Mets 7, Phillies 3 (11 Innings)Game 56 - Wednesday Night, June 12th in Philadelphia
Record - 21-35, 5th Place, 14 1/2 games behind the Cubs
One Sentence Summary: Ron Darling got things back under control for the Mets as he held the Phillies to only three hits in this 7-3 loss.
What It Means: The Phillies came back down to Earth with a lazy offensive performance in this game, and I'm sure quite a few fans wished they had saved a few of their 27 hits from the prior game for this one.
What Happened: Darling went seven strong innings, allowing an inside the park home run to Glenn Wilson in the fourth. Jesse Orosco and Rick Aguilera pitched the final four scoreless innings for the Mets. The Phillies held a 3-1 lead heading to the eighth, thanks to another strong outing from Steve Carlton. Seriously, Carlton had to be taking it personally that his offense couldn't score for him. Carlton pitched six innings, allowing a run on six hits. Kent Tekulve blew the save when he allowed the Mets to tie the game on a two-run home run from Danny Heep in the eighth. Don Carman pitched three scoreless innings and the score remained tied at three heading into the 11th.
That's when the wheels fell off for reliever Dave Rucker. Rucker's first five Mets batters went like this - Keith Hernandez triple, Gary Carter single scoring Hernandez, George Foster single, Heep sacrifice fly scoring Carter, John Christensen two-run home run scoring Foster. Aguilera struck out Wilson and Von Hayes to end the game and give the Mets the win.
Featured Card: Jeff Stone went 1 for 3 and his average stood at .250 at this point in the season. The team's opening day left fielder, and a player expected to have a superstar year, he had driven in only two runs since a five-RBI performance on April 20th. Even worse, he hadn't been on base enough to utilize his speed and he had stolen a paltry six bases since the beginning of May. This was to be Stone's final start for a while as the team was a day away from sending him back down to Portland to work on his aggressiveness at the plate.
1985 Virtual Phillies Wall / 1985 Season Summary Index
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