Baseball Historians

June 6, 1978 at the Kingdome
Mariners 4, Yankees 3  (30-22)
Goose Gossage lost his fifth game of the season and the Yankees lost their fourth straight when he gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth against the Mariners.  It was Gossage’s third inning of work and up until then he had been fantastic.  [...]

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 20, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 10, Yankees 8  (21-14)
This time it was the Blue Jays who ran up the score as Sparky Lyle was roughed up in another tough outing.  He gave up three runs in 2/3 of an inning while starter Jim Beattie was hammered for four runs in three frames.
Graig Nettles [...]

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 17, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 5, Yankees 4  (19-13)
The Yankees blew an early three run lead as they lost their series opener to the Indians in ten innings.  With two runs in the first and two more in the third, the Yankees had a three run lead after three innings but the Indians scored [...]

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 6, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Rangers 9, Yankees 5  (14-10)
The Yankees five game winning streak came to an abrupt end as Dick Tidrow and the Yankees pen were pummelled by the Rangers’ hitters.  Tidrow fell to 1-3 and he gave up five runs on six hits and four walks with one strikeout in 5 1/3 [...]

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 22, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Brewers 3  (6-7)
The Yankees scored runs in the tenth and twelth inning to walk away with an extra inning win over the Brewers.  Roy White singled home the winning run in the twelth in the exciting contest.  Willie Randolph also had a big at bat with a sac. [...]

April 21, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 9, Yankees 2  (5-7)
Ed Figueroa dropped his first decision of the season and was roughed up the Brewers.  He gave up eight runs (five earned) on eight hits with five strikeouts in five innings and the loss dropped him to 2-1 on the season.
Willie Randolph was the hitting star.  [...]

April 16, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, White Sox 0  (4-4)
The Yankees finished up a sweep over the White Sox, won their third straight and evened their record at 4-4 behind some nice pitching by the duo of Dick Tidrow and Sparky Lyle.  Tidrow improved to 1-1 and he gave up four hits and three [...]

April 11, 1978 at County Stadium
Brewers 9, Yankees 6  (1-3)
The Yankees put six runs on the board and outhit the Brewers but still lost their for the third time in four games to open up the season.  Catfish Hunter made his season debut and it was a rough one as he gave up six runs [...]

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 10, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Blue Jays 19, Yankees 3 (87-55)
Yankees fans were stunned as the expansion Blue Jays ran up the scored on the Yankees in complete blowout.  Catfish Hunter was tagged for six runs in 3 1/3 innings but he had a lot of help in the loss because all five Yankee pitchers [...]

August 26, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Rangers 5  (76-51)
The Yankees overcame a 5-1 deficit and beat the Rangers in their series opener.  The game winning run came on a one run triple off the bat of Graig Nettles.  Both Lou Piniella and Willie Randolph were a perfect three for three in the contest.
Ed Figueroa [...]

August 20, 1977 at Arlington Stadium
Yankees 6, Rangers 2  (71-50)
Dick Tidrow improved to 8-4 on the season with a nice start in the Yankees 6-2 win over the Rangers.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts in seven solid innings.  Sparky Lyle didn’t give up a hit in [...]

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 [...]

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 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 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 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 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 [...]

May 31, 1977 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 5, Yankees 1  (26-21)
The Yankees put only run on the board against the Red Sox and they lost 5-1 despite outhitting their opposition 9-7.  Graig Nettles drove in the only run with a solo homerun and both Chris Chambliss and Willie Randolph had three hits in the game.
Gil [...]

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 [...]

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 29, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Mariners 0  (10-9)
Ron Guidry got his first start of the season and he pitched a gem.  He threw 8 1/3 shutout innings and he struck out eight Mariners.  Sparky Lyle got the final two batters out and he picked up his fifth save of the season.
Thurman Munson accounted [...]

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 24, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 10, Indians 1 (6-8)
The Yankees won their fourth straight behind an outstanding game by Chris Chambliss at the plate.  Chambliss went three for four with a double, a homerun, six RBIs and a run.  Carlos May also had a solid game.  He singled twice, drove in a run and scored [...]

April 23, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 9, Indians 3 (5-8)
A six run third inning was all the Yankees needed as they won their third straight game.  Thurman Munson had three hits and three RBIs in the win and Mickey Rivers had two doubles, a stolen base, an RBI and a run.  Willie Randolph contributed as [...]