SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016 TODAY’S GAME: NEW YORK YANKEES (2-6-2) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (0-9-2) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: YES Network 11 Brett Gardner . OF RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP MIKE WRIGHT (0-0, 4.50 ERA) 12 Chase Headley . 3B Probable relievers for NYY: RHP Nick Rumbelow, LHP Chasen Shreve, RHP Vicente Campos and RHP Chad Green 13 Alex Rodriguez . DH 14 Starlin Castro . INF YANKEE DOODLES: The New York Yankees will play the 11th exhibition game of their spring schedule today against 17 Carlos Corporan* . C the Baltimore Orioles at George M . Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla… will be the second of four spring games between 18 Didi Gregorius . SS the two teams in 2016, also 3/18 at GMS Field and 3/25 at Sarasota… will play 33 total spring games, all against Major 19 Masahiro Tanaka . RHP League opposition… are slated for 16 home games… will play eight night games, including five at home (3/16 vs . 22 Jacoby Ellsbury . OF. Toronto, 3/18 vs . Baltimore, 3/22 vs . New York-NL, 3/24 vs . Tampa Bay and 3/28 vs . Detroit) and three on the road (3/15 24 Chris Parmelee* . .1B at Boston, 3/23 at Washington and 4/1 at Miami at Marlins Park)… each of the Yankees’ home night games will start at 25 Mark Teixeira . 1B 6:35 p .m …. marks the Yankees’ 21st consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2016), formerly Legends Field, and 26 Donovan Solano* . INF the 114th season in franchise history . 27 Pete Kozma* . INF 28 Joe Girardi . MANAGER YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Thursday in Tampa, the Yankees fell to the Blue Jays, 11-4 at GMS Field…RHP Nathan Eovaldi 29 Dustin Ackley . INF/OF started and recorded a no-decision, tossing 2 .0 perfect IP in his spring debut…2B Jonathan Diaz (1-for-3, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI) 30 Nathan Eovaldi . RHP hit his first home run of the spring in the fourth, giving the Yankees a 4-2 lead at the time…LHP Aroldis Chapman (0 .2 31 Aaron Hicks . .OF IP, 1ER, 2BB, 2HB, 1K) made his spring debut…3B Pete Kozma (0-for-2, 1R, 1BB) made his spring debut…RHPs Dellin Betanaces (1 .0IP, 1K) and Tyler Cloyd (1 .0IP, 1H) had scoreless appearances…RHP Diego Moreno picked up the loss in 33 Greg Bird . 1B relief, alowing 5R/4ER in 1 .1IP (3H, 1BB, 2K) . 34 Brian McCann . C 35 Michael Pineda . RHP 36 Carlos Beltran . OF In Sarasota, the Yankees played to a 4-4 tie with the Orioles… RHP Bryan Mitchell started and recorded a no-decision, allowing 1ER in 3 .0IP (4H, 1HR, 2K) in his second spring start…SS Starlin Castro (3-for-3, 1 double, 3RBI) and CF 38 Chris Denorfia* . OF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for-3, 2R) each had multi-hit efforts at the plate…3B Rob Refsnyder (1-for-3, 1R) made his second 39 Kirby Yates . RHP start and third appearance at third base…five of the Yankees’ six relievers had scoreless outings: RHPs Kyle Haynes 40 Luis Severino . RHP (2 .0IP, 1H, 1BB, 2K), Anthony Swarzak (1 .0IP, 2H, 1K), Chad Green (0 .1IP, 1H) and Brady Lail (1 .0IP, 1K) and LHP 41 Anthony Swarzak* . RHP Richard Bleier (1 .0IP, 1K) . 43 Austin Romine . C 45 Chasen Shreve . LHP RUNNIN’ REFSNYDER: With 2SB Sunday in Clearwater, 2B Rob Refsnyder has three this spring, which is tied for third 47 Ivan Nova . RHP among all Major League players…his 3SB in four games (two starts) already matches the highest total by a Yankees 48 Andrew Miller . LHP player last spring (OF Slade Heathcott)…the last Yankees player to steal more bases in spring training was OF Brett 50 Nick Rumbelow . RHP Gardner (4) in 2014, and the last infielder to steal more bases in spring training was SS Eduardo Nunez (7) in 2013 . 52 CC Sabathia . LHP 53 Joe Espada . THIRD BASE HOPE WEEK 2016: The Yankees are proud to announce the return of HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere & Excel) 54 Aroldis Chapman . LHP 55 Bryan Mitchell . RHP in 2016 for the eighth consecutive season… the initiative is rooted in the belief that acts of good will provide hope and 56 Tony Pena . FIRST BASE encouragement to more than just the recipient of the gesture… the Yankees will kick off their announcement of HOPE 57 Branden Pinder . RHP Week with a pregame ceremony on 3/18 at GMS Field prior to their 6:35 p .m . game vs . Baltimore… this year marks the fourth consecutive year that the Yankees have kicked off HOPE Week-themed events by recognizing a Tampa-area group 58 Larry Rothschild . PITCHING for making a difference in the Bay area . 59 Rob Thomson . BENCH 60 Mike Harkey . BULLPEN 61 Vinnie Pestano* . RHP WINNING WAYS: The Yankees secured their 23rd consecutive winning season last year (1993-2015)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the second-longest such streak among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ 62 Alan Cockrell . HITTING 62 Mark Montgomery* . RHP run of 39 straight winning seasons from 1926-64… the team also secured its 24th consecutive winning season at home 63 Kyle Haynes* . RHP (went 45-36 at home in 2015) extending its run since 1992… according to Elias, it is tied for the second-longest such 63 Marcus Thames . ASST . HITTING streak in Major League history, trailing only the Yankees’ 47-year home winning streak from 1918-64… the Pirates also had a 24-year streak from 1892-1915 . 64 Rob Refsnyder . INF 65 Jacob Lindgren . LHP 66 Mason Williams . OF THE SKIPPER: In 2016, Manager Joe Girardi enters his ninth season (2008-present) at the helm of the Yankees… owns 67 James Pazos . LHP a 735-561 ( .567) record in eight years with the club, which is the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… according to 68 Dellin Betances . RHP Elias, is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last eight seasons (2008-15)… is sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), 70 Eddy Rodriguez* . C 71 Slade Heathcott . OF Miller Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944)… the Yankees have reached the postseason in five of his eight seasons as manager (2009-12, ‘15), including three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World Series championship in 72 Gary Sanchez . C 2009… was named to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager in franchise history… in 2015, guided the 73 Nick Goody . RHP Yankees to an 87-75 ( .537) finish and an AL Wild Card Game berth… was at the helm for the Yankees’ 10,000th franchise 74 Ronald Torreyes . INF win on 10/1/15 vs . Boston . 75 Tyler Olson . LHP 76 Domingo German* . RHP 21 AND COUNTING: This year marks the 21st season the Yankees have held spring training at George M . Steinbrenner 77 Diego Moreno* . RHP 78 Jonathan Diaz* . INF Field in Tampa, Fla .… the complex originally opened prior to the 1996 season as Legends Field… during a pregame ceremony on 3/27/08, was renamed as George M . Steinbrenner Field in honor of principal owner George Steinbrenner 79 Cesar Puello* . OF 80 Vicente Campos . RHP III… since its inception, GMS Field has also served as home for the Single-A Tampa Yankees of the Florida State 81 Tyler Cloyd* . RHP League… prior to relocating to Tampa in 1994 (the team played at Red McEwen Field at the University of South Florida from 1994-95), the Yankees trained in Ft . Lauderdale, Fla . 82 Ben Gamel . .OF 83 Johnny Barbato . RHP HOW’S THE WEATHER UP THERE?: The Yankees’ spring training roster features 14 players who are 6’4” or taller, all but 84 Richard Bleier* . LHP 85 Luis Cessa . RHP three of whom are pitchers… the tallest is 6’8” RHP Dellin Betances, followed by OF Aaron Judge, LHP Andrew Miller 86 Kyle Higashioka* . C and RHP Michael Pineda, all of whom stand at 6’7”… LHP CC Sabathia and LHP Tyler Webb are 6’6”… listed at 6’5” is RHP 87 Brady Lail* . RHP Ivan Nova… OFOF Lane Adams, INF Greg Bird, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP James Kaprielian, RHP Branden Pinder, LHP Chasen Shreve and RHP Anthony Swarzak are all 6’4” . 88 Tyler Webb* . LHP 89 Francisco Diaz* . C FOR STARTERS: RHP Masahiro Tanaka (0-0, 0 .00 ERA) will make his second spring start for the Yankees…tossed 2 .0 shutout 90 James Kaprielian* . RHP IP (2H, 1BB, 2K) in his spring debut Sunday at Clearwater…went 12-7 with a 3 .51 ERA (154 .0IP, 60ER) and one complete game 91 Santiago Nessy* . C in 24 starts in 2015…allowed a .211 (126-for-571, 25HR) opponent’s average; LH .223 (60-for-269, 13HR), RH .219 (66-for-302, 92 Sebastian Valle* . C 12HR)…according to Baseball-Reference .com, is one of 10 Major League pitchers since 1914 to record at least 25 wins within 93 Jorge Mateo* . INF his first 44 career games…only six of the 10 won more than 25 games . 94 Tyler Wade* . INF • On Saturday at Tampa Bay, RHP Luis Severino (0-0, 10 .38 ERA) will make his second spring start (third appearance) for the 95 Dustin Fowler* . OF Yankees…tossed 3 .0 shutout IP (2H, 1HB, 3K) last time out Monday vs .