On May 28, 1946, the first night game ever played at Yankee Stadium took place. The Yanks faced the Washington Senators in a 2-1 loss in front of 49,917 fans. The lone run came off the bat of Joe DiMaggio, a single to center field scoring Snuffy Stirnweiss.
Dutch Leonard, the Senators pitcher of all people, brought home the deciding run in the fourth inning. He hit a single to right field that scored Cecil Travis.
General Electric president Charles E. Wilson threw out the ceremonial first pitch under 1,245 newly developed GE sports floodlights.