September 4, 1980
The suddenly resurgent Phillies rolled into Los Angeles after sweeping the Giants, and kept their momentum going. Rookie Bob Walk outpitched Dodgers ace Jerry Reuss 3-2, winning his 10th game of the season. Mike Schmidt blasted his 36th homer of the season, and Greg Luzinski contributed his 17th. With the win, the Phillies stayed a game above Montreal and Pittsburgh.
NL East Standings after games of September 4, 1980
|
Team |
Wins |
Losses |
Pct. |
GB |
|
Phillies |
72 |
60 |
0.545 |
- |
|
Expos |
72 |
62 |
0.537 |
1 |
|
Pirates |
72 |
62 |
0.537 |
1 |
|
Cardinals |
59 |
72 |
0.45 |
12½ |
|
Mets |
59 |
75 |
0.44 |
14 |
|
Cubs |
51 |
80 |
0.389 |
20½ |
Scoreboard
National League
PHI N 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 6 2
LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 8 0
WP: Walk (10-4)
LP: Reuss (16-5)
SV: McGraw (17)
HR: Schmidt (36), Luzinski (17), Baker (27)
NY N 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
SD N 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 11 0
WP: Curtis (7-8)
LP: Allen (5-8)
HR: Perkins (1)
MON N 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 - 4 10 1
SF N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
WP: Gullickson (7-4)
LP: Hargesheimer (4-4)
American League
OAK A 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 - 7 15 0
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
WP: Keough (14-12)
LP: Flanagan (13-11)
HR: Murphy (11), Armas (29)
SEA A 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 7 11 1
BOS A 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 6 0
WP: Abbott (10-10)
LP: Eckersley (9-12)
SV: Sarmiento (1)
HR: Meyer (10)
MIL A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 - 9 16 0
KC A 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 - 5 10 0
WP: Castro (1-4)
LP: Quisenberry (11-6)
HR: G. Brett (19), White (6)
CAL A 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 1
NY A 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x - 5 13 0
WP: Perry (9-10)
LP: Tanana (7-10)
SV: Guidry (1)
CHI A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
TOR A 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 8 1
WP: Todd (3-1)
LP: Farmer (6-8)
HR: Moseby (7)
Transactions
Phillies
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National League
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American League
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