Baseball Historians

July 9, 1978 at County Stadium
Brewers 8, Yankees 4  (47-37)
The Yankees limped into the All Star Break with their fifth loss in six games after a three game sweep at the hands of the Brewers.  Don Gullett was pummelled and he didn’t even last through the first inning.  He gave up four runs on three […]

July 8, 1978 at County Stadium
Brewers 6, Yankees 5  (47-36)
The Yankees yielded a late inning lead and the result was their fourth loss in five games.  Up 5-4, Goose Gossage gave up two runs in the bottom of the eighth as he fell to 4-8.  It was his fourth inning of relief and all three […]

July 7, 1978 at County Stadium
Brewers 6, Yankees 0  (47-35)
You can win them all.  Ron Guidry suffered his first defeat of the season in a mediocre start.  He fell to 13-1 and he gave up five runs on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings. 
It didn’t help that the Yankees were […]

July 6, 1978 at Arlington Stadium
Yankees 7, Ranges 2  (47-34)
Dick Tidrow helped the Yankees end their two game skid with a solid outing that gave the pen a rest.  He gave up two runs on eight hits and four walks with four strikeouts in the complete game and the win pushed his record to 4-6 […]

July 5, 1978 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 3, Yankees 2  (46-34)
The Rangers handed the Yankees their second straight loss as a solid start by Don Gullett went to waste.  He gave up three runs on eight hits with three strikeouts in seven innings and the loss pushed his record down to 4-1.
Thurman Munson provided most of […]

July 3, 1978 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 9, Yankees 5  (45-34)
The Yankees went up against the first place Red Sox but unfortunately they began with a whimper.  Ed Figueroa gave up the bulk of the damage and he gave up six runs (five earned) on seven hits and four walks in 3 2/3 innings.
Graig Nettles […]

July 2, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Tigers 2  (44-33)
The Yankees edged the Tigers in the first game of their Sunday doubleheader in a game that saw Ron Guidry improve to a perfect 13-0  He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with six strikeouts in eight innings.  Goose Gossage threw a […]

July 1, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Tigers 8, Yankees 4  (43-33)
Andy Messersmith and Ken Clay were roughed up as the Tigers doubled up the Yankees in front of big crowd.  Messersmith dropped to 0-3 and he gave up three runs in 1 1/3 innings when Clay took over and replicated Messersmith’s efforts.  Dick Tidrow was also […]