Schmidt Blasts Phillies Win Over Pirates
Mike Schmidt belted a tie breaking homer in the seventh to lift the Philadelphia Phillies past the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4. Schmidt earlier singled in a run and hit a fifth inning sacrifice fly as Garry Maddox collected three hits and scored. Steve Carlton pitched a complete game for the Phillies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg Luzinski
Mike Schmidt
Pittsburgh Pirates
Philadelphia Phillies
Schmidt
Bert Blyleven
Phillies
Garry Maddox
Houston Astros
Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Atlanta Braves
San Diego Pares
San Francisco Giants
Montreal Expos
New York Mets
Chicago
St. Louis
Steve Carlton
Phils
Phil Garner
Pittsburgh
Astros
Dodgers
Houston
Ken Forsch
Atlanta
Davey Lopes
Forsch
Cesar Cedeno
Lyle Shines in First Rangers Appearance of 1979
Sparky Lyle, new to the Rangers after a trade from the Yankees, pitched two spotless innings in relief to back Steve Comer’s one hit shutout as Texas beat the Cleveland Indians 4-0 in spring training. In other AL action, Orioles beat Yankees 6-5 in 10 innings, Angels 11 Twins 2, Royals 10 Tigers 3, A’s 14 Mariners 7, rain paused Cubs at Blue Jays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparky Lyle
Rangers
Cleveland Indians
Steve Comer
Lyle
New York Yankees
Texas
California
Bobby Bonds
Jim
Yankees
Rick Dempsey
Baltimore
New York
Rich Gossage
Ken Singleton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Schmidt Blast
Pirates
Reds
Braves
Cincinnati
Dave Concepcion
Concepcion
Ray Knight
George Foster
Barry Bonnell
Dale Murphy
Padres
Giants
Randy Jones
Rollie Fingers
Dave Winfield
San Diego
Fernando Gonzalez
Expos
Mets
Tony Perez
Skip Loewood
Montreal
Gary Carter
Pete Falcone
Ken Rappoport
Angels
Twins
Nolan Ryan
Don Baylor
Minnesota
Dave Goltz
Baylor
Joe Rudi
Royals
Tigers
Alan Trammel
Fred Patek
George Brett
Hal McRae
Kansas City
Detroit
Patek
A’s
Mariners
Dave Bevering
Oakland
Seattle
Jeff Newman
Dwayne Murphy
Miguel Dilone
Jim Todd
Mariner
Rick Honeycutt
Western Auto
Bankers Trust Money
MT Ne Savings / Roe Tee
Member
FDIC
Wishsev A
Whitewall
F.E.T
ENGI
Reg Price Blackwall
U.S
Pugh One
Case Lot Oil Sale
Berth
Vita
H.P. Briggs & Stratton
H.P
Kalmia Plaza
DIAL
Hoe