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POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (44-38) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (38-45) TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2017 R H E LOB SERIES TORONTO BLUE JAYS 4 9 0 7 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 1 4 0 6 1 STARTING TIME: 1:10 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 3:08 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 83 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 44,018 WINNING PITCHER: J.A. Happ (3-5) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: CC Sabathia (7-3) Yankees: CC Sabathia (63/35) SAVE: Roberto Osuna (20) Blue Jays: J.A. Happ (115/74) HOME RUNS (2017 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES BLUE JAYS Aaron Judge (#28 / 4th / 0 on / 0 out / 3-2 / Happ / TOR 4 – NYY 1) None NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees are 6-15 in their last 21 games…are 0-7 following a win since 6/13…snapped their six-game winning streak vs. AL East teams. • Have lost two consecutive Fourth of July games after winning their previous four. • Had just 2AB with RISP (Ellsbury groundout in fourth, Judge strikeout in fifth). • RF Aaron Judge (1-for-4) hit his Major League-leading 28th home run in the fourth inning. • Is one of two players in the last eight years (2010-17) to reach 28HR through 82 team games, also Baltimore’s Chris Davis (30HR in 2013). • His 28HR are one shy of the Yankees rookie record (Joe DiMaggio-29HR in 1936)…is one of three rookies ever to reach 28HR prior to the All-Star break (since 1933), joining Mark McGwire (33 in 1987) and José Abreu (29 in 2014). • According to MLB Statcast, the HR had an exit velocity of 118.4 mph and traveled 456 feet…was the fourth-hardest-hit HR in the Majors this season (Judge-121.1, Judge-119.4, Judge-118.6)…was his third-farthest HR this season (495 on 6/11 vs. Baltimore, 457 on 4/22 at Pittsburgh). • Has 32 career HRs, the fifth-most in MLB history through 107 career games (Mark McGwire-39, Rudy York-35, Gary Sánchez-33, Ryan Braun-33). • Has reached base safely in each of his last 35 starts since 5/28, the longest streak by a Yankee since Derek Jeter's 36G from 8/27/12-7/28/13…is the longest such single-season streak by a Yankee since Mark Teixeira's 42G stretch from 6/6-7/26/10. • Is batting .436 (17-for-39) with 7HR and 13RBI during his 10-game home hitting streak (since 6/10). • LHP CC Sabathia (2.2IP, 3H, 4ER, 3BB, 1K, 1WP) took the loss in his first start since 6/13…matched his earned run total from his previous six starts combined (36.1IP, 6R/4ER, 0.99 ERA)…marked his first loss since 5/9 at Cincinnati…snapped his five-game winning streak…allowed 4ER in the third, snapping his streak without an earned run at 14.0IP…ended his streak of six consecutive starts with 2R-or-fewer (since 5/16), tied for the longest in the Majors this season…was his shortest start since 8/23/15 vs. Cleveland (2.2IP)…retired his first eight batters, then allowed his final six batters to reach, all with two outs in the third inning…four of his six base runners faced two-strike counts. • RHP Adam Warren (0.1IP) retired his only batter faced in his first appearance since 6/13…has stranded 13-of-15 (86.7%) inherited runners in 2017. • RHP Luis Cessa (4.2IP, 5H, 0R, 3K) recorded the longest relief appearance of his career…was the longest relief outing by a Yankee this season and the longest scoreless appearance by a Yankee since Diego Moreno tossed 5.1IP scoreless on 7/28/15 at Texas…was just his fourth career scoreless appearance (three as reliever, one as starter)…only two Yankees relievers have tossed at least 4.2IP with no runs or walks in the last 20 seasons (since 1998): Alfredo Aceves (5.1IP on 5/4/14 vs. Tampa Bay) and Aaron Small (6.2IP on 9/24/05 vs. Toronto). • Was tied for the second-longest scoreless relief appearance in the Majors this season (Baltimore’s Gabriel Ynoa-6.0IP on 5/5 vs. Chicago-AL; Texas’ Austin Bibens-Dirkx-4.2IP on 5/20 at Detroit). TORONTO BLUE JAYS NOTES • The Blue Jays snapped their five-game losing streak…was their longest losing streak since dropping a season-high seven straight games from 4/7- 14/17…won for just the third time in their last 12 games…are 14-25 vs. the AL East this season…are 18-23 on the road this season, but have gone 10- 8 in their last 18 games away from Rogers Centre. • LHP J.A. Happ earned the win, allowing 1ER in 6.0IP (4H, 2BB, 6K, 1WP, 1HR)…each of his final four outs came via the strikeout…is now 7-2 with a 3.63 ERA (91.2IP, 37ER) in 15 career starts against the Yankees, posting a 4-1 record with a 3.94 ERA (48.0IP, 21ER) in eight starts at Yankee Stadium…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in four of his 10 starts this season and 2ER-or-fewer in six starts. • RHP Dominic Leone (0.2IP, 1BB) has not allowed a run in his last six relief appearances since 6/25 (7.0IP, 3H, 3BB, 6K). • Blue Jays batters scored 4R in the third inning, but were held scoreless in every other inning…have scored a run in just three of their last 25 innings at Yankee Stadium (since the third inning on 5/3). • RF José Bautista (3-for-5, 1R, 1RBI) has hit safely in each of his last 18 games at Yankee Stadium (since 8/7/15), batting .386 (27-for-70) with 16R, 4 doubles, 5HR, 12RBI and 14BB in that span…collected his 900th career RBI in the third inning. • DH Kendrys Morales (1-for-4, 2RBI) hit a two-run single in the third, his first multi-RBI game since 6/18 vs. Chicago-AL (had 2RBI in his previous 12G). • C Russell Martin (2-for-5, 1R) collected his first multi-hit game since 6/22 at Texas (2H)…entered the game hitless in his last five games against the Yankees (since 9/25/16), going 0-for-14 over the stretch. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Wed., 7/5 vs. Toronto RHP Michael Pineda (8-4, 4.05) vs. RHP Marco Estrada (4-6, 4.86) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Thurs., 7/6 Off day Fri., 7/7 vs. Milwaukee LHP Jordan Montgomery (6-4, 3.62) vs. RHP Junior Guerra (1-3, 4.93) 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sat., 7/8 vs. Milwaukee RHP Luis Severino (5-4, 3.52) vs. LHP Brent Suter (1-1, 3.00) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., 7/9 vs. Milwaukee RHP Masahiro Tanaka (7-7, 5.25) vs. RHP Jimmy Nelson (6-4, 3.43 + tonight) 1:05 p.m. YES On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN-AM 660/101.9FM and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP .