POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (1-1) Vs

POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (1-1) Vs

POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (1-1) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (1-1) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 R H E LOB SERIES TORONTO BLUE JAYS 3 7 0 7 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 4 7 2 7 1 STARTING TIME: 7:10 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 2:56 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 44 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 31,020 WINNING PITCHER: Dellin Betances (1-0) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Aaron Loup (0-1) Yankees: Michael Pineda (96/62) SAVE: Andrew Miller (1) Blue Jays: R.A. Dickey (94/51) HOME RUNS (2015 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES TORONTO None None NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES Earned their first win of 2015…their 1-1 record marks their best start since going 2-0 to begin the 2011 season…had started 0-2 each of the past three seasons (2012-14). Are 21-4 at home against the Blue Jays since 9/19/12 and 30-6 since 5/24/11. The Yankees scored three runs and batted around in the eighth inning to erase a 3-1 deficit…the half-inning took 23 minutes…had scored just two runs in their first 16 innings of 2015. RHP Michael Pineda (6.0IP, 6H, 2R/2ER, 1BB, 6K) has recorded 6.0IP and allowed 2ER-or-fewer in each of his last three starts vs. the Blue Jays but is winless in all three (0-2)…in 14 starts as a Yankee, has recorded at least 6.0IP and allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 10 of them. LHP Andrew Miller (1.0IP, 1K) earned his second career save in his Yankees debut tonight. CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for-2, 2R, 2BB, 1SB) reached base four times, his most times on base since reaching five times (4-for-4, 1BB) on 7/20/14 vs. Cincinnati…recorded the Yankees’ first stolen base of the season in the sixth…scored the tying run on C Brian McCann’s HBP in the eighth. 3B Chase Headley (2-for-4, 1RBI) singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth…marked his third game-winning RBI in the eighth inning or later as a Yankee (had a walk-off single in Yankees debut vs. Texas on 7/22/14 and a walk-off HR vs. Boston on 9/4/14)…had the Yankees’ first multi-hit game of 2015…the switch-hitter batted right-handed in all three plate appearances against Toronto starter RHP R.A. Dickey, including a seventh-inning single. 1B Mark Teixeira (1-for-3, 1 double, 1BB) collected his first hit of the season with a double in his first at-bat…the switch-hitter batted right-handed in all three plate appearances against Toronto starter RHP R.A. Dickey. PH-RF Chris Young (1-for-1, 1 double, 1R) doubled to right to start the eighth-inning rally…it was the Yankees’ first pinch-hitting appearance of the season…12 of his 21 hits as a Yankee are for extra bases (nine doubles, 3HR). TORONTO BLUE JAYS NOTES The Blue Jays have lost 21 of their last 25 and 30 of their last 36 games in the Bronx…Toronto is now 9-12 in their last 21 games against the Yankees. RHP R.A. Dickey (6.1IP, 4H, 1ER, 3BB, 4K) is now winless in his last four starts at Yankee Stadium…is now 6-3 with a 2.57 ERA (84.2IP, 24ER) in 17 games (11 starts) against the Yankees…batters went 0-for-5 against him with runners in scoring position. Has not won a season debut with the Blue Jays as he lost two consecutive Opening Day starts from 2013-14. Has thrown at least 6.0IP in 20 of his last 21 games. DH Edwin Encarnacion (2-for-4) has reached base safely in 12 of his last 13 games against the Yankees…is batting .387 (19-for-49) with 8R, 4HR and 9RBI over that stretch. 2B Devon Travis (2-for-4, 1RBI) and Encarnacion were the only Blue Jays to record multi-hit games…has RBI in each of his first two Major League games. RHP Miguel Castro (0.2IP, 1K) appeared in his second consecutive game and did not allow a hit. LHP Brett Cecil (0.1IP, 1H, 1BB, 1K) recorded his fifth career blown save, allowing the tying run by hitting McCann with the bases loaded in the eighth inning. RHP Roberto Osuna (0.2IP, 1K) retired both batters and recorded his first strikeout in his Major League debut. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Thurs., 4/9 vs. Toronto LHP CC Sabathia (3-4, 5.28 in ‘14) vs. LHP Daniel Norris (0-0, 5.40 in ‘14) 7:05 p.m. YES Fri., 4/10 vs. Boston RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-14, 4.37 in ‘14) vs. LHP Wade Miley (8-12, 4.34 in ‘14) 7:05 p.m. PIX11 Sat., 4/11 vs. Boston RHP Adam Warren (3-6, 2.97 in ‘14) vs. RHP Steven Wright (0-1, 2.57 in ’14) 1:05 p.m. YES Sun., 4/12 vs. Boston RHP Masahiro Tanaka (0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Clay Buchholz (1-0, 0.00) 8:05 p.m. ESPN On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN-AM 660/101.9FM and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP .

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