Reds 2, Phillies 0Game 24 - Tuesday Night, May 7th in Philadelphia
Record - 10-14, 5th Place, 6 games behind the Cubs
One Sentence Summary: Mario Soto, John Franco and Ted Power combined to shut out the Phillies, holding them to only five hits, in this 2-0 win.
What It Means: The Reds acquired Pete Rose on August 16, 1984 from the Expos, and Rose stepped in to become the player-manager for the club. This was his first visit back to Philadelphia since re-joining the Reds and he went 0 for 3 in this game.
What Happened: The offense couldn't get anything going and went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position. The only real threat came in the sixth inning when Soto walked both Juan Samuel and Von Hayes. Mike Schmidt hit a ball that seemed destined for the left field corner, but it was stopped by Reds third baseman Nick Esasky, preventing any runs from scoring. With the bases loaded, Tim Corcoran grounded out to Rose and Glenn Wilson struck out to end the threat.
Featured Card: On September 11th, Rose would break Ty Cobb's all-time hit record with a single off the Padres' Eric Show. His season was chronicled in his book, Countdown to Cobb. I'm pretty sure I received his "diary" of the 1985 season that Christmas, and I enjoyed reading it and getting a behind the scenes look at Rose's march towards the record.
For his May 7th diary entry, Rose, with help from Hal Bodley, notes that coming back to Philadelphia was a homecoming and other than a brief part of the 1983 season, he enjoyed his time with the Phillies. He then tells the story of trying to pick Mike Schmidt's brain for a scouting report on Dwight Gooden. Rose notes Schmidt was struggling at the plate, as he was hitting only .219 coming into this game. Both Larry Shenk, the Phillies long-time publicity director, and Howard Eskin get name checked in Rose's entry for the game.
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