A two-run first-inning Gleyber Torres double and a three-run fifth-inning Aaron Judge triple did most of the damage in a June 5 , 2024, 9-1 win over visiting Minnesota. Carlos Rodon struck out nine in six strong innings for the win. Continue reading →
Eventual Rookie of the Year Luis Gil threw six scoreless frames in a 5-1 win over visiting Minnesota on June 4, 2024. The Yankee offense came via a Gleyber Torres solo home run in the second, a two-run Aaron Judge double in the third, and a Giancarlo Stanton two-run bomb in the eighth. Continue reading →
I would place this feat in third place to his incredible consecutive-games-played streak and the lofty rbi totals and hits totals he amassed: Lou Gehrig stroked four consecutive home runs in one game on June 3, 1932. The Yanks prevailed over the Athletics in a slugfest, 20-13, as Tony Lazzeri hit for the cycle as well. (That leaves the Iron Horse’s lead in career grand slams that stood for eight decades now fourth on his all-time performance numbers, by the way!) Continue reading →
June 2 is a sad day in Yankee land, as Lou Gehrig was lost to amyotropic lateral sclerosis, the condition that is more famously referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, on this day in 1941. But the Yankee organization did institute the first ever “Lou Gehrig Day” on this day in 2021, and the team responded with a 4-3 win over Tampa. Jordan Montgomery went six for the win, and Gio Urshela and Clint Frazier supplied the offense, driving in two apiece. Gio whacked a two-run homer in the first, while Clint, coming off an 11th-inning walkoff the previous day, singled for two in the fourth. Continue reading →
The first (historically and tradition-wise) of two huge June 1 Yankee days took place as Lou Gehrig pinch-hit for shortstop Paul Wanninger in 1925 in a 5-3 loss to the Senators. The next day Lou played first for Wally Pipp, making what was to become his record consecutive-games streak two games old. Continue reading →
Marvelous reclamation project and free agent Chris Carpenter got the Yanks off toward a 9-1 victory over visiting Baltimore with his second Bomber long ball, a two-run home run in the first inning on May 31, 2022. DJ LeMahieu and Jose Trevino also drove in two, the latter with an eight-inning bomb that capped the scoring. Continue reading →
Young Padres righthander Chris Paddock came into Yankee Stadium with some lofty numbers for the May 29, 2019, game, but DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit turned two of his first six pitches into home runs, and Gio Urshela went yard in the second. On the other side of things, it was disappointing that James Paxton pitched just four innings for the Yankees, but you wouldn’t know it from the final score, which was a 7-0 win by the good guys. Voit would triple in front of a two-run Gleyber Torres home run in the seventh, and Cameron Maybin stole a run in the sixth, following a single by purloining both second and third, then scoring on a throwing error on the latter. Continue reading →
The first 10 Yankees to come to bat in the home third vs the visiting Padres on May 28, 2023, either reached or made outs to score others in a seven-run frame. Kyle Higashioka doubled twice in the inning, and Willie Calhoun once. San Diego scored four times late to narrow the final to 10-7. Continue reading →
On May 27, 2019, Memorial Day, with all of baseball poised to halt the games for a moment of remembrance at 3 pm, the Yankees prevailed over the Padres 5-2. Opener Chad Green combined with “starter” David Hale to strike out the first four, until San Diego scored two off Hale in the second. But New York went up 3-2 almost right away on home runs by Clint Frazier and Brett Gardner in the bottom half. It stayed that way until Adam Ottavino retired DH Josh Naylor on a ground ball to second for out No. two in the top of the sixth, and the “moment” arrived. The Bombers added two in the eighth on a Gary Sanchez home run and a Gleyber Torres double. Continue reading →
