On this day in Yankee history...
1939: Prior to the first game of a doubleheader with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, a mass of Japanese beetles forms in front of the home dugout. Although over 5000 insects will be captured, the problem will return later in the month.
1961: At the Stadium, Whitey Ford tops the Red Sox 8-5. Mickey Mantle hits a home run in the 4th off Tracy Stallard for his 10th roundtripper this year in support of the Yankee ace.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B07080NYA1961.htm
1962: The Yankees complete a three-game sweep in Minnesota, with a 9-8 win. The Twins rally in the bottom of the 9th, but Luis Arroyo puts out the fire. The Yanks regain first place, and will remain there the rest of the way.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B07080MIN1962.htm
1969: Red Rolfe dies at the age of 60.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Red_Rolfe
1974: Yankee shortstop Jim Mason ties the ML record with four doubles in a 12-5 win over the Rangers. Off the field, New York purchase infielder Sandy Alomar from the Angels.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1974/B07080TEX1974.htm
1977: Led by home runs off the bats of Thurman Munson and Graig Nettles, the Yankees beat the Orioles 7-5. Don Gullett wins his 7th of the year.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07080BAL1977.htm
2000: The Yankees sweep their cross-town rivals in the first double-ballpark doubleheader since 1903 by identical 4-2 scores, in the afternoon at Shea Stadium, and in the veening in the Bronx. It proves to be quite an interesting day in New York as Mike Piazza is hospitalized with a concussion after being beaned by Roger Clemens. Dwight Gooden gets his first Shea win since 1994, and a bizarre obstruction call on Mets first baseman Todd Zeile causes the first game to be played under protest.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2000/B07081NYN2000.htm
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2000/B07082NYA2000.htm
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