Cardinals 6, Phillies 2Game 61 - Tuesday Night, June 18th in St. Louis
Record - 24-37, 5th Place, 11 1/2 games behind the Expos
One Sentence Summary: Steve Carlton was lost with an injury and John Tudor held the Phillies offense in check in this 6-2 loss to the Cardinals.
What It Means: I was living inside my Phillies bubble at the time, so while the Phillies and Pirates were grounded in the N.L. East basement, I didn't realize there were four other teams within a game and a half of first place in the division. Following this game, the Expos held a half game lead over the Cubs and Cardinals with the Mets now a game and a half behind. Spoiler alert - the Cardinals would win the division and topple the Dodgers in the NLCS.
What Happened: Other than a few late runs, the Phillies couldn't get anything going against Tudor. Whitey Herzog's Cardinals had 10 singles and manufactured their six runs with walks, stolen bases and station to station baseball. A four-run sixth inning with Carlton and Larry Andersen on the mound resulted from a pair of singles, two errors from the Phillies, a sacrifice bunt, a stolen base and Vince Coleman successfully tagging up to second on a fly ball to left.
Featured Card: Carlton had missed a start back on April 28th with a stiff shoulder, and following this game the injury was too far along to ignore. A few days after this, he'd land on the disabled list for the first time in his career, ultimately missing 72 days and 13 starts. Carlton's record stood at 1-7 with a very respectable 2.43 ERA.
1985 Virtual Phillies Wall / 1985 Season Summary Index
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