Baseball Historians

May 16, 1978 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 3  (19-12)
The Yankees finished up a two game sweep over the White Sox in a game that saw five Yankees have multihit games.  Lou Piniella reached base all five times with two hits and three walks while Thurman Munson went two for four with a walk, […]

April 12, 1978 at County Stadium
Brewers 5, Yankees 3  (1-3)
Rich Gossage’s start as a Yankee continued to be a rough one as he was shelled again to drop to 0-2 in just two relief appearances.  He gave up three runs on three hits with three strikeouts in three innings of work.  In the meantime, Ken […]

June 28, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 5  (40-33)
Rookie Ken Clay had a tough time against the Blue Jays and he dropped to 0-2 on the season with a rough start.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on five hits and three walks and three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
George Zeber belted […]

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 11, 1977 at the Kingdome
Mariners 5, Yankees 2  (16-11)
The Yankees three game winning streak came to an end at the hands of the expansion Mariners.  Ken Holtzman was knocked around and he dropped to 2-2 on the season.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts […]

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 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 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 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 […]