Thursday, July 26, 2018 Yankee Stadium 7:05 p.m. ET Game #101 Home Game #49 TV: WPIX/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish)

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1 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION YANKEE STADIUM ONE EAST 161ST STREET BRONX, NY PHONE: (718) SOCIAL WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1923, 27-28, 32, 36-39, 41, 43, 47, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 77-78, 96, , 09 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2018 (2017) Standing in AL East: nd, -5.5G Current Streak: Lost 1 Current Homestand Recent Road Trip Home Record: (51-30) Road Record: (40-41) Day Record: (34-27) Night Record: (57-44) Pre-All-Star (45-41) Post-All-Star (46-30) vs. AL East: (44-32) vs. AL Central: (18-15) vs. AL West: (14-19) vs. National League: (15-5) vs. RH starters: (67-48) vs. LH starters: (24-23) Yankees Score First: (55-18) Opp. Score First: (36-53) Leading After 6: (75-10) Trailing After 6: (10-52) Tied After 6: (6-9) Leading After 7: (78-5) Trailing After 7: (8-59) Tied After 7: (5-7) Leading After 8: (82-4) Trailing After 8: (5-65) Tied After 8: (4-2) Extra-Inning Games: (5-6) One-run Games: (18-26) Two (or fewer)-run Games: (29-35) NYY Scores 5 or more: (68-19) NYY Scores 4 or more: (76-28) NYY Scores 3 or fewer: (15-43) NYY Scores 2 or fewer: (4-33) Opp. Scores 5 or more: (15-47) Opp. Scores 4 or fewer: (76-24) Opp. Scores 3 or fewer: (63-12) Opp. Scores 2 or fewer: (45-6) Yankees No Errors: (52-35) Yankees Make Error(s): (39-36) NYY Starter Goes 6: (62-23) Comeback Wins: (41) Yankees hit 0HR: (8-27) Yankees hit at least 1HR: (83-44) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: (51-16) Walk-off Wins-Losses: (5-6) Series Record: ( ) Series Record, home: (19-8-0) Series Record, road: (9-12-5) Sweeps by NYY / by Opp.:...9 (10) / 2 (2) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (5.17) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (3.85) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY July 26, 1939: The Yankees score in every inning for the first of two times in franchise history, defeating the St. Louis Browns, 14-1, at Yankee Stadium (also 4/29/06 vs. Toronto) as Bill Dickey has his only career 3HR game. July 26, 1931: The Yankees establish the team record (since tied once) for most runs scored in a home game, defeating the White Sox, 22-5 (0HR), in Game 2 of a doubleheader. July 26, 1928: Bob Meusel hits for the cycle in a 12-1, 12-inning win at Detroit as the Yankees score 11R in the top of the 12th. Meusel becomes the first player in MLB history to hit for the cycle three times in a career. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY July 27, 2015: Alex Rodriguez hits a sixth-inning solo HR at Texas on his 40th birthday to become the fourth player in MLB history to homer in his teens and his 40s (Ty Cobb, Rusty Staub, Gary Sheffield). July 27, 2014: Former Yankees manager Joe Torre and former Yankees player and coach Bobby Cox are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Torre becomes the seventh individual who managed the Yankees to be enshrined. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Friday vs. Kansas City: CC Sabathia Bobblehead Night presented by AT&T (1st 18,000 guests) Saturday vs. Kansas City: Military Appreciation Day/Camo Cap Day pres. by Budweiser (1st 18,000 guests 21-and-older) Sunday vs. Kansas City: Collectible Truck Day presented by W.B. Mason (1st 18,000 guests 14-and-younger) NEW YORK YANKEES (64-36) vs. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (31-70) RHP Sonny Gray (7-7, 5.34) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (5-10, 5.03) Thursday, July 26, 2018 Yankee Stadium 7:05 p.m. ET Game #101 Home Game #49 TV: WPIX/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees return to the Bronx tonight to start a six-game homestand, with 4G vs. Kansas City (tonight-sun.) and 2G vs. Baltimore (Tues.-Wed.) went 1-2 at Tampa Bay in their shortest road trip of the year. At (.640), have the Majors' third-best record behind Boston (71-32,.689) and Houston (67-37,.644) the Yankees and Red Sox have held (at least a share of) the Majors' two best records on 77 of the last 84 days (since the end of play on 5/3). Are 28G over.500, 2G below their season high reached 30G over.500 twice, at on 7/12 and on 7/14. Are 5.5G behind first-place Boston in the AL East. Have lost just four of their last 29 series, going since 4/19 are in their last 82G are 46-8 (.852) when scoring first are a Major League-best 40-6 (.870) when their starter tosses at least 6.0 innings. Have not won more than two straight games since winning four straight from 6/18-21, going since that streak. YESTERDAY'S NEWS: The Yankees dropped the rubber game of their three-game series at Tampa Bay on Wednesday, 3-2 were held without an extra-base hit for just the seventh time this season scored both runs on sacrifice flies by DH Neil Walker (1-for-1) in the second and LF Giancarlo Stanton (1-for-3, 1SB) in the eighth RHP Luis Cessa (5.1IP, 4H, 2ER, 0BB, 3K, 1HR) took a shutout into the sixth 3B Miguel Andújar (2-for-4) tallied his fifth straight multi-hit game. TROUBLE AT THE TROP: The Yankees are in their last 19 series (since 5/25), with both series losses at Tampa Bay (1-2 this week, 0-3 from 6/22-24). MULTI-HIT MIGGY: 3B Miguel Andújar has multiple hits in all 5G since the All-Star break, batting.524 (11-for-21) with 5R, 3 doubles and 2RBI is the longest multi-hit streak of his career, and just the second such streak of at least 5G by a Yankee since the start of 2015 (Starlin Castro, 5G, 5/1-6/17). Is tied for the AL lead with 11 hits since the All-Star break (tied for third-most in the Majors in that span). Has 30 doubles, tied for sixth-most in the Majors is the ninth rookie in Yankees history to hit 30 doubles in a season, the first since Robinson Canó had 34 in 2005 (the Yankees rookie record is 44 doubles by Joe DiMaggio in 1936). Has hit safely in 17-of-19 games in July, batting.347/.405/.444 (25-for-72) with 11R, 7 doubles, 3RBI and 6BB. Leads all Major League rookies with 44XBH this season (30 doubles, 2 triples, 12HR). ALL RISE: RF Aaron Judge has hit safely in 40-of-48 home games this season, batting.371 (65-for-175) with 44R, 13 doubles, 18HR, 44RBI and 40BB has at least 1H and 1R in all 6G here this month, going 13-for-25 (.520) with 4HR. Has not gone consecutive home games without a hit over his last 58 games at Yankee Stadium (since 9/17/17). Has hit 54HR in 141 career home games, sixth-most in Yankee Stadium history and one behind Brett Gardner (55HR). FAN FAVORITES: Through 48 home gates, the Yankees lead the AL in total home attendance (2,061,896) and average attendance per home gate (42,956), trailing only the Dodgers in both categories (2,430,862 / 46,747). Also lead the AL in average road attendance at 32,808 per gate no other AL team is averaging more than 31,000 per road gate. Their 17 home sellouts are the second-most sellouts in a season at the current Yankee Stadium (20 in 2011) have sold out 10 of their last 13 home gates (since 6/16). SHAKY SITUATION: Prior to Friday s 7:05 p.m. game vs. Kansas City, all Yankee Stadium gates will open at 4:00 p.m. for CC Sabathia Bobblehead Night presented by AT&T, with the first 18,000 fans entering the Stadium receiving the collectible weather permitting, fans will be able to watch the entirety of Yankees batting practice, which begins at 4:20 p.m. HOME COOKING: The Yankees are (.708) at home in 2018, the second-best mark in the Majors (Boston, 34-13,.723) are 29-9 in 38 home games since 4/21. Are 1-1 to begin a stretch of 19-of-29 games at home. Are in their last 21 home series (since 8/31/17), going in 66G over that span. Since their only home series loss of the season (1-3 from 4/5-8 vs. Baltimore), are in 14 home series, their longest streak without dropping a series at home since going over 25 home series from 9/15/97-8/16/98 are in 13 home series since 4/19. LASTING IMPRESSIONS: In their next three series at Yankee Stadium (tonight through 8/12), the Yankees will face the last-place team from each AL division (10G total): 4G vs. Kansas City, 2G vs. Baltimore, 4G vs. Texas. Their most recent home series came against the lastplace Mets (split, 1-1) will play a make-up game vs. the Mets on Monday, 8/13. BRENTRANCE: The Yankees acquired two-time AL All-Star LHP Zach Britton from the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. Since the start of 2014, leads all Major League pitchers (min IP) with a 1.72 ERA (262.0IP, 50ER) his 92.7% career save pct. (139-for-150) is the highest among active pitchers (min. 100 saves). Per FanGraphs, also leads all pitchers (min IP) since 2014 with a 76.2% groundball pct. (see chart at right). Is 1-0 with four saves and a 3.45 ERA (15.2IP, 6ER) in 16 appearances this season has a current 8.0-inning scoreless streak (3H, 4BB, 6K) in eight games since 6/30. HIGHEST GROUNDBALL PCT., SINCE 2014 (min IP) GB% PITCHER 76.2 ZACH BRITTON 67.5 Brad Ziegler 64.5 Sam Dyson 64.4 T.J. McFarland 62.7 Jared Hughes (FanGraphs) ARMS RACE: The addition of LHP Zach Britton gives the Yankees bullpen four of the 14 active pitchers who have a career relief ERA under 2.50 with at least relief innings: Britton (1.69, first); Chad Green (1.88, third); Aroldis Chapman (2.20, eighth); Dellin Betances (2.33, 12th). VIC-TORR-IOUS: The Yankees are when INF Gleyber Torres plays this season, and in games without him. BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters did not homer in their 3G series at Tampa Bay, their first homerless series of at least 3G since they had 0XBH in a three-game series from 9/2-4/16 at Baltimore their 3XBH in the series (all doubles) was their fewest in a series (min. 3G) since that same Baltimore series. Three games is their longest homerless stretch since 9/22-24/16 (3G) have just one homerless stretch of at least 4G since the start of 2015 (4G, 6/9-12/16). Have homered just once in 5G since the All-Star break (Judge on 7/21 vs. the Mets), their fewest in a five-game span since hitting 1HR over 6G from 6/9-15/16 prior to this stretch, had hit 30HR in their first 15G in July. Are still tied with Pittsburgh for the MLB lead with 31HR in July (20G) are hitting.275/.347/.470 with 40 doubles and 2 triples this month have scored 111R (5.55 runs/game). Have hit a Major League-high 162HR are on pace to hit 262HR (the MLB record is 264HR by Seattle in 1997). Rank second in the Majors in slugging (.458), OPS (.788), XBH (364) and runs per game (5.17). CENTRAL PERK: The Yankees are 13-4 (.765) vs. the AL Central this season, the highest winning percentage of any team against a division in its league this season are 17-4 in their last 21G vs. AL Central teams (since 9/18/17). Are (.629) vs. the AL Central since the start of 2015, the highest winning pct. by an AL team against any AL division in that span are in 35 series over the span (min. 2G). Also have the Majors' best record against the AL West in 2018 at 16-6 (.727) are (.696) outside the AL East. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Fri., 7/27 vs. Kansas City LHP CC Sabathia (6-4, 3.51) vs. RHP Brad Keller (3-4, 3.20) 7:05 p.m. WPIX Sat., 7/28 vs. Kansas City RHP Luis Severino (14-3, 2.63) vs. RHP Heath Fillmyer (0-1, 2.82) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., 7/29 vs. Kansas City RHP Masahiro Tanaka (8-2, 4.09) vs. RHP Burch Smith (1-1, 5.58) 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 vs. KANSAS CITY OVERALL TRENDS: The Yankees are 2-1 vs. the Royals in 2018 will play 7G in 2018: a 3G series in Kansas City (2-1) and a 4G series at Yankee Stadium starting tonight marks the third straight season that they will meet four times in New York and three times in Kansas City since the start of 2015 and including this series, will have played 21 of their 26 matchups in the month of May are 15-5 in their last 20 games (since 5/25/15) and in the last 39 matchups (since 5/22/12) IN 2017: Went 5-2, winning 3-of-4 at home and 2-of-3 in Kansas City IN SEASON SERIES: Have won three straight season series ( ) since 1995, are in season series with the Royals, including a streak of 14 consecutive non-losing seasons from (11-0-3) have lost just one of the last 18 season series (went 3-4 in 2014) AT YANKEE STADIUM: Are 9-2 at home vs. Kansas City since the start of 2015 are against the Royals at the current Yankee Stadium are (.750) in 92 home meetings since 1995 have won 19 of the last 23 home season series (19-3-1) since 1995 IN POSTSEASON: Have faced the Royals in the ALCS four times, winning in 1978 (3-1), 1977 (3-2) and 1976 (3-2), with an ALCS loss in 1980 (0-3). NYY BATTERS vs. KANSAS CITY 2018 AND CAREER 2018 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Miguel Andújar Greg Bird Brandon Drury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Aaron Judge Austin Romine Giancarlo Stanton Gleyber Torres Neil Walker NYY BATTERS vs. RHP JAKOB JUNIS CAREER AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Miguel Andújar Greg Bird Brandon Drury Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Aaron Judge Austin Romine Giancarlo Stanton Gleyber Torres Neil Walker NYY vs. KANSAS CITY in 2018 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 5/18 at KC L /19 at KC W /20 at KC W /26 at NYY /27 at NYY /28 at NYY /29 at NYY Total in All-time vs. KC: All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at current Yankee Stad.: All-time at Kauffman Stadium: NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2018 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR ATL MIA NYM PHI WAS Games Record Home (3) 3-0 (4) 2-1 (4) (4) Road (3) (3) (3) (3) (2) TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 9 (4/21-29) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road (4/21-5/9) / 4, 2x (last: 6/5-9) Longest Losing Streak... 3 (6/22-24) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road...2, 2x (last: 5/10-11) / 3, 2x (6/22-24) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games... 3:59 (4/11 at BOS) / 5:20 (4/6 vs. BAL, 14 inn.) Longest Game, Innings...14 inn. (4/6 vs. BAL) Shortest Game, Time, All Games.... 2:28, 2x (last: 6/19 vs. SEA) Largest Margin of Victory...13 (4/23 vs. MIN) Largest Margin of Defeat...13 (4/10 at BOS) Largest Deficit Overcome in a Win...5 (6/20 vs. SEA) Highest Paid Attendance, Home / Road... 47,175 (7/20 vs. NYM) / 48,115 (3/29 at TOR) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning...14 (4/23 vs. MIN) / 7 (4/21 vs. TOR, 6th inn.) Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games...17 (7/9 at BAL-G2) / Same Most Home Runs, All Games...6 (7/1 vs. BOS) Shut Out... 4 (last: 6/30 vs. BOS) Fewest Hits, All Games...2 (6/30 vs. BOS) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games...15 (5/1 at HOU) / 17 (5/29 vs. HOU) Hitting Streak, 2018 Season / Current... 12G (Judge, 4/1-16) / 5G (Andújar & Bird, 7/20 - pres.) Walk-off Wins...6 (last: 6/20 vs. SEA) TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning (4/10 at BOS) / 9 (4/10 at BOS, 6th inn.) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games...17 (6/30 vs. BOS) / Same Fewest Hits Allowed, Game... 2, 2x (last: 6/19 vs. SEA) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game...4, 2x (last: 5/11 vs. OAK) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games , 4x (last: 6/25 at PHI) / 16 (4/6 vs. BAL) Shutouts...8 (last: 7/24 at TB) Complete Games...2 (last: Tanaka, 7/24 at TB) Walk-Off Losses...2 (last: 7/10 at BAL) 2018 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 3, 16x (last: Andújar, 7/21 vs. NYM); Hits- 5 (Stanton, 6/24 at TB); Doubles- 2, 16x (last: Andújar, 7/21 vs. NYM); Triples- 1, 13x (last: Gregorius, 7/21 vs. NYM); HR- 3 (Hicks, 7/1 vs. BOS); RBI- 8 (Gregorius, 4/3 vs. TB); BB- 3, 3x (last: Gardner, 5/11 vs. OAK); SB- 2, 2x (last: Judge, 7/3 vs. ATL). PITCHING: IP in Start- 9.0, 2x (last: Tanaka, 7/24 at TB); IP in Relief- 5.2 (Hale, 7/6 at TOR); Hits- 11 (Severino, 7/23 at TB); Runs- 7, 3x (last: Severino, 7/23 at TB); ER- 7 (Sabathia, 5/23 at TEX); BB- 5 (Gray, 4/25 vs. MIN); K- 11, 2x (last: Severino, 5/30 vs. HOU); HR- 3, 2x (last: Tanaka, 6/2 at BAL); Pitches- 112, 2x (last: Severino, 6/4 at DET-G1). FIELDING: Errors- 2 (Torres, 5/29 vs. HOU) PLAYERS USED (39) P (19): RHP Dellin Betances, RHP Luis Cessa, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP A.J. Cole, RHP Giovanny Gallegos, RHP Domingo Germán, RHP Sonny Gray, RHP Chad Green, RHP David Hale, RHP Jonathan Holder, RHP Tommy Kahnle, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga, LHP Jordan Montgomery, RHP David Robertson, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP Luis Severino, LHP Chasen Shreve, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, RHP Adam Warren; C (3): Kyle Higashioka, Austin Romine, Gary Sánchez; INF (9): Miguel Andújar, Tyler Austin, Greg Bird, Brandon Drury, Didi Gregorius, Gleyber Torres, Ronald Torreyes, Tyler Wade, Neil Walker; OF (8): Clint Frazier, Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Billy McKinney, Jace Peterson, Shane Robinson, Giancarlo Stanton. YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LIST (5) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Jacoby Ellsbury Right oblique strain 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 60-day (100) Ben Heller Right elbow bone spur 4/2 (retro to 3/27) 60-day (100) Jordan Montgomery Left elbow strain 5/2 10-day (71) Clint Frazier Post-concussion migraines 7/21 10-day (4) Gary Sánchez Right groin strain 7/24 10-day (2) Reinstated from D.L. in 2018 (13): Gleyber Torres (7/4-7/24, 15G), Gary Sánchez (6/25-7/19, 20G), Masahiro Tanaka (6/9-7/9, 29G), A.J. Cole (6/20-7/3, 12G), Luis Cessa (4/18-6/20, 55G), Adam Warren (4/21-6/4, 38G), Greg Bird (3/26-5/26, 48G), Tommy Kahnle (4/16-5/25, 33G), Billy McKinney (4/1-5/24, 44G), Brandon Drury (4/7-5/14, 32G), Clint Frazier (3/26-5/2, 29G), CC Sabathia (4/7-4/18, 8G), Aaron Hicks (3/30-4/11, 11G) 2018 Season: 16 players in 18 stints / 2017 Season: 18 players in 24 stints CATCHER S BOX CATCHER ERA INN ER W-L CS SB CS% PB Higashioka Romine Sánchez STARTS BY POSITION PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Andújar Austin Bird Drury Frazier Gardner Gregorius Hicks Higashioka Judge McKinney Peterson Robinson Romine Sánchez Stanton Torres Torreyes Wade Walker Games with no DH: 8 RUNS SCORED BY INNING Yankees Opponents STARTS BY BATTING ORDER PLAYER Andújar Austin Bird Drury Frazier Gardner Gregorius Hicks Higashioka Judge McKinney Peterson Robinson Romine Sánchez Stanton Torres Torreyes Wade Walker Pitchers Andújar Bird Drury Gardner Gregorius Hicks Higashioka Judge Romine Stanton Torres Walker Gardner Hicks Gardner Gardner 2018 YANKEES HOME RUNS MOST RECENT HRs 6/29/18 vs. BOS (Rodríguez) 7/14/18 at CLE (Clevinger) 4/1/18 at TOR (Stroman) 2HR, 7/12/18 at CLE (Kluber/Olson) 7/14/18 at CLE (Clevinger) 7/6/18 at TOR (Gaviglio) 7/4/18 vs. ATL (Teheran) 7/21/18 vs. NYM (Peterson) 7/11/18 at BAL (Marinez) 7/13/18 at CLE (Allen) 7/1/18 vs. BOS (Price) 7/15/18 at CLE (Bauer) 1st-INNING LEADOFF HRs 4x in 2018 / 5x in /7 at TOR (Happ) 6/26 at PHI (Arrieta) 5/29 vs. HOU (Morton) 5/26 vs. LAA (Barria) PINCH-HIT HRs 0x in 2018 / 4x in 2017 None in 2018 Last: Hicks, 9/28/17 vs. TB (off Roe) Stanton Torres Sánchez Bird Andújar Gregorius Hicks Hicks WALK-OFF HRs 3x in 2018 / 3x in /20 vs. SEA (Cook) 5/6 vs. CLE (Otero) 4/26 vs. MIN (Rodney) GRAND SLAMS 3x in 2018 / 4x in /11 at BAL (Bundy) 6/5 at TOR (Oh) 4/23 vs. MIN (Kinley) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 2x in 2018 / 0x in /19 at KC (Duffy, 3rd inn.) 4/13 at DET (Fiers, 2nd inn.) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Ppd. (8)...4/2 vs. TB (snow), 4/14 at DET (rain), 4/15 at DET (G1 & G2)(rain), 5/16 at WAS (rain), 5/31 at BAL (rain), 6/3 at BAL (rain), 7/22 vs. NYM (rain) Delays at Start (4)...4/3 vs. TB (0:14, rain); 4/4 vs. TB (1:32, rain); 5/13 vs. OAK (2:45, rain); 6/2 at BAL (1:44, rain) Delays In-Game (3)...4/12 at BOS (0:45, rain) 5/10 vs. BOS (0:55, rain) 5/15 at WAS (1:10, rain) Games Called Early (0)...None Suspended Game (1) 5/15 at WAS (B6, res. 6/18) 2017: Ppd. (5) / Delays at Start (7) / Delays In-Game (2) REPLAY CHALLENGES (49x in 2018) NYY Challenges: 25 (17 overturned, 4 confirmed, 4 stand) Opp. Challenges: 19 (9 overturned, 4 confirmed, 6 stand) Umpires: 5 (2 overt d, 1 conf d, 1 stand, 0 rec. keep, 1 rule ck) 2017 (86): NYY (30-2-8) / Opp. ( ) / Umps ( ) MULTI-HR GAMES 17x in 2018 / 18x in 2017 Gardner 2HR, 7/12 at CLE (Kluber/Olson) Hicks 3HR, 7/1 vs. BOS (Price 2x/Velázquez) Bird 2HR, 6/29 vs. BOS (Rodríguez/Haley) Gregorius 2HR, 6/12 vs. WAS (Roark 2x) Gardner 2HR, 5/29 vs. HOU (Morton/Devenski) Torres 2HR, 5/21 at TEX (Colon 2x) Austin 2HR, 5/20 at KC (Skoglund 2x) Sánchez 2HR, 5/19 at KC (Smith/Boyer) Stanton 2HR, 5/8 vs. BOS (Pomeranz 2x) Stanton 2HR, 5/2 at HOU (Keuchel 2x) Sánchez 2HR, 4/24 vs. MIN (Berríos/Duffey) Gregorius 2HR, 4/16 vs. MIA (Cloyd/O Grady) Hicks 2HR, 4/13 at DET (Fiers 2x) Sánchez 2HR, 4/11 at BOS (Price/Hembree) Gregorius 2HR, 4/3 vs. TB (Archer/Pruitt) Austin 2HR, 3/31 at TOR (Estrada 2x) Stanton 2HR, 3/29 at TOR (Happ/Clippard) MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / *BACK-TO-BACK HRs 19x/7x in 2018 / 19x/11x in 2017 s Date/Opp. (Inning) Gardner/Judge* 7/7 at TOR (1st inn.) Higashioka/Hicks 7/1 vs. BOS (4th inn.) Judge/Torres 7/1 vs. BOS (1st inn.) Andújar/Bird 6/29 vs. BOS (4th inn.) Judge/Andújar* 6/21 vs. SEA (1st inn.) Andújar/Hicks 6/19 vs. SEA (5th inn.) Stanton/Sánchez* 6/16 vs. TB (5th inn.) Hicks/Torres 6/14 vs. TB (5th inn.) Judge/Stanton 6/6 at TOR (13th inn.) Bird/Romine 6/4 at DET-G1 4th inn.) Gardner/Judge* 5/26 vs. LAA (1st inn.) Torres/Judge 5/23 at TEX (5th inn.) Andújar/Romine* 5/20 at KC (9th inn.) Stanton/Sánchez* 5/19 at KC (9th inn.) Sánchez/Hicks* 5/12 vs. OAK (2nd inn.) Torres/Judge 5/4 vs. CLE (4th inn.) Gregorius/Austin 4/25 vs. MIN (3rd inn.) Judge/Sánchez 4/24 vs. MIN (7th inn.) Gregorius/Austin 4/23 vs. MIN (8th inn.) Last b2b2b: Holliday/Castro/Gregorius, 6/3/17 at TOR (8th inn.) Last multi-hr inn., indiv.: A. Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB (2HR in 6th) MISCELLANEOUS RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE HRs: 162 / Runs: 517 / Runs via HR: 257 (49.7%) Solo (91): Andújar-5, Austin-1, Bird-6 Gardner-5, Gregorius-10, Hicks-9, Higashioka-3, Judge-17, Romine-2, Sánchez-6, Stanton-15, Torres-8, Wade-1, Walker-3 2-Run (50): Andújar-5, Austin-6, Drury-1, Gardner-4, Gregorius-3, Hicks-6, Judge-8, Romine-3, Sánchez-6, Stanton-7, Torres-1 3-Run (18): Andújar-1, Austin-1,Bird-1, Gregorius-3, Hicks-1, Judge-1, Romine-1, Sánchez-2, Stanton-1, Torres-6 Grand Slams (3): Andújar-1, Bird-1, Gregorius : HRs: 241 / Runs: 858 / Runs via HR: 401 (46.7%) 2017: Solo (128) / 2R (70) / 3R (39) / GS (4) EJECTIONS (7x in 2018) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) Aaron Boone 7/14 at CLE (Hickox) CC Sabathia 7/7 at TOR (Barrett) Aaron Boone 5/22 at TEX (Hoberg) Josh Bard 4/27 at LAA (Porter) Austin/Kahnle/Nevin 4/11 at BOS (Wendelstedt) 2017: By player (4) / By manager (5) / By coach (2) COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER Year After Game 100 After Game (2nd, -5.5) -- (--,--) (2nd, -0.5) (1st, +0.5) (4th, -6.5) (4th, -6.5) (1st, +6.0) (1st, +6.0) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS July 22 Recalled RHP Giovanny Gallegos from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. July 24 Placed C Gary Sánchez on the 10-day disabled list with a right groin strain recalled C Kyle Higashioka from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre following the game, optioned RHP Giovanny Gallegos to Scranton/WB acquired LHP Zach Britton from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for RHP Dillon Tate, RHP Cody Carroll and LHP Josh Rogers. July 25 Recalled RHP Luis Cessa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre returned from rehab and reinstated INF Gleyber Torres from the 10-day disabled list. optioned INF Tyler Wade to Scranton/WB.

3 TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP SONNY GRAY (7-7, 5.34 ERA) RHP Sonny Gray will make his 20th start of the season in Thursday's series opener vs. the Royals the 28-year-old will start on regular four days' rest earned the win on Saturday vs. the Mets, allowing 3R/2ER in 5.1IP (3H, 3BB, 6K, 1HR, 1HP) made his fourth career Opening Day active roster (also with Oakland) went 4-7 with a 3.72 ERA (65.1IP, 27ER) in 11 regular season starts with the Yankees in 2017 after being acquired along with international signing bonus pool money from Oakland in exchange for OF Dustin Fowler, RHP James Kaprielian and INF/OF Jorge Mateo on 7/31/17 was an AL All-Star and finished third in AL Cy Young Award voting in 2015 was originally selected by Oakland in the first round (18th overall) of the 2011 First-Year Draft out of Vanderbilt University. LAST START: Earned the win in the Yankees' 7-6 victory vs. the Mets on Saturday (5.1IP, 3H, 3R/2ER, 3BB, 6K, 1HR, 1HP) allowed a solo HR to Conforto in the second exited with two men on and one out in the sixth David Robertson allowed both inherited runners to score. GETTING BACK ON TRACK: Has won back-to-back starts for the first time this season has posted a 1.59 ERA (11.1IP, 2ER) over his last two starts. 2018: His.321 BABIP is eighth-highest in the Majors (min. 400BF) has failed to complete 5.0IP in a career-high seven starts. His 134BF with RISP are tied for the seventh-most in Baseball opponents are hitting.243 (27-for-111) with 15BB and 29K with runners in scoring position batters are 0-for-6 with RISP in his last two starts, after opponents hit.500 (9-for-18) with RISP in his previous three outings. Has tossed at least 5.0IP in 11 of his last 14 starts after failing to complete 5.0IP in four of his first five starts, including a career-high streak of three straight (4/12-4/25). GRAY VS. KANSAS CITY (CAREER) Has given up 30-of-58ER this season in the first and second innings has a 7.11 ERA (38.0IP, 30ER) in the W-L ERA GS IP H ER first two innings, compared to a 4.19 ERA (58.0IP, 27ER) from the third inning on. All Games Opponents are batting.191 (13-for-68) with 6BB, 31K and 3HR in plate appearances ending with a slider w/ NYY At Y.S (Brooks Baseball). His 47.6% groundball rate is the lowest in his career, while his 22.4% line-drive rate and 34.1% hard GRAY VS. KANSAS CITY BATTERS contact rate are career highs (FanGraphs) has a career-worst 9.8% walk rate. HOME COOKING: Is 3-3 with an 7.62 ERA (41.1IP, 35ER) in nine home starts in 2018 his eight straight home games with at least 1HR is tied for the second-longest streak by a Yankee at the current Yankee Stadium, trailing only Vidal Nuno's nine-game streak from 5/30/13-6/21/14. In 14 home starts as a Yankee, has a 5-6 record with a 6.81 ERA (70.0IP, 53ER) has allowed HRs in 13- of-14 outings (17HR total). VS. KANSAS CITY: Is 2-2 with a 2.38 ERA (34.0IP, 11R/9ER) in five career starts against the Royals has completed 6.0IP in all five starts, permitting 2ER-or-fewer in four of them. Faced the Royals earlier this season, earning the win on 5/20 at Kansas City (8.0IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 1HP) marked his first start vs. the Royals as a Yankee retired his first 14BF in order and did not allow a hit until surrendering a two-out single to Dozier in the fifth allowed the sole run to score in the eighth off a Jay single did not allow an extra-base hit. GRAY'S 2018 REGULAR SEASON STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game C 4/1 at TOR* 4-7 ND / Leading 4-1 AR 4/7 vs. BAL* 8-3 W / Leading 5-3 AR 4/12 at BOS 3-6 L / Trailing 6-0 GS 4/20 vs. TOR 5-8 ND / Trailing 5-4 GS 4/25 vs. MIN 7-4 ND / Leading 6-3 AR 4/30 at HOU 1-2 L / Trailing 2-0 AR 5/5 vs. CLE 5-2 W / Leading 4-2 AR 5/11 vs. OAK* 5-10 L / Trailing 5-4 AR 5/20 at KC 10-1 W / Leading 10-1 AR 5/26 vs. LAA 4-11 L / Trailing 5-4 AR 6/1 at BAL 4-1 W / Leading 4-1 AR 6/6 at TOR 3-0 (13) ND / Tied 0-0 AR 6/13 vs. WAS 4-5 ND / Tied 4-4 AR 6/18 at WAS* 4-2 W / Leading 3-2 AR 6/23 at TB* 0-4 L / Trailing 4-0 AR 6/30 vs. BOS 0-11 L / Trailing 6-0 AR 7/6 at TOR 2-6 L / Trailing 5-1 AR 7/11 at BAL* 9-0 W / Leading 7-0 AR 7/21 vs. NYM* 7-6 W / Leading 4-1 AR Totals (19GS) w/ A. Romine (17GS) w/ G. Sánchez (2GS) * Started after a team loss / bold = season high GRAY'S CAREER STARTS VS. KANSAS CITY Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/K ERA Left Game 8/1/14 vs. KC 0-1 L / Trailing 1-0 8/11/14 at KC 2-3 L / Trailing 3-2 4/17/15 at KC 4-6 ND / Tied 4-4 4/16/16 vs. KC 5-3 W / Leading 4-2 5/20/18 at KC 10-1 W / Leading 10-1 Career Totals (5GS) AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Butera Dozier Duda Escobar Goodwin Gordon Merrifield Moustakas Perez GRAY'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (5x), last on 8/7/15 vs. HOU H (2x), last on 5/3/16 vs. SEA R (8x), last on 5/30/17 at CLE ER (7x), last on 5/30/17 at CLE BB , on 5/3/15 at TEX K , on 9/23/14 vs. LAA HR (4x), last on 9/1/17 vs. BOS Pitches , on 5/3/15 at TEX 10K Games , last on 6/10/17 at TB (10K) Low-hit CG (2x), last on 7/12/15 at CLE CG SHO , last on 7/28/15 at LAD CAREER SPLITS W-L G/GS IP ER ERA AVG Total / Home / Road / Starter / Reliever 0-0 2/ Day / Night / OPPONENT BATTING 2018 AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.269/.350/ vs. Left.260/.359/ vs. Right.277/.342/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.238/.303/ vs. Left.232/.304/ vs. Right.245/.302/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total FRIDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. KANSAS CITY: LHP CC SABATHIA (6-4, 3.51 ERA) LHP CC Sabathia will make his 19th start of the season on Friday vs. Kansas City the 37-year-old will pitch on extended 12 days' rest; was scheduled to pitch Monday at Tampa Bay, but had his start pushed back following Sunday's rainout vs. the Mets took a no-decision in his last start on 7/14 at Cleveland (5.2IP, 4ER) is seeking his third straight season with a sub-4.00 ERA after recording at least a 4.50 ERA in all three seasons from was on the 10-day D.L. from 4/7-19 with a right hip strain has 243 career wins, tied with Juan Marichal (243) for 53rd place on Baseball s all-time wins list (next up is Jack Powell-244) leads active Major League pitchers in career strikeouts (2,923), complete games (38) and quality starts (309) ranks second in wins (243), innings pitched (3,417.0) and starts SABATHIA VS. KANSAS CITY (CAREER) W-L ERA GS IP H ER All Games w/ NYY At Y.S (527) to Bartolo Colon (245 wins, 3,426.2IP, 546 starts) is 17th on the all-time strikeout list (2,923), third all-time among left-handers his 2,795K in the AL are sixth-most in AL history (most among left-handers) is one of eight pitchers in the Modern Era (since 1900) to earn at least 100 wins with multiple franchises (Cleveland, Yankees) spent with the Indians and was traded to the Brewers on 7/7/08 originally signed with the Yankees on 12/18/08 and re-signed as a free agent to a one-year contract for the 2018 season on 12/26/17 is the longest-tenured Yankees pitcher (10 seasons since 2009), as only OF Brett Gardner (11 seasons since 2008) has played for the team longer is one of four players currently on a 40-man roster who were active in 2001 (Adrián Beltré, Bartolo Colon, Albert Pujols) has earned wins against 29 Major League teams (has not defeated the Marlins) is in his 18th Major League season, second-most among active pitchers (Colon, 21). LAST START: Took a no-decision in the Yankees' 5-4 win on 7/14 at Cleveland (5.2IP, 4H, 4ER, 2BB, 2K, 1HR) allowed 1R in the first (Ramirez solo HR), 1R in the third (Brantley RBI groundout) and 2R in the sixth (Guyer two-run single) Indians hitters went 4-for-21 (.190) after opponents had hit.303 (37-for-122) in his previous five starts was his first ND since 5/29 vs. Houston. With his 527th career start, tied Jerry Koosman and Jack Morris for 36th on the all-time list. VS. KANSAS CITY: Is with a 3.15 ERA (268.1IP, 94ER) in 40 career starts vs. Kansas City is tied for the sixth-most wins all-time vs. the Royals, and has the secondmost victories vs. Kansas City among all active pitchers (Justin Verlander-23) among active starters, Sabathia's career 3.15 ERA vs. Kansas City is the fourth-lowest (min. 15GS) is one of two active pitchers with at least 20 wins vs. three opponents (also vs. Detroit and 20-9 vs. Minnesota), along with Verlander (23-10 vs. Kansas City, vs. Chicago-AL, vs. Cleveland).

4 YANKEE DOODLES #17 AARON BOONE MANAGER Career Managerial Record: Was ejected in the sixth inning of 7/14 win at Cleveland by 1B Umpire Jerry Meals (arguing strike three call on Stanton) was his second career managerial ejection (also 5/22 at Texas, balls and strikes). Was named the 33rd manager in Yankees history on 12/4/17, signing a three-year contract through the 2020 season with a team option for Is the 18th Yankees manager to have also played for the club. Won his managerial debut (3/29 at Toronto) and first home game (4/3 vs. Tampa Bay). According to Elias, joins his father, Bob, as the third father-son duo to both serve as Major League managers, joining George and Dick Sisler and Bob and Joel Skinner Bob Boone spent parts of six seasons as a Major League skipper. With his grandfather (Ray), father (Bob) and older brother (Bret), is part of the first family in Baseball history to produce three generations of Major League players. #41 MIGUEL ANDÚJAR INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 5G/7G (3x) Leads all Major League rookies with 30 doubles and extra-base hits (44) and ranks second in multi-hit games (31), hits (100) and BA (.294) is tied for third in HR (12) and ranks fifth in RBI (41). Was 2-for-4 in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay has collected multiple hits in five consecutive games and has 19H in last 43AB is the longest multi-hit game streak by a Yankee since Starlin Castro from 5/1-6/17 (also 5G) on road trip was 6-for-12 with 2R, 1 double and 1RBI in 3GS at 3B. Had 46XBH through his first 93 career games, fourth-most in Yankees history through 93G (Joe DiMaggio-64XBH, Bob Meusel-52XBH, Gary Sánchez-48XBH). Hit 12HR before the All-Star Game, becoming the fifth Yankees rookie with at least 10HR before the break, joining Aaron Judge (30HR in 2017), Gleyber Torres (15HR in 2018), Joe DiMaggio (11HR in 1936) and Nick Johnson (11HR in 2002) credit: Elias joined Torres as the first Yankees rookies with at least 10HR before the All-Star break in the same season (first team to do so since the 2016 Dodgers: Corey Seager-17, Trayce Thompson-13). Hit 27 doubles in the "first half," the most by a Yankee before the All-Star break since Hideki Matsui collected 30 in Was named AL Rookie of the Month for June, his first career monthly award led all Major League rookies with 7HR and 13XBH and tied for first with 20RBI was the sixth Yankee (9x) to win AL Rookie of the Month and fourth current Yankee to do so Sánchez (Aug. 2016), Judge (4x in 2017) and Torres (May 2018). Career Bests: 4H (1x); 1HR (12x); 4RBI (2x); 3R (2x); 1SB (2x); 7G hitting streak (3x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 31; 2-hit (26), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (1) #33 GREG BIRD 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 5G/8G Has 3HR and 13RBI in his last 11G of his 37H this season, 19 have gone for extra bases (10 doubles, 1 triple, 8HR). Is 8-for-16 (.500) with 2 doubles, 2HR, and 15RBI with RISP since 6/26. Was 1-for-4 in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay and has 16H in last 50AB on road trip was 4-for-12 with 1 double in 3GS (2-1B/1-DH). Hit his first career grand slam (#7) in 7/11 win at Baltimore, tying his career high with 4RBI (fourth time and second time in as many games). Was placed on the 10-day D.L. from 3/29 (retro. to 3/26) - 5/25 recovering from right ankle surgery (missed the Yankees first 47G of the season). Was selected by the Yankees in the fifth round of the 2011 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 3H (2x); 2HR (2x); 4RBI (4x); 3R (1x); 0SB (N/A); 8G hitting streak (3x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 6; 2-hit (6), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #29 BRANDON DRURY INF/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/2G (2x) Did not play in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay was 0-for-1 with 1HP in Tuesday's win at Tampa Bay before being removed in the fifth inning left game after being hit by pitch and suffering left hand contusion (x-rays were negative) on road trip was 0-for-2 with 1HP in 2G/1GS at 2B. Is in his third stint with the Yankes this season (3/29-5/14, 6/29-7/9, 7/20-present). In 55G with the RailRiders (including his rehab assignment), hit.294 (58-for-197) with 30R, 13 doubles, 5HR and 30RBI was named to the IL All-Star team. Is one of nine Yankees in the Wild Card Era to start at 1B, 2B and 3B in the same season, joining Luis Sojo (1998, ), Clay Bellinger (2000), Miguel Cairo ( ), Wilson Betemit ( ), Cody Ransom ( ), David Adams (2013), Mark Reynolds (2013) and Neil Walker (2018) credit: YES Network. Was placed on the 10-day disabled list from 4/7-5/14 with severe migraines in 17 rehab games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Double-A Trenton, hit.315 (17-for-54) with 11R, 3 doubles, 2HR and 7RBI. Was acquired by the Yankees from Arizona as part of a three-team trade on 2/20/18 the Yankees sent INF Nick Solak to Tampa Bay and RHP Taylor Widener to Arizona OF Steven Souza, Jr. went from Tampa Bay to Arizona LHP Anthony Banda and two players to be named later were traded from Arizona to Tampa Bay. In 2017, batted.267 (119-for-445) with 37 doubles, 13HR and 63RBI with a.764 OPS in 135G (109GS at 2B, 3 at DH, 1 at 3B) with the Diamondbacks. Was selected by Atlanta in the 13th round of the 2010 First-Year Draft has started games at 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, LF, RF and DH in his career. Career Bests: 4H (5x); 1HR (32x); 6RBI (1x); 3R (4x); 1SB (2x); 10G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/7G (2x) Six of his 9HR this season and 12-of-17HR since 6/23/17 have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead since 2017, the Yankees are 22-3 when he homers. Has 250SB, fourth-most in Yankees history (Willie Randolph, third, 251SB). Was 0-for-4 with 1R and 1BB in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay has 4H in last 21AB on road trip was 2-for-12 with 3R and 2BB in 3GS (2-CF/1-LF). Collected his seventh career multi-hr game and second of the season in 7/12 win at Cleveland (also 5/29 vs. Houston) collected his 250th career SB in 7/11 win at Baltimore, surpassing Hal Chase (249) for fourth-most in Yankees history. Has 14 career leadoff HR, tied with Frank Crosetti for sixth most in franchise history has three leadoff HR this season (last on 7/7 at Toronto). Is the Yankees longest-tenured player was selected by the club in the third round of the 2005 First-Year Draft and made his Major League debut in 2008 is one of five players drafted by the Yankees to collect at least 1,000 hits with the club (also Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada). Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (7x); 6RBI (2x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 14G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 22; 2-hit (18), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (2) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/9G Was 1-for-4 in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay his eighth-inning single snapped an 0-for-13 stretch on road trip was 1-for-12 with 2RBI and 1SH in 3GS at SS. Played in his 700th career game on 6/19, surpassing Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven (699) for most games played by a Netherlands-born player in Baseball history. Has three multi-hr games as a shortstop this season (4/3 vs. Tampa Bay, 4/16 vs. Miami, 6/12 vs. Washington), marking a single-season franchise record (previous: two by Jeter-2004, Smalley-1982, Kubek-1960, Crosetti-1936) is the first Yankees SS ever with consecutive 20HR seasons (25HR in 2017, 20HR in 2016). Was acquired by the Yankees from Arizona 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 (7x); 2HR (4x); 8RBI (1x); 3R (9x); 1SB (28x); 17G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 25; 2-hit (17), 3-hit (7), 4-hit (1) #31 AARON HICKS OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/6G Has a career-high 16HR this season (hit 15HR in 2017) has 9HR in 20G as a leadoff hitter and 7HR in 60G in all other spots this season has 10HR in his last 31G (hit 6HR in his first 49G). Was 0-for-2 in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay, pinch-hitting for Walker in the seventh and remaining in game at DH has 3H in last 32AB on road trip was 0-for-6 with 1R and 1BB in 2G/1GS in CF. Hit two-run HR (#12) and two solo HRs (#13/14) and was 3-for-4 with 1BB in 7/1 win vs. Boston was his first career 3HR game and the first by a Yankee since Alex Rodriguez on 7/25/15 at Minnesota is the first Yankee with 3HR in a home game since Curtis Granderson on 4/19/12 vs. Minnesota is the first Yankees leadoff hitter ever to hit 3HR in a game homered from both sides of the plate for the second time in his career (also 4/13/17 vs. Tampa Bay) was his fifth career multi- HR game and second this season (also 4/13 at Detroit-2HR). Hit leadoff HR (#11) and was 2-for-4 with 2R, 2RBI and 1SF in 6/26 win at Philadelphia was his third career leadoff HR (first since 9/7/15 at Kansas City). Of his 39HR since joining the Yankees in 2016, 27 have been hit at Yankee Stadium. Was acquired by the Yankees from Minnesota for C John Ryan Murphy on 11/11/15. Career Bests: 4H (5x); 3HR (1x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (1x); 1SB (47x); 9G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 17; 2-hit (13), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) #66 KYLE HIGASHIOKA C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/4G Was 0-for-3 in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay before being removed for PH (Romine) in the ninth was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday (did not play) is his second stint with the Yankees this season (also 6/25-7/19). With solo HRs on 7/1, 7/3 and 7/4, became the second Yankee in franchise history to have his first three Major League hits go for HRs, joining Alfonso Soriano (from 9/24/99-4/9/00) was the first Major Leaguer to do so since Colorado's Trevor Story (first 4H were HRs) in April Hit solo HR (#1) off Price the first hit and HR of his Major League career and was 1-for-4 in 7/1 win vs. Boston snapped an 0-for-22 stretch to begin his career, the longest drought by a Yankee to start his career since RHP Hal Reniff (0-for-25 from ) was the first Yankee to homer for his first MLB hit since Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back HRs in their first PAs on 8/13/16 vs. Tampa Bay was the first Yankee to homer against Boston for his first MLB hit since Andy Phillips on 9/26/04 at Fenway Park..In 52G with the RailRiders, hit.198 (37-for-187) with 15R, 9 doubles, 5HR and 22RBI. The 2008 seventh-round Yankees draft pick made his Major League debut in 2017 (0-for-18) after spending parts of 10 seasons in the minors. Career Bests: 1H (5x); 1HR (3x); 2RBI (1x); 1R (5x); 0SB; 4G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #99 AARON JUDGE OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/12G Hit his 82nd HR in his 276th career game (7/21 vs. the Mets), trailing Ryan Howard (257G) for fastest to reach the mark (in terms of games played) in Baseball history. Was 1-for-4 in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay and has 9H in last 24AB on road trip was 2-for-11 with 1R and 2BB in 3GS in RF. Started in LF and went 1-for-2 with 1R, 1HR, 1RBI and 1BB in the AL's All-Star Game win on 7/17 his solo HR off Scherzer to lead off the second inning was the first of 10HR hit in the game and the first All-Star homer by a Yankee since Jason Giambi in 2003 became the third Yankee to homer in an All-Star Game at age 26 or younger, joining Joe DiMaggio (1936) and Mickey Mantle (1955 and '56) was selected by fans to his second straight All-Star team is one of five position players drafted by the Yankees to make the All-Star team multiple times as a Yankee (also Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada) received a fan-elected starting assignment for the second straight year and is the first Yankee to start at least two straight ASGs since Robinson Canó ( ) and first Yankees OF to start two straight since Curtis Granderson ( ). Was unanimously named the AL "Rookie of the Year" and placed second in AL MVP voting in 2017, setting a rookie record with 52HR was the ninth Yankee to be named "Rookie of the Year" and first since Derek Jeter in Is the first hitter in Baseball history to be at least 6'7" tall and weigh at least 282lbs. Was selected by the Yankees in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2013 Draft. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 2HR (7x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 2SB (1x); 14G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 28; 2-hit (20), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (0) #28 AUSTIN ROMINE C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/11G Has a career-high 6HR (in 130AB) in 2018 hit 7HR over his previous six Major League seasons (563AB). Has 8RBI in last 7GS (since 7/9 at Baltimore-G2) is batting.316 (12-for-38) with 3 doubles, 2HR, 22RBI and 4BB with RISP. Was 0-for-1 in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay, pinch-hitting in the ninth has 6H in last 25AB on road trip was 0-for-4 with 2RBI and 1SF in 2G/1GS at C. Was removed from 6/30 loss vs. Boston in the seventh with left hamstring tightness caught just 3.0 innings over the Yankees' following four games. Had a career-long 11-game hitting streak from 4/30-6/4 (.469, 15-for-32, 10R, 4 doubles, 4HR, 13RBI) was tied for the second-longest hitting streak by a Yankees catcher since 1994 (Jorge Posada, 15G from 5/3-20/07). Was selected by the Yankees in the second round of the 2007 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 3H (8x); 1HR (13x); 5RBI (1x); 3R (1x); 1SB (2x); 11G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 7; 2-hit (5), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) #27 GIANCARLO STANTON OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/8G (2x) In 34G since 6/16, is hitting.363 (49-for-135) with 8HR and 24RBI. Is hitting.365/.427/.750 (35-for-96) w/ 5 doubles, 1 triple, 10HR, 21RBI and 12BB vs. LHP. Was 1-for-3 with 1RBI, 1SB and 1SF in Wednesday's loss at Tampa Bay has 16H in last 38AB on road trip was 5-for-11 with 2R, 1 double, 3RBI, 1IBB, 1SB and 1SF in 3GS (2-LF/1-DH). Leads the Majors with six games of at least 4H in 2018, the most by a Yankee since Bernie Williams (7 in 1999). Is one of two players with at least 20HR in each of the last nine seasons (since 2010), joining Nelson Cruz is the 11th player ever to hit at least 20HR in at least each of his first nine Major League seasons. Hit game-tying solo HR in the eighth and was 5-for-5 with 2R, 2 doubles, 2RBI and 1IBB in 6/24 loss at Tampa Bay tied his career high in hits (also 8/11/10 at Washington) and times on base (6, also 7/9/17 at San Francisco) was the first 5H game by a Yankee since Curtis Granderson on 4/19/12 vs. Minnesota (5H). Hit ninth-inning two-run "walk-off" HR (#18) in 6/20 win vs. Seattle was his sixth career "walk-off" hit and fourth career "walk-off" HR (each first since 2014). Is the ninth player in MLB history with at least 30 multi-hr games before age 29. Won the 2017 NL MVP Award led the Majors w/ 59HR and 132RBI in 159G w/ Miami. Was acquired by the Yankees from Miami with cash considerations in exchange for 2B Starlin Castro, RHP Jorge Guzman and INF José Devers on 12/11/17 contract extends through the 2027 season, with an opt-out following the 2020 season. Career Bests: 5H (2x); 2HR (31x); 5RBI (5x); 4R (1x); 1SB (40x); 17G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 28; 2-hit (18), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (5), 5-hit (1)