Official Game Information Yankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: (718) 579-4460 • E-mail: [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 2014 (2013) NEW YORK YANKEES (76-71) at BALTIMORE ORIOLES (88-60) Standing in AL East: .............3rd, -11.5 RHP Hiroki Kuroda (10-9, 3.91) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (12-5, 3.36) Games Behind for Second WC ....... -5.0 Current Streak: .....................Won 1 Sunday, September 14, 2014 • Camden Yards • 8:05 p.m. ET Home Record: .............38-35 (46-35) Road Record:. 38-36 (44-37) Game #148 • Road Game #75 • TV: ESPN • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Day Record: ................30-21 (32-24) Night Record: ..............46-50 (53-53) Pre-All-Star .................47-47 (51-44) AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the final game of a four- STARRING ROLE: Since 8/1, OF Ichiro Suzuki is batting .321 Post-All-Star ................29-24 (34-33) game series at Baltimore… is also the fourth game of a seven- (27-for-84), the seventh-highest mark in the AL (min. 80PA). vs. AL East: ................. 29-32 (37-39) game road trip that also includes three games at Tampa Bay vs. AL Central: .............. 19-16 (22-11) (Mon.-Wed.)… went 5-4 on their nine-game homestand from IN CONTROL: Entering today’s game, Yankees pitchers vs. AL West: ................ 15-16 (17-16) 9/2-11 (2-1 vs. Boston, 1-2 vs. K.C., 2-1 vs. T.B.)… will return to own the second-highest strikeout-to-walk ratio in modern vs. National League: ..........13-7 (9-11) Yankee Stadium on 9/18 for an eight-game homestand against MLB history (since 1900), according to the Elias Sports vs. RH starters: ............. 54-51 (53-54) Toronto (9/18-21) and Baltimore (9/22-25), before finishing the Bureau… have a 3.39 K/BB ratio (1,237K, 365BB), trailing only vs. LH starters: .............. 22-20 (32-23) regular season with three games at Boston (9/26-28). the 2014 Nationals’ 3.59 (1,185K, 330BB). Yankees Score First: ........44-22 (53-21) Are 5G above .500, which is 2G shy of their season-high Yankees pitchers have 1,237K in 147G in 2014…are on pace Opp. Score First:. 32-49 (32-56) Leading After 6: ..............60-10 (59-6) watermark of 7G over (last reached at close of play on 8/29). to surpass the Yankees’ single-season record (1,318K in 2012). Trailing After 6: ...............7-48 (13-62) Are 13-10 since 8/21 and 29-24 since the All-Star break. Tied After 6: ...................8-12 (13-9) Finish the regular season with 21 games in 20 days from OFF BASE: RHP Dellin Betances has 128K and has allowed just 42H Leading After 7: ...............60-5 (65-4) 9/9-28 (are 3-3 thus far). in 85.2IP in 2014, averaging 4.41H/9.0IP and 13.45K/9.0IP… both Trailing After 7: .............. 5-53 (10-64) ratios are the best in MLB among pitchers with at least 75.0IP. Tied After 7: ..................10-12 (10-8) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Saturday, the Yankees defeated the With his 2K in the Yankees’ 9/5 loss vs. Kansas City, surpassed Leading After 8: ...............62-2 (69-4) Orioles, 3-2, at Camden Yards…the win snapped a five-game Goose Gossage (122K in 134.1IP in 1978) for the second- Trailing After 8: ............... 5-56 (4-68) losing streak vs. the O’s from 7/13-9/12 (Game 2)…RHP Shane most strikeouts by a reliever in franchise history, trailing Tied After 8: ...................8-12 (12-4) Greene started and earned the win, allowing 2ER in 5.1IP (7H, only Mariano Rivera’s 130K (in 107.2IP) in 1996. Extra-Inning Games: .............7-7 (6-6) One-run Games: ...........24-21 (30-16) 1BB, 9K, 1HR)…C Brian McCann (1-for-3) drove in the Yankees’ Two (or fewer)-run Games: 45-34 (50-30) first run with a solo HR in the second inning…later in the inning, THE BRONX BOMBERS: According to research performed NYY Scores 5 or more: .......43-10 (51-7) RF Antoan Richardson (1-for-3) hit a run-scoring single to by the Elias Sports Bureau, the Yankees have hit 14,994 NYY Scores 4 or more: .....58-18 (66-16) collect the first RBI of his Major League career…also stole second home runs in franchise history since their inception in 1903 NYY Scores 3 or less: ....... 18-53 (19-61) base in the inning on the back end of a double steal, with LF and need 6HR to reach 15,000… some previous Yankees NYY Scores 2 or less: ..........7-40 (6-50) Chris Young (1-for-4) stealing home to complete the Yankees’ milestone home runs have been hit by Bob Muesel (No. Opp. Scores 5 or more:. 7-44 (12-47) scoring…2B Martin Prado (1-for-4) batted in the cleanup spot 1,000 in a 4-2 win on 9/2/25 vs. Boston off Paul Zahniser), Opp. Scores 4 or less: ...... 69-27 (73-30) in the starting lineup for the first time as a Yankee…Yankees Opp. Scores 3 or less: ...... 56-15 (55-22) Mickey Mantle (No. 5,000 in a 10-8 loss on 8/8/54 at Detroit Opp. Scores 2 or less: ....... 39-8 (40-10) relievers (Rogers, Outman, Kelley and Robertson) closed out off Billy Hoeft), and Claudell Washington (No. 10,000 in a 7-6 Yankees No Errors: ......... 51-40 (61-47) the game with 3.2 scoreless innings (2H, 1BB, 1K). win on 4/20/88 at Minnesota off Jeff Reardon). Yankees Make Error(s):. 25-31 (24-30) The Yankees are the only team in Major League history with NYY Starter Goes 6: ........ 53-38 (62-45) FEELS LIKE HOME: C Brian McCann hit just his third more than 14,000 home runs (the Giants are second). Come-From-Behind Wins: ........36 (41) road homer of the season in Saturday’s win at Baltimore The Yankees have 54HR since the All-Star break, second in Yankees hit 0HR: ...........25-31 (26-49) (compared to 16HR at Yankee Stadium)…was his first home the AL and sixth in MLB over the stretch. Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 51-40 (59-28) run on the road since 5/23 at Chicago-AL, snapping a 37- Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ..........16-17 (31-8) Walk-off Wins: ........................7 (7) game road homerless stretch…marked the second-longest WHAT A RELIEF: Over their last 11G (since 9/3), Yankees Walk-off Losses: ......................7 (6) such stretch of his career behind a 48-game span on the relievers have allowed just 6ER in 41.1IP (1.31 ERA, 19H, Series Record: .......... 21-24-4 (23-24-6) road from 8/20/11-6/4/11 w/ Atlanta. 16BB, 41K)… had a 28.1-inning scoreless streak snapped in Series Record, home: ..11-14-0 (13-10-3) Wednesday’s win vs. Tampa Bay, which marked the longest Series Record, road: .... 10-10-4 (10-14-3) SAFE AT HOME: OF Chris Young stole home as part of a scoreless stretch by Yankees relievers since July-August Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:. 7 (9) / 5 (7) double steal in Saturday’s win at Baltimore…was the first 1998 (37.1IP) according to the Elias Sports Bureau. steal of home by a Yankee since Carlos Beltran on 8/11, also In their last 22G (since 8/22), have posted a 1.60 ERA (73.1IP, at Camden Yards. 13ER) and held opponents to a .168 BA (42-for-250, 25BB, 81K). TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY FAST TRACK: LF Brett Gardner stole his 20th base of the GIVING THEM ELL: In his last 24G (since 8/19), CF Jacoby Sept. 14, 1999: The Yankees defeat season in Friday’s Game 2 loss at Baltimore, marking his Ellsbury is batting .301 (28-for-93) with 13R, 2 doubles, 3 triples, the Blue Jays, 10-6 at the Skydome, 5HR, 14RBI and 7SB… has at least 1RBI in 10 of the 24G. fifth career season of at least 20SB (2009-11, ‘13-14)… is now as Bernie Williams’ grand slam in tied with Rickey Henderson (1985-89) for the fourth-most the eighth ties the game and Paul PRADO OF THE YANKEES: INF/OF Martin Prado hit a pinch- O’Neill’s slam in the ninth wins it for 20SB seasons in franchise history, trailing Derek Jeter (eight: the Yankees. 1997-98, 2000-02, ‘04, ‘06, ‘09), Hal Chase (eight: 1905-12) hit, two-run HR in the eighth inning of Thursday’s win vs. Tampa Bay, marking the Yankees’ second pinch-hit HR of the season TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY and Wid Conroy (six: 1903-08). (also Brian McCann on 8/24 vs. Chicago-AL off Petricka)… has Sept. 15, 1926: Bob Muesel ties a still- standing Major League record with YOUNGSTOWN, OH-MY-OH: OF Chris Young has hit safely hit one other PH homer in his career (on 7/20/08 w/ Atlanta vs. three sacrifice flies in the Yankees’ 6-4 in each of his last six games since 9/9, batting .417 (10-for- Washington off Odalis Perez, which was his second career HR). win at Cleveland’s League Park.