It happened on this day in:
1903: The Phillies pound out 17 hits in a 14-2 victory over the A's in game 6 of the year's city series.1913: The Phils played an exhibition game in New York against the Giants, who were scheduled to start the World Series the next day. Five hundred people watched the home team earn a 4-1 nine-inning win in only 31 minutes. After the game, the teams competed in three field events. In the 100 yard dash, Phillie Hans Lobert beat 1912 Olympic decathlon gold-medalist Jim Thorpe, who played 19 games with the Giants. Thorpe won the fungo hitting contest, sending a ball 404 feet.
1923: Walter Hoke lines into an unassisted triple-play during a 4-1 loss to Boston. He hit a hot liner to short, which Ernie Padgett caught, stepped on second, then tagged the runner coming from first.
1978: Steve Carlton homered and picked up his first post-season win as a Phillie when the team beats the Dodgers 9-4.
1991: David Cone fans 19 Phillies--the third pitcher to reach that total in the National League--as the Mets win the final game of the season with a 7-0 three-hitter.
1993: In Game 1 of the NLCS, Kim Batiste drove in John Kruk for the winning run in the 10th inning. Batiste had committed an error at third base in the ninth inning, allowing the Braves to tie the game.
2010: Roy Halladay throws only the second no-hitter in post-season history, blanking Cincinnati in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS. The only Cincy baserunner reached on a fifth inning walk. Halladay also contributed a key RBI hit.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1995: Traded Jeff Juden and Tommy Eason to San Francisco for Mike Benjamin1999: Claimed Carlos Reyes on waivers from San Diego
2011: Signed amateur free agent Seranthony Dominguez