CARDINALS - PHILLIES ... Cardinals take 3 of 4 from the Phils to finish at 25 - 20.

September 27 ... Cardinals 3 Phils 2 .... Lonnie Smith's 4 single of the game with 2 outs in the 9th scored Ozzie Smith with the game winner. Smith had singled and stole 2nd.  Cardinals had scored 1 run in 1st inning on 3 walks and wild pitch and another run in 2nd on Lonnie Smith's single. Phils had solo homers from Trillo and McBride.  Bair pitched to 1 batter in 9th and got the win.

September 28 ... Phils 8 Cardinals 5 ... Phils built up 8 - 0 lead as Maddox and Schmidt homered and Matthews had 2 run double. Cardinals scored 5 runs in final 2 innings forcing the Phils to use more bullpen than they wanted.  Oberkfell had 4 hitsand 2 rbis while Templeton and Keith Hernandez each had 3 hits as Cardinals actually out hit the Phils 15 - 13.

September 29 ...Cardinals 8 Phils 5 .... Cardinals raced off to 6-1 lead and added solo homers by Hendrick and Clark to give LaPoint a win.  Cardinals used 5 singles and 3 walks to score 5 runs in the 3rd inning as both Pena and Oquendo had 2 run singles.  Phils could manage only 3 hits over the last 5.2 innings. Mike Schmidt with a pair of hits and 2 rbis. Bruce Sutter got his 9th save of the season.

September 30 .... Cardinals 2 Phils 1 ..... Joaquin Andujar pitched and hit his way to victory.  Andujar pitched 8 innings allowing 1 run on 6 scattered hits and he singled in the Cardinals 2 runs with 2 outs in the 7th inning stunning the Phils.  Sutter earned his 10 save of the season with a perfect 9th inning.  Phils lone run came in 2nd on 3 singles with Bowa getting the rbi.

Cardinals finish at 25-20 and Phils end with 23-22.