SAN DIEGO PADRES NOTES:
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NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their six-game homestand today with the second game of a three-game set vs. San Diego (0-1 thus far)…are 1-3 on the homestand after dropping two-of-three games vs. Baltimore and their series opener against San Diego…after this homestand, will embark on a six-game road trip to Seattle (Mon.-Wed.) and Los Angeles-NL (6/2-4).
At 30-23 (.566), have the fifth-best record in the AL.
Have lost three straight games after winning a season-high five straight games…marks just the third time this season they have lost three straight games (also 4G from 4/28-5/1 and 3G from 4/23-25).
Have lost three straight games at home for the first time this season and for the first time since 8/18-20/22.
Are still 7-4 in their last 11 games, 9-5 in their last 14 games and 12-6 in their last 18 games.
Are 15-8 (.652) in their last 23 games (since 5/2), tied with San Francisco for the second-best record in the Majors in that span, trailing only Texas (15-7, .682).
Have won or split four of their last five completed series (since 5/8), five of their last seven completed series (since 5/1) and 11 of their 16 completed series this season (going 9-5-2).
Each of their last three wins and nine of their last 15 wins have been come-from-behind wins.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Padres, 5-1, in their series opener on Friday at Yankee Stadium…RHP Randy Vásquez (4.2IP, 4H, 2ER, 3BB, 6K, 1HR, 2HP) made his Major League debut and took the loss after allowing 2ER in 4.2IP…1B Anthony Rizzo (2-for-4, 1RBI) collected the
Yankees’ only multi-hit game and drove in the club’s only run with an RBI groundout in the sixth inning…RF Aaron Judge (1-for-4, 1 double) doubled in the sixth inning to extend his on-base streak to 13 games…marked the Yankees’ only extra-base hit…SS Anthony Volpe (1-for-4) snapped an 0-for-14 stretch with a single in the seventh inning…2B Gleyber Torres (1-for-4, 1R) scored the club’s only run…RHP Ron Marinaccio (1.1IP, 1H, 2ER, 1BB, 1K, 1HR, 1HP) allowed 2ER in 1.1 innings of relief…RHP Ryan Weber (3.0IP, 4H, 1ER, 3K) allowed 1ER in a season-high 3.0 innings of relief.
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo collected the Yankees’ only multi-hit game on Friday and drove in the club’s only run with an RBI groundout in the sixth inning… is batting .343/.387/.600 (24-for-70) with 13R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 16RBI, 4BB and 1HP in his last 17 games (since 5/8).
Is third in the AL and tied for seventh in the Majors in hits (60)…also ranks sixth in the AL in BA (.305), tied for sixth in the AL in multi-hit games (16) and seventh in OBP (.378) and OPS (.891).
Has multiple hits in four of his last seven games and 11 of his last 22 games.
Has hit .308/.392/.527 (62-for-201) with 28R, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 8HR, 30RBI, 22BB, 7HP, 2SF and 7SB in 54 career games vs. San Diego…his .308 BA vs. San Diego marks his second-highest batting average vs. any single opponent in his career (.329 BA vs. Los Angeles-AL)…since 2018,
has batted .440/.482/.747 (33-for-75) with 12R, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 4HR, 20RBI, 3HP, 1SF and 1SB in 20 games vs. the Padres.
Has 8RBI in his last seven games (since 5/19), 11RBI in is last 11 games (since 5/14), 14RBI in his last 13 games (since 5/12) and 17RBI in his last 18 games (since 5/7).
Has reached base in 25 of his last 28 games and 44 of his 51 games this season.
Has reached base in 27-of-29 games at home this season, hitting .367/.435/.633 (40-for-109) with 20R, 5 doubles, 8HR, 20RBI, 11BB, 3HP and 1SF in those games…has hit safely in 25-of-29 home games…among Major League batters at home, ranks third in BA (first in AL), fourth in OPS (1.069, third in AL), tied for fourth in HR (tied for fourth in AL), sixth in OBP (second in AL) and eighth in SLG (fifth in AL).
CALENDAR DAYS: Despite going homerless in their last two games, the Yankees are still tied with Atlanta for the most home runs during the month of May (44HR in 24 games)… are also tied for fifth in runs scored (124), rank sixth in SLG (.456) and tied for sixth in runs scored per game (5.17).
NATIONAL TREASURE: The Yankees are 7-3 in 10 Interleague games this season…have won each of their three completed series vs. NL opponents this season. Their current three-game set vs. the Padres marks their first series against San Diego since 5/27-29/19…are 11-8 all-time vs. San Diego and 7-3 against the Padres in the Bronx.
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres has batted .313 (15-for48) with 9R, 3HR, 6RBI, 3BB, 1HP and 1SF in his last 12 games (since 5/14).
Has reached base in 20 of his last 21 games (since 5/5), batting .298/.358/.524 (25-for-84) with 17R, 4 doubles, 5HR, 15RBI, 8BB, 1HP and 2SF in that span…has also reached base in 30 of his last 34 games (since 4/20) and 33 of his last 38 games (since 4/15).
Has multiple hits in three of his last six games, four of his last eight games and five of his last 10 games.
BRONX BOMBERS: The Yankees have been held homerless in consecutive games for just the third time this season (also three games from 4/28-30 and two games from 4/24-25)… their 78HR this season are still the second-most home runs in the AL and the fourth-most in the Majors.
Were held to just one run for their second straight game on Friday…prior to this two-game stretch, had scored at least 6R in four of their previous five games and at least 4R in each of their previous six games.
Prior to their two-game homerless stretch, had hit multiple home runs in each of their previous six games… have still hit multiple home runs in 11 of their previous 14 games (since 5/12), 15 of their last 19 games (since 5/7) and 17 of their last 23 games (since 5/2).
LEMACHINE: As a Yankee (since 2019), INF DJ LeMahieu has hit .322/.402/.496 (89-for-276) with 56R, 12 doubles, 3 triples, 10HR, 29RBI, 35BB, 4SB, 3HP and 2SF in 72 Interleague games…is the second-highest batting average (min. 100PA) by a Yankee in the history of Interleague play, trailing only Carlos Beltrán’s .326 BA.
GOT YOUR NUMBER: INF Anthony Rizzo has hit .412/.483/.627 (21-for-51) with 2 doubles, 3HR, 4BB and 4HP in his career off RHP Michael Wacha…INF DJ LeMahieu has hit .389/.368/.556 (7-for-18) with 3 doubles in his career off Wacha.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP LUIS SEVERINO (0-0, 1.93 ERA)
RHP Luis Severino will make his second start of the season today vs. San Diego…the 29-year-old will make the start on extended five days’ rest due to Monday’s team off day…made his first start of the season on Sunday at Cincinnati and did not record a decision (4.2IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 0HR)…was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 15-day injured list on Sunday prior to his start at Cincinnati…missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…went 7-3 with a 3.18 ERA (102.0IP, 72H, 37R/36ER, 30BB, 112K, 14HR) in 19 starts for the Yankees in 2022…allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 15 of his starts, 2ER-or-fewer in 12 of those starts and one-or-zero earned runs in nine of those games…missed 59 team games in 2022 with a low grade right lat strain (7/14- 9/20)…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.
2023: Will make his second start of the season today…did not record a decision in his first start of the season on 5/21 at Cincinnati (4.2IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 0HR).
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 and
Double-A Somerset, posting a 4.05 ERA (6.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 2BB, 6K, 1HR).
Posted a 9.00 ERA (15.0IP, 15ER) and 23K in five spring starts before being his scratched from his final spring start due to injury.
VS. SAN DIEGO/INTERLEAGUE: Will make his first career start vs. the Padres…will mark his first career start vs. an NL West opponent.
Made his first and only career appearance vs. an NL West club on 9/14/16 vs. Los Angeles-NL at Yankee Stadium…tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in relief (1H, 1K).
Went 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA (19.0IP, 17H, 6ER, 4BB, 20K, 4HR) in four starts against NL opponents in 2022, with the Yankees going 4-0 in those games.
In 16 career appearances (14 starts) vs. NL teams, is 8-2 with a 1.79 ERA (85.1IP, 63H, 21R/17ER, 21BB, 103K, 9HR, 1HP, 4WP)…has recorded at least 6.0IP with at least 8K in seven of his 14 career Interleague starts…has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 12 of his 14 starts.
The Yankees are 12-2 all-time in Interleague games that he has started.
WELCOME TO MY HOUSE: Will make his first home start of the season today…is 27-14 with a 3.46 ERA (317.1IP, 122ER) and 365K in 59 games (54 starts) in his career at Yankee Stadium…the Yankees are 34-9 in his home starts since the start of 2017…since 2018, has gone 15-3 with a 2.71 ERA (152.2IP, 46ER) and 186K in 27 home starts, with the Yankees going 23-4 in those games.
In 10 home starts in 2022, went 4-1 with a 3.14 ERA (51.2IP, 18ER) and 63K…allowed 3R-or-fewer in eight of the 10 starts, 2R-or-fewer in six of the starts and 1R-or-fewer in five of those starts.
Including the postseason, is 19-5 with a 3.06 ERA (194.1IP, 66ER) and 238K in his last 36 starts at home (31 regular season and five postseason), dating back to 9/3/17…has allowed more than 2R just 12 times in that stretch…the Yankees are 30-6 in those starts.
His 1.11 HR/9.0IP ratio (31HR/251.2IP) at Yankee Stadium is the lowest by a current Yankees pitcher since 2017 (min. 100.0IP).
START ME UP: The Yankees are 60-26 in his 86 starts since 2017…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in 41-of-86 starts (47.7%) since the beginning of 2017.
From 7/8/17-7/12/18, the Yankees went 31-4 in his 35 starts, the first time the Yankees won at least 31 games in a pitcher’s 35-start span since going 31-4 over 35 Ron Guidry starts from 8/10/77-8/15/78
