It happened on this day in:
1949: Ed Sanicki hits a home run in his first major-league at bat in a game at Pittsburgh. He hits two more home runs that month but those are his only three hits.1962: Johnny Callison hits a ninth inning home run off of Lindy McDaniel to beat St. Louis 2-1. He also hit a ninth inning home run in the previous game, a 2-1 win over Warren Spahn & Milwaukee. It was the first time in team history that the Phillies won back-to-back games on walk-off home runs.
1984: Backed by two Mike Schmidt home runs, Steve Carlton defeats the Expos 9-5 for his 235th win as a Phillie, breaking the team record held by Robin Roberts. Schmidt's HRs gave him 100 RBI for a team record seventh season.
1990: The Phillies struck out 12 times vs. Sid Fernandez and the Mets, but still beat him 4-1. A week earlier, they fanned 12 times against David Cone, but also beat his Mets 4-1.
2008: In the first game of a double-header, Chase Utley is hit with a pitch leading off the 6th inning. It's his 26th plunking of the year, breaking the team record he set the previous year.
2011: Roy Halliday throws a complete game shutout, beating Houston 1-0. The win clinches a playoff berth in the team's 146th game, beating the team record set in 1915 when they clinched in game 148 of the 150 they played.
2014: Jonathan Papelbon blows a 3-run lead, then grabs his crotch while exiting the field to boos from the stands. Papelbon received a 7-game suspension for the gesture, which he claimed as an equipment adjustment.
2017: With little over a month in the majors, Rhys Hoskins hits his 18th HR in his 34th major league game, becoming the fastest player to reach that mark.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1978: Purchased Horacio Pina from Aguascalientes