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1921 Babe Ruth hits his 127th home run, a tenth-inning blast off Elmer Myers to center field for the eventual winning run in the Yankees' 7-6 victory against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The homer moves the 26-year-old 'Sultan of Swat' past Sam Thompson into second place on the career list for homers, 11 dingers behind all-time leader Waterbury (CT) native and Hall of Famer Roger Connor.
1961 On the day he is released, Pittsburgh names Gene Baker as the player-manager of their Class D Batavia Pirates of New York-Penn League, making him the first black manager of a minor league team with a major league affiliation. The 36-year-old former infielder pilots the floundering 18-24 club to a third-place finish, losing the league finals to the Olean Red Sox.
1977 The Red Sox set a major league record when the team hits their twenty-second home run in the past six games. Butch Hobson's eighth-inning solo shot off Rudy May in the team's 4-0 victory over the Orioles at Memorial Stadium establishes a new mark.
1980 Five-foot-five Freddie Patek hits three home runs to help the Angels beat the Red Sox, 20-2. During his 14-year career in the big leagues with the Royals, Pirates, and Angels, the diminutive shortstop will hit 41 round-trippers, an average of four each season.
1995 At Jacobs Field, the Indians reach the million mark in attendance on the earliest date in franchise history when 40,516 fans watch their pennant-bound team rout the Red Sox, 9-2, behind the solid performance of starter Chad Ogea. The 100-44 club will finish second in attendance in the American League, trailing only the Orioles, who draw over three million patrons at Camden Yards in the strike-shortened season.
2015 After using Instagram during the game, the Red Sox bench third baseman Pablo Sandoval for one contest for violating the team's social media policy. The Panda had hit the "like" button while in the restroom during Boston's 7-4 loss to Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium.
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