Sunday, April 16, 2017 Yankee Stadium 8:05 p.m. ET Game #12 Home Game #6 TV: ESPN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish)

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1 5-0 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: nd, -0.5G Current Streak: Won 6 Current Homestand: Recent Road Trip: 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.: (5) / 0 (6) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (4.64) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (3.36) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY April 16, 2009: The Yankees play their inaugural game in the current Yankee Stadium, a 10-2 loss vs. Cleveland. CC Sabathia throws the game s first pitch, Johnny Damon records the first hit and Jorge Posada hits the first home run. April 16, 1967: The Yankees defeat Boston, 7-6, in 18 inn. at Yankee Stadium as Joe Pepitone goes 4-for-9 with the game-winning single. Al Downing pitches five scoreless IP in relief to earn the win in the 5-hour-50-minute contest. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY April 17, 1953: Mickey Mantle clears the left-field wall at Washington s Griffith Stadium with a 565-foot home run off Chuck Stobbs in the fifth inning of a 7-3 Yankees win. Yankees PR representative Red Patterson retrieves the ball and measures off the distance, giving birth to the phrase tapemeasure home run. April 17, 1976: Thurman Munson is named team captain, the club s first since Lou Gehrig in 1939 April 17, 1951: PA announcer Bob Sheppard and Mickey Mantle each make their MLB debuts during a 5-0 win over the Red Sox. Mantle goes 1-for-4 with a sixth-inning single off Boston s Bill Wight. TUESDAY IN YANKEES HISTORY April 18, 1923: The original Yankee Stadium opens its doors for its inaugural game as the Yankees defeat Boston, 4-1. Starter Bob Shawkey records the win and Babe Ruth hits the park s first home run, a three-run shot in the third inning. PROMOTIONS THIS HOMESTAND Tonight vs. STL: PEEPS Plush Night (1st 18,000 guests) Tue., 4/18 vs. CWS: Mastercard $5 Game (Select seats priced at $5) NEW YORK YANKEES (7-4) vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (3-8) RHP Michael Pineda (1-1, 3.97) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (0-2, 7.00) Sunday, April 16, 2017 Yankee Stadium 8:05 p.m. ET Game #12 Home Game #6 TV: ESPN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees conclude their three-game series with St. Louis tonight is the Cards first ever series at the current Yankee Stadium have won six straight games, including a 5-0 start to their nine-game, 10-day homestand (also swept three games from the Rays) will finish the homestand with 3G vs. Chicago-AL (Mon.-Wed.) following an off day Thursday, will depart on a six-game road trip, with 3G each at Pittsburgh (4/21-23) and Boston (4/25-27). Their 7-4 record is tied for the club s second-best mark through 11G since 2004 (7-4 in 2011, 8-3 in 2010) with a win today, an 8-4 mark would be the Yankees secondbest 12G record over the last 14 years (9-3 in 2010). Are (.566) since 7/17/16, the fifth-best record in MLB over the stretch (Chicago-NL: 54-28,.659; Boston: 48-36,.571; Detroit/Los Angeles-NL: 46-35,.568). Are in a stretch of 11-of-23 games vs. NL Central clubs (are 2-0 so far) faced AL East opponents in each of their first 9G this season (went 5-4) and in 18 of their first 27 contests. Are scheduled for eight off days through the first seven weeks of the season (April 3, 6, 11, 20, 24; May 4, 10, 15). YESTERDAY S NEWS: On Saturday, Yankees won their sixth straight game with a 3-2 victory over St. Louis at Yankee Stadium on Jackie Robinson Day Yankees batters struck out 17 times, tying the franchise single-game mark (fourth time, first since 8/11/2010 at Texas in a 7-6 nine-inning win) also had 8BB and went 1-for-13 with RISP scored their first run on a wild pitch in the first, and their final runs on a throwing error, and RBI single by DH Chris Carter in the sixth LHP CC Sabathia allowed just 1ER in 7.1IP (3H, 1BB, 6K, 1HR), on a solo HR to his final batter faced (Jedd Gyorko) marked his first start of at least 7.1IP with threeor-fewer hits allowed since 9/21/12 vs. Oakland (8.0IP, 3H, 0R) CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for-4, 1SB) started in the cleanup spot for the second straight day and was the only Yankee with a multi-hit game RHP Adam Warren (0.2IP, 1K) retired both of his batters faced today and has retired all 20 batters faced this season (4G, 6.2IP, 8K) RHP Tyler Clippard (1.0IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 1K, 1HR) recorded his first save of the season. Each of the first 12 Yankees batters through the first two innings either walked or struck out (6BB, 6K) according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Yankees are the first team in the expansion era (since 1961) with a strikeout, walk or hit by pitch in each of their first 12 plate appearances of a game. EXTENDED WARREN-TY: RHP Adam Warren has retired all 20 batters he has faced this season (4G, 6.2IP, 8K). Is the first pitcher in Major League history to not allow a baserunner through his first four appearances of a season while tossing at least 6.0IP over the stretch. Bullpenmate RHP Bryan Mitchell has retired all 10BF (3.1IP, 1K) this season. GRAND THEFT: The Yankees are 12-for-14 (85.7%) in stolen base attempts this season, leading the AL and tied for second in the Majors in steals (Cincinnati-13, Arizona-12) are tied for sixth in the Majors in SB success rate. Have had exactly 2SB in each of their last two games (Fri.- Sat.), marking the second time since the start of 2015 that the Yankees had multiple steals in consecutive games (also 4/16-17/16 vs. Seattle (3SB and 2SB, respectively). RISP-Y BUSINESS: In the last three wins of their current sixgame winning streak, the Yankees have gone a combined 1-for-30 with runners in scoring position in their wins on Thursday vs. Tampa Bay and Friday vs. St. Louis, went a combined 0-for-17 with RISP, marking their first consecutive game wins with no RISP hits since 5/25-26/10 at Minnesota. 30 FOR 30: During his 30-game scoreless streak vs. the Cardinals (since the start of 2012), LHP Aroldis Chapman has allowed just 7H and 9BB with 51K in 30.1IP is the longest streak of scoreless games vs. St. Louis all-time. Converted saves on three straight days on Wed./Thurs. vs. Tampa Bay and Fri. vs. St. Louis according to the YES Network, is the second Yankee since 2012 to convert saves on three straight days (also David Robertson, 8/2-4/14). MOMENT OF SILENCE: Prior to tonight s National Anthem, the Yankees will hold a moment of silence in remembrance of the 32 victims of the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech, which happened 10 years ago today on 4/16/07. ON A ROLL: The Yankees have won six straight games, the Majors longest winning streak this season is the team s longest winning streak since a seven-game streak from 9/4-10/16 did not win six straight games in 2016 until a six-game winning streak from their 39th- 44th games (5/18-24/16). Each of their last three games (Thurs. vs. Tampa Bay and Fri./Sat. vs. St. Louis) have LONGEST WINNING STREAKS, MAJORS, 2017 WINS TEAM DATES 6 YANKEES 4/9-pres. 5 New York-NL 4/ Arizona 4/5-9 been one-run victories, marking the third time since 2003 that the Yankees have won at least three straight games by exactly one run (also 3G: 7/19-22/15 and 3G: 7/18-20/09). Yankees pitchers have a 2.00 ERA (54.0IP, 35H, 15R/12ER, 14BB, 65K, 6HR,.180BA) during the six-game win streak. A BRONX TALE: The Yankees are mark at home in 2017 is the best in the Majors and their five-game home winning streak is tied for the longest in MLB this season (Arizona, 5-0 since 4/5). Are (.698) at Yankee Stadium since 7/17/16, the thirdbest home mark in the Majors (best in the AL) over the stretch (Los Angeles-NL: 28-11,.718; Chicago-NL: 31-13,.705). Since 1990, have started their home slate with at least five straight wins three other times, having won the World Series in each season (2000: 5-0; 1999: 5-0; 1998: 7-0). ARMS TO FARE WELL: Yankees pitchers lead the Majors this season in K/BB ratio (4.04) and K/9.0IP ratio (10.33, 109K, 27BB, 95.0IP) are third in BB/9.0IP ratio (2.56). Are second in the AL with 109K (Astros-111K) are third in the AL (fifth in the Majors) with a 3.13 ERA (Twins-2.44, Dodgers-2.75, White Sox-2.91, Cubs-2.97). Have allowed just 22 extra-base hits (11 doubles, 11HR), fourth-fewest in the Majors (Minnesota-20, Baltmore/ Kansas City-21). Only Colorado (68) has allowed fewer fly balls than the Yankees 72 (per STATS Inc.). HEAD START: 3B Chase Headley has six multi-hit games this season, tied with Texas Elvis Andrus for the AL lead is the most by a Yankee through 11 team games since Derek Jeter (six) in Is batting.378/.489/.595 (14-for-37) with 9R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 3RBI and 8BB in 11G this season ranks among AL leaders in OBP (second), BA (T-second), times on base (22, T-third), runs scored (T-seventh) and hits (T-seventh). In 2016, did not record his 14th hit until 5/9 (26th game.171, 14-for-82 at the time). BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters have hit multiple HRs in 5-of-11 games this season have homered in five of their last six games are 6-2 when hitting at least 1HR. Nine different Yankees have gone deep, tied for the secondmost players with at least 1HR of any team in the Majors (Detroit/Milwaukee-10, Philadelphia/Tampa Bay-9). Had at least 7H in each of their first 10G this season. PEN PALS: Have the Majors lowest bullpen ERA at 1.04 (34.2IP, 21H, 6R/4ER, 8BB, 44K, 2HR) are second in the Majors in opp. BA (.169), opp. OPS (.462), WHIP (0.84) and K/BB ratio (5.50), trailing the Dodgers in all four categories (.162/.425/0.79/6.00, respectively). Yankees relievers have allowed just 2R/1ER in 15.0IP (9H, 4BB, 18K, 1HR) over the team s six-game win streak. PIN-POINT: RHP Michael Pineda has 17K and 0BB, 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). Has induced swinging strikes on 15.9% of his pitches (FanGraphs), second-best in MLB (Danny Salazar-16.4%). GREETING CARDS: With their 4-3 win over St. Louis in the Cardinals first game at the current Yankee Stadium on Friday, the Yankees improved to 23-5 in an opponent s first ever game at the current Stadium have yet to play San Diego at the current Yankee Stadium have won their last eight such contests. This is just the Cardinals second regular season series in the Bronx (went 0-3 from 6/13-15/03). At 0-5, the Cards are one of two Major League teams with no regular season wins in the Bronx (also the Cubs, 0-5). UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Mon., 4/17 vs. Chicago-AL LHP Jordan Montgomery (0-0, 3.86) vs. LHP Derek Holland (1-1, 1.50) 7:05 p.m. YES Tue., 4/18 vs. Chicago-AL RHP Luis Severino (1-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Miguel Gonzalez (1-0, 4.22) 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Wed., 4/19 vs. Chicago-AL RHP Masahiro Tanaka (1-1, 8.36) vs. RHP Dylan Covey (0-0, 1.69) 7:05 p.m. WPIX 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 VS. ST. LOUIS OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees are 2-0 vs. the Cardinals in 2017 marks just the second series between the teams since 2006 the Yankees are 8-3 in 11 regular-season games against the Cardinals all-time, their fewest regular-season games vs. any Major League opponent all-time (next-fewest: 12 games vs. Pittsburgh and San Francisco) IN 2014: Went 2-1 at the current Busch Stadium from 5/26-28/14, winning the opener and finale AT YANKEE STADIUM: The Yankees are 5-0 all-time against St. Louis at home swept a three-game set at the original Yankee Stadium from 6/13-15/03 and are 2-0 in their current three-game set vs. St. Louis the Cardinals are one of two Major League teams that have no regular season wins in the Bronx (also Chicago-NL, 0-5) AT BUSCH STADIUM: Are 3-3 on the road against the Cardinals in the regular season went 2-1 at the current Busch Stadium from 5/26-28/14 and 1-2 at the original Busch Stadium from 6/10-12/05 IN POSTSEASON: Have met in the World Series five times, with the Yankees winning twice (4-1 in 1943, 4-0 in 28) and the Cardinals winning three times (4-3 in 1964, 4-1 in 42, 4-3 in 26) is the third-most common World Series pairing, trailing only Yankees-Dodgers (11x) and Yankees-Giants (7x) the teams rank first and second in World Series titles (Yankees 27, Cardinals 11), winning a combined 38 of the 112 World Series ever contested (33.9%). NYY BATTERS vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 2017 AND CAREER 2017 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Greg Bird Chris Carter Starlin Castro Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Chase Headley Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Matt Holliday Aaron Judge Pete Kozma Austin Romine Ronald Torreyes NYY BATTERS vs. RHP ADAM WAINWRIGHT CAREER AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Greg Bird Chris Carter Starlin Castro Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Chase Headley Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Matt Holliday Aaron Judge Pete Kozma Austin Romine Ronald Torreyes NYY vs. ST. LOUIS in 2017 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/14 at NYY W /15 at NYY W /16 at NYY Total in All-time vs. STL: 8-3 All-time at home: 5-0 All-time on road: 3-3 All-time at current Yankee Stad.: 2-0 All-time at current Busch Stad.: 3-3 UP NEXT -- YANKEES vs. CHICAGO-AL (Mon.-Wed.): OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees and White Sox will meet seven times in 2017: three games here in the Bronx from Mon.-Wed. and four games in Chicago from 6/26-29 the Yankees are 16-7 in the last 23 matchups and in 51 meetings since 8/2/09 dropped 2-of- 3 at Guaranteed Rate Field from 7/4-6/16, their first series loss since they were swept in 3G from 8/5-7/13 at Chicago IN 2016: Went 3-3 vs. the White Sox, winning 2-of-3 in the Bronx and losing 2-of-3 in Chicago IN SEASON SERIES: Are in the last 11 season series since 2006 (split 3-3 in 2016 and 13; went 2-5 in 2012) AT YANKEE STADIUM: Are 13-2 vs. the White Sox in their last 15 meetings at the Stadium (since 6/30/12) are 20-7 (.741) vs. the White Sox at the current Yankee Stadium, their secondhighest winning pct. at the venue vs. any AL club (Los Angeles-AL: 24-8,.750). 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 5-0 (10) (10) (3) (3) (3) (4) (4) (3) (3) (3) (3) 3-0 (3) (9) - (2) (3) (2) Road (9) (4) (4) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (4) (4) 1-2 (3) (10) (3) (2) - (2) (3) TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 6 (4/9-present) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road (4/10-present) / 1, 2x (last: 4/9-present) Longest Losing Streak... 3 (4/5-8) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road.... None / 3 (4/5-8) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games.... 3:35 (4/8 at BAL) / Same Longest Game, Innings... No extra inning games Shortest Game, Time, All Games.... 2:37 (4/10 vs. TB) Most LOB, All Games... 12, 2x (last: 4/15 vs. STL) Most Errors, All Games... 2 (4/7 at BAL) Largest Margin of Victory... 7 (4/10 vs. TB) Largest Margin of Defeat... 4 (4/2 at TB) Largest Deficit Overcome in a Win... 3, 2x (last: 4/12 vs. TB) Highest Paid Attendance, Home / Road ,955 (4/10 vs. TB) / 42,487 (4/9 at BAL) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning... 8, 2x (last: 4/12 vs. TB) / 5 (4/10 vs. TB, 8th inn.) Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games...10, 2x (last: 4/10 vs. TB) / Same Most Hits, Inning...5, 2x (last: 4/10 vs. TB, 8th inn.) Most Home Runs, All Games...3 (4/10 vs. TB) Shut Out.... None Fewest Hits, All Games... 5 (4/15 vs. STL) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games (4/15 vs. STL) / Same Most Walks, All Games (4/9 at BAL) Most Stolen Bases, All Games... 2, 4x (last: 4/15 vs. STL) Hitting Streak, 2017 Season / Current... 7G (Castro, 4/7-15) / 4G (Carter, 4/9-pres.) Walk-off Wins... None TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning...7 (4/2 at TB) / 3, 3x (last: 4/7 at BAL, 5th inn.) Most Earned Runs Allowed, Game... 7 (4/2 at TB) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games (4/2 at TB) / Same 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... 2, 3x (last: 4/15 vs. STL) Most Walks, 9 inn. / All Games... 4, 3x (last: 4/14 at STL) / Same Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games (4/13 vs. TB) / Same Most SB Allowed, All Games... 2, 2x (last: 4/8 at BAL) Shutouts (4/4 at TB) Complete Games... None Walk-Off Losses... None 2017 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 3 (Gardner, 4/7 at BAL); Hits- 3, 5x (last: Torreyes, 4/9 at BAL); Doubles- 1, 14x (by many players); Triples- 1, 2x (last: Carter, 4/10 vs. TB); HR- 2 (Hicks, 4/13 vs. TB); RBI- 3, 3x (last: Hicks, 4/13 vs. TB); BB- 5 (Holliday, 4/9 at BAL); SB- 2, 2x (last: Gardner, 4/10 vs. TB). PITCHING: IP in Start- 7.2 (Pineda, 4/10 vs. TB); IP in Relief- 2.1, 2x (last: Warren, 4/5 at TB); Hits- 8, 2x (last: Pineda, 4/5 at TB); Runs- 7 (Tanaka, 4/2 at TB); ER- 7 (Tanaka, 4/2 at TB); BB- 4, 2x (last: Sabathia, 4/9 at BAL); K- 11, 2x (last: Severino, 4/13 vs. TB); HR- 2 (Tanaka, 4/2 at TB); Pitches- 104 (Severino, 4/13 vs. TB). 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 Headley Hicks Higashioka Holliday Judge Kozma Romine Sánchez Torreyes Games with no DH: 0 RUNS BY INNING Scored Allowed STARTS BY BATTING ORDER PLAYER Bird Carter Castro Ellsbury Gardner Headley Hicks Higashioka Holliday Judge Kozma Romine Sánchez Torreyes Pitchers YANKEES HOME RUNS MOST RECENT HRs AB Since Bird 35 10/1/15 vs. BOS (Machi) Carter 27 10/1/16 at COL (Ottavino) Castro 6 4/14/17 vs. STL (Wacha) Ellsbury 31 4/5/17 at TB (Cobb) Gardner 233 7/30/16 at TB (Smyly) Headley 14 4/10/17 vs. TB (Cobb) Hicks 3 (2HR) 4/13/17 vs. TB (Andriese/Cedeño) Higashioka 8 No career home runs Holliday 20 4/7/17 at BAL (Jiménez) Judge 7 4/12/17 vs. TB (Ramírez) Kozma 529 4/2/13 at ARI (Bell) Romine 3 4/14/17 vs. STL (Wacha) Torreyes 33 4/4/17 at TB (Odorizzi) 1st-INNING LEADOFF HRs 0x in 2017 / 1x in 2016 Last: Ellsbury, 8/19/16 at LAA (off Weaver) PINCH-HIT HRs 0x in 2017 / 3x in 2016 Last: Butler, 9/16/16 at BOS (off Abad) WALK-OFF HRs 0x in 2017 / 5x in 2016 Last: Teixeira, 9/28/16 vs. BOS (off Kelly) MULTI-HR GAMES 1x in 2017 / 10x in 2016 Hicks (2HR) 4/13/17 vs. TB (Andriese/Cedeño) Last 3HR: A. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 at MIN (off Milone/Perkins) GRAND SLAMS 0x in 2017 / 4x in 2016 Last: Teixeira, 9/28/16 vs. BOS (off Kelly) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 0x in 2017 / 0x in 2016 Last: Granderson, 8/21/11 at MIN (off Mijares) MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / *BACK-TO-BACK HRs 0x/0x in 2017 / 14x/7x in 2016 s Date/Opp. (Inning) Last: Teixeira/Hicks, 9/26/16 at TOR (9th inn.) Last b2b: Ellsbury/Gregorius, 9/13/16 vs. LAD (7th inn.) Last b2b2b: Cano/Swisher/A. Jones, 6/8/12 vs. NYM (3rd inn.) Last multi-hr inn., indiv.: A. Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB (2HR in 6th) RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE HRs: 14 / Runs: 51 / Runs via HR: 21 (41.2%) Solo (7): Ellsbury-1, Headley-2, Hicks-1, Judge-2, Romine-1 2-Run (7): Castro-2, Hicks-1, Holliday-1, Judge-1, Sánchez-1, Torreyes-1 3-Run (0): None Grand Slams (0): None 2016: HRs: 183 / Runs: 680 / Runs via HR: 273 (40.1%) 2016: Solo (115) / 2R (50) / 3R (14) / GS (4) YANKEES ON THE D.L. (3) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Tyler Austin Fractured left ankle 4/2 (retro to 3/30) 60-day (11) Didi Gregorius Right shoulder strain 4/2 10-day (11) Gary Sánchez Right biceps strain 4/8 (postgame) 10-day (6) Reinstated from D.L. in 2017 (0): None Season: 3 players in 3 stints / 2016 Season: 18 players in 18 stints 2017 PLAYERS USED P (13): RHP Dellin Betances, 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 (6): Greg Bird, Chris Carter, Starlin Castro, Chase Headley, Pete Kozma, Ronald Torreyes; OF (4): Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge; DH (1): Matt Holliday MISCELLANEOUS EJECTIONS (0x in 2017) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) Last player: Luis Severino, 9/26 at TOR (Tichenor) Last manager: Joe Girardi, 9/26 at TOR (Tichenor) 2016: By player (1) / By manager (3) / By coach (2) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Ppd. (0)...None 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 (14x in 2017) NYY Challenges: 5 (4 overturned, 0 confirmed, 1 stand) Opp. Challenges: 7 (1 overturned, 2 confirmed, 4 stand) Umpires: 2 (1 overt d, 0 conf d, 1 stand, 0 rec. keeping) 2016 (71): NYY (19-4-6) / Opp. (21-5-8) / Umps ( ) COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER Year After Game 11 After Game (2nd, -0.5) - (-, -) (4th, -3.0) 5-7 (5th, -3.0) (5th, -2.0) 6-6 (3rd, -1.0) (T3rd, -1.0) 6-6 (T2nd, -1.0) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS Mar. 31 Optioned RHP Ben Heller and C Kyle Higashioka to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. April 1 Received LHP Tyler Webb as a Rule 5 Draft return from the Pittsburgh Pirates and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. April 2 Signed INF Pete Kozma to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster placed Tyler Austin on the 60-day D.L. with a fractured left ankle placed INF Didi Gregorius on the 10-day D.L. (retroactive to 3/30) with a right shoulder strain. April 8 Placed C Gary Sánchez on the 10-day D.L. following the game with a right biceps strain. April 9 Recalled C Kyle Higashioka from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. April 10 Optioned LHP Chasen Shreve to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. April 12 Signed LHP Jordan Montgomery to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25- man roster designated RHP Johnny Barbato for assignment.

3 YANKEES IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY WINNING FORMULA: Tonight the Yankees play their third of 20 scheduled Interleague games in 2017 (2-0 so far) own the highest all-time winning percentage in Interleague play ( ,.585) and own the second-most wins, trailing only Boston (214) are in their last 55 Interleague games dating back to 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). FIRST IMPRESSIONS: This weekend, 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. THE SCHEDULE: The Yankees continue their 2017 Interleague schedule tonight with the final game of their three-game series vs. the Cardinals in St. Louis first visit to the Bronx since 2003 are scheduled to play a total of 20 Interleague games this season 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 (2-0 so far) in April and Brewers (3G) and Reds (2G) in July, and road trips to play the Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh (3G) in April, Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago (3G) in May and Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati (2G) in May. NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Yankees are (.647) all-time in Interleague play at home, including (.603) at the current Yankee Stadium have won 18 of their last 28 Interleague home games (since 5/17/14) went (.679) against NL teams at the old Yankee Stadium. AT THE PLATE: In the history of Interleague play (since 1997), the Yankees rank first in walks (1,433) and stolen bases (276), second in OBP (.341), third in runs scored (1,785) and sixth in home runs (420) since 6/24/15, have scored at least 9R in seven of their last 29G and at least 5R in 12 of those games have averaged 5.44 runs per game over their last 32 Interleague games (174R/32G). PITCHERS AS HITTERS: Yankees pitchers are 1-for-their-last-53 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.086 (35-for-407) with 9 doubles, 13RBI and 46 sacrifice hits in Interleague play. NYY BATTERS IN INTERLEAGUE GAMES (CAREER) AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG Greg Bird Chris Carter Starlin Castro Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Chase Headley Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Matt Holliday Aaron Judge Pete Kozma Austin Romine Ronald Torreyes INTERLEAGUE WIN PCT., ALL-TIME 1. YANKEES (.585) 2. Boston (.585) 3. Los Angeles-AL (.558) 4. Chicago-AL (.551) 5. Detroit (.545) INTERLEAGUE LEADERS, ALL-TIME CC Sabathia 319 strikeouts st 58 starts st 368.2IP st 26 wins th YANKEES INTERLEAGUE SCHEDULE Date/Opp. W/L Score Rec. 4/14 vs. STL W /15 vs. STL W /16 vs. STL /21 at PIT /22 at PIT /23 at PIT /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: (.585) At Home: (.647) On Road: (.522) At Curr. Yankee Stadium: (.603) At Orig. Yankee Stadium: (.679) YANKEES PITCHERS AS BATTERS (CAREER) 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 Bryan Mitchell 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 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) --- (3) TOTALS *Milwaukee joined the National League in 1998 and Houston left the National League following the 2012 season.

4 TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP MICHAEL PINEDA (1-1, 3.97 ERA) RHP Michael Pineda will make his third start of 2017 tonight vs. St. Louis the 28-year-old is pitching on extended five days' rest due to Tuesday's off day in his last start, took a perfect game into the seventh inning of the Yankees' home opener on Mon. 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: Retired his first 20 batters in Monday s 8-1 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) was the longest start by a Yankee since Masahiro Tanaka tossed 7.2 scoreless innings on 8/19/16 at Los Angeles-AL. 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). KEEP IT GOING: Is looking to win consecutive starts for just the second time since the start of 2016 (7/20-25/16). PIN-POINT: Has 17K and 0BB, 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) is one of three qualified pitchers who have not issued a walk this season (Felix Hernandez-18.1IP, Happ-11.2IP). Only eight Yankees pitchers since 1913 have issued 0BB in each of their first three starts of a season, most recently Randy Johnson in 2006 (first three starts) just two of those eight pitchers recorded 17-or-more strikeouts: Mike Mussina in 2001 (23K in first 4GS) and David Wells in 2003 (17K in first 3GS). STRIKE FORCE: Is tied for 11th in the AL with 17K (all but one pitcher ahead of him has made three starts: Danny Salazar-20) ranks second in the Majors with a K/9.0IP ratio (17K/11.1IP). Has induced a swinging strike on 15.9% of his pitches (FanGraphs), second-highest in the Majors (Salazar-16.4%) batters have swung at 37.4% of his pitches outside the zone (35.4% in 2016) opponents are hitting.105 (2-for-19) with 13K in at-bats ending with a slider (Brooks Baseball). His 380K since the start of 2015 are tied for sixth-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, 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). Induced a swinging strike on an AL-best 14.1% of his pitches, fourth-highest in the Majors in 2016 batters swung at 35.4% of his pitches outside the zone, third-highest among Major League pitchers (second-highest in the AL to Masahiro Tanaka, 36.5%) opponents hit.187 (61-for-326) with 146K in at-bats ending with a slider (Brooks Baseball). INTERLEAGUE: Is 6-3 with a 2.80 ERA (64.1IP, 48H, 21R/20ER, 18BB, 65K, 4HR) in 11 career interleague starts has allowed one-or-zero runs in 8-of-11 career starts vs. NL opponents has won three of his five interleague starts at Yankee Stadium, tossing at least 6.0IP with 1ER-or-fewer in each victory. Has held NL opponents to a.206/.265/.309 (48-for-233) slash line. The Cardinals are one of six Major League clubs against whom he has not pitched (also Cincinnati, Colorado, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, San Francisco). BACK HOME: Is 3-1 with a 2.87 ERA (37.2IP, 12ER) in his last seven home starts (since 7/20/16) has allowed 1R-or-fewer in 6-of-10 home starts since 6/25/16 went 4-5 with a 4.72 ERA (87.2IP, 87H, 46ER, 26BB, 103K, 20HR) and 7QS in 16 starts at Yankee Stadium in SPECIAL OCCASIONS: Since his Yankees debut in 2014, has pitched on three significant holidays, combining to go 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA (18.0IP, 16H, 3ER, 3BB, 30K, 1HR) on Mother's Day 2015 (5/10/15 vs. Baltimore), recorded a career-high 16K with 0BB (W, 7.0IP, 6H, 1ER) on Fourth of July 2015 (7/4/15 vs. Tampa Bay), struck out 10 over 7.0 scoreless innings (5H, 1BB) also allowed 2ER in 4.0IP on Labor Day 2016 (9/4/16 at Baltimore). 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 Totals (2GS) w/ G. Sánchez (1GS) w/ A. Romine (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 Totals (11GS) PINEDA'S 2017 SPRING STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/K ERA Left Game 3/4 at DET 11-1 W / Leading 3-0 3/9 at ATL 8-7 ND / Trailing 2-1 3/15 vs. PHI 3-1 W / Leading 2-0 3/20 at WAS 9-3 W / Leading 4-1 3/31 at ATL 5-8 ND / Leading 4-3 Totals (5GS) italics minor league game PINEDA VS. ST. LOUIS (CAREER) W-L ERA GS INN H ER All Games PINEDA VS. ST. LOUIS BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Fowler Peralta PINEDA'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (3x), last on 6/28/15 at HOU H , on 6/22/15 vs. PHI R , on 6/22/15 vs. PHI ER , on 6/22/15 vs. PHI BB (2x), last on 6/28/11 vs. ATL K , on 5/10/15 vs. BAL HR , on 4/24/16 vs. TB Pitches (2x), last on 6/12/16 vs. DET 10K Games , last on 4/10/17 vs. TB (11K) Low-hit CG , 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.233/.233/ vs. Left.292/.292/ vs. Right.158/.158/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.245/.290/ vs. Left.252/.299/ vs. Right.239/.282/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total MONDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. CHICAGO-AL: LHP JORDAN MONTGOMERY (0-0, 3.86 ERA) LHP Jordan Montgomery will make his second Major League start in Monday's series opener vs. Chicago-AL made his Major League debut on Wednesday vs. Tampa Bay and did not record a decision (4.2IP, 5H, 3R/2ER, 2BB, 7K, 1HR, 1HP) his 7K were the second-most by a Yankees left-hander making his Major League debut since 1913 (Al Leiter-8K on 9/15/87 vs. Milwaukee) was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the Yankees' 25-man roster prior to his debut on Wednesday the 24-year-old will pitch on regular four days' rest 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 has 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 Draft out of the University of South Carolina.

5 #28 JOE GIRARDI MANAGER Earned the 900th win of his managerial career in Monday's 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: #33 GREG BIRD 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/1G Was 0-for-3 with 1BB in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis on homestand is 0-for-10 with 2BB in 3GS at 1B missed 4G from 4/8-12 (right ankle/foot) is hitless in last 20AB. Missed the entire 2016 season recovering from right shoulder labrum surgery, performed on 2/2/16 by Dr. David Altcheck at The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York the repaired injury was a reoccurence of a right shoulder injury sustained in May 2015 following the season, played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League, batting.215 (14-for-65) with 1HR and 10RBI in 17 games. Made his Major League debut with the Yankees in 2015, batting.261 (41-for-157) with 26R, 9 doubles, 11HR and 31RBI in 46G from the time of his Major League debut on 8/13 through the end of the season, led the Yankees in HR and tied for the lead in RBI led all Major League rookies (min. 125AB) with a AB/HR ratio. Was selected by the Yankees in the fifth round of the 2011 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 2H (8x); 2HR (1x); 4RBI (1x); 3R (1x); 0SB (N/A); 8G hitting streak #48 CHRIS CARTER 1B/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 4G/4G Was 1-for-5 with 1RBI in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis on homestand is 3-for-13 with 2R, 1 triple and 2RBI in 3GS at 1B was 1-for-4 with 1R, 1 triple and 1RBI in Monday's win vs. Tampa Bay was his fifth triple in 2,298 career AB. Recorded his 500th career Major League hit and his first hit as a Yankee with a seventh-inning single in 4/9 win at Baltimore. Spent 2016 with Milwaukee, hitting.222 (122-for-549) with 84R, 27 doubles, 41HR and 94RBI in 160G tied Colorado s Nolan Arenado for the NL home run lead. 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). Was signed by the Yankees to a one-year contract for the 2017 season on 2/16/17. Career Bests: 4H (3x); 2HR (15x); 5RBI (3x); 3R (4x); 1SB (12x); 12G hitting streak #14 STARLIN CASTRO INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/7G Was 0-for-3 with 1BB in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis has 11H in last 30AB on homestand is 6-for-18 with 3R, 1 double, 2HR, 4RBI and 2BB in 5GS at 2B. Made his Yankees debut in 2016, hitting.270 (156-for-577) with 63R, 29 doubles, 21HR and 70RBI in 151G set a career high in HR while leading the team in hits and multi-hit games (41) and tying for the team lead in RBI (also Gregorius). Collected his 1,000th career hit in 4/15/16 loss vs. Seattle at 26y, 22d old at the time, became the seventh-youngest player to debut since 1966 to reach 1,000H. Is one of three active players to record at least 1,000H, 175 doubles, 50HR and 75SB through his age-26 season (also Jose Altuve and Justin Upton). Was acquired by the Yankees from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP Adam Warren and a player to be named later (INF Brendan Ryan) on 12/8/15. Career Bests: 4H (15x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (2x); 4R (1x); 2SB (6x); 14G hitting streak (3x) 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 5; 2-hit (4), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #22 JACOBY ELLSBURY OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/6G Was 2-for-4 with 1SB in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis hit fourth in the starting lineup for the first time in his career in Friday's win vs. St. Louis (2-for-4, 1R, 1SB) has 8H in last 25AB on homestand is 6-for-20 with 2R, 1 double, 2RBI, 1BB and 3SB in 5GS in CF. In 2016, hit.263 (145-for-551) with 71R, 24 doubles, 9HR, 56RBI and 20SB in 148G. Reached on catcher s interference 12 times in 2016, the most by a player in a single season, surpassing Roberto Kelly (8CI in 1992) has 26CI calls in his career, most by any Major Leaguer since Pete Rose (29) credit: Elias. Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a seven-year contract on 12/7/13. Career Bests: 4H (15x); 2HR (5x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 5SB (1x); 22G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 4; 2-hit (3), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/5G Has 5SB in 10 games this season, including two multi-steal games did not collect his fifth stolen base last season until 5/6/16 (his 25th game) had just one multi-steal game in Was 1-for-3 with 1R and 2BB in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis has 2H in last 19AB reached on a throwing error as sixth-inning PH for Kozma in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay was removed from the game with a bruised jaw and strained neck following a collision with Weeks at first base on the play (missed 1G with the injury) on homestand is 2-for-11 with 4R, 4BB and 2SB in 4G/3GS in LF. 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 In 2016, hit.261 (143-for-547) with 80R, 22 doubles, 7HR, 41RBI and 16SB in 148 games with the Yankees won his first career Gold Glove Award and was named the Wilson Defensive of the Year in LF for the first time. Signed a four-year contract extension on 2/24/14, beginning in 2015 and extending through 2018 with a club option for Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (2x); 6RBI (1x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 11G hitting streak (2x) 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 1; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #12 CHASE HEADLEY 3B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/4G Is hitting.378 (14-for-37) with 9R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 3RBI and 8BB in 11G this season in April 2016, hit.150 (9-for-60) with 2R, 0XBH, 2RBI and 10BB in 19G. Was 0-for-2 with 2BB and 1SB in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis has reached base safely in 14 of his last 29PA (7H, 7BB) on homestand is 7-for-16 with 4R, 1 double, 1HR, 1RBI, 4BB and 2SB in 5GS at 3B. 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, batted.253 (118-for-467) with 58R, 18 doubles, 14HR and 51RBI in 140 games with the Yankees ranked third among Yankees position players with 2.6 WAR (FanGraphs), trailing only Sánchez (3.2) and Gregorius (2.7). Signed a four-year contract with the Yankees on 12/15/14, extending through Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 3SB (1x); 16G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 6; 2-hit (5), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) YANKEE DOODLES #31 AARON HICKS OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/2G Was 0-for-3 with 1R, 1RBI and 2BB in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis hit solo HR (#1) and two-run HR (#2) and was 2-for-3 with 1BB in Thursday's win vs. Tampa Bay was his second career multi-hr game (also 5/13/13 vs. Chicago-AL w/ Minnesota) was the first Yankees hitter with HRs from both sides of the plate in the same game since Mark Teixeira on 7/31/15 at Chicago-AL his seventh-inning HR was his first career go-ahead HR with his team trailing on homestand is 2-for-9 with 3R, 2HR, 6RBI and 4BB in 3GS (2-LF/1-RF). In 2016, hit.217 (71-for-327) with 32R, 13 doubles, 8HR and 31RBI in 123 games in his first season with the Yankees was the only Major Leauger to make at least 20 starts at all three outfield positions in 2016, becoming the first Yankee to accomplish the feat since Joe DiMaggio in Was acquired from Minnesota on 11/11/15 in exchange for C John Ryan Murphy. Career Bests: 4H (2x); 2HR (2x); 3RBI (6x); 4R (1x); 1SB (29x); 6G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 1; 2-hit (1), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #38 KYLE HIGASHIOKA C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Was 0-for-4 in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis on homestand is 0-for-8 with 1R in 3G/2GS at C made his first Major League start at C in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay, going 0-for-4 with 1R was behind the plate for LHP Jordan Montgomery's Major League debut, making the duo the first Yankees battery to each make their first Major League starts in the same game since RHP Jorge De Paula and C Michel Hernandez on 9/26/03 vs. Baltimore (Game 2) made his Major League debut as ninth-inning defensive replacement at C in Monday's home opening win vs. Tampa Bay (did not bat). 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 Draft and made his debut for the team in the 1977 season) was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 4/9. Started at C in the RailRiders season opener on 4/8 at Buffalo, going 0-for-4 with 1RBI and catching each of the Bisons' two potential base stealers. 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. In his minor league career, caught 30.5% of potential base stealers (170-for-558). Career Bests: 0H (N/A); 0HR (N/A); 0RBI (N/A); 1R (1x); 0SB (N/A); 0G hitting streak #17 MATT HOLLIDAY DH/1B/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/5G Was scratched from the lineup before Saturday's win vs. St. Louis (lower back stiffness) is hitless in last 11AB on homestand is 2-for-15 with 1R, 1 double, 1RBI and 2BB in 4GS at DH. Collected his 2,000th career hit with a first-inning single in 4/8 loss at Baltimore. In 2016, batted.246 (94-for-382) with 48R, 20 doubles, 20HR and 62RBI in 110 games with the Cardinals among batters with at least 100 batted balls in play, ranked third in the Majors with an average exit velocity of 94.7 mph (Nelson Cruz- 95.9, Giancarlo Stanton-95.1) missed 44 team games on the disabled list (8/12-9/30) with a fractured left thumb, suffered on a HBP on 8/11 at Chicago-NL. Was the only player with at least 20HR, 30 doubles and 75RBI each year from Was signed by the Yankees to a one-year contract for the 2017 season on 12/7/16. Career Bests: 4H (27x); 2HR (21x); 8RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 2SB (10x); 17G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 3; 2-hit (3), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #99 AARON JUDGE OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/3G Did not play in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis on Thursday vs. Tampa Bay, collected his first career intentional walk and the first by a Yankee under the new rules of the team on defense signaling to the umpire to issue the free pass has reached safely in 10 of his last 23PA (6H, 4BB/1IBB) on homestand is 4-for-14 with 3R, 2HR, 4RBI and 2BB/1IBB in 4GS in RF hit two-run HR (#3) his third HR in as many games and was 2-for-3 with 2R, 3RBI and 1BB in Wednesday's win vs. Tampa Bay became the third Yankees rookie in as many seasons to homer in at least three straight games (Greg Bird-3G in 2015; Sánchez-3G and 4G in 2016). Split the 2016 season between the Yankees and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 27G with the Yankees, hit.179 (15-for-84) with 4HR and 10RBI according to MLB Statcast, had a 95.5 mph average exit velocity, second-highest in the Majors (min. 40 batted balls) behind only the Mariners Nelson Cruz (95.9) missed the final two weeks of the season on the 15-day D.L. (right oblique strain) began the season with Scranton/WB (93G,.270, 95-for-352, 62R, 18 doubles, 19HR and 65RBI). Was selected by the Yankees in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2013 First- Year Draft. Career Bests: 2H (6x); 1HR (7x); 3RBI (1x); 2R (4x); 0SB (N/A); 3G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 3; 2-hit (3), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #30 PETE KOZMA INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Has not played in last 3G on homesand is 0-for-1 with 1BB in 1GS at SS was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the Yankees 25-man roster on 4/2. Spent the 2016 season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, batting.209 (93- for-445) with 2HR and 32RBI in 130G while playing all four infield positions. Has played in six MLB seasons ( w/ St. Louis, 17 w/ the Yankees) was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 2/5/16 (re-signed on 10/14/16). Career Bests: 4H (1x); 1HR (3x); 3RBI (3x); 2R (7x); 1SB (8x); 7G hitting streak #27 AUSTIN ROMINE C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/2G Did not play in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis hit solo HR (#1) and was 2-for-4 in Friday's win vs. St. Louis was his first HR since 8/11/16 at Boston has consecutive multi-hit games for the first time in his career on homestand is 4-for-11 with 1R, 1 double, 1HR and 2RBI in 3GS at C. In 2016, spent the entire season at the Major League level for the first time in his career, batting.242 (40-for-165) with 17R, 11 doubles, 4HR and 26RBI in 62 games. Was selected by the Yankees in the second round of the 2007 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 3H (4x); 1HR (6x); 2RBI (8x); 2R (3x); 1SB (2x); 5G hitting streak 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #74 RONALD TORREYES INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/3G Was 1-for-4 with 1R and 1 double in Saturday's win vs. St. Louis has 8H in last 25AB on homestand is 3-for-16 with 2R, 1 double and 1RBI in 5G/4GS at SS. Hit two-run HR (#1) his second Major League HR and the first homer by a Yankee in 2017 and was 1-for-4 in 4/4 win at Tampa Bay. In 2016, spent the entire season at the Major League level in his first year with the Yankees, batting.258 (40-for-155) with 20R, 7 doubles, 4 triples, 1HR and 12RBI in 72 games appeared in games at 2B, SS, 3B and in RF. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 1HR (2x); 2RBI (4x); 3R (1x); 1SB (2x); 7G hitting streak (1x) 2017 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (1), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0)