1985 Season Summary

	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Pos, GA/GB	Featured Card	Game Summary Post
1	Tue. 4/9	Braves	L, 6-0	0-1	T2, 1.0	Carlton	6 errors sink Phils in opener
2	Thu. 4/11	Braves	L, 6-3	0-2	T4, 2.0	Schmidt	Braves edge Phils after Schmidt error
3	Fri. 4/12	at Astros	L, 8-3	0-3	T5, 3.0	Andersen	7-run 6th dooms Phillies
4	Sat. 4/13	at Astros	W, 4-2	1-3	5, 3.0	Rawley	Rawley's solid outing leads to win
5	Sun. 4/14	at Astros	L, 5-3	1-4	T5, 4.0	Carlton	Ryan outduels Carlton, Phils lose
6	Mon. 4/15	at Cubs	L, 2-1	1-5	6, 4.0	Dernier	Ex-Phils down current Phils
7	Tue. 4/16	at Cubs	L, 1-0 (10)	1-6	6, 5.0	Dernier	Mr. T blows it on Dernier's walk-off
8	Wed. 4/17	at Cubs	L, 5-4	1-7	6, 6.0	Moreland	Moreland's double completes sweep
9	Fri. 4/19	Mets	L, 1-0	1-8	6, 7.0	Diaz	Doc wins battle against Lefty
10	Sat. 4/20	Mets	W, 7-6	2-8	6, 6.0	Stone	Stone's 5 RBIs leads to win
11	Sun. 4/21	Mets	W, 10-6	3-8	T5, 5.0	Wilson	Wilson leads offense over Mets
12	Mon. 4/22	at Expos	W, 9-1	4-8	T5, 5.0	Maddox	Phils pound Expos, win 3rd straight
13	Tue. 4/23	at Expos	L, 5-4 (10)	4-9	T5, 5.0	Corcoran	Hudson's bases loaded walk sinks Phils
14	Wed. 4/24	at Expos	L, 7-6	4-10	T5, 6.0	Virgil	Pair of homers from Virgil not enough
15	Fri. 4/26	Cubs	L, 7-3	4-11	T5, 7.0	Russell/Jeltz	Eck, Cubs club Phils
16	Sat. 4/27	Cubs	W, 6-1	5-11	T5, 6.0	Wilson	Glennbo paces Phils past Cubs
17	Sun. 4/28	Cubs	W, 3-2	6-11	5, 5.5	Phanatic	Phils take advantage of Cubs errors
18	Mon. 4/29	Expos	W, 3-2 (10)	7-11	T4, 4.5	Samuel	Samuel's single provides walk-off win
19	Tue. 4/30	Expos	W, 11-0	8-11	T4, 4.5	Koosman	Offense delivers as Koosman pitches shutout
20	Wed. 5/1	Expos	L, 3-2	8-12	T4, 5.5	Hayes	Hubie's homer ends Phils' skein
21	Fri. 5/3	Astros	W, 3-2	9-12	T4, 4.5	Wilson	Phils win on Wilson's 8th inning blast
22	Sat. 5/4	Astros	W, 7-5 (13)	10-12	T4, 4.5	Aguayo	Aguayo walks it off with 13th inning homer
23	Sun. 5/5	Astros	L, 4-3	10-13	T4, 5.5	Hudson	Rawley, offense stumble in loss to 'Stros
24	Tue. 5/7	Reds	L, 2-0	10-14	5, 6.0	Rose	Rose returns, Soto handles Phils
25	Wed. 5/8	Reds	L, 8-2	10-15	5, 7.0	Rose	Denny shelled in loss to Reds
26	Fri. 5/10	at Mets	L, 5-0	10-16	5, 7.5	Samuel	Gooden strikes out 13 in complete game shutout
27	Sat. 5/11	at Mets	L, 4-0	10-17	5, 8.5	McCarver	Phils drop 5th straight to El Sid, Mets
28	Sun. 5/12	at Mets	L, 3-2	10-18	5, 9.5	K. Gross	Samuel's costly error leads to loss
29	Mon. 5/13	at Reds	L, 7-3	10-19	5, 9.5	Perez	Perez's pinch-slam sinks Phils
30	Tue. 5/14	at Reds	W, 7-1	11-19	5, 9.5	Hudson	Hudson's strong outing, Samuel's homer snaps streak
31	Wed. 5/15	at Braves	L, 3-2 (10)	11-20	5, 10.5	Carlton	Braves' Harper hits walk-off homer
32	Thu. 5/16	at Braves	L, 6-3	11-21	5, 10.5	Thomas	Thomas' error leads to Braves win
33	Fri. 5/17	Dodgers	W, 10-5	12-21	5, 10.5	Childress	K. Gross, offense cruise to victory
34	Sat. 5/18	Dodgers	W, 7-5	13-21	5, 9.5	Hayes	Hayes' homer breaks tie, leads to win
35	Sun. 5/19	Dodgers	L, 3-2	13-22	5, 10.5	Howell	Valenzuela stops Phils, sweep attempt
36	Mon. 5/20	Giants	W, 2-1	14-22	5, 9.5	Jeltz	Jeltz's RBI single keys win
37	Tue. 5/21	Giants	W, 6-5	15-22	5, 9.0	Wilson	Giants errors, Wilson's hits lead to another win
38	Wed. 5/22	Giants	L, 6-2	15-23	5, 9.0	Trillo	Trillo's hit, Russell's error combine for loss
39	Fri. 5/24	Padres	L, 1-0	15-24	5, 9.0	Denny	Dravecky and Goose shut down Phils
40	Sat. 5/25	Padres	L, 4-1	15-25	5, 9.5	Felske	Hawkins easily handles sleepy offense
41	Sun. 5/26	Padres	L, 7-2	15-26	5, 10.5	Schmidt	Schmidt's E5, lack of clutch hits sink Phils
42	Mon. 5/27	Padres	W, 10-9	16-26	5, 10.5	Schmidt	Phils battle to Memorial Day win
43	Wed. 5/29	at Dodgers	L, 6-1	16-27	5, 11.0	Schmidt	Infield shuffled, Phils still lose
44	Thu. 5/30	at Dodgers	W, 6-1	17-27	5, 11.0	Denny	Denny pitches Phils to victory in L.A.
45	Fri. 5/31	at Giants	L, 4-3	17-28	5, 11.0	Samuel	Another loss brings May to a close
46	Sat. 6/1	at Giants	L, 2-1	17-29	5, 12.0	Carlton	Lack of run support sinks Lefty again
47	Sun. 6/2	at Giants	L, 3-1	17-30	6, 13.0	Schu	Phils one-hit en route to sweep
48	Mon. 6/3	at Padres	W, 3-2	18-30	T5, 12.0	Virgil	Virgil's two homers leads to win
49	Tue. 6/4	at Padres	L, 6-5	18-31	T5, 13.0	Wockenfuss	Phils battle back, but Teke blows save
50	Wed. 6/5	at Padres	L, 3-1	18-32	T5, 13.0	G. Gross	Hoyt easily handles Phils
51	Fri. 6/7	Expos	L, 3-1	18-33	5, 13.5	Carlton	Lefty pitches well, offense goes quiet
52	Sat. 6/8	Expos	L, 4-3	18-34	5, 14.5	Zachry	Phils hit low point at 16 games under .500
53	Sun. 6/9	Expos	W, 4-1	19-34	5, 14.5	K. Gross	Glennbo's 3-run HR and Gross pitching lead to W
54	Mon. 6/10	Mets	W, 6-4	20-34	5, 14.5	Carman	Denny, Wilson subdue Mets
55	Tue. 6/11	Mets	W, 26-7	21-34	5, 14.5	Hayes	Hayes blasts two 1st inning homers in historic win
56	Wed. 6/12	Mets	L, 7-3 (11)	21-35	5, 14.5	Stone	Bullpen blows late lead in loss to Mets
57	Thu. 6/13	Mets	W, 5-4	22-35	5, 13.5	Wilson	Wilson's clutch homer leads to win
58	Fri. 6/14	at Pirates	L, 3-2	22-36	5, 13.5	Tekulve	Bullpen blows another late lead, lose to Bucs
59	Sat. 6/15	at Pirates	W, 13-3	23-36	5, 12.5	Denny	Denny K's 13, offense adds 15 hits in win
60	Sun. 6/16	at Pirates	W, 3-2	24-36	5, 12.0	Schu	Schu's double keys 3-run 6th inning rally
61	Tue. 6/18	at Cardinals	L, 6-2	24-37	5, 11.5	Carlton	Phils lose game, lose Lefty to injury
62	Wed. 6/19	at Cardinals	W, 1-0	25-37	5, 11.5	Koosman	Koosman, Carman shut out Cards
63	Thu. 6/20	at Cardinals	L, 5-0	25-38	5, 11.5	Herr	Cox, other future Phils, down current Phils
64	Fri. 6/21	Pirates	W, 4-3 (16)	26-38	5, 11.0	Samuel	Phils win marathon on Samuel's double
65	Sat. 6/22	Pirates	W, 5-2	27-38	5, 11.0	Samuel	Samuel's homer leads to second straight walk-off
66	Sun. 6/23	Pirates	W, 3-2	28-38	5, 11.0	Samuel	Samuel runs home for win, series sweep
67	Tue. 6/25	Cardinals	W, 3-1	29-38	5, 10.5	Koosman	Koosman pitches Phils to victory over Cards
68	Wed. 6/26	Cardinals	W, 6-4	30-38	5, 9.5	Virgil	Virgil paces offense with 3 RBIs
69	Thu. 6/27	Cardinals	L, 4-3	30-39	5, 10.5	Thomas	Shortstop troubles continue as Phils fall to Cards
70	Fri. 6/28	at Expos	L, 5-3	30-40	5, 11.5	Schmidt	Schmidt unloads on Philly fans prior to loss
71	Sat. 6/29	at Expos	W, 6-2	31-40	5, 11.0	Maddox	Maddox paces Phils against Expos
72	Sun. 6/30	at Expos	W, 3-2	32-40	5, 11.0	Corcoran	Corcoran, Thomas come through in a pinch
73	Mon. 7/1	Cubs	L, 3-1	32-41	5, 11.0	Schmidt	Schmidt debuts new look, Phils lose
74	Tue. 7/2	Cubs	W, 11-2	33-41	5, 11.0	Rawley	Offense awakes, Rawley pitches complete game
75	Wed. 7/3	Cubs	W, 4-3	33-42	5, 11.5	Sandberg	Teke lets one get away on fireworks night
76	Thu. 7/4	Reds	W, 3-1	34-42	5, 11.5	K. Gross	Gross pitches Phils to victory
77	Fri. 7/5	Reds	W, 5-2	35-42	5, 10.5	Carman	Russell's blast leads to win over Reds
78	Sat. 7/6	Reds	L, 4-2	35-43	5, 10.5	Rose	Rose, Parker derail sweep hopes
79	Sun. 7/7	Reds	L, 3-2 (10)	35-44	5, 11.5	Foley	Bullpen falters again, Phils lose in 10
80	Mon. 7/8	at Astros	W, 7-4	36-44	5, 11.5	Wilson	Offense powers win in Astrodome
81	Tue. 7/9	at Astros	W, 5-3	37-44	5, 11.5	Samuel	4th inning outburst leads to victory
82	Wed. 7/10	at Astros	L, 10-0	37-45	5, 12.5	Thon	Astros destroy Phillies' pitching
83	Thu. 7/11	at Braves	L, 3-2	37-46	5, 13.5	Andersen	Carmen, Andersen can't hold Braves down
84	Fri. 7/12	at Braves	L, 7-4	37-47	5, 13.5	Murphy	Five-run 9th from Braves shocks Phils
85	Sat. 7/13	at Braves	L, 13-5	37-48	5, 14.5	Hudson	Hudson destroyed during Live Aid
86	Sun. 7/14	at Braves	L, 12-3	37-49	5, 15.5	Schmidt	Phils wrap up 1st half with another loss

★ I was there!

Posting halted for these 1985 games with the beginning of the actual 2020 Phillies season. At some point in the future, I may go back and wrap up the rest of this season.