This Date in Baseball - 209 Yankees set MLB record by homering in their 28th consecutive game

This Date in Baseball highlights a slate of MLB moments culminating in the Yankees setting a record for power, homering in their 28th consecutive game. The run was part of a day that also featured John Broaca tying a major league pitching mark by striking out five consecutive batters and leading the Yankees to an 11-2 win over the Chicago White Sox. Lou Gehrig hit for the cycle in another Yankees-related standout. Earlier entries include Cal Ripken Jr. reaching his 1,000th consecutive game in 1988 and Sammy Sosa breaking the homers-in-a-month record in 1998. Other milestones span Luis Pujols and Tony Pena becoming the first Dominican-born opposing managers in 2002 and Edwin Jackson throwing a 1-0 no-hitter for Arizona in 2010 at Tropicana Field.