Scenes From Retro Night: Dom Shines, Everyone Else Just Looks Classic

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I'm kind of a nerd for retro nights. Old school unis usually look pretty cool, and along with the gimmick comes a wide-ranging discussion about the team at the time it wore its previous gear. Last night, the Phillies donned a uniform last worn in 1991, the maroon pinstriped offering with the ball-in-P logo. Personally, although I like the current Phillies look, I've always been partial to the previous one. 
Maybe it's because it was the look when I was young and seeing the Phils for the first time (along with the light blues…), but even today, I think I prefer the maroon to the bright red everything. A strong percentage of my ton o' Phillies gear is maroon/gray or some classic alternative to the current primary red. Of course, it was easy to become partial to the current look over the past decade as the club ascended to being among the league's elite. 
Before we get to last night's actual game, if you had the choice, would the Phillies' everyday unis look like last night's, or the current standard? 
The game itself, a 3-2 Phillies loss, was mostly unremarkable. Bronson Arroyo on the mound usually means great things for the Fightins. He entered the night 1-7 in 10 career starts against the Phillies, having allowed 12 homers. Wearing his 1991 Reds pullover, Arroyo was feeling sporty on Wednesday, not allowing a baserunner through four innings. 
Dom Brown changed all that with a big swing of the bat in the fifth, homering for the first time since his 2012 call-up. Courtesy of Cork Gaines, watch this fan get the unfortunate end of Brown's blast.
Just an inning before, Brown had an adventure in right field. Jay Bruce skied a popup that Brown clearly lost in either the lights or a gray sky, and it fell into play as Bruce sprinted all the way to third. After Scott Rolen was hit by a pitch, Reds first baseman Todd Frazier sent another fly ball Brown's way. This one didn't have enough under it to blind Dom, and he made the routine play. Bruce, perhaps not a regular reader of Jim Salisbury's Hose Report, made the silly mistake of running on Brown, who had his revenge. Brown sent a bullet perfectly on-target to Brian Schneider, beating Bruce by at least a step and ending the Cinci threat. [Watch]
Arroyo stayed in his groove though, allowing just three hits on the night and no walks. He didn't have to work too hard, throwing just 86 pitches before turning the game over to Aroldis Chapman in the ninth. A fine defensive play by Cinci's middle infield helped preserve Arroyo's lead, after Brown doubled in the eighth and Placido Polanco reached on a Rolen error. Schneider sent a sharp hit up the middle, but Zach Cozart and Brandon Phillips turned a gem of a double play. 
Kevin Frandsen made a pinch appearance in the ninth, handcuffing Rolen at third to reach base, and Arroyo's night was done. Chapman uncorked a wild pitch that reminded me (again) why I'm not an MLB catcher, and Frandsen moved up to second before Ty Wigginton hit a pinch single to score him. 
The comeback magic ended there though, as Chase Utley flied out and Ryan Howard laced a nice ball to the opposite field, but it was caught by a well-positioned Ryan Ludwick.
Vance Worley battled through six innings, avoiding much damage despite scattering eight hits and a pair of walks. Not a very lucky night for him, but he wasn't bad. Josh Lindblom gave up another bomb, his second in his last three appearances. It proved to be the winning run on a night where Phillies in the starting lineup not named Dom Brown couldn't do much at the plate. 
Yep, true to '90s form, the Phils lost.
For more pictures from the game, check out our 1991 Throwbacks gallery.

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