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 (58-53) vs. DETROIT TIGERS (61-48) Standing in AL East: ..............3rd, -5.0 Current Streak: .....................Won 3 RHP Hiroki Kuroda (7-7, 3.98) vs. LHP David Price (11-8, 3.11 w/ TB) Home Record: .............26-26 (46-35) Road Record:. 32-27 (44-37) Tuesday, August 5, 2014 • Yankee Stadium • 7:05 P.M. ET Day Record: ................22-14 (32-24) Night Record: ..............36-39 (53-53) Game #112 • Home Game #53 • TV: YES/MLBN • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Pre-All-Star .................47-47 (51-44) Post-All-Star ..................11-6 (34-33) AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the second game of 30 FOR 30: Should RHP Hiroki Kuroda earn a win tonight vs. AL East: ................. 21-23 (37-39) vs. AL Central: ............... 10-9 (22-11) a four-game series vs. Detroit… is also the second game of a over Detroit, he will become the 14th pitcher in MLB history to vs. AL West: ................ 14-14 (17-16) seven-game homestand (are 1-0 thus far) that includes three have earned a win over all 30 current teams in the Majors… the vs. National League: ..........13-7 (9-11) games vs. Cleveland from Friday-Sunday… on Sunday, the 13 who have accomplished the feat are Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, vs. RH starters: ............. 43-37 (53-54) Terry Mulholland, Curt Schilling, Woody Williams, Jamie Moyer, vs. LH starters: .............. 15-16 (32-23) Yankees completed a 3-3, six-game road trip at Texas (1-2) and Yankees Score First: ........36-17 (53-21) Boston (2-1)… after this homestand, will embark on a six-game Randy Johnson, Barry Zito, Javier Vazquez, Vicente Padilla, Opp. Score First:. 22-36 (32-56) road trip to Baltimore (8/11-13) and Tampa Bay (8/15-17). Derek Lowe, A.J. Burnett, and Dan Haren. Leading After 6: ...............47-6 (59-6) The Yankees are 11-6 (.647) since the All-Star break and Trailing After 6: ...............4-37 (13-62) TAKING IT FROM THE TOP: On Monday, LF Brett Gardner Tied After 6: ....................6-9 (13-9) 17-11 (.607) since 7/3. Leading After 7: ...............46-4 (65-4) was named the AL “Player of the Week” for 7/28-8/3… batted Trailing After 7: .............. 3-40 (10-64) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Monday, the Yankees defeated .478 (11-for-23) with 8R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 7RBI and 5BB in 6G to Tied After 7: ....................8-8 (10-8) Detroit, 2-1… Yankees batters scored two runs in the third capture his second career weekly honor (also 6/3-9/13). Leading After 8: ...............48-2 (69-4) Trailing After 8: ............... 3-42 (4-68) inning and outhit the Tigers, 9-6… Yankees manager Joe Has an MLB-best 15HR while batting in the leadoff spot Tied After 8: ....................6-8 (12-4) Girardi won his 700th career regular season game (622 w/NYY, this season… has 44RBI while batting in the leadoff spot, Extra-Inning Games: .............6-5 (6-6) trailing only Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon (53). 78 w/FLA)… RHP Brandon McCarthy started and allowed one One-run Games: ...........18-15 (30-16) unearned run in 5.2IP (5H, 2BB, 8K), improving to 4-0 in five Has 8HR over his last 28 games since 7/2… coming into Two (or fewer)-run Games: 37-25 (50-30) this season, his single-season career high in HR (at any starts this season with the Yankees… CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for- NYY Scores 5 or more: .......31-10 (51-7) level of professional baseball) was 8HR. NYY Scores 4 or more: .....44-16 (66-16) 3, 1 double) drove in the Yankees’ first run on a sac fly… C Brian NYY Scores 3 or less: ....... 14-37 (19-61) Since 6/15, is batting .294 (45-for-153) with 10 doubles, 2 McCann (1-for-4) had an RBI-single… 1B Chase Headley (1-for- NYY Scores 2 or less: ..........6-29 (6-50) triples, 11HR, 26RBI, 26BB and a .395 OBP in 43G… is tied Opp. Scores 5 or more:. 5-36 (12-47) 3) made his third career appearance and first career start at first for seventh in the Majors in HR over the stretch. Opp. Scores 4 or less: ...... 53-17 (73-30) base after 1B Mark Teixeira was scratched prior to the game Opp. Scores 3 or less: ....... 44-9 (55-22) with light-headedness… the Yankees bullpen (Thornton, Opp. Scores 2 or less: ....... 30-4 (40-10) JETER METER: SS Derek Jeter has 3,427 career hits and needs Yankees No Errors: ......... 39-26 (61-47) Warren, Kelley, Robertson) combined to toss 3.1 scoreless IP just 3H to tie Hall of Famer Honus Wagner (3,430) for sixth place Yankees Make Error(s):. 19-27 (24-30) (1H, 0BB, 3K)… RHP David Robertson (1.0IP, 2K) pitched for the on MLB’s all-time list. NYY Starter Goes 6: ........ 40-27 (62-45) third consecutive day, earning his 30th save in 32 chances. Come-From-Behind Wins: ........26 (41) Over his last 46G since 6/10, is hitting .303 (57-for-188) with Yankees hit 0HR: ...........21-23 (26-49) 20R, 7 doubles, 2HR and 18RBI. Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 37-30 (59-28) CLOSE CALLS: Each of the Yankees’ last 15 games has Has 31 multi-hit games this season, tied with Brett Gardner Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ..........10-14 (31-8) been decided by two-or-fewer runs (are 9-6 over the for second-most on the team (Ellsbury-33). Walk-off Wins: ........................3 (7) stretch)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the Walk-off Losses: ......................5 (6) franchise’s longest such streak of games with a final margin Series Record: .......... 15-18-4 (23-24-6) CLOTHES HORSES: SS Derek Jeter has played 2,701 games Series Record, home: ... 7-11-0 (13-10-3) of no more than 2R (prev. high was 12 consecutive games with the Yankees, ranking 10th on the all-time list of players who Series Record, road: ...... 8-7-4 (10-14-3) from 9/10-20/1904)… Elias also notes that it’s the longest have played all of their games with one team… the players on the Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:. 5 (9) / 4 (7) such streak in MLB since a 16-game run by the 1975 Orioles. The Yankees (37-25, .597) have the Majors’ best record in list within reach for Jeter this season are the Royals’ George Brett games decided by two-or-fewer runs. (ninth-2,707G) and the Giants’ Mel Ott (eighth-2,730G). TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY WELL RESTED: Since returning from the 7-day concussion August 5, 2001: Former Yankee Dave YOUNGSTOWN: The Yankees are in the midst of a stretch of D.L. on 7/18, DH Carlos Beltran leads the Yankees with a .371 Winfield is inducted into the Hall of Fame. facing three former Cy Young Award winners (Scherzer-Mon., batting average (23-for-62) in 17G over the stretch… is batting Though he dons a Padres cap on his Price-Tues., and Verlander-Wed.)… according to the Elias .333 (31-for-93) with 6HR and 17RBI in his last 25G (since plaque, Winfield played with the Yankees Sports Bureau, marks third time in franchise history that 6/29)… the Yankees are 32-22 with Beltran as the DH. from 1981-90, hitting 205HR in pinstripes. the Yankees have faced former Cy Young-winning starting August 5, 1939: Red Ruffing earns the Had his season-high 10G hitting streak snapped in pitchers in three consecutive games… most recently went win in a 6-1 victory vs. Cleveland. It is his Monday’s win vs. Detroit… over the stretch from 7/24-8/3, 169th win as a Yankee, surpassing Bob 1-2 from 6/8-10/01 vs. Atlanta (Tom Glavine, John Smoltz batted .447 (17-for-38) with 3HR and 9RBI. Shawkey for tops on the all-time franchise and Greg Maddux)… also went 1-2 spanning the All-Star Recorded multiple hits in six straight games from 7/28- list among RHPs -- a mark Ruffing still break in 1999, losing on 7/11/99 at Shea Stadium to the 8/3, matching his career high (also 6G from 7/26-8/2/06). holds with 231 wins in pinstripes. Mets’ Orel Hershiser, then going 1-1 from 7/15-16/99 vs. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Atlanta at Yankee Stadium (Glavine and Maddux). ROLL CALL: The Yankees have used 50 players this season August 6, 1979: After delivering a (P-28, C-4, INF-11, OF-7)… 25 of those players made their eulogy at Thurman Munson’s funeral COMEBACK KIDS: In the Yankees’ 2-1 win on Monday vs. earlier that morning in Canton, Ohio, debut with the team…seven of those players made their MLB Bobby Murcer hits a three-run home Detroit, they scored two runs in the third before allowing debuts (Anna, Greene, Ramirez, Solarte, Tanaka, Wheeler and run in the seventh inning and a two- one run in the fifth…snapped a stretch of eight straight Whitley)… used an all-time franchise high 56 players in 2013.