The 2021 Yankees open a three games series in Boston tonight with a wildcard spot on the line. OK, not as dramatic as the 1978 season but who knows. From those thrilling days of yesteryear:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1978-schedule-scores.shtml
Record: 100-63-0, Finished 1st in AL_East (Schedule and Results)
Postseason:
Won World Series (4-2) over Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (3-1) over Kansas City Royals
Managers: Billy Martin (52-42) , Dick Howser (0-1) and Bob Lemon (48-20)
| Days in First | 20 | last on Monday, Oct 2 |
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| Biggest Lead | 3.5 | last on Saturday, Sep 16, for days on which they played |
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| Farthest Behind | 14 | last on Wednesday, Jul 19, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 37 | last on Monday, Oct 2 |
September 7-10, Thursday through Sunday:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | New York Yankees | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 2 |
 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: Ken Clay (3-4) • LP: Mike Torrez (15-9) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| WP: Jim Beattie (4-7) • LP: Jim Wright (8-3) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| WP: Ron Guidry (21-2) • LP: Dennis Eckersley (16-7) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Ed Figueroa (16-9) • LP: Bobby Sprowl (0-2) • SV: Rich Gossage (23) | |||||||||||||
The cumulative scores were Yankees 42, Red Sox 9. Times have changed and I won't use the phrase associated with that weekend. The teams finished the scheduled 162 games tied at 99-63. The Red Sox won a coin flip and the extra regular season game to decide first place was played in Boston the next afternoon, a Monday. Ron Guidry started for the Yankees and won his 25th game. Gossage saved. Dent hit the big home run. Yanks won 5-4.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| WP: Ron Guidry (25-3) • LP: Mike Torrez (16-13) • SV: Rich Gossage (27) | |||||||||||||
HR: Bucky Dent (5, off Mike Torrez, 7th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to LF); Reggie Jackson (27, off Bob Stanley, 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF).
HR: Carl Yastrzemski (17, off Ron Guidry, 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF).
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