September 3, 1980

Dick Ruthven wrapped up a series of successful pitching by picking up his fourteenth win of the season, going eight and a third innings, giving up three runs before giving way to Tug McGraw to earn the save.  Manny Trillo scored two runs on his two hits, the lone Phil with a multi-hit game.  Ruthven, Mike Schmidt and Larry Bowa knocked in the runs for the Phillies.

NL East Standings after games of September 3, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Phillies

71

60

0.542

-

Pirates

72

62

0.537

½

Expos

71

62

0.534

1

Cardinals

59

72

0.45

12

Mets

59

74

0.444

13

Cubs

51

80

0.389

20

Scoreboard

National League

 

PHI N   0 3 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   4 9 1

SF  N   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 2 -   3 9 1

WP: Ruthven (14-8)

LP: Ripley (7-8)

SV: McGraw (16)

HR: Bourjos (1)

 

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

CHI N   0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 1 -   3 6 1

WP: Boggs (9-8)

LP: McGlothen (9-11)

SV: Camp (13)

HR: Matthews (18), Murphy (26), Lezcano (3)

 

NY  N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 5 1

LA  N   0 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 x -   2 5 0

WP: Hooton (13-5)

LP: Zachry (6-9)

SV: Howe (14)

HR: Garvey (23)

 

HOU N   0 1 0   1 2 0   0 0 0 -  4 12 1

PIT N   3 0 2   1 2 0   0 2 x - 10 14 0

WP: Candelaria (10-13)

LP: Andujar (2-5)

SV: Romo (9)

HR: Howe (8), Parker 2 (16), Easler (18)

 

MON N   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 2 0 -   3  5 1

SD  N   2 0 0   1 1 0   0 0 x -   4 11 2

WP: Mura (5-7)

LP: Norman (4-4)

SV: Fingers (19)

 

CIN N   0 1 0   1 0 1   0 0 0   0 -   3 11 0

STL N   0 0 0   0 1 0   2 0 0   1 -   4 10 1

WP: Kaat (6-7)

LP: Hume (7-9)

HR: Spilman (4), Reitz 2 (8)

 

American League

 

SEA A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 -   1  4 2

BAL A   0 0 0   1 0 1   0 3 x -   5 11 0

WP: Stone (22-5)

LP: Dressler (3-8)

 

CAL A   2 0 0   0 3 1   0 1 0 -   7 14 0

BOS A   0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 0 -   2  4 1

WP: Martinez (5-6)

LP: Torrez (8-13)

HR: Carew (3), Thompson (17), Rader (2)

 

CHI A   0 0 1   0 0 2   0 1 0 -   4 11 1

DET A   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 4 -   5  8 0

WP: Lopez (11-5)

LP: Wortham (4-7)

HR: Nordhagen (15), Brookens (7)

 

MIL A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0   2 -   3 8 1

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

WP: Sorensen (10-8)

LP: Leonard (16-9)

HR: Thomas (33), G. Brett (18)

 

CLE A   5 1 0   1 0 0   0 -   7 12 0

MIN A   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 -   1  9 1

WP: Spillner (14-9)

LP: Zahn (11-18)

 

OAK A   0 1 1   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   3 5 1

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

WP: John (19-7)

LP: Kingman (7-16)

HR: Page (12), Gamble (11), Spencer (10)

 

TOR A   0 0 0   0 1 0   3 0 0 -   4 13 0

TEX A   0 0 0   1 0 1   0 0 0 -   2  6 2

WP: Stieb (12-10)

LP: Figueroa (3-9)

HR: Moseby (6), Whitt (5), Grubb (5), Putnam (11)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

Toronto Blue Jays - Released Balor Moore, pitcher.