POSTGAME NOTES

ALDS GAME 4 (2-2) vs. (2-2) MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017

R H E LOB SERIES CLEVELAND INDIANS 3 4 4 4 2 NEW YORK YANKEES 7 8 0 11 2

STARTING TIME: 7:09 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 3:47 GAME TIME TEMPERATURE: 74 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 47,316 (Sellout #3) WINNING : Luis Severino (1-0) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Trevor Bauer (1-1) Yankees: Luis Severino (113/76) : Tommy Kahnle (1) Indians: Trevor Bauer (55/33)

HOME RUNS (2017 POSTSEASON / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES INDIANS Gary Sánchez (#2 / 6th / 0 on / 1 out / 1-0 / Shaw / NYY 7 – CLE 3) Carlos Santana (#1 / 4th / 1 on / 2 out / 2-1 / Severino / NYY 5 – CLE 2) Roberto Pérez (#1 / 5th / 0 on / 1 out / 1-1 / Severino / NYY 5 – CLE 3)

NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees evened the best-of-five ALDS at two games apiece…will play the decisive Game 5 on Wednesday at 8:08 p.m. (ET) in Cleveland, with the winner advancing to the ALCS vs. Houston…are 13-12 all-time in winner-take-all postseason games, including 4-4 in ALDS Game 5’s. • Handed Cleveland their first consecutive losses since Boston on 8/22-23 at Progressive Field…have won consecutive postseason games against the Indians for the first time since 1998 ALCS Games 4, 5 and 6 (had lost 5-of-6). • Are 3-0 in potential elimination games this postseason (0-2 in other games). • Are 19-12 in all Game 4’s since 1995…are 4-3 in ALDS Game 4's when trailing, 1-2, in the series…also forced Game 5's in 2011 vs. Detroit, 2005 vs. Los Angeles-AL and 2001 vs. Oakland…have advanced in five of the six previous ALDS in which they lost the series opener (advanced in 1996, 2000-01, '03-04; did not in 2007). • Are 15-9 in postseason games at the current Yankee Stadium, including 3-0 this postseason…since 9/2, are 16-3 at Yankee Stadium (reg. and postseason)…led the AL with a 51-30 (.630) record at home this season. • Are the fourth straight AL Wild Card team to win multiple games in the ALDS. • Yankees batters tallied 7R on 8H and 6BB, and reached on four Indians errors…were 4-for-13 with RISP (went 2-for-14 with RISP in the first 3G of the series)…have scored at least 7R three times in five games this postseason (scored 1R total in their other 2G). • Batted around in the second inning, scoring 4R on 4H and 1E…had four straight hits with two outs (Frazier RBI , Hicks RBI single, Gardner single, Judge two- double)…matched their highest-scoring inning this postseason (also 4R in third inning of ALDS Game 2 at Cleveland). • Have scored at least 5R in the first three innings of three different games this postseason (led 5-0 through three innings tonight, led 6-3 through three in ALDS Game 2 at Cleveland, and led 5-4 through three in the AL Wild Card Game vs. Minnesota). • The Yankees’ first 6R were all unearned against Cleveland pitching…matches the Yankees’ most unearned runs against an opponent in a postseason game (6UER in 16-3 win in 1960 Game 2 at Pittsburgh). • Yankees have allowed 5H-or-fewer in consecutive postseason games for the first time since 2003 ALDS Games 2-3 against Minnesota. • RHP Luis Severino (7.0IP, 4H, 3ER, 1BB, 9K, 2HR) made his second career postseason start and earned his first career postseason win…retired 11 of his first 12 batters…at 23 years, 231 days, is the second-youngest Yankee to record 9K in a postseason game, behind (22 years, 314 days for 1981 ALDS Game 2 at Milwaukee-10K)…threw 113 pitches (76 strikes), his fourth-highest pitch count of 2017 (116 once, 114 twice). • Both of his career postseason starts have been potential elimination games…only two other such games have been started by Yankees pitchers 23-or-younger: Mel Stottlemyre (22.337 in 1964 WS Game 7 at St. Louis) and Waite Hoyt (22.034 in 1921 WS Game 8 vs. New York Giants). • Has completed at least 6.0IP in all five career starts vs. Cleveland (reg. season and postseason), going 3-1 with a 2.78 ERA (32.1IP, 20H, 11R/10ER, 10BB, 35K, 7HR)…eight of the 11R have scored on the 7HR. • Completed 7.0IP in 14-of-31 regular season starts, fourth-most in the AL and tied for sixth-most in the Majors. • Yankees starters have tossed 7.0IP in back-to-back starts, both potential elimination games…prior to Sunday, had completed 7.0IP in just 4-of- 29 potential elimination games since 1977 (Sabathia, 2012 ALDS Game 5 vs. Baltimore-9.0IP; Pettitte, 2003 World Series Game 6 vs. Florida-7.0IP; Mussina, 2001 ALDS Game 3 at Oakland-7.0IP; Cone, 1995 ALDS Game 5 at Seattle-7.2IP)…allowed just 3ER in 14.0IP (1.93 ERA) in the last two games after allowing 8ER in 9.0IP (8.00 ERA) in the first 3G of this postseason. • C Gary Sánchez (1-for-5) hit a solo HR in the sixth, his second HR this postseason…joins Greg Bird (2HR) as the first pair of Yankees teammates, 24-or- younger, to hit multiple HRs in the same postseason. • Is the fourth Yankee to bat cleanup in a postseason game at age-24 or younger (Joe DiMaggio, , )…is the third in Major League history to bat cleanup in a postseason game at age-24 or younger (-20x, -11x)…is the fourth Yankees catcher to bat cleanup in the postseason (-29x, -1x, Jorge Posada-1x).

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• RF (1-for-5) collected his first hit of the series with a two-out, two-run double in the second; had been 0-for-11 in the ALDS. • 3B Todd Frazier (1-for-3, 2R, 1BB) hit a two-out RBI double in the second…was his second career postseason RBI (also 2012 ALDS Game 4 w/ Cincinnati vs. ). • CF Aaron Hicks (1-for-4, 1R) hit a two-out RBI single in the second…is the third Yankee since 1980 to record hits in each of his first five career postseason games, joining (hits in first 9G) and Scott Brosius (first 5G). • SS Didi Gregorius (0-for-2, 3BB) drew walks in each of his first three trips to the plate; his regular season career high is 2BB (nine times)…walked in five consecutive plate appearances (final two in Game 3, first three tonight)…became the third Yankees to bat third in a postseason game, joining Derek Jeter (6x in 2001, ‘03) and Gil McDougald (1x in 1957). • LF Brett Gardner (2-for-4, 1R, 1RBI) had the game’s lone multi-hit game…was 1-for-12 in the first 3G of the ALDS…had a sac fly in the fifth…swiped second base in the second, the first postseason steal by a Yankee since Eduardo Núñez in 2012 ALCS Game 4 at Detroit. • RHP Tommy Kahnle (2.0IP, 5K) earned his first save as a Yankee…entered with two on and none out in the eighth and retired all 3BF (2K), then struck out all 3BF in the ninth…has retired all 15 batters in three career postseason games, all in 2017 (5.0IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 6K). • Is the third pitcher (fourth occurrence) to record at least 5K in a postseason appearance of 6BF or fewer, joining St. Louis’ Todd Worrell in Game 5 vs. Kansas City (6BF, 6K, 2.0IP) and Cleveland’s Andrew Miller twice, in 2016 ALCS Game 1 (6BF, 5K, 1.2IP) and Game 2 vs. Toronto (6BF, 5K, 2.0IP)…Kahnle is the only one of the three to also earn a save in the appearance. • Yankees relievers have recorded 36K in 24.0IP (15H, 7ER, 10BB, 2HR) while posting a 2.63 ERA this postseason…have allowed just 1ER in 12.2IP (0.71 ERA) at Yankee Stadium this postseason.

CLEVELAND INDIANS NOTES • The Indians dropped Game 4 of the ALDS vs. the Yankees…have lost consecutive games for the first time since 8/22-23 vs. Boston (2G)…have not lost three straight games since 7/30-8/1 (3G)…fell to 10-19 all time in potential postseason series-clinching games…have lost five straight potential postseason series-clinching games and 16 of their last 19 such games since 1999. • Are 10-9 in postseason games vs. the Yankees…have still won five of eight since 2007…are 2-1 in three completed postseason series vs. the Yankees (3-1 in the 2007 ALDS, 2-4 in the 1998 ALCS, 3-2 in the 1997 ALDS). • Are now 56-49 (.533) all-time in postseason games and 22-29 (.431) on the road. • Are still 12-7 in their last 19 postseason games since the beginning of 2016. • Indians pitchers allowed six unearned runs, their most in a game since allowing eight unearned runs on 7/10/16 vs. the Yankees…marked their most unearned runs in a postseason game in club history (previous: 5UER in ALCS Game 6 at the original Yankee Stadium on 10/13/98)…was their first game with at least 6UER and 1ER-or-fewer (both regular and postseason) since 7/5/96 vs. Chicago-AL (7R/1ER). • Recorded 6BB, their most in a game since 8/21 vs. Boston (also 6BB)…their 2.54 BB/9.0IP ratio was the lowest in the Majors this season. • Eight Indians pitchers appeared in tonight’s game, the most pitchers to appear in a nine-inning postseason game for the Indians…was also one shy of the all time record in a nine-inning postseason game (Tampa Bay used nine pitchers in ALDS Game 4 on 10/8/13 vs. Boston). • Indians fielders committed four errors and have committed six errors this series…marks their most errors in a game since 5/30/16 vs. Texas (also 4E)…matched their most errors in a postseason game in franchise history (also 4E in ALCS Game 5 vs. Seattle on 10/15/95)…their 76E in the regular season were the second-fewest in the Majors (Miami-73). • RHP Trevor Bauer (1.2IP, 4H, 4R/0ER, 2BB/1IBB, 3K) started and took the loss…allowed 4H in 1.2IP after allowing only 2H over 6.2 scoreless innings in last start on 10/5…is 1-3 with a 3.27 ERA (22.0IP, 8ER) in seven career postseason appearances (six starts). • RF Jay Bruce (1-for-3, 1R, 1BB) was the only Indians batter to reach base multiple times. • 1B Carlos Santana (1-for-4) hit his fourth career postseason on a two-run shot in the fourth…has reached base safely in each of his last eight postseason games (since 10/29/16 - World Series Game 4). • C Roberto Pérez (1-for-3) hit a solo home run in the fifth inning…was his fourth career postseason home run and his first this postseason. • DH Michael Brantley (1-for-4) singled in the seventh inning…was the first hit by a designated hitter this series (were 0-for-26 prior to his hit). • Indians batters have hit 5HR in four games this series…10 of their 16R this series have come via the home run.

2017 DIVISION SERIES SCHEDULE Game Date Opponent Probable Pitchers (2017 Postseason Stats) / Results Time (ET) TV Game 1 Thurs., Oct. 5 at Cleveland Indians 4, YANKEES 0 Game 2 Fri., Oct. 6 at Cleveland Indians 9, YANKEES 8 (13 innings) Game 3 Sun., Oct. 8 vs. Cleveland YANKEES 1, Indians 0 Game 4 Mon., Oct. 9 vs. Cleveland YANKEES 7, Indians 3 Game 5 Wed., Oct. 11 at Cleveland LHP CC Sabathia (0-0, 3.38) vs. RHP (0-0, 20.25) 8:08 p.m. FS1 On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN 660AM/101.9FM and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM