 48-13 (63-21) NYY Scores 3 or less: . 9-31 (21-57) run in fi rst place since sitting atop the division for the more fi rst-inning runs than they did in 2014 (72R) or 2013 NYY Scores 2 or less: . 3-25 (7-43) fi nal 114 days of the 2012 season (6/11-10/3/12)… have (62R)… have scored in the fi rst inning of 40 of their 101G Opp. Scores 5 or more: . 9-29 (9-49) had at least a share of fi rst place for 77-of-116 days (39.6%) posting a 29-11 (.725) record in those games… have Opp. Scores 4 or less: . 48-15 (75-29) this season (all in the past 99 days)… have had sole scored multiple fi rst-inning runs in 23-of-101 games (22.8%). Opp. Scores 3 or less: . 41-9 (62-17) Opp. Scores 2 or less: . 30-3 (44-9) possession for 67 of the last 95 days… since 6/29, when Yankees No Errors: . 34-18 (55-43) they were 0.5GB in third place, the Yankees are 16-9, POWER PLAY: Yankees batters are hitting .308 (89-for- Yankees Make Error(s): . 23-26 (29-35) while the rest of the AL East has gone a combined 41-63 289) with 60R, 14 doubles, 3 triples and 15HR in the last 8G NYY Starter Goes 6: . 35-17 (60-40) (BAL, 10-16; TOR, 11-15; TB, 9-17; BOS, 11-15). (since 7/23)…11 diff erent players have homered during this Come-From-Behind Wins: . 27 (41) Have MLB’s best record in July (16-7, .696), their most stretch… have averaged 7.50 runs per game in that stretch Yankees hit 0HR: . .9-18 (29-35) Yankees hit at least 1HR: 48-26 (55-43) wins in a calendar month since going 16-12 in August and scored at least 6R in six of the eight games. Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 28-10 (17-19) 2013… are an AL-best 31-19 (.620) since the beginning of For the season, rank second in the Majors with 137HR Walk-off Wins: . .2 (9) June, the second-best record in the Majors (Pittsburgh, 33- and an average of 1.36 HR per game (Houston, 141HR, Walk-off Losses: . .2 (9) 18, .647)… are 9-4 (.692) since the All-Star break, second- 1.37HR/G)… are fourth in the Majors with a .760 team OPS. Series Record: . 17-13-3 (23-26-5) Series Record, home: 11-4-1 (12-14-1) best in the AL (Houston, 9-3, .750). Have two of the top-12 HR leaders in the Majors this Series Record, road: . .6-9-2 (11-12-4) Are 7-4 on the road since 7/1 following an 8-18 away season (26HR–Teixeira, 24HR–Rodriguez). Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.: . 7 (7) / 3 (5) stretch from 5/12-6/30… are one of nine Major League teams with a road record of .500-or-better in 2015 (27-27). NASTY NATE: RHP Nathan Eovaldi will make his 100th TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Are unbeaten in their last seven series (6-0-1) since 7/3. career start tonight (104th app.)… at 10-2, leads the Majors July 31, 2007: The Yankees match a with a .833 winning pct. this season (min. 10 decisions)… the franchise record with eight home runs YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees held three diff erent last Yankees pitcher to post a winning pct. that high for a in a 16-3 win vs. the White Sox (also leads but dropped the fi nale of a four-game series at Texas season (min. 12 dec.) was Roger Clemens (20-3, .870) in 2001. on 6/28/39 at Philadelphia). Seven on Thursday, 7-6… LHP CC Sabathia (5.0IP, 9H, 5ER, 1BB, 3K, While he has never faced the White Sox, Eovaldi is 4-1 diff erent Yankees homered in the game, with Hideki Matsui hitting a pair. 3HR) started and did not take a decision, matching a season with a 1.76 ERA (41.0IP, 8ER, 0HR) in six career starts high with 3HR allowed… 1B Mark Teixeira (3-for-4) hit solo against the AL Central… has thrown at least 6.0IP and July 31, 1938: In the Yankees’ longest game of the season, New York’s Spud HRs in the fi rst and seventh innings and reached base four allowed either one or two runs in each start. Chandler pitches 15 innings (8H, 0BB, times (incl. 1BB)… C Brian McCann (2-for-5) hit a two-run Is 4-0 with a 2.59 ERA (24.1IP, 7ER) in his last four road starts, 3K) in Game 2 of a doubleheader as the HR in the third… 3B Chase Headley (1-for-4) extended his the longest road winning streak by a Yankee in 2015. Yanks beat the White Sox, 7-3. hitting streak to 8G… LHP Andrew Miller (0.2IP, 2H, 1ER, Has not allowed a HR in a career-high eight consecutive TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY 1BB) took his second loss… RHP Nick Goody (0.1IP, 1BB, 1K) starts… his current homerless streak is tied for the fourth- Aug.