September 17, 1980

After losing four straight in Pittsburgh in August and one more on the 16th, the Phils battled the defending World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. Steve Carlton was unable to hold onto a three-run lead, giving up three in the bottom of the seventh.  But Carlton and the bullpen held the Pirates scoreless the rest of the way, keeping the Phils in the game until Garry Maddox scored what became the winning run in the 11th inning off a Del Unser single.  With the win, the Phils climbed back to within 1½ games of first place.

NL East Standings after games of September 17, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

81

65

.555

-

Phillies

79

66

.545

1½

Pirates

76

70

.521

5

Cardinals

66

80

.452

15

Mets

62

84

.425

19

Cubs

56

89

.386

24½

Scoreboard

National League

 

PHI N   0 0 0   0 3 1   0 0 0   0 1 -   5 12 0

PIT N   0 0 0   0 1 0   3 0 0   0 0 -   4 9 0

WP: McGraw (2-4)

LP: Tekulve (8-10)

SV: Lyle (1)

HR: B. Robinson (12), Lacy (7)

 

STL N   3 0 0   2 0 0   3 0 0 -  8 11 2

CHI N   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 4 0 -   5 12 2

WP: Vuckovich (12-9)

LP: Krukow (8-15)

 

HOU N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 5 0

CIN N   0 1 0   4 0 0   0 2 x -   7 9 1

WP: Soto (10-6)

LP: Niekro (16-12)

HR: Foster (23), Knight (13)

 

SD N   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 -   1 8 2

LA N   1 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 x -   2 8 1

WP: Sutton (12-4)

LP: Eichelberger (4-2)

SV: Howe (17)

 

MON N   0 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   2 8 0

NY N   0 0 0   0 4 0   1 0 x -   5 10 1

WP: Miller (1-1)

LP: Sanderson (15-9)

SV: Falcone (1)

HR: Mazzilli (16)

 

ATL N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 5 2

SF N   0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 x -   2 6 0

WP: Blue (14-8)

LP: McWilliams (9-12)

 

 

American League

 

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

BAL A   0 2 1   0 3 1   2 0 x -   9 10 0

WP: Stewart (5-7)

LP: Weaver (2-2)

HR: Wockenfuss (14), Graham (11)

 

CLE A   0 1 0   4 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 -   6 17 0

BOS A   1 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 2   0 0 -   5 12 1

WP: Spillner (15-10)

LP: Torrez (9-15)

HR: Evans (15)

 

CAL A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0  3 0 (1)

KC  A   1 2 0   0 2 0   0 0 x -   5 11 0

WP: Leonard (19-9)

LP: Botting (0-1)

 

CAL A   3 0 1   0 0 0   3 0 0 -   7  9 1 (2)

KC  A   0 0 0   1 2 1   0 0 0 -   4 15 1

WP: LaRoche (3-5)

LP: Gura (18-8)

SV: Hassler (9)

 

MIN A   0 0 0   0 3 0   0 0 0 -   3 7 0 (1)

MIL A   0 1 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   2 8 0

WP: Koosman (13-13)

LP: Haas (16-13)

 

MIN A   0 0 0   0 0 0   6 0 0 -   6 10 0 (2)

MIL A   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 -   1  5 3

WP: Erickson (6-12)

LP: Mitchell (5-4)

HR: Wilfong (7), Adams (5), R. Jackson (5)

 

TOR A   0 0 0   0 0 0   3 0 0   4 0 0   0 -   7  9 1

NY  A   0 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 1   4 0 0   1 -   8 15 2

Game suspended with 2 out in the top of the 10th inning and the score TOR 5 NY 3.

Completed 9-18-1980.

WP: Underwood (13-9)

LP: Kucek (3-7)

HR: Howell (8), Mayberry (26), Cerone (13)

 

 

CHI A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 6 0

SEA A   0 0 0   1 1 0   1 1 x -   4 7 0

WP: Bannister (9-11)

LP: Burns (13-13)

SV: Parrott (1)

HR: Edler (2)

 

 

OAK A   0 2 2   1 0 0   1 0 0 -   6 12 0

TEX A   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 1 2 -   4 11 0

WP: Langford (17-11)

LP: Butcher (1-2)

SV: Lacey (5)

HR: Staub (8)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None