July 2nd

On this day in Yankee history... 

1904: Highly-touted Highlanders rookie Walter Clarkson, considered one of the best pitchers in the college ranks in his days at Harvard, makes his major league debut. Clarkson, who also has two brothers in the majors, limits the Senators to eight hits, but the New York offense can manage only four, and Washington prevail 3-2. 

1912: Highlanders starter Russ Ford gives up two inside-the-park homers to Boston's Larry Gardner, but still prevails 9-7. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1912/B07020BOS1912.htm   






1931: Babe Ruth homers to drive in a run for the 11th consecutive game as the Yankees thrash the Tigers 13-1. The Bambino has collected 18 RBI during the string. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1931/B07020DET1931.htm   





1938: Hal Reniff is born. 

                     https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hal_Reniff  




1941:  On a sweltering day in front of 52,832 fans at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio breaks Wee Willie Keeler's 1897 ML record hitting streak of 44 with a three-run homer off Red Sox hurler Dick Newsome. 

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B07020NYA1941.htm  





1946: Before a Stadium crowd of 69,107, Spud Chandler walks nine Red Sox in the first 4 innings but takes a no-hitter into the 9th before Bobby Doerr hits a one-out single. The Yankees preserve a 2-1 win. 

                            http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1946/B07020NYA1946.htm   






1961: The Yankees hit five homers, including numbers 29 and 30 by Roger Maris and number 28 by Mickey Mantle, to roll over the Senators 13-4.   

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B07020NYA1961.htm  




1978: Ron Guidry wins his 13th consecutive game, the best start in Yankee history, in beating Detroit 3-2. With the Yankees down 2-0, Mickey Rivers' long drive to right is caught by a fan reaching down to take it away from Detroit's Mickey Stanley. The fan drops the ball and Stanley, waiting for an interference call, fails to retrieve it. Rivers motors for an inside-the-park homer, and New York tie the game at 2, eventually winning it. 

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B07021NYA1978.htm   





2007: Roger Clemens allows two hits in eight innings against the Twins en route to his 350th win in the major leagues, a 5-1 Yankee victory at the Stadium. The last pitcher to reach 350 victories was Warren Spahn in 1963. 

                         http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B07020NYA2007.htm   





2011: The Mets' Jose Reyes, leading the major leagues with a .354 batting average, injures his hamstring in the 2nd inning of today's game with the Yankees and is headed for the DL at a time when trade rumors are swirling around the soon-to-be free agent. The Mets also lose the game 5-2, as Bartolo Colon wins in his first start since returning from a hamstring injury of his own. Curtis Granderson homers for the Yanks. 

                            http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/B07020NYN2011.htm