NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their six-game road trip tonight with the first game of a three-game set at Los Angeles-AL (through Wed.)…are 1-2 on the road trip
after dropping two-of-three games at Colorado this past weekend…after an off day on Thursday, will return home for a five-game, six-day homestand vs. Kansas City (Fri.- Sun.) and New York-NL (7/25-26).
The Yankees are 14-8 vs. the AL West this season, winning six of seven series vs. the division.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Rockies, 8-7, in 11 innings on Sunday at Coors Field…RHP Gerrit Cole (6.0IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 11K, 1HR) started and recorded
his franchise-record 24th double-digit strikeout game with the Yankees…LF Isiah Kiner-Falefa (1-for-4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB) hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning…SS Anthony Volpe (0-for-4,1R, 1RBI, 1BB) drove in a run in the sixth with an RBI groundout…2B Gleyber Torres (2-for-6, 1R) recorded his career-high fifth straight multi-hit game… CF Harrison Bader (1-for-4, 1R, 1RBI, 1SF) hit a game-tying sac fly in the ninth inning…RF Oswaldo Cabrera (2-for3, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB) reached base a season-high four times and hit a go-ahead RBI single in the 11th inning…PR/3B Oswald Peraza (1-for-1, 1RBI) hit an RBI single in the 11th inning…Yankees relievers allowed 7R/6ER in 4.2IP (6H, 2BB, 4K, 3HR), matching their third-most runs allowed in a game this season…RHP Clay Holmes (0.1IP, 2H, 1ER, 1HR) allowed his first HR of the season, surrendering a go-ahead grand slam to C.J. Cron in the eighth inning…RHP Ron Marinaccio (0.0IP, 1H, 1ER, 1HR) took the loss after allowing a “walk-off” HR to Alan Trejo in the 11th inning.
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo has batted .329/.424/.646 (26-for-79) with 20R, 7 doubles, 6HR, 19RBI and 12BB/1IBB in 23 career games vs. the Angels…has hit safely in 19 of those 23 games…in 10 career games at Angel Stadium, has hit .353/.450/.794 (12-for-34) with 11R, 3 doubles, 4HR, 10RBI and 6BB…has 4HR in his last six games with an AB at Angel Stadium.
WHERE’S WALDO: INF/OF Oswaldo Cabrera reached base a season-high four times on Sunday…marked the third time in his career he has reached base at least four times in a game (also 5TOB on 9/16/22 at Milwaukee and 4TOB on 9/18/22 at Milwaukee).
Is batting .467/.600/.533 (7-for-15) with 6R, 1 double, 2RBI, 4BB, 1HP and 1SB in his last 11 games (since 6/28).
PEN PAL: RHP Clay Holmes surrendered a go-ahead grand slam to C.J. Cron in the eighth inning on Sunday, the first HR he has allowed this season…his 37.1IP entering Sunday’s game had been the fourth-most innings among Major League pitchers who had not surrendered a HR this year… his 39-game season-opening homerless streak was the seventh longest such streak by a Yankees pitcher to start a season (in terms of games)…had not allowed a run in 25 of his previous 27 games (5/6-7/15) entering Sunday’s game.
HAWAIIAN PUNCH: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning on Sunday… as a Yankee (since 2022), has hit .322 (49-for-152) with 5 doubles, 1HR, 59RBI, 9BB, 1HP, 3SH and 7SF with RISP.
Is batting .313 (15-for-48) with 10R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 9RBI, 7BB and 1SB in his last 16 games (since 6/22).
LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu has hit safely in each of his last six games, batting .360 (9-for-25) with 2R, 3 doubles and 1BB over that span (since 7/6).
Has reached base in each of his last eight games (since 7/4) and 15 of his last 17 games (since 6/23).
STANTON ISLAND: DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton has reached base safely in 14 of his last 16 games (since 6/24).
Has 16RBI in his last 15 games (since 6/25).
Has 6BB in his last six games (since 7/7) and 8BB in his last 10 games (since 7/2).
Has 4HR in his last five games.
18 of his 33 hits this season have gone for extra bases (7 doubles, 11HR).
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres has recorded multiple hits in a career-high five straight games…matches the longest such streak by a Yankee this season and is just the fourth Yankee to record as long of a streak in the last four seasons (since 2020), joining Anthony Volpe (5G from 6/27-7/1(G2)/23), Aaron Judge (5G from 8/23-28/21) and Giancarlo Stanton (5G from 8/3-7/21)…is batting .478/.500/.565 (11-for-23) with 7R, 1 triple, 1RBI, 1BB and 1SB over the streak…with multiple hits tonight, would be just the third Yankee in the last nine seasons (since 2015) to record multiple hits in six straight games…would join Didi Gregorius (6G from 6/24-7/3/19) and DJ LeMahieu (6G from 6/23-30/19).
Has also recorded multiple hits in six of his last nine games (since 7/4).
Owns a seven-game hitting streak (since 7/6), batting .419/.438/.484 (13-for-31) with 7R, 1 triple, 1RBI, 1BB and 1SB over that span…matches his second-longest hitting streak of the season (12G from 5/20-6/2 and 7G from 5/5-11).
Has reached base in 29 of his last 32 games (since 6/8-G1).
Has hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games (since 6/29) and 14 of his last 17 games (since 6/25), batting .319 (22-for69) with 12R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR, 7RBI, 5BB and 2SB over that 17-game stretch.
Is batting .315 (23-for-73) with 10R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR, 7RBI and 4BB in the first inning this season…is also hitting .295 (36-for-122) with 21R, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 4HR, 8RBI, 7BB, 1HP and 1SF in 29 games as the starting leadoff hitter.
COLE TRAIN: RHP Gerrit Cole recorded a season-high tying 11K on Sunday…marked his 24th double-digit strikeout game with the Yankees, surpassing Ron Guidry (23) for the most in franchise history…his 24th such game came in his 95th start with the club while Guidry recorded 23 double-digit strikeout games in 368 games (323 starts) with the Yankees.
Has recorded double-digit strikeouts in 45 games since the start of 2019, marking the most in the Majors over the span (next: Max Scherzer-29)…his 53 games with at least 10K since the beginning of 2018 are also the most in the Majors over that stretch (next: Max Scherzer-47).
Allowed just 1ER in 6.0IP on Sunday at Colorado…is now 9-2 with a 2.78 ERA (123.0IP, 38ER) and 134K in 20 starts this season…ranks third in the Majors in winning percentage (.818, second in AL) and innings pitched (first in AL), fifth in ERA (third in AL) and sixth in strikeouts (fourth in AL)…is tied for fifth in the AL in
wins and ranks eighth in the AL in opponents’ BA (.219).
Has allowed 2R-or-fewer in 15 of his 20 starts this season, tied with Chicago-NL’s Marcus Stroman for the most such starts in the Majors…has allowed oneor-zero earned runs in nine starts this season, tied for the third-most in the Majors, trailing only Toronto’s Kevin Gausman (10) and Miami’s Braxton Garrett (10).
His nine games with at least 8K this year are tied for the third-most in the Majors, trailing only Atlanta’s Spencer Strider (16) and Minnesota’s Pablo López (10).
Has tossed at least 6.0 innings in 15 of his 20 starts, tied for the most such starts in the AL and tied for the third-most such starts in the Majors, trailing only San Francisco’s Logan Webb (16) and Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola (16).
WHAT A RELIEF: RHP Ian Hamilton tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief on Sunday at Colorado…has not allowed an earned run in 17 of his last 20 appearances (since 4/13), going 1-0 with one save, a 1.54 ERA (23.1IP, 4ER) and 24K in that span.
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader has recorded 10RBI in his last 12 games (since 6/29) and 12RBI in his last 15 games (since 6/25).
Has hit safely in seven of his last nine games (since 7/3), nine of his last 13 games (since 6/28) and 11 of his last 16 games (since 6/24).
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP LUIS SEVERINO (1-4, 7.38 ERA)
RHP Luis Severino will make his 10th start of the season in tonight’s series opener at Los Angeles-AL…the 29-year-old will make the start on extended 10 days’ rest…last started on 7/6 vs. Baltimore and took the loss after allowing 7ER over 2.2IP (10H, 1BB, 3K, 1HR)…marked his shortest non-injury start since 9/5/18 at Oakland (also 2.2IP)…his 10H allowed matched his second-most allowed in a game in his career…his 7R allowed matched his third-most allowed in a start in his career…his 7ER matched his season high (also 7/1-G1 at St. Louis and 6/2 at Los Angeles-NL) and the second-most earned runs he’s allowed in a start in his career (trails only his 8ER on 8/12/17 vs. Boston)…missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…the two-time AL All-Star (2017, ’18) ranked third in the Majors in 2018 with 19 wins (19-8), tied for second-most by a Yankee in the last 14 seasons (since 2009) behind CC Sabathia (21-7 in 2010)…has two of the top-eight single-season strikeout totals in Yankees history (230K in 2017, 220K in 2018)…is one of four pitchers in Yankees history with multiple 200-strikeout seasons (also Gerrit Cole from 2021-22, David Cone from 1997-98 and Ron Guidry from 1978-79)…finished third in 2017 AL Cy Young Award voting…was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 12/26/11…signed to a four-year contract extending through the 2022 season with a club option for the 2023 season on 2/15/19…the Yankees exercised his club option for the 2023 season on 11/7/22.
LAST START: Took his fourth loss of the season on 7/6 vs. Baltimore after allowing 7ER over 2.2IP (10H, 1BB, 3K, 1HR)…marked his shortest non-injury start since 9/5/18 at Oakland (also 2.2IP)…his 10H allowed matched his second-most allowed in a game in his career (trailing only his 11H on 7/23/18 at Tampa Bay)…his 7R allowed matched his third-most allowed in a start in his career (trailing only his 10R allowed on 8/12/17 vs. Boston and 9R allowed on 7/1/23-G1 at St. Louis)…his 7ER matched his season high (also 7/1-G1 at St. Louis and 6/2 at Los Angeles-NL) and the second-most earned runs he’s allowed in a start in his career (trails only his 8ER on 8/12/17 vs. Boston).
2023: Will make his 10th start of the season tonight…is 1-4 with a 7.38 ERA (42.2IP, 35ER) and 37K in nine starts this year…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three starts this season and 3ER-or-fewer in four starts…seven of his nine starts this season have come after a Yankees’ loss, including six straight starts from 5/27-6/24…the Yankees are 4-5 in his starts this season.
Took his third loss of the season in Game 1 of a doubleheader on 7/1 at St. Louis after allowing 9R/7ER over 4.0IP (9H, 3BB, 2K, 2HR)…his 7ER matched a season high and tied his second-most ER in a game in his career (trails only his 8ER on 8/12/17 vs. Boston)…his 9R allowed were the second-most he’s surrendered in a game in his career (trails only his 10R allowed on 8/12/17 vs. Boston).
Recorded his first win of the season in the Yankees’ 1-0 victory on 6/24 vs. Texas, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings (5H, 2BB, 4K)…marked his first scoreless start of the season and first such start since 10/3/22 at Texas (7.0IP)…snapped a four-start streak with 4R-or-more allowed (6/2-18).
Took his second loss of the season in Game 2 of a doubleheader on 6/18 at Boston, allowing 4R/3ER over 5.0IP (7H, 3BB, 6K)…his 6K matched a season high (also 6K on 6/8-G1 vs. Chicago-AL).
Did not record a decision in the Yankees’ 7-6 win on 6/13 at New York-NL, despite allowing 6R/5ER over 4.2IP (7H, 3BB, 4K, 1HR, 1HP, 2BK).
Allowed at least 3HR in back-to-back starts on 6/2 at LAD and 6/8-G1 vs. CWS…marked just the third time in his career he allowed multiple HR in consecutive starts (also three starts from 7/7-23/18 and two starts from 5/3-8/16).
Did not record a decision in the Yankees’ 6-5 loss in Game 1 of a doubleheader on 6/8 vs. Chicago-AL despite allowing 4ER and a career-high-tying 3HR over 5.0IP (6H, 2BB, 6K, 1HP)…his 6K marked a season high.
Took his first loss of the season on 6/2 at Los Angeles-NL after allowing 7ER and a career-high-tying 3HR over 4.0IP (9H, 1BB, 2K)…marked his most ER in a game since he allowed a career-high 8ER on 8/12/17 vs. Boston…surrendered six of his seven ER in the first inning.
Did not record a decision on 5/27 vs. San Diego despite allowing just 2R/1ER over 6.2IP (1H, 3BB, 5K, 1HR)…surrendered his only hit on a solo HR by Fernando Tatis Jr. in the fourth inning.
Did not record a decision in his first start of the season on 5/21 at Cincinnati (4.2IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 0HR)…was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 15-day injured list on 5/21 prior to his start.
Allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three straight starts from 10/3/22-5/27/23, tied for the second-longest such streak of his career (trails only a five-start streak from 7/15-8/6/17…allowed 2ER-or-fewer in five straight starts from 9/21/22-5/27/23, tied for the second-longest such streak of his career (trails only a nine-start streak from 9/12/18-4/20/22).
Missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…combined to make two rehab starts with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (5/10) and Double-A Somerset
(5/16), posting a 4.05 ERA (6.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 2BB, 6K, 1HR).
VS. LOS ANGELES-AL: In four career starts vs. Los Angeles-AL, is 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA (23.0IP, 9ER) and 22K.
Last faced the Angels on 9/17/19 at Yankee Stadium, recording a no-decision after tossing 4.0 scoreless innings (2H, 2BB, 4K)…was his 2019 season debut and marked his first appearance since 9/25/18 at Tampa Bay.
Made his only appearance at Angel Stadium on 4/27/18, starting and recording a no-decision after allowing 3ER over 7.0IP (5H, 1BB, 8K, 1HR, 1WP).
In 24 career appearances (22 starts) vs. AL West teams, is 7-8 with a 3.74 ERA (127.2IP, 53ER) and 127K…has allowed 3R-or-fewer in each of his last six starts vs. the AL West (since 9/17/19) and in 14 of his last 15 starts vs. the division (since 7/20/17)…has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 16 of his 22 career starts vs. AL West clubs, including 2R-or-fewer in 12 starts, 1R-or-fewer in eight starts and five scoreless starts.
ROAD RULES: Will make his sixth road start of the season tonight…is 0-3 with a 9.27 ERA (22.1IP, 23ER) in five road starts this season…four of his five road starts this season have been vs. an NL opponent.
In 68 career games (58 starts) on the road, is 23-18 with a 3.70 ERA (343.0IP, 141ER) and 363K.
Has surrendered 3ER-or-fewer in 43-of-58 career starts on the road and 2ER-or-fewer in 33 of those starts.
From 4/7/17-6/26/18, recorded at least 6K in 23 consecutive road starts…at the time, was the fourth-longest streak in Major League history (Randy Johnson-33GS from 8/22/98-8/14/00; Pedro Martinez-28GS from 8/24/99-6/21/01 and Randy Johnson-25GS from 8/30/00-5/11/02)…was later surpassed by Shane Bieber (28GS from 4/27/19-/27/21)
LOS ANGELES ANGELS NOTES:
LEADING OFF: Today, the Angels play the fourth (1-2) of nine games on a homestand to begin the second half of the season against the Houston Astros (1-2), New York Yankees (July 17-19) and Pittsburgh Pirates (July 21- 23)…Angels went 0-5 on last road trip before the break against the Padres (0-3) and Dodgers (0-2)… Halos went 3-4 on last homestand against the White Sox (2-2) and Diamondbacks (1-2).
LEAGUE LEADER: As a hitter, Shohei Ohtani leads the Majors in home runs (34), total bases (236), XBH (55), slugging percentage (.665) and OPS (1.051) and is tied or the MLB lead in triples (6)…On the mound, he also leads the Majors in opponent batting average (.192) and is tied for fourth in strikeouts (139).
TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: Today the Angels recalled RHP Jimmy Herget and RHP Gerardo Reyes from Triple-A Salt Lake…In corresponding moves, RHP Chris Devenski (right hamstring strain) was placed on the 15-day injured list (retro to July 16) and following last night’s game, RHP Zack Weiss was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake.
SATURDAY NIGHT COMEBACK: Angels snapped a six game losing streak Saturday night (longest streak of season) with a 13-12 walk-off victory in 10 innings… Taylor Ward reached on a fielder’s choice with Trey Cabbage scoring the winning run on a throwing error by Grae Kessinger…Halos overcame a six-run deficit in the 7th inning and a three-run deficit in the 9th inning…Third walk-off win of the year for the Angels.
LATE COMEBACKS: Halos have four wins this season when trailing after eight innings, which is the highest total for the Club since 2017, when the Angels had five wins when trailing after eight frames.
VS. NEW YORK (A.L.): Yankees lead the 2023 season series 2-1 after taking two of three games in the Bronx from April 18-20.
ESTÉVEZ ENDING: Carlos Estévez is pitching to a 2.19 ERA (36 IP – 9 ER) and has converted all 21 of his save opportunities this year…He set the franchise record for consecutive save chances converted to begin a season (previously Lee Smith converted his first 19 chances in 1995)…The only player in Angels history with a longer save streak without a blown save at any point in a season is Francisco Rodriguez (25 game streak in 2008 and a 22 game streak spanning 2005-06).
THE INJURED LIST: Angels currently have 16 players on the injured list and have used the IL a total of 25 times this year for 23 different players…The 16 players currently on the IL are the most in the Majors.
FIRST HALF HR KING: Shohei Ohtani was the Major League home run leader at the All-Star Break for the second time in his career (also, 2021)…According to ELIAS, he is the fourth player since 2000 to lead MLB in homers at the Break in multiple seasons, joining Barry Bonds, José Bautista and Aaron Judge.
SHO OFF: Friday night, Shohei Ohtani made his 18th career pitching start (fourth this season) for the Angels while also leading the Majors in home runs as a batter…In 2021 he became the first player with multiple pitching starts in a season while leading Majors in homers since Babe Ruth in 1919.
RECENT ROSTER MOVES: On Friday, the Angels reinstated LHP Matt Moore and INF Zach Neto from the injured list, recalled INF Michael Stefanic from Triple-A Salt Lake and selected the contract of INF Trey Cabbage…In corresponding moves, INF Anthony Rendon (left shin contusion) and OF Jo Adell (left oblique strain) were placed on the 10-day injured list, RHP Sam Bachman (right shoulder contusion) was placed on the 15-day injured list and INF David Fletcher was outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – RHP GRIFFIN CANNING
6-4, 4.62 ERA
In last eight starts, is 4-2 with a 3.63 ERA (44.2 IP – 18 ER)
- TODAY’S GAME: Making 15th start of the season and seventh at home…Second start of 2023 vs. Yankees…Is in fourth Major League season with Angels.
- SUPPORTED: Leads the Majors (min. 60 IP) with an average of 8.27 runs of support per nine innings.
- CURRENT TRENDS: Has allowed three-or-fewer earned runs in 10 of 14 starts this season, including seven of last nine appearances…In last eight games, is 4-2 with a 3.63 ERA (44.2 IP – 18 ER).
- LAST TIME OUT: Took the loss in last start on July 7 at Dodgers after tossing 2.2 innings and allowing four earned runs on five hits with one walk and zero strikeouts
- VS. NEW YORK (A.L.): Is 0-0 with a 3.38 ERA (5.1 IP – 2 ER) in one career game vs. NYY…Did not factor in decision in only previous start of career vs. Yankees on April 19, 2023 at Yankee Stadium after tossing 5.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts
- AT ANGEL STADIUM: In 30 career games (28 starts) at Angel Stadium, is 12-7 with a 4.79 ERA (146.2 IP – 78 ER)…This season, is 3-2 with a 5.12 ERA (31.2 IP – 18 ER) following first six starts at home…As a starter, is 11-6 with a 4.49 ERA (142.1 IP – 71 ER) at home…Has allowed three-or-fewer runs in 20 of 28 home starts (10 are quality starts).
- SEVEN SCORELESS: Earned win on May 23 vs. Boston after tossing a season-high 7.0 scoreless innings; matched longest scoreless appearance of career (also, 7.0 shutout frames on May 18, 2019 vs. KC).
- FOURTH FRAME: Has yielded 15 of 39 (38%) runs this season in the 4th inning.
- GETTING AHEAD: Recorded a first pitch strike on 61.1% (189/310) of his batter faced this season.
- UNFAMILIAR FOES: In his career as a starter, has held opponents to a .212 average (91/429) in opposing batter’s first plate appearances of a game.
- STREAK SNAPPED: Loss on June 30 snapped career high streak of four consecutive winning decisions (previously won three straight decisions from June 9, 2021 – May 4, 2023).
- OVER SEVEN HITS: Allowed career high nine hits in start on May 17 at Baltimore…Was first time allowing more than seven hits in his career…Streak of 46 straight starts with seven-or-fewer hits allowed was second-longest in Angels history (Rickey Clark had a 50 game streak between the 1967-1971 seasons).
- HE’S BACK: Made season debut on April 12 vs. Washington; first Major league appearance July 2, 2021…Missed Angels first 11 games of the season on injured list with a left groin strain…Spent entire 2022 season and final two months of 2021 season on IL with a low back stress reaction.
