A record-breaking pinch-homer by Del Unser with two men on base and two out in the ninth lifted the Phillies to a 6-5 triumph over the Padres. The Phils trailed, 5-1, in the ninth, when Jose Cardenal singled with one out and Manny Trillo doubled to chase Padre starter Randy Jones and bring on reliever Rollie Fingers. Bob Boone stroked a two-run single and one out later, pinch-hitter Tim McCarver singled.

Unser batted for Larry Bowa and cracked Fingers' first serve over the center field fence. It was Unser's third consecutive pinch-homer, setting a major league record. Mike Schmidt clouted a solo blast in the sixth inning, tying the N. L. record for most homers in five games -- seven. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Diego Padres 5

Game Played on Tuesday, July 10, 1979 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Padres 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 0 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 - 6 10 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .288 McBride rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .265 Smith ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .192 Bowa ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Dade 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Unser ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 .318 Gonzalez ph,3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .238 Rose 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Winfield rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .318 Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .259 Turner lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Briggs 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Cardenal lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .186 Tenace c 3 2 1 1 1 0 .253 Trillo 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .275 Johnstone 1b,lf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .276 Boone c 3 1 3 2 1 0 .306 Almon 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .210 Espinosa p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Jones p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .178 Brusstar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Luzinski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCarver ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .279 Harrelson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Totals 32 5 7 5 2 5 Totals 36 6 10 6 2 1 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 30,234 Left on Base: Padres 3, Phillies 6 DP: Padres 0, Phillies 1 Doubles: Johnstone (4), Gonzalez (9), McBride (10), Trillo (9) Triples: Richards (3), Smith (3), Bowa (7) Home Runs: Tenace (9), Schmidt (30), Unser (4) Caught Stealing: Dade (2) Hit by Pitch: Dade (1,by Espinosa) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones 8.1 7 3 3 2 1 1 34 3.88 Fingers L(7-6) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 1 4 3.67 Totals 8.2 10 6 6 2 1 2 38 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa 4.2 5 5 5 2 2 1 20 3.49 Brusstar 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7.11 Eastwick 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 6.09 Bird W(1-0) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 5.40 Totals 9 7 5 5 2 5 1 35 Hit by Pitch: Espinosa (2) Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - John Kibler PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to center; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (second to first); Bowa tripled to right; Rose grounded out (second to first); Schmidt was walked intentionally; Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Phillies 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield walked; Turner lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Winfield out at first]; Tenace homered; Johnstone struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Cardenal flied out to right; Trillo flied out to right; Boone walked; Espinosa flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Phillies 0. PADRES 3RD: Almon grounded out (third to first); Jones flied out to center; Richards grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: McBride grounded out (first unassisted); Bowa flied out to left; Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Phillies 0. PADRES 4TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Dade was hit by a pitch; Dade was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Winfield singled to shortstop; Turner flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox flied out to right; Cardenal lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Phillies 0. PADRES 5TH: Tenace walked; Johnstone doubled to left [Tenace scored]; Almon struck out; Jones flied out to right; Richards tripled to right [Johnstone scored]; Smith tripled to right [Richards scored]; BRUSSTAR REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR DADE; Gonzalez doubled to left [Smith scored]; Winfield grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Trillo lined to right; Boone singled to right; LUZINSKI BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; Luzinski flied out to center; McBride doubled to right [Boone to third]; Bowa grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 0. PADRES 6TH: EASTWICK REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); Turner made an out to shortstop; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone singled to center; Almon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Schmidt homered; Maddox flied out to center; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 1. PADRES 7TH: Jones struck out; Richards grounded out (third to first); Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 7TH: Trillo grounded out (pitcher to first); Boone singled to left; ANDERSON BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Anderson grounded out (second to first) [Boone to second]; McBride struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 1. PADRES 8TH: BIRD REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Gonzalez flied out to right; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Turner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 8TH: BRIGGS REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING 1B); JOHNSTONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bowa flied out to center; Rose lined to right; Schmidt lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 1. PADRES 9TH: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Johnstone struck out; Almon lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 9TH: Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenal singled to third; Trillo doubled to left [Cardenal to third]; FINGERS REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Boone singled to left [Cardenal scored, Trillo scored]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR BIRD; McCarver singled to second [Boone to second]; HARRELSON RAN FOR MCCARVER; McBride forced Harrelson (shortstop to second) [Boone to third]; UNSER BATTED FOR BOWA; Unser homered [Boone scored, McBride scored]; Del Unser set ML record with 3rd straight PH HR; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Phillies 6.

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