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1 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2015 (2014) Standing in AL East: nd, -2.5G Current Streak: Won 1 Current Road Trip: Recent Homestand: Home Record: (43-38) Road Record: (41-40) Day Record: (32-24) Night Record: (52-54) Pre-All-Star (47-47) Post-All-Star (37-31) vs. AL East: (37-39) vs. AL Central: (19-16) vs. AL West: (15-16) vs. National League: (13-7) vs. RH starters: (60-58) vs. LH starters: (24-20) Yankees Score First: (47-25) Opp. Score First: (37-53) Leading After 6: (67-10) Trailing After 6: (7-53) Tied After 6: (9-14) Leading After 7: (68-5) Trailing After 7: (5-58) Tied After 7: (10-14) Leading After 8: (69-2) Trailing After 8: (5-61) Tied After 8: (9-14) Extra-Inning Games: (7-7) One-run Games: (28-24) Two (or fewer)-run Games: (50-37) NYY Scores 5 or more: (48-11) NYY Scores 4 or more: (63-21) NYY Scores 3 or less: (21-57) NYY Scores 2 or less: (7-43) Opp. Scores 5 or more: (9-49) Opp. Scores 4 or less: (75-29) Opp. Scores 3 or less: (62-17) Opp. Scores 2 or less: (44-9) Yankees No Errors: (55-43) Yankees Make Error(s): (29-35) NYY Starter Goes 6: (60-40) Come-From-Behind Wins: (41) Yankees hit 0HR: (29-35) Yankees hit at least 1HR: (55-43) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: (17-19) Walk-off Wins: (9) Walk-off Losses: (9) Series Record: ( ) Series Record, home: ( ) Series Record, road: ( ) Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:.. 9 (7) / 4 (5) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Sept. 23, 2005: Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the first inning against Toronto s Ted Lilly en route to a 5-0 Yankees victory. The Yankees have led off a game with back-to-back homers seven times, with five of those occurrences involving Jeter. Sept. 23, 2001: Yankee Stadium hosts A Prayer for America service for those lost on Sept. 11. It is the first large-scale and formally staged program offered in memory of those killed or missing and presumed dead in the terrorist assault on the World Trade Center towers. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Sept. 24, 1929: Yankees pitcher Tom Zachary improves to 12-0 with a 5-3 win over Boston. His mark remains the Major League record for most wins in a single season without a loss. FRIDAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Sept. 25, 2014: Derek Jeter plays his final game at Yankee Stadium, going 2-for-5 with 3RBI, including a gamewinning, walk-off single in the ninth in a 6-5 win over Baltimore. Sept. 25, 1998: The Yankees establish an AL record with their 112th win of the season (6-1 vs. TB at Yankee Stadium) en route to 114 regular season victories, a mark surpassed by the Mariners in 2001 (116). UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Sat., 9/26 vs. Chicago-AL: Limited-Edition Yankee Stadium Exclusive Ty(R) Beanie Ballz Day, 1st 10,000 guests Sun., 9/27 vs. Chicago-AL: Limited- Edition Yankee Stadium Exclusive Ty(R) Beanie Buddy(R) Day, 1st 10,000 guests Official Game Information Yankee Stadium One East 161st Street Bronx, NY Phone: (718) media@yankees.com World Series Champions: 1923, 27-28, 32, 36-39, 41, 43, 47, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 77-78, 96, , 09 NEW YORK YANKEES (83-67) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (86-65) RHP Ivan Nova (6-8, 5.11) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (2-0, 3.00) Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Rogers Centre 7:07 p.m. ET Game #151 Road Game #78 TV: YES/ESPN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM AT A GLANCE: The Yankees tonight finish their three-game series in Toronto against the Blue Jays, whom they trail by 2.5G in the AL East race are 5-3 on their nine-game (10- day) road trip after winning 2-of-3 both at Tampa Bay and at the Mets return to the Bronx tomorrow to begin their final homestand of the season, which includes 4G vs. Chicago-AL (Thurs.-Sun.) and 4G vs. Boston (9/28-10/1). Are 6-3 in their last 9G following a five-game losing streak prior to their 6-8 stretch, were a season-high 18 games above.500 on 9/7 (had been their most games above.500 since concluding the 2012 season 28G over at 95-67). Own the AL s third-best record and MLB s eighth-best record. Trail first-place Toronto by 2.5G in the AL East have been out of first place for 30 of the last 31 days after 41 consecutive days with at least a share of first (7/3-8/12). Are in their last 22 series since 7/3, including in their last 13 series since 8/7 and from 7/3-8/6. Play 26 of their final 33 games (beginning 8/31) vs. AL East opponents (9/18-20 at the Mets, 9/24-27 vs. Chicago-AL) are to start this stretch. YESTERDAY S NEWS: The Yankees defeated the Blue Jays in Toronto in the second game of their three-game series, 6-4 in 10 innings 1B Greg Bird (2-for-5) homered for the third straight game, a three-run HR in the 10th to break a 3-3 tie RHP Luis Severino (6.0IP, 3H, 2ER, 3BB, 3K, 1HR) has allowed 2R-or-fewer in seven of his first nine career starts CF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for-5) doubled twice for his third straight multi-hit game SS Didi Gregorius (3-for-5) broke out of a 3-for-27 slump with his seventh game with at least 3H RF Carlos Beltran (2-for-3) hit a go-ahead solo HR in the eighth LHP Andrew Miller (2.0IP, 3H, 2ER, 2BB/1IBB, 4K, 2HR) threw a season-high 42 pitches, suffering his second blown save of the season but earning the win in relief. THE PEN IS MIGHTIER: Yankees relievers lead the Majors with 559K, the third-highest strikeout total by a bullpen in Major League history are 12K shy of their AL-record 571K, which they set in 2014, and 30K shy of the Major League record of 589K by Colorado in RHP Dellin Betances (122K) and LHP Andrew Miller (93K) rank first and fourth among MLB relievers, respectively marks the second consecutive year that two Yankees relievers have recorded at least 90K, and fourth time in team history: Betances/Robertson in 2014; Rivera/Nelson in 1996; Howell/Righetti in GOING AWAY: The Yankees (42-35,.545) have clinched a winning road record for the 19th time in the last 20 seasons since 1996 (went in 2013) own the second-best road record in the AL (Texas, 42-34,.553) and fourth-best in the Majors this season. Since 7/1, their AL-best (.647) road record is second-best in the Majors (Mets, 26-11,.703) are 13-5 in their last 18 road games since 8/13. Have won five consecutive road series for the first time since 5/30-7/3/11, when they went 11-4 over five, threegame series at Oakland, Los Angeles-AL, Chicago-NL, Cincinnati and the Mets the last time the Yankees won six consecutive road series was 6/8-7/29/10, when they went 15-5 while winning series at Baltimore, Arizona, Los Angeles-NL, Oakland, Seattle and Cleveland. ELL ON WHEELS: CF Jacoby Ellsbury went 2-for-5 with two doubles on Tuesday, giving him three consecutive multi-hit games is 11-for-25 (.440) during his six-game hitting streak. In his 97 starts this season, the Yankees are when he reaches safely via H/BB/HP at least twice and when he reaches once or not at all. Since the start of 2013, has hit safely in 23-of-25 games at Rogers Centre while reaching via H/BB/HP in all but one is batting.431 (22-for-51) with 7R, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2HR and 8RBI during his current 12-game hitting streak at Toronto (since 6/24/14), which is the longest by a visitor since the Yankees Nick Swisher s 12-game streak from 8/23/10-9/16/11 the last visiting player with a longer hitting streak here was Richie Sexson (15G, 5/4/00-7/15/06). YANKEES MOURN YOGI BERRA: Hall of Fame Yankees C Yogi Berra passed away Tuesday night at the age of 90 beloved by generations of baseball fans, Berra was part of the foundation of the dominant Yankees teams from the end of World War II through the early 1960s although he never led the league in a single major offensive category, he is one of just 10 players all time to win at least three Most Valuable Awards selected to play in the All-Star Game in 15 successive seasons from , he played on 14 pennant winners and an all-time record 10 World Champions he led the Yankees to the 1964 pennant as manager and was elected to the Hall of Fame in Berra s passing came exactly 69 years to the day after he made his Major League debut for the Yankees on 9/22/46 vs. Philadelphia-AL (Game 1), going 2-for-4 with two-run HR in a 4-3 win. The Yankees will wear the No. 8 on their left jersey sleeves tonight in memory of Berra. IT S MAGIC, YOU KNOW: Entering tonight s game, the Yankees magic number to clinch a postseason berth is 7. COMING UP BIG, BIRD: 1B Greg Bird hit a three-run HR in the 10th inning Tuesday to give the Yankees a 6-3 lead has homered in three straight games and five of his last 7G each of his last 5H are extra-base hits, as well as nine of his last 10, 11 of his last 13 and 13 of his last 17 (5 doubles, 8HR) has a careerlong seven-game hitting streak and 10-game on-base streak has six go-ahead HRs since 8/19; no other Yankee has more than two. Is tied with Chris Davis for the AL lead with 8HR this month (tied for fourth in MLB). Is one of five MLB rookies to hit at least 8HR in a month this season, joining Joc Pederson (9HR in May), Maikel Franco (8HR in June), Miguel Sano (9HR in August), Kyle Schwarber (9HR in August). Marks the seventh time ever that a Yankees rookie has hit at least 8HR in a calendar month, the first since Shane Spencer hit 8HR in Sept According to Elias, Bird is the first Yankees rookie to hit an extra-inning home run in a road victory since 7/14/62, when Tom Tresh hit a two-run HR in the 10th inning off the Angels Dean Chance in a 9-8 win at Dodger Stadium. His 10HR are the third-most through 34G in Yankees history (Kevin Maas-13HR, Shane Spencer-11HR) is one of two players since 2009 to hit at least 10HR in his first 34G, joining the White Sox Jose Abreu (12HR) in His 28RBI through 34G are the sixth-most by a Yankee in his first 34G since 1914 (DiMaggio-37, Mantle-31, Spencer-30, Lazzeri-29, Selkirk-29). Is batting.370 (20-for-54) with 4 doubles, 8HR, 26RBI, 9BB and a OPS with runners on, compared to.164 (11- for-67) with 3 doubles, 2HR, 6BB and a.531 OPS with the bases empty. DREAM WEAVERS: Yankees batters have hit a clubrecord 46HR of at least three runs in 2015 (39 three-run HRs, 7 grand slams), 19 more than the next-highest team in 2015 (Toronto-27) marks the third-highest total in Major League history (1996 Mariners 53, 2000 Cardinals 48) 15 different Yankees have hit at least one three-run HR or grand slam in Lead the Majors with MOST HR IN A MONTH, ROOKIES, YANKEES HISTORY PLAYER HR MO. Joe DiMaggio 9 Aug Tom Tresh 9 Aug Tony Lazzeri 8 June 1926 Kevin Maas 8 July 1990 Kevin Maas 8 Aug Shane Spencer 8 Sept GREG BIRD 8 Sept HOME RUNS OF 3+ RUNS, MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY YEAR/TEAM NO. 3R / GS 1996 Mariners / Cardinals / YANKEES / 7 a.484 slugging pct. with RISP (TOR-.483), the team s highest SLG with RISP in the last 40 seasons (since 1974). Rank third in the Majors with 205HR (TOR-213, HOU-209), their first 200-homer season since 2012 (245HR). Have homered in 15-of-16 games since 9/6 (25HR total), including an 11-game HR streak from 9/6-16 that was their second-longest HR streak since the start of the 2013 season (13G from 7/25-8/7/15) have homered in a Major League-high 113 games this season. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Thurs., 9/24 vs. Chicago-AL RHP Michael Pineda (11-8, 4.10) vs. LHP Chris Sale (12-10, 3.47) 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Fri., 9/25 vs. Chicago-AL LHP CC Sabathia (5-9, 4.80) vs. LHP Carlos Rodon (8-6, 3.78) 7:05 p.m. YES Sat., 9/26 vs. Chicago-AL RHP Adam Warren (6-7, 3.46) vs. LHP John Danks (7-13, 4.59) 4:05 p.m. WPIX Sun., 9/27 vs. Chicago-AL RHP Luis Severino (4-3, 3.10) vs. RHP Jeff Samardzija (10-13, 5.04) 1:05 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 at TORONTO OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees are 6-12 against the Blue Jays this season, their most losses ever to Toronto in one season snapped a four-game losing streak to the Jays on 9/13 went 2-1 from 8/14-16 at Toronto, their first series win vs. the Blue Jays since 4/4-6/14 (2-1) have lost seven of their last nine series to Toronto since 6/23/14 were swept by the Blue Jays on 8/7-9 and were shut out in consecutive games on 8/8-9 for the first time since 5/12-13/99 vs. Anaheim IN SEASON SERIES: Have lost their first season series since 2010 (8-10) have won 12 of the last 15 since 2001 (went 8-10 in 2010 and 9-9 in 2008; are 5-11 in 2015) AT ROGERS CENTRE: Are 4-4 at Rogers Centre in 2015 have a sub-.500 record at Rogers Centre in each of the last five seasons, club s longest active streak of losing seasons at any AL park had a 4-5 mark at Rogers Centre in each of the last four years ( ) and went 3-6 there in NYY BATTERS vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (CAREER) AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Dustin Ackley Carlos Beltran Greg Bird Stephen Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Chase Headley Slade Heathcott Brian McCann John Ryan Murphy Rico Noel Jose Pirela Rob Refsnyder Alex Rodriguez Austin Romine Brendan Ryan Gary Sanchez Chris Young NYY BATTERS vs. RHP MARCUS STROMAN AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Dustin Ackley Carlos Beltran Greg Bird Stephen Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Chase Headley Slade Heathcott Brian McCann John Ryan Murphy Rico Noel Jose Pirela Rob Refsnyder Alex Rodriguez Austin Romine Brendan Ryan Gary Sanchez Chris Young NYY vs. TORONTO in 2015 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/6 at NYY L /8 at NYY W /9 at NYY L /4 at TOR L /5 at TOR W /6 at TOR L /7 at NYY L 1-2 (10) 2-5 8/8 at NYY L /9 at NYY L /14 at TOR W /15 at TOR W /16 at TOR L /10 at NYY ppd., rain 9/11 at NYY L /12 (1) at NYY L /12 (2) at NYY L /13 at NYY W /21 at TOR L /22 at TOR W /23 at TOR Total in All-time vs. TOR: All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at current Yankee Stad.: All-time at Rogers Centre: UP NEXT: vs. CHICAGO-AL (Thurs.-Sun.) On Thursday, the Yankees and White Sox play the fourth of 7G between the clubs this season the Yankees went to 2-1 against the White Sox earlier this year (7/31-8/2) at U.S. Cellular Field their upcoming series marks the Yankees final out-of-division series of the 2015 regular season are 10-3 in their last 13G vs. Chicago, and since 8/2/09 AT YANKEE STADIUM: Have a current eight-game home win streak vs. Chicago dating back to 6/30/12, longest home win streak vs. White Sox since 9G, 9/19/51-7/19/52 are 15-5 vs. the White Sox at the current Yankee Stadium and 24-9 in 33 home games vs. Chicago since the start of the 2005 season. NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2015 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR ATL MIA NYM PHI WAS Games Record Home Road TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak (6/1-9) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road (5/25-6/9) / 6 (4/21-5/3) Longest Losing Streak (5/17-24) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road (9/8-12-G2) / 5 (5/17-29) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games :56 (7/31 at CWS) / 6:49 (4/10 vs. BOS, 19 inn.) Longest Game, Innings inn. (4/10 vs. BOS) Shortest Game, Time, All Games :18 (5/4 at TOR) Most LOB, All Games (8/31 at BOS) Most Errors, All Games , 5x (last: 9/14 at TB) Largest Margin of Victory (7/28 at TEX, 21-5) Largest Margin of Defeat (8/25 vs. HOU, 1-15) Highest Paid Attendance, Home / Road ,608 (8/6 vs. BOS) / 49,243 (8/29 at ATL) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning (7/28 at TEX) / 11 (7/28 at TEX, 2nd inn.) Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games (8/30 at ATL) / Same Most Hits, Inning (7/28 at TEX, 2nd inn.) Most Home Runs, All Games , 4x (last: 9/2 at BOS) Shut Out (last: 8/9 vs. TOR) Fewest Hits, All Games , 2x (last: 6/30 at LAA) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games (9/1 at BOS) / 16, 2x (4/29 vs. TB and 8/11 at CLE) Most Walks, All Games (7/28 at TEX) Most Stolen Bases, All Games (4/28 vs. TB) Hitting Streak, 2015, Season / Current G (Beltran, 5/8-27) / 7G (Bird, 9/15-pres.) Walk-off Wins (7/3 vs. TB, 7/4 vs. TB, 8/17 vs. MIN & 8/24 vs. HOU) TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning , 2x (8/25 vs. HOU & 5/23 vs. TEX) / 10 (5/23 vs. TEX, 3rd inn.) Most Earned Runs Allowed, Game (5/23 vs. TEX) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games (6/22 vs. PHI) / 18, 2x (last: 6/22 vs. PHI) Most Hits Allowed, Inning (6/16 at MIA, 1st inn.) Fewest Hits Allowed, Game , 5x (last: 7/28 at TEX) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game , 2x (9/11 vs. TOR, 6/21 vs. DET) Most Walks, 9 inn. / All Games (8/23 vs. CLE) / Same Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games (5/10 vs. BAL) / Same Most SB Allowed, All Games (7/12 at BOS) Shutouts (9/19 at NYM, 9/13 vs. TOR, 8/24 vs. HOU, 4/18 at TB) CGs (last: Tanaka, 8/15 at TOR) Walk-Off Losses (5/19 at WAS, 7/30 at TEX and 8/11 at CLE) 2015 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 5 (Gardner, 7/28 at TEX); Hits- 4, 9x (last: Gregorius, 8/31 at BOS); Doubles- 2, 17x (last: Ellsbury, 9/23 at TOR); Triples- 1, 16x (last: Ackley, 9/19 at NYM); HR- 3 (Rodriguez, 7/25 at MIN); RBI- 6, 3x (last: Gardner, 9/12 vs. TOR-G2); BB- 3, 9x (last: Headley, 9/20 at NYM); SB- 2, 4x (last: Ellsbury, 5/5 at TOR). PITCHING: IP in Start- 9.0 (Tanaka, 8/15 at TOR); IP in Relief- 5.1 (Moreno, 7/28 at TEX); Hits- 11, 2x (last: Pineda: 6/22 vs. PHI); Runs- 8, 2x (last: Pineda, 6/22 vs. PHI); ER- 8, 2x (last: Pineda, 6/22 vs. PHI); BB- 5 (Capuano, 7/28 at TEX); K- 16 (Pineda, 5/10 vs. BAL); HR- 3, 7x (last: Pineda, 9/12 vs. TOR-G1). FIELDING: Errors- 2, 2x (Ryan, 9/14 at TB, Pirela, 7/5 vs. TB) STARTS BY POSITION PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Ackley Beltran Bird Ellsbury Figueroa Flores Gardner Gregorius Headley Heathcott Jones McCann Murphy Petit Pirela Refsnyder Rodriguez Ryan Williams Young STARTS BY BATTING ORDER PLAYER Ackley Beltran Bird Ellsbury Figueroa Flores Gardner Gregorius Headley Heathcott Jones McCann Murphy Petit Pirela Refsnyder Rodriguez Ryan Williams Young Pitchers YANKEES HOME RUNS MOST RECENT HRs NYY AB Since Ackley 5 9/20/15 at NYM (Robles) Beltran 0 9/22/15 at TOR (Hendriks) Bird 0 9/22/15 at TOR (Lowe) 29 9/2/15 at BOS (Cook) Ellsbury 85 8/30/15 at ATL (Teheran) Gardner 35 9/12/15 vs. TOR-G2 (Francis) Gregorius 41 9/11/15 vs. TOR (Hawkins) Headley 43 9/12/15 vs. TOR-G1 (Estrada) Heathcott 1 9/14/15 at TB (Boxberger) McCann 13 9/19/15 at NYM (Syndergaard) Murphy 9 9/7/15 vs. BAL (Chen) Noel - No MLB HRs Pirela 29 6/7/15 vs. LAA (Wilson) Refsnyder 7 7/12/15 at BOS (Ogando) Rodriguez 15 9/15/15 at TB (Odorizzi) Romine 59 8/4/13 at SD (Thayer) Ryan 248 9/13/13 at BOS (Lackey) Sanchez - No MLB HRs Young 29 8/28/15 at ATL (Gomes) 1st INNING LEADOFF HRs 1x in 2015 / 6x in 2014 Ellsbury 8/2 at CWS (Samardzija) MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / BACK-TO-BACK HRs 15x/4x in 2015 / 9x/5x in 2014 s Date/Opp. (Inning) Last: Rodriguez/Murphy Last b2b: McCann/Rodriguez 9/7 vs. BAL (5th) 9/6 vs. TB (6th) 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) Beltran Jones Rodriguez PINCH-HIT HRs 4x in 2015 / 2x in /14 at TOR (Sanchez) 5/22 vs. TEX (Scheppers) 5/1 at BOS (Tazawa) GS-4/13 at BAL (Hunter) GRAND SLAMS 7x in 2015 / 2x in 2014 Rodriguez 8/18 vs. MIN (Graham) 7/31 at CWS (Rodon) Young 7/28 at TEX (Rodriguez) McCann 6/27 at HOU (Oberholtzer) 6/1 at SEA (Hernandez) Young 4/18 at TB (Balfour) 4/13 at BAL (Hunter) WALK-OFF HRs 1x in 2015 / 4x in 2014 McCann 7/3 vs. TB (Geltz) MULTI-HR GAMES 12x in 2015 / 5x in 2014 Gardner 9/12 vs. TOR-G2 (Stroman/Francis) Bird 8/19 vs. MIN (Santana-2) 7/31 at CWS (Rodon/Albers) 7/30 at TEX (Gallardo/Kela) Rodriguez-3HR 7/25 at MIN (Milone-2/Perkins) 7/8 vs. OAK (Scribner-2) 6/21 vs. DET (Sanchez/Soria) Beltran 6/20 vs. DET (Simon/Krol) 6/9 vs. WAS (Scherzer/Hill) 6/5 vs. LAA (Weaver-2) 4/24 vs. NYM (degrom-2) Rodriguez 4/17 at TB (Karns/Frieri) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 0x in 2015 / 0x in 2014 None in 2015 Last by NYY: (Granderson, 8/21/11 at MIN off Mijares) RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE HRs: 205 / Runs: 728 / Runs via HR: 353 (48.5%) Solo: 110 / 2-Run: 49 / 3-Run: 39 / Grand Slams: 7 IN 2014: HRs: 147 / Runs: 624 / Runs via HR: 209 (33.5%) IN 2014: Solo (99) / 2R (36) / 3R (10) / GS (2) YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LIST (7) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Chase Whitley Right elbow sprain 5/15 60-day (114) Sergio Santos Right elbow inflammation 6/19 (retro 6/16) 60-day (87) Mason Williams Right shoulder inflammation 6/21 (retro 6/20) 60-day (83) Diego Moreno Right elbow inflammation 8/2 60-day (47) Mark Right shin bone bruise 9/4 (retro 8/27) 15-day (24) Domingo German UCL reconstruction surgery 9/1 60-day (20) Jacob Lindgren Left elbow surgery 9/7 60-day (15) Reinstated from D.L. in 2015 (16) 2015 Season: 22 players in 23 stints / 2014 Season: 16 players in 17 stints 2015 PLAYERS USED (54) P (31): RHP Bailey, RHP Betances, RHP Burawa, LHP Capuano, RHP Carpenter, RHP Cotham, RHP Davies, LHP De Paula, RHP Eovaldi, RHP Goody, LHP Lindgren, RHP Martin, LHP Miller, RHP Mitchell, RHP Moreno, RHP Nova, LHP Pazos, RHP Pinder, RHP Pineda, RHP Ramirez, RHP Rogers, RHP Rumbelow, LHP Sabathia, RHP Santos, RHP Severino, LHP Shreve, RHP Tanaka, LHP Tracy, RHP Warren, RHP Whitley, LHP Wilson; C (2): McCann, Murphy; INF (12): Bird,, Figueroa, Gregorius, Headley, Jones, Petit, Pirela, Refsnyder, Rodriguez, Ryan, ; OF (9): Ackley, Beltran, Ellsbury, Flores, Gardner, Heathcott, Noel, Williams, Young. MISCELLANEOUS EJECTIONS (6x in 2015) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) Joe Girardi (4x) 9/20 at NYM (Hirschbeck), 8/20 vs. CLE (Iassogna), 6/24 vs. PHI (Porter), 6/7 vs. LAA (Bellino) CC Sabathia 6/7 vs. LAA (Bellino) Larry Rothschild 5/19 at WAS (Joyce) IN 2015: By player (1) / By manager (3) / By coach (1) IN 2014: By player (6) / By manager (4) / By coach (3) COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER Year After Game 150 After Game (2nd, -2.5) -- (--,--) (3rd, -14.5) (2nd, -14.5) (4th, -12.5) (4th, -12.5) (1st, +1.0) (1st, +1.0) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Ppd. (1) /10 vs. TOR Rain Delays at Start (2) /22 vs. BAL (0:15); 6/23 vs. PHI (1:21) Delays In-Game (2)...4/10 vs. BOS (0:16, power surge); 9/12-G2 vs. TOR (0:33, rain) Games Called Early (0) None IN 2014: Ppd. (5) / Delays at Start (5) / Delays In-Game (4) Last Susp. Game: 5/25/11 at MIN Resumed 5/26/11, 1-0 win REPLAY CHALLENGES Total instances of replay use in Yankees games: 59 NYY Challenges: 27 (20 overturned, 4 confirmed, 3 stand) Opp. Challenges: 24 (13 overturned, 5 confirmed, 6 stand) By Umps: 8 (2 overt d, 5 conf d, 1 stand, 0 rec. keeping) IN 2014 (64): NYY (23-3-2) / Opp. (16-5-5) / Umps ( ) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS Sept. 8 Reinstated LHP CC Sabathia from the 15-day disabled list. Sept. 9 Outrighted OF Tyler Austin to Double-A Trenton. Sept. 11 Recalled RHP Chris Martin from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Sept. 12 Recalled OF Slade Heathcott and C Gary Sanchez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

3 TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP IVAN NOVA (6-8, 5.11 ERA) RHP Ivan Nova is scheduled to make his 15th start of the season tonight at Toronto is making a spot start after Masahiro Tanaka was scratched with a strained right hamstring marks his 101st career start has not pitched since taking the loss in the second game of the doubleheader on 9/12 vs. Toronto is 1-4 with an 8.74 ERA (22.2IP, 22ER) in his last five starts while allowing a.330 opp. BA (33-for-100) has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 10 of his 14 starts, including four of the last six was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list on 6/24 and began his season with 11.2 scoreless innings missed the first 71 games of the season on the D.L. while recovering from "Tommy John" surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, which was performed on 4/29/14 by Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, Fla.. finished fourth in 2011 AL Rookie of the Year voting after going 16-4 with a 3.70 ERA (165.1IP, 68ER) in 28 games (27 starts), the most wins by a Yankees rookie since Stan Bahnsen went in 1968 made his Major League debut with the Yankees on 5/13/10 at Detroit was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 7/15/04. LAST START: Has not pitched since taking the loss in the second game of the doubleheader on 9/12 vs. Toronto, a 10-7 defeat for the Yankees (1.2IP, 7H, 6ER, 2BB, 1K, 1HR, 1WP) allowed all 6R in the second inning, yielding 6H including three doubles and a HR by Pennington as well as two hit batsmen and two wild pitches marked the shortest start of his career. VS. TORONTO: Is 5-4 with a 5.54 ERA (63.1IP, 39ER) in 13 games (12 starts) in his career vs. the Blue Jays has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in six of his 12 starts prior to allowing 6ER in 1.2IP in his last start, had not permitted more than 4ER in any of his first 11 starts has surrendered just 7HR to Toronto, with no more than one HR allowed in any game allowed 3ER-or-fewer in each of his first five career starts, going 3-0 with a 3.23 ERA (30.2IP, 11ER) and recording 22K over his last seven starts since 9/27/12, has gone 2-3 with a 7.59 ERA (32.0IP, 27ER) and has allowed Toronto hitters to bat.323 (42-for-130) against him. Is 2-2 with a 4.80 ERA (30.0IP, 16ER) in six games (five starts) at Rogers Centre, including a win on 8/14 (7.0IP, 5H, 3ER, 1BB, 3K). BUSINESS TRAVELER: Is with a 4.13 ERA (292.0IP, 134ER) in 52 road appearances (47 starts) in his career ranks 10th among active pitchers (min. 30 decisions) with a.622 career road winning pct. is 8-11 with a 4.77 ERA (145.1IP, 77ER) in his last 26 games (24 starts) on the road (since 6/23/12) after going 15-3 with a 3.50 ERA (146.2IP, 57ER) in his first 26 career road games (23 starts). Is 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA (24.0IP, 9ER) in his last four road starts had won his previous three road starts prior to taking a loss on 8/31 at Boston (6.0IP, 3ER) marked his longest road winning streak since his 12-game winning streak on the road from 6/20/11-6/17/12. RISP-Y BUSINESS: Has held opponents to a.215 BA (17-for-79) with RISP this season has held opponents to a.246 average (137-for-556) with RISP for his career, compared to.281 (511-for-1,819) in all other situations. Has allowed 4H with RISP in two of his last four starts (held opponents to 3H-or-fewer with RISP in his previous 44G/41 starts). WINNING WAYS: Nova is in 100 career starts, and his.616 winning pct. as a starter ranks 13th among active pitchers (min. 50 decisions). DECISIONS, DECISIONS: Has taken a decision in each of his first 14 starts this season marks the Yankees' longest streak to start a season since Andy Hawkins took decisions in his first 24 starts in 1989 marks the third-longest streak in the Majors this season behind Cleveland's Carlos Carrasco (17) and the Mets' Bartolo Colon (15). 2015: The Yankees are 6-8 in his 14 starts won three consecutive starts from 7/22-8/2, going 3-0 with a 2.65 ERA (17.0IP, 5ER) during the streak marked the first time he had won three consecutive starts since 5/25-6/17/12 has held right-handed batters to a.219 (30-for-137) average this season while lefties are hitting.314 (50-for-159) in 2015, is allowing a.322 (37-for-115) BA the first time through the order, second time:.252 (27- for-107), third time:.208 (15-for-72). SCORELESS DEBUT: Threw 6.2 scoreless innings (3H, 2BB, 1K) to win his season debut in the homestand finale on 6/24 vs. Philadelphia, avoiding a sweep marked his first start since 4/19/14 at Tampa Bay marked the fourth scoreless start by a Yankees pitcher this season and first since Michael Pineda (8.0IP) on 5/5 at Toronto. Was the first Yankees pitcher to throw at least 6.2 scoreless innings with 3H-or-fewer in his season debut since Orlando Hernandez (8.0IP, 1H, 0ER) on 4/6/02 vs. Tampa Bay. NOVA'S 2015 REGULAR SEASON PITCHING LINES Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left Game 6/24 vs. PHI* 10-2 W / Leading 6-0 6/30 at LAA* 1-2 L / Trailing 2-1 7/5 vs. TB 1-8 L / Trailing 4-0 7/11 at BOS 3-5 L / Trailing 3-2 7/22 vs. BAL 4-3 W / Leading 4-2 7/27 at TEX 6-2 W / Leading 3-2 8/2 at CWS* 12-3 W / Leading /8 vs. TOR* 0-6 L / Trailing 4-0 8/14 at TOR 4-3 W / Leading 4-3 8/20 vs. CLE 2-3 L / Trailing 3-1 8/25 vs. HOU 1-15 L / Trailing 7-0 8/31 at BOS 3-4 L / Trailing 3-2 9/6 vs. TB 6-4 W / Leading 4-3 9/12 vs. TOR (G2)* 7-10 L / Trailing 6-0 Totals (14GS) *Start came after a Yankees loss / bold = season high NOVA'S REGULAR SEASON PITCHING LINES VS. TORONTO Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left Game 8/23/10 at TOR 2-3 ND / /3/10 vs. TOR 7-3 ND / /19/11 at TOR (relief) 5-6 L / /1/11 vs. TOR 5-2 W / /2/11 vs. TOR 3-2 W / /11/12 at TOR 5-2 W / /27/12 at TOR 0-6 L / /21/13 at TOR 4-8 ND / /26/13 vs. TOR 6-4 ND / /20/13 vs. TOR 8-4 W / /8/15 vs. TOR 0-6 L / /14/15 at TOR 4-3 W / /12/15 vs. TOR (G2) 7-10 L / Totals (13G/12GS) NOVA VS. TORONTO (CAREER) W-L G/GS INN H ER ERA All Games / On Road 2-2 6/ NOVA VS. TORONTO BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Bautista Carrera Donaldson Encarnacion Goins Kawasaki Martin Pennington Pillar Revere Smoak Thole Tulowitzki NOVA'S CAREER STATISTICS OPPONENT BATTING OVERALL: (648-for-2,375), 70HR VS. LHB: (333-for-1,229), 34HR VS. RHB: (315-for-1,146), 36HR REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHS IP (3x), last on 9/21/13 vs. SF H (3x), last on 8/6/12 at DET R , last on 7/31/12 vs. BAL BB (2x), last on 8/25/13 at TB K , on 5/19/12 vs. CIN HR , on 4/19/14 at TB 10K Games , last on 7/5/13 vs. BAL Low-hit CG (2x), last on 8/31/13 vs. BAL CG SHO , last on 9/21/13 vs. SF REGULAR SEASON SPLITS W-L G/GS IP H ER ERA Total / Starter / Reliever 1-2 7/ Home / Away / Day / Night / Pre-ASG / Post-ASG / April / May / June / July / August / Sept./Oct / THURSDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. CHICAGO-AL: RHP MICHAEL PINEDA (11-8, 4.10 ERA) RHP Michael Pineda will make his 25th start of the season in Thursday's series opener vs. Chicago-AL is starting on regular four days' rest is 2-1 with a 4.67 ERA (27.0IP, 14ER) in five starts since returning from the D.L. was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list on 8/26 after missing 25 games with a right flexor forearm muscle strain leads the AL (min IP) with a 6.71 K/BB ratio (141K, 21BB) after tying the Yankees' franchise record for strikeouts by a right-hander with 16K on 5/10 vs. Baltimore, was named AL of the Week for 5/4-10, his first career weekly honor made his Yankees debut in 2014 (5-5, 1.89 ERA in 13GS) spent his first six professional seasons in the Mariners organization ( ) made his MLB debut in 2011, earning an AL All- PINEDA VS. CHICAGO-AL (CAREER) W-L GS INN H ER ERA All Games At Home Star selection and finishing fifth in AL "Rookie of the Year" voting was acquired by the Yankees from the Mariners along with RHP Jose Campos in exchange for C/DH Jesus Montero and RHP Hector Noesi on 1/23/12. LAST TIME OUT: Earned the win in his last start on 9/19 at the Mets, tossing 5.1 scoreless innings in the Yankees' 5-0 victory (4H, 1BB, 4K) marked his third scoreless start of the season (also 5/5 at Toronto and 7/4 vs. Tampa Bay).

4 YANKEE DOODLES #28 JOE GIRARDI MANAGER Earned his 800th managerial win on 9/2 at Boston. The 2015 season is his eighth as Yankees manager earned his 700th win as Yankees manager on 7/22 vs. Baltimore wwith 731 wins as Yankees manager, owns the sixth-most managerial wins in franchise 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 Was ejected by 3B Umpire James Hoye in the top of the second inning on Sunday at the Mets (arguing check swing) was his fourth ejection of the season (also 8/20 vs. Cleveland, 6/24 vs. Philadelphia, 6/7 vs. Los Angeles-AL). Led the Yankees to an (.519) finish in 2014 is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last eight seasons ( ) credit: Elias. Career Managerial Record: Record w/nyy: #29 DUSTIN ACKLEY OF/INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/5G Was 0-for-2 with 1BB in Tuesday s win at Toronto, making his fifth start at 2B in last 6G has 9H in last 21AB on road trip is 6-for-16 with 1R, 1 double, 1 triple, 1HR, 3RBI and 1BB in 8G/5GS at 2B started at 2B in 9/16 win at Tampa Bay, his second appearance at 2B since the start of 2014 (also 6/18/15 vs. San Francisco w/ Seattle) hit two-run HR his first as a Yankee and seventh of the season and was 2-for-2 with 3RBI and 1SF in 9/13 win vs. Toronto last homered on 7/8 vs. Detroit (w/ Seattle). Was placed on the D.L. from 8/4-9/1 with a right lumbar strain in five rehab games (2-2B/1-DH/1-LF/1-RF) with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, hit.471 (8- for-17) with 4R, 1 double, 2HR and 4RBI. Was acquired from Seattle on 7/30 in exchange for RHP Jose Ramirez and OF Ramon Flores was added to the roster on 7/31 hit.215 (40-for-186) with 22R, 8 doubles, 1 triple, 6HR and 19RBI in 85G with Seattle this season. In his Major League career, has appeared in games at 1B, 2B, LF, CF and RF. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 2HR (2x); 4RBI (4x); 3R (4x); 1SB (31x); 13G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 6; 2-hit (5), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #36 CARLOS BELTRAN OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/15G Has hit safely in 39 of his last 45 games, including hit streaks 10 games (8/4-15), 11 games (8/17-28) and nine games (9/7-15) during the stretch, is batting.313 (50-for-160) with 9HR and 27RBI. Hit solo-hr (#17) in the eighth and was 2-for-3 with 2RBI and 1SF in Tuesday s win at Toronto before being removed defensively in the eighth has 16H in last 53AB hit three-run HR (#16) and was 2-for-4 with 2R in Saturday s win at the Mets before being removed defensively in the eighth the home run was his first career game-winning hit vs. the Mets according to Elias, has now driven in a game-winning run against every current Major League team, joining Bret Boone, J.D., Shawn Green, Vladimir Guerrero and Gary Sheffield as the only other players to accomplish the feat on road trip is 8-for-29 with 6R, 1 double, 2HR, 7RBI, 1SF and 2BB in 8GS in RF. Has reached the 15HR plateau for the 14th season, tied with Reggie Smith for fourth-most 15-homer seasons all-time among switch-hitters, trailing only Eddie Murray (20), Mickey Mantle (17) and Chipper Jones (16). Is one of six players all time and the only active player with at least 1,000 games played in both the AL and NL, joining Bob Boone, Vladimir Guerrero, Fred McGriff, Frank Robinson and Dave Winfield played in his 1,000th AL game on 8/24. Homered from both sides of the plate for the 12th time in his career in 6/20 win vs. Detroit, third-most in ML history ( and Swisher - 14 times each). Is the only active Major Leaguer to hit at least 15HR in a single season with five different Major League clubs (Royals, Astros, Mets, Cardinals and Yankees). Career Bests: 4H (22x); 3HR (1x); 7RBI (1x); 4R (7x); 3SB (4x); 16G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 27; 2-hit (23), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) #31 GREG BIRD 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 7G/7G Has 10HR in his first 34 Major League games, the third-most by a Yankee in franchise history (Shane Spencer - 11, ; Kevin Maas - 13, 1990) has 28RBI in the same span, the most by a Yankee since Spencer from (30) of his 10HR, six have given the Yankees the lead eight of his 10HR have come with at least one runner on base (credit: Elias). His 10HR are most by any player in Yankees franchise history in his first Major League season after debuting in August or later, surpassing Steve Whitaker (7HR in 1966 after debuting on 8/23) credit: Elias. Hit game-winning three-run HR (#10) in the 10th his third homer in his last three games and fifth in last seven and was 2-for-5 with 1 double in Tuesday s win at Toronto was the second Yankees rookie with a go-ahead HR in the ninth inning or later this road trip (also Slade Heathcott on 9/14 at Tampa Bay) after no Yankees rookies had done so since Melky Cabrera in 2006 has 9H in last 26AB on road trip is 9-for-29 with 6R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 11RBI and 5BB in 8GS at 1B. Made his Major League debut in 8/13 win at Cleveland, going 0-for-5 was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the 25-man roster prior to the game. Combined to hit.277 (88-for-318) with 44R, 23 doubles, 1 triple, 12HR, 52RBI and 35BB in 83 games with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/WB this season. Career Bests: 2H (6x); 2HR (1x); 4RBI (1x); 3R (1x); 0SB (0x); 7G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 6; 2-hit (6), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #14 STEPHEN DREW INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/5G Is tied for third among MLB second basemen with 17HR the Yankees are 12-2 when he homers this season has at least 15HR for the third time in his career (15HR in 2010 and 21HR in 2008). Of his 77 hits this season, 34 have been for extra bases (16 doubles, 1 triple,17hr). Was 10th-inning defensive replacement at 2B in Tuesday s win at Toronto (did not bat) has 2H in last 14AB on road trip is 0-for-4 with 1BB in 6G/1GS at 2B. Hit two-run HR (#16) and reached base safely in all six of his PA setting a career high in 8/30 win at Atlanta, going 4-for-4 with 3R, 4RBI and 2BB tied his season high in RBI and marked his most hits since 6/4/13 vs. Texas with Boston (also 4H). Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (5x); 5RBI (2x); 4R (1x); 2SB (1x); 17G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 19; 2-hit (16), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (1) #22 JACOBY ELLSBURY OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 6G/11G Is a career.328 (86-for-262) batter with 17 doubles, 4 triples, 5HR and 31RBI in 62 games at Rogers Centre, hitting safely in each of his last 12 games there. Has 6HR in last 60G (since 7/11) after hitting just 1HR in his first 40G (4/6-7/10). Was 2-for-5 with 1R, 2 doubles and 1IBB in Tuesday s win at Toronto and has 11H in last 25AB on road trip is 11-for-33 with 4R, 2 doubles, 2RBI, 1SB, 1IBB and 1SH in 8G/7GS in CF. Was placed on the 15-day D.L. from 5/20-7/8 with right knee sprain (missed 43G). Career Bests: 4H (13x); 2HR (5x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 5SB (1x); 22G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 32; 2-hit (24), 3-hit (7), 4-hit (1) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/9G Was 1-for-4 with 1BB in Tuesday s win at Toronto has 3H in last 16AB on road trip is 4-for-31 with 5R, 1SB and 5BB in 8GS in LF. Hit two three-run HR (#15/16) and was 2-for-5 in 9/12 Game 2 loss vs. Toronto established a career high with 6RBI and matched the most RBI by a Yankee this season (third time, also Gregorius on 8/28 at Atlanta and on 7/31 at Chicago-AL) marked his second career multi-hr game (also 7/28/14 at Texas- 2HR) hit solo HR (#14) in the first and was 2-for-4 in Game 1 loss became the first Yankee to homer in both games of a doubleheader since Andruw Jones on 7/7/12 at Boston missed two games (9/7-8) with a jammed left shoulder. Made his first career All-Star Game is the fifth position player drafted by the Yankees to make the All-Star team as a Yankee (also Munson, Mattingly, Jeter and Posada). Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (2x); 6RBI (1x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 11G hitting streak (2x) 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 38; 2-hit (29), 3-hit (7), 4-hit (2) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/7G Has hit.313 (63-for-201) with 5HR and 33RBI in his last 57 games since 7/23 in 25 games since 8/26, is batting.333 (31-for-93) with 15R, 6 doubles, 4HR and 20RBI. Was 3-for-5 with 1 double in Tuesday s win at Toronto and has 11H in last 43AB on road trip is 6-for-29 with 1R, 2 doubles and 3BB in 8GS at SS. Hit 14-for-24 (.583) with 7R, 1 double, 2HR, 10RBI, 3BB and 1HP in 6GS at SS on the Yankees six-game road trip to Atlanta and Boston from 8/28-9/2 became the first player in franchise history to post that high of a batting average with at least 10RBI in a road trip of any length (credit: Elias). Hit two-run HR (#7), drove in a career-high six runs and tied a career high with 4H in 8/28 win at Atlanta, going 4-for-5 recorded the first game with 4H and 6RBI by a Yankee since Robinson Cano on 10/3/12 vs. Boston marked the first such game by a Yankees shortstop since at least 1914 and the first by any Major League shortstop since Washington s Danny Espinosa on 9/6/10 vs. the Mets. Was acquired by the Yankees from the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-team trade on 12/5/14, in which Detroit acquired RHP Shane Greene from the Yankees and Arizona acquired LHP Robbie Ray and INF Domingo Leyba from Detroit. Career Bests: 4H (3x); 1HR (20x); 6RBI (1x); 3R (2x); 1SB (6x); 10G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 33; 2-hit (26), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (3) #12 CHASE HEADLEY 3B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/12G Was 0-for-5 in Tuesday s win at Toronto and is hitless in last 16AB on road trip is 2-for-31 with 2RBI and 4BB in 8GS at 3B. Reached base safely (via hit, walk or HBP) in 22 straight games from 7/23-8/15, matching the second-longest such streak of his career (28 straight from 8/20-9/21/12 and 22 straight from 7/3-28/13). Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 3SB (1x); 16G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 34; 2-hit (26), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (0) #72 SLADE HEATHCOTT OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/3G Was 10th-inning pinch-hitter in Tuesday s win at Toronto, reaching base on catcher s interference and scoring a run on road trip is 1-for-2 with 2R, 1HR and 3RBI in 4G hit game-winning three-run HR (#2) with two outs in the ninth on 9/14 at Tampa Bay (entered game in the eighth in RF) was his first AB with the Yankees since 5/27 vs. Kansas City became the first Yankees rookie with a go-ahead HR in the ninth inning or later since Melky Cabrera hit an 11th-inning walk-off homer on 7/18/06 vs. Seattle was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/ WB on 9/12 is his second stint with the Yankees (5/20-30 and 9/12-present). Was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right quad strain on 5/3 (retro. to 5/29) was transferred to the 60-day D.L. on 6/28 was returned from rehab, reinstated from the 60-day D.L. and optioned to Scranton/WB on 7/31. In 64G w/ Scranton/WB, hit.267 (67-for-251) with 25R, 7 doubles, 2HR and 27RBI. Career Bests: 2H (2x); 1HR (2x); 3RBI (1x); 2R (1x); 0SB (0x); 3G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #34 BRIAN McCANN C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/8G Leads all Major League catchers with a career-high 26HR and ranks second among catchers with 91RBI in 126G had 23HR and 75RBI in 140G in Was 2-for-5 with 1RBI in Tuesday s win at Toronto before being removed for PR in the 10th has 9H in last 38AB on road trip is 5-for-27 with 4R, 1HR, 4RBI, 1HP and 3BB/1IBB in 8G/7GS at C. Of his 49HR hit as a Yankee, 35 have come at Yankee Stadium. Is one of six catchers in Yankees franchise history to hit 25HR in a season, joining Yogi Berra (6x: , 55-56), Bill Dickey (2x: ), Jorge Posada (2x: 2000, 03), Elston Howard (1963) and Mike Stanley (1993). Is one of six Major Leaguers with at least 15HR in each of the last 10 seasons (Cabrera, A. Gonzalez, Hunter, Ortiz and Pujols). Is the fifth catcher (min. 50% of G at C per season) in the Modern Era (since 1900) with at least 20HR in nine-or-more seasons (2006, 08-14), joining Piazza (11x), Bench (11), Berra (10) and Carter (9) is the third to do so in at least eight consecutive seasons (Piazza/Berra) is the only catcher with at least 20HR each season since Career Bests: 4H (11x); 2HR (11x); 5RBI (7x); 3R (8x); 1SB (23x); 13G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 24; 2-hit (17), 3-hit (7), 4-hit (0) #66 JOHN RYAN MURPHY C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/5G (2x) In 27G since 7/23, is batting.323 (20-for-62) to raise his season BA from.247 to.281. Was 10th-inning defensive replacement at C in Tuesday s win at Toronto (did not bat) has 7H in last 20AB on road trip is 0-for-3 in 3G/1GS at C has 2HR in his last 7G after hitting just 2HR in his first 101 career games (through 8/31). Reached base safely a career-high-tying three times in 9/5 loss vs. Tampa Bay (2BB, 1HP) hit two-run HR (#3) and was 2-for-4 in 9/7 win vs. Baltimore. Career Bests: 3H (3x); 1HR (4x); 3RBI (2x); 2R (2x); 0SB (0x); 8G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 10; 2-hit (8), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) #70 RICO NOEL OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G Was 10th-inning PR and scored in Tuesday s win at Toronto on road trip has 2R and 2SB in 4G. Collected his first career SB as a 10th-inning PR in 9/12 Game 1 loss vs. Toronto. Was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the Yankees active roster from Triple-A Scranton/WB on 9/1. In 22 games with Scranton/WB, hit.059 (1-for-17) with 9SB also saw time with Double-A Trenton, batting.121 (4-for-33) with 4SB in 12G was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 6/30/15 began the season with Triple-A El Paso (Padres), hitting.242 (16-for-66) with 11R, 1 double, 1 triple, 6RBI and 10SB in 33 games before being released on 6/28. Career Bests: 0H (0x); 0HR (0x); 0RBI (0x); 1R (3x); 1SB (3x); 0G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)