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- 0:07The Cincinnati Reds faced the Oakland A's at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum for Game 4 of the 1972 World Series on October 19th.
- 0:16The A's led the best of seven series, two games to one, and this is the NBC Radio broadcast of Game 4 featuring announcers Jim Simpson and Al Michaels.
- 0:26Remember as Al calls the game, Holtzman must get his breaking pitches over. If his curveball is over, he does have a fine fastball, and that's a breaking pitch in the strike zone can set up the fastball.
- 0:37But if his breaking stuff doesn't get over, Holtzman is in trouble. Game 4 Oakland leads the two games to one, and here's Al Michaels.
- 0:43Alright Jim, Pete Rose, look to the right-handed, takes the first pitch of the game for his side on one.
- 0:49Thank you, Mott, the playdump fire. Bob Engel is first, Bill Hattie is second, Chris Pellicudas is third, Jim Mott is short down the left field line, Mel Steiner down the right field line.
- 0:58Rose takes outside on one. One and one to count. Pete is one for eleven in the World Series.
- 1:05Mando in on the grass at third. The off field is shaded toward left. One-one-fifth, quaking ball, missing long inside ball two. Two and one.
- 1:14The A's defensively with Ken Holtzman and Gene Tennis. Mike Epstein is first, Dick Green is second, Bert Campanaris is short, Sal Bando at third.
- 1:23The next pitch to Rose is rounded to Green at second, Myers to first, one-o-lost.
- 1:31Rose gone, up comes Joe Morgan. In the off field for Oakland, Joe Wieldy in left, George Hendrick in center, Mattie Allou in right.
- 1:40Joe Morgan had a great year with the Reds, had a great playoff series against Pittsburgh, but in the World Series he is 0 for 10.
- 1:49He's been on a couple of times. He's locked twice, reached on an error.
- 1:56So in the two bases, the playing is just a fly ball to left field, Joe Rudy, drifting in underneath it, makes the catch, two down.
- 2:05Bobby Cole in the batter. For Holtzman, this is his second start in the World Series. He pitched Saturday, worked five innings, but was the winning pitcher by the Blue getting the save.
- 2:18He gave up two runs, five hits, walked three, struck out three. Two out, bases empty, top of the first inning, no score.
- 2:28Number four of the World Series with the A's leading two games to one. Fifth game tomorrow afternoon. Bobby Tolan, left hand batter, Mando in shallow.
- 2:38And Tolan, punch up the line toward first. Holtzman throws to FD, dropped by Mike, Tolan is safe.
- 2:44The throw had him, but it trickled out of FD's glove, and we'll see how they score. It is the Reds have the game's first baserunner.
- 2:51Good bump by Tolan, and a nice play by Holtzman down off the mound of Fielders, wheeled around through the first, in and out of the glove of Epstein, and Tolan is safe.
- 3:03Johnny Bench the batter. Three for ten in the World Series, but he had a long night last night, hole for four, and he struck out three times.
- 3:12An error is charged to the pitcher, Ken Holtzman on the throw, to allow Tolan to get the first base. Bobby held on by Epstein.
- 3:26George Sugar is the first base, so is for the Reds. Alex Ramm is the third. First pitch to Bench is lined to right field, and Lew coming on, but it drops in for a base hit.
- 3:35Tolan around second, he goes to third as the throw is cut off by Green. So the Reds get a break on the error, and try to capitalize, as Johnny Bench, swinging at the first pitch, goes the opposite way in the right field for the game's first hit.
- 3:49The Reds have runners at first and third, with two down, and here is the hottest hitter in the World Series, Tony Perez. He's five for ten.
- 3:58Perez last night, singled in the seventh, was sacrificed to second, and then scored on the single by Seysad Geronimo. The game's only run.
- 4:09Tony's scoring, despite falling down as he rounded third base. Outfield, deep, around to it left, Bando back of the bag of third.
- 4:20Oaksman Ready comes to the plate, and Perez takes the strike. 0-1. Here in Oakland, 330 down both lines, 400 to straightaway center, 375 to the outing. Bent eight feet high all the way around.
- 4:37Oaksman Ready, and there's strike one pitcher on the way, is fouled off to the right out of play. 0-2. On deck is Hal McRae.
- 4:46Now on game five, the Reds have made a change. It's Gary Noland's turn, but he has been stracked. Clark E. Anderson will announce his pitcher after the game, but let's for Jim McLaughlin to be named.
- 4:58Catfish Hunter will work for the A's.
- 5:03Two out, first inning. Bobby Tollman in the third, Johnny Bench is first, no score.
- 5:13Open set, and there's strike two pitch. Bench goes, the pitch is high, and there's no throw to second. So Bench has an uncontested field, Tollman remains the third.
- 5:27The Reds running on tennis, all series long, and that's to be expected because they were running club against everybody during the regular season.
- 5:48Oaksman Ready, and the one-two pitch on the way, Perez takes low, ball two, two and two.
- 5:55Bench is here, the second is the fifth, Tollman based by the Reds in the three-game cross of the World Series.
- 6:04Tollman down the line from third, Bench off second. Oaksman out of a lineup, the two-two pitch is crossed foul, right side, back out of play.
- 6:14The Reds as a team hitting 178, the A's as a team batting 178 in the World Series. The Reds have 17 hits in the three games, and the A's have only 16.
- 6:32Oaksman Ready, here's a two-two pitch on the way, foul back, Ken Oaksman, 26 years old, born in St. Louis, makes his home in Creeve Court, Missouri.
- 6:446'2, weighs 175, made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs in 1965, and stayed with the Cubs through last year when he was 9'15.
- 6:54Then traded to the A's for outfielder Rick Monday. Two into the count, Oaksman with a sign, and the pitch to Perez is one on the pitch by three.
- 7:06To the Reds, the Reds have come up empty handed in the first inning, no run, one hit, one error, two runners left at the end of the half inning, Cincinnati nothing, Oakland coming up.
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- 8:17Johnny Bench was down at second base as Perez struck out at a 2-2 fastball from Holtzman, has just now gotten his gear on and has begun to catch the warm-ups of young Don Gummett, 21 years old,
- 8:28quite a Kentucky athlete, at one time in high school he scored 12 touchdowns, he scored 47 points in one high school basketball game, an average 25, and he's quite a pitcher.
- 8:37And in the World Series of 1970, he was in three of those games, fixing a total of six in two-thirds and then gave up two runs, one of those was earned, five hits, walked for, and struck out four.
- 8:49He'll be going against Campanero, Toulou, and Rudy.
- 8:52As the Reds' top three men, Rose, Morgan, and Tolan, have not been able to reach base with any kind of regularity, nor have Campanero and Toulou, the top two under the open eight.
- 9:01The score to score game, last of the first, and you're again down by two.
- 9:05All right, Jim, Campanero's at 2-4 during the regular season with eight home runs, 32 runs batted in. In the World Series, he's 3-3-11.
- 9:14Don Gubbett from the town of Lynn, Kentucky, 21 years old, third year of the Reds, comes to the play. Campanero takes a strike after bluffing a bunch. 0-1.
- 9:23Gubbett making his first start in the World Series. Started two games in the playoffs, lost one, had no decision in the other.
- 9:33Strike once at John DeWay, Campanero's bunch foul. 0-2.
- 9:37The Reds defensively, Don Gubbett and Johnny Bench. Tony Perez at first, Joe Morgan at second, Dave Concepcion at short, Dennis Menke at third, the off-field Pete Rose in left, Bobby Tolan in center, Hal McGrady in right.
- 9:53No score. Model of the first, 0-2 on Campanero's with Emeliw waiting on back.
- 10:00The line and the strike two pitch, back ball outside, ball one.
- 10:05Gullis, weak at the start of the season, sent home for tests in May. It was discovered he had subsiding hepatitis. Spent some time in the hospital.
- 10:13One-two pitch on DeWay, foul DeWay out of play. Then it was a pretty slow road back for Don.
- 10:19Came out of the bullpen in May and June and they gave him a start in Los Angeles in June and he worked seven innings and looked sharp and then regressed.
- 10:28Went back into the pen and came out again in August. Pitched well in August and well in the first part of September.
- 10:34One-two pitch is grounded slowly left of the mound, fielded by Gullis and slips but throws and gets him.
- 10:40Nice play by Don, who's a fine-fielding pitcher. I don't know if Menke would have been able to throw him out.
- 10:45Then he's charging in from third and Gullis got there first and despite slipping and falling down had enough on the throw and it was accurate enough to get Campanero's one away.
- 10:59Matty Allou the batter hit 281 with the A's after he was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals.
- 11:05So the Reds are all about Allou who is a former National League batting champion.
- 11:10Matty in the series, one for test. Menke another grasp at third as Allou takes down low ball one. One and oh.
- 11:22Allou 33 years old, blank time, Pickley-Gavage 3-10.
- 11:29The wind by Gullis, one-oh pitch is the fastball popped in here to left field. Rose coming on quickly makes her running pass.
- 11:36Way tight, meet Rose playing shallow and left on the run during tie-in at Allou.
- 11:42So there's two down, Rose goes back to his friends in the left field seat.
- 11:47He's made a few in the Reds three-state out here but actually he's one and one with the signs out there tonight.
- 11:55He has one pro sign that says Rose Garden, go Reds, but another that says Rose is a pansy.
- 12:04Two down, Rudy the batter.
- 12:08Joe in the World Series is 3-3-11 including a home run on Sunday.
- 12:12Look to the strike of the knee, oh and one. Rudy the American League leader in hits this year.
- 12:18Average 3-0-5, 19 home runs, 75 runs batted in. Outfield around toward right.
- 12:25Strike one pitch on the way, flung on and missed, fastball blew it by him.
- 12:29Oh and two. Bando out on deck. Reds nothing, A's nothing.
- 12:36Two out, bases empty, bottom of the first inning.
- 12:42Govett checking with Banks, down into his line up in the strike.
- 12:46Pitch on the way is down side for a one.
- 12:49Jury and Daerr coaching a first, Irv Norrin coaching a third.
- 13:00The wind by Govett, one two pitch on the way, a check swing pop up in the infield near second and Concepcion makes the catch on the skin part.
- 13:07Jury tie the tie. So the A's go down one two three in the bottom of the first and at the end of one.
- 13:13You know, that's the trap period. Your life might have one day better.
- 13:25Back again on Oakland, California, under cloudy and increasingly chilly skies with the temperatures dropping into the 50s, Jim Simpson without Michael.
- 13:32Please begin the second of the scoreless ball game, fourth game of the World Series. Oakland leads two games to one.
- 13:38Al McGray leads off to the reds. Making his first strike in the World Series. He's been up as a pinch hitter twice and he's two hits.
- 13:45Takes out side ball one. McGray has five home runs this year, four as a pinch hitter.
- 13:54One under the count. Oakland back to the plate. McGray swings, rounds it in the center field for Bay fifth.
- 14:01So how McGray, who calls himself the reds offense's player, is now three for three in the World Series.
- 14:08You're wondering why McGray, who's a very fine hitter, isn't in the starting lineup with the Reds normally.
- 14:14It's because the Reds have been trying to find a position for him to play.
- 14:19He's got a lot of them in right and the third and now's got his problems, but as a hitter he's done a great job this year.
- 14:26And so Flocky Anderson gives him the start tonight and he responds with a base 33 for three in the third.
- 14:31Dennis Nekke the batter, around the front, misses for a strike. They throw the first and McGarrick and McGray is able to get back.
- 14:38Fennish had him hit rock as McGray was hung out to drive, but the throw was in the third.
- 14:43And Epstein had to block it just to keep it out in front, bound it away from him and it enabled McGray to get back.
- 14:50So another break for the Reds. 0-1 the count on Nekke. Nekke is 1-4-9 in the World Series.
- 15:00It's 2-33 this year. Nine home runs, 50 runs battered in. McGray a cautious lead at first.
- 15:08Oldsman set, comes to the plate and Nekke swings and grabs it to Bando who short hops the third.
- 15:13He goes to green one and that's off and McGray really takes green out of the play.
- 15:18This never got his throw away the first base as McGray went barreling in and a finer block you'll never see again.
- 15:25Also, now Bando had a little trouble getting that ball out of his glove.
- 15:30Might have been turned over quicker. McGray could have been far enough to line, could have been the double play,
- 15:35but Bando who short hopped the ball beautifully had trouble getting the ball out of his glove.
- 15:39Late starting the double play, Nekke fades it first.
- 15:42Five to four. If Al Davis is the open raider this year, he may have a prospect.
- 15:48So McGray took out green. Nekke at first base now, Contefion the batter, right hand hitter, takes down low ball one, one and oh.
- 16:02Contefion is 1-4-2 in the World Series. He striked against left-handers so he played in the first game on Saturday against Oakland.
- 16:10Davis 2-0-9 during the regular season. Takes the strike and the count is even. One and one.
- 16:17Cincinnati nothing, Oakland nothing in their second inning. Dennis Nekke at first base, one out.
- 16:30He'll spin at the bell. One one-fifth, he pops out out of space. One and two.
- 16:37Don Gubbett waiting on deck.
- 16:43Game five of the World Series coming your way tomorrow.
- 16:47He'll be on the air at 3.45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. After 7.48, probably Jim McLaughlin for the Reds.
- 17:01Here's the one-two pitch on the way. Grounded slowly toward Vanderweer third. He goes to green for one.
- 17:06Back on the first, not in time. And again a 5-4-4 shot with Nekke. Erased to second and it's FPR. Now safe at first.
- 17:14Two down and the Reds' best-hitting pitcher comes up, Don Gubbett.
- 17:20Flings the bat well, hit 2-11 this year, no home runs. Three runs back at it.
- 17:26Lucky on the mound, he hits right-handed.
- 17:35The Reds no runs, two hits and no errors. The A's no runs, no hits and one error.
- 17:43Oltman's at a check of conception and a pitch. Gullett swings and misses.
- 17:47On one.
- 17:52Downfield around third right.
- 17:54Bando playing back of the bag at third, about eight feet off the line.
- 18:00Oltman to the plate, Gullett swings and misses.
- 18:02O and two, two fast balls, both either just down the outside corner or just missing. And Gullett's chasing both. O and two.
- 18:16F-teen holding the runner at first.
- 18:18First back two picks to Gullett, down low. One into the count.
- 18:23Steve Rose waiting on back. Gullett, 21 years old, spent one season in the minors, worked with the Reds in 1970, pitched in the World Series at the age of 19.
- 18:36Flings it to ground ball, the victory in his second, he flips the campanella for the fourth and the time is tired.
- 18:41Gullett down, Reds down to the second, no runs, one hit, they lead one at the end of an inning and a half, no score.
- 18:49The Automotive Manual of the Air.
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- 18:53Number one, insert the torsion bar to the rear anchor. Slide the balloon seal over the torsion bar.
- 19:02Install a plug and lock wing in the rear anchor.
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- 19:30Extra care in engineering makes a difference on every 73 Dodge Chrysler or Prima built in this country.
- 19:37Number two, and this is important, install the upper control arm rebound bumper and tighten the nut 200 inch pounds.
- 19:52Last night for game three, 49,410, a record for the Oakland Coliseum for baseball jammed in here and looking around this cloud covered stadium tonight.
- 20:00It is also full and as we go to the last of the second, it's early in the ball game but we can't help but remember, Al, every other game the first two have been decided by one run and they're being stingy again tonight.
- 20:11No scores, we go to the bottom of the second, Sal Bando in the third of a big slump leads off of the eighth.
- 20:19Bando is no extra basis in his last 16 games. Right hand batter takes the site.
- 20:25Sal has not coverage since September 20th, but one of World War I here at Open has no extra basis since the 22nd of September.
- 20:35Strike one pitch inside. Bando in the World Series one for 12, to be followed by XT and Hendricks.
- 20:42Now in his last 20 games, counting a playoff, five hits and 39 hits to the plate. One-one on the way, Sal Bando gives him the number four spot in the order, responds with an offensive field hit, the first for the eighth and up comes Mike Epstein.
- 21:04Mike Epstein is 0-4-7 in the series, to 270 during the regular season, 26 home runs, 70 runs maddened in.
- 21:19Redby A's in homers, Mike, born in the Bronx, New York, grew up in Los Angeles, went to college in Berkeley nearby, played baseball and football at town.
- 21:34Now to the plate, Epstein takes the strike, a back ball on the inside corner, 0-1. Reds nothing, A's nothing in the second. Sal Bando at first base.
- 21:48Not a threat to go to first, takes a little bit of liberty and plays his step back of him. Strike one pitch on the way, lifts Sal back his third out of play, 0-2.
- 22:00Sal Bando is 18-0 for 10 in his last four games and that counts the last game of the American League playoffs.
- 22:08Mike big and strong and the Reds play in deep and around to a drive.
- 22:14Kendrick gone back, Govots checks with bench, gone is ready and the strike is set, there's a breaking ball outside, ball one.
- 22:23Bando Hussles mainly fastballs, worked on a curve this year, worked on a curve similar to the pitch thrown by Ferd Hilton over at the Chicago Tuckers Knuckle Curve.
- 22:34And they will do a lot of work on that particular pitch next spring.
- 22:411-2 pitch on the way, it's a broken bat, Lippert to Morgan for the out of second and Bando Hussles back to first to avoid the double play.
- 22:48Bando Epstein breaks his bat, hits a humpback liner to Morgan, Bando back to first and with one down, up comes George Kendrick to center fielder.
- 23:01George Kendrick, he's signed in every game in the World Series, of course he's Reggie Jackson's replacement.
- 23:091-82 during the regular season, four home runs, 15 runs back to them, right hand batter with a close dance, he swings and misses, going one.
- 23:20No runs, two hits, no errors for the Reds, no runs, one hit and one error for the A's.
- 23:31Kendrick, 23 years old yesterday, waiting at the plate, now field shading toward right, and the strike, 1-50, is in the third and blocked by Banks.
- 23:39One and one. Gene Fennis will be next.
- 23:45If you drive this late, the Reds had a threat in the first inning with two outcoles and were safe on an error, Banks singled and stole second.
- 23:52But then with runners to second and third, Perez struck out.
- 23:55In the second, the Gray led off with a base hit, but Holcomb was able to decide to side.
- 24:01Here in the second, the A's get their first hit off-duty, and the Pitcher's down to first, he's up to the old, steps on second after hesitating, and throws to first to get the double play.
- 24:10David decided he was going to run over and touch it himself after it looked like he was going to flip the ball to Morgan.
- 24:16So the Reds get a 6-3 double play and the A's down at the inning, no runs, one hit, nobody left on.
- 24:22And the Reds are down to second, Oakland nothing, Cincinnati nothing.
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- 25:24In the third, it'll be the top of the Cincinnati batting order in this sort of game. But now let's pause 30 seconds for station identification.
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- 26:04Peter Rose leading off the third, Bunch down in front of the plate, and Tennant throws him out for the first down.
- 26:09So one pitch, one away as Rose signs to Bunch his way on.
- 26:13Play goes 2-3, and up comes Joe Morgan. Morgan applied to left in the first inning.
- 26:20Joe 0-1 tonight, 0-11 in the World Series.
- 26:26Good speed. Second in the National League in stolen bases to Brock this year.
- 26:31The range hit the ground ball near second, fielded by Dick Green. The throw is in Dixon. Two down.
- 26:39So Holtsman has now gotten the last five reds to hit the ball on the ground.
- 26:44Tennant's given him up two hits in 2-2-3.
- 26:48He's not allowed to walk, and he has one strikeout. And now he faces Bobby Tolan.
- 26:54Tolan bunted in the first inning, and was saved by an error by Holtsman.
- 27:00Tolan 2-13 in the third.
- 27:03Left-hander working on left-hander. Pitch down the way, Bobby brought to Brock, takes the strike.
- 27:110-1. Pando in on the grass.
- 27:14Outfield shooting, Tolan toward left.
- 27:20Strike one pitch down the way. Curve swung on and grounded toward first. It's a foul ball.
- 27:24Fielded across the line by Epstein, and they count nothing in two.
- 27:30Bobby Tolan from Los Angeles came up with a cardinal.
- 27:35Played in two World Series with St. Louis in 67 and 68.
- 27:40Gettin' the series with the Reds in 70, and so this is Bobby's fourth World Series.
- 27:46Missed draw of last year, twice torn to kill his tendon.
- 27:50Two out, bases empty, no score, third inning.
- 27:54The line by Holtsman and a strike two pitch down the way. Misses down side, 0-1.
- 27:59Then shone back.
- 28:07Holtsman, feet apart, takes the sign from Tennant.
- 28:12Left-hander ready, and a one-two pitch down the way. He's grounded foul outside third.
- 28:16Down into the Oakland Dillpat.
- 28:19A three-pointer in the field and foul territory here in Oakland.
- 28:25One of the ball girls getting her hand as she gets the tack in.
- 28:33Two out, bases empty.
- 28:37One two-pitch down the way, is knocked on the ground toward Bando at third.
- 28:40He cuts in front of Campanera as it throws him out. Nice play by Bando.
- 28:44Bando is still inflicting the ball as he got jammed and rolling it along the grass. Bando makes the play.
- 28:49And the Reds down one, two, three, and a third. No runs, no hits, and nobody left.
- 28:53At the end of three and a half it remains. Cincinnati nothing, Oakland nothing.
- 28:57Hi, Johnny Bench for ANCO windshield wipers.
- 28:59I wonder how many listeners remember the good old days of four-night games.
- 29:03A darkness spell you could hardly see who was on first.
- 29:06Something like driving in a rainstorm with old streaky windshield wipers.
- 29:09Which is the lead off urging you to retire those old streakers and switch to new ANCO wiper blades.
- 29:14Get them next time you gas up.
- 29:16The exact blades for your model car are in the bright yellow ANCO cabinet you see in service stations everywhere.
- 29:22That's ANCO wiper blades by Anderson.
- 29:25Nothing comes back, says Dirt or Salt. Hey, nothing comes back, says Dirt or Salt.
- 29:31Comes a turd you creeps off.
- 29:33Whether a turd wax comes through because nothing comes through.
- 29:36Turd is hard, shall finish. Shoo, shine your card of blinding boogies in 25 minutes.
- 29:41Whether a turd wax comes through or not.
- 29:44Whether a turd wax comes through or not.
- 29:47Whether a turd wax in liquid or paste.
- 29:50Anything else you can mock, turtle.
- 29:56With our mic, Jim Simpson back in Oakland, California.
- 29:58Last of the third of a sort of small game.
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- 30:17Well, Michael, the last time that Jim Hulston was on the mound, this fella stepping up to the plate now has two home runs to win the ballgame for.
- 30:24He was the big hero, Gene Tennis in game number one.
- 30:27First man in World Series history, the homer in his first two series trips to the plate.
- 30:32Gene Tennis, right hand batter.
- 30:35And Johnny Becker then complaining that Tennis was standing outside the batter's box.
- 30:41So a line is drawn with his back by Blademire Frank Umar.
- 30:49Tennis back foot on the line.
- 30:51Take down low from Don Gubbett.
- 30:53One and all. Tennis, Green, and Hulston in the bottom of the third.
- 30:59Here's the 1-0 pitch on the way.
- 31:02In for a strike.
- 31:09He's held two for ten in the World Series.
- 31:12Four-fifths home run, so he's 0 for 8.
- 31:15I think he's first two trips on Canada Day.
- 31:18During the season he is 2-25.
- 31:20Five home runs, 32 runs landed in.
- 31:23Gubbett nods in agreement with Banks.
- 31:26To the plate, 1-1, and the pitch is bound back.
- 31:29One and two.
- 31:35Tennis, 6 footer, 190 pounder from Ohio.
- 31:4226 years old, swings to the curve, grabs at the third.
- 31:45Minky, who is on the second hop, is long throw in time.
- 31:48Went away.
- 31:50Hit Green coming up.
- 31:53He is one of three athletics with three hits in the World Series.
- 31:59The A's, Campanaris and Rudy.
- 32:01Green is 3 for 8.
- 32:09Pitch on the way, in for a strike.
- 32:12Pitch with two hits in game two on Sunday.
- 32:16One hit last night.
- 32:20Right hand batter who has spent most of the season on the disabled leg.
- 32:24Strike once, that's going down, and missed going two.
- 32:28Green missed over two marks with a herniated disc.
- 32:32Came back in late August to 286 with no home runs, three runs landed in.
- 32:38Strike two, pitch on the way, is fouled off a mass defense.
- 32:41Can't hold it.
- 32:44Can't hold it.
- 32:46Oakland on deck.
- 32:49Legs nothing, A's nothing.
- 32:51Game four of the 1972 World Series.
- 32:54A's on top, two games to one.
- 32:57Bottom of the third, one out, bases empty.
- 33:01Gullett to the play-doh, two and Green swings and misses as he takes something off the fastball.
- 33:06Bench drops the ball, pangs him out and is two down.
- 33:09So Gullett gets his first strikeout, two down in the third inning.
- 33:13And up comes the pitcher, Ken Hoffman.
- 33:17Gullett during the regular season, nine and ten with a three-nine-three earned run average.
- 33:24John made 16 strikes, two complete games, no set-outs.
- 33:28Shucks out 96 and 135 innings, walked 43.
- 33:33Hoffman swings and misses, 0-1.
- 33:36Hoffman hit 178.
- 33:40No homers, six runs down at end.
- 33:42The other day in Cincinnati, 0 for two.
- 33:46The next pitch, Jeff Muthers for a ball, one and one.
- 33:51Hoffman to right-hand batter.
- 33:54After the change to his right, relatively shallow.
- 34:02Nobody on, two down.
- 34:04He's a 1-1 pitch on the way.
- 34:06Line to left field and Muthers is right there and he makes the catch for a time to time.
- 34:11He's a 1-1, and it's a run out of money, but right it goes and he's the downer at third.
- 34:15No runs, no hits, nobody left at the end of three-four.
- 34:18Cincinnati nothing, Oakland nothing.
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- 35:22Back in Oakland, it's the fourth inning of a sort of small game, game four of the World Series, Cincinnati-Winston-Ice.
- 35:28That ensures that we go back to Cincinnati for a sixth game.
- 35:32And then, Wednesday night, it could end tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll be on the air at 3.45 Eastern time.
- 35:38And Al Michaels, as I recall, if you came on the air tonight, your pregame comments, you felt this was going to be a very high-scoring ballgame.
- 35:45Well, it may be, but not to the first third of the game.
- 35:48Not at all. We've had only three hits. Two by the Reds, one by Bench, the other by McRae.
- 35:54One for the A's, a base hit by Sal Bento.
- 35:58We matched last night's game, same type of game we had last night.
- 36:02Blumwood-Odom, Jack Billingham in control throughout. The Reds getting a run of the seventh, and that was enough.
- 36:08Johnny Bench, single in the first inning. Now has four hits in the World Series. He's four for 11.
- 36:15Al feels very deep. And swung over to his left.
- 36:19Holtzman to the play. Misses out side, ball one.
- 36:22Holtzman has set down six-three, all on ground balls.
- 36:27The Reds on deck. McRae to follow.
- 36:30One O-pitch, down to the on-ball two.
- 36:33Tim Kimpton mentioned at the beginning, a very over-tasked day on early evening here at Oakland.
- 36:38Last night we had a big sun problem.
- 36:40We thought we couldn't beat the ball the first three, four, five innings.
- 36:45But no problem tonight. The lights taking almost full effect.
- 36:49Two O-pitches down it up the middle, base hit for Bench.
- 36:53John, with his second hit of the game. He now has five in the World Series.
- 36:57Hendrick gets it back in.
- 36:59Third hit for the Reds in the game, and up comes Perez.
- 37:04Tony Perez came up with still in the third. Bench at first in the first inning and struck out in the World Series.
- 37:11He's five for 11.
- 37:14Perez from Cuba now makes his home in Puerto Rico.
- 37:18It's 2-83 during the year with 21 home runs, 90 runs that are there.
- 37:23Bench at first, nobody out.
- 37:25Coach went into the plate and Perez popped the foul back out of play.
- 37:28Old one.
- 37:31Perez is driven in 90 or more runs the last six years.
- 37:36And maybe a high figure this year for a man who's sit behind the fellow who made the majors in runs that are there, Bench.
- 37:44Johnny with 125. Didn't leave Perez that many opportunities.
- 37:53Oakland ready.
- 37:55Jackie comes and Perez has a drive at deep left center field.
- 37:58Hendrick back near the track, has room and takes the bat.
- 38:02Bench touches back to first, run away.
- 38:06So Perez flies out there deep left center.
- 38:09That's the longest drive in the two games here in Oakland.
- 38:12And that's the biggest example, Al, of the fact that the weather here is very bad and the ball is not going at all.
- 38:19That was good enough to get out of the most ball parks.
- 38:21And Hendrick with a cut that what Al has grabbed as a deep drive really was only about 350 feet away.
- 38:26The ball simply dies.
- 38:28Went away, McRae the batter.
- 38:30Singled in the second inning, making his first time in the World Series.
- 38:33How is 3-3 in the series.
- 38:35Flames at the broken back batter to Calcanares.
- 38:37Goes to 3 for 1 and that's all.
- 38:40McRae is in for first.
- 38:41He might have had a chance to get double play, but it looks like the ball started to roll up the arm of Calcanares.
- 38:46And he had a settle for just one, getting it to green and time for the fourth shot.
- 38:53So it can't be juggling, but holds on to get one.
- 38:56Bench fourth shot at second.
- 39:01McRae on his first and the batter is Dennis Menke.
- 39:04He's grounded out in the second inning.
- 39:06Menke in the series, one for ten.
- 39:10Reds nothing, A's nothing.
- 39:12Two out in the fourth inning.
- 39:14Oldsman South works the place.
- 39:16Back ball missing high, ball one.
- 39:18One and O.
- 39:21Menke in his first view of the reds, part of the big trade with Houston.
- 39:24Made his major league debut at the Milwaukee Braves.
- 39:27Went to the club on the move to Atlanta, then traded to Houston.
- 39:31One O-fifth down the way.
- 39:32He's lying right at the end of it for the third out.
- 39:37Menke lines out, got retired.
- 39:39No runs, one hit.
- 39:41The reds lead the man.
- 39:42At the end of three and a half, reds nothing, A's nothing.
- 39:45Hi, this is Joe Garagiola.
- 39:47Well, it's World Series time, and even people who aren't real fans start taking an interest in baseball.
- 39:53And that's because you're seeing the best.
- 39:55And when you see the best of anything, you've got to admire it.
- 39:58Like the new Dodge Charger.
- 40:00For the last few years, people have looked to Charger for the newest, the latest in automobile styling.
- 40:06And once again, in 1973, Charger hasn't disappointed them.
- 40:11Charger has the clean, smooth lines that you've come to expect.
- 40:14But this year, Charger has more.
- 40:17Charger has an electronic ignition system for sure starts.
- 40:21Charger has Torsion Quiet Ride to help keep out those annoying road noises.
- 40:25And Charger tops it all off by giving you a choice of three vinyl roof styles.
- 40:30That's right.
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- 40:45Well, the drop goes on.
- 40:49A total of five runs scored in the first game of the World Series.
- 40:52Three more in the second, and only one last night.
- 40:55That's nine runs in the first three games.
- 40:57None here in the fourth game of the World Series.
- 41:00We go to the last of the fourth, open it up.
- 41:03Down it leads to the top of the batting order, Cappadollis, DeLue, and Rudy.
- 41:06And here's Al.
- 41:08First Cappadollis, down it out of the first inning.
- 41:10Gobert made a nice play to get him.
- 41:12The champion of the series is C412.
- 41:14Right-hand batter, good speed, good bunches.
- 41:18Dinky on the grass, the third.
- 41:20Gobert to the face, first pitch missing in shot in low ball one.
- 41:26Down it to the top of the shot.
- 41:33Get it, back to the very Cappadollis, down it wide, third.
- 41:36Backhanded by Dinky, falls down, gets up, and throws him out.
- 41:39Great play by Dinky.
- 41:41So Cappadollis, rounding one, inside third, and then Dinky,
- 41:48backhanding the ball, went down, got up, and still got him.
- 41:55Strong arm.
- 42:03DeLue the batter, flat out of the first inning, takes in shot ball one.
- 42:08The batter is 1-4-11 in the World Series.
- 42:15Get it, back to the face.
- 42:17DeLue takes a break and takes out shot ball two, a two-ball.
- 42:21He's not walking anybody, and this is one of the rare times he's been behind on the count.
- 42:26He has one strikeout.
- 42:31Down it, ready, and the two-o-pitch, high ball three, Cando.
- 42:36Joe Udy, we've gone down.
- 42:45Two-o-pitch on the way, low, ball four.
- 42:51So the A's have a second baserunner.
- 42:54The batter, DeLue, drives the first block in the game.
- 42:58The batter is Joe Udy.
- 43:05Joe Udy, 0-1, knocked out in the first inning.
- 43:10DeLue for 12 in the World Series.
- 43:15He has a two-tour drive, making a 30-minute bat.
- 43:20Lay it first.
- 43:22The message is going to get him to go.
- 43:25Now there's no round-about for Ray.
- 43:32DeLue's strategy, second first, comes to the pole, and a missed one-on-and-nope.
- 43:37Down is a good motion to first. That time he had DeLue going back toward the bag as he's delivered to the plate.
- 43:44Not an easy man to steal on.
- 43:48Oh, and one a shot.
- 43:51Cando on that. Cincinnati nothing, Oakland nothing in the bottom of the fourth inning.
- 43:56One out, DeLue's first base.
- 43:59Seven-stack, a check for the runner in the top one-press.
- 44:02A lock to the right, back out of play. 0-2.
- 44:21Tomorrow game number five, airtime 345 p.m. Eastern time.
- 44:27Ball 45 Pacific time. Catfish Hunter will be the ace pitcher and probably Jim McLaughlin for the rest.
- 44:33Marky Anderson will announce officially the starter after tonight's game.
- 44:37Strike two pitch on the way. It's high and away, ball one. One and two.
- 44:49The Reds no runs three hits and no errors. The Gays no runs one hit and one error.
- 44:58So that was a sign from Ben. Down at the belt, but Lance is first, and the next pitch is high.
- 45:02Ben throws the first to the ball, gets five for Reds, and rolls down the line.
- 45:06DeLue is on second.
- 45:10So Ben's trying to take DeLue on first base.
- 45:15The ball gets away from Reds, and we'll see who they give the error to.
- 45:26DeLue goes for second. One out.
- 45:31The count on Rudy is two and two.
- 45:39DeLue's set, a look back, and the two pitchers on the way. Way outside.
- 45:45Back into five base, ball three.
- 45:49So DeLue gets quickly ahead. No balls, two strikes on Rudy, and now he runs his swing out.
- 45:53Three and two is Bando waiting back.
- 45:56No score, four fittings, one out.
- 46:00DeLue's second.
- 46:07Rudy's just now climbing back into the very closed stand.
- 46:12DeLue with a tie on the stretch, and the pitchers at John DeWaite.
- 46:15Crump on it, missed, strike three.
- 46:18John Gullis gets his second strike out, retiring Rudy here in the fourth inning for the second out.
- 46:24And that comes down Bando.
- 46:28They're going to walk Bando intentionally to find his crump down a base hit in the second inning,
- 46:33but they're pulling around with Bando. They will work instead to the left-hand batting empty.
- 46:38So Bando will be walked intentionally to put John at first, DeLue second.
- 46:43Now, it's also an indication that both managers are saying one run will win any one of these ballgames.
- 46:48They're not getting a lot of runs. Here it is just for the last of the fourth inning,
- 46:51and they're putting another runner on base. They just don't want Bando to drive in one run.
- 46:56This series is sort of ironic to this point, Jim, because the Reds know it is the big Red Machine in 1970,
- 47:02and this was version number two in 1972.
- 47:05And when you thought of the Oakland A's in the American League, you thought of a lot of offense this year,
- 47:09but it has been anything but an offense in World Series.
- 47:15That scene of batting lined out in the second inning.
- 47:18Roker's batting hit a cutback liner to Morgan.
- 47:22He is hit by some of the series, 0-4-8.
- 47:25Like the 26 homers during the regular season, 70 runs batted in.
- 47:32Maddie and Lewis second.
- 47:34Now Bando at first.
- 47:37Two out in the fourth inning.
- 47:39No score.
- 47:44Willett stepping off the rubber.
- 47:46Watch the new center side from Ben.
- 47:50Willett's hand is checking.
- 47:52Now the stretch. The pitch to Epstein, low, ball one.
- 47:551-0.
- 48:02The Reds have had one threat in the first inning.
- 48:06This is the first time in the game that the A's have threatened.
- 48:091-0 pitch out of the way. It's fouled out of play.
- 48:121-1.
- 48:18Epstein originally up with Baltimore and played with Washington.
- 48:30Mike in the second year of the A's.
- 48:33Kendrick on deck.
- 48:351-1 on the way. Inside nearly nicked him.
- 48:37Ball two. 2-1.
- 48:44Gullan now taking more time between stretches as he tries to work out of trouble in the fourth.
- 48:55The left hander on the rubber.
- 48:58The stretch. The lookback.
- 48:59Second and the 2-1 pitch on the way.
- 49:01He's dropping off the middle slowly.
- 49:03He's feeling like he's got the old clothes and kicked him.
- 49:06The Reds shortstop went to the right field side a second and makes a fine play to get Epstein.
- 49:11And the only way the Reds could get the A's in that inning, get out of the inning on that particular play,
- 49:16was for a runner like Epstein to be moving down the line, because Epstein had had the time and made a fine play to get him.
- 49:21So the A's out in the fourth inning. No runs. No hicks.
- 49:25There was one error. Two runners left on.
- 49:27At the end of four, Cincinnati nothing. Oakland nothing.
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- 50:28Back in Oakland, California, in this drought of runs, there have only been five extra bases in the entire World Series.
- 50:42Three by Oakland, two by Cincinnati. It's nothing to nothing.
- 50:45It's the fifth inning and Concepcion is the batter and here's how.
- 50:48Dave Concepcion grounds it out in the second inning.
- 50:51Takes his strike.
- 50:54One-one. Double it on deck and then it rolls. The eight, nine, and one hitter is coming up.
- 50:59No score in the fifth.
- 51:02Strike one pitch on the way. Outside, one and one.
- 51:05This is Al Michaels with Jim Simpson. We'll be with you tomorrow.
- 51:083.45 p.m. Eastern Day Lifetime, 12.45 on the coast.
- 51:14Game number five.
- 51:16One-one pitch, missing the low ball, two. Two and one.
- 51:21Three hits for the Reds. Bench has two singles.
- 51:24McRae the other.
- 51:26The A's with one hit.
- 51:28Vandell a right field single in the second inning.
- 51:35Two-one on the way. It's grounded to short. Campanella is up with it.
- 51:38Goes to first and one short stop gets the other.
- 51:45Don Guttit coming up.
- 51:48The Reds the last couple of nights have been giving the pitcher the opportunity to get some more rest in the dugout.
- 51:54Rose has actually come out on deck into the circle with a number eight man hitting.
- 51:59And again this is the case. His feet came out with Concepcion hitting.
- 52:02Occupy the spot in the on-deck circle.
- 52:05Guttit waited in the dugout.
- 52:09Don grounded out in the second inning.
- 52:13Right hand batter. The outfield around toward right.
- 52:15Guttit around the bunk takes down low ball one.
- 52:23Guttit at two-eleven during the year.
- 52:26Three runs battered in.
- 52:28Eight for 38.
- 52:30One-oh pitch. Swung on, hit in the air to center field.
- 52:32Hendrick backs up a couple of steps and it makes a guy. Two down.
- 52:40The outfield has now retired five straight and 11 of the last 12. Up comes Pete Rose.
- 52:47Pete Rose grounded out in the first inning and then tried to butt in and was thrown out by tennis in the third.
- 52:54Over two and one for 13 in the World Series.
- 53:03The game moving along quickly. We have played less than an hour.
- 53:06This inning two-out base is empty. Pitch out of the way. Down low ball one.
- 53:11By the way, tonight for the first time since Sunday, both teams able to take batting crackers, but you never know it.
- 53:25One and over cast.
- 53:32Boltzmann ready. Back to the plate. He comes and Rose takes down low. Ball two. Good ball.
- 53:38Morgan on back.
- 53:40Boltzmann, excellent control tonight. Been a hit on almost everybody.
- 53:45No walk.
- 53:47One strikeout. Two-oh pitch. Left in the air to right field.
- 53:51The line. A little raking over and moving back on the warning track. A long way to go and the ball hurts.
- 54:02Near the track. Big deep right field towards the line. Rose down.
- 54:07Right down in the fifth. No run. No hit. Nobody left at the end of four and a half. No scores.
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- 55:17Two 4-1 half innings. The Reds no run three hits and one error. The A's no runs one hit and one error.
- 55:23The Oakland Athletics coming up in the bottom of the fifth inning, and for the play-by-play the rest of the way, here's Jim Simpson.
- 55:30Thanks, Al Michaels. The A's in the fourth inning had last got a man as far as second base. That was on a walk and an error.
- 55:37Whereas back in the first inning Cincinnati got a man as far as third base. Nobody has scored. Here's George Hendrick last time up.
- 55:44Hits the ball very sharply to conceptually on a short stop and turns it into a double play. Hits this one, pops it up to the right side.
- 55:50Joe Morgan the second baseman back on the grass, waving off everybody, and that's a quick out for Don Govett in the open fifth.
- 55:58Gene Tunnors, the catcher. That will remind you again of the only two hits that Tunnors has had throughout this series.
- 56:06The first two times at that in the World Series, first game of the series, E. Homer, once with the man on in his second home run,
- 56:12won the ball game for Ken Holtzman tonight's A's pitcher. One out and the Saunas open fifth.
- 56:17Just a long way to left field down the line. All the way to the left he got it. It is 2-1-7, 4-0-0.
- 56:43Fireworks explode again. Team Boats as the Saunas back in Locust Hill, Ohio.
- 56:49Fury D. Tennant has hit his third World Series home run in game number four and puts Oakland out in front one to nothing.
- 56:58Here's Dick Green who's struck out, hits the ball to right field, overcomes Hal McRae, waiting for it in a rather deep right field.
- 57:04As Green goes the other way and they're two outs. Everything that has happened has happened with dramatic stuffiness.
- 57:13On the first pitch, Hendricks hopped out. On the first pitch, Tennant's homered. On the first pitch, Green flies to right.
- 57:20One to nothing and here comes Ken Holtzman the last time up in the third, line to Pete Rose in left field.
- 57:30The way things have been going throughout this World Series, the margin has always been by one run.
- 57:36Three to two, two to one, and last night one to nothing.
- 57:40Delos throws hard, fastball misses outside.
- 57:44Pedro Borbón, slicker ball, pitcher up and throwing, right hander in the second-night ball pit.
- 57:51One to no, fastball stays down low. It is 2-0 now but the pitcher can't Holtzman.
- 57:56Delos, as Hal Michael just told you, has been working on a curveball all year but he is really a hard thrower.
- 58:02And Tennant's just connected with a fastball out of the plate and pulled it foul down the line.
- 58:07Down the line is 3-30 and that was the home run.
- 58:11Two to no to Holtzman, he swings and Brown gets a concept on a short stop up with it and Day throws on to Tony Perez and the inning is quickly over.
- 58:18The A's have gone out in front on the home run by Dean Tennant. That's the only hit.
- 58:22No errors, none left at the end of five. Holtzman one, chips a 90-nothing.
- 58:26You use a safety razor. The barber uses a straight razor.
- 58:31Daniel Boone, I guess, used a sharp knife. But no matter how you slice it, it's still the same.
- 58:37One blade and that is the way it has always been.
- 58:41Until Gillette discovered that two blades are better than one.
- 58:45And they made the Track Two razor.
- 58:48The Track Two has two blades, one behind the other and they work as a pair.
- 58:54The first blade comes along, it cuts into a whisker and it lifts the cart way out of its socket.
- 59:01Now before that little cut off whisker stump can spring all the way back, the second blade comes along and can cut it again even shorter.
- 59:10You see? Now of course there is just no way that anybody's one blade razor can do that.
- 59:16The Track Two razor. Gillette made it one blade better.
- 59:26Oakland one, chips a 90-nothing. And before we go to the next setting, we find 30 seconds for station identification.
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- 1:00:05Ken Oakland loosening up for the Oakland A's.
- 1:00:09He has a 1-0 lead on Gene Tennis' fifth inning home run.
- 1:00:14And Tennis has five home runs during the regular season.
- 1:00:17Incredibly enough in three and a half games in the World Series he's hit three and all of them have been big.
- 1:00:23We go to the third setting, it will be Morgan, Sullivan and Bench for the Reds. Here again is Jim Simpson.
- 1:00:28Now one more word about Gene Tennis.
- 1:00:30The last by the hip three home runs in one series, Don Fandemmon from the Mets in 1969.
- 1:00:34And this one is not over yet.
- 1:00:36Now we said at the out step, that's back on Saturday in Cincinnati, that if the underdog A's were the B's,
- 1:00:42The key probably would be the left-handers and how they handled the first three men up in the batting order
- 1:00:48before pitching around perhaps Johnny Bench.
- 1:00:51Bench has now let off eight times in the series.
- 1:00:54And Rose, Morgan and Pullen between them have not scored or driven in a run.
- 1:00:59And the A's lead two games to one and lead one to nothing in this the fourth game.
- 1:01:03Morgan has over two, twice has hit the first pitch.
- 1:01:05One fly to left, another time's rabbit.
- 1:01:07He's been swinging on the first pitch, once again, often a foul, but it's out of play.
- 1:01:11And back at home plate.
- 1:01:12So Joe Morgan has had it in his head tonight to go up and swing away at the first pitch.
- 1:01:21On deck is Bobby Toler.
- 1:01:23Rappers are dipping into the mid-fifties.
- 1:01:25If anything, perhaps it's clear just a little bit, but we can see no scars.
- 1:01:30Overcast in Oakland, in the inside pitch.
- 1:01:33Morgan jumps up and away from the pitch.
- 1:01:35It's one ball, one strike.
- 1:01:37Mando in on the grass.
- 1:01:40Reds trying to get their game going again.
- 1:01:42They're very aggressive, base-running game, looking for a long ball.
- 1:01:45And had it.
- 1:01:46He's swinging it in on a good Oakland fastball.
- 1:01:48Oakland has a good curveball, and if he's got it in the strike zone,
- 1:01:51can really intimidate you with his fastball.
- 1:01:54Matter of fact, when he pitched a no-hitter against these Cincinnati Reds while at Chicago Cups,
- 1:01:59The last five and in, he only used two curveballs, that's what this fastball.
- 1:02:05Back again with a chain, breaking pitch, and it's down low, two balls, two strikes.
- 1:02:12Oakland does not have the exceptional fastball,
- 1:02:14but you'd better respect it if you're looking for the breaking pitch.
- 1:02:18Two and two.
- 1:02:21Oakland, the left-hander, ready, throws the fastball, and then just off the foul,
- 1:02:24down the third baseline, and kangaroos into the stands just behind the Oakland dugout.
- 1:02:30Still two and two to Morgan, the late off batter, and the Cincinnati six,
- 1:02:33one to nothing on the team, tennis homerun in the last of the fifth.
- 1:02:40Both left-handers tonight, both with similar minor league experiences.
- 1:02:45Don Gullick pitched only 11 games for the minors, and the Oakland 12.
- 1:02:48Hit off the fifth, down to second base,
- 1:02:50hit green down to one knee, and as Morgan was now over 13 in the series, out again.
- 1:02:59Bobby Tolan has been up twice tonight, reached on an air by Epstein in the first baseman,
- 1:03:05and then was jammed on a pitch and grounded the band to a third in the third inning.
- 1:03:13Rose, Morgan, and Tolan all year long got on to bring up Johnny Bent so he could leave the league in RBI.
- 1:03:19Ground ball passed the glove of Oakland, Campanella's back to shortstop,
- 1:03:22fires as Tolan by 20, four or five steps, and Johnny Bent,
- 1:03:32a pleasant drive, hits in 12-10.
- 1:03:35He went the other way with a fastball in the first inning,
- 1:03:37singled and later stole second base, an uncontested steal, as Tolan was already at third base,
- 1:03:43and then he hit the curve ball off the middle for a base hit in the fourth,
- 1:03:46and was erased on a four-touch.
- 1:03:50So Bench tonight, 2 for 2 after going 0 for 4 last night,
- 1:03:53being caught out on strike the last three times up.
- 1:03:55Big right-hander, hits this one, and he may have his third to lose charges.
- 1:03:59Out in the outfield, and makes his second remarkable catch of the night.
- 1:04:03Before he left deep to Rob, he rolled to end the fifth.
- 1:04:06Now he charges toward right center to Rob, Johnny Bent to end the sixth.
- 1:04:11Now Rob hits the rail as he goes to the last of the sixth.
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- 1:05:39Kathy Cavanares will lead off the Oakland 6.
- 1:05:43He is 3 for 13 in the series, all for 2 tonight.
- 1:05:48Right hand of batter, the left-handed Gubbett throws, and it's all on.
- 1:05:52In the version of Cavanares, Gubbett was over.
- 1:05:54Left side of the mound, Gubbett was over, Smith was still managed to go in on.
- 1:05:58And Menke made a fine fielding play on him, backhanding his line, shot him to force the throw in on.
- 1:06:02Menke's in on the grass now.
- 1:06:03Drive, deep left field, throws over, going for the line.
- 1:06:07He's in the warning crack, and in foul territory, has it for the out.
- 1:06:11About 320 feet away, and it's 330 down the line.
- 1:06:19Cavanares is over 3, and here comes Matty Allou, who is really saying the way tonight.
- 1:06:25With a straight running, gets against the wall on Rose and the fifth,
- 1:06:29and charging the low line at Johnny Bench to end the 6.
- 1:06:33Allou is up, he is over 1.
- 1:06:35He's caught once, takes a pitch that hops away from Johnny Bench.
- 1:06:40In the first inning, Allou hit a thinking line drive, but he rose made a dandy catch on,
- 1:06:44running toward the infield.
- 1:06:46And then on four pitches in the fourth, Allou drew his walk, got a far second base on the air by Perret.
- 1:06:521 to nothing to score, last of the 6 and 8.
- 1:06:55Allou grounds it on one hop to Menke, who's in on the grass at third,
- 1:06:58and he has got Matty by nearly half the distance to first base.
- 1:07:03Battling up Joe Rudy, jammed in the first and pops his conceptually on the short,
- 1:07:07and an old kick down on him in the fourth, works his free-thru,
- 1:07:10and then struck out swinging at a Don Gullis fastball.
- 1:07:14Joe, as Allou's been telling you, a 3-0-5 hitter during the regular season.
- 1:07:18He is 3 for 13 as the game-winning home run in the second game at Cincinnati on Saturday.
- 1:07:27Right-handed batter with that closed stance, and they claim to hit the right center,
- 1:07:31but Joe Rudy very often does.
- 1:07:34Great power to right center field.
- 1:07:37Don Gullis ready, Menke in on the grass, the pitch is down low.
- 1:07:41One ball to Joe Rudy, 1 to nothing to score, the last of the 6.
- 1:07:50Allou and I and everybody that follows these world kids keep waiting for the big outbreak of scoring.
- 1:07:55Haven't seen it yet, fastball ground to foul back for the Royal Photographers,
- 1:07:58off to the right and then back at home plate.
- 1:08:021 and 1.
- 1:08:03Around the hotel lobbies today, you can hear people saying,
- 1:08:06well, I failed at least 10 to 4 today.
- 1:08:08Somebody's got to get to Holton, or Gullis did not pitch well in the playoffs.
- 1:08:12Somebody's going to crack.
- 1:08:14Nobody has, and here we are in the last of the 6 in the 1-0 ball game.
- 1:08:191 to 1.
- 1:08:20Gullis again ready, has a new ball, throws, and his pitch is down low.
- 1:08:232 and 1 to Rudy, Sal Bando on deck.
- 1:08:29Rudy lives in Modesto, California.
- 1:08:32He is a California, 26 years old, winds up with an amazing pass from this young and short-time.
- 1:08:41A hit for Rudy, his 4 of the series and the third tonight off Don Gullis.
- 1:08:47And that will bring up Bando.
- 1:08:49Went the other way with a Gullis fastball, finger to right field in the second,
- 1:08:53was blocked intentionally in the fourth with a low down on second base.
- 1:08:59Bando's hits in his last 40 times at bat have all been singers.
- 1:09:03And yet during the regular season he hits 15 home runs.
- 1:09:08A swing around for Bando, a full header, swings to the left.
- 1:09:13One is working from a test out, staring over at Rudy at first base,
- 1:09:16and throws the fastball and is blocked a foul without a playoff to the right.
- 1:09:20Strike one for Bando.
- 1:09:22Too out in the Oakland State.
- 1:09:25Good afternoon, we'll keep repeating for you,
- 1:09:27but wherever you are in this country around the world you'll have to think and check your class
- 1:09:31according to these 3.45 Eastern Standard Time are broadcast down to ball.
- 1:09:35That's 12.45 Pacific time.
- 1:09:37Gullis' fastball, a good jumping off of it, is a strike at the knees of Sal Bando,
- 1:09:41and Bando is behind 0-2 to Don Gullis.
- 1:09:45Young 21-year-old left-hander from Linn, Kentucky,
- 1:09:48where his athletic prowess and all-sports legend already.
- 1:09:54Gullis' step throws a good fastball, but it's too high, doesn't get the call,
- 1:09:58from Frankie Umont, the American League umpire behind home plate,
- 1:10:01and it's one ball, two strikes.
- 1:10:04The team tennis home run and the fifth inning, the only run of this fall game.
- 1:10:07Really pleased with one and nothing.
- 1:10:09They would love to go in front.
- 1:10:10Three games to one and perhaps wrap it up tomorrow.
- 1:10:12Cincinnati's determined to take this thing back to Cincinnati.
- 1:10:15The game's on Saturday and possibly Sunday.
- 1:10:17Look out high inside fastball as Rudy going to the dirt.
- 1:10:21It's 2-2.
- 1:10:27Two balls, two strikes, and Joe Rudy got white pants on,
- 1:10:32not so white anymore as he took a seat in the dirt.
- 1:10:37I think I said Rudy, that is Bando. Rudy's got a first pick.
- 1:10:412-2, throws a good fastball up high, and it is 3-2 to Bando.
- 1:10:57The fans have had to find their moments in this World Series in which to cheer.
- 1:11:01They haven't been through any fireworks, and they're looking for now,
- 1:11:03and there's a pitch grounded left side.
- 1:11:05Bando is on with a base hit, and with two outs, Mike Epstein comes up.
- 1:11:18That is the fourth base hit for the A's. Rudy is down to second.
- 1:11:22Bando at first, they'll have two outs in that scene.
- 1:11:27He is back lining to Morgan in the second, and in front of the shortstop in the fourth.
- 1:11:38Matter of fact, Concepcion made a fine play on him in the fourth inning,
- 1:11:41and that's their going over to the first base by the side of second base.
- 1:11:45They're nothing to A's, and they're looking for more with two outs,
- 1:11:47and Epstein's playing to the 15 under the hand. It's like one.
- 1:11:54Epstein now is all for nine in the World Series.
- 1:11:59And stretching back into the final playoff game is much worse off than that in a batting effort.
- 1:12:06He did have a home run in the fourth playoff game.
- 1:12:08Brake is hit strong and jellied, and Epstein wasn't looking for it. It's 2-2.
- 1:12:15Matter of fact, in that fourth game of the American League playoff up in Detroit,
- 1:12:18with his one to nothing to third, Epstein hits a home run to side up.
- 1:12:25He strikes, hits the drive to right, two wheels.
- 1:12:27Tom McWade goes over to his left and takes it, and the inning is over.
- 1:12:31Go on, two hits. Rudy's left his second, Bando at first,
- 1:12:35and at the end of sixth, it's still Oak with one and six and that eats nothing.
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- 1:13:41With Jim Simpson, this is Al Michaels of the Oakland Coliseum.
- 1:13:44Game four in 1972 World Tour.
- 1:13:47Oakland trying to take a three game to one lead.
- 1:13:50They lead here in game four.
- 1:13:52It is 1-0-8 on all-run by Gene Tennes.
- 1:13:55They go to the seventh.
- 1:13:56The res leads off for the reds.
- 1:13:57Here again is Jim.
- 1:13:58They really want this game.
- 1:14:00Now, down in the open, Bullton, as this inning is about to begin.
- 1:14:04to begin, white or blue, and Raleigh's fingers are up and throwing.
- 1:14:07And Holtzman gets in just that much trouble.
- 1:14:09You'll see them go to the bullpen.
- 1:14:11Tony Perez leads it off. He is 0-2.
- 1:14:13Struck out swinging at a fast ball in the first inning and sends
- 1:14:16Hendrick Rabadipin left center field to retire him in the fourth.
- 1:14:20Dive to right field, out of the line, and it is their ball.
- 1:14:24Perez stops it first thing.
- 1:14:27Lefty went down the line.
- 1:14:29A little is pulled around for Perez and has no chance, but the ball just died right there in the very soggy field,
- 1:14:35and Perez, the potential tying run, is one with a texturally singled right field.
- 1:14:43That's the fourth hit.
- 1:14:45Al McCrae, who in his World Series career, and that takes him the series back in 1970 when the Big Red Machine was really rolling,
- 1:14:54is now 8-4-15 in World Series play.
- 1:15:01McCrae, as Al said, considers himself the offensive player.
- 1:15:05Takes the ball and pounds it off to the right side, out of play.
- 1:15:10And the return throw by the umpire, and quickly, Yumon signals to everybody aboard that that was my throw,
- 1:15:16not the throw of the catcher, Dean Kenneth, so no play.
- 1:15:20As a matter of fact, Bill Haller, the American umpire down the second base, retrieves the ball.
- 1:15:24One strike now to the right-handed Haller McCrae in this one-nothing ballgame.
- 1:15:28Open lead it. We are in the seventh.
- 1:15:33Mando, even with a back at third and guarding the line, McCrae takes the pitch inside.
- 1:15:37It's one ball, one strike.
- 1:15:40It is at this stage of the ballgame that that third baseman will start moving toward third base and the line to take away the extra base hit,
- 1:15:48leaving a big hole between third and shortstop.
- 1:15:51One ball, one strike. Perez, not particularly fast on his first base.
- 1:15:55He's the man to fill down last time. Pitchers hit high in the air, in the infield.
- 1:15:59Half an hour's run, good on the grass, waves everybody away.
- 1:16:02And in front of second base, has it for the first time.
- 1:16:08That will bring up Manke.
- 1:16:10Manke, the record will show, is 1-4-11.
- 1:16:14Remember, on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati, Joe Rudy took an extra base hit away from him in the ninth inning.
- 1:16:20A great catch.
- 1:16:21And in the fourth inning here, Manke tonight lashed the ball as Mando hauled in a sharp line drive.
- 1:16:28Billy is 1-4-11. Comes up now with Perez over first base and one out.
- 1:16:36Manke, the right-hander, steps in.
- 1:16:38White of blue and Raleigh fingers continue to throw.
- 1:16:42The Oakland bullpen, Oakland throws. Now ball right back to Oakland.
- 1:16:45Goals for second base to Green. Green gets the ball out of the court and throws on double play.
- 1:16:49No arms, one hit. No airs and none left.
- 1:16:51We go to the last of the seventh before Hubel and Kraus.
- 1:16:54Oakland 1-7-9-0.
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- 1:17:56Four on a four-wall.
- 1:17:58Ken Holtzman and Gene Tennis were the big story on Saturday in Game 1, and so far they have been the whole story in Game 4.
- 1:18:05Holtzman, a shutout through 7.
- 1:18:07Tennis, a home run, is third to the series. He hit it in the fifth inning.
- 1:18:10A's lead, 1-0.
- 1:18:12On to number 7.
- 1:18:13More play by play, Jim Simpson.
- 1:18:15All right, Al, and Vita Blue and Raleigh Fingers continue to warm up even though the A's are at bat.
- 1:18:21Holtzman is due a fourth in this inning, and if they have something going, it might be that Dick Williams will back four.
- 1:18:261-0 the game here at Hendricks, who is down and out into a double play and topped up last time up with 0-2,
- 1:18:33and takes the first down low from Don Gullick.
- 1:18:36Well, as in the case of last night's victory,
- 1:18:39Gaps Dillingham and John Blum know to both of them doing an exceptional job, fouled out of play by him.
- 1:18:45But as you well know, somebody's got to lose the ballgame.
- 1:18:48And on a play in which Perez fell down last night, and because of the roar of the crowd,
- 1:18:52no one really threw the relay home for any opportunity they had to get him,
- 1:18:56it was Dillingham and the Reds who won that game 1-0.
- 1:18:59Now Tennesse's home runners put Holtzman and the A's out in front 1-0.
- 1:19:02This off-speed pitch is down low.
- 1:19:04Two balls, one strike to George Hendricks.
- 1:19:07On that's Gene Tennesse, the last time up at his third major league home run.
- 1:19:12Wallace back throws the fastball, foul back to the three.
- 1:19:18During the season of those five home runs that Gene Tennesse hit,
- 1:19:21two of them were here in Oakland, three on the road.
- 1:19:24In the World Series, he is one here in Oakland and two on the road.
- 1:19:28The ball's two strikes, right-handed Hendricks with a close stance
- 1:19:32and swings and misses at a very good Don Jollard fastball.
- 1:19:35Strikeout number three for Jollard.
- 1:19:38And here comes Tennesse.
- 1:19:40Tennesse rounded the third in the third inning but hit that first pitch,
- 1:19:51a fastball out of the plate in the fifth inning and pulled it down the left-field line.
- 1:19:55It over the fence about 335 feet away.
- 1:19:57Plays on the first pitch here but it's a good, yellow fastball
- 1:20:00and it fouls it out of play off to the right.
- 1:20:03Went out on the seventh.
- 1:20:04Oakland leading two games to one lead to miss the fourth game 1-0.
- 1:20:08Each team has four hits.
- 1:20:10Each team has committed an error.
- 1:20:12Jollard is ready, throws the fastball,
- 1:20:14looks like a fulking pitch there, caught the inside of the plate.
- 1:20:16Two strikes.
- 1:20:18So he cuts the fastball.
- 1:20:20More in on the left to the right-hander center.
- 1:20:25Back again and this one stays outside.
- 1:20:28On all two strikes.
- 1:20:32McGreen wandering around behind home plate, near the on-deck circle,
- 1:20:36but he is not in it swinging the bat.
- 1:20:41Jollard ready, puts it down low to Intuna out of tennis.
- 1:20:49They have learned to play steamboat tennis as he is called.
- 1:20:54A round to the left.
- 1:20:56He has scored three home runs in this series and points at a breaking pitch there and strikes out.
- 1:21:02Strikeout number four in the second in this seventh inning and here is Dick Green.
- 1:21:07Dick's strikeout swinging at an off-speed pitch in the third and then on the first pitch he's on the fifth.
- 1:21:12He flies to Al McCray out of right field.
- 1:21:16Game another ball game, hitting 375.
- 1:21:18He is now 3-10 so he's getting an even 300 in the World Series.
- 1:21:22Breaking pitch again catches the inside corner and Green gives Frankie Mopper a stare.
- 1:21:27Dick strike one.
- 1:21:30Frankie at third base is in even with the bag.
- 1:21:34And they're playing Green straight away, not too deep.
- 1:21:36Another breaking pitch but it's low and inside and it's one ball, one strike.
- 1:21:41Green with those first two pitches has not seen the good John Jollard fastball yet.
- 1:21:47Jollard is ready.
- 1:21:49He throws the fastball, it's lined inside the line.
- 1:21:51Frankie is pulled off the line.
- 1:21:53Over quickly and deep low.
- 1:21:54And going for second base is Green.
- 1:21:56And the ball is there, he is in straight for double.
- 1:22:06Well, two breaking pitches to Dick Green and everybody was looking for a good John Jollard fastball.
- 1:22:11Green got it and pulled it inside the line.
- 1:22:13Minky was off the line, not counting the line at all and it's for double.
- 1:22:17And Ken Holtzman, a scheduled hitter and is walking for it home plate.
- 1:22:24Holtzman is lined to last and grounded to short.
- 1:22:27Opposite wonder of the ball game has fixed all the eyes throughout the year looking for the biggest perhaps of his career here.
- 1:22:34If he can get himself an insurance run.
- 1:22:36Green not particularly fast.
- 1:22:39Down to second base.
- 1:22:40But he'll be running if anything at all is it with two outs.
- 1:22:43As the ground ball fouls the plate, strike one to Ken Holtzman.
- 1:22:50And the last of the seventh of the ball game is not yet an hour and a half old.
- 1:22:54A range of a world series game as the weather crisps up and gets a little bit colder.
- 1:22:59They played an awful lot quicker on the average than those played through the hot summer months.
- 1:23:03One strike to Holtzman.
- 1:23:05That ball is inside Holtzman, raises it back, arches it back, that's nice out of the way, it's one and one.
- 1:23:12Irv Norn, third base coach, looking down to green at second. Flashing signs to green.
- 1:23:22Gullet ready.
- 1:23:23The crowd here at Oakland hoping.
- 1:23:25And as the ball popped up to the infield, this is Manky for third base.
- 1:23:29He's in on the grass now as green rounds third and heads for home.
- 1:23:32Manky puts away Holtzman's little pop-up.
- 1:23:34No runs, one hit, the double by Green. No errors and Gray left on base.
- 1:23:37At the end of seventh and still Oakland one, since Manny, nothing.
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- 1:24:40End of seven, it's one to nothing Oakland.
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- 1:25:21The attendance tonight at the Oakland Coliseum, same as last night, 49,410.
- 1:25:30And they're watching Ken Holsman.
- 1:25:34In his attempt to give the A's their free game, still one lead in the World Series.
- 1:25:38Blue and Fenger loosening up in the bullpen.
- 1:25:40The Reds will send up Concepcion and a pinch hitter, Hooley and Javier.
- 1:25:44And P. Rose, eighth inning.
- 1:25:45Here again is Jim Simpson.
- 1:25:47Well, I remember our discussion last night.
- 1:25:49I don't know about the ball game.
- 1:25:50We thought it a very bizarre game.
- 1:25:52But there were so many things that happened in that ball game.
- 1:25:54Some of them very weird and strange.
- 1:25:56Tonight, there's been nothing weird, nothing strange.
- 1:25:59Here's the homerun by Gene Tennis, an excellent pitcher.
- 1:26:01And it's one another.
- 1:26:03Concepcion is all for two, right-handed batter.
- 1:26:05And as Javier is on deck, the breaking pitch, the curveball.
- 1:26:08And that's what we said at the outset.
- 1:26:10If Holsman gets the curveball over, he is tough.
- 1:26:12He's gotten it over consistently tonight.
- 1:26:14And he's started Concepcion out with the curveball.
- 1:26:17Vando guarding that line at third base.
- 1:26:19Comes back with another breaking pitch.
- 1:26:20It's down low.
- 1:26:21One ball, one throw.
- 1:26:25And it's gotten up to start throwing again, but a left-hander's going in the blazer.
- 1:26:30All-time hole.
- 1:26:33One-on-one.
- 1:26:34There's the ball.
- 1:26:35Grab it toward Vando.
- 1:26:36Into the hole goes Campaderas.
- 1:26:37A long throw to first base.
- 1:26:39Safe.
- 1:26:41While Vando guarding the line to take away, the extra base hit.
- 1:26:45Would have had that playing a normal third base.
- 1:26:47But he was guarding the line.
- 1:26:49Campaderas had to go deep into the hole.
- 1:26:50And his long throw did not get the speed he could set the odds.
- 1:26:53And now Javier comes up.
- 1:26:55Low line.
- 1:26:57You played a tie on the road and went home.
- 1:26:59And it rose you up next.
- 1:27:01You would imagine now, Michael, that Javier's up there to do one thing, and that's to bun him over.
- 1:27:05Get the man to second.
- 1:27:06And then the fellas, the one-two-three hitters have to start producing.
- 1:27:09Otherwise, the Reds are in trouble.
- 1:27:11They've been in trouble.
- 1:27:12The rally fingers is warming up.
- 1:27:13And rather, what they're going to do, depending upon where the ball is butted, who is going to cover what.
- 1:27:23That is the fifth base hit.
- 1:27:24Ken Holzman.
- 1:27:30Now we note, Almeen's over in Belgrade.
- 1:27:32We have a defensive replacement in at first base.
- 1:27:41Mike Hegan is going in to replace Mike Epstein.
- 1:27:43There's the butt down the third base line.
- 1:27:45Banda will have to go to first.
- 1:27:46Close to Hegan.
- 1:27:47And there's the out.
- 1:27:48And now they got him off second base with a bluffing back.
- 1:27:51Actually, the runner, Concepcion, had round at second base, but the man guarding him was ahead of him towards third base.
- 1:27:57So it was Concepcion nearer to the bat.
- 1:28:00So Hegan simply ran him back there.
- 1:28:06Good sacrifice by Javier.
- 1:28:11Now Pete Rose, who is 1 for 14, has driven a no-run in this series at all, nor has he scored a run in this series.
- 1:28:18With one out, has the chance to drive in Concepcion, who has good feet.
- 1:28:24Drive him in from second base.
- 1:28:261 to nothing to score.
- 1:28:27Rose has switch hit it, round to the right side for Holton.
- 1:28:29He's handled him three times in a row tonight, but Alume made a great catch on him in the fifth.
- 1:28:33By pence, the wall and right field.
- 1:28:39Blue and locker, or rather blue and fingers, are looking in to watch Holton working on Rose in the first pitch of Chulo.
- 1:28:44Ball one.
- 1:28:47On back is Joe Morgan.
- 1:28:48So that infield now is Hegan at first, Green at second, Campanella short, Bando at third, Rudy at left, Hendrick in center, Alume at right,
- 1:28:55Kenneth behind the plate, and with a 1-0 count, Holton ready to throw to Pete Rose.
- 1:29:05Takeoff play, round to second base, back in 20th time, did not even need to drive with Concepcion.
- 1:29:121-0.
- 1:29:17On back is Joe Morgan.
- 1:29:18So that infield now is Hegan at first, Green at second, Campanella short, Bando at third, Rudy at left, Hendrick in center, Alume at right,
- 1:29:26Kenneth behind the plate, and with a 1-0 count, Holton ready to throw to Pete Rose.
- 1:29:36Takeoff play, round to second base, back in 20th time, did not even need to drive with Concepcion.
- 1:29:431-0.
- 1:29:4749,410 looking on as last night.
- 1:29:50The score tonight was 1-0 as it was last night.
- 1:29:53Only the other team was making tonight.
- 1:29:55It's open with Cincinnati trying to come back.
- 1:29:57Mitch Sturrows is outside.
- 1:29:59It is 2-0 to the dangerous Charlie Huffle, Pete Rose.
- 1:30:05Now Bando comes over to say something to Holton from now.
- 1:30:09Blue and fingers continue to warm up.
- 1:30:11The left-hander continues to throw in the Cincinnati bullpen.
- 1:30:19Bando still guarding that line at third base.
- 1:30:272-0 to count.
- 1:30:28Holton back, right up the middle off the glove of Holton.
- 1:30:31Green comes over, side-on to first base to Hegan as 1-0, and the runner, Concepcion, goes to third.
- 1:30:39That out is actually 1-4-3 as the ball went off the glove of Ken Holton.
- 1:30:45Advancing to third base is Concepcion.
- 1:30:49Now Dick Williams is going to come out.
- 1:30:51Al, you have watched Cincinnati all year long.
- 1:30:54Here's Joe Morgan do-up.
- 1:30:56He is 0-13.
- 1:30:57The tie run is at third base.
- 1:30:59Go around ball, apply ball, count 20 minutes.
- 1:31:02That brings up the subject of squeeze play.
- 1:31:05How often is it used by Cincinnati?
- 1:31:07It's used probably with as great a frequency as with any other club in the National League anyway.
- 1:31:13I can't figure the market link this season.
- 1:31:15I don't know.
- 1:31:16In this particular case, Morgan 0-13.
- 1:31:18They're in a slump of late.
- 1:31:20Definite possibility.
- 1:31:22And certainly that's one of the things being talked about in addition to a pitching game.
- 1:31:25He wants Vida Blue to come in to face Morgan.
- 1:31:28So that's odd as Vida Blue makes his way in.
- 1:31:30Holton's coming out.
- 1:31:31Blue is stopping.
- 1:31:34And then says, did you really want me, and Dick said, yeah.
- 1:31:37Well, Joe Morgan snapped his head back and looked up to the sky when he saw that Vida Blue was coming in.
- 1:31:43As John Gullitt is the fastest man on the Cincinnati pitching staff,
- 1:31:47but the finest fastball, so is Vida Blue,
- 1:31:50who owned the finest fastball he in the Oakland set up and one of the two or three finest fastballs in the entire American League.
- 1:31:57The Vida Blue, who was not affected last night when he came on,
- 1:32:01but has been affected, comes on in the first quarter, saving it for Holton.
- 1:32:06And in the final playoff game, saving that for Hoda.
- 1:32:09The hand you hear, of course, is for Ken Holton, who is now left.
- 1:32:12Can't lose the game, but that's not the concern of Holton.
- 1:32:16They simply want to win for the team.
- 1:32:18So far he has given up no runs.
- 1:32:20Of course, you can see he'll score.
- 1:32:22That run will be charged to Holton.
- 1:32:24Five hits, and it's struck out one and walks nobody.
- 1:32:29Vida Blue, and of course it was stated by Williams a few days ago he would not shine.
- 1:32:34He's come out of the bullpen, as he did in the playoff.
- 1:32:36He was so valuable in that role.
- 1:32:39The A's going to three starters in the World Series.
- 1:32:42Holton and then Hunter will work tomorrow.
- 1:32:45And then if we go to Saturday, we'll see about Blue Moon Odom coming back.
- 1:32:48Then Dick Williams has to decide whether he wants to bring Odom back with a couple of days left,
- 1:32:53The way the series was originally scheduled.
- 1:32:55We had an off day on Friday, but no off day now exists.
- 1:32:58It's going to be interesting to see who goes in game six.
- 1:33:00On the subject of the rest of the game, so while game five for sure,
- 1:33:03that's not an if necessary game now.
- 1:33:05We'll definitely have a game tomorrow, 345.
- 1:33:08Decent daylight time, 445 out here on the coast.
- 1:33:10Katre Sunder against probably Jim McLaughlin.
- 1:33:13We have had one dramatic moment in this ballgame thus far.
- 1:33:16That was the home run by Gene Tennant for the fifth inning to make it one another.
- 1:33:19Here is our second dramatic moment.
- 1:33:21In the eighth inning, with two outs, a tying run.
- 1:33:24And that's the owner's on at third base, White or Blue has come into pitch.
- 1:33:28And Joe Morgan who has not a base hit an RBI in the entire series, he takes a strike at the knee.
- 1:33:35Morgan steps out, looks down, takes the bat, knocks the dirt off his sleeve.
- 1:33:40Looks down to Alex Mamm of coaching at third and steps back in.
- 1:33:43Bando is coming on the grass at third base.
- 1:33:46They're back on the right side.
- 1:33:48Back ball misses outside.
- 1:33:49Ball gets away from Tennant, the Blue hustles off the mound.
- 1:33:52They cannot get through, Tennant, gets it in front of him.
- 1:33:54It's one ball, one strike.
- 1:33:56One to nothing in the eighth.
- 1:33:57They win this one.
- 1:33:58They're not home three, but they'll have a three to one edge.
- 1:34:01They need only one more.
- 1:34:02In the possible remaining three games to wrap it up, they could wrap it up tomorrow,
- 1:34:06but they are not out of the woods yet.
- 1:34:07Ground ball foul at the plate.
- 1:34:09And it's one ball, two strikes.
- 1:34:10The Bay is in White or Blue with that pass ball.
- 1:34:13And good curve.
- 1:34:16As Morgan, down one ball, two strikes.
- 1:34:19Morgan, a left-hander battered, Blue a left-hander fifties.
- 1:34:23In the series, Blue has worked two and two third innings in two games
- 1:34:27and allowed two hits.
- 1:34:28He's saved one game.
- 1:34:32One on two, Concepcion down the line at third base.
- 1:34:35Ball and high away is left by Tennant.
- 1:34:37Nearly the wild pitch.
- 1:34:39Remember the wild pitch in the fifth game of the National League Playoffs
- 1:34:41by Bob Luther Fittsburg.
- 1:34:43Allowed the runner to score from third base with the winning run
- 1:34:47in the last of the ninth inning.
- 1:34:49That was almost a wild pitch.
- 1:34:51Perhaps it clocked up Tennant, but the ball got away high and away.
- 1:34:54It's two and two now.
- 1:34:55Two out.
- 1:34:56Blue back.
- 1:34:57It's over the ball just this time.
- 1:34:59Blue takes a long look.
- 1:35:01That's Frankie Lockheed's plate on fire.
- 1:35:03Now they're going all the way.
- 1:35:04It's three and two with two out.
- 1:35:07The ball then remains busy.
- 1:35:09Dave Hamilton, the left-hander, is joined by all these fingers down there.
- 1:35:13Three and two, two out.
- 1:35:15Concepcion on the tie run at third base.
- 1:35:17Eightth inning.
- 1:35:19Blue tears into team Tennant's architecture.
- 1:35:23Concepcion bluffs coming down the line.
- 1:35:25Vander bluffs for third base.
- 1:35:27Blue continues to look.
- 1:35:28Morgan swinging the bat.
- 1:35:29The side deep had enough.
- 1:35:30Stepped out.
- 1:35:31Blue steps off.
- 1:35:32Concepcion goes back to third base.
- 1:35:34Blue goes for the Rosenthal.
- 1:35:36Morgan steps back in.
- 1:35:38Concepcion leads off third base.
- 1:35:44The approval of the sign comes in with the pitch down two-goal.
- 1:35:47He has walked Morgan.
- 1:35:53And that brings up Bobby Fulton, who is two for 15.
- 1:35:57He has reached one on an arrow tonight.
- 1:36:00Dick Williams hustles off now to touch it by the blue.
- 1:36:06Both bullpens continue busy.
- 1:36:13Williams, Tennant, and Bando talking with by the blue.
- 1:36:17Tennant starts back.
- 1:36:18Williams starts toward the dugout.
- 1:36:20Bando goes back now to talk to Camp and Harrison Green to tell them what it is that they've decided upon up to now.
- 1:36:28Out of second base, out of first base.
- 1:36:31He takes what, under what circumstances, might they throw home.
- 1:36:35Colen.
- 1:36:37They only need an out, and the Reds only need a run to drive.
- 1:36:42They're running and the drive is pulled down to right field line.
- 1:36:44It is a four-ball, one-one score coming on the play with Morgan.
- 1:36:48Around third base.
- 1:36:49Morgan's coming on.
- 1:36:50Here comes the throw to the play down here.
- 1:36:52And it is two to one, six for 90.
- 1:36:55On the line drive, double by Bobby Fulton down the right field line.
- 1:37:06Well, Jim, I guess it's just a matter of time before the top three start doing something.
- 1:37:10Othren, a nice play to get his glove on the grounder by Rose, which might have gone through.
- 1:37:15Morgan drives the walk, and then is off and moving.
- 1:37:17And because he was moving, he's able to score on the double by Colen.
- 1:37:20And he's been standing at first base when Bobby doubles.
- 1:37:22The game would have been only tied right now.
- 1:37:24He's been a third.
- 1:37:25Johnny Bentz, two for three, hits the ball very hard all three times.
- 1:37:30The blue made a fine running catch on him in the sixth inning.
- 1:37:32Colen's down to second.
- 1:37:33Bentz looks at a breaking system by the blue.
- 1:37:35It's strike one.
- 1:37:37Well, dramatic step, and we'll point out again that Al Michaels has just pointed out two years.
- 1:37:41At knock, Joe Morgan's been off and running.
- 1:37:43As the pitch was delivered to Colen, who would not have scored, it would have been one to one with two outs.
- 1:37:47Blue steps off.
- 1:37:48Plus, Colen back to second base.
- 1:37:50Colen, who had not scored a run or driven in a run.
- 1:37:55Drove in a run, and Morgan, who had not scored one, scored his first.
- 1:37:58Dramatic first for the Cincinnati Reds.
- 1:38:00Blue ready to throw to Bentz.
- 1:38:01Straightaway center field, high in the air.
- 1:38:03Hendricks running in.
- 1:38:04Stopped out suddenly and has it to the third out.
- 1:38:07Plus, two runs scored on two base hits.
- 1:38:10Illinoisers and one man left.
- 1:38:12We go to the last of the A's, and suddenly the Reds have taken the lead.
- 1:38:15Cincinnati 2, Oakland 1.
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- 1:39:18Al Michael, Jim Simpson with you from the Oakland Commiseum.
- 1:39:21Game 4 of the World Juries.
- 1:39:22The Reds 2 runs 6 hits and 1 error.
- 1:39:25The A's 1 run 5 hits and 1 error.
- 1:39:28And the new Cincinnati pitcher is right-hander Pedro Borbol.
- 1:39:31Dick Williams making a move in the A's inning.
- 1:39:35Lifting Ken Holtzman for Vita Blue.
- 1:39:38Holtzman, you can close the book on Kenny, worked 7 and 2 thirds.
- 1:39:41He gave up 1 run, yielded 5 hits.
- 1:39:45He did not lock anybody.
- 1:39:47And Holtzman had 1 strikeout.
- 1:39:50He got Perez back in the first inning.
- 1:39:52Vita Blue now the pitcher of record.
- 1:39:54The pitcher of record for the Reds is Don Dumbit.
- 1:39:56Borbol will try to pick up the save.
- 1:39:58Here again is Jim Simpson.
- 1:40:00Borbol has a tricky fastball and without the series,
- 1:40:03he's got everybody hitting the ball into the ground.
- 1:40:06What's waiting is not a lot of hits and a struckout 4.
- 1:40:10Campanella goes to 3.
- 1:40:11Up to face Borbol, making it on the grass and there's the fastball.
- 1:40:14John Loeb right at the knees, a strike 1 to Campanella.
- 1:40:19You can go back to your scorecards and you will see nothing but ground balls hit out Borbol when he is left.
- 1:40:27Leading 2 to 1.
- 1:40:28Up and throws and there's the ground ball.
- 1:40:30End of the hole goes to Chepteon.
- 1:40:31Up and throws over the first base.
- 1:40:32And Perez makes a fine play backing off, keeping his right foot on the bag as he's left to have a good foul territory.
- 1:40:38And there's 1-0.
- 1:40:40In the opening, that will bring up Maddie Alou.
- 1:40:43Who tonight has made 2 dramatic catches and is over 2 plus 1.
- 1:40:54Should Cincinnati win this game, it's a surety.
- 1:40:56We go on back to Cincinnati for a game on Saturday afternoon.
- 1:40:59Alou is playing his condition.
- 1:41:01And a Borbol fastball, which this time was up high, shoots a strike 1.
- 1:41:05Banking in on the grass, well in front of the bag is Dirk, guarding against the possibility of a Maddie Alou puck.
- 1:41:11But he's swinging and drowning into the right side.
- 1:41:13Morgan is there and easily throws it up.
- 1:41:16And Borbol has got that sinking fastball doing just what it's been doing for most of the year and for all of the World Series, getting the men to hit the ball into the ground.
- 1:41:25Now Joe Rody, who popped out in the first when he was jammed, struck out swinging in the fourth, single to the sixth.
- 1:41:30That's when the 2-0, the A's had 2 men on and got up, seen on the line drive, the right field.
- 1:41:39And that's right.
- 1:41:40The only A's run was on the team's end of home run in the second inning.
- 1:41:43And of course, Cincinnati just scored 2 on the line drive double by Colton and their half of it's inning in the eighth.
- 1:41:50Really the right-handed batter.
- 1:41:53Borbol is ready and throws just like Tiffany.
- 1:41:58One strike to Joe Rody.
- 1:42:032 on 6 hits, one error for Cincinnati, one on 5 hits and one error for Oakland, and Borbol is ready.
- 1:42:08Right-handed throws, drops down a little bit and throws a breaking pitch, but it stays inside to Rody.
- 1:42:13And it's ball one. One ball, one strike.
- 1:42:16The leading man in fake hits, 181.
- 1:42:21The man who led the national league in the majors with 198 is Pete Rose out in the left field.
- 1:42:25Ball hit to the right side and it passed the road through both sides of the bag and then back.
- 1:42:29And Rody has his second hit of the night.
- 1:42:31And Bando, who is 2 for 2, plus the walk is coming up.
- 1:42:39That's 2 with the ground ball.
- 1:42:41Rose made a move, cut off her shoulder, then scored first and then go for the ball, but it was too late.
- 1:42:46Bando, single to right in the second, walks in, takes away the fourth and single to left in the sixth.
- 1:42:51All of that was off the left hander, down, juggled across, and now he's facing the right-hander, Borbol.
- 1:42:56Rody has gone to the rousing back.
- 1:42:59Down by her arm with 2 outs, tie run at first base.
- 1:43:02Bando, the right-hander, steps in.
- 1:43:05There's the picket outside. Ball one to Bando.
- 1:43:09Irv Norton looks in to Dick Williams in the dugout and then looks to Bando, but Bando is looking back at Borbol.
- 1:43:16Goes again and there's the ground ball for her.
- 1:43:18George Dutton steps in on charges.
- 1:43:20We'll go to first base with a close and it's got me out.
- 1:43:23Borbol with that thinking fast ball gets them a run 20 at Noes and one left.
- 1:43:28We go to the ninth inning of the fourth game of the World Series Cincinnati, late in the 2-1 over Oakland.
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- 1:44:28Another one-one ball game as we've had four of them in the World Series to this point.
- 1:44:35Three-two, two-one, one-nothing and tonight two-to-one in favor of the Reds.
- 1:44:39Nice inning. Perez leads off for the Reds here again as Jeff.
- 1:44:42Pérez Blue remains in there. It's his ball game to lose.
- 1:44:45Perez, the right-hander, facing Blue, the left-hander for the first time and Pérez is ready and Pérez with the fastball is way high, ball one.
- 1:44:51Perez in the first inning struck out swinging in the fastball.
- 1:44:54Perez went deep in the fourth inning, catches the fastball and dropped a little Texas leader down the right-field line for a single and a seven.
- 1:45:00One for three swings at a low-pitch from Blue and it's one ball, one strike.
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- 1:45:13Puts something off that pitch and Perez drops it in front of Blue and right field for a base hit.
- 1:45:18Blue changed up on Perez and Tony gets his second straight hit.
- 1:45:25That is the second hit off Blue and the seven for Cincinnati.
- 1:45:30Leadoff batter is on and here's Hal McRae who is one for three, a single in the second inning.
- 1:45:35Now Bando comes over, Dave Hamilton and Raleigh Fingers continue to work into both ends.
- 1:45:40It might be that we will see Fingers in pretty much of a hurry.
- 1:45:43McRae is the right-hander. Manky is the right-hander.
- 1:45:46Here comes Dick Williams. I think we're going to see Raleigh Fingers in even a bigger hurry than what I might have indicated to you.
- 1:45:52If this three right-hander is coming up still in a one-run ball game, Williams, I feel sure, Al, is going to go for Raleigh Fingers.
- 1:46:00Well, you know, I think they'll start talking about it also today after the game.
- 1:46:04They'll talk to Blue about it and Williams, kind of a man like Vyna Broom who has been starting for two years.
- 1:46:10Can he go to the bullpen? Can he throw every day? It's a new pattern, a new routine.
- 1:46:16A starting pressure at least. I know with the Reds are off season.
- 1:46:19They're in a type of groove where you are working every fifth day.
- 1:46:23You fetch them and you take two days off and you throw on the side, but you have another off day and then you start again.
- 1:46:28Here's a fellow like Vyta Blue, Jim. Can he start all season long as he did last year and as he did most of this season?
- 1:46:35He did quite a bit in relief, but still he was basically a starter. Can you then send him down to the bullpen and expect him to be effective as a relief that you're working every day?
- 1:46:44Well, he did such a great job nailing down the American League tennis.
- 1:46:47At the age of the fifth game against Detroit in relief for John Odom.
- 1:46:50Then of course he will lead Ken Holtzman in the first game of the World Series.
- 1:46:54Last night when he came in he was not that effective.
- 1:46:57Now Raleigh Fingers coming on has been in all three games, so this will make it all four games for him, and that's why he's been three and two-thirds innings.
- 1:47:04He's only given up one hit, walked two, and has struck out six of the men that he has faced.
- 1:47:09So Fingers the right-hander is out there and McCray is on deck.
- 1:47:15And on first base is Perez. It is still a one-run ball game, two to one Cincinnati, and the Oakland A's would like to keep it a one-run ball game and try to tie it or win it in the ninth inning.
- 1:47:26And they will have Pegan, Henrik, and Kenneth. So let's get that.
- 1:47:32Fingers has been ready. McCray one for three, the single on the second steps in.
- 1:47:40Mando moves in toward the edge of the grass at third base.
- 1:47:46Fingers steps on and looks into Tennesse's catcher.
- 1:47:51Perez is running and they've got him picked off. Throw the first down to second and they've got him.
- 1:47:57Perez is not a particularly great baserunner. He fell down rounding third last night, was picked off by Country Miles.
- 1:48:03One is three to four.
- 1:48:12And McCray is now up there, still looking for the first pitch from Fingers.
- 1:48:17And he gets it, a breaking ball, he swings through to miss.
- 1:48:30Fingers right back and throws a fastball. A catch at the inside corner and McCray turns and sees the cranky model.
- 1:48:36The plate on five. It's too straight. That's right.
- 1:48:40Fingers started him out with a breaking pitch, had him swinging, then comes back with a fastball and another hand thrown on the inside corner of the plate.
- 1:48:46Big tall, lousy fingers. Ready and drops down side-on and has him swinging in the base and hits it.
- 1:48:52Down the ball three-fifths.
- 1:48:55Now you can say in a manner of speaking, Al, that Fingers has thrown four times and has two outs.
- 1:49:02What a job he's done. I know the Reds are most impressed and Dick Williams thinks he's as good as anybody in baseball.
- 1:49:07The Reds, I think, would agree with that at this particular point.
- 1:49:10Then it's McCray. 0 for 3. Last one ball right at the third base from Chalabando. Takes the first pitch outside.
- 1:49:18Ball one. Two outs now on the ninth inning of a 2-1 ball game.
- 1:49:23Rays with one more chance.
- 1:49:27Popped up foul out of play. One more chance that is to take a three-game-to-one lead.
- 1:49:32Otherwise, if Cincinnati holds on the ninth, two games to two, another game tomorrow afternoon, and then a quick,
- 1:49:40quick trip to Cincinnati for a Saturday afternoon game.
- 1:49:42Curved ball just goes near. Two balls, one strike.
- 1:49:46There won't be much sleep after tomorrow afternoon's game.
- 1:49:51Two-and-one. Drops down again.
- 1:49:53Back ball.
- 1:49:55That's got a feel. Over goes Rudy. Over goes Henrik.
- 1:49:58And it is Rudy who takes it for the outs.
- 1:50:00Ball just seems to die out there. That's the second long drive.
- 1:50:03It's a left-hander at the field that has sent in nothing more than an easy out.
- 1:50:07Run. One hit. No errors. None left.
- 1:50:09We go to the last of the ninth. Chester Matty leads open 2-1.
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- 1:51:19Well, we go to the bottom of the ninth inning. Pedro Borbón working for the reds,
- 1:51:23and David for Don Govett in the bullpen, left-hander Tom Hall right-hander Clay Cowell.
- 1:51:27One defensive change for the reds, the new right fielder is state-guided,
- 1:51:31so we go to the ninth inning. Hegan Lee dropped for the A's, bottom of the ninth.
- 1:51:35Here again is Jim Finchett.
- 1:51:37Tired out, Mike Hegan.
- 1:51:39First time at bat in this, the fourth game of the World Series.
- 1:51:42It's 329 on the year, most of the Finchett are 1-0-1-5 RBI.
- 1:51:47Mike is over two in the third. Borbón is ready.
- 1:51:52Throw it to the left-hander, and he gets it to the outside corner.
- 1:51:55Play ball.
- 1:51:57Cincinnati 2. Oakland 1.
- 1:52:00Cincinnati wins this will at least be a sixth game series.
- 1:52:04Ball grounded right to Menke at third base who is guarding the line.
- 1:52:07Hit the other way, and he quickly throws it out, and there's one out of the ninth.
- 1:52:11The one run for the A's, the fifth inning home run by Gene Kenneth.
- 1:52:17The two runs for the Cincinnati Reds came in the eighth inning.
- 1:52:22Coles, told the double inside the line with two outs,
- 1:52:27scoring to Cephion and Morgan running all the way from first base
- 1:52:30towards the second and the go-ahead run.
- 1:52:33Gonzalo Marquez comes out to hit for the right-hander, George Henderson.
- 1:52:38Marquez is also a pretty good hitter.
- 1:52:43He was the man who built up quite a reputation down in the middle of Lakewood, Iowa.
- 1:52:47He came up swinging, what an important playoff game for open eyes.
- 1:52:53And there's one for two on the theory.
- 1:52:55Left-hander batter, facing the right-hander, Borbón.
- 1:52:59He comes up there to fling, takes the breaking pitch, W, inside corner, strike one.
- 1:53:03And he's still guarding the line at third.
- 1:53:08Well, that's one back at the back.
- 1:53:10This is up the middle.
- 1:53:12Cephion goes for it behind, and now let's it go through.
- 1:53:14Morgan was on a collision course, but Marquez running from the left-hander
- 1:53:19side of the batter's back, would have beaten out for the time-out.
- 1:53:22The one on is on base, and Alan Lewis, one of the fastest hitters in baseball,
- 1:53:26races to first to run for Marquez with Donnars-Gar.
- 1:53:34And now, Dean Hennep, who hit his third world series home run tonight,
- 1:53:40off Donnars, comes up with one out.
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- 1:54:22Last of the night, 2-1, Cincinnati, Dennis, Nevada, Bourbon ready to throw.
- 1:54:28Fight Japanese, Bourbon, with a taking back throw.
- 1:54:31Alan Lewis always deflects the field.
- 1:54:33The first world series that turned too hard was in the first game,
- 1:54:36and Cincinnati's going in by the field on the first pitch, and it's going out.
- 1:54:39This pitch is up high.
- 1:54:41One ball, one strike.
- 1:54:42Donnars-Gar runs him down, and now Dennis Lincoln is over to third base on foul.
- 1:54:46Good fellow, good at that.
- 1:54:47Races in, and say something to Bourbon.
- 1:54:49And it might be, keep him on, keep him a little bit closer to the back.
- 1:54:53Don't give Alan Lewis such a big jump.
- 1:54:57One ball, one strike.
- 1:55:00Dennis steps back in, Bourbon is ready again.
- 1:55:03Now he looks over to Alan Lewis.
- 1:55:05Races on him on.
- 1:55:06He's not running.
- 1:55:07The pitch is up high.
- 1:55:08Two balls, one strike.
- 1:55:10The second pitch is Luke Rock to St. Louis, Senate.
- 1:55:13Dickens, Clark, the Anderson out again.
- 1:55:15Luke Rock, Senate.
- 1:55:16Donnie Betts has got a great arm for the Cincinnati Sandean,
- 1:55:19but I have more trouble against Sandean because the entire pitching staff
- 1:55:23keeps me closer to first base than does the Cincinnati pitching staff.
- 1:55:27Anderson is coming out, and here comes the man out of the bullpen.
- 1:55:31Now, Michael, know your figures starting out when they're in trouble.
- 1:55:35Clay Carroll is coming in.
- 1:55:36He's the man who set the Major League record this year.
- 1:55:38Most saved, a total of 37.
- 1:55:40A very confident fellow, probably walked in from the bullpen faster than any man in baseball.
- 1:55:45He was ready.
- 1:55:46He was throwing in the eighth inning.
- 1:55:48He was throwing here in the ninth inning.
- 1:55:49He was warm, and he was just watching Spocky as Anderson made his way to the mound,
- 1:55:53and Spocky gave the sign,
- 1:55:55Calisac one more toss, and strives in from the pen.
- 1:55:58So the Hawk, as he is known in Cincinnati because of his facial features,
- 1:56:01is asked to come out and save this game, which belongs to Don Gullett.
- 1:56:05Bourbon, just before he threw that last pitch,
- 1:56:08Dick Williams came out of the eighth dugout questioning Bourbon's motion.
- 1:56:12He was talking to Frank Umott, the plate up file,
- 1:56:14and he was contending that Bourbon was not coming set at the belt long enough,
- 1:56:17and that it should be a ball, but to no avail.
- 1:56:20Umott said that it was legal, but that's not of any particular consequence right now.
- 1:56:25Pedro is out of the ballgame and Clay Carroll on the pitch.
- 1:56:29He worked in relief last night, pitched the ninth inning after Jack Billingham shot the ninth.
- 1:56:35He went three and all on Epstein, and then Carroll came on to get Epstein on a 3-1 pitch to ground out.
- 1:56:40Bando hit a soft liner for the second out, and he got hundred.
- 1:56:43So tonight he comes on with a winning run of the plate,
- 1:56:45and it counts two balls and one strike on Gene Tennes.
- 1:56:48Carroll says he's ready.
- 1:56:50Lewis leads off with a good fake.
- 1:56:52Got him back toward right field, he's out of the ball, and he was over near the right field line.
- 1:56:57And Clay Carroll steps in.
- 1:56:59Two balls, one strike, the tenor's too late.
- 1:57:04Lewis is not going.
- 1:57:05The pitch is down low, and it is three balls and one strike.
- 1:57:09And Clay Carroll yells something in at Frank Umont.
- 1:57:13Now, Umont is an American League umpire.
- 1:57:15And remember, the American League is a high strike zone.
- 1:57:18The National League is a low strike zone.
- 1:57:20Might have been an Ashley strike.
- 1:57:22There's an American League umpire down there.
- 1:57:23It's just a low pitch.
- 1:57:24Three and one.
- 1:57:32Down ball.
- 1:57:33Work that spin the hole.
- 1:57:34Out of the ball.
- 1:57:35Go down the center base and stop there.
- 1:57:37Lays the man alive.
- 1:57:39The men at first and second and one up.
- 1:57:42And Don Mincher coming up to pitch it for the cleaners.
- 1:57:55Mincher, in the 1955 World Series, as I recall, as the Minnesota Twins played the Los Angeles Dodgers,
- 1:58:03Holbers off Don drives in.
- 1:58:07Mincher was an original Washington tenor.
- 1:58:09Went with the old tenors when they went to Minnesota.
- 1:58:12Since then, it's bounced around a little bit, including the A's before.
- 1:58:16And what mid-season official came from the Texas Rays is class II, the Oakland A's.
- 1:58:22And Mincher has not yet been up in this World Series.
- 1:58:28Mincher doing the season at 216, six home runs and 44 RBI.
- 1:58:33Very strong right-hander.
- 1:58:35Or rather left-hander, facing the right-hander, Clay Carroll.
- 1:58:38Both old teams are busy in this 2-1 game.
- 1:58:40One out.
- 1:58:41Most out of second.
- 1:58:43Tennis on it's first.
- 1:58:46Pitch is long away and it's one ball to Mincher.
- 1:58:52Mincher steps out, says something to Umott.
- 1:58:55Umott's coming out, walking around the plate.
- 1:58:58Around Vents, they're now circled and stands behind Vents and Vents is going to step back in.
- 1:59:07Angel Manuel is swinging a bat on deck.
- 1:59:10The pitch to Mincher, long drive, it's in the middle.
- 1:59:12This is a ball to Mincher, it's a fast speeder off.
- 1:59:14It's all down in the outfield.
- 1:59:16Going all-out.
- 1:59:17They're first to third.
- 1:59:18The winning run is a third base with one out.
- 1:59:35A five ball to win the ball game.
- 1:59:38A base that could certainly win the ball game.
- 1:59:40The third from out of infield comes in.
- 1:59:53Clay Carroll, a man who's been the fager for the Reds all year.
- 1:59:56Has come here and given us back-to-back base hits with one out and a man on.
- 2:00:01And the last of the night, entrusted to the 2-1 lead.
- 2:00:05It's now 2-2.
- 2:00:06Nick Whitton's walked out to talk to his third base coach.
- 2:00:09He's going to be a good guard.
- 2:00:11Going into what he must do, depending upon where the ball is hit.
- 2:00:15Manuel is ready to come to bat.
- 2:00:17He has dropped in the bat in the World Series yet.
- 2:00:19He has played a lot regularly.
- 2:00:21It's 2-46, five home runs, 32 RBIs.
- 2:00:25He's a right-handed batter.
- 2:00:33Mincher is at first base.
- 2:00:35There may be a pitt runner for him.
- 2:00:37He's not having any speed.
- 2:00:39And apparently we're going to get a pitt runner for him.
- 2:00:41And that will be Blue Moon Odom, who was used as a pitt runner 28 times during the regular season.
- 2:00:45Mincher gets a hand as he tops the top of the field.
- 2:00:48And on the way to the dugout, he's tied the game with a single.
- 2:00:55No error on Odom when he slips and fell.
- 2:00:58As everybody was running on the line drive, the lights didn't appeal.
- 2:01:03Odom got a little score easily from second to fourth and Kendall's race to third.
- 2:01:07Now Odom takes his place at first base.
- 2:01:09You're A-Dare, the coach there, checks.
- 2:01:11The Cincinnati infield comes in.
- 2:01:13If a run scores, Oakland will lead three games to one in the most dramatic of the World Series games since last night.
- 2:01:22This has been a dumb series.
- 2:01:25All by one run, three to two on two home runs by Kenneth, two to one on a home run by Rudy.
- 2:01:30And then last night, the Reds falling down to save the only run, two to one run, one to nothing.
- 2:01:35We are two to two.
- 2:01:37Mangel stepped in.
- 2:01:39The strategy meetings are over.
- 2:01:41Carroll, a big man from the bullpen, a dog around the face Mangel.
- 2:01:47Up the other side of the post, a long fly ball with score.
- 2:01:51Kenneth and third base.
- 2:01:53A drop ball to the infield.
- 2:01:55Oakland wins the game.
- 2:02:12The Oakland Hays go wild.
- 2:02:17Mangel has won it.
- 2:02:18Out the infield, not been drawn in.
- 2:02:21There's a set possibility of a double play ball.
- 2:02:24The ball, the infield was drawn in.
- 2:02:26The ball almost jammed.
- 2:02:28Mangel, he hit it off the fifth to the right side.
- 2:02:31It got through.
- 2:02:32Kenneth scored his second run of the night.
- 2:02:37Oakland leads three games to one, having won this ball game.
- 2:02:41It's all over.
- 2:02:42The final score, Oakland three runs on ten hits and one error.
- 2:02:45Cincinnati two runs, seven hits and one error.
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- 2:03:48The Oakland A's have moved into a commanding three-to-one lead in the World Series
- 2:03:52as they come from behind and dramatically beat the Cincinnati Reds tonight.
- 2:03:55Three to two, the total for the A's, three runs, ten hits, and one error.
- 2:03:59Eight runners left on base for the Reds, two runs, seven hits, and one error.
- 2:04:02They stand at five.
- 2:04:04Raleigh Fender gets the win and plays down the losing picture.
- 2:04:07To review the scoring, in the fifth inning, Gene Tenerty, the home run,
- 2:04:10to make it a one-to-nothing Oakland.
- 2:04:12It's stayed that way until the eighth inning.
- 2:04:14Dave Concepcion led off with an infield left, Lillian Hobbie a sacrifice to the second.
- 2:04:18Then Pete Lowe's rounded out with Concepcion going to third.
- 2:04:23At that point, Ken Holtzman was lifted.
- 2:04:25By the blue was called in.
- 2:04:27He walked Joe Morgan, and then Bobby Coleman doubled a right to drive his two runs
- 2:04:31to make it two-to-one Cincinnati.
- 2:04:33Pedro Borbon worked the eighth inning.
- 2:04:35Gordon Radd set the A's down.
- 2:04:37In the ninth, he retired the first base by keeping on a ground ball,
- 2:04:41but that was the only option the Reds were to get in the inning.
- 2:04:44Gonzalo Marquez came up, rounded a single to center.
- 2:04:47Then the count went to two-and-one on Gene Tenerty.
- 2:04:49Rocky Anderson went to the mound, lifted Borbon, brought in Clay Carroll.
- 2:04:52Gene Tenerty rounded a single into left field with Alan Lewis, the fence runner, going to second.
- 2:04:58Then Don Mincer, a fence runner, came up, flung on the first pitch,
- 2:05:01put it into right center field for a base hit to score.
- 2:05:04The fence runner Lewis to tie the game, and it up and Angel Landgwell,
- 2:05:08as a pitch hitter for the first time in the series, he gets the first pitch on the ground into right field.
- 2:05:13And before anybody knew it, the A's had four straight hits and a victory in game number four.
- 2:05:17So the Reds will have to become one of the few clubs in history to lead down three games to one
- 2:05:23and take three in a row if they are to be the world champions with game five.
- 2:05:26Coming up here tomorrow at 3.45 Eastern Time, 12.45 Pacific Time.