September 11th

On this day in Yankee history... 


1928: In a 5-3 Yankee win at the Stadium, Ty Cobb makes his last appearance as a batter, popping out against Hank Johnson to shortstop Mark Koenig as a pinch hitter in the 9th. Babe Ruth's 2-run homer off Lefty Grove in the 8th clinches the win for the home side. The Bronx Bombers seal the fate of the A's with their 4th straight win against them, leaving Connie Mack's club in 2nd place, 2 1/2 games back. 

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1950: The Yankees move back into first place with a twin win over the Senators, 5-1 and 6-2. 

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1956: Yogi Berra ties the major league career record for home runs by a catcher in the Yankees' 9-5 win over the Kansas City A's. His 236th ~ and the Yankees' 177th of the season ~ pulls him even with Cub great Gabby Hartnett. 

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1966: John Miller becomes the first Yankee ever to hit a homer in his first major league at bat. He contributes two runs in a 4-2 defeat of the Red Sox at Fenway Park. It will be Miller's only homer in pinstripes, but as a Dodger in 1969, he will hit a homer in his last major league at-bat as well. 

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1983: Jacoby Ellsbury is born. 

1988: The Yankees edge the Tigers 5-4 in 18 innings. Steve Shields gets the win in relief. Rickey Henderson ties an AL record for extra innings with 12 putouts in LF. 

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1995: At Jacobs Field, the Yankees record a rarity in their 4-0 win over the Indians: no assists. Jack McDowell allows four hits, walks four and strikes out eight in the nine innings as the Yanks register the 3rd no-assist game in the AL this century. Black Jack retires the side in the 9th on three pitches. The outfield make eight of the 27 putouts. It last happened in the major leagues in a Mets-Phillies game on June 25, 1989, the only time in the NL.  

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2002: Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto unveil a monument dedicated to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The team also has a ceremonial tree planting in Monument Park in honour of the heroes and victims of the horrific events of a year ago. 

2014: Alex Cobb of the Rays makes a bid for a no-hitter against the Yankees, holding them hitless until Chris Young doubles with one out and New York trailing 4-0 in the 8th. Pinch-hitter Martin Prado follows with a pinch homer off reliever Brad Boxberger that cuts the lead in half. Not content with having spoiled Cobb's big night, Young then hits a walk-off three-run homer off Jake McGee in the 9th to give the Yanks a 5-4 win. 

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2017: In a game moved from Tropicana Field to Citi Field because of Hurricane Irma, Jacoby Ellsbury breaks Pete Rose's career mark for reaching base on catcher's interference. It is the 30th time that Ellsbury has managed the otherwise rare manner of making it to first base. The Yankees beat the Rays 5-1 thanks to a three-run homer by Todd Frazier. 

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