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

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None