POSTGAME NOTES (68-59) vs. (66-63) FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2017

R H E LOB SERIES SEATTLE MARINERS 2 8 1 9 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 1 5 1 13 0

(11 innings)

STARTING TIME: 7:08 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 3:51 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 74 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 42,057 WINNING : James Pazos (4-4) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Aroldis Chapman (4-3) Yankees: CC Sabathia (94/58) SAVE: Edwin Diaz (30) Mariners: Ariel Miranda (99/52)

HOME RUNS (2017 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR)

YANKEES MARINERS None Mike Zunino (#19 / 4th / 0 on / 1 out / 2-0 / Sabathia / SEA 1 – NYY 0) Yonder Alonso (#24 / 11th / 0 on / 2 out / 2-1 / Chapman / SEA 2 – NYY 1)

NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees are 3-4 in their last 7G…remained 4.5G behind Boston (L, 16-3 vs. Baltimore) in the AL East…are 5-6 in extra innings this season…was their first loss in a home series opener since 7/7 vs. Milwaukee (had won five straight)…are 3-24 when not homering. • The home team is 5-15 in the last 20 meetings between these teams (since 6/10/14). • Wore special navy and gray jerseys in honor of MLB Players’ Weekend…players chose nicknames to appear on the back of each of their jerseys. • LHP CC Sabathia (7.0IP, 5H, 1ER, 1BB, 6K, 1HR) started and took a no-decision…completed 7.0IP for just the third time in 21 starts this season (last: 8.0 scoreless innings on 6/7 vs. Boston)…is just the second Yankees starter in the last 26 games (since 7/29) to complete 7.0IP (Tanaka, 7.0IP on Tues. at Detroit)…retired his final 10BF…his third time through the lineup this season, opponents are hitting .165 (17-for-103). • Marked his 249th start as a Yankee, surpassing Mike Mussina (248) for sole possession of 11th place on the Yankees' all-time list…with his of Kyle Seager in the sixth inning (fourth tonight, 2,814th career), surpassed Mussina (2,813K) for 19th on 's all-time list…has 2,816K, trailing 18th-place Mickey Lolich (2,832K) by 16K. • Lowered his career ERA vs. Seattle to 2.57 (102.1IP, 23ER), his lowest vs. any AL club…has allowed 1ER in each of his last three turns vs. the M’s. • Yankees batters were held to 1R on 5H…drew 8BB, their most in a game since 7/15 at Boston (9BB)…had their 10-game HR streak snapped…have been held homerless in three of their last seven home games (homered in 27 of their previous 28 home games)…went 0-for-12 with RISP, their most AB with RISP in a game without a hit this season. • Were 0-for-4 with the bases loaded…stranded the bases loaded in the third, fourth and eighth innings. • Went 2-for-21 vs. left-handed (2-for-16 vs. Miranda, 0-for-2 vs. Rzepczynski, 0-for-3 vs. Pazos)…in their previous 7G, batted .337/.411/.576 (31-for-92) with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 10BB and 3HP vs. left-handed pitching. • Have scored 4R-or-fewer in each of their last 13 home games vs. Seattle, their third-longest such streak vs. any opponent since 1913. • 2B Starlin Castro (1-for-5, 1 double) played his first game since 7/21 at Seattle after being reinstated from the 10-day D.L. prior to the game…doubled in the fourth. • 3B Chase Headley (1-for-3, 2BB, 1SB) stole his first base since 6/4 at Toronto (seventh of the season). • RF (0-for-4, 1BB, 1R) walked and scored the tying run in the eighth…did not strike out for the second time in 4G after fanning in 37 consecutive games. • LHP Aroldis Chapman (1.0IP, 1H, 1ER, 1HR) allowed Alonso’s solo HR in the 11th…has allowed 3HR in his last 6G (6.0IP, 7ER), two of them by left- handed batters (also Rafael Devers on 8/13 vs. Boston)…had allowed just 1HR to a left-handed batter in his first 418 career appearances. • Yonder Alonso is the first Cuban-born hitter to hit a Major League home run off Chapman. • Yankees relievers (4.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 2BB, 2K, 1HR) have allowed homers in four straight games for the first time since 6/16-22/16 (five straight games). • The Yankees challenged a potential game-ending caught stealing call on in the 11th inning and overturned the ruling…have won 21- of-29 (72.4%) of their replay review challenges this season…the replay review took 45 seconds. • The start time for the Yankees’ Labor Day game on 9/4 at Baltimore has been changed from 1:35 p.m. to 2:05 p.m.

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SEATTLE MARINERS NOTES • The Mariners have won seven of their last nine games and are 5-2 on their current 14-day, 12-game road trip…are 24-11 in their last 35 road contests and improved to 13-10 in their current stretch of 21-of-28 games away from Safeco Field…are 7-5 in extra-inning games this season. • Have 12 wins in the month of August and 11 have been decided by 3R-or-fewer, including seven one-run wins…are a Major League-best 23-11 (.676) in one-run games this season. • Are 2-3 vs. the Yankees this season (1-0 at Yankee Stadium, 1-3 at Safeco Field)…are still 6-14 in their last 20 matchups against the Yankees and 17-29 in the last 46 games between the clubs. • Since the start of 2013, road teams have gone 23-7 in games between the Yankees and Mariners…Seattle is 9-4 in the Bronx over the span. • Mariners pitchers have held the Yankees to 4R-or-fewer in 13 straight games in the Bronx (since the start of 2013), the longest such streak by any opponent at the current Yankee Stadium…is the third-longest such streak by any team against the Yankees since 1913 (16G by Chicago-AL from 7/30/1915-8/19/1916 and 15G by Baltimore from 8/16/1967-5/4/1969). • LHP Ariel Miranda started and did not record a decision, tossing 4.2 scoreless innings (2H, 4BB, 3K, 1HP, 1WP)…loaded the bases in both the third and fourth innings, but did not allow the Yankees to score…has made two career starts against the Yankees, both at Yankee Stadium, combining to allow 2ER in 10.0IP (7H, 5BB, 7K, 1HP, 1WP)…in his career, has posted a 2.40 ERA (41.1IP, 11ER) in seven starts against AL East opponents. • RHP Edwin Díaz (1.0IP, 1BB, 1K) earned his 30th save of the season, becoming the ninth pitcher (14th time) in Mariners history to collect at least 30 saves in a season (first since Fernando Rodney, 48 saves in 2014)…is the 11th pitcher (14th time) in Major League history with at least 30 saves in his age-23 season or younger…since the All-Star break, has converted 17-of-18 save opportunities. • PH/3B Yonder Alonso (1-for-1, 1BB) hit a game-winning solo HR off Aroldis Chapman in the 11th inning…was his second career extra-inning home run (also a "walk-off" solo HR in the 12th inning on 7/30/17 vs. Minnesota w/ Oakland)…according to STATS and the SABR HR log, marked the fifth time a Cuban-born batter homered off a Cuban-born pitcher in extra innings and first since 5/31/02 (the Mets' Rey Ordonez homered off the Marlins' Vladimir Nunez in the 10th inning)…became the first Cuban-born player to homer off Chapman…has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games, batting .385 (15-for-39) with 9R, 3 doubles, 2HR and 9RBI over the span…entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning. • C Mike Zunino (3-for-5, 1 double) drove in the Mariners' first run of the game, hitting his 19th home run of the season in the fourth inning…was his first homer away from Safeco Field since 7/17 at Houston, snapping a stretch of 14 straight road games without a homer…has 2HR in 18 road games since the All-Star Game after hitting 5HR in 29 road games before the break…is 3HR shy of his single-season career high (22HR in 2014). • Tied his season high in hits (third time, also 6/3 vs. Tampa Bay and 6/12 at Minnesota)…was the only Mariner with a multi-hit game. • The Mariners challenged a safe call at first base during Brett Gardner's first-inning at bat and had the call overturned following a replay review.

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Sat., 8/26 vs. Seattle RHP Sonny Gray (7-8, 3.38) vs. RHP Yovani Gallardo (5-9, 5.75) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., 8/27 vs. Seattle RHP (9-10, 4.86) vs. LHP Andrew Albers (2-0, 3.60) 1:05 p.m. YES/TBS 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