Baseball Historians

August 11, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Athletics 0  (62-49)
The Yankees made it three straight wins and the got this one behind one of Mike Torrez’s best starts of the season.  He gave up just two hits and he struck out four in the complete game shutout and the win improved his record to 12-10 [...]

August 5, 1977 at the Kingdome
Mariners 5, Yankees 3 (59-48)
Ed Figueroa fell to 10-8 on the season with a rough start in the Yankees loss in their series opener to the Mariners. He gave up five runs on eighth hits with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Reggie Jackson belted a two run homer in the [...]

July 28, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 14, Orioles 2  (55-45)
The Yankees poured on the offense in a game where three different Yankees drove in three runs a piece.  Chris Chambliss went three for three with two walks, three RBIs and two runs.  Thurman Munson, Graig Nettles and Roy White all went yard in the win.
Mike [...]

July 24, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Royals 1  (53-44)
Yesterday, it was Ron Guidry.  Today is Don Gullett who pitched the Yankees to a win.  Like Guidry, he gave up just one run.  He gave up eight hits and five walks with five strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings.  Dick Tidrow got the final out of [...]

July 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Brewers 0  (51-42)
Catfish Hunter got the Yankees off to a nice start at they opened up the second half with a shutout win over the Brewers in the first game of a doubleheader.  Hunter gave up just five hits and two walks with three strikeouts and the complete [...]

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 13, 1977 at County Stadium
Brewers 9, Yankees 8  (49-39)
The Yankees scored five runs in the eighth inning to make a 9-3 deficit into a one run game but they fell just short of sending the game into extra frames.  Mickey Rivers was the big run producer of the game. He belted two homers and [...]

July 5, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Indians 4  (46-35)
The Yankees played a back and forth game against the Indians, but once Sparky Lyle came into the pitch, the Indians were pretty much completely shut down.  He held the Indians to just a single hit in 4 1/3 shutout innings to close out the game [...]

July 4, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Indians 5  (45-35)
The Yankees took care of the Indians on Independence Day and they did it with the long ball.  Graig Nettles, Roy White, Chris Chambliss and Lou Piniella all hit solo homeruns in the win while Thurman Munson doubled, singled and drove in two runs.
Ed Figueroa picked [...]

June 2, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 10, Twins 3  (27-22)
The Yankees poured on the hits as they blew out the Twins 10-3.  Lou Piniella had a nice game and he went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Chris Chambliss went two for four with a triple, one RBI and three [...]

June 1, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 4, Yankees 3  (26-22)
A 3-1 lead turned into a 4-3 loss in a hurry as Ron Guidry and Sparky Lyle couldn’t get it done in the ninth inning.  After coasting through eight innings, Guidry gave up a run in the ninth and left two runners on before Sparky Lyle [...]

May 31, 1977 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 5, Yankees 1  (26-21)
The Yankees put only run on the board against the Red Sox and they lost 5-1 despite outhitting their opposition 9-7.  Graig Nettles drove in the only run with a solo homerun and both Chris Chambliss and Willie Randolph had three hits in the game.
Gil [...]

May 29, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, White Sox 2  (25-20)
The Yankees won their first three game series in a couple of weeks by beating the White Sox.  Ed Figueroa threw a nice game and he improved to 6-3 on the season with another complete game. He gave up two runs on six hits and [...]

May 22, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 5, Yankees 1  (20-17)
The Yankees dropped their third straight game in the front end of a doubleheader with the Orioles.  The only run of the game for the Yankees came in the second inning when Graig Nettles doubled home Chris Chambliss.  Nettles was also the only Yankee with two [...]

May 17, 1977 at Oakland Coliseum
Yankees 5, Athletics 2  (19-14)
The Yankees won a tough one as they beat the Athletics in fifteen innings.  They took a 2-0 lead into the ninth only to have Ron Guidry finally get tagged for two runs to send the game into extra frames.  Then six innings later, the Yankees [...]

May 6, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Athletics 1  (14-10)
Ed Figueroa got it done on the mound for the Yankees in their win over the Athletics.  He gave up just one unearned run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in a complete game.
Roy White provided most of the offense in the win.  [...]

May 1, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Marines 2  (12-9)
The Yankees won their fourth straight game behind a nice outing by Ken Holtzman.  He gave up just two runs on ten hits and two walks with a strikeout in six solid inning.  Sparky Lyle closed it out and picked up his six save with three [...]

April 27, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (9-9)
The Yankees got back to winning with a come from behind win over the Orioles.  Down 3-1, the Yankees scored single runs in each of the final three innings to walk away with the win.
Chris Chambliss hit homerun number four of the season and his run [...]

April 24, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 10, Indians 1 (6-8)
The Yankees won their fourth straight behind an outstanding game by Chris Chambliss at the plate.  Chambliss went three for four with a double, a homerun, six RBIs and a run.  Carlos May also had a solid game.  He singled twice, drove in a run and scored [...]

April 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Blue Jays 6 (4-8)
The Yankees won back to back games for the first time this season behind a strong game at the plate by Chris Chambliss.  The firstbaseman went three for four with two doubles, a homerun, five RBIs and two runs.  Graig Nettles hit his first homerun [...]

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 [...]

April 16, 1977 at County Stadium
Brewers 4, Yankees 3  (2-5)
The Yankees lost a tough one today.  Ken Holtzman took a two run lead into the bottom of the ninth, gave up a run and handed the ball to Sparky Lyle and watched him blow the game.  The two run homerun by Cecil Cooper to tie [...]