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 (75-64) vs. BOSTON RED SOX (84-57) Current Standing in AL East: . 3rd, -8 .0 Games Behind for 2nd Wild Card . -2 .5 RHP Ivan Nova (8-4, 2.88) vs. RHP Jake Peavy (11-5, 3.91) Current Streak: . Won 3 Thursday, September 5 • Yankee Stadium • 7:05 p.m. Current Homestand: . 5-1 Recent Road Trip: . 2-4 Game #140 • Home Game #72 • TV: YES/MLBN • Radio: WCBS-AM 880 Last Five Games: . 4-1 Last 10 Games: . 7-3 AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the first game of a four-game series vs . Boston… is the seventh game of a 10- Home Record: . 43-28 (51-30) game homestand after sweeping three straight from Chicago-AL from Monday-Wednesday and winning two of three Road Record: . .32-36 (44-37) Day Record: . .. 29-21 (32-20) from Baltimore last weekend… prior to this homestand, completed a 2-4 road trip, going 1-2 at Tampa Bay (8/23-25) and Night Record: . 46-43 (63-47) 1-2 at Toronto (8/26-28)… following this homestand, the Yankees embark on a 10-game road trip to Baltimore (9/9-12), Pre-All-Star . 51-44 Boston (9/13-15) and Toronto (9/17-19) . Post-All-Star . 24-20 Are 9-1 in their last 10 home games (since 8/20) and 15-3 in their last 18 home games (since 7/28)… had a season-high six- vs . AL East: . 32-27 (41-31) game home winning streak from 8/20G1-31, marking their longest such streak since a seven-gamer from 9/15-22/12 . vs . AL Central: . 22-11 (21-16) Are 24-20 since the All-Star break, including 17-7 in their last 24 games since 8/11… went vs . AL West: . 14-16 (20-15) 7-13 to start the stretch . YANKEES MANAGERS vs . National League: . 7-10 (13-5) ALL TIME WINS Are 11 .0G over .500 for the first time since the close of play on 6/9 (37-26)… with a win vs . RH starters: . 48-45 (58-43) tonight, would match their season-high-water mark of 12 .0G over .500 (previously reached 1 . Joe McCarthy . 1,460 vs . LH starters: .. .. 27-19 (37-24) 2 . Joe Torre. 1,173 twice before: 30-18 on 5/25 and 28-16 on 5/20)… since last reaching their season-high- Yankees Score First: . 47-17 (59-27) 3 . Casey Stengel . 1,149 Opp . Score First: . .28-47 (36-40) water mark on 5/25, have gone 45-46, including 28-19 at home and 17-27 on the road . 4 . Miller Huggins . 1,067 Leading After 6: . 54-5 (73-8) Are 2 .5G behind in the race for the second Wild Card spot and 8 .0G behind Boston in 5 . Ralph Houk . 944 Trailing After 6: . 10-51 (13-54) the AL East… trailed Boston by a season-high 11 .5G in the division entering play on 8/8, 6 . Billy Martin . 556 Tied After 6: . .. 11-8 (9-5) having made up 3 .5G in that time . 7. JOE GIRARDI ......554 Leading After 7: . 59-3 (79-5) Have won 24 one-run games this season, exceeding their total from all of 2012 (22) . Trailing After 7: . 7-54 (9-58) Are 46-43 at night and 29-21 in day games in 2013 . Tied After 7: . 9-6 (7-4) Courtesy of the Leading After 8: . 62-3 (88-5) In 1978 after 139G, were 83-56 (2nd behind Boston, -3 .0G)…after 140G, were 84-56 Elias Sports Bureau (2nd behind Boston, -2 .0G) . Trailing After 8: . 4-56 (1-58) MOST HITS - ALL TIME Tied After 8: . 9-4 (5-4) Extra-Inning Games: . 5-5 (6-3) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Wednesday, the Yankees completed a sweep of the White Sox, winning 1 . Pete Rose . 4,256 2 . Ty Cobb . 4,191 One-run Games: . 24-14 (22-25) 6-5…led, 5-1, after a four-run fourth inning and, 6-1, after seven before allowing four runs in 3 . Hank Aaron . 3,771 Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 41-26 (41-33) the top of the eighth… LHP CC Sabathia allowed 3ER in 7 .1IP (5H, 4BB, 4K) and earned the NYY Scores 5 or more: . 45-4 (68-19) 4 . Stan Musial . .. 3,630 win, improving to 13-11 on the season and 19-4 in 33 career starts against the White Sox… 2B 5 . Tris Speaker . 3,514 NYY Scores 4 or more: . 58-12 (83-27) Robinson Cano (3-for-4) hit a solo HR in the first, marking his 203rd career home run, surpassing NYY Scores 3 or less: . 17-52 (12-40) 6 . Honus Wagner . 3,430 NYY Scores 2 or less: . 5-42 (6-27) Bill Dickey (202) and tying Roger Maris (203) for 14th place on the Yankees’ all-time home runs 7 . Carl Yastrzemski . 3,419 Opp . Scores 5 or more: . 10-38 (14-46) list…added an RBI-single in the fourth… 1B Lyle Overbay (1-for-3) had an RBI-double… CF Brett 8 . Paul Molitor . 3,319 9. DEREK JETER ....3,315 Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 64-26 (81-19) Gardner (2-for-4) singled in the second and had a two-run triple in the fourth… DH Alfonso 10 . Eddie Collins . 3,313 Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 48-20 (66-8) Soriano (0-for-2) had a sac fly in the seventh which proved to be the margin of victory… RHP Opp . Scores 2 or less: . 34-8 (46-4) Mariano Rivera entered with two runners on and two out in the eighth…retired each of his four Yankees No Errors: . 52-40 (66-40) batters faced to earn his second save in as many days and his 41st of the season (1 .1IP, 1K) . NYY HRs ALL TIME Yankees Make Error(s): . 23-24 (29-27) 11 . Don Mattingly . 222 NYY Starter Goes 6: . 56-37 (71-35) “MO”-MENTUM: RHP Mariano Rivera has 41 saves in 2013, reaching the 40-save plateau for the 12 . Jason Giambi . 209 Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 39-47 (54-48) ninth time and tying Trevor Hoffman for the most such seasons all time . 13 . Dave Winfield . 205 Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 47-8 (66-12) T14. ROBINSON CANO ....203 Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 16-49 (20-50) Roger Maris . 203 Hit Totals Are Even: . .12-7 (9-5) LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT: Since 8/11, the Yankees are 15-1 when hitting at least 1HR… are 16 . Bill Dickey . 202 Come-From-Behind Wins: . 35 (46) 53-22 this season when hitting at least 1HR . 17 . Tino Martinez . 192 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 9 (9) Scored 5R in the eighth inning of Tuesday’s win vs . the White Sox and 8R in the fourth inning C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 1 (4) of Monday’s 9-1 win over the White Sox despite not hitting any HRs in either frame… the C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 0 (1) latter game marked their most runs scored in an inning without the aid of a HR since MOST HRs in MLB since 7/26 Yankees hit 0HR: . 22-42 (7-24) scoring 8R in the bottom of the seventh inning of a 9-3 win on 5/22/11 vs . the Mets . (Date of Soriano acquisition by NYY) Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 53-22 (88-43) T1. ALFONSO SORIANO .....12 Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 26-7 (55-17) Have won each of the last two games in which they have failed to hit a home run (Monday and Tuesday) after going 1-9 in their previous 10 such games (8/2-9/1) . Miguel Cabrera . 12 Walk-off Wins: . 6 (5) T3 . Chris Davis . 10 Walk-off Losses: . 6 (6) Are 22-42 this year when hitting 0HR… went 7-24 when failing to homer in 2012… their Edwin Encarnacion . 10 Series Record: . 21-20-6 (30-15-7) 64G without a HR are more than twice the total from all of last year (31)… matches their Justin Morneau . 10 Series Record, home: . 13-8-3 (17-7-2) most homerless games since 1997 (64)… last had more homerless games in 1991 (67) . Darin Ruf . 10 Series Record, road: . .. 8-12-3 (13-8-5) Series Openers: . 24-22 (32-20) PITCH MEN: Yankees pitchers have had a sub-4 .00 ERA in each of the last three years (2013-3 .78 Series Finales: . 23-23 (34-18) 2012-3 .84, 2011-3 .73), marking the club’s longest such stretch since a 35-year streak from 1951-85 . YANKEES SEPT./OCT. Sweeps by Yankees: . 8 (10) REGULAR SEASON Sweeps by Opponent: . 5 (4) RECORDS UNDER TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY EXIT SANDMAN: On Sunday, 9/22, the Yankees will hold a special pregame ceremony to honor the JOE GIRARDI September 5, 2007: In a 10-2 win vs . career of RHP Mariano Rivera…guests with valid tickets to that day’s game vs . the San Francisco Year Record Seattle, 3B Alex Rodriguez hits two Giants are encouraged to be in their seats no later than 12:30 p .m .… gates will open at 11:00 a .m .