On August 4, 1973, the Yankees’ hopes of snapping a 3-game skid nearly unraveled when Fritz Peterson pulled a muscle in the first inning. Enter reliever Lindy McDaniel, who mastered Detroit by tossing 13 innings of near-flawless baseball, allowing just one run on six hits. The Yankees tied it in the ninth and finally pulled ahead in the 14th, vaulting back into second place in the AL East. It was a marathon performance that remains one of the most remarkable bullpen efforts in team history.