On this day in Yankee history...
1926: Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth demonstrate that power hitting is not the only thing they can do when Lou scores on a double steal with the Babe in a victory over the White Sox. They had pulled the same double steal against the Red Sox on April 13th.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1926/B07240NYA1926.htm
1934: Earle Combs crashes into the outfield wall at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis and suffers a fractured skull. The Yankees call up George Selkirk but learns he broke his arm the same day playing for Newark.
1966: The Yankees beat the Angels 9-1, as Mickey Mantle hits his second homer in two days. The round-tripper, his 493rd, ties him with Lou Gehrig for 6th place on the all-time list.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1966/B07241NYA1966.htm
1983: The 'Pine Tar Incident.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEHAsZxRYo
1991: In a 10-2 romp over the Mariners, the Yankees score three runs on a ground ball hit back to the pitcher. With runners on second and third base and one out in the 4th, Pat Kelly hits a comebacker to Erik Hanson. The Seattle hurler traps Kevin Maas in a rundown between third and home, but Maas scores when third baseman Edgar Martinez's throw hits him in the back. The ball rolls up the first base line in foul territory, where it is recovered by catcher Dave Cochrane. The backstop throws home to head off Alvaro Espinoza who is also attempting to score. The throw goes into the Mariners' dugout, allowing Espinoza and Kelly to cross the plate with the second and third runs.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1991/B07240NYA1991.htm
1999: The Yankees hammer the Indians 21-1. The Bronx Bombers are led by DH Chili Davis, who bangs out five hits, including a double and homer, while driving in six runs.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1999/B07240NYA1999.htm
2004: Another saga is added to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry as a bench-clearing brawl breaks out after Sox starter Bronson Arroyo hits Alex Rodriguez, who hit the game-winning home run the previous night, with a pitch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGuF-Wy_QUc
2009: The Yankees extend their winning streak to 8 games with an 8-3 defeat of the A's. Joba Chamberlain is the winner.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B07240NYA2009.htm
2012: Seattle's Felix Hernandez breaks Alex Rodriguez's hand with a pitch in the 8th inning of a 4-2 win over the Yankees. The Yanks make history, however, by becoming the first team since the 1927 Philadelphia A's to have three players with 2,500+ career hits in the starting lineup. New York uses Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and newly-acquired Ichiro Suzuki to pull it off.
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