5/12/1948: Joe DiMaggio hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning at Yankee Stadium off Gene Bearden of the Indians. There was one out at the time. The game was rained out in the bottom of the fourth.

 

On ,May 12 1948 — 5/12/1948: Joe DiMaggio hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning at Yankee Stadium off Gene Bearden of the Indians. There was one out at the time. The game was rained out in the bottom of the fourth.

 

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