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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 2013 (2012) Current Standing in AL East:... 4th, -6.0 Games Behind for 2 nd Wild Card Current Streak:... Lost 1 Current Road Trip: Recent Homestand: Last Five Games: Last 10 Games: Home Record: (51-30) Road Record: (44-37) Day Record: (32-20) Night Record: (63-47) Pre-All-Star Post-All-Star vs. AL East: (41-31) vs. AL Central: (21-16) vs. AL West: (20-15) vs. National League: (13-5) vs. RH starters: (58-43) vs. LH starters: (37-24) Yankees Score First: (59-27) Opp. Score First: (36-40) Leading After 6: (73-8) Trailing After 6: (13-54) Tied After 6: (9-5) Leading After 7: (79-5) Trailing After 7: (9-58) Tied After 7: (7-4) Leading After 8: (88-5) Trailing After 8: (1-58) Tied After 8: (5-4) Extra-Inning Games: (6-3) One-run Games: (22-25) Two (or fewer)-run Games: (41-33) NYY Scores 5 or more: (68-19) NYY Scores 4 or more: (83-27) NYY Scores 3 or less: (12-40) NYY Scores 2 or less: (6-27) Opp. Scores 5 or more: (14-46) Opp. Scores 4 or less: (81-19) Opp. Scores 3 or less: (66-8) Opp. Scores 2 or less: (46-4) Yankees No Errors: (66-40) Yankees Make Error(s): (29-27) NYY Starter Goes 6: (71-35) Opp. Starter Goes 6: (54-48) Yankees Outhit Opp.: (66-12) Opp. Outhits Yankees: (20-50) Hit Totals Are Even: (9-5) Come-From-Behind Wins: (46) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+):...8 (9) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+):...1 (4) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+):...0 (1) Yankees hit 0HR: (7-24) Yankees hit at least 1HR: (88-43) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: (55-17) Walk-off Wins:...6 (5) Walk-off Losses:...6 (6) Series Record: ( ) Series Record, home: (17-7-2) Series Record, road: (13-8-5) Series Openers: (32-20) Series Finales: (34-18) Sweeps by Yankees:... 7 (10) Sweeps by Opponent:...5 (4) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY August 24, 1927: The Yankees defeat Detroit, 9-5, at Navin Field as Wilcy Moore wins his 15th game of the season. The win marks the start of an eight-game team winning streak, the second of two eight-or-more game runs that season. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY August 25, 2011: Robinson Cano (2- for-4), Russell Martin (5-for-5) and Curtis Granderson (2-for-4) each hit grand slams for the Yankees, becoming the first team ever to hit three grand slams in a game. August 25, 1996: Yankees unveil a monument in honor of Mickey Mantle. August 25, 1968: Down 5-0 in Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. Detroit, the Yankees bring in OF Rocky Colavito to pitch and comeback to win 6-5 with Colavito earning the win. NEW YORK YANKEES (68-60) at TAMPA BAY RAYS (73-53) LHP CC Sabathia (11-10, 4.83) vs. LHP David Price (7-5, 3.29) Saturday, August 24 Tropicana Field 7:10 p.m. Game #129 Road Game #64 TV: YES Radio: WCBS-AM 880 AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the second game of a three-game series at Tampa Bay marks the second game of a six-game road trip which also includes three games from Mon.-Wed. at Toronto before an off day on Thursday completed a brief homestand, sweeping four games from the Blue Jays following this road trip, begin a 10-game homestand with games vs. Baltimore (8/30-9/1), Chicago-AL (9/2-4) and Boston (9/5-8). Had their five-game winning streak snapped with Friday s loss at Tampa Bay are 10-3 in their last 13 games since 8/11. Are since the All-Star break after starting out Are just 3.5G behind in the race for the second Wild Card spot and 6.0G behind Tampa Bay and Boston in the AL East (the Rays are percentage points ahead of Boston) trailed Boston by a season-high 11.5G in the division entering play on 8/8 (just over two weeks ago), having made up 5.5G in that time. Have won 22 one-run games this season, matching their total from all of Are in night games and in day games this season. Since last reaching their season-high-water mark of 12G over.500 (30-18 at the close of play on 5/25), have gone 38-42, including on the road and at home. In 1978 after 128G, were (2nd behind Boston, -7.5G) after 128G, were (2nd behind Boston, -7.5G). YESTERDAY S NEWS: On Friday the Yankees lost at Tampa Bay, 7-2 Yankees batters were outhit, 9-5, having tallied just nine hits over their last two games RHP Hiroki Kuroda allowed a season-high 7ER in 6.0IP, recording the loss and falling to 11-9 on the season (9H, 1BB, 3K, 4HR) tied a single-game career high in home runs allowed (also 4HR on 9/5/11 w/ Los Angeles-NL at Washington) and had his career-long 57.1IP homerless streak snapped in the second inning allowed three runs in the second inning, two in the third, one in the fourth and one in the fifth LF Alfonso Soriano (1-for-4) singled in a run in the first CF Brett Gardner (2-for-2) reached base safely three times (single, triple, walk) and scored both Yankees runs 2B Robinson Cano (0-for-4) drove in a run in the sixth on a groundout SS Eduardo Nunez (2-for-3) recorded the remaining Yankees hits with a pair of singles RHP Joba Chamberlain tossed 2.0 perfect innings (1K) in relief of Kuroda. 4,000 ARRIVES: With a first-inning single in Wednesday s win vs. Toronto, RF Ichiro Suzuki notched his 4,000th career hit when combining his totals from the Majors (2,722) and the Pacific League (1,278) the plateau of hits from the highest levels of baseball in the U.S. and Japan has been reached only twice before: by Pete Rose (4,256) and Ty Cobb (4,191). Over his last 80G since 5/25, is batting.289 (82-for-284) with 33R, 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4HR, 21RBI, 13SB and a.322 OBP. Has more hits over the 13 years of his Major League career (2,723) than any other Major Leaguer has had over any 13-year span all time. Donated a game-used jersey from his 4,000th-hit game to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. SERIESOUSLY SPEAKING: With their series victory vs. Toronto this week, the Yankees have won four consecutive series since 8/9 (2-1 vs. Detroit, 3-1 vs. Los Angeles-AL, 2-1 at Boston, and 3-0 in the current four-game set vs. Toronto), marking their longest such streak since winning four consecutive series from 4/8-21 (at Cleveland, vs. Baltimore, vs. Arizona and at Toronto, respectively) last won five straight series from 9/11-26/12 (also five straight series wins) their 8/9-11 series win vs. Detroit, marked their first series win going 2-1 from 7/5-7 vs. Baltimore snapped a streak of going in series from 7/8-8/7, their longest non-winning single-season streak since going over an 11-series span in 1991 according to the Elias Sports Bureau. HIT MEN: Over their last 11G (since 8/13), Yankees batters are hitting.314 (120-for-382) with 71 runs scored, 18 doubles, 13HR, 37BB and a.384 on-base percentage. Have raised their team season batting average from.240 to.246 over the stretch (last 11G since 8/13). With runners in scoring position over their last 11G, are batting.315 (35-for-111) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 59RBI, 16BB and a.402 on-base percentage. COMEBACK TRAIL: SS Derek Jeter went 0-for-3 with 1R and 1BB on Friday with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre vs. Pawtucket in 2G with SWB, is 2-for-6 with 2R, 1 double, 1RBI and 1BB. BIRD BATH: The Yankees visit Toronto for three games beginning Monday were undefeated at home vs. Toronto this season, going 10-0 according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked the fifth time in franchise history the Yankees swept a home season series vs. a single team they hosted at least 10 times (also 10-0 vs. the 2004 Devil Rays, 11-0 vs K.C. Athletics, 11-0 vs. the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics and 10-0 vs. the 1940 Senators) have won 13 straight home games vs. Toronto, marking an all-time best franchise home winning streak vs. the Jays marks the Yankees second-longest home winning streak vs. any team since 1961, trailing only a 14-game streak in the Bronx vs. Kansas City from 8/7/02-4/13/06. GRAND PLANS: In Thursday s win vs. Toronto, CF Curtis Granderson (1-for-3) hit his first home run off left-handed pitching this season and his Major League-leading 31st homer off a lefty since the start of CANOTABLE: 2B Robinson Cano has hit safely in 15 of his last 18G (since 8/5), batting.406 (28-for-69) with 10R, 6 doubles, 2HR, 12RBI and 8BB combined to go 6-for-8 with 1R, 1 double, 1HR and 5RBI in Tuesday s doubleheader vs. Toronto. Is batting.331 (51-for-154) with 17R, 9 doubles, 3HR, 25RBI, 22BB and a.416obp since 7/6. JUST WIN BABY: With his win on Sunday at Boston taking him to this season, LHP CC Sabathia has notched at least 11 wins in each of his first 13 seasons to begin his Major League career ( ), joining Don Sutton (17yrs: ), Eddie Plank (16yrs: ) and Tom Seaver (13yrs: ) as just one of just four pitchers in the Modern Era (since 1900) to accomplish the feat. MAKING LOCAL STOPS: Will play each of their next eight games as well as 25 of their 34 overall remaining games against AL East competition are vs. the AL East in 2013, including 7-2 in their last nine games vs. AL East foes. CENSUS BUREAU: The Yankees have used 50 players this season (19 pitchers, 3 catchers, 17 infielders, 10 outfielders, 1 DH) have exceeded their total from all of last year (45 in 2012: 22 pitchers, 3 catchers, 10 infielders, 10 outfielders) have used a Major League-high 31 position players the franchise record for players used in a season is 51, accomplished twice (2008 and 2005). Of the 50 players used this season, 22 have made their first-ever appearance as a Yankee, with six players making their Major League debuts (INF David Adams, OF Zoilo Almonte, RHP Preston Claiborne, INF Corban Joseph, RHP Brett Marshall and LHP Vidal Nuno). UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV Sun., 8/25 at Tampa Bay RHP Ivan Nova (7-4, 3.17) vs. RHP Alex Cobb (8-2, 2.85) 1:40 p.m. YES Mon., 8/26 at Toronto RHP Phil Hughes (4-12, 4.88) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (9-12, 4.49) 7:07 p.m. YES Tues., 8/27 at Toronto LHP Andy Pettitte (9-9, 4.26) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (3-3, 5.10) 7:07 p.m. YES Wed., 8/28 at Toronto RHP Hiroki Kuroda (11-9, 2.71) vs. TBA 7:07 p.m. YES On the Radio: All games carried by WCBS-AM 880 and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP

2 Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Tampa Bay - 7:10 p.m. ET AWARD-WINNING EFFORT: After Wednesday s, 4-2 victory vs. Toronto, the Yankees have given two losses to 2012 NL Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey this season (also 4/28 at Yankee Stadium), marking the second straight year they have won multiple games started by a reigning Cy Young winner (defeated the Tigers twice in 2012 in games started by 2011 Cy Young winner Justin Verlander) marks the first time the Yankees have given two losses to a reigning Cy Young Award since 2002 Cy Young winner Barry Zito went 1-2 vs. the Yankees in SUNDAY FUNDAY: The Yankees Sunday, Sept. 8 game vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium has a 1:05 p.m. start time. SORI STATE: LF Alfonso Soriano was named the AL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, 8/18 batted.484 (15- for-31) with 9R, 1 double, 5HR and 18RBI over the stretch is fifth on the Yankees with 9HR and tied for sixth with 29RBI, despite having just 99AB with the club this season since being acquired on 7/26 from Chicago-NL has 20R in 25G games as a Yankee this year. MILESTONE WATCH: 2B Robinson Cano hit his 200th career HR in Tuesday s Game 1 and needs 2HR to tie Bill Dickey (202) for 15th place on the club s all-time list 3B Alex Rodriguez has 649 career HR and needs 1HR to reach 650, and 11HR to tie Willie Mays (660) for fourth place on Baseball s all-time HRs list OF Alfonso Soriano has 398HR and needs 2HR to reach 400 IF Mark Reynolds has 197HR and needs 3HR to reach 200. LOWEST ERA ALL TIME (min. 1,000.0IP)* 1. Eddie Cicotte MARIANO RIVERA Jim Scott Babe Ruth *Since earned runs became an official statistic (1912-NL, 1913-AL) MOST APPEARANCES - ALL-TIME Player Games 1. Jesse Orosco... 1, Mike Stanton... 1, John Franco... 1, MARIANO RIVERA... 1, Dennis Eckersley... 1,071 Rivera is the only pitcher to make more than 1,000 appearances with one club. With 3,308 career hits, SS Derek Jeter (currently on the 15-day D.L.) is five hits shy of tying Eddie Collins (3,313) for ninth place on Baseball s all time list and 11 hits away from tying Paul Molitor for (3,319) for eighth place has 1,256 career RBI and needs just 1RBI to tie Bernie Williams (1,257) for sixth place on the Yankees all-time list (Yogi Berra-1,430 is fifth). SMALL BALL: Yankees batters have homered 26 times in their last 24G (since 7/28) after being held homerless in nine straight games from 7/19-27) homered in five straight games from 8/10-14 for the first time since 5/8-12 (also 5G). Have hit 26HR in 33G since the All-Star break, 30HR in 45G since 7/3 and 34HR in their last 50G since 6/27. Have hit at least 3HR in a game 10 times in 2013 had 29 such games in Had a nine-game homerless stretch from 7/19-27, marking their longest streak since a 10-game homerless stretch from 4/26-5/6/84 and their second-longest such stretch since 1976 have also had two other homerless streaks of five games each this season (7/3-7 and 6/7-12). Yankees righthanded batters had a 28-game homerless stretch from 6/26-7/27 have still hit just 19HR in the team s last 82G since 5/23 over that stretch, almost half have come from Alfonso Soriano (9HR), who was acquired on 7/26. The Yankees are this year when hitting 0HR went 7-24 when failing to homer in 2012 their 59G without a homer are already 27 more than all of last year (31) marks their most homerless games since 1997 (64). BEANTOWN: Yankees batters were hit by four pitches in their 8/18 win at Boston (Rodriguez, Gardner, Nix, Cano), marking their most HP in a single game since 4/15/00 vs. Kansas City (also 4HP, Tino Martinez, Bernie Williams, Clay Bellinger twice) were hit six times over the three-game series matching the Yankees most HP in a series of any length against any team over the last 100 seasons (also 6/7-9/2011 vs. Boston in 3G; 9/4-8/1945 vs. DET in 7G; and 5/12-15/1923 at DET in 4G) the Yankees have been hit with five-or-more pitches in 22 series all time, with seven of them coming at the hands of the Red Sox since 2000 according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only time the Yankees have been hit with more pitches in a series was a five-game series from 6/20-24/1913 at Washington, in which a single-game franchise-record six Yankees got hit in the series opener. ON THE MARK: INF Mark Reynolds was signed by the Yankees as a free agent prior to their 8/16 win at Boston started at 1B and hit a two-run HR in the second inning on Friday, becoming the first Yankee to homer in his first plate appearance with the club since Andruw Jones did so on 4/5/11 vs. Minnesota is the 22nd player to hit a home run for the Yankees this season, tying a franchise record, according to the Elias Sports Bureau (also 22 players in 2000 and 1965). NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2013 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR ARI COL LAD NYM SD SF Games Record Home N/A N/A 0-0 Road N/A N/A YANKEES at TAMPA BAY NYY ALL-TIME vs. Tampa Bay: on road: / at Tropicana Field: 73-61(1-1 against TB at Tokyo Dome in 2004) at home: / at current Yankee Stad: OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees play the second game of a three-game series at Tampa Bay are 6-8 vs. the Rays thus far in 2013 are in the last 24 games between these two teams and vs. the Rays dating back to 9/22/11 IN 2012: The Yankees went 8-10 vs. the Rays in the regular season IN SEASON SERIES: Have not won a season series against Tampa Bay since 2009 (11-7), going since AT TROPICANA FIELD: The Yankees are playing the eighth of nine games at Tropicana Field on Friday are 5-15 in their last 20 games at Tropicana Field since 7/21/11 IN 2012: Posted a.222 (2-7) winning percentage at Tampa Bay, marking their lowest single-season road winning percentage against Tampa Bay in the history of the rivalry IN SEASON SERIES: Have lost each of the last three season series at the Trop, going 9-18 over the stretch from AIN T NO SUNSHINE: No Yankees on the current active roster have ever played for the Tampa Bay Rays. NYY vs. TAMPA BAY in 2013 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/22 at TB L /23 at TB W /24 at TB L /24 at TB W /25 at TB W 4-3 (11) 3-2 5/26 at TB L /20 at NYY L /21 at NYY W /22 at NYY W /23 at NYY L /26 at NYY L /27 at NYY L /28 at NYY W /23 at TB L /24 at TB /25 at TB /24 at NYY /25 at NYY /26 at NYY Total in NYY BATTERS vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (CAREER) Player AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OBP SLG Robinson Cano Brett Gardner Curtis Granderson Eduardo Nunez Lyle Overbay Mark Reynolds Alex Rodriguez Austin Romine Alfonso Soriano Chris Stewart Ichiro Suzuki Vernon Wells NYY BATTERS vs. LHP DAVID PRICE Career AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K OBP SLG Robinson Cano Brett Gardner Curtis Granderson Eduardo Nunez Lyle Overbay Mark Reynolds Alex Rodriguez Austin Romine Alfonso Soriano Chris Stewart Ichiro Suzuki Vernon Wells SUNDAY S STARTER AT TAMPA BAY: RHP Ivan Nova (7-4, 3.17) RHP Ivan Nova, 26, will make his 14th start (17th appearance) of the season vs. the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field will be his 12th career appearance (10th start) vs. Tampa Bay and fourth appearance (third start) this season last started on 8/20 in Game 1 of a doubleheader on 8/20 vs. Toronto and earned the win in the 8-4 Yankees victory, allowing 4ER on 9H in 6.1IP (2BB, 4K, 1HP) marked his most earned runs allowed since 4/21 (also vs. Toronto and also 4ER) was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 7/15/04. NOVA S CAREER VS. TAMPA BAY W-L G/GS INN H ER ERA All Games / Road 2-1 4/ TRIUMPHANT RETURN: Since returning from the 15-day disabled list (inflammation of right triceps) on 5/25, has gone 6-3 with a 2.45 ERA (77.0IP, 21ER) and 71K in 12 appearances (nine starts) over the stretch in his first four appearances of the season (all starts) prior to that, was 1-1 with a 6.48 ERA (16.2IP, 12ER). KEEPING IT IN THE PARK: Has held his opponents homerless in his last 42.2IP, last allowing a HR to Baltimore s Matt Wieters on 7/5 at Yankee Stadium (Credit: Elias). NOVA vs. TAMPA BAY: Is 6-3 (.667) with a 2.91 ERA (65.0IP, 21ER) in 11 career games (10 starts) vs. Tampa Bay has won five of his last eight starts vs. the Rays since 5/17/11, going 5-3 with a 2.18 ERA, allowing just 13ER in 53.2IP. Last started vs. Tampa Bay on 7/27/13 at Yankee Stadium and recorded the loss in the 1-0 Yankees defeat, allowing just 1ER on 6H in 7.0IP (3BB, 8K). Last appeared vs. Tampa Bay on the road on 5/25/13 at Tropicana Field and earned the win in the 4-3 Yankees victory, allowing 2H in 1.0 scoreless inning out of the bullpen (1BB, 2K) marked his first relief appearance since 4/19/11 at Toronto (L, 0.2IP, 2H, 1ER).

3 Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Tampa Bay - 7:10 p.m. ET 2013 YANKEES HOME RUNS MOST RECENT HOME RUNS BY PLAYER Player Date Opponent/Pitcher AB Since Last Cano 8/20/13 (G1) vs. Toronto/Rogers 18 Gardner 8/11/13 vs. Detroit / Veras 43 Granderson 8/22/13 vs. Toronto / Happ 5 Nunez 8/7/13 at Chicago-AL / Santiago 51 Overbay 8/10/13 vs. Detroit / Sanchez 30 Reynolds 8/16/13 at Boston / Doubront 18 Rodriguez 8/18/13 at Boston / Dempster 16 Romine 8/5/13 at San Diego / Thayer 21 Soriano 8/21/13 vs. Toronto / Dickey 7 Stewart 8/20/13 (G1) vs. Toronto/ Wagner 7 Suzuki 7/14/13 vs. Minnesota / Thielbar 114 Wells 8/13/13 vs. Los Angeles-AL / Vargas 16 MULTI-HOME RUN GAMES 5x in 2013 (18x in 2012) Player Games Soriano-2x (8/14 vs. LAA/Weaver); (8/13 vs. LAA/Vargas-Blanton) Cano-3x (7/1, at MIN/Diamond-2); (5/18 vs. TOR/ Morrow-2); (4/8 at CLE/Jimenez-Albers) GRAND SLAMS 3x in 2013 (10x in 2012) Player Date Opponent Pitcher Alfonso Soriano 8/14/13 vs. Los Angeles-AL Weaver Lyle Overbay 7/10/13 vs. Kansas City Davis Mark Teixeira 6/3/13 vs. Cleveland Masterson Note: The Yankees have hit a franchise-record-tying 10 grand slams in each of the last three years ( )...also hit 10GS in PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS 3x in 2013 (6x in 2012) Player Date Opponent Pitcher Overbay 7/8/13 vs. Kansas City Guthrie Hafner 4/17/13 vs. Arizona Hernandez Boesch 4/9/13 at Cleveland Myers 1st INNING LEAD-OFF HOME RUNS 0x in 2013 (5x in all by Jeter) Player Date Opponent Pitcher None Last by Jeter (29th of career) 8/21/12 at Chicago-AL Liriano Derek Jeter owns the most lead-off HR in franchise history (Rickey Henderson is second with 24). INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS 0x in 2013 (0x in 2012) Player Date Opponent Pitcher None Last by Granderson 8/21/11 at Minnesota Mijares WALK-OFF HOME RUNS 2x in 2013 (2x in 2012) Player Date Men on Opponent Pitcher Brett Gardner 8/11 solo vs. Detroit Veras Ichiro Suzuki 6/25 solo vs. Texas Scheppers SWITCH-HIT HOME RUNS 0x in 2013 (3x in 2011) Player Date Opponent (Pitchers) No. of HR None Last by Nick Swisher 8/17/12 vs. Boston (Morales-LHP, Mortensen-RHP) 2 Mark Teixeira has homered from both sides of the plate in a game 13 times - a MLB record. BACK-TO-BACK HRs 2x in 2013 (8x in 2012, including 1 back-to-back-to-back) Players Date Opponent No. HR / Inn. Cano/Teixeira 6/6/13 at Seattle 2 / 3rd Cano / Wells 5/12/13 at Kansas City / Santana 2 / 3rd Last b2b2b: Cano/Swisher/A. Jones (6/8/12 vs. the Mets - 3HR in 3rd inn.) Last multi-hr inn, individual: A. Rodriguez (10/4/09 at Tampa Bay - 2HR/6th inn.) 2013 RUNS SCORED BY HR / RUNNERS ON BASE 2013 Home run total: 114 Runs Scored via HR: 176 (34.3%) Total Runs in 2013: 513 Solo (69): Adams-2, Almonte-1, Boesch-2, Cano-11, Cervelli-3, Francisco-1, Gardner-5, Granderson-3, Hafner-7, Jeter-1, Nix-2, Nunez-1, Overbay-9, Rodriguez-2, Romine-1, Soriano-2, Stewart-3, Suzuki-4, Teixeira-1, Wells-8 2-Run (27): Boesch-1, Cano-6, Gardner-2, Granderson-1, Hafner-2, Nix-1, Overbay-3, Reynolds-1 Soriano-4, Suzuki-2, Wells-2, Youkilis-2 3-Run (15): Cano-6, Gardner-1, Hafner-3, Soriano-2, Stewart-1, Teixeira-1, Wells-1 Grand Slams (3): Overbay-1, Soriano-1, Teixeira Home Run Total: 245 Runs Scored via HR: 389 (48.4%) Total Runs in 2012: breakdown: solo HR (142); 2-Run (74); 3 run (20), Grand Slams (10) YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LIST: 18 PLAYERS / 24 STINTS (in 2012: 16/17) PLAYER (ital=off D.L.) INJURY DATES TYPE GMS LOST RHP Phil Hughes... Right upper back throracic injury...3/31 (retro. to 3/22) - 4/5...15d... 4 OF Curtis Granderson... Fractured right wrist...3/31 (retro to 3/22) - 5/ d RHP Ivan Nova... Inflammation of right triceps...4/27-5/ d...24 RHP Joba Chamberlain.. Right oblique strain...5/3 (retro. to 4/28)-5/ d B Mark Teixeira...Right arm torn ECU sheath...3/31 (retro. to 3/22) -5/ d (as of 5/12) INF Kevin Youkilis... Lumbar spine sprain...4/30 (retro. to 4/28)-5/ d...30 LHP Andy Pettitte... Strained left trapezius muscle... 5/18 (retro to 5/17) - 6/ d...15 LHP Cesar Cabral... Recovery from left elbow surgery...3/26-6/ d INF Eduardo Nunez... Left oblique strain... 5/12 (retro. to 5/6)-7/5...60d (as of 6/14).. 56 RHP Michael Pineda...Right rotator cuff tendinitis...3/15-7/7...60d SS Derek Jeter... Recovery from left ankle surgery.. 3/31 (retro. to 3/22)-7/ d (as of 4/27)...91 SS Derek Jeter... Grade 1 right quad strain... 7/19 (retro. to 7/12)-7/ d...12 INF Jayson Nix... Right hamstring strain... 7/3 (retro. to 7/2)-7/ d...23 OF Curtis Granderson... Fractured fifth metacarpal on left hand... 5/25-8/ d (as of 7/7) B Alex Rodriguez...Recovery from left hip surgery...2/13-8/5...60d INF Luis Cruz... Right knee sprain... 7/24 (retro. to 7/23)-8/ d...20 *C Francisco Cervelli... Fractured right hand...4/27-8/ d (as of 5/1) INF Kevin Youkilis... Lumbar sprain...6/14-8/ d (as of 7/7) B Mark Teixeira... Strained right wrist... 6/18 (retro. to 6/16)-8/ d (as of 7/6) RHP David Phelps... Right forearm strain... 7/6 (retro. to 7/5)-8/ d (as of 8/15) OF Zoilo Almonte... Left ankle sprain...7/20-8/ d DH Travis Hafner... Right rotator cuff strain... 7/28 (retro. to 7/27)-8/ d SS Derek Jeter... Right calf strain... 8/5 (retro. to 8/3)-8/ d INF Jayson Nix... Fractured left hand... 8/ d...3 *also on restricted list 2013 PLAYERS USED (50) P (19): RHP Dellin Betances, RHP Chris Bootcheck, RHP Joba Chamberlain, RHP Preston Claiborne, RHP Cody Eppley, LHP David Huff, RHP Phil Hughes, RHP Shawn Kelley, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, LHP Boone Logan, RHP Brett Marshall, RHP Ivan Nova, LHP Vidal Nuno, LHP Andy Pettitte, RHP David Phelps, RHP Mariano Rivera, RHP David Robertson, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP Adam Warren; C (3): Francisco Cervelli, Austin Romine, Chris Stewart; INF (17): David Adams, Reid Brignac, Robinson Cano, Luis Cruz, Alberto Gonzalez, Travis Ishikawa, Derek Jeter, Corban Joseph, Brent Lillibridge, Chris Nelson, Jayson Nix, Eduardo Nunez, Lyle Overbay, Mark Reynolds, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Kevin Youkilis; OF (10): Zoilo Almonte, Brennan Boesch, Ben Francisco, Brett Gardner, Curtis Granderson, Melky Mesa, Thomas Neal, Alfonso Soriano, Ichiro Suzuki, Vernon Wells; DH (1) Travis Hafner The Yankees used 45 players in 2012: 22 pitchers, 3 catchers, 9 infielders, 10 outfielders, 1 DH. COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER NYY After 128 Games NYY After 129 Games (4th, -6.0) (1st, +3.5) (1st, +3.5) (2nd, -1.0) (2nd, -1.0) (2nd, -7.5) (2nd, -7.5) POSTPONED / DELAYED / SUSPENDED GAMES 2013 Postponed Games (2 in 12)....4(6/18 vs. LAD - made up 6/19 as G1 of DH; won 6-4) (5/19 vs. TOR - make up on 8/20 at 1:05 p.m. in G1 of a DH; /10-11 at CLE - made up on 5/13 as DH, 0-1, 7-0) 2013 Rain Delays b/f Start (5).... (8/22 vs. TOR, 3:32; 8/9 vs. DET, 0:47; /20 at BOS, 0:21; 6/2 vs. BOS, 0:45; 5/28 at NYM, 1:31) 2013 Rain Delays In-Game (6).... (8/13 vs. LAA, 0:26; 7/12 vs. MIN, 1:13; 7/8 vs. KC, 0:59; 2x on 6/2 vs. BOS, 0:37 and 0:45; 5/9 at COL, 2:07) Last Suspended Game:...5/25/11 at MIN Resumed 5/26/11, 1-0 win Last Game Called Early Due to Rain...6/2/13 vs. BOS (called after 5.5 innings; Lost, 0-3) 2013 TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 6 (7/1-6) Longest Winning Streak, Home... 4, 4x (last 8/20G1-present) Longest Winning Streak, Road... 5, 2x (5/8-12 and 4/7-4/20) Longest Losing Streak... 5, 3x (6/26-30; 6/11-15 and 5/26-30) Longest Losing Streak, Home... 4 (7/13-27) Longest Losing Streak, Road... 5 (6/11-15) Longest Game, Time, 9 innings / Extra innings.... 4:12 (8/18 at BOS) / 5:35 (6/13 at OAK -18 inn.) Longest Game, Innings innings (6/13 at OAK) Shortest Game, Time, All Games / 9 inns... 1:58 (5 1/2 inn., 6/2 vs. BOS) / 2:24 (6/27 vs. TEX) Most LOB, 9 innings / Extra innings... 13, 2x (8/18 at BOS, 7/5 vs. BAL) / 14 (6/13 at OAK -18 inn.) Most Errors...3, 2x (8/13 vs. LAA; 4/18 vs. ARI) Largest Margin of Victory (4/9 at CLE, 14-1) Largest Margin of Defeat...10, 2x (6/1 vs. BOS, 1-11 and 5/15 vs. SEA, 2-12) Highest Paid Attendances, Home / Road... 49,514 (4/1 vs. BOS) / 53,013 (7/31 at LAD) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game... 14, 2x (8/13 vs. LAA; 4/9 at CLE) Most Runs, Inning... 6, 2x (6/6 at SEA, 3rd and 5/13 at CLE-G2, 7th) Most Hits, All Games (8/13 vs. LAA) Most Hits, Inning... 8 (6/6 at SEA, 3rd) Most Home Runs, All Games... 5 (4/9 at CLE) Shut Out... 9 (last 7/27 vs. TB) Fewest Hits, All Games... 2, 4x (7/27 vs. TB, 6/27 vs. TEX, 6/2 vs. BOS, 4/22 at TB) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / Extra inns... 14, 2x (last 6/15 at LAA) / 15 (6/13 at OAK -18 inn.) Most Walks, All Games (4/26 vs. TOR) Most Stolen Bases, All Games... 4, 3x (8/18 at BOS, 6/15 at LAA and 5/7 at COL) Hitting Streak, Active / Season... 6 (Nunez, 8/21-present) / 12 (Cano, 7/6-21) Walk-off Wins... 6 (8/21 vs. TOR; 8/11 vs. DET; 8/9 vs. DET; 7/28 vs. TB, 7/5 vs. BAL, 3-2 and 6/25 vs. TEX, 4-3) TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game (5/15 vs. SEA) Most Earned Runs Allowed, Game (5/15 vs. SEA) Most Runs Allowed, Inning... 7 (5/15 vs. SEA-1st) Most Hits Allowed, Game (6/1 vs. BOS) Most Hits Allowed, Inning... 6, 4x (last 7/26 vs. TB-2nd) Fewest Hits Allowed, Game... 3 (7/5 vs. BAL) Most Home Runs Allowed... 4 (last 8/23 at TB) Most Walks, All Games (6/12 at OAK) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / Extra inns (7/14 vs. MIN) / 15 (7/21 at BOS-11 inn.) Most Stolen Bases Allowed, 9 inn. / Extra inns....3, 2x (last: 8/15 vs. LAA) / 4 (7/21 at BOS-11 inn.) Shutouts... 8 (last 8/3 at SD) Complete Games...4 (last: Sabathia, 7/9 vs. KC, 1-3 loss) Walk-off Losses... 6 (last 8/7 at Chicago-AL, 6-5 in 12 inn.) 2013 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 4, 2x (Cano, 7/1 at MIN & 4/8 at CLE); Hits- 4, 9x (last Cano, 8/21 vs. TOR); HR- 2, 5x (Soriano 8/13-14 vs. LAA; Cano,7/1 at MIN, 5/18 vs. TOR & 4/8 at CLE); RBI- 7 (Soriano, 8/14 vs. LAA); BB- 4 (Cano, 6/22 vs. TB); SB- 2, 6x (last Nunez, 8/18 at BOS); CS - 1, 24x (last Granderson, 8/21 at TOR). PITCHING: IP in Start- 9.0, 4x (Sabathia-CG, 7/9 vs. KC, Nova-CG, 7/5 vs. BAL, Sabathia-CG, 6/5 vs. CLE and Kuroda-CG, 4/14 vs. BAL); IP in Relief- 6.0 (Warren, 6/13 at OAK); Hits- 11, 4x (Kuroda, 8/17 at BOS; Pettitte, 8/5 at CWS and 6/14 at LAA; and Sabathia, 5/20 at BAL); Runs- 9 (Phelps, 6/29 at BAL); ER- 9 (Phelps, 6/29 at BAL); BB- 6 (Sabathia, 8/13 vs. LAA); K- 11 (Nova, 7/5 vs. BAL); HR- 4 (Kuroda 8/23 vs. TB). FIELDING: Errors - 2, 3x (Nunez, 8/17 at BOS & 8/13 vs. LAA; Cervelli, 4/18 vs. ARI); CCS - 2 (Stewart, 4/26 vs. TOR) STARTS BY POSITION Player C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Adams Almonte Boesch Brignac Cano Cervelli Cruz Francisco Gardner Gonzalez Granderson Hafner Ishikawa Jeter Joseph Lillibridge Mesa Nelson Neal Nix Nunez Overbay Reynolds Rodriguez Romine Soriano Stewart Suzuki Teixeira Wells Youkilis STARTS BY BATTING ORDER Player Adams Almonte Boesch Brignac Cano Cervelli Cruz Francisco Gardner Gonzalez Granderson Hafner Ishikawa Jeter Joseph Lillibridge Mesa Nelson Neal Nix Nunez Overbay Reynolds Rodriguez Romine Soriano Stewart Suzuki Teixeira Wells Youkilis Pitchers RECENT TRANSACTIONS Aug. 16 Signed INF Mark Reynolds as a free agent; optioned RHP Preston Claiborne to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; designated INF Luis Cruz for assignment. Aug. 17 Released INF Luis Cruz. Aug. 20 Recalled RHP Preston Claiborne from Triple-A Scranton/WB for split doubleheader only, pursuant to MLB 26th Man Rule (was returned to SWB following doubleheader). Aug. 21 Placed INF Jayson Nix on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured left hand and recalled RHP Preston Claiborne from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre EJECTIONS 3X in 2013 (5x in 2012) Player/Coach Dates (Umpire) Joe Girardi (2x)...8/18 at BOS (O Nora) and 5/31 vs. BOS (Vic Carapazza) Brett Gardner... 7/19 at BOS (Mike Everitt) In 2012 (5 Total : 4 by Joe Girardi, 1 by Kevin Long)

4 TONIGHT S STARTER: LHP CC SABATHIA (11-10, 4.83 ERA) LHP CC Sabathia, 33, will make his 27th start of the season tonight vs. the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field will be his 34th career start vs. Tampa Bay and fifth this season last started on 8/18 at Boston and earned the win in the 9-5 Yankees victory, allowing 6ER on 7H in 5.1IP (5BB, 5K, 1HR, 1WP) has earned the win in consecutive starts for the first time since 6/16-22 is in the fifth year of an eight-year contract (with a vesting option for 2017) re-signed with the Yankees on 10/31/11. (C)ONSISTENTLY (C)ONSISTENT: With the victory in his last start, has now recorded at least 11 wins in each of his first 13 seasons to begin his Major League career ( ) is just one of just four pitchers in the Modern Era (since 1900) to accomplish the feat: also Don Sutton (first 17 seasons, ), Eddie Plank (first 16 seasons, ) and Tom Seaver (also first 13 seasons, ). K-MACHINE: With 145K this season, has now recorded at least 139K in each of his first 13 Major League seasons joins Don Sutton (also first 13 seasons, ) as the only Major League pitchers in the Modern Era to record as many or more strikeouts in that many consecutive seasons from the start of their career. Is 1K shy of tying Allie Reynolds (967K) for the 12th-most strikeouts in Yankees franchise history (see chart to the right). OF LATE: Has won just two of his last eight starts since 7/9, going 2-4 with a 6.85 ERA (47.1IP, 36ER) has registered less than 6.0IP in five of those eight outings, 9H or more in three of those appearances and 6ER or more in three of those starts. SECOND-HALF PUSH: Is (.648) with a 3.45 ERA (1,212.2IP, 465ER) in 178 career starts following the All-Star Break his.648 second-half winning percentage is the third-highest among all active Major League hurlers - min: 170GS (teammate Andy Pettitte is second -.674, ) since joining the Yankees in 2009, has won 34 of 49 post-asg decisions, going with a 3.56 ERA (427.1IP, 169ER) in 62 starts over the stretch. DOH!: Has allowed 27 homers this season (15HR on the road, 12HR at home) the most that he has allowed in any one season during his Major League career ( ), surpassing his 22HR allowed last season. ON THE ROAD: Is with a 3.76 ERA (557.1IP, 233ER) in 82 starts on the road since joining the Yankees in 2009, marking the most such victories in the Majors over that time span. Has won just three of his last 12 starts on the road since 4/22/13, going 3-5 with a 6.19 ERA (75.2IP, 52ER) over the stretch has allowed 5ER or more and registered less than 7.0IP in six of those outings. SHAKY STARTS: Has allowed the first run of a game in 16 of his 26 starts this season and a first-inning run in eight of those outings six of his 27HR allowed this year have come in the opening frame of a game (allowed seven such homers over his previous four seasons combined). RIGHTING THE SHIP: Is 11-6 with a 3.23 ERA (136.1IP, 49ER) in 19 starts following a Yankees loss since the start of the 2012 season has tossed at least 7.0 innings in 16 of those appearances and allowed 3ER or less in 16 of those outings. #200: Earned his 200th career win on 7/3 vs. Minnesota at Target Field, becoming the 27th pitcher in MLB history, and just the eighth since the expansion era (since 1961), to win his 200th game before his 33rd birthday (also Don Drysdale, Catfish Hunter, Ferguson Jenkins, Greg Maddux, Juan Marichal, Jim Palmer and Tom Seaver) - credit: Elias. Elias also notes that Sabathia became the 92nd pitcher to win 200 career games in the modern era and the 111th hurler all-time to reach the plateau HIGHLIGHTS: Recorded his 37th career complete game on 7/9 vs. Kansas City was his ninth career complete-game loss and first since 7/21/11 at Tampa Bay was his 11th complete game as a Yankee. Sabathia s 10K on 5/31 vs. Boston marked the 17th time in his Yankees career that he struck out 10 or more batters in a game, tying Al Downing for third-most in franchise history. The Yankees turned a triple play in the eighth inning of Sabathia s start on 4/12 vs. Baltimore (scored , the first in Major League history) was just the team s second triple play turned since 1969 (also 4/22/10 at Oakland, , Rodriguez to Cano to Nick Johnson on a grounder hit by Kurt Suzuki), both coming with Sabathia on the mound. Made his 10th career Opening Day start and fifth straight with the Yankees on 4/1 vs. Boston became the sixth pitcher in franchise history to make at least five Opening Day starts and first since Ron Guidry made seven ( , 82-84, 86). CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Owns three seasons of at least 200K ( , 11), trailing only Johan Santana (five) for most among active LHPs. Has thrown a Major League-high 42,777 pitches since his debut in Won the 2007 AL Cy Young Award tied for tops in the AL in starts (34), tied for second in wins (19), tied for third in win pct. (.731) and ranked fifth in K s (209). Made his Major League debut in 2001 at 20 years old, going 17-5 with a 4.39 ERA in 33 starts with Cleveland, finishing second to current teammate Ichiro Suzuki in BBWAA Rookie of the Year voting. SABATHIA vs. TAMPA BAY Has won just four of his 22 starts against Tampa Bay since becoming a Yankee prior to 2009, going 4-11 with a 4.47 ERA (151.0IP, 75ER) over the span before joining the Yankees, owned a 7-1 record with a 2.44 ERA (81.0IP, 22ER) in 11 career starts vs. the Rays. Is 3-7 (.300) with a 4.39 ERA (108.2IP, 53ER) in 16 career starts at Tropicana Field, marking his lowest winning percentage in any current Major League park. Last started vs. Tampa Bay on 7/26/13 at Yankee Stadium and recorded the loss in the 10-6 Yankees defeat, allowing a season-high-tying 7ER on 9H in 5.0IP (3BB, 6K, 1WP). Last started vs. Tampa Bay on the road on 5/26/13 at Tropicana Field and recorded the loss in the 8-3 Yankees defeat, allowing 7ER on 8H in 7.0IP (1BB, 5K, 2HR, 1HP). SABATHIA S CAREER vs. TAMPA BAY W-L GS INN H ER ERA All Games Road REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHS IP (29x), last on 7/9/13 vs. KC H...13, on 7/15/06 at MIN R... 9 (5x), last on 10/2/09 at TB BB... 6 (3x), last on 4/22/10 at OAK K...14, on 7/26/11 vs. SEA HR...5, on 8/12/11 vs. TB 10K Games... 36, last on 5/31/13 vs. BOS Low-hit CG...1, last on 8/31/08 at PIT CG SHO...12, last on 7/10/11 vs. TB 2013 RUN SUPPORT AVG/9.0IP (89R /171.1IP) team record CAREER MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS SINCE 2001 WINS 1. CC SABATHIA Roy Halladay Mark Buehrle STRIKEOUTS 1. CC SABATHIA...2, Javier Vazquez...2, A.J. Burnett...2,041 INNINGS PITCHED 1. Mark Buehrle...2, CC SABATHIA...2, Roy Halladay...2,490.2 Most strikeouts in NYY History 11. Roger Clemens... 1, Allie Reynolds CC SABATHIA CAREER OPPONENT BATTING OVERALL: (2,544-for-10,304), 254HR VS. LHB: (534-for-2,289), 50HR VS. RHB: (2,010-for-8,015), 204HR CAREER REGULAR SEASON SPLITS SPLITS W-L GS IP H ER ERA Total , ,544 1, Home , , Away , , Day Night , , Pre-ASG , , Post-ASG , , March April May June July August SABATHIA S 2013 REGULAR SEASON PITCHING LINES Date/Opp Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA LEFT GAME 4/1 vs. BOS 2-8 L / Trailing 4-2 4/7 at DET* 7-0 W / Leading 3-0 4/12 vs. BAL 5-2 W / Leading 5-2 4/17 vs. ARIZ 4-3 W / Leading 4-3 4/22 at TB* 1-5 L / Trailing 5-1 4/27 vs. TOR 5-4 W / Leading 5-4 5/3 vs. OAK 0-2 L / Trailing 2-0 5/9 at COL 3-1 ND / Leading 2-1 5/14 vs. SEA 4-3 ND / Trailing 3-1 5/20 at BAL 6-4 ND / Trailing 4-2 5/26 at TB 3-8 L / Trailing 7-0 5/31 vs BOS* 4-1 W / Leading 4-1 6/5 vs. CLE (CG) 6-4 W / Leading 6-4 6/11 at OAK 4-6 L / Trailing 6-0 6/16 at LAA* 6-5 W / Leading 6-0 6/22 vs. TB 7-5 W / Leading 7-5 6/28 at BAL* 3-4 L / Trailing 4-3 7/3 at MIN 3-2 W / Leading 3-2 7/9 vs. KC (CG)* 1-3 L / Trailing 3-1 7/14 vs. MIN* 4-10 L / Trailing 8-3 7/21 at BOS 7-8 ND / Trailing 7-5 7/26 vs. TB 6-10 L / Trailing 7-1 8/2 at SD 2-7 L / Trailing 5-2 8/7 at CWS* 5-6 ND / Leading 4-3 8/13 vs. LAA 14-7 W / Leading 8-3 8/18 at BOS* 9-6 W / Leading Totals 26GS ML Totals 409GS , ,544 1,196 1, , NYY Totals 155GS , , *start came after a Yankees loss / Bold-season high / (CG) complete game SABATHIA S CAREER vs. CURRENT TAMPA BAY BATTERS Player AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K OBP SLG Yunel Escobar Sam Fuld Desmond Jennings Kelly Johnson Matt Joyce Jose Lobaton James Loney Evan Longoria Jose Molina Wil Myers Sean Rodriguez Ben Zobrist Has only faced the current Rays batters listed above in his career.

5 2013 YANKEE DOODLES #28 JOE GIRARDI MANAGER CAREER MANAGERIAL RECORD: CAREER WITH YANKEES: Was ejected in the second inning of Sunday s win at Boston by HP Umpire Brian O Nora for arguing after both benches were given warnings after Boston starter Ryan Dempster threw behind Rodriguez, then hit him to lead off the inning was his second ejection of the season (also 5/31 win vs. Boston by 2B Umpire Vic Carapazza for arguing a call at second base) has now been ejected 23 times in his career during the regular season, 20 times as a manager (18 as Yankees manager) and 19 times as a Yankee (also 8/6/99 as a player). Earned his 600 th managerial win on 7/1 at Minnesota won his 500 th game as Yankees manager on 5/10 at Kansas City reached the century mark in 844G, becoming the fifth-fastest in club history to reach the milestone Casey Stengel (790 games), Joe McCarthy (796), Joe Torre (833) and Miller Huggins (833). Managed his 1,000 th career game on 5/3 vs. Oakland (2-0 loss) his.568 ( ) managerial winning record is the highest by any skipper with at least 1,000 games managed since Hall of Famer Earl Weaver tallied a 1,480-1,060 (.583) mark over a 17-year managerial career ( and 85-86). The 2013 season marks his sixth as Manager of the New York Yankees at 48 years old, is the fifth-youngest manager in the Majors, behind Houston s Bo Porter (41), St. Louis Mike Matheny (42), Seattle s Eric Wedge (45) and Chicago-AL s Robin Ventura (46). #24 ROBINSON CANO 2B CURRENT HITTING STREAK: 0 SEASON HIGH: 12 Has hit safely in 15 of his last 18 games since 8/5, batting.406 (28-for-69) with 10R, 6 doubles, 2HR, 12RBI and 8BB. Was 0-for-4 with 1RBI in Friday s loss at Tampa Bay has reached base safely in 27 of his last 51PA (22H, 4BB, 1HP) on homestand was 8-for-16 with 3R, 2 doubles, 1HR and 5RBI in 4GS at 2B hit three-run HR (#23) in the third the 200 th home run of his career and was 4-for-4 with 1 double and 4RBI in Tuesday s Game 1 win vs. Toronto became the 16 th player in franchise history to reach the 200HR plateau. Has equaled a career high with 61BB in 2013 (also 12) has reached the 20-homer plateau for the fifth straight season, breaking a tie with Alfonso Soriano, Bret Boone and Lou Whitaker (each with four) for the second-most such seasons ever for an AL second baseman behind only Joe Gordon (seven). Has 1,571 hits, 355 doubles and 779RBI as a second baseman since his debut on 5/3/05, each most among all Major League 2B over the span (credit: Elias) his 200 career home runs are most by a Yankee whose primary position was 2B (ahead of Tony Lazzeri-169HR) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 40 2-hit (29) 3-hit (8) 4-hit (3) CAREER BESTS: H 5 HR 2 (13x) RBI 6 (2x) R 4 (3x) SB 1 (38x) HIT STREAK 23G #11 BRETT GARDNER OF CURRENT HITTING STREAK: 1 SEASON HIGH: 8 (4x) Was 2-for-2 with 2R, 1 triple, 1BB, 1SB and 1HP in Friday s loss at Tampa Bay has 11H in last 50AB on homestand was 1-for-12 with 1R, 1RBI and 1SF in 4G/3GS (2-CF/1-DH). Hit ninth-inning walk-off solo HR and was 1-for-5 in 8/11 win vs. Detroit was his first career walk-off HR and fifth walk-off hit became the first Yankee with two walk-off hits in a span of three-days-or-less since Claudell Washington in 1988 (credit: Elias) hit 10 th -inning walk-off single and was 3-for-5 with 2R, 1RBI, 1BB and 1SB in 8/9 win vs. Detroit was his first walk-off hit since 6/16/11 vs. Texas. Has hit a career-high 8HR in 2013 has 23HR in his career, with the Yankees going 20-3 in those games has stolen 160 bases in 197 career attempts (81.2%). Appeared in just 16 games with the Yankees in 2012, batting.323 (10-for-31) was placed on the 15-day D.L. on 4/19 with a right elbow strain was transferred to the 60-day on 6/26, underwent arthroscopic elbow surgery on 7/24 and was reinstated from the D.L. on 9/25 (missed 142 team games) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 33 2-hit (26) 3-hit (5) 4-hit (2) CAREER BESTS: H 5 HR 1 (23x) RBI 4 (2x) R 4 SB 3 (2x) HIT STREAK 11G (2x) #14 CURTIS GRANDERSON OF CURRENT HITTING STREAK: 0 SEASON HIGH: 5 (2x) Was 0-for-4 in Friday s loss at Tampa Bay and has 13H in last 37AB hit solo HR (#4) and was 1-for-3 with 2R and 1BB in Thursday s win vs. Toronto was his Major League-leading 31 st HR off lefty pitching since the start of 2011 on homestand was 3-for-10 with 2R, 1HR, 2RBI and 2BB in 3GS (2-CF/1-LF). Was returned from rehab on 8/1 and reinstated from the 60-day D.L. on 8/2 (missed 60 team games) was placed on the 15-day D.L. on 5/25 with a fractured left fifth metacarpal after a Ramos HBP in 5/24 win at Tampa Bay was transferred to the 60-day D.L. on 7/7. Missed the first 38 games of the season on the 15-day D.L. from 3/31 (retro. to 3/22)-5/14 with a right wrist fracture suffered the injury on a J.A. Happ HP in his first spring training PA on 2/24 vs. Toronto in five rehab starts (2-RF/2-LF/1-DH) with Scranton/WB, hit.400 (8-for-20) with 2R, 1HR and 3RBI. Hit.232 (138-for-596) with 102R, a career-high 43HR and 106RBI in 160G with the Yankees in 2012 tied the Rangers Josh Hamilton for second in the Majors in HR, trailing only AL Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera (44) his 43HR were the most by a Yankees CF since Mickey Mantle hit 54HR in MULTI-HIT GAMES: 6 2-hit (3) 3-hit (3) 4-hit (0) CAREER BESTS: H 5 (3x) HR 3 RBI 5 (6x) R 4 (2x) SB 3 HIT STREAK 15G #26 EDUARDO NUNEZ INF CURRENT HITTING STREAK: 3 SEASON HIGH: 4 Was 2-for-3 in Friday s loss at Tampa Bay and has 15H in last 40AB on homestand was 2-for-8 with 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1SH and 1SB in 3GS at SS. Was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 5/12 (retro. to 5/6) with a left oblique strain and transferred to the 60-day D.L. on 6/14 (missed 56 games) was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 60-day D.L. on 7/6. Hit.272 (26-for-89) with 14R, 1HR and 11RBI in 38G in two stints with the Yankees in 2012 (4/6-5/11, 9/1-10/3) appeared at 2B, 3B, SS, LF, RF and DH (starting in all but RF) also played 38G for Scranton/WB, hitting.227 (37-for-163) w/ 2HR and 16RBI spent time on the D.L. (5/20-7/23) with right thumb inflammation MULTI-HIT GAMES: 14 2-hit (9) 3-hit (5) 4-hit (0) CAREER BESTS: H 4 HR 1 (8x) RBI 4 (2x) R 3 SB 3 HIT STREAK 8G #55 LYLE OVERBAY INF CURRENT HITTING STREAK: 0 SEASON HIGH: 6 Has four go-ahead HR this season, three in the seventh inning or later (4/28 vs. Toronto-seventh, 5/20 at Baltimore-seventh and 5/25 at Tampa Bay-11 th ) has 13HR in 2013, surpassing his total from the last two seasons combined (9HR in 2011, 2HR in 2012) owns a team-high 11 game-winning RBI in Did not play in Friday s loss at Tampa Bay (flu-like symptoms) has 7H in last 22AB on homestand was 0-for-4 with 1BB in 2GS at 1B. Was signed by the Yankees to a minor league contract on 3/26/13 was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the 25-man roster on 3/ MULTI-HIT GAMES: 17 2-hit (11) 3-hit (5) 4-hit (1) CAREER BESTS: H 5 HR 2 (9x) RBI 7 R 3 (13x) SB 1 (15x) HIT STREAK 18G #39 MARK REYNOLDS INF CURRENT HITTING STREAK: 0 SEASON HIGH: 6 Was 0-for-2 with 1BB in Friday s loss at Tampa Bay is 3-for-19 since joining the Yankees on homestand was 0-for-10 with 1R and 2BB in 4G/2GS at 1B. Hit two-run HR (#16) his first as a Yankee in his first plate appearance and was 2-for-5 with 3RBI in 8/16 win at Boston, starting at 1B became the 14 th Yankee in the Expansion Era (since 1961) to homer in his first plate appearance with the team and first since Andruw Jones on 4/5/11 vs. Minnesota was signed by the Yankees as a free agent and selected to the 25-man roster prior to the game. In 99G with Cleveland this season, hit.215 (72-for-335) with 40R, 8 doubles, 15HR and 48RBI was designated for assignment on 8/8 and released on 8/14. Spent the 2012 season with the Orioles, batting.221 (101-for-457) with 65R, 26 doubles, 23HR and 69RBI in 135 games. Over parts of seven Major League seasons, has played for Arizona ( ), Baltimore ( ) and Cleveland (2013) was originally selected by Arizona in the 16 th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft has hit 10 career home runs off Red Sox pitching, trailing only his 14HR vs. the Yankees for his most against any American League opponent MULTI-HIT GAMES: 20 2-hit (18) 3-hit (2) 4-hit (0) CAREER BESTS: H 5 HR 2 (19x) RBI 5 (5x) R 4 SB 4 HIT STREAK 12G #13 ALEX RODRIGUEZ 3B CURRENT HITTING STREAK: 0 SEASON HIGH: 6 Is 16-for-61 (.262) with 8R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 6RBI, 7BB, 2SB and 2HP in 16GS since returning to the Yankees. Was 0-for-4 in Friday s loss at Tampa Bay on homestand was 1-for-10 with 2R, 2BB and 1SB in 3GS (2-3B/1-DH). Hit solo HR (#1) and was 2-for-4 with 2RBI in 8/11 win vs. Detroit the HR marked his 1,951 st career RBI, surpassing Stan Musial (1,950) for sole possession of fifth place on Baseball s all-time RBI list. Made his season debut in 8/5 loss at Chicago-AL, starting at 3B and going 1-for-4 was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 60-day D.L. prior to the game missed the first 110 games of the season recovering from left hip surgery performed on 1/16 at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. In 15 rehab games with Single-A Charleston (2G), Single-A Tampa (6G), Double-A Trenton (4G) and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (3G), combined to bat.214 (9-for-42) with 6R, 1 double, 3HR, 10RBI and 6BB began a rehab assignment on 7/2 was diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain of his left quadriceps on 7/21 returned to Tampa for rest and treatment before beginning a second rehab assignment on 8/2 with Trenton. Ranks fifth on Baseball s all-time list with 649HR (Willie Mays is fourth with 660HR) owns 23 grand slams, tied with Lou Gehrig for most all-time MULTI-HIT GAMES: 4 2-hit (3) 3-hit (1) 4-hit (0) CAREER BESTS: H 5 (5x) HR 3 (4x) RBI 10 R 5 (2x) SB 3 (2x) HIT STREAK 23G