On this day in Yankee history...
1920: On their way to Cleveland, the Yankees play an exhibition game against the Pirates and suffer injuries to starters Muddy Ruel [below] (split finger) and Ping Bodie (sprained ankle). With Carl Mays sitting out the series with the Indians to avoid any scenes, New York are shorthanded.
1922: The Yankees go back on top in the AL pennant race, this time to stay, beating the Senators 8-1 behind Carl Mays. New York's win is triggered by Wally Pipp's 6th inning 3-run homer off Walter Johnson, the second homer Wally has dinged the Senators' ace for in nine days.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B09080NYA1922.htm
1925: Babe Ruth hits his 300th career homer off Buster Ross of the Red Sox on the way to a 7-4 Yankee win.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1925/B09082BOS1925.htm
1951: At Old Timer's Day at Yankee Stadium, former manager Joe McCarthy is honoured. With the game scoreless in the 7th inning, Mickey Mantle belts a Bob Porterfield pitch into the last row of the right field bleachers, some 460 feet away, to break the scoreless tie. Ed Lopat blanks the Senators 4-0.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1951/B09080NYA1951.htm
1961: The Yankees rout the Indians 9-1 as Mickey Mantle hits home run No. 52 on the year, off Gary Bell. New York win their 9th straight, while Detroit lose their 8th in a row to drop 10 games back.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B09080NYA1961.htm
1978: The Yankees continue their rampage in Boston by scoring two runs in the 1st inning and six more in the 2nd. The Red Sox make seven errors to ease the Yankees to a 13-2 romp. Reggie Jackson hits a 3-run homer and Lou Piniella adds a double, triple and homer to back Jim Beattie's pitching. Dwight Evans and Carlton Fisk both make a pair of errors. New York are now two games back.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B09080BOS1978.htm
1983: Steve Kemp will miss the rest of the season with a fractured cheekbone after being struck in the face by an Omar Moreno line drive during batting practice in Milwaukee. Kemp hit just .242 with 12 home run and 49 RBI in the first year of his 5-year, $5.45 million contract.
1984: The Yankees break a 4-4 tie with two runs in the 6th to roll over the Red Sox 12-6. Toby Harrah paces the 15-hit attack with four hits, and Dave Winfield hits one of the game's 12 doubles to extend his hitting streak to 20 games, which is and will be a career high. Joe Cowley is the winner.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B09080BOS1984.htm
1992: Danny Tartabull goes 5 for 5 with two homers and a double and drives in nine runs as the Yankees romp over the Orioles 16-4. Scott Sanderson is the winner.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1992/B09080BAL1992.htm
2000: The Yankees beat the Red Sox 4-0 behind Roger Clemens. A scary moment occurs in the 9th inning when Boston pitcher Bryce Florie is hit in the face with a line drive off the bat of Ryan Thompson. The Red Sox hurler never loses consciousness and leaves the field with blood streaming down his face. Florie suffers a fractured cheekbone and a fracture of the orbital socket, the bone that surrounds the eye, and retinal damage. He will undergo surgery .
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2000/B09080BOS2000.htm
2007: Alex Rodriguez continues to lead the Yankees in their playoff hopes, homering twice off Brian Bannister of the Royals. The first of the homers is his 49th of the year and breaks the record for homers by a third baseman. He had previously shared the record with Mike Schmidt (48 in 1980). The Yankees win 11-5. A-Rod already holds the single-season record for shortstops, giving him the highwater mark at two positions.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B09080KCA2007.htm
2015: A-Rod hits the 30th homer of his excellent comeback season. Unfortunately, it is the Yankees' only tally as the Orioles prevail 2-1. He ties Hank Aaron's record of 15 seasons of 30 or more home runs. It is his first time reaching the mark since 2010, before his career almost ended because of a string of injuries and a one-year suspension for PED use.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2015/B09080NYA2015.htm
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