This Date in Baseball - Yankees tie 2002 Rangers record by homering in their 27th straight game

This Date in Baseball—Yankees tie the 2002 Rangers record by homering in their 27th straight game—highlights a key run of power hitting in the New York Yankees’ recent stretch. The article notes that on 2002 this streak-level milestone was also reached by the Texas Rangers, serving as a benchmark for consecutive games with a home run. It places that achievement in a broader “this date” context that includes major milestones across MLB history. Among them, 1983 saw Don Sutton strike out his 3,000th batter, and 1993 marked Carlton Fisk’s final major league game, surpassing Bob Boone’s record for games caught.