POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (27-18) vs. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (22-25) FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017 R H E LOB SERIES OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4 9 1 6 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 1 5 1 6 0 STARTING TIME: 7:09 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 3:09 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 74 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 39,044 WINNING PITCHER: Sean Manaea (3-3) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Masahiro Tanaka (5-4) Yankees: Masahiro Tanaka (111/76) SAVE: None Athletics: Sean Manaea (106/68) HOME RUNS (2017 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES ATHLETICS th None Stephen Vogt (#3 / 9 / 0 on / 0 out / 2-0 / Holder / OAK 4 – NYY 0) NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees are 3-5 in their last 8G…are 5-7 in their last 12 home games…are still 15-8 (.652) at home. • Avoided being shut out for the first time this season…entering today, were one of three teams that had not been shut out this season (Minnesota, Washington)…the 45G is their longest season-opening streak without being shut out since 2009 (57G). • Snapped their six-game homer streak…was just their sixth game without a HR in 23 home games this season. • Have lost four straight home games vs. Oakland, matching their longest home losing streak to the A’s in the last 22 seasons (also four straight from 5/14-6/11/06)…the road team is 8-0 in games between the Yankees and A’s since the start of 2016. • Today marked the fifth and final day of the Yankees' ninth annual HOPE Week…the Yankees went 2-2 during HOPE Week this year and are 30-12 (.714) since the event began in 2009. • RHP Masahiro Tanaka (7.1IP, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 13K) started and took the loss…set a new career high with 13 strikeouts (previously 11K on 6/11/14 at Seattle, 4/27/14 vs. Los Angeles-AL)…was his eighth career double-digit strikeout game (first since 9/10/16 vs. Baltimore – 10K)…was his second- longest start this season (9.0IP, CGSHO on 4/27 at Boston)…threw 111 pitches, one off his season high (112 on 5/8 at Cincinnati). • Had multiple strikeouts in each of his first four innings, as well as the sixth…had more strikeouts in the first three frames (seven) than he had in any previous start this season (six)…struck out five of his first six batters and eight of his first 11…his 3K in the first were a season high for a frame…struck out the leadoff batter in 7-of-8 innings. • Had a career-high 26 swings-and-misses (previously 22, three times) – credit: MLB Statcast. • Tied a Yankees record for most strikeouts while taking a loss (third time, also Roger Clemens twice: 5/28/00 vs. Boston-13K; 6/17/99 vs. Texas- 13K…is the ninth AL pitcher since 1913 to take a loss with 13-or-more strikeouts and only 1R allowed, the first since Tampa Bay’s James Shields on 10/2/12 vs. Baltimore (15K). • Was the ninth game in Yankees history with at least 13K and 0BB (first since Michael Pineda’s 16K/0BB game on 5/10/15 vs. Baltimore)…the others to do it (all 13K): Mike Mussina (2x), Roger Clemens, David Wells, John Candelaria, Joe Cowley, Ron Guidry. • Is the fifth Japanese-born Major League pitcher to record at least 13K in a game (also Hideo Nomo-7x, Yu Darvish-5x, Hisashi Iwakuma-1x, Kenta Maeda-1x). • Yankees starting pitchers have a 1.27 ERA (28.1IP, 17H, 4ER, 2BB, 32K, 2HR) in four starts this homestand…have taken shutouts into the seventh inning in each of their last three starts. • Yankees pitchers had a 17.0-inning scoreless streak snapped in the eighth…have not thrown back-to-back shutouts since 5/14/14 and 5/15/14 at the Mets. • SS Didi Gregorius (0-for-2) drove in the Yankees’ only run with a sac fly in the ninth. • CF Aaron Hicks (1-for-3, 1R) drew his 25th walk in 35 games this season. • RF Aaron Judge (2-for-3, 1BB, 1CS) had the Yankees’ lone multi-hit effort, his 16th this season. • C Austin Romine (1-for-3) hit a third-inning double to snap an 0-for-19 stretch. • The Yankees challenged a safe call at first base in the eighth, but the call stood…are now 10-for-13 (76.9%) in replay reviews this season. • INF/OF Tyler Austin had his rehab assignment transferred from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. OAKLAND ATHLETICS NOTES • The Athletics have won five of their last seven games…Oakland has won four consecutive games at Yankee Stadium, their longest winning streak in the Bronx since winning four straight at the original Yankee Stadium from 5/14-6/11/06. • Oakland batters have homered in 38 of their 47 games this season…their 38 games with a homer leads the AL. • LHP Sean Manaea (7.0IP, 4H, 0R, 1BB, 8K) earned his third win of the season after tossing 7.0 scoreless innings…marked his first scoreless start of the season and his first since 9/20/16 vs. Houston (6.0IP)…also marked his longest scoreless start since 7/22/16 vs. Tampa Bay (8.0IP)…matched his longest career scoreless start on the road (also 7/10/16 at Houston). • His 7.0IP marked a season high. • Is 1-1 with a 3.29 ERA (13.2IP, 5ER) in two career starts vs. the Yankees. • Has allowed 5H-or-fewer in each of his eight starts this season. -more- • 2B Jed Lowrie (3-for-4) had recorded a hit in seven straight at bats (5/23-26) prior to his sixth-inning groundout, one short of the Oakland A’s record of eight (Josh Reddick, May 5/7-8/16; Dave Magadan, 8/26-30/97; Brent Gates, 5/23-24/94)…his first-inning double extended his season-high seven- game hitting streak…is hitting .552 (16-for-29) with 7R, 5 doubles, 2HR and 7RBI during the streak. • Has collected multiple hits in each of his last three games and four of his last five. • Has recorded 5 doubles over his last three games. • C Stephen Voght (1-for-4) hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning. • DH Mark Canha (1-for-4) snapped an 0-for-10 with a fifth-inning double. • SS Adam Rosales (1-for-4) singled in the eighth inning, snapping an 0-for-16 stretch. • LF Khris Davis (2-for-4) hit an RBI single in the eighth inning. • CF Rajai Davis (0-for-5) recorded his 122nd career steal with Oakland, moving him into sole possession of eighth place in Oakland A’s history (next: Jose Canseco with 135SB). • RHP Ryan Madson (1.0IP, 2K) tossed a scoreless eighth inning. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Sat., 5/27 vs. Oakland LHP CC Sabathia (4-2, 4.62) vs. RHP Jharel Cotton (3-4, 5.68) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., 5/28 vs. Oakland RHP Michael Pineda (5-2, 3.35) vs. RHP Andrew Triggs (5-3, 2.77) 1:05 p.m. YES 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 .