Baseball Historians

June 30, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees 11, Blue Jays 5  (42-33)
The Yankees salvaged a split in their four game series with the Blue Jays behind the bit stick of Cliff Johnson.  He homered three times and drove in four runs to lead the way for the Yankees.  Thurman Munson homered and drove in four runs [...]

June 9, 1977 at County Stadium
Yankees 10, Brewers 1  (32-24)
The Yankees made short work of the Brewers and Don Gullett coasted to an easy win in the blowout.  Gullett improved to 5-2 and he gave up one run on four hits and four walks with four strikeouts in seven innings.
Bucky Dent went three for five [...]

June 28, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 5  (40-33)
Rookie Ken Clay had a tough time against the Blue Jays and he dropped to 0-2 on the season with a rough start.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on five hits and three walks and three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
George Zeber belted [...]

June 27, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6  (40-32)
The Yankees four game winning streak came to an end as Ron Guidry had a tough time against the expansion Blue Jays.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.
Mickey Rivers went two for five [...]

June 26, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (40-31)
The Yankees won their fourth straigth game despite blowing a three run lead in the ninth.  Don Gullett took a 4-1 lead into the top of the ninth and then he gave up three runs as the Red Sox tied it.  Fortunately, Paul Blair singled [...]

June 25, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Red Sox 1  (39-31)
The Yankees won their third straight game behind a solid outing by the big right hander, Mike Torrez.  He gave up one run on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout in the complete game.
Graig Nettles provided most of the offense with a three [...]

June 24, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Red Sox 5  (38-31)
The Yankees had a huge come from behind win here against the Red Sox.  With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Roy White belted a two run homer to tie the game and send it into extra frames and then Reggie Jackson singled home Graig Nettles in the [...]

June 13, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Royals 8, Yankees 3  (34-26)
Mike Torrez had a tough time in his start as the Yankees were blown out by the Royals.  He fell to six runs on eight hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
Willie Randolph singled twice and he scored two runs in the loss.  Lou Piniella [...]

June 12, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Twins 6, Yankees 1  (34-25)
The Twins got to Ed Figueroa and the Yankees were only able to muster five hits as they lost their series finale with the Twins.  The loss also ended their four game winning streak.  Figueroa fell to 7-5 and he gave up six runs on seven hits [...]

June 11, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Twins 5  (34-24)
The Yankees made it to ten games over .500 for the first time this season and Catfish Hunter and Sparky Lyle threw just good enough to keep the Twins at bay while the Yankees’ bats got it done at the plate.  Hunter gave up four runs [...]

June 10, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Twins 1  (33-24)
The Yankees got it done and won for the third straight time behind a solid outing by Ron Guidry.  He improved to 4-2 and he gave up one run on seven hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle got the [...]

June 8, 1977 at County Stadium
Yankees 9, Brewers 2  (31-24)
Bucky Dent led the way for the Yankees in a game where they hit four homeruns.  Dent went yard twice and he drove in four runs.  Reggie Jackson and Roy White also went yard in the game.
Mike Torrez picked up the win and he improved to [...]

June 7, 1967 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 7, Yankees 3  (30-24)
Ed Figueroa fell to 7-4 on the season with a rough start in the Yankees loss to the Rangers.  He gave up seven runs (six earned) on ten hits and seven walks with two strikeouts in seven innings.
Bucky Dent drove two of the Yankees’ three runs [...]

June 6, 1977 at Arlington Stadium
Yankees 9, Rangers 2  (30-23)
Reggie Jackson led the Yankees in a blowout win against the Rangers in their series opener.  He went two for five with two homeruns and four RBIs.  Willie Randolph went three for five with a double, two runs and two RBIs. 
Catfish Hunter went the distance and [...]

June 5, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (29-23)
The Yankees made good use of the long ball as they won the rubber game in their series with the White Sox.  Five different Yankees belted homeruns and they accounted for seven of the eight Yankees runs.  Thurman Munson, Carlos May, Reggie Jackson, George Zeber [...]

June 4, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (28-23)
Yesterday, it was the White Sox who put seven runs on the board in one inning.  This time the Yankees did it as they scored seven of their eight runs in the second inning.  Thurman Munson singled, drove in two and scored a run while [...]

June 3, 1977 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 9, Yankees 5  (27-23)
Mike Torrez had a tough time and he fell to 6-4 on the season as the Yankees were blown out by the White Sox.  He gave up six runs on seven hits and three walks in just 3 1/3 innings.  The White Sox scored most [...]

June 2, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 10, Twins 3  (27-22)
The Yankees poured on the hits as they blew out the Twins 10-3.  Lou Piniella had a nice game and he went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Chris Chambliss went two for four with a triple, one RBI and three [...]

June 1, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 4, Yankees 3  (26-22)
A 3-1 lead turned into a 4-3 loss in a hurry as Ron Guidry and Sparky Lyle couldn’t get it done in the ninth inning.  After coasting through eight innings, Guidry gave up a run in the ninth and left two runners on before Sparky Lyle [...]