It happened on this day in:
1918: Brooklyn's Dan Griner holds the Phillies hitless until Gavvy Cravath knocks a single with 2 out in the ninth. Fred Luderus made the next out and the Phillies lost 2-0.1958: Turk Farrell enters a game against Los Angeles with the Phillies up 6-3 in the sixth inning. He allows 2 runs in the sixth and one in the ninth, then stays in until the Dodgers scored the winning run in the 14th inning, facing 36 batters and taking the loss.
1966: Entering the 11th inning in a 3-3 tie, the Phillies' Roger Craig yields 4 runs to Pittsburgh. The offense then scores 5 in the bottom of the inning for the win on six singles. The 9-run 11th sets a post-1900 National League record.
1974: The smallest crowd in Veterans Stadium history -- 4149 -- watch the Phillies drop a 7-6 decision to San Diego after a brief rain delay
1991: Darren Daulton and Lenny Dykstra are injured when Dykstra drives his car into a tree after John Kruk's bachelor party
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1996: Signed free agent Ruben Amaro, Jr.