September 29, 1980

With the two losses against Montreal, the series against the Chicago Cubs took on a new importance.  The Phils could not allow Montreal to slip any further away, and each game with the Cubs became a must-win.  Larry Christenson was pedestrian in his start - 3 ER in 6-1/3 innings, and the Phils remained in the game solely because of bad Chicago defense.  Then the bullpens took over and kept the score knotted at 3-3 until the fifteenth inning when Manny Trillo singled home Garry Maddox with the deciding run.  Kevin Saucier was credited with the win, but had a lot of help from Tug McGraw, Ron Reed, Sparky Lyle, Warren Brusstar and Dickie Noles, who collectively pitched 8-2/3 innings shutout innings.

NL East Standings after games of September 29, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

87

70

.554

-

Phillies

86

70

.551

½

Pirates

80

77

.510

7

Cardinals

72

85

.459

15

Mets

65

92

.414

22

Cubs

63

93

.404

23½

Scoreboard

National League

 

CHI N   0 0 0   0 1 0   2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 -   5 10 1

PHI N   0 0 2   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 3 -   6 12 1

WP: Saucier (7-3)

LP: Lamp (10-13)

HR: Martin (23)

 

STL N   0 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 0 -   2 8 1

MON N   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 1 3 -   5 6 1

WP: Fryman (7-4)

LP: Frazier (0-4)

HR: Templeton (4), Dawson (16), Tamargo (1)

 

PIT N   2 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0   1 -   4 15 2

NY  N   0 0 0   1 0 0   2 0 0   2 -   5 10 1

WP: Reardon (8-7)

LP: Jackson (8-4)

HR: Youngblood (8)

 

 

American League

 

BAL A   0 1 0   2 0 1   0 1 0 -   5 10 0 (1)

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

WP: D. Martinez (6-4)

LP: Drago (7-6)

HR: DeCinces (16), Dempsey (9), Rice (23)

 

BAL A   2 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 -   4 8 0 (2)

BOS A   1 1 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 -   3 8 1

WP: Stone (25-7)

LP: MacWhorter (0-2)

SV: Stewart (3)

HR: Murray (30)

 

MIL A   1 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   2  7 1

CAL A   0 0 0   2 1 0   3 0 x -   6 10 0

WP: Tanana (11-11)

LP: Sorensen (12-10)

HR: Thomas (38)

 

DET A   0 0 1   0 2 2   0 0 3 -   8 16 0

TOR A   0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 0 -   2  7 1

WP: Weaver (3-3)

LP: Mirabella (4-12)

SV: Lopez (21)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None