September 13, 1980

It was a beautiful night to attend a baseball game.  It was a pitcher's duel throughout between two lefthanders. Steve Carlton got the better of his former team on this night, beating Bob Forsch and the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1.  Forsch was probably overall more effective than Carlton... except in the decisive sixth inning, when Forsch hit Bake McBride to force in the tying run, then a sacrifice fly to Mike Schmidt to score what would be the winning run.

NL East Standings after games of September 13, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Expos

78

64

.549

-

Phillies

77

65

.542

1

Pirates

75

68

.524

3½

Cardinals

64

78

.451

14

Mets

60

82

.423

18

Cubs

55

86

.390

22½

Scoreboard

National League

 

STL N   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 8 1

PHI N   0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 x -   2 4 1

WP: Carlton (22-8)

LP: Forsch (11-9)

 

SD  N   0 0 1   0 0 1   1 0 0 -   3 7 5

ATL N   0 0 0   3 1 0   1 0 x -   5 6 1

WP: Matula (10-12)

LP: Wise (6-7)

SV: Camp (16)

HR: Mumphrey (4), Horner (32)

 

LA  N   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 -   3 6 1

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

WP: Castillo (7-6)

LP: Soto (9-6)

SV: Stanhouse (6)

HR: Cey (24)

 

SF  N   0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 -   2 7 1

HOU N   0 0 1   2 0 0   0 0 x -   3 9 0

WP: Forsch (11-12)

LP: Blue (13-8)

 

PIT N   0 1 0   0 0 0   1 0 2 -   4 8 0

MON N   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0 4 0

WP: D. Robinson (6-8)

LP: Rogers (14-11)

HR: Easler (19)

 

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

NY  N   1 0 0   3 0 0   0 0 x -   4 8 1

WP: Lynch (1-0)

LP: McGlothen (10-12)

SV: Jackson (1)

 

 

American League

 

NY  A   0 0 0   4 0 0   0 0 0 -   4 11 2

BOS A   0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 1 -   3  9 1

WP: John (21-7)

LP: Torrez (9-14)

 

TEX A   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   1 10 2

CAL A   3 2 0   0 2 3   0 0 x - 10 13 2

WP: Martinez (6-6)

LP: Butcher (1-1)

HR: Thompson (19), Harris (1)

 

MIN A   1 2 2   0 0 1   0 0 0 -   6 10 1

CHI A   0 0 1   0 2 0   0 1 1 -   5 13 3

WP: Zahn (12-18)

LP: Trout (8-14)

SV: Corbett (18)

HR: Castino (11), Lemon (10)

 

DET A   0 0 0   0 0 1   1 2 0   0 0 0   3 -   7 12 2

CLE A   1 0 0   3 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 -   4 14 2

WP: Underwood (3-6)

LP: Stanton (1-2)

SV: Rozema (4)

HR: Summers (15)

 

KC  A   0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 -   2 8 0

OAK A   2 2 0   0 0 2   0 0 x -   6 9 0

WP: McCatty (12-13)

LP: Gura (18-7)

HR: Wathan (5), Murphy (12), Picciolo (3)

 

MIL A   0 1 2   0 0 0   0 5 0 -   8 12 0

SEA A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 -   0  3 1

WP: Caldwell (13-10)

LP: Parrott (1-14)

HR: Oglivie (35), Gantner (4)

 

BAL A   0 0 0   3 2 1   0 0 0 -   6 11 0

TOR A   0 1 0   0 1 1   0 0 1 -   4 12 0

WP: McGregor (18-7)

LP: Stieb (12-12)

SV: Stoddard (22)

HR: Murray (26)

Transactions

Phillies

Traded a player to be named (Kevin Saucier, pitcher, on November 19, 1980) to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Sparky Lyle, pitcher.

 

National League

Los Angeles Dodgers - Traded Dennis Lewallyn, pitcher, and cash to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Pepe Frias, infielder.

 

American League

None