Behind the pitching of Jim McDonald and Allie Reynoldsâ first-place New York beats Detroit, 6 â 3, to run its win streak to 14 games. New York gets a game-winner from Mickey Mantle off Art Houtteman that crowns the roof in right center at Detroit. Mantle has now hit in 16 straight gamesâ but will go hitless tomorrowâ when he pulls a thigh muscle. Hitting .353 at the end of todayâ Mantle will hit just .255 the rest of the year. The Yankees get another tape-measure blast when Joe Collins hits a 2-out 7th inning homer that lands on the 98-foot high press box over the 370-foot sign.
On June 11, 1953 Behind the pitching of Jim McDonald and Allie Reynoldsâ first-place New York beats Detroit, 6 â 3, to run its win streak to 14 games. New York gets a game-winner from Mickey Mantle off Art Houtteman that crowns the roof in right center at Detroit. Mantle has now hit in 16 straight gamesâ but will go hitless tomorrowâ when he pullsâŠ
