May 2nd

On this day in Yankee history... 


1923: Yankee shortstop Everett Scott receives a gold medal from the American League for playing in his 1000th consecutive game. His team falls to Washington 3-0, however, as Senators ace Walter Johnson hurls his 100th career shutout. 

                     http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1923/B05020WS11923.htm  






1939: Lou Gehrig sits down against the Tigers at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, ending at 2,130 his streak of consecutive games played. An ailing Gehrig removes himself from the lineup, telling his manager Joe McCarthy that he cannot play because of continuing weakness. Doctors will later diagnose Gehrig with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal disease that affects the muscles. The Iron Horse will never play again. In the game that follows, however, his replacement Babe Dahlgren and teammates roll over the Tigers 22-2.

                   http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1939/B05020DET1939.htm 







1992: Yankee pitcher Scott Sanderson pitcher becomes the 12th pitcher in major league history to surrender four home runs in a single inning. Sanderson is rocked in the 5th frame against the Twins by Shane Mack, Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbek and Randy Bush.  The Twins will need all the roundtrippers as they edge the Yanks 7-6.

 
                       http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1992/B05020NYA1992.htm 




1995: The Yankees are on the losing end of a major league first when former college teammates John Valentin and Mo Vaughn of the Red Sox both hit grand slams in a 8-0 shutout of the Bombers. It is the first time in ML history that all of the runs in a game have been accounted for by two grand slams. 

                      
                       http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1995/B05020NYA1995.htm