Baseball Historians

May 19, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees 11, Blue Jays 3  (21-13)
The Yankees trounced the Jays behind a nice game by Chris Chambliss.  The first baseman went two for four with a homerun, four RBIs and two runs.  Bucky Dent went three for five with his first homer of the season, two runs and two RBIs [...]

May 18, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 5, Indians 3  (20-13)
The Yankees salvaged a split in their two game series with the Yankees despite an early three run deficit.  Lou Piniella had the big hit with a two run triple that he later scored on while Thurman Munson was three for five with a run and [...]

May 17, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 5, Yankees 4  (19-13)
The Yankees blew an early three run lead as they lost their series opener to the Indians in ten innings.  With two runs in the first and two more in the third, the Yankees had a three run lead after three innings but the Indians scored [...]

May 16, 1978 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 3  (19-12)
The Yankees finished up a two game sweep over the White Sox in a game that saw five Yankees have multihit games.  Lou Piniella reached base all five times with two hits and three walks while Thurman Munson went two for four with a walk, [...]

May 15, 1978 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 4, White Sox 1  (18-12)
Jim Beattie and Sparky Lyle combined to shut down the White Sox as the Yankees kicked off a two game series in Chicago.  Beattie improved to 2-0 and he gave up the one run on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 5 [...]

May 14, 1978 at Royals Stadium
Royals 10, Yankees 9  (17-12)
The Yankees lost a shootout as they combined with the Royals to score nineteen runs on twenty six hits.  The Yankees were up 6-3 at one point then they were down 9-7 before they tie it in the eighth with two runs.  Unfortunately, Ken Clay gave [...]

May 13, 1978 at Royals Stadium
Yankees 5, Royals 2  (17-11)
Reggie Jackson put the Yankees on his back and he played a role in four of the Yankees five runs.  He went two for three with his seventh homer, three RBIs and two runs.  Willie Randolph had just one hit, but it was double in which [...]

May 12, 1978 at Royals Stadium
Royals 4, Yankees 3  (16-11)
Graig Nettles homered in his third straight game but it was enough as the Yankees lost to the Royals.  Chris Chambliss finished two for four and he scored a run.
Ed Figueroa threw a solid game but it wasn’t enough as he came within one out of [...]

May 9, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Twins 1  (16-10)
Catfish Hunter threw six shutout innings as he tried to get back on track after a rough start to the season.  He improved to 2-3 and he gave up one hit and two walks with the three strikeouts.  Sparky Lyle gave up one run on three [...]

May 7, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Rangers 2  (15-10)
Rich Gossage had his best game to date the Yankees twelve inning win over the Rangers.  After Sparky Lyle threw 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief through the end of the eighth, Goose took over and threw four no-hit innings to close the game out.  He [...]

May 6, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Rangers 9, Yankees 5  (14-10)
The Yankees five game winning streak came to an abrupt end as Dick Tidrow and the Yankees pen were pummelled by the Rangers’ hitters.  Tidrow fell to 1-3 and he gave up five runs on six hits and four walks with one strikeout in 5 1/3 [...]

May 5, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Rangers 2  (14-9)
The Yankees won their fifth straight game as Ron Guidry and Goose Gossage combined to shut down the Rangers.  Guidry improved to 3-0 and he gave up just one run on six hits and five walks with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.  Gossage gave up [...]

May 3, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Royals 5  (13-9)
The Yankees homered their way to a sweep over the Royals in what was their fourth straight win.  Jim Spencer, Reggie Jackson and Graig Nettles all went yard for the Yanks.  Spencer’s homer was a two run shot and Graig Nettles solo shot in the eighth [...]

May 2, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Royals 2  (12-9)
The Yankees made it three straight wins behind Catfish Hunter’s first win of the season.  He gave up just two runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts in seven frames.  Sparky Lyle held the Royals scoreless in the final two innings and he [...]

May 1, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Royals 4  (11-9)
Jim Beattie gave up four runs through the first innings but the Yankees came back to blowout the Royals.  The Yanks tied it in the fifth with three runs then they busted the game open in the seventh with four more.  Mickey Rivers went two for [...]

April 30, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 3, Twins 2  (10-9)
Chris Chambliss singled home Reggie Jackson in the top of the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie to provide the winning run.  It was Chambliss’ second RBI of the day and he finished with a team high three hits.  Reggie Jackson also had a nice [...]

April 29, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3, Yankees 1  (9-9)
The Yankees couldn’t get anything going against Twins’ starter Geoff Zahn as they were held to just five hits.  The lone run didn’t come until the eighth inning when Bucky Dent doubled home Cliff Johnson.  No Yankee reached base more then once.
Dick Tidrow fell to 1-2 [...]

April 28, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 3, Twins 1  (9-8)
The Yankees won their third straight and it was the first time this season where they had a winning record.  Ed Figueroa was the player of the game with a solid complete game win.  He gave up just one run on five hits and three walks with [...]

April 25, 1978 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (8-8)
The Yankees evened up their record at eight wins and eight losses behind a solid start in rookie Jim Beattie’s major league debut.  He gave up just a single run on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle was [...]

April 24, 1978 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 8, Orioles 2  (7-8)
The Yankees ran up the scored on the Orioles and it was Chris Chambliss who led the way.  He went two for five with a double, three RBIs and a run while five hitters had two hits.  Also, all eight runs were scored by different Yankees [...]

April 23, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 3, Yankees 2  (6-8)
The Yankees had a tough time at the plate as the Brewers squeaked out a win as the Yankees dropped their series two games to one.  Mickey Rivers was the only hitter with two hits and he drove in a run while Reggie Jackson pitched in [...]

April 22, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Brewers 3  (6-7)
The Yankees scored runs in the tenth and twelth inning to walk away with an extra inning win over the Brewers.  Roy White singled home the winning run in the twelth in the exciting contest.  Willie Randolph also had a big at bat with a sac. [...]

April 21, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 9, Yankees 2  (5-7)
Ed Figueroa dropped his first decision of the season and was roughed up the Brewers.  He gave up eight runs (five earned) on eight hits with five strikeouts in five innings and the loss dropped him to 2-1 on the season.
Willie Randolph was the hitting star.  [...]

April 18, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (5-5)
Reggie Jackson broke a 3-3 tie with a ninth inning walk off solo homer to win it for the Yankees.  Jackson also drew two walks and he finished the game with two runs.  Roy White and Thurman Munson each had two hits and an RBI in [...]

April 17, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 6, Yankees 1  (4-5)
The Yankees lost their first home game of the season as Catfish Hunter was knocked around for the second straight time.  He fell to 0-2 and he gave up five runs on six hits and five walks with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  Goose Gossage [...]

April 16, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, White Sox 0  (4-4)
The Yankees finished up a sweep over the White Sox, won their third straight and evened their record at 4-4 behind some nice pitching by the duo of Dick Tidrow and Sparky Lyle.  Tidrow improved to 1-1 and he gave up four hits and three [...]

April 15, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, White Sox 2  (3-4)
Mickey Rivers belted a two run blast in the bottom of the eighth inning to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 win for the Yankees.  Jim Spencer drove in the other run with a solo shot in fourth inning.  It was his second long [...]

April 13, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, White Sox 2  (2-4)
The Yankees won their home opener and in the process, snapped their three game losing streak behind a very nice start by Ron Guidry.  The lefthander gave up two runs on ten hits and two walks with four strikeouts in the complete game win.
Reggie Jackson [...]

April 12, 1978 at County Stadium
Brewers 5, Yankees 3  (1-3)
Rich Gossage’s start as a Yankee continued to be a rough one as he was shelled again to drop to 0-2 in just two relief appearances.  He gave up three runs on three hits with three strikeouts in three innings of work.  In the meantime, Ken [...]

April 11, 1978 at County Stadium
Brewers 9, Yankees 6  (1-3)
The Yankees put six runs on the board and outhit the Brewers but still lost their for the third time in four games to open up the season.  Catfish Hunter made his season debut and it was a rough one as he gave up six runs [...]