THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 24, 1994 TAG: 9406240675
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY TOM ROBINSON, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: 940624 LENGTH: Medium
Diverticulitis is a lower intestinal disorder for which Valentine, 44, was hospitalized in December for five days.
{REST} General manager Dave Rosenfield said Valentine experienced pain during the Tides' game in Syracuse on Wednesday night. Around 3 a.m., he was taken to a Syracuse hospital by ambulance.
After the Tides flew to Norfolk on Thursday morning, Valentine checked out and took a separate flight home. He was met by Rosenfield, who took him to be examined by Dr. Michael Ryan, who had Valentine admitted to Sentara Leigh Hospital.
``He's a sick puppy,'' Rosenfield said. ``It's an infection that's very painful.''
Valentine did not require emergency surgery, though at some point he has been told elective surgery will probably be needed to correct the condition, according to Rosenfield.
Coach Marlin McPhail managed Thursday's game in place of Valentine.
McPhail said he was told by Mets minor league director Steve Phillips that Bobby Floyd might be sent in to manage the rest of the games that Valentine misses. Floyd, the Mets' minor league coordinator, has managed 12 seasons in the minors. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: Rick Wise won 188 big league games in 16 seasons, but the game he won 23 years ago Thursday for the Philadelphia Phillies tops any of them by a considerable margin.
On June 23, 1971, Wise pitched a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds and hit two home runs in a 4-0 victory.
``If I can only remember one game in my career, it's going to be that one,'' said Wise, 48, now the pitching coach for Pawtucket. ``It's something no pitcher in the history of the game has ever done. There were three no-hitters in which there was a home run hit, but never embellished by two home runs.''
Wise hit one home run off of Ross Grimsley and the other against Clay Carroll. Immediately, he said, ``I figured it was pretty unique.
``I'm not real big on baseball trivia, but I'd never recalled anyone pitching a no-hitter and hitting two home runs in the same game.''
They were among the six home runs Wise hit that season. Two more, including a grand slam, also came in a single game in 1971. That tied a major league record for most multiple home run games by a pitcher in a season.
Wise hit 15 home runs in his career that took him from Philadelphia to St. Louis in a famous one-for-one trade for Steve Carlton after the '71 season. Wise later played for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres before retiring in 1982.
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