Friday Quickie Quiz & Single Digits

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FRIDAY’S QUICKIE QUIZ

>>> Whom did the Eagles trade to the Los Angeles Rams for Ron Jaworski in 1977?

(Answer Below)

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FRIDAY’S SINGLE DIGITS

>>> The Phillies’ 10-4 victory Thursday tied for the second-most runs ever scored by the franchise in a season opener at home, tying a 10-1 win over the New York Giants on April 14, 1914 and bested only by a game nearly 135 years ago.

On May 1, 1884, at Recreation Park (24th & Columbia), winning pitcher Charlie Ferguson was 5-for-5 with two runs scored as the Quakers (as they were then known) blasted the Detroit Wolverines, 13-2.

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>>> It was the Phillies’ first season opening win at home since 2011 (a 5-4 walk-off over the Astros) . . . Since 1976, the Phillies are now 4-13 when they open the season at home. The other two wins in that span came in 2005 and 1980.

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>>> Rhys Hoskins’ seventh-inning grand slam was just the third slam by a Phillie in an opener since at least 1914. The others were by Jimmy Rollins (March 31, 2014) and Placido Polanco (April 5, 2010).

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>>> The bad news is that with his 0-for-3 Thursday, Bryce Harper is now hitting .154 (10-for-65) in his last 20 games at Citizens Bank Park . . . The good news is that his teams are 12-8 in those games, and if he walks and scores a run in every 2019 home game, the Phillies are going to the World Series.

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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER

>>> Tight end Charle Young was the player the Eagles traded to the Los Angeles Rams for Ron Jaworski in 1977?