3000 Major League Games

On this Day in 1982 - Pete Rose plays in his 3,000th major league game (a 3-1 loss to the Pirates), joining Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, and Carl Yastrzemski as the only players to reach that plateau.

Today's game on Fri. June 20 was a three team defensive battle not  decided until the seventh inning.  

The hit team, managed by Simon, included Herbie O., Witmer, Giordano, Zelazny, Lopez, Coffman, Wells, Moots and L. Baker.  They struggled and scored only twice through the first six innings. 

The sit team was managed by Freddie Gonzalez and included Farinas, Laffoon, Scarborough, T. Smith, Pepin, Chrest, Marino and Gibson.  They scored five times in the first inning and totaled nine runs through six frames.   

The field team, led by Butler, included Constantine, Alumbaugh, Jacobs, Edwards,  D. Hill, Thompson,  J. Smith and Merritt.   Through six innings they were held to four runs.  

It wasn't until the last inning that things, as they say, got interesting.  The hit team scored five runs to hold the silver medal at least temporarily.  The sit team scored five to ice the game.  The bottom of the inning saw the field team score four runs to retake the silver position.  The final score was 7-14-8.  Defense ruled the day. 


Leading hitters were Wells 2-3, Giordano 3-4,  Gonzalez 4-5, Laffoon 3-4, T. Smith 4-5, Chrest 3-5, D. Hill 3-4, Thompson 4-4