Baseball Historians

June 30, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 10, Tigers 2  (43-32)
The Yankees got out of Milwaukee and picked up a win as they decimated the Tigers in front of a home crowd.  Reggie Jackson had a monster day at the plate.  He went three for five with his thirteenth homer and five RBIs.  Lou Piniella went […]

June 25, 1978 at Tiger Stadium
Yankees 4, Tigers 2  (41-29)
The Yankees pulled off a win in their series finale with the Tigers and it was behind some exceptional hitting by Thurman Munson.  He went three for four with two RBIs while Damasco Garcia went two for four with three runs.
Don Gullett improved to a perfect 3-0.  […]

June 4, 1978 at the Oakland Coliseum
Athletics 6, Yankees 4  (30-20)
The Yankees lost their rubber game against the Athletics in a game that saw starter Don Gullett not even make it through the first inning.  The offense brought the Yankees back but Rawley Eastwick had a tough time and he fell to 2-1.  He gave […]

September 28, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 10, Blue Jays 0  (99-59)
The Yankees won their sixth straight game and with the Red Sox loss, the Yankees magic number was now down to one.  Four Yankees went yard in the win.  Reggie Jackson had just one hit but it was a grand slam and Thurman Munson, Graig […]

September 16, 1977 at Tiger Stadium
Yankees 5, Tigers 4  (91-55)
The Yankees came up with four big runs in the eighth inning to overcome what was then a two run deficit to beat the Tigers to kick off a road trip.  Paul Blair capped off the inning with a two run shot while Lou Piniella doubled […]

September 11, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Blue Jays 3  (88-55)
Dick Tidrow pitched the Yankees to a win over the Blue Jays in the first game of their doubleheader.  He gave up just two runs on six hits and one walk with one strikeout in seven innings of work.  Sparky Lyle gave up one run in […]

July 30, 1977 at the Oakland Colliseum
Yankees 9, Athletics 3  (57-45)
Don Gullett improved to 10-3 on the season with a nice start in the Yankees third straight win.  He gave up just two runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings.  Dick Tidrow gave up one run in the final […]

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 8, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 7, Orioles 5  (48-35)
The Yankees won their fourth straight and they did it on the back of their catcher, Thurman Munson.  He went two for four with a homerun and four RBIs.  Graig Nettles was the other hitting star and he went two for four with a homerun and […]

July 2, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Tigers 4  (43-34)
The Yankees came back from a 4-1 deficit to beat the Tigers in a hard fought win.  Roy White doubled home two runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game up and then Fred Stanley belted a two run homer in the bottom of […]

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 26, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (40-31)
The Yankees won their fourth straigth game despite blowing a three run lead in the ninth.  Don Gullett took a 4-1 lead into the top of the ninth and then he gave up three runs as the Red Sox tied it.  Fortunately, Paul Blair singled […]

June 4, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (28-23)
Yesterday, it was the White Sox who put seven runs on the board in one inning.  This time the Yankees did it as they scored seven of their eight runs in the second inning.  Thurman Munson singled, drove in two and scored a run while […]

May 14, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees 4, Angels 1  (18-12)
The Yankees picked up their second straight win over the Yankees and they did it behind two big homers by Graig Nettles.  He drove in three of the four Yankees runs and the two homers brings his season total up to six.
Don Gullet had a nice […]

May 7, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 11, Athletics 2  (15-10)
The Yankees won their second straight game with a ton of offense in a blowout win over the A’s.  Roy White led the way and he went two for three with a homerun and four RBIs.  Mickey Rivers went two for three with his first homerun, […]

April 25, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 9, Orioles 6 (8-8)
The Yankees pitching didn’t get the job done but the hitting did and the net result was the Yankees sixth straight win.  Reggie Jackson brought a big bat.  He went three for four with two double, his second homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Mickey Rivers […]

April 20, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 5 (3-8)
The Yankees finally ended their skid and beat the expansion Blue Jays.  The Yankees scored five runs in the first two innings and held off a late inning surge by the Blue Jays to walk away with the win.
Don Gullett picked up the win and […]

April 15, 1977 at County Stadium
Brewers 7, Yankees 4 (2-4)
The Yankees lost for the fourth time in five games as Don Gullett was hit hard by the Brewers offense.  Gullett gave up two quick runs in the first, seemed to calm down, then gave up five in the fifth before he was pulled.  Dick Tidrow and […]

April 10, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 2, Yankees 1  (1-2)
The Yankees lost another tough as the Brewers edged them for the series win.  The game was tied heading into the ninth and Don Gullett appeared to go one inning to long because he gave up the go winning run after eight solid innings.  He took […]