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 (62-43) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (50-58) Current Standing in AL East . 1st, +6 .5 Current Streak . Won 2 RHP HIROKI KURODA (10-7, 3.28) VS. RHP FELIX HERNANDEZ (9-7, 2.79) Current Homestand: . .. 3-4 aturday uguSt p m et ankee tadium Last Road Trip: . 2-5 S , a 4 • 1:05 . • y S Last Five Games: . 2-3 game #106 / Home game #55 • tV: yeS / mlb net. • radio: wcbS (eng.)/wado(Span.) Last 10 Games: . 5-5 Home Record: . 33-21 (52-29) Road Record: . .29-22 (45-36) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will play the second game of a three-game series vs . the Seattle Mariners today… is their Day Record: . .. 21-11 (44-12) third and final opponent on their current nine-game homestand… began the ‘stand with series losses vs . Boston (1-2) Night Record: . 41-32 (53-53) and Baltimore (1-2)… Friday began a stretch of 20 straight days without a scheduled day off through 8/22… following this vs . AL East . .. 20-17 (39-33) series, embark on a seven-game road trip to Detroit (Monday-Thursday) and Toronto (8/10-12) . vs . AL Central . 15-9 (22-14) At 62-43 ( .590), are tied with Texas for the best record in the AL, and third-best in the Majors behind Cincinnati (65-41 vs . AL West . 14-12 (23-13) ( .613) and Washington (63-43, .594)… are 19 games over .500, four shy of their season high-water mark . vs . National League . 13-5 (13-5) vs . RH starters . .. 40-29 (62-48) AT THE TOP: Today marks the 53rd consecutive day the Yankees will be in sole possession MOST GRAND SLAMS vs . LH starters . 22-14 (35-17) of first place in the AL East… marks their longest such stretch atop the AL East since 2009 SINCE 2010 Yankees Score First: . 37-15 (71-23) when they held sole possession of first place for each of the final 77 days of the season . Opps . Score First: . 25-28 (26-42) ROBINSON CANO ....7 ALEX RODRIGUEZ . 5 Leading After 6: . 48-5 (81-11) YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Yankees won their second straight game with a 6-3 victory vs . Trailing After 6: . 9-36 (9-45) Andre Ethier . 4 Tied After 6: . 5-2 (7-9) Seattle… LHP CC Sabathia hurled his 35th career complete game (ninth as a Yankee), CURTIS GRANDERSON . 4 Leading After 7: . 51-4 (88-8) holding the M’s to 3H and 3ER in 9 .0 (1BB, 10K, 2HR) for his fourth straight win… 3B Eric Matt Joyce . .. 4 Trailing After 7: . 7-37 (4-49) Chavez (2-for-4) hit his 10th homer of the season… LF Ichiro Suzuki (1-for-4) extended his Brian McCann . 4 Tied After 7: . 4-2 (5-8) season-high hitting streak to 10 games . Mike Stanton . 4 Leading After 8: . 57-4 (91-4) Trailing After 8: . 0-36 (2-50) A SEA OF RED: Today, the Yankees, in partnership with DKMS, will host Yankee Stadium’s Tied After 8: . 4-3 (3-11) All-Time Lists Courtesy of first bone marrow donor drive…over 15 stations will be set up in the Stadium from the the Elias Sports Bureau Extra-Inning Games: . 3-2 (4-12) time gates open through the 7th inning…any Guest that would like to participate can fill One-run Games: . 13-15 (21-24) out a brief questionnaire on an iPad and provide a cheek swab - taking approximately 4-5 HOME RUNS Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 24-22 (38-39) minutes in total…in addition, all Guests in attendance on Saturday will receive red hats . 1 . Barry Bonds . 762 NYY Scores 5 or more . .. 48-12 (71-14) 2 . Hank Aaron . 755 NYY Scores 4 or more: . 57-16 (86-27) MM, MM, GOOD: LHP CC Sabathia, on Friday, won his eighth straight start against Seattle 3 . Babe Ruth . 714 NYY Scores 3 or less: . 5-27 (11-38) 4 . Willie Mays . 660 dating back to 8/13/09, posting a 1 .20 ERA (60 .0IP, 30H, 8ER) during the span… according NYY Scores 2 or less . 2-18 (1-27) 5. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...644 Opp . Scores 5 or more . 9-29 (14-43) to the Elias Sports Bureau, he has tied the Yankees’ longest streak of consecutive winning 6 . Ken Griffey Jr . 630 Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 53-12 (83-22) starts against one team over the last 50 seasons: Sabathia also won eight straight vs . Baltimore (2009-10); Andy Pettitte won eight in-a-row vs . Baltimore (2002-03); and Mel HITS Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 44-4 (69-14) 11 . Eddie Murray . 3,255 Opp . Scores 2 or less . 30-2 (46-7) Stottlemyre had such a streak against the Angels (1970-73) . 12 . Nap Lajoie . 3,252 Yankees No Errors: . 43-23 (56-37) Earned his 11th win of the season last night, reaching the mark in each of his 12 Major 13. DEREK JETER ....3,226 Yankees Make Error(s): . 19-20 (41-28) league seasons…becomes just the fourth pitcher in the Modern Era (since 1900) to 14 . Cal Ripken, Jr . 3,184 NYY Starter Goes 6: . 50-22 (73-33) accomplish the feat: also Don Sutton (first 17 seasons, 1966-82), Eddie Plank (first 16 15 . George Brett . 3,154 Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 38-35 (46-48) seasons, 1901-16) and Tom Seaver (first 13 seasons, 1967-79) . (since becoming Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 42-6 (66-7) RBI an official statistic in 1920) Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 15-32 (22-54) GO, GO CANO: 2B Robinson Cano has hit safely in 31 of his last 35 games since 6/24, Hit Totals Are Even: . 5-5 (9-4) 4 . Babe Ruth . 1,992 Come-From-Behind Wins: . 32 (37) including a career-high 23 straight from 6/24-7/20… was the longest hitting streak by a 5 . Stan Musial . 1,950 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 7 (10) Yankee since Derek Jeter hit safely in 25 in-a-row from 8/20-9/16/06…has hit safely in 84 6 . ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...1,937 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 3 (4) of 105 games this season (80 .0%) . 7 . Jimmie Foxx . 1,924 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 1 (3) Leads all Major League second basemen with 24HR and 63RBI…with his next home RUNS Yankees hit 0HR: . 2-15 (20-24) run, will tie Tony Lazzeri (169) for the most by a Yankee whose primary position was 9 . Lou Gehrig . 1,888 Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 60-28 (77-41) second base . 10 . Tris Speaker . 1,882 Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 40-12 ( 51-15) Collected his 30th double of the season in Friday’s win vs . Seattle, reaching the 11. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...1,878 Walk-off Wins: . 2 (3) plateau for the eighth time in his career…is one of six players all-time to record at 12 . Mel Ott . 1,859 Walk-off Losses: . 5 (7) least 30 doubles in each of his first eight ML seasons: also Albert Pujols, Ted Williams, 13 . Craig Biggio . 1,844 Series Record: . 19-11-4 (34-13-7) Earl Averill, Paul Waner and Al Simmons . 14 . Frank Robinson . 1,830 Series Record, home: . 10-5-2 (21-4-2) 15. DEREK JETER ... 1,829 Series Record, road: . 9-6-2 (13-9-5) CLOSE CALLS: 11 of the Yankees’ last 14 games have been decided by three runs or less, 16 . Eddie Collins . 1,822 Series Openers: . 24-11 (28-26) 17 . Carl Yastrzemski . 1,816 with six of the games being decided by one run (0-6 in those contests)… the six straight 18 . Ted Williams . 1,799 Series Finales: . 22-12 (33-21) losses in games decided by one run is the team’s longest such skid since 1995 when they Sweeps by Yankees . 8 (9) Sweeps by Opponent . .. 3 (4) lost seven straight one-run decisions in 1995 (credit: Elias Sports Bureau)… each of the Yankees’ first nine losses since the All-Star break were by two runs or less, falling MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS, TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY by a combined 12 runs over those games . 25 DOUBLES/25HR, August 4, 2007: Alex Rodriguez hits his 500th career home run off Kansas ML SECOND BASEMAN City’s Kyle Davies in a 16-8 Yankees BOMB SQUAD: The Yankees have hit a Major League-high 167HR in 2012… marks Dan Uggla . 5 (2006-10) victory . At 32 years, 8 days old, the franchise’s most homers through 105 games and is the seventh-highest total for Ryne Sandberg . 4 (1989-92) Rodriguez becomes the youngest any team all time through their first 105G of a season… are the most since the 2005 player ever to reach the 500HR Alfonso Soriano . 4 (2002-05) plateau . Would hit his 600th HR on Rangers (174HR through 105G)… are on pace for 258HR this season… the club record ROBINSON CANO ...3 (2009-11) the same day in 2010 off Toronto’s is 244, set in 2009, and the all-time record is 264 (1997 Mariners) .