What Yankee record did Derek Jeter just tie?”
NEW YORK — Derek Jeter and Lou Gehrig are tied at the top. Jeter matched the New York Yankees record for hits with a seventh-inning single Wednesday night against Tampa Bay. Jeter’s third hit of the game gave him 2,721 in a Yankees uniform, tying a mark held by Gehrig for more than 70 years. “It’s just kind of mind-boggling to know my name is next to his,” Jeter said after the Yankees’ 4-2 victory. Jeter had a chance to break the record in the eighth inning, but he walked against reliever Grant Balfour. The Yankees are off Thursday, and Jeter will get his next opportunity Friday night at home against Baltimore. Already on their feet in anticipation, fans at Yankee Stadium let loose with a roar when Jeter’s sharp grounder inside the first-base line got by a diving Chris Richard in the seventh. Jeter’s parents, watching from an upstairs box between home plate and first base, raised their arms and exclaimed in excitement. The Yankees trailed 2-0 at the time, and Jeter said he reluctant to
