NEW YORK YANKEES (71-42) vs. TEXAS RANGERS (51-65) LHP J.A. Happ (11-6, 4.05) vs. RHP Ariel Jurado (2-1, 4.02)

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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, -9.0G Current Streak: Won 3 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.:. 10 (10) / 3 (2) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (5.15) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (3.96) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Aug. 9, 2015: The Yankees are blanked by Toronto in Yankee Stadium for the second straight day, ending a streak of 2,665 straight games without being shut out in consecutive games, a Major League record. Aug. 9, 2014: The Yankees hold Paul O Neill Day, honoring him with a Monument Park plaque. Aug. 9, 1919: Ralph Houk is born in Lawrence, Kansas. He played eight seasons as a backup catcher with the Yankees ( ), then managed the club for 11 seasons ( , 66-73), winning World Series titles in 1961 and 62. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Aug. 10, 1986: In a pregame ceremony, the Yankees unveil a plaque in honor of Alfred Manuel Billy Martin in Yankee Stadium s Monument Park. Both a player and manager with the Yankees, Martin s No. 1 is also retired. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Tonight vs. Texas: Gary Sánchez Starting Lineup Figure Night pres. by Pepsi (1st 18,000 guests) Friday vs. Texas: David Robertson Collectible Cup Night pres. by Premio Foods (1st 25,000 guests) Saturday vs. Texas: Yankees Baseball Card Pack Day pres. by TOPPS (all guests) NEW YORK YANKEES (71-42) vs. TEXAS RANGERS (51-65) LHP J.A. Happ (11-6, 4.05) vs. RHP Ariel Jurado (2-1, 4.02) Thursday, August 9, 2018 Yankee Stadium 7:05 p.m. ET Game #114 Home Game #55 TV: YES Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees begin a season-long 11-game homestand, with 4G vs. Texas (tonight-sun.), 1G vs. the Mets (Mon.), 3G vs. Tampa Bay (8/14-16) and 3G vs. Toronto (8/17-19) went 3-4 on their seven-game road trip, sweeping 3G at Chicago-AL after being swept in 4G at Boston. Have won three consecutive games after a season-long five-game losing streak is just their second winning streak longer than 2G since 6/22 (won three straight from 7/28-31). At (.628), have the Majors' third-most wins and third-best record behind Boston (81-34,.704) and Houston (73-42,.635) the Yankees and Red Sox have held (at least a share of) the Majors' two best records on 84 of the last 98 days (since the end of play on 5/3). Are 29G over.500 are 3-5 since reaching their season high watermark of 31G over at the end of play on 7/31 had not reached 31G over.500 since finishing the 2011 season 32G over.500 (97-65). Are 9.0G behind first-place Boston in the AL East. Have lost just five of their last 33 series, going since 4/19 are in their last 95G are 9-10 in their last 19 games. Are 51-9 (.850) when scoring first are a Major League-best 44-6 (.880) when their starter tosses at least 6.0 innings. Are 4-5 so far in their stretch of 20 consecutive game days (7/31-8/19). YESTERDAY'S NEWS: The Yankees completed a threegame sweep of the White Sox in Chicago on Wednesday with a 7-3 win RHP Luis Severino (7.0IP, 7H, 3ER, 0BB, 8K, 1HR) snapped a three-start losing streak to earn his career-high 15th win, tied for the Major League lead DH Giancarlo Stanton (1-for-4, 1BB) punctuated a six-run second inning with his sixth career grand slam CF Aaron Hicks (1-for-4, 1BB) hit his 19th HR in the fifth RHP Chad Green (1.0IP, 1H, 1BB, 3K) and RHP Jonathan Holder (1.0IP, 1H, 1K) each threw scoreless innings. Marked their second road series sweep of at least 3G this season (also 4/27-29 at Los Angeles-AL, 3-0). The Yankees' six-run second inning was their highestscoring frame since scoring 6R in the fourth on 6/4 (G1) at Detroit. STRIKE FORCE: Yankees pitchers recorded 12 more strikeouts on Wednesday at Chicago-AL to finish the series with 43K, a club record for a three-game series broke the previous mark of 42K from 5/5-7/17 at Chicago-NL had 20K on Tuesday, just the second time in franchise history to reach 20K in a single game. Have 60K in 40.2IP over the last four games. Have a K/9.0IP ratio (1134K/1,019.1IP), which would be the third-highest single-season figure in Major League history, behind the 2018 Astros (10.59) and 2017 Indians (10.08) have struck out 26.7% of batters faced rank second in the Majors in strikeouts (Houston-1,218). SEVY SEASON: RHP Luis Severino tossed 7.0IP (7H, 3ER, 0BB, 8K) on Wed. at Chicago-AL to snap a three-start losing streak and earn his career-best 15th win of the season marked his longest outing since 6/26 at Philadelphia (7.0IP). Are the most wins by a Yankee in a season since 2012, with Phil Hughes (16-13), Hiroki Kuroda (16-11) and CC Sabathia (15-6) the club's six-year drought without a 15-game winner was tied for the second-longest in the Majors, with Philadelphia's last 15-game winner also in 2012 (Cole Hamels, 17-6) and San Diego's in 2007 (Jake Peavy, 19-6). FAN FAVORITES: Through 54 home gates, the Yankees lead the AL in total home attendance (2,340,346) and average attendance per home gate (43,340), trailing only the Dodgers in average attendance (46,860). Their 21 sellouts this season have set a single-season record for the current Yankee Stadium (previous: 20 in 2011) have sold out 14 of their last 19 home gates (since 6/16). Also lead the AL in average road attendance, drawing 32,604 per road gate no other AL club is above 31,000. STAND IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE: The Yankees kick off a season-long 11-game homestand tonight Elias confirms that this is their longest homestand since they played home games on 13 consecutive days from 6/14-26/05, and went 8-5 vs. Pittsburgh (3-0), Chicago-NL (3-0), Tampa Bay (1-3) and the Mets (1-2). Starting tonight, will play 18 of their next 24 games at home are also in the midst of playing 19 of their first 29G following the All-Star break at Yankee Stadium (so far, are 5-3 at home and 4-6 on the road). HOME COOKING: The Yankees are (.704) at Yankee Stadium in 2018, the second-best home record in the Majors, behind Boston (42-15,.737) are in 44 home games since 4/21. Since their only home series loss of the season (1-3 from 4/5-8 vs. Baltimore), are in 16 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 15 home series since 4/19. Are in their last 24 home series (since 8/31/17), going in 72G over that span. This series marks their third consecutive home series vs. the AL's three last-place teams are 4-2 so far, going 3-1 vs. Kansas City and 1-1 vs. Baltimore. Have not lost consecutive home games since 5/ I GOT FIVE ON IT: Yankees batters have scored at least 5R in 10 consecutive home games, the longest streak at the current Yankee Stadium and the longest home streak in the Majors this season is their longest such streak at home since a 10-game streak from 7/21-8/13/07 have just one longer streak since 1962, scoring at least 5R in 11 straight home games from 8/11-28/05. There has been only one longer streak in the Majors in the last 10 seasons (since the start of 2009), an 11-game streak by Cleveland from 7/29-8/14/16. BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters hit 2HR in all 3G in their series at Chicago-AL after recording just three multi- HR efforts in their first 15G after the All-Star break. Have hit a Major League-leading 181HR are on pace to hit 259HR (the MLB record is 264HR by Seattle in 1997). Six Yankees have hit at least 15HR this season: Giancarlo Stanton (27), Aaron Judge (26), Didi Gregorius (20), Aaron Hicks (19), Gleyber Torres (18), Miguel Andújar (15) the Dodgers are the only other team with six 15HR hitters. Rank second in the Majors in runs (582), runs per game (5.15), SLG (.452), OPS (.781) and XBH (398). STANTON ISLAND: OF Giancarlo Stanton hit his sixth career grand slam in the second inning on Wed. at Chicago- AL was his first since hitting a "walk-off" grand slam on 4/18/14 w/ Miami vs. Seattle; hit 170HR in between grand slams was the fourth grand slam by a Yankee this season, tied for seventh-most in the Majors. In 7G on the road trip, hit.310 (9-for-29) with 6R, 2 doubles, 3HR, 9RBI and 3BB. In his last 45G (since 6/18), is hitting.333 (60-for-180) with 29R, 11 doubles, 11HR, 36RBI and 15BB. His 27HR are the most by a Yankee in his first season with the team since 2009, when Mark Teixeira hit 39HR and Nick Swisher hit 29HR. PICKING UP HICKS: CF Aaron Hicks is batting.302/.456/.558 (13-for-43) with 11R, 2 doubles, 3HR, 7RBI and 13BB over his last 13 games. In 12 home games since the start of July, is batting.395/.547/.868 (15-for-38) with 13R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 9RBI, 14BB and 1SB has reached safely (via H/BB/HP) multiple times in 10-of-12 contests. IT'S A START: Yankees starting pitchers are 2-0 with a 1.82 ERA (24.2IP, 19H, 5ER, 5BB, 38K, 2HR) in their last four starts have recorded at least 8K in all four outings. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Fri., 8/10 vs. Texas RHP Masahiro Tanaka (9-2, 3.76) vs. LHP Mike Minor (8-6, 4.53) 7:05 p.m. YES Sat., 8/11 vs. Texas RHP Lance Lynn (8-8, 4.58) vs. RHP Drew Hutchison (1-2, 6.29 in MLB) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., 8/12 vs. Texas LHP CC Sabathia (6-4, 3.49) vs. LHP Martin Pérez (2-4, 6.15) 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. TEXAS RANGERS OVERALL TRENDS: The Yankees are 1-2 through the first three of 7G vs. the Rangers in 2018 are 9-15 in their last 24 matchups (since 7/30/14) but are since the start of 2011 IN 2017: Went 3-3 vs. Texas, dropping a three-game series at home (1-2) and winning 2-of-3 in Arlington IN SEASON SERIES: Have posted three consecutive non-winning season series for the first time since seven straight such seasons from are still in season series since 1997 AT YANKEE STADIUM: Own a record against Texas at the current Yankee Stadium, and are since 2010 are 6-10 in the last 16 games since 6/26/13 lost five consecutive home games vs. Texas from 5/22/15-6/28/16, their longest such streak since the team became the Texas Rangers in 1972 IN POSTSEASON: The two clubs have met four times in October with New York winning three series the 1996 ALDS (3-1), 1998 ALDS (3-0), and 1999 ALDS (3-0) and the Rangers winning one the 2010 ALCS (4-2) won 10 consecutive postseason meetings between the two clubs from 10/2/96 (ALDS G2) to 10/15/10 (ALCS G1) the 10-game winning streak is the club s longest in the postseason vs. any opponent. NYY BATTERS vs. TEXAS RANGERS 2018 AND CAREER 2018 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Miguel Andújar Greg Bird Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Shane Robinson Austin Romine Giancarlo Stanton Gleyber Torres Luke Voit Neil Walker NYY BATTERS vs. RHP ARIEL JURADO CAREER AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Miguel Andújar Greg Bird Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Shane Robinson Austin Romine Giancarlo Stanton Gleyber Torres Luke Voit Neil Walker NYY vs. TEXAS in 2018 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 5/21 at TEX W /22 at TEX L /23 at TEX L /9 at NYY /10 at NYY /11 at NYY /12 at NYY Total in Since franchise moved to TEX in 1972 All-time vs. TEX: All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at current Yankee Stad.: All-time at Globe Life Park: 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) (4) Road (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...5 (8/1-5) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road...2, 2x (last: 5/10-11) / 4 (last: 8/2-5) 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....2:15 (8/3 at BOS) 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... 47,206 (8/1 vs. BAL) / 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...1 (8/3 at 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) / 3G (Hicks & Higashioka) Walk-off Wins...6 (last: 6/20 vs. SEA) TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning...15 (8/2 at BOS) / 9 (4/10 at BOS, 6th inn.) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games...19 (8/2 at 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....15, 5x (last: 7/31 vs. BAL) / 20 (8/7 at CWS) Shutouts...9 (last: 8/6 at CWS) Complete Games...2 (last: Tanaka, 7/24 at TB) Walk-Off Losses...3 (last: 8/5 at BOS) 2018 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 3, 16x (last: Andújar, 7/21 vs. NYM); Hits- 5 (Stanton, 6/24 at TB); Doubles- 2, 17x (last: Stanton, 8/4 at BOS); Triples- 1, 14x (last: Gardner, 8/2 at BOS); 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, 5x (last: Holder, 8/2 at BOS); ER- 7, 3x (last: Holder, 8/2 at BOS); BB- 5 (Gray, 4/25 vs. MIN); K- 12 (Sabathia, 8/7 at CWS); HR- 3, 2x (last: Tanaka, 6/2 at BAL); Pitches- 115 (Severino, 8/3 at BOS). FIELDING: Errors- 2, 2x (last: Andújar, 8/5 at BOS) PLAYERS USED (44) P (23): RHP Chance Adams, RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Zach Britton, 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, LHP J.A. Happ, RHP Jonathan Holder, RHP Tommy Kahnle, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga, RHP Lance Lynn, 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 (10): Miguel Andújar, Tyler Austin, Greg Bird, Brandon Drury, Didi Gregorius, Gleyber Torres, Ronald Torreyes, Luke Voit, 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 (7) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Jacoby Ellsbury Right oblique strain 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 60-day (113) Ben Heller Right elbow bone spur 4/2 (retro to 3/27) 60-day (113) Jordan Montgomery Left elbow strain 5/2 10-day (84) Clint Frazier Post-concussion migraines 7/21 10-day (17) Gary Sánchez Right groin strain 7/24 10-day (15) Aaron Judge Right wrist fracture 7/27 10-day (12) J.A. Happ Hand, foot and mouth disease 8/2 (retro to 7/30) 10-day (9) 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: 18 players in 20 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 Voit 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 Voit Wade Walker Pitchers MOST RECENT HRs Andújar 8/7/18 at CWS (Lopez) Bird 7/28/18 vs. KC-G2 (Flynn) Gardner 2HR, 7/12/18 at CLE (Kluber/Olson) Gregorius 2HR, 8/2/18 at BOS (Johnson 2x) Hicks 8/8/18 at CWS (Giolito) Higashioka 7/4/18 vs. ATL (Teheran) Robinson 7/28/18 vs. KC-G2 (Fillmyer) Romine 7/11/18 at BAL (Marinez) Stanton 8/8/18 at CWS (Giolito) Torres 8/6/18 at CWS (Vieira) Voit 6/7/18 vs. MIA (Conley) Walker 8/6/18 at CWS (Vieira) 1st-INNING LEADOFF HRs 4x in 2018 / 5x in 2017 Gardner 7/7 at TOR (Happ) Hicks 6/26 at PHI (Arrieta) Gardner 5/29 vs. HOU (Morton) Gardner 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) WALK-OFF HRs 3x in 2018 / 3x in 2017 Stanton 6/20 vs. SEA (Cook) Torres 5/6 vs. CLE (Otero) Sánchez 4/26 vs. MIN (Rodney) GRAND SLAMS 4x in 2018 / 4x in 2017 Stanton 8/8 at CWS (Giolito) Bird 7/11 at BAL (Bundy) Andújar 6/5 at TOR (Oh) Gregorius 4/23 vs. MIN (Kinley) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 2x in 2018 / 0x in 2017 Hicks 5/19 at KC (Duffy, 3rd inn.) Hicks 4/13 at DET (Fiers, 2nd inn.) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Ppd. (9)...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), 7/27 vs. KC (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 (4)...4/12 at BOS (0:45, rain), 5/10 vs. BOS (0:55, rain), 5/15 at WAS (1:10, rain), 8/1 vs. BAL (0:39, 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 (54x in 2018) NYY Challenges: 26 (18 overturned, 4 confirmed, 4 stand) Opp. Challenges: 23 (12 overturned, 4 confirmed, 7 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 ( ) 2018 YANKEES HOME RUNS MULTI-HR GAMES 19x in 2018 / 18x in 2017 Gregorius 2HR, 8/2 at BOS (Johnson 2x) Torres 2HR, 8/1 vs. BAL (Cobb/Wright Jr.) 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 20x/7x in 2018 / 19x/11x in 2017 s Date/Opp. (Inning) Gardner/Judge* 7/7 at TOR (1st inn.) Judge/Andújar* 6/21 vs. SEA (1st inn.) Stanton/Sánchez* 6/16 vs. TB (5th inn.) Gardner/Judge* 5/26 vs. LAA (1st 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.) 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: 181 / Runs: 582 / Runs via HR: 291 (50.0%) Solo (101): Andújar-7, Austin-1, Bird-7, Gardner-5, Gregorius-11, Hicks-11, Higashioka-3, Judge-17, Robinson-1, Romine-2, Sánchez-6, Stanton-16, Torres-10, Wade-1, Walker-3 2-Run (54): Andújar-5, Austin-6, Drury-1, Gardner-4, Gregorius-3, Hicks-7, Judge-8, Romine-3, Sánchez-6, Stanton-9, Torres-1, Walker-1 3-Run (22): Andújar-2, Austin-1, Bird-1, Gregorius-5, Hicks-1, Judge-1, Romine-1, Sánchez-2, Stanton-1, Torres-7 Grand Slams (4): Andújar-1, Bird-1, Gregorius-1, Stanton : 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 113 After Game (2nd, -9.0) -- (--,--) (2nd, -4.5) (2nd, -3.5) (4th, -7.0) (4th, -6.5) (2nd, -0.5) (1st, +0.5) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS July 29 Acquired international signing bonus pool money from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for LHP Caleb Frare. July 30 Acquired international signing bonus pool money from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for RHP Adam Warren acquired RHP Lance Lynn and cash considerations from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for INF Tyler Austin and RHP Luis Rijo. July 31 Selected the contract of LHP Ryan Bollinger to the 25-man roster from Double-A Trenton following the game, optioned LHP Ryan Bollinger to Double-A Trenton. Aug. 1 Added RHP Lance Lynn to the 25-man roster. Aug. 2 Placed LHP J.A. Happ on the 10-day disabled list (retroactive to July 30) with hand, foot and mouth disease optioned INF Tyler Wade to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre recalled RHP Luis Cessa and INF Luke Voit from Triple-A. Aug. 3 Recalled RHP Tommy Kahnle from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre optioned RHP Luis Cessa to Triple-A Scranton/WB. Aug. 4 Selected RHP Chance Adams from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and signed him to a Major League contract optioned RHP Tommy Kahnle to Triple-A Scranton/WB. Aug. 8 Following the game, optioned RHP Chance Adams to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

3 TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: LHP J.A. HAPP (11-6, 4.05 ERA) LHP J.A. Happ will make his second start as a Yankee and 22nd start of the season tonight vs. Texas the 35-year-old will be reinstated from the 10-day D.L. prior to the game was placed on the disabled list on 8/2 (retroactive to 7/30) with hand, foot and mouth disease earned the win in his Yankees debut on 7/29 vs. Kansas City (6.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 1BB, 2K, 1HR, 1HP) was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for INF Brandon Drury and OF Billy McKinney on 7/26/18 his first name is pronounced "JAY" according to STATS, LLC, is the fourth pitcher to make starts for both the Yankees and Blue Jays in the same season, and the first since David Cone in 1995 finished sixth in 2016 AL Cy Young Award voting after going 20-4 with Toronto and tying for the second-most wins in the Majors the Yankees are his sixth Major League team, also the Phillies ( ), Astros ( ), Blue Jays ( , 16-18), Mariners (2015) and Pirates (2015) was originally selected by Philadelphia in the third round of the 2004 First-Year Draft out of Northwestern (Ill.) University. LAST START: Earned the win in his Yankees debut on 7/29 vs. Kansas City (6.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 1BB, 2K, 1HR, 1HP) began his Yankees tenure with five scoreless innings before allowing a two-out solo HR to Salvador Perez in the sixth inning. NEXT STOP 161 ST/YANKEE STADIUM: Is 5-1 with a 3.67 ERA (54.0IP, 22ER) in nine career starts at Yankee Stadium has won each of his last four starts here since the start of 2016, posting a 2.39 ERA (26.1IP, 7ER). Started for Philadelphia in the 22nd game in Yankee Stadium history on 5/23/09, yielding 2ER in 6.0IP (4H, 0BB, 4K, 1HR) in a no-decision. In 12 home starts with Toronto in 2018, was 6-4 with a 5.22 ERA (69.0IP, 64H, 42R/40ER, 18BB, 78K, 12HR). BEAST OF THE EAST: Since the start of 2017, is 6-7 with a 2.44 ERA (99.2IP, 77H, 36R/27ER, 37BB, 95K, 12HR) in 18 starts vs. AL East clubs has held opponents to a.206 BA (77-for-373) in that span. Has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in all 10 starts vs. Boston since the start of 2015, going 4-1 with a 1.78 ERA (60.2IP, 12ER) is tied for the third-longest such streak vs. the Red Sox since earned runs became an official statistic in the AL in 1913, behind the Yankees' Bob Shawkey (14GS from 6/29/1921-4/15/1924) and Cleveland's Gaylord Perry (11GS from 9/9/1972-9/11/1974). HIRED HAND: Has been traded at four of the last nine July non-waiver trading deadlines in 35 post-trade games (31 starts) with his new clubs, has compiled a 16-8 record with one complete game and a 3.22 ERA (181.2IP, 150H, 68R/65ER, 66BB, 178K, 13HR). Is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA (6.0IP, 1ER) in one start as a Yankee. On 7/31/15, was acquired by Pittsburgh from Seattle in exchange for RHP Adrian Sampson went 7-2 with a 1.85 ERA (63.1IP, 13ER) in 11 starts as the Pirates reached the NL Wild Card Game was scoreless in 5-of-11 turns and ranked third among MLB pitchers in ERA from 8/1 through the end of the season (min. 50.0IP). On 7/20/12, was acquired by Toronto from Houston in a 10-player trade was 3-2 with a 4.69 ERA (40.1IP, 21ER) in 10 games (six starts) for the Blue Jays that season made his first four appearances in relief (5.14 ERA, 7.0IP, 4ER) before joining the rotation for his final six starts (3-2, 4.59 ERA, 33.1IP, 17ER). On 7/29/10, was acquired by Houston from Philadelphia, along with OF Anthony Gose and INF Jonathan Villar, in exchange for RHP Roy Oswalt went 5-4 with a 3.75 ERA (72.0IP, 30ER) in 13 starts for the Astros tossed 6.0 shutout innings (2H, 4BB, 6K) in his Astros debut on 7/30/10 vs. Milwaukee a month later, threw a two-hit shutout (1BB, 4K) on 8/30/10 vs. St. Louis. VS. TEXAS: Is 4-2 with a 2.97 ERA (36.1IP, 12ER) in six career regular season starts against the Rangers has 37K and just 6BB has completed 6.0IP and allowed 2R-orfewer in each of his last five starts (since 2012). Also earned the win in 2016 ALDS Game 2 w/ Toronto at Texas, yielding just 1ER in 5.0IP (9H, 1BB, 5K). 2018: Is 5-2 with a 2.47 ERA (51.0IP, 14ER) in nine starts outside of Rogers Centre has retired 92-of-124 batters leading off an inning (.258 opp. OBP) opponents are hitting.145 (9-for-62) against his slider and.201 (43-for-214) against his four-seam fastball (Brooks Baseball). Is 1-1 with a 1.23 ERA (14.2IP, 7R/2ER) in his last three starts. Made his first career All-Star Game, selected by MLB as Toronto's lone representative. Earned his 100th career win on 6/8 vs. Baltimore. Won six consecutive decisions from 5/16-6/25, going 6-0 with a 2.60 ERA (52.0IP, 15ER) in eight starts. Made his first career Opening Day start on 3/29 vs. the Yankees (L, 4.2IP, 4H, 3R/2ER, 1BB, 5K, 1HR). THERE'S A HAPP FOR THAT: Has a career-best 9.90 K/9.0IP ratio (132K/120.0IP) and 26.6% strikeout rate. Had a season-high 10K twice: 5/16 at the Mets and 4/24 vs. Boston. Has four games with at least 9K and 0BB, tied with Justin Verlander for the most in the Majors on 4/24 vs. Boston (10K) and 4/29 vs. Texas (9K), became the second Blue Jay to record at least 9K with 0BB in consecutive games (Roger Clemens, 5/5-10/97). HAPP'S 2018 REGULAR SEASON STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game C 3/29 vs. NYY 1-6 L / Trailing /3 vs. CWS 14-5 W / Leading /9 at BAL 7-1 W / Leading /18 vs. KC 15-5 W / Leading /24 vs. BOS* 4-3 (10) ND / Leading /29 vs. TEX* 7-2 W / Leading /4 at TB* 2-6 L / Trailing /10 vs. SEA 3-9 L / Trailing /16 at NYM* 12-1 W / Leading /22 vs. LAA* 5-3 W / Leading /27 at PHI* 5-3 W / Leading /2 at DET* 4-7 ND / Tied /8 vs. BAL 5-1 W / Leading /13 at TB* 0-1 ND / Tied /20 vs. ATL* 5-4 W / Leading /25 at HOU 6-3 W / Leading /1 vs. DET 1-9 L / Trailing /7 vs. NYY 5-8 L / Trailing /12 at BOS* 4-6 L / Trailing /22 vs. BAL 5-4 ND / Tied TRADED FROM TORONTO TO YANKEES ON 7/26 7/29 vs. KC 6-3 W / Leading 6-1 AR Totals (21GS) Totals w/ TOR (20GS) Totals w/ NYY (1GS) w/ A. Romine (1GS) * Started after a team loss / bold = season high HAPP'S CAREER REGULAR SEASON STARTS VS. TEXAS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game 6/20/11 at TEX 3-8 L / Trailing 7-0 8/17/12 vs. TEX 3-2 W / Leading 3-1 4/17/15 vs. TEX 1-3 L / Trailing 2-0 4/28/15 at TEX 2-1 W / Leading 2-1 5/5/16 vs. TEX 12-2 W / Leading /29/18 vs. TEX 7-2 W / Leading 7-2 Career Totals (6GS) HAPP VS. TEXAS (CAREER) W-L ERA GS IP H ER All Games w/ NYY HAPP VS. TEXAS BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Andrus Beltre Chirinos Choo Gallo Kiner-Falefa Odor Profar HAPP'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (3x), last on 8/30/10 vs. STL H...11, on 6/13/12 at SF R...8 (4x), last on 5/16/16 vs. TB ER...8 (2x), last on 5/16/16 vs. TB BB...7 (2x), last on 5/2/13 vs. BOS K...12, on 8/7/14 vs. BAL HR...3 (7x), last on 7/9/17 vs. HOU Pitches , on 8/5/09 vs. COL 10K Games...9, last on 5/16/18 at NYM (10K) Low-hit CG...2, on 8/30/10 vs. STL CG SHO... 3, last on 8/30/10 vs. STL CAREER SPLITS W-L G/GS IP ER ERA AVG Total / Home / Road / Starter / Reliever / Day / Night / OPPONENT BATTING 2018 AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.225/.289/ vs. Left.182/.240/ vs. Right.236/.301/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.249/.317/ vs. Left.243/.302/ vs. Right.251/.321/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total FRIDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. TEXAS: RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (9-2, 3.76 ERA) RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his 19th start of the season in Friday's game vs. Texas the 29-year-old will pitch on regular four days' rest did not factor in the decision in Sunday's 4-3, 10-inning loss at Boston (4.2IP, 6H, 1ER, 1BB, 9K, 1HR) had his career-high, scoreless inning streak snapped at 21.1IP was the longest streak by a Yankee since CC Sabathia from 6/30-7/10/2011 is undefeated in his last 14 starts, going 7-0 with a 3.12 ERA (80.2IP, 28ER) and 86K over the span was on the 10-day D.L. from 6/9-7/10 with mild strains of left and right hamstring (missed 29 team games) has 160 career wins between MLB (61) and NPB (99) went with a 4.74 ERA (178.1IP, TANAKA VS. TEXAS (CAREER) W-L ERA GS IP H ER All Games At Y.S H, 100R/94ER, 41BB, 194K, 35HR) in 30 starts in 2017 recorded his 700th career strikeout on 6/2/18 at Baltimore, becoming the sixth Japanese pitcher to record at least 700 Major League strikeouts was only the second Yankee to record at least 700K through his first five Major League seasons (Andy Pettitte-709K through five seasons) the 2014 AL All-Star was acquired by the club via the posting system from the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan and signed to a seven-year contract on 1/22/14 his contract runs through the 2020 season.

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: 0G/7G (3x) Leads all Major League rookies w/ 30 doubles and 47XBH, ranks second w/ a.289 BA, 52R, 112H and 33 multi-hit games, is third w/ 50RBI and is fourth w/ 15HR. Over his last 26G, has hit.330 (31-for-94) with 15R, 5 doubles, 3HR, 11RBI, and 6BB. Was 0-for-4 with 1BB and 1SB in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL has 9RBI in last 11G on road trip was 6-for-27 (.222) with 3R, 2HR, 3RBI, 1HP, 2BB and 1SB in 7GS (4-3B/3-DH) hit game-tying solo HR (#15) in the seventh and hit gamewinning single in the 13th on Tuesday at Chicago-AL, going 3-for-5 with 1HP. Collected multiple hits in five consecutive starts from 7/20-25 was the longest multi-hit start streak by a Yankee since Starlin Castro from 5/1-6/17 (also 5G). Has 49XBH through his first 107 career games, sixth-most in Yankees history through 107G (Joe DiMaggio-76XBH, Bob Meusel-56XBH, Gary Sánchez-52XBH, Joe Gordon-50XBH, Aaron Judge-50XBH). Hit 12HR before the All-Star break, becoming the fifth Yankees rookie with at least 10HR before the break, joining Aaron Judge (30HR, 2017), Gleyber Torres (15HR, 2018), Joe DiMaggio (11HR, 1936) and Nick Johnson (11HR, 2002) credit: Elias. 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 (14x); 4RBI (2x); 3R (2x); 1SB (3x); 7G hitting streak (3x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 33; 2-hit (27), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) #33 GREG BIRD 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/8G Of his 44H this season, 20 have gone for extra bases (10 doubles, 1 triple, 9HR) of his 9HR, four have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead. Is 9-for-25 (.360) with 2 doubles, 2HR and 18RBI with RISP since 6/26. Was 1-for-5 in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL snapped an 0-for-23 stretch with a ninth-inning single on road trip was 2-for-25 with 1BB in 7G/6GS at 1B. Batted.265 (22-for-83) with 19RBI in 23 games in July after hitting.184 (14-for- 76) with 6RBI in 24 games in June. 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: 7; 2-hit (7), 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 251SB, tied with Willie Randolph for third-most in franchise history. Was 0-for-3 with 1R, 1BB and 1HP in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL has 3H in last 13AB on road trip was 5-for-26 (.192) with 5R, 1 triple, 2BB and 2HP in 7G/6GS in 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: 23; 2-hit (19), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (2) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/9G Did not play in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL has 10H in last 32AB has 7RBI in last 8G and 17RBI over the last 19 on road trip was 5-for-24 (.208) with 4R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 6RBI, 3BB and 1HP in 6GS at SS hit three-run HR (#19) and solo HR (#20) and was 2-for-5 in 8/2 loss at Boston was his fifth career two-homer game (fourth this season, last on 6/12 vs. Washington). His four multi-hr games this season (last on 8/2 at Boston) are the most by a Yankees shortstop in franchise history (previous: two by Jeter-2004, Smalley-1982, Kubek-1960, Crosetti-1936) is the first Yankees SS ever with consecutive 20HR seasons, having now done it in each of the last three seasons (20HR in 2018, 25HR in 2017, 20HR in 2016) has now tied Derek Jeter (1999, 2001, '04) for the most 20HR seasons by a Yankees shortstop. 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 has the most games played in Baseball history by a Netherlands-born player. Career Bests: 4H (7x); 2HR (5x); 8RBI (1x); 3R (9x); 1SB (28x); 17G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 30; 2-hit (21), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (1) #31 AARON HICKS OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/6G Has a career-high 19HR this season and 36XBH (previous: 15HR and 33XBH in 2017) has 10HR in 24G as a leadoff hitter and 9HR in 69G in all other spots this season has 13HR in his last 44G (hit 6HR in his first 49G). Hit solo HR (#19) in the fifth and was 1-for-4 with 1BB in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL has reached safely in 26 of his last 55PA (13H, 13BB) has 4H in last 14AB on road trip was 5-for-27 (.185) with 4R, 1 double, 2HR, 4RBI and 6BB in 7GS in CF. Drew 1BB in 10 consecutive starts from 7/15-8/2 (13BB total), the longest such streak by a Yankee since Brett Gardner's 10-start streak from 8/25-9/5/10 (14BB). Collected his first career 3HR game in 7/1 win vs. Boston was the first by a Yankee since Alex Rodriguez on 7/25/15 at Minnesota was the first Yankees leadoff hitter ever to hit 3HR in a game. Hit his third career leadoff HR and first of 2018 in 6/26 win at Philadelphia. 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: 21; 2-hit (16), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (0) #66 KYLE HIGASHIOKA C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/4G Did not play in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL on road trip was 2-for-9 with 1R and 1 double in 2GS at C snapped an 0-for-15 stretch with his fourthinning single on 7/31 vs. Baltimore. Is his second stint with the Yankees this season (6/25-7/19, 7/24-present). 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..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 (8x); 1HR (3x); 2RBI (1x); 1R (6x); 0SB; 4G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #38 SHANE ROBINSON OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/2G Was 1-for-4 with 1R and 1RBI in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL on road trip was 1-for-10 with 2R, 1RBI, 1BB and 1SH in 5G/4GS (3-RF/1-LF) hit his first home run as a Yankee and first HR since 6/4/16 at Pittsburgh w/ Los Angeles-AL in 7/28 Game 2 win vs. Kansas City. Is in his second stint with the Yankees this season (4/10-12, 7/26-present). Played in 50 games with the RailRiders, hitting.261 (49-for-188) with 25R, 7 doubles, 3 triples, 14RBI and 9SB. Was signed by the Yankees to a minor league contract on 2/9/18 was designated for assignment on 4/12 and outrighted to Scranton/WB on 4/15. In 2017, hit.194 (6-for-31) with 7R and 1RBI in 20G with the Angels spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Salt Lake, batting.319 (111-for-348) in 86G. Was originally selected by St. Louis in the fifth round of the 2006 First-Year Draft in his Major League career, has played for St. Louis (2009, 11-14), Minnesota (2015), Los Angeles-AL ( ) and New York-AL (2018). Career Bests: 3H (7x); 1HR (7x); 3RBI (2x); 3R (2x); 1SB (18x); 6G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #28 AUSTIN ROMINE C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/11G Has a career-high 6HR (in 164AB) in 2018 hit 7HR over his previous six Major League seasons (563AB). Has 10RBI in last 16GS (since 7/9 at Baltimore-G2) is batting.298 (14-for-47) with 3 doubles, 2HR, 23RBI and 4BB with RISP this season. Was 1-for-4 with 1R and 1RBI in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL has 9H in last 44AB on road trip was 3-for-18 (.167) with 2R, 1 double, 1RBI and 1BB in 5GS at C. 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: 2G/8G (2x) In 47G since 6/16, is hitting.332 (62-for-187) with 12HR and 37RBI. Is hitting.352/.417/.705 (37-for-105) w/ 5 doubles, 10HR, 21RBI and 13BB vs. LHP. Hit grand slam (#27) in the second and was 1-for-4 with 1BB in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL was his sixth career grand slam and first since 4/18/14 vs. Seattle has 7H in last 20AB has 18RBI in last 18G on road trip was 9-for-29 (.310) with 6R, 2 doubles, 3HR, 9RBI, 3BB and 1SF in 7GS (4-RF/3-DH). Is tied with Arizona's David Peralta for the Major League lead with six games of at least 4H in 2018, the most by a Yankee since Bernie Williams (7 in 1999). Is one of three players (also Mike Trout and Nelson Cruz) to hit at least 25HR in each of the last five seasons (and seven times in nine career seasons ( , '14-18) is one of two players with at least 20HR in each of the last nine seasons (since 2010), joining Nelson Cruz. Tied his career high in hits (5, also 8/11/10 at Washington) and times on base (6, also 7/9/17 at San Francisco) in 6/24 loss at Tampa Bay 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: 32; 2-hit (22), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (5), 5-hit (1) #25 GLEYBER TORRES INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/9G Ranks second among all rookies with 18HR and 52RBI in only 77 games. Is the first Yankee ever and the seventh player in Major League history to hit at least 18HR in his first 75 career games before turning 22 years old. Has a Major-League-leading seven three-run HR this season. Was 1-for-3 with 1R, 2BB and 1SB in Wednesday's win at Chicago-AL his fourth-inning RBI single on Monday snapped an 0-for-12 stretch has 9RBI in last 10G has 5H in last 28AB on road trip was 3-for-24 (.125) with 2R, 1HR, 3RBI, 7BB, 1SB and 1SF in 7GS (6-2B/1-SS) hit solo HR (#16) and three-run HR (#17) and set a career high with 4RBI in 8/1 loss vs. Baltimore, going 2-for-4 with 1BB was his second career 2HR game (also 5/21 at Texas) is the second player in Yankees history to record at least two multi-hr games before turning 22 years old, joining Joe DiMaggio, who had three in Was placed on the 10-day D.L. from 7/4 (effective 7/5) - 7/25 with a right hip strain (missed 15 team games). Was named via the Ballot to his first career All-Star team (did not play) became the fourth Yankee to be named to the AL All-Star team at age 21-oryounger (also Joe DiMaggio in 1936, Mickey Mantle from and Willie Randolph in 1976 was the fourth Yankee to make the All-Star team as a rookie since 2014 (also Betances and Tanaka in 2014 and Judge in 2017). Has hit 12HR from the ninth spot in the lineup, the most by a Yankee in a single season from the No. 9 spot in franchise history. Was named AL Rookie of the Month for May in 24G, hit.325/.380/.663 (27- for-83) with 13R, 9HR and 24RBI, leading all Major League rookies in batting average, HR and RBI during the month (min. 75AB). Made his Major League debut at 21y, 130d old and is the fifth-youngest player to appear in a game this season (Atlanta's Ronald Acuña-20 years, Mike Soroka-20 years and Ozzie Albies, a "younger" 21 years old, Washington's Juan Soto-19 years). Batted.347 (17-for-49) with 6R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR and 11RBI in 14 games with the RailRiders appeared at 2B, SS and 3B was recalled on 4/22. Career Bests: 3H (1x); 2HR (2x); 4RBI (1x); 2R (4x); 1SB (3x); 9G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 21; 2-hit (20), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0)