Yankees History

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 1/3 shutout innings and he  picked up his seventh save of the season.

Roy White had just one hit but it was a solo homerun in the second inning.  Willie Randolph went two for three and he scored a run.

May 25, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Rangers 1, Yankees 0  (23-19)

A really nice start by Mike Torrez was wasted because the Yankees couldn’t score a single run in the second game of their doubleheader with the Rangers.  He gave up just one run on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts in a complete game loss.

Thurman Munson was the only Yankee with more then one hit.  He went two for four in the loss.