NEW YORK YANKEES (75-44) vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (60-59) RHP Luis Cessa (1-2, 4.50) vs. RHP Jake Faria (4-3, 4.97)

Transcription

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, -10.0G Current Streak: Won 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.:. 10 (10) / 4 (2) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (5.18) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (4.01) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Aug. 15, 1955: Mickey Mantle homers from both sides of the plate for the second time in his career in a 12-6 victory at Baltimore s Memorial Stadium in Game 2 of a doubleheader sweep of the Orioles. Aug. 15, 1928: Bill Dickey makes his MLB debut, going 0-for-2 off the bench as the Yankees fall, 8-4, to the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Aug. 16, 2006: The Yankees break ground for a new Yankee Stadium, scheduled to be ready for Opening Day Aug. 16, 1974: Down 8-7 with two outs in the bottom of the 13th, Bobby Murcer singles to right to bring up Thurman Munson, who goesl deep off Chicago s Terry Forster for a 9-8 win at Shea Stadium, marking the only walkoff HR of Munson s career. Aug. 16, 1948: Babe Ruth passes away at the age of 53 from cancer just over two months after his final visit to Yankee Stadium on 6/13, when his number was retired. Ruth s body was laid in state at the entrance of Yankee Stadium for the next two days. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Tonight vs. Tampa Bay: Cap Night pres. by Canon (1st 20,000 guests) Thursday vs. Tampa Bay: Luis Severino Poster Day pres. by We Are Alexander (1st 10,000 guests age 14-and-younger) Aug. 31 vs. Detroit: Brett Gardner Bobblehead Night pres. by AT&T (1st 18,000 guests) Sept. 1 vs. Detroit: Yankees Pullover Jacket Day pres. by Ford (1st 10,000 guests) NEW YORK YANKEES (75-44) vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (60-59) RHP Luis Cessa (1-2, 4.50) vs. RHP Jake Faria (4-3, 4.97) Wednesday, August 15, 2018 Yankee Stadium 7:05 p.m. ET Game #120 Home Game #61 TV: YES Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees are 4-2 on their season-long 11- game homestand are 1-0 in three-game series vs. Tampa Bay went 3-1 vs. Texas and lost a make-up game vs. the Mets finish the homestand with 3G vs. Toronto (Fri.-Sun.). Elias confirms this is their longest homestand since playing home games on 13 consecutive days from 6/14-26/05, and going 8-5 vs. Pittsburgh (3-0), Chicago-NL (3-0), Tampa Bay (1-3) and the Mets (1-2). Are 7-2 in their last 9G, their best nine-game stretch since 6/14-22 are since 4/21. At (.630), have the Majors' second-best record and second-most wins behind Boston (86-35,.711) the Yankees and Red Sox have held (at least a share of) the Majors' two best records on 90 of the last 104 days (since the end of play on 5/3). Are 31G over.500, matching their season high watermark (third time, also at through 8/12 and through 7/31) had not reached 31G over.500 since finishing the 2011 season 32G over.500 (97-65). Are a season-high-tying 10.0G behind first-place Boston in the AL East matches their largest division deficit since they were 10.0G out on 9/30/16. Are 8-7 so far in their stretch of 20 consecutive game days (7/31-8/19). Are 4-2 in their current stretch of playing 18-of-24 games at home are also in the midst of playing 19 of their first 29G following the All-Star break at Yankee Stadium (are so far: 9-5 at home and 4-6 on the road). Have lost only six of their last 35 series, going since 4/19 have lost consecutive series just once all season, from 4/5-12 (1-3 vs. Baltimore, 1-2 at Boston). Are 55-9 (.859) when scoring first, second in MLB to Boston (59-8,.881) are a Major League-best 47-6 (.887) when their starter tosses at least 6.0 innings. YESTERDAY'S NEWS: The Yankees opened their series with the Rays on Tuesday with a 4-1 win at Yankee Stadium LHP J.A. Happ tossed 7.0 one-hit, scoreless innings (4BB, 4K, 1HP) to earn his third win in three starts as a Yankee C Austin Romine (1-for-3) hit a two-run HR in the fifth 3B Miguel Andújar (2-for-4) hit two doubles CF Aaron Hicks (1-for-3, 1RBI, 1BB) has at least 1RBI in seven of his last 9G DH Giancarlo Stanton (1-for-3, 1R, 1 double, 1BB) extended his run-scoring streak to a career-high 9G, tied for the longest by a Yankee in 2018 RHP Dellin Betances (1.0IP, 1H, 1ER, 1K, 1HR) had his scoreless streak snapped at 10.0IP but set a franchise record by recording a strikeout for the 29th consecutive relief appearance LHP Aroldis Chapman (1.0IP, 1H, 1K) needed just nine pitches to convert his 31st save of the season (in 33 opportunities). HAPPY DAYS: On Tues. vs. Tampa Bay, LHP J.A. Happ allowed just 1H over 7.0 scoreless innings (4BB, 4K, 1HP) to win his third consecutive start was the first Yankee to throw at least 7.0 scoreless frames with one-or-zero hits since Michael Pineda on 9/22/14 vs. Baltimore (7.0IP, 1H, 0R) marked his first career start with at least 7.0IP and 1H-or-fewer. Is the first pitcher to claim a win in each of his first three starts as a Yankee since Kevin Brown from 3/31-4/14/04 is 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA (19.0IP, 4ER) with the Yankees. Has won all six of his starts at Yankee Stadium since 2016 (three with Toronto, three with the Yankees). Is the fifth different Yankees pitcher to throw 7.0 scoreless innings in a game this season (Severino-3, Gray-1, Lynn- 1, Tanaka-1). Was just the Yankees' fourth start of at least 7.0IP in the last 40G (since 6/30) had 15 such starts in their first 79G. EARNING THEIR PINSTRIPES: The Yankees have won all five starts by LHP J.A. Happ and RHP Lance Lynn, with the two starting pitchers acquired by the Yankees in July combining to go 4-0 with a 1.44 ERA (31.1IP, 5ER) in those outings. RAY OF LIGHT: The Yankees have won 12 consecutive home series over the Rays (since 9/9/14), their longest such streak ever vs. Tampa Bay and the longest streak over any opponent at the current Yankee Stadium are in that span. Tuesday's win gave the Yankees a 12-0 record in home series openers vs. Tampa Bay since the start of EVERY DAY HE'S HUSTLIN': C Austin Romine hit a tworun HR in the fifth inning on Tues. vs. Tampa Bay is 7-for- 15 (.467) with 4R, 2HR, 5RBI and 1SB during his four-game hitting streak has hit safely in 12-of-15 games since 7/26. Has a career-high 8HR in 182AB this season hit 7HR in 563AB over his previous six Major League seasons. Has thrown out four of his last six attempted base stealers (since 8/5). Yankees catchers lead the Majors with 24HR this season and rank second with a.449 slugging mark. PICKING UP HICKS: CF Aaron Hicks is batting.317/.462/.550 (19-for-60) with 14R, 2 doubles, 4HR, 13RBI and 17BB over his last 18 games has RBI in seven of his last 9G and 10-of-16. Has reached safely (via H/BB/HP) multiple times in 14-of-17 home games since the start of July, batting.382/.527/.764 (21-for-55) with 16R, 3 doubles, 6HR, 15RBI, 18BB and 1SB. By FanGraphs' WAR, the Yankees have three of the top nine outfielders in the Majors: Aaron Judge (fourth, 5.0), Giancarlo Stanton (eighth, 3.8), Aaron Hicks (ninth, 3.8). JUST DÚ IT: 3B Miguel Andújar hit a pair of doubles on Tues. vs. Tampa Bay has 7XBH in his last 8G, batting.364/.400/.818 (12-for-33) with 8R, 3 doubles, 4HR, 10RBI, 1BB, 1HP and 1SB in that span. Leads MLB rookies with 33 doubles are seventhmost by a Yankees rookie in a single season is tied for seventh in the Majors in doubles in Also leads MLB rookies in BA (.294), RBI (58) and extra-base hits (53) is tied for the lead in multi-hit games (37), and ranks second in runs scored (59) and is tied for third in HRs (18). His 55 career XBHs through 113G are the third-most through 113 career games in Yankees history, trailing only Joe DiMaggio (80) and Bob Meusel (57). His.357 woba is the highest by a Yankees third baseman since Alex Rodriguez in 2010 (.365). BRONX BOMBERS: Eight different Yankees batters have combined to hit 19HR in the last 9G (since 8/6). Have hit a Major League-leading 194HR are on pace to hit 264HR (the MLB record is 264HR by Seattle in 1997). Have homered in a season-high 13 consecutive home games (22HR, since 7/21). DELLIN DONUTS: With his strikeout of Michael Perez on Tues. vs. Tampa Bay, RHP Dellin Betances set a club record by recording a strikeout for the 29th consecutive relief appearance (since 5/29) surpassed Andrew Miller's streak of 28 appearances from 5/6-7/17/16 the AL record is 32 straight by Kansas City's Jeff Montgomery (6/18-9/5/89) has at least 1K in 47-of-49 appearances this season. Allowed a solo HR to Willy Adames on Tues. vs. Tampa Bay, snapping his 10.0-inning scoreless streak (since 7/12) has still allowed just 2R in 29.1IP (0.61 ERA, 9H, 13BB/1IBB, 50K, 4HP) over 30G since 5/27 opponents are hitting.096 (9-for-94) in that span. HIGH FIVE: With their 4-1 win on Tues. vs. Tampa Bay, the Yankees had their streak of 15 consecutive home games with at least 5R snapped was the second-longest streak in club history (21G from 6/2-7/14/38) and tied for the Majors' longest since the start of 2001 (Boston, 15G from 8/2-9/1/05). In 16 home games since 7/3, are still batting.290/.359/.497 with 25 doubles, 1 triple and 28HR, while averaging 5.94 runs per game (95R/16G). HOME COOKING: The Yankees are (.700) at Yankee Stadium in 2018, the Majors' second-best home record (Boston, 42-15,.737) are in 50 home games since 4/21. Are in their last 26 home series (since 8/31/17), going in 78G over that span. FAN FAVORITES: Through 60 home gates, the Yankees lead the AL in total home attendance (2,603,862) and average attendance per home gate (43,398), trailing only the Dodgers in both categories (2,856,694 / 46,831). Their 22 sellouts this season are a single-season record for the current Yankee Stadium (previous: 20 in 2011). UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Thurs., 8/16 vs. Tampa Bay RHP Masahiro Tanaka (9-3, 4.08) vs. LHP Blake Snell (13-5, 2.18) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN 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. TAMPA BAY OVERALL TRENDS: The Yankees are 7-6 vs. the Rays in 2018 will play the 14th of 19 games against Tampa Bay tonight (9G in the Bronx, 10G in St. Petersburg) have won 18 of their last 25 series vs. the Rays, going in 79 games since 8/15/14 are 18-5 in series openers since the start of 2015 IN SEASON SERIES: Have won three consecutive season series ( ) after not winning any of their previous five season series (went fom ) are in all-time season series vs. the Rays AT YANKEE STADIUM: Are 6-1 at Yankee Stadium in 2018 the Yankees were 8-2 against the Rays in 2017, tied for their second-most victories over one team in a single season at Yankee Stadium (10-0 vs. Toronto in 2013, 8-2 vs. Baltimore in 2017) have won 12 consecutive home series over the Rays, their longest such streak ever vs. Tampa Bay and the longest streak over any opponent at the current Yankee Stadium have won 12 consecutive home series openers against the Rays (since start of 2015) are 29-9 in their last 38 home matchups (since 9/10/14) are vs. the Rays at the current Yankee Stadium (since 2009). NYY BATTERS vs. TAMPA BAY 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 Ronald Torreyes Neil Walker NYY BATTERS vs. RHP JAKE FARIA 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 Ronald Torreyes Neil Walker NYY vs. TAMPA BAY in 2018 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/2 at NYY ppd. (snow) 4/3 at NYY W /4 at NYY W /14 at NYY W /15 at NYY W /16 at NYY W /17 at NYY L /22 at TB L /23 at TB L /24 at TB L 6-7 (12) 5-4 7/23 at TB L /24 at TB W /25 at TB L /14 at NYY W /15 at NYY /16 at NYY /24 at TB /25 at TB /26 at TB /27 at TB Total in All-time vs. TB: All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at current Yankee Stad.: All-time at Tropicana Field: All-time at Tokyo Dome (2004): 1-1 All-time at Citi Field (2017): 2-1 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) 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) / 5 (7/25-8/5) 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... 47,233 (8/13 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...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) / 4G (Romine, 8/10-pres.) 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...5 (8/13 vs. NYM) 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, 19x (last: Andújar, 8/14 vs. TB); 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, 4x (last: Cole, 8/13 vs. NYM); Pitches- 115 (Severino, 8/3 at BOS). FIELDING: Errors- 2, 3x (last: Andújar, 8/12 vs. TEX) PLAYERS USED (45) P (24): 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 George Kontos, 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 (119) Ben Heller Right elbow bone spur 4/2 (retro to 3/27) 60-day (119) Jordan Montgomery Left elbow strain 5/2 60-day (90) Clint Frazier Post-concussion migraines 7/21 10-day (23) Gary Sánchez Right groin strain 7/24 10-day (21) Aaron Judge Right wrist fracture 7/27 10-day (18) CC Sabathia Right knee inflammation 8/13 10-day (2) Reinstated from D.L. in 2018 (14): J.A. Happ (7/30-8/8, 9G), 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 21 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 8/13/18 vs. NYM (Lugo) Bird 7/28/18 vs. KC-G2 (Flynn) Gardner 8/10/18 vs. TEX (Minor) Gregorius 8/12/18 vs. TEX (Pérez) Hicks 8/9/18 vs. TEX (Jurado) Higashioka 7/4/18 vs. ATL (Teheran) Robinson 7/28/18 vs. KC-G2 (Fillmyer) Romine 8/14/18 vs. TB (Beeks) Stanton 8/12/18 vs. TEX (Pérez) Torres 8/6/18 at CWS (Vieira) Torreyes 7/30/17 vs. TB (Faria) Walker 2HR, 8/9/18 vs. TEX (Jurado/Moore) Gardner Hicks Gardner Gardner 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 Stanton Bird Andújar Gregorius Hicks Hicks 2018 YANKEES HOME RUNS WALK-OFF HRs 3x in 2018 / 3x in /20 vs. SEA (Cook) 5/6 vs. CLE (Otero) 4/26 vs. MIN (Rodney) GRAND SLAMS 4x in 2018 / 4x in /8 at CWS (Giolito) 7/11 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. (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 (5)...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), 8/14 vs. TB (0:21, 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 (58x in 2018) NYY Challenges: 28 (19 overturned, 4 confirmed, 5 stand) Opp. Challenges: 25 (13 overturned, 5 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 ( ) MULTI-HR GAMES 20x in 2018 / 18x in 2017 Walker 2HR, 8/9 vs. TEX (Jurado/Moore) 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 21x/8x in 2018 / 19x/11x in 2017 s Date/Opp. (Inning) Andújar/Walker* 8/9 vs. TEX (4th inn.) 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: 194 / Runs: 617 / Runs via HR: 310 (50.2%) Solo (108): Andújar-7, Austin-1, Bird-7, Gardner-6, Gregorius-11, Hicks-11, Higashioka-3, Judge-17, Robinson-1, Romine-3, Sánchez-6, Stanton-19, Torres-10, Wade-1, Walker-5 2-Run (60): Andújar-8, Austin-6, Drury-1, Gardner-4, Gregorius-4, Hicks-8, Judge-8, Romine-4, 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 119 After Game (2nd, -10.0) -- (--,--) (2nd, -4.5) (2nd, -4.0) (4th, -6.5) (4th, -7.5) (1st, +2.0) (1st, +1.5) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS 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. Aug. 9 Reinstated LHP J.A. Happ from the 10-day disabled list. Aug. 13 Selected RHP George Kontos from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre recalled INF Ronald Torreyes from Triple-A Scranton/WB placed LHP CC Sabathia on the 10-day disabled list with right knee inflammation optioned INF Luke Voit to Triple-A Scranton/WB transferred LHP Jordan Montgomery to the 60-day disabled list.

3 TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP LUIS CESSA (1-2, 4.50 ERA) RHP Luis Cessa will make his ninth appearance and fourth start of the season tonight vs. Tampa Bay was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/WB prior to tonight's game the 26-year-old last pitched for the Yankees in 8/2 loss at Boston, allowing 5ER in 3.2IP (7H, 1BB, 1K, 1HR, 1WP) last started on 7/25 at Tampa Bay, allowing 2ER in 5.1IP (4H, 0BB, 3K, 1HR) of his eight appearances this season, six have come on the road, including each of his last five tonight will mark his first appearance at Yankee Stadium since 4/17 vs. Miami earned his first win of the year on 7/9 (G2) at Baltimore, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings (3H, 3BB, 4K) snapped his 13-start winless streak, which was tied for the longest by a Yankees starter since 2002 (Severino, Hughes) is in his sixth stint with the Yankees this season (also 4/7-15; 4/17-6/27; 7/9; 7/25-26 and 8/2-3) was on the 10-day D.L. with a left oblique strain from 4/19 (retro 4/18)-6/20 went 0-3 with a 4.75 ERA (36.0IP, 19ER) in 10 games (five starts) over four stints with the Yankees in 2017 (5/1; 6/15-7/8; 7/18-30; 8/14-10/1) was acquired by the Yankees from Detroit along with RHP Chad Green in exchange for LHP Justin Wilson on 12/9/15 was acquired by Detroit from the Mets along with RHP Michael Fulmer in exchange for OF Yoenis Céspedes on 7/31/15 began his professional career as an infielder in 2009 before being converted to a pitcher during the 2011 season. 2018: Started the season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre but did not make an appearance for the RailRiders before being recalled on 4/7 made his season debut that day in the Yankees' win vs. Baltimore, closing out the game with a perfect ninth (1.0IP, 2K) made three appearances out of the bullpen with a 4.50 ERA (4.0IP, 2ER) prior to going on the D.L. with a left oblique strain (4/18-6/20), missing 55 team games in two rehab starts split between Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton, went 0-1 with a 3.18 ERA (5.2IP, 5H, 3R/2ER, 4BB, 5K) was returned from rehab and reinstated from the D.L. on 6/21 and appeared in two games (one start) for the Yankees before being optioned after his start on 6/27 returned to make a spot start on 7/9 (G2) at Baltimore, throwing 6.0 scoreless frames (3H, 3BB, 4K) to earn his first win was recalled on 7/25 at Tampa Bay, started and allowed 2ER in 5.1IP to record the loss (4H, 0BB, 3K, 1HR) again returned on 8/2 and made a relief appearance on 8/3 at Boston (3.2IP, 7H, 5ER, 1BB, 1K, 1HR). LAST MAJOR LEAGUE START: Started on 7/25 at Tampa Bay and took the loss (5.1IP, 4H, 2ER, 0BB, 3K, 1HR) retired the leadoff batters over the first five innings retired 11 straight batters faced from the one out in the second to the end of the fifth, then allowed a leadoff single in the sixth and a subsiquent two-run HR to Kiermaier had his scoreless inning streak snapped at 12.0IP in the sixth (since third inning on 6/27 at Philadelphia). IN PINSTRIPES: Overall, is 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA (24.0IP, 12ER) in eight games (three starts) with the Yankees this season has held opponents to a.244 BA (22-for-90); LH.200 (7-for-35), RH.273 (15-for-55) opponents are 4-for-18 (.222) with RISP. AT SCRANTON/WB: Is undefeated with the RailRiders, going 3-0 with a 2.55 ERA (24.2IP, 17H, 8R/7ER, 4BB, 24K, 1HR) in five starts completed at least 6.0IP in each of his first three starts (7/3-7/20) RHB are 6-for-41 (.146) with 0XBH, 1BB and 15K. FOR STARTERS: Is 3-9 with a 4.31 ERA (87.2IP, 42ER) in 17 career starts earned wins in each of his first two career starts earned his first win of the year in his Game 2 start in 7/9 doubleheader at Baltimore, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings (3H, 3BB, 4K) snapped his 13-start winless streak (first win as a starter since 8/26/16 vs. Baltimore), which was tied for the longest by a Yankees starter since 2002 (Luis Severino, 13 straight from 10/3/15-4/7/17; Phil Hughes, 13 straight from 7/8-9/25/13). OUT OF THE PEN: Is 2-0 with a 4.85 ERA (42.2IP, 23ER) in 18 career relief appearances three-of-five relief outings this season have been scoreless. VS. TAMPA BAY: Has faced the Rays more than any other team is 0-2 with a 4.30 ERA (29.1IP, 14ER) in seven career games (three starts) against the Rays is 0-1 with a 2.45 ERA (7.1IP, 2ER) in two games (one start) vs. the Rays this season started at Tampa Bay on 7/25, throwing 5.1IP and allowing 2R on 4H (1BB, 3K, 1HR) also tossed 2.0IP (0H, 0R, 2BB, 2K) in relief on 6/22 at the Trop made two starts in 2016, going 0-2 with a 4.63 ERA (11.2IP, 6ER). CESSA'S CAREER APPEARANCES VS. TAMPA BAY Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game 5/28/16 at TB / *relief* 8/14/16 vs. TB / *relief* 9/11/16 vs. TB 2-4 L / Trailing 4-1 9/22/16 at TB 0-2 L / Trailing 2-0 7/30/17 vs. TB / *relief* 6/22/18 at TB / *relief* 7/25/18 at TB 2-3 L / Trailing 2-1 Totals (7G/3GS) italics = relief CESSA'S 2018 MAJOR LEAGUE APPEARANCES Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game C 4/7 vs. BAL / *relief* AR 4/10 at BOS / *relief* AR 4/17 vs. MIA / *relief* GS 6/22 at TB / *relief* GS 6/27 at PHI 0-3 L / Trailing 3-0 KH 7/9 at BAL* 10-2 W / Leading 4-0 AR 7/25 at TB 2-3 L / Trailing 2-1 KH 8/2 at BOS / *relief* AR Totals (8G/3GS) As Starter (3GS) As Reliever (5G) w/ A. Romine (4G/1GS) w/ G. Sanchez (2G/0GS) w/ K. Higashioka (2G/2GS) * Started after a Yankees loss / italics = relief CESSA VS. TAMPA BAY (CAREER) W-L ERA G/GS IP H ER All Games / At Yan. Stad / CESSA VS. TAMPA BAY BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Adames Bauers Cron Duffy Gomez Kiermaier Wendle CESSA'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (6x), last on 7/9/18 at BAL H , 8/2/18 at BOS R (2x), last on 8/2/18 at BOS ER (2x), last on 8/2/18 at BOS BB (2x), last on 7/30/17 vs. TB K , on 6/24/17 vs. TEX HR , on 9/11/16 vs. TB Pitches , on 8/26/16 vs. BAL 10K Games N/A Low-hit CG N/A CG SHO N/A 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.244/.313/ vs. Left.200/.263/ vs. Right.273/.344/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.246/.309/ vs. Left.211/.275/ vs. Right.271/.333/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (AS STARTER) Total THURSDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. TAMPA BAY: RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (9-3, 4.08 ERA) RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his 20th start of the season on Thurs. vs. Tampa Bay the 29-year-old will pitch on extended five days' rest had his career-best 14-start unbeaten streak snapped on Friday vs. Texas (5.0IP, 6ER) had a career-high 21.1-inning scoreless streak from 7/15-8/5 was on the 10-day D.L. from 6/9-7/10 with mild strains of his left and right hamstrings (missed 29 team games) has 160 career wins between MLB (61) and NPB (99), and is two wins away from tying Hisashi Iwakuma (63) for third-most MLB wins by a Japaneseborn pitcher recorded his 700th career strikeout on 6/2/18 at Baltimore, becoming the sixth Japanese pitcher TANAKA VS. TAMPA BAY (CAREER) W-L ERA GS IP H ER All Games At Y.S to record at least 700 Major League strikeouts his 750K are the most by a Yankee through his first five Major League seasons, surpassing Andy Pettitte (709K) 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. LAST START: Started on Fri. vs. Texas and took his third loss of the season (5.0IP, 6H, 6ER, 3BB, 2K, 3HR) suffered his first loss since 4/17 vs. Miami, snapping his career-best 14-start unbeaten streak was scoreless through three innings before allowing 3R in the fourth (Beltré two-run HR, Guzmán solo HR), 2R in the fifth (Andrus two-run double) and 1R in the sixth (Guzmán solo HR). Tied a season high with 6ER (6ER on 4/11 at Boston); matched the number of runs and earned runs he had permitted in his first five starts since returning from the D.L. on 7/10 (6ER in 30.1IP) also tied a season high with 3HR allowed (also 6/2 at Baltimore); had allowed one-or-zero HRs in each of six starts since then. Is still 2-1 with a 2.90 ERA (40.1IP, 13ER) in his last seven starts (since 6/8). ON DECK: With his next win, would become the second pitcher in Yankees history to reach double-digit wins in each of his first five Major League seasons, joining Andy Pettitte, who did it in each of his first nine campaigns ( ).

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: 2G/7G (3x) Leads all rookies w/ a.294 BA, 33 doubles, 58RBI and 53XBH, is tied for first with 37 multi-hit games, ranks second w/ 59R and 121H and is tied for third w/ 18HR. Of his 18HR, eight have tied the game (3) or given the Yankees the lead (5) seven of his HRs have come in the seventh inning or later. Over his last 32G, has hit.339 (40-for-118) with 22R, 8 doubles, 6HR, 19RBI and 6BB. Was 2-for-4 with 2 doubles in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay has 17RBI in last 17G on homestand is 9-for-24 with 7R, 3 doubles, 3HR and 8RBI in 6GS at 3B hit game-winning two-run HR (#17) in the seventh and was 2-for-4 with 2R on Saturday vs. Texas was his fourth career go-ahead hit in the seventh inning or later and second this week (also an RBI single in the 13th on 8/7 at Chicago-AL) was his second career go-ahead HR in the seventh or later (also a grand slam in the seventh inning on 6/5/18 at Toronto). Has 55XBH through his first 113 career games, third-most in Yankees history through 113G (Joe DiMaggio-80XBH, Bob Meusel-57XBH). 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). 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 (18x); 4RBI (2x); 3R (2x); 1SB (3x); 7G hitting streak (3x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 37; 2-hit (31), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) #33 GREG BIRD 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/8G Of his 48H this season, 23 have gone for extra bases (13 doubles, 1 triple, 9HR) of his 9HR, four have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead. Is 10-for-27 (.370) with 3 doubles, 2HR and 19RBI with RISP since 6/26. Was 1-for-3 with 1 double, 1RBI and 1BB in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay has 5H in last 39AB on homestand is 4-for-15 with 2R, 3 doubles, 2RBI and 2BB in 5G/4GS at 1B was 2-for-4 with 1R, 2 doubles and 1RBI in Saturday's win vs. Texas marked his first extra-base hits since a homer in Game 2 on 7/28 vs. Kansas City. 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. 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: 8; 2-hit (8), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/7G (2x) Six of his 10HR this season and 12-of-18HR since 6/23/17 have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead since 2017, the Yankees are 22-4 when he homers. Has 251SB, tied with Willie Randolph for third-most in franchise history. Was 0-for-4 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay his fifth-inning double in Monday's loss vs. the Mets was the 200th of his career has 9H in last 36AB on homestand is 6-for-23 with 3R, 2 doubles, 1HR, 2RBI and 1BB in 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: 25; 2-hit (21), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (2) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/9G Was 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay has 10H in last 30AB has 20RBI in last 25G on homestand is 8-for-23 with 4R, 1HR, 3RBI and 2BB in 6GS at SS. Collected his fifth career multi-hr game (fourth this season, last on 6/12 vs. Washington) in 8/2 loss at Boston (three-run HR and solo HR). 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: 32; 2-hit (22), 3-hit (9), 4-hit (1) #31 AARON HICKS OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/6G Has set career highs with 20HR, 37XBH and 57RBI this season (previous: 15HR, 33XBH, 52RBI in 2017) has 10HR in 26G as a leadoff hitter and 10HR in 72G in all other spots this season has 14HR in his last 49G (hit 6HR in his first 49G). Was 1-for-3 with 1R and 1BB in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay has reached safely in 35 of his last 71PA (19H, 15BB) has 10H in last 28AB on homestand is 6-for-17 with 4R, 1HR, 5RBI and 4BB in 5GS 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: 23; 2-hit (18), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (0) #66 KYLE HIGASHIOKA C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/4G Has not played in last three games on homestand is 0-for-3 with 1BB in 1GS at C. 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: 0G/2G Pinch-ran for Andújar and scored a run in the eighth inning of Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay, remaining in the game in RF (did not bat) on homestand is 0-for- 8 with 1BB in 5G/3GS (2-RF/1-CF) hit his first homer 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). In 50G w/ Scranton/WB, hit.261 (49-for-188) w/ 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. 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: 4G/11G Has a career-high 8HR (in 182AB) in 2018 hit 7HR over his previous six Major League seasons (563AB). Has 15RBI in last 21GS (since 7/9 at Baltimore-G2) is batting.306 (15-for-49) with 3 doubles, 2HR, 25RBI and 4BB with RISP this season. Over his last 7G (since 8/5), is batting.346 (9-for-26) with 6R, 2HR and 6RBI has thrown out 4-of-6 potential base stealers over the same stretch. Hit two-run HR (#8) in the fifth and was 1-for-3 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay has 9H in last 25AB on homestand is 7-for-18 with 4R, 2HR, 5RBI and 1SB in 5GS at C was 3-for-4 with 1HR and 1SB in Friday's loss vs. Texas, tying a career high in hits is the first Yankees catcher with a HR and SB in the same game since Francisco Cervelli on 8/13/14 was the first Yankees catcher with at least 3H, 1HR and 1SB in a game since Thurman Munson on 6/15/76 at Minnesota (4- for-4, 1HR and 1SB) credit: YES Network. 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 (9x); 1HR (15x); 5RBI (1x); 3R (1x); 1SB (3x); 11G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 9; 2-hit (6), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) #27 GIANCARLO STANTON OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/8G (2x) In 52G since 6/16, is hitting.329 (68-for-207) with 15HR and 40RBI. Is hitting.342/.412/.693 (39-for-114) w/ 5 doubles, 11HR, 22RBI and 15BB vs. LHP. Has scored at last 1R in a career-high nine straight games, matching Didi Gregorius (nine straight from 4/20-28) for the longest streak by a Yankee this season. 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). His 30HR are most by a player in his first season with the Yankees since Mark Teixeira had 39HR in Was 1-for-3 with 1R, 1 double and 1BB in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay has 13H in last 40AB has 21RBI in last 24G and 5HR in last 8G on homestand is 6-for-20 with 7R, 1 double, 3HR, 3RBI and 5BB in 6GS at DH hit solo HR (#28) in Thursday's win vs. Texas according to Statcast, the HR had an exit velocity of mph, surpassing Aaron Judge's mph HR on 6/10/17 vs. Baltimore for the hardesthit HR in the Statcast era (since 2015). Hit his sixth career grand slam and first since 4/18/14 vs. Seattle in 8/8 win at Chicago-AL. Is one of eight players with at least five 30HR seasons since 2010 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. 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: 34; 2-hit (24), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (5), 5-hit (1) #25 GLEYBER TORRES INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/9G Is tied for third among all rookies w/ 18HR and ranks third w/ 52RBI in only 82G. 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 seven three-run HR this season, tied for most in the Majors. Was 0-for-4 in Tuesday's win vs. Tampa Bay is hitless in last 14AB and has 6H in last 49AB on homestand is 1-for-21 in 5GS at 2B. Hit solo HR (#16) and three-run HR (#17) and set a career high with 4RBI in 8/1 loss vs. Baltimore 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. 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)