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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 5, 1977 at the Kingdome
Mariners 5, Yankees 3 (59-48)
Ed Figueroa fell to 10-8 on the season with a rough start in the Yankees loss in their series opener to the Mariners. He gave up five runs on eighth hits with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Reggie Jackson belted a two run homer in the [...]

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 30, 1977 at the Oakland Colliseum
Yankees 9, Athletics 3  (57-45)
Don Gullett improved to 10-3 on the season with a nice start in the Yankees third straight win.  He gave up just two runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings.  Dick Tidrow gave up one run in the final [...]

July 26, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Orioles 4  (54-44)
Reggie Jackson hit a tenth inning walk off solo homer to win it in dramatic fashion for the Yankees in their extra inning win over the Orioles.  They needed a two run pinch hit homer in the bottom of the ninth to win it as well [...]

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 17, 1977 at Royals Stadium
Royals 8, Yankees 4 (50-42)
The Royals did a number on the the Yankees as they finished a three game sweep. Ken Clay was roughed up and he dropped to 0-3 on the season. He gave up four runs on three hits and one walk in just three innings of work.
Willie [...]

July 14, 1967 at County Stadium
Yankees 6, Brewers 3  (50-39)
Reggie Jackson had a big day at the plate as he led the Yankees in their win over the Brewers.  He went two for four with two homers and three RBIs and the two longballs bring his season total to fifteen.  Rookie George Zeber also made [...]

July 5, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Indians 4  (46-35)
The Yankees played a back and forth game against the Indians, but once Sparky Lyle came into the pitch, the Indians were pretty much completely shut down.  He held the Indians to just a single hit in 4 1/3 shutout innings to close out the game [...]

July 3, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Tigers 0  (44-34)
Ron Guidry threw his second shutout of the season as he held the Tigers to six hits.  He gave up just two walks and he struck out nine and the win pushed his record to 6-4 on the season.
Reggie Jackson went three for four with a [...]

June 9, 1977 at County Stadium
Yankees 10, Brewers 1  (32-24)
The Yankees made short work of the Brewers and Don Gullett coasted to an easy win in the blowout.  Gullett improved to 5-2 and he gave up one run on four hits and four walks with four strikeouts in seven innings.
Bucky Dent went three for five [...]

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 [...]

June 24, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Red Sox 5  (38-31)
The Yankees had a huge come from behind win here against the Red Sox.  With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Roy White belted a two run homer to tie the game and send it into extra frames and then Reggie Jackson singled home Graig Nettles in the [...]

June 10, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Twins 1  (33-24)
The Yankees got it done and won for the third straight time behind a solid outing by Ron Guidry.  He improved to 4-2 and he gave up one run on seven hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle got the [...]

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 6, 1977 at Arlington Stadium
Yankees 9, Rangers 2  (30-23)
Reggie Jackson led the Yankees in a blowout win against the Rangers in their series opener.  He went two for five with two homeruns and four RBIs.  Willie Randolph went three for five with a double, two runs and two RBIs. 
Catfish Hunter went the distance and [...]

June 5, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (29-23)
The Yankees made good use of the long ball as they won the rubber game in their series with the White Sox.  Five different Yankees belted homeruns and they accounted for seven of the eight Yankees runs.  Thurman Munson, Carlos May, Reggie Jackson, George Zeber [...]

June 4, 1977 at Comiskey Park
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (28-23)
Yesterday, it was the White Sox who put seven runs on the board in one inning.  This time the Yankees did it as they scored seven of their eight runs in the second inning.  Thurman Munson singled, drove in two and scored a run while [...]

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 27, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, White Sox 6  (24-19)
Thurman Munson had a big day at the plate in the Yankees win in their series opener with the White Sox.  He went two for four with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Reggie Jackson homered and drove in two runs while [...]

May 23, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Red Sox 4, Yankees 3  (21-18)
The Yankees were on the short end of the first game of an important series with the Red Sox.  Going into the game, the the Yankees and Red Sox were tied for second, each a half game back of the first place Orioles.  The loss [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

April 30, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Mariners 2  (11-9)
After a horrible first half of April, the Yankees closed out the month with nine wins in the last ten games.  This time it was the offense that got it going.  Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson each hit their third homeruns of the season and Willie [...]

April 27, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (9-9)
The Yankees got back to winning with a come from behind win over the Orioles.  Down 3-1, the Yankees scored single runs in each of the final three innings to walk away with the win.
Chris Chambliss hit homerun number four of the season and his run [...]

April 25, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 9, Orioles 6 (8-8)
The Yankees pitching didn’t get the job done but the hitting did and the net result was the Yankees sixth straight win.  Reggie Jackson brought a big bat.  He went three for four with two double, his second homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Mickey Rivers [...]

April 20, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 5 (3-8)
The Yankees finally ended their skid and beat the expansion Blue Jays.  The Yankees scored five runs in the first two innings and held off a late inning surge by the Blue Jays to walk away with the win.
Don Gullett picked up the win and [...]

April 11, 1977 at Royals Stadium
Royals 5, Yankees 4 (1-3)
The Yankees dropped their third straight game in a back and forth affair with the Kansas City Royals.  The Yankees scored in the top of the first when Thurman Munson scored on Jim Wynn’s RBI single but the Royals rattled off three runs in their first [...]

April 9, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 3, Yankees 2  (1-1)
A three run fifth inning that started with an error by Reggie Jackson cost the Yankees the win in this one.  Ed Figueroa threw a nice game but those three unearned runs came back to haunt him.  He gave up seven hits and a walk with [...]