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Rose goes 0–4 against Braves pitchers Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber, and strikes out in the ninth inning to end the game. Rose's streak is the second-longest in major league history, and he bats .385 (70 for 182) during the stretch.
David Christopher Rajsich (/ ˈ r eɪ s ɪ tʃ / RAY-sitch; [1] born September 28, 1951) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1978 to 1980 for the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers. He also played one season in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 1984.
Lefthander Ron Guidry was the last Yankee pitcher to win at least 25 games in a season in the 20th century. [8] In 35 starts in the regular season (including the playoff game), he pitched 273 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings, compiled a 25–3 record with 248 strikeouts, 1.74 ERA, and nine shutouts. Guidry won the Cy Young Award by unanimous vote. [9] [10] [11]
Ronald Gene Davis (born August 6, 1955) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played 11 years from 1978 to 1988. Davis played for the New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins of the American League and the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants of the National League.
June 6 – In the 1978 Major League Baseball draft, slugging third baseman Bob Horner of the Arizona State Sun Devils is chosen first overall by the Atlanta Braves. In the second round of the same draft (48th overall), the Baltimore Orioles select Cal Ripken Jr., a shortstop out of Maryland's Aberdeen High School.
In 1977, Garber won his only postseason game, becoming the first Phillies pitcher to win a postseason game in 62 years. While pitching for the Braves against the Cincinnati Reds on August 1, 1978, Garber helped prevent Pete Rose from setting a new National League (NL) hitting streak record. With the Braves winning 16–4 in the top of the ninth ...
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The 1978 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five matchup in Major League Baseball’s 1978 postseason between the West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the East Division champion Philadelphia Phillies. It was the tenth ever NLCS and a rematch of the 1977 series between the same teams.