Phillies 6, Cubs 1Game 16 - Saturday Night, April 27th in Philadelphia
Record - 5-11, Tied for 5th Place, 6 games behind the Cubs
One Sentence Summary: Shane Rawley won his third game, Von Hayes had three hits and Glenn Wilson drove in three in this 6-1 win over the first place Cubs.
What It Means: This was the start of a modest four-game win streak and again I was convinced manager John Felske was about to steer the Phillies' ship back on track and back into the pennant race. He was not.
What Happened: Rawley went 7 1/3 innings, allowing a run on four hits but also walking four. Larry Andersen relieved him in the eighth and set up Kent Tekulve for a smooth ninth. The Cubs scored their only run in the eighth when Gary Matthews had an RBI groundout.
Wilson started the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and added a two-run triple in the sixth. Hayes' big day raised his average to a team-leading .328. Mike Schmidt had a single to raise his average to .167 and John Russell continued to scuffle, going 0 for 3 and seeing his average drop to .136. Luis Aguayo got the start at shortstop to give Steve Jeltz a day off. Aguayo was on his way to going 0 for April, going hitless in 7 April at-bats.
Featured Card: Wilson was on his way to his one and only 100-RBI season and the Phillies were about to introduce the world to Glennbo via its TV commercials. Glennbo was Wilson dressed as a Rambo-inspired character complete with eye black and criss-crossing belts of baseballs across his chest. Sadly, I wasn't able to find any of the original Glennbo commercials on the internet, but I did find the image below. You're all welcome.
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