The Phillies' Best of Starts
The Phillies' Best of Starts
The Phillies' Best of Starts
Bob Vetrone Jr.
By the time Domonic Brown singled to extend the Phillies' opening salvo against the Mets Thursday night to six consecutive hits, we had already looked up the Phillies' record for most safeties at the start of the game.
That would be eight (also tied for the major league mark) done by the 1975 Phillies in a 13-5 victory over the Cubs at Veterans Stadium on Aug. 5.
The game also featured Bob Boone's only career pinch-hit triple. (Anytime we can get the words "Bob Boone" and "triple" in the same sentence, we do so.)
Here is how the Phils' first inning went that night (*Ken Crosby replaced Bill Bonham on the mound for the Cubs before Oates batted):
| Batter | At-Bat | Runners | Score |
| Dave Cash | Singled to CF | — | 0-0 |
| Larry Bowa | Singled to RF | Cash to 2B | 0-0 |
| Garry Maddox | Homered | Cash, Bowa scored | 3-0 |
| Greg Luzinski | Singled to CF | — | 3-0 |
| Jay Johnstone | Doubled to LF | Luzinski to 3B | 3-0 |
| Tommy Hutton | Doubled to CF | Luzinski, Johnstone scored | 5-0 |
| Mike Schmidt | Homered | Hutton scored | 7-0 |
| *Johnny Oates | Singled to RF | — | 7-0 |
| Dick Ruthven | Sacrificed | Oates to 2B | 7-0 |
| Passed Ball - Oates to 3B | |||
| Dave Cash | Walk | — | 7-0 |
| Larry Bowa | Fouled Out to 1B | — | |
| Garry Maddox | Singled to CF | Oates scored, Cash to 3B | 8-0 |
| Greg Luzinski | Walked | Maddox to 2B | 8-0 |
| Jay Johnstone | Singled to RF | Cash, Maddox scored; Luzinski to 3B | 10-0 |
| Balk - Luzinski to 3B, Johnstone to 2B | |||
| Tommy Hutton | Walked | — | 10-0 |
| Mike Schmidt | Struck Out | — | 10-0 |
| 10 runs, 10 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB | |||
Comments (7)
Why was Schmidt hitting 7th?— BobbyD- BobbyD I was thinking the same thing. Only thing I can think of he was in a big slump and Ozark bumped him down in the lineup to shake things up. I looked back in the online baseball almanac and it looks like Schmidt was in his usual #3 spot 2 weeks before then in late July and early August he was bumped down to #6 or #7. I was 12 years old at the time and I do remember that game. I was out last night and when I checked my phone and saw the Phils had put up 8 in the first. My first thought was remembering a 10 spot they put on somebody back in the mid 70's. Didn't remember the exact year or the team they played.— kzimm63
- now THAT was a lineup!— warbiscuit
- Bobby D - If you think Charlie is an idiot you should have watch Danny Ozark manage a team. Between the 2 them they cost the Phillies about 4 or 5 parades.— VitoCorleone
- fyi Luzinski was 2nd in MVP voting with 130 rbis while Schmidt had a poor year --and was just 2 yrs removed from his poor 1973, so often got relegated down in the order -- because he wasn't yet "Mike Schmidt"— warbiscuit
- boy could the current Phils use a pure hitter like Jay Johnstone— warbiscuit
- correction: Luzinski had 120 rbis in 1975 (which is comparable to 130-149 rbis today)..and Schmidt"s "poor" 1975 (.249, 38 hr, 101 bb, 180 ks. 29 sb's, .890 ops, 16th in mvp vote) would be considered a superstar year for Howard apologists— warbiscuit
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