CUTCH CITY: OF Andrew McCutchen's next game will be the 1,500th of his career will be one of 14 active outfielders to reach the milestone.

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1 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2018 (2017) Standing in AL East: nd, -9.0G Current Streak: Won 1 Current Road Trip Final Homestand Home Record: (51-30) Road Record: (40-41) Day Record: (34-27) Night Record: (57-44) Pre-All-Star (45-41) Post-All-Star (46-30) vs. AL East: (44-32) vs. AL Central: (18-15) vs. AL West: (14-19) vs. National League: (15-5) vs. RH starters: (67-48) vs. LH starters: (24-23) Yankees Score First: (55-18) Opp. Score First: (36-53) Leading After 6: (75-10) Trailing After 6: (10-52) Tied After 6: (6-9) Leading After 7: (78-5) Trailing After 7: (8-59) Tied After 7: (5-7) Leading After 8: (82-4) Trailing After 8: (5-65) Tied After 8: (4-2) Extra-Inning Games: (5-6) One-run Games: (18-26) Two (or fewer)-run Games: (29-35) NYY Scores 5 or more: (68-19) NYY Scores 4 or more: (76-28) NYY Scores 3 or fewer: (15-43) NYY Scores 2 or fewer: (4-33) Opp. Scores 5 or more: (15-47) Opp. Scores 4 or fewer: (76-24) Opp. Scores 3 or fewer: (63-12) Opp. Scores 2 or fewer: (45-6) Yankees No Errors: (52-35) Yankees Make Error(s): (39-36) NYY Starter Goes 6: (62-23) Comeback Wins: (41) Yankees hit 0HR: (8-27) Yankees hit at least 1HR: (83-44) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: (51-16) Walk-off Wins-Losses: (5-6) Series Record: ( ) Series Record, home: (19-8-0) Series Record, road: (9-12-5) Sweeps by NYY / by Opp.:. 12 (10) / 4 (2) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (5.22) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (4.08) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Sept. 28, 2008: On the season s last day in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Fenway Park, Mike Mussina records his 20th win, becoming the oldest pitcher in MLB history to win 20 games for the first time. Sept. 28, 1968: Mickey Mantle plays his final career game, starting for the Yankees at Boston s Fenway Park. Hitting third, he bats in the top of the first and pops out to Red Sox shortstop Rico Petrocelli before being replaced in the field at 1B by Andy Kosco. Sept. 28, 1951: In Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium, Allie Reynolds tosses his second no-hitter of the season (also at CLE on 7/12), as the Yanks defeat the Red Sox, 8-0. Sept. 28, 1923: In a 24-4 win at Fenway Park, the Yankees collect 30 hits (8 doubles, 2HR), setting a single-game franchise record that still stands today. Babe Ruth highlights the offense by going 5-for-6 with 2 doubles, 1HR, 1BB, 4R and 3RBI. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Sept. 29, 1987: Don Mattingly hits his sixth grand slam of the season in a 6-0 win vs. Boston (off Bruce Hurst), setting a Major League record (since tied in 2006 by Travis Hafner). Sept. 29, 1975: Former Yankees manager Casey Stengel passes away. Stengel managed the club for 12 seasons ( ), winning seven World Series titles. Sept. 29, 1928: The Yankees and Tigers combine for a then-record 45 hits, with Detroit earning a victory at Navin Field. Each of the nine Tigers batters finished with at least two hits. OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION YANKEE STADIUM ONE EAST 161ST STREET BRONX, NY PHONE: (718) media@yankees.com SOCIAL WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1923, 27-28, 32, 36-39, 41, 43, 47, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 77-78, 96, , 09 NEW YORK YANKEES (98-61) at BOSTON RED SOX (107-52) LHP J.A. Happ (16-6, 3.57) vs. LHP Brian Johnson (4-4, 4.11) Friday, September 28, 2018 Fenway Park 7:10 p.m. ET Game #160 Road Game #79 TV: WPIX/ESPN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees begin their final regular season series of the season tonight at Boston (3G, Fri.-Sun.) are 3-1 on their final road trip of the season. Are 7-3 in their last 10G after going 1-4 in their previous 5G are in their last 38G and in 49G since 8/6. At (.616), have the Majors' third-best record and third-most wins behind Boston (107-52,.673) and Houston (100-58,.633) marks their highest win total since going in 2009 need to go 2-1 or better in their final 3G to record their 20th 100-win season in franchise history. Are a season-high-tying 37G over.500 (second time, also at the end of play on Tuesday) prior to 2018, had not been 37G over.500 since finishing the 2009 season with a record (44G over.500). Have clinched their 54th postseason berth in franchise history (116 seasons, 46.6%) have qualified for the playoffs in 20-of-24 seasons since 1995 (missed in 2008, 13-14, 16) are going to consecutive postseasons for the first time since Lead Oakland (96-63) by 2.0G for the first AL Wild Card spot will clinch home field in the AL Wild Card Game with either a win or Oakland loss (if the Yankees and Oakland finish with the same record, the Yankees will host based on the intradivision record tiebreaker). Play 16 of their final 25 games on the road are so far (7-6 on the road, 5-4 at home). YESTERDAY'S NEWS: The Yankees earned a win in their four-game series at Tampa Bay by beating the Rays, 12-1, on Thursday afternoon LHP CC Sabathia allowed 1H over 5.0 scoreless innings (0BB, 5K, 2HP) before being ejected in the sixth inning LF Giancarlo Stanton (2-for-3, 3R, 2BB) hit a pair of solo HRs to give the Yankees an MLB-recordtying 24 multi-hr games in 2018 CF Brett Gardner (2-for- 4, 1 double, 1 triple, 1RBI, 1BB, 1SB) tied a season high with 3R 1B Luke Voit (3-for-3, 2R, 1 double, 1HR, 2RBI, 1BB) had his second consecutive three-hit game DH Miguel Andújar (2-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 3RBI) logged his 52nd multi-hit game. Tied both their second-highest run total and margin of victory this season (14-1 win on 4/23 vs. Minnesota). Marked their second two-hitter of the series (also Monday) and fifth of the season. MOVING DAY: On Thurs. at Tampa Bay, LHP CC Sabathia allowed 1H over 5.0 scoreless innings (0BB, 5K, 2HP) to earn his 246th career win, tying Joe McGinnity for 50th on the all-time wins list marked his 538th career start, tying Red Ruffing for 32nd all-time with his 129th win in pinstripes, broke a tie with Jack Chesbro (128) for 11th on the Yankees' franchise list. Marked his fourth scoreless start this season, his second with 1H allowed (6.0IP, 1H on 8/12 vs. Texas) prior to 2018, had not produced a scoreless start with 1H since 9/2/10 vs. Oakland (8.0IP, 1H, 0R). Since 1908, is the eighth pitcher (and first Yankee), age- 38 or older, to record multiple scoreless starts of at least 5.0IP with 1H-or-fewer in a single season, joining Nolan Ryan (3x in 1986, 3x in 1990, 2x in 1991), Randy Johnson (2007), Greg Maddux (2006), Tom Glavine (2004), Mike Cuellar (1975), Sal Maglie (1956) and Cy Young (1908). CUTCH CITY: OF Andrew McCutchen's next game will be the 1,500th of his career will be one of 14 active outfielders to reach the milestone. WILD THINGS: The Yankees have clinched their seventh AL Wild Card berth (1995, 97, 2007, 10, 15, 17-18) is their third appearance in the AL Wild Card Game (lost in 2015, won in 2017), matching Pittsburgh (1-2 in NLWCG from ) for the most appearances by a team in the Wild Card Game. Will join the Pirates as the only teams to play in consecutive Wild Card Games (Colorado can also join this group). The Yankees (2x) and Pirates (3x: ) are the only teams to host multiple Wild Card Games home teams are 5-7 all-time in the Wild Card Game (AL 3-3, NL 2-4). JUDGE'S ORDERS: For the second consecutive season, RF Aaron Judge had the most popular jersey in Major League Baseball the ranking is based on sales of Majestic jerseys from MLBShop.com since Opening Day BRONX BOMBERS, INDEED: Yankees batters hit 4HR on Thurs. at Tampa Bay, their 15th game this season with at least 4HR (next-most: Oakland-11) have hit a franchiserecord 260HR this season is tied with the 2005 Texas Rangers for the second-highest total in Major League history, behind the 1997 Seattle Mariners (264HR) need 4HR over their final 3G to tie the record are on pace to hit 265HR. Have homered in 29-of-33G since 8/24 (58HR total). Have scored 28R in the last 3G, tied for their second-highest-scoring three-game span of the season (29R from 4/23-25 vs. Minnesota). MULTI-TASKING: With Giancarlo Stanton s 2HR game on Thursday, the MULTI-HR GAMES, MLB HISTORY Yankees tied a Major League record NO. TEAM with their 24th multi-hr game of YANKEES 2018 are the third team to do it, joining Yankees Braves the 1961 Yankees and 1966 Braves Blue Jays Stanton is one of 10 different Yankees Rockies to record a multi-hr game Aaron Judge, who led the AL with seven Mariners multi-hr games in 2017, does not have one. TO BE THE BEST : Among the five AL playoff teams, the Yankees have the best record against the other AL postseason qualifiers, having gone this season (5-2 vs. Cleveland, 5-2 vs. Houston, 3-3 vs. Oakland, 7-9 vs. Boston) see chart at right. MOST HOME RUNS, MLB HISTORY HR TEAM Mariners YANKEES Rangers Blue Jays Orioles BEST RECORDS VS. AL PLAYOFF TEAMS TEAM W-L PCT. YANKEES Houston Oakland Boston Cleveland STANTON ISLAND: OF Giancarlo Stanton hit his 36th and 37th HRs of the season on Thurs. at Tampa Bay, his fourth multi-hr game of the season his 37HR are fifth-most by a player in his first season as a Yankee, trailing Babe Ruth (54HR in 1920), Jason Giambi (41HR in 2002), Mark Teixeira (39HR in 2009) and Roger Maris (39HR in 1960). LUUUUUUUUUKE: 1B Luke Voit collected his second straight three-hit game on Thurs. at Tampa Bay has multiple RBI in five of his last 9G, batting.429/.474/.943 (15- for-35) with 10R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 13RBI and 3BB since 9/19. Since joining the Yankees on 8/2, is hitting.331/.403/.661 (41-for-124) with 26R, 5 doubles, 12HR, 30RBI and 14BB in 37G since 8/24, his 12HR (in 30G) are tied with Milwaukee's Christian Yelich for the Major League lead. MULTI-HIT MIGGY: 3B Miguel Andújar went 2-for-4 with 1HR and 3RBI on Thurs. at Tampa Bay, his 52nd multi-hit game of the season are tied with Ben Chapman (1930) for fourth-most by a Yankees rookie since 1913, behind Joe DiMaggio (66 in 1936), Earle Combs (65 in 1925) and Tresh (54 in 1962) are third-most by an AL rookie over the last 15 seasons (since 2004), behind Mike Trout (56 in 2012) and Delmon Young (55 in 2007). Has 27HR this season, third-most by a Yankees rookie (Judge-52 in 2017, DiMaggio-29 in 1936). Has hit 14 of his 27HR when behind in the count, four more than any other Major League player this season. Is the eighth Yankees rookie to record 90RBI in a season, the third since 1963 (Judge-114 in 2017, Matsui-106 in 2003). His 72XBH (43 doubles, 2 triples, 27HR) are third-most by a Yankees rookie behind Joe DiMaggio (88 in 1936) and Aaron Judge (79 in 2017) are third-most by an MLB rookie in the last 12 seasons (since 2007), behind Judge (79 in 2017) and José Abreu (73 in 2014). FOR STARTERS: Yankees starting pitchers have allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 16 of their last 19 starts, going 8-4 with a 2.65 ERA (95.0IP, 88H, 32R/28ER, 24BB, 91K, 7HR) over the span is the Majors' second-lowest rotation ERA since 9/7, trailing only the Mets (2.55). LHP J.A. Happ has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 11 straight starts vs. Boston (since 5/15/15), tied with Gaylord Perry (9/9/72-9/11/74) for the longest such streak vs. Boston since UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Sat., 9/29 at Boston RHP Lance Lynn (9-10, 4.80) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-7, 3.88) 1:05 p.m. FOX Sun., 9/30 at Boston RHP Luis Severino (19-8, 3.39) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (17-7, 4.33) 3:05 p.m. YES/TBS On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN 660AM/101.9FM and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP

2 YANKEES at BOSTON RED SOX OVERALL TRENDS: The Yankees are 7-9 vs. the Red Sox in 2018 will play the 17th of 19 games tonight (9G in the Bronx, 10G at Boston) are in 38G vs. Boston since 9/27/16 SEASON SERIES: Have won four of the last six season series ( ) have lost just four of 18 season series between the clubs since 2000, going over the span AT FENWAY PARK: Are 1-6 at Fenway Park in 2018 went 5-4 at Fenway Park in 2017 are just 8-18 at Fenway Park since the start of 2016, but are there since the start of 2012 have won 8-of-14 series at Fenway Park since the start of 2014 (8-5-1) are (.508) all-time at Fenway Park, the only visiting AL team with a winning record there. NYY BATTERS vs. BOSTON RED SOX 2018 AND CAREER 2018 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Miguel Andújar Greg Bird Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Adeiny Hechavarria Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Aaron Judge Andrew McCutchen Austin Romine Gary Sanchez Giancarlo Stanton Gleyber Torres Ronald Torreyes Luke Voit Tyler Wade Neil Walker NYY BATTERS vs. RHP BRIAN JOHNSON CAREER AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Miguel Andujar Greg Bird Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Adeiny Hechavarria Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Aaron Judge Andrew McCutchen Austin Romine Gary Sanchez Giancarlo Stanton Gleyber Torres Ronald Torreyes Luke Voit Tyler Wade Neil Walker NYY vs. BOSTON in 2018 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/10 at BOS L /11 at BOS W /12 at BOS L /8 at NYY W /9 at NYY W /10 at NYY L /29 at NYY W /30 at NYY L /1 at NYY W /2 at BOS L /3 at BOS L /4 at BOS L /5 at BOS L 4-5 (10) 5-8 9/18 at NYY W /19 at NYY W /20 at NYY L /28 at BOS /29 at BOS /30 at BOS Total in All-time vs. BOS: 1, All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at current Yankee Stad.: All-time at Fenway Park: NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2018 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR ATL MIA NYM PHI WAS Games Record Home Road TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 9 (4/21-29) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road...11 (4/21-5/9) / 4, 4x (last: 8/24-26) Longest Losing Streak...5 (8/1-5) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road...2, 5x (last: 9/15-16) / 5 (7/25-8/5) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games...4:02 (9/20 vs. BOS) / 5:20 (4/6 vs. BAL, 14 inn.) Longest Game, Innings...14 inn. (4/6 vs. BAL) Shortest Game, Time, All Games....2:15 (8/3 at BOS) Largest Margin of Victory...13 (4/23 vs. MIN) Largest Margin of Defeat...13 (4/10 at BOS) Largest Deficit Overcome in a Win...5 (6/20 vs. SEA) Highest Paid Attendance, Home / Road... 47,351 (9/20 vs. BOS) / 48,115 (3/29 at TOR) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning...14 (4/23 vs. MIN) / 7, 2x (last: 9/25 at TB, 3rd inn.) Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games...17 (7/9 at BAL-G2) / Same Most Home Runs, All Games...6 (7/1 vs. BOS) Shut Out... 4 (last: 6/30 vs. BOS) Fewest Hits, All Games...1 (8/3 at BOS) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games...16 (9/15 vs. TOR) / 17 (5/29 vs. HOU) Hitting Streak, 2018 Season / Current... 12G (Judge, 4/1-16) / 5G (Stanton, 9/23-pres.) Walk-off Wins...8 (last: 9/22 vs. BAL) TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning...15 (8/2 at BOS) / 9 (4/10 at BOS, 6th inn.) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games...19 (8/2 at BOS) / Same Fewest Hits Allowed, Game... 2, 5x (last: 9/27 at TB) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game...5, 2x (last: 8/30 vs. DET) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games....15, 6x (last: 9/25 at TB) / 20 (8/7 at CWS) Shutouts (last: 9/14 vs. TOR) Complete Games...2 (last: Tanaka, 7/24 at TB) Walk-Off Losses...3 (last: 8/5 at BOS) 2018 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 4, 2x (last: Hicks, 9/21 vs. BAL); Hits- 5 (Stanton, 6/24 at TB); Doubles- 2, 20x (last: Stanton, 8/16 vs. TB); Triples- 1, 23x (last: Gardner, 9/27 at TB); HR- 3 (Hicks, 7/1 vs. BOS); RBI- 8 (Gregorius, 4/3 vs. TB); BB- 3, 5x (last: McCutchen, 9/10 at MIN); SB- 2, 2x (last: Judge, 7/3 vs. ATL). PITCHING: IP in Start- 9.0, 2x (last: Tanaka, 7/24 at TB); IP in Relief- 5.2 (Hale, 7/6 at TOR); Hits- 11 (Severino, 7/23 at TB); Runs- 7, 5x (last: Holder, 8/2 at BOS); ER- 7, 3x (last: Holder, 8/2 at BOS); BB- 5 (Gray, 4/25 vs. MIN); K- 12 (Sabathia, 8/7 at CWS); HR- 3, 5x (last: Happ, 8/30 vs. DET); Pitches- 115 (Severino, 8/3 at BOS). FIELDING: Errors- 2, 3x (last: Andújar, 8/12 vs. TEX) PLAYERS USED (49) P (26): RHP Adams, RHP Betances, LHP Britton, RHP Cessa, LHP Chapman, RHP Cole, RHP Gallegos, RHP Germán, RHP Gray, RHP Green, RHP Hale, LHP Happ, RHP Holder, RHP Kahnle, RHP Kontos, RHP Loaisiga, RHP Lynn, LHP Montgomery, RHP Robertson, LHP Sabathia, RHP Severino, LHP Sheffield, LHP Shreve, RHP Tanaka, LHP Tarpley, RHP Warren; C (3): Higashioka, Romine, Sánchez; INF (11): Andújar, Austin, Bird, Drury, Gregorius, Hechavarria, Torres, Torreyes, Voit, Wade, Walker; OF (9): Frazier, Gardner, Hicks, Judge, McCutchen, McKinney, Peterson, Robinson, Stanton. YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LIST (4) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Jacoby Ellsbury Right oblique strain 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 60-day (159) Ben Heller Right elbow bone spur 4/2 (retro to 3/27) 60-day (159) Jordan Montgomery Left elbow strain 5/2 60-day (130) Clint Frazier Post-concussion migraines 7/21 60-day (63) Reinstated from D.L. in 2018 (19): Chapman (8/22-9/18, 24G), Judge (7/27-9/14, 45G), Gregorius (8/20-9/6, 16G), Sánchez (7/24-8/31, 36G), Sabathia (8/13-24, 9G), Happ (7/30-8/8, 9G), Torres (7/4-7/24, 15G), Sánchez (6/25-7/19, 20G), Tanaka (6/9-7/9, 29G), Cole (6/20-7/3, 12G), Cessa (4/18-6/20, 55G), Warren (4/21-6/4, 38G), Bird (3/26-5/26, 48G), Kahnle (4/16-5/25, 33G), McKinney (4/1-5/24, 44G), Drury (4/7-5/14, 32G), Frazier (3/26-5/2, 29G), Sabathia (4/7-4/18, 8G), Hicks (3/30-4/11, 11G) 2018 Season: 20 players in 23 stints / 2017 Season: 18 players in 24 stints CATCHER S BOX CATCHER ERA INN ER W-L CS SB CS% PB Higashioka Romine Sánchez STARTS BY POSITION PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Andújar Austin Bird Drury Frazier Gardner Gregorius Hechavarria Hicks Higashioka Judge McCutchen McKinney Peterson Robinson Romine Sánchez Stanton Torres Torreyes Voit Wade Walker Games with no DH: 10 RUNS SCORED BY INNING Yankees Opp STARTS BY BATTING ORDER PLAYER Andújar Austin Bird Drury Frazier Gardner Gregorius Hechavarria Hicks Higashioka Judge McCutchen McKinney Peterson Robinson Romine Sánchez Stanton Torres Torreyes Voit Wade Walker Pitchers Andújar Bird Gardner Gregorius Hechavarria Hicks Higashioka Judge McCutchen Romine Sánchez Stanton Torres Torreyes Voit Wade Walker 2018 YANKEES HOME RUNS MOST RECENT HRs 9/27/18 at TB (Schultz) 8/19/18 vs. TOR (Borucki) 8/31/18 vs. DET (Zimmermann) 9/21/18 vs. BAL (Ramírez) 9/25/18 at TB (Faria) 9/22/18 vs. BAL (Hess) 7/4/18 vs. ATL (Teheran) 7/21/18 vs. NYM (Peterson) 9/24/18 at TB (Wood) 9/8/18 at SEA (Vincent) 9/25/18 at TB (Beeks) 2HR, 9/27 at TB (Kittredge/Milner) 9/7/18 at SEA (Paxton) 7/30/17 vs. TB (Faria) 9/27/18 at TB (Kittredge) 7/11/18 at BAL (Wright Jr.) 9/26/18 at TB (Stanek) 1st-INNING LEADOFF HRs 6x in 2018 / 5x in 2017 McCutchen 9/16 vs. TOR (Pannone) McCutchen 9/8 at SEA (Hernández) Gardner 7/7 at TOR (Happ) Hicks 6/26 at PHI (Arrieta) Gardner 5/29 vs. HOU (Morton) Gardner 5/26 vs. LAA (Barria) Walker Walker Stanton Torres Sánchez Stanton Andújar Gregorius Bird Stanton Bird Andújar Gregorius Hicks Hicks PINCH-HIT HRs 1x in 2018 / 4x in /28 vs. CWS (Covey) WALK-OFF HRs 4x in 2018 / 3x in /28 vs. CWS (Covey) 6/20 vs. SEA (Cook) 5/6 vs. CLE (Otero) 4/26 vs. MIN (Rodney) GRAND SLAMS 8x in 2018 / 4x in /20 vs. BOS (Hembree) 9/15 vs. TOR (Clippard) 9/11 at MIN (May) 8/19 vs. TOR (Borucki) 8/8 at CWS (Giolito) 7/11 at BAL (Bundy) 6/5 at TOR (Oh) 4/23 vs. MIN (Kinley) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 2x in 2018 / 0x in /19 at KC (Duffy, 3rd inn.) 4/13 at DET (Fiers, 2nd inn.) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Ppd. (9)...4/2 vs. TB (snow), 4/14 at DET (rain), 4/15 at DET (G1 & G2)(rain), 5/16 at WAS (rain), 5/31 at BAL (rain), 6/3 at BAL (rain), 7/22 vs. NYM (rain), 7/27 vs. KC (rain) Delays at Start (5)...4/3 vs. TB (0:14, rain), 4/4 vs. TB (1:32, rain), 5/13 vs. OAK (2:45, rain), 6/2 at BAL (1:44, rain), 8/14 vs. TB (0:21, rain) Delays In-Game (5)...4/12 at BOS (0:45, rain), 5/10 vs. BOS (0:55, rain), 5/15 at WAS (1:10, rain), 8/1 vs. BAL (0:39, rain), 8/17 vs. TOR (1:25 rain) Games Called Early (1)...8/17 vs. TOR (7th, rain) Rescheduled Game (1)... 9/18 vs. BOS Suspended Game (1) 5/15 at WAS (B6, res. 6/18) 2017: Ppd. (5) / Delays at Start (7) / Delays In-Game (2) REPLAY CHALLENGES (79x in 2018) NYY Challenges: 37 (26 overturned, 5 confirmed, 6 stand) Opp. Challenges: 35 (19 overturned, 6 confirmed, 10 stand) Umpires: 7 (3 overt d, 2 conf d, 1 stand, 0 rec. keep, 1 rule ck) 2017 (86): NYY (30-2-8) / Opp. ( ) / Umps ( ) MULTI-HR GAMES 24x in 2018 / 18x in 2017 Stanton 2HR, 9/27 at TB (Kittredge/Milner) Voit 2HR, 9/19 vs. BOS (Price 2x) Gregorius 2HR, 9/15 vs. TOR (Petricka/Barnes) Voit 2HR, 8/24 at BAL (Cobb/Carroll) Walker 2HR, 8/9 vs. TEX (Jurado/Moore) Gregorius 2HR, 8/2 at BOS (Johnson 2x) Torres 2HR, 8/1 vs. BAL (Cobb/Wright Jr.) Gardner 2HR, 7/12 at CLE (Kluber/Olson) Hicks 3HR, 7/1 vs. BOS (Price 2x/Velázquez) Bird 2HR, 6/29 vs. BOS (Rodríguez/Haley) Gregorius 2HR, 6/12 vs. WAS (Roark 2x) Gardner 2HR, 5/29 vs. HOU (Morton/Devenski) Torres 2HR, 5/21 at TEX (Colon 2x) Austin 2HR, 5/20 at KC (Skoglund 2x) Sánchez 2HR, 5/19 at KC (Smith/Boyer) Stanton 2HR, 5/8 vs. BOS (Pomeranz 2x) Stanton 2HR, 5/2 at HOU (Keuchel 2x) Sánchez 2HR, 4/24 vs. MIN (Berríos/Duffey) Gregorius 2HR, 4/16 vs. MIA (Cloyd/O Grady) Hicks 2HR, 4/13 at DET (Fiers 2x) Sánchez 2HR, 4/11 at BOS (Price/Hembree) Gregorius 2HR, 4/3 vs. TB (Archer/Pruitt) Austin 2HR, 3/31 at TOR (Estrada 2x) Stanton 2HR, 3/29 at TOR (Happ/Clippard) MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / *BACK-TO-BACK HRs 27x/10x in 2018 / 19x/11x in 2017 s Date/Opp. (Inning) Voit/Stanton* 9/27 at TB (6th inn.) Hicks/Andújar* 8/31 vs. DET (6th inn.) Andújar/Walker* 8/9 vs. TEX (4th inn.) Gardner/Judge* 7/7 at TOR (1st inn.) Judge/Andújar* 6/21 vs. SEA (1st inn.) Stanton/Sánchez* 6/16 vs. TB (5th inn.) Gardner/Judge* 5/26 vs. LAA (1st inn.) Andújar/Romine* 5/20 at KC (9th inn.) Stanton/Sánchez* 5/19 at KC (9th inn.) Sánchez/Hicks* 5/12 vs. OAK (2nd inn.) Last b2b2b: Holliday/Castro/Gregorius, 6/3/17 at TOR (8th inn.) Last multi-hr inn., indiv.: A. Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB (2HR in 6th) MISCELLANEOUS RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE HRs: 260 / Runs: 830 / Runs via HR: 421 (50.7%) Solo (143): Andújar-12, Austin-1, Bird-8, Gardner-6, Gregorius-14, Hechavarria-2, Hicks-15, Higashioka-3, Judge-17, McCutchen-4, Robinson-1, Romine-5, Sánchez-7, Stanton-24, Torres-11, Voit-5, Wade-1, Walker-7 2-Run (81): Andújar-9, Austin-6, Drury-1, Gardner-6, Gregorius-6, Hicks-10, Judge-8, McCutchen-1, Romine-4, Sánchez-7, Stanton-10, Torres-5, Voit-7, Walker-1 3-Run (28): Andújar-4, Austin-1, Bird-1, Gregorius-5, Hicks-1, Judge-1, Romine-1, Sánchez-3, Stanton-1, Torres-7, Walker-3 Grand Slams (8): Andújar-2, Bird-2, Gregorius-2, Stanton : HRs: 241 / Runs: 858 / Runs via HR: 401 (46.7%) 2017: Solo (128) / 2R (70) / 3R (39) / GS (4) EJECTIONS (11x in 2018) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) CC Sabathia/Aaron Boone 9/27 at TB (Carapazza) Brett Gardner 9/9 at SEA (Rehak) Aaron Boone 8/31 vs. DET (Lentz) Aaron Boone 7/14 at CLE (Hickox) CC Sabathia 7/7 at TOR (Barrett) Aaron Boone 5/22 at TEX (Hoberg) Josh Bard 4/27 at LAA (Porter) Austin/Kahnle/Nevin 4/11 at BOS (Wendelstedt) 2017: By player (4) / By manager (5) / By coach (2) COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER Year After Game 159 After Game (2nd, -9.0) -- (--,--) (2nd, -3.0) (2nd, -2.0) (4th, -9.0) (4th, -10.0) (2nd, -5.0) (2nd, -6.0) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS Sept. 12 Recalled RHP Chance Adams from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Sept. 14 Reinstated OF Aaron Judge from the 10-day disabled list. Sept. 18 Recalled RHP Domingo Germán from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre signed LHP Justus Sheffield to a Major League contract and selected him to the active roster from Triple-A Scranton/WB transferred OF Clint Frazier to the 60-day disabled list. Sept. 19 Reinstated LHP Aroldis Chapman from the 10-day disabled list.

3 LHP J.A. Happ will make his 11th start as a Yankee and 31st start of the season in tonight's series opener at Boston the 35-year-old will start on regular four days' rest did not record a decision on Sunday vs. Baltimore, allowing only 1ER in 5.0IP (5H, 2BB, 7K, 1HR) has posted a 0.78 ERA (23.0IP, 3R/2ER) in his last four starts the Yankees are 8-2 in his starts is 6-0 with a 2.34 ERA (57.2IP, 15ER) in 10 starts with the Yankees was the first Yankees pitcher since Bob Turley in 1955 to both start and win each of his first five appearances as a Yankee according to the Elias Sports Bureau missed nine team games on 10-day D.L. from 8/2 (retro to 7/30)-8/9 with hand, foot and mouth disease is tied for eighth in the Majors with 16 wins, the second-highest total of his career (20-4 in 2016) was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for INF Brandon Drury and OF Billy McKinney on 7/26/18 his first name is pronounced "JAY" according to STATS, LLC, is the fourth pitcher to make starts for both the Yankees and Blue Jays in the same season, and the first since David Cone in 1995 is one of seven pitchers to record double digit wins in each of the past five seasons finished sixth in 2016 AL Cy Young Award voting after going 20-4 with Toronto and tying for the second-most wins in the Majors the Yankees are his sixth Major League team, also the Phillies ( ), Astros ( ), Blue Jays ( , 16-18), Mariners (2015) and Pirates (2015) was originally selected by Philadelphia in the third round of the 2004 First-Year Draft out of Northwestern (Ill.) University. LAST START: Did not record a decision in the Yankees' 6-3 defeat on Sunday vs. Baltimore, allowing only 1ER in 5.0IP (5H, 2BB, 7K, 1HR) extended his unbeaten streak to 11 consecutive starts allowed his only run on a solo HR to Tim Beckham in the second left the game with a 3-1 lead. WINNING WAYS: Is undefeated over his last 11 starts (since 7/22), going 6-0 with a 2.30 ERA (62.2IP, 16ER) over that span marks his longest such streak since going undefeated in 12 straight starts from 6/11-8/17/16 won five consecutive starts from 7/29-8/25, his longest stretch since also winning five straight from 7/24-8/17/16 was the second Yankees starter this season to win five consecutive games (also Luis Severino from 6/16-7/7). IN PINSTRIPES: Is 6-0 with a 2.34 ERA (57.2IP, 47H, 16R/15ER, 14BB, 56K, 9HR, 5HP, 3WP, 1BK) in 10 starts as a Yankee is tied for seventh in the Majors in wins since he joined the team on 7/29 opponents are hitting.221 (47-for-213), incl..135 (5-for-37) with RISP earned the win in his Yankees debut on 7/29 vs. Kansas City (6.0IP, 1ER). Won his first five starts as a Yankee, the first Yankees pitcher since Bob Turley in 1955 to both start and win each of his first five appearances as a Yankee according to the Elias Sports Bureau was the first Yankee to win his first five starts with the club since Rob Gardner, who had relief appearances mixed in among his first five Yankees starts stretching from is the first Yankee to go undefeated in his first 10 starts with the club since Joe Cowley (8-0 in 12 starts from 7/16/84-4/23/85). Is the first pitcher to win his first six decisions as a Yankee since Dellin Betances started his career 9-0 from VS. BOSTON: Is 7-4 with a 2.82 ERA (111.2IP, 35ER) in 20 career games (19 starts) vs. the Red Sox marks his second-lowest ERA vs. an AL opponent (2.81 ERA in 3GS vs. Toronto) has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in each of his last 11 starts vs. Boston (since 5/15/15), going 4-1 with a 1.62 ERA (66.2IP, 12ER) in that span is one of only two pitchers in the last 96 seasons (since 1923) to allow 2ER-or-fewer in 11 consecutive starts vs. the Red Sox (also Gaylord Perry-11GS from 9/9/72-9/11/74) is the third-longest such streak vs. the Red Sox since earned runs became an official statistic in the AL in 1913, behind the Yankees' Bob Shawkey (14GS from 6/29/1921-4/15/1924) and Cleveland's Gaylord Perry streak. Made three starts against Boston earlier this season, going 0-1 with a 0.54 ERA (16.2IP, 1ER) did not record a decision on 4/24 at Rogers Centre despite allowing only 1ER in 7.0IP (4H, 10K) took the loss on 7/12 at Fenway after allowing 5R/0ER in 3.2IP (5H, 1BB, 6K, 1HR, 1HP, 1WP) did not record a decision in 3-2 win vs. Boston on 9/18 (6.0IP, 4H, 1R/0ER, 3BB, 6K, 1BK). Is 4-2 with a 2.91 ERA (46.1IP, 15ER) in nine career appearances (eight starts) at Fenway Park. HIT THE ROAD: Is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA (18.0IP, 3ER) in three road starts with the Yankees won his first Yankees road start on 8/25-G1 at Baltimore (6.0IP, 5H, 2ER, 1BB, 9K) did not record a decision in the Yankees' 5-1 win on 9/4 at Oakland (6.0IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 1HR, 1HP) went 4-2 with a 2.60 ERA (45.0IP, 13ER) in eight road starts with Toronto this season allowed more than 3ER just once (6/2 at Detroit). BEAST OF THE EAST: Since the start of 2017, is 9-7 with a 2.23 ERA (129.0IP, 32ER) in 23 starts vs. AL East clubs is the second-lowest ERA vs. the AL East in that span (min. 10 starts), trailing only Chris Sale (2.17) has held opponents to a.206 BA (99-for-480) in that span. HIRED HAND: Has been traded at four of the last nine July non-waiver trading deadlines in 44 post-trade games (40 starts) with his new clubs, has compiled an 21-8 record with one complete game and a 3.05 ERA (233.1IP, 194H, 83R/79ER, 79BB, 232K, 21HR). THERE'S A HAPP FOR THAT: Is 10-2 with a 2.45 ERA (102.2IP, 28ER) in 18 starts outside of Rogers Centre this season his 16 wins are the second-highest total of his career (20-4 in 2016) has retired 131-of-178 batters leading off an inning (.264 opp. OBP) opponents are hitting.152 (14-for-92) in at-bats ending in a slider and.205 (69-for-336) in at-bats ending with a four-seam fastball (Brooks Baseball). Has a career-high 186K this year (previous: 163K in 2016 with Toronto). TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: LHP J.A. HAPP (16-6, 3.57 ERA) Is 6-1 with a 2.17 ERA (66.1IP, 22R/16ER) in his last 12 starts. Is one of seven pitchers to earn 10-or-more wins in each of the last five seasons (also Arrieta, Greinke, Lester, Sale, Scherzer and Tanaka). Has a career-best 9.75 K/9.0IP ratio (186K/171.2IP) and 26.2% strikeout rate had a season-high 10K twice: 5/16 at the Mets and 4/24 vs. Boston. HAPP'S 2018 REGULAR SEASON STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game C 3/29 vs. NYY 1-6 L / Trailing /3 vs. CWS 14-5 W / Leading /9 at BAL 7-1 W / Leading /18 vs. KC 15-5 W / Leading /24 vs. BOS* 4-3 (10) ND / Leading /29 vs. TEX* 7-2 W / Leading /4 at TB* 2-6 L / Trailing /10 vs. SEA 3-9 L / Trailing /16 at NYM* 12-1 W / Leading /22 vs. LAA* 5-3 W / Leading /27 at PHI* 5-3 W / Leading /2 at DET* 4-7 ND / Tied /8 vs. BAL 5-1 W / Leading /13 at TB* 0-1 ND / Tied /20 vs. ATL* 5-4 W / Leading /25 at HOU 6-3 W / Leading /1 vs. DET 1-9 L / Trailing /7 vs. NYY 5-8 L / Trailing /12 at BOS* 4-6 L / Trailing /22 vs. BAL 5-4 ND / Tied TRADED FROM TORONTO TO YANKEES ON 7/26 7/29 vs. KC 6-3 W / Leading 6-1 AR 8/9 vs. TEX 7-3 W / Leading 7-3 AR 8/14 vs. TB* 4-1 W / Leading 3-0 AR 8/19 vs. TOR 10-2 W / Leading 6-2 KH 8/25 at BAL-G W / Leading 8-2 KH 8/30 vs. DET* 7-8 ND / Trailing 5-4 KH 9/4 at OAK* 5-1 ND / Tied 1-1 GS 9/10 at MIN* 7-2 W / Leading 7-0 GS 9/18 vs. BOS* 3-2 ND / Trailing 1-0 GS 9/23 vs. BAL 3-6 ND / Leading 3-1 GS Totals (30GS) Totals w/ TOR (20GS) Totals w/ NYY (10GS) w/ K. Higashioka (3GS) w/ A. Romine (3GS) w/ G. Sánchez (4GS) * Started after a team loss / bold = season high HAPP'S CAREER REGULAR SEASON APPEARANCES VS. BOSTON SINCE 2015 Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game 5/15/15 vs. BOS 2-1 ND / Tied 1-1 4/18/16 at BOS 4-3 W / Leading 4-1 9/10/16 vs. BOS 3-2 W / Leading /1/16 at BOS 4-3 ND / Leading 3-2 7/18/17 at BOS 4-5 (15) ND / Leading 3-2 8/30/17 vs. BOS 1-7 ND / Tied 1-1 9/4/17 at BOS 10-4 W / Leading 7-2 9/26/17 at BOS 9-4 W / Leading 9-1 4/24/18 vs. BOS 4-3 ND / Leading 3-1 7/12/18 at BOS 4-6 L / Trailing 5-2 9/18 vs. BOS 3-2 ND / Trailing 1-0 Career Totals (20G/19GS) HAPP VS. BOSTON (CAREER) W-L ERA G/GS IP H ER All Games / w/ NYY / At Fenway / HAPP VS. BOSTON BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Benintendi Betts Bogaerts Bradley Jr Devers Holt Kinsler Leon Martinez Moreland Nunez Pearce Phillips Swihart Travis Vazquez HAPP'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (3x), last on 8/30/10 vs. STL H...11, on 6/13/12 at SF R...8 (4x), last on 5/16/16 vs. TB ER...8 (2x), last on 5/16/16 vs. TB BB...7 (2x), last on 5/2/13 vs. BOS K...12, on 8/7/14 vs. BAL HR...3 (8x), last on 8/30/18 vs. DET Pitches , on 8/5/09 vs. COL 10K Games...9, last on 5/16/18 at NYM (10K) Low-hit CG...2, on 8/30/10 vs. STL CG SHO... 3, last on 8/30/10 vs. STL CAREER SPLITS W-L G/GS IP ER ERA AVG Total / Home / Road / Starter / Reliever / Day / Night / OPPONENT BATTING 2018 AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.226/.289/ vs. Left.163/.235/ vs. Right.241/.302/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.249/.316/ vs. Left.239/.300/ vs. Right.251/.320/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total SATURDAY'S STARTING PITCHER AT BOSTON: RHP LANCE LYNN (9-10, 4.80 ERA) RHP Lance Lynn will make his 10th start as a Yankee (11th appearance) on Sat. at Boston is his 30th start of the season will pitch on extended six days' rest has allowed 1ER in 5.0IP in each of his last two starts, incl. on 9/22 vs. Baltimore (7H, 2R, 2BB, 4K) has a 2.25 ERA (16.0IP, 5R/4ER) over his last three starts the Yankees are 6-3 in his starts.

4 YANKEE DOODLES #17 AARON BOONE MANAGER Career Managerial Record: Is the fourth Yankees manager to lead the team to a postseason berth in his rookie managerial season, joining Ralph Houk in 1961 (won World Series), Yogi Berra in 1964 (lost World Series) and Dick Howser in 1980 (lost ALCS). Was ejected in the sixth inning of Thursday's win at Tampa Bay by HP Umpire Vic Carapazza (after CC Sabathia was ejected for Jesús Sucre HP) was his fourth career managerial ejection (also 5/22 at Texas, 7/14 at Cleveland and 8/31 vs. Detroit all for arguing balls and strikes). Has led the club to a postseason birth in his first season as Manager. Was named the 33rd manager in Yankees history on 12/4/17, signing a three-year contract through the 2020 season with a team option for Is the 18th Yankees manager to have also played for the club. Won his managerial debut (3/29 at Toronto) and first home game (4/3 vs. Tampa Bay). According to Elias, joins his father, Bob, as the third father-son duo to both serve as Major League managers, joining George and Dick Sisler and Bob and Joel Skinner Bob Boone spent parts of six seasons as a Major League skipper. With his grandfather (Ray), father (Bob) and older brother (Bret), is part of the first family in Baseball history to produce three generations of Major League players. #41 MIGUEL ANDÚJAR INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/7G (4x) Leads all rookies with a 166H, 43 doubles, 90RBI, 72XBH and 52 multi-hit games, is tied for first with 27HR and ranks second with a.296 BA and 80R. Of his 27HR, 12 have tied the game (4) or given the Yankees the lead (8) nine of his HRs have come in the seventh inning or later. Is one of three Yankees rookies to hit at least 27HR in a season, joining Aaron Judge (52HR in 2017), Joe DiMaggio (29HR in 1936). Over his last 70G, has hit.318 (85-for-267) with 43R, 18 doubles, 15HR and 51RBI. Hit three-run HR (#27) and was 2-for-4 in Thursday's win at Tampa Bay before being removed for PH in the ninth has 4HR in last 11GS has 8H in last 25AB has 49RBI in last 55G on road trip is 4-for-17 with 2R, 2HR, 5RBI and 1SF in 4GS at 3B. Hit his second career grand slam (#24) in the seventh inning and was 1-for-1 with 1BB and a career-high-tying 4RBI in 9/15 loss vs. Toronto after entering the game as a PH (Gardner) in the sixth and remaining in the game at 3B is only the fifth rookie in franchise history to hit multiple grand slams in a season, joining Shane Spencer (three in 1998), Russ Derry (two in 1945), Yogi Berra (two in 1947) and Hideki Matsui (two in 2003). Has 72XBH this season, third-most in a season by a rookie in Yankees history behind Joe DiMaggio (88 in 1936) and Aaron Judge (79 in 2017) has 74XBH in 151G, are tied with Gary Sánchez for third-most XBH through 151G in Yankees history (Joe DiMaggio-92XBH, Bob Meusel-77XBH). Was named AL "Rookie of the Month" for August after batting.320 (39-for-122) with 21R, 7 doubles, 10HR, 29RBI, 4BB and 1SB in 30 games tied for the AL lead in HRs (with Oakland's Khris Davis), tied for the MLB lead in RBI (with Texas' Rougned Odor), tied for second in the Majors in hits marked the fifth time in Yankees history that a rookie hit at least 10HR in a calendar month, following Aaron Judge (15HR in Sept. 2017, 10HR in April 2017, 10HR in June 2017) and Gary Sánchez (11HR in August 2016). Was named AL Rookie of the Month for June, his first career monthly award. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 1HR (27x); 4RBI (4x); 3R (3x); 1SB (3x); 7G hitting streak (4x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 52; 2-hit (43), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (1) #33 GREG BIRD 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/8G Of his 52H this season, 27 have gone for extra bases (15 doubles, 1 triple, 11HR) of his 11HR, four have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead. Was 0-for-1 in Thursday's win at Tampa Bay, entering game at 1B in the seventh has 4H in last 47AB. Hit grand slam (#11) his second career grand slam (also 7/11/18 at Baltimore) and second homer in as many games in 8/19 win vs. Toronto. Was placed on the 10-day D.L. from 3/29 (retro. to 3/26) - 5/25 recovering from right ankle surgery (missed the Yankees first 47G of the season). Was selected by the Yankees in the fifth round of the 2011 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 3H (2x); 2HR (2x); 4RBI (5x); 3R (1x); 0SB (N/A); 8G hitting streak (3x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 8; 2-hit (8), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 4G/7G (2x) Six of his 12HR this season and 12-of-20HR since 6/23/17 have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead since 2017, the Yankees are 24-4 when he homers. Has 256SB, the third-most in franchise history stole his 252nd base on 8/18 vs. Toronto, surpassing Willie Randolph (251). Was 2-for-4 with 3R, 1 double, 1 triple, 1RBI, 1BB and 1SB in Thursday's win at Tampa Bay has 11H in last 42AB on road trip is 5-for-14 with 6R, 1 double, 2 triples, 2RBI, 1BB and 1SB in 4G/3GS in CF. Has 14 career leadoff HR, tied with Frank Crosetti for sixth most in franchise history has three leadoff HR this season (last on 7/7 at Toronto). Is the Yankees longest-tenured player was selected by the club in the third round of the 2005 First-Year Draft and made his Major League debut in 2008 is one of five players drafted by the Yankees to collect at least 1,000 hits with the club (also Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada). Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (7x); 6RBI (2x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 14G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 29; 2-hit (25), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (2) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/9G Has set career highs with 86R, 27HR, 48BB and 10SB (previous: 73R in 2017, 25HR in 2017, 37BB in 2013 and 7SB in 2016) has 86RBI, 1RBI shy of his career high (87RBI in 2017). Has not played in last five games (torn cartilage in right wrist) suffered injury sliding into home plate in the 11th inning on Saturday hit solo HRs (#25/26) in 9/15 loss vs. Toronto, marking his sixth career multi-hr game and his fifth of the season established a new career high in HR and the Yankees single-season HR record for a shortstop (25HR in 2017). Hit grand slam (#23) and was 2-for-3 with 2R, 1 triple and 1BB in 9/11 loss at Minnesota was his third career grand slam and second this season (also 4/23 vs. Minnesota) all three of his grand slams have come with the Yankees, matching the most by a Yankee as a shortstop in franchise history (also Frank Crosetti). Was placed on 10-day D.L. on 8/21 (retroactive to 8/20) with a left heel contusion (missed 16 team games) his first 6H after returning from the DL went for extra bases (1 double, 1 triple, 4HR). His six multi-hr games this season (last on 9/15 vs. Toronto) are the most by a Yankees shortstop in franchise history (previous: two by Jeter-2004, Smalley-1982, Kubek-1960, Crosetti-1936) is the first Yankees SS ever with consecutive 20HR seasons, having now done it in each of the last three seasons (26HR in 2018, 25HR in 2017, 20HR in 2016) has now tied Derek Jeter (1999, 2001, '04) for the most 20HR seasons by a Yankees shortstop. Was acquired by the Yankees from Arizona in a three-team trade (also Detroit) on 12/5/14 has the most games played in MLB history by a Netherlands-born player. Career Bests: 4H (7x); 2HR (6x); 8RBI (1x); 3R (9x); 1SB (28x); 17G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 35; 2-hit (25), 3-hit (9), 4-hit (1) #29 ADEINY HECHAVARRIA INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/9G Was 2-for-4 with 1R in Thursday's win at Tampa Bay is 7-for-32 in 16G/10GS with the Yankees hit solo HR (#2/#6) in the third and was 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win at Tampa Bay on road trip is 3-for-14 with 2R, 1HR and 1RBI in 4GS at SS. Hit solo HR his fifth of the season and first as a Yankee in 9/4 win at Oakland after entering game at shortstop in the eighth his fifth-inning single on 9/3 at Oakland was his first hit as a Yankee made his Yankees debut as ninth-inning defensive replacement at SS in 9/1 win vs. Detroit was added to the Yankees active roster prior to the game. Was acquired by the Yankees along with cash considerations from Pittsburgh in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations on 8/31. Hit.254 (66-for-260) with 31R, 11 doubles, 4HR and 29RBI in 76 combined games with Tampa Bay (61G) and Pittsburgh (15G) this season played all 76G/69GS at SS was acquired by the Pirates from the Rays on 8/6/18 with cash considerations in exchange for RHP Matt Seelinger is signed through In his career, has played for the Blue Jays (2012), Marlins ( ), Rays ( ), Pirates (2018) and Yankees (2018) has appeared at SS, 3B and 2B. Was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by Toronto in Career Bests: 4H (6x); 1HR (28x); 7RBI (1x); 3R (1x); 1SB (31x); 13G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 17; 2-hit (13), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) #31 AARON HICKS OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/6G (2x) Has set career highs with 26HR, 47XBH and 76RBI this season (previous: 15HR, 33XBH, 52RBI in 2017) has 11HR in 31G as a leadoff hitter and 15HR in 103G in all other spots this season has 20HR in his last 85G (hit 6HR in his first 49G). Has 49BB in 58G since the All-Star break. Has not played in last three games has 4H in last 10AB was 0-for-2 in Monday's win at Tampa Bay left game in the bottom of the fourth with tight left hamstring. Hit a "walk-off" double in the 11th, his first walk-off hit as a Yankee and third of his career, and hit a solo HR (#26) in the second and was 2-for-5 in Saturday's win vs. Baltimore hit two-run HR (#25) and was 2-for-3 with a career-high-tying 4R and 2BB in 9/21 win vs. Baltimore. Drew 1BB in 10 consecutive starts from 7/15-8/2 (13BB total), the longest such streak by a Yankee since Brett Gardner's 10-start streak from 8/25-9/5/10 (14BB). Collected his first career 3HR game in 7/1 win vs. Boston was the first by a Yankee since Alex Rodriguez on 7/25/15 at Minnesota was the first Yankees leadoff hitter ever to hit 3HR in a game. Was acquired by the Yankees from Minnesota for C John Ryan Murphy on 11/11/15. Career Bests: 4H (5x); 3HR (1x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 1SB (47x); 9G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 29; 2-hit (23), 3-hit (6), 4-hit (0) #66 KYLE HIGASHIOKA C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/4G (2x) Was 0-for-1 in Thursday's win at Tampa Bay, pinch-hitting in the ninth is hitless in last 11AB. Is his second stint with the Yankees this season (6/25-7/19, 7/24-present). With solo HRs on 7/1, 7/3 and 7/4, became the second Yankee in franchise history to have his first three Major League hits go for HRs, joining Alfonso Soriano (from 9/24/99-4/9/00) was the first Major Leaguer to do so since Colorado's Trevor Story (first 4H were HRs) in April Hit solo HR (#1) off Price the first hit and HR of his Major League career and was 1-for-4 in 7/1 win vs. Boston snapped an 0-for-22 stretch to begin his career, the longest drought by a Yankee to start his career since RHP Hal Reniff (0-for-25 from ) was the first Yankee to homer for his first MLB hit since Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back HRs in their first PAs on 8/13/16 vs. Tampa Bay..In 52G with the RailRiders, hit.198 (37-for-187) with 15R, 9 doubles, 5HR and 22RBI. The 2008 seventh-round Yankees draft pick made his Major League debut in 2017 (0-for-18) after spending parts of 10 seasons in the minors. Career Bests: 1H (12x); 1HR (3x); 2RBI (2x); 1R (7x); 0SB; 4G hitting streak (2x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #99 AARON JUDGE OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/12G Was 0-for-2 with 2RBI and 2SF in Thursday's win at Tampa Bay before being removed defensively in the seventh is 7-for-34 in 11G/9GS since returning from D.L. on road trip is 4-for-14 with 2R, 1 double, 4RBI, 2SF and 3BB in 4GS (3-RF/1-DH). Made his first start since 7/26 in 9/18 win vs. Boston was eighth-inning defensive replacement in 9/14 win vs. Toronto (did not bat) was his first game played since 7/26. Was placed on the D.L. from 7/27-9/14 with a chip fracture of the right wrist (ulnar styloid bone) and missed 45 team games suffered the injury in 7/26 win vs. Kansas City after being hit by a pitch in the first inning. Hit his 82nd HR in his 276th career game (7/21 vs. the Mets), trailing Ryan Howard (257G) for fastest to reach the mark (in terms of games played) in Baseball history. Started in LF and went 1-for-2 with 1R, 1HR, 1RBI and 1BB in the AL's All-Star Game win on 7/17 was selected by fans to his second straight All-Star team is one of five position players drafted by the Yankees to make the All-Star team multiple times as a Yankee (also Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada). Was unanimously named the AL "Rookie of the Year" and placed second in AL MVP voting in 2017, setting a rookie record with 52HR was the ninth Yankee to be named "Rookie of the Year" and first since Derek Jeter in Career Bests: 4H (1x); 2HR (7x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 2SB (1x); 14G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 30; 2-hit (22), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (0) #26 ANDREW McCUTCHEN OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/13G Has reached base safely in 36 of his last 74 plate appearances (16H/18BB/2HP). Is one of three players to reach the 20HR plateau in each of the past eight seasons (since 2011), joining Giancarlo Stanton and Nelson Cruz. Has 5HR in 23 games with the Yankees (hit 15HR in 130G with San Francisco). Did not play in Thursday's win at Tampa Bay on road trip is 5-for-11 with 5R, 1 double, 1HR, 1RBI, 3BB and 1HP in 3GS in LF. Hit solo HR (#18) and was 3-for-3 with 2R, 1 double and 2BB in 9/14 win vs. Toronto moved from RF to LF in the eighth, his first Major League appearance at the position hit leadoff HR (#4/19) in the first and was 1-for-4 in 9/16 loss vs. Toronto was his 12th career leadoff HR, fourth in 2018 and second as a Yankee (also 9/8 at Seattle). Made his Yankees debut in 9/1 win vs. Detroit, starting in RF and leading off (0-for-3, 1HP) was acquired by the Yankees with cash considerations from San Francisco in exchange for INF Abiatal Avelino and RHP Juan De Paula on 8/31. Hit.255/.357/.415 (123-for-482) with 65R, 28 doubles, 2 triples, 15HR, 55RBI, 73BB and 13SB in 130 games (127GS in RF) in his first season with the Giants was acquired by the Giants from Pittsburgh with cash considerations in exchange for RHP Kyle Crick, OF Bryan Reynolds and international bonus pool money on 1/15/18 is under contract through the 2018 season. Is a five-time NL All-Star ( ) and won the 2013 National League Most Valuable Award and 2015 Roberto Clemente Award in 10 Major League seasons, has played for the Pirates ( ). Giants (2018) and Yankees (2018). Career Bests: 6H (1x); 3HR (3x); 8RBI (1x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 18G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 32; 2-hit (22), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (0), 5-hit (1), 6-hit (1)