September 9, 1981 · 7:05 PM EDT
W: Ron ReedL: Woodie FrymanS: Sparky Lyle
Biggest lead WSH by 4 · PHI by 3 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1ST Cardinals | 59 | 43 | .578 | — |
2WS Nationals | 60 | 48 | .556 | 2.0 |
3PH Phillies | 59 | 48 | .551 | 2.5 |
4PI Pirates | 46 | 56 | .451 | 13.0 |
5NY Mets | 41 | 62 | .400 | 18.5 |
6CH Cubs | 38 | 65 | .373 | 21.5 |
TR Tim Raines Sr.LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| RSRodney Scott2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
AD Andre DawsonCF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GCGary CarterC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JMJohn Milner1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCWarren Cromartie1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LPLarry Parrish3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CSChris SpeierSS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BGBill GullicksonP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DBDan BriggsRF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PRPat RooneyPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| WJWallace JohnsonPR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JMJerry ManuelSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JWJerry WhitePH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| WFWoodie FrymanP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CLCharlie LeaP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JRJeff ReardonP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TFTerry Francona1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
2B: Milner
3B: Raines Sr.
RBI: Scott, Dawson, Carter, Milner, Cromartie, Speier, Francona
SB: Raines Sr., Dawson, Johnson
LOB: 18
2B: Matthews Sr., Trillo
HR: Matthews Sr., Schmidt
RBI: Rose, Matthews Sr. 3, Schmidt 3, Maddox 3, Davis
CS: Maddox
LOB: 13
The Phillies beat the Nationals 11-8 at Veterans Stadium.
Ron Reed got the win, Woodie Fryman took the loss and Sparky Lyle earned the save. Gary Matthews Sr. went 3-for-3 for the Phillies, while Tim Raines Sr. went 2-for-3 for the Nationals.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
