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 (42-42) at MINNESOTA TWINS (38-46) Standing in AL East: ..............3rd, -3.5 Current Streak: .....................Won 1 RHP Chase Whitley (3-2, 4.70) vs. RHP Kyle Gibson (7-6, 3.77) Home Record: .............18-23 (46-35) Road Record:. 24-19 (44-37) Friday, July 4, 2014 • Target Field • 3:10 P.M. ET Day Record: ................15-11 (32-24) Night Record: ..............27-31 (53-53) Game #85 • Road Game #44 • TV: YES/ESPN2 • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Pre-All-Star .................42-42 (51-44) Post-All-Star ...................0-0 (34-33) vs. AL East: ................. 17-18 (37-39) AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the second game of a GEHRIG REMEMBERED: Today, Major vs. AL Central: ................ 5-6 (22-11) four-game series at Minnesota after winning the series opener, League Baseball will commemorate the 75th vs. AL West: ................ 10-11 (17-16) vs. National League: ..........10-7 (9-11) 7-4, on Thursday… is also the first game of an 11-game road trip anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” vs. RH starters: ............. 28-28 (53-54) leading into the All-Star break, including games at Cleveland speech (the Yankees held their ceremonies prior vs. LH starters: .............. 14-14 (32-23) (7/7-10) and Baltimore (7/11-13)… went 1-5 on their six-game to Wednesday’s loss vs. Tampa Bay)… the speech Yankees Score First: ..........28-8 (53-21) Opp. Score First:. 14-34 (32-56) homestand completed on Wednesday, going 1-2 vs. Boston took place on 7/4/39, at the original Yankee Leading After 6: ...............34-4 (59-6) and 0-3 vs. Tampa Bay. Stadium in between games of a doubleheader Trailing After 6: ...............4-32 (13-62) Snapped their season-high five-game losing streak on vs. Washington… for more information about that day, Tied After 6: ....................4-6 (13-9) Leading After 7: ...............33-4 (65-4) Thursday…marked their longest losing skid since 6/26- including the speech in its entirety, please see p. 284 of the Trailing After 7: .............. 3-33 (10-64) 30/13 (also 5G). Yankees Media Guide or visit yankeespressbox.com, where it Tied After 7: ....................6-5 (10-8) Five of the Yankees’ last seven wins have been come-from- is posted. Leading After 8: ...............36-2 (69-4) Trailing After 8: ............... 3-35 (4-68) behind (6/17-18, 20, 25). Tied After 8: ....................3-5 (12-4) Are 3-9 in their last 12 overall games since 6/21 on the heels QUALITY GUY: With an 12-3 record and 2.27 ERA (122.2IP, Extra-Inning Games: .............4-3 (6-6) of an 8-2 stretch from 6/10-20. 31ER, 101H, 18BB, 130K) in 17GS this season, RHP Masahiro One-run Games: .............9-10 (30-16) Two (or fewer)-run Games: .....23-15 (50-30) Tanaka leads the Majors in wins… ranks second in the AL NYY Scores 5 or more: .......22-10 (51-7) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Thursday, the Yankees snapped and fourth in the Majors in ERA, trailing only St. Louis’ Adam NYY Scores 4 or more: .....33-14 (66-16) their season-high five-game losing streak, defeating the Twins, Wainwright (1.89), Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto (1.99) and NYY Scores 3 or less: ........ 9-28 (19-61) Seattle’s Felix Hernandez (2.10). 7-4, at Target Field… RHP Masahiro Tanaka earned the win, NYY Scores 2 or less: ..........3-23 (6-50) Recorded quality starts (at least 6.0IP and 3ER or fewer) Opp. Scores 5 or more:. 1-32 (12-47) allowing a career-high 4ER in 7.0IP (9H, 0BB, 3K)… 3B Zelous Opp. Scores 4 or less: ...... 41-10 (73-30) Wheeler (2-for-4) made his Major League debut, recording his in each of his first 16 starts this season (4/4-6/28) prior Opp. Scores 3 or less: ....... 35-5 (55-22) first career hit with a fifth-inning HR and his second hit with a to allowing 4ER in 7.0IP on Thursday at Minnesota…tied Opp. Scores 2 or less: ....... 23-3 (40-10) CC Sabathia (also 16GS from 6/3-8/22/10) for the longest Yankees No Errors: ......... 30-20 (61-47) single in the seventh… DH Carlos Beltran (1-for-4) hit a go- Yankees Make Error(s):. 12-22 (24-30) such streak in franchise history… joined Montreal’s Steve NYY Starter Goes 6: ........ 31-19 (62-45) ahead three-run HR in the fifth…was his 367th career homer, surpassing Lance Berkman (366) for sole possession of fourth Rogers in 1973 (also first 16 career games) as the only Come-From-Behind Wins: ........17 (41) two pitchers in MLB history (since ER became an official Yankees hit 0HR: ...........14-20 (26-49) place on Baseball’s all-time home runs list among switch- Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 28-21 (59-28) hitters…RHP David Robertson (1.0IP, 1BB, 3K) struck out the statistic, NL-1912, AL-1913) to have as long a streak from Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ............7-8 (31-8) the start of a career… the Yankees are 13-4 in his starts in Walk-off Wins: ........................1 (7) side in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his 19th save…was his Walk-off Losses: ......................3 (6) 367th career appearance, tying Lefty Gomez for 11th place on 2014 and 29-38 in all other games. Series Record: .......... 11-15-3 (23-24-6) the Yankees’ all-time games pitched list. Series Record, home: ... 5-10-0 (13-10-3) JETER METER: Over his last 21 games since 6/10, SS Derek Series Record, road: ...... 6-5-3 (10-14-3) Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:. 4 (9) / 4 (7) FIREWORKS DISPLAY: The Yankees are playing the Twins Jeter, is batting .302 (26-for-86) with 11R, 4 doubles, 1HR, on July 4th for the second straight year and eighth time 9RBI and 5BB. since the franchise moved to Minnesota in 1961…in seven Hit his 534th career double in Tuesday’s loss vs. Tampa Bay, TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY previous Independence Day games vs. the Twins, have tying Lou Gehrig for first place in franchise history. July 4, 1983: Dave Righetti tosses gone 4-3, sweeping a doubleheader at the original Yankee On Monday and Tuesday vs. Tampa Bay, stole bases in a no-hitter in a 4-0 Yankees win vs. Stadium in 1964 (7-5 and 2-1); losing a doubleheader at consecutive games for the first time since 7/22-23/11 at Boston, striking out Wade Boggs for Metropolitan Stadium (3-8 and 6-7); winning, 3-2, in 1985 Oakland. the final out. It is the Yankees’ sixth all- Had his seven-game hitting streak snapped in Wednesday’s time regular season no-hitter and first at the original Yankee Stadium; losing, 2-6, at home in 2007; since Allie Reynolds had two in 1951. and winning, 9-5, at Target Field in 2013. loss vs. Tampa Bay… over the stretch from 6/24-7/1, batted July 4, 1939: Lou Gehrig Appreciation Are playing on the road on the Fourth of July for the .357 (10-for-28) with 1HR, 4RBI and 2BB. Day is held at the original Yankee fourth straight year, the first time they have done that Drove in a run in three straight games (Saturday-Monday), Stadium. During the ceremony, in franchise history. marking his longest RBI streak since 8/20-22/12 (also 3G). which is held in between games of a doubleheader vs. Washington, Gehrig Are 30-27 on the Fourth of July in the Expansion Era delivers his “Luckiest Man” speech. (since 1961)…have lost three of their last five road OUT OF THE BLOCKS: The Yankees are 17-4 in 2014 when leading after the first inning… are 25-38 in all other TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY games on the Fourth of July and seven of their last 11. games… after three innings, are 37-17 when leading (28-11) or July 5, 1951: RHP Rich “Goose” tied (9-6) and 5-25 when trailing at that point. Gossage is born in Colorado Springs, ZEALOUS OVER ZELOUS: INF Zelous Wheeler made his Colo. Elected to the 2008 Hall of Fame Major League debut in Thursday’s win at Minnesota… class, Gossage had a 22-year career collected his first Major League hit with a fifth-inning solo CLOSE CALLS: The Yankees are 23-15 (.605) in games decided with nine teams, including two stints HR…became just the sixth Yankee in the last 40 years to by two-or-fewer runs this season, tied with Milwaukee (also 23- with the Yankees (1978-83, ’89). collect a home run as his first Major League hit, joining Andy 15) for the best such record in the Majors. Phillips (2004), Marcus Thames (2002), Alfonso Soriano (1999), MILESTONE WATCH Dan Pasqua (1985) and Joe Lefebvre (1980)–credit: Elias. FOUR SCORE: The Yankees are 41-10 (.804) when holding Yankees All-time Lists opponents to four-or-fewer runs, tied with Los Angeles-AL, Stat Player Rk. Has NYY Rk. Has 41-10, 8.04) for the best such record in the Majors.