POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (28-18) vs. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (22-26) SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2017 R H E LOB SERIES OAKLAND ATHLETICS 2 7 0 8 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 3 2 0 4 1 STARTING TIME: 1:09 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 3:14 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 72 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 40,218 WINNING PITCHER: CC Sabathia (5-2) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Jharel Cotton (3-5) Yankees: CC Sabathia (96/60) SAVE: Dellin Betances (5) Athletics: Jharel Cotton (107/61) HOME RUNS (2017 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES ATHLETICS th th Matt Holliday (#9 / 6 inn. / 1 on / 2 outs / Cotton / NYY 3 – OAK 1) Josh Phegley (#2 / 7 inn. / solo / 1out / first pitch / Sabathia / NYY 3 – OAK 2 NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees are 4-2 over their last 6G…at 10G over .500, are 2G shy of their season-high watermark of 12G over at the close of play on 5/8 (were 21- 9)…are 3-2 on their rain-shortened six-game homestand…improved to 16-8 (.667) at home this season. • Snapped a four-game home losing streak vs. Oakland…the Yankees’ win also snapped an eight-game streak of the road team winning games between the clubs (start of 2016 – 5/26/17). • LHP CC Sabathia (6.1IP, 6H, 2ER, 3BB, 9K, 1HR) has won each of his last three starts, posting a 1.50 ERA (18.0IP, 15H, 4R/3ER, 6BB, 19K, 2HR) …marks his first three-start winning streak since 4/7-17/13…his 9K today were his most in a single game since 8/17/16 vs. Toronto (12K). • With his start today, became the 21st left-handed pitcher in the Modern Era (since 1900) to make at least 10 starts in 16 different seasons. • Ranks 22nd on the all-time strikeout list with 2,772K, trailing 21st-place Frank Tanana (2,773) by 1K. • Is 11-11 with a 4.55 ERA (195.2IP, 99ER) in 31 career starts against the Athletics…now has at least a .500 career record against every team in the Majors except for the Yankees (1-8, 6.16 ERA in 9GS). • Yankees starting pitchers have a 1.56 ERA (34.2IP, 23H, 6ER, 5BB, 41K, 3HR) in five starts this homestand. • Yankees batters had just two hits today, both in consecutive at-bats with two outs in the sixth (Holliday two-run HR followed by Castro single to center)…scored their first run in the first on a walk, HP, WP and SF. • Marked the Yankees’ fifth win in a game with 2H-or-fewer in the last 60 years (since 1958)…the other such victories were: a 2-1 win on 5/29/16 at TB (1H); a 1-0 win on 7/20/94 at Oakland (2H); a 3-2 win on 9/9/88 vs. Detroit (2H); and a 4-3 win on 8/24/85 at Seattle (2H). • Have homered in seven of their last eight games…their 70HR this year marks their fifth-highest total through 46G of a season in franchise history (74HR-2002, 73HR-2009, 71HR-2012 and 2011). • Faced a rookie starter for the fourth time this season (Jharel Cotton), joining Dylan Covey (4/19 vs. Chicago-AL), Tyler Glasnow (4/21 at Pittsburgh) and Rookie Davis (5/8 at Cincinnati)…the four have combined to go 0-3 with an 7.32 ERA (19.21P, 26H, 19R/16ER, 10BB, 15K, 4HR). • DH Matt Holliday (1-for-3, 1HP) had the Yankees’ first hit today (and only extra-base hit) with his two-run HR in the sixth…is batting .290 (27-for-93) with 14R, 5 doubles, 7HR, 20RBI, 7BB with a .919 OPS over his last 25 games (since 4/28). • C Gary Sánchez (0-for-2, 2R, 2BB) scored two of the Yankees’ three runs. • RHP Dellin Betances (1.2IP, 3K) retired all five batters faced to record his fifth save of the season…has saves in each of his last five appearances (since 5/17), tossing 5.1 combined scoreless IP (1H, 0BB, 10K)…today marked his third career save of 1.2IP-or-more (also 6/17/15 vs. Miami-1.2IP; and 7/7/14 at Cleveland-2.0IP). OAKLAND ATHLETICS NOTES • The Athletics are 1-1 on their current seven-game road trip…have lost nine of their last 12 road games and 14 of their last 18G on the road…also snapped their four-game winning streak in the Bronx (4/19/16-5/26/17) • Oakland pitchers allowed only 2H for the second time this season (also 2H on 4/8 at Texas)…marks their first loss with 2H-or-fewer since 5/1/16 vs. Houston (allowed 2H in 2-1 loss). • RHP Jharel Cotton (5.2IP, 2H, 3ER, 5K, 1HR, 1WP, 1HP) started and took the loss…did not allow a hit until he surrendered a two-out, two-run home run in the sixth…his 107 pitches marked a career high (previous: 103 pitches on 9/13/16 at Kansas City). • Is 3-1 with a 2.55 ERA (24.2IP, 7ER) in four day starts this season and 0-4 with a 9.47 ERA (19.0IP, 20ER) in four night starts. • Has posted a 3.13 ERA (23.0IP, 8ER) on the road and an 8.27 ERA (20.2IP, 19ER) at home. • Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville prior to today’s game. • 3B Trevor Plouffe (1-for-4) is batting .304 (14-for-46) vs. left-handed pitching this season. • RF Mark Canha (1-for-4) is hitting .317 (13-for-41) with 5R, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 3HR, 7BRI and 4BB since being recalled from Triple-A Nashville on 5/9. • 1B Ryon Healy (2-for-4) hit an RBI double in the sixth inning and doubled again in the eighth…has collected a hit in 12 of his last 13 games…tied his career high with 2 doubles (6x, last: 9/28/16 at Los Angeles-AL). • C Josh Phegley (2-for-4) hit a solo home run in the seventh…is hitting .353 (12-for-34) in nine career games vs. the Yankees. • 2B Jed Lowrie (0-for-4) was ejected by HP umpire Will Little in the eighth inning…snapped his season-high seven-game hitting streak. • LF Kris Davis (0-for-1) tied his career high with 3BB (also 9/14/16 at Kansas City. • Manager Bob Melvin was ejected in eighth inning by HP umpire Will Little. • Oakland batters tied their season high with14 K (also 4/28 at Houston)…struck out 13 times last night…marked the first time Oakland batters recorded at least 13K in consecutive games since 5/8-9/15. -more- UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Sun., 5/28 vs. Oakland RHP Michael Pineda (5-2, 3.35) vs. RHP Andrew Triggs (5-3, 2.77) 1:05 p.m. YES Mon., 5/29 at Baltimore LHP Jordan Montgomery (2-3, 4.30) vs. RHP Dylan Bundy (5-3, 2.92) 1:05 p.m. YES/ESPN Tues., 5/30 at Baltimore RHP Luis Severino (3-2, 3.11) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (1-1, 4.43) 7:05 p.m. YES Wed., 5/31 at Baltimore RHP Masahiro Tanaka (5-4, 5.86) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (2-4, 6.17) 7:05 p.m. WPIX 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 .