POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (15-10) vs. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (11-13) SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014 R H E LOB SERIES LOS ANGELES ANGELS 2 6 1 8 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 3 3 0 5 2 STARTING TIME: 8:07 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 3:28 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 54 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 40,028 WINNING PITCHER: Adam Warren (1-1) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Michael Kohn (1-1) Yankees: Masahiro Tanaka (108/71) SAVE: David Robertson (4) Angels: Garrett Richards (112/68) HOME RUNS (2014 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR): YANKEES ANGELS Mark Teixeira (#2 / 7th / solo / 0 out / 2-2 / Richards / NYY 2 – LAA 2) David Freese (#2 / 6th / solo / 0 out / 0-0 / Tanaka / LAA 2 – NYY 1) NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees are 2-1 on their current nine-game homestand…are now 10-4 in their last 14 games since 4/12. • The Yankees are 2-1 vs. the Angels this season (2-1 at Yankee Stadium), winning the home season series between the clubs for the sixth straight season (since 2009)…since 2009, are 17-8 vs. the Angels at Yankee Stadium. • The Yankees won a game in which they recorded three-or-fewer hits for the first time since 7/7/06 at Tampa Bay (3H in a 1-0 victory). • RHP Masahiro Tanaka allowed 2ER in 6.1IP (5H, 4BB, 11K, 1HP, 1HR) without recording a decision, setting a career high in strikeouts…marked the most strikeouts by a Yankees rookie pitcher since Orlando Hernandez struck out 13 batters on 8/13/98 vs. Texas. • Joins Mike Mussina (first seven starts in 2003) and CC Sabathia (first five starts in 2012) as the only Yankees in franchise history to start a season with at least seven strikeouts in each of his first five games (credit: Elias). • Now has 46K this season, marking the third-highest strikeout total by any pitcher since 1900 in his first five Major League starts, trailing only Herb Score (50) and Stephen Strasburg (48)—credit: Elias. • Since 1920, joins Al Downing (eight times in 1963) as the only Yankees rookies to record at least three games of 10-or-more strikeouts. • Walked four batters tonight after entering the game with just 2BB combined over his first four starts of the season. • With 15K tonight, Yankees pitchers have struck out at least 10K in four straight games (since Thursday), recording 10-or-more strikeouts in four consecutive games for the first time since 9/19-22/12…their 15K tonight were their most since 9/29/13 at Houston (19K in 14.0 innings) and their most in a 9.0-inning game since 9/20/12 vs. Toronto (15K). • 1B Mark Teixeira (1-for-2) tied the game with a solo HR in the seventh…was his first home run at Yankee Stadium since 6/4/13 vs. Cleveland. • INF Brendan Ryan began a rehab assignment today with Single-A Tampa, playing all nine innings at SS and going 2-for-5 with 1RBI…is currently on the 15-day disabled list with a cervical spine nerve injury. LOS ANGELES ANGELS NOTES • The Angels dropped to 1-2 against the Yankees this season, going 4-5 on their nine-game, 11-day road trip…fell to 8-7 on the road and 11-13 overall this year…have not been above .500 since beginning the 2013 season with a 1-0 record. • Seven of Los Angeles-AL’s 13 losses this year have come by one run, all coming in the midst of their last nine defeats. • Angels batters hit 1HR today (Freese, sixth inning) extending their club record of 37 team homers in March/April (previous: 34HR in April 2000). • RHP Garrett Richards started and recorded a no-decision, allowing 2ER on 3H in 7.0IP (2BB, 7K, 1HR, 1HP)…remained undefeated in four road starts this season, going 2-0 with a 1.44 ERA (25.0IP, 4ER) overall…is now 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA (20.0IP, 10ER) in three career starts vs. the Yankees. • CF Mike Trout (2-for-4) improved his career batting average vs. the Yankees to .380 (27-for-71) with 3HR, 13RBI and 14R in 18 games, hitting safely in 16 of those contests. • RHP Kevin Jepsen retired his lone batter faced in the eighth inning (Soriano)…has now recorded 10 consecutive scoreless outings (8.0IP) since allowing a career-high 5ER on Opening Night vs. Seattle. • DH Albert Pujols (0-for-3) had his four-game multi-hit streak snapped. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Pitchers Time TV Monday, 4/28 Off Day Tuesday, 4/29 vs. Seattle LHP CC Sabathia (3-2, 4.78) vs. RHP Chris Young (0-0, 3.50) 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Wednesday, 4/30 vs. Seattle RHP David Phelps (0-0, 3.86) vs. LHP Roenis Elias (1-2, 3.54) 7:05 p.m. YES Thursday, 5/1 vs. Seattle RHP Hiroki Kuroda (2-2, 5.28) vs. RHP Felix Hernandez (3-1, 2.40) 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN-AM 660 and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP .