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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 (22-22) vs. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (28-15) Standing in AL East: ........ 2nd, -1.5G RHP Nathan Eovaldi (3-1, 4.73) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (4-2, 4.75) Current Streak: ..................Lost 6 Current Homestand ...............0-3 Recent Road Trip ...................2-7 Monday, May 25, 2015 • Yankee Stadium • 1:05 p.m. ET Home Record: ............9-10 (43-38) Game #45 Home Game #20 TV: YES/ESPN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Road Record:. 13-12 (41-40) • • • Day Record: ................4-7 (32-24) Night Record: ...........18-15 (52-54) AT A GLANCE: Today the Yankees play the fourth game of a six- DEALIN’ BETANCES: RHP Dellin Betances has pitched Pre-All-Star ..............22-22 (47-47) Post-All-Star ...............0-0 (37-31) game homestand vs. Kansas City after being swept in a three- 24.0IP in 2015 without allowing an earned run (8H, vs. AL East: ..............16-13 (37-39) game series from Friday-Sunday by Texas… went 2-7 on their 2R/0ER, 10BB/1IBB, 35K), the most IP in 2015 by any Major vs. AL Central: ..............4-3 (19-16) recent nine-game, three-city road trip (1-3 at Tampa Bay, 1-2 at League pitcher who has not allowed an earned run… his vs. AL West: ............... 0-3 (15-16) Kansas City, 0-2 at Washington). 21 consecutive appearances without an earned run vs. National League: ........2-3 (13-7) Are 1.5G behind Tampa Bay for first place in the AL to begin a season are a club record… is one of just 11 vs. RH starters: ..........16-16 (60-58) vs. LH starters: ..............6-6 (24-20) East… held at least a share of the AL East lead for 28 such streaks of at least that length in the Majors since the Yankees Score First: .......17-6 (47-25) consecutive days (4/23-5/21), their longest run in first inception of earned runs (1912 in NL, 1913 in AL). Opp. Score First: ..........5-16 (37-53) place since sitting atop the division for the final 114 days Has not allowed a hit in his opponents’ last 28PA (dating Leading After 6: ...........17-2 (67-10) of the 2012 season (6/11-10/3/12)… held sole possession to his final batter faced on 5/4), allowing just 2BB Trailing After 6:. .3-16 (7-53) of first place for 22 consecutive days from 4/27-5/18. (including 1IBB) over the stretch. Tied After 6: .................2-4 (9-14) Leading After 7: ............18-1 (68-5) Have lost a season-high six straight games, their longest Has fanned 24 of his last 51 batters faced and 27 of his last 56. Trailing After 7:. 1-18 (5-58) single-season losing streak since 5/11-16/11 (also 6G)… have His 35K are the most strikeouts by a pitcher prior to Tied After 7: ................3-3 (10-14) lost seven-or-more straight in a single season just once since allowing his first earned run of the season in Yankees Leading After 8: ............22-0 (69-2) the start of the 2001 season (7G: 4/20-27/07). history (since the AL’s inception of earned runs in 1913). Trailing After 8:. 0-20 (5-61) Are 1-10 in their last 11G after going 18-6 in the previous 24G At 4-0, leads the AL in relief wins and is tied for the Major Tied After 8: .................0-2 (9-14) Extra-Inning Games: ..........0-3 (7-7) from 4/17-5/11… are still 19-16 in their last 35G (since 4/17). League lead (Santiago Casilla-SF, Joaquin Benoit-SD, One-run Games: ...........7-7 (28-24) Are in a stretch of 19 of 31 games at home (0-3 so far)… have Michael Blazek-MIL). Two (or fewer)-run Games: 11-11 (50-37) played just 19 home games, tied for the second-fewest home NYY Scores 5 or more: ....15-4 (48-11) games in the Majors (CIN-18)… on Wednesday, completed a TEX MESSAGES: 1B Mark Teixeira is third in the Majors with NYY Scores 4 or more: ....20-6 (63-21) stretch of 25-of-35 on the road (went 20-15, including 13-12 13HR (Nelson Cruz-17HR, Bryce Harper-16HR). NYY Scores 3 or less: ......2-16 (21-57) NYY Scores 2 or less: .......1-14 (7-43) in road contests)…are tied for second-most road games in Ranks seventh in the American League with 31RBI. Opp. Scores 5 or more: .....3-15 (9-49) MLB this season (25), two behind Oakland (27). Has homered once every 10.85 at-bats, third-best in the Opp. Scores 4 or less: .....19-7 (75-29) Today marks the ninth of 23 straight games outside the AL Majors (Harper-9.19AB per HR, Cruz-9.76AB per HR)… is Opp. Scores 3 or less: .....14-5 (62-17) East (1-7 so far)… aare in the midst of playing 40-of-43G against third in the Majors in Isolated Power (.333)… is tied for Opp. Scores 2 or less: ..... 10-1 (44-9) non-AL East teams… are 6-9 in non-divisional games this fourth in the AL with 21 extra-base hits… with a .574 SLG, Yankees No Errors: ........13-7 (55-43) Yankees Make Error(s): ....9-15 (29-35) season… this series is their first against an AL West opponent. is fifth in the AL and ninth in the Majors. NYY Starter Goes 6: .......12-8 (60-40) Has reached safely in 11 of his last 12 starts and 34-of-40 Come-From-Behind Wins: ......9 (41) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Sunday, the Yankees lost, 5-2, vs. this season… is fifth in the AL with 27BB. Yankees hit 0HR: ..........4-10 (29-35) Texas, marking their season-high sixth straight defeat, their With 27BB and 21K in 173PA, has the highest walk rate Yankees hit at least 1HR: 18-11 (55-43) longest single-season losing streak since 5/11-16/11 (also (15.6%) and lowest strikeout rate (12.1%) of his career. Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ........9-5 (17-19) 6G)… Yankees batters were outhit, 13-6, and did not record an Walk-off Wins: ....................0 (9) Walk-off Losses: ...................1 (9) extra-base hit… the Yankees used four LHP (Capuano, Shreve, CHIEFS OF STAFF: According to Fangraphs, Yankees Series Record: ......... 6-8-0 (23-26-5) Wilson, Miller), matching their most in a game in franchise pitchers lead the AL with a 6.1 WAR and rank third in the Series Record, home: ..3-3-0 (12-14-1) history…marked just the second such instance over the last 21 Majors behind the Nationals (7.1) and Cardinals (6.1). Series Record, road: ....3-5-0 (11-12-4) seasons since 1995 (also 8/11/03 at K.C.: David Wells, Sterling RHP Michael Pineda ranks fifth among qualified Major Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.: ..2 (7) / 2 (5) Hitchcock, Chris Hammond and Jesse Orosco)… LHP Chris League starters with a 2.49 FIP… ranks third in the AL and Capuano started and allowed 3R/2ER in 4.1IP (8H, 0BB, 4K, 1HR) fourth in the Majors with 1.8 WAR, trailing Max Scherzer TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY to fall to 0-2 in two starts this season… C Brian McCann (1-for-4) (2.5), Corey Kluber (2.4) and Sonny Gray (2.0). May 25, 2011: Mariano Rivera made his had a two-run single in the first, accounting for all the Yankees’ RHP Dellin Betances leads all Major League relievers with 1,000th career appearance in a 7-3 win runs… RF Garrett Jones (2-for-3, 1BB) and 3B Chase Headley (2- 1.1 WAR (next-highest: Drew Storen-0.9). vs. Toronto becoming the first pitcher in for-4) each had a multi-hit games… RHP Dellin Betances (1.0IP) Yankees pitchers are third in the AL and sixth in the MLB history to reach the 1,000G plateau all with one team. and LHP Andrew Miller (1.0IP, 2K) each tossed 1.0 perfect IP. Majors with 375K and third in the AL with a 3.07 K/BB ratio. Prior to the game, former Yankee Bernie Williams had Have 17G of at least 10K, tied with San Diego for second- May 25, 1998: Hideki Irabu tosses a complete-game shutout in the Yankees’ his uniform No. 51 retired by the team and was given a most in the Majors behind Cleveland (18). 12-0 win at Chicago-AL, improving to 4-0 plaque in Monument Park…Williams was joined in an and lowering his ERA to 1.13 (47.2IP, 6ER). on-field ceremony by: his mother (Rufina Figueroa), THE SOUND OF THUNDER: RHP Dellin Betances and LHP It marks Irabu’s seventh consecutive start his brother (Hiram Williams) and his four children (son, Andrew Miller rank first and second among Major League in which he allowed 2R or fewer to begin Bernie Alexander, and daughters, Beatriz, Bianca and relievers in strikeouts with 35 and 33, respectively. the season, a streak that would come to an end in his next outing.