On May 23, 1984 — In a rematch against Steve Carlton‚ who hit a grand slam off him on May 16th‚ Fernando Valenzuela strikes out 15 Phillies while pitching the Dodgers to a 3-hit, 1 – 0 victory. Valenzuela drives in the only run of the game with a 5th inning ground out scoring Mike Scioscia, Carlton collects 1 of the 15 strikeouts and also 1 of the 3 hits on the day for the Phillies.
Juan Samuel fanned 3 times, Mike Schmidt was among a tri of Phillies that went down twice to strikeouts.