NEW YORK YANKEES (93-58) vs. BOSTON RED SOX (103-49) RHP Masahiro Tanaka (12-5, 3.47) vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4, 3.53)

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1 Official Game Information Yankee Stadium One East 161st Street Bronx, NY Phone: (718) Social World Series Champions: 1923, 27-28, 32, 36-39, 41, 43, 47, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 77-78, 96, , 09 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2018 (2017) Standing in AL East:... 2nd, -9.5G Current Streak:... Won 2 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:...37 (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.:. 12 (10) / 4 (2) Run Differential Runs Scored (per gm.) (5.14) Runs Allowed (per gm.) (4.03) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Sept. 20, 2010: The Yankees dedicate a monument to Principal Owner George M. Steinbrenner III in Monument Park. The Yankees go on to defeat the Rays that night, 8-6. Sept. 20, 1980: In a pregame ceremony, the Yankees dedicate a plaque in Monument Park in honor of Thurman Munson. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Sept. 21, 2014: Brett Gardner hits the 15,000th home run in franchise history in a 5-2 win vs. Toronto. Sept. 21, 2008: The Yanks play their final game at the original Yankee Stadium, defeating Baltimore, 7-3. Following the game, Derek Jeter addresses the crowd of more than 54,000 people, declaring Yankee fans the greatest fans in the world. Sept. 21, 1955: In his final bout, boxer Rocky Marciano knocks out Archie Moore in the ninth round to retain his world heavyweight title at Yankee Stadium. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Tomorrow vs. BAL: Yankees Knit Cap Night pres. by WFAN (1st 18,000 guests) Saturday vs. BAL: Yankees Gel Pack Day pres. by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (1st 18,000 guests) Sunday vs. BAL: 2019 Schedule Mousepad Day (all guests) / Fan Appreciation Voucher Day (all guests) NEW YORK YANKEES (93-58) vs. BOSTON RED SOX (103-49) RHP Masahiro Tanaka (12-5, 3.47) vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4, 3.53) Thursday, September 20, 2018 Yankee Stadium 7:05 p.m. ET Game #152 Home Game #78 TV: YES/MLBN Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish) AT A GLANCE: The Yankees are 3-2 on their nine-game homestand, the final homestand of the regular season are 2-0 vs. Boston after going 1-2 vs. Toronto play 3G vs. Baltimore this weekend will begin their final road trip of the season on Monday, a seven-game trip to Tampa Bay (4G, Mon.-Thurs.) and Boston (3G, 9/28-30). Have won two straight seek their first three-game winning streak since a four-game sweep at Baltimore from 8/ Are 3-4 in their last 7G and 9-10 in their last 19G, but are in their last 30G and in 41G since 8/6. At (.616), have the Majors' third-best record and third-most wins behind Boston (103-49,.678) and Houston (95-57,.625) last won more games in 2012 (95-67). Are 35G over.500, 1G under their season-high watermark of 36G over.500 (five times, most recently at at the end of play on 9/10) prior to this season, had not reached 36G over.500 since they were at the end of play on 9/4/10. Are 9.5G behind Boston in the AL East lead Oakland by 2.5G for the first AL Wild Card spot. Play 16 of their final 25 games on the road are 7-7 so far (4-5 on the road, 3-2 at home). Are in 46 series since 4/19, including this series are in their last seven. Own the Majors' best record when their starter tosses at least 6.0IP (60-9,.870) have the second-best record when scoring first (65-15,.813) behind Boston (69-14,.831). YESTERDAY'S NEWS: The Yankees defeated the Red Sox, 10-1, on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium RHP Luis Severino (7.0IP, 6H, 1ER, 1BB, 6K, 1WP) started and earned his 18th win 1B Luke Voit (4-for-4, 4R, 2HR, 3RBI) collected a careerhigh 4H and recorded his second career 2HR game 3B Miguel Andújar (2-for-4, 1R, 1 double, 1HR) hit his 25th HR and 41st double of the season CF Aaron Hicks (2-for-5, 3RBI) hit a two-run triple 2B Gleyber Torres (1-for-4, 1R) extended his home hitting streak to 16 games LHP Justus Sheffield (1.0IP, 2H, 1BB) made his Major League debut and escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam to throw a scoreless ninth inning Yankees batters hit 3HR to tie the franchise s single-season home run record (245HR in 2012). SEEING RED: The Yankees are 6-2 vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium in 2018 with a win tonight, would have their best home record vs. Boston since going 7-2 in 2009 have won all three home series vs. Boston this season, and are 7-2 in nine home series vs. Boston since the start of Have not swept the Red Sox at home (min. 3G) since 9/27-29/16 (3G). SAINT 'LOUIS': 1B Luke Voit went 4-for-4 with 4R, 2HR and 3RBI on Wed. vs. Boston set a career high in hits and recorded his second career 2HR game (also 8/24/18 at Baltimore) entered the game 2-for-15 in his previous 5G has 9HR as a Yankee and 10HR overall this season. Since joining the Yankees on 8/2, is hitting.323/.400/.634 (30-for-93) with 20R, 2 doubles, 9HR, 20RBI and 11BB in 29G since 8/24, has hit 9HR in 22G, tied with Oakland's Stephen Piscotty for the AL HR lead in that span (secondmost in the Majors to Milwaukee's Christian Yelich-10). Is the second Yankee in the last 11 seasons (since 2008) to go 4-for-4 or better with at least 4R, joining Aaron Judge (4- for-4, 4R, 1 double, 2HR, 3RBI, 1BB on 6/11/17 vs. Baltimore). SEVY LIFTING: RHP Luis Severino permitted 1ER over 7.0IP on Wed. vs. Boston to earn his 18th win, third-most in the Majors behind Blake Snell (20-5) and Corey Kluber (19-7) are the most in a season by a Yankees pitcher since CC Sabathia went 19-8 in 2011 was just his second start of 7.0IP since the start of July (14GS total), also 8/8 at Chicago-AL. Is 10-2 with a 2.74 ERA (92.0IP, 28ER) in 15 starts at Yankee Stadium this season, one of four pitchers with at least 10 home wins in 2018: Corey Kluber (11-3), Blake Snell (10-1), J.A. Happ (10-4) is the fourth pitcher to earn at least 10 wins in a season at the current Yankee Stadium: CC Sabathia (11-2 in 2010, 10-5 in 2013), Phil Hughes (11-4 in 2010, 11-4 in 2012), Hiroki Kuroda (11-6). Induced seven pop-ups, tied for the most by a Yankees pitcher in a single game in the last 11 seasons (since 2008), also Bartolo Colon, 8/11/11 vs. Los Angeles-AL. BEAN COUNTING: A combination of 2 Boston wins or Yankees losses would eliminate the Yankees from the AL East race in the AL Wild Card race, the Yankees have magic numbers (Yankees wins or opp. losses) to clinch better records than the following teams: Houston (13), Oakland (9), Tampa Bay (4) and Seattle (2) will secure a postseason berth by clinching a better record than two of these teams. BRONX BOMBERS, INDEED: Yankees batters have hit 245HR this season, tying the franchise s single-season home run record set in 2012 is tied for the eighthhighest HR total in Major League history, the most since Baltimore hit 253HR in 2016 are on pace to hit 263HR (the MLB record is 264HR by Seattle in 1997). Have hit 11HR in the last 5G have homered in 22-of-25G since 8/24 (43HR total). Have hit 31HR in their last 15 home games (since 8/17), with at least 2HR in nine of those games. Have hit 14HR in their last 5G at home vs. Boston (since 6/29). TATER TROTS: The 2018 Yankees are one of five teams that share the Major League record with 11 players with double-digit home runs, along with Houston in 2015 and 2017, Minnesota in 2016 and Detroit in One more HR by 1B Luke Voit (9HR) would give the Yankees the new Major League record. For the fourth time in club history, have four players with at least 25HR (Stanton-34, Judge-26, Gregorius-26, Andújar-25), also 5 in 2009, 4 in 2010, 4 in 1938 Aaron Hicks (24HR) and Gleyber Torres (23HR) have a chance to join the group the MLB record is six players with 25HR by Boston in THINK TWICE: With Luke Voit s 2HR on Wednesday, the Yankees have 23 individual multi-hr games, tied for the third-most in Major League history need one more to tie the 1966 Braves and 1961 Yankees (24 each) for the record Aaron Judge, who led the AL with seven multi-hr games in 2017, does not have a multi-hr game in MOST HRs, CLUB HISTORY YEAR HR MULTI-HR GAMES, MLB HISTORY NO. TEAM Yankees Braves YANKEES Blue Jays Rockies Mariners GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER: The Yankees are (.725) when their six 20HR hitters (Andújar, Gregorius, Hicks, Judge, Stanton, Torres) are all in the same starting lineup prior to this series, had not been in the same lineup together since 7/2 vs. Atlanta. FOR STARTERS: Yankees starting pitchers have allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 10 of their last 11 starts, going 5-3 with a 2.10 ERA (60.0IP, 51H, 16R/14ER, 11BB, 55K, 4HR) over the span is the Majors' second-lowest rotation ERA since 9/7, behind Tampa Bay's 1.37 ERA (39.1IP, 6ER). MIGGY, MIGGY, MIGGY: 3B Miguel Andújar hit his 41st double and 25th HR on Wed. vs. Boston joins DiMaggio (44 doubles, 29HR in 1936) as the only Yankees rookies with at least 25 doubles and 25HR in a season. Marked his 15th game this season with at least 2XBH, his first since 8/18 vs. Toronto is one of seven players with at least 15 multi-xbh games (17 Báez, 16 Betts/ Lindor/J. Ramirez, 15 Carpenter/K. Davis) BOOTH SWAP: During the fourth inning of tonight's game, Red Sox radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione will join Suzyn Waldman on WFAN, while John Sterling will pair with Tim Neverett on WEEI. HOME RUNWAY: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Ralph Lauren company, Bronx native and lifelong Yankees fan, Ralph Lauren, will be celebrated in a pregame home plate ceremony and will throw out a ceremonial first pitch prior to tonight s game for the 50th anniversary, Ralph Lauren and Major League Baseball have partnered on a limited-edition Ralph Lauren Yankees collection, featuring a classic baseball jacket, a New Era baseball cap, a Wilson baseball glove and a Rawlings commemorative baseball. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV Fri., 9/21 vs. Baltimore LHP CC Sabathia (7-7, 3.80) vs. RHP Yefry Ramírez (1-6, 5.50) 7:05 p.m. WPIX Sat., 9/22 vs. Baltimore TBD vs. TBD 4:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., 9/23 vs. Baltimore TBD vs. TBD 1:05 p.m. YES/TBS 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. BOSTON RED SOX OVERALL TRENDS: The Yankees are 7-8 vs. the Red Sox in 2018 will play the 16th of 19 games tonight (9G in the Bronx, 10G at Boston) are in 37G vs. Boston since 9/27/16 AT YANKEE STADIUM: Are 6-2 at Yankee Stadium this year and 6-4 against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in 2017 matching their highest home win total vs. Boston since going 7-2 in 2009 are 16-6 in the Bronx since 7/17/16 and at the current Yankee Stadium. NYY BATTERS vs. BOSTON RED SOX 2018 AND CAREER 2018 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Miguel Andújar Greg Bird Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Adeiny Hechavarria Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Aaron Judge Andrew McCutchen Austin Romine Gary Sánchez Giancarlo Stanton Gleyber Torres Ronald Torreyes Luke Voit Tyler Wade Neil Walker NYY BATTERS vs. LHP EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ CAREER AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Miguel Andújar Greg Bird Brett Gardner Didi Gregorius Adeiny Hechavarria Aaron Hicks Kyle Higashioka Aaron Judge Andrew McCutchen Austin Romine Gary Sánchez Giancarlo Stanton Gleyber Torres Ronald Torreyes Luke Voit Tyler Wade Neil Walker NYY vs. BOSTON in 2018 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 4/10 at BOS L /11 at BOS W /12 at BOS L /8 at NYY W /9 at NYY W /10 at NYY L /29 at NYY W /30 at NYY L /1 at NYY W /2 at BOS L /3 at BOS L /4 at BOS L /5 at BOS L 4-5 (10) 5-8 9/18 at NYY W /19 at NYY W /20 at NYY /28 at BOS /29 at BOS /30 at BOS Total in All-time vs. BOS: 1, All-time at home: All-time on road: All-time at current Yankee Stad.: All-time at Fenway Park: NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2018 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR ATL MIA NYM PHI WAS Games Record Home Road UP NEXT YANKEES vs. BALTIMORE (Fri.-Sun.): The Yankees are 10-6 vs. the Orioles in 2018 will meet 19 times in 2018 (9G in the Bronx, 10G in Baltimore) won three straight series between the clubs from 6/9-9/17/17 was their longest streak of series won against the O s since winning three in a row from 7/5-9/12/13 are vs. Baltimore since 1998, the club s most wins over any opponent in that span TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 9 (4/21-29) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road...11 (4/21-5/9) / 4, 4x (last: 8/24-26) Longest Losing Streak...5 (8/1-5) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road...2, 5x (last: 9/15-16) / 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...16 (9/15 vs. TOR) / 17 (5/29 vs. HOU) Hitting Streak, 2018 Season / Current...12G (Judge, 4/1-16) / 5G (Torres, 9/14-pres.) Walk-off Wins...7 (last: 8/28 vs. CWS) 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, 3x (last: 9/4 at OAK) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game...5, 2x (last: 8/30 vs. DET) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games....15, 5x (last: 7/31 vs. BAL) / 20 (8/7 at CWS) Shutouts (last: 9/14 vs. TOR) Complete Games...2 (last: Tanaka, 7/24 at TB) Walk-Off Losses...3 (last: 8/5 at BOS) 2018 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 4 (Voit, 9/19 vs. BOS); Hits- 5 (Stanton, 6/24 at TB); Doubles- 2, 20x (last: Stanton, 8/16 vs. TB); Triples- 1, 19x (last: Hicks, 9/19 vs. BOS); HR- 3 (Hicks, 7/1 vs. BOS); RBI- 8 (Gregorius, 4/3 vs. TB); BB- 3, 5x (last: McCutchen, 9/10 at MIN); 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, 5x (last: Happ, 8/30 vs. DET); Pitches- 115 (Severino, 8/3 at BOS). FIELDING: Errors- 2, 3x (last: Andújar, 8/12 vs. TEX) PLAYERS USED (49) P (25): RHP Adams, RHP Betances, LHP Britton, RHP Cessa, LHP Chapman, RHP Cole, RHP Gallegos, RHP Germán, RHP Gray, RHP Green, RHP Hale, LHP Happ, RHP Holder, RHP Kahnle, RHP Kontos, RHP Loaisiga, RHP Lynn, LHP Montgomery, RHP Robertson, LHP Sabathia, RHP Severino, LHP Sheffield, LHP Shreve, RHP Tanaka, LHP Tarpley, RHP Warren; C (3): Higashioka, Romine, Sánchez; INF (11): Andújar, Austin, Bird, Drury, Gregorius, Hechavarria, Torres, Torreyes, Voit, Wade, Walker; OF (9): Frazier, Gardner, Hicks, Judge, McCutchen, McKinney, Peterson, Robinson, Stanton. YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LIST (4) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Jacoby Ellsbury Right oblique strain 3/29 (retro to 3/26) 60-day (151) Ben Heller Right elbow bone spur 4/2 (retro to 3/27) 60-day (151) Jordan Montgomery Left elbow strain 5/2 60-day (122) Clint Frazier Post-concussion migraines 7/21 60-day (55) Reinstated from D.L. in 2018 (19): Chapman (8/22-9/18, 24G), Judge (7/27-9/14, 45G), Gregorius (8/20-9/6, 16G), Sánchez (7/24-8/31, 36G), Sabathia (8/13-24, 9G), Happ (7/30-8/8, 9G), Torres (7/4-7/24, 15G), Sánchez (6/25-7/19, 20G), Tanaka (6/9-7/9, 29G), Cole (6/20-7/3, 12G), Cessa (4/18-6/20, 55G), Warren (4/21-6/4, 38G), Bird (3/26-5/26, 48G), Kahnle (4/16-5/25, 33G), McKinney (4/1-5/24, 44G), Drury (4/7-5/14, 32G), Frazier (3/26-5/2, 29G), Sabathia (4/7-4/18, 8G), Hicks (3/30-4/11, 11G) 2018 Season: 20 players in 23 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 Hechavarria Hicks Higashioka Judge McCutchen McKinney Peterson Robinson Romine Sánchez Stanton Torres Torreyes Voit Wade Walker Games with no DH: 10 RUNS SCORED BY INNING Yankees Opp STARTS BY BATTING ORDER PLAYER Andújar Austin Bird Drury Frazier Gardner Gregorius Hechavarria Hicks Higashioka Judge McCutchen McKinney Peterson Robinson Romine Sánchez Stanton Torres Torreyes Voit Wade Walker Pitchers MOST RECENT HRs Andújar 9/19/18 vs. BOS (Price) Bird 8/19/18 vs. TOR (Borucki) Gardner 8/31/18 vs. DET (Zimmermann) Gregorius 2HR, 9/15/18 vs. TOR (Petricka/Barnes) Hechavarria 9/4/18 at OAK (Pagan) Hicks 9/2/18 vs. DET (Boyd) Higashioka 7/4/18 vs. ATL (Teheran) Judge 7/21/18 vs. NYM (Peterson) McCutchen 9/16/18 vs. TOR (Pannone) Romine 9/8/18 at SEA (Vincent) Sánchez 9/10/18 at MIN (Gibson) Stanton 9/15/18 vs. TOR (Tepera) Torres 9/7/18 at SEA (Paxton) Torreyes 7/30/17 vs. TB (Faria) Voit 2HR, 9/19/18 vs. BOS (Price 2x) Wade 7/11/18 at BAL (Wright Jr.) Walker 9/18/18 vs. BOS (Walker) 1st-INNING LEADOFF HRs 6x in 2018 / 5x in 2017 McCutchen 9/16 vs. TOR (Pannone) McCutchen 9/8 at SEA (Hernández) Gardner 7/7 at TOR (Happ) Hicks 6/26 at PHI (Arrieta) Gardner 5/29 vs. HOU (Morton) Gardner 5/26 vs. LAA (Barria) Walker Walker Stanton Torres Sánchez Andújar Gregorius Bird Stanton Bird Andújar Gregorius Hicks Hicks 2018 YANKEES HOME RUNS PINCH-HIT HRs 1x in 2018 / 4x in /28 vs. CWS (Covey) WALK-OFF HRs 4x in 2018 / 3x in /28 vs. CWS (Covey) 6/20 vs. SEA (Cook) 5/6 vs. CLE (Otero) 4/26 vs. MIN (Rodney) GRAND SLAMS 7x in 2018 / 4x in /15 vs. TOR (Clippard) 9/11 at MIN (May) 8/19 vs. TOR (Borucki) 8/8 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 (5)...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), 8/17 vs. TOR (1:25 rain) Games Called Early (1)...8/17 vs. TOR (7th, rain) Rescheduled Game (1)... 9/18 vs. BOS Suspended Game (1) 5/15 at WAS (B6, res. 6/18) 2017: Ppd. (5) / Delays at Start (7) / Delays In-Game (2) REPLAY CHALLENGES (75x in 2018) NYY Challenges: 35 (24 overturned, 5 confirmed, 6 stand) Opp. Challenges: 33 (17 overturned, 6 confirmed, 10 stand) Umpires: 7 (3 overt d, 2 conf d, 1 stand, 0 rec. keep, 1 rule ck) 2017 (86): NYY (30-2-8) / Opp. ( ) / Umps ( ) MULTI-HR GAMES 23x in 2018 / 18x in 2017 Voit 2HR, 9/19 vs. BOS (Price 2x) Gregorius 2HR, 9/15 vs. TOR (Petricka/Barnes) Voit 2HR, 8/24 at BAL (Cobb/Carroll) 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 24x/9x in 2018 / 19x/11x in 2017 s Date/Opp. (Inning) Hicks/Andújar* 8/31 vs. DET (6th inn.) 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: 245 / Runs: 776 / Runs via HR: 394 (50.8%) Solo (135): Andújar-11, Austin-1, Bird-8, Gardner-6, Gregorius-14, Hechavarria-1, Hicks-14, Higashioka-3, Judge-17, McCutchen-3, Robinson-1, Romine-5, Sánchez-7, Stanton-22, Torres-11, Voit-3, Wade-1, Walker-7 2-Run (78): Andújar-9, Austin-6, Drury-1, Gardner-6, Gregorius-5, Hicks-9, Judge-8, McCutchen-1, Romine-4, Sánchez-7, Stanton-10, Torres-5, Voit-6, Walker-1 3-Run (25): Andújar-3, Austin-1, Bird-1, Gregorius-5, Hicks-1, Judge-1, Romine-1, Sánchez-2, Stanton-1, Torres-7, Walker-2 Grand Slams (7): Andújar-2, Bird-2, Gregorius-2, Stanton : HRs: 241 / Runs: 858 / Runs via HR: 401 (46.7%) 2017: Solo (128) / 2R (70) / 3R (39) / GS (4) EJECTIONS (9x in 2018) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) Brett Gardner 9/9 at SEA (Rehak) Aaron Boone 8/31 vs. DET (Lentz) 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 151 After Game (2nd, -9.5) -- (--,--) (2nd, -3.0) (2nd, -3.0) (4th, -8.5) (4th, -9.5) (2nd, -3.5) (2nd, -3.0) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS Sept. 3 Outrighted OF Shane Robinson and LHP Ryan Bollinger to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Sept. 7 Reinstated SS Didi Gregorius from the 10-day disabled list. Sept. 12 Recalled RHP Chance Adams from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Sept. 14 Reinstated OF Aaron Judge from the 10-day disabled list. Sept. 18 Recalled RHP Domingo Germán from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre signed LHP Justus Sheffield to a Major League contract and selected him to the active roster from Triple-A Scranton/WB transferred OF Clint Frazier to the 60-day disabled list. Sept. 19 Reinstated LHP Aroldis Chapman from the 10-day disabled list.

3 TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (12-5, 3.47 ERA) RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his 26th start of the season in tonight's series finale vs. Boston the 29-year-old will pitch on extended five days' rest due to Monday's scheduled team off day earned his third straight win and extended his scoreless-inning streak to 20.0IP with 6.0 shutout innings in a 11-0 win on Friday (4H, 2BB, 8K) has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in nine of his last 11 starts, posting a 2.15 ERA (71.0IP, 17ER) over that span 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) is 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 ( ) has 163 career wins between MLB (64) and NPB (99) surpassed Hisashi Iwakuma (63) for third-most MLB wins by a Japanese-born pitcher with his last win recorded his 700th career strikeout on 6/2/18 at Baltimore, becoming the sixth Japanese pitcher to record at least 700 Major League strikeouts his 791K 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: Tossed 6.0 shutout innings (4H, 2BB, 8K) to earn his third consecutive win on Friday vs. Toronto extended his scoreless streak to 20.0IP, the second-longest scoreless streak of his career (21.1IP from 7/15-8/5/18) threw consecutive scoreless starts for the third time in his career (7/24/18 and 7/31/18; 8/19/16 and 8/24/16) has not allowed a HR in four consecutive home starts for the first time in his career issued multiple walks for the first time since 8/10 vs. Texas (3BB) has started three of the Yankees last four shutouts, including each of his last two starts (also 9/7 at Seattle) marked his fourth scoreless outing in 10 starts since the All-Star break has allowed 1R-or-fewer in 7-of-10 turns. MASA-PIECE THEATRE: Has a 20.0-inning scoreless streak, his second-longest this season (career-best 21.1IP from 7/15-8/5) is the third-longest active scoreless streak in the Majors (Chris Sale-32.0IP, Taylor Rogers-22.0IP). Also had a 21.1-inning scoreless streak from 7/15-8/5 earlier this season Elias confirms that he is the first Yankees pitcher to record multiple scoreless scoreless streaks of at least 20.0IP in a single season since Ron Guidry in 1983 (5/11-22/83; 5/27-6/6/83). Has completed 6.0IP in six straight starts, going 3-2 with a 1.80 ERA (40.0IP, 8ER) has completed 7.0IP in three of his last four starts. Ranks third in the AL (min. 30.0IP) with a 2.09 ERA (64.2IP, 15ER) in 10 starts since the All-Star break trails Blake Snell (1.26) and David Price (2.00). WINNING WAYS: Is 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 ( ) among all players who debuted since 1950, is just the fifth to win at least 12 games in each of his first five seasons, joining Pettitte ( ), Dwight Gooden ( ), Dennis Eckersley ( ) and Tom Seaver ( ). ON A ROLL: Has allowed 2R-or-fewer in nine of his last 11 starts, posting a 2.15 ERA (71.0IP, 17ER) over that span (since 7/15) is the second-lowest ERA in the AL in that span. VS. BOSTON: Is 8-4 with a 4.08 ERA (103.2IP, 47ER) in 17 career starts vs. Boston is 4-2 with a 3.41 ERA (63.1IP, 24ER) in his last 10 starts since 4/29/16 and has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in seven of those starts will be his 18th career start vs. the Red Sox, his most vs. any team (next: 17 vs. Toronto) two of his six career complete games have come pitching against the Red Sox. His eight career wins vs. Boston are tied with CC Sabathia for the most in the Majors since his debut in 2014 his 17GS vs. Boston since 2014 are tied for secondmost in the Majors (Chris Archer-18GS). Is 1-0 with a 6.60 ERA (15.0IP, 11ER) in three starts vs. the Red Sox this season started on 4/11 at Boston and earned the win (5.0IP, 7H, 6ER, 2BB, 3K, 2HR, 1WP) did not record a decision on 5/9 vs. Boston (5.1IP, 8H, 4ER, 2BB, 3K, 2HR) allowed just 1ER in 4.2IP but did not record a decision in the Yankees' extra-inning, 5-4 loss at Fenway on 8/5 (6H, 1BB, 9K, 1HR) struck out nine in less than 5.0IP for the second time in his career (also on 6/17/17 at Oakland) and just the fourth time in Yankees history (also David Phelps on 4/26/13 vs. Toronto and Jay Howell on 4/6/1983 at Seattle). Is 4-2 with a 4.28 ERA (48.1IP, 23ER) in eight career starts vs. the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. 2018: The Yankees are 16-9 in his 25 starts this season opponents are hitting.217 (46-for-212) the first time through the lineup,.217 (44-for-203) second time through the lineup and.278 (35-for-126) the third time through the lineup. Opponents are batting.204 (21-for-103) with RISP are 12-for-71 (.169) in his last 15 starts (since 5/27) and are 1-for-8 (.125) in his last two starts. Has allowed at least 1HR in 16 of his 25 starts (23HR total) has allowed only 1HR in his last six starts (since 8/16). Has retired the leadoff batter in 108-of-154 innings (.299 opp. OBP). Was winless in five starts in August (8/5-27), his longest winless stretch since a career-long eight-start strech from 5/14-6/23/17 was his first winless month in his Major League career received a total of only 4R of support over the span lost three consecutive decisions (8/10-27) for the second time in his career (lost six straight from 5/14-G2-6/17/17) Has received 2R-or-fewer of support in six of his last eight starts (3.44 run support average over that span) and seven of his last 11 starts. TANAKA VS. BOSTON (CAREER) Batters are hitting.172 (29-for-169) with 6HR, 10BB and 50K in at-bats ending with a slider (Brooks Baseball). W-L ERA GS IP H ER Had a career-best 21.1-inning scoreless streak from 7/15-8/5 was the longest streak by a Yankee since CC Sabathia from 6/30-7/10/2011. All Games Went 7-0 with a 3.12 ERA (80.2IP, 61H, 28ER, 22BB, 86K, 14HR, 4HP) over 14 starts from 4/23-8/5, the longest At Y.S unbeaten streak of his career is tied for the longest streak in the Majors this season (also Seattle's James Paxton- TANAKA VS. BOSTON BATTERS 14GS and Colorado's Jon Gray-14GS) was the third-longest unbeaten streak by a Yankee since 2005 (Iván Nova- 20, CC Sabathia-15) allowed 2R-or-fewer in 8-of-14 starts the Yankees were 10-4 during the stretch. A BRONX TALE: Is 5-5 with a 3.66 ERA (66.1IP, 27ER) in 11 home starts this season has suffered all five of his losses at Yankee Stadium has issued multiple walks in 7-of-11 outings. Has thrown at least 6.0IP in 14-of-17 starts since 7/28/17 has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in 12 of his last 20 regular season home starts (since 6/23/17). Is second all-time at the current Yankee Stadium with 34 wins, 65 starts and 422K. TANAKA'S 2018 REGULAR SEASON STARTS Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game C 3/30 at TOR 4-2 W / Leading 4-1 GS 4/5 vs. BAL 2-5 L / Trailing 2-1 GS 4/11 at BOS* 10-7 W / Leading 10-6 GS 4/17 vs. MIA 1-9 L / Trailing 7-0 GS 4/23 vs. MIN 14-1 W / Leading 5-1 GS 4/28 at LAA 11-1 W / Leading 10-1 GS 5/3 at HOU 6-5 ND / Leading 3-0 GS 5/9 vs. BOS 9-6 ND / Leading 5-3 GS 5/15 at WAS 3-5 ND / Tied 3-3 GS 5/21 at TEX 10-5 W / Leading 8-4 GS 5/27 vs. LAA* 3-1 W / Leading 3-1 GS 6/2 at BAL 8-5 W / Leading 6-3 GS 6/8 at NYM 4-1 ND / Tied 1-1 GS 7/10 at BAL 5-6 ND / Tied 3-3 AR 7/15 at CLE 2-5 ND / Tied 2-2 KH 7/24 at TB* 4-0 W / CG AR 7/31 vs. BAL 6-3 W / Leading 6-0 KH 8/5 at BOS* 3-4 (10) ND / Trailing 1-0 AR 8/10 vs. TEX 7-12 L / Trailing 6-1 AR 8/16 vs. TB* 1-3 L / Trailing 2-0 KH 8/21 at MIA 2-1 (12) ND / Tied 1-1 AR 8/27 vs. CWS 2-6 L / Trailing 4-2 KH 9/1 vs. DET 2-1 W / Leading 2-1 GS 9/7 at SEA* 4-0 W / Leading 4-0 GS 9/14 vs. TOR* 11-0 W / Leading 9-0 GS Totals (25GS) w/ G. Sánchez (16GS) w/ A. Romine (5GS) w/ K. Higashioka (4GS) * Started after a Yankees loss / bold = season high TANAKA'S CAREER STARTS VS. BOSTON SINCE 2016 Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/K ERA Left Game 4/29/16 at BOS 2-4 ND / Tied 2-2 7/17/16 vs. BOS 3-1 W / Leading 3-1 9/15/16 at BOS 5-7 ND / Leading 5-1 4/27/17 at BOS 3-0 W / CG 6/6/17 vs. BOS 4-5 L / Trailing 5-2 7/16/17 at BOS-G2 0-3 L / Trailing 3-0 9/2/17 vs. BOS 5-1 W / Leading 5-1 4/11/18 at BOS 10-7 W / Leading /9/18 vs. BOS 9-6 ND / Leading 5-3 8/5/18 at BOS 3-4 (10) ND / Trailing 1-0 Totals (17GS) AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Benintendi Betts Bogaerts Bradley Jr Devers Holt Kinsler Leon Lin Martinez Moreland Nunez Pearce Swihart Vazquez TANAKA'S CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS IP (6x), last on 7/24/18 at TB H...10 (5x), last on 8/27/18 vs. CWS R...8 (2x),last on 9/22/17 at TOR ER...8, 5/14/17 vs. HOU-G2 BB...5, 8/9/17 at TOR K...15, 9/29/17 vs. TOR HR... 4 (2x), last on 5/14/17 vs. HOU-G2 Pitches , 5/25/14 at CWS 10K Games...13, last on 9/7/18 at SEA (10K) Low-hit CG...3 (2x), last on 7/24/18 at TB CG SHO...3, last on 7/24/18 at TB CAREER SPLITS W-L GS IP ER ERA AVG Total Home Road Day Night OPPONENT BATTING 2018 AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.231/.282/ vs. Left.225/.277/ vs. Right.236/.286/ CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SO Overall.238/.278/ vs. Left.236/.272/ vs. Right.240/.283/ RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total FRIDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. BALTIMORE: LHP CC SABATHIA (7-7, 3.80 ERA) LHP CC Sabathia will make his 28th start of the season in Friday's series opener vs. Baltimore the 38-year-old will start on extended five days' rest due to Monday's off day took the loss in the Yankees' 8-7 defeat on Saturday vs. Toronto (2.1IP, 7H, 5ER, 0BB, 2K, 3HR, 1WP) has just one win in his last 11 starts is seeking his third straight season with a sub-4.00 ERA after recording ERAs above 4.50 in all three seasons from has 244 career wins, tied with Jack Powell (244) for 52nd place on Baseball s all-time wins list (next up is Dennis Martinez-245) is 24K shy of 3,000 strikeouts leads active Major League pitchers in career strikeouts (2,976) and quality starts (312).

4 YANKEE DOODLES #17 AARON BOONE MANAGER Career Managerial Record: Was ejected in the fifth inning of 8/31 win vs. Detroit by HP Umpire Nic Lentz (arguing balls and strikes during Torres at-bat) served a one-game suspension for the incident on 9/2 vs. Detroit was his third career managerial ejection (also 5/22 at Texas, balls and strikes and 7/14 at Cleveland, 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: 1G/7G (4x) Leads all rookies with a 158H, 41 doubles, 84RBI, 68XBH and 49 multi-hit games, is second with a.298 BA and 78R and third with 25HR. Of his 25HR, 12 have tied the game (4) or given the Yankees the lead (8) eight of his HRs have come in the seventh inning or later. Is one of four Yankees rookies to hit at least 25HR in a season, joining Aaron Judge (52HR in 2017), Joe DiMaggio (29HR in 1936) and Joe Gordon (25HR in 1938). Over his last 63G, has hit.324 (77-for-238) with 41R, 16 doubles, 13HR and 45RBI. Hit solo HR (#25) in the second and was 2-for-4 with 1 double in Wednesday's win vs. Boston has 12H in last 37AB has 43RBI in last 48G on homestand is 4-for-16 with 2R, 1 double, 2HR, 5RBI and 1BB in 5G/4GS at 3B hit his second career grand slam (#24) in the seventh inning and was 1-for-1 with 1BB and a career-high-tying 4RBI in Saturday's loss vs. Toronto after entering the game as a PH (Gardner) in the sixth and remaining in the game at 3B is only the fifth rookie in franchise history to hit multiple grand slams in a season, joining Shane Spencer (three in 1998), Russ Derry (two in 1945), Yogi Berra (two in 1947) and Hideki Matsui (two in 2003). Has 68XBH this season, third-most in a season by a rookie in Yankees history behind Joe DiMaggio (88 in 1936) and Aaron Judge (79 in 2017) has 70XBH in 144G, tied with Gary Sánchez for third-most XBH through 144G in Yankees history (Joe DiMaggio-89XBH, Bob Meusel-72XBH). Was named AL "Rookie of the Month" for August after batting.320 (39-for-122) with 21R, 7 doubles, 10HR, 29RBI, 4BB and 1SB in 30 games tied for the AL lead in HRs (with Oakland's Khris Davis), tied for the MLB lead in RBI (with Texas' Rougned Odor), tied for second in the Majors in hits marked the fifth time in Yankees history that a rookie hit at least 10HR in a calendar month, following Aaron Judge (15HR in Sept. 2017, 10HR in April 2017, 10HR in June 2017) and Gary Sánchez (11HR in August 2016) was tied for the third-highest RBI total by a Yankees rookie in a month, joining Bob Meusel (42RBI in July 1920), Judge (32RBI in Sept. 2017), Hideki Matsui (29RBI in June 2003), Bill Johnson (29RBI in July 1943) and Joe DiMaggio (29RBI in June 1936). Was named AL Rookie of the Month for June, his first career monthly award. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 1HR (23x); 4RBI (4x); 3R (3x); 1SB (3x); 7G hitting streak (4x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 49; 2-hit (40), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (1) #33 GREG BIRD 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/8G Of his 52H this season, 27 have gone for extra bases (15 doubles, 1 triple, 11HR) of his 11HR, four have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead. Was 0-for-1 as eighth-inning PH in Wednesday's win vs. Boston was his first appearance on homestand has 4H in last 46AB. Hit grand slam (#11) his second career grand slam (also 7/11/18 at Baltimore) and second homer in as many games in 8/19 win vs. Toronto. 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 (5x); 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 12HR this season and 12-of-20HR since 6/23/17 have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead since 2017, the Yankees are 24-4 when he homers. Has 255SB, the third-most in franchise history stole his 252nd base on 8/18 vs. Toronto, surpassing Willie Randolph (251). Has not played in last two games has 5H in last 23AB on homestand is 1-for-10 with 1R and 2RBI in 3GS in LF. Was ejected by HP Umpire Jeremie Rehak (arguing balls and strikes) following his ninth-inning strikeout on 9/9 at Seattle. 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: 28; 2-hit (24), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (2) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/9G Has already set career highs with 83R, 26HR, 47BB and 10SB (previous: 73R in 2017, 25HR in 2017, 37BB in 2013 and 7SB in 2016) has 84RBI, 3RBI shy of his career high (87RBI in 2017). Was 0-for-4 in Wednesday's win vs. Boston on homestand is 4-for-16 with 4R, 3HR, 5RBI, 1BB and 3HP in 5GS at SS hit solo HRs (#25/26) in Saturday's loss vs. Toronto marked his sixth career multi-hr game and his fifth of the season also established a new career high in HR and the Yankees single-season HR record for a shortstop (25HR in 2017). Hit grand slam (#23) and was 2-for-3 with 2R, 1 triple and 1BB in 9/11 loss at Minnesota was his third career grand slam and second this season (also 4/23 vs. Minnesota) all three of his grand slams have come with the Yankees, matching the most by a Yankee as a shortstop in franchise history (also Frank Crosetti) is the fourth Yankees shortstop with multiple grand slams and the first with multiple in the same season became the second player to hit a triple and a grand slam in the same game this season (also Detroit's Leonys Martin on 4/19 vs. Baltimore). Was placed on 10-day D.L. on 8/21 (retroactive to 8/20) with a left heel contusion (missed 16 team games) his first 6H after returning from the DL went for extra bases (1 double, 1 triple, 4HR). His five 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 (6x); 8RBI (1x); 3R (9x); 1SB (28x); 17G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 34; 2-hit (24), 3-hit (9), 4-hit (1) #29 ADEINY HECHAVARRIA INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/9G Did not play in Wednesday's win vs. Boston has appeared in 2G on homestand is 4-for-16 in 11G/5GS with the Yankees. Hit solo HR his fifth of the season and first as a Yankee in 9/4 win at Oakland after entering game at shortstop in the eighth started at SS for the second consecutive game and was was 1-for-2 before being removed for PH (Walker) in the seventh his fifth-inning single was his first hit as a Yankee made his Yankees debut as ninth-inning defensive replacement at SS in 9/1 win vs. Detroit was added to the Yankees active roster prior to the game. Was acquired by the Yankees along with cash considerations from Pittsburgh in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations on 8/31. Hit.254 (66-for-260) with 31R, 11 doubles, 4HR and 29RBI in 76 combined games with Tampa Bay (61G) and Pittsburgh (15G) this season played all 76G/69GS at SS was acquired by the Pirates from the Rays on 8/6/18 with cash considerations in exchange for RHP Matt Seelinger is signed through In his career, has played for the Blue Jays (2012), Marlins ( ), Rays ( ), Pirates (2018) and Yankees (2018) has appeared at SS, 3B and 2B. Was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by Toronto in Career Bests: 4H (6x); 1HR (27x); 7RBI (1x); 3R (1x); 1SB (31x); 13G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 16; 2-hit (12), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) #31 AARON HICKS OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/6G Has set career highs with 24HR, 43XBH and 72RBI this season (previous: 15HR, 33XBH, 52RBI in 2017) has 10HR in 30G as a leadoff hitter and 14HR in 99G in all other spots this season has 18HR in his last 80G (hit 6HR in his first 49G). Has 45BB in 53G since the All-Star break. Was 2-for-5 with 1 triple and 3RBI in Wednesday's win vs. Boston has 8H in last 42AB on homestand is 5-for-19 with 2R, 1 triple, 4RBI, 4BB and 1SB 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. 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: 27; 2-hit (21), 3-hit (6), 4-hit (0) #66 KYLE HIGASHIOKA C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/4G (2x) Has not played in last four games has appeared in 1G on homestand is hitless in last 10AB. 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 (12x); 1HR (3x); 2RBI (2x); 1R (7x); 0SB; 4G hitting streak (2x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #99 AARON JUDGE OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/12G Was 1-for-4 with 1R in Wednesday's win vs. Boston made his first start since 7/26 in Tuesday's win vs. Boston on homestand is 1-for-8 in 3G/2GS (1-RF/1-DH) was eighth-inning defensive replacement in Friday's win vs. Toronto (did not bat) was his first game played since 7/26. Was reinstated from the D.L. on Friday was placed on the D.L. on 7/27 with a chip fracture of the right wrist (ulnar styloid bone) and missed 45 team games suffered the injury in 7/26 win vs. Kansas City after being hit by a pitch in the first inning was seen by Yankees Head Team Physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad and underwent an MRI at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Hit his 82nd HR in his 276th career game (7/21 vs. the Mets), trailing Ryan Howard (257G) for fastest to reach the mark (in terms of games played) in Baseball history. Started in LF and went 1-for-2 with 1R, 1HR, 1RBI and 1BB in the AL's All-Star Game win on 7/17 became the third Yankee to homer in an All-Star Game at age 26 or younger, joining Joe DiMaggio (1936) and Mickey Mantle (1955 and '56) was selected by fans to his second straight All-Star team is one of five position players drafted by the Yankees to make the All-Star team multiple times as a Yankee (also Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada). Was unanimously named the AL "Rookie of the Year" and placed second in AL MVP voting in 2017, setting a rookie record with 52HR was the ninth Yankee to be named "Rookie of the Year" and first since Derek Jeter in Is the first hitter in Baseball history to be at least 6'7" tall and weigh at least 282lbs. Was selected by the Yankees in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2013 Draft. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 2HR (7x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 2SB (1x); 14G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 28; 2-hit (20), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (0) #26 ANDREW McCUTCHEN OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/13G Has reached base safely in 20 of his last 40 plate appearances (8H/11BB/1HP). Was 1-for-3 with 1R and 2BB in Wednesday's win vs. Boston is 11-for-51 in 16GS (14-RF/2-LF) with the Yankees on homestand is 6-for-18 with 4R, 1 double, 2HR, 2RBI and 5BB in 5GS (3-RF/2-LF) hit solo HR (#18) in the fifth and was 3-for-3 with 2R, 1 double and 2BB in Friday's win vs. Toronto moved from RF to LF in the eighth, his first Major League appearance at the position hit leadoff HR (#4/19) in the first and was 1-for-4 in Sunday's loss vs. Toronto was his 12th career leadoff HR, fourth in 2018 and second as a Yankee (also 9/8 at Seattle). Hit leadoff HR (#2/#17) in the first his second home run as in many games and was 1-for-3 with 1BB in 9/8 win at Seattle was his 11th career leadoff HR and third in 2018 (last on 8/24 vs. Texas w/ San Francisco) hit two-run HR (#1/#16) in the third his first homer as a Yankee and was 1-for-3 with 1BB in 9/7 win at Seattle his first-inning single on 9/3 at Oakland was his first hit as a Yankee. Made his Yankees debut in 9/1 win vs. Detroit, starting in RF and leading off (0-for-3, 1HP) was acquired by the Yankees with cash considerations from San Francisco in exchange for INF Abiatal Avelino and RHP Juan De Paula on 8/31. Hit.255/.357/.415 (123-for-482) with 65R, 28 doubles, 2 triples, 15HR, 55RBI, 73BB and 13SB in 130 games (127GS in RF) in his first season with the Giants was acquired by the Giants from Pittsburgh with cash considerations in exchange for RHP Kyle Crick, OF Bryan Reynolds and international bonus pool money on 1/15/18 is under contract through the 2018 season. Is a five-time NL All-Star ( ) and won the 2013 National League Most Valuable Award and 2015 Roberto Clemente Award. In 10 Major League seasons, has played for the Pirates ( ). Giants (2018) and Yankees (2018). Was originally selected by the Pirates in the first round (11th overall) in the 2005 First-Year Draft. Career Bests: 6H (1x); 3HR (3x); 8RBI (1x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 18G hitting streak (1x) 2018 Multi-Hit Games: 29; 2-hit (19), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (0), 5-hit (1), 6-hit (1)