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 (62-58) at BOSTON RED SOX (72-51) Current Standing in AL East: . 4th, -8 .5 LHP Andy Pettitte (7-9, 4.62) vs. LHP Felix Doubront (8-5, 3.66) Games Behind for 2nd Wild Card . -6 .0 Current Streak: . .. Lost 1 Friday, August 16 • Fenway Park • 7:10 p.m. ET Current Road Trip: . .0-0 Recent Homestand: . 5-2 Game #121 • Road Game #60 • TV: MY9/MLBN • Radio: WCBS-AM 880 Last Five Games: . 4-1 Last 10 Games: . 5-5 AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees begin a three-game series at Boston… just completed a 5-2 homestand, which included Home Record: . 34-27 (51-30) going 2-1 vs . Detroit (8/9-11) and 3-1 vs . the Angels (8/12-15)… following this series, will have an off day on Monday followed Road Record: . .28-31 (44-37) by a four-game series vs . Toronto at Yankee Stadium, which will include a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday . Day Record: . .. 24-19 (32-20) Night Record: . 38-39 (63-47) Have won four of their last five after having their four-game winning streak snapped on Thursday vs . Los Angeles-AL… the Pre-All-Star . 51-44 streak marked the first time the Yankees had a winning streak of any length since three straight victories from 7/10- Post-All-Star . 11-14 12… was also their longest winning streak since a season-high six-game run from 7/1-6 . vs . AL East: . 22-21 (41-31) Scored at least 11R in consecutive wins vs . Los Angeles-AL (14-7 win on Tues . and an 11-3 win on Wed .) for the just vs . AL Central: . 19-11 (21-16) the third time over the last five seasons (since the start of 2009)… also accomplished the feat from 4/8-9/13 (11-6 and vs . AL West: . 14-16 (20-15) 14-1 wins at Cleveland) and 6/14-15/11 (consecutive 12-4 wins vs . Texas)… also vs . National League: . 7-10 (13-5) tallied 19H and 12H, respectively, marking their most in back-to-back contests BEST YANKEES BATTING vs . RH starters: . 41-41 (58-43) since also combining for 31H from 4/8-9/13 at Cleveland . AVERAGES AT FENWAY PARK vs . LH starters: .. .. 21-17 (37-24) (min 200AB in career) Yankees Score First: . 43-13 (59-27) Have scored at least 4R in their last 3G, marking their first such stretch since 6/4-6 . Player Batting Average Opp . Score First: . .19-45 (36-40) Are 38-39 in night games this season compared to 24-19 in day games . 1 . Lou Gehrig . .350 Leading After 6: . 45-4 (73-8) Since last reaching their season-high-water mark of 12 G over .500 (30-18 at the close 2 . Bob Meusel . .340 Trailing After 6: . 8-46 (13-54) of play on 5/25), have gone 32-40, including 13-22 on the road and 19-18 at home . 3. ROBINSON CANO ......... .340 Tied After 6: . 9-8 (9-5) In 1978 after 120G, were 69-51 (2nd place behind Boston, -7 .5G)… after 121G, were 4 . Moose Skowron . .339 Leading After 7: . 50-3 (79-5) 69-52 (2nd place behind Boston, -7 .5G) . Trailing After 7: . 6-48 (9-58) Tied After 7: . 6-6 (7-4) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees had their four-game winning streak snapped on Thursday, losing to the Angels, 8-4, at Leading After 8: . 51-3 (88-5) Trailing After 8: . 4-50 (1-58) Yankee Stadium in their series finale… trailed 3-1 from the top of the fourth until Yankees relievers allowed five runs in the Tied After 8: . 7-4 (5-4) eighth inning, including a grand slam by former Yankee Chris Nelson off Boone Logan… Yankees No. 2-4 batters (Soriano, Extra-Inning Games: . 4-5 (6-3) Cano, Rodriguez) went 9-for-15 with 2R, 1 double and 2RBI… RHP Phil Hughes allowed 3ER in 6 .0IP (6H, 1BB, 5K, 1HR, One-run Games: . 21-14 (22-25) 1HP) in taking the loss and falling to 4-12 this season… is 0-5 with a 6 .09 ERA (34 .0IP, 23ER) in seven starts since 7/8…SSLF Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 35-25 (41-33) Alfonso Soriano (4-for-5) tied a personal season high and the Yankees team-season-high with four hits… had an RBI single NYY Scores 5 or more: . 36-4 (68-19) in the third to drive in the Yankees’ first run of the game… 2B Robinson Cano (3-for-5) extended his hitting streak to 10 NYY Scores 4 or more: . 48-12 (83-27) games… had an RBI single in the ninth… RF Vernon Wells (1-for-5) doubled in two runs in the ninth . NYY Scores 3 or less: . 14-46 (12-40) END AROUND - NYY Relievers since 6/21 NYY Scores 2 or less: . 4-37 (6-27) Opp . Scores 5 or more: . 7-33 (14-46) SERIESOUSLY SPEAKING: The Yankees have won consecutive series (3-1 vs . Los Angeles-AL, Monday-Thursday; and 2-1 vs . Detroit, 8/9-11) for the first time since 7/1-4 at Minnesota and 7/5-7 vs . Baltimore… haven’t won more than two series in a row http://www .statspass .com/data/mlb/statistics/searchResults . Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 54-25 (81-19) asp?tp=1&plr=1&tmtxt=&lgtxt=&curtxt=&lg=&tm=&time=3 Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 40-20 (66-8) since taking four consecutive series from 4/8-21 (at Cleveland, vs . Baltimore, vs . Arizona and at Toronto, respectively)… their &d1=6%2F21%2F2013&d2=1%2F1%2F2014&sum=2&gmty Opp . Scores 2 or less: . 29-8 (46-4) 8/9-11 series win vs . Detroit, marked their first series win in more than a month (went 2-1 from 7/5-7 vs . Baltimore)… snapped p=1&spText=As+Reliever&mode=21_17&split=128&cust=&- Yankees No Errors: . 43-39 (66-40) a streak of going 0-5-3 in series from 7/8-8/7, which was their longest such single-season streak of non-winning series since custTot=&Submit=Generate+Report Yankees Make Error(s): . 19-19 (29-27) going 0-8-3 over a span of 11 series in 1991 according to the Elias Sports Bureau . NYY Starter Goes 6: . 47-34 (71-35) Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 34-43 (54-48) MAKING LOCAL STOPS: Will play each of their next 16 games as well as 33 of their 42 overall remaining games against AL East Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 38-8 (66-12) Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 14-44 (20-50) competition… are 22-21 vs . the AL East in 2013, including 7-13 over their last 20 division games . Hit Totals Are Even: . .10-6 (9-5) Come-From-Behind Wins: . 26 (46) SORI STATE: LF Alfonso Soriano had 14RBI in the Yankees’ four-game series from Monday-Thursday vs . the Angels, batting C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 6 (9) .588 (10-for-17) with 7R, 1 double and 4HR… marked the most RBI in a single series by any Major Leaguer this season… the C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 0 (4) last Yankee to drive in at least 14 runs in a single series of any length was Joe DiMaggio in a six-game set vs . Cleveland from C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 0 (1) 8/25-27/38 (14RBI)… the last Yankee to accomplish the feat in a series of four-games-or-fewer was Tony Lazzeri from 5/23- Yankees hit 0HR: . 20-37 (7-24) 25/36 at Philadelphia (16RBI in four games) . Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 42-21 (88-43) Set personal single-game career-highs in RBI in consecutive games, driving in seven runs on Wednesday after driving in six Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 22-7 (55-17) runs on Tuesday… became one of just three Major Leaguers since RBI became an official statistic in 1920 to record at least THE CHARLESTON COMET Gardner since 7/9 Walk-off Wins: . 5 (5) 6RBI in each of two consecutive games, joining Milwaukee’s Geoff Jenkins on 4/28-29/01 (6RBI each game) and Texas’s Rusty http://www .statspass .com/data/mlb/players/player .asp?id=8289&men Walk-off Losses: . 6 (6) u=logs&pit=N&noReg=&nav=YNYN&type=1&cust=&loc=&oppTxt=& Series Record: . 17-18-6 (30-15-7) Greer on 8/22-23/97 (6RBI each game)…on Wednesday had a grand slam in the first inning, a bases-loaded two-run double opp=&wlt=&split=0&sea=all&year2=&gmtyp=1&d1=7%2F9%2F2013 Series Record, home: . 10-8-3 (17-7-2) in the second, a solo-HR in the fifth and a walk in his final PA of the game in the seventh…his 13RBI over the two-game &d2=1%2F1%2F2014&Submit=Submit&filterstat=0&filteropr=%3E% Series Record, road: . .. 7-10-3 (13-8-5) stretch is the second-highest total in consecutive games in franchise history, trailing only Tony Lazzeri’s 15RBI from 5/23G2- 3D&filternum= Series Openers: .