August 14, 1980

Looking back on this series, it seems like it was the soon-to-be World Champions beating up on a bad, bad ball club. If you just look at the final standings, that opinion would seem to bear out. However, going into the series, it did not look that way. Before this game, the Mets were just 2½ games behind the Phils, and just one game below .500. If the Mets had swept this series, it could have been them giving chase to the Expos and Pirates in September. Happily, that would not be the case.

NL East Standings after games of August 14, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

64

50

.561

-

Pirates

64

50

.561

-

Phillies

58

53

.523

4½

Mets

56

58

.491

8

Cardinals

51

61

.455

12

Cubs

46

67

.407

17½

Scoreboard

National League

 

PHI N   0 0 2   1 1 0   2 1 1 -   8 14 1

NY  N   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 -   1  5 1

WP: Espinosa (3-3)

LP: Zachry (6-6)

HR: Schmidt (31), Boone (9), Washington (7)

 

HOU N   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 1 -   2 6 1

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

WP: Ryan (7-8)

LP: Curtis (4-8)

 

 

ATL N   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 9 0

SF  N   0 0 4   0 0 0   1 0 x -   5 6 1

BOX+PBP

WP: Hargesheimer (3-2)

LP: McWilliams (8-9)

SV: Minton (13)

HR: Horner (24), Clark (22)

 

 

CHI N   0 0 1   0 1 3   0 4 0   0 -   9 11 3

STL N   0 0 0   2 3 2   2 0 0   1 -  10 13 1

BOX+PBP

WP: Kaat (5-5)

LP: Riley (0-3)

HR: Buckner (7), Kingman (11), Tyson (3)

 

American League

 

NY  A   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 2 0

BAL A   2 0 0   0 0 2   2 0 x -   6 9 0

WP: Stone (19-4)

LP: Underwood (9-9)

HR: Jackson (32), Dauer (1), Singleton (15), Roenicke (6)

 

TEX A   0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 0 -   2 10 0

CLE A   0 0 1   1 2 1   1 1 x -   7 16 0

WP: Barker (13-8)

LP: Figueroa (3-6)

 

BOS A   3 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   3 7 1

DET A   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 5 1

WP: Renko (7-5)

LP: Schatzeder (6-9)

SV: Stanley (8)

HR: Perez (20), Kemp (12)

 

TOR A   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 -   2  9 1

MIL A   1 0 2   0 0 0   1 0 x -   4 10 0

WP: Haas (14-9)

LP: Stieb (10-9)

HR: Mayberry 2 (20)

 

OAK A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 1 -   2 7 1

MIN A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 -   1 6 1

WP: Norris (16-7)

LP: Corbett (8-4)

HR: Revering (13)

 

CAL A   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 -   2 9 0

SEA A   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 6 1

WP: Martinez (3-4)

LP: Honeycutt (8-13)

SV: Aase (1)

HR: Lansford (14)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

Los Angeles Dodger - Signed Tom Niedenfuer, pitcher, as a free agent.

 

American League

Texas Rangers - Traded Gaylord Perry, pitcher, to the New York Yankees in exchange for Ken Clay, pitcher, and a player to be named (Marvin Thompson, outfielder).