June 23, 1980

Off day as the Phillies traveled home from San Francisco.  The Pittsburgh Pirates lost at St. Louis, widening the Phils' hold on second place by a half game.

NL East Standings after games of June 23, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

36

27

.571

-

Phillies

34

27

.557

1

Pirates

35

31

.530

2½

Cubs

29

33

.467

6½

Mets

28

35

.444

8

Cardinals

26

40

.394

11½

Scoreboard

National League

 

LA N    0 0 0   0 3 0   0 0 0 -   3 8 0

HOU N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 3 0

WP: Sutcliffe (2-4)

LP: Andujar (0-3)

 

PIT N   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1  7 1

STL N   0 0 0   1 0 2   0 3 x -   6 11 1

WP: Kaat (2-4)

LP: Solomon (4-1)

HR: Simmons (10), Hendrick (15)

 

American League

 

DET A   0 2 0   0 0 1   0 2 0 -   5 13 2

CLE A   2 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 -   4  9 1

WP: Schatzeder (3-6)

LP: Stanton (1-1)

HR: Bannister (1)

 

KC A    0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   1 10 3

MIN A   0 0 3   0 0 0   0 1 x -   4  6 1

WP: Koosman (6-6)

LP: Gura (9-3)

HR: Smalley (8)

 

BOS A   0 0 2   0 4 1   0 0 0 -   7 15 1

NY A    1 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 -   2  7 1

WP: Eckersley (4-5)

LP: Guidry (7-4)

HR: Yastrzemski (9), Lefebvre 2 (6)

 

MIL A   0 1 0   0 0 6   0 1 0 -   8 8 5

OAK A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 6 1

WP: Cleveland (5-2)

LP: Kingman (3-7)

HR: Gantner (1)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

Chicago Cubs - Traded cash and a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Cliff Johnson, outfielder.  Cleveland received Karl Pagel, first baseman, on June 30.

Pittsburgh Pirates - Signed Trench Davis, outfielder, as a non-drafted free agent.

 

American League

Kansas City Royals - Traded Randy McGilberry,  pitcher, to the New York Mets to complete a trade in which New York traded Kevin Kobel, pitcher, to Kansas City in exchange for a player to be named later on June 17.