Bombers bits
• CC Sabathia has tied a career high with 53 strikeouts through his first seven starts, something he also did in 2007. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it is the fifth-most strikeouts by a Yankees pitcher through seven starts; Bob Turley had 69 in 1955, which ranks first.
• On this date in 1903, John Ganzel hit the first home run in franchise history, an inside-the-park solo homer off the Tigers' George Mullin. The Highlanders won, 8-2, at Detroit's Bennett Park. On this date in 2006, Hideki Matsui fractured his left wrist in the first inning against the Red Sox and was removed from the game, ending his games-played streak of 1,768 consecutive contests as a professional. Most of those games (1,250) were played with the Yomiuri Giants, and 518 were with the Yankees.
• CC Sabathia has tied a career high with 53 strikeouts through his first seven starts, something he also did in 2007. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it is the fifth-most strikeouts by a Yankees pitcher through seven starts; Bob Turley had 69 in 1955, which ranks first.
• On this date in 1903, John Ganzel hit the first home run in franchise history, an inside-the-park solo homer off the Tigers' George Mullin. The Highlanders won, 8-2, at Detroit's Bennett Park. On this date in 2006, Hideki Matsui fractured his left wrist in the first inning against the Red Sox and was removed from the game, ending his games-played streak of 1,768 consecutive contests as a professional. Most of those games (1,250) were played with the Yomiuri Giants, and 518 were with the Yankees.