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- Автор: Kegore
The Tigers led all of baseball in attendance in In they did even better as they attracted over 30 percent more home rooters than the next team while drawing a Detroit record 1,, spectators. The season saw the Tigers ranking behind only the New York Yankees in home attendance.
And why not? Detroit had fielded the world champions in and second-place teams in and behind stars like Hank Greenberg , Hal Newhouser , and Dizzy Trout. The Tigers were one of the premier teams in the American League, having fielded a winning team in 11 of the last 13 seasons , and won four pennants and two world championships in that span.
Arguably, they were the most successful team in the American League outside of New York. The Yankees had recently not experienced much in the way of success, however. After winning pennants from through , they had gone three years without winning the AL race, almost an eternity for the New Yorkers. In they had finished 17 games behind pennant-winning Boston, their furthest off the flag since In , though, the Yankees were playing like a team on a mission, and were threatening to make a mockery of the junior-circuit race.
After getting off to a sluggish start, the Yankees hosted Boston on May and swept the defending champs while outscoring them over the four games. Pundits were calling this squad a team for the ages. Opposing players and managers grudgingly admitted that the Yanks were clearly the class of the league. A victory this afternoon, July 18, , would give the Yankees 20 wins in a row and with it the American League record for the longest winning streak, which they currently shared with the Hitless Wonders, the Chicago White Sox.
The Yankees were entrusting right-handed pitcher Randy Gumpert with the streak. Gumpert was undefeated with a 4. He had his first sustained opportunity in and took advantage of it, going with a 2. Taking the mound for Detroit was right-hander Fred Hutchinson , a pitcher whose main weapons on the mound were his control, his change of pace, and his heart.
Hutch came onto the big-league scene pretty quickly, having made his major-league debut against the Yankees as a year-old. That contest, on May 2, , was memorable: It was the game in which Lou Gehrig had voluntarily ended his 2,game playing streak. Girardi was tagged out between second and third trying to stretch the hit into a triple.
Chuck Knoblauch worked a walk and then Derek Jeter hit a home run to make it 5—0. In the eighth inning, O'Neill led off with a double to right and scored on a single to center by Bernie Williams. In the third inning, Cone recorded three strikeouts. In the eighth inning Knoblauch, whose defense had significantly deteriorated since the season, made a good defensive play when Jose Vidro hit a ball hard between first and second.
Knoblauch moved quickly to his left, fielded it cleanly, and made a strong throw to first, retiring Vidro and preserving the perfect game. Ryan McGuire pinch hit for Shane Andrews and hit a soft fly ball to left field.


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