September 26th

On this day in Yankee history... 

1921: Babe Ruth  hits home runs number 57 and 58 plus a double and a walk to beat the Indians 8-7, increasing the Yankee lead in the pennant race to two games. George Burns (below) adds a triple and three singles for New York in the come-from-behind win. The Indians load the bases in the 9th inning but Steve O'Neill strikes out on a Carl Mays fastball in the dirt to end it. 

                         https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1921/B09260NYA1921.htm  








1925: Bobby Shantz is born. 

                                           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Shantz








1952: The Yankee clinch their 4th straight pennant, an 11-inning 5-2 win at Philadelphia behind Ed Lopat and Johnny Sain.  

   
                                https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1952/B09260PHA1952.htm 









1961: In the Yankees' 159th game, Roger Maris rips a Jack Fisher fastball into the short porch in right at the Stadium for his 60th home run of the season. New York beat Baltimore 3-2, though there are fewer than 8,000 fans on hand to witness the historic event.  

                       https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B09260NYA1961.htm     










1964: Behind rookie Mel Stottlemyre's two-hitter, the Yankees roll over the Senators 7-0 for their 11th win in a row. Stottlemyre leads the offense with a major league record-tying five hits, the last pitcher to collect that many and just the 8th pitcher this century to do so (Jim Callahan of the White Sox did it twice). With a single in his last at bat in his last game, he has had six hits in a row. 

                         https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B09260WS21964.htm      








1997: Four Yankee pitchers combine to one-hit the Tigers for an 8-2 win. Andy Pettitte starts and allows a two-run single to Travis Fryman in the 3rd inning, giving Detroit a 2-1 lead. Pettitte leaves after four frames and is succeeded by Brian Boehringer (3 innings), Mariano Rivera (1 inning), and Jeff Nelson (1 inning). Rivera receives credit for the win when New York explode for six runs in the 9th inning. 

                         https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1997/B09260DET1997.htm 







1998: The Yankees defeat the Devil Rays 3-1, giving David Cone his 20th win of the year. Cone sets a record for the most years (10) between 20-win seasons, having last won 20 for the Mets in 1988. Jim Kaat held the previous record at 9. Shane Spencer homers, his 6th in nine days and his 7th in the month, a Yankee rookie record. 

                         
                        https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09260NYA1998.htm      








2008: The Yankees thrash the Red Sox 19-8 on a rainy night at Fenway. Back-up shortstop Cody Ransom hits two homers, while Robinson Cano drives in 5 runs and Brett Gardner 4 more in the rout. Boston's loss means that Tampa Bay officially clinches the AL East division title. It is the first time since 1997 that neither Boston nor New York has won the AL East. The Rays had never won 70 games in a season before this year. 

                         https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B09260BOS2008.htm    








2009: CC Sabathia wins his 19th game, giving up one hit in seven innings in a 3-0 Yankee victory over Boston. Newly-appointed Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayor, a lifelong Yankee fan better known in baseball circles for her ruling that ended the 1994-95 strike, throws the ceremonial first pitch to Jose Molina. 

                      https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B09260NYA2009.htm   










2014: In a 4-0 loss to Tampa Bay, Mariano Rivera makes his final appearance at Yankee Stadium. 

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