April 10th

On this day in Yankee history...



1913: In a game which features U.S. President Woodrow Wilson throwing out the first pitch, the New York Highlanders become the Yankees.  In their first outing under their new name, the Yankees lose to the Washington Senators 2-1, as future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson picks up the win for the home team. 

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1946: Bob Watson is born. 

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1982: The Yankees trade hard-throwing reliever Ron Davis and minor leaguers Greg Gagne and Paul Boris to the Minnesota Twins for infielder Roy Smalley. The trade breaks up the Yankees' devastating bullpen combination of Davis and Goose Gossage. 

1998: The Yankees draw the largest regular-season crowd ever at the renovated Yankee Stadium, as 56,717 attend the home opener against the A's. The Bombers then crush the club scoring mark by winning the 17-13 slugfest. Surprisingly enough, Tino Martinez' home run in the 3rd is the only roundtripper of the game.  

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2010: CC Sabathia flirts with a no-hit bid, before giving up a two-out single to the Rays' Kelly Shoppach in the 8th inning. Having reached his pitch count limit, he then exits the game, but is credited with the Yanks' 10-0 win. 

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2014:  As usual, sparks fly in the first meeting of the season between the Yankees and Red Sox. New York defeat Boston 4-1 behind the pitching of Michael Pineda, but Boston's broadcasters claim they have detected pine tar Pineda's pitching hand. The Yankee hurler dismisses the claim, saying it is just sweat mixed with dirt, while umpire Brian O'Nora states that nothing of concern was brought to his attention. 

    


                     http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2014/B04100NYA2014.htm 




2015: The Yankees and Red Sox lock horns in a 19-inning marathon, the game ending with the Red Sox coming out on top 6-5 at 2:13 AM. The game is further lengthened by a 16-minute delay caused by a power outage in the 12th inning at Yankee Stadium. Chase Headley forces extra innings with a homer off Edward Mujica with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, then David Ortiz and Mark Teixeira exchange solo homers in the 16th, and both teams score once in the 18th as well to further extend the game. Xander Bogaerts scores the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Mookie Betts, and this time Steven Wright in his fifth inning of relief work, keeps the Yankees from replying. 

                       http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2015/B04100NYA2015.htm