CLEVELAND GUARDIANS NOTES:
GUARDS COME BACK IN NINTH, WALK TO VICTORY
The Guardians staged a thrilling, come-from-behind 3-2 victory to beat the Yankees in Monday night’s series opener in the Bronx… Cleveland has dropped 2 of 3 in four consecutive series, as club descended upon Yankee Stadium seeking first series victory overall since April 14-16 at Washington.
Held scoreless for 8.1 frames by Yankees starter Domingo Germán (8.1IP, 2H, 1R-ER, BB, 6SO, 88 pitches), Cleveland rallied for a trio of runs in the 9th inning, finally chasing the righthander with a one-out single by STEVEN KWAN…the Guardians then loaded the bases against Clay Holmes on an infield dribbler off the bat of AMED ROSARIO and opposite-field single by JOSÉ RAMÍREZ, setting the table for JOSH NAYLOR to pull a game-tying 2-run single into right field…Yankees then went to Wandy Peralta, who walked JOSH BELL to re-load the bases and struck out ANDRÉS GIMÉNEZ before walking MIKE ZUNINO with 2 outs to push across the winning run.
CAL QUANTRILL worked into the 8th inning of a quality start (7.1IP, 6H, 2R-ER, BB, 2SO, HR, 97 pitches), allowing both runs in the 3rd on a one-out solo homer to Jose Trevino and two-out RBIsingle to D.J. LeMahieu…EMMANUEL CLASE worked a perfect 9th to cement the comeback, as well as his 10th save.
The Clevelanders are 2-2 on current 6-game road trip thru Boston (1-2) & New York-AL (1-0, two-to-play)…Guardians are 10-7 on the road but have still dropped 9 of last 14 overall following a 9-6 start to the season…Guardians (14-15) hold sole possession of 2nd place in AL Central standings, 3.0 games behind Minnesota (17- 12)…last season, club went 9-12 in April and 12-12 in May.
YANKEE DOODLE DANDIES
Last night’s victory marked Cleveland’s first win at Yankee Stadium when trailing entering the 9th inning since August 10, 1995 in Game 1 of a doubleheader which Cleveland won 10-9…in that contest, Cleveland entered the 9th inning down 9-5, then rallied for 5 runs to take the lead and shut the door in the bottom half to secure the victory…the night after, Cleveland tied the game in the 9th after facing a one-run deficit and scored the winning run in the 11th to win 5-4 (Mike Pocta/Matt Underwood). » ENYEL DE LOS SANTOS became the first winning pitcher in MLB history to throw one pitch in 0.2-or-more-innings without a double play occurring, as he picked off the runner at first base before throwing a pitch…De Los Santos is the fifth pitcher in franchise history to record a victory while throwing only one pitch, last done by Bryan Shaw on August 17, 2022 vs. Detroit. » MIKE ZUNINO’S bases-loaded walk in the 9th inning was his 8th career go-ahead RBI in the 9th-inning-or-later, and his 2nd this season, last occurring on April 29 with a 10th-inning single against the Red Sox…he is one of 5 MLB hitters with 2-or-more go-ahead RBI in the 9th-inning-or-later this season…Zunino is the 6th player in franchise history to record a game-winning RBI with zero hits and 3+ strikeouts in a game, last occurring on August 9, 2011 against Detroit by Kosuke Fukudome (0-for-5, RBI, BB, 4SO). » JOSH NAYLOR’S single in the 9th inning was his 3rd career game-tying base hit in the 9th-inning-or-later, last occurring on May 9, 2022 when he hit a 2-out game-tying grand slam against the White Sox…both instances resulted in an eventual victory.
OUR BRAND OF BASEBALL
The Guardians 35 stolen bases, rank 1st in the AL and 2nd in MLB behind Pittsburgh (41)…the last time the Guards stole 35-ormore bases through the team’s first 29 games of a season was 1984 when the club swiped 42 bags…Cleveland’s 12 multi-steal games in 2023 are the most in the AL and 2nd in MLB behind Pittsburgh’s 13…5 different players have 5+ stolen bases for the team this season (ANDRÉS GIMÉNEZ, STEVEN KWAN, JOSÉ RAMÍREZ, AMED ROSARIO and MYLES STRAW), no other team has more than 3 players with 5+ swipes.
Cleveland has 11 sacrifice flies on the season, ranking 2nd in the AL and T3rd in MLB with Arizona behind Pittsburgh (16) and Baltimore (13)…since 2018, Cleveland’s 205 sacrifice flies rank T2nd in MLB with Los Angeles-NL, trailing only Houston (218)… JOSÉ RAMÍREZ (29) ranks 6th in MLB during that stretch.
Cleveland is pacing MLB with 339 infield hits since the start of 2021, 10 ahead of Tampa Bay (329)…AMED ROSARIO (57) is 2nd and MYLES STRAW (48) is T3rd in MLB over that period…Straw is T7th in MLB/T3rd in the AL with 6 infield hits this season.
GRINDING IT OUT
Cleveland leads MLB with 15 games decided by one run, going 7-8 in those contests…the 7 one-run victories are T2nd in MLB with Baltimore (7-2), trailing Miami (10-0)…since TERRY FRANCONA became manager in 2013, Cleveland holds MLB’s 5th-best win percentage (2nd-best in AL) in one-run games.
MLB WIN PCT. IN ONE-RUN GAMES SINCE 2013
TEAM RECORD WIN %
Atlanta 240-198 .548
Milwaukee 231-191 .547
New York-AL 232-196 .542
St. Louis 239-205 .538
Cleveland 215-185 .538
Through 29 games this season, Cleveland’s 5 extra-inning contests rank T1st in MLB with Seattle and Detroit…Cleveland holds a 4-1 record in extra frames this year, holding the highest win percentage among teams with 3-or-more games played in extra innings.
A MASTER-CLASE IN THE NINTH
EMMANUEL CLASE’S 10 saves are tied for the league lead with SD’s Josh Hader…since 2021, he ranks 1st among MLB relievers with a 1.37 ERA (24ER/157.2IP), ahead of Brock Burke (2.00 ERA), and his 76 saves ranks 3rd.
Clase boasts a 1.76 ERA (3ER/15.1IP) with 10 saves, 12 hits allowed, 9 strikeouts and 4 walks…for comparison, through May 1st of last season he owned a 4.91 ERA (4ER/7.1IP) with 4 saves, 8 hits allowed, 7 strikeouts and 2 walks…the right-hander’s 50 saves since April 27, 2022 leads MLB ahead of Kenley Jansen (42)…his 1.08 ERA (10ER/83.1IP) is the lowest in that span (min. 80 GP).
KWAN-TIFY THIS
Since debuting last year, STEVEN KWAN has ranked highly in numerous categories…he ranks top-15 among all MLB hitters with 157 singles (2nd), 8 triples (T2nd), 30 infield hits (5th), 18 3+ hit games (T6th), 286 times on base (10th), a .295 batting average (13th), and 200 hits (15th)…in his approach at the plate, he ranks top-5 with 49.5% of swings in play (1st), 9.5% swing-and-miss rate (2nd), and 10.29 plate appearances-per-strikeout (2nd).
TONIGHT’S STARTER – 61 TANNER BIBEE RHP
BIBEE’S MLB CAREER
W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO
2023 1-0 1.59 1 1 5.2 6 1 1 0 8
Career 1-0 1.59 1 1 5.2 6 1 1 0 8
BIBEE ON THE ROAD, MiLB
W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO
2023 1-0 0.00 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 2 8
Career 7-2 1.79 14 14 80.1 53 21 16 17 97
TONIGHT’S START
The 24-year-old right-hander is making his second career start, first on the road, in the second contest of a 3-game set at Yankee Stadium…became the fourth Clevelander to make their debut this season on Wednesday against Colorado…Bibee was originally selected by Cleveland in the 5th Round (156th overall) of the 2021 MLB Draft out of Cal State Fullerton…entered the 2023 season as Cleveland’s #5 prospect according to MLB.com…in 3 starts at AAA Columbus this season he had a 1.76 ERA (3ER/15.1IP)…is starting on 5 days rest.
LAST TIME OUT
He earned the victory in his MLB debut on Wednesday against Colorado…his first career strikeout came against Ryan McMahon in the top of the 2nd, in which he struck out the side…after striking out 5 in a row across the 2nd and 3rd innings, he became the first pitcher in club history since at least 1920 to strike out five in a row in their MLB debut…in total, he struck out six of seven hitters in the 2nd and 3rd innings, respectively…he is the 7th pitcher in Cleveland history to make their MLB debut with an 8+ strikeout performance, last done by LOGAN ALLEN on April 23 against Miami…he is also just the 2nd pitcher in club history to make his MLB debut with 8+ strikeouts and allow no walks, the other being Floyd Weaver (W, 5.0IP, 3H, 1R/ER, 0BB, 8SO) on September 30, 1962 against Los Angeles-AL in Game 2 of a doubleheader.
ROAD TO THE SHOW
2022: Split the season between High-A Lake County and AA Akron, ranking 2nd in the minor league system with 167 strikeouts, T2nd with 132.2 innings pitched, and tallied a 2.17 ERA, ranking 3rd in the system…his 167 punchouts were the 11th-most in all of Minor League Baseball…among all minor league pitchers who made 25-or-more starts last season, his 8.95 baserunners allowed per 9 innings ranked 2nd-best, he ranked 4th with a 0.96 WHIP and his 2.17 ERA ranked 5th-best in all of MiLB…Bibee was one of two minor league starters (min. 25 GS) to post a K/BB ratio 6.00-or-higher as he finished behind Amarillo/Reno’s Brandon Pfaadt (6.61) with 6.19 strikeouts-per-walk…at the time of his promotion to AA Akron on 7/2/2022, he ranked 7th in the Midwest League with 86 strikeouts…in 13 of Bibee’s 28 career starts, he has tallied 7-strikeouts-or-more, reaching the 10-strikeout plateau four separate times (most recently 9/6/22, at Harrisburg)…the longest outing of his career lasted 7.1 innings on 6/7/22 at Fort Wayne where he pitched two-hit, shutout baseball on top of 8 strikeouts.
With AA Akron, he became the third-ever Cleveland pitcher to be named Eastern League Pitcher of the Year, following Adam Miller (2006) and Jeanmar Gomez (2009), tallying a 6-1 record with a 1.83 ERA (15ER/73.2IP) and 81 strikeouts/14 walks…he also earned Eastern League postseason all-star honors and was named EL Pitcher of the Month in August after tallying a 4-0 record in 6 starts with a 1.32 ERA (5ER/34.0IP) and 37 strikeouts.
College: Bibee posted a 3.61 ERA (36ER/89.2IP) during his 2021 senior season at Cal State Fullerton, also totaling 67 strikeouts…he finished his four-year collegiate career with a 3.82 ERA (115ER/271.0IP) and 236 strikeouts, with a 16-21 overall record…he also tallied a 3.63 ERA for Wareham in 2019 Cape Cod League.
MONTH BY MONTH
Owned a 1.00 ERA (3ER/27.0IP) in April Minor League play, his best of any month…across 6 April Minor League starts in his career, he had 37 strikeouts, 10 walks and a .194 opposing batting average (19-for-98)…opposing batters have never hit above .239 against him in any month.
BIBEE SPLITS BY MONTH, CAREER
Month ERA G/GS IP ER
April 1.00 6/6 27.0 3
May 4.32 5/5 25.0 12
June 2.01 4/4 22.1 5
July 1.25 4/4 21.2 3
August 1.32 6/6 34.0 5
September 3.50 3/3 18.0 7
NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their three-game homestand vs. the Cleveland Guardians tonight (0-1 thus far)…went 2-5 on their recent seven-game road trip, losing two-of-three at Minnesota and three-of-four at Texas…after an off day on Thursday, will embark on a three-game road trip to Tampa Bay (Fri.-Sun.).
Have lost a season-high four straight games (since 4/28), their longest losing streak since a five-game skid from 8/2-7/22.
Have won or split six of their nine completed series this season (going 5-3-1)…have lost each of their last three completed series after winning or splitting each of their first six.
Are in a 16-day stretch without an off day (4/18-5/3).
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Guardians, 3-2, in their series opener on Monday at Yankee Stadium… RHP Domingo Germán (8.1IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 6K, 0HR) did not record a decision despite allowing just 1R in a career-high 8.1 innings pitched…C Jose Trevino (1-for-3, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI) hit his third home run of the season with a solo shot in the third inning…3B DJ LeMahieu (2-for-4, 1RBI) recorded the Yankees’ only multi-hit game, hitting a single in the second inning and an RBI single in the third…RHP Clay Holmes (0.0IP, 2H, 2R/0ER) suffered his second loss of the season… LHP Wandy Peralta (0.2IP, 2BB, 1K) surrendered a go-ahead, bases-loaded walk to Mike Zunino in the ninth inning.
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo has reached base in 24 of his first 29 games this season.
Including the postseason, has reached base safely in 30 of his last 33 games vs. the Guardians, batting .322/.444/.517 (38-for-118) with 20R, 8 doubles, 5HR, 18RBI, 20BB and 6HP in that span (since 10/26/16).
Has reached base in 15-of-16 games at home this season, batting .321/.426/.643 (18-for-56) with 9R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 9RBI, 8BB and 3HP in those games.
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters snapped their season-high three-game homerless stretch on Monday…have hit 24HR in 17 games at home this year…their 24HR are the fifth-most by any team in the Majors at home this season.
HIP HIP JOSE: C Jose Trevino hit his third home run of the season on Monday with a solo shot in the third inning…has 2HR in his last three games.
Has hit .281/.303/.531 (9-for-32) with 2 doubles, 2HR, 5RBI and 1BB in his last nine games (since 4/16).
Yankees catchers have hit 5HR this season, tied for the sixth-most in the Majors.
DOMINGO DEALT: RHP Domingo Germán allowed just 1R over a career-high 8.1 innings pitched on Monday (2H, 1BB, 6K, 0HR)…was just the fifth Yankees pitcher (sixth time) in the last 22 years (since 2002) to toss at least 8.1IP and allow three-or-fewer baserunners…joined Gerrit Cole (2H and 1BB in 9.0IP on 4/16/23 vs. Minnesota), Corey Kluber (1BB in 9.0IP on 5/19/21 at Texas), Masahiro Tanaka (twice: 2H and 1BB in 9.0IP on 6/17/19 vs. Tampa Bay and 3H in 9.0IP on 4/27/17 at Boston) and Chien-Ming Wang (2H in 9.0IP on 4/11/08 at Boston).
LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu recorded the Yankees’ only multi-hit game on Monday…his RBI single in the third inning marked his 1,600th career hit.
Has hit .400/.435/.500 (8-for-20) with 2 doubles, 9RBI, 2BB and 1SF with RISP this season…as a Yankee (since 2019), has hit .307 (117-for-381) with 17 doubles, 9HR, 171RBI, 50BB and 4HP with RISP.
Has batted .327 (37-for-113) with 16R, 6 doubles, 4HR, 13RBI, 7BB and 1SB in 29 career regular season games vs. Cleveland…has hit safely in 23-of-27 regular season starts against the Guardians.
Is hitting .320/.393/.560 (16-for-50) with 9R, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR, 8RBI, 4BB and 2HP in 14 games at home this season.
COLE TRAIN: RHP Gerrit Cole will make his seventh start of the season tonight vs. Cleveland…is 5-0 with a 1.11 ERA (40.2IP, 5ER) and 44K in six starts this season…according to Elias, his 1.11 ERA is the second-lowest ERA by a Yankees starter through his first six games of a season in the last 65 years (since 1959), trailing only Phil Niekro’s 0.99 ERA in 1984.
Has won five of his first six starts this season…is one of three pitchers to go 5-0-or-better this year…joins Minnesota’s Joe Ryan (5-0 in 5GS) and Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan (5-0 in 6GS).
The Yankees are 6-0 in his starts this season…is one of four starting pitchers this season to make at least six starts and have their team win each of those starts…joins Texas’ Jacob deGrom (club is 6-0 in 6GS), Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan (club is 6-0 in 6GS) and Atlanta’s Spencer Strider (club is 6-0 in 6GS).
Is just the fifth starting pitcher in franchise history to toss at least 5.0IP and allow 2R-or-fewer in each of his first six games of a season, joining Hideki Irabu (first seven in 1998), Phil Hughes (first six in 2010), Dave Righetti (first six in 1981) and Ray Fisher (first six in 1914)…Bill Monbouquette did so in his first six appearances of 1968 but only started five of those games.
Three of his six starts this season have been scoreless… has allowed 1R-or-fewer in four of his six starts…has allowed 2R-or-fewer in each of his first six starts.
Has not allowed a home run this season while tossing a Major League-leading 40.2 innings…his six-start homerless streak matches the third-longest of his career (10G from 5/26-8/13/16, 8G from 7/9-8/20/18 and 6G from 5/29-8/26/14).
Leads the Majors in innings pitched (40.2), is tied for first in wins (five) and WAR (1.7, FanGraphs), ranks second in ERA (1.11), opponents’ SLG (.221) and opponents’ OPS (.455), fourth in opponents’ BA (.169), sixth in opponents’ OBP (.235) and seventh in WHIP (0.84).
Including the postseason, has gone 10-2 with a 2.74 ERA (88.2IP, 27ER) and 104K in 13 starts vs. the Guardians.
Is 25-5 with a 2.69 ERA (234.1IP, 70ER) and 282K in 37 career starts vs. the AL Central…is 16-1 with a 2.36 ERA (137.1IP, 36ER) and 171K in his last 22 starts vs. the AL Central (since 8/1/19).
Is 3-0 with a 0.33 ERA (27.0IP, 1ER) and 33K in four home starts this season.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: INF Anthony Volpe is batting .308/.379/.385 (8-for-26) with 3R, 2 doubles, 4RBI and 3BB over his last seven starts.
Has reached base in 16 of his last 18 starts (since 4/12).
Has reached base multiple times in eight of his last 16 starts (since 4/14).
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres has reached base safely in nine of his last 11 games.
Including the postseason, has batted .316/.386/.526 (36- for-114) with 22R, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 6HR, 19RBI, 12BB and 1HP in 32 career games vs. the Guardians. EN GARD!: Including the postseason, the Yankees are 10-5 vs. Cleveland since 2022 and 16-8 against Cleveland since 2020.
CLOCKWORK: The Yankees’ average time of game this season has been 2 hours and 33 minutes…only three of the Yankees’ 30 games this season have exceeded three hours and one of those games went into extra innings.
Monday’s game was 2 hours and 6 minutes, matching the Yankees’ shortest game of the season (also 2:06 on 4/29 at Texas)…prior to this season, had not played a nine-inning game that short since 6/18/96 vs. Minnesota (2:04)…this season marks the first time the Yankees have played two such games since 1992 (2:00 on 6/12/92 at Cleveland and 2:04 on 9/18/92 at Kansas City).
The Yankees’ 27 games that have been under three hours are their most such games through their first 30 games in a season since 1983 when they recorded 28 such games.
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP GERRIT COLE (5-0, 1.11 ERA)
RHP Gerrit Cole will make his seventh start of the season tonight vs. Cleveland…the 32-year-old will pitch on regular four days’ rest…earned the win on Thursday in the Yankees’ 4-2 victory at Texas (6.2IP, 6H, 2ER, 1BB, 8K, 0HR)…is 5-0 with a 1.11 ERA (40.2IP, 5ER) and 44K in six starts this season…according to Elias, his 1.11 ERA is the second-lowest ERA by a Yankees starter through his first six games of a season in the last 65 years (since 1959), trailing only Phil Niekro’s 0.99 ERA in 1984…in his third year with the Yankees in 2022, went 13-8 with a 3.50 ERA (200.2IP, 154H, 81R/78ER, 50BB, 257K, 33HR) in 33 regular season starts…his Major League-leading 257K last season were the most by a Yankees pitcher in a single season in franchise history, surpassing Ron Guidry’s previous record of 248K in 1978…the five-time All-Star (2015, ’18-19, ’21- 22) has finished in the top-five of Cy Young Award voting five times (second in 2021, fourth in 2020, second in 2019, fifth in 2018, fourth in 2015)…his career 10.51 K/9.0IP ratio (1,974K/1,690.2IP) is the eighth-highest in Major League history (min. 1,000.0IP)…in 81 starts with the Yankees, is 41-19 with a 3.10 ERA (495.2IP, 171ER) and 638K… since 2018, leads the Majors in wins (76), strikeouts (1,240), innings pitched (908.1) and K/9.0IP (12.29), ranks third in opponents’ BA (.202) and WAR among pitchers (24.9 – FanGraphs), fourth in winning percentage (.724, 76-29, min. 60 decisions) and fifth in WHIP (0.99), K/BB (5.37) and ERA (2.91)…was originally selected by the Yankees in the first round (28th overall) of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft but did not sign and went on to play at UCLA for three seasons (2009-11)…was the first overall pick of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, the 15th pitcher (and 11th right-hander) to be chosen first…is the fifth player selected first overall to play for the Yankees, joining Alex Rodriguez, Darryl Strawberry, Tim Foli and Ron Blomberg…signed a nine-year contract extending through the 2028 season with a player opt-out following the 2024 season on 12/18/19.
LAST START: Earned the win on Thursday in the Yankees’ 4-2 victory at Texas (6.2IP, 6H, 2ER, 1BB, 8K, 0HR)…allowed both runs in the sixth inning, snapping his career-high 25.2 scoreless inning streak…marked his fourth start with at least 8K this season.
2023: Is 5-0 with a 1.11 ERA (40.2IP, 5ER) and 44K in six starts this season…according to Elias, his 1.11 ERA is the second-lowest ERA by a Yankees starter through his first six games of a season in the last 65 years (since 1959), trailing only Phil Niekro’s 0.99 ERA in 1984.
Leads the Majors in innings pitched (40.2), is tied for first in wins (five) and WAR (1.7, FanGraphs), ranks second in ERA (1.11), opponents’ SLG (.221) and opponents’ OPS (.455), fourth in opponents’ BA (.169), sixth in opponents’ OBP (.235) and seventh in WHIP (0.84).
Three of his six starts this season have been scoreless…has allowed 1R-or-fewer in four of his six starts…has allowed 2R-or-fewer in each of his first six starts.
Has recorded at least 8K in four of his six starts this season.
Is just the fifth starting pitcher in franchise history to toss at least 5.0IP and allow 2R-or-fewer in each of his first six games of a season, joining Hideki Irabu (first seven in 1998), Phil Hughes (first six in 2010), Dave Righetti (first six in 1981) and Ray Fisher (first six in 1914)…Bill Monbouquette did so in his first six appearances of 1968 but only started five of those games.
Has not allowed a home run this season while tossing a Major League-leading 40.2 innings…his six-start homerless streak matches the third-longest of his career (10G from 5/26-8/13/16, 8G from 7/9-8/20/18 and 6G from 5/29-8/26/14).
Has allowed 4H-or-fewer in four of his six starts.
Has received 3R-or-fewer of support in five of his six starts.
Tossed his fourth career shutout on 4/16 vs. Minnesota (9.0IP, 2H, 1BB, 10K)…marked his seventh career complete game (first since 7/17/21 vs. Boston–6.0IP) and his fourth career nine-inning complete game…was just the third Yankee (fourth time) in the last 22 years (since 2002) to throw a nine-inning shutout and allow three-or-fewer baserunners, joining Corey Kluber (1BB in his no-hitter on 5/19/21 at Texas) and Masahiro Tanaka (2H and 1BB on 6/17/19 vs. Tampa Bay and 3H on 4/27/17 at Boston).
Was named the AL “Player of the Week” for 4/10-16 after going 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA (16.0IP, 7H, 2ER, 3BB, 13K, 0HR) in two starts…marked Cole’s second career “Player of the Week” honor (also 9/23-29/19 with Houston)…was just the third Yankees starting pitcher (fourth time) to win the award since 2004, joining Corey Kluber (5/17-23/21 and 4/26-5/2/21) and Michael Pineda (5/4-10/15).
BLANK SPACE: Posted a career-high 25.2 scoreless inning streak from 4/11-27…was the second-longest scoreless streak by a Yankees starting pitcher in the last 63 years (since 1961), trailing only Catfish Hunter’s 26.0 scoreless inning streak from 8/30-9/11/75.
Also posted a season-opening 12.0 scoreless inning streak (3/30-4/5).
WINNING WAYS: Has won five of his first six starts this season…is one of three pitchers to go 5-0-or-better this year… joins Minnesota’s Joe Ryan (5-0) and Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan (5-0).
The Yankees are 6-0 in his starts this season…is one of four starting pitchers this season to make at least six starts and have their team win each of those starts…joins Texas’ Jacob deGrom (club is 6-0 in 6GS), Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan (club is 6-0 in 6GS) and Atlanta’s Spencer Strider (club is 6-0 in 6GS).
IN PINSTRIPES: In 81 starts with the Yankees, is 41-19 with a 3.10 ERA (495.2IP, 171ER) and 638K…has allowed 3ER-orfewer in 63-of-81 starts…has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 54 starts as a Yankee, the second-most such starts in the AL and tied for the fourth-most such starts in the Majors in that stretch…has recorded 17 scoreless starts as a Yankee, the most scoreless starts by any AL pitcher in that span.
His 41 wins since 2020 are the most in the AL and the second-most in the Majors over that stretch, trailing only Julio Urías (43-13).
His 638K since 2020 are the most in the Majors…his 11.58 K/9.0IP ratio in that span is the best in the Majors (min. 400.0IP)…has finished in the top-five of Cy Young Award voting in two of his first three seasons in pinstripes (second in 2021, fourth in 2020).
His 23 double-digit strikeout games as a Yankee are tied with Ron Guidry for the most in franchise history.
KING OF THE HILL: Since 2018, leads the Majors in wins (76), strikeouts (1,240), innings pitched (908.1) and K/9.0IP (12.29), ranks third in opponents’ BA (.202) and WAR among pitchers (24.9 – FanGraphs), fourth in winning percentage (.724, 76-29, min. 60 decisions) and fifth in WHIP (0.99), K/BB (5.37) and ERA (2.91).
Has recorded 16 scoreless starts of at least 5.0 innings since 2021, tied for the most in the Majors in that span.
VS. CLEVELAND: Is 6-2 with a 3.08 ERA (61.1IP, 21ER) and 63K in nine career regular season starts vs. Cleveland…has held Cleveland batters to a .196 (41-for-209) opponents’ BA during the regular season…including the postseason, has gone 10-2 with a 2.74 ERA (88.2IP, 27ER) and 104K in 13 starts vs. the Guardians.
As a Yankee, is 4-1 with a 3.34 ERA (32.1IP, 12ER) and 36K in five regular season starts against the Guardians…including the postseason, has one 7-1 with a 2.91 ERA (52.2IP, 17ER) and 65K in eight starts vs. Cleveland…has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in seven of those eight starts.
Went 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA (12.2IP, 2ER) and 15K in two regular season starts vs. Cleveland in 2022…including the postseason, went 4-0 with a 1.73 ERA (26.0IP, 5ER) and 31K in four starts against Cleveland in 2022.
Faced the Guardians earlier this season on 4/11 at Progressive Field and earned the win (7.0IP, 5H, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, 0HR)…allowed both runs in the first inning on a RBI double to José Ramírez and a sac fly to Josh Naylor.
Has made two regular season starts vs. the Guardians at Yankee Stadium, going 1-1 with a 5.11 ERA (12.1IP, 7ER) and 16K…including the postseason, is 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA (18.2IP 8ER) in three starts against the Guardians in the Bronx.
Including the postseason, has recorded at least 8K in eight of his last 12 starts vs. Cleveland.
CENTRAL PERK: Is 25-5 with a 2.69 ERA (234.1IP, 70ER) and 282K in 37 career starts vs. the AL Central…is 16-1 with a 2.36 ERA (137.1IP, 36ER) and 171K in his last 22 starts vs. the AL Central.
STRIKEOUT MACHINE: Has recorded double-digit strikeouts in 44 games since the start of 2019, marking the most in the Majors over the span (next: Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom with 28)…his 52 games with at least 10K since the beginning of 2018 are also the most in the Majors in that span (next: Max Scherzer-46).
Ranks fifth in the AL in strikeouts…has recorded at least 8K in four of his six starts this season…is one of just three pitchers in the Majors to record at least 8K in four games, joining Atlanta’s Spender Strider (six) and Los Angeles-AL’s Shohei Ohtani (four).
Has posted a 9.74 K/9.0IP ratio (44K/40.2IP).
Is one of eight pitchers this season to record multiple double-digit strikeout games.
HOME SWEET HOME: Is 3-0 with a 0.33 ERA (27.0IP, 1ER) and 33K in four home starts this season…as a Yankee, has gone 18-10 with a 2.69 ERA (248.0IP, 74ER) and 323K in 40 starts at Yankee Stadium…has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 29 of those 40 starts…his 2.69 ERA at home since 2020 is the lowest in the AL in that stretch (min. 200.0IP).
