August 27, 1980

The Phillies turned to ace Steve Carlton to prevent a sweep against the Dodgers.  Carlton gave the Phillies eight innings, keep the Dodgers at bay just enough for the Phils to escape the series with one win.  The Phils were able to get to Dodgers' pitching for four runs - for the third consecutive game - but this time Carlton let just three Dodgers score.  It was obvious that the Dodgers were a bit scared of Mike Schmidt's bat - he was walked three of four times he came to the plate.

NL East Standings after games of August 27, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Pirates

70

57

.551

-

Expos

69

57

.548

½

Phillies

66

58

.532

2½

Mets

58

68

.460

11½

Cardinals

55

69

.444

13½

Cubs

50

74

.403

18½

Scoreboard

National League

 

LA  N   1 0 0   1 0 1   0 0 0 -   3  8 1

PHI N   0 1 0   0 2 0   0 1 x -   4 10 0

WP: Carlton (20-7)

LP: Howe (6-6)

SV: McGraw (14)

HR: Cey (20)

 

SF  N   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 4 0

MON N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 2 0

WP: Whitson (9-9)

LP: Sanderson (12-8)

SV: Minton (16)

 

 

SD N   0 0 0   0 0 0   3 1 0 -   4 13 0

NY N   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   1 11 1

BOX+PBP

WP: Wise (5-5)

LP: Burris (7-8)

SV: Fingers (17)

HR: Winfield (18)

 

ATL N   0 0 1   1 3 0   2 0 0 -   7 9 0

PIT N   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 3 0 -   4 8 0

WP: Matula (8-12)

LP: D. Robinson (5-7)

SV: Hrabosky (3)

HR: Horner (28), Berra (6)

 

HOU N   1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -  2  7 0

STL N   1 0 5   0 0 1   0 3 x - 10 16 0

WP: Martin (1-0)

LP: Forsch (10-11)

 

American League

 

DET A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 0   0 0 -   2  9 0

CHI A   0 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 -   3 13 0

WP: Proly (3-7)

LP: Rozema (6-8)

 

MIN A   0 0 0    0 0 0   0 1 0 -   1 10 0

CLE A   1 1 1    0 0 0   1 0 x -   4 11 0

WP: Barker (16-8)

LP: Koosman (11-11)

SV: Cruz (10)

 

KC  A   1 0 3   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   5 9 1

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

WP: Splittorff (10-9)

LP: Mitchell (4-3)

SV: Martin (2)

HR: Hurdle (10), Yount (20), Thomas (31)

 

TEX A   0 0 2   0 2 0   0 0 0 -   4  9 1

TOR A   0 2 1   3 0 0   0 0 x -   6 14 0

WP: Clancy (12-10)

LP: Medich (10-9)

SV: Garvin (8)

HR: Wills (5)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None