Former pitcher Rick Wise: players who left the game on their own terms: ex-right-hander won 188 games during his major league career, including a 1971 no-hit gem in which he clubbed two home runs.(Curtain Calls)

WHEN RICK WISE TOOK the mound on June 23, 1971, not only did he face a potent Cincinnati Reds lineup, he had to overcome flu-like symptoms and stiffing heat.

"I felt very weak" recalled the now 58-year-old Wise. "I remember thinking that I better locate my pitches today or I'm not going to last long."

Hardly ideal circumstances for a history-making start, but after a few innings things fag into place for the hard throwing right-hander.

"I reason that after three innings I had sweated out the flu-like symptoms and felt stronger," he said.

When the final out was recorded, the Phillies workhorse had not only held the Reds hitless, but he had belted two home runs. He remains the only pitcher in major league history to toss a no-hitter and hit two round trippers in the same game.

It was a remarkable performance for the young pitcher who bad honed his skill in Oregon, nut exactly a baseball hotbed at the time.

"I was born in Michigan, but I moved to Oregon at a young age," he explained. "With the weather in Portland, you couldn't really play a lot of baseball."