Sunday September 20, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Mike Schmidt's 27th homer capped a four-run seventh inning that enabled the Phillies to shade the Pirates, 5-4. The Phils trailed, 3-1, when Manny Trillo began the bottom of the seventh with a single, went to third on Dave Parker's throwing error and scored on a pinch-double by Greg Gross.

A triple by Lonnie Smith plated Gross and brought on Kent Tekulve in relief of Eddie Solomon. A single by Pete Rose drove home Smith with the go-ahead run and, after a double play, Schmidt drilled a ball into the left field seats. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Game Played on Sunday, September 20, 1981 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium

Pirates 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 1 Phillies 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 x - 5 12 0 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Moreno cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .291 Smith cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .285 Foli ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .238 Maddox cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Parker rf 4 0 3 3 0 1 .265 Rose 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .331 Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .220 Matthews lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 B. Robinson ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .307 Easler lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Moreland c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .272 Lacy ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 McBride rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .291 Pena c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Berra 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Bowa ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .293 Ray 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .313 Trillo 2b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .284 Solomon p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .132 Proly p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Stargell ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .291 Totals 34 4 9 4 2 2 Totals 30 5 12 5 4 1 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 31,489 Left on Base: Pirates 6, Phillies 6 DP: Pirates 3, Phillies 0 Errors: Parker Doubles: Parker 2 (12), Pena (8), Ray (7), Smith (9), Gross (6) Triples: Moreno (8), Smith (2) Home Runs: Schmidt (27) Stolen Bases: Moreno (36) Caught Stealing: Parker (2), Smith (3) Sacrifice Flies: Stargell (1), Trillo (4) GIDP: Matthews 2 (6), Bowa (5) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Solomon L(7-5) 6 10 4 4 3 1 0 28 2.95 Tekulve 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 7 2.60 Totals 8 12 5 5 4 1 1 35 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Proly 6 7 3 3 2 2 0 27 3.23 Lyle W(8-5) 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 4.26 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 2 0 37 Wild Pitches: Lyle (3) Balks: Solomon (2) Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Eric Gregg PIRATES 1ST: Moreno singled to right; Moreno stole second; Foli walked; Parker doubled to left [Moreno scored, Foli scored]; Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Parker to third]; Easler flied to left; Pena grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Smith singled to left; Smith was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first); Rose grounded out (second to first); Matthews popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 0. PIRATES 2ND: Berra popped to second; Ray flied to right; Solomon singled to right; Moreno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt struck out; Moreland lined to center; McBride singled to second; Solomon balked [McBride to second]; Bowa walked; Trillo singled to third [McBride to third, Bowa to second]; Proly forced Trillo (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 0. PIRATES 3RD: Foli singled to left; Parker struck out; Thompson flied to left; Easler grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Smith doubled to center [Smith out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Rose singled to left; Matthews grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rose out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 0. PIRATES 4TH: Pena doubled to left; Berra grounded out (shortstop to first); Ray flied to center [Pena to third]; Solomon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt grounded out (second to first); Moreland walked; McBride walked [Moreland to second]; Bowa singled to center [Moreland to third, McBride to second]; Trillo hit a sacrifice fly to center [Moreland scored]; Proly flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 1. PIRATES 5TH: Moreno tripled to center; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker doubled to left [Moreno scored]; Thompson was walked intentionally; Easler grounded out (first unassisted) [Parker to third, Thompson to second]; Pena flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 5TH: Smith made an out to first; Rose flied to left; Matthews singled to center; Schmidt forced Matthews (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 1. PIRATES 6TH: Berra grounded out (shortstop to first); Ray grounded out (second to first); Solomon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 6TH: Moreland flied to right; McBride grounded out (second to first); Bowa popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 1. PIRATES 7TH: GROSS REPLACED PROLY (PLAYING RF); LYLE REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Moreno popped to third; Foli popped to first in foul territory; Parker singled to right; Parker was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 7TH: Trillo singled to right [Trillo to third (error by Parker)]; Gross doubled to center [Trillo scored]; Smith tripled to left [Gross scored]; TEKULVE REPLACED SOLOMON (PITCHING); Rose singled to center [Smith scored]; On a bunt Matthews grounded into a double play (catcher to shortstop to first) [Rose out at second]; Schmidt homered; Moreland grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 5. PIRATES 8TH: MADDOX REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING CF); B. ROBINSON BATTED FOR THOMPSON; B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); LACY BATTED FOR EASLER; Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Pena grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 8TH: B. ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lyle walked; Bowa grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Lyle out at second]; Trillo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 5. PIRATES 9TH: Berra grounded out (third to first); Ray doubled to left; STARGELL BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Lyle threw a wild pitch [Ray to third]; Stargell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ray scored]; Moreno flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Phillies 5.

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