Vintage 1966 Wire Photograph - Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris

Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris continue their assault on Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record

Grand Slams

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On July 21, 1961 — With back-to-back homers in the top of the first at Fenway Park, Mickey Mantle (36th) and Roger Maris (37th) continue their assault on Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record. The game’s decisive hit, however, is a pinch-hit grand slam that was part of a 5 run 9th inning by Johnny Blanchard with two-out in the ninth-inning which propels the Bronx Bombers past the Red Sox, 11-8. The pinch slam is the American League’s 6th of the season, a new record.

 

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