NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their six-game road trip tonight with the second game of a three-game set at Los Angeles-AL (0-1 thus far)…are 1-3 on the road trip after dropping two-of-three games at Colorado this past weekend and dropping their series opener at Los Angeles-AL…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).
Have lost seven of their last nine games (since 7/5) after winning seven of their previous 10 games (6/24-7/4).
The Yankees are 14-9 vs. the AL West this season, winning six of their seven completed series vs. the division.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Angels, 4-3, in 10 innings on Monday at Angel Stadium in their series opener…RHP Luis Severino (6.0IP, 6H, 1ER, 3BB/1IBB,
3K, 1HR) started and allowed just 1ER in 6.0IP in a no-decision…RF Oswaldo Cabrera (1-for-4, 1 double, 2RBI) hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning…2B
Gleyber Torres (2-for-4, 1RBI, 1SF) recorded his career-high sixth straight multi-hit game and drove in a run in the seventh with a sac fly…3B Oswald Peraza (1-for-1, 1R, 4BB, 1SB) reached base a career-high five times…LF Isiah Kiner-Falefa (1-for-2, 2BB) reached base three times…RHP Michael King (0.2IP, 1H, 2ER, 3BB, 2K, 1HR, 1HP) allowed a game-tying two-run HR to Shohei Ohtani in the seventh inning…RHP Ron Marinaccio (1.1IP, 1BB, 1K) stranded three inherited runners and tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief…LHP Nick Ramirez (1.2IP, 2H, 1R/0ER, 1BB, 3K) took his second loss of the year after allowing the automatic runner in the 10th inning to score.
WHERE’S WALDO: INF/OF Oswaldo Cabrera hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning on Monday at Los Angeles-AL…is batting .421/.542/.526 (8-for-19)
with 6R, 2 doubles, 4RBI, 4BB, 1HP and 1SB in his last 12 games (since 6/28).
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: INF Oswald Peraza batted leadoff in the starting lineup for the first time in his career on Monday at Los Angeles-AL and reached base a career-high five times…his 5TOB matched the most by a Yankee in a game this season (fifth time)…his 4BB were the most by a Yankee this season and the most since Aaron Judge drew 4BB on 9/27/22 at Toronto.
Has stolen a base in each of his last three games…is the third Yankee to steal a base in three consecutive games this year, joining Anthony Volpe (3/30-4/2) and Harrison Bader (5/28-6/20).
HAWAIIAN PUNCH: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa reached base three times on Monday at Los Angeles-AL…is batting .320/.410/.480 (16-for-50) with 10R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 9RBI,
9BBl, 1SB and 2SF in his last 17 games (since 6/22).
As a Yankee (since 2022), has hit .322 (49-for-152) with 5 doubles, 1HR, 59RBI, 10BB, 1HP, 3SH and 7SF with RISP.
LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu hit a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning on Monday at Los Angeles-AL…has hit safely in each of his last seven games, batting .385 (10-for-26) with 2R, 3 doubles and 1BB over that span (since 7/6). Has reached base in each of his last nine games (since 7/4) and 16 of his last 18 games (since 6/23).
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo is batting .364/.440/.470 (24-for-66) with 4 doubles, 1HR, 8BB and 1HP vs. left-handed pitchers this season…among Major League left-handed batters, owns the highest BA and OBP vs. left-handed pitchers…among all Major League hitters, ranks third in OBP (second in AL) and fourth in BA (first in AL) vs. left-handed pitchers.
Has batted .310/.402/.607 (26-for-84) with 20R, 7 doubles, 6HR, 19RBI and 12BB/1IBB in 24 career games vs. the Angels…has hit safely in 19 of those 24 games…in 11
career games at Angel Stadium, has hit .308/.400/.692 (12-for-39) with 11R, 3 doubles, 4HR, 10RBI and 6BB.
ALL ABOUT THAT BASE: INF Anthony Volpe has reached base safely in 14 of his last 18 games (since 6/25).
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres has recorded multiple hits in a career-high six straight games…is just the third Yankee in the last nine seasons (since 2015) to record multiple hits in six straight games, joining Didi Gregorius (6G from 6/24-7/3/19) and DJ LeMahieu (6G from 6/23- 30/19)…also matches the longest streak by a Yankee in the last 11 seasons since 2013 (fifth time: in addition to Gregorius and LeMahieu, Carlos Beltrán had a six-game streak from 7/28-8/3/14 and Robinson Canó had a six-game streak from 6/28-7/3/13)…is batting .481/.483/.556 (13-for-27) with 7R, 1 triple, 2RBI, 1BB, 1SF and 1SB over the streak.
With multiple hits tonight, would be the longest such streak by a Yankee in the last 11 seasons (since 2013) and the longest since Robinson Canó’s nine-game streak from 9/25-10/3/12…would also be just the seventh Yankee (ninth time) to record multiple hits in at least seven straight games in the last 68 seasons (since 1956)…would join Bernie Williams (10G from 8/9-20/02), Robinson Canó (9G from 9/25-10/3/12 and 8G from 5/26-6/2/10), Mike Easler (8G from 6/16-23/86), Derek Jeter (7G from 5/26-6/2/09 and 6/7-14/99), Alex Rodriguez (7G from 9/3-11/07) and Dave Winfield (7G from 4/8-14/88).
Has recorded multiple hits in seven of his last 10 games (since 7/4).
Leads the Yankees with 25 multi-hit games this year.
Owns an eight-game hitting streak (since 7/6), batting .429/.432/.486 (15-for-35) with 7R, 1 triple, 2RBI, 1BB, 1SF and 1SB over that span…marks his second-longest
hitting streak of the season, trailing only a 12-game streak from 5/20-6/2.
Has reached base in 30 of his last 33 games (since 6/8-G1).
Has hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games (since 6/29) and 15 of his last 18 games (since 6/25), batting .329 (24-for73) with 12R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR, 8RBI, 5BB, 2SB and 1SF over that 18-game stretch…since 6/25, is tied for second in the AL in hits.
Is batting .324 (24-for-74) with 10R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR, 7RBI and 4BB in the first inning this season.
FOR STARTERS: Yankees starting pitchers have allowed 2ER-or-fewer in five of their last seven starts, posting a 3.02 ERA (41.2IP, 14ER) in that span…have allowed just 1ER in three of their last five starts…have tossed at least 6.0IP in five of their last six starts.
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games (since 7/3), 10 of his last 14 games (since 6/28) and 12 of his last 17 games (since 6/24).
Is hitting .333/.375/.861 (12-for-36) with 3 doubles, 2 triples, 4HR, 14RBI, 2BB and 1HP vs. left-handed pitchers this season.
MAGIC EIGHT BALL: Yankees batters have recorded at least eight hits in each of their last six games (since 7/8), their second-longest such streak of the season, trailing only their eight-game streak from 5/2-10.
FAST AND FURIOUS: Yankees baserunners have recorded 3SB in their last two games and 5SB in their last five games after recording just 3SB in their previous 17 games from 6/21-7/8.
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP DOMINGO GERMÁN (5-5, 4.32 ERA)
RHP Domingo Germán will make his 18th start of the season tonight at Los Angeles-AL…the 30-year-old will start on extended eight days’ rest…last pitched on 7/9 vs. ChicagoNL and did not record a decision despite allowing just 2R/1ER in 6.0IP (1H, 3BB, 9K, 1HR)…threw the 24th perfect game in Major League history and the fourth in franchise history on 6/28 at Oakland (9.0IP, 9K)…was the first Major League pitcher to throw a perfect game since Seattle’s Félix Hernández on 8/15/12 vs. Tampa Bay…was the first Dominican-born pitcher to throw a perfect game…has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in nine of his last 12 starts…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)…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 31-26 with a 4.36 ERA (505.1IP, 245ER) and 521K in 109 career games (87 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: Made his 17th start of the season on 7/9 vs. Chicago-NL and did not record a decision despite allowing just 2R/1ER in 6.0IP (1H, 3BB, 9K, 1HR).
Did not allow a hit to his first 12BF and allowed just 1H to his 21BF (a solo HR to Seiya Suzuki in the fifth inning).
Has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in nine of his 17 starts…are tied for the third-most such starts in the Majors, trailing only Toronto’s Kevin Gausman (10) and Miami’s Braxton Garrett (10).
Recorded at least 9K for the third time this season (also 11K on 4/15 vs. Minnesota and 9K on 6/28 at Oakland).
VS. LOS ANGELES-AL: Will be making his fifth career appearance (third start) vs. the Angels tonight…has gone 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA (14.0IP, 4ER) and 12K in four career appearances (two starts) vs. Los Angeles-AL.
Last faced the Angels on 6/30/21 at Yankee Stadium and did not record a decision after allowing 3ER in 3.0IP (3H, 3BB, 2K, 1HR, 1HP).
Earned the win in his only career start at Angel Stadium on 4/23/19 (6.2IP, 4H, 1R/0ER, 1BB, 5K).
Has made three starts vs. AL West opponents this season, going 2-1 with a 5.79 ERA (18.2IP, 15H, 14R/12ER, 5BB, 17K, 5HR, 2HP)…in his last start vs. an AL West team on 6/28 at Oakland, threw the 24th perfect game in Major League history and the fourth in franchise history (9.0IP, 9K).
ON THE ROAD: Will make his ninth road start of the season tonight…is 3-1 with a 4.61 ERA (41.0IP, 21ER) and 35K in eight road starts this season.
The Yankees are 6-2 in his eight road starts this season.
In 56 career games (45 starts) on the road, is 17-14 with a 4.81 ERA (260.1IP, 139ER) and 250K.
Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 10 of his last 14 road starts (since 7/27/22), including 2R-or-fewer in nine of those starts.
2023: Will make his 18th start of the season tonight…is 5-5 with a 4.32 ERA (91.2IP, 44ER) and 92K in 17 starts this season.
On 6/28 at Oakland, threw the 24th perfect game in Major League history and the fourth in franchise history (9.0IP, 9K), joining David Cone (7/18/99 vs. Montreal), David Wells (5/17/98 vs. Minnesota) and Don Larsen (1956 World Series Game 5 on 10/8/56 vs. Brooklyn)…marked his first career complete game…struck out Brent Rooker
swinging in the first inning for his 500th career strikeout.
Allowed 1R-or-fewer in two straight starts from 6/4-10, marking the fifth time in his career he’s recorded consecutive such starts.
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).
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).
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 ANGELS NOTES:
LEADING OFF: Today, the Angels play the fifth (2-2) of nine games on a homestand to begin the second half of the season against the Houston Astros (1-2), New York Yankees (1-0; 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).
ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Angels earned their fourth walk-off win of the season last night on an RBI single by Michael Stefanic in the 10th inning.
HOME RUN STREAK: Angels enter tonight’s game with an active streak of 16 consecutive games hitting at least one home run…The streak is tied for the second-longest in franchise history…Only longer streak was 1 straight games from July 26 – Aug. 13, 1982.
LEAGUE LEADER: As a hitter, Shohei Ohtani leads the Majors in home runs (35), total bases (243), XBH (57), slugging percentage (.677) and OPS (1.068) and is tied for 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).
RECENT ROSTER MOVES: Yesterday 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 Sunday’s game, RHP Zack Weiss was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake.
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.): The Angels 2023 season series vs. NYY is tied 2-2 after Yankees took two of three games in the Bronx from April 18-20 and Angels won last night’s game.
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.
THE DAILY SHO: Shohei Ohtani has homered in three straight games for the Angels, which ties the longest streak of his career (sixth time)…No Japanese-born player has had a four game HR streak in MLB.
GETTING BACK TO .500: With a 47-48 record, the Angels are looking to get back to exactly .500 for a 13th time this season (previously 1-1, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, 14-14, 22-22, 30-30 & 45-45).
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.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – LHP PATRICK SANDOVAL
4-7, 4.41 ERA
Has allowed three-or-fewer earned runs in 11 of 16 starts this season
- TODAY’S GAME: Making 17th start of the season and eighth at home…Second start of 2023 vs. Yankees…Is in fifth Major League season with Angels…Made third Opening Day roster (also, 2020 & 2022).
- LAST TIME OUT: Did not factor in decision in last start on July 5 at San Diego after tossing 5.0 innings and allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits with four walks and five strikeouts.
- BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN: Earned the win on June 16 at Kansas City after tossing 7.0 scoreless innings…First scoreless start of the season and snapped streak of five straight starts with a losing decision.
- GET SETTLED: This season, 13 of 48 (27%) have come in the 1st inning and 16 (33%) in the 3rd inning.
- IN THE ARSENAL: This season, has thrown changeups 26.2% of the time and is holding opponents to a .191 (21/110) average with 33 strikeouts…Throws sliders 29.4%
of the time, with opponents batting .263 (30/114) against the pitch. - LEFT IN THE PARK: Since start of 2022, leads the American League with a 0.54 HR/9 innings rate… Has not allowed a home run to a left-handed batter since Aug. 13, 2021 (Kyle Tucker, HOU).
- GOOD NIGHT: This year, has a 3.29 ERA (54.2 IP – 20 ER) in night games, compared with a 6.39 ERA (31 IP – 22 ER) in day games….Last season, was 4-4 with a 2.50 ERA (72 IP – 20 ER) with 75 strikeouts in his 13 night starts, compared with a 2-5 record and 3.29 ERA (76.2 IP – 28 ER) in his 14 day games.
- VS. NEW YORK (A.L.): In two career starts vs. New York (A.L.), is 1-1 with a 5.73 ERA (11 IP – 7 ER) and 12 strikeouts…Took loss earlier this season on April 20 at Yankee Stadium (L; 4.0 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 6 BB, 5 SO)…Earned win in only other game vs. Yankees on Aug. 31, 2022 at Angel Stadium (7 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO).
- AT ANGEL STADIUM: In 39 career games (35 starts) at The Big A, is 5-17 with a 4.01 ERA (197.1 IP – 88 ER)…This season, is 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA (40.0 IP – 24 ER) in seven home starts…Last year, was 3-4 with a 3.31 ERA (70.2 IP – 26 ER) in 13 home starts…Has allowed three-or-fewer runs in 27 of 35 career home starts.
- HOME OPENER: Started Angels Home Opener on April 7 vs. Toronto…Tossed 6.0 innings and allowed one earned run…Marked second time starting Angels Home Opener (also, 2020 vs. Seattle).
- WINNING STREAKS: Loss on April 20 at Yankees snapped streak of three straight winning decisions (dating back to last season), which was longest streak of career.
