Official Game Information

Official Game Information

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 (69-62) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (59-73) Current Standing in AL East: . 4th, -7 .5 LHP Andy Pettitte (9-9, 4.26) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (3-3, 5.10) Games Behind for 2nd Wild Card . -4 .5 Current Streak: . .. Lost 1 Tuesday, August 27 • Rogers Centre • 7:07 p.m. Current Road Trip: . .1-3 Recent Homestand: . 4-0 Game #132 • Road Game #67 • TV: YES • Radio: WCBS-AM 880 Last Five Games: . 2-3 Last 10 Games: . 6-4 AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the second game of a three-game series at Toronto… marks the fifth game of a six- Home Record: . 38-27 (51-30) game road trip which also included going 1-2 at Tampa Bay over the weekend… prior to the series at the Rays, the Yankees Road Record: . .31-35 (44-37) had a brief four-game homestand last week in which they swept four games from Toronto (8/20G1-22)… following this road Day Record: . .. 27-20 (32-20) trip, the Yankees begin a 10-game homestand with games vs . Baltimore (8/30-9/1), Chicago-AL (9/2-4) and Boston (9/5-8) . Night Record: . 42-42 (63-47) With their 5-2 loss on Tuesday at Toronto, have dropped three of their last four games on the heels of a five-game winning Pre-All-Star . 51-44 Post-All-Star . 18-18 streak from 8/18-22… are 11-5 in their last 16 games since 8/11 . vs . AL East: . 29-25 (41-31) Are 4 .5G behind in the race for the second Wild Card spot and 7 .5G behind Boston in the AL East… trailed Boston by vs . AL Central: . 19-11 (21-16) a season-high 11 .5G in the division entering play on 8/8, having made up 4 .0G in that time . vs . AL West: . 14-16 (20-15) Have won 23 one-run games this season, exceeding their total from all of 2012 (22) . vs . National League: . 7-10 (13-5) Are 18-18 since the All-Star break after starting out 7-13 … are 42-42 in night games this season and 27-20 in day games . vs . RH starters: . 45-44 (58-43) Since last reaching their season-high-water mark of 12G over .500 (30-18 at the close of play on 5/25), have gone 39-44, vs . LH starters: .. .. 24-18 (37-24) including 16-26 on the road and 23-18 at home . Yankees Score First: . 44-16 (59-27) In 1978 after 131G, were 77-54 (2nd behind Boston, -6 .5G)… after 132G, were 77-55 (2nd behind Boston, -6 .5G) . Opp . Score First: . .25-46 (36-40) Leading After 6: . 49-4 (73-8) Trailing After 6: . 9-50 (13-54) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Monday, the Yankees dropped their series opener at Toronto, 5-2, snapping their 10-game Tied After 6: . .. 11-8 (9-5) winning streak against the Jays… Yankees batters and Blue Jays batters each tallied seven hits… RHP Phil Hughes started Leading After 7: . 54-3 (79-5) and allowed 5R/3ER in 4 .2IP (7H, 3BB/1IBB, 3K, 1WP) in falling to 4-13 on the season… CF Brett Gardner (2-for-3) was the only Trailing After 7: . 6-52 (9-58) Yankee to record a multi-hit game and scored the game’s first run in the top of the first after singling and coming around Tied After 7: . 9-6 (7-4) on a passed ball and two groundouts… 3B Alex Rodriguez (1-for-4) hit a solo-HR in the fifth, marking his 650th career Leading After 8: . 56-3 (88-5) homer… LHP David Huff tossed 3 .1 scoreless innings (1BB, 5K)in relief of Hughes . Trailing After 8: . 4-54 (1-58) Tied After 8: . 9-4 (5-4) COMEBACK TRAIL: SS Derek Jeter rejoined the Yankees for their game on Monday at Extra-Inning Games: . 5-5 (6-3) Courtesy of the One-run Games: . 23-14 (22-25) Toronto, going 0-for-3 with 1BB at shortstop… had a three-game rehab stint with Triple-A Elias Sports Bureau Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 39-26 (41-33) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre from Thursday-Saturday, going 3-for-9 with 2R, 1 double, 1RBI and NYY Scores 5 or more: . 40-4 (68-19) 1BB…has been on the disabled list on three different occasions this season (8/3-25 with MOST HITS - ALL TIME NYY Scores 4 or more: . 53-12 (83-27) right calf strain, missed 22G; 7/12-27 with Grade 1 right quad strain, missed 12G; and 3/22- 1 . Pete Rose . 4,256 2 . Ty Cobb . 4,191 NYY Scores 3 or less: . 16-50 (12-40) 7/10 recovering from left ankle surgery, missed 91G)… has missed 125G on the D .L . this NYY Scores 2 or less: . 4-41 (6-27) season after missing just 82G over five previous career D .L . stints . 3 . Hank Aaron . 3,771 Opp . Scores 5 or more: . 8-36 (14-46) 4 . Stan Musial . 3,630 Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 60-26 (81-19) 5 . Tris Speaker . 3,514 Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 45-20 (66-8) CANOTABLE: 2B Robinson Cano has hit safely in 17 of his last 21G (since 8/5), batting .390 (32- 6 . Honus Wagner . 3,430 Opp . Scores 2 or less: . 31-8 (46-4) for-82) with 11R, 7 doubles, 3HR, 15RBI and 8BB…ranks third in the AL and sixth in the Majors in 7 . Carl Yastrzemski . 3,419 Yankees No Errors: . 48-39 (66-40) batting average over the stretch…in his last 45G since 7/6, is batting .329 (55-for-167) with 18R, 8 . Paul Molitor . 3,319 Yankees Make Error(s): . 21-23 (29-27) 10 doubles, 4HR, 28RBI, 21BB and a .408OBP . 9 . Eddie Collins . 3,313 NYY Starter Goes 6: . 52-36 (71-35) Combined to go 6-for-8 with 1R, 1 double, 1HR and 5RBI in the Yankees’ 8/20 doubleheader 10. DEREK JETER .... 3,308 Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 36-47 (54-48) sweep vs . Toronto . Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 42-8 (66-12) Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 16-47 (20-50) FIELD OF DREAMS: Today at 5:00 p .m ., the Yankees and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr . host the second annual Hit Totals Are Even: . .11-7 (9-5) Come-From-Behind Wins: . 32 (46) “Borough President’s Cup” Little League championship at Yankee Stadium… the event will feature last year’s champions, Little C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 8 (9) League Raiders, facing off against the Grand Slam Little League… to compete for the “Borough President’s Cup,” players C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 1 (4) had to meet a set of requirements unrelated to their performance on the field, including at least a B-average in school, 90 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 0 (1) percent or greater school attendance and a demonstrated commitment to community service . Yankees hit 0HR: . 20-40 (7-24) Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 49-22 (88-43) HIT PARADE: On Monday at Toronto, the trio of SS Derek Jeter (3,308 career hits entering Monday) 3B Alex Rodriguez (2,919 Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 24-7 (55-17) entering Monday) and RF Ichiro Suzuki (2,725H entering Monday), were all in the Yankees’ starting lineup… according to the Walk-off Wins: . 6 (5) Elias Sports Bureau, the three combined for the second-highest total of hits by starting teammates all time (8,952), trailing only Walk-off Losses: . 6 (6) Series Record: . 19-19-6 (30-15-7) Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins and Zack Wheat of the 1927 Philadelphia Athletics, who combined for a total of 10,121 hits entering Series Record, home: . 11-8-3 (17-7-2) the last game they started together… the two sets of trios are the only teammate-trios in baseball history to start a game Series Record, road: . .. 8-11-3 (13-8-5) together with each player having at least 2,500 career hits . Series Openers: . 22-22 (32-20) Series Finales: . 22-21 (34-18) 4,000 ARRIVES: With a first-inning single in the Yankees’ 8/22 win vs . Toronto, RF Ichiro Suzuki notched his 4,000th career Sweeps by Yankees: . 7 (10) hit when combining his totals from the Majors (2,722) and the Pacific League (1,278)… the plateau of hits from the highest Sweeps by Opponent: . 5 (4) levels of baseball in the U .S . and Japan has been reached only twice before: by Pete Rose (4,256) and Ty Cobb (4,191) . TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Over his last 83G since 5/25, is batting .286 (85-for-297) with 34R, 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4HR, 22RBI, 13SB and a .318 OBP . August 27, 1938: The Yankees play their fourth doubleheader in four consecutive Has more hits in his 13-year MLB career (2,726) than any other Major Leaguer has had over any 13-year span all time . days, sweeping Cleveland, 8-7 and 13-0 . Donated a game-used jersey from his 4,000th-hit game to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N .Y .

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