Official Game Information Yankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: (718) 579-4460 • [email protected] • Twitter: @yankeespr & @losyankeespr 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 2013 (2012) NEW YORK YANKEES (68-59) at TAMPA BAY RAYS (72-53) Current Standing in AL East: . 4th, -6 .0 RHP Hiroki Kuroda (11-8, 2.41) vs. RHP Chris Archer (6-5, 2.95) Games Behind for 2nd Wild Card . -3 .5 Current Streak: . Won 5 Friday, August 23 • Tropicana Field • 7:10 p.m. Current Road Trip: . .0-0 Recent Homestand: . 4-0 Game #128 • Road Game #63 • TV: MY9 • Radio: WCBS-AM 880 Last Five Games: . 5-0 Last 10 Games: . 8-2 AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees open a three-game series at Tampa Bay… marks the first game of a six-game road Home Record: . 38-27 (51-30) trip which also includes three games from Mon .-Wed . at Toronto before an off day on Thursday… just completed a brief Road Record: . .30-32 (44-37) homestand, sweeping four games from the Blue Jays… following this road trip, begin a 10-game homestand with games vs . Day Record: . .. 26-20 (32-20) Night Record: . 42-39 (63-47) Baltimore (8/30-9/1), Chicago-AL (9/2-4) and Boston (9/5-8) . Pre-All-Star . 51-44 Are 10-2 in their last 12 games since 8/11, marking their best 12-game stretch this season . Post-All-Star . 17-15 Have improved to 17-15 since the All-Star break after starting out 7-13 . vs . AL East: . 28-22 (41-31) Are just 3 .5G behind in the race for the second Wild Card spot and 6 .0G behind Boston in the AL East… trailed Boston by a vs . AL Central: . 19-11 (21-16) season-high 11 .5G in the division entering play on 8/8 (just over two weeks ago), having made up 5 .5G in that time . vs . AL West: . 14-16 (20-15) Have won 22 one-run games this season, matching their total from all of 2012 . vs . National League: . 7-10 (13-5) Are 42-39 in night games and 26-20 in day games this season . vs . RH starters: . 44-42 (58-43) Since last reaching their season-high-water mark of 12G over .500 (30-18 at the close of play on 5/25), have gone 38-41, vs . LH starters: .. .. 24-17 (37-24) Yankees Score First: . 44-13 (59-27) including 15-23 on the road and 23-18 at home . Opp . Score First: . .24-46 (36-40) In 1978 after 127G, were 73-54 (2nd behind Boston, -7 .5G)… after 128G, were 74-54 (2nd behind Boston, -7 .5G) . Leading After 6: . 49-4 (73-8) Trailing After 6: . 9-47 (13-54) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees defeated Toronto, 5-3, on Thursday, to complete a 10-0 home season series vs . the Tied After 6: . .. 10-8 (9-5) Jays… Yankees batters were outhit, 8-4… scored two in the fifth and three in the sixth… was the Yankees’ first game this Leading After 7: . 54-3 (79-5) season in which they had more runs than hits… LHP Andy Pettitte held the Blue Jays to 1ER in 6 .0IP (4H, 3BB, 3K, 1HR), Trailing After 7: . 6-49 (9-58) earning his second straight win and improving to 9-9 this season… in the fifth, CF Curtis Granderson (1-for-3) tied the game, Tied After 7: . 8-6 (7-4) 1-1, with a lead-off solo HR and DH Vernon Wells (0-for-4) drove in a run on a force out… in the sixth, SS Eduardo Nunez Leading After 8: . 56-3 (88-5) Trailing After 8: . 4-51 (1-58) (1-for-2) drove in two runs on a bases-loaded single and CF Chris Stewart (1-for-3) drove in the Yankees’ final run on a Tied After 8: . 8-4 (5-4) groundout… RHP Preston Claiborne tossed a scoreless eighth (1 .0IP, 1H) and RHP David Robertson earned his second Extra-Inning Games: . 4-5 (6-3) save of the season (also 8/12 vs . Los Angeles-AL), tossing a perfect ninth (1 .0IP) . One-run Games: . 22-14 (22-25) Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 38-25 (41-33) 4,000 ARRIVES: With a first-inning single in Wednesday’s win vs . Toronto, RF Ichiro Suzuki notched his 4,000th career hit NYY Scores 5 or more: . 40-4 (68-19) when combining his totals from the Majors (2,722) and the Pacific League (1,278)… the plateau of hits from the highest NYY Scores 4 or more: . 53-12 (83-27) levels of baseball in the U .S . and Japan has been reached only twice before: by Pete Rose (4,256) and Ty Cobb (4,191) . NYY Scores 3 or less: . 15-47 (12-40) Over his last 79G since 5/25, is batting .293 (82-for-280) with 33R, 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4HR, 21RBI, 13SB and a .327 OBP . NYY Scores 2 or less: . 4-38 (6-27) Opp . Scores 5 or more: . 8-34 (14-46) Has more hits over the 13 years of his Major League career (2,723) than any other Major Leaguer has had over any Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 59-25 (81-19) 13-year span all time . Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 44-20 (66-8) Donated a game-used jersey from his 4,000th-hit game to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N .Y . Opp . Scores 2 or less: . 30-8 (46-4) Yankees No Errors: . 47-39 (66-40) SERIESOUSLY SPEAKING: With their series victory vs . Toronto this week, the Yankees have won four consecutive series since Yankees Make Error(s): . 21-20 (29-27) 8/9 (2-1 vs . Detroit, 3-1 vs . Los Angeles-AL, 2-1 at Boston, and 3-0 in the current four-game set vs . Toronto), marking their NYY Starter Goes 6: . 51-34 (71-35) longest such streak since winning four consecutive series from 4/8-21 (at Cleveland, vs . Baltimore, vs . Arizona and at Toronto, Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 36-44 (54-48) respectively)… last won five straight series from 9/11-26/12 (also five straight series wins) …their 8/9-11 series win vs . Detroit, Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 41-8 (66-12) Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 16-45 (20-50) marked their first series win going 2-1 from 7/5-7 vs . Baltimore… snapped a streak of going 0-5-3 in series from 7/8-8/7, their Hit Totals Are Even: . .11-6 (9-5) longest non-winning single-season streak since going 0-8-3 over an 11-series span in 1991 according to the Elias Sports Bureau . Come-From-Behind Wins: . 31 (46) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 8 (9) HIT MEN: Over their last 10G (since 8/13), Yankees batters are hitting .327 (115-for-352) with 69 runs scored, 18 doubles, 13HR, C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 1 (4) 35BB and a .395 on-base percentage . C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 0 (1) Have raised their team season batting average from .240 to .247 over the last 10G since 8/13 . Yankees hit 0HR: . 20-38 (7-24) With runners in scoring position over their last 10G, are batting .324 (34-for-105) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 57RBI, 16BB Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 48-21 (88-43) and a .413 on-base percentage . Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 24-7 (55-17) Walk-off Wins: . 6 (5) Walk-off Losses: . 6 (6) COMEBACK TRAIL: SS Derek Jeter began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, going Series Record: . 19-18-6 (30-15-7) 2-for-3 with 1R, 1 double and 1RBI in the RailRiders’ 5-2 loss vs . Pawtucket . Series Record, home: . 11-8-3 (17-7-2) Series Record, road: . .. 8-10-3 (13-8-5) BIRD BATH: The Yankees were undefeated at home vs . Toronto this season, going 10-0… according to the Elias Sports Series Openers: . 22-20 (32-20) Bureau, it marked the fifth time in franchise history the Yankees swept a home season series vs . a single team they hosted Series Finales: . 21-21 (34-18) at least 10 times (also 10-0 vs . the 2004 Devil Rays, 11-0 vs . 1957 K .C . Athletics, 11-0 vs . the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics Sweeps by Yankees: . 7 (10) and 10-0 vs . the 1940 Senators)…have won 13 straight home games vs . Toronto, marking an all-time best franchise Sweeps by Opponent: . 5 (4) home winning streak vs . the Jays… marks the Yankees’ second-longest home winning streak vs . any team since 1961, TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY trailing only a 14-game streak in the Bronx vs . Kansas City from 8/7/02-4/13/06 . August 23, 1968: The Yankees play a 19-inning 3-3 tie vs . Detroit at Yankee Stadium (in Game 2 of a doubleheader), GRAND PLANS: In Thursday’s win vs . Toronto, CF Curtis Granderson (1-for-3) hit his first home run off left-handed tied for the third-longest game in pitching this season and his Major League-leading 31st homer off a lefty since the start of 2011 . franchise history and the longest without a winner and loser .