Monday, April 7 Yankee Stadium 1:05 P.M. ET Game #7 Home Game #1 TV: YES/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM

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1 Official Game Information Yankee Stadium One East 161st Street Bronx, NY Phone: (718) 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 2014 (2013) Standing in AL East:... 2nd, -0.5 Current Streak:... Won 1 Home Record: (46-35) Road Record: (44-37) Day Record: (32-24) Night Record: (53-53) Pre-All-Star (51-44) Post-All-Star (34-33) vs. AL East: (37-39) vs. AL Central: (22-11) vs. AL West: (17-16) vs. National League: (9-11) vs. RH starters: (53-54) vs. LH starters: (32-23) Yankees Score First: (53-21) Opp. Score First: (32-56) Leading After 6: (59-6) Trailing After 6: (13-62) Tied After 6: (13-9) Leading After 7: (65-4) Trailing After 7: (10-64) Tied After 7: (10-8) Leading After 8: (69-4) Trailing After 8: (4-68) Tied After 8: (12-4) Extra-Inning Games: (6-6) One-run Games: (30-16) Two (or fewer)-run Games: (50-30) NYY Scores 5 or more: (51-7) NYY Scores 4 or more: (66-16) NYY Scores 3 or less: (19-61) NYY Scores 2 or less: (6-50) Opp. Scores 5 or more: (12-47) Opp. Scores 4 or less: (73-30) Opp. Scores 3 or less: (55-22) Opp. Scores 2 or less: (40-10) Yankees No Errors: (61-47) Yankees Make Error(s): (24-30) NYY Starter Goes 6: (62-45) Opp. Starter Goes 6: (46-57) Come-From-Behind Wins:... 2 (41) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+):... 0 (11) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+):...0 (1) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+):...0 (0) Yankees hit 0HR: (26-49) Yankees hit at least 1HR: (59-28) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: (31-8) Walk-off Wins:...0 (7) Walk-off Losses:...0 (6) Series Record: ( ) Series Record, home: ( ) Series Record, road: ( ) Sweeps by Yankees:...0 (8) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY April 7, 1992: In the club s season opener vs. Boston, Roberto Kelly s 3RBI help defeat Roger Clemens and the Red Sox, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees would win their first six games to start the 1992 season. April 7, 1977: In the club s season opener vs. Milwaukee, Reggie Jackson goes 2-for-4 in his Yankees debut. Jim Wynn homers in his first at-bat as a Yankee as the club goes on to win, 3-0, behind seven shutout innings from Jim Catfish Hunter. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY April 8, 2003: Hideki Matsui hits a grand slam in his Yankee Stadium debut, leading the Yankees to a 7-3 win over Minnesota. April 8, 1985: At 46 years, 7 days old, Phil Niekro becomes the second-oldest Opening Day starter of all time. Niekro makes the start at Boston, allowing 5R in 4.0IP while picking up the loss in a 9-2 Yankees defeat. MILESTONE WATCH Yankees All-time Lists Stat Rk. Has NYY Rk. Has R Gehrig 2 1,888 JETER 3 1,877 2B Gehrig JETER B Stirnweiss JETER G Pennock ROBERTSON K Clemens 11 1,014 SABATHIA 12 1,008 MLB All-time Lists Stat Rk. Has NYY Rk. Has AL Hits Yaz mski 3 3,419 JETER 4 3,320 MLB Hits Yaz mski 7 3,419 JETER 8 3,320 Runs Speaker 11 1,882 JETER 12 1,877 *HR Berkman BELTRAN *HR Chili Davis TEIXEIRA W-LHP Newhouser SABATHIA *All-time HRs by Switch-hitters NEW YORK YANKEES (3-3) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2-4) RHP Hiroki Kuroda (0-1, 3.00) vs. RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (0-1, 6.00) Monday, April 7 Yankee Stadium 1:05 P.M. ET Game #7 Home Game #1 TV: YES/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM AT A GLANCE: Today the Yankees will play their home opener is the first game of a 10-day, nine-game homestand vs. Baltimore (today-wed.), vs. Boston (Thurs.-Sun.) and vs. Chicago-NL (4/15-16) completed a six-game, seasonopening road trip with a 3-3 record (1-2 at Houston and 2-1 at Toronto) will play 18 of their first 31 games at home. Are 3-0 this season when leading after six innings and 0-3 when trailing after six innings. Yankees pitchers have allowed just 42H and 14BB in 51.0 total IP in 2014 have averaged 7.83 K/game and 2.33 BB/ game this season. No Yankees player has started all six games this season. Had 10 players on their Opening Day active roster who were on the 2013 OD active roster (P-7: Kelley, Kuroda, Nova, Phelps, Robertson, Sabathia, Warren; C-1: Cervelli; INF-0: None; OF-2: Gardner, Suzuki) Jeter, Pineda and Teixeira were all on the D.L. on OD the 15 players new to the Yankees OD active roster are: (P-5: Betances, Nuno, Pineda, Tanaka, Thornton; C-1: McCann; INF-6: Anna, Jeter, Johnson, Roberts, Solarte, Teixeira; OF-3: Beltran, Ellsbury, Soriano). YESTERDAY S NEWS: On Sunday the Yankees defeated Toronto, 6-4, in the series finale at Rogers Centre scored 3R on 1H in the first inning and were up 6-1 after the top of the fourth every Yankees batter reached base safely, and everyone aside from Brian Roberts had at least 1H Yankees relievers tossed 3.0 combined scoreless IP (2H, 1BB, 0K) LHP CC Sabathia started and recorded his first win of the season, allowing 4ER in 6.0IP (7H, 0BB, 6K, 1HR) SS Derek Jeter (2-for-5) singled in the third and fourth innings, giving him 3,320 career hits, tying and passing Paul Molitor (3,319H) for sole possession of eighth place on Baseball s all-time hits list and fourth place on the all-time AL hits list 1B Kelly Johnson (1-for-3, 1 double, 1BB, 2RBI) had a two-run double in the first inning 3B Yangervis Solarte (1-for-4, 1 double, 1RBI) had a ground-rule RBI-double in the fourth LF Brett Gardner (1-for-4, 2R, 1BB, 1HR, 2RBI) hit the Yankees first HR of the season with a two-run shot in the fourth was his first HR since 8/11/13 vs. Detroit, snapping a 122AB homerless stretch RHP David Robertson tossed a scoreless ninth for his second save of the season (1.0IP, 1H, 1BB). OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES: The Yankees will play their home opener today vs. Baltimore gates will open to fans with valid tickets beginning at 11:00 a.m. festivities will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. with the introduction of both teams on the baselines followed by the presentation of colors by the West Point Cadet Color Guard, including a giant American flag being unfurled in the outfield Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera will throw the ceremonial first pitches to Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada following the game, Pettitte and Rivera will receive the Pride of the Yankees Award at the 35th Annual Homecoming Dinner Kelli O Hara (Tony nominee and co-star of the Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County) will sing the national anthem prior to the game and James Moye (from the Broadway show Bullets Over Broadway) will perform God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch the Yankees ask their fans to please budget ample time when planning their trip to the Stadium and urge their fans to use public transportation. Are 14-2 in home openers since 1998, 19-3 since 1992 and 25-5 since 1984 (after dropping two straight in 1982 and 1983) won a Major League-record 11 straight home openers from NYY HOME OPENER RECORD BY BALLPARK Ballpark Years Record Current Yankee Stadium ( ) Original Yankee Stadium ( , ) *Shea Stadium ( ) Polo Grounds ( ) Hilltop Park ( ) Home Opener Record ( ) *Played at Shea Stadium while Yankee Stadium was remodeled. THE UTILITY CLIPPER: INF Yangervis Solarte recorded multihit games in each of his first three career starts (4/3-5), becoming the first Yankee to accomplish the feat since Joe DiMaggio from 5/3-6/36 (also 3G) according to the Elias Sport Bureau. Solarte leads the Yankees this season in hits (8), doubles (4), extra-base hits (4), RBI (5), batting average (.471), on-base percentage (.526), and slugging percentage (.706). YARD WORK: With LF Brett Gardner s two-run HR in Sunday s win at Toronto, the Yankees snapped a five-game homerless streak to start the season was just the fifth time since 1923 they had such a streak to begin a season (also G, G, G, G) the HR also snapped the team s 183AB homerless stretch to start the season the Elias Sports Bureau notes that the Yankees have had only two longer droughts since the advent of the DH in 1973 (234AB to start 1975 and 229AB to start 1990). BOTTOMS UP: Yankees 7-9 batters have combined to bat.338 (22-for-65) with 10R, 7 doubles, 5RBI and 7BB this season. CHOOSING SIDES: This season Yankees LH hitters are batting.288 (42-for-146) with 9 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR, 17RBI, 16BB and a.362 on-base percentage Yankees RH hitters are batting just.172 (10-for-58) with 2 doubles, 2RBI, 5BB and a.279 OBP. MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have three Japan-born players on their active roster: OF Ichiro Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda and RHP Masahiro Tanaka with Tanaka s start on Friday at Toronto, the Yankees have now had seven Japanborn players in their history: Hideki Irabu ( ), Hideki Matsui ( ), Kei Igawa ( ), Hiroki Kuroda ( ), Ryota Igarashi (2012), Ichiro Suzuki ( ) and Tanaka (2014) with Tanaka and Kuroda, the Yankees will have two Japan-born pitchers in their starting rotation, becoming the first team to do so since the Dodgers had starters Hideo Nomo and Kazuhisa Ishii in CURTAIN CALL: SS Derek Jeter has begun his 20th and final season as a Yankee, breaking a tie with Mariano Rivera (19 seasons), to become the longest tenured player in franchise history (see chart below) leads all active MLBers and is the Yankees franchise leader with 3,320 career hits on Sunday at Toronto, surpassed Paul Molitor (3,319) for sole possession of eighth place on MLB s all-time hits list and fourth place on the all-time AL hits list (see charts below) announced on 2/12 that he would retire following the 2014 season is a 13-time All-Star ( , 04, 06-12), five-time Gold Glove winner ( , 09-10) and five-time Silver Slugger winner ( , 12) was the 1996 AL Rookie of the Year was MVP of the 2000 All-Star Game and 2000 World Series, becoming the only player to win both in the same season of the 2,607 career regular season games he has played in, there has been just one in which the Yankees had already been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention (9/26/08). Most Seasons as Yankees Seasons DEREK JETER ( ) Mariano Rivera...19 ( ) Yogi Berra ( ) Mickey Mantle ( ) Frank Crosetti ( ) Bill Dickey ( , 46) Lou Gehrig ( ) Jorge Posada...17 ( ) Whitey Ford (1950, 53-67) Bernie Williams..16 ( ) Most Hits in Franchise History 1. DEREK JETER , Lou Gehrig...2, Babe Ruth...2, Mickey Mantle...2, Bernie Williams... 2,336 MLB All-Time Hits List 1. Pete Rose... 4, Ty Cobb...4, Hank Aaron... 3, Stan Musial... 3, Tris Speaker...3, Honus Wagner... 3, Carl Yastrzemski...3, DEREK JETER... 3, Paul Molitor...3, Eddie Collins...3,313 American League All-Time Hits List 1. Ty Cobb...4, Tris Speaker...3, Carl Yastrzemski...3, DEREK JETER... 3, Paul Molitor ,319 UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Tues., 4/8 vs. Baltimore RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 3.18) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (0-1, 6.35) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Wed., 4/9 vs. Baltimore RHP Masahiro Tanaka (1-0, 2.57) vs. RHP Miguel Gonzalez (0-1, 18.90) 7:05 p.m. YES 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. BALTIMORE OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: Today the Yankees will play their home opener and the first of 19 games this season against the Orioles are 7-3 in their last 10 games against Baltimore dating to 7/5/13 IN 2013: The Yankees went 10-9 vs. the O s had a fivegame losing streak to the O s from 5/21-6/30, which was their longest against Baltimore since dropping eight straight from 9/19/96-9/6/97 IN SEASON SERIES: Have had 16 straight non-losing season series against the Orioles since 1998 (14-0-2), the longest current streak of its kind for any team against one opponent AT YANKEE STADIUM: Today the Yankees play the first of 10 games vs. the O s at Yankee Stadium IN 2013: Went 6-3 at home vs. the O s CURRENT TRENDS: Are vs. the O s all-time at the current Yankee Stadium ( ). NYY BATTERS vs. RHP UBALDO JIMENEZ Career AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Dean Anna Carlos Beltran Francisco Cervelli Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Derek Jeter Kelly Johnson Brian McCann Brian Roberts Austin Romine Yangervis Solarte Alfonso Soriano Ichiro Suzuki NYY BATTERS vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (CAREER) AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Dean Anna Carlos Beltran Francisco Cervelli Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Derek Jeter Kelly Johnson Brian McCann Brian Roberts Austin Romine Yangervis Solarte Alfonso Soriano Ichiro Suzuki NYY vs. BALTIMORE in 2014 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/7 at NYY /8 at NYY /9 at NYY /20 at NYY /21 at NYY /22 at NYY /11 at BAL /12 at BAL /13 at BAL /11 at BAL /12 at BAL /13 at BAL /12 at BAL /13 at BAL /14 at BAL /22 at NYY /23 at NYY /24 at NYY /25 at NYY Total in Since franchise moved to BAL in All-time vs. BAL: All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at curr. Yankee Stad.: All-time at Camden Yards: NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2014 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR CHI CIN MIL NYM PIT STL Games Record Home Road TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 2 (4/3-4) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road...None / 2 (4/3-4) Longest Losing Streak...2 (4/1-2) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road... None / 2 (4/1-2) Longest Game, Time, All Games... 3:26 (4/4 at TOR) Longest Game, Innings... No extra inning games in 2014 Shortest Game, Time, All Games....2:45 (4/5 at TOR) Most LOB, All Games (4/4 at TOR) Most Errors , 3x (last: 4/4 at TOR) Largest Margin of Victory...4 (4/4 at TOR) Largest Margin of Defeat... 4, 2x (last: 4/5 at TOR) Highest Paid Attendances, Home / Road... None / 48,197 (4/4 at TOR) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning... 7 (4/4 at TOR) / 3 (4/6 at TOR, 1st inn) Most Hits, Game / Inning...16 (4/4 at TOR) / 5 (4/4 at TOR, 1st inn.) Most Home Runs, All Games...1 (4/6 at TOR) Shut Out... 1 (4/5 at TOR) Fewest Hits, All Games...6 (4/1 at HOU) Most Strikeouts, All Games (4/6 at TOR) Most Walks, All Games... 4, 3x (last: 4/6 at TOR) Most Stolen Bases, All Games... 4 (4/4 at TOR) Hitting Streak, Active / Season... 4G (Gardner, Solarte) / 4G (Gardner, Solarte) Walk-off Wins...None TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning...6 (4/1 at HOU) / 4 (4/1 at HOU, 1st inn.) Most Earned Runs Allowed, Game...6 (4/1 at HOU) Most Hits Allowed, Game / Inning...9, 2x (last: 4/6 at TOR) / 4 (4/6 at TOR, 6th inn.) Fewest Hits Allowed, Game...4 (4/2 at HOU) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game... 2, 3x (last: 4/5 at TOR) Most Walks, All Games... 5 (4/3 at HOU) Most Strikeouts, All Games (4/1 at HOU) Most Stolen Bases Allowed... 1, 2x (4/1 and 4/2 at HOU) Shutouts...None Complete Games...None Walk-Off Losses...None 2014 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 2, 5x (last: Gardner, 4/6 at TOR); Hits- 3, 5x (last: Ellsbury, 4/5 at TOR); HR- 1 (Gardner, 4/6 at TOR); RBI- 3 (Solarte, 4/4 at TOR); BB- 2 (Jeter, 4/5 at TOR); SB- 2 (Ellsbury, 4/4 at TOR); CS- None. PITCHING: IP in Start- 7.0 (Tanaka, 4/4 at TOR); IP in Relief- 2.0 (Phelps, 4/5 at TOR); Hits- 8 (Sabathia, 4/1 at HOU); Runs- 6 (Sabathia, 4/1 at HOU); ER- 6 (Sabathia, 4/1 at HOU); BB- 5 (Nova, 4/3 at HOU); K- 8 (Tanaka, 4/4 at TOR); HR- 2, 2x (last: Phelps, 4/5 at TOR). FIELDING: Errors - 1, 3x (last: Teixeira, 4/4 at TOR) 2014 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (see p. 237 of Media Guide for 2013 totals) 1 - Ellsbury-4, Gardner Jeter-5, Gardner Beltran-5, Ellsbury McCann-5, Teixeira Teixeira-3, Soriano Johnson-3, Soriano-2, Cervelli Gardner-2, Roberts-2, Cervelli-1, Suzuki Roberts-2, Solarte-2, Suzuki Johnson-2, Anna-2, Solarte STARTS BY POSITION (see p. 237 of Media Guide for 2013 totals) C - McCann-4, Cervelli-2 1B - Teixeira-4, Johnson-2 2B - Roberts-4, Anna-1, Solarte-1 3B - Johnson-3, Solarte-3 SS - Jeter-5, Anna-1 LF - Gardner-4, Soriano-2 CF - Ellsbury-5, Gardner-1 RF - Beltran-3, Suzuki-3 DH - Soriano-3, Beltran-2, McCann-1 MOST RECENT HRs NYY AB Since Anna 6 No MLB HRs Beltran 31 9/23/13 w/stl vs. WAS (Roark) Cervelli 8 4/25/13 vs. TOR (Buehrle) Ellsbury 25 9/29/13 w/bos at BAL (Tillman) Gardner 2 4/6 at TOR (Hutchison) Jeter 74 7/28/13 vs. TB (Moore) Johnson 97 8/7/13 w/ TB at ARI (Delgado) McCann 49 9/13/13 w/atl vs. SD (Kennedy) Roberts 24 9/28/13 w/bal vs. BOS (Lester) Romine 49 8/4/13 at SD (Thayer) Solarte 17 No MLB HRs Soriano 37 9/21/13 vs. SF (Moscoso) Suzuki 84 8/30/13 vs. BAL (Gonzalez) MULTI-HR GAMES 0x in 2014 / 7x in 2013 Last by NYY: (Soriano, 9/10/13 at BAL Gonzalez-Gausman) GRAND SLAMS 0x in 2014 / 4x in 2013 Last by NYY: (Rodriguez, 9/20/13 vs. SF off Kontos) PINCH-HIT HRs 0x in 2014 / 3x in 2013 Last by NYY: (Overbay, 7/8/13 vs. KC off Guthrie) 2014 YANKEES HOME RUNS 1st INNING LEADOFF HRs 0x in 2014 / 0x in 2013 Last by NYY: (Jeter, 8/21/12 at CWS off Liriano) Note: Derek Jeter has a franchise-high 29 career leadoff HRs. Rickey Henderson is second with 24. INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 0x in 2014 / 0x in 2013 Last by NYY: (Granderson, 8/21/11 at MIN off Mijares) WALK-OFF HRs 0x in 2014 / 2x in 2013 Last by NYY: (Gardner, 8/11/13 vs. DET off Veras) BACK-TO-BACK HRs 0x in 2014 / 2x in 2013 Date/Opp. (Inning) Last b2b: (Cano/Teixeira, 6/6/13 at SEA, 3rd inn.) Last b2b2b: (Cano/Swisher/Jones, 6/8/12 vs. NYM, 3rd inn.) Last multi-hr inn., indiv. (Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB, 2HR in 6th) RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE HRs: 1 / Runs: 20 / Runs via HR: 2 (10.0%) Solo (0): 2-Run (1): Gardner-1 3-Run (0): Grand Slams (0): IN 2013: HRs144 / Runs: 650 / Runs via HR: 221 (34.1%) IN 2013: Solo (91) / 2R (33) / 3R (16) / GS (4) YANKEES CURRENTLY ON THE DISABLED LIST Injury Dates Type (Gms Lost) Brendan Ryan Cervical spine nerve injury 4/1 (retro. to 3/22) 15-day (6G) Mark Teixeira Right hamstring strain 4/5 15-day (2G) 2014 Season: 2 players in 2 stints / 2013 Season: 21 players in 28 stints MISCELLANEOUS COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER After Game 6 After Game (2nd, -0.5) -- (--, --) (T4th, -2.0) 3-4 (2nd, -2.0) (T3rd, -1.5) 4-3 (T1st, 0.0) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Postponed (0)...Last: 6/18/13 vs. LAD Rain Delays at Start (0)...Last: 9/13/13 at BAL, 1:18 Rain Delays In-Game (0)...Last: 9/2 vs. CWS, 1:53 IN 2013: Ppd. (4) / Delay at Start (6) / Delay during game (7) Last Susp. Game: 5/25/11 at MIN Resumed 5/26/11, 1-0 win Last Game Called Early: 6/2/13 vs. BOS (5.5 inn.; Lost, 0-3) EJECTIONS () NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) IN 2013: By player (2) / By manager (2) / By coach (0) Last player: Chamberlain, 9/5/13 vs. BOS Last manager: Girardi, 8/18/13 at BOS) RECENT TRANSACTIONS Mar. 29: Optioned INF Eduardo Nunez to Triple-A Scranton/WB. Apr. 1: Signed INF Yangervis Solarte to a Major League contract and selected him to the Major League roster; designated INF Eduardo Nunez for assignment; placed INF Brendan Ryan on the 15-day disabled list (retro. to 3/22) with a cervical spine nerve injury. Apr. 5 Placed 1B Mark Teixeira on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain; recalled C Austin Romine from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre PLAYERS USED (25) P (12): RHP Dellin Betances, RHP Shawn Kelley, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Ivan Nova, LHP Vidal Nuno, RHP David Phelps, RHP Michael Pineda, RHP David Robertson, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, LHP Matt Thornton, RHP Adam Warren; C (2): Francisco Cervelli, Brian McCann; INF (6): Dean Anna, Derek Jeter, Kelly Johnson, Brian Roberts, Yangervis Solarte, Mark Teixeira; OF (5): Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, Alfonso Soriano, Ichiro Suzuki The Yankees used a franchise-record 56 players in 2013: P (23), C (4), INF (18), OF (10), DH (1).

3 TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP HIROKI KURODA (0-1, 3.00 ERA) RHP Hiroki Kuroda is making his second start of the season today in the Yankees' home opener last started on 4/2 at Houston, suffering the loss in a 3-1 Yankees defeat (6.0IP, 3H, 2R/2ER, 1BB, 5K) is pitching in his club's home opener for the second time in his MLB career was the starting pitcher in the Yankees' 2012 home opener on 4/13 vs. the Angels, earning the win in a 5-0 Yankees victory (8.0IP, 5H, 2BB, 6K). LOWEST AVERAGE RUN SUPPORT IN MLB, GETTING BACK ON TRACK: Is in the midst of a nine-game winless streak (0-7), the longest of his Major League career has lost four consecutive starts, tied for the second-longest losing streak of his MLB career (also 7/6-27/11) lost a career-high five straight starts from 5/22-6/13/11 last earned a win on 8/12/13 vs. LAA. VS. BALTIMORE: Is 2-1 with a 1.44 ERA in four career starts vs. the Orioles at Yankee Stadium (31.1IP, 5ER, 2BB, 16K) has not allowed a run in his last two home starts vs. Baltimore (16.0IP, 8H, 1BB, 9K) is 0-2 with a ERA (8.0IP, 9ER) in two career starts at Camden Yards (8.0IP, 9ER, 5HR, 15H) overall vs. Baltimore, is 2-3 with a 3.20 ERA in six career starts (39.1IP, 14ER). THE EARLIER, THE BETTER: Is 10-3 (.769) with a 2.14 ERA (122.0IP, 29ER) in 18 daytime starts as a Yankee is with a 3.04 ERA (269.1IP, 91ER) in 43 career daytime starts. SHOW SOME SUPPORT: Since the start of the 2013 season, Kuroda has the third-lowest run support average as a starter (3.13) in the Majors (min. 20GS) and the lowest mark in the American League since 5/22/13, has averaged only 2.42 runs of support, the lowest mark in the Majors in that span (min. 15GS) the Yankees have scored two-or-fewer runs with Kuroda pitching in 11 of his last 13 starts (20R, 1.54 avg.) has not had more than 4R of support in a game since he was removed with a 5-0 lead on 5/17/13 vs. Toronto. PICK A SIDE: In his 4/2 start at Houston, right-handed batters were 0-for-7 with 3K against him, while lefties were 3-for-14 with 1HR, two triples, 1BB and 2K has not allowed a home run to a right-handed batter in his last six starts last surrendered a homer to a RHB on 8/28/13 at Toronto (Edwin Encarnacion, 2nd inning), a span of 39.0IP and 64AB has not allowed a home run to a RHB at Yankee Stadium in his last eight home starts (last: 6/2/13 vs. Boston, Jose Iglesias). ELITE COMPANY: Has made 14 scoreless starts of at least 7.0IP since joining the Yankees in 2012, tying Clayton Kershaw for the most such starts in that span joins Kershaw and Gio Gonzalez as the only pitchers to make at least 30 starts and record an ERA below 3.40 in each of the last four years ( ) joins Cliff Lee as the only pitchers to record at least 150K and walk 60 batters or fewer in each of the last four years ( ). RECORDS CAN BE DECEIVING: Since joining MLB in 2008, Kuroda has the lowest ERA as a starter among pitchers with a sub-.500 winning percentage (min. 60GS) has never been more than four games above.500 at any point in his MLB career. produced a sub-.500 record in his first six Major League seasons (68-70), but compiled a 3.38 ERA as a starter in that span is one of only five pitchers in the Live Ball Era (since 1920; min. 150GS) to record a sub-.500 winning percentage while producing an ERA of 3.40 or lower in his first six seasons (also Don Sutton, ; Dave Roberts, ; Steve Rogers, ; Randy Jones, ). GIVE ME FIVE: Has recorded at least 5.0IP in 23 consecutive starts, the ninth-longest active streak among American League pitchers had a streak of 27 such starts with the Yankees in 2012 (5/11-10/3) and a careerbest span of 38 consecutive starts with the Dodgers (8/7/10-9/5/11) has pitched at least 5.0 innings in 62 of his 66 starts with the Yankees and in 103 of his last 108 starts overall. NO ROOM FOR ERROR: Has not committed an error since 7/7/10 vs. FLA (w/lad), a streak of 112 consecutive errorless games (145 chances). GRAND RÉSUMÉ: Has allowed only one extra-base hit (double) in 62 career plate appearances with the bases loaded (14-for-54,.259 BA, 2BB, 14K, 1HBP, 5SF) is one of only seven current Major League pitchers to have recorded at least 1,000.0IP without ever having allowed a grand slam (also Matt Cain, Zach Duke, Freddy Garcia, Clayton Kershaw, Tim Lincecum and Ervin Santana credit: Elias). SPRING TRAINING: Made four official spring training appearances (three starts), going 1-0 with a 4.76 ERA (11.1IP, 6ER, 1BB, 12K) three of his four appearances were scoreless RECAP: Went with a 3.31 ERA (201.1IP, 74ER) in 32 starts for the Yankees led the American League with nine scoreless starts had a 1.99 ERA (58.2IP, 13ER) after his first nine starts of the season went 3-0 with a 0.55 ERA (33.0IP, 2ER) in July, marking the lowest single-month ERA for any Yankees pitcher since at least 1916 (min. 5GS) produced a 2.13 ERA (148.0IP, 35ER) during a 22-start stretch from 4/14-8/12, marking the secondlowest ERA in the Majors during that span went winless over his final eight starts of the season (0-6, 6.56 ERA). CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Spent his first 11 professional seasons with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp ( ) in Japan's Central League, going with a 3.69 ERA (1,700.1IP, 697ER) in 271G/244GS made the transition to MLB and spent four seasons with the Dodgers ( ), posting a record with a 3.45 ERA (699.0IP, 268ER) signed with the Yankees as a free agent before the 2012 season and has made 66 starts for the club, going with a 3.31 ERA (427.0IP, 157ER) overall in the Majors is with a 3.40 ERA (1,126.0IP, 425ER). KURODA'S 2014 REGULAR SEASON PITCHING LINES Date/Opp Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left Game 4/2 at HOU* 1-3 L / Trailing 2-1 Totals *Start came after a Yankees loss / (CG)-complete game KURODA'S CAREER PITCHING LINES VS. BALTIMORE Date/Opp Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left Game 4/30/12 vs. BAL 2-1 W /52 -- Leading 2-1 8/31/12 vs. BAL 1-6 L /66 -- Trailing 4-0 4/14/13 vs. BAL 3-0 W / /22/13 at BAL 3-6 L /35 -- Trailing 3-1 6/30/13 at BAL 2-4 L /68 -- Trailing 3-2 7/7/13 vs. BAL 1-2 ND /53 -- Leading 1-0 Totals (6GS) Pitcher Avg. RS 1. Chris Capuano (LAD/BOS) Travis Wood (CHC) HIROKI KURODA (NYY) *As a starter (min. 20GS) CAREER ERA AS STARTER, JAPAN-BORN PITCHERS 1. Yu Darvish ( ) HIROKI KURODA ( ) Hideo Nomo ( ) *Minimum 50 starts SCORELESS STARTS OF AT LEAST 7.0IP, SINCE START OF 2012 SEASON 1. HIROKI KURODA (NYY)...14 (3CG) Clayton Kershaw (LAD) (4CG) 3. Felix Hernandez (SEA) (5CG) CONSECUTIVE STARTS OF AT LEAST 5.0IP, AL PITCHERS (ACTIVE STREAKS) Pitcher (Club) GS Streak Began 1. Yu Darvish (TEX) /27/12 2. R.A. Dickey (TOR) /13/13 3. Chris Sale (CHW) /18/13 4. A.J. Griffin (OAK) /27/13 5. Justin Verlander (DET) /22/13 6. Jered Weaver (LAA) /1/13 7. John Lackey (BOS) /19/13 8. Chris Tillman (BAL) /4/13 9. HIROKI KURODA (NYY) /28/13 KURODA VS. BALTIMORE (CAREER) W-L G/GS INN H ER ERA All Games 2-3 6/ At Home 2-1 4/ KURODA VS. BALTIMORE BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K N. Cruz C. Davis R. Flaherty J. Hardy A. Jones M. Machado N. Markakis S. Pearce N. Reimold M. Wieters D. Young KURODA'S CAREER STATISTICS OPPONENT BATTING OVERALL: (1,066-for-4,291), 110HR VS. LHB: (565-for-2,222), 64HR VS. RHB: (501-for-2,069), 46HR REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHS IP (4x), last on 4/14/13 vs. BAL H... 11, on 8/17/13 at BOS R...7(7x), last on 8/28/13 at TOR BB...5, on 5/7/10 vs. COL K...11 (2x), last on 6/30/12 vs. CWS HR...4(2x), last on 8/23/13 at TB 10K Games... 3, last on 9/16/12 vs. TB Low-hit CG...1, on 7/7/08 vs. ATL CG SHO...5, last on 4/14/13 vs. BAL REGULAR SEASON SPLITS W-L GS IP H ER ERA Total , , Home Away Day Night Pre-ASG Post-ASG Mar./Apr May June July August Sept./Oct TUESDAY'S PROBABLE STARTER VS. BALTIMORE: RHP IVAN NOVA (1-0, 3.18 ERA) RHP Ivan Nova will make his second start of the season tomorrow in the second game of a three-game series vs. Baltimore made his season debut on 4/3 at Houston, earning the win in the Yankees' 4-2 victory (5.2IP, 6H, 2R/2ER, 5BB, 1K). WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES: In 2012, went 1-2 with a 7.99 ERA in four starts vs. Baltimore (23.2IP, 21ER, 36H, 5HR, 8BB, 19K) in 2013, went 2-0 with a 2.43 ERA in 4G/3GS against the Orioles (29.2IP, 8ER, 18H, 3HR, 4BB, 22K) tossed a complete game in each of his two home starts vs. Baltimore last season. NOVA'S CAREER VS. BALTIMORE W-L G/GS IP H ER ERA All Games / At Home 3-2 6/ ANGRY BIRDS: Baltimore's Matt Wieters (4HR) and Chris Davis (3HR) are the only two players in the Major Leagues with more than two career home runs off Nova Wieters and teammate Nick Markakis are the only players with 10-or-more career hits against Nova (11 apiece) among players with at least 15AB against Nova, Wieters'.379 batting average ranks second-highest (Mark Trumbo-.563, 9-for-16).

4 #28 JOE GIRARDI MANAGER The 2014 season marks his seventh as manager of the New York Yankees owns the sixth-most managerial wins in Yankees history, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), Miller Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944) has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, 11-12) and a World Series championship in Guided the Yankees to an (.525) finish in 2013, tied with the Orioles for the third-best record in the AL East behind the Red Sox (97-65,.599) and Rays (92-71,.564). Career Managerial Record: Record w/nyy: #45 DEAN ANNA INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/1G Did not play in Sunday s win at Toronto on road trip was 1-for-6 with 1R and 1BB in 2GS (1-SS/1-2B) made his Major League debut in Friday s win at Toronto, starting at SS and going 1-for-4 with 1R and 1BB his ninth-inning single was his first Major League hit made his first career Opening Day roster in 14 hit.262 (11-for-42) with 4R, 1 double, 4RBI and 6BB in 22 spring training games with the Yankees, attending his first career big league camp. In 2013, hit.331 (165-for-498) with 90R, 38 doubles, 9HR and 73RBI in 132 games with Triple-A Tucson, seeing time at 2B, SS, 3B and LF led the PCL in batting average, ranked second in doubles and tied for fourth in runs scored. Was acquired by the Yankees from San Diego and added to the 40-man roster on 11/20/13 in exchange for RHP Ben Paullus. Career Bests: 1H (1x); 0HR (0x); 0RBI (0x); 1R (1x); 0SB (0x); 1G hitting streak #36 CARLOS BELTRAN OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/2G Did not play in Sunday s win at Toronto has 1H in last 11AB on road trip was 3-for-19 (.158) with 1 double, 2RBI, 1IBB and 1SF in 5GS (3-RF/2-DH) was 1-for- 4 in Tuesday s Opening Day loss at Houston his fourth-inning single was his first as a Yankee made his 14th career Opening Day roster in 14. In 2013, batted.296 (164-for-554) with 79R, 30 doubles, 24HR and 84RBI in 145 games with St. Louis led the club in HR for the second straight season. His 358HR entering 2014 were fifth-most all time for a player at the time he joined the Yankees, trailing only Jose Canseco (440HR when he joined the Yankees in 2000), Andruw Jones (407 in 2011), Gary Sheffield (379 in 2003) and Rocky Colavito (369 in 1968). Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a three-year contract on 12/19/13. Career Bests: 4H (22x); 3HR (1x); 7RBI (1x); 4R (7x); 3SB (4x); 16G hitting streak #29 FRANCISCO CERVELLI C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/1G Did not play in Sunday s win at Toronto on road trip was 2-for-7 with 1 double and 1HP in 2GS at C made his third career Opening Day roster in 14. In 2013, hit.269 (14-for-52) with 3 doubles, 3HR and 8RBI in 17 games with the Yankees was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 4/27 with a fractured right hand (transferred to the 60-day D.L. on 5/1) missed 140 team games. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 1HR (8x); 5RBI (1x); 3R (3x); 2SB (1x); 6G hitting streak (2x) #22 JACOBY ELLSBURY OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/3G Was 1-for-5 with 1RBI in Sunday s win at Toronto has 7H in last 14AB on road trip was 7-for-21 (.333) with 3R, 2 doubles, 1RBI, 3BB and 3SB in 6G/5GS in CF was 3-for-4 with 2R, 2 doubles, 1BB and 2SB in Friday s win at Toronto his first-inning double was his first hit as a Yankee made his seventh career Opening Day roster in 14 hit.174 (4-for-23) with 5R, 1HR and 1RBI in nine spring training games with the Yankees was scratched from the lineup on 3/16 with a sore left calf and did not play in an official game for the remainder of the spring. In 2013, hit.298 (172-for-577) with 92R, 31 doubles, 9HR, 53RBI and 52SB in 134 games all from the leadoff spot with Boston led all Major League leadoff hitters with 172H. Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a seven-year contract on 12/7/13 contract extends through 2020 with a club option for Career Bests: 4H (10x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 5SB (1x); 22G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 4G/4G Hit two-run HR (#1) in the fourth and was 1-for-4 with 2R, 1BB and 1SB in Sunday s win at Toronto on road trip was 5-for-18 (.278) with 4R, 1HR, 4RBI, 3BB, 1SH, 2SB and 1HP in 5GS (4-LF/1-CF) made his sixth career Opening Day roster in 14..Signed a four-year contract extension with the Yankees on 2/24, beginning in the 2015 season and extending through 2018 with a club option for In 2013, hit.273 (147-for-539) with 81R, 33 doubles, 10 triples, 8HR, 52RBI and 24SB in 145 games with the Yankees, setting single-season career highs in hits, doubles and HR and leading the AL in triples was the first Yankee since Snuffy Stirnweiss in 1945 with at least 30 doubles, 10 triples and 20SB in a single season..has hit 24 career home runs, with the Yankees going 21-3 in those contests. Career Bests: 5H (1x); 1HR (24x); 4RBI (2x); 4R (1x); 3SB (2x); 11G hitting streak (2x) #2 DEREK JETER SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/1G (3x) Was 2-for-5 in Sunday s win at Toronto his fourth-inning single was the 3,320th hit of his career, surpassing Paul Molitor (3,319) for sole possession of eighth-place on Baseball s all-time hits list and fourth place on the all-time AL hits list on road trip was 4-for-16 (.250) with 1R, 1RBI, 4BB and 1HP in 5GS at SS made his 17th career Opening Day roster and start at SS for the Yankees in 14, the most Opening Day starts by a Yankee at any single position in franchise history. Ranks eighth on Baseball s all-time list with 3,320H next up is Carl Yastrzemski (3,419). Has now played for the Yankees in 20 different seasons ( ), surpassing Mariano Rivera (19 seasons, ) for the franchise record. In 2013, hit.190 (12-for-63) in 17G, missing 145G over four D.L. stints after combining to miss just 82 team games over five prior career D.L. trips. According to Elias, at 1,558-1,047-2, has the highest personal winning percentage (.598) among active players (min. 1,000G). Signed a one-year contract with the Yankees on 11/1/13 announced on 2/12/14 that he would retire following the 2014 season. Career Bests: 5H (4x); 2HR (10x); 5RBI (4x); 5R (1x); 3SB (3x); 25G hitting streak yankee doodles #33 KELLY JOHNSON INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/1G (3x) Was 1-for-3 with 1 double, 2RBI and 1BB in Sunday s win at Toronto, making his second consecutive start at 1B on road trip was 4-for-18 (.222) with 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2RBI and 1BB in 5GS (3-3B/2-1B) was 1-for-4 with 1 double in Tuesday s Opening Day loss at Houston made his eighth career Opening Day roster in 14. In 2013, hit.235 (86-for-366) with 41R, 12 doubles, 16HR and 52RBI in 118 games with the Rays started at four different defensive positions (LF, 1B, 2B and 3B). Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a one-year contract on 12/6/13. Career Bests: 4H (11x); 2HR (8x); 6RBI (2x); 3R (16x); 2SB (6x); 22G hitting streak #34 BRIAN McCANN C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/3G Was 1-for-4 with 1R and 1BB in Sunday s win at Toronto on road trip was 5-for-21 (.238) with 1R, 2RBI and 1BB in 5GS (4-C/1-DH) was 1-for-4 with 1RBI in Tuesday s Opening Day loss at Houston his eighth-inning single RBI single was his first hit as a Yankee made his eighth career Opening Day roster in 14. In 2013, hit.256 (91-for-356) with 43R, 13 doubles, 20HR and 57RBI in 102 games with the Braves posted a 2.98 catchers ERA, the lowest such mark in the Majors since the Dodgers Paul Lo Duca in 2003 (2.73). Is one of 11 Major Leaguers and the only catcher with at least 20HR in each of the last six seasons ( ). Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent on 12/3/13 to a five-year contract extending through 2018 with a vesting option for Career Bests: 4H (10x); 2HR (9x); 5RBI (5x); 3R (7x); 1SB (23x); 13G hitting streak #14 BRIAN ROBERTS 2B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/1G Was 0-for-3 with 1R, 1BB and 1SB in Sunday s win at Toronto on road trip was 3-for-17 (.176) with 2R, 5BB and 2SB in 6G/4GS at 2B was 3-for-4 in Wednesday s loss at Houston his third-inning single was his first hit as a Yankee made his 10th career Opening Day roster in 14. In 2013, hit.249 (66-for-265) with 33R, 12 doubles, 8HR and 39RBI in 77 games with the Orioles missed nearly three months (4/5-6/30) with a right hamstring strain. Is the only player in Baseball history to reach 100R, 50 doubles and 25SB in a season at least three times (2004, 08-09). Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a one-year contract on 1/14/14. Career Bests: 4H (13x); 2HR (2x); 4RBI (8x); 4R (1x); 4SB (1x); 20G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 1; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #53 AUSTIN ROMINE C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Has not played in two games since being recalled from Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre prior to Saturday s game at Toronto was 0-for-4 in 1G with the RailRiders. In 15 spring training games with the Yankees, batted.179 (5-for-28) with 3R..Spent the majority of the 2013 season with the Yankees, batting.207 (28-for- 135) with 15R, 9 doubles, 1HR and 10RBI in 60 games caught inning, the most by a Yankees rookie since Jorge Posada in 1997 (479.1 innings) in 14 games with Scranton/WB, hit.333 (14-for-42) with 5R, 1HR and 4RBI. Career Bests: 3H (2x); 1HR (1x); 2RBI (1x); 2R (1x); 1SB (1x); 5G hitting streak #26 YANGERVIS SOLARTE INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 4G/4G Was 1-for-4 with 1R, 1 double and 1RBI in Sunday s win at Toronto on road trip was 8-for-17 (.471) with 3R, 4 doubles, 5RBI, 1BB and 1HP in 5G/4GS (3-3B/1-2B) was 2-for-3 with 1HP in Saturday s loss at Toronto became the first Yankee to collect two or more hits in each of his first three Major League starts since Joe DiMaggio in 1936 made his first Major League start (at 3B) in Thursday s win at Houston, reaching base in all four of his plate appearances and going 3-for-3 with 2R, 1 double, 1RBI and 1BB. Made his Major League debut in Wednesday s loss at Houston, pinch-hitting for Johnson in the seventh and remaining in the game at 3B (was 0-for-2) made his first career Opening Day roster in 14 was signed by the Yankees to a Major League contract and selected to the 40-man roster on Tuesday. Hit.429 (18-for-42) with 9R, 2HR and 9RBI in 24 spring training games as a nonroster invitee with the Yankees led the team in hits and tied for the lead in games and RBI. In 2013, batted.276 (145-for-526) with 66R, 31 doubles, 12HR and 75RBI in 133 games with Triple-A Round Rock, setting career highs in HR and RBI. Was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 1/16/14. Career Bests: 3H (1x); 0HR (0x); 3RBI (1x); 2R (1x); 0SB (0x); 4G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 3; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #12 ALFONSO SORIANO OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/1G Was 1-for-3 with 1R and 1HP in Sunday s win at Toronto his fifth-inning single snapped an 0-for-17 stretch to start the season on road trip was 1-for-19 with 1R and 1HP in 5GS (3-DH/2-LF) made his 14th career Opening Day roster in 14. In 2013, combined to bat.255 (148-for-581) with 32 doubles, 34HR and 101RBI in 151 games with the Cubs and Yankees hit.256 (56-for-219) with 37R, 8 doubles, 17HR and 50RBI in 58 games with the Yankees after joining the Yankees, led the Majors in home runs and RBI. Joins David Ortiz as the only players with at least 20HR in each season since Was acquired by the Yankees on 7/26/13 from the Cubs with cash considerations in exchange for RHP Corey Black. Career Bests: 6H (1x); 3HR (3x); 7RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 3SB (1x); 20G hitting streak #31 ICHIRO SUZUKI OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 4G/3G Was 1-for-4 with 1SB in Sunday s win at Toronto on road trip was 6-for-13 (.462) with 4R, 1 double and 1SB in 3GS in RF made his 13th career Opening Day roster in 14. In 2013, hit.262 (136-for-520) with 15 doubles, 7HR and 35RBI in 150 games with the Yankees recorded his 4,000th professional hit (combined between the Majors and Japan) on 8/21 vs. Toronto. Was acquired by the Yankees along with cash considerations from Seattle in exchange for RHPs D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar on 7/23/12 signed a twoyear contract with the Yankees on 12/19/12. Career Bests: 5H (7x); 2HR (7x); 5RBI (3x); 4R (7x); 4SB (3x); 27G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (1), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0)

5 pen notes #68 DELLIN BETANCES RHP Last Appearance: 4/4 at TOR (0.1IP) Made his second appearance of the season in Friday s win at Toronto, allowing 2BB in 0.1IP in Tuesday s Opening Day loss, tossed a perfect seventh inning (1.0IP, 2K) made his first career Opening Day roster in 14 made 10 spring training relief appearances with the Yankees, allowing just 1ER in 12.1IP (0.73 ERA), while striking out 11 batters. In 2013, made six relief appearances over three stints with the Yankees, recording a ERA (5.0IP, 6ER). Spent the majority of the 2013 season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, going 6-4 with five saves and a 2.68 ERA (84.0IP, 25ER) in 38 appearances (six starts) in 32 relief outings with the RailRiders, went 4-2 with a 1.35 ERA (60.0IP, 9ER) allowed just 1ER in his final 22 outings (6/19-8/30), tossing 41.1 innings of relief over the stretch (20H, 18BB, 61K). Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 1/2 #27 SHAWN KELLEY RHP Last Appearance: 4/6 at TOR (1.0IP) Made his third appearance of the season in Sunday s win at Toronto, tossing a scoreless eighth inning (1.0IP, 1H) in Thursday s win at Houston, tossed a perfect eighth inning (1.0IP, 2K) made his season debut in Wednesday s loss at Houston, retiring his only batter faced with two outs and the bases loaded in the eighth made his fourth career Opening Day roster in 14 made eight spring training relief appearances with the Yankees, allowing just 1ER in 6.2IP (1.35 ERA). In 2013, went 4-2 with a 4.39 ERA (53.1IP, 26ER) in a career-high 57 relief appearances with the Yankees his 11.98K/9.0IP ratio (71K, 53.1IP) was eighthbest among AL relievers. Was acquired by the Yankees from the Mariners in exchange for OF Abraham Almonte on 2/13/13. Inherited Runners/Scored: 3/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 3/3 #57 VIDAL NUNO LHP Last Appearance: 4/5 at TOR (0.0IP) Made second appearance of the season in Saturday s loss at Toronto, walking his only batter faced made his first appearance of the season in Tuesday s Opening Day loss at Houston, striking out three batters in a scoreless eighth inning (1.0IP, 1H) made his first career Opening Day roster made four spring training appearances (two starts) for the Yankees, recording a 3.38 ERA (8.0IP, 3ER) with 8K. Made his Major League debut in 2013, going 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA (20.0IP, 5ER) in five games (three starts) over two stints with the Yankees was 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA (3.0IP, 1ER) in two relief appearances suffered a strained left groin on 6/7 after being optioned to Triple-A Scranton/WB, missing the remainder of the season. Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 1/2 #41 DAVID PHELPS RHP Last Appearance: 4/5 at TOR (2.0IP) Made his second appearance of the season in Saturday s loss at Toronto, allowing 3H in and 3ER in 2.0IP (3K, 2HR) made his season debut in Wednesday s loss at Houston, allowing 1H and 1ER in 1.1IP (2BB, 2K, 1HR) made his third career Opening Day roster went 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA (21.1IP, 8ER) and 14K in seven spring training appearances (five starts) with the Yankees. In 2013, went 6-5 with a 4.98 ERA (86.2IP, 48ER) in 22 games (12 starts) with the Yankees was on the disabled list from 7/5-9/14 with a right forearm strain. Inherited Runners/Scored: 1/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 2/2 #30 DAVID ROBERTSON RHP Last Appearance: 4/6 at TOR (1.0IP) Made his third appearance of the season in Sunday s win at Toronto, tossing a scoreless ninth (1.0IP, 1H, 1BB) for his second save made his second appearance in as many games in Friday s win at Toronto, retiring all three batters faced in the ninth (1.0IP) to close out the game made his season debut in Thursday s win at Houston, tossing a perfect ninth (1.0IP, 1K) for his first save of the season and ninth of his career made his fifth career Opening Day roster. In 2013, went 5-1 with three saves and a 2.04 ERA (66.1IP, 15ER) in 70 relief appearances with the Yankees. Is the only pitcher in Baseball history to record at least 10K/9.0IP in each of his first six Major League seasons ( ). His 11.66K/9.0IP (429K, 331.0IP) career ratio is fourth-best in Major League history (min IP) behind Rob Dibble (12.17), Billy Wagner (11.92) and Brad Lidge (11.92) is the highest such ratio for any pitcher in Yankees history (min IP). Inherited Runners/Scored: 1/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 3/3 #48 MATT THORNTON LHP Last Appearance: 4/4 at TOR (0.2IP) Made his second appearance of the season in Friday s win at Toronto, retiring both batters faced in the eighth (0.2IP, 1K) made his Yankees debut in Wednesday s loss at Houston, allowing 1IBB in 0.1IP made his 10th career Opening Day roster. In 2013, combined to go 0-4 with a 3.74 ERA (43.1IP, 18ER) in 60 relief outings with Chicago-AL and Boston was on the D.L. from 8/5-25 with a left oblique strain. Is the only Major Leaguer to make at least 55 appearances in each of the last nine seasons ( ) has pitched in at least 60 games each season since 06. Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a two-year contract on 1/10/14. Inherited Runners/Scored: 2/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 2/2 #43 ADAM WARREN RHP Last Appearance: 4/6 at TOR (1.0IP) Made his second appearance of the season in Sunday s win at Toronto, tossing a perfect seventh (1.0IP) made his season deut in Thursday s win at Houston, retiring all four batters faced (1.1IP, 2K) made his second career Opening Day roster was 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA (10.2IP, 2ER) and 10K in five spring outings (4GS) with the Yankees. In 2013, went 3-2 with a 3.39 ERA (77.0IP, 29ER) in 34 appearances (two starts) over two stints with the Yankees. Inherited Runners/Scored: 1/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 2/2 YANKEES 2014 SCHEDULE Gm Date Opponent W/L Score Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Rec. Pos. GA/GB Att. 1 4/1 at Houston L 2-6 Feldman (1-0) Sabathia (0-1) T4th -1.0 *42, /2 at Houston L 1-3 Cosart (1-0) Kuroda (0-1) Fields (1) 0-2 5th , /3 at Houston W 4-2 Nova (1-0) Oberholtzer (0-1) Robertson (1) 1-2 T4th , /4 at Toronto W 7-3 Tanaka (1-0) McGowan (0-1) T2nd -0.5 *48, /5 at Toronto L 0-4 Dickey (1-1) Pineda (0-1) Santos (2) 2-3 T3rd -1.5 *45, /6 at Toronto W 6-4 Sabathia (1-1) Hutchison (1-1) Robertson (2) 3-3 2nd , /7 vs. Baltimore 1:05 p.m. 8 4/8 vs. Baltimore 1:05 p.m. 9 4/9 vs. Baltimore 7:05 p.m. 10 4/10 vs. Boston 7:05 p.m. 11 4/11 vs. Boston 7:05 p.m. 12 4/12 vs. Boston 1:05 p.m. 13 4/13 vs. Boston 8:05 p.m. 4/14 OFF DAY 14 4/15 vs. Chicago-NL 7:05 p.m. 15 4/16 vs. Chicago-NL 7:05 p.m. 16 4/17 at Tampa Bay 7:10 p.m. 17 4/18 at Tampa Bay 7:10 p.m. 18 4/19 at Tampa Bay 7:10 p.m. 19 4/20 at Tampa Bay 1:40 p.m. 4/21 OFF DAY 20 4/22 at Boston 7:10 p.m. 21 4/23 at Boston 7:10 p.m. 22 4/24 at Boston 7:10 p.m. 23 4/25 vs. Los Angeles-AL 7:05 p.m. 24 4/26 vs. Los Angeles-AL 1:05 p.m. 25 4/27 vs. Los Angeles-AL 8:05 p.m. 4/28 OFF DAY 26 4/29 vs. Seattle 7:05 p.m. 27 4/30 vs. Seattle 7:05 p.m. 28 5/1 vs. Seattle 7:05 p.m. 29 5/2 vs. Tampa Bay 7:05 p.m. 30 5/3 vs. Tampa Bay 1:05 p.m. 31 5/4 vs. Tampa Bay 1:05 p.m. 32 5/5 at Los Angeles-AL 10:05 p.m. 33 5/6 at Los Angeles-AL 10:05 p.m. 34 5/7 at Los Angeles-AL 10:05 p.m. 5/8 OFF DAY 35 5/9 at Milwaukee 8:10 p.m. 36 5/10 at Milwaukee 7:10 p.m. 37 5/11 at Milwaukee 2:10 p.m. 38 5/12 vs. New York-NL 7:05 p.m. 39 5/13 vs. New York-NL 7:05 p.m. 40 5/14 at New York-NL 7:10 p.m. 41 5/15 at New York-NL 7:10 p.m. 42 5/16 vs. Pittsburgh 7:05 p.m. 43 5/17 vs. Pittsburgh 4:05 p.m. 44 5/18 vs. Pittsburgh 1:05 p.m. 5/19 OFF DAY 45 5/20 at Chicago-NL 8:05 p.m. 46 5/21 at Chicago-NL 2:20 p.m. 47 5/22 at Chicago-AL 8:10 p.m. 48 5/23 at Chicago-AL 8:10 p.m. 49 5/24 at Chicago-AL 2:10 p.m. 50 5/25 at Chicago-AL 2:10 p.m. 51 5/26 at St. Louis 4:15 p.m. 52 5/27 at St. Louis 8:15 p.m. 53 5/28 at St. Louis 8:15 p.m. All times are EST BOLD (Complete Game) *Denotes Sellout (# of home sellouts)