Baseball Historians

June 29, 1958 at Municipal Stadium
Athletics 12, Yankees 6  (43-23)
Bob Turley and the bullpen were knocked around as the Yankees failed to sweep the Athletics on the road.  Turley gave up three runs in 3 2/3 innings and it was Art Ditmar who took the loss.  He fell to 2-1 and he gave up two […]

June 27, 1958 at Municipal Stadium
Yankees 10, Athletics 3  (42-22)
The Yankees made it three straight wins in a 10-3 blowout in the Yankees opener against the Athletics.  Gil McDougald went two for five with a double, three RBIs and a run.  Yogi Berra went three for four with a triple, a walk, two RBIs and […]

June 26, 1958 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 4, White Sox 3  (41-22)
The Yankees won what turned out to be their rubber game with the White Sox in a close contest.  Moose Skowron singled and he drove in two runs in the Yankees three run sixth inning and Norm Siebern went yard with what turned out to […]

June 8, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Indians 14, Yankees 1  (32-13)
The Yankees suffered their most lopsided loss of the season in the first game of their doubleheader with the Indians.  Johnny Kucks gave up three runs on four hits and he got just one batter out in the first inning before Art Ditmar came into the […]

May 11, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Senators 3  (13-4)
The Yankees held off a late inning surge by the Senators in this one in order to win their fourth straight game in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader.  Bobby Shantz was cruising along until the seventh inning when he started giving up runs.  Single […]

April 23, 1958 at Griffith Stadium
Senators 4, Yankees 3 (7-2)
Art Ditmar gave up an unearned run in the ninth that sent the game into extra innings and then Ryne Duren gave up a run in the tenth as the Yankees lost their first game since their second contest.  It didn’t help that Johnny Kucks had […]