SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014 TODAY’S GAME: NEW YORK YANKEES (7-5-1) vs. DETROIT TIGERS (7-6-1) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: YES/MLBN 2 Derek Jeter . .. INF RHP HIROKI KURODA (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP ANIBAL SANCHEZ (0-0, 3.60) 11 Brett Gardner . OF In relief for NYY: RHP Shawn Kelley, RHP Jose Campos, RHP Robert Coello, RHP Danny Burawa and RHP Yoshinori Tateyama 12 Alfonso Soriano . OF 14 Brian Roberts . INF. YANKEE DOODLES: Today at 1:05 p .m ., the New York Yankees will play the Detroit Tigers at George M . Steinbrenner Field in 17 Brendan Ryan . INF Tampa… are scheduled for 34 total spring games, including 33 against Major League opposition (defeated Florida State, 8-3, in 18 Hiroki Kuroda . RHP their first game of the spring on 2/25)… are slated for 17 home games, including 16 vs . Major League teams… will play six night 19 Masahiro Tanaka . RHP games, including five at home (3/4 vs . Baltimore, 3/7 vs . Detroit, 3/21 vs . Pittsburgh, 3/25 vs . Philadelphia and 3/28 vs . Miami) 22 Jacoby Ellsbury . OF and one on the road (3/20 at Boston)… marks the Yankees’ 19th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2014), formerly 24 Scott Sizemore* . INF Legends Field, and the 112th season in franchise history . 25 Mark Teixeira . INF 26 Eduardo Nunez .. .. INF YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Tuesday, the Yankees fell to the Washington Nationals, 3-2, at Space Coast Stadium… LHP CC 27 Shawn Kelley . RHP Sabathia started and allowed 3ER in 3 .0IP (4H, 2BB, 3K)… Yankees relievers (Matt Daley, Jim Miller, David Herndon, Cesar Cabral 28 Joe Girardi . MANAGER and Brian Gordon) combined to hold the Nationals to 1H and 2BB with 8K in 5 .0IP… Yankees hitters did not have a baserunner 29 Francisco Cervelli . C prior to a two-out, fifth-inning triple by SS Eduard Nunez (1-for-3)… RF Zoilo Almonte (1-for-2) doubled and scored a run . 30 David Robertson . RHP 31 Ichiro Suzuki . OF CANAL STREET: On Saturday and Sunday, the Yankees and Miami Marlins will Most Seasons as a Yankees Player 33 Kelly Johnson . INF participate in the “Legend Series” with a two-game series at Panama City’s Rod Player Seasons 34 Brian McCann . C Carew Stadium… the series will honor the legacy of recently-retired all-time saves DEREK JETER ....... 19 (1995-2013) 35 Michael Pineda . RHP leader Mariano Rivera… the series will mark the return of Major League Baseball Mariano Rivera . .. 19 (1995-2013) 36 Carlos Beltran . OF to Panama for the first time since 1947… the “Legend Series” will include charitable Yogi Berra . 18 (1946-63) 38 Preston Claiborne . RHP events away from the field, including a gala featuring representation of both teams Mickey Mantle . 18 (1951-68) 40 Matt Daley* . RHP Frank Crosetti . 17 (1932-48) on 3/14 to benefit the Mariano Rivera Foundation… proceeds from the dinner will 41 David Phelps . RHP go to Children’s Hospital in Panama City, the largest pediatric hospital in the country . Bill Dickey . 17 (1928-43, ’46) Lou Gehrig . 17 (1923-39) 43 Adam Warren . RHP Jorge Posada . 17 (1995-2011) 45 Andrew Bailey . RHP MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have four Japan-born players in camp: OF Ichiro Whitey Ford .. 16 (1950, ’53-67) 47 Ivan Nova . RHP Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Masahiro Tanaka and non-roster invitee RHP Bernie Williams . 16 (1991-2006) 48 Matt Thornton . LHP Yoshinori Tateyama… the Yankees have had six Japan-born players in their history: MLB All-Time Hits List 50 Mick Kelleher . 1B COACH Hideki Irabu (1997-99), Hideki Matsui (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda 1 . Pete Rose .. .. 4,256 52 CC Sabathia . LHP 2 . Ty Cobb . 4,191 (2012-13), Ryota Igarashi (2012) and Ichiro Suzuki (2012-13)… with Tanaka and 53 Austin Romine . C 3 . Hank Aaron . 3,771 Kuroda, the Yankees will have two Japan-born pitchers in their starting rotation, 4 . Stan Musial . 3,630 54 Kevin Long . HITTING becoming the first team to do so since the Los Angeles Dodgers had starters Hideo 5 . Tris Speaker . 3,514 55 David Herndon* . .. RHP Nomo and Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004 . 6 . Honus Wagner . 3,430 56 Tony Pena . BENCH 7 . Carl Yastrzemski . 3,419 57 Chris Leroux* . RHP DOUBLE TAKE: Major League Baseball’s new instant replay rules will be in effect in 8 . Paul Molitor . 3,319 58 Larry Rothschild . PITCHING seven Yankees games this spring (3/6 at Philadelphia, 3/8 at Houston, 3/12 vs . Detroit, 9. DEREK JETER .............3,316 59 Rob Thomson . 3B COACH 10 . Eddie Collins . 3,313 3/13 at Philadelphia, 3/17 at Pittsburgh, 3/22 at Minnesota and 3/29 vs . Miami) . 60 Gary Tuck . BULLPEN Most Hits in Franchise History 61 Jim Miller* . RHP 1. DEREK JETER .............3,316 62 Robert Coello* . RHP #WINNING: The Yankees secured their 21st consecutive winning season last year 2 . Lou Gehrig . 2,721 (1993-2013)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the second-longest 3 . Babe Ruth . 2,518 63 Yoshinori Tateyama* . .. RHP such streak among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ run of 4 . Mickey Mantle . 2,415 64 Cesar Cabral . LHP 39 straight wining seasons from 1926-64 . 5 . Bernie Williams . 2,336 65 Zoilo Almonte . OF 66 John Ryan Murphy . C THE SKIPPER: In 2014, Manager Joe Girardi enters his seventh season (2008-present) at the helm of the 67 Vidal Nuno . LHP Yankees… owns a 564-408 ( .580) record in six years with the club, which is the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… is 68 Dellin Betances . RHP sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy-1,460, Joe Torre-1,173, Casey Stengel-1,149, 70 Russ Canzler* . INF Miller Huggins-1,067 and Ralph Houk-944… has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) along 71 Brian Gordon* . .. RHP with a World Series championship in 2009… was named to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager 72 Corban Joseph* . INF in franchise history… his 566. (642-492) career winning pct . (including a 78-84 mark in 2006 with Florida) is the 73 Antoan Richardson* . OF highest by any skipper with at least 1,000 games managed since Hall of Famer Earl Weaver tallied a 1,480-1,060 74 Bruce Billings* . RHP ( .583) mark over a 17-year managerial career (1968-82 and ‘85-86) . 75 Manny Banuelos . LHP 78 Slade Heathcott . OF SUPPORTING CAST: The Yankees drew an AL-high 3,279,589 fans to Yankee Stadium in 2013, leading the AL in total 79 Nik Turley . LHP attendance for the 11th consecutive season… also led the AL with an average of 40,489 fans per home game… both 80 Jose Gil* . C marks were fourth in the Majors, behind only Los Angeles-NL (3,743,527/46,216), St . Louis (3,369,769/41,602) and San 81 Ramon Flores . OF Francisco (3,369,106/41,594)… the Yankees also led the AL in road attendance (2,690,604)… the Yankees’ combined draw 82 Gary Sanchez . C of 5,970,203 fans topped the AL for the 15th consecutive season . 83 Chase Whitley* . RHP 84 Mark Montgomery* . RHP SOMETHING YOU JUST CAN’T TEACH: The Yankees spring training roster features 11 players who are 6’4” or taller, 85 Bryan Mitchell . RHP 86 Jose Pirela* . INF all of whom are pitchers… the tallest is 6’8” RHP Dellin Betances, followed by 6‘7” LHP CC Sabathia and 6’7” RHP 87 Francisco Arcia* . C Michael Pineda… at 6’6” are RHP Chris Leroux and LHP Matt Thornton… at 6’5” are RHPs Robert Coello and David 88 Danny Burawa* . RHP Herndon… at 6’4’ are RHPs Jose Campos, Shane Greene, Ivan Nova and LHP Nik Turley . 89 Yangervis Solarte* . INF 90 Shane Greene . RHP FOR STARTERS: Today vs . Detroit, RHP Hiroki Kuroda will make his third spring appearance and second start… last started 91 Tyler Austin* . OF on 3/7 vs . Detroit, tossing 2 .2 scoreless innings (1H, 1BB, 5K)… earned the win on 3/2 vs . Philadelphia, tossing 2 .0 scoreless 92 Fred Lewis* . LHP innings (1H, 2K) in relief of CC Sabathia… in 2013, went 11-13 with a 3 .31 ERA (201 .1IP, 74ER) in 32 starts for the Yankees… was 93 Dean Anna . .. INF 7-3 with a 2 .35 ERA (88 .0IP, 23ER) in 14 starts at Yankee Stadium and 4-10 with a 4 .05 ERA (113 .1IP, 51ER) in 18 road starts… his 94 Jose Campos . RHP nine scoreless starts were most among all AL hurlers… went undefeated in July, going 3-0 in five starts with a 0 .55 ERA (33 .0IP, 25H, 2ER, 6BB, 25K), marking the lowest single-month ERA (min . 5GS) by any Yankees pitcher since at least 1916 . 95 Adonis Garcia* . OF • On Thursday vs . Baltimore, RHP Michael Pineda will make his second appearance­­—and first start—of the 96 Pete O’Brien* . C 97 Mason Williams* . OF spring… pitched in relief on 3/7 vs . Detroit, tossing 2 .0 scoreless innings (1H, 4K)… began 2013 on the 60-day D .L . recovering 98 Zelous Wheeler* . INF from right shoulder surgery performed on 5/1/12… in five combined rehab starts with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton *Non-roster invitees and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, went 2-0 with a 2 .82 ERA (22 .1IP, 7ER)… was optioned to Scranton/WB on 7/7 after coming off the D .L .