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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 2014 (2013) NEW YORK YANKEES (61-59) at TAMPA BAY RAYS (61-61) Standing in AL East: ..............3rd, -8.0 Current Streak: .....................Lost 5 RHP Shane Greene (3-1, 2.89) vs. LHP Drew Smyly (7-10, 3.73) Home Record: .............29-29 (46-35) Road Record:. 32-30 (44-37) Saturday, August 16, 2014 • Tropicana Field • 4:10 P.M. ET Day Record: ................23-16 (32-24) Night Record: ..............38-43 (53-53) Game #121 • Road Game #63 • TV: YES/FS1 • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Pre-All-Star .................47-47 (51-44) Post-All-Star ................14-12 (34-33) AT A GLANCE: Today the Yankees play the second game MILESTONE K: In just 373.2 career IP, RHP David Robertson vs. AL East: ................. 21-26 (37-39) vs. AL Central: .............. 13-12 (22-11) of a three-game series at Tampa Bay… is the fourth game has 499 career strikeouts… with his next strikeout, will surpass vs. AL West: ................ 14-14 (17-16) of a rain-shortened, five-game, seven-day road trip, which David Cone (who had 500K in his first 486.1IP as a Yankee) as vs. National League: ..........13-7 (9-11) included a two-game series at Baltimore (0-2) and an off day the fastest pitcher to reach the plateau in franchise history vs. RH starters: ............. 46-42 (53-54) vs. LH starters: .............. 15-17 (32-23) on Thursday… went 4-3 on their recent homestand vs. Detroit according to the Elias Sports Bureau… should Robertson get Yankees Score First: ........37-19 (53-21) (3-1) and Cleveland (1-2)… after this road trip, will have an off a strikeout within his next 1.1IP, Elias notes that he would Opp. Score First:. 24-40 (32-56) day on 8/18 followed by three games vs. Houston (8/19-21) become the fifth pitcher in MLB history to reach 500K within Leading After 6: ...............49-8 (59-6) and Chicago-AL (8/22-24). his first 375.0 career IP, joining Billy Wagner (341.0IP), Brad Lidge Trailing After 6: ...............4-41 (13-62) Tied After 6: ....................7-9 (13-9) The Yankees have dropped their last five games, tied for (354.2IP), Armando Benitez (355.2IP) and Rob Dibble (368.1IP). Leading After 7: ...............49-5 (65-4) their longest losing streak of the season (also 5G from Trailing After 7: .............. 3-44 (10-64) 6/28-7/2)…have not lost six-or-more consecutive games STARTING LINES: In their last 10G (since 8/4), Yankees Tied After 7: ....................8-9 (10-8) starters are 3-4 with a 2.37 ERA (60.2IP, 16ER, 12B, 58K). Leading After 8: ...............51-2 (69-4) in a single season since 5/11-16/11 (6G)…had a seven- Trailing After 8: ............... 3-47 (4-68) game losing streak from 9/25/11-4/8/12. Have a 3.87 starters ERA (707.0IP, 304ER) in 2014… have had Tied After 8: ....................6-9 (12-4) a sub-4.00 starters ERA just twice in the 30 previous seasons Extra-Inning Games: .............6-6 (6-6) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Friday, the Yankees lost to Tampa from 1984-2014 (3.97 in 2002 and 3.85 in 1998). One-run Games: ...........19-16 (30-16) Are on pace to set a single-season franchise record for Two (or fewer)-run Games: 38-27 (50-30) Bay, 5-0… RHP Brandon McCarthy suffered the loss, allowing NYY Scores 5 or more: .......33-10 (51-7) 4R/2ER in 6.1IP (7H, 1BB, 7K)…the Rays scored two runs in the highest K-to-BB ratio for starters (3.65; 584K, 160BB)… have NYY Scores 4 or more: .....46-16 (66-16) first inning, two in the seventh and one in the eighth…Yankees finished with a K/BB ratio of 3.00-or-higher only three times NYY Scores 3 or less: ....... 15-43 (19-61) batters loaded the bases with one out in the eighth but did not in franchise history (3.53 in 2003; 3.22 in 2012 and 3.07 in NYY Scores 2 or less: ..........7-32 (6-50) 2002)… their 3.65 K/BB mark this season is third in MLB, score… SS Derek Jeter and 1B Mark Teixeira each went 2-for-4. Opp. Scores 5 or more:. 6-39 (12-47) trailing only Los Angeles-NL-4.01 and Washington-3.88. Opp. Scores 4 or less: ...... 55-20 (73-30) Yankees starters are 8-3 with a 2.38 ERA (102.0IP, 27ER) in 17 Opp. Scores 3 or less: ...... 46-10 (55-22) ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY: The Yankees have not been shut Opp. Scores 2 or less: ....... 32-4 (40-10) home games since the All-Star break… have allowed 4ER or Yankees No Errors: ......... 41-31 (61-47) out in consecutive games since 5/12-13/99 vs. Anaheim (1-0 fewer in each of those 17G and 2ER or fewer in 12 of them. Yankees Make Error(s):. 20-28 (24-30) and 2-0, respectively)… have played 2,515 games since then, NYY Starter Goes 6: ........ 42-31 (62-45) marking the longest streak of not being shut out in consecutive Come-From-Behind Wins: ........28 (41) TURN STYLES: Twelve pitchers have started at least one game games in MLB history according to the Elias Sports Bureau… Elias Yankees hit 0HR: ...........22-26 (26-49) for the Yankees in 2014, the club’s highest single-season total Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 39-33 (59-28) also notes that the second-longest such streak in MLB history since 2008 (13)… had not used more than nine starters in any Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ..........11-15 (31-8) belongs to the Cardinals, who had 2,367G between being shut Walk-off Wins: ........................3 (7) of their last five seasons (2009-13)… only Colorado (15), Miami out in back-to-back games on 9/24-25/95 and 7/22-23/10. (13), Texas (13) and Minnesota (12) -- all of whom have sub-.500 Walk-off Losses: ......................5 (6) Series Record: .......... 16-20-4 (23-24-6) The Yankees have been shut out five times this season, records this season and are a collective 70G under -- have used Series Record, home: ... 8-12-0 (13-10-3) second-fewest in the American League (LAA-3). as many or more starters in 2014. Series Record, road: ...... 8-8-4 (10-14-3) Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:. 5 (9) / 5 (7) The Yankees have started a rookie pitcher 50 times, marking NOBODY’S PERFECT: On Friday, 3B Chase Headley the highest such total in MLB and the fourth-highest total committed a fielding error in the seventh inning…was his first in franchise history since “rookie” rules were made in 1958 error since 5/22/14 vs. Chicago-NL (w/ San Diego), snapping (1991-54x, 1986-54x, 2007-52x) according to the Elias his streak of 62 straight errorless games at 3B… marks his TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Sports Bureau… the Yankees are 31-19 in games started by second-longest errorless streak at the position, trailing only August 16, 2006: The Yankees break rookie pitchers in 2014, including 20-7 on the road. ground for a new Yankee Stadium, a 67-game stretch from 8/21/12-5/19/13. scheduled to be ready for Opening JUST TOSSING IT OUT THERE: The Yankees have had 31 Day 2009. JETER METER: With his single on 8/9 vs. Cleveland, SS players pitch this season (including INF Dean Anna on 4/19 at Derek Jeter surpassed Hall of Famer Honus Wagner (3,430) August 16, 1948: Babe Ruth passes Tampa Bay), setting the single-season franchise high (had 28 away at the age of 53 from cancer just for sole possession of sixth place on MLB’s all-time list. pitchers in 2011, 2007 and 2005). over two months after his final visit Collected his 1,007th multi-hit game on Friday, surpassing to Yankee Stadium on 6/13, when his Of the nine MLB teams that have used at least 24 pitchers number was retired. Ruth’s body was Hank Aaron (1,006) for third-most since 1900 for a player this season only Los Angeles-AL (71-49, .592) and Detroit laid in state at the entrance of Yankee with one team (Musial-1,059; Cobb-1,211)credit: Elias. Stadium for the next two days. (65-55, .542) are over .500 (also Texas, Colorado, Houston, Chicago-AL, Miami, Philadelphia). TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY CLOTHES HORSES: On Wednesday at Baltimore, SS August 17, 1976: Graig Nettles Derek Jeter played in his 2,708th game with the Yankees, SPREAD THE WEALTH: 19 pitchers have earned at least one homers on the first pitch in the bottom surpassing the Royals’ George Brett for ninth place on the all- victory for the Yankees this season, tying Oakland for most in of the ninth to give the Yankees a 2-1 time list of players who have played all of their games with one “walk-off” win vs. Texas. the Majors in 2014… is tied for the third-highest total in Yankees team…next on the list is the Giants’ Mel Ott (eighth-2,730G).