July 28, 1980

After the offensive barrage against the Braves, the Phils' bats went back to sleep against Gordie Pladson, a Canadian pitcher with a career ERA of 6.04. The Phils managed just four hits and two runs against Pladson en route to a 3-2 loss. Nino Espinosa pitched 6-1/3 innings of two-run baseball, and Ron Reed took the loss in extra innings. Larry Bowa stolehome in the 5th inning to add a bit of offensive excitement to the game.

NL East Standings after games of July 28, 1980

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB
Pirates	56	42	.571	-
Expos	52	45	.536	3½
Phillies	50	46	.521	5
Mets	46	51	.474	9½
Cardinals	44	53	.454	11½
Cubs	40	55	.421	14

Scoreboard

National League

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

PHI N 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0

WP: Sambito (6-1)

LP: Reed (6-4)

PIT N 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 6 9 2

LA N 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 0

WP: Rhoden (2-1)

LP: Welch (9-6)

SV: Tekulve (15)

HR: Ott 2 (5), Guerrero (4)

CIN N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 0 (1)

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

BOX+PBP

WP: Bair (1-4)

LP: Lea (2-5)

SV: Hume (18)

CIN N 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 - 4 7 3 (2)

MON N 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 8 1

WP: Norman (1-1)

LP: Soto (4-5)

SV: Fryman (11)

HR: Oester (1)

ATL N 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 6 10 2

NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 7 1

WP: Alexander (9-5)

LP: Falcone (5-7)

HR: Murphy (17)

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

SD N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 - 4 5 2

WP: Fingers (9-7)

LP: Riley (0-1)

HR: Tenace (9)

American League

SEA A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 4 2

CLE A 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 x - 7 14 0

WP: Barker (11-7)

LP: Beattie (4-9)

SV: Cruz (5)

HR: Manning (1)

CAL A 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 0

DET A 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 2

WP: Montague (3-2)

LP: Petry (5-6)

SV: Hassler (2)

NY A 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 - 7 13 3

MIN A 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 6 15 1

WP: Bird (2-0)

LP: Verhoeven (1-3)

HR: Cerone 2 (10), Landreaux (6)

OAK A 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 - 5 10 0

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

WP: Norris (14-6)

LP: Barlow (0-1)

HR: Essian (4)

Transactions

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