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DiMaggio supplies lead; NY can’t prevent tie
- Updated: May 23, 2016
NEW YORK, May 23, 1941 — The Yankees didn’t lose Friday. They didn’t win, either, but at this point early in a season that’s been slow to get moving, they’ll take the 9 to 9 tie against the Boston Red Sox as proof positive that at least their bats are heating up in time for the summer.
Storm clouds persisted throughout the afternoon until darkness finally fell on the Bronx after a slog of more than three hours between two clubs that wouldn’t give an inch. The game was called and will be made up later in the season, but the Yankees rapped out 10 hits en route to their half of the day’s scoring, and those will stand.
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Boston got off to a quick start, scoring two runs in the first inning when center fielder Dom DiMaggio, the brother of Yankees slugger Joe, led off with a single against New York pitcher Spud Chandler and then scored on a two-run home run by Lou Finney. But the Yankees answered …
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