Successive homers by Tito Fuentes and Hector Torres off Steve Carlton in the third inning sparked the Padres' 8-3 triumph over the Phils. Dan Spillner, with relief from Danny Frisella, hurled his first win since July 25 as the Phils remained 1½ games behind the leading Pirates in the N. L. East.

The Phils cut the deficit to 3-2 with two runs in the fourth, one on a double steal by Mike Schmidt and Garry Maddox, the other on Carlton's infield single. The Padres padded their lead with three runs in the seventh off Ron Schueler on singles by Willie McCovey, Dave Winfield and Dick Sharon. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 8, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    23, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  1
Padres       0  0  3    1  0  0    3  1  x  -   8 10  3


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   2   0     0   0   .305      Grubb cf              3   1   1   0     2   1   .276
Bowa ss               5   1   2   0     0   1   .307      Fuentes 2b            3   2   1   2     0   0   .275
Johnstone rf          3   0   2   0     2   0   .355        Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Luzinski lf           3   0   1   0     2   1   .309      Torres ss             4   1   1   2     0   1   .275
Allen 1b              5   0   0   0     0   3   .227      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .235
Schmidt 3b            3   1   0   0     2   3   .250        Tolan pr,1b         1   1   0   0     0   0   .245
Maddox cf             4   1   0   0     1   2   .278      Winfield rf           3   1   2   1     1   1   .275
Oates c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .307      Sharon lf             3   0   1   1     0   1   .224
Carlton p             2   0   1   1     0   1   .155      Roberts 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Davis c               3   0   1   1     1   1   .210
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Spillner p            2   1   0   0     1   1   .162
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Frisella p          1   1   1   0     0   0   .200
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .063

Totals               36   3   9   1     7  13             Totals               31   8  10   8     5   6

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  9,578
Left on Base: Phillies 13, Padres 8
DP: Phillies 1, Padres 0
Errors: Bowa, Fuentes, Roberts, Davis
Doubles: Roberts (1)
Home Runs: Fuentes (4), Torres (3)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (18), Schmidt (20)
Caught Stealing: Cash (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Sharon (5), Fuentes (9), Kubiak (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Torres (5)
GIDP: Fuentes (13)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(11-10)        5     5   4   4   2   4   2  22   3.69
Schueler                1.1   4   3   3   2   2   0  11   5.61
Garber                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.53
Twitchell               1     1   1   1   1   0   0   5   4.62
Totals                  8    10   8   8   5   6   2  40

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner W(5-10)        6.1   9   3   0   5   8   0  33   4.19
Frisella SV(8)          2.2   0   0   0   2   5   0  10   3.01
Totals                  9     9   3   0   7  13   0  43

Wild Pitches: Spillner 2 (6)
Balks: Carlton (7)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Frank Pulli


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to center; Bowa was called out on
strikes; Cash was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Johnstone walked; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Grubb struck out; Fuentes grounded out (third to
first); Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Padres 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Allen struck out; Schmidt struck out; Maddox
walked; Oates grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: McCovey lined to left; Winfield walked; Carlton
balked [Winfield to second]; Sharon struck out; Roberts grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Padres
0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Carlton struck out; Cash singled to left; Bowa
flied out to left; Johnstone singled to left [Cash to second];
Luzinski forced Cash (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Davis struck out; Spillner walked; Grubb popped to
third in foul territory; Fuentes homered [Spillner scored];
Torres homered; McCovey made an out to third; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Padres 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Allen flied out to right; Schmidt walked; Maddox
reached on a fielder's choice [Schmidt to second (error by
Fuentes)]; Oates flied out to right [Schmidt to third]; Schmidt
stole home and Maddox stole second [Maddox to third (error by
Davis)]; Carlton singled to shortstop [Maddox scored
(unearned)]; Cash flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield singled to left; Sharon out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Winfield to second]; Roberts grounded
out (third to first); Davis singled to left [Winfield scored];
Spillner struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Padres 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa singled to right; Johnstone singled to left
[Bowa to second]; Luzinski singled to left [Bowa to third,
Johnstone to second]; Allen was called out on strikes; Schmidt
struck out; Maddox reached on an error by Roberts [Bowa scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Johnstone out at home (shortstop to
catcher), Luzinski to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 3, Padres 4.

PADRES 5TH: Grubb singled to pitcher; On a bunt Fuentes grounded
into a double play (catcher to shortstop to second) [Grubb out
at second]; Torres reached on an error by Bowa; McCovey grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Padres 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: On a bunt Oates singled to third; MCCARVER BATTED
FOR CARLTON; McCarver struck out; Cash lined to center; Bowa
singled to right [Oates to second]; Spillner threw a wild pitch
[Oates to third, Bowa to second]; Johnstone grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Padres 4.

PADRES 6TH: SCHUELER REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Winfield
struck out; Sharon grounded out (third to first); Roberts
doubled to center; Davis was walked intentionally; Spillner
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 3, Padres 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski walked; Spillner threw a wild pitch
[Luzinski to second]; Allen flied out to right; Schmidt walked;
FRISELLA REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Maddox struck out; Oates
forced Luzinski (shortstop to third); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 3, Padres 4.

PADRES 7TH: Grubb walked; Fuentes reached on a fielder's choice
on a sacrifice bunt [Grubb to second]; Torres was called out on
strikes; McCovey singled to right [Grubb scored, Fuentes to
third]; TOLAN RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Winfield singled to center
[Fuentes scored, Tolan to second]; Sharon singled to center
[Tolan scored, Winfield to second]; GARBER REPLACED SCHUELER
(PITCHING); Roberts forced Sharon (third to second) [Winfield to
third]; Davis forced Roberts (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Padres 7.

PHILLIES 8TH: TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KUBIAK REPLACED
FUENTES (PLAYING 2B); TAYLOR BATTED FOR GARBER; Taylor struck
out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Padres 7.

PADRES 8TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Frisella
singled to shortstop; Grubb walked [Frisella to second]; Kubiak
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Frisella to third,
Grubb to second]; Torres hit a sacrifice fly to left [Frisella
scored]; Tolan grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Padres 8.

PHILLIES 9TH: Johnstone walked; Luzinski walked [Johnstone to
second]; Allen struck out; Schmidt was called out on strikes;
Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Padres 8.