Phillies 6, Cardinals 4Game 68 - Wednesday Night, June 26th in Philadelphia
Record - 30-38, 5th Place, 9 1/2 games behind the Expos
One Sentence Summary: Garry Maddox, Mike Schmidt and Ozzie Virgil all homered in this 6-4 win over the Cardinals.
What It Means: The Phillies apparently figured out Cardinals' starter Danny Cox since they had last faced him in St. Louis the week before. Cox shut out the Phillies in that June 20th game, but here he allowed five runs on seven hits in six innings of work. All but one of his runs allowed came from home runs. The Phillies had an impressive five-game winning streak going here, but it wouldn't last.
What Happened: Juan Samuel hit a lead-off triple in the bottom of the first and scored the first run of the game on a Greg Gross sacrifice fly. Maddox hit a solo home run in the second, followed by Schmidt's solo home run in the fourth. Virgil's home run came in the sixth with Glenn Wilson aboard. Virgil also gave the Phillies an insurance run with an RBI-single in the eighth, again scoring Wilson.
John Denny benefitted from the power surge and got the win to even his record at 5-5. Don Carman and Kent Tekulve succeeded in their respective roles as set-up man and closer, pitching three scoreless innings.
Featured Card: With Father's Day celebrated recently, I thought this would be an appropriate card for Virgil's three-RBI game. Virgil's father, Ossie, played in parts of nine seasons between 1956 and 1969 for the Giants, Tigers, Athletics, Orioles and Pirates. I'll be featuring his 1965 Topps card over on my 1965 Topps blog in a few days.
1985 Virtual Phillies Wall / 1985 Season Summary Index
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