Phillies 10, Mets 6Game 11 - Sunday Afternoon, April 21st in Philadelphia
Record - 3-8, Tied for 5th Place, 5 games behind the Cubs and Mets
One Sentence Summary: Glenn Wilson had a big day at the plate, hitting his first home run of the season and driving in three runs as the Phillies defeated the Mets, 10-6.
What It Means: The boxscore headline describes the win as a bombardment, which is probably a little too favorable. Still, the win gave the Phillies a modest two-game win streak and knocked the Mets out of sole possession of first place. Following the game, the team would head to Montreal for a three-game set with the Expos.
And little did I know at the time, but 25 years after this game was played, our youngest son Ben would be born.
What Happened: After a dominating performance in his prior outing, Jerry Koosman couldn't escape the third inning against his former team. Kevin Gross turned in an effective long relief outing, giving up a run over 4 1/3 innings. Kent Tekulve made his Phillies debut and pitched two scoreless innings.
The Phillies offense produced 13 hits, their best showing of the season so far. Wilson and Juan Samuel homered off Mets' starting pitcher Ron Darling. In a four-run seventh, Ozzie Virgil and Wilson contributed back-to-back RBI singles and pinch-hitter Greg Gross brought them both home with a double.
Featured Card: It was the first Sunday home game, and all kids 14 and under attending the game received a set of Tastykake player photo cards. This was a 47-card set and I summarized the set and its checklist with a post a few years ago here. The set contains the only Phillies cards issued for pitchers Pat Zachry and Rich Surhoff.
Here's the complete fourth page from my 1985 Phillies Scrapbook. On to page five tomorrow.
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