August 12, 1980

After finishing off a suspended game, won 8-5 by the Phils in 15 innings, Steve Carlton took over and pitched the Phils to another victory. Carlton, who went the distance in defeating Chicago 5-2. Mike Schmidt hit homer number 29, and Bob Boone knocked in the winning run in the eighth inning of the game. Future Phil Mike Krukow stayed even with Carlton until that fateful eighth inning, and suffered his 12th loss of the season.

NL East Standings after games of August 12, 1980

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB
Expos	64	49	.566	-
Pirates	64	49	.566	-
Phillies	57	52	.523	5
Mets	55	57	.491	8½
Cardinals	49	61	.445	13½
Cubs	45	66	.405	18

Scoreboard

National League

PHI N 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 8 16 0

CHI N 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 15 3

Game suspended at the end of the 13th inning and the score PHI 5 CHI 5.

Completed 8-12-1980.

WP: Brusstar (1-0)

LP: Riley (0-2)

HR: Schmidt (28)

PHI N 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 - 5 12 0

CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 8 0

WP: Carlton (18-6)

LP: Krukow (7-12)

HR: Schmidt (29), Boone (8), Krukow (1)

ATL N 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 8 2

LA N 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 - 6 10 0

WP: Garber (3-5)

LP: Sutcliffe (3-8)

SV: Camp (9)

HR: Burroughs (11), Horner (23), Murphy (19), Cey (18)

NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 9 0

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 1

WP: Burris (6-6)

LP: Rhoden (2-3)

SV: Allen (21)

HR: Henderson (7), Easler (15)

CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 7 0

SD N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 3 0

WP: Price (3-2)

LP: Jones (5-11)

HR: Oester (2)

HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0

SF N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 2 9 0

WP: Ripley (6-5)

LP: Niekro (11-11)

SV: Lavelle (6)

MON N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 9 0

STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0

WP: Norman (3-2)

LP: Fulgham (3-5)

SV: Fryman (13)

American League

TEX A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1

CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 2 6 0

WP: Waits (9-10)

LP: Jenkins (10-10)

SV: Cruz (8)

HR: Harrah (8)

BOS A 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 13 0

DET A 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 1

WP: Campbell (2-0)

LP: Fidrych (0-1)

SV: Stanley (7)

HR: Dwyer (7), Summers (11)

BAL A 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0

KC A 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 1

WP: Quisenberry (9-4)

LP: McGregor (13-6)

TOR A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 11 1 (1)

MIL A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2

WP: Clancy (11-8)

LP: Sorensen (8-8)

HR: Gantner (3)

TOR A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 8 0 (2)

MIL A 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 8 0

WP: Barlow (1-1)

LP: Castro (0-4)

SV: Garvin (7)

HR: Yount (18), Brouhard (5)

OAK A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 10 1

MIN A 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0

WP: Corbett (8-3)

LP: Kingman (7-12)

HR: Gross (11), Adams (3), Castino (9)

CHI A 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 14 4

NY A 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 - 8 13 0

WP: Bird (3-0)

LP: Farmer (6-6)

HR: Jones (9)

CAL A 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 - 9 13 2

SEA A 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 6 8 1

WP: Clear (9-9)

LP: Heaverlo (5-2)

HR: Grich (12), Campaneris (2), Paciorek (13), J. Anderson (7)

Transactions

Phillies

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