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 (30-29) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (29-31) Standing in AL East: ..............3rd, -6.0 Current Streak: .....................Won 1 RHP Chase Whitley (0-0, 2.37) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (2-5, 4.00) Home Record: .............13-16 (46-35) Road Record:. 17-13 (44-37) Friday, June 6, 2014 • Kauffman Stadium • 8:10 P.M. ET Day Record: ..................15-6 (32-24) Night Record: ..............15-23 (53-53) Game #60 • Road Game #31 • TV: YES • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Pre-All-Star .................30-29 (51-44) Post-All-Star ...................0-0 (34-33) vs. AL East: .................. 11-9 (37-39) AT A GLANCE: Today the Yankees play the first game of a four- TAKING IT FROM THE TOP: Yankees starters have a 2.93 ERA vs. AL Central: ................ 3-4 (22-11) vs. AL West: .................. 6-9 (17-16) game series at Kansas City (tonight-Monday)… is also the first (126.0IP, 41ER) since 5/14, marking the best such mark in the vs. National League: ..........10-7 (9-11) game of a 10-game road trip which includes games at Seattle Majors over the stretch. vs. RH starters: ............. 18-20 (53-54) (6/10-12) and Oakland (6/13-15)… went 2-5 on their recently- vs. LH starters: ............... 12-9 (32-23) Yankees Score First: ..........19-7 (53-21) completed seven-game homestand (1-2 vs. Minnesota, 0-1 vs. ROAD WARRIORS: The Yankees are 13-8 (.619) on the road Opp. Score First:. 11-22 (32-56) Seattle, 1-2 vs. Oakland)… following this road trip, will have an since 4/20, marking the fifth-highest such winning percentage Leading After 6: ...............23-4 (59-6) off day on 6/16 before beginning a six-game homestand vs. in the Majors in that span…in their last 21 road games: Trailing After 6: ...............3-21 (13-62) Tied After 6: ....................4-4 (13-9) Toronto (6/17-19) and Baltimore (6/20-22). Yankees pitchers have produced a 2.57 ERA (192.2IP, 55ER), Leading After 7: ...............23-4 (65-4) Are 11-10 over their last 21G since 5/14 with a 3.34 ERA the lowest mark in the Majors in that span. Trailing After 7: .............. 2-23 (10-64) (194.0IP, 72ER, 185H, 48BB, 192K). Yankees starters have recorded a 2.73 ERA (122.0IP, 37ER), Tied After 7: ....................5-2 (10-8) Leading After 8: ...............25-2 (69-4) Have gone 15-19 in their last 34 games (4/29-pres.) after allowing 3ER or less in each of their last 11 road games Trailing After 8: ............... 2-24 (4-68) going 10-4 in the 14 games before that (4/12-27). and in 20 of their last 21. Tied After 8: ....................3-3 (12-4) Are 13-8 in their last 21 road games (since 4/20). Yankees relievers have produced a 2.29 ERA (70.2IP, 18ER) Extra-Inning Games: .............4-2 (6-6) One-run Games: ..............8-5 (30-16) and .195 opponents’ batting average (50-for-256). Two (or fewer)-run Games: .....16-10 (50-30) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Thursday, the Yankees defeated NYY Scores 5 or more: ........14-7 (51-7) YOUNG GUNS: The Yankees are 17-8 in games started by NYY Scores 4 or more: .....23-10 (66-16) Oakland, 2-1, at Yankee Stadium, snapping a four-game losing NYY Scores 3 or less: ........ 7-19 (19-61) streak…RHP Masahiro Tanaka started and allowed 1ER in rookie pitchers (Tanaka, 10-2; Nuno, 4-5; Whitley, 3-1), including NYY Scores 2 or less: ..........3-17 (6-50) 6.0IP (5H, 1BB, 4K, 1HR), earning the win to improve to 9-1 11-1 on the road (Tanaka, 5-1; Nuno, 3-0; Whitley, 3-0)… Yankees Opp. Scores 5 or more:. 1-23 (12-47) rookie starters have a cumulative 2.85 ERA (151.2IP, 48ER). Opp. Scores 4 or less: ....... 29-6 (73-30) this season…allowed his only run on a solo-HR to the second Opp. Scores 3 or less: ....... 25-2 (55-22) batter of the game (John Jaso)…RF Alfonso Soriano (2-for-3, 1 Opp. Scores 2 or less: ....... 17-0 (40-10) double) drove in the Yankees’ first run with an RBI-single in the POWER BULLPEN: The Yankees bullpen leads the Majors Yankees No Errors: ......... 20-12 (61-47) with 226K. Yankees Make Error(s):. 10-17 (24-30) second…LF Brett Gardner (1-for-4) accounted for the margin NYY Starter Goes 6: ........ 22-14 (62-45) of victory with a third-inning solo-HR…CF Jacoby Ellsbury Come-From-Behind Wins: ........12 (41) (2-for-3, 1BB) reached base safely three times…RHP Dellin STRIKEOUT MACHINE: RHP Dellin Betances is allowing just Yankees hit 0HR: ...........10-14 (26-49) 6.69 baserunners/9.0IP (35.0IP, 16H, 10BB, 59K, 0HP), the third- Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 20-14 (59-28) Betances tossed a perfect seventh (1.0IP, 1K) and RHP Adam Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ............5-4 (31-8) Warren tossed a scoreless eighth (1.0IP, 2H, 2K, 1WP)…RHP best mark among relievers in the AL and fifth-best in MLB… has Walk-off Wins: ........................0 (7) David Robertson tossed a scoreless ninth to record his 13th recorded 59 of his 105 outs this season via strikeout, including Walk-off Losses: ......................2 (6) 43 of his last 73 (since his last 3BF on 4/26)… is holding batters Series Record: ............ 9-9-3 (23-24-6) save in 15 opportunities this season (1.0IP, 1H, 2K). Series Record, home: .....4-7-0 (13-10-3) to a .134 (16-for-119) batting average this season, second- Series Record, road: ...... 5-2-3 (10-14-3) HOPE WEEK 2014 (June 16-20): This best among AL relievers and fourth in MLB… is second on the Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:. .2 (3) /2 (7) year marks the fifth anniversary of HOPE Yankees in strikeouts (Tanaka-92). Week (Helping Others Persevere & TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Excel), an initiative rooted in the belief DAY OWLS: The Yankees are 15-6 (.714) in day games this June 6, 1967: With the No. 1 overall pick season, marking the second-best such winning pct. in the in the First-Year Player Draft, the Yankees that acts of good will provide hope and select Ron Blomberg, who will become encouragement to more than just the Majors (S.F., 17-6, .739)… are just 15-23 in night games in Baseball’s first DH. The Yankees’ only recipient of the gesture… each day during the five days of HOPE 2014…over the last four seasons, are a Major League-best other No. 1 overall pick came in 1991, 124-62 (.667) in day games… the Majors’ second-best such when they selected pitcher Brien Taylor. Week, the Yankees will reach out to an individual, family or record over that stretch is Cincinnati’s (113-83, .577). June 6, 1965: Tom Tresh connects for organization worthy of recognition and support…activities and three consecutive home runs in Game 2 of outreach in the community is always coupled with recognition a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium as the at Yankee Stadium during a Yankees game. CLOSE CALLS: The Yankees are 7-6 in their last 13 games Yankees defeat the White Sox, 12-0. He hits decided by two-or-fewer runs after starting the year 9-4 in such his first homer as a right-handed batter off This year’s initiative begins on Monday, 6/16, with a Juan Pizarro in the first game, then homers reunion of all prior honorees on the U.S.S. Intrepid Sea, games… are now 16-10 (.615) in such games this season. from the other side of the plate off Bruce Air and Space Museum, which media is invited to attend Howard in the third and fifth. (RSVP to [email protected]). FOUR SCORE: The Yankees are 29-6 (.829) this season when June 6, 1934: Myril Hoag goes 6-for-6 Information on the history of the initiative is available on holding their opponent to four-or-fewer runs, which is the in a 15-3, nine-inning win in Game 1 of a third-best such record in the Majors (Toronto, 33-3, .917; doubleheader at Boston, becoming the yankeespressbox.com. first Yankee to go 6-for-6 in a single game. and Texas, 27-5, .844). TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY DRAFT DAY: On Thursday, the Yankees selected LHP Jacob Lindgren out of Mississippi State University, with their first OUT OF THE BLOCKS: The Yankees are 10-3 in 2014 June 7, 2008: Johnny Damon leads the when leading after the first inning… are 20-26 in all other Yankees to a 12-11 win over Kansas City overall selection (55th pick overall) in the second round of by going 6-for-6 with 4RBI, including the First-Year Player Draft…Lindgren recently concluded games… after three innings, are 26-12 when leading (17-10) a two-out, “walk-off” single in the his junior season with a 6-1 record and a 0.81 ERA (55.1IP, or tied (9-2) and just 4-17 when trailing at that point.