On this day in Yankee history...
1904: Before 1,522 at Hilltop Park, in New York, veteran Al Orth makes his first start for the Highlanders and matches zeroes with Chicago's Yip Owen. In the bottom of the 9th, Patsy Dougherty leads off with a triple and scores on Willie Keeler's bouncer through the infield.
1908: With the Highlanders leading the Tigers 3-2 in the 8th, Detroit score two runs on a Ty Cobb triple. With lefty Claude Rossman, newly appointed New York manager Kid Elberfeld has righty pitcher Jack Chesbro and first baseman Hal Chase swap places. Chase allows a fly ball that scores Cobb, then goes back to 1B and Chesbro resumes his spot on the mound. It is Chase's only pitching career appearance. The juggling act will be for naught, though, as the Tigers win, 5-3.
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1939: Yankee freshman Atley Donald sets the AL rookie record for consecutive wins. 'Swampy', as he is known in the clubhouse, beats the Browns 5-1 for his 12th straight victory.
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1948: In the tight four-team AL race, Joe DiMaggio leads the Yankees to a sweep over the White Sox, 5-3 and 7-3. Joe D goes 3 for 3 in the first game to back Ed Lopat, then adds a triple and two doubles in the nitecap. His three RBI in game two gives him an AL-high 86.
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1955: Joe DiMaggio is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1959: In action against Detroit, Yankee first baseman Moose Skowron, reaching for a wide throw, collides with Tiger runner Coot Veal. Skowron's arm is broken in two places and he is out for the rest of the season. Marv Throneberry will fill in at 1B. The Yanks win 9-8 when Yogi Berra hits a home run in the 9th with Mickey Mantle aboard. Prior to the Yogi homer, Bobby Richardson and Fritz Brickell hit their first major round trippers for New York. Berra's blast erases five Yankee errors, three by third baseman Hector Lopez.
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1961: With his four-home run performance in a doubleheader sweep of the White Sox, Roger Maris moves 25 games ahead of Babe Ruth's 1927 pace. The Yankee slugger now has 40 for the year. Mickey Mantle also homers off Frank Baumann in the first game. He ends the day with 38 home runs.
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1978: Ron Guidry gets new Yankee manager Bob Lemon off to a good start, striking out 8 and scattering 6 hits on his way to a 4-0 complete game shutout of the Royals.
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1995: Randy Velarde collects five hits in New York's 8-1 win over the Kansas City. The Yankee second baseman's hits include four singles and a home run.
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1998: Former Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton makes his first appearance at the Stadium since 1970 at Oldtimers Day and is greeted with cheers all around. Bouton had been persona non grata in New York since writing Ball Four, which broke a long-standing taboo in sports by taking readers into the locker room and revealing players' extracurricular escapades. The Yanks invited the Bulldog back after his son wrote a Father's Day article in the New York Times suggesting it.
2011: The Yankees extend the Mariners' franchise-worst losing streak to 16 games with a 10-3 win in New York. Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira homer and have three RBI each.
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2015: Alex Rodriguez continues his remarkable comeback season by hitting three homers in an 8-5 Yankee win over Twins. His third long ball ties the score against closer Glen Perkins in the 9th, and John Ryan Murphy follows with a three-run game-winning shot.
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2016: In a rare development, the Yankees are sellers at the trading deadline as they send Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs in return for a rich package of prospects that includes outfielders Rashad Crawford and Billy McKinney, infielder Gleyber Torres and pitcher Adam Warren. The Yankees were dealing from a position of strength, with two other top-class relievers on hand in Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances, while Chapman is headed for free agency after the season.
2017: In his first plate appearance at home as a member of the Yankees, Todd Frazier hits into one of the rarest plays in baseball: a triple play that scores a run. Batting with the bases loaded and no one out in the 2nd, he hits a hard grounder to shortstop Jose Peraza, who steps on second and throws to first for the first two outs. Meanwhile, Didi Gregorius, who was on second base, freezes up between second and third, thinking Peraza may catch the ball on the fly. First baseman Joey Votto throws to third and catches Gregorius in a rundown. He is called out for leaving the baseline, but not before Matt Holliday has crossed the plate. Because the final out was not the result of a force out, the run stands. The Yankees go on to beat the Reds 4-2.
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