Phillies 10, Dodgers 5Game 33 - Friday Night, May 17th in Philadelphia
Record - 12-21, 5th Place, 10 1/2 games behind the Mets
One Sentence Summary: Kevin Gross pitched well and benefitted from a 12-hit, 10-run outburst from the Phillies in this 10-5 win over the Dodgers.
What It Means: For the third time this season, the Phillies scored at least 10 runs.
What Happened: Juan Samuel, Garry Maddox, Von Hayes and Glenn Wilson all drove in two runs a piece, with Samuel and Hayes homering. Ozzie Virgil went 4 for 5, the second (and final) time he'd have a four hit game in the majors. Only Mike Schmidt (0 for 2) and Luis Aguayo (0 for 2) didn't get in on the hit parade, and Schmidt's average dropped to .208. John Russell had a hit to increase his average to .152.
Gross pitched eight innings, tying his career high up until this point with 10 strikeouts. (He'd strike out 13 in 1992 while a member of the Dodgers.) Rookie Rocky Childress made his major league debut in a low-pressure situation, entering the game in the ninth with the Phillies ahead 10-3. He got knocked around a a little and the Dodgers scored a pair of runs before he was able to get out of the inning.
Featured Card: I have three Childress cards in my collection - this minor league card from the Portland Beavers team set and the team-issued cards Childress appeared on in 1985 and 1986. He'd get a few proper mainstream baseball cards in 1988 when he appeared in the Donruss, Fleer and Topps sets with the Astros.
Transaction: Before the game, the Phillies placed catcher Darren Daulton on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder and recalled reliever Childress from Triple-A Portland. Daulton must have suffered the injury in the Monday night game against the Reds, as that was his last game action. Childress had been pitching well for Portland, but didn't expect to get the call. Per this Reading Eagle article written by Larry Shenk, he arrived for this game around 10:30, in the bottom of the seventh, and was told by the bullpen coach, Mike Ryan, he'd be entering the game as soon as he warmed up. Childress wore uniform #50, previously worn by Marty Bystrom between 1980 and 1984.
Starting pitchers (5) - Steve Carlton, John Denny, Kevin Gross, Charles Hudson, Shane Rawley
Relief pitchers (6) - Larry Andersen, Don Carman, Rocky Childress, Dave Rucker, Kent Tekulve, Pat Zachry
Catchers (2) - Ozzie Virgil, John Wockenfuss
Infielders (7) - Luis Aguayo, Tim Corcoran, Steve Jeltz, John Russell, Juan Samuel, Mike Schmidt, Derrel Thomas
Outfielders (5) - Greg Gross, Von Hayes, Garry Maddox, Jeff Stone, Glenn Wilson
Disabled List (4) - Darren Daulton, Bo Diaz, Jerry Koosman, Joe Lefebvre
1985 Virtual Phillies Wall / 1985 Season Summary Index
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