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3 Game Series
April 9th-11th,1982
Veterans Stadium,Philadelphia,Pa.
April 9th- Phillies-4 Expos -1
Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the 3rd,the Phillies finally put some offense together,getting a solo homer from Luis Aguyao followed later in the inning by a 3 run double by Mike Schmidt,pulling ahead and eventually winning by the score of 4-1.Starting pitcher Mike Krukow was solid if unspectacular,going 7 innings while allowing a run on 4 hits.He also walked and struck out 2.Warren Cromarte's RBI single accounted for Montreal's only run.
WP-Mike Krukow(1-0) LP-Scott Sanderson(0-1) S-Ron Reed(1) HR-PHI,Luis Aguyao(1)
April 10th- Expos-6 Phillies-4
Led by catcher Gary Carter,who went 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored,the Expos sprinted out to a 6-1 lead then held off a furious Phillies comeback to win a very entertaining ballgame 6-4.Manny Trillo paced the Phillies offense,going 3 for 4 with a triple,an RBI and a run scored.
WP-Charlie Lea(1-0) LP-Dick Ruthven(0-1) S-Jeff Reardon(1) HR-None
April 11th- Expos-4 Phillies-1
Chris Speier's 3 run homer in the 2nd,followed by a Tim Wallach RBI double in the 3rd gave Montreal starter Steve Rogers all the support he would need,as the Expos once again defeated the Phillies,this time by the score of 4-1.Rogers who cruised through the first 8 innings of the game,ran into trouble in the 9th,allowing a run on a Mike Schmidt RBI double before hitting Bo Diaz to give the Phils runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs.Closer Jeff Reardon then entered the game,and promptly struck out Garry Maddox,before getting George Vukovich to fly out and Ivan DeJesus to ground out ending the threat and securing the Montreal victory.
WP-Steve Rogers(2-0) LP-Steve Carlton(0-2) S-Jeff Reardon(2) HR-MON,Chris Speier(1)
MLB News And Notes
Boston's Jim Rice was a one man wrecking crew of Friday,launching 3 homers and collecting 7 RBI in the Red Sox 10-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Not to be outdone,the Angels Doug Decinces was his own kinda wrecking ball,going 5 for 5 with a double,a home run,3 RBI and 2 runs scored,as California defeated the Twins 6-3
Reds SS Dave Concepcion will be out of action for 1-2 weeks with a lacerated finger,suffered in Friday's game against the Giants
Indians 2B Toby Harrah was phenomenal on Saturday,going 5 for 5 with a home run,an RBI and 3 runs scored.Too bad he couldn't pitch,because his Indians were trounced by Texas 14-7.
Giants starter Fred Breining was seriously injured on Saturday.Breining suffered a torn rotator cuff in his pitching shoulder and he'll be out for up to 13 months.
Newly acquired Reds LF Gary Roenicke wasted no time getting injured on Saturday,separating his shoulder on a diving attempt at a fly ball.He'll be out for about a month.
43 year old Braves starter Phil Niekro had that knuckleball dancing on Sunday,as he shut out the Astros 1-0,allowing just 1 hit and 5 walks while striking out 3.