POSTGAME NOTES (71-63) vs. (77-58) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

R H E LOB SERIES BOSTON RED SOX 4 7 0 5 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 1 4 0 4 1

STARTING TIME: 7:11 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 2:44 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 69 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 42,332 WINNING : Doug Fister (4-7) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Sonny Gray (8-9) Yankees: Sonny Gray (98/67) : Craig Kimbrel (32) Red Sox: Doug Fister (98/63)

HOME RUNS (2017 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES RED SOX None Eduardo Núñez (#8 / 3rd / 1 on / 1 out / 2-2 / Gray / BOS 2 – NYY 1) Andrew Benintendi (#19 / 0 on / 2 out / 0-0 / Gray / BOS 3 – NYY 1)

NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees fell to 3-5 on their season-longest 10-game homestand…dropped to 5.5G behind Boston in the AL East…are 9-8 vs. Boston this season. • Scored first in a game for the first time since 8/26, snapping a streak of five straight games in which their opponents scored first. • LF Brett Gardner (1-for-4, 1R) led off the first inning with a double and scored the Yankees’ only . • Wore two pairs of specially designed New Balance cleats (one gold pair, one multi-colored pair), which are being auctioned off as a fundraiser for Children’s Cancer Awareness Month, with the proceeds going to Sloan Kettering Pediatric Center…the winners of the online auction, which fans can bid on at www.yankees.com/GardnerCleats, will also receive four tickets to a game courtesy of the Yankees, and will receive the auctioned cleats during a pregame ceremony…Gardner also met privately with children from Sloan Kettering and their families prior to the game. • RF Aaron Judge (1-for-4) an RBI double off fellow Fresno State product Doug Fister in the first…was his first XBH vs. the Red Sox since a double on 6/6 vs. Boston (ended a 13-game drought), and his first RBI vs. the Sox since hitting a two-run HR on 4/26 at Boston (ended a 15-game drought). • Yankees batters hit back-to-back doubles to start the first inning, then were held to 2-for-29 with 1BB the rest of the way. • RHP Sonny Gray (7.0IP, 5H, 4ER, 1BB, 9K, 3HR) started and took the loss…tied a career high by allowing 3HR (fourth time, first since 5/2/17 at Minnesota); had allowed just 2HR in 48.1IP over his last eight starts…had his streak of starts with 2ER-or-fewer snapped at 11 (longest in the Majors this season)…marked his most earned runs allowed since 6/20 vs. Houston (5ER in 5.0IP)…his 1BB marked his fewest since 7/14 vs. Cleveland. • Has received one-or-zero runs of support in all four losses as a Yankee…in the four losses he has started, Yankees batters are a combined 16-for-123 (.130) with a total of 3R. • Recorded 9K for the second consecutive start (had 0K in his previous start vs. Boston on 8/20 at Fenway)…marked the second time in his career that he has recorded at least 9K in consecutive starts (also three consecutive starts from 5/3-13/15 w/ Oakland)…Yankees starters have at least 9K in four of the last seven games. • Completed 7.0IP for the second consecutive start…marks the first time in his career he has at least 7.0IP and 9K in consecutive starts. • LHP Aroldis Chapman (1.0IP, 1H, 3K) recorded his first outing with at least 1.0IP, 0R and 0BB since 8/5 at Cleveland (1.0IP, 1H, 1K). • RHP Adam Warren (1.0IP, 1H, 1K) had his first scoreless outing since 8/16 at the Mets (2.0IP)…snapped a streak of four straight appearances with a run, the second-longest such streak of relief appearances in his career. • Yankees extended a franchise record with their 18th game with at least 13K this season. • Prior to the game, former Yankees OF Bernie Williams played the National Anthem on electric guitar.

BOSTON RED SOX NOTES • The Red Sox have won four of their last five games…are 8-7 during their current stretch of 20 games in 20 days. • Are 11-4 in their last 15 road games…are 37-33 on the road this season, the only AL East team with a winning road record. • Boston is 8-9 vs. the Yankees in 2017, winning five of the last seven games between the clubs…are 4-4 at Yankee Stadium this season and have won just four of their last 12 games in the Bronx since 7/17/16. • RHP Doug Fister (7.0IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K) started and earned the win…has allowed only 4R over his last three starts, posting a 1.57 ERA (23.0IP, 4ER) during that stretch…has surrendered all four of those runs during the first inning…has tossed at least 7.0IP in three straight starts for the first time since 7/27-8/17/14 (5G). • Is 3-3 with a 5.27 ERA (41.0IP, 24ER) in seven starts vs. the Yankees…is 1-1 with a 2.57 ERA (14.0IP 4ER) in two starts in the Bronx. • SS Eduardo Núñez (1-for-4) hit a two-run home run in the third inning…has an eight-game hitting streak on the road, batting .371 (13-for-35) with 7R, 4 doubles, 4HR, 11RBI, 2BB and 1HP in that span…is hitting .315 (69-for-219) in 53 road games this season. • CF Andrew Benintenti (2-for-4) hit a solo home run in the fifth inning…is 8-for-18 (.444) with 3R, 1 double, 1HR, 3RBI and 5BB on the road trip (4G)…has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 road games, batting .394 (26-for-66) in those contests…is 4-for-6 (.667) with 1HR lifetime vs. Sonny Gray. • Is batting .393/.455/.929 (11-for-28) with 5R, 5HR, 12RBI and 4BB in eight games at Yankee Stadium this season…is only the second Red Sox batter to hit at least 5HR in the Bronx in a season (also Jim Rice hit 5HR in 1983). • DH Hanley Ramirez (1-for-4) hit a solo home run in the seventh inning…has 3HR in his last four games…Boston is 27-8 in his last 35G with a HR. • RF Mookie Betts (1-for-4, 1SB) has reached base safely in each of his last 17 games …is tied for the longest on-base streak by a Red Sox batter this season (also Andrew Benintendi's 17-game stretch from 6/18-7/8). • 3B Rafael Devers (1-for-4) is hitting .321 (9-for-28) with 5R, 1 double, 3HR, 6RBI, 3BB and 1SB in eight games vs. the Yankees. • RHP Craig Kimbrel (1.0IP, 1K) tossed a perfect ninth to earn his 32nd save of the season…has struck out 106 of his 213 batters this season (49.8%). UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Sat., 9/2 vs. Boston RHP Masahiro Tanaka (10-10, 4.69) vs. LHP Drew Pomeranz (14-4, 3.23) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., 9/3 vs. Boston RHP Luis Severino (11-6, 3.14) vs. LHP Chris Sale (15-6, 2.77) 7:35 p.m. ESPN 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