1985 Game 36 - 1985 Cigna Phillies #10 Steve Jeltz

Phillies 2, Giants 1
Game 36 - Monday Night, May 20th in Philadelphia
Record - 14-22, 5th Place, 9 1/2 games behind the Mets

One Sentence Summary:  A Steve Jeltz single in the seventh off Giants' reliever Vida Blue broke a 1-1 tie and ultimately led to this 2-1 win for the Phillies.

What It Means:  After this game, the Phillies and Giants had identical woeful records of 14-22.  The Giants would continue to be bad, ultimately losing 100 games and costing new manager Jim Davenport his job.  Roger Craig would take over in September, and he'd successfully manage the Giants through their 1992 season.  To date, 1985 is the only season in the 137 seasons in the history of the Giants franchise they have lost 100 games.

What Happened:  Steve Carlton won his first (and last) game of the season, pitching seven strong innings and allowing a run on five hits.  He struck out four.  Kent Tekulve got himself into a jam in the ninth with a pair of walks, but he worked out of it and recorded his first save for the club.

Mike Krukow started for the Giants, and lasted five innings, allowing a run on four hits.  The Phillies generated a run off Krukow in the first with back-to-back singles from Jeff Stone and Von Hayes, followed by an RBI groundout from Mike Schmidt.

Featured Card:  Jeltz had two hits in this game and the game-winning RBI, so that's good enough for the featured card.  This also gives me a good opportunity to cover one of the oddball Phillies sets issued in 1985.  I've always referred to this set as the Cigna Phillies set, as Cigna Corporation is indicated as the set's sponsor on the back of the cards.  The Standard Catalog lists this as the 1985 Police/Fire Safety set.  The cards measure 2 5/8" x 4 1/8" and there are 16 cards total in the Phillies set.  The set's listing also indicates these cards were distributed by several Philadelphia area police departments throughout the year.

The Standard Catalog also lists 1985 Police/Fire Safety sets for the Blue Jays, Braves and Brewers.

1985 Virtual Phillies Wall / 1985 Season Summary Index