Baseball Historians

June 1, 1958 at Fenway Park
Yankees 10, Red Sox 4  (27-10)
Andy Carey had a career day at the Yankees trounced the Red Sox to wrap up a two game sweep.  Carey was a perfect five for five with two homers, a double, four RBIs and three runs.  Elston Howard also had a nice day at […]

May 27, 1958 at Municipal Stadium
Athletics 7, Yankees 3  (25-7)
In just their third loss in the month of May, Bob Turley suffered his first loss of the season with a rough outing.  He yielded six runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts and he lasted just six innings. 
Elston Howard belted his fourth […]

May 25, 1958 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 6, Indians 1  (24-6)
The Yankees got right back to winning as they took the first game of their Sunday doubleheader with the Indians.  Whitey Ford improved to 5-2 and he gave up just a single on six hits and three walks with five strikeouts.
Yogi Berra provided the bulk of […]

May 21, 1958 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 5, White Sox 2  (21-5)
The Yankees impressive start continued as the Yankees won their eighth straight game.  Elston Howard belted a two run shot in the fifth inning to tie the game at 2-2 and then Gil McDougald hit a three run blast in the sixth to give the […]

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 […]

April 17, 1958 at Fenway Park
Yankees 3, Red Sox 1  (2-1)
The Yankees took their first series of the season and they did it with some nice pitching.  Like Don Larsen in the opener, Johnny Kucks provided the Yankees with some exceptional pitching.  Kucks gave up just one run on seven hits and two walks with […]