NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their nine-game road trip today with the second game of a three-game set at Miami (1-0 thus far)…are 2-2 on the road trip after losing two-of-three at Chicago-AL and winning their series opener at Miami…will also make a stop in Atlanta for a three-game series (Mon.-Wed.).
Are in a stretch of playing 19-of-25 games on the road (8/7- 9/3)…are 2-2 so far.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees defeated the Marlins, 9-4, on Friday at loanDepot park…Yankees batters recorded 14H, matching their second-most hits in a game this season (18H on 5/29 at Seattle)…RHP Ian Hamilton (2.0IP, 3H, 2ER, 2K) opened the game, marking his third career start…SS Anthony Volpe (1- for-3, 1R, 1HR, 3RBI, 2BB) hit a go-ahead three-run HR in the second inning…DH Aaron Judge (1-for-3, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI, 2BB) reached base three times and hit a solo HR in the third inning…LF/RF Oswaldo Cabrera (1-for-5, 1R, 1RBI), 3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa (1-for-5, 1RBI) and 2B Gleyber Torres (2-for-5, 1 double, 1RBI) hit RBI singles in the fourth inning…C Kyle Higashioka (3-for-4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB) tied his career high with three hits, including a two-run single in the ninth inning…RF Giancarlo Stanton (2-for-5, 1R) and CF Harrison Bader (2-for-5, 2R) each recorded multi-hit games…RHP Randy Vásquez (3.2IP, 3H, 2ER, 1BB, 2K, 1HR) earned his second career win…RHP Jonathan Loáisiga (1.1IP), RHP Tommy Kahnle (1.0IP, 2K) and RHP Clay Holmes (1.0IP, 1K) were scoreless in relief.
WALK IT OUT: Yankees batters have walked 38 times over their last five games (since 8/6), matching their most walks in a five-game span in the last 20 years (since 2004) and matching their second-most in a five-game span in the last 26 years (since 1998), trailing only their 42BB over a five-game stretch from 6/20-25/03 (also had 38BB in 5G from 6/22-26/03 and 8/14-18/03).
Their 111BB since the All-Star break are the most in the AL and the third-most in the Majors, trailing only the Los Angeles Dodgers (118BB) and Philadelphia Phillies (112BB)… also rank fifth in the AL in OBP (.331) in that span.
Have recorded at least 6BB in a franchise-record-tying five straight games…marks their eighth such streak: also 5G from 8/14-18/03, 8/20(G2)-24/39, 8/22(G2)-26(G1)/34, 7/26-31(G1)/34, 8/19(G2)-23/32, 5/16-21/31 and 8/24-28/27.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: INF Anthony Volpe hit his 15th home run of the year with a go-ahead three-run HR in the second inning on Friday…is just the second Yankees shortstop in franchise history (seventh time) to hit at least 15HR and record at least 20SB in a season, joining Derek Jeter (six times: 1998, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’04 and ’09)…is the first Yankees rookie to record at least 15HR and 20SB since Alfonso Soriano recorded 18HR and 43SB in 2001.
His 15HR are the most by a Yankees shortstop (min. 50% games at SS) since 2019 when Didi Gregorius hit 16HR and Gleyber Torres hit 38HR (77G at SS/65G at 2B).
His 15HR this season are tied for the fourth-most among AL rookies and tied for the seventh-most among Major League rookies, trailing only Arizona’s Texas’ Josh Jung (22HR), Arizona’s Corbin Carroll (21HR), New York-NL’s Francisco Alvarez (21HR), Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson (19HR), Boston’s Triston Casas (19HR) and Cincinnati’s Spencer Steer (18HR)…his 15HR are the most by a Yankees rookie since 2018 (Miguel Andújar-27HR; Gleyber Torres-24HR).
According to Sports Info Solutions, is tied for third among Major League shortstops with 11 defensive runs saved this season, trailing only Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco (15DRS) and Chicago-NL’s Dansby Swanson (12DRS)… has made just three errors in his last 58 games that he has appeared defensively (since 5/31) after making seven errors in his first 56 games (3/30-5/30).
GETTING HIGGY WITH IT: C Kyle Higashioka recorded a career-high tying three hits on Friday (ninth time and fourth time this year), including a two-run single in the ninth…is batting .360/.407/.600 (9-for-25) with 4R, 2HR, 5RBI and 2BB in his last nine games (since 7/29).
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader is batting .339 (21-for-62) with 13R, 4 doubles, 5RBI, 4BB, 1SF and 4SB in his last 18 games (since 7/22)…has multiple hits in three of his last five games.
Owns a season-high-tying 10-game on-base streak (also 10G from 5/5-14), one game shy of his career high (11G from 5/17(G2)-31/22, 5/7-19/21 and 4/10-25/18).
Has also reached base safely in 12 of his last 13 games (since 7/29), 21 of his last 23 games (since 7/15), 23 of his last 26 games (since 7/8) and 26 of his last 30 games (since 7/3).
PEN PALS: Yankees relievers have posted a Major League-best 3.17 ERA (440.2IP, 155ER) this season…also own a Major League-best .215 opponent’s BA…also rank second in WHIP (1.20) and HR/9.0IP (0.86).
GONE FISHING: The Yankees are 9-4 in their last 13 games vs. the Marlins (since 6/17/15)…have won five of their last six games at loanDepot park since 2018.
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge reached base three times and hit a solo HR in the third inning on Friday at Miami…according to Statcast, his HR had an estimated distance of 464 ft., marking his longest HR of the season and the eighth-longest HR at loanDepot park in the Statcast era (since 2015).
Has hit .417/.632/1.000 (5-for-12) with 4R, 1 double, 2HR, 2RBI and 7BB in four games on the current road trip…has reached base in 12-of-19 PA over that span.
Has reached base multiple times in each of his last
five games (since 8/6), reaching base in 14-of-25 plate
appearances over that stretch (5H, 9BB, .560 OBP)…marks his
second-longest such streak of the season (6G from 5/17-24).
The Yankees have gone 161-50 in his career when he homers…since 2020, the Yankees are 89-21 in those games… the Yankees are 17-1 this season when he homers.
His 242 career home runs are the most by any Major League player through his first 791 career games (previous: Ryan Howard-232HR).
Has reached base safely in 53 of his 62 games this season, batting .285/.418/.645 (61-for-214) with 49R, 11 doubles, 22HR, 45RBI, 51BB, 3SB and a 1.063 OPS.
Has 2HR in his last three games, 8HR in his last 19 games (since 5/28) and 16HR in his last 32 games (since 5/13).
Has hit .380/.517/.924 (35-for-92) with 26R, 8 doubles, 14HR, 26RBI, 27BB, 1SF and 2SB in 27 road games this year…has 12HR in his last 17 road games…has reached base safely in 25 of those 27 games.
Has reached base safely in 30 of his last 33 games (since 5/12)…is batting .306/.473/.784 (34-for-111) with 28R, 5 doubles, 16HR, 29RBI, 35BB and 1SB in that span.
Has reached base multiple times in 32 of his 62 games this year, including 21 of his last 35 games (since 5/10).
Has walked in a season-high-tying five straight games (since 8/6), recording 9BB in that span (also 5G from 4/3-
and 5/19-25)…his last longer streak was a career-high tying eight-game streak from 9/24-10/2/22.
Has 21BB in his last 18 games (since 5/29), 33BB in his last 30 games (since 5/15) and 38BB in his last 38 games (since 4/26).
Despite missing 51 games on the injured list this year, is tied for eighth in the AL in home runs (22)…is also tied for seventh in the AL in game-winning RBI (10).
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres owns a 10-game hitting streak (since 8/1)…is batting .436/.511/.692 (17-for-39) with 7R, 4 doubles, 2HR, 5RBI, 6BB and 1SB over that span… marks his third hitting streak of at least 10 games this year (also a career-high 15-game streak from 7/6-26 and a 12-game streak from 5/20-6/2)…is just one of three Major League players to record at least three hitting streaks of at least 10 games, joining Whit Merrifield (three) and Nathaniel Lowe (three).
Has reached base multiple times in seven of his last nine games (since 8/2).
Has reached base in 23 of his last 42 PA (17H, 6BB).
Has hit safely in 26 of his last 29 games (since 7/6), hitting .342/.380/.530 (40-for-117) with 17R, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 13RBI, 9BB, 3SF and 2SB in that span…ranks second in the AL and seventh in the Majors in batting average over that span (min. 100PA).
Has hit safely in 31 of his last 36 games (since 6/29) and 33 of his last 39 games (since 6/25).
Has reached base in 35 of his last 40 games (since 6/24) and 48 of his last 54 games (since 6/8-G1).
HOLMES SWEET HOLMES: RHP Clay Holmes tossed a scoreless ninth inning on Friday…has not allowed a run in 32 of his last 35 appearances (since 5/6), going 4-0 with 12 saves and a 0.78 ERA (34.2IP, 3ER) in that span…his 0.78 ERA since 5/6 is the lowest ERA among all Major League pitchers in that span (min. 30.0IP).
STANTON ISLAND: DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton played in his 1,500th career game on Friday at Miami…his 396 career home runs are the fifth-most by any player through his first 1,500 career games in Major League history…trails only Mark McGwire (438HR), Babe Ruth (415HR), Alex Rodriguez (401HR) and Juan González (397HR).
Has homered off every team in his career except his former club, the Miami Marlins…is looking to become the 16th active player to homer against all 30 current MLB clubs (also Miguel Cabrera, Nick Castellanos, Josh Donaldson, Randal Grichuk, Evan Longoria, Manny Machado, Martín Maldonado, J.D. Martinez, Andrew McCutchen, Matt Olson, Tommy Pham, Hunter Renfroe, Eddie Rosario, Kyle Schwarber and Jorge Soler).
Has hit 112 home runs at loanDepot park, the most in the history of the venue (next: Marcell Ozuna-55HR).
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters recorded 14H on Friday, matching their second-most hits in a game this season (18H on 5/29 at Seattle)…are batting .314/.411/.476 (33-for-105) with 18R, 2 doubles, 5HR, 18RBI, 18BB, 1SF and 2SB in their last three games.
TODAY’S PITCHER: RHP JHONY BRITO (4-5, 5.02 ERA)
RHP Jhony Brito is expected to be making his 15th appearance of the season today at Miami…was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to
Friday’s game…is in his fifth stint with the club (3/30-4/2, 4/8-5/20, 6/21-27, 7/31-8/6, 8/11-present)…the 25-year-old will pitch on extended five days’ rest…
last pitched on Sunday vs. Houston, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings of relief…was just the fifth pitcher in Yankees history to allow 4H-or-fewer in five of his first
eight career starts, joining Bill Burbach (five such starts in 1969), Dave Righetti (five such starts from 1979-81), Sam Militello (five such starts in 1992) and Luis Gil (five such starts in 2021)…became the first pitcher in franchise history to allow 3H-or-fewer in four of his first five career starts…became the first pitcher in Yankees history to throw at least 5.0IP, allow 3H-or-fewer and allow 1R-or-fewer in each of his first two career Major League starts…made his first career Opening Day roster this year…over parts of six minor league seasons in the Yankees organization (2016-17, ’19, ’21-23), has gone 28-23 with two saves and a 3.86 ERA (429.0IP, 415H, 219R/184ER, 97BB, 377K, 36HR) in 93 career appearances (77 starts)…was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 11/9/15.
LAST TIME OUT: Last pitched on Sunday vs. Houston, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings of relief (2BB, 2K)…marked his second career relief appearance (also 5/15
at Toronto).
LAST START: Made his 12th start of the season on 7/31 vs. Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium and recorded the loss (4.0IP, 6H, 5ER, 0BB, 4K, 4HR)…his 5ER allowed
marked his second-most in a game this season (7R/ER on 4/13 vs. Minnesota)…allowed a career-high 4HR.
DOWN ON THE FARM: In seven starts with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this year, has gone 2-2 with a 5.45 ERA (36.1IP, 22ER) and 33K…has allowed 3ER-orfewer in five of his seven starts.
VS. MIAMI/INTERLEAGUE PLAY: Is expected to make his first career appearance vs. Miami today…is 1-0 with a 4.00 ERA (9.0IP, 4ER) in two starts vs. National
League opponents this season…earned the win in his Major League debut vs. San Francisco on 4/2 at Yankee Stadium (5.0IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 6K) and did not record
a decision on 5/20 at Cincinnati (4.0IP, 4H, 4ER, 4BB, 6K, 1HR).
HITTIN’ THE ROAD: Is 2-3 with a 4.83 ERA (31.2IP, 17ER) and 20K in seven games (six starts) on the road this season.
Has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in four of his six road starts.
Has allowed 4H-or-fewer in five of his six road starts this season.
2023: Is 4-5 with a 5.02 ERA (57.1IP, 32ER) and 41K in 14 appearances (12 starts) this season…is in his fifth stint with the club (3/30-4/2, 4/8-5/20, 6/21-27,
7/31-8/6, 8/11-present)…has tossed at least 5.0IP and allowed 2ER-or-fewer in six of his 14 appearances, including 1ER-or-fewer in four of those games…has
recorded two scoreless starts this year.
As a starter, is 3-5 with 5.54 ERA (50.1IP, 31ER) in 12 starts.
Has made two relief appearances this season, going 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA (7.0IP, 1ER) in those games.
Became just the third pitcher in Yankees history to allow 4H-or-fewer in five of his first six career starts, joining Dave Righetti (five such starts from 1979-81) and Luis Gil (five such starts in 2021).
Became the first pitcher in franchise history to allow 3H-or-fewer in four of their first five career starts.
Became just the third pitcher in Yankees history to allow 1R-or-fewer in three of his first four career starts, joining Chase Whitley (three such starts in 2014) and Luis Gil (three such starts in 2021)…marked his third start this season with 3H allowed-or-fewer…became just the second Yankees pitcher in franchise history to allow 3H-or-fewer in three of their first four career starts (Luis Gil, three such starts in 2021).
Became the first pitcher in Yankees history to throw at least 5.0IP, allow 3H-or-fewer and allow 1R-or-fewer in each of his first two career Major League starts (also 5.0IP, 2H, 0R in his Major League debut on 4/2 vs. San Francisco).
Became just the seventh pitcher in Yankees history to toss at least 5.0IP and allow 1R-or-fewer in each of his first two career appearances, joining Cliff Markle (first five appearances from 1915-16), Luis Gil (first two in 2021), Orlando Hernández (first two in 1998), Rich Beck (first two in 1965), Jack Quinn (first two in 1909) and Slow Joe Doyle (first two in 1906)…is just the sixth to do so as a starter (Markle made his first career appearance as a reliever).
Became the 15th pitcher in franchise history to win each of his first two career starts and the first since Orlando Hernández in 1998.
MIAMI MARLINS NOTES:
MARLINS MINUTE
The Marlins today continue a six-game homestand with the second of three games vs. the Yankees. The ‘stand continues on Monday with a three-game series vs. Houston. Are coming off a six-game road trip to Texas (swept in 3 games) and Cincinnati (took 2 out of 3).
HOMEBOYS
The Marlins are 34-25 at loanDepot park this season. The .576 home winning pct. is the 4th-highest in the NL (8th in MLB), while the 34 wins are the tied for the 3rd-most by any National League team behind the Braves (37) and Dodgers (36).
- Entered the second half 30-18 at home. Have gone 5-7 in 12 games at loanDepot park since the Break.
FISH BYTES
- Miami ranks 2nd in the NL with 1,042 hits (4th in MLB behind also Texas and Toronto), and ranks 3rd in the Majors in batting average (.262), behind only Atlanta (.273) and Texas (.271).
- The Marlins own 47 games in which the offense has collected 10+ hits. Is the 4th-most 10+ hit efforts in MLB behind Texas (55), Atlanta (51), and St. Louis (48). In 2022, the Marlins collected 10+ hits just 43 times.
- The Marlins pitching staff leads the National League with 1,116 strikeouts (2nd most in Majors behind MIN-1,125).
YESTERDAY’S RECAP
Miami dropped the series opener to the Yankees, 9-4. LHP Jesus Luzardo allowed a career-high tying 7 runs on 9 hits in 3.1 innings, surrendering 2 home runs. The Marlins collected just 6 hits, including an RBI-triple by RF Jesus Sanchez (1×4). 3B Jake Burger (2×4) drove in 2 runs on 2 doubles and 1B Josh Bell (1×4) hit a solo home run in the 6th inning for his 4th homer since joining the club.
RING THE BELL
1B Josh Bell has reached base safely in all 9 games (.314, 11×35, 4 walks, 4 home runs) since joining the Marlins. Matched a club record with a career high-tying 4 hits in his first game as a Marlin on Aug. 2 vs. PHI, becoming the 5th player in Marlins history to do so. The 4 hits are a club record for most in a Marlins debut by a player acquired during the season.
- His 4 homers through his first 9 games with the club is the tied with Derrek Lee for the 2nd-most in Marlins history, behind only Hee-Seop Choi (5).
MAKING HISTORY
In Wednesday’s win at Cincinnati, switch-hitting Josh Bell hit a solo home run to lead off the 4th inning from the left side and added a 3-run shot from the right side in the 8th to tie the game. Became the first player in Marlins history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game. Bell also became the first player in the Majors this season to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game. It was last done by NYM’s Francisco Lindor on April 15, 2022 vs. ARI.
LA REGADERA
2B Luis Arraez leads MLB with his .366 AVG (158×432) and T-1st with 158 hits. Marks the highest AVG by a Marlin through his first 111 games of a season. Is hitting .447 (38×85) with RISP, also the best mark among qualifiers.
- Through 500 career games played, Luis Arraez owns a .326 AVG and boasts a 12.8 PA/ SO rate. See where these marks rank among players to debut in the Wild Card Era in the charts to the right. Stats courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau. • His 45 multi-hit games are 3rd-most in MLB. Ranks 2nd with 16 games of at least 3 hits. Owns 6 games with at least 4 hits this year, most in the Majors and most by a Marlins player in a single season.
FALSE STARTS
The Marlins are now 15-23 in the first game of a series in 2023, dropping 11 of their last 14 such contests. Have combined to go 43-30 in games two and three.
DUCKS ON THE POND
The Marlins are batting just .185 (38×205) with runners in scoring position since the AllStar break, including a .145 (11×76) mark in August. Batted .266 with RISP prior to the break, which was 4th-highest in the National League.
ENTER SANDMAN
RHP Sandy Alcantara will make his 134th start as a Marlin today, tying Brad Penny for the 4th-most in franchise history. Is currently tied with A.J. Burnett for 4th in strikeouts with 753, trailing Dontrelle Willis who ranks 3rd with his 757 strikeouts as a Marlin. See charts to right for all-time club rankings.
- Alcantara ranks 4th in MLB with 149.1 innings pitched and is tied for 3rd in the National League with 9 starts of at least 7.0 innings pitched, behind only ARI’s Zac Gallen (10) and SF’s Logan Webb (13). Is tied for the 5th-most such starts in MLB.
EVIL EMPIRE
The Marlins are welcoming the Yankees to Miami for the third time in the last 6 years. Have gone 15-20 against the Yankees all-time in the regular season, including a 10-10 mark in Miami and a 3-5 record at loanDepot park.
SOLER POWER
DH/OF Jorge Soler is tied for 5th in the National League (T-8th in MLB) with 28 home runs. 17 of his 28 home runs (61%) have either tied the game or given the Marlins a lead.
- Is looking to become the 13th player in franchise history to reach the 30-homer plateau in a season, first since Stanton and Ozuna in 2017.
- In 942 career ABs post-ASB, Soler has 68 HR (13.8 AB/HR). In 1,849 ABs pre-ASB, Soler has 86 career HR (21.5 AB/HR).
TODAY’S STARTER – #22 SANDY ALCANTARA
- The reigning NL Cy Young Sandy Alcantara will make his 24th start of the season today. Will mark his third career start against the New York Yankees.
- Last faced the Yankees on August 1, 2021 at loanDepot park. Tossed 7.0 scoreless innings, allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk. Matched his then career-high with 10 strikeouts.
- In 8 Interleague starts this season, has gone 3-3 with a 2.95 ERA (58.0/19) and 46 strikeouts.
- In his most recent start at Texas on August 6, tossed 6.0 innings, allowing 4 runs on 6 hits. Struck out 7 while allowing a season-high 3 home runs. Had allowed just 1 run in 17.0 innings over his previous 2 starts combined.
- His 753 strikeouts are tied for fourth-most on Marlins all-time list (w/ A.J. Burnett), behind D. Willis (757).
- Ranks fifth in franchise history for games started with 133 (behind B. Penny – 134). Is tied for ninth-most on Marlins all-time list (w/ J. Fernandez) with 38 wins (behind J. Beckett – 41).
- Has 857.0 IP w/ Marlins (4th on Marlins all-time list behind J. Johnson – 916.2). Is just the sixth player with 800+ innings pitched as a Marlin.
- Has gone at least 7.0 innings in 9 of his 23 starts; tied for the fourth-most starts in the NL.
- His 149.1 innings pitched this season ranks fourth in MLB behind ARI’s Zac Gallen (149.2).
- In 10 starts at loanDepot park this season has a 1-4 record with a 3.95 ERA (68.1/30) and is holding opponents to a .232 AVG (58×250). In 13 starts away has a 3-6 record with a 4.56 ERA (81.0/41) and is holding opponents to a .262 AVG (83×317).
