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.