NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees begin a six-game road trip tonight with the first game of a three-game set at Oakland (through Thurs.)…will also travel to St. Louis for a three-game set this weekend (Fri.-Sun.)…went 4-2 on their six-game homestand after winning two-of-three vs. Seattle and Texas.
With a 43-35 (.551) record, the Yankees own the fourth-best record in the American League.
Have won or split 10 of their last 14 series (since 5/8) and 11 of their last 16 series (since 5/1).
The Yankees have had 12 of their last 17 games decided by 2R-or-fewer…have also had 16 of their last 20 games, 24 of their last 31 games and 31 of their last 39 games decided by 3R-or-fewer.
WHERE WE LEFT OFF: The Yankees clinched a series win over the Rangers with a 5-3 victory on Sunday at Yankee Stadium…RHP Gerrit Cole (4.2IP, 9H, 3ER, 1BB, 7K, 1HR,
1BK) made his shortest start of the season and did not record a decision…3B DJ LeMahieu (1-for-3, 1 double, 2RBI) hit a two-run double in the second inning…CF Harrison Bader (2-for-4, 1R, 2 doubles, 2RBI) hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning…DH Giancarlo Stanton (1-for-3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB) hit an RBI single in the eighth inning…1B Anthony Rizzo (0-for-3, 1IBB) extended his on-base streak to 12 games…RHP Jimmy Cordero (1.0IP, 1H, 1BB) tossed a scoreless inning of relief…LHP Nick Ramirez (1.1IP, 1K) tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief…RHP Ron Marinaccio (1.0IP, 1H) earned his fourth win of the year after tossing a scoreless eighth inning…RHP Michael King (1.0IP, 1H, 2K) earned his fifth save of the year after tossing a scoreless ninth inning.
HOT START: OF Billy McKinney had his season-opening 15-game on-base streak snapped on Sunday…was the second-longest on-base streak of his career (trails only a 19-game streak from 3/30-9/9/18)…was also the longest season-opening on-base streak by a Yankee since Luke Voit’s 31-game streak from 3/28-5/3/19.
Is batting .302/.327/.623 (16-for-53) with 7R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4HR, 7RBI and 2BB in 16 games this season.
Has 3HR and 5RBI in his last six games.
Has hit safely in 14-of-16 games this year.
WHAT A RELIEF: Yankees relievers tossed 4.1 scoreless innings of relief on Sunday…have posted a Major League-best 2.85 ERA (296.2IP, 94ER) and a .213 opponents’
BA this season…the Yankees are one of only three Major League bullpens that currently own an ERA below 3.50 (Cleveland – 2.96; San Diego – 3.24).
Also own a Major League-best .335 opponents’ SLG, .634 opponents’ OPS, 0.73 HR/9.0IP and 1.17 WHIP…also rank second in opponents’ OBP (.299).
Have posted a 1.40 ERA (25.2IP, 4ER) in their last seven games (since 6/18-G2).
DOUBLE TROUBLE: Yankees batters recorded a season-high-tying six doubles on Sunday (also 6 doubles on 5/29 at Seattle)…recorded at least six extra-base hits for the
sixth time this season…matched their second-most in a game this season, trailing only their 9XBH on 5/29 at Seattle (6 doubles, 3HR).
PITCH PERFECT: Yankees pitchers have allowed 3ER-orfewer in six of their last seven games (since 6/18-Game 2), posting a 2.71 ERA (63.0IP, 19ER) in that span…have also allowed 3ER-or-fewer in seven of their last 10 games (since 6/14), 11 of their last 15 games (since 6/8-G2), 14 of their last 19 games (since 6/3) and 16 of their last 22 games (since 5/30).
Yankees pitchers have posted a 3.67 ERA this season, the fourth-best ERA in the Majors…trails only Houston (3.57), Tampa Bay (3.59) and Minnesota (a lower 3.67)…
also rank third in the Majors in opponents’ BA (.231) and sixth in WHIP (1.23).
LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu hit a two-run double in the second inning on Sunday…has four extra-base hits in his last six games (3 doubles, 1HR).
BIG DADDY KANE: RHP Tommy Kahnle has not allowed a run in 10 relief appearances this season (9.2IP, 3H, 1BB, 10K, 1HP)…has held opponents to a .097 BA (3-for-31).
Has not allowed a run in each of his last 15 outings (since 9/24/22), the longest such streak of his career…his 14.2 scoreless inning streak (since 9/24/22) also marks a career high (previous: 13.1IP from 8/24-9/26/17).
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo has reached base in each of his last 12 games (since 6/11)… marks his second-longest on-base streak this season,
trailing only a 15-game streak from 5/1-17.
Has reached base in 12-of-23 plate appearances over his last six games (7H, 4BB/1IBB, 1HP, .522 OBP).
FOR STARTERS: Yankees starters have allowed 3ER-orfewer in seven of their last eight games (since 6/18), eight of their last 10 games (since 6/14), 12 of their last 15 games (since 6/8-G1), 15 of their last 19 games (since 6/3) and 17 of their last 22 games (since 5/30).
Have allowed 2ER-or-fewer in five of their last eight starts and 10 of their last 15 starts.
HOLMES SWEET HOLMES: RHP Clay Holmes has not allowed a run in 20 of his last 22 games (since 5/6), going 4-0 with five saves, a 0.81 ERA (22.1IP, 2ER) and 28K in that span…his 0.81 ERA in that span is the lowest among all Major League pitchers (min. 20.0IP).
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning on Sunday…was his fifth career hit (and second this season) that gave his team the lead in the eighth inning-or-later (also hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning on 5/6 at Tampa Bay)…as a Yankee (since 9/20/22), has batted .350/.349/.575 (14-for-40) with 3 doubles, 2HR, 24RBI, 1BB and 2SF with RISP.
Has struck out once in his last 29PA and just 14 times this season in 115PA…his 8.21 PA/K rate is a career-best.
JAKE RAKES: INF/OF Jake Bauers has had 14 of his last 19 hits go for extra bases (10 doubles, 4HR).
MATCHING UP: The Yankees are 3-0 vs. the A’s this season…since 2022, the Yankees are 8-2 vs. Oakland…are 14-5 in their last 19 games vs. the A’s since 8/31/19.
Are 12-7 vs. the AL West this season, winning five-of-six series vs. the division.
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres has reached base in 15 of his last 16 games since 6/8-Game 1.
WHAT A CATCH: As a Yankee (since 2022), C Jose Trevino has hit .336 (42-for-125) with 7 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR, 40RBI, 6BB, 1HP and 1SF with RISP.
PEN PAL: RHP Ron Marinaccio earned his fourth win of the year on Sunday after tossing a scoreless eighth inning… has not allowed an earned run in his last 10 games since 5/28 (9.1IP, 7H, 2R/0ER, 3BB, 11K, 2HP).
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP JHONY BRITO (4-3, 4.89 ERA)
RHP Jhony Brito will be making his 12th appearance (11th start) of the season in tonight’s series opener at Oakland…was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre on 6/21…the 25-year-old will pitch on extended five days’ rest due to Monday’s team off day…made his last start on Wednesday vs. Seattle, earning his fourth win of the season after tossing 5.2 scoreless innings (2H, 1BB, 3K)…marked his second scoreless outing of at least 5.0IP (also 5.0IP/0R in his Major League debut on 4/2 vs. San Francisco)…his four wins are tied for the sixth-most in the Majors (tied for fourth-most in the AL) among rookie pitchers this season…became 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…was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 3/30 and made his first career Opening Day roster…over parts of six minor league seasons in the Yankees organization (2016-17, ’19, ’21-23), has gone 27-22 with two saves and a 3.88 ERA (413.0IP, 402H, 213R/178ER, 91BB, 361K, 34HR) in 90 career appearances (74 starts)…was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 11/9/15.
LAST TIME OUT: Made 10th start of the season on Wednesday vs. Seattle at Yankee Stadium, earning his fourth win of the season after tossing 5.2 scoreless
innings (2H, 1BB, 3K).
Marked his second scoreless outing of at least 5.0IP (also 5.0IP/0R in his Major League debut on 4/2 vs. San Francisco).
Retired 17 of his 20 batters faced.
Marked his first start since 5/20 at Cincinnati.
VS. OAKLAND/AL WEST: Made his first career appearance vs. the Athletics on 5/10 at Yankee Stadium, allowing just 2ER over 4.1IP without recording a decision (5H, 2BB, 3K, 2HR, 1HP).
Is 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA (19.1IP, 5ER) and 14K in four starts vs. AL West opponents this season…has held opponents to a .197 BA (14-for-71).
Has allowed 2ER-or-fewer and 5H-or-fewer in each of his four starts vs. the AL West.
HITTIN’ THE ROAD: Is 2-2 with a 5.19 ERA (26.0IP, 15ER) and 18K in six games (five starts) on the road this season.
Has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in three of his five road starts and 2ER-or-fewer in two of those starts.
Has allowed 4H-or-fewer in four of his five road starts this season.
2023: Is 4-3 with a 4.89 ERA (46.0IP, 25ER) and 33K in 11 appearances (10 starts) this season…has tossed at least 5.0IP and allowed 2ER-or-fewer in five of his 11 appearances, including 1ER-or-fewer in four of those games.
Is the only Yankees starter this season to record multiple starts of at least 5.0IP with 2H-or-fewer allowed.
Made his first career relief appearance on 5/15 at Toronto and earned his third win of the season.
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.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS NOTES:
ABOUT THE A’S: Lost two of three at Toronto to close out the road trip and have now lost 10 of the last 11 games after winning a season-high seven consecutive contests…are 8-14 (.364) in June after winning six games in May and five in April…are a season-high 40 games under .500 at 20-60 (.250)… that is tied for the ninth worst record by an AL, NL or FL team over the first 80 games since 1901 and is the worst since the 2003 Tigers began the season 19-61…are 3-4-1 over the last eight series after going 1-16 over the first 17 series…have been swept 11 times and have swept one series.
THE HALFWAY MARK: The A’s are scheduled to play their 81st game of the season tonight, which is the halfway point of the season…have a 20-60 (.250) record and are on pace to challenge the 1962 Mets for the most losses in modern (since 1900) Major League history…the Mets went 40-120 (.250) in 1962…the Cleveland Spiders hold the all-time record as they went 20-134 (.130) in 1899…the lowest winning percentages in the modern era by an AL or NL team are .235 (36-117) by the 1916 Athletics, .248 (38-115) by the 1935 Braves and .250 by the 1962 Mets (40-120)…the pitching staff has a 6.08 ERA and the highest in Athletics history is 6.07 in 1936…the last Major League team with an ERA above 6.00 is the 1999 Rockies (6.03)…are on pace to set Athletics records for most home runs allowed (pace: 239, record 220 in 1974) and most hit batters (101, record 81 in 1911)…are on pace to allow 1021 runs, which would set an Oakland record and be the most by an A’s team since 1939 (1022), and walk 707, which would set an Oakland record and be the most since 1950 (720)…offensively, the A’s .220 batting average would be second lowest in Athletics history to the mark of .216 from last year…are on pace for 567 runs, which would be one fewer than last year (568) and second fewest in a full season in Oakland history (532 in 1978)…are on pace set an Athletics record for most strikeouts (pace: 1521, record 1491 in 2017)…are on pace for 158 stolen bases, which would be the A’s most since 1983 (235)… individually, Esteury Ruiz is on pace for 79 stolen bases, which would set an American League record for rookies (66, Kenny Lofton in 1992) and rank fifth most in Athletics history behind Rickey Henderson (130 in 1982, 108 in 1983, 100 in 1980) and Eddie Collins (81 in 1910).
OFFENSE: The A’s have been held to fewer than 10 hits in each of the last 16 games, which is the fourth longest such streak in Oakland history…it is the longest since the A’s went an Oakland-record 18 consecutive games without reaching double figures in hits earlier this year from May 17-June 5…are batting .200 (103-for-516) with 50 runs scored during the current (3.1 runs per game)…rank last in the majors in batting (.220), slugging (.349), OPS (.650), runs scored (280) and extra base hits (188)…have the fourth lowest on-base percentage (.301), fourth most strikeouts (744), fourth fewest doubles (107) and eighth fewest home runs (74)…lead the majors in sacrifice hits (16) and are rank second in hit by pitches (46)…have been shut out eight times, which is tied for fourth most.
IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are 7-for-12 (.583) over the last eight games and are 22-for-72 (.306) with three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and 10 walks overall…lead the majors in hits, rank third in walks, tied for third in plate appearances (83), tied for fourth in extra base hits (5) and doubles, tied for fifth in home runs and tied for eighth in RBI.
PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 4.64 ERA (100 er in 194.0 ip) in June after posting a 5.54 ERA in May and 7.97 in April, both of which were the highest in the majors…have a 6.08 ERA for the season, which is the highest in the majors…also have the highest opponents on-base percentage (.361), the second highest OPS (.831) and slugging percentage (.470) and the third highest batting average (.272)…lead the majors in most walks (350), home runs (118), hit batters (50) and wild pitches (39) and are tied for the fifth fewest strikeouts (621).
STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 4-7 with a 3.86 ERA (38 er in 88.2 ip) over the last 19 games after going 2-32 with a 7.19 ERA over the first 61 contests…are 6-38 with a 6.39 ERA for the season…the ERA is second highest in the majors (Rockies, 6.44) and the wins are the fewest…the fewest wins from a starting rotation in a full season in Major League history is 21 by the Pirates last year…have tossed seven innings or fewer in each game this year and have the third fewest innings pitched (370.1).
THE BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen is 1-4 with a save, three blown saves and a 5.32 ERA (26 er in 44.0 ip) over the last 11 games…has a 5.74 ERA for the season, which is the highest in the majors…leads the majors in losses (22)… is 11-for-26 (42.3%) in save opportunities, which is the lowest percentage in the majors…is tied for the second fewest saves and is tied for the fifth most blown saves (15)…has 332.1 innings pitched, which is the most…has allowed 58-of-144 (40.3%) inherited runners to score, which is the fourth highest percentage…has the third most inherited runners.
ON THE BASES: The A’s have 24 stolen bases in June, which is tied for fourth most in the majors and is the most by an A’s team in June since 1998 (27)… are 78-for-95 (82.1%) for the season and have matched their season total of 78 stolen bases from last year…rank fourth in the majors in stolen bases and attempts this year and eighth in percentage…A’s opponents are 9-for-20 (45.0%) in stolen base attempts over the last 17 games and are 57-for-86 (66.3%) for the season, which is the third lowest success rate in the majors… the 29 caught stealings are six more than any other team…A’s pitchers have nine pickoffs, which is second most in the majors (Yankees, 11).
HOME AND AWAY: The A’s begin a six-game homestand against New York-AL (three games) and Chicago-AL (three games) tonight…went 2-5 on the last homestand against Tampa Bay (2-2) and Philadelphia (0-3) and are 9-29 (.237) at home, which is the lowest home winning percentage in the majors…went 1-5 on the last road trip to Cleveland (0-3) and Toronto (1-2) and are 11-31 (.262) on the road, which is the worst road record in the majors… have compiled a 5.20 ERA (204 er in 353.0 ip) at home compared to 6.97 on the road
WINNING LATE: The A’s have scored the winning run in their final at bat in 11 of their 20 victories…have five walk-off wins, which is tied for third most in the majors…have 11 wins when tied or trailing after seven innings, which is fifth most in the majors…have just nine wins when leading after seven innings…are 4-6 (.400) in extra inning games…the 10 extra inning games matches the A’s season total from last year and is sixth most in the majors this year…are tied for the second most losses and tied for the sixth most wins.
RUN DIFFERENTIAL: Nine of the A’s last 15 games have been decided by one run and Oakland is 4-5 in those one-run games…each of the A’s last three wins, four of the last five and 12 of 20 overall have been by one run…are now 12-16 (.429) in one-run games…are tied for second in the majors in one-run losses, rank third in games (28) and tied for 10th in wins…however, are 8-44 (.154) in games decided by two or more runs, including 1-15 in games decided by six or more…have a run differential of -29 in June after posting a mark of -78 in May and -118 in April…are -224 for the season, which is the lowest in the majors…had a run differential of -202 all last year, which was second lowest in Oakland history (-287 in 1979).
A’S VS. YANKEES
- The A’s were swept in a three-game series at New York May 8-10 to open the season series…with one more loss, will lose the season series for the third consecutive year for the first time since 2008-11 when they lost four straight.
- Are 5-12 against the Yankees over the last three years, which includes 1-8 in New York and 4-4 in Oakland
- The A’s have lost each of their last eight games at Yankee Stadium, which is their longest losing streak at the new Yankee Stadium…it is the A’s longest losing streak in the Bronx since July 15, 1982-May 30, 1983 when they also dropped eight in a row…the longest Oakland A’s losing streak at New York is 10 games from May 6, 1977-Aug. 27, 1978.
Year Home Road Totals
2023 0-0 0-3 0-3
2022 2-2 0-3 2-5
Oakland History: 259-295
at the Coliseum: 145-132
at Yankee Stadium: 17-32
All-Time: 800-1161
TODAY’S TIDBITS
Ryan Noda is tied for the American League lead in walks (51)…is tied for fourth in the majors in walks and ranks 12th in on-base percentage (.387)…leads Major League rookies in on-base percentage (.387) and walks (51)…Esteury Ruiz leads the majors in stolen bases (39) and is tied for second in hit by pitches (12)…leads ML rookies in stolen bases (39) and hit by pitches (12), ranks fourth in doubles (18), tied for fourth in hits (79) and tied for seventh in RBI (31).
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Paul Blackburn (0-0, 4.21 ERA)
FOR STARTERS: Was reinstated from the injured list May 29 and is scheduled to make his sixth start of the season…began the year on the 15-day IL with a right middle fingernail avulsion…made three rehab starts with Single-A Stockton and Triple-A Las Vegas from April 7-16 before his rehab assignment was halted…resumed on May 14 and made three more starts with the Aviators…had no decisions, a 7.50 ERA and 1.012 OPS in six rehab starts overall.
DECISIONS, DECISIONS: Does not have a decision over his first five starts, which matches the longest season-opening streak by a starting pitcher in Athletics history…Mike Oquist also had five no decisions over his first five starts in 1998 before taking the loss in his sixth start.
OPPONENTS BATTING: Opponents are batting .250 (14-for-56) with the bases empty compared to .340 (17-for-50) with runners on…however, they are 9-for-36 (.250) with runners in scoring position…the opponents 2 through 5 hitters are batting a combined .440 (22-for-50) while the six through nine hitters are 6-for-43 (.140)…now has a .300 (152-for-507) career average against the two through five hitters compared to .259 (114-for-441) against the six through nine hitters.
LAST START: He had his fifth straight no decision in the A’s 7-6 loss at Cleveland last Wednesday…Oakland scored four times in the third to take a 4-0 lead but he gave three of those runs back in the bottom of the third on a Rosario two-run single and a Gimenez sacrifice fly…also allowed Naylor RBI single in the fifth and was relieved by Lucas Erceg to start the sixth with the scored tied 4-4.
