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DiMaggio’s 2 knocks help Yanks foil Tigers
- Updated: May 21, 2016
NEW YORK, May 21, 1941 — The Yankees are taking their time to get rolling. On Wednesday afternoon, they took an extra inning.
No doubt it was well worth it. By the time Johnny Sturm crossed home plate on Red Rolfe’s triple to give them a 5 to 4 victory over the Detroit Tigers, the fans that had stayed in their Yankee Stadium seats long enough to witness it had to be happy that the home team had strung together two wins in such dramatic fashion.
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New York still has a lot of work to do in the standings, but they’ll head into the morning with a record of a winning ballclub at 18-17.
The Yankees struck first Wednesday, with a Joe DiMaggio sacrifice …
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