Allentown Morning Call - June 19, 1980

Phils wait until 9th to make Carlton a 12-game winner

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Pinch-hitter Keith Moreland belted a two-run ninth-inning double to snap a 1-1 tie and give Steve Carlton his 12th victory of the year as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres 5-1 last night. 

Garry Maddux led off the Phillies' ninth with a single off reliever Bob Shirley. 5-3. and Larry Bowa bunted for a single, his third hit of the night. After Manny Trillo grounded out, advancing the runners, Moreland, batting for Carlton, 12-2, lined his double to the center-field wall for two runs. 

After Pete Rose walked, catcher Fred Kendall attempted to pick off pinch runner Lonnie Smith at second but threw the ball into center for an error. The ball went through center fielder Paul Dade for another error, allowing Smith and Rose to race home with the final two runs.

The victory was the sixth in a row for the Phillies and the seventh in a row for Carlton, who has not lost since May 30. Tug McGraw worked the final inning for Philadelphia. Carlton finished with nine strikeouts to raise his major league-leading total to 127. 

Mike Schmidt drove in his 51st run of the year on a groundout to score Bake McBride. who had tripled, in the first inning as the Phillies took a 1-0 lead.

Carlton blanked the Padres until the seventh when Aurelio Rodriguez hit a two-out single, Paul Dade walked, and Kendall, making a rare start, drove in Rodriguez with a single to center. 

Eric Rasmussen, recalled from the bullpen because of injuries to two Padre starters, allowed the Phils just one run on seven hits until he left the game with one out in the seventh.