Derek Jeter has done it. And fortunately it wasn’t on a slow roller down the third base line.
Jeter just hit a solo home run off David Price in the bottom of the third inning to collect hit No. 3,000. It was a no-doubter over the left field fence. He was greeted at home plate by his teammates and gave a curtain call to the crowd before heading back into the dugout.
What a way to do it, really. We give Jeter a hard time around here, but you can’t write it up much better than that.
Jeter is the 28th player in major league history to reach 3,000 hits. He is the first Yankees’ player ever to reach the milestone. Jeter and Wade Boggs are the only players to homer for their 3,000th hit.
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