June 29th

 On this day in Yankee history...

1934: Lou Gehrig is beaned in an exhibition game in Norfolk, VA. 

1941:  In a doubleheader with the Senators, Joe DiMaggio  ties and then breaks the AL consecutive game hitting streak of 41 established by George Sisler. In the opener, he knots the record with a double off Dutch Leonard, and in the nightcap the 'Yankee Clipper' tops the record with a 7th-inning single against Walt Masterson. 

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1950: The Yankees call up Whitey Ford from their minor league affiliate at Kansas City.  

1966: At Fenway Park, Mantle opens the scoring in the 1st inning with a 3-run shot, then sandwiches a homer between round trippers by Bobby Richardson and Joe Pepitone in the 3rd inning in the Yankees' 6-5 win. The consecutive trifecta was last done by the Yankees in 1947, when Charlie Keller, Joe DiMaggio and Johnny Lindel connected. Richardson is 5 for 5 in the game. Mantle's two homers today, his 37th and 38th at Fenway, will be his last in Boston, and tie him with Babe Ruth for most homers by a Sox opponent. 

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1972: Jim Palmer's 8-game win streak ends as the Yankees chase the ace in the 2nd inning of a 4-3 win. Mel Stottlemyre, with relief help from Sparky Lyle, gains his 7th win.  

  
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1991: The visiting Yankees score three in the 9th off Dan Plesac to beat Milwaukee 9-8. Kevin Maas and Jesse Barfield homer for the Bronx Bombers. 

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1997: At the Stadium, the Indians score seven runs off the usually stingy David Cone, but the Yankees outlast the Indians, 11-10. With his 9th-inning single, Sandy Alomar Jr. extends his hitting streak to 26 games, 6th longest in Tribe history. 

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2000: The Yankees tie a major-league record when three players (Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez and Jose Vizcaino) each hit sacrifice flies in the 4th inning of an 8-0 win over the Tigers. The record was set by the White Sox on July 1, 1962 in the second game of a doubleheader against the Indians. 
  

  
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2017: In an episode bringing back memories of Moonlight Graham, whose abbreviated major league career took place on this day 112 years ago, the Yankees' Dustin Fowler makes his big league debut as the starting right fielder in a game against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.  The end of the top of the 1st inning finds him in the on-deck circle, and in the bottom of the frame, he vainly tries to track down a foul ball hit by Jose Abreu down the right field foul line and crashes into a wall, badly injuring hs knee. He has to be carted off the field, his season over.