September 21, 1980

Dick Ruthven fought wildness in his start against the Cubs, but persevered enough to gain the victory. Ruthven walked five Chicago batters in 5-2/3 innigs to go along with six Cubs hits, but managed to escape giving up only three runs. Ruthven was assisted by perfect relief by Ron Reed and by a resurgent Phils offense, who scored seven on Chicago pitching for the second consecutive game. The Phils received home runs from both Mike Schmidt (41st) and Greg Luzinski (18th) and five doubles among their 15 total hits, and their seven runs were knocked in by seven different players.

NL East Standings after games of September 21, 1980

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB
Expos	82	67	.550	-
Phillies	81	67	.547	½
Pirates	78	71	.523	4
Cardinals	68	81	.456	14
Mets	63	86	.423	19
Cubs	57	91	.385	24½

Scoreboard

National League

PHI N 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 - 7 15 0

CHI N 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 6 1

WP: Ruthven (16-10)

LP: Lamp (10-12)

SV: Reed (9)

HR: Schmidt (41), Luzinski (18), Tracy (1)

CIN N 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 7 16 2

LA N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 1

WP: Hume (8-10)

LP: Howe (6-8)

NY N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 4 7 1

PIT N 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 x - 9 11 4

WP: Candelaria (11-14)

LP: Burris (7-12)

HR: Norman (2), Madlock (10), Ott (8)

ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 0

SD N 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 3 7 1

BOX+PBP

WP: Tellmann (1-0)

LP: Niekro (15-15)

HR: Bass (3)

HOU N 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 5 10 1

SF N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 1

WP: Ruhle (10-4)

LP: Blue (14-9)

HR: Howe (9)

MON N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 4

STL N 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4 8 0

WP: Rincon (2-0)

LP: Palmer (7-5)

SV: Seaman (4)

HR: Dawson (15)

American League

TOR A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0

BAL A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 5 0

WP: Flanagan (15-12)

LP: Clancy (13-14)

SV: Stoddard (24)

HR: Mayberry (28)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0

DET A 7 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 x - 13 15 0

WP: Morris (15-14)

LP: Spillner (15-11)

SV: Underwood (4)

HR: Brookens (9)

OAK A 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 - 9 11 0

KC A 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 2

WP: Norris (21-8)

LP: Leonard (19-10)

HR: Murphy (13), Gross 2 (14), G. Brett (20), Wathan (6)

SEA A 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 - 7 12 1

MIL A 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 11 0

WP: Abbott (11-11)

LP: Mitchell (5-5)

SV: Parrott (2)

HR: Bochte (12), Horton (6), Yount (22)

CHI A 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 4 (1)

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

WP: Verhoeven (3-4)

LP: Robinson (0-1)

HR: Castino (12)

CHI A 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 0 (2)

MIN A 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 x - 6 10 3

WP: Arroyo (6-6)

LP: Dotson (11-10)

SV: Redfern (1)

HR: Wilfong (8), Landreaux (7)

BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0

NY A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 0

WP: Guidry (15-10)

LP: Tudor (7-5)

SV: Gossage (30)

CAL A 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 - 9 8 2

TEX A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 9 4

WP: Barr (1-3)

LP: Medich (12-11)

SV: Aase (2)

Transactions

Phillies

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