Baseball Historians

June 5, 1978 at the Kingdome
Mariners 7, Yankees 3  (30-21)
The Yankees dropped their third straight as the Mariners racked up seventeen hits.  Ed Figueroa took the brunt of the Mariners offensive attack and he fell to 5-4.  He gave up six runs on nine hits and three walks with one strikeout in four innings.
Thurman Munson […]

May 31, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 3, Yankees 2  (29-17)
For the second straight game, the Yankees’ hitters we held in check to the tune of just two runs on three hits.  The Yankees big inning came in the second when Paul Blair doubled home a pair of runs but it went downhill from there as […]

September 16, 1977 at Tiger Stadium
Yankees 5, Tigers 4  (91-55)
The Yankees came up with four big runs in the eighth inning to overcome what was then a two run deficit to beat the Tigers to kick off a road trip.  Paul Blair capped off the inning with a two run shot while Lou Piniella doubled […]

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 […]

July 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Brewers 0  (51-42)
Catfish Hunter got the Yankees off to a nice start at they opened up the second half with a shutout win over the Brewers in the first game of a doubleheader.  Hunter gave up just five hits and two walks with three strikeouts and the complete […]

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 […]

May 22, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 5, Yankees 1  (20-17)
The Yankees dropped their third straight game in the front end of a doubleheader with the Orioles.  The only run of the game for the Yankees came in the second inning when Graig Nettles doubled home Chris Chambliss.  Nettles was also the only Yankee with two […]