MLB.com is keeping track of a Stat of the Day for the Yankees this season, highlighting a unique, interesting or fun nugget from each game.

April 30: Yankees 10, Tigers 0 -- Cole enters club record book
Gerrit Cole is only six starts into the season, and already the ace is on the verge of making franchise history. Cole's four starts with at least 10 strikeouts and no walks are tied for the most by a Yankee in a single season, joining Mike Mussina, who recorded four such starts in 2001. Cole also became the first Yankee in franchise history to record three straight games with at least 10 strikeouts and no walks.

April 29: Orioles 4, Yankees 3 (10 innings) -- Run, Gardy, run
Brett Gardner singled in the fifth inning and scored on Rougned Odor’s two-run single, but it wasn't any ordinary run. It was his 901st career run, pushing Gardner past Jorge Posada for sole possession of 18th place on the Yankees’ all-time list. Expect Gardner to keep climbing, too, as he needs only one more to tie Tommy Henrich for 17th place.

April 28: Yankees 7, Orioles 0 -- Home run, party of three
With Mike Ford’s solo shot, Gio Urshela’s three-run blast and Clint Frazier’s first homer of 2021, the Yankees have hit multiple home runs in five of their last six games (14 homers total) and are 4-2 in such contests. The Yanks will need to keep swinging for the fences because they are also 0-6 in games where they did not hit a home run so far this season.

April 27: Yankees 5, Orioles 1 -- Supreme sacrifice
Gio Urshela's first-inning sacrifice fly was the Yankees' first of the season, coming in their 23rd game. They were the only remaining MLB team without a sac fly this season. Dating back to last season, New York went a franchise-record 30 regular-season games without a sac fly.

April 26: Orioles 4, Yankees 2 -- Not-so-Charmed City
The Yankees had won 18 consecutive games at Camden Yards before dropping their final three contests there in 2020, a string that extended into the new season. The four-game slide is the Yankees' longest in Baltimore since they dropped four straight games from Oct. 3, 2015, to May 3, 2016.

April 25: Indians 7, Yankees 3 -- Urshela, Ford bring 90s back
Gio Urshela and Mike Ford hit back-to-back home runs off Triston McKenzie in the fourth inning on Sunday at Cleveland. It marked the first time that the Yankees hit consecutive homers off Cleveland pitchers since Sept. 18, 1999, when Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill hit consecutive homers off Charles Nagy.

April 24: Yankees 2, Indians 1 -- Another big game for Cole
Cole has racked up almost too many strikeout-related stats to count at this point. His 14 straight starts with seven or more whiffs is the fourth longest streak in American League history, trailing only Shane Bieber (19 and counting), Pedro Martinez (15) and Nolan Ryan (15). Here's one bonus fact for you: Cole has 35 games with double-digit strikeouts since 2018, tied with Max Scherzer for most in the Majors.

April 23: Yankees 5, Indians 3 -- Long time coming for Luetge
Lucas Luetge earned the victory for the Yankees. It was the lefty's first win in the Majors since Sept. 4, 2013. Per Elias Sports Bureau, the span is the longest since Rafael Dolis went 3,036 days (8 years, 114 days) between consecutive wins from May 6, 2012 to Aug. 28, 2020.

April 22: Yankees 6, Indians 3 -- Higashioka's first non-East HR
Kyle Higashioka's eighth-inning leadoff home run was the first of his career against an opponent not in the American League East or National League East. The Yankees catcher has slugged 13 career homers -- five against the Blue Jays, three against the Orioles, two against the Braves, two against the Red Sox and now one against the Indians.

April 21: Braves 4, Yankees 1 -- Not such a high-five
The Yankees were held to five hits or fewer for a fifth consecutive game. The only other times that has happened in franchise history within a season was in 1908 (six games) and 1973 (five games).

April 20: Yankees 3, Braves 1 -- Gio hits 'em in the clutch
Gio Urshela has a knack for hitting homers when the Yankees need them most. Twelve of his 29 home runs with the Yankees have either tied the game (seven) or have given the Yankees the lead (five), including four of his past five. The Yankees are 20-7 in games in which Urshela homers, including 13-3 in his past 16 such games (since Aug. 4, 2019).

April 18: Rays 4, Yankees 2 -- Cole a strikeout machine
Gerrit Cole struck out 10 Rays on Sunday, giving the ace right-hander 39 strikeouts this season. That is the most by any Yankees starter through his first four starts of a season, surpassing Masahiro Tanaka, who had 35 in 2014. Luis Severino (2017) and Mike Mussina (2003) are tied for third, with 33.

April 17: Rays 6, Yankees 3 -- LeMahieu solid at the plate
DJ LeMahieu collected a pair of singles on Saturday, marking his 85th multi-hit game since joining the Bombers in 2019. Those are the most multi-hit games in the Majors over that span (the Royals' Whit Merrifield entered Saturday with 84).

April 16: Rays 8, Yankees 2 -- King stays scoreless
Michael King tossed three scoreless innings of relief in Monday's 8-2 Yankees loss, and he has now pitched nine scoreless innings this season. He is the third Yankees reliever to throw at least three scoreless innings in each of his first two appearances of a season, joining Al Gettel (1945) and Al Downing (1967).

April 14: Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4 -- Bad fortune with double plays
After their game on Wednesday against the Blue Jays, the Yankees led the Major Leagues in grounding into the most double plays with 15. DJ LeMahieu had the most on the team, with three entering Friday's action against the Rays.

April 13: Blue Jays 7, Yankees 3 -- Stanton's 120 mph single
Giancarlo Stanton connected for a two-run single in the eighth inning on Tuesday against the Blue Jays, with a measured exit velocity of 120 mph, according to Statcast. It was Stanton's ninth batted ball with an exit velocity of 120 mph or greater since Statcast's inception in 2015. Gary Sánchez and Aaron Judge are the only other Major Leaguers with batted balls at 120 mph or greater (one each).

April 12: Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1 -- Higgy swings into record books
Kyle Higashioka went deep twice, establishing his place as the first catcher in Major League history to have three multihomer games within his first dozen career homers.

April 11: Yankees 8, Rays 4 -- LeMahieu extends hit streak vs. TB
DJ LeMahieu doubled in the third inning on Sunday and has hit safely in 23 consecutive regular-season games vs. the Rays, tying Manny Ramirez (23 games, 2002-03) and Luis Castillo (23 games, 1999-2003) for the second-longest such streaks in history. Only Ivan Rodriguez (27 games, 1998-2000) had a longer streak against Tampa Bay.

April 10: Rays 4, Yankees 0 -- Germán on wrong end of history
Domingo Germán has allowed at least one homer in 12 consecutive starts dating back to July 18, 2019, tying Iván Nova (Sept. 28, 2015-June 27, 2016) and Phil Hughes (April 8-June 9, 2012) for the second-longest streak in Yankees history. The only longer streak is Dennis Rasmussen (14) in 1986.

April 9: Rays 10, Yankees 5 -- DJ continues hot streak vs. Rays
DJ LeMahieu extended his hit streak against Tampa Bay to 21 games on Friday, knocking a ground-rule double and a home run. That's the longest hit streak for any Yankee against the Rays, passing Derek Jeter (20 games; April 7, 2004, through May 3, 2005).

April 7: Orioles 4, Yankees 3 (11) -- Strikeouts galore
Yankees pitchers struck out 17 batters in the series finale vs. Baltimore, their most since a Sept. 24, 2019, contest at Tampa Bay (also 11 innings). That gives the Bombers' staff 73 strikeouts, their most ever through six games of a season.

April 6: Yankees 7, Orioles 2 -- Cole's stretch best of any Yankee
Gerrit Cole has recorded at least seven strikeouts in each of his last 11 regular-season starts, the longest such stretch by a Yankees pitcher. The previous mark was seven, achieved five times, most recently by Nathan Eovaldi from Aug. 19, 2015 to April 20, 2016.

April 5: Yankees 7, Orioles 0 -- Chapman's 2-K streak
Aroldis Chapman has long wielded one of the Majors' most intimidating fastballs, and refining a splitter has only increased his potency as a strikeout machine. Chapman has recorded at least two strikeouts in each of his last 10 appearances (since Sept. 3, 2020), extending a personal record and claiming a franchise mark for relievers. Chapman surpassed Dellin Betances (April 17-May 10, 2014), Mariano Rivera (June 4-July 2, 1996) and Lindy McDaniel (July 27-Aug. 29, 1973), each of whom recorded nine such games.

April 4: Blue Jays 3, Yankees 1 -- King does what no Yanks reliever has in over 30 years
Michael King may not have earned the win, but he did everything he could for the Yankees on Sunday with six shutout innings, in which he allowed only one hit, struck out three and retired the final 16 batters he faced. He became the first Yanks reliever to retire 16 or more consecutive batters since Neil Allen (May 31, 1988, vs. Oakland), per the Elias Sports Bureau. And King managed to do it in just his 11th outing as a big leaguer.

April 3: Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3 -- Sánchez part of exclusive club
Gary Sánchez hit a fourth-inning home run off the Blue Jays' Ross Stripling on Saturday, joining Elston Howard (1963) as the only Yankees catchers to homer in their first two games of a season. Howard hit 28 homers in 1963, going on to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award.

April 1: Blue Jays 3, Yankees 2 -- Yanks' Opening Day HR streak
The Yankees have had a player homer in his first plate appearance of the season on each of the last four Opening Days: Giancarlo Stanton in 2018, Luke Voit in 2019, Stanton in 2020 and Gary Sánchez in '21.