April 9, 1985 Game 14: Braves at Phillies

The Phillies got rocked in their opener against the Braves as Dale Murphy decided to open the season by decimating the Phillie pitchers. He would go 2-4 with a Grand Slam and 6 RBI.  Rick Mahler got the start for the Braves and Charlie Hudson was a last minute replacement for Steve Carlton.  There has been no word for the Phillies on why Carlton was scratch from todays start. The Braves opened the game by getting 2 on a Dale Murphy Triple scoring Rafael Ramirez and Brad Komminski.  The Phillies would get 3 in the bottom half of the inning when Mike Schmidt would Double home Juan Samuel and Von Hayes, Schmidt would later score on a Ozzie Virgil Double. At the end of the 1st it was 3-2 in favor of the Phillies. The Braves would get 4 more in the 4th when Rick Mahler would Triple that would score 2 and they would put up 2 more in the inning giving the Braves a 6-3 lead. The Braves would put this game out of reach in the 6th when they would put up 6 runs.  Dale Murphy would provide the highlight with a Grand Slam of off Don Carmen. The Phillies would get 1 more in the 9th when pinch hitter Darren Daulton would hit a solo Homer off off Gene Garber. The Final score was a 12-4 Braves win

Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies
Apr 9, 1985	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta ()	2	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	12	11	0
Philadelphia ()	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	11	3
W: Rick Mahler 1-0 L: Charles Hudson 0-1

Atlanta Braves
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Ramirez ss	5	2	2	2	0	1	.400
Harper rf	5	1	1	1	0	1	.200
Komminski lf	3	2	1	0	2	1	.333
Murphy cf	4	1	2	6	1	0	.500
Horner 3b	5	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Perry 1b	5	1	2	0	0	1	.400
Cerone c	4	2	1	0	1	1	.250
Hubbard 2b	5	2	1	1	0	1	.200
Mahler p	3	1	1	2	0	2	.333
Garber p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
BATTING 2B: Perry (1) 3B: Murphy (1), Mahler (1) HR: Murphy (1) SAC: Mahler

Atlanta Braves
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mahler	8	9	3	3	2	8	3.38
Garber	1	2	1	1	0	1	9.00
PITCHING HBP: Schmidt (Mahler)

Philadelphia Phillies
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Stone lf	5	0	3	0	0	0	.600
Samuel 2b	5	1	1	0	0	2	.200
Hayes cf	4	1	2	0	0	1	.500
Schmidt 3b	2	1	1	2	1	0	.500
Virgil c	3	0	2	1	1	1	.667
Russell 1b	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
Foley ss	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Hudson p	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Maddox ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Carmen p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Tekulve p	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Daulton ph	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
BATTING 2B: Schnidt (1), Virgil (1) HR: Daulton (1) HBP: Schmidt (Mahler)
BASERUNNING SB: Stone (1), Samuel (1), Hayes 2 (2) CS: Stone 2 (2)
FIELDING E: Schmidt 2 (2), Foley (1)

Philadelphia Phillies
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Hudson	4	6	6	6	2	5	13.50
Carmen	1.1	3	6	6	2	2	40.61
Tekulve	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0.00