2019: Tanaka victorious amongst All-Star cast
The American League defeats the National League, 4-3, in the All-Star Game for its seventh straight win in the Midsummer Classic. The Yankees are well-represented on the mound and in the field, as DJ LeMahieu and Gary Sanchez start the game at second base and catcher, respectively. Sanchez doubles and scores a run in the fifth, while Gleyber Torres pinch hits for LeMahieu three batters later. Masahiro Tanaka pitches a scoreless second to earn the win, becoming the first Yankees hurler to record the victorious decision in the All-Star Game since Vic Raschi in 1948. Aroldis Chapman earns the save, striking out all three batters, but not before CC Sabathia makes a mound visit and receives a standing ovation from the Progressive Field crowd in Cleveland, where he pitched for the first seven-and-a-half seasons of his career.
2011: Mr. 3,000
Entering the game with 2,998 hits, Derek Jeter makes “history ... with an exclamation point!”. The 37-year-old Yankees captain singles in his first at-bat and then homers off Tampa Bay’s David Price to become the second player in MLB history (joining Wade Boggs) to hit a home run for his 3,000th hit. Jeter is the 28th player and first Yankees hitter to join the 3,000-hit club, but he wasn’t done yet. Jeter collects three more hits, including driving in the game-winning run in the eighth inning, becoming only the second player (along with Craig Biggio) to collect five hits in his 3,000th-hit game -- and the only player to go 5-for-5. Almost as an afterthought, the Yankees win, 5-4.
1955: Five stars for the Mick
Mickey Mantle goes 5-for-5 with three runs scored for his first career five-hit game, and the only one of his four in which he does not homer or drive in a run. Meanwhile, Yogi Berra ends the game a single short of the cycle with four RBI, (driving Mantle in all three times), giving the Yankees all their offense in a 4-0 win. Bob Turley allows just two hits in a shutout of the Senators.
1937: Joe cycles on through
Joe DiMaggio hits for the cycle, going 5-for-5 and smacking two home runs. Each of his hits drives in a run as the Yankees crush the Senators, 16-2. This marks one of two cycles the “Yankee Clipper” will hit in his career; he would accomplish the feat again in May 1948.
1932: Chapman’s trio
Outfielder Ben Chapman hits three home runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Detroit at Yankee Stadium. The first two are of the inside-the-park variety, powering the Yankees to a 14-9 win.
