Baseball Historians

July 9, 1978 at County Stadium Brewers 8, Yankees 4  (47-37) The Yankees limped into the All Star Break with their fifth loss in six games after a three game sweep at the hands of the Brewers.  Don Gullett was pummelled and he didn’t even last …

June 10, 1978 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 4, Yankees 3  (32-23)
Goose Gossage gave up a run in the bottom of the twelth inning as the Yankees lost to the Angels by just a single run.  It was Gossage’s fourth inning of work and it followed three pitchers who all gave up one run a piece.
Chris Chambliss [...]

May 28, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3  (27-15)
The Yankees got right back on track with a nice win the first game of their doubleheader with the Blue Jays.  They scored three late runs to come back from a 3-2 deficit and it was Mickey Rivers two run homer in the seventh inning [...]

May 19, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees 11, Blue Jays 3  (21-13)
The Yankees trounced the Jays behind a nice game by Chris Chambliss.  The first baseman went two for four with a homerun, four RBIs and two runs.  Bucky Dent went three for five with his first homer of the season, two runs and two RBIs [...]

May 1, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Royals 4  (11-9)
Jim Beattie gave up four runs through the first innings but the Yankees came back to blowout the Royals.  The Yanks tied it in the fifth with three runs then they busted the game open in the seventh with four more.  Mickey Rivers went two for [...]

April 28, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 3, Twins 1  (9-8)
The Yankees won their third straight and it was the first time this season where they had a winning record.  Ed Figueroa was the player of the game with a solid complete game win.  He gave up just one run on five hits and three walks with [...]

April 23, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 3, Yankees 2  (6-8)
The Yankees had a tough time at the plate as the Brewers squeaked out a win as the Yankees dropped their series two games to one.  Mickey Rivers was the only hitter with two hits and he drove in a run while Reggie Jackson pitched in [...]

April 15, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, White Sox 2  (3-4)
Mickey Rivers belted a two run blast in the bottom of the eighth inning to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 win for the Yankees.  Jim Spencer drove in the other run with a solo shot in fourth inning.  It was his second long [...]

April 13, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, White Sox 2  (2-4)
The Yankees won their home opener and in the process, snapped their three game losing streak behind a very nice start by Ron Guidry.  The lefthander gave up two runs on ten hits and two walks with four strikeouts in the complete game win.
Reggie Jackson [...]

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 [...]

September 30, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Tigers 5, Yankees 2  (99-61)
With just two games left in the season, the Yankees still had not clinched the division outright because the Red Sox won another game to stave off elimination.  In the meantime, the Yankees were shut down by Tigers starter John Hiller and they were held to [...]

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 13, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Red Sox 2  (89-56)
In what very well may have been the biggest series of the years, the Yankees got it done in the opener behind a solid start by Ron Guidry.  He gave up just two runs on five hits and three walks with nine strikeouts and the [...]

September 7, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 4, Indians 3  (85-54)
The Yankees went into the top of the ninth inning down 3-0 but they rallied to tie the game up and send it into extra frames.  Then Thurman Munson scored on Reggie Jackson’s single in the top of the tenth to complete the comeback.  Mickey Rivers [...]

August 30, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Mariners 5  (79-52)
Mickey Rivers led off the bottom of the eleventh inning with a walk off solo homerun as the Yankees won their third straight game.  It was River tenth homerun and he scored three runs in the win.  Graig Nettles had a great game and he went [...]

August 25, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Twins 4  (75-51)
It was another game, another August win as the Yankees continued to tear up their opponents in the summer month.  Mickey Rivers played a role in three of the Yankees five runs and he went three for four with two RBIs and a run.  Thurman Munson [...]

August 24, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 11, Twins 1  (74-51)
The Yankees put on an impressive offensive display as they got home and continued their impressive month of August.  Chris Chambliss, Bucky Dent, Mickey Rivers and Roy White all went yard in the game.  White had three hits and three runs while Chambliss’ shot was a [...]

August 23, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 3  (73-51)
Mickey Rivers had five hits and three RBIs as the Yankees got right back on track in their win over the White Sox.  Graig Nettles also had a great game and he went three for four with a double, a homerun, three runs and three RBIs.  [...]

August 22, 1977 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 5, Yankees 3  (72-51)
The Yankees eight game winning streak came to an end as Ed Figueroa had a couple of rough late innings in the Yankees loss in their series opener to the White Sox.  He had shut out the Sox through six but then he gave up [...]

August 18, 1977 at Tiger Stadium
Yankees 5, Tigers 4  (69-50)
The Yankees won their fifth straight game and it was their tenth win in eleven games.  This time it was Mickey Rivers who got it done from the leadoff spot.  He went three for five with three RBIs and a run.  Willie Randolph also had a [...]

August 17, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Tigers 5  (68-50)
The Tigers scored four unanswered runs but the closest they could come is to within two runs as the Yankees won their fourth straight game.  Ed Figueroa improved to 12-8 but his start was hardly spectacular.  He gave up five runs on twelve hits and two [...]

August 14, 1987 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 15, Angels 3  (65-50)
Just about everyone was a hitting star in the Yankees 15-3 blowout win over the Angels but leadoff hitter Mickey Rivers led the way for the team.  He had a team high four hits with a homerun, three RBIs and three runs.  Reggie Jackson tripled, walked, [...]

August 6, 1977 at the Kingdome
Mariners 9, Yankees 2  (59-49)
Catfish Hunter had one of his worst starts of the season in the Yankees third straight loss.  He fell to 6-7 and he gave up eight runs on nine hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. 
Mickey Rivers went three for four wth [...]

August 3, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 5, Yankees 3  (59-47)
Ron Guidry had a couple of bad innings but hit led to a loss against the Angels.  He fell to 8-6 and he gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks with nine strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.
Mickey Rivers was the hitting star in [...]

July 31, 1977 at the Oakland Colliseum
Yankees 9, Athletics 2  (58-45)
The Yankees blew out the Athletics for their fourth straight win and it was Cliff Johnson and Mickey Rivers who came up with the big hits.  Johnson belted a three run homer and he scored twice while Rivers singled and drove in three runs.  Graig [...]

July 15, 1977 at Royals Stadium
Royals 7, Yankees 4  (50-40)
Ron Guidry had a tough time against the Royals and he fell to 6-5 with the loss.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and one walk with four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Thurman Munson was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three [...]

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 [...]

June 27, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6  (40-32)
The Yankees four game winning streak came to an end as Ron Guidry had a tough time against the expansion Blue Jays.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.
Mickey Rivers went two 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 25, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Red Sox 1  (39-31)
The Yankees won their third straight game behind a solid outing by the big right hander, Mike Torrez.  He gave up one run on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout in the complete game.
Graig Nettles provided most of the offense with a three [...]