NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees complete their six-game road trip today with the final game of a three-game set at Los Angeles NL (1-1 thus far)…are 3-2 on the road trip after winning two-of-three at Seattle and splitting their first two games at Los Angeles-NL…after this road trip, will return home for a six-game homestand vs. Chicago-AL (Tues.-Thurs.) and Boston (6/9-11).
At 35-25 (.583), have the fifth-best record in the AL.
Have won five of their last seven games, 10 of their last 15 games, 12 of their last 18 games, 14 of their last 21 games and 17 of their last 25 games.
Are 20-10 (.667) in their last 30 games (since 5/2), the second-best record in the Majors in that span, trailing only Texas (20-9, .690).
Have won or split six of their last seven completed series (since 5/8), seven of their last nine completed series (since 5/1) and 13 of their 18 completed series this season (going 11-5-2).
Are 7-3 in rubber games this season.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees defeated the Dodgers, 6-3, on Saturday at Dodger Stadium…RHP Gerrit Cole (6.0IP, 4H, 1ER, 2BB, 5K, 0HR, 1HP) started and improved to 7-0 on the year…LF Jake Bauers (2-for-3, 2R, 2HR, 4RBI) recorded his first career multi-HR game, hitting a two-run HR in the second inning and a two-run HR in the fourth inning…also tied his career high with 4RBI…RF Aaron Judge (1-for-3, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI, 1BB) hit a solo HR in the sixth inning…LF Oswaldo Cabrera (1-for-1, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI) hit a solo HR in the ninth inning…LHP Wandy Peralta (0.0IP, 2H, 2ER, 1BB) allowed 2ER without recording an out…RHP Michael King (2.0IP, 1H, 3K) tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief…RHP Clay Holmes (1.0IP,
1BB) tossed a scoreless ninth inning to record his sixth save of the season.
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters hit a season-high-tying 4HR on Saturday (also 5/8 vs. Oakland)…their 31 games with multiple home runs are the most in the Majors this season.
Have hit 94HR this season, the second-most home runs in the AL and the fourth-most in the Majors.
Have hit 7HR over their last two games.
Have hit multiple HR in five of their last six games, 11 of their last 15 games (since 5/18), 16 of their last 21 games (since 5/12), 20 of their last 26 games (since 5/7) and 22 of their last 30 games (since 5/2).
Their 60HR since 5/1 are the most in the Majors in that span (next: Atlanta with 54HR).
Since 5/1, rank third in runs scored (167) and runs scored per game (5.39), tied for third in extra-base hits (106) and fourth in SLG (.467) and OPS (.780).
Are hitting .344/.390/.548 (32-for-93) with 10 doubles, 3HR, 42RBI, 8BB/2IBB, 1HP and 3SF with RISP in their last 14 games (since 5/19).
JAKE RAKES: INF/OF Jake Bauers recorded his first career multi-HR game on Saturday, hitting a two-run HR in the second inning and a two-run HR in the fourth inning…his 4RBI on Saturday tied his career high (fourth time and first since 6/14/19 at Detroit with Cleveland).
Is hitting .462/.556/1.308 (6-for-13) with 3R, 2 doubles, 3HR, 7RBI, 4BB and 1SF in his last five games (since 5/29).
His multi-HR game on Saturday was the ninth by a Yankee this season…are the second-most by any team in the Majors this season, trailing only the Dodgers (13).
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo is batting .318/.356/.529 (27-for-85) with 14R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 17RBI, 4BB and 1HP in his last 21 games (since 5/8).
Has reached base in 28 of his last 32 games and 47 of his 55 games this season.
COLE TRAIN: RHP Gerrit Cole earned his team-leading seventh win of the year on Saturday after allowing just 1ER in 6.0IP (4H, 2BB, 5K, 0HR, 1HP)…is now 7-0 with a 2.82 ERA (79.2IP, 25ER) and 84K in 13 starts this season…is the only pitcher in the Majors that is currently 7-0-or-better.
Has allowed 2R-or-fewer in 10 of his 13 starts this season.
The Yankees are 11-2 in his starts this season.
His 13-start season-opening undefeated streak is tied for the third-longest by a Yankees starter in franchise history, trailing only Ron Guidry (first 17GS in 1978) and Allie Reynolds (first 15GS in 1954)…Orlando Hernández (2004), Bob Wickman (1993), Jim Coates (1960) and Monte
Pearson (1937) also recorded 13-start streaks.
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge hit his American League-leading 19th home run of the season on Saturday with a solo shot in the sixth inning…has 5HR in his last six games, 8HR in his last 14 games and 13HR in his last 19 games (since 5/13)… his 13HR in his last 19 games match the third-most by a Yankee in a 19-game span in a single season in franchise history, trailing only Alex Rodriguez (14HR in 19G from 4/2- 24/07) and Babe Ruth (14H in 19G from 5/18-6/7/30). The Yankees have gone 158-50 in his career when he homers…since 2020, the Yankees are 86-21 in those games…the Yankees are 14-1 this season when he homers.
Has homered in each of the Yankees’ last seven series (since 5/11).
Is hitting .348/.483/.971 (24-for-69) with 20R, 4 doubles, 13HR, 24RBI, 18BB/3IBB and 1SB in his last 19 games (since 5/13)…has reached base multiple times in 12 of those 19 games.
Has 24RBI in his last 19 games…has recorded 26RBI in 23 games since returning from the I.L. (since 5/9).
Has hit 5HR in seven career games against the Dodgers…has homered in four of his five career games at Dodger Stadium.
Is batting .291/.404/.674 (51-for-175) with 42R, 10 doubles, 19HR, 40RBI, 35BB, 3SB and a 1.078 OPS in his first 49 games this season…in 2022, hit .303/.374/.659 (56-for-185) with 40R, 9 doubles, 19HR, 39RBI, 23BB, 3SB and a 1.034 OPS in his first 49 games.
Is batting .365/.478/.905 (27-for-74) with 20R, 7 doubles, 11HR, 22RBI, 17BB/3IBB, 1SF and 2SB in 21 road games this season…has reached base in 19-of-21 games on the road this year (did not reach base on Friday at Los Angeles-NL and did not reach in 2PA on 4/27 at Texas after exiting the game due to injury).
Leads the Majors in SLG (.674), OPS (1.078), AB/HR (9.21) and game-winning RBI (9), is second in HR (19, first in AL), tied for fourth in extra-base hits (29, tied for first in AL), sixth in OBP (.404, second in the AL), tied for sixth in total bases (118, fourth in AL), eighth in runs scored (42, third in AL), tied for ninth in walks (35, third in AL) and tied for 10th in RBI (40, tied for sixth in the AL).
Has hit .360/.429/.700 (18-for-50) with 12R, 2 doubles, 5HR, 11RBI, 6BB and 1SB in 13 Interleague games this season…has batted .313/.402/.641 (122-for-390) with 82R, 19 doubles, 2 triples, 35HR, 69RBI, 57BB/4IBB and 9SB in 107 career Interleague games.
His .639 SLG and 1.042 OPS in Interleague play since 2017 are the highest in the Majors.
KING OF THE HILL: RHP Michael King tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief on Saturday…has not allowed a run in 16 of his last 18 appearances (since 4/4), going 1-0 with three saves and a 1.16 ERA (31.0IP, 4ER) and 35K in that span.
Has tossed at least 2.0IP in nine of his 19 appearances this season, tied for the third-most such appearances by a Major League reliever…all nine appearances have been scoreless…his nine relief appearances of at least 2.0 scoreless innings are the most in the Majors.
Has recorded at least five outs in 12 of his 19 outings this season…his 12 such appearances are the most in the Majors among relievers.
Has recorded at least four outs in 16 of his 19 games this season…his 16 such appearances are the most among Major League relievers.
PEN PAL: RHP Clay Holmes recorded his sixth save of the season on Saturday after tossing a scoreless ninth inning…has not allowed a run in 13 of his last 14 appearances (since 5/6), going 3-0 with two saves and a 0.63 ERA (14.1IP, 1ER) and 18K in that span.
NATIONAL TREASURE: The Yankees are 10-4 in 14 Interleague games this season…have won each of their four completed series vs. NL opponents this season.
WHAT A RELIEF: Yankees relievers have posted a Major League-best 2.89 ERA (230.2IP, 74ER) and .215 opponents’ BA this season…the Yankees are the only Major League bullpen that currently owns an ERA below 3.00 (next: Houston – 3.08).
Have posted a 1.54 ERA (23.1IP, 4ER) in their last seven games (since 5/27)…have held opponents to a .179 BA (15-for-84) in that span.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP DOMINGO GERMÁN (3-3, 3.98 ERA)
RHP Domingo Germán will make his 11th start of the season in today’s series finale at Los Angeles-NL…the 30-year-old will start on extended five days’ rest due to Thursday’s team off day…earned his third win of the season in his last start on Monday at Seattle after tossing 6.1IP (7H, 4ER, 3BB, 4K, 1HR, 1HP)…allowed 2R-or-fewer in four straight starts from 5/1-16, tying the longest such streak of his career (also four straight starts from 7/27-8/12/22 and from 5/9-27-G1/21)…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three of his last five starts and in five of his last nine starts…among pitchers with at least 50.0IP this season, ranks third in the Majors in WHIP (0.98, third in AL), fourth in opponents’ BA (.179, third in AL) and H/9 (5.80, third in AL), and seventh in opponents’ OBP (.258, seventh in AL)…in 2022, went 2-5 with a 3.61 ERA (72.1IP, 65H, 31R/29ER, 19BB, 58K, 11HR) in 15 games (14 starts) with the Yankees…allowed 3R-or-fewer in a career-high 12 consecutive starts from 7/27-9/30/22…missed the first 93 games of the season with right shoulder impingement syndrome…in six seasons with the Yankees, is 29-24 with a 4.33 ERA (468.0IP, 225ER) and 482K in 102 career games (80 starts)…was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 12/11/15…was originally acquired by the Yankees from the Miami Marlins along with RHP Nathan Eovaldi and INF Garrett Jones in exchange for RHP David Phelps and INF Martín Prado on 12/19/14.
LAST TIME OUT: Earned his third win of the season in his last start on Monday at Seattle after tossing 6.1IP (7H, 4ER, 3BB, 4K, 1HR, 1HP)…allowed an RBI groundout to Teoscar Hernández in the second inning, a solo HR to Julio Rodríguez in the fourth and a two-run single to Rodríguez in the fifth.
Snapped his streak of four consecutive starts allowing 2R-or-fewer…was tied for the second-longest such streak of his career.
His 29BF marked a season high and the second-most of his career, trailing only his 30BF on 6/4/18-G2 at Detroit.
His 7H allowed also marked a season high and his most since 10/5/22 at Texas (also 7H).
VS. LOS ANGELES-NL/INTERLEAGUE: Will be making his second career start vs. the Dodgers…earned the win after allowing just 1ER over 6.0IP (5H,
2BB, 5K, 1HR, 1HP) in his lone career start at Los Angeles-NL on 8/25/19.
Has gone 4-4 with a 4.50 ERA (74.0IP, 69H, 38R/37ER, 18BB, 75K, 13HR) in 16 career Interleague games (14 starts).
Went 1-1 with a 2.04 ERA (17.2IP, 4ER) and 15K in four Interleague games (three starts) in 2022…allowed 2ER-or-fewer in all three starts and 1ER in two starts.
In two career starts vs. NL West opponents (at San Francisco on 4/28/19 and at Los Angeles-NL on 8/25/19), has gone 2-0 with a 3.75 ERA (12.0IP, 10H, 5R, 3BB, 9K, 1HR, 1HP).
ON THE ROAD: Will make his sixth road start of the season…is 2-0 with a 5.01 ERA (23.1IP, 13ER) and 19K in five road starts this season.
The Yankees are 4-1 in his five road starts this season.
In 53 career games (42 starts) on the road, is 16-13 with a 4.86 ERA (242.2IP, 131ER) and 234K.
Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in eight of his last 11 road starts (since 7/27/22), including 2R-or-fewer in seven of those starts.
Allowed 2R-or-fewer in a career-high four consecutive road starts from 7/27-8/27/22…allowed 1R-or-fewer in three consecutive road starts from 8/6-8/27/22, tied for the longest such streak of his career (also recorded three such starts from 4/28-5/20/21).
2023: Will make his 11th start of the season today…is 3-3 with a 3.98 ERA (54.1IP, 24ER) and 53K in 10 starts this season… among pitchers with at least 50.0IP this season, ranks third in the Majors in WHIP (0.98, third in AL), fourth in opponents’ BA (.179, third in AL) and H/9 (5.80, third in AL), and seventh in opponents’ OBP (.258, seventh in AL.
Allowed 2R-or-fewer in four straight starts from 5/1-16, tying the longest such streak of his career (also four straight starts from 7/27-8/12/22 and from 5/9-27-G1/21).
Has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three of his last five starts and in five of his last nine starts…has also allowed 2ER-or-fewer in six of his last nine starts.
Has surrendered only 1HR in his last five starts after allowing 7HR in his first five starts this season.
Has recorded at least 8K with 0BB in two starts.
His 53K are the second-most strikeouts he’s recorded through his first 10 starts of a season in his career, trailing only his 59K through his first 10 starts in 2019.
Was ejected on 5/16 at Toronto prior to the bottom of the fourth inning for violating MLB’s prohibitions on foreign substances and served a 10-game suspension from 5/17-27.
Did not record a decision on 5/1 vs. Cleveland despite allowing just 1ER over a career-high 8.1 innings (2H, 1BB, 6K)…allowed just three baserunners…after allowing a one-out single to Amed Rosario in the first inning, did not allow a hit to his next 25BF (1BB) before allowing the single to Steven Kwan in the ninth…became 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).
Allowed 1ER-or-fewer in back-to-back starts on 4/10 at Cleveland and 4/15 vs. Minnesota, tying the longest such streak of his career…marked the sixth time in his career he’s recorded consecutive such starts.
Earned his first win of the season on 4/15 vs. Minnesota after recording a career-high 11K (6.1IP, 3H, 1ER, 0BB)…marked his third career double-digit strikeout game (also 10K on 7/25/21 at Boston and 6/14/18 vs. Tampa Bay)…marked the first time in his career he’s recorded at least 10K without surrendering a walk…marked his fifth career start with at least 8K and 0BB allowed, including his second this season (8K and 0BB on 4/4 vs. Philadelphia)…is the first Yankee to record at least 10K and 0BB in a game this season and the first since Gerrit Cole did so on 7/17/22 vs. Boston (12K and 0BB)… tossed 5.1 perfect innings before allowing a one-out single to Christian Vázquez in the sixth inning… his 11K matched the most by a Yankees pitcher this season (also Gerrit Cole on Opening Day vs. San Francisco).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS NOTES:
WHO’S IT GONNA BE?: The Dodgers lost to the Yankees yesterday, 6-3, and today on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball the club will look to win its sixth consecutive series at home in the rubber match with New York. Today’s contest closes out the homestand (3-2) as the Boys in Blue look to win their first series over the Yankees at Dodger Stadium since taking two of three from them June 18-20, 2004. This weekend marks just the fifth time the Yanks have come to Chavez Ravine in the regular season. Of course, the two squads met 11 times in the World Series from 1941-81 with Dodger Stadium involved in four of them (1963, 1977-78, ’81). Following tomorrow’s travel day to Cincinnati, Los Angeles will begin a six-game road trip against the Reds Tuesday night with the first of a three-game set. Following Thursday’s finale with the Red Legs, the club will head to Philadelphia for a three-game series with the Phillies that starts on Friday night, June 9. Los Angeles (.593) and Arizona are tied atop the NL West and co-own the best record in the National League and the fifth-best mark in the big leagues, trailing Tampa Bay (.683), Texas (.649), Baltimore (.621) and Houston (.603). The Dodgers have the best home record in the National League (20-9, .690) and have won 14 of their last 17 contests at the Ravine.
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: The Dodgers fell behind early and then went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position on their way to a 6-3 loss at the hands of the Yankees. Michael Grove made his first start since April 20 and gave up four runs on four hits in 5.0 innings while striking out a season high seven hitters. Unfortunately, two of those hits were home runs by Jake Bauers and Grove fell to 0-2 on the season. At the plate, Miguel Rojas went 2-for-4 with an RBI, giving him four multi-hit games in his last 10 contests. Max Muncy cracked his 18th homer of the season on Friday night, which ranks third in the Majors, trailing just Pete Alonso (20) and Aaron Judge (18). Last night, Muncy’s Dodger season high streak of five consecutive games with an RBI was snapped. The Dodgers lead the National League in runs per game (5.59), runs scored (330), home runs (100), extra-base hits (221), slugging percentage (.462) and walks (251).
BOBBY BALL: Dodger rookie right-hander Bobby Miller will make his third-career start on Sunday Night Baseball vs. the Yankees. Miller has won both of his starts and today will look to become the first Dodger rookie since Kazuhisa Ishii to win each of his first three Major League starts. Ishii would win his first six. The last homegrown Dodger pitcher to win his first three big league starts was Fernando Valenzuela, who ripped off eight-in-a-row in 1981 on his way to the Cy Young Award and a World Series title over the Yankees.
RIVALRY RESTARTED: The Dodgers and Yankees met Friday night for the first time since August 2019 and the clubs have met just 18 times since the start of Interleague play in 1997, with each team winning nine games apiece. The Yankees took two of three from the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in that 2019 three-game series and overall Los Angeles is 6-7 vs. the Bronx Bombers at Chavez Ravine.
INTERLEAGUING: The Dodgers are 4-4 in interleague play this season after going 15-5 last year against the other league, including a 7-3 record at home. Since the start of the 2019 season, Los Angeles is 57-31 in interleague play and their .648 winning percentage in that span is second best in the Majors, trailing only the Tampa Bay Rays, who have a .673 Interleague winning percentage in that span.
LOCKED IN: Dodger designated hitter J.D. Martinez went 0-for-4 yesterday and was robbed of an extra-base hit in his final at-bat by Aaron Judge. The 0-fer ends Martinez’s hitting streak at 16 games, but he has been on fire since returning from the injured list on May 12, hitting safely in 18 of 20 games while batting .305 (25-for-82) with four doubles, nine homers and a Major League leading 25 RBI during that span.
THE GLUE: Dodger catcher Will Smith went 1-for-4 yesterday and is hitting .375 (12-for-32) with a .474 on-base percentage in his last nine games. The Dodgers are 26-14 (.650) when the All-Star hopeful has appeared in a game and 26-11 (.703) when he starts.
GET HIM TO SEATTLE: Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman went 1-for-5 yesterday, one day after seeing his Dodger season-high 20-game hitting
streak snapped. Freeman, who was named Major League Baseball’s Player of the Month for May in the NL, hit .457 (37-for-81) with five homers, 11 doubles, one triple, 21 RBI and 20 runs scored during the streak. He ranks third in the Major Leagues with 49 runs scored, trailing Marcus Semien (53) and Ronald Acuna Jr. (50). Freeman leads the Major Leagues with 23 doubles, 34 extra-base hits and 135 total bases while ranking second in hits (80) and batting average (.336).
IT’S SHOWTIME!: The Dodgers would like to wish a very happy birthday to right-handed reliever Yency Almonte, who turns 29 today! Almonte is in his second year with the Dodgers and is 3-0 with a 6.75 ERA. He hasn’t allowed a run in his last six games (6.0 IP), allowing just one hit and striking out seven in that span. The Miami native spent his first four big league season with the Colorado Rockies, where he made 120 relief appearances.
LONG BALLS: The Dodgers didn’t homer yesterday and still rank second in the Majors with 100 home runs, trailing only the Tampa Bay Rays (103). Los Angeles recorded their 18th 3+ homer game Friday night, which leads the Majors. The Dodgers also rank second in the Majors with 47 games with at least one homer, behind the Rays (49), who have homered in all but 11 games this season
TONIGHT’S STARTER vs. YANKEES: RHP BOBBY MILLER (2-0, 1.64 ERA in 2 GS)
2023 SEASON NOTES:
- The big right-hander followed his first career start with another solid showing against the Nationals, spinning six innings, giving up four
hits, one run and one walk while punching out four…first Dodgers rookie starting pitcher to earn the win in his two career starts since Jose De Leon (9/04/16 vs. SD and 9/12/16 at NYY) - Illinois native picked up the win in his Major League debut against Atlanta May 23 after spinning five innings and giving up four hits, one run and one walk while striking out five
- Owns a 1-1 record across four starts with Triple-A Oklahoma City with a 5.65 ERA (9 ER/14.1 IP) with 12 strikeouts and just 6 issued walks…has limited the opposition to a .212/.295/.385 slashline
- Was a non-roster invitee to Spring Training…did not appear
VS. YANKEES:
- Will face New York for the first time in his career
