NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their nine-game road trip tonight with the second game of a three-game set at Atlanta (0-1 thus far)…are 2-5 on the road trip so far after going 1-2 at Chicago-AL, 1-2 at Miami and dropping their series opener at Atlanta.
Are in a stretch of playing 19-of-25 games on the road (8/7-9/3)…are 2-5 so far.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Braves, 11-3, on Monday at Atlanta…RHP Clarke Schmidt (2.1IP, 9H, 8ER, 2BB, 3K, 1HR, 1WP) took his seventh loss of the season after allowing a career-high 8ER…CF Harrison Bader (1-for-4, 1RBI) drove in a run with an RBI groundout in the first inning…3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa (3-for-4, R, 1RBI) led the team in hits and hit an RBI single in the second inning… SS Anthony Volpe (2-for-4, 1 double, 1 triple, 1RBI) hit an RBI triple in the ninth inning…DH Aaron Judge (2-for-4) and LF Oswaldo Cabrera (2-for-3, 1R, 1SB) each picked up multi-hit games…RHP Ian Hamilton (2.2IP, 2H, 3BB, 1K) tossed 2.2 scoreless innings of relief…RHP Albert Abreu (3.0IP, 4H, 3ER, 3BB, 2K, 1HR, 1WP) allowed 3ER in 3.0 innings of relief.
HAWAIIAN PUNCH: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa recorded 3H on Monday, including an RBI single in the second inning…marked his third game this season with at least three hits (also 4H on 5/30 at Seattle and 3H on 7/1-G2 at St. Louis)…has driven in a run in a career-high-tying four straight games (also 4G from 5/27-30/23 and 6/15-19/18 with Texas).
Is just the sixth player (seventh time) in franchise history and just the third Yankee in the last 110 years (since 1914) to make at least 70 starts in a season and appear defensively at 2B, 3B, SS and all three outfield positions…joins Randy Velarde (1992), Tony Kubek (1959), Roy Hartzell (1913), Birdie Cree (1909) and Wid Conroy (1905 and 1908).
As a Yankee (since 2022), has hit .331 (56-for-169) with 7 doubles, 1HR, 69RBI, 13BB, 1HP and 8SF with RISP…his .331 BA with RISP since 2022 is the fifth-highest in the AL during that span (min. 150PA).
Owns a six-game hitting streak (since 8/8)…is batting .360 (9-for-25) with 2R, 1 double, 6RBI, 1BB and 1SB over that span.
Has reached base safely in 17 of his last 18 starts (since 7/16), 26 of his last 29 starts (since 6/28) and 32 of his last 38 starts (since 6/4).
In his last 49 games (since 6/4), is batting .297 (41-for-138) with 23R, 5 doubles, 3HR, 21RBI, 19BB, 1HP, 3SF and 5SB.
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader is batting .343 (12- for-35) with 6R, 1 double, 4RBI, 3BB and 3SB in his last nine games (since 8/5).
Is batting .319 (23-for-72) with 14R, 4 doubles, 6RBI, 5BB, 1SF and 6SB in his last 21 games (since 7/22).
LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu owns a seven-game hitting streak (since 8/1)…is batting .360/.429/.440 (9-for-25) with 1R, 2 doubles, 1RBI and 3BB in that span.
Has reached base multiple times in four of his last five games (since 8/4) and 10 of his last 15 games (since 7/21).
Is batting .310/.402/.417 (26-for-84) with 7R, 6 doubles, 1HR, 2RBI and 13BB in his last 24 games (since 7/6), hitting safely in 20 of those games.
Has reached base in 24 of his last 26 games (since 7/4)… his .402 OBP in that span is the sixth-highest in the AL (min. 100PA)…has also reached base in 31 of his last 35 games (since 6/23).
As a Yankee (since 2019), has hit .312 (105-for-337) with 63R, 17 doubles, 4 triples, 12HR, 34RBI and 45BB in 89 Interleague games.
FAST AND FURIOUS: Yankees baserunners have recorded 8SB in their last six games (since 8/8) and 13SB in their last 12 games (since 8/2).
SEEING DOUBLE: Yankees batters have recorded double-digit hits in three of their last six games.
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge has hit .348/.531/.652 (8- for-23) with 5R, 1 double, 2HR, 2RBI and 9BB in seven games on the current road trip…has reached base in 17-of-32 plate appearances over that span…has reached base multiple times in seven of his last eight games (since 8/6), reaching base in 19-of-38 plate appearances over that stretch (8H, 11BB, .500 OBP).
In 10 career games vs. Atlanta, has hit .412/.512/.706 (14-for-34) with 8R, 1 double, 3HR, 3RBI, 7BB and 3SB.
Has reached base safely in 56 of his 65 games this season, batting .284/.416/.627 (64-for-225) with 50R, 11 doubles, 22HR, 45RBI, 53BB, 3SB and a 1.043 OPS.
Has hit .369/.504/.854 (38-for-103) with 27R, 8 doubles, 14HR, 26RBI, 29BB, 1SF and 2SB in 30 road games this year…has reached base safely in 28 of those 30 games.
Has reached base safely in 33 of his last 36 games (since 5/12)…is batting .303/.465/.738 (37-for-122) with 29R, 5 doubles, 16HR, 29RBI, 37BB and 1SB in that span.
Has reached base multiple times in 34 of his 65 games this year, including 23 of his last 38 games (since 5/10).
Has 11BB in his last eight games, 23BB in his last 21 games (since 5/29), 35BB in his last 33 games (since 5/15) and 40BB in his last 41 games (since 4/26).
Has hit .344/.432/.656 (22-for-64) with 14R, 2 doubles, 6HR, 12RBI, 10BB and 1SB in 17 Interleague games this season…has batted .312/.403/.636 (126- for-404) with 84R, 19 doubles, 2 triples, 36HR, 70RBI, 61BB and 9SB in 111 career Interleague games.
His .634 SLG and 1.038 OPS in Interleague play since 2017 are the highest in the Majors…his .404 OBP is also the fourth-highest in the Majors during that stretch.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: INF Anthony Volpe doubled and hit an RBI triple on Monday at Atlanta…according to Elias, he became the fifth Yankees rookie shortstop in franchise history to record a double and triple in the same game…joined Tom Tresh (5/20/62-G2 vs. Minnesota), Phil Rizzuto (7/6/41-G2 vs. Philadelphia-AL), Leo Durocher (5/29/28-G2 vs. Washington-AL) and Pee Wee Wanninger (6/5/25 vs. St. Louis-AL).
Has 6RBI in his last four games (since 8/11) and 11RBI in his last 12 games (since 8/2).
Each of his last four hits, eight of his last 15 hits and 12 of his last 25 hits have gone for extra bases (4 doubles, 2 triples, 6HR).
Is one of 10 Major League players this season to hit at least 16HR and record at least 20SB, joining Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. (26HR/55SB), Houston’s Kyle Tucker (22HR/24SB), New York-NL’s Francisco Lindor (22HR/20SB), Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. (22HR/34SB), Arizona’s Corbin Carroll (21HR/36SB), Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez (19HR/28SB), San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. (19HR/20SB), Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco (17HR/30SB) and Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich (16HR/25SB)…joins Carroll as the only rookies of the group to do so.
Ranks fourth among AL rookies in home runs (16) and RBI (47).
According to Sports Info Solutions, his 13 defensive runs saved this season rank second among Major League shortstops, trailing only Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco (15DRS)…has made just three errors in his last 61 games that he has appeared defensively (since 5/31) after making seven errors in his first 56 games (3/30-
5/30).
PEN PAL: RHP Ian Hamilton tossed 2.2 scoreless innings of relief on Monday at Atlanta…in 31 appearances (three starts) this season, is 2-1 with one save and a 1.87 ERA (43.1IP, 9ER) and 50K.
WALK IT OUT: Yankees batters have recorded 121BB since the All-Star break, the most in the AL and the second-most in the Majors, trailing only the Los Angeles Dodgers (124BB)…also rank fifth in the AL in OBP (.329) in that span.
ON A ROLL: OF Billy McKinney has reached base in each of his last seven games (since 8/6), batting .294/.458/.294 (5-for-17) with 4R, 2RBI, 6BB and 1SF in that span.
TONIGHT’S PITCHER: RHP LUIS SEVERINO (2-7, 8.06 ERA)
RHP Luis Severino will make his 15th appearance (14th start) of the season tonight at Atlanta…the 29-year-old will pitch on extended five days’ rest…last pitched on
Wednesday at Chicago-AL, making his first relief appearance of the season (following an opener), and took the loss after allowing 4ER over 2.0IP (5H, 1BB, 2K, 1HR)…
marked his first relief appearance since 9/30/21 at Toronto…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 APPEARANCE: Took the loss in the Yankees’ 9-2 defeat at Chicago-AL on Wednesday after allowing 4ER over 2.0 innings of relief following an opener (5H, 1BB, 2K,
1HR).
2023: Will make his 15th appearance (14th start) of the season tonight…is 2-7 with an 8.06 ERA (63.2IP, 57ER) in 14 games/13 starts this year…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in four starts this season and 3ER-or-fewer in six starts…eight of his 13 starts this season have come after a Yankees’ loss, including six straight starts from 5/27-6/24.
Took the loss in the Yankees’ 7-3 defeat vs. Houston on 8/4 after allowing 5ER over 4.0IP (5H, 3BB, 4K, 2HR, 1HP).
Took the loss on 7/30 at Baltimore after allowing a career-high 9ER over 3.1IP (10H, 2BB, 5K, 1HR, 1WP)…allowed 7ER in the first inning.
Earned his second win of the season on 7/23 vs. Kansas City (5.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 0BB, 5K, 2HR)…allowed all three runs via the HR (solo HR to Salvador Perez in the fourth inning and a two-run HR to Michael Massey in the sixth inning)…marked his sixth start with 3ER-or-fewer this season.
Did not record a decision despite allowing just 1ER over 6.0IP on 7/17 at Los Angeles-AL (6H, 3BB/1IBB, 3K, 1HR)…marked his fourth start this season with 1ER- orfewer allowed…surrendered his only ER on a solo HR by Matt Thaiss in the sixth inning.
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).
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).
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 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. ATLANTA/INTERLEAGUE: Will make his second career start vs. the Braves tonight…last faced the Braves on 8/29/15 in Atlanta, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings to earn the win (4H, 3BB, 5K)…was only his fifth career game and first vs. a National League opponent…also marked the first scoreless start of his career.
In five Interleague starts this season, is 0-2 with a 7.88 ERA (24.0IP, 21ER)…four of those five starts have come on the road.
In eight career appearances (seven starts) vs. the NL East, is 5-2 with a 2.28 ERA (43.1IP, 11ER) and 53K…has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in five of those seven starts,
including three scoreless starts.
In 20 career appearances (18 starts) against NL teams, is 8-4 with a 3.18 ERA (104.2IP, 89H, 45R/37ER, 31BB, 116K, 16HR, 2HP)…has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 13 of his 18 career Interleague starts.
The Yankees are 14-4 all-time in Interleague games that he has started.
ROAD RULES: Is 0-5 with a 9.89 ERA (33.2IP, 37ER) in eight road outings (seven starts) this season.
In 71 career games (60 starts) on the road, is 23-20 with a 3.94 ERA (354.1IP, 155ER) and 373K.
Has surrendered 3ER-or-fewer in 44-of-60 career starts on the road and 2ER-or-fewer in 34 of those starts.
ATLANTA BRAVES NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Braves and Yankees tonight continue a three-game series in what are the only scheduled meetings between the teams this season…The two are playing for the first time since the 2021 season.
- The Braves beat the Yankees, 11-3, last night to take the series-opener.
- Atlanta went 1-3 in four games between the teams in 2021, and the Braves have not won the season set with New York since 2001…In the now eight seasons they have played since then, starting in 2006, Atlanta is 9-18 (.333) against New York and has gone 0-6-1 in season sets.
- The Braves are just 17-26 (.395) all-time against New York since the advent of interleague play in 1997, their worst record against any A.L. team in that span (min. 15 games – Atlanta is 4-9, .308, against Houston since the Astros changed leagues)…The Braves and Yankees have met four times in the World Series, with Atlanta going 1-3 in these sets…The Milwaukee Braves won the title in 1957, before the Yankees won in 1958, 1996 and 1999.
- Atlanta is 3-2 versus New York here at Truist Park following last night’s win, sweeping two games in 2020 before being swept in two in 2021…The Braves are just 5-14 (.263) all-time against the Yankees in the city of Atlanta, and have just one series win here all-time.
- RH Bryce Elder has never faced the Yankees, nor has he pitched against a member of New York’s active roster…The 6-foot-2, 220-pound righthander is 8-4 with a .64 ERA (53 ER/131.0 IP) over 23 starts on the season, but is just 1-3 with a 7.94 ERA (25 ER/28.1 IP) over his last six starts.
- RH Luis Severino is set for his second career start against Atlanta and his first since August 29, 2015, his fifth career start in the majors…The 6-foot2, 218-pound native of Sabana de la Mar, DR, pitched 6.0 scoreless innings that night to earn the win…In 14 games, 13 starts, for the Yankees this season, he is 2-7 with an 8.06 ERA (57 ER/63.2 IP) and 56 strikeouts.
WIN: Atlanta collected 11 runs and 15 hits in the win, 11-3, over New York last night…The Braves moved to 27-12 (.692) in series-openers this season, including a 14-5 (.739) mark in such games at home.
- The Braves opened a nine-game homestand with last night’s game, and improved to 38-20 (.655) here at Truist Park this season…That is tied with the Dodgers for the best home record in the N.L., and trails just the Rangers (41-20, .672) for best in baseball.
- Four Atlanta players – Ronald Acuña Jr, Michael Harris II, Matt Olson and Marcell Ozuna – drew multiple walks in the game…The last time four Braves contributed multi-walk performances was April 10, 2016, when Gordon Beckham, Tyler Flowers, Freddie Freeman and Adonis García each drew multiple free passes.
ROSTER MOVES: The Braves today recalled INF Vaughn Grissom and OF Luke Williams to Atlanta, placed INF Ozzie Albies on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring, and optioned OF Forrest Wall to Triple-A Gwinnett.
- Grissom was recalled with a 36-game on-base streak with Triple-A Gwinnett that dates to June 28, during which he batted .351/.467/.545 with 17 multi-hit games.
- He is hitting .327/.412/.494 with a .906 OPS on the season, and his 32 doubles are just three short of tying Gwinnett’s single-season record of 35.
- Williams, who Atlanta claimed off waivers from the Dodgers on June 5, is a career .234/.291/.306 batter over parts of three major league seasons…In 48 games with the Stripers after being acquired, he batted .251 (47-for-187) with six homers.
BOTTOM OF THE LINEUP: Atlanta’s 7-8-9 hitters last night – Eddie Rosario, Orlando Arcia & Nicky Lopez – combined to go 7-for-14 with five runs, a double, a homer and eight RBI.
- On the season, the Braves’ 7-8-9 hitters are hitting .275/.332/.461 with a .793 OPS, all of which are best in the majors…Atlanta’s bottom of the lineup also leads the majors in hits (350), homers (55), runs (191), RBI (183), extra-base hits (125) and total bases (587).
- Atlanta’s .793 OPS from its 7-8-9 hitters would rank eighth in baseball among 1-2-3 hitters.
- As such, Ronald Acuña Jr. has 71 RBI from the leadoff spot for Atlanta and is on pace for 97…The modern-era franchise record for RBI from the top spot in the lineup is 78, done by Acuña Jr. in 2019.
- Nicky Lopez has made two starts for Atlanta since being acquired via trade from Kansas City, batting ninth in both, and is 7-for-10 with eight RBI…Per StatsPerform, he is the first player since RBI became an official stat to record at least seven hits and eight RBI in his first two starts with a team.
RUNS: Atlanta scored 11 runs in last night’s win, the 17th time this season the club has reached doubled-igits…That total is behind just the Rangers (23) and Cubs (18) for the most such games in baseball.
- Atlanta has scored six-or-more runs in 50.4% of its games this season, doing so a majors-most 60 times…That is the most such games in baseball this year, four more than the Dodgers…The Rangers (53) and Rays (51) are the only other teams to score six-plus runs 50 times this season.
- The Braves’ 695 runs this season are the most in baseball, 11 more than the second-place Rangers (684)…Texas has played one more game than Atlanta this season.
- Atlanta is on pace to score 954 runs this season, which would stand as a single-season franchise record for the modern era (since 1900)…The 2003 Braves hold the current mark with 907 runs.
Tonight’s Starting Pitcher – #55 Bryce Elder RHP
2023 Record: 8-5, 3.64 ERA • 2022 Record: 2-4, 3.17 ERA
vs. RHB: .243 (61-251), 7 HR • vs. LHB: .248 (60-242), 7 HR
Home: 4-1, 3.44 ERA (26 ER/68.0 IP) • Away: 4-3, 3.86 ERA (27 ER/63.0 IP)
Today’s Game
- Set to make his first career start against New York (AL) and 24th on the season.
- Elder has now lost consecutive games, allowing a combined 10 earned runs in 9.1 innings pitched.
- Elder has pitched to a 5.37 ERA since the beginning of June.
- Sported a 1.92 ERA in 11 starts prior to June 1.
- Elder’s 6.68 ERA with ROB is the eighth lowest in the NL among qualifiers.
- Opponents are hitting .216 against him with runners on base, the third lowest rate in the National League and sixth lowest in the majors (among QS).
- Owns a 22.4 left-on-base percentage.
- His groundball rate of 52.9% of balls put in play is the sixth highest in the majors among qualified starters.
- Has recorded an out on 59.9% of those grounders put in play.
- The average launch angle of balls put in play against Elder is 6.20; fifth lowest in the National League.
- Elder is pitching to a 2.94 ERA while holding opponents to a .237/.299/.370 line the first two times through the lineup.
- Conversely, owns a 6.27 ERA and hitters have a line of .268/.341/.423 the third time through the order and on.
- Is 9-5 with a 3.24 ERA over his last 28 games started after being recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett for the second time, dating to August 14, 2022.
- He has six starts in his career of at least 6.0 innings without allowing a run, the most such games in Braves franchise history (since 1900) in a player’s first 25 starts…Irv Young (1905), Clif Curtis (1909-’10) and Ian Anderson (’20-21) each had five such starts.
2023 Recap
- Named to the 2023 National League All-Star Team, his first selection.
- Joined Hall-of-Famer John Smoltz and Michael Soroka as the only starters in Atlanta-franchise history to make the All-Star team in their second year playing.
- Joined Hall-of-Famer John Smoltz, Shelby Miller and Julio Teheran as the only Atlanta-era pitchers, age 24 or younger to post a 2.40 ERA or lower through their first 15 starts to a season.
- Elder has 20 games of at least 5.1 innings pitched in 25 career starts; the most in Atlanta franchise history through as many games started.
- Elder’s 2.30 ERA through 20 career starts is the lowest in Atlanta franchise history to begin a career.
- His 117.1 innings pitched through his first 20 games started were the most by an Atlanta player to begin their career since Julio Teheran in 2011-13.
- His 30 earned runs allwed are also the fewest during that span.
- Elder has held opponents to one run or less in nine games this season while pitching at least 5.0 frames in every outing.
- His 13 appearances of at least 5.0 innings pitched while holding opponents to one run or less are the most through a player’s first 25 outings in Atlanta franchise history
