On this day in Yankee history...
1913: After the Yankees win the opener of a doubleheader 9-3, Washington Senators starter Bert Gallia hits three of the first four batters he faces in the 1st inning of the nightcap. Three more New York batters are plunked, by relievers Joe Engel (2) and Tom Hughes (1), for a record six. The outcome is the same, however, as the Yanks win again by a 9-3 score. New York leadoff hitter Bert Daniels puts his name in the record book when he gets hit three times.
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1916: Tilly Walker's home run over the LF wall is the only home run the Red Sox will hit at Fenway Park this season, but it is the lone Boston score today as the Yankees win 4-1. Inserted as a defensive replacement late in the game, Boston shortstop Everett Scott starts a string of 1,307 consecutive games, all played at short. He will end the streak as a Yankee on May 6, 1925. It will be the longest until Lou Gehrig surpasses it.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1916/B06200BOS1916.htm
1934: The AL-leading Yankees sweep a pair from the Indians at the Stadium, 3-2 and 3-0. New York tie the first game on Frank Crosetti's solo homer in the 8th off Bob Weiland, then win it on Lou Gehrig's 18th in the 9th. Lefty Gomez, in relief of Johnny Broaca, is the winner. In game 2, Hal Trosky's single is the only hit off Red Ruffing, who also knocks in a run.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1934/B06201NYA1934.htm
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1946: A Fortune magazine story gives some rare details of baseball finances, showing the Yankees had a revenue of $1.6 million and profit of $306,000, cut to $201,000 after minor league losses, the previous season. Of the gross income, $896,000 is from home ticket sales.
1950: Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit, a 7th-inning single off the Indians' Marino Pieretti on the way to an 8-2 Yankee win. DiMaggio joins Luke Appling and Wally Moses as the only active players with 2,000 or more hits. Eddie Lopat is the winning pitcher, running his record against Cleveland to 25-6.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B06200CLE1950.htm
1956: At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle launches two Billy Hoeft pitches into the bleachers in right center, something no other player had done since the seats were built in the late 1930s. The Yankees win 4-1.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B06200DET1956.htm
1983: Bobby Murcer retires as an active player.
1989: The Yankees trade Rickey Henderson back to the A's for outfielder Luis Polonia and journeymen pitchers Eric Plunk and Greg Cadaret.
2010: The Yankees are back in first place in the AL East, one game ahead of the surging Red Sox and slumping Rays, after CC Sabathia pitches 8 scoreless innings as the Bronx Bombers shut out the Mets and Johan Santana 4-0. All the runs come on a Mark Teixeira grand slam.
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