It happened on this day in:
1884: The start of the 1884 city championship saw the Phillies defeat the Athletics 6-4 at the Jefferson Street grounds.1887: A 7-run sixth inning earns the Athletics an 11-6 victory over the Phillies in game three of the 1887 city championship series.
1954: The Phillies named Mayo Smith manager, replacing Terry Moore. Moore put up a 35-42 record in a half year at the team's helm. Smith had been a minor league manager in the Yankee system.
1980: Bob Walk, the first rookie to start the first game of a World Series Since 1952, earns the victory over the Royals, helped by Bake McBride's 3-run homer.
1983: The Phils get to starter Mike Flanagan, but Jim Palmer and the Orioles bullpen holds the Phillies the rest of the way for a 3-2 Game 3 victory. Palmer got the win, the first pitcher to collect World Series victories in three seperate decades. The Phillies' runs scored on home runs by Joe Morgan and Gary Matthews. Morgan's shot was his second of the Series, making him the first player over 40 with two post-season home runs.
2022: The Phillies tagged Spencer Strider for 5 runs in the third inning, bouncing him from the game and setting up a 9-1 win in Game 3 of the NLDS. Rhys Hoskins and Bryce Harper both hit home runs and drove in 3 runs each.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1930: Traded Lefty O'Doul and Fresco Thompson to Brooklyn (NL) for Clise Dudley, Jumbo Elliott, Hal Lee and cash1977: Released Ron Clark