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1 Official Game Information Yankee Stadium One East 161st Street Bronx, NY Phone: (718) World Series Champions: 1923, 27-28, 32, 36-39, 41, 43, 47, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 77-78, 96, , 09 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2014 (2013) Standing in AL East:...T1st, --- Current Streak:... Won 3 Home Record: (46-35) Road Record: (44-37) Day Record: (32-24) Night Re >> cord: (53-53) Pre-All-Star (51-44) Post-All-Star (34-33) vs. AL East: (37-39) vs. AL Central: (22-11) vs. AL West: (17-16) vs. National League: (9-11) vs. RH starters: (53-54) vs. LH starters: (32-23) Yankees Score First: (53-21) Opp. Score First: (32-56) Leading After 6: (59-6) Trailing After 6: (13-62) Tied After 6: (13-9) Leading After 7: (65-4) Trailing After 7: (10-64) Tied After 7: (10-8) Leading After 8: (69-4) Trailing After 8: (4-68) Tied After 8: (12-4) Extra-Inning Games: (6-6) One-run Games: (30-16) Two (or fewer)-run Games: (50-30) NYY Scores 5 or more: (51-7) NYY Scores 4 or more: (66-16) NYY Scores 3 or less: (19-61) NYY Scores 2 or less: (6-50) Opp. Scores 5 or more: (12-47) Opp. Scores 4 or less: (73-30) Opp. Scores 3 or less: (55-22) Opp. Scores 2 or less: (40-10) Yankees No Errors: (61-47) Yankees Make Error(s): (24-30) NYY Starter Goes 6: (62-45) Come-From-Behind Wins:... 7 (41) Yankees hit 0HR: (26-49) Yankees hit at least 1HR: (59-28) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: (31-8) Walk-off Wins:...0 (7) Walk-off Losses:...1 (6) Series Record: ( ) Series Record, home: ( ) Series Record, road: ( ) Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:... 2 (8)/2 (7) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY May 18, 1956: Mickey Mantle hits HRs from both sides of the plate for the third time in his career in an 8-7, 10-inning win at the White Sox. Mantle and Yogi Berra each go 4-for-4 with 3RBI in the game. May 18, 1946: HOFer Reggie Jackson is born in Wyncote, Pa. Jackson played five seasons with the Yankees ( ), batting.281 with 144HR in 653G and winning two World Series ( ). His No. 44 was retired by the Yankees in TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY May 19, 1998: The Yankees move 20 games above.500 (29-9), coming from behind to defeat the Orioles, 9-5 at Yankee Stadium. New York scores 6R in the eighth, as Bernie Williams and Tim Raines each homer in the frame. May 19, 1928: Six-time All-Star Gil McDougald is born in San Francisco, Calif. McDougald played all of his 10 MLB seasons with NYY ( ), batting.276 in 1,336G, appearing in eight World Series and winning five. TUESDAY IN YANKEES HISTORY May 20, 1979: Tommy John tosses a 2H, 2-0 shutout at Fenway Park (9.0IP, 0BB, 5K) to improve to 9-0 on the season. May 20, 1948: Joe DiMaggio hits for his second of two career cycles in a 13-2 Yankees win at Chicago-AL, going 5-for-6 with 6RBI and 2HR. MILESTONE WATCH Yankees All-time Lists Stat Rk. Has NYY Rk. Has R Gehrig 2 1,888 JETER 3 1,886 2B Gehrig JETER B Stirnweiss JETER MLB All-time Lists Stat Rk. Has NYY Rk. Has MLB Hits Yaz mski 7 3,419 JETER 8 3,351 Runs Gehrig 10 1,888 JETER 11 1,886 *HR Berkman BELTRAN *HR Chili Davis T6 350 TEIXEIRA T6 350 *All-time HRs by Switch-hitters Career Milestone Plateaus Ellsbury-497R, Teixeira-999RBI in the AL NEW YORK YANKEES (22-19) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (17-24) Sunday, May 18 Yankee Stadium 1:05 p.m. Single-Admission Doubleheader Game 1: RHP Hiroki Kuroda (2-3, 4.62) vs. RHP Charlie Morton (0-5, 3.22) Game #42 Home Game #21 TV: YES/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Game 2: or LHP Vidal Nuno (1-1, 6.43) vs. RHP Gerrit Cole (3-3, 3.76) Game #43 Home Game #22 TV: YES Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM AT A GLANCE: Today the Yankees complete a home weekend series vs. Pittsburgh with a doubleheader as a result of Friday s rainout won Saturday s series opener, 7-1 completed their Subway Series against the Mets with a 2-2 record, losing both games at home on Monday and Tuesday and winning both games at Citi Field on Wednesday and Thursday will have an off day on Monday, followed by a nine-game road trip at the Cubs (5/20-21), White Sox (5/22-25) and St. Louis (5/26-28). Have won their last three games on the heels of a four-game losing streak have allowed just 1R during the winning streak, marking the first time in franchise history the Yankees have allowed no more than one combined run over three consecutive Interleague games. Yankees pitchers have held their opponents scoreless in 26 of their last 27 innings pitched since the start of Wednesday s win at the Mets. Have gone 7-9 in their last 16 overall games (4/29 -pres.) after going 10-4 in the 14 games before that (4/12-27). Are 2-6 in their last eight home games (since 4/29). Are 8-4 in their last 12 road games (since 4/20). YESTERDAY S NEWS: On Saturday, the Yankees defeated the Pirates, 7-1, at Yankee Stadium Yankees batters hit 5HR, tying their season high (5HR on 4/12 vs. Boston) scored all their runs on homers RHP David Phelps tossed 5.0 scoreless IP (5H, 3BB, 5K, 1HP), improving to 1-0 in B Mark Teixeira (1-for-4) opened the scoring with a two-run HR in the first LF Zoilo Almonte (1-for-3) hit a solo-hr in the third inning, marking his second career HR and first of the year, snapping a 102AB homerless stretch CF Brett Gardner (1-for-3) hit a solo HR in the sixth RF Alfonso Soriano (2-for-4) hit a solo-hr in the seventh and doubled in the eighth C Brian McCann (1-for-4) hit a two-run HR in the eighth RHP Dellin Betances tossed the sixth and seventh innings, allowing a solo-hr on his first pitch to Sterling Marte (2.0IP, 1ER, 2H, 0BB, 3K). NO REASON TO WAIT: SS Derek Jeter is batting a combined.395 (17-for-43) with 2 doubles, 1HR, 3RBI, 1HP and a.409 OBP within the first two pitches of at-bats (hitting with 0-0, 1-0 or 0-1 counts) on all other counts is batting a combined.198 (18-for- 91) with 2 doubles, 0HR, 5RBI, 13BB, 1HP and a.305 OBP. HOMER HAPPY: Yankees batters hit 5HR on Saturday vs. Pittsburgh, matching their season high (hit 5HR on 4/12 vs. Boston) have homered in nine of the team s last 10 games since 5/6, totaling 15HR over the stretch have also homered in 15 of their last 18G since 4/26, totaling 24HR over the stretch. Five different Yankees homered in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh (Teixeira, Almonte, Gardner, Soriano, McCann), marking just the second time since 2011 that at least five different Yankees homered in a single game (also five on 4/9/13 at Cleveland: Cano, Overbay, Boesch, Youkilis, Suzuki). Saturday s 5HRs marked the Yankees second-highest total in an Interleague game in franchise history (hit 6HR on 7/10/99 at Mets). FIRST IMPRESSIONS: On Saturday, the Yankees welcomed the Pirates to the Bronx for the first time since 2007 Pittsburgh became the 26th different opponent to play in the current Yankee Stadium with Saturday s 7-1 win, the Yankees are now 21-5 in an opponent s first-ever game at the current Yankee Stadium since 2009, winning all five such contests over the last two seasons (also 4/16/14 Game 1 vs. Cubs, 9/20/13 vs. San Francisco, 6/19/13 Game 1 vs. Dodgers, and 4/16/13 vs. Arizona). STRIKEOUT MACHINE: RHP Dellin Betances leads all Major League relievers with 42K has recorded 42 of his 73 outs this season via strikeout, including 26 of his last 41 (since his last three batters faced on 4/26) has struck out multiple batters in 14 of his 16 appearances this season in which he has faced at least two batters, including 11 straight from 4/8-5/10. MAKING HIS MARK: 1B Mark Teixeira leads the Yankees with 9HR and is second on the team with 20RBI despite only having played in 27 games thus far this season. Since returning from the disabled list on 4/20, is third AL and fourth in the Majors in with 9HR and is batting.274 (23-for- 84) with 18R, 18RBI, 13BB and a.384 OBP in 23 games. DOUBLE DIPPING: The Yankees will play their second doubleheader of the season today vs. Pittsburgh swept Chicago-NL in a split-admission doubleheader on 4/16 at Yankee Stadium (G1: 3-0 / G2: 2-0), marking the first time an MLB team recorded shutout wins in both games of a doubleheader since Minnesota won, 11-0 and 5-0, on 6/26/88 at Oakland was the first time the Yankees had done so since 5-0 and 1-0 wins on 4/19/87 vs. Kansas City went in DHs in The Yankees have gone in doubleheaders since 2000, getting swept just once on 9/17/06 vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium. Last played a single-admission doubleheader (according to the Elias Sports Bureau): Any: 5/13/13 at Cleveland (G1: L 0-1 / G2: W 7-0). At home: 9/29/04 vs. Minnesota (G1: W 5-3 / G2: W 5-4). At home on a Sunday: 4/13/97 vs. OAK (G1: W 3-2 / G2: L 4-7). CLOSE CALLS: With Thursday s win at the Mets, the Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak in games decided by twoor-fewer runs are now 10-7 (.588) in such games this season. SOLAR POWER: INF Yangervis Solarte is fourth in the American League with a.315 (40-for-127) batting average, (trailing only Detroit s Victor Martinez-.336, Minnesota s Kurt Suzuki-.322 and Chicago-AL s Alexi Ramirez-.322) was leading the AL in batting on 5/15, marking the latest date in a season that a Yankees rookie qualifier led the AL in batting since Joe DiMaggio on 6/6/36 (.372) according to the Elias Sports Bureau also owns a.392 OBP, which is sixth in the AL. Leads all Yankees batters with 23RBI, marking the secondhighest total among all Major League rookies behind only Jose Abreu (42) of the White Sox. Is batting.343 (12-for-35) with 4 doubles, 2HR and 20RBI with runners in scoring position. Has 40H and 23RBI through his first 36G in the Majors trails only Oscar Azocar (43H in 1990) and Hideki Matsui (41H in 2003) for the most hits by a Yankee through his first 36 MLB games since 1952 over that same stretch, Shane Spencer (31RBI in ) and Hideki Matsui (27RBI in 2003) are the only Yankees to have as-many-or-more RBI over their first 36 MLB games. GOOD STARTS LEAD TO GOOD FINISHES: With Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh, the Yankees are now 9-1 in 2014 when leading after the first inning and in all other games after three innings, are 20-7 when leading (13-6) or tied (7-1) and just 2-12 when trailing at that point. SET YOUR TEE TIME: On Tuesday, the New York Yankees Foundation will hold the fourth annual New York Yankees/New Era Pinstripe Bowl Charity Golf Tournament, brought to you by Herrick Feinstein, LLP at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township, N.J. net proceeds from the event will benefit the Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Cancer Center, the Boomer Esiason Foundation Fighting Cystic Fibrosis and Tic Toc Stop for more information, fans can call (646) the tournament will feature Yankees alumni and broadcasters and other celebrities the Benigno and Roberts Show on WFAN- AM 660/-FM will broadcast live from the event. 1. Pete Rose...4, Ty Cobb...4, Hank Aaron...3, Stan Musial...3, Tris Speaker...3,514 MLB All-Time Hits List 6. Honus Wagner...3, Carl Yastrzemski...3, DEREK JETER...3, Paul Molitor , Eddie Collins...3,313 UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Mon. 5/19 Off Day Tues. 5/20 vs. Cubs RHP Masahiro Tanaka (6-0, 2.17) vs. RHP Jason Hammel (4-2, 3.06) 8:05 p.m. My9 Wed. 5/21 vs. Cubs RHP Chase Whitley (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jeff Samardzija (0-4, 1.62) 2:20 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. PITTSBURGH OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: On Sunday, the Yankees and Pirates will play the final games of a three-game series in the Bronx will play a doubleheader today due to Friday s postponement are 8-2 all time against the Pirates, having won the first six meetings between the two clubs and gone 2-2 in the last four IN SEASON SERIES: Are 2-1 in season series between the clubs, having swept a pair of three-game sets in New York in 2005 and 2007 before going 1-2 at Pittsburgh in 2008 AT YANKEE STADIUM: Are 7-0 at home against the Pirates, with the first six wins coming at the original Yankee Stadium IN THE POSTSEASON: The Murderers Row Yankees swept the Pirates in the 1927 World Series Babe Ruth (2HR, 7RBI) hit the only homers of the series and led all players in RBI the Yankees lost to the Pirates in seven games in the 1960 Fall Classic, despite outscoring the Bucs, 55-27, in the series Pittsburgh s Bill Mazeroski hit a World Series-winning walk-off HR in the ninth inning of Game 7 off Ralph Terry Bobby Richardson (.367, 11-for-30, 12RBI) was named MVP and remains the only winner of the award to have played for the losing team. NYY BATTERS vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (CAREER) AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Zoilo Almonte Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Derek Jeter Kelly Johnson Brian McCann John Ryan Murphy Brian Roberts Brendan Ryan Yangervis Solarte Alfonso Soriano Ichiro Suzuki Mark Teixeira GAME 1 - NYY BATTERS vs. RHP CHARLIE MORTON Career AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Zoilo Almonte Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Derek Jeter Kelly Johnson Brian McCann John Ryan Murphy Brian Roberts Brendan Ryan Yangervis Solarte Alfonso Soriano Ichiro Suzuki Mark Teixeira GAME 2- RHP GERRIT COLE Has never faced any current NYY batters. NYY vs. PITTSBURGH in 2014 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 5/16 at NYY PPD 5/17 at NYY W /18 at NYY G /18 at NYY G Total in All-time vs. PIT: 8-2 All-time at original Yankee Stad: 6-0 All-time at curr. Yankee Stad: 1-0 All-time at PNC Park: 1-2 NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2014 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR CHC CIN MIL NYM PIT STL Games Record Home Road Up Next: YANKEES at CUBS (Tues.-Wed.): OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: On Tuesday the Yankees and Cubs play the third of four games this season this year marks the first time the clubs have met in both of their respective parks in the same season IN SEASON SERIES: Have won two of three season series against the Cubs, including the last two (2011 at Wrigley SERIES RESULTS, ALL TIME Year Home Road Total Total and 2005 at original Yankee Stadium after losing at Wrigley in 2003) IN WORLD SERIES: The Yankees have played the Cubs twice in the Fall Classic, sweeping them in 1932 and 1938 Babe Ruth hit his called shot off pitcher Charlie Root in the fifth inning of WS Game 3 at Wrigley Field in TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 5 (4/12-17) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road...4 (4/12-16G2) / 3 (5/6-9) Longest Losing Streak...4 (5/10-13) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road... 3, 2x (last: 5/4-13) / 2, 3x (last: 5/10-13) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games...3:58 (5/13 vs. NYM) / 5:49 (5/2 vs. TB) Longest Game, Innings inn. (5/2 vs. TB) Shortest Game, Time, All Games....2:41 (4/16 vs. CHC-G1) Most LOB, All Games (4/24 at BOS) Most Errors, 9 inn. / All Games... 3, 2x (last: 4/23 at BOS) / 3, 2x (last: 4/23 at BOS) Largest Margin of Victory...9 (4/24 at BOS) Largest Margin of Defeat (4/19 at TB) Highest Paid Attendances, Home / Road... 48,572 (4/12 vs. BOS sellout) / 48,197 (4/4 at TOR) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning (4/24 at BOS) / 5, 2x (last: 5/7 at LAA, 1st inn.) Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games...16, 2x (last: 4/17 at TB) / 18 (5/2 vs. TB, 14 inn.) Most Hits, Inning...5, 2x (last: 5/12 vs. NYM, 2nd inn.) Most Home Runs, All Games...5, 2x (5/17 vs. PIT and 4/12 vs. BOS) Shut Out... 1 (4/5 at TOR) Fewest Hits, All Games... 3, 2x (last: 4/27 vs. LAA) Most Strikeouts, All Games....14, 2 (4/23 at BOS) Most Walks, All Games (4/24 at BOS) Most Stolen Bases, All Games... 4 (4/4 at TOR) Hitting Streak, Active / Season... 7G (Teixeira) / 11G (Jeter, 4/6-22) Walk-off Wins...None TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning...16 (4/19 at TB) / 5, 2x (last: 5/2 vs. TB, 14th inn.) Most Earned Runs Allowed, Game... 14, 2x (last: 4/19 at TB) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games...20 (4/8 vs. BAL) / 20, 2x (last: 5/2 vs. TB, 14 inn.) Most Hits Allowed, Inning... 5, 3x (last: 5/2 vs. TB, 14th inn.) Fewest Hits Allowed, Game...3, 2x (5/15 at NYM and 4/16 vs. CHC-G1) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game... 5 (4/19 at TB) Most Walks, 9 inn. / All Games... 7 (5/5 at LAA) / 7, 2x (info at left and 5/2 vs. TB, 14 inn.) Most Strikeouts, All Games (4/27 vs. LAA) Most SB Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games... 2, 5x (last: 5/17 vs. PIT) / 3 (5/2 vs. TB, 14 inn.) Shutouts... 4 (5/14-15 at NYM, 4/16 vs. CHC - G1 & G2) Complete Games...1 (Tanaka, 5/14 at NYM) Walk-Off Losses...None 2014 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 4, 2x (Gardner/Roberts, 4/24 at BOS); Hits- 4, (Ellsbury, 5/2 vs. TB, 14 inn.); HR- 2 (McCann, 4/12 vs. BOS); RBI- 4, 2x (last: Gardner, 5/12 vs. NYM); BB- 3, 3x (last: Ellsbury, 5/13 vs. NYM); SB- 2, 2x (last: Gardner, 4/24 at BOS); CS- 1, 4x (last: Roberts, 5/7 at LAA). PITCHING: IP in Start- 9.0 (Tanaka, 5/14 at NYM-SHO); IP in Relief- 5.1 (Aceves, 5/4 vs. TB); Hits- 10, 3x (last: Sabathia, 5/4 vs. TB); Runs- 8, 2x (last: Kuroda, 4/25 vs. LAA); ER- 8 (Nova, 4/19 at TB); BB- 5 (Nova, 4/3 at HOU); K- 11 (Tanaka, 4/27 vs. LAA); HR- 4 (Nova, 4/19 at TB). FIELDING: Errors - 1, 22x (many) 2014 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (see Media Guide p. 237 Guide for 2013 totals) 1 - Ellsbury-21, Gardner-19, Jeter Jeter-33, Gardner-4, Beltran-2, Ellsbury-1, Roberts Beltran-24, Ellsbury-15, Teixeira Soriano-12, Teixeira-12, McCann-11, Beltran McCann-15, Soriano-14, Teixeira-9, Cervelli-1, Johnson-1, Solarte Soriano-12, Solarte-11, McCann-7, Johnson-5, Teixeira-3, Cervelli-1, Gardner-1, Suzuki Johnson-10, Solarte-9, Gardner-8, Roberts-7, Suzuki-3, Cervelli-2, Sizemore Roberts-18, Johnson-5, Solarte-5, Suzuki-5, Gardner-3, Anna-1, Cervelli-1, Murphy-1, Ryan-1, Sizemore Solarte-8, Anna-6, Murphy-6, Roberts-6, Pitcher-5, Johnson-4, Suzuki-4, Almonte-1, Sizemore STARTS BY POSITION (see p. 237 of Media Guide for 2013 total) C - McCann-31, Murphy-7, Cervelli-3 1B - Teixeira-25, Johnson-13, Cervelli-2, Sizemore-1 2B - Roberts-32, Solarte-7, Anna-2 3B - Solarte-27, Johnson-11, Sizemore-3 SS - Jeter-34, Anna-5, Ryan-1, Solarte-1 LF - Gardner-29, Soriano-7, Suzuki-4, Almonte-1 CF - Ellsbury-36, Gardner-5 RF - Beltran-23, Suzuki-9, Soriano-8, Gardner-1 DH - Soriano-22, Beltran-9, McCann-2, Ellsbury-1, Johnson-1, Teixeira-1 (None in NL Park-5) MOST RECENT HRs NYY AB Since Almonte 2 5/17/14 vs. PIT (Volquez) Ellsbury 54 5/1/14 vs. SEA (Elias) Gardner 0 5/17/14 vs. PIT (Volquez) Jeter 31 5/7 at LAA (Santiago) Johnson 23 5/3/14 vs. TB (Lueke) McCann 0 5/17/14 vs. PIT (Mazzaro) Murphy 15 4/26/14 vs. LAA (Santiago) Roberts 28 5/6/14 at LAA (Frieri) Ryan 52 9/13/13 at BOS (Lackey) Solarte 10 5/14/14 at NYM (Montero) Soriano 1 5/17/14 vs. PIT (Volquez) Suzuki 126 8/30/13 vs. BAL (Gonzalez) Teixeira 3 5/17/14 vs. PIT (Volquez) MULTI-HR GAMES 1x in 2014 / 7x in 2013 McCann (2HR) 4/12/14 vs. BOS (Lackey) Last 3HR by NYY: (Granderson, 4/19/12 vs. MIN) MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / *BACK-TO-BACK HRs 4x/3x in 2014 / 6x/2x in 2013 *Teixeira/Soriano 5/2/14 vs. TB (8th inn.) *Soriano/McCann 4/17/14 at TB (5th inn.) *McCann/Soriano 4/12/14 vs. BOS (4th inn.) Beltran/Johnson 4/9/14 vs. BAL (2nd inn.) Last b2b2b: (Cano/Swisher/Jones, 6/8/12 vs. NYM, 3rd inn.) Last multi-hr inn., indiv. (Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB, 2HR in 6th) 1st INNING LEADOFF HRs 1x in 2014 / 0x in 2013 Ellsbury 5/1/14 vs. SEA (Elias) Note: Derek Jeter (29) is the NYYfranchise leader YANKEES HOME RUNS GRAND SLAMS 1x in 2014 / 4x in 2013 Gardner 5/12/14 vs. NYM (Colon) PINCH-HIT HRs 0x in 2014 / 3x in 2013 None in 2014 Last by NYY: (Overbay, 7/8/13 vs. KC off Guthrie) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 0x in 2014 / 0x in 2013 None in 2014 Last by NYY: (Granderson, 8/21/11 at MIN off Mijares) WALK-OFF HRs 0x in 2014 / 2x in 2013 None in 2014 Last by NYY: (Gardner, 8/11/13 vs. DET off Veras) RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE HRs: 43 / Runs: 181 / Runs via HR: 58 (32.0%) Solo (31): Teixeira-7, Soriano-6, Johnson-4, Beltran-3, McCann-2, Solarte-2, Almonte-1, Anna-1, Ellsbury-1, Gardner-1, Jeter-1, Murphy-1, Roberts-1 2-Run (10): McCann-4, Beltran-2, Teixeira-2, Gardner-1, Solarte-1 3-Run (1): Solarte-1 Grand Slams (1): Gardner-1 IN 2013: HRs: 144 / Runs: 650 / Runs via HR: 221 (34.1%) IN 2013: Solo (91) / 2R (33) / 3R (16) / GS (4) YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LIST Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Francisco Cervelli Grade 2 right hamstring strain 4/15 (retro. to 4/14) 60-day (28G) Ivan Nova Right elbow ulnar collateral ligament injury 4/20 15-day (23G) Michael Pineda Right shoulder muscle injury 5/6 15-day (10G) CC Sabathia Right knee inflammation 5/11 15-day (6G) RHP Shawn Kelley Strained lumbar spine 5/13 (retro. to 5/7) 15-day (9G) OF Carlos Beltran Right elbow inflammation 5/15 (retro. to 5/13) 15-day (4G) Reinstated from D.L.: Teixeira (right hamstring strain, 4/5-19, 14G), Robertson (left groin strain, 4/8-21, 13G), Ryan (cervical spine nerve injury, 4/1-5/5, 31G), Billings (right forearm strain, 4/26-5/14, 16G) 2014 Season: 10 players in 10 stints / 2013 Season: 21 players in 28 stints MISCELLANEOUS EJECTIONS (5x in 2014) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) Girardi 5/13/14 vs. NYM (Layne) Kelley 5/5/14 at LAA (Diaz) Girardi 5/5/14 at LAA (Diaz) Pineda 4/23/14 at BOS (Davis) Cabral 4/18/14 at TB (West) IN 2013: By player (2) / By manager (2) / By coach (0) COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER Year After Game 41 After Game (T1st, --) -- (--, --) (1st, +1.0) (1st, +1.0) (4th, -5.5) (4th, -5.5) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Postponed (3)... 5/16 vs. PIT, 4/30 vs. SEA, 4/15 vs. CHC Rain Delays at Start (0)...Last: 9/13/13 at BAL, 1:18 Rain Delays In-Game (0)...Last: 9/2/13 vs. CWS, 1:53 IN 2013: Ppd. (4) / Delay at Start (6) / Delay during game (7) Last Susp. Game: 5/25/11 at MIN Resumed 5/26/11, 1-0 win Last Game Called Early: 6/2/13 vs. BOS (5.5 inn.; Lost, 0-3) REPLAY CHALLENGES (Full details on each at yankeespressbox.com) Total instances of replay use in Yankees games: 23 Yankees Challenges: 11 (9 overturned, 2 confirmed) Opp. Challenges: 9 (5 overturned, 2 confirmed, 2 stand) Umpire Reviews: 3 (2 confirmed, 1 record keeping) RECENT TRANSACTIONS May 13 Placed RHP Shawn Kelley on the 15-day disabled list with a strained lumbar spine; recalled OF Zoilo Almonte from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. May 15 Signed RHP Chase Whitley to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; placed OF Carlos Beltran on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation (retroactive to 5/13); returned from rehab, reinstated from the disabled list and designated for assignment RHP Bruce Billings. May 18 RHP Jose Ramirez joined team for doubleheader pursuant to MLB 26th Man rule PLAYERS USED (38) P (20): RHP Alfredo Aceves, RHP Dellin Betances, RHP Bruce Billings, LHP Cesar Cabral, RHP Preston Claiborne, RHP Matt Daley, RHP Shane Greene, RHP Shawn Kelley, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Chris Leroux, RHP Ivan Nova, LHP Vidal Nuno, RHP David Phelps, RHP Michael Pineda, RHP David Robertson, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, LHP Matt Thornton, RHP Adam Warren; RHP Chase Whitley. C (4): Francisco Cervelli, Brian McCann, John Ryan Murphy, Austin Romine; INF (8): Dean Anna, Derek Jeter, Kelly Johnson, Brian Roberts, Brendan Ryan, Scott Sizemore, Yangervis Solarte, Mark Teixeira; OF (6): Zoilo Almonte, Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, Alfonso Soriano, Ichiro Suzuki The Yankees used a franchise-record 56 players in 2013: P (23), C (4), INF (18), OF (10), DH (1).

3 YANKEES IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees are scheduled to play 20 Interleague contests in 2014, carrying a 6-4 record against the National League into today s game lead the Majors in all-time Interleague wins and winning percentage ( ,.593) are (.621) in Interleague games since RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: The Yankees have allowed one-or-fewer runs in three consecutive Interleague games for the first time in club history have recorded all four of their shutouts this season against National League teams had recorded four shutouts in their previous 37 Interleague games dating to 5/19/12 have recorded consecutive shutouts in Interleague play twice in 2014, after accomplishing that feat only once prior to this season (6/15-17/08). NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Yankees are (.650) all time in Interleague play at home, including at the current Yankee Stadium are 8-9 in their last 17 home games vs. the National League, after having gone 10-2 in their previous 12 went (.679) against NL teams at the old Yankee Stadium. FIRST IMPRESSION: The Pirates made their first-ever visit to the current Yankee Stadium yesterday, becoming the 26th different opponent to play in the venue the Yankees are 21-5 in an opponent s firstever game at the current Yankee Stadium, winning their last five such contests 4/16/13 vs. Arizona (4-2), 6/19/13 Game 1 vs. Los Angeles-NL (6-4), 9/20/13 vs. San Francisco (5-1), 4/16/14 Game 1 vs. Chicago-NL (3-0) and 5/17/14 vs. Pittsburgh (7-1). INTERLEAGUE LEADERS: SS Derek Jeter is Baseball s all-time Interleague leader in hits (354), runs scored (197) and games played (267) also ranks sixth in doubles (55) and 11th in walks (113). OF Ichiro Suzuki is Baseball s all-time leader in Interleague stolen bases (72) and ranks second in hits (318). OF Alfonso Soriano is tied for seventh all time in doubles (54) and tied for 11th in homers (44). 1B Mark Teixeira ranks ninth all time in Interleague home runs (47). OF Carlos Beltran is tied for sixth all time in runs scored (148) and RBI (154) and is tied for ninth in hits (258). LHP CC Sabathia ranks third all time in wins (24) and strikeouts (278). CAN T WIN EM ALL: The Yankees went 9-11 in Interleague play in 2013, snapping their streak of 15 consecutive non-losing Interleague season series ( ) and marking just their second losing season series since the beginning of Interleague play (5-10 in 1997, the first year of Interleague play) also snapped their streak of 13 straight seasons with a winning record in Interleague play ( ). Won 10 straight Interleague games from 6/8-18/12, marking their second-longest winning streak vs. the NL all time behind a 13-game winning streak from 6/12/03-6/10/04. PITCHERS AS HITTERS: Yankees pitchers have batted a combined.096 (34-for-356) with 8 doubles, 12RBI and 42 sacrifice hits since Interleague play began in 1997 have recorded a hit in each of their last two plate appearances (singles by Tanaka and Whitley) after recording only two hits in their previous 74 at-bats dating back to 6/23/10 (singles by Nova and Pettitte). POWER SHORTAGE: Yankees pitchers have never homered in Interleague play the last Yankees hurler to homer in a game was Lindy McDaniel in 9/28/72 win at Detroit s Tiger Stadium in the top of the ninth inning off Mickey Lolich. INTERLEAGUE WIN PCT., ALL TIME 1. YANKEES (.593) 2. Los Angeles-AL (.577) 3. Boston (.575) 4. Chicago-AL (.562) 5. Oakland (.554) 6. Minnesota (.541) 7. Detroit (.539) 8. Atlanta (.530) 9. St. Louis (.529) 10. Seattle (.524) YANKEES INTERLEAGUE SCHEDULE Date/Opp. W/L Score Rec. 4/16 vs. CHC W /16 vs. CHC W /9 at MIL W /10 at MIL L /11 at MIL L /12 vs. NYM L /13 vs. NYM L /14 at NYM W /15 at NYM W /17 vs. PIT W /18 vs. PIT 1:05 p.m. 5/18 vs. PIT TBD 5/20 at CHC 8:05 p.m. 5/21 at CHC 2:20 p.m. 5/26 at STL 4:15 p.m. 5/27 at STL 8:15 p.m. 5/28 at STL 8:15 p.m. 7/18 vs. CIN 7:05 p.m. 7/19 vs. CIN 1:05 p.m. 7/20 vs. CIN 1:05 p.m. All-Time: (.593) At Home: (.650) On Road: (.535) At Curr. Yankee Stad.: (.588) At Old Yankee Stad.: (.679) YANKEES PITCHERS AS BATTERS (Career) AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH Last Hit Last RBI Last HR Alfredo Aceves Dellin Betances Preston Claiborne Matt Daley Shawn Kelley Hiroki Kuroda /22/11 vs. SF 8/30/11 vs. SD -- Ivan Nova /11/12 at ATL Vidal Nuno David Phelps Michael Pineda /23/11 at WAS David Robertson CC Sabathia /23/10 at NYM 8/2/13 at SD 7/13/08 vs. CIN Masahiro Tanaka /14/14 at NYM Matt Thornton Adam Warren Chase Whitley /15/14 at NYM YANKEES ALL-TIME RESULTS IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY YEAR ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WAS TOTAL TOTALS *Milwaukee joined the National League in 1998 and Houston left the National League following the 2012 season.

4 TODAY'S GAME 1 Starting Pitcher: RHP HIROKI KURODA (2-3, 4.62 ERA) RHP Hiroki Kuroda makes his ninth start of the season today last pitched on 5/12 vs. the Mets, leaving the game with a 7-4 lead but earning the no-decision in a 9-7 Yankees loss (6.0IP, 7H, 4R/4ER, 2HR, 0BB, 3K). LOWEST INTERLEAGUE ERA, TOUGH LUCK: Has left the game with a lead in five of his eight starts this season, but is only 2-0 in those 1. Justin Verlander-DET (65.0IP, 13ER) outings has left with the lead in each of his last two starts, earning the no-decision each time. 2. Zack Greinke-MIL/LAA/LAD (54.0IP, 12ER) 3. Adam Wainwright-STL (67.2IP, 16ER) THE BUC STOPS HERE: Is 5-1 with a 1.84 ERA (44.0IP, 9ER) in seven career starts vs. Pittsburgh, marking the fifthlowest ERA against the Pirates among active pitchers (min. 5GS) is 3-0 with a 0.86 ERA (21.0IP, 2ER) in his last 5. Jose Quintana-CHW (59.0IP, 15ER) 4. Jered Weaver-LAA (62.2IP, 15ER) three starts vs. Pittsburgh has more career victories against only the Padres (8-4) has never faced the Pirates 6. HIROKI KURODA-NYY (53.2IP, 14ER) as a member of the Yankees. Mike Leake-CIN (53.2IP, 14ER) *Minimum 8GS GETTING BACK ON TRACK: Is winless in his last five starts (0-2) is winless in his last three starts at home, matching his longest such streak since joining the Yankees (also 3G from 9/3-24/13) has not gone winless in four-or-more consecutive home starts since a stretch of eight winless starts from 5/28-8/8/11 (0-7 w/lad). NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Is with a 2.96 ERA (249.2IP, 82ER) in his 38 home starts since joining the Yankees, holding opponents to a.229 batting average (214-for-933) in those games marks the sixth-lowest home ERA among AL pitchers in that span (min. 20GS) is 2-2 with a 5.83 ERA (29.1IP, 19ER) in five home starts this season. INTERLEAGUE TRENDS: Is 3-2 with a 2.35 ERA (53.2IP, 14ER) in eight Interleague starts since joining the Yankees, the sixth-lowest mark in the Majors in that span (min. 8GS) is 6-10 with a 3.46 ERA (122.1IP, 47ER) in 19 career Interleague starts has allowed two-or-fewer runs in seven of his last nine Interleague starts, recording four scoreless outings in that span (60.2IP, 14ER, 2.08 ERA). NO FREE PASSES: Ranks fifth in the American League and eighth in the Majors in BB/9.0IP ratio (1.29) has twice finished a season with a BB/9.0IP ratio below 2.00 (1.84 in 2009; 1.92 in 2013). SHOW SOME SUPPORT: Since the start of the 2013 season, Kuroda has the third-lowest run support average as a starter (3.53) in the American League (min. 20GS) the Yankees have scored two-or-fewer runs with Kuroda pitching in 13 of his last 20 starts (43R total). NO ROOM FOR ERROR: Has not committed an error since 7/7/10 vs. FLA (w/lad), a streak of 119 consecutive errorless games (148 chances). THEFT PREVENTION: Has allowed only one stolen base in his last 12 starts allowed a stolen base in his last start on 5/12 vs. the Mets (Eric Young, Jr.), snapping his streak of 11 consecutive starts without allowing a steal. STAY IN THE YARD: Has allowed only 2HR to right-handed batters in his last 14 starts (Pujols, d'arnaud). LOAD 'EM UP: Has allowed only one extra-base hit (double) in 62 career plate appearances with the bases loaded (14-for-54,.259 BA, 2BB, 14K, 1HBP, 5SF) began the season as one of only seven current Major League pitchers to have recorded at least 1,000.0IP without ever having allowed a grand slam (credit: Elias). ELITE COMPANY: Has made 14 scoreless starts of at least 7.0IP since joining the Yankees in 2012, the secondmost such starts in the Majors in that span (Kershaw-15) joins Kershaw and Gio Gonzalez as the only pitchers to make at least 30 starts and record an ERA below 3.40 in each of the last four years ( ) joins Cliff Lee as the only pitchers to record at least 150K and walk 60 batters or fewer in each of the last four years ( ). RECORDS CAN BE DECEIVING: Since joining MLB in 2008, Kuroda has the lowest ERA as a starter (3.43) among pitchers with a sub-.500 winning percentage (min. 50GS) has never been more than four games above.500 at any point in his MLB career. ROAD WEARY: Is winless in his last 10 road starts (0-7), the longest such stretch of his career has produced a 4.65 ERA (62.0IP, 32ER) and.302 opponents' batting average (74-for-245) in those outings last earned a road victory on 7/25/13 at Texas. WE NEED A HIRO: Has made 23 starts following a Yankees loss since 2013, combining to go 7-9 with a 3.04 ERA (145.0IP, 49ER) in those outings allowed 3ER or fewer in 18 of those appearances, holding his opponent scoreless six times this season, is 1-2 with a 3.94 ERA (32.0IP, 14ER) in five starts following a Yankees loss. KURODA'S 2014 REGULAR SEASON PITCHING LINES Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left Game 4/2 at HOU* 1-3 L / Trailing 2-1 4/7 vs. BAL 4-2 W / Leading 4-2 4/12 vs. BOS* 7-4 W / Leading 6-2 4/18 at TB 5-11 ND / Leading 4-3 4/25 vs. LAA 1-13 L / Trailing 7-0 5/1 vs. SEA* 2-4 L / Trailing 4-2 5/6 at LAA* 4-3 ND / Leading 3-2 5/12 vs. NYM* 7-9 ND / Leading 7-4 Totals (8GS) *Start came after a Yankees loss KURODA'S CAREER PITCHING LINES VS. PITTSBURGH Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP ERA 4/14/08 vs. PIT 4-6 ND /15/08 at PIT 8-2 W /16/09 vs. PIT 3-1 W /28/09 at PIT 1-11 L /2/10 vs. PIT 9-3 W /11/11 at PIT 2-0 W /16/11 vs. PIT 7-2 W Totals (7GS) LOWEST HOME ERA, (AL PITCHERS) 1. Hisashi Iwakuma-SEA (205.1IP, 57ER) 2. Justin Verlander-DET (258.2IP, 75ER) 3. Jered Weaver-LAA (209.1IP, 61ER) 4. Chris Sale-CHW (234.2IP, 71ER) 5. Tommy Milone-OAK (186.2IP, 60ER) 6. HIROKI KURODA-NYY (249.2IP, 82ER) *Minimum 20 starts LOWEST AVG. RUN SUPPORT, (AL PITCHERS) 1. Chris Sale-CHW Hector Santiago-CHW/LAA HIROKI KURODA (NYY) *As a starter (min. 20GS; min. 1GS in 2014) SCORELESS STARTS OF AT LEAST 7.0IP, Clayton Kershaw-LAD (4CG) 2. HIROKI KURODA-NYY...14 (3CG) 3. Felix Hernandez-SEA CAREER ERA AS STARTER, JAPAN-BORN PITCHERS 1. Hisashi Iwakuma (SEA) Yu Darvish (TEX) HIROKI KURODA (NYY) Hideo Nomo (7 teams) *Minimum 50 starts Kuroda vs. pittsburgh (Career) W-L G/GS IP H ER ERA All Games 5-1 7/ w/nyy Kuroda vs. PITTSBURGH Batters AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K P. Alvarez C. Barmes I. Davis A. McCutchen G. Sanchez C. Stewart N. Walker Kuroda's Career Statistics OPPONENT BATTING OVERALL: (1,116-for-4,463), 115HR VS. LHB: (593-for-2,323), 67HR VS. RHB: (523-for-2,140), 48HR Regular Season Career Highs IP (4x), last on 4/14/13 vs. BAL H... 11, on 8/17/13 at BOS R...8, on 4/25/14 vs. LAA BB...5, on 5/7/10 vs. COL K...11 (2x), last on 6/30/12 vs. CWS HR...4(2x), last on 8/23/13 at TB 10K Games... 3, last on 9/16/12 vs. TB Low-hit CG...1, on 7/7/08 vs. ATL CG SHO...5, last on 4/14/13 vs. BAL Regular Season Splits W-L G/GS IP H ER ERA Total /187 1, , Home / Away / Day / Night / Pre-ASG / Post-ASG / Mar./Apr / May / June / July / August / Sept./Oct /

5 TODAY'S GAME 2 STARTING PITCHER: LHP VIDAL NUNO (1-1, 6.43 ERA) LHP Vidal Nuno makes his sixth start (ninth appearance) of the season today last started on 5/13 vs. the Mets, suffering the loss in a 12-7 Yankees defeat (3.1IP, 4H, 7R/5ER, 1HR, 4BB, 1K) became just the second Yankees pitcher since 1992 to allow seven-or-more runs on four-or-fewer hits (also Jose Contreras on 5/4/04 vs. Oakland). START ME UP: Is 2-2 with a 3.76 ERA (40.2IP, 17ER) in eight career starts, with the Yankees going 5-3 in those games has recorded at least 5.0IP and allowed two-or-fewer runs in five of his eight starts. GIVE ME FIVE: Has allowed five-or-fewer hits in each of his eight career starts, holding opponents to a.216 (32- for-148) batting average in those outings is the first pitcher to surrender five-or-fewer hits in each of his first eight starts with the Yankees since Bill Burbach did so in each of his first 11 starts from 4/11-6/1/69 the only pitcher with a longer active streak in the Majors is Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto, who has allowed five-or-fewer hits in each of his last 12 starts. NICE TO MEET YOU: Has never pitched against the Pirates has never faced any batters currently on Pittsburgh's 25-man roster. COMING HOME: Is 0-2 with a 6.87 ERA (18.1IP, 14ER) and.250 opponents' batting average (17-for-68) in four career starts at Yankee Stadium, compared to 2-0 with a 1.21 ERA (22.1IP, 3ER) and.188 opponents' batting average (15-for-80, 0HR) in four career road starts. THEFT PREVENTION: No player has attempted to steal a base off Nuno in his Major League career (48.0IP). SUPPORTING CAST: Has received nine total runs of support in his last two starts, after receiving nine total runs of support in his first six career starts. QUALITY CONTROL: According to Elias, Nuno became the first Yankees pitcher to record at least 5.0IP and allow two-or-fewer runs in each of his first four Major League starts since Chuck Cary did so in his first five starts from 6/14-8/3/89 became only the 12th pitcher (and first Yankee) since 1900 to record at least 5.0IP while allowing two-or-fewer runs and five-or-fewer hits in each of his first four Major League starts. 'PEN NOTES: Is 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA (7.1IP, 8ER) in five career relief outings has made three relief appearances this season, two of which were scoreless (4/1 at Houston & 4/5 at Toronto). THE NEW LEFTY: Made his first career start on 5/13/13 at Cleveland (Game 2), becoming the first left-handed pitcher other than Andy Pettitte or CC Sabathia to make a start for NYY since Kei Igawa on 5/9/08 at Detroit. SUCCESS ALONG THE WAY: In 2011, combined with short-season Single-A Staten Island and Single-A Charleston to go 7-1 with one save and a 1.38 ERA (65.0IP, 10ER, 66K, 5BB) in 15G/7GS in 2012, led all Yankees minor leaguers in ERA (2.54) and strikeouts (126), combining to go 10-6 in 31G/21GS with Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton was the recipient of the 2013 "James P. Dawson Award," given annually to the most outstanding Yankees rookie in spring training, after producing a 0.61 ERA (14.2IP, 1ER) in 7G/2GS (10H, 4BB, 13K) IN REVIEW: Was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the Yankees' 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 4/27/13 when Ivan Nova was placed on the 15-day D.L. went 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA (20.0IP, 5ER) and.213 opponents' batting average (16-for-75) in 5G/3GS with the Yankees was placed on the 7-day D.L. on 6/8/13 with a strained left groin and missed the remainder of the season. BEFORE THE PINSTRIPES: Attended Baker University and was named the 2008 Heart of America Athletic Conference "Pitcher of the Year" was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 48th round of the 2009 First-Year Draft spent his first two professional seasons in the Indians organization before being signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 6/18/11. MEXICANO SOY: Was born in San Diego, Calif., but is of Mexican descent became the first player of Mexican heritage to appear in a game for the Yankees since Ramiro Pena played in three games for the team in 2012 and the first Mexican pitcher to pitch for the Yankees since Luis Ayala (52 relief appearances) and Sergio Mitre (four relief appearances) both did so in NUNO'S 2014 REGULAR SEASON PITCHING LINES Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left Game 4/1 at HOU 2-6 ND / /5 at TOR 0-4 ND / /8 vs. BAL 5-14 ND / /20 at TB 5-1 (12) ND / Leading 1-0 4/26 vs. LAA 4-3 ND / Tied 3-3 5/2 vs. TB 5-10 ND / Trailing 4-2 5/7 at LAA 9-2 W / Leading 6-1 5/13 vs. NYM 7-12 L / Trailing 6-3 Totals (8G/5GS) italics=relief appearance NUNO VS. PITTSBURGH (CAREER) W-L G/GS INN H ER ERA All Games NUNO VS. PITTSBURGH BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K NUNO'S CAREER STATISTICS OPPONENT BATTING OVERALL: (46-for-182), 7HR VS. LHB: (10-for-32), 2HR VS. RHB: (36-for-150), 5HR REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHS IP...6.1, on 5/7/14 at LAA H...8, on 4/8/14 vs. BAL R...7(2x), last on 5/13 vs. NYM BB... 4, on 5/13 vs. NYM K...6, on 4/20/14 at TB HR...2, on 4/8/14 vs. BAL 10K Games...N/A Low-hit CG...N/A CG SHO...N/A REGULAR SEASON SPLITS W-L G/GS IP H ER ERA Total / Starter 2-2 8/ Reliever 0-1 5/ Home 0-2 6/ Away 2-1 7/ Day 1-0 6/ Night 1-3 7/ Pre-ASG / Post-ASG April 0-0 6/ May 2-3 7/ TUESDAY'S PROBABLE STARTER AT CHICAGO-NL: RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (6-0, 2.17) RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his ninth start of the season on Tuesday in the Yankees' first game of a two-game series at Chicago-NL the Cubs will be the first team to face Tanaka a second time this season. FIRST IMPRESSION: According to Elias, Tanaka is the only pitcher since 1900 to strike out 60-or-more opposing batters while earning at least six wins in his first eight appearances in the Majors is the first pitcher since 1900 to strike out at least 60 hitters while allowing fewer than 10 walks in his first eight career games. LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION: Is unbeaten in his last 42 regular season starts (34-0) in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball has not lost a regular season game since 8/19/12. BUILT FORD TOUGH: Is the first Yankees rookie to begin his career 6-0 as a starter since Whitey Ford went 9-0 in 12 starts in 1950 (Ford also made eight relief appearances that season). TANAKA'S 2014 REGULAR SEASON PITCHING LINES Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left Game 4/4 at TOR 7-3 W / Leading 6-3 4/9 vs. BAL* 4-5 ND / Tied 3-3 4/16 vs. CHC-G1 3-0 W / Leading 3-0 4/22 at BOS 9-3 W / Leading 9-2 4/27 vs. LAA 3-2 ND / Trailing 2-1 5/3 vs. TB* 9-3 W / Leading 6-3 5/9 at MIL 5-3 W / Leading 4-2 5/14 at NYM* (CG) 4-0 W / Totals (8GS) *start came after a Yankees loss / (CG) complete game CONSECUTIVE STARTS ALLOWING 5-OR-FEWER HITS (ACTIVE STREAKS) Pitcher GS Streak Began Johnny Cueto (CIN) /28/13 at TEX VIDAL NUNO (NYY) /13/13 at CLE *Minimum 1GS in 2014 TANAKA'S CAREER VS. CHICAGO-NL W-L GS IP H ER ERA All Games On Road TANAKA VS. CHICAGO-NL BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K J. Baker E. Bonifacio S. Castro J. Lake M. Olt A. Rizzo J. Ruggiano N. Schierholtz L. Valbuena UNDEFEATED PITCHERS IN MASAHIRO TANAKA-NYY (7GS) 2. Jenrry Mejia-NYM (7GS) Garrett Richards-LAA (8GS) *Minimum 6GS

6 #28 JOE GIRARDI MANAGER Was ejected by HP umpire Jerry Layne after the fifth inning of Tuesday s loss vs. the Mets (arguing balls/strikes) was his 25th career ejection, 22nd as a manager (20th as Yankees manager), 21st as a Yankee (also 8/6/99 as a player) and second this season (also 5/5 at Los Angeles-AL). Managed his 1,000th game with the Yankees on 5/9 vs. Tampa Bay, becoming the sixth Yankees skipper to reach the plateau his.578 ( ) managerial win. pct. with the Yankees is best among the seven active skippers to manage at least 1,000 games with his current team (Mike Scioscia-LAA, Ron Washington- TEX, Joe Maddon-TB, Ron Gardenhire-MIN, Bruce Bochy-SF and Bud Black-SD). Is in his seventh season as Yankees manager owns the sixth-most managerial wins in franchise history next up is Ralph Houk (944). Career Managerial Record: Record w/nyy: #24 ZOILO ALMONTE OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/1G Hit solo HR (#1) in the third snapping a 102AB homerless stretch (dating back to 6/21/13 vs. Tampa Bay and was 1-for-3 in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh on road trip was 0-for-1 in 1G was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/WB on Tuesday in 33G with Scranton/WB, hit.273 (36-for-132) with 12R, 8 doubles, 6HR and 24RBI, leading the team in hits, home runs and RBI. Saw his first Major League action in 2013, batting.236 (25-for-106) with 9R, 4 doubles, 1HR and 9RBI in 34 games with the Yankees also appeared with Scranton/WB, hitting.297 (77-for-259) with 30R, 12 doubles, 6HR and 36RBI in 68G. Career Bests: 3H (2x); 1HR (2x); 3RBI (1x); 1R (9x); 1SB (3x); 5G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #22 JACOBY ELLSBURY OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/5G Is tied for fourth in the Majors and tied for the AL lead with six games of at least 3H. Was scratched from the starting lineup prior to Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh with flu-like symptoms on road trip was 1-for-7 with 1 double, 1BB and 1SB in 2GS in CF snapping an 0-for-11 stretch with a first-inning double in Thursday s win at the Mets. Hit leadoff HR his first HR as a Yankee in 5/1 loss vs. Seattle was his 11th career leadoff HR (first since 9/29/13 at Baltimore w/ Boston). Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a seven-year contract on 12/7/13 contract extends through 2020 with a club option for Career Bests: 4H (11x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 5SB (1x); 22G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 12; 2-hit (6), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/8G (2x) Hit solo HR (#3) in the sixth and was 1-for-3 with 2R, 1BB and 1SB in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh has 7H in last 19AB on road trip was 2-for-7 with 1R, 2BB and 1SB in 2GS in LF. Scored a run in a career-high-tying eight straight games from 5/6-14 (credit: Elias). Hit grand slam (#2) and was 2-for-5 with 1SB in Monday s loss vs. the Mets was his second career grand slam (also 7/3/10 vs. Toronto) and the first by a Yankee this season..signed a four-year contract extension with the Yankees on 2/24, beginning in the 2015 season and extending through 2018 with a club option for Has hit 26 career home runs, with the Yankees going 22-4 in those contests. Career Bests: 5H (1x); 1HR (25x); 4RBI (3x); 4R (2x); 3SB (2x); 11G hitting streak (2x) 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 13; 2-hit (13), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #2 DEREK JETER SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/11G Was 2-for-4 with 1R in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh and has 12H in last 38AB on road trip was 1-for-8 with 1RBI in 2GS at SS. Hit solo HR (#1) snapping a 161AB homerless stretch and was 2-for-5 with 2R in 5/7 win at Los Angeles-AL the HR was his 1,883rd career run scored, surpassing Tris Speaker (1,882) for sole possession of 11th place on Baseball s all-time list. Recorded an 11-game hitting streak from 4/6-22, batting.326 (15-for-46) with 3R, 3 doubles and 3RBI over the span was his 47th career double-digit hitting streak, most among active players, most by a Yankee in club history and tied with Tris Speaker for third-most in the Majors since 1903 behind Ty Cobb (66) and Hank Aaron (48). Ranks eighth on Baseball s all-time list and fourth on the all-time AL list w/ 3,351H next up in both categories is Carl Yastrzemski (3,419). Has played for the Yankees in 20 different seasons ( ), surpassing Mariano Rivera (19 seasons, ) for the franchise record. According to Elias, at 1,573-1,061-2, has the highest personal winning percentage (.597) among active players (min. 1,000G). Signed a one-year contract with the Yankees on 11/1/13 announced on 2/12/14 that he would retire following the 2014 season. Career Bests: 5H (4x); 2HR (10x); 5RBI (4x); 5R (1x); 3SB (3x); 25G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 9; 2-hit (8), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #33 KELLY JOHNSON INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/3G Was 0-for-3 in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh and has 8H in last 39AB on road trip was 0-for-1 with 1BB in 1G. Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a one-year contract on 12/6/13. Career Bests: 4H (11x); 2HR (8x); 6RBI (2x); 3R (16x); 2SB (6x); 22G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 3; 2-hit (3), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #34 BRIAN McCANN C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/5G Hit two-run HR (#6) in the eighth and was 1-for-4 in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh has 8H in last 28AB on road trip was 1-for-8 in 2GS at C. Hit two-run HR (#5) and was 3-for-4 with 3RBI and 1BB in Tuesday s loss vs. the Mets was his first home run and multi-hit game since a 14-inning Yankees loss on 5/2 vs. Tampa Bay (2-for-7) was his second three-hit game of the season (also 4/22 at Boston, 3-for-4). Is one of 11 players (only catcher) with at least 20HR each season since Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent on 12/3/13 to a five-year contract extending through 2018 with a vesting option for Career Bests: 4H (10x); 2HR (10x); 5RBI (5x); 3R (7x); 1SB (23x); 13G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 5; 2-hit (3), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) yankee doodles #66 JOHN RYAN MURPHY C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 6G/6G Has not played in last four games is 11-for-27 this season. Set a career high in hits in 5/11 loss at Milwaukee, going 3-for-4. Hit game-winning, solo HR the first of his Major League career and was 2-for-3 with 3RBI on 4/26 vs. Los Angeles-AL marked his first career multi-hit and multi- RBI game according to Elias, became the first Yankees rookie catcher with a home run and at least 3RBI in a game since Jorge Posada in 1997 (three times). Was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 4/15 hit.192 (5-for-26) with 3 doubles and 3RBI in seven games with the RailRiders. Career Bests: 3H (1x); 1HR (1x); 3RBI (1x); 2R (1x); 0SB (0x); 6G hitting streak (1x) 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 3; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #14 BRIAN ROBERTS 2B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/6G Was 1-for-3 in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh and has 4H in last 13AB on road trip was 2-for-6 with 2 triples and 1RBI recorded 2 triples in Wednesday s win at the Mets, marking the first time in his career he hit 2 triples in the same game became the first Yankee with 2 triples in a single contest since Curtis Granderson on 4/15/10 vs. Los Angeles-AL and the first Yankees second baseman to accomplish the feat since Willie Randolph on 4/26/80 vs. Chicago-AL. Hit ninth-inning, game-winning solo HR his first as a Yankee and was 2-for-4 with 2RBI in 5/6 win at Los Angeles-AL was his sixth career go-ahead HR in the ninth inning-or-later and first since 8/9/10 vs. Chicago-AL (w/ Baltimore) off J.J. Putz. Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a one-year contract on 1/14/14. Career Bests: 4H (13x); 2HR (2x); 4RBI (8x); 4R (2x); 4SB (1x); 20G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 8; 2-hit (5), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) #17 BRENDAN RYAN INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/1G Did not play in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh did not bat in 1G on road trip. Was placed on the 15-day disabled list from 4/1 (retroactive to 3/22)-5/5 with a cervical spine nerve injury, missing 31 team games played in seven combined rehab games with Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton, batting.320 (8-for-20) with 4R, 2RBI and 5BB. Was acquired by the Yankees from Seattle on 9/10 in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Career Bests: 4H (3x); 1HR (19x); 5RBI; 3R (4x); 2SB (4x); 11G hitting streak (2x) 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 1; 2-hit (1), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #26 YANGERVIS SOLARTE INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/9G Ranks fourth in the American League in batting average (.315). His team-leading 23RBI are second-most among Major League rookies, trailing only Chicago-AL s Jose Abreu (42RBI). Was 0-for-4 in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh and is hitless in last 10AB on road trip was 1-for-7 with 1BB in 2GS at 3B. Hit safely in a career-high nine straight games from 5/4-14, batting.484 (15-for- 31) with 9R, 1 double, 3HR, 10RBI and 4BB over the stretch. Was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 1/16/14 was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the 40-man roster on 4/1. Career Bests: 3H (3x); 1HR (4x); 4RBI (1x); 2R (3x); 0SB (0x); 9G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 12; 2-hit (9), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) #12 ALFONSO SORIANO OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/8G Hit solo HR (#6) in the seventh and was 2-for-4 in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh before being removed defensively in the ninth has 5H in last 18AB on road trip was 2-for-8 with 1 double and 1RBI in 2GS in RF. Recorded his 1,000th hit in the AL with a second-inning single in Monday s loss vs. the Mets with 1,077H in the National League, is now one of seven players all time with at least 1,000H in each league, joining Orlando Cabrera, Vladimir Guerrero, Carlos Lee, Fred McGriff, Frank Robinson and Dave Winfield is the first player ever to record at least 1,000H, 500R, 500RBI, 100HR and 100SB in each league. Joins David Ortiz as the only players with at least 20HR in each season since Was acquired by the Yankees on 7/26/13 from the Cubs with cash considerations in exchange for RHP Corey Black. Career Bests: 6H (1x); 3HR (3x); 7RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 3SB (1x); 20G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 11; 2-hit (9), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) #31 ICHIRO SUZUKI OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/3G (2x) Was ninth-inning defensive replacement in RF in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh (did not bat) did not play in previous four games has 10H in last 27AB. Was acquired by the Yankees along with cash considerations from Seattle in exchange for RHPs D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar on 7/23/12 signed a twoyear contract with the Yankees on 12/19/12. Career Bests: 5H (7x); 2HR (7x); 5RBI (3x); 4R (7x); 4SB (3x); 27G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 6; 2-hit (5), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #25 MARK TEIXEIRA 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 7G/7G (2x) Has 8HR in his last 17 games (since 4/27) and 9HR in 23 games since returning from the 15-day disabled list on 4/20. Hit two-run HR (#9) in the first and was 1-for-4 in Saturday s win vs. Pittsburgh has 9H in last 25AB on road trip was 2-for-7 with 1R, 1HR, 1RBI and 1BB in 2GS at 1B. Homered in four games over a five-game stretch from 4/27-5/3 (4HR total), doing so for the first time since 6/25-30/11 (also 4HR). Was placed on the D.L. from 4/5-20 with a right hamstring strain, missing 14 team games was removed from 4/4 win at Toronto in the bottom of the second inning with the injury. Career Bests: 4H (22x); 3HR (3x); 7RBI (2x); 4R (2x); 1SB (21x); 14G hitting streak 2014 Multi-Hit Games: 6; 2-hit (6), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)