1999: The Yankees defeat the White Sox10-2 in the 1st game of a doubleheader. Roger Clemens gets the win for New York‚ giving him an AL record 18 consecutive victories over the course of 2 seasons. The White Sox come back to take the 2nd game by a score of 2-1.

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1996: The A’s spoil Dwight Gooden Day in New York City by hitting 5 solo homers – three by Yankee-killer Geronimo Berroa – to beat the Yankees 5-1. The 5 runs‚ all coming on homers‚ ties the ML mark.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1996/B05220NYA1996.htm

1981: With Rick Waits on the mound in the 6th‚ Bucky Dent hits into a triple play. But the Yankees win‚ 3-2‚  the margin a 2-run homer by Dave Winfield. The win goes to Dave Righetti (1-0).

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1981/B05220NYA1981.htm

1977: In the second game of a twinbill, Ron Guidry stops a 3-game Yankee losing streak with a 4-hitter to defeat the Orioles‚ 8-2.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B05222NYA1977.htm

1963: At the Stadium‚ New York blow a 7-0 lead and allow Kansas City to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Mickey Mantle‚ leading off the 11th‚ is fooled by Bill Fischer on a slow curve‚ then cannons a 2-2 pitch that almost clears the right field roof. “The hardest ball I ever hit‚” Mantle later comments‚ a ball that‚ by some accounts‚ was still rising when it struck a foot below the top. It is conservatively estimated by Dr. James McDonald‚ a physicist who studies long-ball trajectories‚ that the ball would have traveled 620 feet if it had not struck the facade. “That was the only homer I ever hit that the bat actually bent in my hands‚” Mantle tells Dale Long‚ from whom he had borrowed the cudgel.

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1962: Roger Maris‚ who went all of 1961 without receiving an intentional walk‚ gets 4 in a 12-inning 2-1 win against the Angels to set an AL record. Maris receives 5 walks in all. Four Yankee pitchers (Whitey Ford‚ Jim Coates‚ Bud Daley and Bob Turley) combine to give up just one hit in 12 innings. Ford leaves after 7 innings because of back spasms‚ and Coates gives up the lone hit‚ a one-out 9th-inning single to Bob Rodgers. It is the 2nd time this month that a Yanks attempt at a tag-team no-hitter gets spoiled in the 9th.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B05220NYA1962.htm

1954: At the Stadium‚ Allie Reynolds tosses a 7-hit shutout over the Red Sox to win 7-0. Mickey Mantle is the offense‚ going 4-for-5 with 4 RBIs. The Mick will knock in 10 runs in the 3-game series against the Red Sox.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1954/B05220NYA1954.htm

1953: Yanks outfielder Irv Noren ends the game by lining back to pitcher Bob Porterfield‚ who starts a triple play‚ as the Senators beat the Yankees 12-4. The Nats score five in the 1st inning off Allie Reynolds. Washington tallies 18 hits including a 3-run homer and 2-run double by Clyde Vollmer. Johnny Mize hits pinch single in the 9th‚ his 5th pinch single in a row‚ breaking a mark set by Cleveland’s Les Fleming in 1947. Mize has had a walk and been hit by a pitch in his last 7 pinch appearances.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B05220WS11953.htm

Happy birthday to former Yankee pitcher (and Yankee World Series foe when in a Dodger uniform) Tommy John, 70 today.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tommy_John

1934: The Indians stop the Yankees‚ 5-1‚ with Lou Gehrig driving in the lone run for New York. For the second time in his career‚ Lou has driven in at least one run a game for 10 straight games.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1934/B05220CLE1934.htm

1933: Joe Sewell fans for the first time this season in a 3-0 Yankee win behind Lefty Gomez over Sewell’s old team‚ Cleveland. Sewell will strike out only 3 more times in 524 at bats.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1933/B05220NYA1933.htm

1930: In Philadelphia‚ the Yankees and the Athletics continue the home run barrage as the visitors take both games of a second straight doubleheader‚ 10-1 and 20-13. Babe Ruth hits a pair of homers in the opener‚ as does Ben Chapman and winning pitcher George Pipgras. The Yanks score 9 runs in the first two innings of the second game‚ but the A’s come back to tie it at 12 apiece. The Yanks win the assault 20-13 as Tony Lazzeri is 4-for-4 scores 5 runs‚ and knocks in 4. Ruth hits another in the 2nd game‚ while Gehrig powers 3 round trippers to drive in 8 runs. On the A’s side‚ Jimmie Foxx has 2 homers to drive in 6 runs. For the afternoon‚ the teams combine to hit 14 round trippers‚ a then-record 10 in game 2.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1930/B05222PHA1930.htm

1923:Babe Ruth breaks a 1-1 tie between the Yanks and White Sox by clouting a 2-run homer in the 15th inning. The blow breaks up a tense pitching duel between little Mike Cvengosa and Herb Pennock‚ who goes the distance  giving up just 4 hits. The Yanks have now won 12 of 13 contests in their western swing.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1923/B05220CHA1923.htm

1922: Down 3-0 to the Browns’ Vangilder‚ Babe Ruth finally puts the Yankees on the board with a homer in the 8th. The Yankees win in the 13th when Ev Scott’s single off Hub Pruett scores Bob Meusel.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B05230NYA1922.htm

1913: Browns rookie Dwight Stone gives up six hits‚ seven walks and plunks three batters‚ but still beats the Yankees 7-0. The visiting New Yorkers strand a modern Major League record 15 runners in the shutout by Stone‚ who will win just one more game in 1913. Ed Klepfer is the losing pitcher in his only decision of the year. The record will be matched three times and finally topped‚ in 1994. The NL record of 14 runners stranded in a shutout was set less than 2 weeks ago by Pittsburgh against Philly.

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2009: Joba Chamberlain is knocked out of the game in the first inning with a bruised right knee after being hit by a line drive off the bat of Adam Jones. The Yankees still defeat the Orioles, 7 – 4, as Robinson Cano drives in three runs. Alfredo Aceves pitches 3 ⅓ scoreless innings in relief of Chamberlain to earn the Bombers’ 9th straight win.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B05210NYA2009.htm

2005: The Mets batter Randy Johnson for 9 hits in 3+ innings and beat the Yankees‚ 7-1. Kris Benson pitches into the 7th inning before being lifted for Dae-Sung Koo. Koo K’s two and then in the bottom of the inning hits a double over Bernie Williams’ head in center field. Koo goes to 3rd on a sac bunt and continues home when Jorge Posada is late covering the plate and scores sliding. Koo later admits he has not been on base in nearly 20 years.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2005/B05210NYN2005.htm

1997: Roger Clemens fires Toronto past the Yankees‚ 4-1‚ for his 8th win of the year against no losses. The Rocket wins his 200th‚ the 94th pitcher in MLB history to reach the plateau.

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1970: As the Yanks take on the Senators,  a generous Mel Stottlemyre hands out 11 walks to Washington in 8 1/3 innings‚ but the Nats are unable to score. Steve Hamilton gets the last 2 outs to preserve the 2-0 win. The 11 walks in a shutout ties Lefty Gomez‚ who did complete his 1941 shutout. Danny Cater’s 2-run homer in the 5th accounts for the scoring off Dick Such‚ making his first ML start.

 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1970/B05210NYA1970.htm

1967: Earl Wilson gives Detroit its third straight win over the Yankees‚ 9-4. Mickey Mantle hits his 5th homer in 6 games but it’s not enough for Whitey Ford, who appears in his last Major League game.

1963: At Kansas City‚ Mickey Mantle homers in the first inning off Orlando Pena, then adds another in the 5th. Roger Maris follows with another homer and New York win‚ 7-4.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B05210NYA1963.htm

1957: For his part in the Copacabana incident‚ Yankee outfielder Hank Bauer is arraigned. He is eventually cleared and threatens to sue the alleged victim‚ Edward Jones‚ who suffered a concussion and a broken jaw. In today’s game‚ Yogi Berra‚ Billy Martin‚ and Whitey Ford are benched‚ while Bauer bats 8th. The White Sox win‚ 3-1.

1956: At Kansas City‚ Mickey Mantle belts a drive over the second and more distant fence in right to help the Yankees win‚ 8-5. The drive‚ off Moe Burtschy‚ matches homers to that spot by Larry Doby and Suitcase Simpson.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B05210KC11956.htm

1941: Bobby Cox, starting Yankee third baseman in 1968 before going on to managerial fame, is born. Happy birthday, Bobby!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coxbo01.shtml

1938: The power-laden Yankees give little support to starter Spud Chandler‚ but he hits a home run in the 8th to gain a 1-0 victory over Thornton Lee and the White Sox.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1938/B05210CHA1938.htm

1932:  Before 60‚000 at the Stadium‚ the Bronx Bombers roll over Washington‚ 14-2 and 8-0. Washington collect just 11 hits off Herb Pennock and Johnny Allen. In the opener‚ Babe Ruth hits a grand slam in the 5th off Lloyd Brown and he and Gehrig connect in the 6th off Frank Ragland. Tony Lazzeri is 6-for-7 on the afternoon‚ including a homer‚ 2 doubles and a triple.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/TNYA01932.htm

1930: Babe Ruth hits three consecutive homers in the first game of a doubleheader against the A’s‚ then batting against Jack Quinn in the 9th‚ Ruth decides to hit right handed. After 2 strikes‚ he switches to lefty but strikes out. This is the first of two career 3-homer games for the Babe. Max Bishop draws 5 walks for the 2nd time in his career (he is the only player to do this twice)‚ and Jimmie Foxx homers to help the A’s to a 15-7 victory. Ruth is homerless in the 2nd game‚ a 4-1 Yankee loss‚ but Bishop has 3 more walks. Bishop will walk 8 times in a doubleheader in 1934‚ the only player to collect more than 6 walks in an afternoon

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1930/B05211PHA1930.htm

1923: Formal transfer of T. L. Huston’s interest in the Yankees to Jacob Ruppert is completed for $1.5 million. Ten days later Ruppert buys 2 more sets of uniforms so that his players can wear a clean outfit every day‚ an unprecedented move.

2006: A uniform worn by Joe DiMaggio in his final World Series game is sold for $195,500 during the second day of an auction of his memorabilia. The previous day, DiMag’s 1947 AL MVP award plaque was sold for $281,750, which included a 15 %  buyer’s premium. It was his third MVP award, but it was the only plaque. The two-day auction features more than 1,000 items of Yankee Clipper memorabilia, also including a leather-bound album featuring autographs from DiMaggio’s teammates and members of the Red Sox, a typed note signed by Frank Sinatra, and a signed photo of DiMaggio’s one-time wife, Marilyn Monroe. The auction is held by Hunt’s Auctions Inc. in New York.  A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.

1976: At the Stadium, Carl Yastrzemski clubs 2 homers‚ giving him 5 in two games‚ to tie a ML mark. Boston win‚ 8-2. Boston pitcher Bill Lee injures his arm in a fight with Yankee players‚ ending up on the bottom of a pile of players. Lee never really recovers from the injury although he will win 16 games with the Expos in 1979. The brawl starts when Lou Piniella‚ running on Dwight Evans, is gunned down at the plate and barrels into Carlton Fisk. Both come up swinging and both benches clear. Lee then blames Martin for espousing a fighting style that brought the brawl on. In 2006, Lee gives an interview to the Marin Independent Journal where he recounts how the Red Sox treated his injury “They’re going, ‘Here take this, take this, take this.’ Afterwards I’ve got sterazolidin, butazolidin, Clenerol, Indicin. I’ve got everything in me. I can pitch in the American League, but I couldn’t run in the Kentucky Derby. Holy cow, I’m glowing in the dark”.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B05200NYA1959.htm

1952: Playing center field and batting third, Mickey Mantle displays his switch-hitting skills by collecting two singles from each side of the plate. His first two hits are against righty Ken Holcombe, while the last two come off lefty Chuck Stobbs. Johnny Sain scatters six White Sox hits to win‚ 3-1.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1952/B05200CHA1952.htm

1948: At Chicago‚ Joe DiMaggio hits for the cycle and adds another homer to drive in six runs‚ as the Yanks coast‚ 13-2. DiMag almost has a 6th extra base hit‚ but left fielder Ralph Hodgin makes a spectacular catch at the wall. Johnny Lindell adds a homer to back Vic Raschi’s pitching over Orval Grove,  who lasts 5 innings. DiMaggio is the first Yankee in eight years to hit for the cycle. DiMag last cycled in 1937‚ when he also added a second homer:  He remains the only Yankee to cycle twice.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1948/B05200CHA1948.htm

1946: A state Supreme Court justice has armed the Yankees with an injunction against the raiding Mexican League‚ and the Dodgers and the Cardinals have also turned to the courts for protection and damages. Before any of the relief becomes permanent‚ however, Max Lanier, Fred Martin and Lou Klein  jump back to the Redbirds.

Also off the field, future Yankee star and broadcaster Bobby Murcer is born. We miss you, Bobby – RIP.

1945: In St. Louis, Pete Gray stars as the Browns sweep a pair from the Yankees, 10-1 and 5-2. Gray has 2 RBI on 3 hits in the opener‚ and in the nightcap he scores the winning run and hauls in 7 fly balls‚ 3 on spectacular catches.

1940: The Yankees slide back into last place‚ getting scalped by the Indians 10-2. Al Smith allows just 3 NY hits.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1940/B05200CLE1940.htm

1934: Yankee prospect and San Francisco Seals (PCL) star Joe DiMaggio tears the cartilage in his left knee exiting from a jitney
taxi and will miss six weeks of action.

1925: At Cleveland, the Yankee bullpen collapses as the Indians score 6 runs in the last of the 9th to win 10-9. Tris Speakerscores the winning run from first on a single. Waite Hoyt takes the loss for the Bombers.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1925/B05200CLE1925.htm

1922: Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel (and since-traded pitcher Bill Piercy)‚ suspended on October16‚ 1921‚ by Judge Landis‚ are reinstated and return to the New York lineup, going hitless in New York’s 8-2 loss to the rallying Browns at the Polo Grounds. The Browns‚ down 2-0 after 7‚ score one in the 8th and 7 in the 9th‚ six of them coming after the game-ending out is called by ump Ollie Chill at first base. Pitcher Sam Jones‚ taking the throw at first from Wally Pipp,  apparently makes the third out and fans swarm the field. But Jones does not hold onto the ball cleanly in the judgement of plate ump Brick Owens, and the chief arbiter instructs Chill to make a safe call. The tying run scores on the play and‚ when the action resumes 15 minutes later‚ Wally Gerber singles to make the score 3-2. Walks to George Sisler and Ken Williams force home another run‚ and Baby Doll Jacobson  clears the bases with a grand slam into the right field stands to complete the scoring. Winner Urban Shocker allows just three hits‚ including a two-run homer by second baseman Aaron Ward. The loss to Jones starts him on a 10-game losing streak‚ while a severe Ban Johnson will let umpire Ollie Chill go after the season.

1920: Infielder Wilson ‘Chick’ Fewster reports back to the Yankees. Fewster was beaned in spring training and spent a month in a Baltimore hospital. He will recover sufficiently to get the first hit in Yankee Stadium history on April 18, 1923, in a Red Sox uniform

1913: The Yankees obtain 22-year-old shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh from Cleveland‚ sending in exchange pitchers Bill Stumpf and Jack Lelivelt. Peckinpaugh played in fewer than 100 games over 3 seasons‚ but will start in New York. The Yankees win today‚ beating the Browns 6-3‚ but St. Louis will shut out New York in the next 2 games.

1907: In the Highlanders’ 4-1 win over Boston, New York shortstop Kid Elberfeld becomes the first player in American league history to steal home twice in one game. The thefts account for half of his team’s total tallies.

The red-letter day:

1946: Reggie Jackson is born. Happy birthday, Mr. October!

On other 18ths of May…

2011: The Yankees and the Orioles play a wild one. The tems are tied 1-1 when the Yanks score two runs off Mike Gonzalez, who is then ejected for beaning Chris Dickerson, shattering his batting helmet and sending him to hospital. Out of pitchers, the O’s have to bring in the next day’s scheduled starter, Jeremy Guthrie, to complete the inning. Hector Noesi throws 4 scoreless innings to earn the win in his major league debut; called up by the Yanks 16 days earlier, he had yet to pitch before the marathon game forces manager Joe Girardi’s   hand. Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the 15th, the Orioles then put two runners on base, but Matt Wieter’s ground ball headed for right field just nips the foot of baserunner Brandon Snyder, and he is called out for interference, snuffing out the O’s best chance to tie the game.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/B05180BAL2011.htm

2010: Another day, another Yankees-Red Sox donnybrook. Today, the Yankees play the game under protest,  claiming the Sox did not properly signal an injury before removing pitcher Josh Beckett trailing 5-0 in the 5th inning, thus giving reliever Manny Delcarmen  more time to warm up than warranted. For the second night in a row, the Sox come back from a five-run hole, taking a 7 – 5 lead in the 9th thanks to an error by right fielder Marcus Thames on Marco Scutaro’s fly ball. Jonathan Papelbon, who blew a save the previous night, allows a run in the bottom of the 9th, but strikes out Randy Winn with runners on second and third to end the game. The contest starts almost an hour late because of rain, is played in a constant drizzle, and lasts 4 hours and 9 minutes, making it the longest nine-inning game played so far this season.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B05180NYA2010.htm

2005: The Mariners defeat the Yankees‚ 7-6‚ to snap New York’s 10-game winning streak. Tom Gordon takes the loss for the Bombers.

2001: The Yanks stop Seattle’s 8-game win streak by a 14-10 margin. Ex-Mariner Tino Martinez is 4-for-5 with a homer and 4 ribbies. John Halama is the loser with 7 runs in 3 IP. Ichiro Suzuki is 3-for-6 with 2 steals to extend his hitting streak to 23 games.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B05180SEA2001.htm

1999: Joe Torre returns to the dugout for the first time since being treated for prostate cancer. The Red Sox spoil the party, however, by beating the Yankees 6-3 behind Pedro Martinez.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1999/B05180BOS1999.htm

1976: The Yankees trade  pitcher Ken Brett and outfielder Rich Coggins to the White Sox for outfielder Carlos May.

1974: Former Yankee co-owner Dan Topping (right) dies at the age of 61.

1969: Joe Pepitone is the Yankees’ offense today as his mates sweep the Angels 3-1 and 1-0. Pepi hits a 3-run homer in game 1 to give Mel Stottlemyre the victory and his walkoff blast  in the nitecap off Hoyt Wilhelm hands the victory to reliever Steve Hamilton.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B05181NYA1969.htm

1962: Mickey Mantle suffers a groin strain and torn muscles in his right thigh‚ and injures his left knee trying to leg out an infield hit that becomes the final out of New York’s 4-3 loss to Minnesota. He will be sidelined for a month.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B05180NYA1962.htm

1956: Mickey Mantle homers from both sides of the plate for the third time in his career‚ eclipsing the mark of Jim Russell. The shots come off Billy Pierce and the Dixie Howell‚ the second tying the game. Mantle and Yogi Berra‚ the AL’s top home run hitters‚ combine for 20 bases as the visiting New Yorkers nip Chicago 8-7 in 10 innings.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B05180CHA1956.htm

1955: At the Stadium‚ Mickey Mantle’s 8th inning grand slam off Mike Fornieles powers the Yankees past the White Sox‚ 11-6. In the play before Mantle’s blast‚ a grounder was ruled a dead ball after Hank Bauer interfered with Nellie Fox at 2nd‚ leaving the sacks jammed. The Sox lose Minnie Minoso for 2 weeks with a hairline fracture of the skull after he is hit by a pitch from Bob Grim.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1955/B05180NYA1955.htm

1947: Early Yankee star Hal Chase dies at the age of 64.

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Hal_Chase_1883

1940: The Yanks vacate last place by beating the White Sox‚ 3-0‚ behind Monte Pearson’s 2-hitter.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1940/B05180CHA1940.htm

1930: George Pipgras tosses his third shutout of the season as the Yankees again back his pitching by bombing the Red Sox 11-0 in Boston. Babe Ruth clocks an Ed Morris pitch over the right field bleachers‚ one of the longest homers ever at Fenway.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1930/B05180BOS1930.htm

1926: In the 8th inning at the Stadium‚ rookie sensation Tony Lazzeri clouts a long drive over center fielder Johnny Mostil’s head that he will leg out for an inside-the-park grand slam, as the Yanks come from behind to beat the White Sox 5-3

1919: The Yankees sell veteran Dutch Leonard‚ acquired in December from Boston‚ to Detroit.

1909: The Yankees sell infielder Neal Ball to the Cleveland Naps. On the 19th of July, in a game against the Red Sox, Ball will execute the first unassisted triple play in modern MLB history.

The red-letter day-

1998: David Wells hurls the 13th perfect game in modern major league history with a 4-0 win over Minnesota. Wells fans 11 batters in his masterpiece.  Bernie Williams strokes 3 hits for New York‚ including a home run.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05170NYA1998.htm

On other 17ths of May…

2012: Yan Gomes (below) becomes the first Brazilian player in Major League history when he is inserted in the Blue Jays’  starting line-up at third base in today’s game against the Yankees. taking over for Brett Lawrie who is beginning a four-game suspension. Gomes goes 2 for 3, but it is homers by Jose Bautista and J.P. Arencibia which lead the Jays to a 4 – 1 win.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2012/B05170TOR2012.htm

2010: It’s another epic battle between the Yankees and the Red Sox at the Stadium. The Yanks take a 5-0 lead in the 1st inning against Daisuke Matsuzaka, but the Sox storm back to take the lead with five home runs, two by Victor Martinez, and one each by David Ortiz, J.D. Drew and Kevin Youkilis. Then, in the bottom of the 9th, Jonathan Pabelbon gives up a pair of two-run homers, to Alex Rodriguez and Marcus Thames, and the Bronx Bombers end up on top, 11 – 9.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B05170NYA2010.htm

2002: After the Twins score 3 times in the top of the 14th‚ the Yankees come back to win‚ 13-12‚ on Jason Giambi’s one-out grand slam‚ hitting the first pitch from reliever Mike Trombley over the right field fence. It is the 21st time in history that a player has hit a walkoff grand slam with his team down by three runs. Babe Ruth‚ in 1925‚ was the only previous Yankee to have performed the feat. Giambi’s shot is one of 6 by New York as each team has 20 hits. The last time that two teams reached 20 hits was also on May 17, in 1996. Baltimore beat Seattle‚ 13-12 on 41 hits total.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2002/B05170NYA2002.htm

1977: Sparky Lyle‚ in relief of Ron Guidry‚ pitches 6 scoreless innings and the Yanks push across 3 runs in the 15th to defeat Oakland‚ 5-2.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B05170OAK1977.htm

1967: Behind 8-2 to the Indians at the Stadium‚ the Yankees score 5 runs in the 7th inning. The big blows are back-to-back homers by Tom Tresh and Mickey Mantle into the right field bleachers. New York fall short‚ losing‚ 8-7.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1967/B05170NYA1967.htm

1964: In the opener of a doubleheader with the A’s at home, Mickey Mantle’s 2-run blast in the 1st starts the scoring and New York outscore KC 11-9. In the nightcap, Whitey Ford tosses a 4-hitter as the home side roll, 8-0.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B05171NYA1964.htm

1961: Rogers Maris connects for his 4th homer‚ and his first of the year at Yankee Stadium‚ against the Senators. The slugger  will hit an incredible 24 homers in his next 38 games.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B05170NYA1961.htm

1953: In the first game of a twinbill, the Yanks and Browns use 41 players to set a new Major League record – the Bombers will use 23 men in winning 6-5 in 10 innings. The Browns jump on Whitey Ford‚ threatening to hand the lefty his first defeat ever as a starter‚ but 3 relievers bail him out. Don Larsen goes 9 1/3 for the Browns‚ with Mike Blyzka losing.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B05170NYA1953.htm

1947: The Yanks sweep a pair from the White Sox by 4-3 scores. Spec Shea wins the opener‚ collecting three hits and scoring two runs. Joe DiMaggio’s homer in the bottom of the 9th‚ off Gordie Maltzberger‚ is the winner. Bill Dickey’s brother George has a pair of hits and a stolen base for the White Sox. In the nitecap‚ George McQuinn has three hits and scores the winning run in the 8th to break up the pitching duel between Spud Chandler and Chicago’s Ed Lopat.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1947/B05172NYA1947.htm

1913: In Chicago‚ 35‚000+ jam temporarily enlarged Comiskey Park on ‘Frank Chance Day.’ The Yankee manager is presented with a giant horseshoe of flowers by Governor Dunne and Mayor Harrison gives him the keys to Chicago. Sox manager Callahan is given a small harp of green and white flowers. To the crowd’s roar of approval‚ Chance takes over at first from Hal Chase, but bounces out in his one turn at bat. The Sox beat the visitors‚ 6-3‚ behind Reb Russell. The 35‚000 crowd‚ kept down by the weather‚ are short of the AL mark set by the Yankees (38‚281) and even short of the Comiskey mark of 36‚308.

Chance signing his 1913 contract with Yankee co-owner Frank Ferrell

Remembering late ’60s Yankee pitcher Thad Tillotson, who left us one year ago today.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tilloth01.shtml

2010: The Twins stun the Yankees with an 8th-inning grand slam by Jason Kubel off Mariano Rivera for a 6 – 3 win at the Stadium. Rivera had converted a record-tying 51 consecutive save opportunities at home and had not given up a grand slam since 2002; the runs are also the first he gives up this season.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B05160NYA2010.htm

2006: The Yankees bounce back from a 9-0 deficit to defeat the Rangers, 14-13. The comeback matches the biggest in Yankees history. Jorge Posada hits the walkoff homer with Johnny Damon aboard, and Mariano Rivera registers his first win of the year.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2006/B05160NYA2006.htm

1985: Former Yankee pitcher Johnny Broaca dies at age 75.

The 1936 Yankees – Broaca is in the top row, third from the left

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Broaca

1984: Dave Winfield delivers the first of the two walkoff homers that he will hit in a Yankee uniform. In the bottom of the 10th, with Don Mattingly aboard, Winfield blasts one into the left field seats off the A’s Bill Caudill for a 7-6 win.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B05160NYA1984.htm

1976: The Yankees send pitcher Larry Gura to Kansas City for catcher Fran Healy. Healy’s best moment will come as a mediator between Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin, and later in the radio booth‚ while Gura will help KC to the 1978 playoffs with a 16-4 record.

1964: At the Stadium‚ Mickey Mantle hits his 13th homer of the year‚ off Joe Grzenda‚ and New York pounds the A’s‚ 10-6.

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1957: The Yankees top Kansas City 3-0 behind Bob Turley’s four-hit shutout. Mickey Mantle has a single‚ two walks‚ and a homer to back Bob Turley’s 4-hit 3-0 shutout over the A’s. Turley helps his cause by starting a triple play. The Yanks now trail the White Sox by a half game.

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1956: On a blustery day in Cleveland‚ the Yankees beat the Indians 4-1. Mickey Mantle hits a homer off Bud Daley‚ while his pal Billy Martin is benched for the first time. Bobby Richardson takes his place at second.

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1954: The Orioles draw a record Memorial Stadium crowd of 46‚796 for a doubleheader with the Yankees. Allie Reynolds wins the opener for New York‚ 2-0‚ on a 3-hitter‚ before Don Larsen stops the Yankees 6-2 in the nitecap.

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1953: At Yankee Stadium‚ White Sox lefty pitcher Tommy Byrne pinch-hits for slugger Vern Stephens and hits a grand slam off Yankees reliever Ewell Blackwell to climax a 5-run 9th inning and give Chicago the 5-3 win. Stephens has 10 career grand slams: Byrne now has two.

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1951: At the Stadium, Mickey Mantle drives in four runs and scores three as New York rout the Indians‚ 11-3. Mantle connects for the first of his 206 homers at the Stadium‚ the blast coming off Dick Rozek.

1941: The Yankees bench Phil Rizzuto and Jerry Priddy‚ putting back Joe Gordon and Frank Crosetti. New York then rally in the 9th to beat the White Sox‚ 5-4. Joe DiMaggio contributes a triple and a solo homer.

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1932: The Yankees record their 4th straight shutout to equal the record set by Cleveland and Boston in 1903 and 1906. Johnny Allen‚ George Pipgras‚ Red Ruffing‚ and Lefty Gomez are the hurlers. Lefty stops Cleveland on 5 hits to win‚ 8-0‚ New York’s fifth shutout in 7 games.

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1928: Billy Martin is born.

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1927: Yankee left fielder Bob Meusel swipes second, third and home in the 3rd inning as New York top Detroit‚ 6-2. Lou Gehrig contributes a homer and 2 doubles to back Dutch Ruether’s pitching.

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1921: Jacob Ruppert and T.L. Huston‚ the two owners of the Yankees‚ make their final payment for $500‚ 000 to complete the purchase of the Bronx property for the new Yankee Stadium. The sale was made by the William Waldorf Astor estate‚ owners of the property.

1907: The Highlanders swap pitcher Walter Clarkson and outfielder Frank Delahanty – both siblings of future Hall of Famers – to Cleveland for pitcher Earl Moore. New York are hoping that Moore will return to the form he showed before a Highlander line drive injured his foot in August 1905. But after making  just six appearances this season‚ New York will waive him to the Phillies where he will regain his form in 1909. New York lose to Detroit today‚ 1-0.

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1941: Joe DiMaggio gets a single in 4 at bats against Ed Smith of the Chicago White Sox to start his 56-game hitting streak. Joe D’s hit goes unnoticed as the Yankees are thrashed 13-1. Taffy Wright homers and drives in 4 White Sox runs‚ the 8th straight game in which he’s driven in a run.

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On other 15ths of May…

2011: The Red Sox beat the Yankees 7-5 at the Stadium, completing a three-game sweep and bring their record to .500 for the first time after starting the year 0-6. Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz and Jarrod Saltalamacchia homer for the Sox. The Yankees have now lost 9 of their last 12, and the standings in the AL East are now in a logjam, with all five teams within 3 1/2 games of each other.

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1996: The Mariners spot the Yankees 4 runs‚ then hammer starter Jimmy Key and 5 other pitchers for 19 hits to win 10-5. Seven Mariners collect two or more hits‚ and Edgar Martinez drives in 4 runs. A wild Key takes his 5th straight loss‚ while Mariano Rivera records four outs to stretch his scoreless innings streak to 21 2/3. The Yanks will place Key on the 15 day DL.

1965: At Memorial Stadium‚ Mickey Mantle slices an opposite field homer in the 8th inning off Dick Hall to give New York a 3-2 win over the Orioles.

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1963: Down 4-0 to the Twins‚ Mickey Mantle hits a two run homer off Pedro Ramos to put the Yankees on the board. Mantle later scores the winning run as New York wins‚ 4-3.

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1955: At the Stadium, Irv Noren hits an inside-the-park grand slam in an 8-4 Yankee victory over the A’s. New York win the nitecap to sweep the A’s. Mickey Mantle goes 4-for-9 for the afternoon and is hitting .311.

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1950: The Yankees sell veteran outfielder Johnny Lindell to the Cardinals and pitcher Clarence “Cuddles” Marshall to the Browns.

1935: Lou Gehrig steals home in a 4-0 Yankee win over the Tigers. It is the 15th and last time the Iron Horse will swipe the dish, always on the front end of a double steal.

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1922: In a 4-1 win at the Polo Grounds‚ Ty Cobb beats out a grounder to Yankee shortstop Everett Scott. Veteran writer Fred Lieb scores it a hit in the box score he files with the Associated Press. But official scorer John Kieran of the New York Tribune gives an error to Scott. At the season’s end‚ the AL official records‚ based on AP box scores‚ list Cobb at .401. New York writers complain unsuccessfully‚ claiming it should be .399‚ based on the official scorer’s stats. Lieb will reverse himself at the end of the year‚ but Ban Johnson goes with the hit call.

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1920: At New York,  the Yankees beat Cleveland‚ handing Stan Coveleski (7-1) his first loss of the year. Pitcher Jack Quinn hits a homer off Coveleski with a man on in the 8th to win‚ 2-0. Quinn allows just 4 hits with only one runner getting past first base. Babe Ruth is 0-for-1‚ though the official scorer’s card has him at 0-for-2‚ a discrepancy that will not be corrected till 2005.

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1912: Ty Cobb charges into the stands at Hilltop Park and attacks a crippled heckler named Claude Lueker. Other New York fans and Tigers mix it up before order is restored‚ and Ban Johnson suspends Cobb indefinitely for the incident. The visitors win the contest‚ 8-4.

1911:Ring Lardner writes in the New York Daily News: ‘They are using a new ball this year. It’s livelier and that means more hitting‚ and more hitting means longer games‚ and that’s the devil. It appears to be impossible to finish a game in less than two hours’.

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1996: Dwight Gooden‚ on the verge of being released by the Yankees just two weeks ago‚ twirls a no-hitter to sink the Mariners‚ 2-0. Dr. K walks two in the 9th‚ but retires Ken Griffey‚ Jr.‚ fans Jay Buhner‚ and induces Paul Sorrento to pop out to end it. Gerald Williams saves the no-hitter when he runs down a 400-foot Alex Rodriguez liner in the first inning and turns it into a double play. Gooden (2-3) has now thrown 16 straight innings of hitless ball.

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1967: Mickey Mantle becomes the 6th member of the 500-HR club in New York’s 6-5 win against Baltimore. Mantle connects batting left-handed off Stu Miller.

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On other 14ths of May…

2011: Jorge Posada asks to be taken out of the line-up 40 minutes before the game, after being listed as the 9th-place hitter against the Red Sox. Batting .165, the DH claims he has a bad back, something which Brian Cashman denies, and after the game explains that he feels “a little bit disrespected”. With Andruw Jones taking Posada’s place, the Yankees lose the game 6-0, with a two-run double by Jacoby Ellsbury and a three-run homer by Adrian Gonzalez off CC Sabathia providing the key blows in support of Josh Beckett’s six shutout innings. Jones hits 9th in the game, the second #9 hitter in MLB history with 400+ homers to his credit – the only previous one was Jimmie Foxx from his days as a pitcher at the tail end of his career.

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2010: After Twins manager Ron Gardenhire orders an intentional walk to Mark Teixera and brings in righty Matt Guerrier to face Alex Rodriguez in the 7th, the Yankee third baseman blasts his 19th career grand slam to pass Frank Robinson  for 7th on the all-time career home run list and give the Bombers an 8 – 4 win.

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2005: Kevin Brown allows 5 runs in 6 innings but still wins his 100th AL game as the Yankees pummel Oakland‚ 15-6. Brown has now won 100 games in each league‚ the 9th player to do so. He’s backed by homers from Derek Jeter‚ A-Rod‚ Jorge Posada‚ and Tino Martinez‚ who drives in 5 runs.

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1929: In Cleveland‚ fans have no trouble telling the players apart‚ as both teams wear numbers on their uniform backs for the first time in Major League history. The Indians beat the Yanks 4-3‚ despite a homer by New York’s Mark Koenig off Willis Hudlin in the 6th inning. Also in the 6th‚ Yankee catcher Bill Dickey records three assists. For New York‚ it is their 3rd loss after 6 straight wins.

The 1929 Yankees

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On other 13ths of May…

2012 Andy Pettitte returns to pinstripes after a one-year retirement, but the Mariners spoil the party by beating the Yankees 6-2. Justin Smoak and Casper Wells  hit homers against Pettitte; Kevin Millwood picks up his first win for the M’s. Wells is a dutiful son on Mother’s Day, hitting his long ball after his mom, who drove all the way from Schenectady, NY to the Bronx to attend the game, asked him to hit a home run to make it memorable.

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2001: The Yanks finally lose to a below .500 team as the Orioles double them up 10-5. Paul O’Neill hits a 2-out‚ 2-run homer in the 9th to tie‚ but the O’s score 5 runs off Mariano Rivera in the top of the 11th to win. The big hit in the worst blown save of the Yankee closer’s career is Jeff Conine’s HR.

2000: The Diamondbacks defeat the Padres‚ 6-2‚ as Todd Stottlemyre wins the 136th game of his career. His dad, Mel, won 164 games in a 10-year career spent entirely with the Yankees, and the two now become the first father-son duo to combine for 300 wins.

1997: Tino Martinez continues his hot hitting with a home run in the Yankees’ 7-run 6th inning‚ as New York beat the Twins 11-2. Bernie Williams belts a solo homer in the 5th to snap a 2-2 tie. Martinez’s homer‚ his 15th‚ leaves him one behind Ken Griffey and puts him in select Yankee company: only Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth (4 times) have hit 15 homers in the first 40 games of a season. The defending World Series champions have won 17 of their last 23‚ while the Twins lose for the 16th time in 20 games.

1977: Ed Figueroa pitches his fourth straight complete game‚ and Thurman Munson cracks a 7th inning homer to lead New York to a 3-0 win over the Angels.

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1973: In the opener of a doubleheader at the Stadium, the Yankees tie a Major League  record by hitting 4 solo homers in a shutout game in which no other runs are scored. The mark was originally set by Cleveland on August 2‚ 1956. Roy White‚ Bobby Murcer‚ Ron Blomberg and Graig Nettles all go long in the 4-0 win over Baltimore. Mel Stottlemyre is the winner. The Yanks jump on Dave McNally for 5 runs in game 2 but score zero when Eddie Watts contributes 4 innings of relief.  The Orioles win‚ 9-6.

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1955: It’s Friday the 13th, and bad luck for the Tigers as Mickey Mantle homers from both sides of the plate for the first time in his career. In all‚ Mantle has 3 roundtrippers‚ the first two lefty against starter Steve Gromek‚ and the third off Bob Miller‚ all to the deep reaches of the bleachers in right center. The Mick adds a single to complete a total of 5 RBIs, accounting for all of his team’s runs as New York beat Detroit 5-2. Whitey Ford goes seven innings for the win. Mantle joins Tony Lazzeri (1927)‚ Ben Chapman (1932)‚ and Bill Dickey (1939) as the  only Yanks to hit three homers in a game at the Stadium.

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1951: At Philadelphia’s Shibe Park‚ Mickey Mantle hits his first righty homer‚ off Alex Kellner‚ in the majors‚ then makes the last out by
popping up his bunt attempt with the tying run on 3rd. The A’s win 5-4‚ then win the nitecap as well. Mantle has no homers in the 2nd game loss‚ but misses 2nd base on a hit.

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1947: The Yankees pound the Browns 9-1 with Charlie Keller‚ Joe DiMaggio  and Johnny Lindell combining for consecutive homers off
starter Fred Sanford in the 6th inning.

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1946: The Yankees become the first Major League team to sign a contract with an airline to fly on a regular basis‚ as they take a United flight to St. Louis to take on the Browns. Red Ruffing and four others choose to take the train.

1945: Atley Donald (below) is victorious over the Indians 1-0 in 10 innings when New York break through against pitcher Red Embree. A walk‚ a bunt single‚ a sac bunt and a sac fly by Russ Derry plate the run. Donald  is 13-1 against the Tribe‚ with his only loss coming on August 21‚ 1941 whenBob  Feller won‚ 2-0. Cleveland win the second game of the twinbill 4-2‚ behind Steve Gromek’s 7-hitter.

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1937: Joe DiMaggio replaces Lou Gehrig as the Yankees cleanup hitter and drives in three runs‚ as the Yankees trip the Browns‚ 4-2. Gehrig‚ hitting 5th gets a double after going hitless in his last 21 at bats. Tommy Henrich‚ making his second appearance‚ bats third. He collects a pair of singles. Winning pitcher Lefty Gomez is the only Yankee without a hit.

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1934: Lou Gehrig victimizes Cleveland’s Lloyd Brown with a grand slam for the second time when he launches one his first time up in the game. Ben Chapman also homers and triples twice as the Yanks roll before a Sunday Stadium crowd of 35,000, 8-0.

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