Baseball Historians

July 7, 1978 at County Stadium Brewers 6, Yankees 0  (47-35) You can win them all.  Ron Guidry suffered his first defeat of the season in a mediocre start.  He fell to 13-1 and he gave up five runs on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts in…

July 2, 1978 at Yankee Stadium Yankees 3, Tigers 2  (44-33) The Yankees edged the Tigers in the first game of their Sunday doubleheader in a game that saw Ron Guidry improve to a perfect 13-0  He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with six st…

June 27, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Red Sox 4  (42-30)
It took fourteen innings but the Yankees evened up their series with the first place Red Sox.  Graig Nettles blasted a huge walk off homer to win and Thurman Munson was three for six with a double, two runs and an RBI.
Ron Guidry looked mortal [...]

June 7, 1978 at the Kingdome
Yankees 9, Mariners 1  (31-22)
The Yankees snapped their four game skid in their series finale with the Mariners.  Reggie Jackson had a big game with a pair of homers and three RBIs.  Roy White and Bucky Dent both went yard in the game as well.
Ron Guidry proved to be the [...]

June 2, 1978 at the Oakland Coliseum
Yankees 3, Athletics 1  (30-18)
Ron Guidry improved to a perfect 8-0 in a game in which he struck out eleven batters.  He gave up just one run on six hits and two walks in 8 1/3 innings.  Goose Gossage got the final two batters out and he picked up [...]

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 23, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 10, Indians 1  (24-14)
The Yankees moved to within a half game of first place with their third straight win, a decisive blowout over the Indians.  Ron Guidry improved to a perfect 6-0 with a very impressive start.  He gave up just one run on five hits and two walks [...]

May 18, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 5, Indians 3  (20-13)
The Yankees salvaged a split in their two game series with the Yankees despite an early three run deficit.  Lou Piniella had the big hit with a two run triple that he later scored on while Thurman Munson was three for five with a run and [...]

May 13, 1978 at Royals Stadium
Yankees 5, Royals 2  (17-11)
Reggie Jackson put the Yankees on his back and he played a role in four of the Yankees five runs.  He went two for three with his seventh homer, three RBIs and two runs.  Willie Randolph had just one hit, but it was double in which [...]

May 5, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Rangers 2  (14-9)
The Yankees won their fifth straight game as Ron Guidry and Goose Gossage combined to shut down the Rangers.  Guidry improved to 3-0 and he gave up just one run on six hits and five walks with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.  Gossage gave up [...]

April 30, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 3, Twins 2  (10-9)
Chris Chambliss singled home Reggie Jackson in the top of the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie to provide the winning run.  It was Chambliss’ second RBI of the day and he finished with a team high three hits.  Reggie Jackson also had a nice [...]

April 24, 1978 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 8, Orioles 2  (7-8)
The Yankees ran up the scored on the Orioles and it was Chris Chambliss who led the way.  He went two for five with a double, three RBIs and a run while five hitters had two hits.  Also, all eight runs were scored by different Yankees [...]

April 18, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (5-5)
Reggie Jackson broke a 3-3 tie with a ninth inning walk off solo homer to win it for the Yankees.  Jackson also drew two walks and he finished the game with two runs.  Roy White and Thurman Munson each had two hits and an RBI in [...]

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 8, 1978 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 2, Yankees 1  (0-1)
Goose Gossage’s debut in a Yankees’ uniform turned out to be a tough on as he gave up the losing run to the Rangers in the Yankees season opener.  He pitched a shutout eighth inning but then he gave up a leadoff homer to Richie Zisk [...]

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 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 [...]

September 2, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 4, Twins 0  (81-52)
The Yankees kicked off September just like the finished August with their fifth straight win.  Ron Guidry was the star as he improved to 12-6.  He gave up six hits with four strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Lou Piniella and Roy White both went yard with [...]

August 28, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 1, Rangers 0  (77-52)
The Yankees won again in the month of August and this time it was behind the arm of the young Ron Guidry.  He improved to 11-6 and he gave up just two hits with eight strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Graig Nettles tripled, drew a walk [...]

August 21, 1977 at Arlington Stadium
Yankees 2, Rangers 1  (72-50)
The Yankees hot streak continued as they won their eight straight game behind some solid pitching by Ron Guidry and Sparky Lyle and a homerun by Graig Nettles.  Guidry improved to 10-6 and he gave up one run on four hits and four walks with eight [...]

August 16, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 11, White Sox 10  (67-50)
The Yankees blew a five run lead in the top of ninth only to come back and win it with a two run walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth by Chris Chambliss.   Chris Chambliss finished the game with three runs and three [...]

August 10, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Athletics 3  (61-49)
Ron Guidry improved to 9-6 on the season with a nice start in the Yankees second straight win.  He gave up just one run on four hits and one walk with eight strikeouts in seven innings of work. 
Graig Nettles belted a solo homer, his 26th of [...]

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 29, 1967 at the Oakland Coliseum
Yankees 4, Athletics 0  (56-45)
Ron Guidry fell one out short of throwing a five hit shutout but his pitching performance was impressive none the less.  Guidry gave up just five hits and five walks with seven strikeouts and the win pushed his record to 8-5 on the season.  Guidry [...]

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 9, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 6, Yankees 5  (48-36)
The Yankees made two key errors in the eighth inning that helped lead to three unearned runs as the Yankees blew a two run lead in a loss to the Orioles.  Sparky Lyle too the loss and he gave up those three unearned runs and Ron [...]

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 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 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 [...]