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| 1941 | Joe DiMaggio goes 3-for-3 against the White Sox to extend his consecutive game hit streak to 32. The Yankee Clipper's perfect day at the plate, which includes two singles and a home run, contributes to the Bronx Bombers' 7-2 victory over the Pale Hose at Yankee Stadium. |
| 1942 | For the first and only time in a career that spans 1,787 contests, Joe DiMaggio strikes out three times in a game. Indians' hurler Mel Harder does the deed in the Tribe's 5-4 victory over the Yankees at Cleveland Stadium. |
| 1961 | Roger Maris' homer leading off the ninth inning off Kansas City pitcher Jim Archer puts the Yankees up by a run, but the A's will score twice in the bottom of the frame for a 4-3 victory at Municipal Stadium. The 'Rajah's' 25th round-tripper of the season puts him seven games ahead of Babe Ruth's record pace. |
| 1963 | At Yankee Stadium, the Mayor's Trophy Game is revived with the cellar-dwelling Mets beating the mighty Yanks, 6-2. Prior to leaving for the West Coast, the Dodgers would play the Bronx Bombers in the annual midsummer exhibition contest to raise money for sandlot baseball teams. |
| 1977 | With five home runs in an 11-1 win against the Yankees, the Red Sox set a major league mark hitting 16 round trippers in three games. The power surge at Fenway Park provides the energy needed for a three-game sweep of the Bronx Bombers. |
| 1989 | With the Mets' 5-3 victory over the Expos, Dwight Gooden wins his 100th career game. Doc's 100-37 career total at the century mark is second only to Hall of Famer Whitey Ford's 100-36 start with the Yankees in 1958. |
| 1994 | In a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays at Detroit, the Tigers tie the Yankees' major league record by homering in their 25th consecutive game. The 53-year-old record is matched in the second inning when Mickey Tettleton goes deep into the upper deck in right field. |
| 1995 | Darryl Strawberry signs a one-year contract with the Yankees despite the fact he is under a sixty-day suspension for drug abuse. During his five seasons in the Bronx, the southpaw-swinging slugger will contribute to the team's tremendous success in the late 90's. |
| 1996 | In the first game played by a minor league affiliate of Tampa Bay's new expansion team, the GCL Devil Rays lose to the GCL Yankees 10-1. A record crowd of 7,582 is in attendance at Al Lang Stadium to see 18-year-old right-hander Pablo Oretga throw the first pitch in franchise history. |
| 1996 | Copper Kings infielder Jim Kerr hits the first home run in Devil Rays history. The 21-year old former Yankees farmhand goes deep in the Buttes Pioneer League opener against Idaho Falls. |
| 2008 |
In his first minor league appearance, 22-year old Staten Island Yankee ambidextrous hurler Pat Venditte Jr., facing the Brooklyn Cyclones at KeySpan Park in Coney Island, pitches a scoreless ninth inning that includes striking out a very frustrated Ralph Henriquez to end the game. The unhappy switch-hitter, after delaying the game to adjust his shin guard each time he changed batter boxes to gain the advantage of the pitcher throwing with both hands, is told by the umpiring crew he must first select from which side of the plate he intended to hit, and that the pitcher would then be allowed to declare with which arm he would pitch.
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11 Fact(s) Found