Giants 3, Phillies 1Game 47 - Sunday Afternoon, June 2nd in San Francisco
Record - 17-30, 6th Place, 13 games behind the Mets
One Sentence Summary: Vida Blue and a pair of Giants relievers held the Phillies' line-up to one hit in this 3-1 loss.
What It Means: For the second, and fortunately last time in 1985, the Phillies were one-hit. The last time the team had been one-hit was back on May 11th against the Mets when Sid Fernandez and Roger McDowell were on the mound. The loss also dropped the team into the N.L. East basement, a half game behind the Pirates.
What Happened: Rick Schu had the club's only hit, a triple off Blue in the fifth inning. Schu scored on a sacrifice squeeze bunt from Steve Jeltz. Schu also committed his first error at third base since his promotion, leading to a seventh inning unearned run. Juan Samuel was caught stealing twice by catcher Bob Brenly.
Shane Rawley took the loss, dropping to 4-4, allowing two runs on six hits over six innings of work. Blue went five innings, working out of trouble for most of his outing walking five. Mark Davis recorded the final seven outs for his second save of the season.
Featured Card: Schu's baseball cards were sparse, and I would have had just four of his cards in my collection at this point back in June 1985. He's in the 1984 and 1985 Portland Beavers team sets, he shared a 1985 Tastykake Phillies card with fellow prospect Chris James and he was a surprise addition to the 1985 Donruss set. Fleer and Topps would catch up to Donruss by issuing Schu cards in their update sets.
1985 Virtual Phillies Wall / 1985 Season Summary Index
It's still hard to believe the Phils moved all-everything Mike Schmidt off 3rd base for a year. And for Rick Schu, no less.
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