Spring Training Game Notes Thursday, March 20, 2014
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SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014 TODAY’S GAME: NEW YORK YANKEES (12-9-2) at BOSTON RED SOX (8-12-1) YANKEES ROSTER 7:05 P.M. – JETBLUE PARK – FORT MYERS, FL – TV/RADIO: YES/ESPN/WFAN 2 Derek Jeter ...................INF RHP DAVID PHELPS (0-0, 2.63) vs. RHP CLAY BUCHHOLZ (2-1, 1.13) 11 Brett Gardner ................OF In relief for NYY: RHP Matt Daley, RHP Chris Leroux, RHP Yoshinori Tateyama and LHP Fred Lewis. 12 Alfonso Soriano ..............OF 14 Brian Roberts. .INF YANKEE DOODLES: Today the New York Yankees will play a 1:05 p.m. game vs. the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park in Fort 17 Brendan Ryan ................INF Myers… are scheduled for 33 total spring games, including 32 against Major League opposition (defeated Florida State, 8-3, in 18 Hiroki Kuroda ...............RHP their first game of the spring on 2/25)… are slated for 17 home games, including 16 vs. Major League teams… will play six night 19 Masahiro Tanaka ............RHP games, including five at home (3/4 vs. Baltimore, 3/7 vs. Detroit, 3/21 vs. Pittsburgh, 3/25 vs. Philadelphia and 3/28 vs. Miami) 22 Jacoby Ellsbury ...............OF and one on the road (3/20 at Boston)… marks the Yankees’ 19th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2014), formerly 24 Scott Sizemore* ..............INF Legends Field, and the 112th season in franchise history. 25 Mark Teixeira .................INF 26 Eduardo Nunez ...............INF YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees won their fourth straight game, shutting out Most Seasons as a Yankees Player 27 Shawn Kelley ................RHP the Braves, 7-0, at Champion Stadium on Wednesday… RHP Ivan Nova started and Player Seasons 28 Joe Girardi ........... MANAGER DEREK JETER ....... 19 (1995-2013) earned the win, allowing 2H in 6.1 scoreless innings (5K)… was the longest outing Mariano Rivera .........19 (1995-2013) 29 Francisco Cervelli. C by a Yankees starter this spring… CF Brett Gardner (0-for-1) walked three times Yogi Berra. 18 (1946-63) 30 David Robertson ............RHP and scored a run… DH Carlos Beltran (3-for-4) drove in two runs on RBI singles in Mickey Mantle ...........18 (1951-68) 31 Ichiro Suzuki .................OF the first and seventh innings… LF Adonis Garcia (1-for-3) hit a two-run double in Frank Crosetti ............17 (1932-48) 33 Kelly Johnson ................INF the fourth. Bill Dickey ...........17 (1928-43, ’46) 34 Brian McCann ................. C Lou Gehrig ...............17 (1923-39) 35 Michael Pineda ..............RHP SPRING IN THEIR STEP: C Francisco Cervelli is hitting .500 (14-for-28) this spring Jorge Posada ..........17 (1995-2011) Whitey Ford ..........16 (1950, ’53-67) 36 Carlos Beltran ................OF with 1 double, 1 triple, 6RBI and a team-leading 3HR… INF Yangervis Solarte has Bernie Williams ........16 (1991-2006) 38 Preston Claiborne ...........RHP batted .500 (15-for-30) with 2HR and 8RBI, leading the club in hits and RBI… RHP MLB All-Time Hits List 40 Matt Daley* .................RHP Ivan Nova leads all Yankees pitchers with 21K (in 19.2IP)… RHP Michael Pineda has 1. Pete Rose. .4,256 41 David Phelps ................RHP tossed 9.0 scoreless innings, going 2-0 with 14K (8H, 1BB). 2. Ty Cobb ..................... 4,191 43 Adam Warren ...............RHP 3. Hank Aaron .................3,771 45 Andrew Bailey ...............RHP MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have four Japan-born players in camp: OF Ichiro 4. Stan Musial ..................3,630 47 Ivan Nova ...................RHP Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Masahiro Tanaka and non-roster invitee RHP 5. Tris Speaker .................3,514 6. Honus Wagner ..............3,430 48 Matt Thornton ..............LHP Yoshinori Tateyama… the Yankees have had six Japan-born players in their history: 7. Carl Yastrzemski ............. 3,419 50 Mick Kelleher ......... 1B COACH Hideki Irabu (1997-99), Hideki Matsui (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda 8. Paul Molitor. 3,319 52 CC Sabathia .................LHP (2012-13), Ryota Igarashi (2012) and Ichiro Suzuki (2012-13)… with Tanaka and Kuroda, 9. DEREK JETER .............3,316 53 Austin Romine ................ C the Yankees will have two Japan-born pitchers in their starting rotation, becoming 10. Eddie Collins ................3,313 54 Kevin Long ..............HITTING the first team to do so since the Los Angeles Dodgers had starters Hideo Nomo and Most Hits in Franchise History 55 David Herndon* .............RHP Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004. 1. DEREK JETER .............3,316 56 Tony Pena ................BENCH 2. Lou Gehrig .................2,721 57 Chris Leroux* ................RHP 3. Babe Ruth ..................2,518 DOUBLE TAKE: Major League Baseball’s new instant replay rules will be in effect in six 58 Larry Rothschild .......PITCHING Yankees games this spring (3/6 at Philadelphia, 3/8 at Houston, 3/12 vs. Detroit, 3/13 4. Mickey Mantle .............. 2,415 5. Bernie Williams .............2,336 59 Rob Thomson ........ 3B COACH at Philadelphia, 3/22 at Minnesota and 3/29 vs. Miami). 60 Gary Tuck ..............BULLPEN 61 Jim Miller* ..................RHP #WINNING: The Yankees secured their 21st consecutive winning season in 2013 (since 1993), the second-longest such streak 63 Yoshinori Tateyama*. RHP among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ run of 39 straight wining seasons from 1926-64-credit: Elias. 64 Cesar Cabral .................LHP 65 Zoilo Almonte ................OF THE SKIPPER: In 2014, Manager Joe Girardi enters his seventh season (2008-present) at the helm of the 66 John Ryan Murphy ............ C Yankees… owns a 564-408 (.580) record in six years with the club, the Majors’ best mark over the stretch and the sixth- 67 Vidal Nuno ..................LHP most managerial wins in Yankees history… has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World 68 Dellin Betances ..............RHP Series championship in ‘09… is the 32nd manager in Yankees history… his .566 (642-492) career winning pct. (including 70 Russ Canzler* ................INF a 78-84 mark in 2006 with Florida) is the highest by any skipper with at least 1,000 games managed since Hall of Famer 73 Antoan Richardson*. .OF Earl Weaver tallied a 1,480-1,060 (.583) mark over a 17-year managerial career (1968-82 and ‘85-86). 80 Jose Gil* ...................... C 88 Danny Burawa* .............RHP SUPPORTING CAST: The Yankees drew an AL-high 3,279,589 fans to Yankee Stadium in 2013, leading the AL in total 89 Yangervis Solarte* ............INF attendance for the 11th consecutive season… also led the AL with an average of 40,489 fans per home game… both 90 Shane Greene ...............RHP marks were fourth in the Majors, behind only Los Angeles-NL (3,743,527/46,216), St. Louis (3,369,769/41,602) and San 92 Fred Lewis* .................LHP Francisco (3,369,106/41,594)… the Yankees also led the AL in road attendance (2,690,604)… the Yankees’ combined draw 93 Dean Anna ...................INF of 5,970,203 fans topped the AL for the 15th consecutive season. 95 Adonis Garcia* ...............OF 98 Zelous Wheeler*. .INF CANAL STREET: From 3/15-16, the Yankees and Miami Marlins participated in the “Legend Series” with a two-game series *Non-roster invitees at Panama City’s Rod Carew Stadium, splitting the series in front of nearly 50,000 over two games… the series honored the legacy of recently-retired all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch to RHP David OPENING DAY COUNTDOWN Robertson prior to the game on 3/15… the series marked the return of Major League Baseball to Panama for the first time since 1947… the “Legend Series” included charitable events away from the field, including a gala featuring representation (April 1 at Houston - 7:10 p.m.) of both teams on Friday to benefit the Mariano Rivera Foundation… proceeds from the dinner went to Children’s Hospital 12 DAYS in Panama City, the largest pediatric hospital in the country. • The Yankees trained in Panama in Feb. 1946, including a game against an all-star team from the Panamanian professional UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION league before approximately 10,000 fans on 3/21/46… in the spring of 1947, the Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers played several exhibition games in Panama during a trip that also included stops in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Yankees at Boston Thursday, March 20 – 7:05 p.m. FOR STARTERS: Today at Boston, RHP David Phelps will make his fifth spring training start…last started on 3/14 vs. JetBlue Park Minnesota, recording the loss after allowing 2ER in 4.0IP (5H, 1BB, 4K, 1HR)…in 2013, appeared in 22 games (12 starts) 11500 Fenway South Dr., Ft. Myers, FL 33913 with the Yankees, going 6-5 with a 4.98 ERA (86.2IP, 48ER)…as a starter, went 5-4 with a 4.93 ERA (65.2IP, 36ER)…went Bus Leaves: 2:00 p.m. 1-1 with a 5.14 ERA (21.0IP, 12ER) in 10 relief appearances… missed 62 games with a right forearm strain from 7/6-9/14. • On Friday vs. Pittsburgh, LHP CC Sabathia will make his fourth spring start…last started on 3/16 vs. Miami in Panama, Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Friday, March 21 – 7:05 p.m. allowing just one baserunner (who reached on an error) in 5.0 scoreless innings (5K)… in 32 starts in 2013, went 14-13 with a 4.78 George M. Steinbrenner Field ERA (211.0IP, 112ER)… opponents batted .272 (224-for-823, 28HR); LH .242 (47-for-194, 5HR); RH .281 (177-for-629, 23HR)… since his debut in 2001, has a 205-115 (.641) record with a 3.60 ERA and 2,389K in 415 starts the most wins and K in the Majors over One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 GMS Clubhouse Hours: 1:45-2:45 p.m.