Official Game Information Yankee Stadium One East 161st Street Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: (718) 579-4460 E-mail: media@yankees.com Twitter: @yankeespr & @losyankeespr World Series Champions: 1923, 27-28, 32, 36-39, 41, 43, 47, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 77-78, 96, 98-2000, 09 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2015 (2014) Standing in AL East:.........1st, +6.0G Current Streak:.................. Lost 2 Current Road Trip..................4-3 Recent Homestand:................5-1 Home Record:.......... 30-17 (43-38) Road Record:............ 27-27 (41-40) Day Record:............. 18-13 (32-24) Night Record:........... 39-31 (52-54) Pre-All-Star.............. 48-40 (47-47) Post-All-Star............... 9-4 (37-31) vs. AL East:.............. 24-17 (37-39) vs. AL Central:.............11-5 (19-16) vs. AL West:............. 16-14 (15-16) vs. National League:........ 6-8 (13-7) vs. RH starters:.......... 39-33 (60-58) vs. LH starters:........... 18-11 (24-20) Yankees Score First:..... 42-15 (47-25) Opp. Score First:........ 15-29 (37-53) Leading After 6:...........43-2 (67-10) Trailing After 6:............. 7-32 (7-53) Tied After 6:................ 7-10 (9-14) Leading After 7:............ 48-2 (68-5) Trailing After 7:............ 4-36 (5-58) Tied After 7:................ 5-6 (10-14) Leading After 8:............ 54-0 (69-2) Trailing After 8:............ 2-38 (5-61) Tied After 8:................. 1-6 (9-14) Extra-Inning Games:......... 2-5 (7-7) One-run Games:........ 16-14 (28-24) Two (or fewer)-run Games: 28-20 (50-37) NYY Scores 5 or more:... 40-7 (48-11) NYY Scores 4 or more:.. 48-13 (63-21) NYY Scores 3 or less:..... 9-31 (21-57) NYY Scores 2 or less:...... 3-25 (7-43) Opp. Scores 5 or more:.... 9-29 (9-49) Opp. Scores 4 or less:... 48-15 (75-29) Opp. Scores 3 or less:.... 41-9 (62-17) Opp. Scores 2 or less:..... 30-3 (44-9) Yankees No Errors:...... 34-18 (55-43) Yankees Make Error(s):.. 23-26 (29-35) NYY Starter Goes 6:..... 35-17 (60-40) Come-From-Behind Wins:..... 27 (41) Yankees hit 0HR:..........9-18 (29-35) Yankees hit at least 1HR: 48-26 (55-43) Yankees hit 2+ HRs:..... 28-10 (17-19) Walk-off Wins:....................2 (9) Walk-off Losses:...................2 (9) Series Record:....... 17-13-3 (23-26-5) Series Record, home: 11-4-1 (12-14-1) Series Record, road:....6-9-2 (11-12-4) Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.:.. 7 (7) / 3 (5) TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY July 31, 2007: The Yankees match a franchise record with eight home runs in a 16-3 win vs. the White Sox (also on 6/28/39 at Philadelphia). Seven different Yankees homered in the game, with Hideki Matsui hitting a pair. July 31, 1938: In the Yankees longest game of the season, New York s Spud Chandler pitches 15 innings (8H, 0BB, 3K) in Game 2 of a doubleheader as the Yanks beat the White Sox, 7-3. TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY Aug. 1, 1941: Lefty Gomez records a 9-0 shutout victory vs. the St. Louis Browns, despite walking 11 batters. Gomez remains one of only two pitchers in MLB history to record at least 11BB and allow 0R (also Mel Stottlemyre on 5/21/70 vs. WSH 11BB, 0R). Aug. 1, 1937: In a 14-5 victory over the St. Louis Browns, Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle for the second time in his career. SUNDAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Aug. 2, 1979: Yankees captain Thurman Munson passes away in a plane crash in Canton, Ohio, at age 32. His No. 15 is immediately retired. PROMOTIONS NEXT HOMESTAND Tue., 8/4 vs. Boston: Yankees Insulated Lunch Bag Night presented by P.C. Richard & Son, first 18,000 guests, 14 and younger. Wed., 8/5 vs. Boston: Yankees Portable Power Charger Night presented by Delta Air Lines, first 18,000 guests. Thurs., 8/6 vs. Boston: Yankees Umbrella Night presented by Living Language, first 18,000 guests. Fri., 8/7 vs. Toronto: Yankees Beach Tote Day presented by Moon Palace Jamaica Grande Resort and Jamaica Tourist Board, first 18,000 guests. Sat., 8/8 vs. Toronto: Yankees Cowboy Hat presented by Pepsi, first 25,000 guests. NEW YORK YANKEES (57-44) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (49-51) RHP Nathan Eovaldi (10-2, 4.27) vs. LHP Carlos Rodon (4-3, 4.09) AT A GLANCE: Tonight the Yankees play the eighth game of a season high-tying 10-game road trip begin a three-game series at Chicago-AL tonight are 4-3 so far, splitting 4G at Texas after going 2-1 at Minnesota went 5-1 on their first homestand after the break return home on Tuesday to begin a six-game homestand vs. Boston (8/4-6) and Toronto (8/7-9). Have lost consecutive games for the first time since dropping two in a row on 7/5 vs. Tampa Bay and 7/7 vs. Oakland have still won 8-of-11, 10-of-14 and 13-of-18. Are 13G over.500 prior to this week, had not been more than 12G over.500 since concluding the 2012 season with a 95-67 record (28G over). Own the fourth-best record in the Majors (second in AL). Hold a 6.0-game lead and are alone in first place in the AL East today for the 28th straight day (since 7/3) have at least a share of first place today for a 29th straight day, their longest Friday, July 31, 2015 U.S. Cellular Field 8:10 p.m. ET Game #102 Road Game #55 TV: YES Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM BEST RECORD, MLB, 2015 Team W L Pct. St. Louis 65 37.637 Kansas City 61 40.604 Pittsburgh 59 42.584 YANKEES 57 44.564 Houston 58 45.563 run in first place since sitting atop the division for the final 114 days of the 2012 season (6/11-10/3/12) have had at least a share of first place for 77-of-116 days this season (all in the past 99 days) have had sole possession for 67 of the last 95 days since 6/29, when they were 0.5GB in third place, the Yankees are 16-9, while the rest of the AL East has gone a combined 41-63 (BAL, 10-16; TOR, 11-15; TB, 9-17; BOS, 11-15). Have MLB s best record in July (16-7,.696), their most wins in a calendar month since going 16-12 in August 2013 are an AL-best 31-19 (.620) since the beginning of June, the second-best record in the Majors (Pittsburgh, 33-18,.647) are 9-4 (.692) since the All-Star break, secondbest in the AL (Houston, 9-3,.750). Are 7-4 on the road since 7/1 following an 8-18 away stretch from 5/12-6/30 are one of nine Major League teams with a road record of.500-or-better in 2015 (27-27). Are unbeaten in their last seven series (6-0-1) since 7/3. YESTERDAY S NEWS: The Yankees held three different leads but dropped the finale of a four-game series at Texas on Thursday, 7-6 LHP CC Sabathia (5.0IP, 9H, 5ER, 1BB, 3K, 3HR) started and did not take a decision, matching a season high with 3HR allowed 1B Mark Teixeira (3-for-4) hit solo HRs in the first and seventh innings and reached base four times (incl. 1BB) C Brian McCann (2-for-5) hit a two-run HR in the third 3B Chase Headley (1-for-4) extended his hitting streak to 8G LHP Andrew Miller (0.2IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB) took his second loss RHP Nick Goody (0.1IP, 1BB, 1K) made his Major League debut in the eighth marked just their seventh loss this season when scoring at least 5R. Yankees relievers had not allowed an earned run in their previous 19.2IP prior to Justin Wilson and Dellin Betances combining to allow a run in the seventh. ON THE MARK: On Thursday at Texas, 1B Mark Teixeira recorded his 40th career multi-homer game (19th as a Yankee), hitting solo HRs in the first and seventh innings marked his third multi-homer game this season, tied for fifth-most in the Majors (4 Arenado, Cruz, Duda, Trout). His 40 multi-homer games are tied for the second-most all-time among switch-hitters (46 Mickey Mantle, 40 Chipper Jones) rank fourth among active players (62 Rodriguez, 51 Pujols, 48 Ortiz). Has hit 26HR this season, tied for fourth in the AL marks his 10th season with at least 25HR (first since hitting 39HR in 2011), tied for the second-most 25-homer seasons among switch-hitters (12 Murray, 10 Jones/Mantle). Has multiple hits in 7-of-11 games since 7/18, batting.429 (18-for-42) with 10R, 5 doubles, 4HR, 5RBI and 4BB in that span to raise his BA from.239 to a season-high.263. ARMS RACE: On Thursday at Texas, RHP Nick Goody was the second Yankee to make his Major League debut in as many days, following RHP Caleb Cotham on Wednesday the Yankees have now used 29 pitchers this season (including position players as pitchers), the second-most pitchers used in a season in team history and four shy of their record 33 pitchers used in 2014. The Yankees lead the Majors with 13 players making their Major League debuts this season (next: Atlanta 12). YANKEES ACQUIRE ACKLEY FROM SEATTLE: The Yankees acquired OF/INF Dustin Ackley from the Seattle Mariners on Thursday in exchange for RHP Jose Ramirez and OF Ramon Flores Ackley was added to the roster this afternoon and will be in uniform for tonight s game. WHAT S ON THE TUBE?: For the second straight night Thursday, YES had its most-watched and highest-rated Yankees telecast of the 2015 season Thursday s telecast at Texas attracted 315,000 average Total TV Households and averaged a 4.24 TV Household rating, eclipsing Wednesday s previous season-high of 302,000/4.06 of YES 11 highest-rated Yankees games this season, four have come in the past two weeks. FIRST THINGS FIRST: Yankees batters scored 3R in the first inning of Thursday s game at Texas and have scored 89R in the first inning in 2015, marking the most runs by any club in any inning this season have scored at least 3R in the first inning in three of their last 9G have already scored more first-inning runs than they did in 2014 (72R) or 2013 (62R) have scored in the first inning of 40 of their 101G (39.6%) posting a 29-11 (.725) record in those games have scored multiple first-inning runs in 23-of-101 games (22.8%). POWER PLAY: Yankees batters are hitting.308 (89-for- 289) with 60R, 14 doubles, 3 triples and 15HR in the last 8G (since 7/23) 11 different players have homered during this stretch have averaged 7.50 runs per game in that stretch and scored at least 6R in six of the eight games. For the season, rank second in the Majors with 137HR and an average of 1.36 HR per game (Houston, 141HR, 1.37HR/G) are fourth in the Majors with a.760 team OPS. Have two of the top-12 HR leaders in the Majors this season (26HR Teixeira, 24HR Rodriguez). NASTY NATE: RHP Nathan Eovaldi will make his 100th career start tonight (104th app.) at 10-2, leads the Majors with a.833 winning pct. this season (min. 10 decisions) the last Yankees pitcher to post a winning pct. that high for a season (min. 12 dec.) was Roger Clemens (20-3,.870) in 2001. While he has never faced the White Sox, Eovaldi is 4-1 with a 1.76 ERA (41.0IP, 8ER, 0HR) in six career starts against the AL Central has thrown at least 6.0IP and allowed either one or two runs in each start. Is 4-0 with a 2.59 ERA (24.1IP, 7ER) in his last four road starts, the longest road winning streak by a Yankee in 2015. Has not allowed a HR in a career-high eight consecutive starts his current homerless streak is tied for the fourthlongest in the Majors this season and tied for second in AL. NOTORIOUS D.I.D.: SS Didi Gregorius went 9-for-15 (.600) with 4R, 1 triple, 1HR, 7RBI and 1BB during the 4G in Texas to lift his average to a season-high.259 is batting.538 (14- for-26) with 6R, 1 triple, 1HR and 9RBI in his last 8G, a span which includes two three-hit games and a four-hit game. Set career highs with 4H on Tuesday and 4RBI on Monday. YOUNG AT HEART: RF Chris Young is batting.371 (36- for-97) with 12 doubles and 7HR vs. left-handed pitching this season leads all Major Leaguers (min. 90AB vs. LHP) with a.711 SLG, ranks second in BA and third with a 1.137 OPS his 19XBH vs. LHP are tied for the Major League lead. Since 7/11, is batting.450 (9-for-20) with 4 doubles, 2HR and 2BB vs. left-handed pitching. On Tue. at Texas, tied a career high with 5RBI, matching Alex Rodriguez (6/20 vs. Detroit) for the most RBI by a Yankee this season also tied a career high with 4R marked the first game by a Yankee with at least 4R and 5RBI since Curtis Granderson (2-for-4, 4R, 1HR, 5RBI) on 8/25/11 vs. Oakland. Hit his fourth career grand slam in the third inning on Tue., his second this season (4/18 at Tampa Bay) is one of eight MLB hitters with two grand slams in 2015 is the first Yankee with multiple slams in a season since 2012, when Nick Swisher (three), Robinson Cano (two) and Curtis Granderson (two) all did it. BOTTOMS UP: In the last 5G, Yankees nos. 6-9 hitters are batting.386 (32-for-83) with 19R, 5 doubles, 2 triples, 4HR, 27RBI and 7BB. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Sat., 8/1 at Chicago-AL TBA vs. LHP John Danks (5-8, 4.97) 7:10 p.m. WPIX Sun., 8/2 at Chicago-AL RHP Ivan Nova (3-3, 3.38) vs. RHP Jeff Samardzija (8-5, 3.94) 2:10 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
YANKEES at WHITE SOX OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: Tonight he Yankees and White Sox play the first of 7G between the clubs this season in addition to this three-game series on the South Side, will also play a fourgame set in the Bronx from 9/24-27, the Yankees final out-of-division series of the 2015 regular season currently have a five-game winning streak (5/24-8/24/14) against Chicago, their third different winning streak of at least 5G against the Palehose since 2009 are 8-2 in their last 10G vs. Chicago, and 24-14 since 8/2/09 IN 2014: Went 5-2 against Chicago went 2-2 on the road and 3-0 at home IN SEASON SERIES: Are 7-1-1 in the last nine season series against the White Sox since 2006 (tied 3-3 in 2013; lost 2-5 in 2012) AT U.S. CELLULAR FIELD: Won their two most recent games at U.S. Cellular Field, snapping an eight-game losing streak there (8/20/12-5/23/14) that streak was tied for the Yankees second-longest road losing in the history of the series are 2-2-1 in the last five road series since 2009, including their last sweep from 8/1-4/11 POSTSEASON: The two teams have never met in the postseason. NYY BATTERS vs. CHICAGO-AL (CAREER) AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Dustin Ackley.213 22 80 11 17 2 0 1 7 8 21 Carlos Beltran.300 82 317 61 95 12 4 18 57 27 60 Stephen Drew.105 14 38 5 4 1 0 1 2 7 12 Jacoby Ellsbury.306 37 147 28 45 8 2 2 12 10 21 Brett Gardner.308 30 104 26 32 7 1 3 15 10 20 Didi Gregorius - - - - - - - - - - - Chase Headley.158 6 19 2 3 1 0 1 1 4 5 Brian McCann.262 13 42 5 11 2 0 4 11 1 7 John Ryan Murphy.333 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Alex Rodriguez.270 144 545 83 147 23 2 25 80 61 113 Brendan Ryan.205 27 88 8 18 3 0 0 6 9 20 Mark Teixeira.263 74 278 40 73 22 1 11 59 35 65 Chris Young.167 8 30 1 5 2 0 0 1 2 8 NYY BATTERS vs. LHP CARLOS RODON AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Dustin Ackley - - - - - - - - Carlos Beltran - - - - - - - - Stephen Drew - - - - - - - - Jacoby Ellsbury - - - - - - - - Brett Gardner - - - - - - - - Didi Gregorius - - - - - - - - Chase Headley - - - - - - - - Brian McCann - - - - - - - - John Ryan Murphy - - - - - - - - Alex Rodriguez - - - - - - - - Brendan Ryan - - - - - - - - Mark Teixeira - - - - - - - - Chris Young - - - - - - - - NYY vs. CHICAGO-AL in 2015 Date H/A W/L Score Rec. 7/31 at CWS - - - 8/1 at CWS - - - 8/2 at CWS - - - 9/24 at NYY - - - 9/25 at NYY - - - 9/26 at NYY - - - 9/27 at NYY - - - Total in 2015 0-0 0-0 All-time vs. CWS: 1051-812-14 All-time at home: 562-367-5 All-time on road: 489-445-9 All-time at current Yankee Stad: 15-5 All-time at U.S. Cellular Field: 53-50 UP NEXT (Tues.-Thurs.): vs. Boston OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: OVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees are 6-3 through their first nine of 19 games vs. the Red Sox this season won five consecutive games vs. Boston from 4/12-7/10, their longest winning streak over the Red Sox since 9/12-10/3/12 are 12-5 in the last 17 meetings (since 8/2/14) and 18-10 in 28G since the start of 2014 IN 2014: Went 12-7 against Boston, marking their third-most wins vs. Boston since 1963 (13-5 in both 2012 and 2001) according to Elias, the Yankees-Red Sox series from 9/26-28, which concluded both clubs seasons, marked the first meetings in which both teams were already eliminated from playoff contention since the 1992 regular season finale IN SEASON SERIES: Have lost just three of the last 15 season series between the clubs since 2000, going 9-3-3 over the stretchi IN POSTSEASON: Have met in the postseason three times are 11-8 all-time against the Red Sox in postseason games and 2-1 in series (2004 ALCS, 3-4; 2003 ALCS, 4-3; 1999 ALCS, 4-1). NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2015 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR ATL MIA NYM PHI WAS Games 162 19 19 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 19 7 19 3 4 6 3 4 Record 57-44 8-5 6-3 0-0 0-0 5-2 2-2 4-2 4-2 2-1 3-4 5-1 8-5 2-5 2-4 0-0 2-2 2-1 1-2 1-3 Home 30-17 6-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 2-1 4-2 0-3 1-2 0-0 2-0 2-1 1-2 1-1 Road 27-27 2-4 5-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 2-2 1-2 1-2 2-1 1-3 3-0 4-3 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2015 TEAM HIGHS & LOWS CLUB GENERAL Longest Winning Streak.................................................................... 7 (6/1-9) Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road....................................7 (5/25-6/9) / 6 (4/21-5/3) Longest Losing Streak................................................................... 6 (5/17-24) Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road.................. 3, 3x (6/21-23, 5/22-24, 4/9-11) / 5 (5/17-29) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games.................. 3:52 (5/3 at BOS) / 6:49 (4/10 vs. BOS, 19 inn.) Longest Game, Innings........................................................19 inn. (4/10 vs. BOS) Shortest Game, Time, All Games................................................... 2:18 (5/4 at TOR) Most LOB, All Games.........................................................13, 2x (last: 6/24 vs. PHI) Most Errors, All Games......................................................... 3, 4x (last: 7/5 vs. TB) Largest Margin of Victory.......................................................... 16 (7/28 at TEX) Largest Margin of Defeat.................................................. 11, 2x (last: 5/23 vs. TEX) Highest Paid Attendance, Home / Road............... 48,469 (OD-4/6 vs. TOR) / 42,056 (6/29 at LAA) TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning................................ 21 (7/28 at TEX) / 11 (7/28 at TEX, 2nd inn.) Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games................................................. 19 (7/28 at TEX) / Same Most Hits, Inning.......................................................... 10 (7/28 at TEX, 2nd inn.) Most Home Runs, All Games.................................................5, 3x (last: 6/20 vs. DET) Shut Out........................................................................ 3 (last: 6/25 at HOU) Fewest Hits, All Games........................................................2, 2x (last: 6/30 at LAA) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games......................... 12, 4x (last: 7/17 vs. SEA) / 16 (4/29 vs. TB) Most Walks, All Games..............................................................10 (7/28 at TEX) Most Stolen Bases, All Games........................................................ 3 (4/28 vs. TB) Hitting Streak, 2015, Season / Current...............15G (Beltran, 5/8-27) / 8G (Headley, 7/23-pres.) Walk-off Wins..............................................................2 (7/3 vs. TB & 7/4 vs. TB) TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning.......................15 (5/23 vs. TEX) / 10 (5/23 vs. TEX, 3rd inn.) Most Earned Runs Allowed, Game.................................................. 15 (5/23 vs. TEX) Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games......................18 (6/22 vs. PHI) / 18, 2x (last: 6/22 vs. PHI) Most Hits Allowed, Inning................................................... 9 (6/16 at MIA, 1st inn.) Fewest Hits Allowed, Game.................................................. 3, 5x (last: 7/28 at TEX) Most Home Runs Allowed, Game................................................... 5 (6/21 vs. DET) Most Walks, 9 inn. / All Games.................................................9 (6/5 vs. LAA) / Same Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games.......................................... 18 (5/10 vs. BAL) / Same Most SB Allowed, All Games........................................................ 3 (7/12 at BOS) Shutouts.............................................................................. 1 (4/18 at TB) CGs.................................................................... 2 (last: Pineda, 6/28 at HOU) Walk-Off Losses.................................................... 2 (5/19 at WAS and 7/30 at TEX) 2015 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 5 (Gardner, 7/28 at TEX); Hits- 4, 6x (last: Gregorius, 7/28 at TEX); Doubles- 2, 12x (last: Young/Ryan, 7/28 at TEX); Triples- 1, 12x (last: Ellsbury, 7/30 at TEX); HR- 3 (Rodriguez, 7/25 at MIN); RBI- 5, 2x (last: Young, 7/28 at TEX); BB- 3, 4x (last: Gardner & Rodriguez, 7/28 at TEX); SB- 2, 4x (last: Ellsbury, 5/5 at TOR). PITCHING: IP in Start- 8.0, 5x (last: Eovaldi, 7/26 at MIN); IP in Relief- 5.1 (Moreno, 7/28 at TEX); Hits- 11, 2x (last: Pineda: 6/22 vs. PHI); Runs- 8, 2x (last: Pineda, 6/22 vs. PHI); ER- 8, 2x (last: Pineda, 6/22 vs. PHI); BB- 5 (Capunao, 7/28 at TEX); K- 16 (Pineda, 5/10 vs. BAL); HR- 3, 5x (last: Tanaka, 7/23 vs. BAL). FIELDING: Errors- 2, (Pirela, 7/5 vs. TB). 2015 PLAYERS USED (48) P (28): RHP Dellin Betances, RHP Danny Burawa, LHP Chris Capuano, RHP David Carpenter, RHP Caleb Cotham, RHP Kyle Davies, LHP Jose De Paula, RHP Nathan Eovaldi, LHP Jacob Lindgren, RHP Chris Martin, LHP Andrew Miller, RHP Bryan Mitchell, RHP Diego Moreno, RHP Ivan Nova, RHP Branden Pinder, RHP Michael Pineda, RHP Jose Ramirez, RHP Esmil Rogers, RHP Nick Rumbelow, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP Sergio Santos, LHP Chasen Shreve, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, LHP Matt Tracy, RHP Adam Warren, RHP Chase Whitley, LHP Justin Wilson; C (2): Brian McCann, John Ryan Murphy; INF (11): Stephen Drew, Cole Figueroa, Didi Gregorius, Chase Headley, Garrett Jones, Gregorio Petit, Jose Pirela, Rob Refsnyder, Alex Rodriguez, Brendan Ryan, Mark Teixeira; OF (7): Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Ramon Flores, Brett Gardner, Slade Heathcott, Mason Williams, Chris Young. 2015 STARTS BY POSITION PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Beltran - - - - - - - 65 6 Drew - - 64 1 10 - - - - Ellsbury - - - - - - 54 - - Figueroa - - - 2 - - - - - Flores - - - - - 8 - - - Gardner - - - - - 64 27 - - Gregorius - - - - 89 - - - - Headley - - - 93 - - - - - Heathcott - - - - - - 4 - - Jones - 10 - - - 1-17 3 McCann 76 - - - - - - - - Murphy 25 - - - - - - - - Petit - - 11 2 - - - - - Pirela - - 18 - - 1 - - - Refsnyder - - 4 - - - - - - Rodriguez - 1-2 - - - - 86 Ryan - - 4 1 2 - - - - Teixeira - 90 - - - - - - 2 Williams - - - - - - 7 - - Young - - - - - 27 9 19-2015 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER PLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Beltran - 4 10 1 22 34 - - - Drew - - - - 1 5 12 39 18 Ellsbury 54 - - - - - - - - Figueroa - - - - - - - - 2 Flores - - - - - 2 1-5 Gardner 46 45 - - - - - - - Gregorius - 2 - - - 2 17 34 34 Headley - 36 - - 9 19 29 - - Heathcott - - - - - - - 1 3 Jones - - - - 5 19 6 1 - McCann - - 2 13 59 2 - - - Murphy - - - - - 1 12 10 2 Petit - - - - - - - 4 9 Pirela - - - - - 2 5 4 8 Refsnyder - - - - - - - - 4 Rodriguez - 1 80 2 1 3 2 - - Ryan - - - - - - - 2 5 Teixeira - - 7 85 - - - - - Williams - - - - - - - 1 6 Young 1 13 2-4 12 17 5 1 Pitchers - - - - - - - - 4 2015 YANKEES HOME RUNS MOST RECENT HRs PINCH-HIT HRs NYY AB Since Date/Opp. (Pitcher) 3x in 2015 / 2x in 2014 Ackley 26 7/8/15 vs. DET (Sanchez) Date/Opp. (Pitcher) Beltran 7 7/28/15 at TEX (Lewis) Jones 5/22 vs. TEX (Scheppers) Drew 10 7/26/15 at MIN (O Rourke) Rodriguez 5/1 at BOS (Tazawa) Ellsbury 29 7/23/15 vs. BAL (Jimenez) Drew GS-4/13 at BAL (Hunter) Gardner 7 7/28/15 at TEX (Rosales) Gregorius 14 7/27/15 at TEX (Harrison) MULTI-HR GAMES Headley 18 7/26/15 at MIN (Gibson) 8x in 2015 / 5x in 2014 McCann 3 7/30/15 at TEX (Gallardo) Date/Opp. (Pitcher) Murphy 5 7/25/15 at MIN (Perkins) Teixeira 7/30 at TEX (Gallardo/Kela) Rodriguez 14 7/27/15 at TEX (Harrison) Rodriguez-3HR 7/25 at MIN (Milone-2/Perkins) Ryan 193 9/13/13 at BOS (Lackey) Teixeira 7/8 vs. OAK (Scribner-2) Teixeira 1 7/30/15 at TEX (Kela) Drew 6/21 vs. DET (Sanchez/Soria) Young 4 7/28/15 at TEX (Rodriguez) Beltran 6/20 vs. DET (Simon/Krol) Drew 6/9 vs. WAS (Scherzer/Hill) 1st INNING LEADOFF HRs Drew 6/5 vs. LAA (Weaver-2) 0x in 2015 / 6x in 2014 Teixeira 4/24 vs. NYM (degrom-2) Date/Opp. (Pitcher) Rodriguez 4/17 at TB (Karns/Frieri) None in 2015 Last by NYY: (Gardner, 8/31/14 at TOR off Happ) INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs 0x in 2015 / 0x in 2014 WALK-OFF HRs Date/Opp. (Pitcher) 1x in 2015 / 4x in 2014 None in 2015 Date/Opp. (Pitcher) Last by NYY: (Granderson, 8/21/11 at MIN off Mijares) McCann 7/3 vs. TB (Geltz) RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASE MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / BACK-TO-BACK HRs HRs: 137 / Runs: 485 / Runs via HR: 224 (46.2%) 9x/2x in 2015 / 9x/5x in 2014 Solo (80): Beltran-6, Drew-9, Ellsbury-3, s Date/Opp. (Inning) Gardner-3, Gregorius-3, Headley-5, Jones-2, Last: Rodriguez/Murphy 7/25 at MIN (9th) Last b2b: Headley/Rodriguez 6/23 vs. PHI (5th) McCann-8, Pirela-1, Rodriguez-19, Teixeira-14, Young-7 Last b2b2b: (Cano/Swisher/Jones, 6/8/12 vs. NYM, 3rd inn.) 2-Run (32): Beltran-2, Drew-2, Gardner-3, Last multi-hr inn., indiv.: (Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB, 2HR in 6th) Gregorius-1, Headley-2, Heathcott-1, Jones-1, McCann-5, Refsnyder-1, GRAND SLAMS Rodriguez-3, Teixeira-9, Williams-1, Young-1 5x in 2015 / 2x in 2014 3-Run (20): Drew-1, Gardner-5, Gregorius-1, Date/Opp. (Pitcher) Headley-2, Jones-2, McCann-2, Murphy-1, Young 7/28 at TEX (Rodriguez) Rodriguez-2, Teixeira-2, Young-2 McCann 6/27 at HOU (Oberholtzer) Grand Slams (5): Drew-1, McCann-1, Teixeira 6/1 at SEA (Hernandez) Teixeira-1, Young-2 Young 4/18 at TB (Balfour) IN 2014: HRs: 147 / Runs: 624 / Runs via HR: 209 (33.5%) Drew 4/13 at BAL (Hunter) IN 2014: Solo (99) / 2R (36) / 3R (10) / GS (2) YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LIST (5) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Chase Whitley Right elbow sprain 5/15 60-day (65) Slade Heathcott Right quad strain 5/30 (retro 5/29) 60-day (53) Sergio Santos Right elbow inflammation 6/19 (retro 6/16) 60-day (38) Mason Williams Right shoulder inflammation 6/21 (retro 6/20) 60-day (34) Michael Pineda Right flexor forearm muscle strain 7/30 15-day (1) Reinstated from D.L. in 2015 (11): Beltran (left oblique strain, 7/3-18, retro 7/1, 15-day, 11G) Ryan (right thoracic strain in upper back, 6/24-7/16, retro 6/22, 15-day, 19G) Ellsbury (right knee sprain, 5/20-7/7, 15-day, 43G) Miller (left flexor forearm muscle strain, 6/10-7/7, retro 6/10, 15- day, 25G) Nova (right ulnar collateral reconstruction, 4/5-6/23, retro 3/27, 60-day, 71G) Petit (right hand contusion, 5/6-6/11, 15-day, 32G) Ryan (right calf strain, 4/5-6/9, retro 4/1, 60-day, 58G) Tanaka (right wrist tendinitis/right forearm strain, 4/29-6/2, 15-day, 32G) Martin (5/9-30, right elbow tendinitis, 15-day, 20G) Capuano (right quad strain, 4/5-5/17, retro 3/27, 15-day, 38G) Pirela (concussion, 4/5-5/2, retro 4/2, 7-day, trans. 15-day-4/16, 27G). 2015 Season: 15 players in 16 stints / 2014 Season: 16 players in 17 stints MISCELLANEOUS EJECTIONS (4x in 2015) NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire) Joe Girardi 6/24 vs. PHI (Porter) Joe Girardi 6/7 vs. LAA (Bellino) CC Sabathia 6/7 vs. LAA (Bellino) Larry Rothschild 5/19 at WAS (Joyce) IN 2015: By player (1) / By manager (2) / By coach (1) IN 2014: By player (6) / By manager (4) / By coach (3) COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBER Year After Game 101 After Game 102 2015 57-44 (1st, +6.0) -- (--,--) 2014 53-48 (2nd, -3.0) 54-48 (2nd, -3.0) 2013 53-48 (4th, -7.0) 54-48 (4th, -6.5) 2012 60-41 (1st, +7.5) 60-42 (1st, +6.5) POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYS Ppd. (0)................................ None Rain Delays at Start (2).... 7/22 vs. BAL (0:15); 6/23 vs. PHI (1:21) Delays In-Game (1)....... 4/10 vs. BOS (0:16) (power surge) Games Called Early (0)................. None IN 2014: Ppd. (5) / Delays at Start (5) / Delays In-Game (4) Last Susp. Game: 5/25/11 at MIN Resumed 5/26/11, 1-0 win REPLAY CHALLENGES Total instances of replay use in Yankees games: 39 NYY Challenges: 19 (13 overturned, 4 confirmed, 2 stand) Opp. Challenges: 16 (9 overturned, 3 confirmed, 4 stand) By Umps: 4 (1 overt d, 3 conf d, 0 stand, 0 rec. keeping) IN 2014 (64): NYY (23-3-2) / Opp. (16-5-5) / Umps (2-6-1-1) RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS July 30 Placed RHP Michael Pineda on the 15-day disabled list with a right flexor forearm muscle strain recalled RHP Bryan Mitchell and RHP Nick Goody from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre optioned RHP Caleb Cotham to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes- Barre acquired OF Dustin Ackley from Seattle in exchange for RHP Jose Ramirez and OF Ramon Flores. July 31 Added OF/INF Dustin Ackley to the active roster designated 1B/OF Garrett Jones for assignment returned OF Slade Heathcott from rehab, reinstated him from the 60-day D.L. and optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre outrighted LHP Chris Capuano to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre unconditionally released RHP Esmil Rogers to sign with the Hanwha Eagles of Korean Professional Baseball in exchange for cash compensation.
TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP NATHAN EOVALDI (10-2, 4.27 ERA) RHP Nathan Eovaldi will make his 21st start of the season in tonight's series opener against the White Sox in Chicago marks his 100th career start (104th career appearance) has the fifth-most career starts among active pitchers without a complete game will start on regular four days' rest has already set a career high with 10 wins, tied for eighth-most in the AL at 10-2, leads the Majors with a.833 winning percentage (min. 10 decisions) is 5-0 with a 2.83 ERA (41.1IP, 13ER) in his last seven starts has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 11 of his last 12 starts was acquired by the Yankees from Miami with 1B/OF Garrett Jones and RHP Domingo German on 12/19/14 in exchange for RHP David Phelps and INF Martin Prado was acquired by Miami along with RHP Scott McGough from Los Angeles-NL on 7/25/12 in exchange for INF Hanley Ramirez and LHP Randy Choate was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2008 First-Year Draft and made his Major League debut with Los Angeles-NL on 8/6/11 is signed through the 2015 season. LAST TIME OUT: Started and won his career-high 10th game in the Yankees' 7-2 victory on Sun. at Minnesota, tying a career high with 8.0IP, his longest outing as a Yankee (8H, 2ER, 1BB, 5K) recorded his first 3K inning of the season in the first (also allowed a hit in the frame) was backed by 7R (incl. 6R in the sixth), his third-highest run support total of the season exited with a 7-1 lead and a runner on second in the ninth, which scored against the bullpen. ALL I DO IS WIN: At 10-2, leads the Majors with a.833 winning percentage (min. 10 decisions) is one of three pitchers who has made at least 16 starts this season and taken two losses or fewer (Greinke, 9-2 in 20GS; Hutchison, 9-2 in 20GS). Among Yankees pitchers with at least 12 decisions in a season in the expansion era (since 1969), his.833 winning pct. would be tied for fourth-highest: Ron Guidry-1978 (25-3,.893); Ron Davis-1979 (14-2,.875); Roger Clemens-2001 (20-3,.870); Ramiro Mendoza-1998 (10-2,.833). VS. WHITE SOX/AL CENTRAL: Will make his first career start vs. the White Sox today is 4-1 with a 1.76 ERA (41.0IP, 8ER) in six career starts against the AL Central has not allowed any HRs (163BF) has thrown between 6.0 and 8.0 innings and allowed either one or two runs in each start. Is 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA (28.0IP, 6ER) in four starts against the division this season. STAY IN THE YARD: Has not allowed a HR in a career-high eight consecutive starts since 6/16 his current homerless streak is tied for the fourth-longest in the Majors this season (tied for second in AL) has faced 189 batters since Danny Espinosa homered off him in the fifth inning on 6/10 vs. Washington has allowed just 1HR in his last 12 starts. Marks the Yankees' longest homerless streak, in terms of starts, since Hiroki Kuroda had eight consecutive starts without a HR from 7/7-8/17/13 the last longer homerless streak by a Yankees starter was Freddy Garcia, who made 10 consecutive homerless starts from 6/12-8/7/11. ROAD WARRIOR: Is 6-2 with a 4.80 ERA (60.0IP, 32ER) in 11 road starts this season has won four consecutive road starts for the first time in his career going 4-0 with a 2.59 ERA (24.1IP, 7ER) the longest single-season streak by a Yankee since Tanaka won four straight from 4/4-5/14/14 the streak is tied for the second-longest road winning streak in the Majors this season behind Chris Archer (six straight, 4/11-6/18). 2015: The Yankees are 13-7 in his 20 starts is 5-0 with a 2.83 ERA (41.1IP, 13ER) in his last seven starts opponents are hitting.245 (38-for-155) over that span has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 16 of his 20 starts and at least 6H in 15 of his 20 starts his.300 opponents' BA is the fourth-highest in the Majors his 135 hits allowed are the 10th-most in the AL his AL-high.349 BABIP is the second-highest in the AL (Toronto's Drew Hutchison.351) has exited 16 of his 20 starts with runners on base. SUPPORTING CAST: His 7.09 run support average (88R, 111.2IP) is the second-highest in the Majors owned the lowest RSA in the Majors in 2014 (2.70) has already surpassed his total run support in all of 2014 (60R in 199.2IP) has received at least 4R in 10 of his 20 starts, at least 3R in 15-of-20 has starts where he received 13R (6/20 vs. Detroit) and 14R (5/25 vs. Kansas City) has departed with the lead in 17 of his 20 starts, including seven straight and 12-of-13. SPLIT DECISION: Left-handed batters are hitting.343 (70-for-204) with a.399 OBP and.451 SLG, the fifthhighest opponents' BA in the Majors (min. 100AB by LHB) lefties are batting.232 (16-for-69) in his last seven starts is holding right-handed batters to.264 (65-for-246) with a.299 OBP and.350 SLG RHB are hitting.207 (6-for-29) in his last two starts. HEAT SEEKER: Per Fangraphs' PITCHf/x data, his fastball has averaged 96.3 mph this season, the highest velocity in the Majors (min. 100.0IP) averaged 95.5 mph in 2014, fourth-highest in the Majors (min. 162.0IP) behind Garrett Richards (96.4), Yordano Ventura (96.0) and Wily Peralta (95.6). EOVALDI'S 2015 REGULAR SEASON PITCHING LINES Date/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left Game 4/10 vs. BOS* 5-6 ND 5.1 8 3 3 0 1 1 94/63 5.06 Trailing 3-0 4/15 at BAL* 5-7 ND 5.0 8 2 2 1 3 9 101/58 4.35 Leading 3-2 4/21 at DET* 5-2 W 7.0 8 1 1 0 1 4 94/63 3.12 Leading 4-1 4/26 vs. NYM* 6-4 ND 4.1 7 4 4 1 0 6 87/59 4.15 Leading 5-4 5/2 at BOS 4-2 W 6.2 7 2 2 1 1 2 111/72 3.81 Leading 3-1 5/7 vs. BAL* 4-3 W 5.2 6 3 3 2 3 3 102/62 3.97 Leading 4-3 5/12 at TB 2-4 L 7.1 6 4 4 0 2 6 101/64 4.14 Tied 2-2 5/19 at WAS* 6-8 ND 4.1 7 5 5 2 2 5 82/49 4.73 Leading 6-5 5/25 vs. KC* 14-1 W 7.0 8 1 1 0 1 4 103/76 4.27 Leading 14-1 5/30 at OAK* 5-3 ND 4.2 11 3 3 0 0 2 96/65 4.40 Leading 3-2 6/5 vs. LAA 8-7 W 5.1 4 1 1 0 4 4 93/53 4.16 Leading 5-0 6/10 vs. WAS 4-5 (11) ND 7.0 8 3 3 1 1 4 97/66 4.13 Leading 4-3 6/16 at MIA* 2-12 L 0.2 9 8 8 0 0 0 36/25 5.12 Trailing 8-0 6/20 vs. DET 14-3 W 6.0 3 2 2 0 1 4 93/59 4.95 Leading 13-0 6/26 at HOU* 3-2 W 6.0 5 2 2 0 2 6 100/67 4.81 Leading 3-2 7/1 at LAA* 3-1 W 5.1 5 0 0 0 3 3 94/56 4.52 Leading 2-0 7/7 vs. OAK* 3-4 (10) ND 5.1 6 2 2 0 1 4 86/60 4.45 Leading 3-2 7/12 at BOS* 8-6 W 5.0 7 3 3 0 0 4 102/72 4.50 Leading 6-3 7/21 vs. BAL 3-2 ND 5.2 4 2 2 0 3 4 99/57 4.43 Leading 2-1 7/26 at MIN 7-2 W 8.0 8 2 2 0 1 5 100/67 4.27 Leading 7-1 Totals (20GS) 10-2 111.2 135 53 53 8 30 80 4.27 *Start came after a Yankees loss / bold = season high HIGHEST WINNING PCT., MAJORS, 2015 (min. 10 decisions) Pitcher Rec. 1. Nathan Eovaldi-NYY...........833 (10-2) 2. Zack Greinke-LAD..................818 (9-2) Drew Hutchison-TOR................818 (9-2) 4. Gerrit Cole-PIT.....................778 (14-4) HIGHEST RUN SUPPORT AVERAGE, MLB, 2015 (min. 1.0IP per team game) Pitcher RS/9 RS IP 1. Drew Hutchison-TOR... 7.83..... 94....108.0 2. Nathan Eovaldi-NYY. 7.09.... 88... 111.2 3. Mark Buehrle-TOR..... 7.05.... 105....134.0 4. Colby Lewis-TEX....... 6.60..... 97....132.1 5. Anibal Sanchez-DET... 6.52..... 99....136.2 HIGHEST AVERAGE FASTBALL VELOCITY, 2015 (min. 1.0IP per team game, per Fangraphs) Pitcher MPH 1. Nathan Eovaldi-NYY................. 96.3 2. Matt Harvey-NYM........................96.0 3. Gerrit Cole-PIT...........................95.7 4. Garrett Richards-LAA....................95.3 5. Chris Archer-TB..........................95.1 EOVALDI VS. WHITE SOX (CAREER) W-L GS IP H ER ERA All Games - - - - - - EOVALDI VS. WHITE SOX BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K Cabrera.667 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 LaRoche.368 19 7 1 0 1 0 1 Shuck.000 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Soto.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 EOVALDI'S CAREER STATISTICS OPPONENT BATTING Overall:..............277 (611-for-2,203), 41HR VS. LHB:..............300 (338-for-1,126), 22HR VS. RHB:..............253 (273-for-1,077), 19HR REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHS IP............... 8.0 (5x), last on 7/26/15 at MIN H.......................... 12, on 8/16/13 vs. SF R.......................... 11, on 8/16/13 vs. SF BB.......................... 6, on 8/8/12 at NYM K......................... 10, on 5/5/14 vs. NYM HR........................ 3, on 8/24/12 at LAD 10K Games.......... 1, on 5/5/14 vs. NYM (10K) Low-hit CG............................... None CG SHO.................................. None REGULAR SEASON SPLITS W-L G/GS IP H ER ERA Total 25-37 103/99 571.2 619 261 4.14 Home 10-18 50/47 279.2 296 126 4.05 Away 15-19 53/52 292.0 323 135 4.16 Day 7-10 27/27 169.0 167 60 3.20 Night 18-27 76/72 402.2 452 201 4.49 Pre-ASG 17-11 50/50 295.1 314 129 3.93 Post-ASG 8-26 53/49 276.1 305 132 4.30 April 3-1 10/10 60.0 65 21 3.15 May 5-3 12/12 71.1 83 34 4.29 June 5-6 20/20 116.2 125 58 4.47 July 6-5 19/19 108.0 109 51 4.25 August 4-14 22/22 120.2 136 56 4.18 September 2-8 20/16 95.0 101 41 3.88
YANKEE DOODLES #28 JOE GIRARDI MANAGER The 2015 season is his eighth as Yankees manager earned his 700th win as Yankees manager on 7/22 vs. Baltimore wwith 705 wins as Yankees manager, owns the sixth-most managerial wins in franchise history, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), Miller Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944) has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, 11-12) and a World Series championship in 2009. Was ejected by 1B umpire Alan Porter in the top of the third in 6/24 win vs. Philadelphia was his second ejection of the season (also 6/7 vs. Los Angeles-AL). Led the Yankees to an 84-78 (.519) finish in 2014 is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last seven seasons (2008-14) credit: Elias. Career Managerial Record: 783-614 Record w/nyy: 705-530 DUSTIN ACKLEY OF/INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/5G Was acquired from Seattle on 7/30/15 in exchange for RHP Jose Ramirez and OF Ramon Flores was added to the roster today and is seeking his Yankees debut. Hit.215 (40-for-186) with 22R, 8 doubles, 1 triple, 6HR and 19RBI in 85G with Seattle this season prior to the trade in 584 career games as a Mariner from 2011-15, hit.243 (488-for-2,012) with 249R, 91 doubles, 42HR and 201RBI. With Seattle, appeared 2B (282G), LF (207G), CF (71 G), 1B (18G) and RF (3G). Was originally selected by Seattle with the second overall pick in the 2009 Draft. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 2HR (2x); 4RBI (4x); 3R (4x); 1SB (31x); 13G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 5; 2-hit (4), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #36 CARLOS BELTRAN OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/15G Was 1-for-4 with 1BB in Thursday s loss at Texas has 6H in 30AB since returning from D.L. on road trip is 3-for-22 with 3R, 1 double, 1HR, 1RBI and 3BB in 6GS in RF. Was placed on the 15-day disabled list from 7/3 (retroactive to 7/1)-7/19 with a left oblique strain (missed 11G). Hit solo HR (#6) off RHP Alfredo Simon and solo HR (#7) off LHP Ian Krol and was 2-for-3 with 3RBI, 1BB and 1HP in 6/20 win vs. Detroit homered from both sides of the plate for the 12th time in his career, third-most in ML history (Teixeira and Swisher, 13x each). Is the only active Major Leaguer to hit at least 15HR in a single season with five different Major League clubs (Royals, Astros, Mets, Cardinals and Yankees). Career Bests: 4H (22x); 3HR (1x); 7RBI (1x); 4R (7x); 3SB (4x); 16G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 17; 2-hit (16), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) #14 STEPHEN DREW INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/5G Is second among MLB second basemen with 13HR (Brian Dozier-22) the Yankees are 9-1 when he homers this season has reached the 10HR plateau in a season for the sixth time in his career (also 2007-10 and 13). Of his 53 hits this season, 25 have been for extra bases (12 doubles, 13HR). Was 1-for-4 in Thursday s loss at Texas and has 11H in last 36AB on road trip is 7-for-20 with 1R, 1HR, 2RBI and 1HP in 6G/5GS at 2B. Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (5x); 5RBI (2x); 3R (14x); 2SB (1x); 17G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 14; 2-hit (14), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #22 JACOBY ELLSBURY OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/11G Was 1-for-4 with 1R, 1 triple and 1HP in Thursday s loss at Texas has 8H in last 35AB in Tuesday s win at Texas, became the first player in the last 36 seasons to reach base twice on catcher s interference in a game (also Texas David Murphy on 4/11/10 vs. Seattle) and the first MLB player ever to do it against two different catchers in a game on road trip is 4-for-27 with 3R, 1 triple, 3RBI, 1HP and 1SF in 7G/6GS in CF. Was placed on the 15-day D.L. from 5/20-7/8 with right knee sprain (missed 43G). Has at least 35SB in a season five times since 2008 (2008-09, 11 and 13-14), joining Michael Bourn (five times) and Rajai Davis (five times) as the only Major Leaguers to accomplish the feat as many times over the stretch. Career Bests: 4H (13x); 2HR (5x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 5SB (1x); 22G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 17; 2-hit (11), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) #11 BRETT GARDNER OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/9G Is third in the Majors with 72R is batting.385 (30-for-78) with 23R in the first inning this season in last 34G, is 13-for-27 (.481) with 4BB/1SH/SF/1HP in the first. Was 0-for-4 with 1RBI and 1SF in Thursday s loss at Texas has 9H in last 41AB hit two-run HR (#11), tied a team record with a career-high 5R and reached base safely a career-high six times in Tuesday s win at Texas, going 3-for-4 with 3RBI and 3BB became first Yankee with 3H and 3BB in a nine-inning game since Don Mattingly on 6/17/85 at Baltimore last five-run game by a Yankee was Johnny Damon on 4/29/06 vs. Toronto (5R) on road trip is 6-for-26 with 6R, 1 double, 1HR, 4RBI, 1HP, 1SF and 5BB in 7G/6GS (5-LF/1-CF). Was selected to his first career All-Star Game after being named by AL/Royals Manager Ned Yost as a replacement for injured OF Alex Gordon on 7/9 is just the fifth position player drafted by the Yankees to make the All-Star team as a Yankee, joining Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada. Of his 51 career home runs, 24 have tied the game or given the Yankees the lead. Has 197 career stolen bases, ranking sixth on the Yankees all-time list. Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (1x); 4RBI (3x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 11G hitting streak (2x) 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 29; 2-hit (21), 3-hit (6), 4-hit (2) #18 DIDI GREGORIUS SS Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 4G/4G (4x) In 52 games since 5/29, is hitting.298 (54-for-181) with 9 doubles, 1 triple, 3HR and 17RBI (.749 OPS) in first 42G of the season, hit.206 (28-for-136) with 4 doubles, 2HR and 11RBI (.548 OPS). Was 1-for-3 with 1BB in Thursday s loss at Texas and has 9H in last 15AB, 16 in last 38 collected a career-high 4H and was 4-for-5 with 2R, 1 triple, 3RBI and 1HP in Tuesday s win at Texas hit two-run HR (#5) and drove in a career-high four runs in Monday s win at Texas, going 3-for-4 was his first career HR off LHP (239AB) on road trip is 11-for-22 with 5R, 1 triple, 1HR, 8RBI, 1BB, 1SH and 1HP in 7G/6GS at SS. Was acquired by the Yankees from the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-team trade on 12/5/14, in which Detroit acquired RHP Shane Greene from the Yankees and Arizona acquired LHP Robbie Ray and INF Domingo Leyba from Detroit. Career Bests: 4H (1x); 1HR (18x); 4RBI (1x); 3R (2x); 1SB (6x); 10G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 19; 2-hit (16), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (1) #12 CHASE HEADLEY 3B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 8G/9G In 20G since 7/1, is batting.364 (28-for-77) with 6 doubles, 1HR and 14RBI, hitting safely in 18 contests. Was 1-for-4 with 1RBI in Thursday s loss at Texas has 18H in last 48AB on road trip is 11-for-27 with 7R, 1 double, 1HR, 7RBI, 1BB and 1SF in 7GS at 3B. Hit 100th career home run on 6/23 vs. Philadelphia, snapping a 105AB homerless stretch (first HR since 5/25 vs. Kansas City) recorded 1,000th career hit with an eighth-inning single off Kevin Jepsen in 7/3 win vs. Tampa Bay. Signed four-year contract with the Yankees on 12/15/14 was acquired w/ cash from San Diego for INF Yangervis Solarte and RHP Rafael De Paula on 7/22/14. Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (2x); 3SB (1x); 16G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 24; 2-hit (18), 3-hit (6), 4-hit (0) #34 BRIAN McCANN C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/8G Has 60RBI in 83G in 2015 did not reach 60RBI in 2014 until his 117th game (9/3). Hit two-run HR (#16) in the third and was 2-for-5 with 2R in Thursday s loss at Texas has 6H in last 26AB on road trip is 4-for-19 with 3R, 1 double, 1HR, 2RBI and 3BB in 6G/5GS at C. Of his 39HR hit as a Yankee, 30 have come at Yankee Stadium. Is one of five Major Leaguers with at least 15HR in each of the last 10 seasons (Pujols, Ortiz, Cabrera and A. Gonzalez). Is the ninth catcher (min. 50% of games at C per season) in the Modern Era (since 1900) to hit at least 15HR in 10-or-more seasons is the sixth catcher to do so in 10 consecutive seasons, joining Johnny Bench (13, 1968-80), Yogi Berra (12, 1949-60), Gary Carter (11,1977-87), Mike Piazza (10, 1993-2002) and Lance Parrish (10, 1982-91) Is the only catcher to hit at least 20HR in each of the last seven seasons (2008-14) is one of seven catchers in Major League history with at least 20HR in eight overall seasons (also Piazza-11, Bench-11, Berra-10; Carter-9, Posada-8 and Fisk-8). Career Bests: 4H (11x); 2HR (11x); 5RBI (6x); 3R (8x); 1SB (23x); 13G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 18; 2-hit (14), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) #66 JOHN RYAN MURPHY C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/4G Has not played in last two games has 9H in last 27AB was 2-for-5 with 1R, 2RBI and 1BB in Tuesday s win at Texas hit game-winning three-run HR (#1) in the ninth his second career homer and was 1-for-4 on Saturday at Minnesota on road trip is 3-for-9 with 2R, 1HR, 5RBI and 1BB in 2GS at C. In 2014, hit.284 (23-for-81) with 7R, 4 doubles, 1HR and 9RBI in 32 games over two stints with the Yankees (4/15-6/17 and 9/2-28). Career Bests: 3H (3x); 1HR (2x); 3RBI (2x); 2R (1x); 0SB (0x); 8G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 6; 2-hit (4), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) #13 ALEX RODRIGUEZ DH Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 6G/11G Was 1-for-4 with 1BB in Thursday s loss at Texas before being removed for PR (Young) in the ninth has 13H in last 45AB on road trip is 9-for-25 with 6R, 1 double, 4HR, 6RBI and 4BB in 6GS at DH hit solo-hr (#24) on his 40th birthday and was 1-for-5 in Monday s win at Texas has homered six times on his birthday, the most in Major League history became the fourth player in Major-League history to homer both as a teeneager and as a 40-year-old (also Rusty Staub, Gary Sheffield and Ty Cobb). Hit solo-hr (#21), two-run homer (#22) and game-tying solo-hr (#23) in the ninth and was 3-for-4 in Saturday s win at Minnesota was his fifth career three-hr game (third time as a Yankee), one shy of the Major League record (held by Johnny Mize and Sammy Sosa) last hit three homers in a game on on 8/14/10 at KC was the 29th time a Yankee has hit at least three homers in a game (first since Curtis Granderson on 4/29/12) and the third time for a DH (also Rodriguez on 8/14/10 and Cliff Johnson on 6/30/77 at Toronto). Hit solo HR (#13) off Justin Verlander the 3,000th hit of his career in the first and was 1-for-4 in 6/19 win vs. Detroit. Surpassed Willie Mays (660) for sole possession of fourth place on Baseball s alltime home runs list with a third-inning solo HR in 5/7 win vs. Baltimore. Has reached 20HR in a season for the 16th time in his career, one of only 10 players in Major League history to accomplish the feat. Joins Willie Mays and Hank Aaron as the only players with at least 3,000H and 600HR. Ranks fourth on Baseball s all-time list with 678HR (Babe Ruth-714); holds the AL record and ranks second all-time with 2,029RBI (Hank Aaron-2,297); ranks eighth with 1,977R (Willie Mays-2,060) is 24th with 3,033H (Rod Carew-3,053). Career Bests: 5H (5x); 3HR (5x); 10RBI (1x); 5R (2x); 3SB (2x); 23G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 24; 2-hit (21), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (1) #17 BRENDAN RYAN INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/3G Has not played in last two games was 2-for-6 with 1R, 2 doubles and 3RBI in Tuesday s win at Texas became the first player in the Majors this season to hit 2 doubles in the same inning (second inning) on road trip is 3-for-12 with 2R, 2 doubles, 1 triple and 3RBI in 3GS (2-2B/1-SS). Was placed on the 15-day disabled list from 6/24 (retroactive to 6/22)-7/17 with a right thoracic strain (upper back) missed the Yankees first 58 games of the season on the disabled list (4/6-6/7). Career Bests: 4H (3x); 1HR (19x); 5RBI (1x); 3R (4x); 2SB (4x); 11G hitting streak (2x) 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 2; 2-hit (2), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) #25 MARK TEIXEIRA 1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/7G (2x) Has 26HR and 67RBI in 94G in 2015, surpassing his totals from 2014 (22HR and 62RBI in 123G). Has 10 seasons of at least 25 home runs, tied for second all-time among switch hitters with Chipper Jones and Mickey Mantle all-time among switch hitters (Eddie Murray - 12). Of his 26HR this season, 13 have tied the game (four) or given the Yankees the lead (nine) of his 87H in 2015, 47 have gone for extra bases (21 doubles, 26HR). Has 389 career HR, fourth-most all time by a switch-hitter (next-chipper Jones-468). Hit solo-hrs (#25 and 26) in the first and seventh and was 3-for-4 with 3R and 1BB in Thursday s loss at Texas was his 40th career multi-hr game (37th twohomer game) and third of the season now has 186HR as a Yankee, surpassing Paul O Neill (185) for 18th in franchise history has 18H in last 41AB has multiple hits in seven of his last 11G on road trip is 9-for-23 with 6R, 1 double, 2HR, 2RBI, 3BB, 1HP and 1SB in 6GS (5-1B/1-DH). Was named to his third career All-Star team (also 2005 and 09). Has reached 20HR in 12 of his 13 MLB seasons since 2003 (all but 13), fourth-most 20HR seasons among active players (Rodriguez-16, Pujols-14, Ortiz-13) Career Bests: 4H (23x); 3HR (3x); 7RBI (2x); 4R (2x); 1SB (23x); 14G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 21; 2-hit (15), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) #24 CHRIS YOUNG OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/10G Has 81H since joining the Yankees on 9/2/14, including 40XBH (25 doubles, 15HR). Was ninth-inning PR in Thursday s loss at Texas has 12H in last 30AB on road trip is 5-for-12 with 5R, 3 doubles, 1HR, 6RBI, 1SF and 2BB in 5G/3GS (2-LF/-1RF) hit grand slam (#12) and tied career highs in runs and RBI in Tuesday s win at Texas, going 3-for-6 with 4R, 2 doubles, 5RBI and 1BB was his fourth career grand slam and second of the season (also 4/18 at Tampa Bay), first Yankee with at least two grand slams in a season since three Yankees accomplished the feat in 2012. Signed a one-year contract with the Yankees on 11/9/14 signed with the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 8/28/14 and joined the Major League club on 9/2/14. Career Bests: 4H (3x); 3HR (1x); 5RBI (5x);4R (4x);3SB(1x); 10G hitting streak 2015 Multi-Hit Games: 15, 2-hit (10), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (0)