It happened on this day in:
1929: Claude Willoughby serves up a home run to Dodger pitcher Clise Dudley on the first major-league pitch he sees, but Willoughby won the game 8-3. Phillies skipper Burt Shotton missed the game with a cold, so Fred Hunter filled in.1988: Mike Schmidt breaks up a no-hit bid by Nolan Ryan with a one out single in the ninth. Two batters later, Lance Parrish ties the game with a 2-run double, but the Phils lose it in the 10th.
2003: Kevin Millwood holds San Francisco hitless in a 1-0 Phillies win at the Vet. Ricky Ledee's home run was the only run of the game.
2014: Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley play their 1090th game together at shortstop and second base, the most in major league history.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1950: Traded Johnny Blatnik to St. Louis for Ken Johnson1985: Traded Mike Diaz to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Steve Herz
2011: Signed amateur free agent Severino Gonzalez