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 (12-8) at BOSTON RED SOX (9-12) Standing in AL East: .............1st, +1.0 Current Streak: .................... Won 2 RHP Michael Pineda (2-1, 1.00) vs. RHP John Lackey (2-2, 5.25) Home Record: ................6-3 (46-35) Road Record:. 6-5 (44-37) Wednesday, April 23 • Fenway Park • 7:10 P.M. ET Day Record: ...................5-2 (32-24) Night Record: .................7-6 (53-53) Game #21 • Road Game #12 • TV: YES/ESPN • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Pre-All-Star ...................12-8 (51-44) Post-All-Star ...................0-0 (34-33) vs. AL East: ................... 9-6 (37-39) AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the second game FRONT LINES: Yankees starters are 11-6 this season, vs. AL Central: ................ 0-0 (22-11) of a three-game series at Boston… is also the sixth game of marking the most wins among AL starting staffs and vs. AL West: .................. 1-2 (17-16) vs. National League: ...........2-0 (9-11) a seven-game, eight-day road trip, after going 2-2 at Tampa the second-most in the Majors (St. Louis starters are 12- vs. RH starters: ............... 6-5 (53-54) Bay from Thursday-Sunday… completed a 6-3 homestand on 6)… have walked just 24 batters all season, the lowest total vs. LH starters: ................ 6-3 (32-23) Wednesday by sweeping a doubleheader from the Cubs (also among starting staffs in the Majors… have also struck out Yankees Score First: ..........10-2 (53-21) Opp. Score First:. 2-6 (32-56) went 1-2 vs. Baltimore and 3-1 vs. Boston)… after this road 111 batters (second in AL / seventh in Majors), giving them Leading After 6: ...............12-1 (59-6) trip, return home for a nine-game, 10-day homestand vs. Los a Major League-best 4.63 K/BB ratio among starters (S.F. is Trailing After 6: ................0-6 (13-62) Angeles-AL (4/25-27), Seattle (4/29-5/1) and Tampa Bay (5/2-4). second with a 3.86 ratio)… have held opponents to a .295 Tied After 6: ....................0-1 (13-9) Leading After 7: ...............11-0 (65-4) Are 7-2 over their last nine games… are 12-6 in their OBP against, which is second-best in the AL. Trailing After 7: ............... 0-7 (10-64) last 18 games after dropping their first two games of Tied After 7: ....................1-1 (10-8) the season at Houston… had a season-high five-game SECOND TIME’S A CHARM: According to the Elias Sports Leading After 8: ...............11-0 (69-4) Trailing After 8: ................. 0-7 (4-68) winning streak from 4/12-17. Bureau, OF Alfonso Soriano has 21HR and 57RBI in 77G since Tied After 8: ....................1-1 (12-4) With Tuesday’s win at Boston, improved to 12-1 this rejoining the Yankees on 7/26/13, marking the most HR in Extra-Inning Games: .............1-0 (6-6) season when leading after six innings… are 0-7 when tied the Majors over the stretch and fifth-most RBI (Trumbo-59, One-run Games: ..............1-1 (30-16) Two (or fewer)-run Games: ........5-3 (50-30) or trailing after six innings. Stanton/Freeman/Holliday-58). NYY Scores 5 or more: .........6-2 (51-7) Are 10-2 when scoring first and 2-6 when oppnts. score first. NYY Scores 4 or more: ........9-3 (66-16) YARD WORK: Yankees batters have 17HR since 4/8, third- NYY Scores 3 or less: ......... 3-5 (19-61) The Yankees’ 12-8 start marks their best record through most in the AL and tied for sixth in the Majors… homered in NYY Scores 2 or less: ...........1-5 (6-50) 20 games since 2011 (also 12-8)… with a win tonight, Opp. Scores 5 or more:. .1-4 (12-47) would match their best 21-game start since 2011 (13-8). seven straight games from 4/8-4/16G1 (their longest such Opp. Scores 4 or less: ....... 12-3 (73-30) Over the last 13G since 4/8, Yankees batters have tallied streak since a nine-game stretch from 4/13-22/13)…tallied Opp. Scores 3 or less: ....... 10-1 (55-22) just 1HR in their first 7G of the season (4/1-7). Opp. Scores 2 or less: ........ 8-0 (40-10) 50 extra-base hits (30 doubles, 3 triples, 17HR), marking Yankees No Errors: ........... 8-4 (61-47) Yankees Make Error(s):. 4-4 (24-30) the second-highest total in the AL and third-highest total in the Majors over the stretch (Los Angeles-AL-51, THREE’S COMPANY: In the Yankees’ 10-2 win on Thursday at NYY Starter Goes 6: ......... 10-5 (62-45) Tampa Bay, the team turned the 24th triple play in franchise Come-From-Behind Wins: ......... 3 (41) Milwaukee-51)… since the start of the season, are third in C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+):. 0 (11) the AL and sixth in the Majors with 64 extra-base hits (42 history… was a 5-4-3 triple play in the second inning (Solarte to C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+):. 0 (1) Roberts to Sizemore, who was playing his first career game at C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+):. 0 (0) doubles, 4 triples, 18HR). Yankees hit 0HR: ..............5-4 (26-49) 1B) on a grounder hit by Sean Rodriguez, forcing Evan Longoria Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 7-3 (59-28) at third and Wil Myers at second… each of the last three triple Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ............2-2 (31-8) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Tuesday, the Yankees defeated plays in franchise history has come with LHP CC Sabathia on Walk-off Wins: ........................0 (7) Boston, 9-3, at Fenway Park… Yankees pitchers struck out Walk-off Losses: ......................0 (6) the mound (also 4/12/13 vs. Baltimore, scored 4-6-5-6-5-3- nine without walking any batters… Yankees batters outhit 4, and 4/22/10 at Oakland, 5-4-3, Rodriguez to Cano to Nick Series Record: ............ 3-2-1 (23-24-6) Boston, 15-9, and tallied seven extra-base hits (5 doubles, Series Record, home: .....2-1-0 (13-10-3) Johnson, grounder hit by Kurt Suzuki)… these three triple plays Series Record, road: ...... 1-1-1 (10-14-3) 1 triple, 1HR)… RHP Masahiro Tanaka started and allowed were the first turned by the club since 6/3/68 vs. Minnesota. Sweeps by Yankees:. .1 (8) just 2ER in 7.1IP (7H, 0BB, 7K, 2HR), improving to 3-0 in four starts this season… allowed back-to-back solo HRs to MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have three Japan-born Ortiz and Napoli in the fourth… SS Derek Jeter (2-for-4, 1R, TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY players on their active roster: OF Ichiro Suzuki, RHP Hiroki 1BB, 2RBI) had RBI-singles in the first and fifth… DH Carlos Kuroda and RHP Masahiro Tanaka… with Tanaka’s start April 23, 2000: In a 10-7 Yankees win Beltran (2-for-5, 1R, 2RBI) had an RBI-single in the first and at Toronto, Jorge Posada and Bernie on 4/4 at Toronto, the Yankees have now had seven Japan- CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for-5, 2R, Williams become the first pair of a solo-HR in the eighth… born players in their history: Hideki Irabu (1997-99), Hideki teammates in Major League history to 2RBI) made his first Fenway appearance since joining the Matsui (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda (2012- each hit home runs from both sides of Yankees, hitting a triple to lead off the game and a two-run the plate in the same game. 14), Ryota Igarashi (2012), Ichiro Suzuki (2012-14) and Tanaka double in the fourth… C Brian McCann (3-for-4, 1R, 1RBI) April 23, 1903: The Highlanders record (2014)… with Tanaka and Kuroda, the Yankees have two and 1B Mark Teixeira (1-for-4, 2R, 1RBI) each had RBI- the first win in franchise history, a 7-2 Japan-born pitchers in their starting rotation, becoming doubles in the third… RHP Dellin Betances relieved Tanaka victory at Washington. Harry Howell is the first team to do so since the Dodgers had starters Hideo the winning pitcher. and allowed 1ER in 1.2IP (2H, 0BB, 2K). Nomo and Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY April 24, 1960: The Yankees score JETER METER: SS Derek Jeter has an 11-game active hitting NYCFC AT YANKEE STADIUM: In a press eight runs before making their first streak, marking the longest hitting streak by a Yankee at conference held on Monday at Yankee Stadium, out of the game during a 15-9 win any point this season and the longest active streak in the over Baltimore at Yankee Stadium. The New York City Football Club (NYCFC) AL… now has 47 career double-digit hitting streaks, tying inning is highlighted by a three-run announced it will call Yankee Stadium home homer from Elston Howard and a solo Hall of Famer Tris Speaker for the third-most in the Majors beginning in their 2015 inaugural season… the home run by Tony Kubek.