1985 Game 13 - 1985 Donruss #381 Tim Corcoran

Expos 5, Phillies 4 (10 Innings)
Game 13 - Tuesday Afternoon, April 23rd in Montreal
Record - 4-9, Tied for 5th Place, 5 games behind the Cubs and Mets

One Sentence Summary:  The Phillies battled back to tie this game in the fifth inning, only to lose in the 10th on a bases loaded walk courtesy of Charles Hudson.

What It Means:  This game happened 35 years ago, but seeing the ninth inning sequence still makes me cringe.  Checking my symbol key from the first page of my scrapbook, I got to break out the purple marker for this box score.  The purple circle above the boxscore indicates this was an extra inning game.  Good stuff there.

What Happened:  Hudson relieved Kent Tekulve, who had pitched another two scoreless innings of relief.  Hudson allowed a single to Andre Dawson to start the ninth, and struck out Hubie Brooks with Dawson stealing second.  He intentionally walked Herm Winningham to set up the force at any base, but then proceeded to walk Tim Wallach and Vance Law in succession.  Game over.

Steve Carlton started this game and allowed four runs on nine hits in his seven innings of work.  All four Expos runs allowed by Carlton came in a shaky first inning.

Tim Corcoran tied the game in the fifth with a two-run single to right, scoring Jeff Stone and Von Hayes.  The Phillies offense went 3 for 13 with runners in scoring position.  Kiko Garcia appeared in a game for the first time in 1985, becoming the last player on the roster used by manager John Felske.  He'd appear in only three more games before getting released on May 17th.

Featured Card:  I most likely won't have a lot of chances to post any of Corcoran's cards in these posts, so I'll take advantage of the opportunity now.  First base was a black hole for the Phillies at the beginning of the 1985 season.  Niether John Russell nor Corcoran would prove to be a viable answer at the position and ultimately the Phillies ended up moving Mike Schmidt to first and calling up top prospect Rick Schu to play third.  Corcoran would make 38 starts at first base, serving as Schmidt's back-up between May and the end of the season.