It happened on this day in:
1903: The Phillies won game 7 of the year's city series by a 13-3 score. Additional games were scheduled but called off due to cold and rainy conditions.1950: The Phils are swept out of the World Series with a 5-2 Yankee victory. Ed Miller took the loss after giving up 2 runs but getting only one out. More than 68,000 fans are in attendance at Yankee Stadium.
1977: Greg Luzinski can't hold onto Manny Mota's outfield fly, and the Phils can't hold onto a 5-3 lead going into the 9th. They drop Game 3 of the NLCS to the Dodgers, 6-5.
1978: Garry Maddox drops a line drive from Dusty Baker with 2 outs and the game tied in the 10th inning. The Dodgers prevail 4-3, and take the NLCS for the second year in a row.
1980: Greg Luzinski's 2-run homer gave the Phillies a 3-1 victory over the Astros in the NLCS. Steve Carlton got the win with 7 strong innings and Tug McGraw got a 2-inning save.
1981: In the first game of a divisional series resulting from a mid-season strike, the 1st-half leader Phillies fall to the 2nd half leading Expos, 3-1. The Cardinals, who had a better overall record than either of the teams in the series, had to watch on TV.
1983: Rookie Charles Hudson, in single A Peninsula the year before, holds the Dodgers to 2 runs on 4 hits as the Phils win Game 3 of the NLCS, 7-2.
1993: Tommy Greene, who had a 10-0 record at home in 1993, loses to the Braves in Game 2 of the NLCS at the Vet. He lasted less than 3 innings, yielding 7 runs on 7 hits. Greg Maddux got the win for Atlanta.
2009: Cliff Lee goes the distance as the Phillies beat Colorado for a 5-1 victory in game 1 of the 2009 NLDS.
2011: Down 1-0 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Ryan Howard grounds out to first and tears his Achilles tendon getting out of the batters' box. The game, and the Division Series, go to St. Louis, who held the Phillies to 3 hits.
2022: Down 2-0 entering the ninth, the Phillies put up 6 runs to shock St. Louis with historic 6-3 win. Jean Segura, who had played over 1,300 regular season games without making the plyoffs, drove in 2 runs.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1966: Released Ray Herbert1966: Released Harvey Kuenn
1969: Traded Jerry Johnson, Dick Allen and Cookie Rojas to St. Louis for Tim McCarver, Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner and Curt Flood
1970: Released Doc Edwards
1986: Released Tom Gorman
1988: Released Bill Dawley
1988: Released Jackie Gutierrez