July 18, 1980

The Phils loved them some Niekros this week.  After beating Houston's Joe Niekro the game before, the Phillies took on hall-of-fame big brother Phil Niekro.  Perhaps having a knuckleballer for the second game in a row made the Phils more ready than usual, but they pounced for three runs in the third, and cruised to a 7-2 win that gave Nino Espinosa his first victory of the season.

NL East Standings after games of July 18, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

48

38

.558

-

Pirates

49

39

.557

-

Phillies

47

38

.553

½

Mets

43

45

.489

6

Cardinals

39

50

.438

10½

Cubs

36

50

.419

12

Scoreboard

National League

 

PHI N   0 0 3   0 0 1   1 0 2 -   7 11 0

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

WP: Espinosa (1-1)

LP: Niekro (7-12)

SV: Noles (6)

HR: Schmidt (23), Chambliss (11), Horner (15)

 

SD N    0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 0 -   2 7 1

CHI N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 -   1 6 0

WP: Shirley (6-6)

LP: Capilla (2-2)

SV: Fingers (11)

HR: Cash (1)

 

NY N    0 0 0   2 0 1   0 0 0 -   3 4 0 (1)

CIN N   0 2 0   0 0 3   0 0 x -   5 5 0

WP: Soto (3-4)

LP: Falcone (5-6)

HR: Washington (6), Cruz (1)

 

NY N    0 0 0   0 0 0   0 3 0 -   3  8 1 (2)

CIN N   0 1 0   0 4 0   0 3 x -   8 12 0

WP: Berenyi (1-0)

LP: Bomback (6-3)

SV: Hume (14)

HR: Foster (15), Driessen (11)

 

MON N   1 1 0   0 0 0   1 1 0   0 1 -   5 10 0

HOU N   2 0 0   0 1 0   0 1 0   0 0 -   4 18 1

WP: Fryman (4-4)

LP: Smith (1-3)

SV: Norman (4)

HR: Carter (17), Bernazard (4), Leonard (2)

 

LA N    0 3 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   4 10 1

PIT N   1 2 0   0 0 3   0 0 x -   6 10 1

WP: Rhoden (1-1)

LP: Welch (9-4)

SV: Romo (6)

HR: Milner (4)

 

SF N    1 0 0   1 0 0   0 2 4 -   8 10 1

STL N   0 1 0   2 0 0   3 1 0 -   7 12 1

WP: Holland (3-2)

LP: Seaman (2-1)

HR: May (6)

 

American League

 

TEX A   0 0 0   0 2 1   0 0 4 -   7 10 1

BAL A   0 0 0   0 0 0   6 2 x -   8 14 1

WP: Flanagan (9-8)

LP: Kern (2-11)

SV: T. Martinez (6)

HR: Sundberg (6)

 

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

BOS A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 -   1 8 0

WP: Torrez (5-10)

LP: Erickson (3-6)

HR: Stapleton (5)

 

TOR A   0 0 1   0 1 1   0 0 0 -   3 11 1

CAL A   0 6 0   0 0 0   0 0 x -   6  7 1

WP: Halicki (3-1)

LP: Kucek (2-2)

SV: Clear (7)

HR: Velez (15)

 

CHI A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 -   1  9 1

MIL A   1 1 0   0 1 0   2 0 x -   5 14 0

WP: Haas (10-8)

LP: Trout (4-10)

HR: Morrison (7), Yount (15)

 

KC A   2 0 0   0 2 4   0 2 3 -  13 21 2

NY A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 -   1  3 0

WP: Gura (12-4)

LP: May (7-4)

HR: G. Brett (9)

 

CLE A   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   1  4 0

OAK A   0 2 0   2 4 0   0 1 x -   9 11 2

WP: Norris (12-6)

LP: Spillner (7-8)

HR: Murphy (10), Armas 2 (21), Page 2 (6), Essian (2)

 

DET A   0 0 1   0 1 0   1 0 0   2 -   5 11 2

SEA A   0 0 0   1 1 0   1 0 0   0 -   3  7 3

WP: Lopez (7-3)

LP: Beattie (4-8)

HR: Hill (1)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None