October 3, 1980

The first game of the final series was a tight one all the way.  Dick Ruthven was effectively wild, giving up four walks but just three hits in his six innings of work, surrendering just one run to the Expos.  Mike Schmidt took care of the Phils' offensive needs, driving home Pete Rose, who had singled and taken third on a Bake McBride double, with a sacrifice fly in the first, then hitting the home run that gave the Phils  2-0 lead in the sixth.  Ruthven, Sparky Lyle and Tug McGraw made the second run hold up, and the Phils saw themselves one win more from claiming the division championship.  For Ruthven, it was his 17th win of the season, a career high.

NL East Standings after games of October 3, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Phillies

90

70

.563

-

Expos

89

71

.556

1

Pirates

82

78

.512

8

Cardinals

73

87

.456

17

Mets

66

94

.412

24

Cubs

63

97

.394

27

Scoreboard

National League

 

PHI N   1 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   2 8 0

MON N   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   1 4 1

WP: Ruthven (17-10)

LP: Sanderson (16-11)

SV: McGraw (20)

HR: Schmidt (47)

 

ATL N   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 3 0 -   4 5 3

CIN N   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 6 1

WP: Boggs (12-9)

LP: Soto (10-8)

SV: Camp (22)

HR: Murphy (32)

 

HOU N   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 -   2 9 1

LA N   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 1   1 -   3 7 1

WP: Valenzuela (2-0)

LP: Forsch (12-13)

HR: Ferguson (9)

 

CHI N   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 -   1 5 2

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

WP: Jefferson (1-0)

LP: Reuschel (11-13)

SV: Candelaria (1)

 

SD  N   5 0 0   0 0 5   1 0 1 -  12 15 3

SF  N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0  4 2

WP: Mura (8-7)

LP: Ripley (9-10)

HR: Salazar (1)

 

NY  N   0 0 0   0 0 4   0 0 0 -   4 11 0

STL N   0 0 1   1 2 1   1 0 x -   6 12 0

WP: Frazier (1-4)

LP: Jackson (1-7)

SV: Urrea (3)

 

 

American League

 

CAL A   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 4 2

CHI A   1 1 0   0 0 0   1 1 x -   4 9 1

WP: Burns (15-13)

LP: Martinez (7-9)

SV: Proly (7)

 

MIN A   1 2 0   0 0 1   0 0 1 -   5 14 0

KC  A   0 1 0   0 0 1   1 0 0 -   3  8 0

WP: Koosman (16-13)

LP: Gura (18-10)

SV: Corbett (23)

HR: Castino (13), McRae (12)

 

SEA A   1 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 -   2  6 0

TEX A   1 0 0   4 0 1   0 0 x -   6 11 1

WP: Medich (14-11)

LP: Abbott (12-12)

HR: Oliver (19), Sundberg (10)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

Chicago White Sox - Signed Minnie Minoso, outfielder, as a free agent.