1985 Game 45 - 1985 Drake's #27 Juan Samuel

Giants 4, Phillies 3
Game 45 - Late Friday Night, May 31st in San Francisco
Record - 17-28, 5th Place, 11 games behind the Mets

One Sentence Summary:  A three-run home run from Ricky Adams sunk Charles Hudson and the Phillies in this 4-3 loss.

What It Means:  No offense to Adams, but his name was unfamiliar to me.  He was a back-up infielder for the Giants in 1985, occasionally filling in for Chris Brown at third base and Jose Uribe at shortstop.  His home run in this game was his third of four career big league home runs.  In two seasons with the Angels (1982-1983) and his year with the Giants, Adams appeared in 120 games, hitting .215.  He appeared on three mainstream baseball cards - in 1984 within the Donruss and Topps sets and again in the 1986 Topps set.

What Happened:  Hudson had cruised through six innings when Adams hit his unlikely blast.  The only other run he had allowed came on a first inning solo home run surrendered to Chili Davis.  Former Phillies Mike Krukow and Mark Davis held the Phillies line-up to five hits while striking out a combined eight batters.  Juan Samuel homered off Krukow in the eighth.

Featured Card:  I often used the end of each month to take stock of the Phillies season to date.  I took the time to handwrite the current roster, seemingly forgetting Darren Daulton and Kent Tekulve until after I was originally finished.

There aren't a lot of surprises below in the team leader categories, other than Steve Carlton's team leading ERA of 2.15.  His record was only 1-4, but Lefty continued to keep the Phils in the games he pitched.  Through the first 45 games of the season, only Von Hayes, Samuel and Glenn Wilson had appeared in every game.

May 1985 Leaders
Games:  Von Hayes, Juan Samuel and Glenn Wilson - 26
Average:  Ozzie Virgil - .278
Runs:  Juan Samuel - 14
Home Runs:  Mike Schmidt - 4
RBIs:  Glenn Wilson - 13
Stolen Bases:  Von Hayes and Juan Samuel - 6

Games:  Don Carman - 13
Wins:  Kent Tekulve - 2
Innings Pitched:  John Denny - 43 1/3
ERA:  Steve Carlton - 1.23
Strikeouts:  Kevin Gross - 22
Saves:  Kent Tekulve - 2

Cumulative Season Leaders
Games:  Von Hayes, Juan Samuel and Glenn Wilson - 45
Average:  Von Hayes - .313
Runs:  Juan Samuel - 28
Home Runs:  Mike Schmidt - 6
RBIs:  Glenn Wilson - 28
Stolen Bases:  Juan Samuel - 14

Games:  Don Carman - 21
Wins:  Shane Rawley - 4
Innings Pitched:  John Denny - 72 1/3
ERA:  Steve Carlton - 2.15
Strikeouts:  Kevin Gross - 39
Saves:  Larry Andersen and Kent Tekulve - 2

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