August 18, 1980

Scheduled off day for the Phils. At this point in the season, the National League East race seemed destined to be a three-horse race between the Phillies, the defending champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the Montreal Expos. After being swept against the Pirates, the Phils had won seven of eight against the Cubs and Mets, and had climbed back to within three games of the division lead. They still had a difficult road ahead, most immediately a trip to the west coast.

NL East Standings after games of August 18, 1980

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB
Pirates	67	51	.568	-
Expos	65	53	.551	2
Phillies	62	53	.539	3½
Mets	56	62	.475	11
Cardinals	52	64	.448	14
Cubs	49	67	.422	17

Scoreboard

National League

STL N 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 - 10 13 0

CIN N 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 1 4 0

WP: Forsch (9-7)

LP: Leibrandt (10-8)

HR: Simmons 2 (17)

American League

NY A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 8 1

BAL A 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 x - 6 9 0

WP: Palmer (13-9)

LP: Guidry (12-9)

SV: Stoddard (18)

HR: Gamble (9)

CLE A 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 11 0 (1)

CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 3 0

BOX+PBP

WP: Barker (14-8)

LP: Burns (10-12)

HR: Harrah (9)

CLE A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 (2)

CHI A 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 x - 7 11 0

WP: Trout (7-12)

LP: Garland (6-5)

HR: Bell (1)

DET A 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 9 3

MIL A 1 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 x - 12 9 2

WP: Travers (12-5)

LP: Petry (8-7)

HR: Brookens (4), Parrish (20), Dyer (4), Thomas (26), Oglivie (30)

CAL A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 8 0

MIN A 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 x - 8 15 0

WP: Arroyo (3-5)

LP: LaRoche (2-3)

HR: Ford (4), Castino (10), Rivera (2)

KC A 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 11 0

TEX A 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 3 7 2

WP: Gale (12-7)

LP: Figueroa (3-7)

SV: Quisenberry (26)

HR: Aikens (14), Bell (14), Putnam (8)

Transactions

Phillies

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