Baseball Historians

October 1, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Tigers 10, Yankees 7  (99-62)
The Yankees dropped their third straight game but they finally clinched the American League East after the Red Sox lost to the Orioles.  Mike Torrez was shelled for five runs in 2 2/3 innings and Larry McCall gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings of relief [...]

September 26, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Indians 2  (97-59)
The Yankees shaved their magic number down to four with their with their fourth straight win.  Mike Torrez got the Yankees through the sixth inning and he picked up the win.  He gave up two runs on six hits and four walks with one strikeout in [...]

September 15, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Red Sox 7, Yankees 3  (90-57)
The almost always reliable Sparky Lyle was tagged for six runs in the sixth inning as the Red Sox salvaged the final game against the Yankees.  Lyle dropped to 12-5 after he came in to relieve Mike Torrez.
Thurman Munson belted a two run homer, his [...]

September 9, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0  (87-54)
Mike Torrez improved to 16-12 with one of his best starts of the season.  He gave up just three hits and two walks with five strikeouts in a complete game shutout.
Cliff Johnson drove in one of the two Yankees runs with a solo homerun.  Thurman [...]

August 27, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Rangers 8, Yankees 2  (76-52)
The Yankees four game winning streak came to an end as not one, but two pitchers were knocked around by the Ranger hitters.  Mike Torrez and Ken Clay combined to give up five homeruns and it was Torrez who fell to 15-11 with the loss.
Thurman Munson [...]

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 19, 1977 at Tiger Stadium
Yankees 8, Tigers 1  (70-50)
The Yankees blew out the Rangers to win their sixth straight game and it was behind a solid outing by Mike Torrez.  He gave up one run on four hits and five walks with two strikeouts in the complete game win.  He improved his record to [...]

August 15, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, White Sox 2  (66-50)
The Yankees won their second straight game as the opened up with a win in their series opener against the White Sox.  Mike Torrez got it done on the mound and he improved to 13-10 with the win.  He gave up two runs on six [...]

August 11, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Athletics 0  (62-49)
The Yankees made it three straight wins and the got this one behind one of Mike Torrez’s best starts of the season.  He gave up just two hits and he struck out four in the complete game shutout and the win improved his record to 12-10 [...]

August 7, 1977 at the Kingdome
Yankees 7, Mariners 1  (60-49)
The Yankees ended their three game skid behind a nice outing by Mike Torrez.  He improved to 11-10 and he gave up one run on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts in a complete game win.
Paul Blair homered, drew two walks and he drove [...]

August 2, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees 9, Angels 3  (59-46)
The Yankees racked up nineteen hits as they pummelled Angels’ pitching in a blowout win.  Seven different Yankees had multi-hit games and three had at least three hits.  Reggie Jackson went three for four with two RBIs while Bucky Dent went three for five with a [...]

July 28, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 14, Orioles 2  (55-45)
The Yankees poured on the offense in a game where three different Yankees drove in three runs a piece.  Chris Chambliss went three for three with two walks, three RBIs and two runs.  Thurman Munson, Graig Nettles and Roy White all went yard in the win.
Mike [...]

July 22, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 6, Yankees 3  (51-44)
Mike Torrez fell to 8-10 on the season with a tough start in the Yankees second straight loss to the Brewers.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle was also tagged for a [...]

July 16, 1977 at Royals Stadium
Royals 5, Yankees 1  (50-41)
Mike Torrez had a tough time and the Royals tagged him for single runs in the first four frames as the Yankees lost their second straight game.  Torrez gave up four runs on ten hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings and the loss dropped [...]

July 11, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (48-38)
Mike Torrez was crusing along in this one and he had a 3-1 lead going into the seventh inning.  He then gave up two runs in the seventh and he allowed the winning run to reach base in the ninth as the Orioles came from behind [...]

July 1, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Tigers 5, Yankees 1  (42-34)
The Yankees couldn’t do much against Tigers’ rookie starter Dave Rozema as he held the home team to just a single run on six hits.  Willie Randolph singled home the only run for the Yankees in the sixth inning while Bucky Dent was the lone Yankee [...]

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 [...]

June 8, 1977 at County Stadium
Yankees 9, Brewers 2  (31-24)
Bucky Dent led the way for the Yankees in a game where they hit four homeruns.  Dent went yard twice and he drove in four runs.  Reggie Jackson and Roy White also went yard in the game.
Mike Torrez picked up the win and he improved to [...]

June 3, 1977 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 9, Yankees 5  (27-23)
Mike Torrez had a tough time and he fell to 6-4 on the season as the Yankees were blown out by the White Sox.  He gave up six runs on seven hits and three walks in just 3 1/3 innings.  The White Sox scored most [...]

May 30, 1977 at Fenway Park
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (26-20)
The Yankees beat the Red Sox and Reggie Jackson led the way for the Yanks at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs.  Graig Nettles hit a solo homerun and he scored two runs.
Mike Torrez threw a nice game [...]

May 25, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Rangers 2  (23-18)
Gil Patterson outdueled Bert Blyleven in the front of end of a doubleheader with the Rangers.  Patterson improved to 1-1 on the season and he gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle threw 2 [...]

May 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 4, Yankees 3  (20-16)
The Yankees and Orioles scored almost as many runs in extra innings as they did through their regulation nine.  The Orioles tied it up 2-2 in the seventh and then scored first in extra innings with a run in the eleventh, but the Yankees answered with [...]

May 15, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 8, Yankees 2  (18-13)
The Angels scored twice as many runs as they’d need to beat the Yankees in the first inning alone in a blowout.  Mike Torrez gave up the bulk of those runs in a tough start.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and three walks [...]

May 8, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 10, Athletics 5  (16-10)
The Yankees won their third straight game behind some nice hitting by catcher Thurman Munson.  He went four for five with a homerun and four runs scored.  Graig Nettles also had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with a three run [...]

May 3, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Angels 1  (13-9)
The Yankees took it to the Angels for their fifth straight win and they did it with three big homeruns.  Bucky Dent hit a big grand slam and both Graig Nettles and Reggie Jackson also went yard.  Both Nettles and Jackson drove in two runs each [...]