Today in Phillies History for July 29th

It happened on this day 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 in the first inning from 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. Culp fanned 10 over nine innings while losing pitcher Bob Veale rung up 14 in seven frames.
1974: Steve Carlton tosses a two-hitter to beat the Pirates 13-1. The offense puts up 17 hits, including two Mike Schmidt homers.
1984: Juan Samuel and Von Hayes led off the game with back to back home runs, the first time that happened in team history. It was a 9th inning HR by Len Matuszek, though, that was the difference in a 6-4 Phillies win over Montreal.
1988: Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe steals home off of Kevin Gross and Lance Parrish, when Gross fakes a pickoff throw to third then throws over to first base. That play helped earn the Cubs an 8-3 victory.
1989: The Phillies retired Steve Carlton's uniform number (32) during a pregame ceremony. Among the gifts he was presented were a gold watch, a ring with the number 32 in diamonds, and a trip around the world for his family.
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 Phillies won 5-1. Madson was put on the Dl with a right shoulder strain.
2021: Brad Miller hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 8th to pace an 11-8 walk off win against Washington. Since it was the second game of a double header, extra inning rules were in effect, making it the first extra inning walk off slam in Phillies history.

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Phillies Transactions on this Day

1910: Traded Bill Foxen to Chicago (NL) for Fred Luderus
1983: Purchased Larry Andersen from Seattle
1989: Purchased Bob Ayrault from Reno
2000: Traded Ron Gant to Anaheim for Kent Bottenfield.
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
2010: Traded J.A. Happ, Anthony Gose, and Jonathan Villar to Houston for Roy Oswalt & cash.
2011: Traded minor-leaguers Jonathan Singleton, Jarred Cosart, and Josh Zied to Houston for Hunter Pence.
2019: Traded Austin Bossart to New York (NL) for Jason Vargas