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BradC · 09-07-2011, 04:05 PM

9/12/83:

Bo Diaz's 3-run HR fueled a 4-run 6th inning that erased a 5-1 deficit to the Expos, and Don Baylor's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth completed the comeback as the Phillies won, 6-5. Kent Tekulve was hurt sliding into home with the other 6th inning run, but it turned out to be a quadriceps strain that will only sideline him for two days.

Yes, I left Tekulve in to bat in the 6th. He relieved Bystrom, the starter, the inning before and got us out of a bases-loaded jam with 2 outs, so I figured, with 2 outs in the 6th and 3 runs already home thanks to Diaz, I'd let Tekulve bat and bring him back in the 7th. He ended up at 2nd base thanks to an error and then scored on a single by Garry Maddox. Nice to see him play hard, but, yikes, don't scare me like that!

Ron Reed picked up the win with a scoreless 9th inning. Jeff Reardon took the loss for the Expos. We're now 10 up on the Cardinals. The woeful Cubs have lost 111 games already and are 53 games out.

09-07-2011, 04:05 PM	#11
BradC All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: northern CA Posts: 1,874	9/12/83: Bo Diaz's 3-run HR fueled a 4-run 6th inning that erased a 5-1 deficit to the Expos, and Don Baylor's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth completed the comeback as the Phillies won, 6-5. Kent Tekulve was hurt sliding into home with the other 6th inning run, but it turned out to be a quadriceps strain that will only sideline him for two days. Yes, I left Tekulve in to bat in the 6th. He relieved Bystrom, the starter, the inning before and got us out of a bases-loaded jam with 2 outs, so I figured, with 2 outs in the 6th and 3 runs already home thanks to Diaz, I'd let Tekulve bat and bring him back in the 7th. He ended up at 2nd base thanks to an error and then scored on a single by Garry Maddox. Nice to see him play hard, but, yikes, don't scare me like that! Ron Reed picked up the win with a scoreless 9th inning. Jeff Reardon took the loss for the Expos. We're now 10 up on the Cardinals. The woeful Cubs have lost 111 games already and are 53 games out.