September 11, 1980

The Phillies loved them some Mets in this stretch run, winning their eighth straight win over New York and their fourth straight overall.  Dick Ruthven put in another good performance, giving up one run over eight innings to earn his 15th win of the season.  Mike Schmidt kept up his MVP season, blasting his 38th home run of the year, while Pete Rose knocked in an additional two runs.  Orlando Isales made his Phillies debut as a pinch-runner for Rose.

NL East Standings after games of September 11, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

77

63

.550

-

Phillies

76

63

.547

½

Pirates

74

67

.525

Cardinals

62

77

.446

14½

Mets

59

81

.421

18

Cubs

54

85

.388

22½

Scoreboard

National League

 

PHI N   0 0 0   1 0 1   0 0 3 -   5 6 0

NY  N   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 -   1 9 0

WP: Ruthven (15-9)

LP: Burris (7-11)

HR: Schmidt (38)

 

CHI N   1 0 1   0 2 0   0 1 0 -   5 11 3

MON N   4 0 1   0 0 0   1 0 x -   6  9 0

WP: Fryman (6-4)

LP: Martz (0-2)

HR: Carter (24)

 

PIT N   0 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   2 7 0

STL N   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 5 1

WP: Blyleven (8-11)

LP: Martin (1-2)

 

 

American League

 

NY  A   0 1 0   0 0 4   0 0 0   3 -   8 12 1

BOS A   1 1 0   0 0 1   1 1 0   0 -   5  8 1

WP: Davis (7-3)

LP: Burgmeier (5-4)

HR: Jackson (36), Watson (13), Evans (14), Hancock (2)

 

KC  A   0 0 3   0 0 2   1 0 1 -   7 10 1

CAL A   0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 -   2  4 3

WP: Leonard (18-9)

LP: Ferris (0-1)

HR: Aikens (17), Thompson (18)

 

BAL A   0 4 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 -   6 11 0

TOR A   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   1  8 1

WP: Stone (23-6)

LP: Mirabella (4-11)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

Pittsburgh Pirates - Claimed Jesse Jefferson, pitcher, from the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

 

American League

None