Baseball Historians

June 9, 1978 at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees 3, Angels 1  (32-22)
The Yankees continued their west coast swing and they picked up their second win in a row as they opened up a series with the Angels.  Ed Figueroa threw a solid game and he improved to 6-4.  He gave up one run on seven hits and [...]

June 7, 1978 at the Kingdome
Yankees 9, Mariners 1  (31-22)
The Yankees snapped their four game skid in their series finale with the Mariners.  Reggie Jackson had a big game with a pair of homers and three RBIs.  Roy White and Bucky Dent both went yard in the game as well.
Ron Guidry proved to be the [...]

May 25, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 9, Indians 3  (25-14)
The Yankees ran up the score once again on the Indians in what was their fourth straight win.  Bucky Dent had a nice day at the plate with two singles and two RBIs while Reggie Jackson went two for four with a walk, a triple, a [...]

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 [...]

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 10, 1978 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 5, Yankees 2  (1-2)
Dick Tidrow was roughed up as the Yankees lost their opening series of the season to the Rangers.  He gave up five runs on six hits and two walks with one strikeout in just 5 2/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle threw a nice game and he gave [...]

April 8, 1978 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 2, Yankees 1  (0-1)
Goose Gossage’s debut in a Yankees’ uniform turned out to be a tough on as he gave up the losing run to the Rangers in the Yankees season opener.  He pitched a shutout eighth inning but then he gave up a leadoff homer to Richie Zisk [...]

September 14, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Red Sox 0  (90-56)
Ed Figueroa improved to 15-9 on the season with an incredible start as the Yankees took their second straight game over the Red Sox.  He gave up seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Reggie Jackson drove in both Yankee [...]

August 24, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 11, Twins 1  (74-51)
The Yankees put on an impressive offensive display as they got home and continued their impressive month of August.  Chris Chambliss, Bucky Dent, Mickey Rivers and Roy White all went yard in the game.  White had three hits and three runs while Chambliss’ shot was a [...]

August 20, 1977 at Arlington Stadium
Yankees 6, Rangers 2  (71-50)
Dick Tidrow improved to 8-4 on the season with a nice start in the Yankees 6-2 win over the Rangers.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts in seven solid innings.  Sparky Lyle didn’t give up a hit in [...]

August 16, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 11, White Sox 10  (67-50)
The Yankees blew a five run lead in the top of ninth only to come back and win it with a two run walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth by Chris Chambliss.   Chris Chambliss finished the game with three runs and three [...]

August 2, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees 9, Angels 3  (59-46)
The Yankees racked up nineteen hits as they pummelled Angels’ pitching in a blowout win.  Seven different Yankees had multi-hit games and three had at least three hits.  Reggie Jackson went three for four with two RBIs while Bucky Dent went three for five with a [...]

July 16, 1977 at Royals Stadium
Royals 5, Yankees 1  (50-41)
Mike Torrez had a tough time and the Royals tagged him for single runs in the first four frames as the Yankees lost their second straight game.  Torrez gave up four runs on ten hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings and the loss dropped [...]

July 3, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Tigers 0  (44-34)
Ron Guidry threw his second shutout of the season as he held the Tigers to six hits.  He gave up just two walks and he struck out nine and the win pushed his record to 6-4 on the season.
Reggie Jackson went three for four with a [...]

July 1, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Tigers 5, Yankees 1  (42-34)
The Yankees couldn’t do much against Tigers’ rookie starter Dave Rozema as he held the home team to just a single run on six hits.  Willie Randolph singled home the only run for the Yankees in the sixth inning while Bucky Dent was the lone Yankee [...]

June 9, 1977 at County Stadium
Yankees 10, Brewers 1  (32-24)
The Yankees made short work of the Brewers and Don Gullett coasted to an easy win in the blowout.  Gullett improved to 5-2 and he gave up one run on four hits and four walks with four strikeouts in seven innings.
Bucky Dent went three for five [...]

June 8, 1977 at County Stadium
Yankees 9, Brewers 2  (31-24)
Bucky Dent led the way for the Yankees in a game where they hit four homeruns.  Dent went yard twice and he drove in four runs.  Reggie Jackson and Roy White also went yard in the game.
Mike Torrez picked up the win and he improved to [...]

June 7, 1967 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 7, Yankees 3  (30-24)
Ed Figueroa fell to 7-4 on the season with a rough start in the Yankees loss to the Rangers.  He gave up seven runs (six earned) on ten hits and seven walks with two strikeouts in seven innings.
Bucky Dent drove two of the Yankees’ three runs [...]

June 5, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (29-23)
The Yankees made good use of the long ball as they won the rubber game in their series with the White Sox.  Five different Yankees belted homeruns and they accounted for seven of the eight Yankees runs.  Thurman Munson, Carlos May, Reggie Jackson, George Zeber [...]

May 24,  1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Red Sox 5  (22-18)
The Yankees scored four runs in the seventh inning and they needed everyone of them as they edged the Red Sox in a one run game.  Graig Nettles and Carlos May hit solo homeruns in the seventh but you had a nice team effort.  All [...]

May 16, 1977 at Oakland Coliseum
Athletics 8, Yankees 4  (18-14)
This was one was pretty much over after the first inning.  Starter Ken Holtzman gave up five runs (three earned) and got only a single out as he dropped to 2-3 on the season.  The pen didn’t fare much better as each of the two relievers [...]

May 5, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Athletics 5, Yankees 2  (13-10)
Catfish Hunter gave up five runs in a complete game and he dropped his first game of the season as the Yankees five game winning streak came to an end. He gave up eight hits and he walked three with four strikeouts.
Bucky Dent went two for [...]

May 3, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Angels 1  (13-9)
The Yankees took it to the Angels for their fifth straight win and they did it with three big homeruns.  Bucky Dent hit a big grand slam and both Graig Nettles and Reggie Jackson also went yard.  Both Nettles and Jackson drove in two runs each [...]

April 26, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 6, Yankees 2  (8-9)
The Yankees were held to two runs and Ken Holtzman had a rough start as the Yankees six game winning streak came to an end.  Holtzman dropped to 1-1 and he gave up six runs (five earned) on twelve hits and three walks with a strikeout [...]

April 17, 1977 at County Stadium
Brewers 2, Yankees 0  (2-6)
The Yankees continued to struggle and this time they were held scoreless.  It was their third straight loss and their sixth loss in the last seven games.  This time, a great start by Dock Ellis went to waste.  He gave up only two runs on six [...]