Cardinals 4, Phillies 3Game 69 - Thursday Afternoon, June 27th in Philadelphia
Record - 30-39, 5th Place, 10 1/2 games behind the Expos
One Sentence Summary: Shane Rawley pitched well in his return to the starting rotation, but the offense fell short in this 4-3 loss to the Cardinals.
What It Means: The loss ended the Phillies' modest five-game win streak, and they'd travel to Montreal following this matinee for a quick road trip and a weekend series against the Expos.
What Happened: This was Rawley's first start since his June 8th outing when he lasted only two innings. He took over the disabled Steve Carlton's spot in the rotation, allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits over six innings. The unearned run scored by the Cardinals proved to be costly, and resulted from another error committed by shortstop Derrel Thomas. Between Thomas and Steve Jeltz, manager John Felske was having a tough time finding shortstop for his line-up.
The Phillies tried mounting a comeback late in the game with solo home runs from Ozzie Virgil in the fifth and Von Hayes in the seventh. In the eighth, with Greg Gross on second and Mike Schmidt on first, Glenn Wilson doubled to center scoring Gross. Third base coach Dave Bristol waved Schmidt home as the potential tying run, but Schmidt was gunned down on relay throws from center fielder Willie McGee to shortstop Ozzie Smith to catcher Tom Nieto. Smith had hit a solo home run off Rawley in the seventh for the deciding fourth run.
Featured Card: This game represented Thomas' fourth start in a row at short. After this game, Thomas was batting .185 with three costly errors while Jeltz was also batting .185 with eight errors. What was a manager to do?
1985 Virtual Phillies Wall / 1985 Season Summary Index
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