On this day in Yankee history...
1922: In
action against Philadelphia, the Yankees plate 7 runs in the 7th to
beat the Athletics 7-4. Carl Mays is the winner‚ notching his 20th
straight victory over the A's.
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1927: In a loosely played game at the Stadium, the Yanks swamp the Red Sox 15-7, scoring 7 runs in the 8th inning. Babe Ruth launches his 13th homer‚ off Danny MacFayden, while Johnny Grabowski goes 4 for 4 with a walk. Dutch Ruether is ineffective‚ serving up gopher balls to Boston's Grover Hartley in the 2nd and Fred Haney in the 3rd. The Sox give it back in the 4th with 3 walks‚ 2 errors‚ a single by Bob Meusel and a double by Mark Koenig‚ to make 4 runs. Ted Wingfield, pitching two-thirds of the 4th‚ takes the loss.
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1928: At the Stadium, the Yankees sweep a pair from the Washington Senators 3-2 and 12-3. Leo Durocher's bases-loaded triple in the opener gives George Pipgras (8-1) the win. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth both slug a pair of homers in the nitecap: Lou hits his 9th in the 3rd‚ off Washington starter Milt Gaston, then Ruth and Gehrig hit back-to-back dingers in the 4th off Lloyd Brown. Ruth adds his 18th off Brown in the 7th. Earle Combs also homers.
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1942: Lefty Gomez, self-described as the worst-hitting pitcher in baseball‚ bangs out 4 singles in pitching a four-hit‚ 16-1 blowout against Washington. They are his last major league hits. Buddy Hassett adds 4 hits as well.
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1982: At Minnesota‚ the Yanks put runners on first (Graig Nettles) and second (Bobby Murcer) with no outs. When Roy Smalley strikes out on a wide 3-2 pitch from Terry Felton, Murcer attempts to steal third base. But Sal Butera's throw beats him so badly that he retreats to second, only to find Nettles there. Gary Gaetti tags Murcer who is standing safely alone on the base‚ then fires to Kent Hrbek to catch Nettles heading back to first. Murcer then tries for third and Hrbek's throw to Felton, covering the bag, completes the triple play. Unfortunately, Felton‚ 0-8 coming into the game, gets a no-decision‚ and will lose another 5 to finish his career with an 0-16 record.
1995: Derek Jeter plays his first Major League game, going hitless in 5 ABs in an 8-7 extra innings loss to the Mariners.
1997: The Yankees finally agree to terms with Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu‚ signing the fireballer to a four-year contract worth $12.8 million. The deal includes a signing bonus of $8.5 million.
Meanwhile, in Toronto‚ Tino Martinez hits his 20th homer ~ his third in three games ~ and David Cone strikes out 12 to lead New York over Toronto 4-0. Jeff Nelson strikes out 3 Jays in relief. Martinez raises his RBI total to 56 with a single in the 1st off Woody Williams (1-5) and a solo shot in the 3rd.
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