June 2, 1980

Randy Lerch - 1980 just wasn't kind to him. How a team that wins 92 games can house a pitcher with a 4-14 record on it staff is beyond my comprehension. Of course, atrocious luck has a fair bit to do with it - as in this game. Mike Schmidt, he of the 10 gold gloves, committed two errors - in the same inning. Bake McBride joined in the escapades that gave Pittsburgh five runs - all unearned - in the fifth inning of a game that the Pirates would ultimately win going away. Lerch's record sank to a dismal 1-7.

NL East Standings after games of June 2, 1980

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB
Pirates	27	18	.600	-
Phillies	23	20	.534	3
Montreal	23	20	.534	3
Cubs	21	22	.488	5
Mets	19	24	.441	7
Cardinals	16	29	.355	11

Scoreboard

National League

PHI N 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 3

PIT N 2 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 x - 9 11 1

WP: D. Robinson (2-1)

LP: Lerch (1-7)

CIN N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 0

LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 10 0

WP: Sutcliffe (1-2)

LP: Bair (0-3)

HR: Lopes (4), Monday (1)

CHI N 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 7 13 2

MON N 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 - 8 8 0

WP: Fryman (1-1)

LP: McGlothen (2-1)

HR: Vail (3), Thompson (1), Henderson (1), Cromartie (5), White (2)

HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1

SD N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 0

WP: Wise (3-3)

LP: Ryan (3-5)

SV: Rasmussen (1)

ATL N 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 - 4 10 0

SF N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 11 1

WP: Niekro (4-7)

LP: Whitson (2-6)

American League

MIL A 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 - 8 13 1

BAL A 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 - 9 14 1

WP: T. Martinez (1-2)

LP: McClure (1-2)

HR: Cooper 2 (6), Oglivie (13), Thomas (9), Sakata (1), May (4)

TEX A 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0

CHI A 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 3 0

OAK A 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 - 5 13 0

CLE A 0 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 x - 10 11 0

WP: Garland (1-0)

LP: Kingman (2-6)

HR: Murphy (6), Page (2), Rosello (2)

SEA A 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 1

DET A 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0

HR: Gibson (8)

NY A 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0

KC A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0

WP: Guidry (6-1)

LP: Splittorff (3-3)

HR: Soderholm (5), G. Brett (4)

BOS A 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 - 6 15 1

MIN A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1

WP: Stanley (4-5)

LP: Redfern (6-3)

HR: Dwyer (5)

CAL A 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 15 0

TOR A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 9 0

WP: Frost (4-3)

LP: Leal (1-1)

SV: LaRoche (3)

HR: Thompson (5), Velez (10)

Transactions

Phillies

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