August 24, 1980

The Phils managed to avoid a sweep by the San Francisco Giants, beating Bob Knepper 7-1 behind solid pitching by Dick Ruthven, who won his 12th decision with a complete game.  Greg Luzinski homered in his first game back from injury, and Mike Schmidt hit his 35th of the season as well.  Ruthven even chippied in offensively, banging a triple, scoring twice and knocking in one run.

NL East Standings after games of August 24, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Pirates

70

54

.565

-

Expos

68

56

.548

2

Phillies

65

56

.537

3½

Mets

58

66

.468

12

Cardinals

53

68

.438

15½

Cubs

49

73

.402

20

Scoreboard

National League

 

SF  N   0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1  7 1

PHI N   0 0 4   2 0 0   0 1 x -   7 14 1

WP: Ruthven (12-8)

LP: Knepper (9-15)

HR: Schmidt (35), Luzinski (16)

 

STL N   0 1 1   0 0 2   1 0 0 -   5 15 1

ATL N   0 2 6   1 1 0   0 0 x -  10 17 1

WP: Boggs (7-8)

LP: Martinez (4-8)

 

PIT N   0 3 0   0 1 0   0 0 1 -   5 8 0

CIN N   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 1 -   2 5 1

WP: Candelaria (9-13)

LP: LaCoss (7-10)

HR: Bench (20)

 

CHI N   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 -   1 2 1

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

WP: Ryan (9-8)

LP: Caudill (1-5)

HR: Cruz (7)

 

SD  N   1 4 0   0 0 4   0 0 0 -  9 17 2

MON N   0 0 2   0 0 7   3 0 x - 12 10 1

WP: Sosa (8-5)

LP: Fingers (9-8)

SV: D'Acquisto (3)

HR: Tenace (11)

 

LA  N   1 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 -   3 12 0

NY  N   0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 -   2  4 0

WP: Hooton (11-5)

LP: Zachry (6-7)

SV: Howe (11)

HR: Baker (24), Monday (6)

 

American League

 

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

CAL A   0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 0 -   2 7 0

WP: Davis (5-3)

LP: Martinez (3-6)

SV: Gossage (22)

 

TOR A   0 4 0   0 0 0   0 1 2 -   7 10 3

CHI A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 1 -   3  9 2

WP: Stieb (11-9)

LP: Baumgarten (2-8)

SV: Barlow (2)

HR: Garcia (4)

 

CLE A   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 4 -   5 13 2

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

WP: Leonard (15-8)

LP: Grimsley (4-3)

SV: Quisenberry (29)

HR: Orta (7)

 

DET A   0 0 0   2 0 0   1 0 0 -   3 7 0

MIN A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 -   2 7 0

WP: Schatzeder (8-9)

LP: Zahn (10-17)

HR: Wockenfuss (13), Rivera (3)

 

BAL A   1 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 -   3 10 0

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

WP: Flanagan (13-9)

LP: Keough (13-12)

 

BOS A   0 5 4   0 0 0   0 1 0 - 10 13 1

SEA A   1 0 0   3 2 1   0 0 0 -  7  9 1

WP: Campbell (3-0)

LP: Honeycutt (8-15)

HR: Meyer 2 (8), Narron (1)

 

MIL A   1 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 0   0 0 -   3  7 0

TEX A   1 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 -   4 16 0

WP: Johnson (1-2)

LP: Cleveland (8-8)

HR: Thomas (29), Sample (2)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None