July 27, 1980

The latent Phillies offense finally came alive against the Braves and Rick Matula. The lineup exploded for 17 runs and 21 hits against Matula and three pitchers from the Braves' bullpen, each of whom gave up at least two runs. Steve Carlton, the recipient of the offensive renaissance, did not pitch to his usual standards, but he didn't need to - after coughing up a 3-0 first inning lead, Carlton received five more runs in the second, and cruised to the victory.

NL East Standings after games of July 27, 1980

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB
Pirates	55	42	.567	-
Expos	51	44	.537	3
Phillies	50	45	.526	4
Mets	46	50	.479	8½
Cardinals	44	53	.454	11
Cubs	40	54	.426	13½

Scoreboard

National League

ATL N 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 3

PHI N 3 5 0 2 0 0 3 4 x - 17 21 1

WP: Carlton (16-5)

LP: Matula (6-9)

HR: Hubbard (5), Smith (2)

CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 12 3

LA N 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 2

WP: Howe (5-4)

LP: Caudill (1-3)

HOU N 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 3

MON N 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 7 1

WP: Niekro (11-8)

LP: Lee (3-5)

SV: Smith (5)

CIN N 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 10 13 1

NY N 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 2

WP: Price (2-2)

LP: Pacella (3-1)

HR: Spilman (3)

STL N 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 1

SD N 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 x - 5 9 0

WP: Lucas (4-6)

LP: Vuckovich (9-7)

SV: Fingers (12)

HR: Simmons (15)

PIT N 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 2

SF N 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 - 4 9 2

WP: Bibby (13-1)

LP: Bordley (2-2)

SV: Tekulve (14)

American League

MIL A 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 2

BAL A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 5 14 1

WP: Stoddard (1-3)

LP: McClure (1-5)

HR: Molitor (6), Ayala (8)

TEX A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 0 (1)

CHI A 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 3 5 0

WP: Trout (6-10)

LP: Medich (8-5)

SV: Proly (5)

TEX A 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 1 (2)

CHI A 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 5

WP: Hough (1-0)

LP: Proly (1-6)

HR: Nordhagen (12)

OAK A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0 (1)

DET A 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 4 9 2

WP: Wilcox (10-6)

LP: Minetto (0-1)

HR: Gross (6), Wockenfuss (10), Dyer (3)

OAK A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 4 10 0 (2)

DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 3

WP: Keough (11-10)

LP: Morris (11-9)

SV: Lacey (3)

HR: Gross (7)

NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 2

KC A 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 x - 8 15 1

WP: Gura (14-4)

LP: John (15-4)

BOS A 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 0

MIN A 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 x - 5 10 1

WP: Williams (1-0)

LP: Torrez (5-12)

SV: Corbett (11)

SEA A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0

TOR A 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 x - 5 9 0

WP: Jefferson (4-6)

LP: Bannister (6-9)

HR: Woods (11), Velez (17)

Transactions

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