It happened on this day in:
1921: The Braves' Joe Oeschger strikes out the side when Bevo LeBourveau, Cy Williams, and Ed Konetchy fan on 9 pitches in the fourth inning. All three took the third strike. The Phillies got the best of their former mate, though, coming up with 8 ninth inning runs for an 8-6 win.1926: With the game tied at 4 and 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, Cy Williams hits a walk-off grand slam to earn the Phillies an 8-4 win over Brooklyn. It was the third two-out, game-ending slam of Williams' career, a major league record.
1954: Richie Ashburn fouls off 14 straight pitches against Cincinnati's Corky Valentine. All 14 came after he had worked a 3-2 count.
1963: Warren Spahn of the Braves beats the Phils to collect his 13th 20-win season, setting a record for the oldest to do so at age 42
1987: Juan Samuel leads off the game against New York with a home run off of Sid Fernandez. It's his 7th career lead-off homer, a team record.
1996: Calvin Maduro makes his major-league debut, becoming the first native of Aruba to pitch in the majors.
1998: Three different Phillies -- Rico Brogna, Kevin Sefcik, and Bobby Estalella -- hit two home runs in a 16-4 rout of the Mets. Marlon Anderson also goes deep in his first major-league at-bat. The seven home runs in the game established a new Phillies record.
2009: The Phillies beat Washington 5-3, with all of their runs coming from solo home runs, setting a team mark for most runs scored solely by solo shots.
2013: Cole Hamels allowed 2 hits over eight innings, but both were home runs to Atlanta's Evan Gattis. The first landed on Ashburn Alley after travelling a Citizen's Bank Park record 486 feet. The Phillies came out on top, though, with a 3-2 win.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1977: Lost Bill Nahorodny on waivers to Chicago (AL)1993: Sent Doug Lindsey to Chicago (AL) to complete the 9/1/1993 deal for Donn Pall
2004: Released Paul Abbott