Baseball Historians

May 31, 1977 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 5, Yankees 1  (26-21)
The Yankees put only run on the board against the Red Sox and they lost 5-1 despite outhitting their opposition 9-7.  Graig Nettles drove in the only run with a solo homerun and both Chris Chambliss and Willie Randolph had three hits in the game.
Gil […]

May 30, 1977 at Fenway Park
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (26-20)
The Yankees beat the Red Sox and Reggie Jackson led the way for the Yanks at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs.  Graig Nettles hit a solo homerun and he scored two runs.
Mike Torrez threw a nice game […]

May 29, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, White Sox 2  (25-20)
The Yankees won their first three game series in a couple of weeks by beating the White Sox.  Ed Figueroa threw a nice game and he improved to 6-3 on the season with another complete game. He gave up two runs on six hits and […]

May 28, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
White Sox 9, Yankees 4  (24-20)
Ron Guidry was hit hard and he took his first loss of the season in a tough start against the White Sox.  He gave up six runs on six hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings of work.
Lou Piniella hit a […]

May 27, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (24-19)
Thurman Munson had a big day at the plate in the Yankees win in their series opener with the White Sox.  He went two for four with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Reggie Jackson homered and drove in two runs while […]

May 25, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Rangers 2  (23-18)
Gil Patterson outdueled Bert Blyleven in the front of end of a doubleheader with the Rangers.  Patterson improved to 1-1 on the season and he gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle threw 2 […]

May 24,  1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Red Sox 5  (22-18)
The Yankees scored four runs in the seventh inning and they needed everyone of them as they edged the Red Sox in a one run game.  Graig Nettles and Carlos May hit solo homeruns in the seventh but you had a nice team effort.  All […]

May 23, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Red Sox 4, Yankees 3  (21-18)
The Yankees were on the short end of the first game of an important series with the Red Sox.  Going into the game, the the Yankees and Red Sox were tied for second, each a half game back of the first place Orioles.  The loss […]

May 22, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 5, Yankees 1  (20-17)
The Yankees dropped their third straight game in the front end of a doubleheader with the Orioles.  The only run of the game for the Yankees came in the second inning when Graig Nettles doubled home Chris Chambliss.  Nettles was also the only Yankee with two […]

May 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 4, Yankees 3  (20-16)
The Yankees and Orioles scored almost as many runs in extra innings as they did through their regulation nine.  The Orioles tied it up 2-2 in the seventh and then scored first in extra innings with a run in the eleventh, but the Yankees answered with […]

May 17, 1977 at Oakland Coliseum
Yankees 5, Athletics 2  (19-14)
The Yankees won a tough one as they beat the Athletics in fifteen innings.  They took a 2-0 lead into the ninth only to have Ron Guidry finally get tagged for two runs to send the game into extra frames.  Then six innings later, the Yankees […]

May 16, 1977 at Oakland Coliseum
Athletics 8, Yankees 4  (18-14)
This was one was pretty much over after the first inning.  Starter Ken Holtzman gave up five runs (three earned) and got only a single out as he dropped to 2-3 on the season.  The pen didn’t fare much better as each of the two relievers […]

May 15, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 8, Yankees 2  (18-13)
The Angels scored twice as many runs as they’d need to beat the Yankees in the first inning alone in a blowout.  Mike Torrez gave up the bulk of those runs in a tough start.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and three walks […]

May 14, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees 4, Angels 1  (18-12)
The Yankees picked up their second straight win over the Yankees and they did it behind two big homers by Graig Nettles.  He drove in three of the four Yankees runs and the two homers brings his season total up to six.
Don Gullet had a nice […]

May 13, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees 3, Angels 0  (17-12)
The Yankees were glad to get out of Seattle where they lost two straight but Ed Figueroa got the Yanks back on track in a three hit shutout in the team’s series opener against the Angels.  Figueroa walked five and struck out four in the win.
Thurman […]

May 12, 1977 at the Kingdome
Mariners 8, Yankees 6  (16-12)
The Yankees lost their second straight game to the Mariners in a game that saw the Yankees make five errors which led to six unearned runs.  Catfish Hunter took it on the chin though and while only two of the seven runs he gave up were […]

May 11, 1977 at the Kingdome
Mariners 5, Yankees 2  (16-11)
The Yankees three game winning streak came to an end at the hands of the expansion Mariners.  Ken Holtzman was knocked around and he dropped to 2-2 on the season.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts […]

May 8, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 10, Athletics 5  (16-10)
The Yankees won their third straight game behind some nice hitting by catcher Thurman Munson.  He went four for five with a homerun and four runs scored.  Graig Nettles also had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with a three run […]

May 7, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 11, Athletics 2  (15-10)
The Yankees won their second straight game with a ton of offense in a blowout win over the A’s.  Roy White led the way and he went two for three with a homerun and four RBIs.  Mickey Rivers went two for three with his first homerun, […]

May 6, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Athletics 1  (14-10)
Ed Figueroa got it done on the mound for the Yankees in their win over the Athletics.  He gave up just one unearned run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in a complete game.
Roy White provided most of the offense in the win.  […]

May 5, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Athletics 5, Yankees 2  (13-10)
Catfish Hunter gave up five runs in a complete game and he dropped his first game of the season as the Yankees five game winning streak came to an end. He gave up eight hits and he walked three with four strikeouts.
Bucky Dent went two for […]

May 3, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Angels 1  (13-9)
The Yankees took it to the Angels for their fifth straight win and they did it with three big homeruns.  Bucky Dent hit a big grand slam and both Graig Nettles and Reggie Jackson also went yard.  Both Nettles and Jackson drove in two runs each […]

May 1, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Marines 2  (12-9)
The Yankees won their fourth straight game behind a nice outing by Ken Holtzman.  He gave up just two runs on ten hits and two walks with a strikeout in six solid inning.  Sparky Lyle closed it out and picked up his six save with three […]