The Phillies beat the Expos in the final game to be played at Philadelphia’s Connie Mack in ten innings, 2-1. A post-game ceremony, which includes the removal of home plate to be delivered to Veterans Stadium by helicopter, is canceled when souvenir-hunting fans swarm onto the field and destroy the ballpark.
Trailing by three runs entering the bottom of the ninth inning, the Phillies score four times in the bottom of the frame without recording an out in their unlikely 7-6 victory over the Giants. Tony Taylor ends the Connie Mack Stadium contest with a walk-off grand slam off of Mike Davison.
On July 2, 1970 At Connie Mack Stadium, the Phils break their scoreless streak of 53 innings and sweep two from the Mets, 6 – 1 and 3 – 2. With successive pinch hits by Tony Taylor, Ron Stone and Byron Browne, the Phils score six in the 8th inning to win the opener for Jim Bunning, then again come from behind to win…
Dick Allen belts two homers to drive in all the runs as the Cardinals beat the Phillies‚ 3 – 1. Bob Gibson allows 4 hits and strikes out 16.
The Phillies rack up their 4th straight shutout victory when Rick Wise pitches a four-hitter to defeat the Astros, 7 – 0. The Phils set a modern club record with the streak. Dick Allen hits a homer and Wise joins in with a homer and a single.
The Reds tally 10 runs in the 5th inning and smack 25 hits in the game to just beat the Phillies, 19 – 17 at Connie Mack Stadium.
Using five homers, the Braves thrash the Phils, 6 – 3, in the first game of a twinbill. Felipe Alou and Hank Aaron homer and Bob Tillman, hitting .187, hits three in a row. Aaron’s blast is the 537th of his career and moves him past Mickey Mantle on the all-time list. The Phils win the nitecap, 4 – 3. Dick Allen homers in the 2nd inning and follows a Johnny Callison homer in the 8th with his second shot of the game.
At Connie Mack Stadium, Bill Stoneman of the Montreal Expos pitches a 7 – 0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in only the ninth game of the Expos’ existence. Rusty Staubhits a home run with three doubles and three RBI to pace Stoneman’s gem.
1968 – Bob Gibson pitches the Cardinals to a 2 – 0 win over the Phillies. Gibson strikes out Dick Allen four times, the 7th time this season the Phils’ slugger has K’ed four times. He will strike out a career-high 161 times this season.
Reds right-hander George Culver, facing 34 batters, throws a no-hitter, beating the Phillies, 6-1. Philadelphia tallies an unearned run in the second inning of the Connie Mack Stadium contest when Dick Allen reaches base on a throwing error by the third baseman, goes to second on another error on the same play, gets to third base on a groundout, and then scores on a sacrifice fly.