1978 – The New York Yankees win their fourth straight game, 7 – 2, to clinch their second consecutive World Championship over the Dodgers. Brian Doyle and Series MVP Bucky Dent have three hits apiece.
1978 – Davey Lopes collects two home runs and five RBI to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11 – 5 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series.
On October 6, 1978, George Brett hits three home runs for the Kansas City Royals in the third game of the American League playoffs off Catfish Hunter, but the New York Yankees manage a 6-5 win on Thurman Munson’s eighth-inning home run.
The Kansas City Royals notch 16 hits off three Yankees pitchers to even the ALCS with a 10 – 4 triumph. A two-run home run by Freddie Patek seals the victory.
On October 2, 1978, In a one game playoff, Bucky Dent’s unlikely home run helps the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox in a dramatic one-game playoff at Fenway Park. Trailing by two runs in the seventh inning, Dent smacks a three-run shot against pitcher Mike Torrez into the screen above the Green…
On October 1, 1978, the Boston Red Sox win their eighth consecutive game to force a playoff game that will decide the American League East. Luis Tiant turned in one of the greatest clutch pitching performances in Red Sox history — shutting out Toronto, 5-0, on the final day of the regular season. The…
When starting second baseman Willie Randolph suffered a hamstring injury and had to miss the 1978 playoffs, the New York Yankees needed someone to step up in his place. Enter Brian Doyle. A 24-year-old originally from Cave City, Kentucky, Doyle had been a five-year minor league journeyman in the Texas Rangers’ organization and…
September 26, 1978 LOOK ME IN THE EYE Erika Weitzner of the New Brunswick (N.J.) Home News interviews New York Yankees second baseman Willie Randolph in the Yankee clubhouse after Tuesday night’s game with the Toronto Blue Jays. Earlier, a court ordered the Yanks to open the doors to women. “It’s not a very…
1978 – With 55,091 looking on, the Yankees snap a 2 – 2 tie with a 9th-inning triple by Willie Randolph and a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson to beat the Red Sox, 3 – 2. New York now leads by 3 1/2 games. The Yanks first score on a Reggie Jackson two-run blast in the 5th. Both starters, Catfish Hunter and Mike Torrez, go the distance.
1978 – The Yankees, four games behind the Red Sox in the American League East, arrive in Boston for a crucial 4-game series. The Yanks begin the “Boston Massacre” with a 15 – 3 route as Willie Randolph drives in five of the runs. The Yanks collect 21 hits off four Sox pitchers, including three hits apiece by Randolph, Thurman Munson and Roy White. Mike Torrez, with one inning of work, takes the loss. Ken Clay, in relief of Catfish Hunter, is the winner.
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