1985 Season Summary


Date Opponent Score Record Pos, GA/GB Featured Card Game Summary Post
1 Tue. 4/9 Braves L, 6-0 0-1 T2, 1.0 Carlton 6 errors sink Phils in opener
2 Thu. 4/11 Braves L, 6-3 0-2 T4, 2.0 Schmidt Braves edge Phils after Schmidt error
3 Fri. 4/12 at Astros L, 8-3 0-3 T5, 3.0 Andersen 7-run 6th dooms Phillies
4 Sat. 4/13 at Astros W, 4-2 1-3 5, 3.0 Rawley Rawley's solid outing leads to win
5 Sun. 4/14 at Astros L, 5-3 1-4 T5, 4.0 Carlton Ryan outduels Carlton, Phils lose
6 Mon. 4/15 at Cubs L, 2-1 1-5 6, 4.0 Dernier Ex-Phils down current Phils
7 Tue. 4/16 at Cubs L, 1-0 (10) 1-6 6, 5.0 Dernier Mr. T blows it on Dernier's walk-off
8 Wed. 4/17 at Cubs L, 5-4 1-7 6, 6.0 Moreland Moreland's double completes sweep
9 Fri. 4/19 Mets L, 1-0 1-8 6, 7.0 Diaz Doc wins battle against Lefty
10 Sat. 4/20 Mets W, 7-6 2-8 6, 6.0 Stone Stone's 5 RBIs leads to win
11 Sun. 4/21 Mets W, 10-6 3-8 T5, 5.0 Wilson Wilson leads offense over Mets
12 Mon. 4/22 at Expos W, 9-1 4-8 T5, 5.0 Maddox Phils pound Expos, win 3rd straight
13 Tue. 4/23 at Expos L, 5-4 (10) 4-9 T5, 5.0 Corcoran Hudson's bases loaded walk sinks Phils
14 Wed. 4/24 at Expos L, 7-6 4-10 T5, 6.0 Virgil Pair of homers from Virgil not enough
15 Fri. 4/26 Cubs L, 7-3 4-11 T5, 7.0 Russell/Jeltz Eck, Cubs club Phils
16 Sat. 4/27 Cubs W, 6-1 5-11 T5, 6.0 Wilson Glennbo paces Phils past Cubs
17 Sun. 4/28 Cubs W, 3-2 6-11 5, 5.5 Phanatic Phils take advantage of Cubs errors
18 Mon. 4/29 Expos W, 3-2 (10) 7-11 T4, 4.5 Samuel Samuel's single provides walk-off win
19 Tue. 4/30 Expos W, 11-0 8-11 T4, 4.5 Koosman Offense delivers as Koosman pitches shutout

20

Wed. 5/1

Expos

L, 3-2

8-12

T4, 5.5

Hayes

Hubie's homer ends Phils' skein
21 Fri. 5/3 Astros W, 3-2 9-12 T4, 4.5 Wilson Phils win on Wilson's 8th inning blast
22 Sat. 5/4 Astros W, 7-5 (13) 10-12 T4, 4.5 Aguayo Aguayo walks it off with 13th inning homer
23 Sun. 5/5 Astros L, 4-3 10-13 T4, 5.5 Hudson Rawley, offense stumble in loss to 'Stros
24 Tue. 5/7 Reds L, 2-0 10-14 5, 6.0 Rose Rose returns, Soto handles Phils
25 Wed. 5/8 Reds L, 8-2 10-15 5, 7.0 Rose Denny shelled in loss to Reds
26 Fri. 5/10 at Mets L, 5-0 10-16 5, 7.5 Samuel Gooden strikes out 13 in complete game shutout
27 Sat. 5/11 at Mets L, 4-0 10-17 5, 8.5 McCarver Phils drop 5th straight to El Sid, Mets
28 Sun. 5/12 at Mets L, 3-2 10-18 5, 9.5 K. Gross Samuel's costly error leads to loss
29 Mon. 5/13 at Reds L, 7-3 10-19 5, 9.5 Perez Perez's pinch-slam sinks Phils
30 Tue. 5/14 at Reds W, 7-1 11-19 5, 9.5 Hudson Hudson's strong outing, Samuel's homer snaps streak
31 Wed. 5/15 at Braves L, 3-2 (10) 11-20 5, 10.5 Carlton Braves' Harper hits walk-off homer 
32 Thu. 5/16 at Braves L, 6-3 11-21 5, 10.5 Thomas Thomas' error leads to Braves win
33 Fri. 5/17 Dodgers W, 10-5 12-21 5, 10.5 Childress K. Gross, offense cruise to victory
34 Sat. 5/18 Dodgers W, 7-5 13-21 5, 9.5 Hayes Hayes' homer breaks tie, leads to win
35 Sun. 5/19 Dodgers L, 3-2 13-22 5, 10.5 Howell Valenzuela stops Phils, sweep attempt
36 Mon. 5/20 Giants W, 2-1 14-22 5, 9.5 Jeltz Jeltz's RBI single keys win
37 Tue. 5/21 Giants W, 6-5 15-22 5, 9.0 Wilson Giants errors, Wilson's hits lead to another win
38 Wed. 5/22 Giants L, 6-2 15-23 5, 9.0 Trillo Trillo's hit, Russell's error combine for loss
39 Fri. 5/24 Padres L, 1-0 15-24 5, 9.0 Denny Dravecky and Goose shut down Phils
40 Sat. 5/25 Padres L, 4-1 15-25 5, 9.5 Felske Hawkins easily handles sleepy offense
41 Sun. 5/26 Padres L, 7-2 15-26 5, 10.5 Schmidt Schmidt's E5, lack of clutch hits sink Phils
42 Mon. 5/27 Padres W, 10-9 16-26 5, 10.5 Schmidt Phils battle to Memorial Day win
43 Wed. 5/29 at Dodgers L, 6-1 16-27 5, 11.0 Schmidt Infield shuffled, Phils still lose
44 Thu. 5/30 at Dodgers W, 6-1 17-27 5, 11.0 Denny Denny pitches Phils to victory in L.A.
45 Fri. 5/31 at Giants L, 4-3 17-28 5, 11.0 Samuel Another loss brings May to a close

46

Sat. 6/1

at Giants

L, 2-1

17-29

5, 12.0

Carlton

Lack of run support sinks Lefty again
47 Sun. 6/2 at Giants L, 3-1 17-30 6, 13.0 Schu Phils one-hit en route to sweep
48 Mon. 6/3 at Padres W, 3-2 18-30 T5, 12.0 Virgil Virgil's two homers leads to win
49 Tue. 6/4 at Padres L, 6-5 18-31 T5, 13.0 Wockenfuss Phils battle back, but Teke blows save
50 Wed. 6/5 at Padres L, 3-1 18-32 T5, 13.0 G. Gross Hoyt easily handles Phils
51 Fri. 6/7 Expos L, 3-1 18-33 5, 13.5 Carlton Lefty pitches well, offense goes quiet
52 Sat. 6/8 Expos L, 4-3 18-34 5, 14.5 Zachry Phils hit low point at 16 games under .500
53 Sun. 6/9 Expos W, 4-1 19-34 5, 14.5 K. Gross Glennbo's 3-run HR and Gross pitching lead to W
54 Mon. 6/10 Mets W, 6-4 20-34 5, 14.5 Carman Denny, Wilson subdue Mets
55 Tue. 6/11 Mets W, 26-7 21-34 5, 14.5 Hayes Hayes blasts two 1st inning homers in historic win
56 Wed. 6/12 Mets L, 7-3 (11) 21-35 5, 14.5 Stone Bullpen blows late lead in loss to Mets
57 Thu. 6/13 Mets W, 5-4 22-35 5, 13.5 Wilson Wilson's clutch homer leads to win
58 Fri. 6/14 at Pirates L, 3-2 22-36 5, 13.5 Tekulve Bullpen blows another late lead, lose to Bucs
59 Sat. 6/15 at Pirates W, 13-3 23-36 5, 12.5 Denny Denny K's 13, offense adds 15 hits in win
60 Sun. 6/16 at Pirates W, 3-2 24-36 5, 12.0 Schu Schu's double keys 3-run 6th inning rally
61 Tue. 6/18 at Cardinals L, 6-2 24-37 5, 11.5 Carlton Phils lose game, lose Lefty to injury
62 Wed. 6/19 at Cardinals W, 1-0 25-37 5, 11.5 Koosman Koosman, Carman shut out Cards
63 Thu. 6/20 at Cardinals L, 5-0 25-38 5, 11.5 Herr Cox, other future Phils, down current Phils
64 Fri. 6/21 Pirates W, 4-3 (16) 26-38 5, 11.0 Samuel Phils win marathon on Samuel's double
65 Sat. 6/22 Pirates W, 5-2 27-38 5, 11.0 Samuel Samuel's homer leads to second straight walk-off
66 Sun. 6/23 Pirates W, 3-2 28-38 5, 11.0 Samuel Samuel runs home for win, series sweep
67 Tue. 6/25 Cardinals W, 3-1 29-38 5, 10.5 Koosman Koosman pitches Phils to victory over Cards
68 Wed. 6/26 Cardinals W, 6-4 30-38 5, 9.5 Virgil Virgil paces offense with 3 RBIs
69 Thu. 6/27 Cardinals L, 4-3 30-39 5, 10.5 Thomas Shortstop troubles continue as Phils fall to Cards
70 Fri. 6/28 at Expos L, 5-3 30-40 5, 11.5 Schmidt Schmidt unloads on Philly fans prior to loss
71 Sat. 6/29 at Expos W, 6-2 31-40 5, 11.0 Maddox Maddox paces Phils against Expos
72 Sun. 6/30 at Expos W, 3-2 32-40 5, 11.0 Corcoran Corcoran, Thomas come through in a pinch

73

Mon. 7/1

Cubs

L, 3-1

32-41

5, 11.0

Schmidt

Schmidt debuts new look, Phils lose
74 Tue. 7/2 Cubs W, 11-2 33-41 5, 11.0 Rawley Offense awakes, Rawley pitches complete game
75 Wed. 7/3 Cubs W, 4-3 33-42 5, 11.5 Sandberg Teke lets one get away on fireworks night
76 Thu. 7/4 Reds W, 3-1 34-42 5, 11.5 K. Gross Gross pitches Phils to victory
77 Fri. 7/5 Reds W, 5-2 35-42 5, 10.5 Carman Russell's blast leads to win over Reds
78 Sat. 7/6 Reds L, 4-2 35-43 5, 10.5 Rose Rose, Parker derail sweep hopes
79 Sun. 7/7 Reds L, 3-2 (10) 35-44 5, 11.5 Foley Bullpen falters again, Phils lose in 10
80 Mon. 7/8 at Astros W, 7-4 36-44 5, 11.5 Wilson Offense powers win in Astrodome
81 Tue. 7/9 at Astros W, 5-3 37-44 5, 11.5 Samuel 4th inning outburst leads to victory
82 Wed. 7/10 at Astros L, 10-0 37-45 5, 12.5 Thon Astros destroy Phillies' pitching
83 Thu. 7/11 at Braves L, 3-2 37-46 5, 13.5 Andersen Carmen, Andersen can't hold Braves down
84 Fri. 7/12 at Braves L, 7-4 37-47 5, 13.5 Murphy Five-run 9th from Braves shocks Phils
85 Sat. 7/13 at Braves L, 13-5 37-48 5, 14.5 Hudson Hudson destroyed during Live Aid
86 Sun. 7/14 at Braves L, 12-3 37-49 5, 15.5 Schmidt Phils wrap up 1st half with another loss

I was there!

Posting halted for these 1985 games with the beginning of the actual 2020 Phillies season. At some point in the future, I may go back and wrap up the rest of this season.

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