Baseball Historians

June 5, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 12, White Sox 5  (30-11)
The Yankees won their 30th game of the season in the first game of a doubleheader with the White Sox.  Mickey Mantle hit a solo homer for his eighth of the season and he finished with three runs while Enos Slaughter was a perfect three […]

May 30, 1958 at Municipal Stadium
Senators 13, Yankees 8  (25-9)
For the first time all season, the Yankees had a three game losing streak and this time it was the pitching and defense that got them into trouble.  Whitey Ford last just three innings but four of the six runs he gave up were unearned.  Bob […]

May 17, 1958 at Griffith Stadium
Yankees 6, Senators 5  (17-5)
Andy Carey’s eighth inning two run homer looked like padding but it turned out to be the difference in the Yankees fourth straight win.  The homer gave the Yankees a 6-2 lead but three Senator runs in the bottom of the eighth turned that homer into […]

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 29, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Tigers 1  (9-3)
The Yankees got another solid outing from their starter as Bobby Shantz held the Tigers to a single run on six hits.  He improved to 2-0 and he gave up a walk with seven strikeouts.
Moose Skowron had a big day at the plate.  He was a […]

April 19, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (4-1)
The Yankees had to rely on their bullpen to get out of a ninth inning jam but they held on to win their third straight game.  Bobby Shantz took a shutout into the ninth inning but he gave up two runs and stranded a runner before […]