John Candelaria and Jerry Koosman faced off in this Keystone battle. It was scoreless until the third inning when both Lee Lacy and Sixto Lezcano hit solo homer for their respective teams to keep the game tied.
In the top of the fifth Lacy added his second bomb of the day, this time with Amos Otis on base, to give the Pirates a 3-1 lead. But the Phillies knotted it up again in the sixth when Juan Samuel cranked a two-run homer too.
The game was still tied until the top of the eighth. Back to back hits from Lee Mazzilli and Lacy put a runner in scoring position for Johnny Ray. Ray singled and Mazilli scored the decisive run.
Winning Pitcher - John Candelaria
Losing Pitcher - Bill Campbell
Save - Rod Scurry
Player of the Game - Lee Lacy, 3-4, 2HRs, 3RBI, 2Rs
Hall of Famers in the Game - Mike Schmidt
The Padres loaded the bases in the bottom of the first but only managed one run on a Terry Kennedy walk. Steve Garvey had an RBI ground-out in the third to make it a 2-0 lead, and then Mark Thurmond helped his own cause with a sacrifice fly that scored Luis Salazar.
The Reds came charging back in the sixth, though. They scored two runs, including an RBI knock by Nick Esasky. They were still trailing by one run in the seventh when Thurmond was lifted with two outs and a runner on second in favor of ace reliever Goose Gossage. The Reds countered with pinch-hitter Duane Walker. Walker doubled, scoring Dave Concepcion to tie the game! Then Dan Driessen singled home Walker to give Cincy the lead! Ted Power, Bob Owchinko, and John Franco held the Padres scoreless over the final three games to earn the win.
Winning Pitcher - Joe Price
Losing Pitcher - Goose Gossage
Save - John Franco
Player of the Game - Duane Walker, 1-2, 2B, RBI, R
Hall of Famers in the Game - Tony Perez, Tony Gwynn, Goose Gossage
I was actually at this game. I remember it well. It was a Sunday afternoon and it was picture day (I still have pictures from it). The Reds battered Thurmond for 5 runs in the first inning. However, Floyd Chiffer came in relief and pitched his best game of the year. San Diego came back to win it 7-5 powered by homeruns from Bobby Brown, Tony Gwynn, and 2 by Graig Nettles.
ReplyDeleteopps. My bad, it was actually the June 10th game I went to. And it was Andy Hawkins and not Thurmond that got shelled. Hawkins and Thurmond were very similar pitchers except one threw right handed and the other left. Regardless, they did not have much stuff and would not last in today's MLB with pitchers that throw well over 90 mph.
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