August 30, 1980

It was the best of times.  It was the worst of times.  The Phillies played a pair in San Diego.  Dick Ruthven carried the Phillies to a first-game victory, pitching a complete game to earn his 13th victory and knocking in two runs to help himself.  Bob Boone also knocked in a pair.  The other game, however, did not go the Phillies way.  Nino Espinosa was in the process of pitching his way off the playoff roster, and this game didn't help his cause, giving up five runs in four and a third innings of work.  The offense got only four hits in the nightcap.

NL East Standings after games of August 30, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

69

59

.539

-

Pirates

70

60

.538

-

Phillies

68

59

.535

½

Mets

59

69

.461

10

Cardinals

57

70

.449

11½

Cubs

50

77

.394

18½

Scoreboard

National League

 

PHI N   0 1 1   0 0 4   0 0 0 -   6 12 1 (1)

SD  N   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1  8 0

WP: Ruthven (13-8)

LP: Shirley (9-10)

 

PHI N   0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1  4 2 (2)

SD  N   1 0 1   0 3 0   0 0 x -   5 10 0

WP: Curtis (6-8)

LP: Espinosa (3-5)

 

HOU N   0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 1 -   2 11 2

CHI N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0  5 2

WP: Ruhle (8-3)

LP: McGlothen (9-10)

 

MON N   1 1 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 -   3 7 1

LA  N   1 0 2   0 0 0   1 0 x -   4 8 0

WP: Hooton (12-5)

LP: Gullickson (6-4)

SV: Stanhouse (3)

HR: Lopes (9)

 

CIN N   2 0 0   3 0 0   0 0 0 -   5 13 0

PIT N   2 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   3  9 0

WP: Seaver (6-7)

LP: Bibby (15-5)

HR: Foster (20)

 

NY  N   0 1 1   0 0 7   0 0 0 -   9  9 2

SF  N   2 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 1 -   5 12 2

WP: Hausman (6-4)

LP: Ripley (7-7)

SV: Reardon (5)

HR: Evans (17)

 

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

STL N   1 0 0   3 1 0   0 0 x -   5 11 2

WP: Hood (4-5)

LP: McWilliams (9-10)

SV: Urrea (1)

HR: Burroughs (12), Durham (6)

 

American League

 

CAL A   4 1 0   1 0 0   2 4 0 - 12 15 0

BAL A   0 0 4   1 0 0   0 1 0 -  6  7 1

WP: Clear (10-11)

LP: Flanagan (13-10)

HR: Thompson (16), Clark (3), Murray (23), Crowley (7), Dempsey (8)

 

OAK A   0 0 0   1 0 2   0 3 0   0 -   6 12 0

BOS A   0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 4   1 -   7 12 1

WP: Campbell (4-0)

LP: Lacey (2-2)

HR: Page (11), Armas (27), Burleson (7), Rice 2 (18), Yastrzemski (15)

 

CHI A   2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   2  8 1

CLE A   1 1 0   1 0 0   1 2 x -   6 12 0

WP: Spillner (13-9)

LP: Baumgarten (2-9)

SV: Cruz (12)

HR: Charboneau (20)

 

MIL A   0 0 2   2 2 0   0 0 0 -   6  5 1

DET A   2 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 -   4 10 1

WP: Haas (15-11)

LP: Lopez (10-5)

HR: Cooper 2 (19), Lezcano (18), Martinez (3), Corcoran (1)

 

TEX A   3 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0   0 2 -   7 14 0

KC  A   0 0 1   1 0 0   1 0 2   0 0 -   5 17 4

WP: Johnson (2-2)

LP: Quisenberry (10-5)

HR: Ellis (1)

 

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

NY  A   0 1 1   0 6 1   0 0 x -   9 12 1

WP: Perry (8-10)

LP: Abbott (9-10)

 

MIN A   0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 -   2 9 0

TOR A   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 -   3 9 1

WP: Todd (2-1)

LP: Verhoeven (2-4)

HR: Howell (7)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None