Baseball Historians

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 too…

June 26, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Red Sox 4, Yankees 1  (41-30)
The Yankees lost round one of a big series with the first place Red Sox in a game where they were held to just a single run.  Chris Chambliss went two for two with a walk and an RBI while Fred Stanley singled twice in [...]

June 3, 1978 at the Oakland Coliseum
Athletics 5, Yankees 1  (30-19)
The Yankees hitters were held in check again as they managed just a single run on four hits in a loss to Oakland.  Jim Spencer doubled and drove in the lone run while Graig Nettles singled and scored.
Andy Messersmith fell to 0-1 on the season [...]

May 29, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 2, Indians 0  (29-15)
The Yankees made it three straight wins and eight wins in their last nine games behind a combined one hit shutout with Andy Messersmith and Rawly Eastwick getting it done on the mound.  Messersmith gave up the one hit in five shutout innings while Eastwick didn’t [...]