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April 30, 1937 at Griffith Stadium
Senators 4, Yankees 1  (5-2)
The Yankees five gave winning streak came to end in a game that saw only five Yankee hits.  George Selkirk drove home Lou Gehrig in the sixth inning for the team’s only run of the game and Gehrig finished the game with two hits.
Kemp Wicker was [...]

April 29, 1937 at Griffith Stadium
Yankees 4, Senators 2  (5-1)
The Yankees doubled up the Senators today and the offense was primarily provided by Red Rolfe and Roy Johnson.  Rolfe finished the game with two hits, two RBIs and a run while Johnson had a single hit and two RBIs.  George Selkirk also had a nice [...]

April 28, 1937 at Griffith Stadium
Yanees 6, Senators 1  (4-1)
Lefty Gomez threw a gem today for the Yankees as he picked up his first win of the season.  He gave up just a single run on five hits and four walks with four strikeouts.
It was a complete team effort for the Yankees as all six [...]

April 26, 1937 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Athletics 1  (3-1)
The Yankees made it three straight wins with some more good hitting.  Tony Lazzeri remained hot and he had three hits and two RBIs while Lou Gehrig joined him with the same stat line.  Gehrig also scored two times in the game.
Johnny Broaca threw a nice [...]

April 25, 1937 at Fenway Park
Yankees 9, Red Sox 3  (2-1)
The Yankees ran up the score today against the Red Sox.  Roy Johnson had a big day at the plate with three hits and two RBIs while Tony Lazerri had two hits and two RBIs.  George Selkirk also had a nice game with two hits [...]

April 24, 1937 at Fenway Park
Yankees 6, Red Sox 5  (1-1)
It took ten innings but the Yankees won their first game of the season against the Red Sox.  Tony Lazerri and Myril Hoag led the way on offense for the Yankees.  Lazerri had two hits and he scored three times while Hoag had two hits, [...]

April 20, 1937 at Yankee Stadium
Senators 3, Yankees 2  (0-1)
The Yankees began their defense of the baseball world championship on a less then solid note as they could never get their bats going in a loss to the Senators.  Lou Gehrig had a nice day at the plate with three hits and an RBI while [...]

In a lot of ways, 1937 was Lou Gehrig’s last hurrah.  1938 would be one of his worst seasons (although it was still very good by most standards) and of course 1939 was the season we saw Gehrig’s career cut short.   Man, did he come out in 1937 though.
While a lot was made about DiMaggio’s breakout [...]

If Joe DiMaggio’s rookie season in 1936 was a good one, his second season in 1937 was even better.  DiMaggio developed his power stroke in 1937 and he set a career high and led the American League with 46 homeruns.  For the second straight year, DiMaggio finished in double figured in doubles (35), triples (15), [...]