August 28, 1980

The Phils, having lost four of six against the Giants and Dodgers, went into their last off day in August licking their wounds.  The recent stretch overall, however, had been great for the team.  Since bottoming out during the double header loss to the Pirates on August 10, the Phils had gone 10-6 - not exactly "on fire," but good enough to shave the Pirates' fading lead from six to two games.  Montreal still stood between them, percentage points above Pittsburgh in the standings.

NL East Standings after games of August 28, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

69

57

.548

-

Pirates

70

58

.547

-

Phillies

66

58

.532

2

Mets

58

68

.460

11

Cardinals

56

69

.448

12½

Cubs

50

75

.400

18½

Scoreboard

National League

 

HOU N   1 0 3   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   4 9 0

CHI N   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 -   1 9 2

WP: Andujar (2-4)

LP: Lamp (10-10)

SV: Sambito (13)

 

CIN N   0 0 3   0 0 0   0 0 1 -   4 12 0

PIT N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0  7 0

WP: Moskau (9-5)

LP: Rhoden (4-4)

HR: Bench (21)

 

ATL N   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 1 0 -  2  6 0

STL N   2 6 0   3 0 0   0 0 x - 11 14 1

WP: Forsch (10-7)

LP: Alexander (12-7)

HR: Royster (1), Pocoroba (2)

 

American League

 

CAL A   1 1 0   0 1 0   4 0 1 -  8 14 0

BAL A   2 3 0   6 2 0   0 0 x - 13 26 1

WP: Palmer (14-9)

LP: LaRoche (2-5)

HR: Ford (5)

 

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

BOS A   0 0 0   1 0 0   1 1 x -   3 6 0

WP: Burgmeier (5-3)

LP: McCatty (10-12)

SV: Stanley (12)

HR: Rice (16)

 

MIL A   0 1 3   1 0 1   1 0 0 -  7 17 1

DET A   0 0 0   1 1 9   0 0 x - 11 16 0

WP: Robbins (4-2)

LP: McClure (1-6)

SV: Underwood (3)

HR: Lezcano (17), Summers (12), Cowens (4)

 

TEX A   0 0 3   2 2 3   0 0 0 - 10 15 0

KC  A   5 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 -  6 10 0

WP: Rajsich (2-1)

LP: Twitty (2-1)

HR: Rivers (6), Oliver (15), Putnam (9)

 

SEA A   0 0 1   0 1 3   0 0 0 -   5 10 1

NY  A   0 2 0   1 2 0   1 0 x -   6 13 2

WP: Guidry (13-9)

LP: Beattie (4-12)

HR: Murcer (12), Piniella (2)

 

MIN A   0 0 0   0 1 0   1 3 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 -   7 13 1

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

Game suspended at the end of the 14th inning and the score MIN 5 TOR 5.

Completed 8-29-1980.

WP: Verhoeven (2-3)

LP: Jefferson (4-13)

SV: Williams (1)

HR: Morales (7), Velez (20)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

Montreal Expos - Release Dale Murray, pitcher.

 

American League

None