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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 (58-39) at SEATTLE MARINERS (43-56) Current Standing in AL East . 1st, +7 .0 Current Streak . .Lost 1 RHP IVAN NOVA (10-4, 4.10) VS. RHP HISASHI IWAKUMA (1-2, 4.86) Current Road Trip: . .1-5 ednesday uly p m et afeco ield Recent Homestand: . 5-1 W , J 25 • 3:40 . • s f Last Five Games: . .1-4 Game #98 / Road Game #51 • tV: yes • Radio: Wcbs (enG.)/Wado (span.) Last 10 Games: . 4-6 Home Record: . .30-17 (52-29) Road Record: . .28-22 (45-36) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will play the final game of a three-game series at the Seattle Mariners today… wraps up a Day Record: . 19-10 (44-12) seven-game road trip–their final West Coast trip of the year–in which they have gone 1-5, splitting the first two games Night Record: . .39-29 (53-53) of this series after being swept in Oakland… following today’s game, return home for a nine-game homestand vs . vs . AL East . 18-13 (39-33) Boston, Baltimore and Seattle which begins Friday… will be the start of a stretch that will see the Yankees play 16 of vs . AL Central . 15-9 (22-14) 23 games at Yankee Stadium from 7/27-8/19… today’s game also ends a stretch of 13 consecutive days with games vs . AL West . 12-12 (23-13) immediately following the All-Star break . vs . National League . 13-5 (13-5) At 58-39 ( .598), own the best record in the Majors…are 19 games over .500, four shy of their season high-water mark . vs . RH starters . 37-27 (62-48) Are 27-14 since 6/8 and 37-18 since 5/22… are 10-3-1 over their last 14 series since 6/1 . vs . LH starters . 21-12 (35-17) Yankees Score First: . .34-13 (71-23) AT THE TOP: Today marks the 43rd consecutive day the Yankees will be in sole possession of first place in the AL Opps . Score First: . .24-26 (26-42) East… marks their longest such stretch since a 43-day span from 6/21-8/2/10… last had a longer stretch atop the AL Leading After 6: . 45-5 (81-11) East in 2009 when they held sole possession of first place for each of the final 77 days of the season . Trailing After 6: . 8-32 (9-45) Tied After 6: . 5-2 (7-9) Leading After 7: . 48-4 (88-8) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees lost, 4-2, at Seattle… were hit by a pitch three All-Time Lists Courtesy of Trailing After 7: . 6-33 (4-49) times… left the bases loaded in the fourth and left two runners on in the eighth… RHP the Elias Sports Bureau Freddy Garcia held the Mariners to 3ER on 5H with 0BB and a season-high 8K in a season- Tied After 7: . 4-2 (5-8) HOME RUNS Leading After 8: . 53-4 (91-4) high 7 .1IP (1HR)… CF Curtis Granderson (2-for-4) hit his team-leading 27th homer in the 1 . Barry Bonds . 762 Trailing After 8: . 0-34 (2-50) first inning… 3B Alex Rodriguez (1-for-2) was hit by a pitch in the hand in the eighth Tied After 8: . 4-1 (3-11) inning and left the game with a left fifth metacarpal fracture . 2 . Hank Aaron . 755 Extra-Inning Games: . 3-1 (4-12) 3 . Babe Ruth . 714 4 . Willie Mays . 660 One-run Games: . .13-13 (21-24) FREDDY’S FREAK LOSS: The Yankees loss last night at Seattle despite starter RHP Freddy Two (or fewer)-run Games: . .24-19 (38-39) 5. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...644 Garcia tossing 7 1IP. with 8K and no walks… marked the Yankees’ first loss in a game in NYY Scores 5 or more . 44-10 (71-14) 6 . Ken Griffey Jr . 630 NYY Scores 4 or more: . .53-13 (86-27) which a starter went at least 7 .0 innings with at least 8K and no walks since 4/8/06 when HITS NYY Scores 3 or less: . 5-26 (11-38) Randy Johnson (8 .0IP, 0BB, 8K) was on the losing end of a 3-2 loss at Angel Stadium . 11 . Eddie Murray . 3,255 NYY Scores 2 or less . 2-17 (1-27) 12 . Nap Lajoie . 3,252 Opp . Scores 5 or more . 9-26 (14-43) NEW BLOOD: The Yankees will face RHP Hisashi Iwakuma for the first time 13. DEREK JETER ....3,212 14 . Cal Ripken, Jr . 3,184 Opp . Scores 4 or less: . .49-11 (83-22) today… according to Elias, the Yankees are 26-13 over the last two years (2011-12) in Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 40-3 (69-14) games in which they are opposed by a starting pitcher who they were facing for the 15 . George Brett . 3,154 Opp . Scores 2 or less . 29-2 (46-7) RBI (since becoming first time… includes a 9-8 mark this season… have lost their last four such games after Yankees No Errors: . .39-19 (56-37) winning their previous six . an official statistic in 1920) Yankees Make Error(s): . .19-20 (41-28) 4 . Babe Ruth . 1,992 NYY Starter Goes 6: . .47-19 (73-33) 5 . Stan Musial . 1,950 Opp . Starter Goes 6: . .37-32 (46-48) GOOD FOURTUNE: The Yankees have scored at least 4R in a game in a Major League-high 6 . ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...1,937 Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 38-6 (66-7) 66 games this season, and are 53-13 ( 803). in such contests, marking the third-best such 7 . Jimmie Foxx . 1,924 Opp . Outhits Yankees: . .15-28 (22-54) winning pct . among AL teams behind Tampa Bay (41-8, .837) and Oakland (37-9, .804) . RUNS Hit Totals Are Even: . 5-5 (9-4) Have been held to four runs or less in each of their last six games, all on this current road 9 . Lou Gehrig . 1,888 Come-From-Behind Wins: . .30 (37) trip… marks their longest stretch of games scoring four runs or fewer since a six-game 10 . Tris Speaker . 1,882 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 7 (10) span from 5/21-27/10… haven’t had a longer streak since May 2008 (seven games) . 11. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...1,878 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 3 (4) All six games on this current streak have been decided by three runs or less . 12 . Mel Ott . 1,859 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 1 (3) 13 . Craig Biggio . 1,844 Yankees hit 0HR: . 2-15 (20-24) KON-ICHI-WA: Prior to Monday’s win at Seattle, the Yankees acquired 10-time All-Star and 14 . Frank Robinson . 1,830 Yankees hit at least 1HR: . .56-24 (77-41) 15. DEREK JETER ... 1,823 Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 38-10 ( 51-15) 10-time Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and cash considerations from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for minor league RHPs D .J . Mitchell and Danny Farquhar . 16 . Eddie Collins . 1,822 Walk-off Wins: . 2 (3) 17 . Carl Yastrzemski . .1,816 Walk-off Losses: . 5 (7) With 2,533 hits at the time of the trade, Suzuki possessed the third-highest total by 18 . Ted Williams . 1,799 Series Record: . 18-9-4 (34-13-7) any player at the time of his debut for the Yankees, behind only Paul Waner (3,151 in Series Record, home: . 10-3-2 (21-4-2) 1944) and Ivan Rodriguez (2,584 in 2008)–credit: Elias Sports Bureau . Series Record, road: . 8-6-2 (13-9-5) Marked the second time this month a Yankees acquisition debuted against his former team (also OF Darnell Series Openers: . .22-10 (28-26) McDonald at Boston on 7/6) . Series Finales: . .20-11 (33-21) Sweeps by Yankees . 8 (9) Sweeps by Opponent . 3 (4) HIT PARADE: With the addition of Suzuki (2,535), the Yankees now have three players each with at least 2,500 career hits (also Derek Jeter-3,212 and Alex Rodriguez-2,872)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, they are the third set TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY July 25, 1998: The Yankees dedicate of teammates to each have at least 2,500H, joining the 1927 Philadelphia Athletics (Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins and Zack a plaque in honor of Mel Allen, the Wheat) and the 1928 Philadelphia Athletics (Cobb, Collins and Tris Speaker - but they never started in the same game) . “Voice of the Yankees” from 1939-64 . TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY DOUBLE-DIGITS: With Hiroki Kuroda’s win on Monday, the Yankees now have three July 26, 1931: The Yankees score pitchers each with at least 10 wins this season (also Nova and Sabathia), the most for GOLDEN BOYS their most runs ever at home, any team in the Majors this season . defeating the White Sox, 22-5, in The Yankees have 39 Game 2 of a doubleheader at the combined Gold Glove Awards original Yankee Stadium . This stood IN CLOSING: The Yankees are 20-11 in series finales… have won six of the last eight finales on their current roster (active until the tied the record with a 22-9 and nine of the last 12… are 6-4 in the rubber game of a three-game series this season .