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Official Game Information Yankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451 Media Relations Phone: (718) 579-4460 • [email protected] • Twitter: @yankeespr 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 2012 (2011) NEW YORK YANKEES (57-38) at SEATTLE MARINERS (42-55) Current Standing in AL East . 1st, +6 .0 Current Streak . Lost 4 RHP HIROKI KURODA (9-7, 3.46) VS. RHP KEVIN MILLWOOD (3-7, 4.15) Current Road Trip: . 0-4 onday uly p M et afeco ield Recent Homestand: . 5-1 M , J 23 • 10:10 . • S f Last Five Games: . 1-4 GaMe #96 / Road GaMe #49 • tV: yeS • Radio: wcbS (enG.)/wado (Span.) Last 10 Games: . 5-5 Home Record: . 30-17 (52-29) Road Record: . .27-21 (45-36) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will play the first game of a three-game series at the Seattle Mariners tonight… is the second Day Record: . .. 19-10 (44-12) opponent of a seven-game road trip–their final West Coast trip of the year–which which began with a four-game Night Record: . 38-28 (53-53) series at Oakland in which the Yankees were swept… after this series, will play 16 of 23 games from 7/27-8/19 at home, vs . AL East . .. 18-13 (39-33) beginning with a nine-game homestand vs . Boston, Baltimore and Seattle… are in a stretch of 13 consecutive days with vs . AL Central . 15-9 (22-14) games immediately following the All-Star break . vs . AL West . 11-11 (23-13) At 57-38 ( .600), own the best record in the Majors…are 19 games over .500, four shy of their season high-water mark . vs . National League . 13-5 (13-5) Are 26-13 since 6/8 and 36-17 since 5/22… are 10-3-1 over their last 14 series since 6/1 . vs . RH starters . .. 36-26 (62-48) vs . LH starters . 21-12 (35-17) AT THE TOP: Today marks the 41st consecutive day the Yankees will be in sole possession of first place in the AL Yankees Score First: . 34-12 (71-23) East… marks their longest such stretch since a 43-day span from 6/21-8/2/10 . Opps . Score First: . 23-26 (26-42) All-Time Lists Courtesy of Leading After 6: . 44-5 (81-11) the Elias Sports Bureau Trailing After 6: . 8-31 (9-45) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees suffered the sweep at Oakland, losing, 4-5, in “walk- Tied After 6: . 5-2 (7-9) off” fashion in 12 innings in the series finale… had a 4-0 lead after the end of the fourth HOME RUNS Leading After 7: . 47-4 (88-8) inning… CF Curtis Granderson (2-for-5) hit his team-leading 26th home run in the 1 . Barry Bonds . 762 Trailing After 7: . 6-32 (4-49) fourth… DH Alex Rodriguez (1-for-5) had a two-run double in the three-run third… LHP 2 . Hank Aaron . 755 Tied After 7: . 4-2 (5-8) CC Sabathia did not record a decision, holding the A’s to 3ER on 6H and 2HR in 7 .0IP 3 . Babe Ruth . 714 Leading After 8: . 52-4 (91-4) (1BB, 6K)… RHP Rafael Soriano (1 .0IP, 2H, 1ER, 2K, 1HR) blew just his second save of the 4 . Willie Mays . 660 Trailing After 8: . 0-33 (2-50) season, allowing the game-tying solo home run in the ninth . 5. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...643 Tied After 8: . 4-1 (3-11) 6 . Ken Griffey Jr . 630 Extra-Inning Games: . 3-1 (4-12) SWEPT BY THE BAY: The Yankees suffered a four-game sweep at Oakland from Thursday- HITS One-run Games: . 13-13 (21-24) 11 . Eddie Murray . 3,255 Sunday… were swept for the third time this season (also 4/6-8 at Tampa Bay-3G and 5/16- Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 24-18 (38-39) 12 . Nap Lajoie . 3,252 17 at Toronto-2G)… were swept in a four-game series for the first time since 5/22-25/03 NYY Scores 5 or more . .. 44-10 (71-14) 13. DEREK JETER ....3,211 NYY Scores 4 or more: . 52-13 (86-27) vs . Toronto… were swept by Oakland in a series of any length for the first time since 6/9- 14 . Cal Ripken, Jr . 3,184 NYY Scores 3 or less: . 5-25 (11-38) 11/06 (3G) at the original Yankee Stadium, in a four-game series by the A’s for the first 15 . George Brett . 3,154 time since 7/14-16/72, and the first time ever in a four-game series at the Coliseum . NYY Scores 2 or less . 2-16 (1-27) RBI (since becoming Opp . Scores 5 or more . 9-26 (14-43) Lost each of the four games by one run, with each of the last three losses coming in an official statistic in 1920) Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 48-10 (83-22) Oakland’s final at-bat of the game… marked the first time ever the Yankees lost four 4 . Babe Ruth . 1,992 Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 39-3 (69-14) straight games in a single series - each by just one run (credit: Elias)… had last lost 5 . Stan Musial . 1,950 Opp . Scores 2 or less . 28-2 (46-7) three straight games in their opponents final at-bat from 9/7-9/11 (final two games at 6 . ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...1,936 Yankees No Errors: . 39-18 (56-37) Baltimore and first game at Los Angeles-AL) . 7 . Jimmie Foxx . 1,924 Yankees Make Error(s): . 18-20 (41-28) RUNS NYY Starter Goes 6: . 46-18 (73-33) EXTRA, EXTRA: The Yankees lost their first extra-inning game of the season on Sunday at Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 36-31 (46-48) 10 . Tris Speaker . 1,882 Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 37-6 (66-7) Oakland, falling to 3-1 in such games… played 12 innings in the loss and have now gone 11. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...1,876 Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 15-27 (22-54) at least 12 innings in six of their last seven extra-inning contests dating back to last year . 12 . Mel Ott . 1,859 Hit Totals Are Even: . 5-5 (9-4) 13 . Craig Biggio . 1,844 14 . Frank Robinson . 1,830 Come-From-Behind Wins: . 29 (37) ONE OFF: The Yankees have lost each of their last four games, each by one run… marks the C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 7 (10) first such streak for the Yankees since 4/25-30/79 (1G at Oakland, 3G at Seattle and 1G at 15 . Eddie Collins . 1,822 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 3 (4) DEREK JETER ... 1,822 California)… according to ESPN Stats & Info, it marked the first time the Yankees lost four 17 . Carl Yastrzemski . 1,816 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 1 (3) straight games, each by one run, against the same opponent since four consecutive losses Yankees hit 0HR: . 2-15 (20-24) 18 . Ted Williams . 1,799 at Detroit from 10/1/88-6/28/89… the Yankees are 6-9 in one-run gms on the road in 2012 . Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 55-23 (77-41) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 38-10 ( 51-15) Walk-off Wins: . 2 (3) FOURTH DOWN: The Yankees have lost a season-high four straight games… became the last team in the Majors this season Walk-off Losses: . 5 (7) to post a four-game losing streak… are one of five teams that has yet to lose five consecutive games this season (also Series Record: . 18-9-4 (34-13-7) Cincinnati, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Tampa Bay)… under Joe Girardi (since 2008), have lost more than four straight Series Record, home: . 10-3-2 (21-4-2) games in a season just twice (a six-game losing streak from 5/11-16/11 and a five-game losing streak from 5/2-7/09) . Series Record, road: . 8-6-2 (13-9-5) Have lost a season-high four straight road games, marking their longest road skid since 9/10-13/10… matches their Series Openers: . 21-10 (28-26) longest single-season road losing streak under Girardi (fourth time)… have not had a longer road losing streak since Series Finales: . 20-11 (33-21) dropping six in-a-row from 4/15-24/07 . Sweeps by Yankees . 8 (9) Sweeps by Opponent . .. 3 (4) LEADER OF THE PACK: The Yankees have a 6 .0-game lead in the AL East, marking the largest division lead in the TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Majors…is four games shy of their season-high lead… had a 10 .0-game lead entering play on Friday, their first double- July 23, 1957: Mickey Mantle hits for the cycle in a 10-6 win vs . the White digit lead in the division in July since 1998, which is also the last time the Yankees led the AL East by at least 10 .0G within Sox, becoming the eighth different the first 91 games of a season (were up 14 .0G after game 91 on 7/18/98) . Yankee to accomplish the feat . According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Yankees have never blown a division lead of more than 6 .0 games . TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY July 24, 1983: The Yankees and CAPTAIN’S LOG: SS Derek Jeter ranks second in the AL (fourth in the Majors) with 123H… trails Melky Cabrera (132), Kansas City Royals play the infamous Andrew McCutchen (128) and Miguel Cabrera (126)…ranks third in the Majors with 37 multi-hit games (had 45 all of last “Pine Tar” game at the original year)…is batting .348 (72-for-207) on the road this season, sixth-highest average in the Majors and second in the AL to Yankee Stadium .