September 1st

On this day in Yankee history... 

 
1906: The Highlanders win their 6th game in three days from Washington, sweeping their third straight doubleheader 5-4 and 5-3 to set an AL record. 

1930: A Labor Day crowd of 72‚000 packs the Stadium to see the World Champion A's split with the Yankees. The A's take the opener 3-2, with Lefty Grove in relief striking out Babe Ruth with 2 on to end the game. Ruth drives in a run in the nitecap a 2-0 Yankee win. Red Ruffing pitches his second two-hitter in two weeks to beat George Earnshaw. 

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1931: Lou Gehrig hits his third grand slam in five days and his sixth home run in consecutive games when he connects in a 5-1 win over the Red Sox in the nitecap of a doubleheader. The blast‚ his 40th of the year‚ comes in the 3rd inning off Ed Morris. Gehrig connects in the opening 11-3 win against Milt Gaston‚ belting his 39th homer in the 7th inning. Lou finishes the day with 6 RBI and has knocked in 21 runs in the past 6 games. 

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1957: The Yankees buy Sal 'the Barber' Maglie from the Dodgers, but he is ineligible for World Series. Maglie is the last man to play for all three New York teams. 

 




  



1961: 65,566 spectators, the AL biggest crowd of the year‚ see Whitey Ford and Don Mossi duel at the Stadium as a weekend battle for first place begins. Two-out‚ 9th-inning hits by Elston Howard, Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron give the Yankees a 1-0 triumph over the Tigers. 

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1963: Tom Tresh joins teammate Mickey Mantle among 4 AL and five NL players to hit homers left- and righthanded in one game. The Yankees beat the Orioles 5-4. A tired Mantle‚ who had partied the night before‚ adds a pinch homer in the 8th‚ jumping on the first pitch from Mike McCormick.   

  

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