NEW YORK YANKEES (17-9) at CHICAGO CUBS (16-12) RHP Michael Pineda (3-1, 3.14) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-1, 4.18)

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1 Official Game Information Yankee Stadium One East 161st Street Bronx, NY Phone: (718) Social World Series Champions: 1923, 27-28, 32, 36-39, 41, 43, 47, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 77-78, 96, , 09 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2017 (2016) Standing in AL East:...1st, +0.5G Current Streak:...Won 2 Current Road Trip: Recent Homestand: Home Record: (48-33) Road Record: (36-45) Day Record: (26-27) Night Record: (58-51) Pre-All-Star (44-44) Post-All-Star (40-34) vs. AL East: (35-41) vs. AL Central: (21-12) vs. AL West: (20-13) vs. National League: (8-12) vs. RH starters: (59-52) vs. LH starters: (25-26) Yankees Score First: (47-26) Opp. Score First: (37-52) Leading After 6: (58-6) Trailing After 6: (15-60) Tied After 6: (11-12) Leading After 7: (68-4) Trailing After 7: (5-65) Tied After 7: (11-9) Leading After 8: (72-2) Trailing After 8: (3-71) Tied After 8: (9-5) Extra-Inning Games: (4-3) One-run Games: (24-12) Two (or fewer)-run Games: (39-29) NYY Scores 5 or more: (61-11) NYY Scores 4 or more: (68-17) NYY Scores 3 or fewer: (16-61) NYY Scores 2 or fewer: (8-50) Opp. Scores 5 or more: (19-53) Opp. Scores 4 or fewer: (65-25) Opp. Scores 3 or fewer: (54-13) Opp. Scores 2 or fewer: (39-7) Yankees No Errors: (51-44) Yankees Make Error(s): (33-34) NYY Starter Goes 6: (55-36) Come-From-Behind Wins: (45) Yankees hit 0HR: (19-38) Yankees hit at least 1HR: (65-40) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: (36-11) Walk-off Wins-Losses: (6-4) Series Record: ( ) Series Record, home: (15-8-3) Series Record, road: ( ) Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:... 3 (5) / 0 (6) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (5.69) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (3.96) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY May 5, 1955: The musical Damn Yankees opens on Broadway. May 5, 1922: The construction contract for Yankee Stadium is awarded to New York s White Construction Company with the edict that the job be completed at a definite price of $2.5 million by Opening Day In just 284 working days, the Stadium hosts its inaugural game on April 18, 1923, as the Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 4-1 in front of an estimated crowd of 74,200. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY May 6, 1930: The Yankees acquire RHP Red Ruffing from the Red Sox in exchange for OF Cedric Durst and $50,000. Ruffing went with Boston but goes with New York, posting seasons of 20, 20, 21 and 21 wins on the World Champion clubs from May 6, 1922: Carl Mays tosses a twohit, 2-0 shutout over the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park in a game that takes 1 hour, 11 minutes. SUNDAY IN YANKEES HISTORY May 7, 1999: Two Japan-born starting pitchers face each other for the first time in Major League history, as Hideki Irabu (NYY) goes up against Mac Suzuki (SEA). Both pitchers carry a shutout into the fifth inning before the Yanks score three times in the frame en route to a 10-1 victory. May 7, 1959: The Yankees play an exhibition game against the Dodgers before 93,103 fans at the L.A. Coliseum, a game held in honor of paralyzed Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Sun., 5/14 vs. HOU: Derek Jeter Night Tue., 5/23 vs. KC: Dunkin' Donuts Gift Card Night pres. by Dunkin' Donuts (1st 18,000 fans 21 and older) Thurs., 5/25 vs. KC: Mastercard Half- Price Game NEW YORK YANKEES (17-9) at CHICAGO CUBS (16-12) RHP Michael Pineda (3-1, 3.14) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-1, 4.18) Friday, May 5, 2017 Wrigley Field 2:20 p.m. ET Game #27 Road Game #12 TV: YES/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees begin their five-game road trip today at Wrigley Field (3G vs. the Cubs, Fri.-Sun.) will play 2G at Cincinnati (Mon.-Tue.) wrapped up their 4-2 homestand on Wednesday (won 2-of-3 vs. Baltimore and 2-of-3 vs. Toronto). At 17-9 (.654), have the third-best record in the Majors: Washington (19-9,.679); Houston (19-10,.655). Lead the AL East by 0.5G over Baltimore have held at least a share of first place for six of the last seven days (since the end of play on 4/28). BEST RECORD, MAJORS, 2017 TEAM W-L PCT Washington Houston YANKEES Baltimore Colorado Are a season-high-tying 8G over.500 (also 15-7 after play on 4/29) in 2016, did not reach 9G over.500 until their 139th game (74-65 at the end of play on 9/8/16). Matches their best 26-game start over the last seven seasons (also 17-9 in 2011) with a win today, would be their best 27-game start since starting 19-8 in 2010 did not earn their 17th win of 2016 until 5/18/16 (17-22 after 39G). Are 16-5 since a 1-4 start, their best 21-game stretch since 7/1-28/15 is the Majors' best record during that span (since 4/9) with a win today, would have their best 22-game stretch since a 17-5 run from 6/8-7/1/12. Are in their last 162 games (since 5/6/16). Are 5-6 on the road but have won two straight are a Major League-best 12-3 (.800) at home. Their +45 run differential leads the AL (second in the Majors to Washington, +48). From 4/14-5/9, play 11-of-22 games vs. NL Central clubs (are 4-2 vs. NL Central) completed a season-opening stretch of 17 of their first 26 games against AL East opponents (went 11-6 vs. AL East teams) went in their first 30 divisional games in WHERE WE LEFT OFF: The Yankees rallied from a 4-0 firstinning deficit to win the rubber game of a three-game series vs. Toronto, 8-6, at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday marked their fifth win this season in a game that they trailed by at least 3R was their second-largest comeback this season (4/28 vs. Baltimore trailed, 9-1) RF Aaron Judge (3-for-5, 2R, 1HR, 2RBI, 1CS) had his first career three-hit game hit his Major League-leading 13th home run of the season, a two-run shot in the third DH Matt Holliday (1-for-5) hit a three-run HR in the first inning, the 300th of his career 1B Chris Carter (2-for-4, 1R) delivered a game-tying RBI single in the seventh PH/SS Didi Gregorius (1-for-1) had a pinch-hit, go-ahead RBI infield single in the seventh LF Brett Gardner (2-for-3, 1R, 2BB) reached in 4-of-5 PAs 2B Starlin Castro (2-for-5, 1R) had his third straight multi-hit game Yankees relievers combined to toss 5.0 scoreless innings (1H, 1BB, 6K) LHP CC Sabathia (4.0IP, 7H, 6ER, 4BB, 5K, 1HR) took a no-decision in his shortest start of the season Manager Joe Girardi was ejected for the first time this season in the bottom of the seventh. HAPPY HOLLIDAYS: DH Matt Holliday hit his 300th career home run in the first inning of Wed.'s win vs. Toronto (156 w/ St. Louis, 128 w/ Colorado, 11 w/ Oakland, 5 w/ Yankees) according to Elias, is the 14th player to reach the milestone as a Yankee, which is the most among any Major League club is the first Yankee to hit his 300th career HR since Mark Teixeira on 6/30/11 vs. Milwaukee. Is the 142nd member of the 300 Home Run Club, the first to join since Edwin Encarnación (8/12/16), Adrian González (8/7/16) and José Bautista (8/2/16) all hit their 300th home runs in an 11-day span last season. Has multiple hits in four of his last 7G, batting.379 (11- for-29) with 5R, 3 doubles, 3HR and 10RBI during the stretch has more hits in his last 7G than he did in his first 17G (10-for-49). BRETT'S BREAKOUT: LF Brett Gardner has a seven-game hitting streak, tied for the longest by a Yankee this season is hitting.429 (9-for-21) with 6R, 1 double, 4HR, 7RBI and 2BB in his last 5G had 0RBI in his first 17G this season. WRIGLEY ROOTS: This weekend, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP Adam Warren and 2B Starlin Castro all return to Wrigley Field for the first time since leaving the Cubs in 2015 or 2016 Manager Joe Girardi began his playing career with the Cubs and played a total of seven seasons on the North Side ( , ) Pitching Coach Larry Rothschild served the same role for the Cubs from B Chase Headley made his Major League debut at Wrigley Field on 6/15/07 with the Padres. ALL RISE: RF Aaron Judge had his first career three-hit game and hit his Major League-leading 13th HR in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto needs just nine more HRs to match the Yankees' 2016 leader (Carlos Beltrán-22) has 6HR in his last 6G, 10HR in his last 14G and all 13HR in his last 20G. Is the seventh player in Major League history and second in Yankees history to hit at least 17HR in his first 52 career games: Wally Berger (20HR), Gary Sánchez (20HR), José Abreu (19HR), Zeke Bonura (17HR), Wally Joyner (17HR), Mark McGwire (17HR). Is the youngest player in Major League history and the only rookie to hit at least 13HR through his team's first 26 games of a season is one of 12 Major Leaguers to do it, the first since Seattle s Nelson Cruz (14HR) in 2015 is the second Yankee to hit at least 13HR through 26 team games (Alex Rodriguez-14HR in 2007). AARON JUDGE IN 2017 STAT 2017 AL MLB HR 13 1st 1st Runs 28 1st 3rd RBI 27 T1st T3rd SLG.818 1st 2nd OPS st 3rd TB 72 2nd 6th OBP.433 3rd 9th BA.330 T6th T12th HOME RUN LEADERS, MAJORS, 2017 HR PLAYER TEAM 13 AARON JUDGE NYY 11 Eric Thames MIL 11 Ryan Zimmerman WSH 10 Khris Davis OAK 10 Freddie Freeman ATL Also leads the AL in runs scored (28), slugging (.818) and OPS (1.251). Is tied with Minnesota's Miguel Sanó and Seattle's Nelson Cruz for the AL lead with 27RBI are the most RBI by a Yankee through 26 team games since Alex Rodriguez (34RBI) in 2007 has at least 1RBI in 13 of his last 20G. Hit safely in all six games on the recent homestand at.524/.655/1.381 (11-for-21) with 12R, 6HR, 12RBI and 8BB. Per MLB Statcast, leads the Majors with 5HR of at least 435 feet (projected distance), halfway to the 2016 MLB leaders' total (Carlos González/Giancarlo Stanton-10 each). The Yankees are 11-0 when Judge homers this season, and have scored at least 7R in 10 of the 11 wins. Was named AL "Rookie of the Month" on Tuesday after tying the Major League rookie record with 10HR in April. Has homered in five consecutive series and 7-of-9 in Trails only Brett Gardner (67HR) in home runs hit as a Yankee among players who were drafted and signed by the organization in the last 20 years ( ). Is batting.245 (13-for-53) with 5HR with two strikes this season, 76 points above the Major League average (.169) hit just.129 (8-for-62) with 2HR with two strikes in BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters scored 50 runs, hit 17HR and had a.321/.409/.594 slash line on their six-game homestand had double-digit YANKEES BATTING, 2017 hits in 5-of-6 games and at least STAT 2017 AL MLB 11R in 3-of-6. Runs 148 1st T3rd Lead the AL in runs scored Runs/Gm st 2nd (148), runs/game (5.69), home HR 44 1st 2nd runs (44), OBP (.355), slugging HR/Gm st 1st (.469) and OPS (.824) also BA.273 2nd 3rd OBP.355 1st 2nd rank second in BA (.273). SLG.469 1st 2nd Their 148R are their most OPS.824 1st 2nd through 26G since 2009 (149) is just the second time since 2004 that the club has hit at least 44HR through 26G (also 45HR in 2011). Lead the Majors with four 4HR+ games only one other team has done it more than twice (Baltimore-3G). STAR POWER: 2B Starlin Castro has three straight multihit games for the first time this season leads the AL with 13 multi-hit games (tied for second-most in the Majors Washington's Ryan Zimmerman-14 and Daniel Murphy-13 and Philadelphia's César Hernández) has just one fourgame multi-hit streak in the last six seasons (4G, 9/12-15/16). Is tied with Los Angeles-AL's Mike Trout for the AL lead with 38 hits, the most by a Yankee through 26 team games since Derek Jeter (46) in 2012 ranks second in the AL with a.362 BA (38-for-105) behind Chicago-AL's Avisaíl García (.371). Has a seven-game hitting streak, his third consecutive seven-game hitting streak (with one 0-fer in between each): 4/27-present, 4/16-23, 4/7-14 are tied for the longest hitting streaks by a Yankee this season (also Gardner, 4/26-present, and Torreyes, 4/19-29) has hit safely in 14-of-15 and 21-of-23. CENTRAL PERK: The Yankees have won eight of their last 10G against NL Central clubs are since 2010 are (.671) in 73 games all-time (32-6 at home, away). UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Sat., 5/6 at Chicago-NL LHP Jordan Montgomery (1-1, 4.15) vs. LHP Brett Anderson (2-1, 6.23) 7:15 p.m. FOX Sun., 5/7 at Chicago-NL RHP Luis Severino (2-2, 3.86) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-1, 3.67) 8:05 p.m. ESPN 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 CHICAGO-NL OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees and Cubs play a three-game series at Wrigley Field this weekend, with a day game today and night games on Saturday and Sunday will be their first meeting since 2014 IN 2014: The Yankees went 3-1 against the Cubs, including 2-0 in the Bronx and 1-1 at Wrigley on 4/16/14 in New York, pitched a pair of shutouts in sweeping a day/night doubleheader while outscoring the Cubs, 5-0 marked the first time that a Major League team had recorded shutout wins in both games of a doubleheader since Minnesota won, 11-0 and 5-0, on 6/26/88 at Oakland was the first time the Yankees had done so since notching 5-0 and 1-0 wins on 4/19/87 vs. Kansas City AT YANKEE STADIUM: Are 5-0 all-time against the Cubs at home, sweeping a doubleheader at the current Yankee Stadium on 4/16/14 and a three-game series at the original Stadium in 2005 AT WRIGLEY FIELD: Are 4-4 all-time at Wrigley Field: 1-1 in 2014, 2-1 in 2011, 1-2 in 2003 IN POSTSEASON: The Yankees have played the Cubs twice in the Fall Classic, sweeping them in 1932 and 1938 (both in 4G) the Yankees 8-0 postseason record vs. the Cubs is the best undefeated mark by any team vs. any opponent in postseason history the Cubs are one of two teams against whom the Yankees are undefeated in the postseason (4-0 vs. San Diego) Babe Ruth hit his called shot off Charlie Root in the fifth inning of 1932 World Series Game 3 at Wrigley Field. NYY BATTERS vs. CHICAGO CUBS 2017 AND CAREER 2017 CAREER Player AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Chris Carter Starlin Castro Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Chase Headley Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Matt Holliday Aaron Judge Rob Refsnyder Austin Romine Ronald Torreyes NYY BATTERS vs. RHP KYLE HENDRICKS CAREER Player AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Chris Carter Starlin Castro Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Chase Headley Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Matt Holliday Aaron Judge Rob Refsnyder Austin Romine Ronald Torreyes NYY vs. CHICAGO-NL in 2017 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 5/5 at CHC /6 at CHC /7 at CHC Total in All-time vs. CHC: 9-4 All-time at home: 5-0 All-time on road: 4-4 All-time at current Yankee Stad.: 2-0 All-time at Wrigley Field: 4-4 NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2017 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR CHC CIN MIL NYM PIT STL Games Record Home (10) 2-1 (3) (3) (4) (4) (3) (3) (3) (3) 3-0 (3) (2) (3) (2) Road (4) (4) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (4) (4) 1-2 (3) (10) (3) (2) - (2) TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 8 (4/9-17) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road (4/10-17) / 2 (4/26-present) Longest Losing Streak... 3 (4/5-8) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road (4/30-5/1) / 3 (4/5-8) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games.... 3:39 (5/3 vs. TOR) / 4:37 (4/30 vs. BAL, 11 inn.) Longest Game, Innings inn. (4/30 vs. BAL) Shortest Game, Time, All Games.... 2:16 (4/18 vs. CWS) Most LOB, All Games (4/30 vs. BAL) Most Errors, All Games... 2, 2x (last: 4/30 vs. BAL) Largest Margin of Victory... 8, 2x (last: 4/29 vs. BAL) Largest Margin of Defeat...6 (5/1 vs. TOR) Largest Deficit Overcome in a Win...8 (4/28 vs. BAL) Highest Paid Attendance, Home / Road ,955 (4/10 vs. TB) / 42,487 (4/9 at BAL) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning (4/28 vs. BAL) / 5, 5x (last: 4/22 at PIT, 6th & 8th inn.) Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games (5/2 vs. TOR) / Same Most Hits, Inning... 5, 4x (last: 4/22 at PIT, 6th inn.) Most Home Runs, All Games... 5, 2x (last: 5/2 vs. TOR) Shut Out.... None Fewest Hits, All Games... 4 (4/18 vs. CWS) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games (4/15 vs. STL) / Same Most Walks, All Games (4/9 at BAL) Most Stolen Bases, All Games... 3 (4/21 at PIT) Hitting Streak, 2017 Season / Current.. 7G, 4x (last: Castro & Gardner) / 7G (Castro, 4/27-pres. & Gardner, 4/26-pre.) Walk-off Wins...1 (4/28 vs. BAL) TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning (4/28 vs. BAL) / 4, 2x (last: 5/3 vs. TOR, 1st inn.) Most Earned Runs Allowed, Game...11 (4/28 vs. BAL) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games (4/2 at TB) / 15 (4/28 vs. BAL) Most Hits Allowed, Inning... 5 (4/5 at TB, 2nd inn.) Fewest Hits Allowed, Game... 2 (4/10 vs. TB) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game... 3, 2x (last: 5/1 vs. TOR) Most Walks, 9 inn. / All Games... 5 (5/3 vs. TOR) / 7 (4/30 vs. BAL) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games (4/13 vs. TB) / Same Most SB Allowed, All Games... 3 (4/30 vs. BAL) Shutouts (4/4 at TB & 4/27 at BOS) Complete Games...1(4/27 at BOS-Tanaka SHO) Walk-Off Losses... None 2017 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 4 (Judge, 4/29 vs. BAL); Hits- 4 (Torreyes, 4/22 at PIT); Doubles- 2, 2x (last: Holliday, 5/2 vs. TOR); Triples- 1, 3x (last: Judge, 4/16 vs. STL); HR- 2, 5x (last: Gardner & Judge, 5/2 vs. TOR); RBI- 5, 2x (last: Romine, 4/29 vs. BAL); BB- 5 (Holliday, 4/9 at BAL); SB- 2, 3x (last: Ellsbury, 4/21 at PIT). PITCHING: IP in Start- 9.0 (Tanaka, 4/27 at BOS); IP in Relief- 3.1 (Cessa, 5/1 vs. TOR); Hits- 9 (Sabathia, 4/28 vs. BAL); Runs- 7, 2x (last: Sabathia, 4/28 vs. BAL); ER- 7, 2x (last: Sabathia, 4/28 vs. BAL); BB- 4, 4x (last: Sabathia, 5/3 vs. TOR); K- 11, 2x (last: Severino, 4/13 vs. TB); HR- 2, 7x (last: Tanaka, 5/2 vs. TOR); Pitches- 107 (Severino, 4/18 vs. CWS). FIELDING: Errors- 2 (Headley, 4/7 at BAL). 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 Bird Carter Castro Ellsbury Gardner Gregorius Headley Hicks Higashioka Holliday Judge Kozma Romine Sánchez Torreyes Games with no DH: 3 RUNS BY INNING Scored Allowed STARTS BY BATTING ORDER PLAYER Bird Carter Castro Ellsbury Gardner Gregorius Headley Hicks Higashioka Holliday Judge Kozma Romine Sánchez Torreyes Pitchers YANKEES HOME RUNS MOST RECENT HRs GRAND SLAMS Player AB Since 1x in 2017 / 4x in 2016 Carter 17 4/22/17 at PIT (Rivero) Player Castro 22 4/28/17 vs. BAL (Brach) Ellsbury 4/28 vs. BAL (Nuño) Ellsbury 8 (GS) 4/28/17 vs. BAL (Nuño) Gardner 5 5/2/17 vs. TOR (Latos-2x) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs Gregorius 39 9/27/16 vs. BOS (Price) 0x in 2017 / 0x in 2016 Headley 47 4/19/17 vs. CWS (Covey) Player Hicks 6 5/2/17 vs. TOR (Latos) None in 2017 Higashioka 18 No career home runs Last: Granderson, 8/21/11 at MIN (off Mijares) Holliday 4 5/3/17 vs. TOR (Stroman) MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / *BACK-TO-BACK HRs Judge 3 5/3/17 vs. TOR (Stroman) 2x/1x in 2017 / 14x/7x in 2016 Refsnyder /1/15 vs. BOS (Hembree) Romine 8 4/29/17 vs. BAL (Nuño) Players Date/Opp. (Inning) Torreyes 70 4/4/17 at TB (Odorizzi) Hicks/Gardner 5/2 vs. TOR (2nd inn.) Castro/Judge* 4/19 vs. CWS (5th inn.) 1st-INNING LEADOFF HRs Last b2b2b: Cano/Swisher/A. Jones, 6/8/12 vs. NYM (3rd inn.) 1x in 2017 / 1x in 2016 Last multi-hr inn., indiv.: A. Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB (2HR in 6th) Player Gardner 4/29 vs. BAL (Jiménez) RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE PINCH-HIT HRs 2x in 2017 / 3x in 2016 HRs: 44 / Runs: 148 / Runs via HR: 81 (54.7%) Solo (17): Ellsbury-2, Gardner-2, Headley-2, Player Hicks-3, Holliday-1, Judge-6, Romine-1 Carter 4/22 at PIT (Rivero) 2-Run (18): Bird-1, Castro-3, Gardner-1, Hicks 4/19 vs. CWS (Ynoa) Headley-1, Hicks-2, Holliday-1, Judge-6, Romine-1, Sánchez-1, Torreyes-1 WALK-OFF HRs 1x in 2017 / 5x in Run (8): Carter-1, Castro-2, Gardner-1, Holliday-3, Judge-1 Player Grand Slams (1): Ellsbury-1 Holliday 4/28 vs. BAL (Aquino) MULTI-HR GAMES 5x in 2017 / 10x in : HRs: 183 / Runs: 680 / Runs via HR: 273 (40.1%) 2016: Solo (115) / 2R (50) / 3R (14) / GS (4) Player Judge (2HR) 5/2 vs. TOR (Latos/Grilli) Gardner (2HR) 5/2 vs. TOR (Latos-2x) Gardner (2HR) 4/29 vs. BAL (Jiménez-2x) Judge (2HR) 4/28 vs. BAL (Gausman-2x) Hicks (2HR) 4/13 vs. TB (Andriese/Cedeño) Last 3HR: A. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 at MIN (off Milone/Perkins) YANKEES ON THE D.L. Player (3) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Tyler Austin Left ankle fracture 4/2 (retro to 3/30) 60-day (26) Gary Sánchez Right biceps strain 4/8 (postgame) 10-day (21) Greg Bird Right ankle bruise 5/2 10-day (2) Reinstated from D.L. in 2017 (1): Gregorius (4/2-27, 20G) 2017 Season: 4 players in 4 stints / 2016 Season: 18 players in 18 stints 2017 PLAYERS USED (30) P (14): RHP Dellin Betances, RHP Luis Cessa, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP Tyler Clippard, RHP Jonathan Holder, LHP Tommy Layne, RHP Bryan Mitchell, LHP Jordan Montgomery, RHP Michael Pineda, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP Luis Severino, LHP Chasen Shreve, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, RHP Adam Warren; C (3): Kyle Higashioka, Austin Romine, Gary Sánchez; INF (8): Greg Bird, Chris Carter, Starlin Castro, Didi Gregorius, Chase Headley, Pete Kozma, Rob Refsnyder, Ronald Torreyes; OF (4): Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge; DH (1): Matt Holliday MISCELLANEOUS EJECTIONS (1x in 2017) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) Joe Girardi 5/3 vs. TOR (Welke) Last player: Luis Severino, 9/26 at TOR (Tichenor) 2016: By player (1) / By manager (3) / By coach (2) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Ppd. (1)... 4/25 at BOS (rain) Delays at Start (0)...None Delays In-Game (0)...None Games Called Early (0)...None 2016: Ppd. (2) / Delays at Start (6) / Delays In-Game (9) Last Susp. Game: 5/25/11 at MIN - Resumed 5/26/11, 1-0 win REPLAY CHALLENGES (20x in 2017) NYY Challenges: 9 (7 overturned, 0 confirmed, 2 stand) Opp. Challenges: 8 (1 overturned, 3 confirmed, 4 stand) Umpires: 3 (1 overt d, 0 conf d, 2 stand, 0 rec. keeping) 2016 (71): NYY (19-4-6) / Opp. (21-5-8) / Umps ( ) COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER Year After Game 26 After Game (T1st, +0.5) - (-, -) (5th, -7.0) (5th, -6.0) (1st, +2.0) (1st, +3.0) (1st, +2.0) (1st, +0.5) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS April 30 INF Pete Kozma was claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers. May 1 Recalled RHP Luis Cessa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre optioned RHP Bryan Mitchell to Scranton/WB following the game, optioned RHP Luis Cessa to Scranton/WB. May 2 Recalled LHP Chasen Shreve from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre placed 1B Greg Bird on the 10-day disabled list with a right ankle bruise recalled INF/OF Rob Refsnyder from Triple-A Scranton/WB.

3 YANKEES IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY WINNING FORMULA: Today the Yankees play their seventh of 20 scheduled Interleague games in 2017 (4-2 so far) own the second-most Interleague wins (215) and the second-highest all-time winning percentage in Interleague play ( ,.586), trailing only Boston in both categories ( ,.585) are in their last 59 Interleague games since 5/14/14. In 2016, went 8-12 in Interleague play lost five of their first six Interleague games of a season for the first time. Produced a winning record in 13 consecutive seasons from , going over that span have posted a winning Interleague record in 16-of-20 seasons ( overall) since Interleague play was established in Have compiled a non-losing Interleague record in 17-of-20 seasons (5-10 in 1997; 9-11 in 2013; and 8-12 in 2016), including a stretch of 15 consecutive non-losing records from All-time, are better than.500 against all but two NL teams during the regular season (13-14 vs. the Phillies, 6-7 vs. the Dodgers). THE SCHEDULE: The Yankees continue their 2017 Interleague schedule today with the first game of their three-game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field are scheduled to play a total of 20 Interleague games this season are 4-2 in Interleague play thus far swept the Cardinals in a three-game series at Yankee Stadium from 4/14-16 in the Cardinals first visit to the Bronx since 2003 in addition to the annual Subway Series vs. the Mets in August, the Yankees are playing the NL Central in Interleague play this year, with home series scheduled vs. the Cardinals (went 3-0) in April and the Brewers (3G) and Reds (2G) in July, and road trips to play the Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh (went 1-2) in April, the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago (3G) in May and the Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati (2G) in May. UNFAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS: The Yankees went 3-7 in Interleague road games in 2016 their four-game slide on the road (6/14-7/2/16) matched their longest Interleague road losing streak in club history (fourth time, also 5/19-6/16/15, 6/20-7/4/04 and 6/15-9/3/97) have compiled a non-losing Interleague record on the road in seven of the last nine seasons (4-6 in 2013, 3-7 in 2016) are (.519) in Interleague road games all time. Are all time in NL Central parks, in NL East ballparks and in NL West parks. FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Last month, the Yankees welcomed the Cardinals to the Bronx for the first time since 2003 the Cardinals became the 28th different opponent to play in the current Yankee Stadium the Yankees are 23-5 in an opponents first-ever game at the current Yankee Stadium since 2009, winning eight consecutive such meetings: 4/16/13 vs. Arizona (4-2), 6/19/13-G1 vs. Los Angeles-NL (6-4), 9/20/13 vs. San Francisco (5-1), 4/16/14-G1 vs. Chicago-NL (3-0), 5/17/14 vs. Pittsburgh (7-1), 6/17/15 vs. Miami (2-1) and 4/14/17 vs. St. Louis (4-3) the only Major League team yet to play in the current Yankee Stadium is the Padres. AT THE PLATE: In the history of Interleague play (since 1997), the Yankees rank first in walks (1,448) and stolen bases (280), second in OBP (.342), third in runs scored (1,809) and sixth in home runs (426) since 8/30/15, have scored at least 9R in nine of their 33 Interleague games and at least 5R in 15 of those contests have averaged 5.50 runs per game over their last 36 Interleague games (198R/36G). PITCHERS AS HITTERS: Yankees pitchers are 1-for-their-last-58 in Interleague play since 5/20/14 the only hit in that span was by reliever Branden Pinder, who snapped a team 0-for-28 with an RBI double on 8/30/15 at Atlanta marked the first hit by a pitcher since Chase Whitley on 5/15/14 at the Mets, first extra-base hit since Andy Pettitte s double on 6/19/09 at Florida and first RBI since CC Sabathia s RBI groundout on 8/2/13 at San Diego Pinder was the second Yankees relief pitcher in the DH era (since 1973) to record a hit (also Mike Stanton on 6/6/00 at Montreal) have batted a combined.085 (35-for-414) with 9 doubles, 13RBI and 47 sacrifice hits in Interleague play. Jordan Montgomery drew a walk in his first Major League plate appearance on 4/23 at Pittsburgh, the first walk drawn by a Yankees pitcher since Nathan Eovaldi on 6/14/16 at Colorado. NYY BATTERS IN INTERLEAGUE GAMES (CAREER) Player AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG Chris Carter Starlin Castro Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Chase Headley Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Matt Holliday Aaron Judge Rob Refsnyder Austin Romine Gary Sánchez Ronald Torreyes INTERLEAGUE WIN PCT., ALL-TIME 1. Boston (.585) 2. YANKEES (.584) 3. Los Angeles-AL (.558) 4. Chicago-AL (.551) 5. Detroit (.545) INTERLEAGUE LEADERS, ALL-TIME Jacoby Ellsbury 45 stolen bases th CC Sabathia 322 strikeouts...1st 59 starts...1st 373.2IP...1st 26 wins... 4th YANKEES INTERLEAGUE SCHEDULE Date/Opp. W/L Score Rec. 4/14 vs. STL W /15 vs. STL W /16 vs. STL W /21 at PIT L /22 at PIT W /23 at PIT L /5 at CHC /6 at CHC /7 at CHC /8 at CIN /9 at CIN /7 vs. MIL /8 vs. MIL /9 vs. MIL /25 vs. CIN /26 vs. CIN /14 vs. NYM /15 vs. NYM /16 at NYM /17 at NYM TOTALS All-Time: (.584) At Home: (.649) On Road: (.519) At Curr. Yankee Stadium: (.608) At Orig. Yankee Stadium: (.679) YANKEES PITCHERS AS BATTERS (CAREER) Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH Last Hit Last RBI Last HR Dellin Betances Aroldis Chapman Tyler Clippard /10/10 at NYM Jonathan Holder Tommy Layne Jordan Montgomery Michael Pineda /23/11 at WAS CC Sabathia /23/10 at NYM 8/2/13 at SD 7/13/08 vs. CIN Luis Severino Chasen Shreve Masahiro Tanaka /14/14 at NYM Adam Warren YANKEES ALL-TIME RESULTS IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY YEAR ARI ATL CHC CIN COL HOU LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WAS TOTAL (3) (4) (3) (4) TOTALS *Milwaukee joined the National League in 1998 and Houston left the National League following the 2012 season.

4 TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP MICHAEL PINEDA (3-1, 3.14 ERA) RHP Michael Pineda will make his sixth start of the season today vs. the Cubs the 28-year-old is pitching on extended five days' rest due to Thursday's off day last pitched on Saturday vs. Baltimore (5.1IP, 5H, 2R/0ER, 1BB, 8K, 0HR), earning the win in the Yankees' 12-4 victory the Yankees are 4-1 in his five starts, winning the last four is 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA (25.0IP, 6ER) in his last four starts took a perfect game into the seventh inning of the Yankees' home opener on 4/10 vs. Tampa Bay (7.2IP, 2H, 1ER, 0BB, 11K, 1HR) made his fifth Opening Day roster (also 2011, '14-16) and fourth with the Yankees spent his first six professional seasons in the Mariners organization ( ) made his MLB debut in 2011, earning an All-Star selection and finishing fifth in AL "Rookie of the Year" voting was acquired by the Yankees along with RHP Vicente Campos in exchange for C/DH Jesús Montero and RHP Hector Noesi on 1/23/12 but did not appear in a game for the Yankees until 2014 due to injury. LAST START: Earned the win in the Yankees' 12-4 victory on Saturday vs. Baltimore (5.1IP, 5H, 2R/0ER, 1BB, 8K, 0HR) did not allow a home run for the first time this season, snapping a career-high six-game streak of allowing at least 1HR (9/25/16-4/22/16) won his third consecutive start at Yankee Stadium for the first time in his career did not allow a run over his first five innings and left-handed batters went 0-for-7 Mark Trumbo reached base and Manny Machado scored on Chase Headley's throwing error in the sixth inning before exiting the game Adam Warren allowed the inherited runner to score. INTERLEAGUE: Is 7-3 with a 2.95 ERA (76.1IP, 59H, 26R/25ER, 21BB, 77K, 7HR) in 13 career interleague starts has allowed one-or-zero runs in 8-of-13 career starts vs. NL opponents three of his five interleague starts on the road were scoreless starts, going 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA (29.1IP, 8ER). Has held NL opponents to a.212/.268/.331 (59-for-278) slash line. Has made one career start vs. the Cubs, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings on 4/16/14 at Yankee Stadium (4H, 1BB, 3K). PIN-POINT: His 9.25 K/BB ratio (37K/4BB) ranks fourth in the Majors (Ivan Nova-27.00, Syndergaard-16.00, Clayton Kershaw-14.67) his 1.26 BB/9.0IP ratio (4BB/28.2IP) ranks first in the AL and fourth in the Majors had struck out 18 batters before issuing his first walk of Struck out 17 batters and did not issue a walk over his first two starts this season, the most strikeouts without a walk through a pitcher s first two starts of a season in Yankees history, and tied for the most in AL history (Toronto's J.A. Happ in 2017, Boston s Roger Clemens in 1991). STRIKE FORCE: Ranks fourth in the AL and sixth in the Majors with an K/9.0IP ratio (37K/28.2IP). Has induced a swinging strike on 14.7% of his pitches (FanGraphs), third-highest in the AL and fifth-highest in the Majors opponents are hitting.137 (7-for-51) with 27K in at-bats ending with a slider (Brooks Baseball). His 400K since the start of 2015 are seventh-most in the AL. Recorded a career-high 207K in 2016, sixth-most in the AL and the second 200-strikeout season by a Yankee since 2006 (CC Sabathia, 230K in 2011) was the first 200K season by a Yankees right-hander since 2001 (Mike Mussina-214K, Roger Clemens-213K) was the 14th-highest strikeout total in Yankees history had the fifth-lowest innings total (175.2IP) by a 200K pitcher in AL history finished ninth in the AL with a 3.91 K/BB ratio. Led the AL and set a Yankees record with a K/9.0IP ratio in 2016, the fifth-best mark in the Majors the previous record by a qualifying pitcher in Yankees history was by David Cone in 1997 ranked third among AL starters with a 27.4% strikeout rate (207K/756BF), trailing only Detroit s Justin Verlander (28.1%) and Tampa Bay s Chris Archer (27.4%) was the second-highest strikeout rate in Yankees history (Cone-27.6% in 1997). ROAD RULES: Since the beginning of 2016, is 2-8 with a 5.12 ERA (96.2IP, 55ER) in 18 road starts has won just one of his last 14 road starts (since 5/28/16) allowed 2HR on 4/22 at Pittsburgh, snapping his 42-start streak of allowing one-or-zero HRs was the longest such streak in the Majors at the time marked only the second time in 53 career road starts that he has allowed 2HR (also 7/9/11 at Los Angeles-AL) has permitted just 17HR in 37 road starts (862BF) with the Yankees in his career, has a.262 opponents' BA on the road (.228 at home). Has received 1R-or-fewer of support in 12-of-18 road starts since the beginning 2016 has recorded the fifth-lowest RSA (2.89) on the road in the Majors since the beginning of Is 0-1 with a 7.27 ERA (8.2IP, 7ER) in two road starts in : Has a 5.40 ERA (10.0IP, 6ER) in the first two innings this season and a 1.92 ERA (18.2IP, 6R/4ER) from the third inning on. Won consecutive starts on 4/10 vs. Tampa Bay and 4/16 vs. St. Louis, just the second time since the start of 2016 he has won back-to-back starts (also 7/20-25/16) completed at least 7.0IP in consecutive starts for the sixth time in his career and first since 6/28-7/4/15 (completed 7.0IP in just 2-of-33 starts in 2016). ALMOST PERFECT: Retired his first 20 batters in 4/10 win vs. Tampa Bay before his perfect game was spoiled by Evan Longoria s two-out double in the seventh (7.2IP, 2H, 1ER, 0BB, 11K, 1HR) marked his longest outing since 6/28/15 at Houston (8.0IP) and matched his longest ever at Yankee Stadium (also 4/24/15 vs. the Mets). Per Elias, was the longest perfect game bid by a Yankees pitcher since Andy Pettitte on 8/31/09 at Baltimore (also 6.2IP) his 6.2 perfect innings were the most to start a home opener in Yankees history (previously Ron Guidry, perfect through 5.1IP on 4/5/79 vs. Milwaukee) was the first Major League pitcher to take a perfect game into the seventh inning of his team s home opener since Houston s J.R. Richard (perfect through 6.1IP) on 4/10/80 vs. Los Angeles. Snapped a career-long 11-start winless drought (was his first win since 8/5/16 vs. Cleveland). Marked the second time in his career he had at least 11K without walking a batter (also 5/10/15 vs. Baltimore, 0BB, career-high 16K) is the first pitcher in Yankees history to record double-digit strikeouts and no walks in the team s home opener (credit: Elias). PINEDA'S 2017 REGULAR SEASON STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game C 4/5 at TB 1-4 L / Trailing 4-1 GS 4/10 vs. TB 8-1 W / Leading 3-1 AR 4/16 vs. STL 9-3 W / Leading 4-2 AR 4/22 at PIT* 11-5 ND / Leading 5-3 AR 4/29 vs. BAL 12-4 W / Leading 7-1 AR Totals (5GS) w/ A. Romine (4GS) w/ G. Sánchez (1GS) * Started after a Yankees loss / bold = season high PINEDA'S CAREER STARTS IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/K ERA Left Game 5/21/11 at SD 4-0 W / Leading 4-0 6/17/11 vs. PHI 4-2 W / Leading 3-1 6/23/11 at WAS 0-1 ND / Tied 0-0 6/28/11 vs. ATL 4-5 L / Leading 3-2 4/16/14 vs. CHC 2-0 W / Leading 2-0 4/24/15 vs. NYM 6-1 W / Leading 6-1 6/17/15 vs. MIA 2-1 W / Leading 2-1 6/22/15 vs. PHI 8-11 L / Trailing 8-2 9/19/15 at NYM 5-0 W / Leading 5-0 5/17/16 at ARI 3-5 L / Trailing 5-1 9/14/16 vs. LAD 0-2 ND / Tied 0-0 4/16/17 vs. STL 9-3 W / Leading 4-2 4/22/17 at PIT 11-5 ND / Leading 5-3 Totals (13GS) PINEDA VS. CHICAGO-NL (CAREER) W-L ERA GS INN H ER All Games At Wrigley PINEDA VS. CHICAGO-NL BATTERS Player AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Heyward Rizzo Zobrist PINEDA'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (3x), last on 6/28/15 at HOU H...11, on 6/22/15 vs. PHI R... 8, on 6/22/15 vs. PHI ER... 8, on 6/22/15 vs. PHI BB...5 (2x), last on 6/28/11 vs. ATL K...16, on 5/10/15 vs. BAL HR... 4, on 4/24/16 vs. TB Pitches (2x), last on 6/12/16 vs. DET 10K Games... 7, last on 4/10/17 vs. TB (11K) Low-hit CG...7, on 6/28/15 at HOU CG SHO...None CAREER SPLITS W-L GS IP ER ERA AVG Total Home Road Day Night OPPONENT BATTING 2017 AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.236/.261/ vs. Left.235/.291/ vs. Right.237/.233/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.245/.290/ vs. Left.250/.299/ vs. Right.241/.281/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total SATURDAY'S STARTING PITCHER AT CHICAGO-NL: LHP JORDAN MONTGOMERY (1-1, 4.15 ERA) LHP Jordan Montgomery will make his fifth Major League start on Saturday at Chicago-NL the 24-year-old will pitch on extended five days' rest due to Thursday's off day made his last start on Sunday vs. Baltimore and did not record a decision in the Yankees' 7-4 loss (5.0IP, 3H, 3ER, 4BB, 7K) earned his first Major League win on 4/17 vs. Chicago-AL (6.0IP, 7H, 3ER, 2BB, 4K, 1HR) and made his Major League debut on 4/12 vs. Tampa Bay (ND, 4.2IP, 5H, 3R/2ER, 2BB, 7K, 1HR) the Yankees are 2-2 in his four starts has held opponents to a.150 BA (3-for-20) with RISP over his first four starts, lowest among MLB rookie pitchers (min. 15AB with RISP) was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the Yankees' 25-man roster on 4/12 split the 2016 season between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/WB, going 14-5 with a 2.13 ERA (139.1IP, 33ER) in 25 starts entering the season, was ranked the No. 13 prospect in the Yankees organization by MLBPipeline.com never allowed more than 4R in any of his 61 career minor league games (57 starts) was selected by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of South Carolina.

5 #28 JOE GIRARDI MANAGER Was ejected by HP umpire Bill Welke in the bottom of the seventh in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto (balls and strikes) was his 36th career ejection (33rd as a manager, 31st as Yankees manager). Earned the 900th win of his managerial career in 4/10 home opener vs. Tampa Bay is one of 11 active managers to reach the mark (also Baker, Bochy, Collins, Francona, Hurdle, Maddon, Melvin, Scioscia, Showalter and Yost). The 2017 season marks his 10th as manager of the New York Yankees (since 2008) is one of six managers in franchise history to lead the team for at least part of 10 different seasons (also Joe McCarthy-16, Joe Torre-12, Casey Stengel-12, Miller Huggins-12 and Ralph Houk-11) owns the sixth-most managerial wins in Yankees history, trailing only McCarthy (1,460), Torre (1,173), Stengel (1,149), Huggins (1,067) Ralph Houk (944). Guided the Yankees to an (.519) finish in 2016 is the only current manager to lead his team to winning records in each of the last eight seasons ( ) credit: Elias From , the Yankees had a Major League-best 73.6% success rate on replay challenges (87 challenges, 64 overturned). Career Managerial Record: Record w/nyy: #48 CHRIS CARTER 1B/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/4G Was 2-for-4 with 1R and 1RBI in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto on homestand was 5-for-12 (.417) with 3R, 1 double, 1RBI and 1BB in 3GS at 1B. Hit game-winning pinch-hit three-run HR in the eighth on 4/22 at Pittsburgh was his first homer as a Yankee and was the second PH homer of his career. Spent 2016 with Milwaukee, tying COL's Nolan Arenado for the NL lead with 41HR. Is the fourth player to be acquired by the Yankees the year immediately after leading or tying for a league lead in HRs, joining Alex Rodriguez (acquired in 2004), Johnny Mize (1949) and Babe Ruth (1920). Career Bests: 4H (3x); 2HR (15x); 5RBI (3x); 3R (4x); 1SB (12x); 12G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #14 STARLIN CASTRO INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 7G/7G (3x) Leads the team with 13 multi-hit games (1st in AL), 38H (T1st in AL) and a.362 batting average (2nd in AL) his 5HR were his most in April in his career. Is the first Yankee to tally at least 1H in at least 22 of the team's first 26 games of a season since Derek Jeter (22) in Was 2-for-5 with 1R in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto and has 13H in last 29AB on homestand was 11-for-27 (.407) with 8R, 1 double, 1HR, 2RBI and 2BB in 6GS at 2B hit game-tying two-run HR (#5) in the ninth and was 3-for-5 with 2R in 4/28 win vs. Baltimore was his sixth career game-tying or go-ahead HR in the seventh inning or later and fourth in two seasons with the Yankees. Made his Yankees debut in 2016, setting a career high in HR (21) while leading the team with 156H and 41 multi-hit games tied for the team lead with 70RBI. Career Bests: 4H (15x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (2x); 4R (1x); 2SB (6x); 14G hitting streak (3x) 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 13; 2-hit (10), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) #22 JACOBY ELLSBURY OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/6G (2x) Has hit fourth in the starting lineup nine times and fifth six times this season after never starting in either position in his career prior to this season. Has not played in last 2G (left elbow nerve bruise) has 2H in last 20AB on homestand was 2-for-12 (.167) with 2R, 1HR, 5RBI, 2BB, 1SB and 1CI in 4G/3GS in CF. Hit grand slam (#3) the first grand slam of his career and his 100th career HR and had 5RBI in 4/28 win vs. Baltimore became the first Yankee to hit a grand slam for his 100th career HR since Matt Nokes on 5/13/92 vs. Seattle. Reached base safely in 25 straight games (w/ a PA) from 9/26/16-4/26/17 was the second-longest on-base streak of his career (26G w/ Boston, 7/2-9/26/07). Has reached on catcher's interference 27 times in his career, most by any Major Leaguer since Pete Rose (29) credit: Elias reached on CI 12 times in 2016, the most by a player in a single season, surpassing Roberto Kelly (8CI in 1992). Career Bests: 4H (15x); 2HR (5x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 5SB (1x); 22G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 6; 2-hit (4), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 7G/7G All of his 7RBI this season have come since Saturday and via the home run. Was 2-for-3 with 1R and 2BB in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto and has 9H in last 19AB on homestand was 10-for-26 (.385) with 6R, 1 double, 4HR, 7RBI, 2BB and 1SH in 6GS in LF hit two-run HR (#3) and solo HR (#4) and was 3-for-5 with 3R and 1 double in Tuesday's win vs. Toronto was his fourth career multi-hr game and second this season (also Saturday vs. Baltimore) hit leadoff HR (#1) and threerun HR (#2) and was 2-for-4 in Saturday's win vs. Baltimore the leadoff HR was the seventh of his career, first since 8/31/14 at Toronto also snapped a 261AB homerless stretch (first HR since 7/30/16 at Tampa Bay) had 4RBI after not driving in a run over his first 17G of the season. Is the Yankees longest-tenured player was selected by the club in the third round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft and made his Major League debut in In 2016, won his first career Gold Glove Award and was named the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year in LF for the first time. Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (1x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 11G hitting streak (2x) 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 4; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/3G Was 1-for-1 with 1RBI in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto, pinch-hitting for Torreyes in the eighth and remaining in game at SS on homestand was 8-for-24 (.333) with 3R, 2 doubles, 5RBI and 1BB in 6G/5GS at SS had multiple hits and at least 1RBI in each of his first 3G after returning from the D.L. on 4/28 was 3-for-6 with 2RBI in Sunday's loss vs. Baltimore, hitting a game-tying two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth was his first career game-tying hit in the ninth inning or later. Was placed on the D.L. from 4/2-27 with a right shoulder strain in five rehab games with Single-A Tampa, hit.444 (8-for-18) with 2R, 1 double, 1HR and 2RBI. Played for the Netherlands in the WBC (.348, 8-for-23, 5R, 4 doubles, 1HR and 8RBI) missed his team s final WBC game w/ a right subscapularis muscle hematoma. In 2016, set career highs with 155H, 32 doubles, 20HR, 70RBI and 54XBH. Career Bests: 4H (3x); 1HR (42x); 6RBI (1x); 3R (5x); 1SB (15x); 12G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 3; 2-hit (1), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #12 CHASE HEADLEY 3B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/6G Was 1-for-4 with 1R, 1 double and 1BB in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto has 4H in last 13AB on homestand was 5-for-22 (.227) with 3R, 2 doubles, 2RBI and 4BB in 5GS at 3B. Hit.301 (25-for-83) with 17R, 7 doubles, 3HR, 8RBI and 13BB in 23G in April, reaching in 20-of-23G in April 2016, hit.150 (9-for-60) with 2R, 0XBH, 2RBI and 10BB in 19G. Hit solo HR (#1) and was 2-for-4 with 2RBI and 1SB in 4/4 win at Tampa Bay did not collect his first extra-base hit in 2016 until his 29th game (HR on 5/12 vs. Kansas City). In 2016, ranked third among Yankees position players with 2.6 WAR (FanGraphs), trailing only Sánchez (3.2) and Gregorius (2.7). Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 3SB (1x); 16G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 8; 2-hit (7), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) YANKEE DOODLES #31 AARON HICKS OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/3G Has 5HR in his last 15G has 10HR in his last 53 games (since 8/5/16) after hitting just 3HR in his first 90 games as a Yankee. Drew a career-high 3BB in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto, going 0-for-2 with 1R and 1RBI has 3H in last 10AB on homestand was 3-for-15 (.200) with 3R, 1HR, 3RBI, 4BB and 1SH in 6G/3GS in CF. Hit solo HR (#1) and two-run HR (#2) and was 2-for-3 with 1BB in 4/13 win vs. Tampa Bay was his second career multi-hr game (also 5/13/13 vs. Chicago-AL w/ Minnesota) was the first Yankee to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game since Mark Teixeira on 7/31/15 at Chicago-AL had at least 1RBI in a career-high-tying four straight games from 4/12-16 (8RBI total). Made his Yankees debut in 2016 was the only Major Leaguer with at least 20GS at all three OF positions was the first Yankee to do so since Joe DiMaggio in Career Bests: 4H (2x); 2HR (2x); 3RBI (6x); 4R (1x); 1SB (29x); 6G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 4; 2-hit (4), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #38 KYLE HIGASHIOKA C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Was 0-for-3 with 1BB in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto is hitless in his first 18 Major League AB's on homestand was 0-for-8 with 1R and 2BB in 5G/2GS at C. Made his first Major League start at C in 4/12 win vs. Tampa Bay, going 0-for-4 with 1R made his Major League debut as ninth-inning defensive replacement at C in 4/10 win vs. Tampa Bay. The 2008 seventh-round Yankees draft pick spent parts of 10 seasons in the minors before making his Major League debut matches the club record for the longest gap from draft to debut by a player drafted by, and debuting with, the Yankees (also INF George Zeber, who was chosen in the fifth round of the 1968 First-Year Player Draft and made his debut for the team in the 1977 season) was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 4/9. In 2016, combined with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to bat.276 (102-for-370) with 55R, 24 doubles, 21HR and 81RBI in 102 games set career highs in runs, hits, doubles, HR, RBI and walks (38) entered the season with just 30HR in 411 career minor league games and his previous single-season high was 8HR in 2011 was added to the Yankees' 40-man roster on 11/4/16. Career Bests: 0H (N/A); 0HR (N/A); 0RBI (N/A); 1R (2x); 0SB (N/A); 0G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #17 MATT HOLLIDAY DH/1B/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/5G Hit his 300th Major League HR and fifth of the season in the first inning of Wednesday's win vs. Toronto, going 1-for-5 with 3RBI is the 14th player to reach the milestone as a Yankee and the first since Mark Teixeira on 6/30/11 vs. Milwaukee has 6H in last 21AB on homestand was 9-for-26 (.346) with 5R, 3 doubles, 3HR, 8RBI and 2BB in 6GS at DH. Hit 10th-inning "walk-off" three-run HR and was 3-for-5 with 3R, 1 double and 1BB in 4/28 win vs. Baltimore was his 10th career "walk-off" hit (first since a single on 5/4/16 vs. Philadelphia) and third career "walk-off" HR (first since 9/18/09 vs. Chicago-AL w/ St. Louis (solo HR). Collected his 2,000th career hit with a first-inning single in 4/8 loss at Baltimore. Spent 2016 with St. Louis was third in the Majors with an average exit velocity of 94.7 mph (Nelson Cruz-95.9, Giancarlo Stanton-95.1) min. 100 batted balls in play. Career Bests: 4H (27x); 2HR (21x); 8RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 2SB (10x); 17G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 7; 2-hit (5), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) #99 AARON JUDGE OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 6G/6G Has 3HR in last 2G, 6HR in last 6G, 10HR in his last 14G, and 13HR in last 20G has a team-leading 13HR (1st in MLB), 28R (3rd MLB, 1st AL) and 27RBI (T3rd MLB, T1st AL). Is the youngest player in Major League history and the only rookie to hit at least 13HR through his team's first 26G of the season is one of 12 Major Leaguers to do so, and first since Seattle's Nelson Cruz (14HR) in 2015 his 27RBI are the most by a Yankee through 26 team games since Alex Rodriguez (34RBI) in Is the seventh player in Major League history and second Yankee (also Gary Sanchez -20HR) to hit at least 17HR in his first 52 career games. Hit two-run HR (#13) in the third and collected a career-high 3H in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto, going 3-for-5 with 2R hit solo HR (#11) and three-run HR (#12) and was 2-for-3 with 3R, 2BB and a career-high 4RBI in Tuesday's win vs. Toronto was his second career multi-hr game (also 4/28 vs. Baltimore) at 25 years, 6 days old, was the youngest Yankees outfielder with multiple 2HR games since Dan Pasqua (23y, 268d on 7/12/85 and 24y, 217d on 5/22/86) has 20H in last 51AB on homestand was 11-for-21 (.524) with 12R, 6HR, 12RBI, 8BB and 1SB in 6GS in RF. Was named AL "Rookie of the Month" for April was the third Yankee ever to hit at least 10HR in March/April (Alex Rodriguez; 14HR in 2007 and Graig Nettles; 11HR in 1974) ranked among all AL leaders with 23R (1st), a.750 SLG (1st), 10HR (T1st) and 20RBI (T5th) in April. Was selected by the Yankees in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2013 First- Year Player Draft according to Elias, is the first hitter in Major League history to be at least 6' 7" tall and weigh at least 282lbs. Career Bests: 3H (1x); 2HR (2x); 4RBI (1x); 4R (1x); 1SB (1x); 6G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 10; 2-hit (9), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #30 ROB REFSNYDER INF/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Did not play in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto was 0-for-1 in Tuesday's win vs. Toronto, pinch-hitting for Holliday in the eighth was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to the game hit.260 (20-for-77) with 9R, 6 doubles, 2 triples, 1HR, 6RBI and 8BB in 21G w/ Scranton/WB. Hit.250 (38-for-152) with 25R, 9 doubles and 12RBI in 58G (21 starts at 1B, 14 in RF, 5 at 2B and 4 in LF) over three stints with the Yankees in Has played at 1B, 2B, 3B and in LF and RF at the Major League level. Career Bests: 3H (1x); 1HR (2x); 2RBI (2x); 2R (6x); 1SB (4x); 6G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #27 AUSTIN ROMINE C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 5G/5G The Yankees are 13-3 in his 16GS at C his 3.58 CERA is 7th in the Majors (5th AL). Did not play in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto (tight right groin) was 1-for-3 in Tuesday's win vs. Toronto before being removed prior to the top of the seventh inning with cramping in his right groin has 8H in last 24AB on homestand is 6-for-13 (.462) with 2R, 1HR, 5RBI and 1SF in 5G/4GS at C hit two-run HR (#2) and was 2-for-3 with a career-high 5RBI and 1SF in Saturday's win vs. Baltimore became the Yankees' first No. 9 hitter with at least 5RBI in a game since Joe Girardi on 8/23/99 at Texas (7RBI). Career Bests: 3H (4x); 1HR (7x); 5RBI (1x); 2R (3x); 1SB (2x); 5G hitting streak (2x) 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 5; 2-hit (5), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #74 RONALD TORREYES INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/7G Has a career-high 13RBI in 23G this season (had 12RBI in 72G in 2016). Was 0-for-2 with 1BB in Wednesday's win vs. Toronto before being removed for PH in the eighth had hit safely in seven straight starts has 13H in last 38AB on homestand was 2-for-8 with 1BB in 4G/2GS (1-SS/1-3B). Spent the 2016 season at the Major League level in his first year w/ the Yankees. Career Bests: 4H (2x); 1HR (2x); 2RBI (8x); 3R (1x); 1SB (2x); 7G hitting streak (2x) 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 4; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1)