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| 1937 | Tigers' first baseman Hank Greenberg becomes the first to hit a homer into the center field bleachers at Yankee Stadium. The area will become known as 'the black' when seats are covered in a dark color to serve as a batting eye. |
| 1981 | The Red Sox snap the Yankees' nine-game winning streak at Fenway Park, finally beating the Bronx Bombers at home, 8-5. Trailing for most of the game, Boston explodes for seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, including Rick Miller's three-run homer off New York reliever Dave LaRoche. |
| 2001 | Roger Clemens becomes the first major league pitcher to start a season 20-1 when he goes 6.1 innings in the Yankees' 6-3 victory over the White Sox at Comiskey Park. The eventual Cy Young Award winner, who has previously copped the award five times, has won his last 16 decisions for the Bronx Bombers but will drop the next two decisions, finishing the season with a 20-3 (.870) record. |
| 2011 |
In front of 40,045 fans at a Monday makeup game, the smallest crowd in the three-year history of the new Yankee Stadium, 41-year-old closer Mariano Rivera retires Trevor Plouffe, Michael Cuddyer, and Chris Parmelee to finish the team's 6-4 win over Minnesota. The 41-year-old Panamanian's 43rd save of the season is the 602nd in his career, surpassing Trevor Hoffman's major league record.
(Ed. Note: Rivera recorded 602 saves in 674 opportunities (89.3%), with Hoffman getting 601 in 677 tries (88.8%) -LP.) |
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