Page 12 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1981 Rose ties record as Phillies take third straight over Astros United Press International PHILADELPHIA — Garry Maddox said he walked up to the batter s box in the eighth inning just thinking about saving one more plate appearance for Pete Rose. Maddox goofed — but in a hap py sort of way for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies’ centerfielder lined a three-run homer to cap a five-run rally off reliever Frank LaCorte with two out Wednesday night that carried Philadelphia to its fifth straight win, a 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros. The Veterans Stadium crowd of 57,386 came to see Rose break Stan Musial’s National League re cord for career hits. The Phillies’ 40-year-old first baseman halfway obliged them right away, lining a single to center off Nolan Ryan in the first to tie Musial at 3,630. But Rose, who had fanned just eight times in 217 at-bats entering the game, struck out in his next three appearances. The final strikeout was the Phillies’ second out in the eighth and the crowd started streaming for the exits. Pinch-hitter George Vukovich then cracked a single up the mid dle for Philadelphia’s second hit and first since Rose’s. But Ryan felt his lower back cramp as he dodged Vukovich’s hit and had to leave the game with a 4-0 lead. The Phillies then pounded LaCorte, 3-2. Gary Matthews doubled home Vukovich, Mike Schmidt walked and Dick Davis knocked in Matthews to make it 4-2. Maddox then cracked his third homer of the season into the leftfield bullpen. While the homer gave the Phil lies the lead, it also cost Rose another swing at the record since they didn’t have to bat in the ninth. “The thing I remember about p.m. EDT Wednesday night, Pete Rose sent more than 57,000 people into a frenzy by tying Stan Musial’s National League record for career hits with a line-drive single to center field. that inning is that we were trying to save an at-bat for Pete,’’ Mad dox said. “We wanted him to have another shot. He’s been so good all the time through this. He’ taken a lot of the pressure off us. We’re playing well because he’s handling most of the pressure. “I didn’t go up there trying to hit a home run. I was trying to get a base hit, but I was able to turn on the ball and it went out of the ball park. “So as it turned out, I guess I cost him an at-bat,” Maddox grinned. The win went to Steve Carlton, After a lengthy standing ova tion, the fans started making bets among themselves. Would Rose break the record of 3,630 hits in his second at-bat? How about his third? Or will he display his flare for the dramatic by doing it in his final at-bat? Well, no one bothered to ask Nolan Ryan. The Houston Astros’ fireballing righthander saw to it that his name would not be the answer to the trivia question, “Who yielded the 3,631st hit to Pete Rose?” Ryan punched out the Philadelphia Phillies’ first baseman three times on strikes, twice looking. And if the 57,386 in attend ance, including Musial, Willie Mays and Rose’s mother, Mrs. Laverne Noeth, had come to see history made in the fall of Musial’s record, they saw it in the form of Rose’s three strikeouts in the Phil lies’ 5-4 victory. “I don’t usually strike out three times in a gtme,” said Rose, who had struck out only eight times in 217 prior at-bats. “I don’t know if he (Ryan) was throwing the same speed to everybody, but the way he pitched tonight, if I had to face a pitcher like that every night, I’d only be going for 1,000 hits instead of 3,631.” Rose never took the bat off his shoulder in the third, looking at three straight pitches, the final one a blazing fastball on the out side corner. With a 2-2 count in the fifth, Ryan ripped off a nasty enabling him to tie Los Angeles Dodgers’ rookie Fernando Valen zuela for the most victories in the majors this season — nine. Carl ton allowed six hits and struck out nine in eight innings. But the pitcher of the night was Ryan. “That was no amateur out there,” Phillies’ Manager Dallas Green said. “His location tonight was excellent and his fast ball was cracking. ” Ryan struck out seven and was well on his way to his eighth career one-hitter and 47th shutout until the injury to his back. curveball that Rose took for strike three. In the eighth, Rose swung and missed at a 1-2 fastball on the in side corner, showing his frustra tion by angrily banging his bat on the turf. "I was a little bit embarrassed,” he said of his night. “I felt I let a lot of people down. My mother never saw me get a hit in a Phillies’ uni form until tonight and I didn’t get another one. “But he pitched me good. On that second at-bat, it was good morning, good afternoon, and see you later, Maybe that single made him mad. On that third pitch, I don’t think there’s a white man alive who could have hit that pitch. He had some giddyup on that ball. “I’ll tell you, on that third strikeout, I felt 40.” Ryan, who left the game with a two-hitter and a 4-0 lead in the eighth after his lower back cramped up on him, was satisfied with his performance against Rose. “I threw the pitches to Pete right where I wanted to,” he said. “I was glad I was able to make the pitches I wanted to his last three times up. If he got a hit off me I would tip my hat to him. “I pitched him as well for three at-bats as I’ve pitched anybody for three at-bats in my life. It’s a situa tion where you just have to make him earn it. You know he’s going to battle you.” REDSTONE APARTMENTS 2 Bedroom 1 Bath Central A/H W/D Connections Drapes Refrigerator Range/Dishwasher Cable TV. 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