Baseball Historians

June 28, 1958 at Municipal Stadium
Yankees 8, Athletics 0  (43-22)
White Ford threw a three hit shutout and the Yankees piled on eight runs as the Yankees picked up their fourth straight win.  Ford improved to 9-3 and he gave up just two walks and he struck out eight.  It was Ford’s 100th career win.
Yogi Berra […]

June 27, 1958 at Municipal Stadium
Yankees 10, Athletics 3  (42-22)
The Yankees made it three straight wins in a 10-3 blowout in the Yankees opener against the Athletics.  Gil McDougald went two for five with a double, three RBIs and a run.  Yogi Berra went three for four with a triple, a walk, two RBIs and […]

June 7, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Indians 3  (32-12)
The Yankees made it two straight over the Indians behind a nice game by Yogi Berra.  The backstop belted a three run homer, his eighth long ball of the season, and he finished with four RBIs.  Mickey Mantle singled, walked and scored twice.
Whitey Ford improved to […]

June 4, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
White Sox 7, Yankees 2  (29-11)
The Yankees four game winning streak came to an end behind a rough outing by Tom Sturdivant.  He fell to 1-3 and he gave up five runs on six hits and three walks with a strikeout in six innings.  Bob Grim was also tagged for […]

June 3, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 13, White Sox 0  (29-10)
For the second straight game, a Yankee starter hurled a shutout and this time it was Johnny Kucks who got it done with a two hitter.  He walked three and struck out two and the win pushed his record to 4-1.
Mickey Mantle, Bill Skowron and […]

May 31, 1958 at Fenway Park
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (26-10)
It took ten ininngs but the Yankees snapped their four game skid and finished the month of May on a winning note.  Yogi Berra capped off a three run ninth with a two run double that sent the game into extra frames and then Enos […]

May 28, 1958 at Municipal Stadium
Athletics 4, Yankees 3  (25-8)
The Yankees blew a three run lead and for just the second time this season, they lost back to back games.  Tom Sturdivant had a 3-0 lead but he gave up four runs between the fifth and sixth inning and he fell to 1-2.  A field […]

May 25, 1958 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 6, Indians 1  (24-6)
The Yankees got right back to winning as they took the first game of their Sunday doubleheader with the Indians.  Whitey Ford improved to 5-2 and he gave up just a single on six hits and three walks with five strikeouts.
Yogi Berra provided the bulk of […]

May 24, 1958 at Briggs Stadium
Tigers 3, Yankees 2  (23-6)
The Yankees didn’t get much at the plate in this one as they dropped just their sixth game of the season.  Yogi Berra was the only Yankee with two hits.  He singled, doubled, drew a walk and scored a run.  Tony Kubek singled, walked and scored.
Sal […]

May 23, 1958 at Briggs Stadium
Yankees 8, Tigers 1  (23-5)
Bob Turley did it again and his pitching along with a ton of hitting pushed the Yankees to their tenth straight win.  He improved to 7-0 and he gave up one run on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts in the complete game.
Gil McDougald […]

May 9, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 9, Senators 5  (11-4)
After almost a week off because of tough weather, Bob Turley got started exactly where he left off in this one. Despite his worst start of the season, he improved to 4-0.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits and six walks with […]

April 29, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Tigers 1  (9-3)
The Yankees got another solid outing from their starter as Bobby Shantz held the Tigers to a single run on six hits.  He improved to 2-0 and he gave up a walk with seven strikeouts.
Moose Skowron had a big day at the plate.  He was a […]

April 26, 1958 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 2, Orioles 0  (8-3)
Bob Turley gave up just a single hit in his start against the Orioles and the Yankees snapped their two game losing streak.  The no-hitter was broken up with two outs in the sixth inning and the win pushed Turley’s record to 2-0 on the season.
Andy […]

April 19, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (4-1)
The Yankees had to rely on their bullpen to get out of a ninth inning jam but they held on to win their third straight game.  Bobby Shantz took a shutout into the ninth inning but he gave up two runs and stranded a runner before […]

April 15, 1958 at Fenway Park
Yankees 3, Red Sox 0  (1-0)
The Yankees kicked off their quest for their fourth straight American League pennant with a dominating win over the Red Sox.  Don Larsen yielded just four singles and he walked three en route to a complete game shutout.  He struck out two in the contest.
Yogi Berra […]

April 19, 1947 at Griffith Stadium 
Senators 4, Yankees 2  (2-2)
Yankees starter Joe Page gave up four walks in a four run fifth inning that cost the Yankees the game.  He took the loss and finished the game with five walks and a strikeout.
George McQuinn drove in both Yankee runs in the seventh inning on a […]

April 18, 1947 at Griffith Stadium
Yankees 7, Senators 0  (2-1)
The Yankees made it two straight wins behind an eight hit shutout by Allie Reynolds.  He walked two and struck out six.
Charlie Keller had the big hit of the game.  His three run homerun capped off a four run third inning that opened the game.  Yogi […]

April 15, 1947 at Yankee Stadium
Athletics 6, Yankees 1  (0-1)
The Athletics offense knocked around Spud Chandler to the tune of six runs on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  A’s leadoff hitter Eddie Joost was particularly rough on Chandler, who tagged him for three hits, two runs and an RBI.
The only Yankees run […]