Baseball Historians

June 26, 1958 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 4, White Sox 3  (41-22)
The Yankees won what turned out to be their rubber game with the White Sox in a close contest.  Moose Skowron singled and he drove in two runs in the Yankees three run sixth inning and Norm Siebern went yard with what turned out to […]

June 8, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Indians 14, Yankees 1  (32-13)
The Yankees suffered their most lopsided loss of the season in the first game of their doubleheader with the Indians.  Johnny Kucks gave up three runs on four hits and he got just one batter out in the first inning before Art Ditmar came into the […]

June 3, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 13, White Sox 0  (29-10)
For the second straight game, a Yankee starter hurled a shutout and this time it was Johnny Kucks who got it done with a two hitter.  He walked three and struck out two and the win pushed his record to 4-1.
Mickey Mantle, Bill Skowron and […]

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 20, 1958 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 5, White Sox 1  (20-5)
The Yankees impressive start to the season continued behind an exceptional start by Johnny Kucks.  He gave up just one run on five hits and five walks with three strikeouts in the complete game win and he improved to 2-1 on the season.
Mickey Mantle, Hank […]

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 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 […]