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POSTGAME NOTES (1-1) vs. (1-1) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015

R H E LOB SERIES TORONTO BLUE JAYS 3 7 0 7 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 4 7 2 7 1

STARTING TIME: 7:10 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 2:56 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 44 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 31,020 WINNING : (1-0) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: (0-1) Yankees: Michael Pineda (96/62) : (1) Blue Jays: R.A. Dickey (94/51)

HOME RUNS (2015 TOTAL / / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES TORONTO None None

NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES  Earned their first win of 2015…their 1-1 record marks their best start since going 2-0 to begin the 2011 season…had started 0-2 each of the past three seasons (2012-14).  Are 21-4 at home against the Blue Jays since 9/19/12 and 30-6 since 5/24/11.  The Yankees scored three runs and batted around in the eighth inning to erase a 3-1 deficit…the half-inning took 23 minutes…had scored just two runs in their first 16 of 2015.  RHP Michael Pineda (6.0IP, 6H, 2R/2ER, 1BB, 6K) has recorded 6.0IP and allowed 2ER-or-fewer in each of his last three starts vs. the Blue Jays but is winless in all three (0-2)…in 14 starts as a Yankee, has recorded at least 6.0IP and allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 10 of them.  LHP Andrew Miller (1.0IP, 1K) earned his second career save in his Yankees debut tonight.  CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for-2, 2R, 2BB, 1SB) reached base four times, his most times on base since reaching five times (4-for-4, 1BB) on 7/20/14 vs. Cincinnati…recorded the Yankees’ first stolen base of the season in the sixth…scored the tying on C Brian McCann’s HBP in the eighth.  3B Chase Headley (2-for-4, 1RBI) singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth…marked his third game-winning RBI in the eighth inning or later as a Yankee (had a walk-off in Yankees debut vs. Texas on 7/22/14 and a walk-off HR vs. Boston on 9/4/14)…had the Yankees’ first multi- game of 2015…the switch-hitter batted right-handed in all three plate appearances against Toronto starter RHP R.A. Dickey, including a seventh-inning single.  1B Mark Teixeira (1-for-3, 1 double, 1BB) collected his first hit of the season with a double in his first at-bat…the switch-hitter batted right-handed in all three plate appearances against Toronto starter RHP R.A. Dickey.  PH-RF Chris Young (1-for-1, 1 double, 1R) doubled to right to start the eighth-inning rally…it was the Yankees’ first pinch-hitting appearance of the season…12 of his 21 hits as a Yankee are for extra bases (nine doubles, 3HR).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS NOTES  The Blue Jays have lost 21 of their last 25 and 30 of their last 36 games in the Bronx…Toronto is now 9-12 in their last 21 games against the Yankees.  RHP R.A. Dickey (6.1IP, 4H, 1ER, 3BB, 4K) is now winless in his last four starts at …is now 6-3 with a 2.57 ERA (84.2IP, 24ER) in 17 games (11 starts) against the Yankees…batters went 0-for-5 against him with runners in scoring position.  Has not won a season debut with the Blue Jays as he lost two consecutive starts from 2013-14.  Has thrown at least 6.0IP in 20 of his last 21 games.  DH Edwin Encarnacion (2-for-4) has reached base safely in 12 of his last 13 games against the Yankees…is batting .387 (19-for-49) with 8R, 4HR and 9RBI over that stretch.  2B Devon Travis (2-for-4, 1RBI) and Encarnacion were the only Blue Jays to record multi-hit games…has RBI in each of his first two Major League games.  RHP (0.2IP, 1K) appeared in his second consecutive game and did not allow a hit.  LHP (0.1IP, 1H, 1BB, 1K) recorded his fifth career blown save, allowing the tying run by hitting McCann with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.  RHP (0.2IP, 1K) retired both batters and recorded his first in his Major League debut.

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Thurs., 4/9 vs. Toronto LHP CC Sabathia (3-4, 5.28 in ‘14) vs. LHP Daniel Norris (0-0, 5.40 in ‘14) 7:05 p.m. YES Fri., 4/10 vs. Boston RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-14, 4.37 in ‘14) vs. LHP Wade Miley (8-12, 4.34 in ‘14) 7:05 p.m. PIX11 Sat., 4/11 vs. Boston RHP (3-6, 2.97 in ‘14) vs. RHP Steven Wright (0-1, 2.57 in ’14) 1:05 p.m. YES Sun., 4/12 vs. Boston RHP (0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP (1-0, 0.00) 8:05 p.m. ESPN 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