NEW YORK — Here is the New York Yankees’ lineup vs. the Chicago Cubs at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night.
First pitch is set for 7:15 p.m. Yankees lefty Jordan Montgomery (1-1, 3.02 ERA) will face Cubs righty Matt Swarmer (1-0, 1.50 ERA).
1. Aaron Judge, DH
2. Josh Donaldson, 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Giancarlo Stanton, RF
5. Gleyber Torres, 2B
6. Aaron Hicks, CF
7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
8. Jose Trevino, C
9. Joey Gallo, LF
From the Yankees following Friday’s 3-2 win over the Cubs at Yankee Stadium:
• The Yankees recorded their seventh “walk-off” win of the season in extra innings…their seven “walk-off” wins are the most in the Majors (next: Baltimore-five)…improved to 4-1 in extra innings this season.
• Are 9-1 in their last 10G, 13-3 in their last 16G, 23-8 in their last 31G, 35-10 in their last 45G and 37-11 in their last 48G.
• Are 42-16 (.724) to start the season, the best record in the Majors…marks just the sixth time in franchise history the Yankees have won at least 42 of their first 58 games of a season (46-12 in 1939; 45-13 in 1928, ‘53, ‘98; 42-16 in 1942).
• Are just the sixth Major League team in the last 48 years (since 1975) to win at least 42 of their first 58 games of a season and just the eighth Major League team in the last 67 years since 1956 to do so…joined the 2001 Mariners (46-12), 1998 Yankees (45-13), 1984 Tigers (44-14), 2017 Astros (42-16), 1986 Mets (42-16), 1974 Dodgers (42-16) and 1970 Reds (42-16).
• Their current three-game set vs. the Cubs is their first Interleague series of the season…also marks their first series vs. the Cubs since 2017 and first series against the Cubs in the Bronx since 2014…are now 13-4 all-time vs. the Cubs in the regular season…are 9-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Cubs (since 6/18/11)…are 6-0 vs. the Cubs in the Bronx and 3-0 at the current Yankee Stadium.
• Are a season-high 26 games over .500.
• Are 24-7 (.774) in 31 games at home this season, the best home record in the Majors…are 21-4 in their last 25 home games…own a nine-game winning streak at home, tied for their third-longest winning streak at the current Yankee Stadium, trailing only a 12-game streak from 9/21/19-8/17/20 and an 11-game streak from 4/21-5/9/18…have also recorded nine-game streaks from 7/31-8/14/19 and 5/30-6/15/10.
• The Yankees have had 40 of their 58 games this season determined by 3R-or-fewer.
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