July 1st

On this day in Yankee history... 

1935: Yankee right fielder George Selkirk suggests that a cinder path 6 feet wide be installed in the outfield at the Stadium so that a player knows when he is nearing the wall.   

1941: Before 52,832 at the Stadium, Joe DiMaggio leads a sweep of the Red Sox, 7-2 and 9-2.  The second game is called after 5 innings. DiMaggio has 2 hits in the first game and one in the second to tie Willie Keller's league hitting streak of 44 games with the help of a difficult decision by the official scorer. Boston third baseman Jim Tabor makes a poor throw, but Joltin' Joe is given a hit by the New York World Telegram's Dan Daniel. The Yankees have 25 hits in the two games but fail to hit a home run in the first game, ending their streak of 25 consecutive games with at least one dinger. The previous record, set by the Tigers in 1940, was 17 games. 

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1950: At Fenway Park, Whitey Ford makes an inauspicious Yankee debut, allowing seven hits, six walks, and five earned runs over 4 2/3 innings of relief. The Red Sox roll 13-4, dropping the Bombers into 3rd place. 

                         http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B07010BOS1950.htm   




1951: Before 58,815 at the Stadium, the Yankees top the Red Sox 5-2 behind Eddie Lopat's 6-hitter. The win moves the Yankees ahead of the White Sox percentage points. Jerry Coleman homers off Mel Parnell, while Johnny Pesky connects for the Sox. Bobby Doerr singles for his 2,000th career hit. 

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1956: Mickey Mantle switch-hits home runs in the same game for the fourth time in his career. The Yankees win 8-6 over the Washington Senators.  

                               http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B07012NYA1956.htm   


1961: The Senators stake rookie Carl Mathias to 3-0 lead over the Yankees, but a Mickey Mantle solo shot a few feet left of the 456-foot sign in left at the Stadium puts New York on the board. The Nats up the score to 5-1, but Mantle then bangs a 3-run homer to make it 5-4 and knock out Mathias, who in his 11 major league games will give up three homers to Mantle. In the 9th, Roger Maris launches a two-run homer, his 28th, to give the Bronx Bombers a 7-6 victory. 

 
                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B07010NYA1961.htm  






1964: Nearly 5,000 cabbies and their families are on hand for 'Taxi Day' at Yankee Stadium, but the visiting Kansas City A's run up the meter to win 5-4 in 11 innings . 

                              http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B07010NYA1964.htm 




1990: Andy Hawkins throws the season's 6th no-hitter, but still loses 4-0 to the White Sox. With two out in the bottom of the 8th, the Yankees' Mike Blowers misplays Sammy Sosa'svroutine grounder for an error, and Hawkins walks two to load the bases. Outfielders Jim Leyritz and Jesse Barfield drop back-to-back fly balls to allow all four runs to score. Barfield loses Ivan Calderon's fly ball in the sun and the ball bounces off his mitt. Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt .45s was the last ML pitcher to lose a no-hitter, in 1964. 

  
                          http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/B07010CHA1990.htm    





2004: In the game of the year, the Yankees beat the Red Sox 5-4 in 13 innings. The score is tied at 3 after 9 innings and both teams have to wiggle their way out of many jams to keep it that way. In the 12th inning, the Red Sox place runners on second and third with two outs when Trot Nixon lifts a fly ball to shallow left field. Derek Jeter races out and catches the ball before diving headfirst into the stands and bloodying his face, forcing him to leave the game. In the top of the 13th inning, Manny Ramirez homers to give the Red Sox the lead, but the Yankees stage a two-out rally in the bottom half of the inning. Ruben Sierra singles, then comes around to score on Miguel Cairo's game-tying RBI double. Pinch hitter John Flaherty, the last man off the Yankees' bench, follows with a walkoff single to score Cairo. 

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2004/B07010NYA2004.htm  





2013: Andy Pettitte passes Whitey Ford for the most strikeouts in Yankee history when he records his 1,957th in the a 10-4 victory over the Twins. The win goes to reliever Joba Chamberlain, his first of the year, as he benefits from a three-run outburst off reliever Jared Burton in the 8th. The Yankees then add four runs in the top of the 9th as they end a five-game losing streak. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2013/B07010MIN2013.htm