While games in September in a close pennant race tend to feel more important that ones from, say, June, they’re technically not. Every single game during the regular season is worth the same no matter under what circumstances they’re played.
Even though that is true, early season games can tend to get lost in the shuffle when thinking about key moments in a pennant race. However as it turns out, sometimes a pitcher taking a walk while hitting can be one key difference that separates two teams.
One June 15th, 1952, the Yankees were in Cleveland playing a doubleheader to end a four-game set.