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 (4-3) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2-5) Standing in AL East: ............. 1st, +0.5 Current Streak: .................... Won 2 RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 3.18) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (0-1, 6.35) Home Record: ................1-0 (46-35) Road Record:. 3-3 (44-37) Tuesday, April 8 • Yankee Stadium • 1:05 P.M. ET Day Record: ...................2-1 (32-24) Night Record: .................2-2 (53-53) Game #8 • Home Game #2 • TV: YES/MLBN • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Pre-All-Star ....................4-3 (51-44) Post-All-Star ...................0-0 (34-33) vs. AL East: ................... 3-1 (37-39) AT A GLANCE: Today the Yankees will play the second game of THE UTILITY CLIPPER: INF Yangervis Solarte has hit safely vs. AL Central: ................ 0-0 (22-11) vs. AL West: .................. 1-2 (17-16) a 10-day, nine-game homestand vs. Baltimore… will continue in his first five career starts, becoming the first Yankee to vs. National League: ...........0-0 (9-11) their homestand with games vs. Boston (Thurs.-Sun.) and accomplish the feat since Hideki Matsui hit safely in his first vs. RH starters: ............... 3-3 (53-54) Chicago-NL (4/15-16)… won Monday’s home opener over seven career starts from 3/31-4/8/03. vs. LH starters: ................ 1-0 (32-23) Yankees Score First: ...........3-0 (53-21) Baltimore, 4-2… completed a six-game, season-opening road Solarte leads the Yankees in total bases (13), doubles (4), Opp. Score First:. 1-3 (32-56) trip on Sunday with a 3-3 record (1-2 at Houston and 2-1 at extra-base hits (4), RBI (6), on-base percentage (.522) and Leading After 6: ................4-0 (59-6) Toronto)… will play 18 of their first 31 games at home. slugging percentage (.650)… is tied with Jacoby Ellsbury Trailing After 6: ................0-3 (13-62) Tied After 6: ....................0-0 (13-9) Enter today’s game leading the AL East for the first time for the team lead with nine hits… is batting .450 (9-for-20), Leading After 7: ................4-0 (65-4) this season (+0.5G). trailing only Ichiro Suzuki (.462, 6-for-13) among Yankees. Trailing After 7: ............... 0-3 (10-64) Tied After 7: ....................0-0 (10-8) Are 4-0 this season when leading after six innings and 0-3 Recorded multi-hit games in each of his first three career Leading After 8: ................4-0 (69-4) when trailing after six innings. starts (4/3-5), becoming the first Yankee to do so since Joe Trailing After 8: ................. 0-3 (4-68) Yankees pitchers have allowed just 50H and 15BB in 60.0 DiMaggio from 5/3-6/36 (also 3G). Credit: Elias Sport Bureau. Tied After 8: ....................0-0 (12-4) Extra-Inning Games: .............0-0 (6-6) total IP in 2014… have averaged 7.57 K/game and 2.14 BB/ One-run Games: ..............0-0 (30-16) game this season. YARD WORK: With LF Brett Gardner’s two-run HR in Two (or fewer)-run Games: ........3-1 (50-30) Sunday’s win at Toronto, the Yankees snapped a five-game NYY Scores 5 or more: .........2-0 (51-7) For the first time in franchise history, the Yankees did not NYY Scores 4 or more: ........4-0 (66-16) have a player start the first six games of the season according homerless streak to start the season… was just the fifth NYY Scores 3 or less: ......... 0-3 (19-61) to the Elias Sports Bureau… became the first Major League time since 1923 they had such a streak to begin a season NYY Scores 2 or less: ...........0-3 (6-50) (also 1990-7G, 1975-6G, 1964-5G, 1938-5G)… the HR also Opp. Scores 5 or more:. .0-1 (12-47) team to do so since the 1980 Detroit Tigers. Opp. Scores 4 or less: ........ 4-2 (73-30) Had 10 players on their Opening Day active roster who were snapped the team’s 183AB homerless stretch to start the Opp. Scores 3 or less: ........ 3-1 (55-22) on the 2013 OD active roster (P-7: Kelley, Kuroda, Nova, season… the Elias Sports Bureau notes that the Yankees had Opp. Scores 2 or less: ........ 2-0 (40-10) only two longer droughts since the advent of the DH in 1973 Yankees No Errors: ........... 3-1 (61-47) Phelps, Robertson, Sabathia, Warren; C-1: Cervelli; INF-0: Yankees Make Error(s):. 1-2 (24-30) None; OF-2: Gardner, Suzuki)… Jeter, Pineda and Teixeira (234AB to start 1975 and 229AB to start 1990). NYY Starter Goes 6: .......... 3-3 (62-45) were all on the D.L. on OD 2013.… the 15 players new to the Opp. Starter Goes 6: ......... 0-2 (46-57) CHOOSING SIDES: This season Yankees LH hitters are Come-From-Behind Wins: ......... 2 (41) Yankees’ OD active roster are: (P-5: Betances, Nuno, Pineda, C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+):. 0 (11) Tanaka, Thornton; C-1: McCann; INF-6: Anna, Jeter, Johnson, batting .281 (47-for-167) with 9 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR, C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+):. 0 (1) Roberts, Solarte, Teixeira; OF-3: Beltran, Ellsbury, Soriano). 20RBI, 21BB and a .365 OBP… Yankees RH hitters are batting C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+):. 0 (0) .194 (13-for-67) with 3 doubles, 2RBI, 6BB and a .295 OBP. Yankees hit 0HR: ..............3-3 (26-49) Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 1-0 (59-28) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Monday the Yankees defeated Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ............0-0 (31-8) MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have three Japan-born Baltimore, 4-2, in the home opener… Yankees relievers Walk-off Wins: ........................0 (7) players on their active roster: OF Ichiro Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Walk-off Losses: ......................0 (6) (Thornton, Phelps, Warren, Kelley) combined to allow just Kuroda and RHP Masahiro Tanaka… with Tanaka’s start on Series Record: ............ 1-1-0 (23-24-6) one base runner in 2.2IP (1BB, 3K)… Yankees batters had Series Record, home: .....0-0-0 (13-10-3) Friday at Toronto, the Yankees have now had seven Japan- Series Record, road: ...... 1-1-0 (10-14-3) one extra-base hit (Jeter fifth-inning double)… RHP Hiroki Kuroda started and allowed 2ER in 6.1IP (8H, 0BB, 4K), earning born players in their history: Hideki Irabu (1997-99), Hideki Sweeps by Yankees: ..................0 (8) Matsui (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda (2012- the win to improve to 1-1 this season… snapped a career-long 14), Ryota Igarashi (2012), Ichiro Suzuki (2012-14) and Tanaka nine-game winless streak (0-7) dating back to 8/17/13… 3B (2014)… with Tanaka and Kuroda, the Yankees will have two Yangervis Solarte (1-for-3, 1R, 1BB, 1RBI) had an RBI-single Japan-born pitchers in their starting rotation, becoming in the fourth… CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for-4, 1RBI) had an RBI- TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY the first team to do so since the Dodgers had starters Hideo single in the fifth… 1B Kelly Johnson (0-for-2, 2BB, 1RBI) had a April 8, 2003: Hideki Matsui hits a Nomo and Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004. fifth-inning, bases loaded walk… RHP Shawn Kelley tossed a grand slam in his Yankee Stadium debut, leading the Yankees to a 7-3 win perfect ninth (1.0IP, 1K) to earn his first career save. CURTAIN CALL: SS Derek Jeter has begun his over Minnesota. Festivities included baseline introductions and the 20th and final season as a Yankee, breaking a tie April 8, 1985: At 46 years, 7 days old, presentation of colors by the West Point Cadet Color with Mariano Rivera (19 seasons), to become the Phil Niekro becomes the second-oldest Guard, including a giant American flag being unfurled in Opening Day starter of all time. Niekro longest tenured player in franchise history (see the outfield… Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera threw makes the start at Boston, allowing 5R chart below)… leads all active MLBers and is the out the ceremonial first pitches toDerek Jeter and Jorge in 4.0IP while picking up the loss in a Yankees franchise leader with 3,321 career hits… on Sunday 9-2 Yankees defeat. Posada… Broadway stars Kelli O’Hara (national anthem) at Toronto, surpassed Paul Molitor (3,319) for sole possession TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY and James Moye (“God Bless America” during the seventh- of eighth place on MLB’s all-time hits list and fourth place on inning stretch) performed. April 9, 1996: With the snow coming the all-time AL hits list (see charts below)… the Elias Sports down even before Joe DiMaggio’s Are 15-2 in home openers since 1998, 20-3 since 1992 and Bureau notes that Jeter now has more hits than anyone he ceremonial first pitch, the Yankees 26-5 since 1984 (after dropping two straight in 1982 and ever played with or against… announced on 2/12 that he defeat the Kansas City Royals, 7-3, in 1983)…SS Derek Jeter improved to 16-3 in home openers the Bronx home opener. Newcomers would retire following the 2014 season… is a 13-time All-Star Joe Girardi (replacing Mike Stanley) in his career.