[Big Six]

Boston Globe, September 5, 1936

HITTERS MAKE HISTORY AS SOX THRASH YANKS
Gehrig Homers Three Times, Incuding 400th of His Career
Hafey Hits For Cycle

NEW YORK--Yesterday at Yankee Stadium, Lou Gehrig and Chick Hafey flexed their ample muscles and powered their Boston Red Sox to an 18-3 victory over the New York club. Each of the thirty-three year old sluggers made history in the process; Gehrig reaching a career milestone only three men in major league history have achieved, Hafey enjoying a rare day of varied offensive accomplishments.

Gehrig blasted three home runs, all struck off hapless Yankees starter Vernon "Lefty" Gomez. Lou's third blast, an eighth-inning grand slam, was the 400th of his illustrious career. The Columbia strong boy leads all active players in career home runs; only the recently retired Babe Ruth and Oscar Charleston have cleared the fence more times.

The man who hits two slots behind him in the Red Sox batting order, Chick Hafey, worked some hitting magic of his own, collecting five hits: a single, two doubles, a triple, and a home run. In baseball parlance, that is known as "hitting for the cycle," and it is one of the game's rarer accomplishments.

Each of the Sox sluggers drove in seven runs, and Gehrig scored five times himself. The first five batters in Boston's order--Martin Dihigo, Bill Werber, Gehrig, Josh Gibson, and Hafey--together amassed fifteen base hits, scored sixteen times, and drove in fifteen runs.

Their awesome work at bat made an easy winner of Waite Hoyt, who evened his 1936 record at seventeen wins and seventeen defeats...