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Today in Phillies History for July 29th

Phillies' All-time Record for Today:

52 wins, 48 losses, and 0 ties (for a winning percentage of 52.0 percent)


It Happened Today in:

1961: Don Ferrarese was the losing pitcher in a 4-3 game against the Giants -- the first game of a 23-loss streak. All of San Francisco's runs came off Orlando Cepeda's first career grand slam
1965: The Phils and Pittsburgh combine for 26 strikeouts, but the Phils come out on top 5-0 thanks to a two hitter from Ray Culp
1988: Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe steals home off of Kevin Gross and Lance Parrish, leading the Cubs to an 8-3 victory.
1989: The Phillies retired Steve Carlton's uniform number 32.
2007: Anthony Alfonseca enters in relief of the injured Ryan Madson and gets a strike-out after throwing only one pitch. (Batter Jason Bay had a 1-2 count when Madson left.) The Phillie won 5-1.


Phillies Transactions on This Day:

1983: Purchased Larry Andersen from Seattle
1989: Purchased Bob Ayrault from Reno
2002: Traded Scott Rolen and Doug Nickle and $300,000 cash to St. Louis for Placido Planco, Bud Smith, and Mike Timlin.
2009: Traded Jason Knapp, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald and Lou Marson to Cleveland for Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco


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