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 (15-11) vs. SEATTLE (11-14) Standing in AL East: .............1st, +2.0 Current Streak: .................... Lost 1 RHP Hiroki Kuroda (2-2, 5.28) vs. LHP Roenis Elias (1-2, 3.54) Home Record: ................8-5 (46-35) Road Record:. 7-6 (44-37) Thursday, May 1 • Yankee Stadium • 7:05 P.M. ET Day Record: ...................6-2 (32-24) Night Record: .................9-9 (53-53) Game #27 • Home Game #14 • TV: YES/MLBN • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Pre-All-Star .................15-11 (51-44) Post-All-Star ...................0-0 (34-33) vs. AL East: .................. 10-7 (37-39) AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees continue their rain- FAN FAVORITES: Yankees pitchers have recorded at least vs. AL Central: ................ 0-0 (22-11) vs. AL West: .................. 3-4 (17-16) shortened series vs. Seattle with the final game of what is now 10K in five consecutive games… according to the Elias Sports vs. National League: ...........2-0 (9-11) a two-game series… is also the fifth game of a rain-shortened Bureau, it marks the longest such streak in franchise history. vs. RH starters: ............... 7-7 (53-54) eight-game homestand which included a 2-1 series win vs. Los vs. LH starters: ................ 8-4 (32-23) Yankees Score First: ..........11-3 (53-21) Angeles-AL (4/27-4/29) and a loss to Seattle on Tuesday… will RESCHEDULED RAINOUT: Wednesday’s postponed Yankees- Opp. Score First:. 4-8 (32-56) also play a three-game set vs. Tampa Bay this weekend (5/2- Mariners game has been rescheduled for Monday, 6/2 at 7:05 Leading After 6: ...............14-1 (59-6) 4)… prior to this series, had a 4-3 road trip at Tampa Bay (2-2 p.m… fans holding paid tickets for the 4/30 game may use Trailing After 6: ................1-9 (13-62) Tied After 6: ....................0-1 (13-9) from 4/17-20) and Boston (2-1 from 4/22-24)… following this them for the rescheduled game or exchange their paid tickets Leading After 7: ...............13-0 (65-4) homestand, embark on a six-game, seven-day road trip at Los for any regular season game at Yankee Stadium within 12 Trailing After 7: .............. 0-10 (10-64) Angeles-AL (5/5-7) and Milwaukee (5/9-11). months of the postponed game (subject to availability)… fans Tied After 7: ....................2-1 (10-8) Leading After 8: ...............14-0 (69-4) At 15-11 this season, have the third-best record in the AL holding complimentary (COMP) tickets for the 4/30 game Trailing After 8: ............... 0-10 (4-68) (Oakland/18-10/.643; and Detroit/14-9/.609) and tied for must use them for the rescheduled game… for complete Tied After 8: ....................1-1 (12-4) the sixth-best record in the Majors). information regarding the Yankees’ rainout policy, please visit Extra-Inning Games: .............1-0 (6-6) One-run Games: ..............3-1 (30-16) Are 15-9 in their last 24 games after dropping their first www.yankees.com/rainout… Yankees Ticket Exchange rainout Two (or fewer)-run Games: ........7-3 (50-30) two games of the season at Houston… had a season- info may be found at www.yankees.com/ticketexchange or by NYY Scores 5 or more: .........7-2 (51-7) calling 1-800-355-2396. NYY Scores 4 or more: .......11-3 (66-16) high five-game winning streak from 4/12-17. NYY Scores 3 or less: ......... 4-8 (19-61) Are 10-5 (.667) over their last 15 games since 4/12, tying for NYY Scores 2 or less: ...........1-7 (6-50) the best winning pct. in the AL and tying for the third-best PUTTING THE K IN TANAKA: In Sunday’s win vs. Los Opp. Scores 5 or more:. .2-7 (12-47) Angeles-AL, RHP Masahiro Tanaka fanned 11 batters, Opp. Scores 4 or less: ....... 14-3 (73-30) win. pct. in the Majors over the stretch (Atlanta and Mets/11- Opp. Scores 3 or less: ....... 12-1 (55-22) 5/.688; and Oakland and Milwaukee/12-6/.667). marking the most strikeouts by a Yankees rookie since Opp. Scores 2 or less: ........ 9-0 (40-10) Orlando Hernandez struck out 13 batters on 8/13/98 vs. Are 14-1 in 2014 when leading after six innings… are 1-10 Yankees No Errors: ........... 9-5 (61-47) Texas… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he joins Mike Yankees Make Error(s):. 6-6 (24-30) when tied or trailing after six, having won their first such NYY Starter Goes 6: ......... 12-5 (62-45) game on Sunday vs. LAA (trailed 2-1 after six and won 3-2). Mussina (first seven starts in 2003) and CC Sabathia (first five Come-From-Behind Wins: ......... 5 (41) Yankees batters have tallied 80 extra-base hits this starts in 2012) as the only Yankees in franchise history to start C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+):. 0 (11) a season with at least seven strikeouts in each of his first five C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+):. 0 (1) season (54 doubles, 4 triples, 22HR in 26G), tied for C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+):. 0 (0) the fourth-highest total in the AL (Los Angeles-AL-97, games… Elias also notes that his 46K this season marks the Yankees hit 0HR: ..............5-6 (26-49) Chicago-AL-96, Oakland-86, Boston/Toronto-80). third-highest strikeout total by any pitcher since 1900 in his Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 10-4 (59-28) first five Major League starts, trailing only Herb Score (50) and Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ............2-2 (31-8) Stephen Strasburg (48)… since 1920, joins Al Downing (eight Walk-off Wins: ........................0 (7) WHERE WE LAST LEFT OFF: On Tuesday night, the Yankees Walk-off Losses: ......................0 (6) times in 1963) as the only Yankees rookies to record at least Series Record: ............ 5-2-1 (23-24-6) lost to Seattle, 6-3, at Yankee Stadium… Yankees pitchers three games of 10-or-more strikeouts… walked four batters Series Record, home: .....3-1-0 (13-10-3) combined to strike out 12 batters, setting a franchise record Series Record, road: ...... 2-1-1 (10-14-3) in his most recent start on Sunday after entering the game with their fifth straight game with at least 10K… Yankees Sweeps by Yankees: ..................1 (8) with just 2BB combined over his first four starts of the season. batters had just three hits through the first six innings… LHP CC Sabathia started and allowed 4ER in 5.0IP (9H, 0BB, 6K, SECOND TIME’S A CHARM: According to the Elias Sports TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY 2HP) in taking the loss and falling to 3-3 this season… 1B Bureau, OF Alfonso Soriano has 21HR and 60RBI in 83G since Mark Teixeira (1-for-4) hit a solo-HR in the second to open the May 1, 1996: Yankees OF Gerald rejoining the Yankees on 7/26/13, tied for the most HR (also Williams goes 6-for-8 with 1HR and 3RBI scoring… CF Brett Gardner (2-for-5) had a run-scoring single Giancarlo Stanton) and tied for the fifth-most RBI in the Majors in a 15-inning, 11-6 win at Baltimore. His in the ninth… LF Ichiro Suzuki (2-for-3, 1R, 1BB) reached base over the stretch (Holliday-64, Stanton-63, Freeman/Moss-61, hit total matches the Yankees franchise three times… RHP Chris Leroux made his Yankees debut, record previously set by Myril Hoag in a Goldschmidt/Adr. Gonzalez-60). nine-inning game on 6/6/34 at Boston. tossing a scoreless ninth (1.0IP, 2H, 1K). A MAN FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM: Alfonso Soriano has May 1, 1951: Mickey Mantle hits his MIC CHECK: In a pregame ceremony at 6:50 p.m. prior to first career HR off the White Sox’ Randy 992 career hits in the AL and 1,077 career hits in the NL… needs Gumpert in an 8-3 win at Comiskey Park. tonight’s game vs. Seattle, Hall of Fame Broadcaster Bob eight hits, to become the seventh player all time with at least May 1, 1920: Babe Ruth hits his first HR Wolffwill be honored by the Guinness Book of World Records 1,000H in each league… the others are: Frank Robinson- as a Yankee in a 6-0 win vs. Boston off for having the “Longest Career as a Broadcaster”… currently future teammate Herb Pennock. 1,184AL/1,759NL; Dave Winfield-1,976/1,134; Vladimir working for News 12 Long Island, the 93-year-old called Don Guerrero–1,375/1,215; Fred McGriff-1,143/1,347; Orlando TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series along with the Cabrera-1,020/1,035; and Carlos Lee-1,033/1,240… should May 2, 1961: Mickey Mantle goes 1958 NFL Championship game between the Giants and Colts, Soriano reach 1,000H in the AL, he would become the first 2-for-5 with 5RBI in the Yankees’ which is often referred to as the “Greatest Game Ever Played.” 6-4, 10-inning win at Minnesota’s player in MLB history to record 1,000H, 500R, 500RBI, 100HR Metropolitan Stadium.