Official Game Information Yankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451 Media Relations Phone: (718) 579-4460 • [email protected] • Twitter: @yankeespr 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 2012 (2011) NEW YORK YANKEES (58-38) at SEATTLE MARINERS (42-56) Current Standing in AL East . 1st, +7 .0 Current Streak . Won 1 RHP FREDDY GARCIA (4-3, 5.37) VS. RHP FELIX HERNANDEZ (8-5, 2.82) Current Road Trip: . 1-4 uesday uly p m eT afeco ield Recent Homestand: . 5-1 T , J 24 • 10:10 . • s f Last Five Games: . 1-4 Game #97 / Road Game #50 • TV: yes • Radio: wcbs (enG.)/wado (span.) Last 10 Games: . 5-5 Home Record: . 30-17 (52-29) Road Record: . .28-21 (45-36) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will play the second game of a three-game series at the Seattle Mariners tonight… are 1-4 Day Record: . .. 19-10 (44-12) on this seven-game road trip–their final West Coast trip of the year–which began with a four-game series at Oakland Night Record: . 39-28 (53-53) in which the Yankees were swept… after this series, will play 16 of 23 games from 7/27-8/19 at home, beginning vs . AL East . .. 18-13 (39-33) with a nine-game homestand vs . Boston, Baltimore and Seattle… are in a stretch of 13 consecutive days with games vs . AL Central . 15-9 (22-14) immediately following the All-Star break . vs . AL West . 12-11 (23-13) At 58-38 ( .604), own the best record in the Majors…are 20 games over .500, three shy of their season high-water mark . vs . National League . 13-5 (13-5) Are 27-13 since 6/8 and 37-17 since 5/22… are 10-3-1 over their last 14 series since 6/1 . vs . RH starters . .. 37-26 (62-48) vs . LH starters . 21-12 (35-17) AT THE TOP: Today marks the 42nd consecutive day the Yankees will be in sole possession of first place in the AL Yankees Score First: . 34-12 (71-23) East… marks their longest such stretch since a 43-day span from 6/21-8/2/10 . Opps . Score First: . 24-26 (26-42) Leading After 6: . 45-5 (81-11) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees snapped their season-high four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win at Seattle… RF Trailing After 6: . 8-31 (9-45) Tied After 6: . 5-2 (7-9) Ichiro Suzuki (1-for-4) made his Yankees debut, having been acquired prior to the game from Seattle, singling in his Leading After 7: . 48-4 (88-8) first AB… RHP Hiroki Kuroda limited the Mariners to 1ER on 3H in 7 .0IP (1BB, 9K) for his 10th win of the year… 3B Alex Trailing After 7: . 6-32 (4-49) Rodriguez (2-for-4) hit his 15th HR of the year and also doubled… 1B Mark Teixeira (3-for-4) doubled twice and had 1RBI . Tied After 7: . 4-2 (5-8) Leading After 8: . 53-4 (91-4) KON-ICHI-WA: Prior to Monday’s win at Seattle, the Yankees acquired 10-time All-Star and All-Time Lists Courtesy of Trailing After 8: . 0-33 (2-50) 10-time Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and cash considerations from the Elias Sports Bureau Tied After 8: . 4-1 (3-11) the Seattle Mariners in exchange for minor league RHPs D .J . Mitchell and Danny Farquhar . HOME RUNS Extra-Inning Games: . 3-1 (4-12) With 2,533 hits at the time of the trade, Suzuki possessed the third-highest total by 1 . Barry Bonds . 762 One-run Games: . 13-13 (21-24) any player at the time of his debut for the Yankees, behind only Paul Waner (3,151 in 2 . Hank Aaron . 755 Two (or fewer)-run Games: . 24-18 (38-39) 3 . Babe Ruth . 714 NYY Scores 5 or more . .. 44-10 (71-14) 1944) and Ivan Rodriguez (2,584 in 2008)–credit: Elias Sports Bureau . Marked the second time this month a Yankees acquisition debuted against his former 4 . Willie Mays . 660 NYY Scores 4 or more: . 53-13 (86-27) 5. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...644 NYY Scores 3 or less: . 5-25 (11-38) team (also OF Darnell McDonald at Boston on 7/6) . 6 . Ken Griffey Jr . 630 NYY Scores 2 or less . 2-16 (1-27) HITS Opp . Scores 5 or more . 9-26 (14-43) HIT PARADE: With the addition of Suzuki (2,534), the Yankees now have three 11 . Eddie Murray . 3,255 Opp . Scores 4 or less: . 49-10 (83-22) players each with at least 2,500 career hits (also Derek Jeter-3,212 and Alex 12 . Nap Lajoie . 3,252 Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 40-3 (69-14) Rodriguez-2,871)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, they are the third set of 13. DEREK JETER ....3,212 Opp . Scores 2 or less . 29-2 (46-7) teammates to each have at least 2,500H, joining the 1927 Philadelphia Athletics (Ty 14 . Cal Ripken, Jr . 3,184 Yankees No Errors: . 39-18 (56-37) Cobb, Eddie Collins and Zack Wheat) and the 1928 Philadelphia Athletics (Cobb, Collins 15 . George Brett . 3,154 Yankees Make Error(s): . 19-20 (41-28) NYY Starter Goes 6: . 47-18 (73-33) and Tris Speaker - but they never started in the same game) . RBI (since becoming Opp . Starter Goes 6: . 37-31 (46-48) an official statistic in 1920) Yankees Outhit Opp .: . 38-6 (66-7) DOUBLE-DIGITS: With Hiroki Kuroda’s win last night, the Yankees now have three 4 . Babe Ruth . 1,992 Opp . Outhits Yankees: . 15-27 (22-54) pitchers each with at least 10 wins this season (also Nova and Sabathia), the most for any 5 . Stan Musial . 1,950 Hit Totals Are Even: . 5-5 (9-4) team in the Majors this season . 6 . ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...1,937 Come-From-Behind Wins: . 30 (37) 7 . Jimmie Foxx . 1,924 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 7 (10) RUNS C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 3 (4) ROAD TRIPPIN’: The Yankees are 28-21 ( .571) on the road this season, the best record 9 . Lou Gehrig . 1,888 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 1 (3) in the AL and the third-highest winning percentage in the Majors behind Atlanta and 10 . Tris Speaker . 1,882 Yankees hit 0HR: . 2-15 (20-24) Washington (both 28-20, .583) . 11. ALEX RODRIGUEZ ...1,878 Yankees hit at least 1HR: . 56-23 (77-41) 12 . Mel Ott . 1,859 Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . 38-10 ( 51-15) HIRO’S WELCOME: RHP Hiroki Kuroda has gone 7-1 with a 2 .49 ERA (76 .0IP, 21ER), 14BB 13 . Craig Biggio . 1,844 Walk-off Wins: . 2 (3) and 69K over his last 11 starts since 5/27… matches Texas’ Matt Harrison and Tampa Bay’s 14 . Frank Robinson . 1,830 Walk-off Losses: . 5 (7) 15 . Eddie Collins . 1,822 David Price for the most wins in the AL over the span… the Yankees have gone 9-2 in his Series Record: . 18-9-4 (34-13-7) starts over the stretch . DEREK JETER ... 1,822 Series Record, home: . 10-3-2 (21-4-2) 17 . Carl Yastrzemski . 1,816 Series Record, road: . 8-6-2 (13-9-5) 18 . Ted Williams . 1,799 Series Openers: . 22-10 (28-26) FOUR AND OUT: The Yankees snapped their season-high four-game losing streak on Series Finales: . 20-11 (33-21) Monday at Seattle… are one of five teams that has yet to lose five consecutive games this season (also Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Sweeps by Yankees . 8 (9) San Francisco and Tampa Bay)… became the last team in the Majors this season to post a four-game losing streak . Sweeps by Opponent . .. 3 (4) Also snapped their season-high four straight road losses…had been their longest road skid since 9/10-13/10 TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY and matched their longest single-season road losing streak under Girardi (fourth time) . July 24, 1957: The Yankees and Kansas City Royals play the infamous ONE OFF: The Yankees on Monday snapped a stretch of four consecutive losses, each by one run… marked the first such “Pine Tar” game at the original Yankee Stadium . KC’s George Brett streak for the Yankees since 4/25-30/79 (1G at Oakland, 3G at Seattle and 1G at California)… according to ESPN Stats & hits a two-out, ninth-inning HR off Info, it marked the first time the Yankees lost four straight games, each by one run, against the same opponent since four Goose Gossage to give the Royals an consecutive losses at Detroit from 10/1/88-6/28/89… the Yankees are 6-9 in one-run games on the road in 2012 . apparent 5-4 lead . Yankees Manager Billy Martin appeals that the pine tar on Brett’s bat is above the allowable SWEPT BY THE BAY: The Yankees suffered a four-game sweep at Oakland from Thursday-Sunday… were swept for the 18 inches from the handle and Brett third time this season (also 4/6-8 at Tampa Bay-3G and 5/16-17 at Toronto-2G)… were swept in a four-game series for is subsequently called out by umpire the first time since 5/22-25/03 vs .