POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (0-1) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (1-0) MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015

R H E LOB SERIES TORONTO BLUE JAYS 6 6 0 6 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 1 3 1 5 0

STARTING TIME: 1:21 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 2:59 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 54 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 48,469 (Sellout #1) WINNING PITCHER: Drew Hutchison (1-0) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Masahiro Tanaka (0-1) Yankees: Masahiro Tanaka (82/50) SAVE: None Blue Jays: Drew Hutchison (93/57)

HOME RUNS (2015 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES TORONTO Brett Gardner (#1 / 6th inn. / 0 on / 0 out / 3-1 / Hutchison / TOR 5 – NYY 1) Edwin Encarnacion (#1 / 3rd inn. / 1 on / 1 out / 2-1 / Tanaka / TOR 5 – NYY 0) Devon Travis (#1 / 7th inn. / 0 on / 0 out / 1-1 / Shreve / TOR 6 – NYY 1)

NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees suffered their fourth consecutive Opening Day loss, their longest streak since also losing four in a row from 1982-85…are 1-6 on Opening Day since 2009…have still lost just four home openers since 1992 (20-4 in that span). • Had won seven consecutive home series openers vs. Toronto dating back to 9/19/12…are still 29-6 in the last 35G between the teams in the Bronx. • The club’s three hits were their fewest on Opening Day since being three-hit in a 4-2 loss on 4/3/84 at Kansas City. • Yankees pitchers matched an Opening Day franchise record with 12K, equaling the previous mark set on 4/6/12 at Tampa Bay. • Five players made their Yankees debuts today: SS Didi Gregorius (0-for-2, 1HBP), RHP Chris Martin (1.0IP, 3K), LHP Chasen Shreve (1.1IP, 1H, 1R/1ER, 1HR), RHP David Carpenter (1.2IP, 1K), and LHP Justin Wilson (0.2IP, 3BB, 1K)…Martin, Shreve and Carpenter combined to retire 12 of 13 batters from the fifth through eighth innings. • RHP Masahiro Tanaka took the loss after allowing 5R/4ER over 4.0IP (5H, 2BB, 6K, 1HR)…dating back to 9/21/14, has gone 5.1IP-or-fewer in three straight starts after beginning his Major League career with 18 consecutive starts of at least 6.0IP…has allowed 4ER-or-more in four of his last five starts after permitting 3ER-or-fewer in his first 16 MLB starts. • LF Brett Gardner hit the Yankees’ first home run of the season to lead off the sixth…it was the 100th Opening Day home run in franchise history and first by a Yankee since Raul Ibanez on 4/6/12 at Tampa Bay…it was Gardner’s first career Opening Day home run. • RHP Chris Martin struck out the side in the fifth inning…is the second Yankees pitcher since 1914 to strike out every batter faced in his team debut (min. 3BF), joining RHP Edwar Ramirez, who struck out all 3BF in his MLB debut on 7/3/07 vs. Minnesota. • DH Alex Rodriguez (1-for-2, 1BB) played in his first game since 9/25/13 vs. Tampa Bay…singled in the fifth for his first hit since 9/22/13 vs. San Francisco…batted seventh in the lineup, his lowest spot in the starting lineup since batting eighth for Seattle vs. Minnesota on 5/7/96 . • Opening Day Festivities: Pregame festivities included the presentation of colors by the West Point Cadet Color Guard, featuring a giant American flag unfurled in the outfield…2014 Hall of Fame inductee and former Yankees manager Joe Torre threw out the ceremonial first pitch…the U.S.M.A. at West Point Band performed both national anthems, and Paul Nolan from Broadway show Doctor Zhivago performed “God Bless America.”

TORONTO BLUE JAYS NOTES • The Blue Jays have improved their record to 20-19 on Opening Day and 10-13 on the road in season openers…Toronto is 7-4 on Opening Day since 2005 and 1-2 against the Yankees all-time on Opening Day. • RHP Drew Hutchison (6.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 2BB, 3K, 1HR) won his first career Opening Day start as he became the youngest pitcher in franchise history to start on Opening Day (24 years, 227 days)…is now 4-4 with a 4.15 ERA (43.1IP, 20ER) in eight career starts against the Yankees…is 3-1 with a 1.90 ERA (23.2IP, 5ER) in his last four starts vs. the Yankees. • 2B Devon Travis (2-for-2, 1RBI) recorded his first MLB hit with a seventh-inning home run…is the ninth Blue Jay to hit a home run for his first MLB hit, the first since J.P. Arencibia on 8/7/10 vs. Tampa Bay…is the fourth Blue Jay in team history to hit a home run in his MLB debut. • DH Edwin Encarnacion (1-for-4) hit a two-run home run in the third inning…is batting .378 (17-for-45) with 8R, 4HR and 9RBI in his last 12 games against the Yankees…owns a .500 (5-for-10) career batting average against Tanaka. • DH Dioner Navarro (1-for-4) is batting .339 (19-for-56) with 7RBI in his last 15 games against the Yankees. • RHP Miguel Castro (1.1IP, 1K) did not allow a hit in his Major League debut.

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Wed., 4/8 vs. Toronto RHP Michael Pineda (5-5, 1.89 in ‘14) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (14-13, 3.71 in ‘14) 7:05 p.m. YES 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 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