August 23, 1980

Larry Christenson gave up six runs over his start, which ended in a four-run sixth inning as the Phillies lost to the San Francisco Giants 6-2.  The Phillies managed to score a total of two runs - both unearned - against Giants starter Allen Ripley, one on a double by Larry Bowa scoring Bake McBride, and the second on an infeld single by Christenson.

NL East Standings after games of August 23, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Pirates

69

54

.561

-

Expos

67

56

.545

2

Phillies

64

56

.533

3½

Mets

58

65

.472

11

Cardinals

53

67

.442

14½

Cubs

49

72

.405

19

Scoreboard

National League

 

SF  N   0 1 1   0 0 4   0 0 0 -   6 9 1

PHI N   0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 -   2 7 1

WP: Ripley (7-6)

LP: Christenson (4-1)

 

STL N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 -   2  4 3

ATL N   0 3 1   0 2 0   0 1 x -   7 14 1

WP: Alexander (12-6)

LP: Vuckovich (9-9)

HR: Hendrick (22)

 

PIT N   1 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 -   2 10 0

CIN N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 -   1  5 1

WP: Rhoden (4-3)

LP: Pastore (10-6)

SV: Jackson (7)

 

CHI N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 - 

0   7 1

HOU N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 -  

1  13 0

WP: Niekro (13-11)

LP: Riley (0-4)

 

SD  N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 7 0

MON N   0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 x -   2 6 0

WP: Gullickson (6-3)

LP: Mura (4-6)

SV: D'Acquisto (2)

 

LA  N   0 0 0   1 0 1   0 1 1 -   4 11 0

NY  N   0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0 -   2  7 0

WP: Goltz (6-7)

LP: Hausman (5-4)

SV: Howe (10)

 

American League

 

NY  A   1 1 0   0 1 0   2 0 0 -   5 13 1

CAL A   0 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   2  5 1

WP: May (11-5)

LP: LaRoche (2-4)

SV: Gossage (21)

HR: Watson (10)

 

TOR A   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 -   1  4 2

CHI A   0 2 3   0 0 0   0 0 x -   5 10 1

WP: Dotson (10-8)

LP: Kucek (3-6)

 

CLE A   1 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 -   2 8 0

KC  A   0 1 0   0 0 0   2 0 x -   3 7 0

WP: Gale (13-7)

LP: Garland (6-6)

SV: Quisenberry (28)

 

DET A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 4 0 -   4 11 3

MIN A   0 0 2   0 0 0   1 0 0 -   3  5 1

WP: Robbins (3-2)

LP: D. Jackson (7-8)

SV: Rozema (3)

 

BAL A   0 3 0   0 0 0    0 0 1 -   4 7 1

OAK A   0 0 0   0 0 0    2 0 0 -   2 4 1

WP: Stone (21-4)

LP: Kingman (7-14)

SV: Stoddard (19)

HR: Graham 2 (9), Page (9)

 

BOS A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 -   1 7 2

SEA A   0 0 1   1 1 0   0 0 x -   3 6 0

WP: Dressler (3-6)

LP: Hurst (2-2)

SV: Rawley (11)

HR: Stapleton (6)

 

MIL A   0 2 0   0 1 0   2 0 0 -   5 10 1

TEX A   3 1 0   0 0 0   0 3 x -   7 10 1

WP: Darwin (11-2)

LP: Augustine (4-3)

HR: Thomas (28)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None