Taking advantage of 13 walks, the Phillies knocked the Cardinals out of first place in the N.L. East by defeating the Redbirds, 8-5. The game was deadlocked, 5-5, when Larry Bowa led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a walk and advanced to second on a sacrifice by Manny Trillo.

Bruce Sutter replaced Luis DeLeon on the hill for the Cardinals and got the second out, but Lonnie Smith lined a double to left to score Bowa with the go-ahead run. Mike Schmidt belted his 29th homer of the season, a three-run swat in the third that followed a pair of walks. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 8, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Game Played on Wednesday, September 30, 1981 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 - 5 10 1 Phillies 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 x - 8 11 2 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Herr 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .266 Smith cf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .305 Templeton ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 .288 R. Reed p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .307 Rose 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .329 Hendrick rf,cf 4 2 2 1 1 1 .288 Matthews lf 2 2 2 0 3 0 .298 Iorg lf,rf 2 0 2 3 1 0 .327 Schmidt 3b 1 1 1 3 1 0 .313 Landrum rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Boone ph,c 2 1 1 1 1 0 .220 Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .295 McBride rf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .280 Oberkfell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Moreland c,3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Ramsey 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Aviles 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Porter c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .228 Bowa ss 3 2 2 0 2 0 .283 Green cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Trillo 2b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .290 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Larson p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .111 Sykes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Matuszek ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Virgil ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 DeLeon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maddox cf 0 0 0 1 1 0 .260 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Otten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .122 Roof lf 3 1 0 0 0 1 .321 Totals 36 5 10 5 5 6 Totals 32 8 11 7 13 1 Time of Game: 3:06 Attendance: 21,382 Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Phillies 14 DP: Cardinals 2, Phillies 2 Errors: Templeton, Schmidt 2 Doubles: Iorg (11), Hendrick (18), Rose (18), Bowa (14), Smith (12) Home Runs: Schmidt (29) Stolen Bases: Roof (5), Smith (18), McBride (5), Bowa (16) Sacrifice Hits: Trillo (5) GIDP: Forsch (2), Hernandez (9), McBride (6), Rose (8) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch 3 6 5 5 3 1 1 17 3.18 Littell 1.2 2 0 0 3 0 0 9 4.50 Sykes 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.71 Kaat 0.2 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 2.77 DeLeon L(0-1) 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 2.45 Sutter 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.53 Otten 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 8 5.30 Totals 8 11 8 8 13 1 1 46 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Larson 5 8 4 4 2 2 0 24 4.18 Lyle W(9-5) 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 10 4.13 R. Reed SV(8) 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 7 3.19 Totals 9 10 5 5 5 6 0 41 Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert CARDINALS 1ST: Herr grounded out (first unassisted); Templeton grounded out (second to pitcher); Hernandez singled to third [Hernandez to second (error by Schmidt)]; Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Smith flied out to center; Rose doubled to center; Matthews singled to second [Rose to third]; Schmidt walked [Matthews to second]; McBride grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Schmidt out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg walked; Oberkfell struck out; Porter walked [Iorg to second]; Green singled to left [Iorg to third, Porter to second]; Forsch grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Green out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Moreland grounded out (third to first); Bowa doubled to right; Trillo struck out; Larson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Herr reached on an error by Schmidt; Templeton forced Herr (shortstop to second); Hernandez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Templeton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Smith walked; Rose flied out to left; Smith stole second; Matthews walked; Schmidt homered [Smith scored, Matthews scored]; McBride grounded out (second to first); Moreland popped to shortstop; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 3. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick singled to third; Iorg doubled to right [Hendrick scored]; Oberkfell popped to shortstop; Porter grounded out (first unassisted) [Iorg to third]; Green popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa singled to left; Trillo singled to left [Bowa to third]; LITTELL REPLACED GREEN (PITCHING); ROOF REPLACED FORSCH (PLAYING LF); HENDRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); IORG CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Larson walked [Trillo to second]; Smith singled to left [Bowa scored, Trillo to third, Larson to second]; Rose grounded into a double play (second to first) [Trillo scored, Larson to third, Smith out at second]; Matthews walked; BOONE BATTED FOR SCHMIDT; Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 5. CARDINALS 5TH: BOONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MORELAND CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Roof popped to third in foul territory; Herr singled to right; Templeton singled to pitcher [Herr to second]; Hernandez flied out to left [Herr to third]; Hendrick doubled to left [Herr scored, Templeton to third]; Iorg singled to right [Templeton scored, Hendrick scored]; Oberkfell popped to catcher; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 5TH: McBride walked; McBride stole second; Moreland flied out to left; Bowa popped to shortstop; Trillo singled to third [McBride to third]; MATUSZEK BATTED FOR LARSON; SYKES REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); VIRGIL BATTED FOR MATUSZEK; Virgil popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 5. CARDINALS 6TH: LYLE REPLACED VIRGIL (PITCHING); Porter walked; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR SYKES; Gonzalez popped to second; Roof forced Porter (third to second); Roof stole second; Herr walked; Templeton singled to second [Roof scored, Herr to second]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 6TH: KAAT REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); LANDRUM REPLACED IORG (PLAYING RF); Smith flied out to center; Rose flied out to right; Matthews walked; Boone walked [Matthews to second]; McBride walked [Matthews to third, Boone to second]; DELEON REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Moreland grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 5. CARDINALS 7TH: Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Landrum grounded out (shortstop to first); Oberkfell singled to left; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 7TH: RAMSEY REPLACED OBERKFELL (PLAYING 3B); Bowa walked; Trillo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bowa to second]; SUTTER REPLACED DELEON (PITCHING); GROSS BATTED FOR LYLE; Gross grounded out (second to first) [Bowa to third]; Smith doubled to left [Bowa scored]; Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 6. CARDINALS 8TH: R. REED REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); MADDOX REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING CF); BRAUN BATTED FOR SUTTER; Braun was called out on strikes; Roof struck out; Herr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 6. PHILLIES 8TH: OTTEN REPLACED BRAUN (PITCHING); Matthews singled to shortstop [Matthews to second (error by Templeton)]; Boone singled to center [Matthews scored]; McBride grounded out (third to first) [Boone to second]; Moreland grounded out (second to first) [Boone to third]; Bowa walked; Bowa stole second; Trillo walked; Maddox walked [Boone scored, Bowa to third, Trillo to second]; R. Reed forced Maddox (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 8. CARDINALS 9TH: AVILES REPLACED MORELAND (PLAYING 3B); Templeton struck out; Hernandez struck out; Hendrick walked; SANCHEZ BATTED FOR LANDRUM; Sanchez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 8.

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