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1969-Jun-22 • MON/CHC • G1 • Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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  The Montreal Expos faced the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field for a daytime doubleheader on Sunday, June 22, 1969.
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  The Expos were in the first year of their franchise history, and it wasn't going well.
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  They were managed by Gene Mock, but they entered this game with a 17-45 record, deep within the cellar of the NL East.
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  The Cubs, on the other hand, were flying high with a five-game lead in the NL East and a 42-24 record.
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  They were managed by the legendary Leo DeRosier in his fourth year with the Cubs and 21st year as a big league manager.
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  This audio recording is from game one of the doubleheader, featuring Montreal broadcasters Dave Van Horn and Russ Taylor.
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  As they rode on the field, just in front of the Chicago Cubs dugout along the third baseline, they went for the pass and end game behind the plate,
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  Big Stan Landy, a first base, Bill Williams, a second, Nick Falaustine, a third, Tom Gorman.
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  Here are the starting lineup for the Montreal Expos. A few changes.
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  We'll try to go over them slowly.
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  By the side of left, they like to keep score of the game as they go along. Out in center field, leading off for the Expos, are the Alfa-Phillips.
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  Bouting number two, on playing right field, Russ DeShott.
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  And this is the first time Shott has been moved up into the second spot in the batting order this year by manager Gene Mock.
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  The third man in the order this afternoon will be second baseman, Gary Sutherland.
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  Bob Bailey replaces Ron Perry against the left hand-fishing this afternoon.
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  Bailey will be playing first base and Batting in the cleanup spot.
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  Coco Laboy returns to the lineup. Coco, Batting, fifth, replaying third base.
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  Jose Herrera, who was taken up by the Expos from the Vancouver Farm Cots, will be playing left field in face of Max Young.
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  Jose Herrera in left field and Batting, sixth.
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  In batting seven will be the catcher, John Bacabella.
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  Bacabella will play for Johnny Bane, who will be out for about ten days with a flip finger.
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  Batting one, the Shott stop, will be batting eight.
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  On the picture, Gary Raczewski, will be batting nine.
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  Here's the batting order for the Chicago Cots.
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  John Keltinger will lead off in short. Paul Popovich, the second baseman, will be batting second for the Cots.
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  Gary Williamson will be out in left field, batting third.
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  The cleanup man, as he was yesterday, Ron Fentel, the third baseman.
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  Ernie Bane, leading the Major Leagues and once batted in, will be batting fifth for the Cots this afternoon.
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  Willie Smith, our sitting left field at batter,
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  has been inserted into the lineup by Leah DeRosa, really smart to be playing left field.
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  Randy Humley, the catcher, ball is snipped in the batting order, batting seventh.
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  John Young, the center fielder, will bat eighth.
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  And, rinsing off the picture, will be ninth in the batting order.
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  A lot of new faces, not a national anthem.
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  And she is our national anthem this day.
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  Wirth of a
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  cage
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  The wind is blowing from right to left at about 14 miles an hour.
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  Adolfo Phillips stands in against the left-hander Rich Nye and we're waiting for the first pitch of this ballgame.
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  Here's Nye's wind up, the lefty delivers, it's swung on a line drive out into left field into the left center power alley.
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  It's in there, Phillips rounds first, he's going to hold up right there after making a big turn.
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  The center fielder Don Young who was pulled around in left center got to that ball quickly and held Phillips to a single.
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  So Adolfo leads off with a base hit off Nye and the batter will be Rusty Stott.
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  Rusty's batting 287, a left-hand hitter.
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  Rich Nye making an one of his infrequent starts, only his third start of the year.
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  31 and two-thirds innings, he has a 4.21 ERA and his record is 0-3.
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  There's one complete game, no shut-out.
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  Nye goes to the stretch, gives Phillips a look, here's the pitch to Rusty, it's funded, first base side it goes foul.
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  Don fouls just a couple of feet up the first base line, the foul will make his way back.
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  Phillips returns to first base.
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  They say it will rain later on, Gene Mark wants to get that man down a second and hopefully to get him in to get a couple of runs across as soon as he can in case this game is shortened by rain.
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  Game getting underway, 39 minutes late.
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  0-1 to count on Rusty, here's the stretch, the pitch by Nye, stopped, funded, this one foul back into the screen.
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  So now he looks to see what kind of a sign he gets.
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  And he looks to the dugout, the manager, Gene Mark.
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  Now he's looking to the third base coach, Phoenix Lowe, Lowe going through his set of signs.
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  Phillips still running it first, nobody out.
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  On deck, Gary Sutherland.
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  And all foul takes his lead, the stretch by Nye, this pitch, low outside, ball one, one ball, two strikes.
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  Another good crowd here today, probably about 10,000, 12,000.
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  A lot of fans, even in the rain, came to this ballpark early.
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  The stretch and a throw to first base, Phillips back in plenty of time, just a token throw to first by Nye.
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  Rusty Stabb has 10 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 21 RBIs, low and outside, ball two, count is even, two balls and two strikes.
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  The series is even between these two teams, one game each. X-Files winning a bandy yesterday, three to two.
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  Nye is ready again, the two-two pitch, there goes Phillips, swing and a miss, a throw to second, Adolfo slides in safely, the ball into center field, Phillips trying to third, Young with the throw, Phillips is in there.
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  Adolfo makes it to third.
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  And let's see, he gets a stolen base, a throwing error on Randy Hundley, sending him to third.
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  Rusty is out swinging, one away, so there's a runner at third with Gary Sutherland at the plate, a stolen base for Phillips and he goes to third on Hundley's throwing error.
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  And now Gary Sutherland batting 242. Gary has hit 12 doubles, has one home run and 13 RBIs.
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  Really brought his batting average up on this road trip.
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  Chokes up a little bit on the bat. Here's Nye's windup, the pitch cut on, fouled high into the air, out of play to the right side, back into the stand.
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  0-1 to Gary.
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  Like you were pointing out, Rusty, it's going to be very important to score early in this ball game.
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  The weatherman has told us that there's another brainstorm moving in.
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  Here's Nye's windup, the 0-1 to Sutherland is low and inside, one ball and one strike.
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  Adolfo Phillips, the runner at third base with one out on Beckett's Bob Bailey, batting in the cleanup spot against the left-hander, Rich Nye.
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  Nye delivers, pitchers cut on and popped up, shallow left field, going back in the edge of the grass, Cassenger, shortstop, has it.
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  And Adolfo Phillips has to hold third base at the big out for the Cubs, getting Sutherland on that pop-up to the shortstop, Cassenger.
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  Game steps, Bob Bailey, batting 232, playing first base in this ball game.
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  Nye looks to Hundley for a side.
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  The south for Beals, and he's low and outside with the pitch, ball one, one and nothing to Bob Bailey.
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  Bob has 23 hits in 99 at bats, six doubles, a triple.
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  Adolfo Phillips, former member of the Cubs, leading off third. Nye from the windup, three-pitch.
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  Slow on and a line drive base hit out into left field, the Expos lead one to nothing.
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  Bob Bailey comes through, Robert driving in his eleventh run of the season, second hit off Nye.
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  Here's Coco Laboy, one to nothing Montreal, here in the top of the first.
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  Two hits and a run off Nye. Coco, right-hand hitter, he's batting 255, takes one inside, ball one.
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  Laboy has been in need of a rest and was given one by manager Gene Mark.
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  The fans was playing at third base the last two days, which is, they like to get that ball up and in to Laboy.
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  He can give it a pretty good ride. Here's the pitch, Laboy swings high, pop up, right side, Ernie Banks,
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  waves everybody out of the way and makes the catch and that's all for the Expos.
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  Laboy pops up to Banks, five men come to the plate and the Expos get a run of two hits.
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  No errors and one man, one error charged to Hundley, the throwing error into center field.
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  One man was left on base and the score, the Expos won and the Cubs coming to bat.
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  There's a lot of activity elsewhere in Major League Baseball today in the National League.
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  Pittsburgh is leading Philadelphia five to nothing playing in the top half of the fifth inning.
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  St. Louis is trailing New York two to one.
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  In the bottom half of the fourth, the Mets came from behind with two runs in the bottom of the third.
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  They lead that ball game two to one, bottom half of the fourth inning.
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  Nothing yet on the giant Atlantic game in the bottom half of the third inning, still a scoreless tie.
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  The Dodgers lead Cincinnati one to nothing, playing in the top half of the third inning.
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  Over in the American leg, the Yankees got a run across in the top of the first.
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  Lead Boston one to nothing now in the bottom of the first.
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  Cleveland two runs bottom half of the second inning, lead Baltimore two to nothing now playing in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
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  Other ball games, Minnesota at Oakland, Washington at Detroit, Kansas City at Seattle, and Chicago at California.
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  Nothing yet on those ball games.
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  Here at Wrigley Field in Chicago, one to nothing for the Expos.
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  Moving into the bottom half of the first inning and for our first look at the Chicago Cubs lineup,
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  the Expos are in the lead one to nothing on a couple of timely hits by Adolfo Phillips, the steal of second, going here, and a line single by Bob Bailey.
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  Now we'll see what the Cubs do in their half of the first.
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  It'll be Don Kessinger, Paul Popovich, and Billy Williams.
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  Don Kessinger is a switch hitter.
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  Kessinger first came up with the Cubs his first year in ball ball, which was 1964, he broke in with Fort Worth.
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  Then he came up with the Cubs at the end of the season for four games.
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  He was back at Dallas, Fort Worth in 65 for 46 games, then came to the Cubs to stay for 106 games.
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  He has a lifetime major league batting average of 239.
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  Kessinger batting left against the right-hander, Gary Wazlowski.
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  Fastball, going inside, ball one.
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  Kessinger is one of the main reasons that the Cubs of last year led the national league in defense, second straight year.
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  Here's the pitch, taken for a strike, letter high on the outside corner.
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  Count evens, one ball, one strike.
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  Right-hander, Gary Wazlowski, his first start for the Expos.
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  Here's the pitch, swing and a miss, one and two to Kessinger.
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  Gary's appeared in four games in relief.
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  Total of six innings for the Expos has an ERA of three.
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  They wind up in the pitch, taken low, split the dish but a little low, two balls, two strikes.
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  Paul Popovich is on deck, Expos leading one to nothing, we're in the bottom of the first.
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  Wazlowski missing the outside corner, again low, and he goes to a full count on Kessinger, three balls, two strikes.
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  It's a cloudy, windy, rainy Chicago on this Sunday afternoon.
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  Of course, we'd like to get both games in, hoping for at least one.
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  Here's the fastball, Swarov, line drive foul to the left.
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  Counts still three and two to Kessinger.
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  Joel Malfortano's in the first base coaching box for the Cubs at third base.
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  His feet loser.
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  Gary's wind up, his pitch is fine inside and Kessinger is on.
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  Wazlowski got out in front one and two, then came back and lost him.
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  Kessinger draws the walk, the batter will be Paul Popovich.
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  We'll see what the Cubs try to do here, trailing one nothing in the first inning.
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  Popovich, left hand hitter, batting 273 with the Cubs after 11 games.
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  He's hitting 234 with the Dodgers in 39 games.
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  He'll throw the first base and Kessinger is back in 20 of times.
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  Jose Herrera not too deep in left field.
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  Adolfo Phillips just a couple of steps around the left center.
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  Stob in right, here's the pitch, taken high, ball one.
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  Joseph LeBoy is in on the edge of the grass at third, Bobby winds the shirtstop,
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  Gary Sutherland at second and Bob Baylor the first baseman holding the runner, Kessinger.
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  John Bacabella courses behind the plate, good bound to one catcher,
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  the stretch, throw the first back in time as Kessinger.
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  Ronnie Brand had the middle finger on his right hand,
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  the tip of the finger was cut open by a foul tip yesterday and he had to leave the ballgame.
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  The pitch is low, ball two to Popovich on deck, Billy Williams.
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  In the event that something would happen to John Bacabella that would make it impossible for him to play,
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  Gary Sutherland would be the catcher he's caught before.
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  We're going to get some activity in the exposed bullpen.
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  Here's the pitch, taken for a strike, two and one to Popovich.
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  Dan McGinn, left hander, warming up in the exposed bullpen.
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  Kessinger takes his lead from first, there's nobody out.
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  The stretch, a look at the runner and a throw to first and Kessinger makes his way back safely.
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  Might point out today that they caught Kessinger yesterday, Ronnie Brand with a great throw to second base.
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  Wazlowski with another quick move to first and again, Dan Kessinger is back.
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  The man at the plate is Paul Popovich.
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  The stretch, here's the pitch, taken high, bounced out of the glove of John Bacabella, Kessinger holds.
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  Here comes manager Gene Mark, now he wants to talk to Gary Wazlowski.
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  Gary's gone three and one on Popovich after walking Kessinger.
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  So that's all time out down on the field.
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  Mark's coming out there, he'll be joined by John Bacabella, the catcher.
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  And the conversation between manager Gene Mark and Gary Wazlowski taking place right on top of the hill.
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  First baseman Bob Bailey coming over to take a look.
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  Elsewhere, Pittsburgh, five, Philadelphia nothing, they've completed four.
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  New York leads St. Louis two to one after three and a half.
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  No score in the San Francisco-Atlanta game after two and a half.
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  And it's Los Angeles one, Cincinnati nothing after two.
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  Bill Singer pitching for the Dodgers.
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  All right, we're ready to go.
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  Boc is back in the dugout, Wazlowski has a big pitch coming up here, three and one to count.
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  There goes the runner, the pitch swung on and missed.
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  Bacabella's throw to second and they get Kessinger.
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  Well, that does away with the base runner, a fine throw by John Bacabella to Bobby Wine.
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  And Wine was waiting for him.
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  Boy, Kessinger had a good jump too.
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  He had a good jump on the pitcher, but that was a terrific throw by John Bacabella and a great tag by Bobby Wine.
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  And for the second straight game, Don Kessinger gets caught stealing.
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  And there's nothing slick about that infield, that infield's dry.
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  Wazlowski's pitch is outside a ball.
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  Popovich draws a walk, two walks given up by Gary Wazlowski with one out.
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  Popovich is on and the batter will be Billy Williams.
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  Billy Williams is hitting 298.
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  Among his 78 hits, 15 doubles, 4 dribbles, 8 home runs, 38 RBIs.
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  Billy Williams is appearing in his 887th straight game today.
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  He has not missed a game since September 21st of 1963.
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  He's going after Musial's record.
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  The first pitch, going outside a ball.
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  Musial's record is 895 consecutive games.
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  That's the best in the National League.
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  Williams should break that record one week from today.
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  They have a big day planned here at Wrigley Field for him.
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  It's going to be Billy Williams' day.
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  That's the end here.
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  Popovich leading off first.
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  The pitch to Williams, swung on, bounced foul just off the end of the exposed dugout.
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  One ball and one strike to Williams.
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  The Cubs bird baseman Ron Santo is on deck.
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  And Doug Williams played deep and a few steps around to the right.
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  Wazlowski to the stretch.
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  The pitch, swung on, and a high fly ball down the right field line.
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  Popovich, going back into the corner, he's in the corner and makes the catch.
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  Trying to get back to first is Popovich.
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  The throw is not in time.
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  He got back safely.
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  Just he's down right up against the wall in the right field corner to make the catch.
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  Popovich made it back to first two away.
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  Boy, that was close.
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  Ten seconds for station identification.
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  This is the Exposed Baseball Radio Network.
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  A division of Regal Broadcasting.
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  This is WHRL, 103.1 on your FM dial, Albany, New York.
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  Here is Ron Santo batting 291.
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  Right hand hitter.
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  Santo has 53 RBIs.
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  Second best in the club to Ernie Banks who has 59 and leads the league.
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  Banks is Santo's second in the National League in the RBI Department.
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  Popovich leads out first.
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  Wazlowski's pitch, a check swing, it's low and outside a ball.
• 23:45
  Dave Rusty stopped 30 lights to go back against the wall for those fly balls.
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  He did it in Dodger Stadium in that clutch situation when the Exposed broke out of their slump.
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  And that one there, he was almost climbing the wall on it.
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  353 down that right field line and stopped way back there on the track, almost in the ivy.
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  1-0 the count on Santo.
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  A look at Popovich, here's the pitch.
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  Swung on, fly ball, right field, stopped, holding his ground.
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  Hounds his mitt, makes the catch, that's all for the Cubs in the first.
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  Well the Bruins are down, no runs, no hits.
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  No errors, one man left.
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  The score at the end of one at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Expos won the Cubs nothing.
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  We'd like to remind all our listeners in the Ottawa area that there are a number of TRS locations now open in that area
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  for the purchasing of Expo baseball tickets and also for those pro football games August 11th and August 25th.
• 24:51
  Alright folks in Ottawa, here are the locations, the Colonial Bus Line at 265 Albert Street in Ottawa.
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  Also two Miracle Mart locations, 2160 Crowding Avenue in the Fairlawn Plaza and 1595 Maryville Road.
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  Now for the folks in Burlington, that's the Vermont Transit Line, you'll find a TRS location.
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  And you know that through TRS you go there, you buy your tickets and you've got nothing to worry about,
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  your seats are reserved for you, you don't have to get up to the ballpark early to buy your tickets,
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  if you want to go to the ballpark early, and that's to take in the fun of batting practice and the sights in Montreal.
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  But you don't have to worry about ticket reservations through TRS because once you buy them you've got them.
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  Well the Expo's got out of that, in the bottom half of the first inning is Walsh Lusky walked two runners,
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  the first one Don Kessinger was caught stealing, a fine throw by John Bocabello to Bobby Wine on the bag at second,
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  then Paul Popovich walked and Billy Williams hit that long one, the rusty stop,
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  and rusty turn and David Pfeiffer that forget about it look, it looked as though it was going to hit the wall or go over the fence,
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  and then he went right back into the corner and pulled it down.
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  All set to go to work now for the Expo's, Jose Herrera, John Bocabello, and Bobby Wine.
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  On the mound left, Andy Rich Nye.
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  Herrera batting 500, he's two for four, one game with the Expo's, this is Jose's second.
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  The pitch is low, ball one, right hand hitter, ball up from Vancouver, real gentleman,
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  Jose right down on the end of that bat, holds him high, Nye winds it up, kicks and deals, fastball is low,
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  he's behind 2-0. Expo scored a run on two hits in the first inning with Bob Bailey driving in Adolfo Phillips,
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  who stole second and went to third on Henley's throwing error, with two outs, Bailey single to left.
• 27:11
  Nye pitches, swung on, a diving stop by Sando at third, throw to first, is in drive,
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  great play by Cubs third baseman Ron Sando, ball hit hard on the ground, Sando had to dive to his left,
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  he took a hit away from Jose.
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  Herrera's got pretty fair speed, Sando had to pick himself up and make the throw over the banks at first,
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  and they got Herrera one away.
• 27:43
  The batter, John Bocabello, John is hitting 140.
• 27:52
  He's at first week in July before John Bateman comes off the disabled list, Ron Brand expected to be out for several days.
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  The first pitch to Bocabello is low and outside, ball one, one out and nobody on here in the top of the second.
• 28:08
  These Cubs will be at Jerry Park, the 30th through the third, that's next week, Monday through Thursday,
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  a week from this coming Monday. Next pitch is low to Bocabello, ball two, John a right hand hitter, a former Cub.
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  Spent his first full season behind the plate last year, the Chicago farm and the Pacific Coast League at Tacoma.
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  Here's the two nothing to John, swing and a miss for a strike, two and one.
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  Monday night, tomorrow night of course, at Jerry Park, St. Louis Cardinals.
• 28:53
  Now winds it up to two one who's taken outside, ball three, three and one, Russ really sounds good to say tomorrow night at Jerry Park, doesn't it?
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  Sounds unbelievable to tell you the truth, can't believe it.
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  First there's a welcome home for the club at 1230, tomorrow Plasville, Marie in downtown Montreal.
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  Bocabello fouls one high into the air, out of play to the right, way up into the upper deck.
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  A full count to John, three balls, two strikes, Bobby Wyand is on deck.
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  Hope we'll see the sun in Montreal, we haven't seen it on the road trip, we sure haven't.
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  Outfields around to the left and deep, the pitch, swing and a foul, off to the left of the plate, three and two.
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  Cardinals will be in Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday night games, 8.05 Thursday, the cards may expose 4.05.
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  We'll be back here at Jerry Park next weekend for a weekend series, Friday night, Saturday afternoon and a double dip on Sunday.
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  Here's Nyes three two to Bocabello, second half.
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  John goes down swinging, second strike out for Rich Nye with two away, Bobby Wyand steps in, expo shortstop.
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  And two forty-one, fourteen hits, no extra base hits, has seven RBIs.
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  Nye delivers, swung on and here's the crack ball right up the jump to the right of second base, second baseman Popovich takes care of this and Wyand is retired.
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  Nye put him down one two three with nothing across.
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  I have a feeling that might have stung the hands of Bobby Wyand a little bit.
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  The crack of that bat resounded around this ballpark.
• 31:07
  Nothing across, the score at the end of one and a half remains, Bocari all one, Chicago nothing.
• 31:13
  On the other side of the scoreboard, the Mets have taken a 5-1 lead over St. Louis playing in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
• 31:20
  They scored three more runs in the bottom half of the fourth inning after taking a two to one lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third.
• 31:28
  The Giants are leading Atlanta one to nothing in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
• 31:32
  Pittsburgh still out in front five to nothing over the Phillies in the top of the fourth.
• 31:37
  Some American League scores in, the Yankees have scored a run in the first, also in the second inning and they lead the Red Sox two to nothing now playing in the bottom half of the second.
• 31:48
  Cleveland leads Baltimore two to nothing.
• 31:50
  That ballgame is in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
• 31:53
  The first game between Washington and Detroit is just getting underway.
• 31:58
  That's the story on the other side of the board.
• 32:00
  We'll watch these games very closely, especially that Pittsburgh Philadelphia game because the X-Bows are aiming for fifth place.
• 32:09
  They're still a long way out, but that's the target. Get the Phillies.
• 32:22
  Now the bottom of the second, Ernie Banks, Willie Smith, Randy Hundley.
• 32:29
  Ernie Banks is batting 271, 65 hits, 108 total bases, seven doubles, 12 home runs and 59 RBIs.
• 32:41
  Best in the major leagues.
• 32:44
  Ernie Banks has been a Chicago Cup now, listen to that ovation for him. 17 years.
• 32:57
  Right hand hitter.
• 33:02
  Gary Wazlowski with the windup. The pitch to Ernie is fouled. Out of play to the right. Strike one.
• 33:12
  Do you think Ernie is popular here in the Chicago Bay?
• 33:17
  I'll tell you, he owns this city.
• 33:23
  Number 14. Wazlowski delivers back swings and misses strike two.
• 33:32
  Willie Smith on deck.
• 33:34
  In the first inning, the Cubs got two runners on.
• 33:37
  Kessinger walked and was thrown out attempting to steal. Popovich walked and Wazlowski got out of it.
• 33:43
  Williams on a deep fly ball to right. High and inside, Ernie hits the deck.
• 33:49
  One ball, three strikes.
• 33:53
  And then Chateau applied the right to end the inning.
• 33:56
  That ball Williams hit sent Staub into the right field corner, just about against the wall.
• 34:07
  Here's the one-two to Banks, taking high and outside. Ball two. Two balls and two strikes.
• 34:14
  The pitch.
• 34:24
  Struck him out. That is all for Ernie Banks. Strikeout number one for Gary Wazlowski.
• 34:32
  So Banks is through. That's the 39th time the Banks are struck out this season.
• 34:41
  And here is wonderful Willie Smith, as he's called here in Chicago.
• 34:49
  Willie is hitting 279 with 17 hits. He's got three doubles, a triple, four home runs, and 11 RBI.
• 34:58
  He made history during the Atlanta series with Chicago on the night of June 10th.
• 35:04
  He slammed a 500-foot home run off Ron Reid.
• 35:07
  It was the first ball hit into the upper level in the new Atlanta stadium.
• 35:12
  I don't have to tell you that this guy has got power. Left hand hitter.
• 35:16
  Looked at the pitch. It's low, ball one.
• 35:21
  Randy Hundley is on deck.
• 35:25
  The pitch, taken outside. Ball two, two and oh for Smith.
• 35:31
  It's the first we've seen Willie in the series.
• 35:42
  He's right down on the end of that pad. It's 35 ounces.
• 35:46
  Check swing. Did he go through it? He did. It's a strike.
• 35:50
  Two and one. Stand landing.
• 35:52
  So plate umpire says, yes sir, Mr. Williams. You went around on that.
• 35:58
  You can't fool me in the broad daylight on the north side of Chicago.
• 36:08
  One out with nobody on the pitch.
• 36:11
  Swung on. Fly ball left field going back. Carrera can't find it.
• 36:15
  Just off the top of the wall, a home run.
• 36:19
  A ball game is tied up one to one.
• 36:32
  Willie Smith with his fifth home run of the year is 12 far behind at the time.
• 36:37
  A one to one here in the bottom of the second.
• 36:51
  That ball hit dead left field. Bounced back out.
• 36:58
  We couldn't tell from here whether it went into the stands and bounced out or came off the top of the yellow rail or just what.
• 37:04
  But it was a home run and a tie ball game.
• 37:07
  Now Randy Hundley, the batter, fouls one into the netting behind the plate. Strike one.
• 37:14
  Hundley is batting three oh five in sixty seven games. He's played in every Chicago game.
• 37:23
  Catcher Randy Hundley, right hand hitter.
• 37:29
  The pitch high and in. One ball one strike.
• 37:34
  Hundley has seven doubles, a triple, eleven home runs and 38 RBIs.
• 37:46
  This is taken for ball two, two or one. Hundley one of the outstanding young catchers in Major League Baseball today.
• 37:59
  The fans here at Wrigley Field are still buzzing about Willie Smith's home run.
• 38:04
  Waslowski delivers and the bouncing ball goes to the left of wide out in the left center of base hit.
• 38:10
  Hundley will hold up at first with a single. Second hit off Gary Waslowski.
• 38:18
  That'll bring the center fielder Don Young to the plate. Young is hitting two forty four.
• 38:33
  He's played in fifty seven of the sixty seven Cubs games and has six doubles, two triples, three home runs and twenty one RBIs.
• 38:46
  Don Young. Hundley takes his lead off first. Waslowski has the tie and holds the belt.
• 38:54
  Taken high and inside. Ball one. Center fielder Adolfo Phillips shaded around toward left center.
• 39:04
  Phillips now moving Herrera over just one or two steps with that breeze now blowing pretty good from the right field wall in toward the left field line.
• 39:20
  Ball through to Young. Two and nothing.
• 39:26
  Adolfo just warning Jose that a fly ball coming his way is going to go toward the foul line.
• 39:34
  With that good breeze here.
• 39:38
  Hundley on at first. One out.
• 39:42
  Here's the pitch. It's taken for a strike right across the knees. Two and one.
• 39:48
  Shovellum seated over toward second base line is playing right in the hole at short.
• 39:53
  LeBoy about even with the bag at third base.
• 40:04
  The stretch and a little throw to first base.
• 40:08
  Move Hundley back. Two and one.
• 40:12
  They count on the batter. Don Young.
• 40:16
  Exposed toward in the first inning and Willie Smith's home run here in the bottom of the second is tied it up one to one.
• 40:22
  One out and Hundley aboard. The pitch taken for strike two. Call. Two and duty Young.
• 40:34
  On deck is the pitcher Rich Nye.
• 40:43
  Young is a big man to get.
• 40:53
  Gary is ready. He holds the belt. Here's the pitch.
• 40:58
  And it's just missed the outside corner. Three and two.
• 41:13
  All right now Hundley steps off first. Taking a lead.
• 41:18
  Just about two and a half steps off the bag.
• 41:22
  Now he extends it to three. Wasmucy looks at him. Here's the pitch. A check swing. It's high and inside.
• 41:30
  He's on.
• 41:36
  Hundley moves down to second. Young is at first. Runners at first and second with one away here in the second.
• 41:43
  And the batter is the pitcher Rich Nye.
• 41:48
  And again we're going to get activity in the X-Pose. And it's Dan McGinn up for the second time.
• 42:00
  Jassenger is on deck.
• 42:07
  The Cubs get the tie breaking run in scoring position.
• 42:13
  Wasmucy is ready. Gary delivers. Fastball taken for a strike by Nye. 0-1.
• 42:22
  The infield a double play depth. Outfield is not too deep and pretty much straight away.
• 42:36
  The runners lead Hundley from second. Young from first.
• 42:43
  Here's Gary's pitch. Taken outside. Ball one. A fall and a strike to Rich Nye.
• 42:50
  See what Nye's done at the plate. Well he's hitting one sixty-seven. He's one for six at the plate this season.
• 43:04
  One ball and one strike.
• 43:10
  Here's the pitch. Swung on. Bouncing ball. Bailey has it. Goes to second for one. And there'll be no throw back to first base.
• 43:20
  Coming in hard was John Young and he upset Bobby Wine. But Young is out as Hundley moved to third.
• 43:27
  And Nye is on on the field of his choice. Young is out. Bailey to Wine. Young came in hard and took Bobby out of the play. Upended him.
• 43:44
  So it's two away. Runners at first and third. Don Kessinger. He walked in the first inning and was thrown out attempting to steal.
• 43:53
  Kessinger batting two ninety-three. Batting three hundred as a left-hander. He's a switch hitter.
• 44:10
  Nye has done the warm-up jacket.
• 44:14
  Fakes his lead from first base. Hundley leading from third base. Was Lucey looking to Bocabella. Gary's ready. Bocabella sets the target.
• 44:26
  Here's the pitch. Swung on. Fly ball. Right field. In the right center. Adolfo Phillips is going to come in and that's Wynn.
• 44:34
  Put that ball straight away in the center field and Adolfo made the catch to end the inning. So that's all for the Cubs.
• 44:42
  One run. Willie Smith's home run. Two hits. No errors. And two were left on base. The score at the end of two. X-Bow's one. Cubs one.
• 44:53
  X-Bow's hit the score sheet first here at the Wrigley Field in Chicago in the top half of the first inning.
• 44:59
  The lead-off man Adolfo Phillips flashed a single to left field. He stole second base.
• 45:05
  And on the wild-scroll by the catcher, Randy Hundley, Phillips went down to third. Hundley was charged with a throwing error.
• 45:13
  Rusty Stobbs struck out and Gary Sutherland popped out to second base. With two outs, Phillips on third base.
• 45:20
  Bob Bailey lined a single to left field, scoring Phillips with the X-Bow's only run, giving them a one-to-nothing lead.
• 45:28
  The Cubs got their run in the bottom half of the second inning when with one out, left-hand batter Willie Smith hit an opposite field home run,
• 45:37
  a long one, over the left field wall into the bleacher seats to tie it up at one-all. And that's how the score stands at the moment.
• 45:44
  Chicago Cubs one. Montréal X-Bow's one as we go to the top half of the third inning.
• 45:51
  Series wind-ups this afternoon at Chicago.
• 46:01
  We move to the top of the third here at Wrigley Field, a one-one ballgame, and it'll be Gary Wazlowski, the X-Bow's pitcher, followed by Adolfo Phillips and Rusty Stobbs.
• 46:15
  Willie Smith home runs a left in the bottom of the second, tying the ballgame up.
• 46:24
  Gary Wazlowski.
• 46:30
  He's 0 for 4 as a hitter with the X-Bow's.
• 46:37
  That's right-handed.
• 46:43
  Left-hander Rich Nye on the mound for Chicago, delivers to Wazlowski, low and in, ball one. And boy did Henley rifle that ball back to Rich Nye.
• 46:58
  Here's the wind-up. Nye kicks high and to you. Wazlowski plings and misses a high fastball. One ball and one strike.
• 47:12
  The American League New York Yankees lead the Boston Red Sox 2-1 after two innings, Fenway Park and Boston. Next pitch is high and in to Gary, ball two, 2-1.
• 47:23
  Washington leading Detroit 1-0 after one, and Cleveland has Baltimore 2-0 after six.
• 47:32
  The pitch to Wazlowski swings and misses a breaking ball. 2-2.
• 47:43
  Jack Hyatt just hit a home run for San Francisco, his sixth of the year in the fifth inning. There's nobody on.
• 47:53
  Giants lead Atlanta 2-0.
• 47:59
  A swing and a foul. Counter still 2-2.
• 48:11
  Keep looking around in the sky trying to find a break somewhere. We don't see much of one. Here's the 2-2 pitch.
• 48:18
  It's low and outside and there's a full count now to Gary. Three balls, two strikes.
• 48:23
  Phillips on deck. We stated before, they tell us that there should be no rain for a couple of hours.
• 48:37
  We've got a little over an hour to go before the weatherman's calling for more rain. Wazlowski strikes out.
• 48:44
  Gary goes down swinging. Foul tipped the ball, but Hundley hung on to it.
• 48:50
  Adolfo Phillips. And a base hit to the left in the first inning.
• 48:55
  Goal second went to third when Hundley threw the ball in the center field and then scored on Bob Bailey's base hit.
• 49:04
  Adolfo. Right hand hitter.
• 49:17
  Rich Nice wind up. The left-hander delivers inside. Back came out of there. Ball one.
• 49:24
  The Cubs here at Wrigley Field have drawn over 500,000 fans in 29 home dates.
• 49:37
  They're doing very well. Here's a bunt hard right in front of third. Chando up with it. The corner first is in time. Second great play by Ron Chando.
• 49:47
  The foul was funded hard to the third base drive.
• 49:59
  And Chando backhanded the ball on the line through off balance to first to get the speedy Adolfo Phillips.
• 50:05
  Just watching Stan Landis. He's bowled the Cubs infield twice now. Not to throw the ball around the infield after and out.
• 50:13
  He wants the ball to go right back to the pitcher. He's trying to keep this game moving.
• 50:18
  Two outs, nobody on. Rusty Scott. Ground ball. Kessinger gobbles it up to throw to first.
• 50:23
  From the exposure down, one, two, three. Here in the third with nothing across.
• 50:28
  The score at the end of two and a half, Montreal 1, Chicago 1.
• 50:33
  Fans may we remind you once again that if you haven't ordered your copy of the Expose yearbook, you do it before the season has gone.
• 50:42
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• 50:48
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• 50:52
  Pictures and sketches on manager Gene Mock, general manager Jim Fanning, and the entire coaching staff.
• 50:59
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• 51:06
  And if you're at Splashville, Marie tomorrow at noon hour at 1230, then bring your, make sure you bring your Expose yearbook along with you.
• 51:15
  For a copy of the yearbook, send $1.25 to yearbook Jerry Clark's Montreal.
• 51:23
  And you'll find in your yearbook in the center for all the beautiful color portrait of the Montreal Expose taken down at spring training.
• 51:30
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• 51:33
  Yearbook, Jerry Clark's Montreal.
• 51:42
  Before we go to the bottom half of the third inning and the Chicago Cubs batting order, let's pause 10 seconds for station identification.
• 51:51
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• 51:54
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• 51:59
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• 52:06
  Going into the bottom half of the third inning here at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Expos and the Cubs are all tied up at one apiece.
• 52:14
  First man up, Paul the Cubs in the bottom of the third, second baseman Paul Popovich.
• 52:22
  Paul Popovich walked in the first inning.
• 52:26
  Left hand hitter.
• 52:28
  Again, Jerry was loose key.
• 52:33
  Jerry's lineup is pitch is shut on and popped up down the right field line, foul territory.
• 52:39
  Bailey, first baseman, near the wall now makes the catch right in front of the box, he tossed the end of the Expos dugout.
• 52:50
  That's one away.
• 52:53
  Billy Williams, fly to right, deep, the rusty sab in the first inning.
• 52:58
  Dave, I was just checking the Expos program, the batting order, rather than the batting order, the roster.
• 53:04
  Here are the players who will be new to Montreal, Ron Fairley, Kev Collins, Adolfo Phillips, Dick Raditz the monster, Howie Reed the pitcher, Herrera the left fielder, and Wes Lusky who is pitching for the Expos this afternoon.
• 53:17
  His first pitch to Billy Williams, big swing and a miss, strike one.
• 53:24
  We are three and five against the Chicago Cubs this year here at Wrigley Field, two and three, at Jerry Park, one and two.
• 53:33
  Wes Lusky's, oh one to Williams, oh he leaned out, had a few notions about that, but let it go low and outside, one ball, one strike.
• 53:41
  Williams looks very anxious.
• 53:46
  Cloudy over Chad.
• 53:49
  Most of the rain here in an hour.
• 53:53
  So don't go away.
• 53:54
  A one one ball game.
• 53:56
  Wes Lusky's pitch, taking low and outside, ball two to Williams, two balls, one strike.
• 54:13
  Wes Lusky delivers.
• 54:15
  Inside, ball three, he is behind on Williams three and one.
• 54:19
  Gary got in trouble with walks in the first inning, walked the first too many paces, but fortunately, Kessinger was thrown out attempting to steal.
• 54:28
  And he got out of that jam.
• 54:32
  Pitchers cut on, foul, left side out of play.
• 54:38
  Three and two.
• 54:41
  Next post, throwing a run in the first, the Cubs, a home run by Willie Smith in the second to tie it, one to one here in the bottom of the third.
• 54:56
  Gary's lineup ends it.
• 54:59
  Just missed the outside corner.
• 55:02
  Williams is on with a walk.
• 55:05
  The fourth walk given up by Wes Lusky.
• 55:10
  That'll bring Ron Sandro to the plate.
• 55:12
  He's got a nice hand.
• 55:13
  He's made two plays in the field that were just phenomenal.
• 55:23
  Diving stop of a ball hit by Herrera.
• 55:27
  And a great play on Adolfo Phillips, hard bunt to the third base side.
• 55:36
  One out with one on.
• 55:40
  Sandro 0 for 1.
• 55:42
  Pitchers way outside.
• 55:44
  Ball one.
• 55:46
  Sandro hit a fly ball to stop in the first inning that ended the inning.
• 55:56
  Billy Williams takes his lead from first base.
• 56:01
  Gary Wes Lusky making his first start for the Expos on the mound.
• 56:06
  Holds at the belt, looks at the runner.
• 56:09
  Now a throw and Williams skips back.
• 56:25
  Ron Sandro at the plate.
• 56:30
  He's got field around to the left for Ron.
• 56:32
  He steps out, knocking some mud from his plate.
• 56:44
  He's back in there now.
• 56:48
  The boy protecting the line at third.
• 56:50
  Line in the hole.
• 56:52
  Pitchers high and away.
• 56:53
  Ball two.
• 56:59
  And a hole to Ron Sandro.
• 57:05
  Gary Wes Lusky not having quite the control he'd like to have.
• 57:13
  Working hard.
• 57:15
  Pitchers going on line drive over line head out into left field.
• 57:18
  Williams is going to hold at second base.
• 57:22
  Herrera came up with that ball and left.
• 57:24
  Williams holds at second.
• 57:25
  That's hit number three off was Lusky.
• 57:30
  And listen to the fans.
• 57:32
  Ernie Banks coming to the plate with one out.
• 57:34
  Sandro at first and Williams at second in a 1-1 ball game.
• 57:38
  Banks went down swinging in the second inning.
• 57:50
  Again, Dan McGinn, and this is the third time now.
• 57:53
  McGinn has gone to work in the X-4 full-thread.
• 58:02
  Again, the Cubs have got the tie-breaking run at second.
• 58:09
  Banks who started the day batting 271 at the plate.
• 58:13
  Right-hand hitter.
• 58:14
  The pitch swung on and bounce foul behind Pete Rieser in the third base,
• 58:18
  coaching by strike one.
• 58:24
  Willie Smith is on deck.
• 58:28
  Some tough men to face here.
• 58:34
  Williams leading off second.
• 58:37
  Ron Sandro now takes his lead off first base.
• 58:41
  Was Lusky to the ball.
• 58:43
  He deals.
• 58:44
  Banks swings and fouls one again to the left.
• 58:46
  This time into the Chicago dugout.
• 58:56
  The newly-red manager of the Chicago Cubs, Leo DeRosier, is seated.
• 59:06
  Gary is out in front on Ernie Banks now, 0-2.
• 59:15
  LeBlanc, and he steps off the rubber.
• 59:22
  This is another spot to sink in.
• 59:26
  He can get out in front of that hitter, 0-2.
• 59:29
  John Bacabella is going to go out and talk to Was Lusky.
• 59:36
  And the fans let everyone know that they were not too pleased with that.
• 59:45
  They're very anxious for this game to move along.
• 59:48
  Dave, I see Dick Raditz, the monster, going out of the bullpen.
• 59:52
  He's taking off his warming jacket.
• 59:55
  So likely, Big Raditz will start warming up also for the X-Bow.
• 59:59
  Yes, he will start warming up.
• 1:00:01
  Dick Raditz.
• 1:00:02
  The counter is 0-2 to Ernie Banks.
• 1:00:06
  Runners at first and second with one out here in the bottom of the third in a 1-1 ballgame.
• 1:00:13
  Outfield deep, around to the left for Banks.
• 1:00:15
  Here's Was Lusky's pitch.
• 1:00:17
  Swung on and popped up.
• 1:00:19
  Left side, Bobby Wine has made the call.
• 1:00:22
  And the catch.
• 1:00:24
  Two away. Banks pops up.
• 1:00:28
  Well, Willie Smith with the home run and the second stepping to the plate.
• 1:00:38
  Willie hit a 2-1 Was Lusky pitch to left field for the home run.
• 1:00:45
  That tied the ballgame up.
• 1:00:55
  He's a left-hand hitter.
• 1:00:59
  Gary Was Lusky, the X-Bow's right-hander, trying to get out of this jam.
• 1:01:03
  Lot of activity. Ben McGinn, the left-hander.
• 1:01:06
  Dick Raditz, right-hander in the bullpen.
• 1:01:08
  Smith swings and misses the first pitch.
• 1:01:10
  Strike one.
• 1:01:13
  He took a pretty healthy cut.
• 1:01:24
  All this inning is narrowed down to now is a battle between Was Lusky and Willie Smith now that there are two outs.
• 1:01:34
  Gary will want to get Smith and get out of this jam.
• 1:01:43
  Here's the pitch. It's down low.
• 1:01:46
  Ball one. One ball, one strike.
• 1:01:51
  For Willie Smith, center fielder Adolfo Phillips is playing straight away.
• 1:01:57
  Jose Herrera pulled around toward left center a few steps.
• 1:02:06
  Right side of the infielder's back.
• 1:02:10
  The pitch.
• 1:02:12
  Taken wide of the plate.
• 1:02:15
  Ball two. Two balls and a strike.
• 1:02:28
  There's a good sign. Ronnie Brand is catching Dick Raditz down in the X-Bow's bullpen.
• 1:02:38
  He's not throwing the ball hard back to Raditz, but he's able to throw.
• 1:02:42
  A pitch. Swinging a foul tip behind the plate into the box seats.
• 1:02:47
  That evens the count at two and two.
• 1:02:55
  You nervous, Ruff?
• 1:02:56
  Kind of. When I watched Willie Smith sort of on soil with that vicious swing of his, a cold chill went up my spine.
• 1:03:08
  Two and two to Willie.
• 1:03:12
  Two outs. One-one ball game, bottom of the third.
• 1:03:19
  Now we've got a timeout here as Smith steps out for a moment.
• 1:03:22
  Gary, take all the time you want.
• 1:03:29
  Now we're ready. Here's the two-two.
• 1:03:32
  Swung on and fouled back onto the netting.
• 1:03:38
  So it's still two and two.
• 1:03:53
  He's just looking here and could not come up with it.
• 1:03:58
  Fast enough, but I'm trying to think back. Isn't that the second home run that Smith has had against us this year?
• 1:04:05
  I may be wrong.
• 1:04:07
  I don't think he's hit any home runs against the X-Bow's this year.
• 1:04:11
  The two-two is fouled high into the air down to the right.
• 1:04:17
  You know, they could use this guy down at Cape Kennedy.
• 1:04:22
  He really puts the ball into orbit. That one was knocked a mile out of here.
• 1:04:26
  He gives it a pretty good ride.
• 1:04:32
  He had five home runs in 55 games last year with the Cubs after being dealt to Chicago from Cleveland.
• 1:04:40
  He came up in the Detroit organization back in 1960.
• 1:04:45
  Ninth year of pro ball. Willie Smith at the plate. Two balls, two strikes.
• 1:04:53
  He's stepping up.
• 1:05:00
  This is a real contest between Wazlowski and Smith.
• 1:05:06
  They're both trying to keep each other off balance.
• 1:05:10
  I'm guessing here's the two-two. Slow curve, swung on, popped up left side.
• 1:05:15
  LaVoy calls for it. Now, Lyon is there and Bobby makes the catch on the edge of the grass.
• 1:05:20
  And Wazlowski is out of trouble here in the third after the Cubs got two on with only one out.
• 1:05:26
  Gary got Banks and now Smith on little pop-ups to Bobby Wines.
• 1:05:32
  No runs, one hit.
• 1:05:35
  No errors and two Cubs stranded at the end of three at Wrigley Field.
• 1:05:40
  X-Bow's one, Cubs one.
• 1:05:43
  In Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia this afternoon, the Pittsburgh Pirates are leading the Phillies, six to nothing.
• 1:05:49
  Now playing in the bottom half of the eighth inning.
• 1:05:52
  At Shea Stadium in New York, it's five to one for the Mets over St. Louis in the top of the seventh.
• 1:05:59
  At Atlanta Stadium, San Francisco with runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings,
• 1:06:06
  lead Atlanta three to nothing, now playing in the bottom half of the sixth.
• 1:06:11
  The Dodgers are leading Cincinnati four to nothing, playing in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
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  San Diego and Houston just getting underway.
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  In the American League, two to one for the Yankees over the Red Sox in the top of the fourth.
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  At Cleveland, two all between the Orioles and the Indians, now playing in the bottom half of the eighth inning.
• 1:06:31
  Washington leads Detroit one to nothing in the bottom half of the second inning at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
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  Here at Wrigley Field, a one all tie between the Expos and the Cubs.
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  For the Expos, one run, two hits, no errors.
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  The Cubs, a run on three hits, one error.
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  We go to the fourth in a one-one ball game, the first of two scheduled here today at Wrigley Field.
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  And here's Russ.
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  All right, Jay, first man up for the Expos, Gary Sutherland here in the top half of the fourth inning.
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  Richie Nye, the left-hander, is all set, delivers.
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  Dodge that bluffs it out in the center field in four, comes young and he takes it.
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  A looper in the short center field, more toward left center, taken by Don Young.
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  Gary Sutherland is out of there.
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  Bob Bailey, who knocked in the only run for the Expos so far, with a solid single to left field in the first inning.
• 1:07:37
  Bob Bailey facing the left-hander, Richie Nye, replacing Ron Fairley at first base.
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  Nye delivers his first pitch to Big Bob, he takes it for ball one.
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  One and a hole on Bob Bailey.
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  Outfield playing him deep.
• 1:07:56
  Boy, is Don Young ever deep in left center field.
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  Likewise, Willie Smith in left.
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  Next pitch is taken across the inside corner for strike one.
• 1:08:10
  Willie Smith in left field, Don Young in center, Billy Williams in right field.
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  One and one to count on Bob Bailey.
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  Next pitch, taken for strike two.
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  Nye moves out in front of Bailey, Bailey talking to plate umpire Stan Landis.
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  The infield, Ernie Banks at first, Paul Propovich at second.
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  At third base, Ron Sandler, the shortstop is Don Kessinger.
• 1:08:42
  Outside pitch, two and two to count on Bob Bailey.
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  Bailey to be followed by Coco LaVoy.
• 1:08:49
  Bailey single in the first inning, brought in at awful Phillips from third.
• 1:08:56
  Exposed have had two hits, Phillips and Bailey in the first inning.
• 1:09:00
  There's a high bouncer down at Propovich's second, he can't make a throw,
• 1:09:04
  and Bailey's on with an infield hit.
• 1:09:09
  Paul Propovich had a move to his right and that high bouncer over the bag at second base
• 1:09:14
  was out of position for a throw, and Bailey was down at first with an infield hit.
• 1:09:18
  Propovich eventually dropped the ball, but had he not, he would not have been able to make a throw in time.
• 1:09:25
  So they've given Bob Bailey an infield hit.
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  So Bailey is two for two.
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  Coco LaVoy.
• 1:09:38
  Coco pops out to first baseman Ernie Banks his first time up.
• 1:09:44
  Dousbiel really playing Coco to pull, takes the bond hold back, high inside pitch.
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  As Nye doesn't want to give Coco anything that he could put down in the form of a sacrifice bun.
• 1:10:02
  This is a one-all tie, so the Expos would like to get Bailey down in scoring position on second base.
• 1:10:10
  Next pitch is taken inside for ball two.
• 1:10:15
  LaVoy looking down at Peanuts Lowry at third base for a sign.
• 1:10:19
  Peanuts Lowry coaching for the Expos at third, Bob Olmos at first base.
• 1:10:27
  The pitch, line shot foul in left field near the Cubs bullpen.
• 1:10:34
  Tony Canigliaro and Rico Petrocelli have hit Boston home runs in the fourth inning, and Boston has now gone ahead of New York,
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  three to two in the bottom of the fourth.
• 1:10:45
  The Petrocelli is 22nd home run of the year.
• 1:10:49
  New York starter Bill Burback.
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  One out, one on, two in one pitch.
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  It's high outside.
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  The count is now three and one.
• 1:10:57
  Three balls and one strike on Coco LaVoy.
• 1:11:00
  Expos to return home tonight arrive in Montréal around 1130 p.m. at Dorval.
• 1:11:06
  And then they take on the St. Louis Cardinals, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Chicago Cubs.
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  There goes the runner.
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  The ball's hit past Ron Sanoweth in the left field.
• 1:11:16
  Bailey makes the turn at second, is heading into third, and will hold up.
• 1:11:21
  Coco LaVoy is down to second with a double.
• 1:11:31
  A double down the left field line by Coco LaVoy, beyond the reach of Ron Sanoweth, who's made two spectacular plays at third base,
• 1:11:39
  but this time Sanoweth couldn't get near the ball.
• 1:11:42
  A Coco LaVoy specialty, Coco likes to hug that line with his line shot.
• 1:11:53
  And for Coco is 15th double of the year.
• 1:11:59
  Now at the mound conference, Sanoweth comes in from third, Randy Huntley, out to talk to Richie Nye.
• 1:12:05
  First base is unoccupied, and Jose Herrera is the batter with one out.
• 1:12:14
  So we'll see if they decide to put Herrera on, but they'd have to deal with John Bacabella, and Boc's got a lot of power.
• 1:12:26
  Submarine ball specialist Ted Abernathy is warming up for the Cubs.
• 1:12:34
  Bailey on third base.
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  They don't want to take any chances, so he'll pitch to Herrera.
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  Bailey on third, just a few steps off the bag.
• 1:12:58
  LaVoy a longer lead off second, no one holding him close to the bag.
• 1:13:01
  The infielders playing in, they'll want to get the runner at the plate on a ground ball.
• 1:13:07
  They're pitched to Herrera, it's bounced to the third base, and Sanoweth runs around close to the plate, and they get Bob Bailey.
• 1:13:16
  Well that strategy worked perfectly for the Chicago Cubs.
• 1:13:23
  Boy, Sanoweth made a spectacular play on that high bouncer by Herrera.
• 1:13:27
  He turned his back on the plate, turned around, and fired it right to Randy Hundley to get Bob Bailey.
• 1:13:35
  LaVoy has moved to third, Herrera's on first, and we've got two out.
• 1:13:48
  Boy, a great play by Ron Sanoweth.
• 1:13:55
  Nipping Bob Bailey.
• 1:14:01
  LaVoy was showing only one out for a while, now they've changed it to two away.
• 1:14:06
  Bacabella the batter, two out, top half of the fourth inning, expose the runners on first and third.
• 1:14:20
  Richie Nye has given up four hits, Bacabella takes it low for ball one.
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  Outfield playing Bacabella deep.
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  Willie Smith in deep left field.
• 1:14:36
  Don Young has moved over slightly toward the power alley in left center.
• 1:14:40
  The pitch is fouled up onto the screen and rolls down.
• 1:14:47
  One ball and one strike. The fans out in the left field bleachers have been there since 10.30 this morning.
• 1:14:53
  I say since 10.30. We arrived with the club at Wrigley Field at 10.30, and they were already there.
• 1:15:00
  So they were probably there early this morning, and boy are they ever having a ball.
• 1:15:05
  They have a cheerleading section. One on a miss for strike two.
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  One ball and two strikes on Bacabella. They have a cheerleading section.
• 1:15:17
  They're all wearing yellow hats. Looks like those hard hats. Looks like construction helmets.
• 1:15:23
  I think they're still here from yesterday, right?
• 1:15:28
  I think they realized yesterday's game is over.
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  But they're a lot like football fans, that crowd out there in left field.
• 1:15:35
  Inside the Bacabella, through and through the count, they have a cheerleader, and these are cheers I've never heard before.
• 1:15:46
  They'll pick out the name of a club player and include it in their cheers from time to time.
• 1:15:55
  The next pitch to Bacabella, fly ball at a short right field.
• 1:15:59
  Moving under it is Billy Williams. He takes it.
• 1:16:06
  And Richie Nye gets out of that jam with the help of Ron Santa with third base.
• 1:16:11
  40-X pulls, no runs on two hits.
• 1:16:15
  No errors, and two men left stranded.
• 1:16:19
  We go to the bottom half of the fourth inning, still with a one-all tie.
• 1:16:23
  Take a look at the scoreboard now. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh playing in the ninth inning at Connie Mack Stadium.
• 1:16:28
  It's the Pirates sixth, the Phillies nothing.
• 1:16:31
  St. Louis is at New York, and the Mets at Shea Stadium lead the Cardinals 5-1 after six in the first game of their doubleheader.
• 1:16:39
  It's the Giants three, Atlanta nothing.
• 1:16:43
  Seventh inning, first game of two down at Atlanta.
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  Ron Marischel for the Giants.
• 1:16:49
  Los Angeles four, Cincinnati nothing at the end of five and the first of two.
• 1:16:53
  Bill Singer for the Dodgers.
• 1:16:55
  And Jim Maloney now is on the mound for Cincinnati. He came on in the fourth inning.
• 1:16:59
  Flaninger started Granger in the third, and now Maloney came on in the fourth.
• 1:17:04
  San Diego and Houston single game. It'll be Joe Necrow against Denny LaMastro.
• 1:17:10
  In the American League, New York leading Boston 2-1 after three and a half innings.
• 1:17:14
  It's Cleveland three, Baltimore two at the end of eight.
• 1:17:18
  First game of two.
• 1:17:20
  Detroit leading Washington 2-1 at the end of two.
• 1:17:24
  Youngsters down to our left holding a sign.
• 1:17:34
  Cubs explode and expose the Expos.
• 1:17:42
  Well the Cubs come to bat in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
• 1:17:45
  For Chicago it'll be the bottom third of their order.
• 1:17:48
  Randy Hundley, Don Young, and Richie Nye.
• 1:17:53
  Hundley had a single in the second inning.
• 1:18:00
  So he's one for one.
• 1:18:06
  Randy is hitting three, oh five.
• 1:18:13
  And he's the leader among the Cubs regulars.
• 1:18:19
  Right hand batter, Randy Hundley.
• 1:18:24
  Randy has hit 11 home runs this year. Takes the first pitch from Gary Weslowski for ball one.
• 1:18:30
  What an old account. A one-all tie bottom half of the fourth inning. The Cubs are at bat.
• 1:18:36
  Weslowski delivers. Randy swings and misses.
• 1:18:39
  Boy, he took a vicious swing at that pitch from Weslowski.
• 1:18:44
  Just let me correct the score I gave just a moment ago during the break. It is Boston 3, New York 2 at the end of four.
• 1:18:51
  I had New York leading 2-1. It's 3-2 Boston after four Fenway.
• 1:18:58
  One ball and one strike on Randy Hundley.
• 1:19:02
  Randy has knocked in 38 runs this year.
• 1:19:09
  One more historian in that Met game, 5-1 for the Met over St. Louis in the bottom of the eighth.
• 1:19:18
  One and two to count now on Hundley.
• 1:19:21
  Big stand, Landis takes time out.
• 1:19:27
  Dust off, home play. Now we're all set to go once again.
• 1:19:32
  The one and two pitch is way high right through the Met of John Bacabella.
• 1:19:39
  Two balls and two strikes. Final score in the American League.
• 1:19:43
  The Indians beat the Orioles 3-2. Sudden, Sam McDowell, his ninth win of the year against six losses.
• 1:19:51
  All the losers, he's 3-2. Foul weighed up over the screen and will roll back down behind home play.
• 1:19:58
  Boy, that was a quickie. That game took two hours and 14 minutes.
• 1:20:07
  Two and two to count on Randy Hundley.
• 1:20:10
  To be followed by Don Young.
• 1:20:16
  The pitch swung out and missed. Four strike grade. Hundley tosses his bat aside.
• 1:20:29
  Waslowski's second strike out of the afternoon.
• 1:20:34
  He got Ernie Banks leading off the second inning. Now he strikes out Randy Hundley.
• 1:20:40
  Don Young moves in. Young walks in the second inning.
• 1:20:45
  First pitch to him is high. Waslowski's fastball. One and 0 to count.
• 1:20:58
  The next pitch is in there just on that inside corner. Four strike one.
• 1:21:10
  Pete Reiser coaching for the Cubs at third. Low this time for ball two.
• 1:21:16
  I'll tell you one thing, it's getting just a little bit darker here in Chicago and there are no lights to turn on unless we all light a match at the same time.
• 1:21:29
  High inside for ball three. Waslowski seems to be quickening his pace up there on the hill.
• 1:21:44
  Those first four pitches were quick ones. This one is fouled way up out of play upstairs.
• 1:21:53
  Two balls and two strikes on Randy Hundley. A one-all tie between the Cubs and the Expos.
• 1:22:01
  The three and two pitch is high and Hundley is on with a walk.
• 1:22:12
  Pardon me, Young. I said Hundley. Hundley of course struck out. Don Young is on with a walk.
• 1:22:19
  And that's the fifth walk issued by Gary Waslowski this afternoon.
• 1:22:25
  Let's take ten seconds for station identification. This is the Expo Baseball Network.
• 1:22:32
  When news happens, you'll hear the complete story first on 103.1 WHRL Albany, New York.
• 1:22:44
  Strike one out and the runner on first base, the batter is Richie Nye and the guessing is that he'll try to get that runner down a scoring position at second base.
• 1:22:55
  Because Nye will be followed by Don Kessinger at the top of the batting order. We'll see what he does. Here comes the infield.
• 1:23:03
  Strike one. Nye squared around a bump. LaVoy charged in from third. Bailey from first base and Southerland went over to the bag at first to take a possible throw.
• 1:23:16
  Bobby Wine of course heading over to the bag at second.
• 1:23:23
  Throw to first and the runner, Don Young, dives back into the bag.
• 1:23:29
  Now time has come. Richie Nye wants some more advice from Pete Reiser.
• 1:23:36
  Reiser meets him halfway down the line at third base.
• 1:23:46
  Probably just double checking the signals on what he is expected to do.
• 1:23:52
  On one account, it's taken low for ball one.
• 1:23:59
  And Nye that time made no attempt to square around for the bunt.
• 1:24:03
  So we'll see what Pete Reiser truly or derosher is calling for.
• 1:24:15
  The one on one pitch is hit on the ground to Wine. Over to Sudge for one. Back to first. They've got the double play.
• 1:24:29
  Richie Nye bounces into a double play. Hit it sharply to Bobby Wine at shortstop. Wine flips it over to Gary Sutherland for one.
• 1:24:37
  And Sutherland wheeled around and fired to the bob Bailey to complete the big DP.
• 1:24:43
  All the Cubs in their half of the fourth inning, no runs on no hits, no errors, and nobody left on base.
• 1:24:55
  And don't forget, the Montreal Expo's and St. Louis Cardinals will open a four game series at Jerry Park tomorrow night.
• 1:25:02
  Our advice is to get to the TRS location nearest you as quickly as possible because there will be big crowds on hand for that four game series.
• 1:25:12
  Starting tomorrow night at Jerry Park in Montreal. Tuesday in Montreal is a holiday. St. Jean-Baptiste.
• 1:25:21
  Big parade in the afternoon and people from all over la Belle Provence to Quebec will be heading on the big city.
• 1:25:28
  And likely will be taking in the ball game at Jerry Park. So to avoid disappointment, get to the nearest TRS location.
• 1:25:37
  Folks, down in the states of course, we've been mentioning over the past few days the new TRS locations.
• 1:25:44
  The Vermont Transit line down in Burlington. The Greyhound bus line at Route 3 in Plattsburgh.
• 1:25:54
  And also in the Ottawa area.
• 1:25:59
  I'd like to remind the folks up in Ottawa that they have ticket locations now. Ticket outlets, TRS outlets, colonial bus lines, 265 Albert Street in Ottawa.
• 1:26:11
  Two Miracle Mart locations, 2160 Carling Avenue in the Fairlawn Plaza, and 1595 Maryville Road in Ottawa.
• 1:26:20
  And then Montreal can purchase tickets at any of the TRS locations throughout the city. Nice curve by Richie Knight, taken for strike two.
• 1:26:31
  On to the count in Bobby Wine. If you're in the downtown area in Montreal tomorrow, then head over to the Dominion Square building at Peel and St. Catherine.
• 1:26:39
  There's a TRS ticket booth in the lobby of the Dominion Square building. One and two now on Bobby Wine.
• 1:26:48
  Willie Smith playing Wine surprisingly deep and a pull. Bobby doesn't pull as a rule. Outside, two and two the count.
• 1:26:59
  Wine hits his shot usually over the bag at second and in the right field.
• 1:27:08
  The two and two count is foul right up over the screen.
• 1:27:15
  There's also a TRS location, a ticket outlet, at the Montreal Trust counter in the Pas de la Marie shopping promenade.
• 1:27:25
  You'll find one in all Stamford Miracle Mart stores in Montreal, Simpson stores downtown and out on the lakeshore in the Fairview Shopping Center,
• 1:27:33
  and down in Anjou at the provincial bus terminal, and of course at Jerry Park.
• 1:27:41
  Jerry Park's ticket office opens from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. The one in the Dominion Square building from 9 a.m. until 5 30 p.m.
• 1:27:49
  A two and two pitch is foul again and the count remains two and two on Bobby Wine.
• 1:28:01
  Dave, you any idea of Gene Mark's pitching rotation for the series in Montreal? Hold it. Line shot left field.
• 1:28:11
  Base hit and it gets away from Willie Smith. Wine goes down a second and Mr. Smith will be charged with an error in all likelihood.
• 1:28:20
  Dot two base hit. A double for Bobby Wine down the line and left field.
• 1:28:31
  And that's a great way to open up an inning. Russ, it's all going to depend on what happens today.
• 1:28:36
  If we get to play two games today, Jerry Robertson will probably be the starter against the Cardinals on Monday night.
• 1:28:43
  If we don't get this one game in here this afternoon, then Mike Wegener will be going on Monday night.
• 1:28:52
  Dave Justy will start for the Cardinals tomorrow night. Jim Mudcat dread on Tuesday.
• 1:29:00
  Bob Gibson on Wednesday and in the afternoon game on Thursday, it'll be Nelson Brials.
• 1:29:06
  Brials who beat the Mets yesterday with his arm and his bat hit a home run in that ball game.
• 1:29:13
  The pitch, Waslowski lays down a bunt. It's foul along the third baseline. The count is 0-1-1.
• 1:29:22
  I said Robertson Monday, didn't I? Yes. I meant Bill Stoneman. Jerry's scheduled to go against Mudcat on Tuesday.
• 1:29:29
  Stoneman will go tomorrow, as I say, unless Wegener does not work today. Then Mike Wegener will pitch the opener tomorrow.
• 1:29:38
  Again, a reminder to season ticket holders, your ticket for Monday, if you check your ticket you'll find out it's for Tuesday.
• 1:29:46
  It says day game. It's not a day game. Tuesday St. Jean-Baptiste. It's a night game. Pop fly.
• 1:29:53
  Ernie Banks is calling for it. In fair territory, takes it.
• 1:30:04
  Bobby Wine, the runner on second base. Bobby leading off with a double down the line, then Waslowski.
• 1:30:12
  Pop this one up to Ernie Banks.
• 1:30:18
  The Dodgers in Cincinnati, 4-0 for the Dodgers, bottom half of the seventh inning.
• 1:30:23
  The Giants leading Atlanta 3-0 in the top half of the eighth.
• 1:30:28
  The batter is Adolfo Phillips. Adolfo has scored the only X-Bowl run. Only two runs in this ball game.
• 1:30:34
  A home run by Willie Smith, the Cubs. And Phillips came home from third in the single by Bob Bailey.
• 1:30:41
  Phillips got on with the single in the first inning and stole second. Moved to third in the throwing area by Randy Hundley.
• 1:30:47
  Takes the first pitch inside for ball one. Adolfo had to get away from that inside pitch from Richie Nye.
• 1:30:58
  5-1 for the Mets over St. Louis, top of the ninth. At Shea Stadium, last chance for the Cardinals.
• 1:31:09
  3-2 Boston over New York in the top of the sixth at Fenway Park. Phillips inside again for ball two.
• 1:31:19
  Boy, the skies are seen to be threatening right now. I don't see any rain in the area, but the skies are darkening.
• 1:31:34
  The pitch is swung on. 4-1. Boy, Adolfo really lunged at that breaking pitch from Richie Nye.
• 1:31:47
  Good news for the X-Bowls. The Pirates beat the Phillies 6-0. Ellis the winner. Billy championed the losers.
• 1:31:56
  Pirates six runs on 16 hits in one air. Phillies no runs on six hits in no air.
• 1:32:02
  3-1 now to count. Adolfo Phillips.
• 1:32:14
  Boy, normally at ballpark if it was this dark they'd have the lights on.
• 1:32:20
  The pitch into the dirt and Phillips is on with a walk.
• 1:32:31
  Rusty Staub steps in. We have runners on first and second. Bobby Wines on second. Adolfo Phillips is on first base.
• 1:32:39
  The batter is Rusty Staub. Rusty is 0-2 this afternoon. Struck out in the first and grounded out short to first in the third inning.
• 1:32:51
  Billy Williams playing south to pole. He's deep in right field. The pitch to Rusty swings out a curve ball and misses for strike one.
• 1:33:04
  That pitch from Richie Nye just broke away on Rusty. He came right around on it.
• 1:33:14
  So Rusty's got a 0-1 count. Bobby Wine in scoring position on second base. He's got a one-all tie in the top half of the fifth inning.
• 1:33:28
  The pitch to Staub. He takes it for strike two.
• 1:33:37
  Rusty a little annoyed at himself, steps out of the batter's box, knocks some of the dirt from the plate, now he's back in there again.
• 1:33:45
  Richie Nye with pitches to spare now with Rusty with that 0-2 count. His next pitch is taken for ball one.
• 1:34:01
  Rusty batting number two in the order this afternoon and that's the first dive. He has come in above the third spot in the order.
• 1:34:15
  Nye checks his runner at second base, pitches to sit on the ground right side of the infield, can't get it out of the right field for a base hit.
• 1:34:22
  Here comes Bobby Wine and the X-Bow's lead 2-1. Phillips holds up at third, fakes the run of the plate.
• 1:34:30
  When the throw from the outfield got away from first baseman Ernie Banks, Rusty Staub gets the run batted in.
• 1:34:40
  Single. Rusty wanted to pull it to the right side of that infield and got it right past second baseman Paul Popovich for a base hit.
• 1:34:49
  Time is called as Joe Becker goes out to talk to Richie Nye and the talk will be goodbye Richie because they're bringing in the right-hander from the bullpen.
• 1:35:03
  Here are the scores. Philadelphia took it on the chin, Pirates beat them 6-0. Ellis the winner, champion the loser.
• 1:35:10
  New York 5, St. Louis 1 as they go to the ninth at Shea Stadium in the first of a doubleheader.
• 1:35:16
  San Francisco leading Atlanta 4-0. Guess who hit his 23rd home run of the year in the eighth inning for the Giants, Russ?
• 1:35:24
  Big Willie? You're right, McChubby. That's true too.
• 1:35:30
  Los Angeles 4, Cincinnati nothing at the end of seventh. San Diego and Houston scoreless after one.
• 1:35:37
  American League, Cleveland beat Baltimore 3-2 in the first game of the twin build.
• 1:35:41
  Detroit leads Washington 2-1 after three and a half of their first game.
• 1:35:45
  Boston 3, New York 2 at the end of five at Fenway Park.
• 1:35:56
  Well in the time he worked, the four and two-thirds innings, one-third inning he worked, Richie Nye gave up six hits, was tagged for two runs.
• 1:36:16
  One batter, that was the walk to it all fulfilled here in the fifth inning.
• 1:36:26
  And recorded three strikeouts. That's Richie Nye's contribution to the Cup cause this afternoon.
• 1:36:33
  Expo leading this ballgame 2-1 on that fine single by Rusty Stobbs at right field, bringing in Bobby Wyde from second base.
• 1:36:42
  Ted Abernathy with his familiar submarine slant, now warming up for the Cup.
• 1:36:52
  Take a look at Abernathy's record. He's got a four and one, one loss record, one four loss one, appeared in 27 ballgames, pitched 41-1 in one-third innings.
• 1:37:06
  Has an ERA of 1.97. Boy that's pretty impressive.
• 1:37:15
  And he'll be pitching to Gary Sutherland.
• 1:37:24
  Stobbs is looking for his first hit of the afternoon, he's 0 for 2.
• 1:37:29
  Hitting 2-42 for the Expos.
• 1:37:33
  Stobbs on first base, Adolfo Phillips on third.
• 1:37:37
  Expos leading 2-1.
• 1:37:41
  And we're in the top half of the fifth inning.
• 1:37:49
  The pitch from Abernathy is inside for ball one.
• 1:37:57
  Willie Smith playing Sutherland very deep in left field.
• 1:38:01
  Billy Williams has come in a bit in right field, and Don Young in center has moved over toward the left center field power side.
• 1:38:09
  Left center field.
• 1:38:12
  The pitch hit in the right field, Billy Williams on the run for it, takes it, here comes the runner, Phillips from third and he'll score.
• 1:38:20
  The Expos lead 3-1. Fine sacrifice by Gary Sutherland.
• 1:38:30
  So give Gary Sutherland a run batted in.
• 1:38:35
  And for Gary that's 14 RBIs now.
• 1:38:39
  Rusty Stobbs has 22 runs batted in, the leader is Mac Jones with 39.
• 1:38:48
  Phillips comes in on the sacrifice fly.
• 1:38:54
  Expos leading 3-1, Bob Bailey the batter. That runner of course belongs to Richie Nye.
• 1:39:01
  And so does Rusty Stobbs at second base.
• 1:39:04
  The underhand delivery is low for ball one to Bob Bailey.
• 1:39:09
  Bailey knocked in the first Expo run in the first inning, bringing in Adolfo Phillips from third.
• 1:39:14
  So Phillips has been on base twice and has scored twice against his old club, the Chicago Cubs.
• 1:39:21
  Yes, that makes Adolfo happy.
• 1:39:25
  And likewise, Mr. Jim Fanning.
• 1:39:31
  Who negotiated that freeway trade.
• 1:39:38
  With the Dodgers, allowing Popovich to go to the Cubs.
• 1:39:46
  To an open fly ball out into left center field, going way back on it all.
• 1:39:52
  It's now a home run for Bob Bailey, his first of the year.
• 1:39:58
  Oh, big Bob really nailed that one.
• 1:40:02
  Two more Expo runs.
• 1:40:05
  And they lead this ball game 5-1.
• 1:40:08
  The entire Expo dug it up to congratulate Bob Bailey on his first home run of the year.
• 1:40:15
  Well, Dave, we were saying the other day that Bob Bailey was overdue for the long one.
• 1:40:23
  He sure was, and he picked it up at a great time here in this ball game here in the fifth, his third RBI of the afternoon.
• 1:40:33
  The pitch to Coco Laboy has popped up in the air.
• 1:40:36
  Ernie Banks is moving over near the wall, and foul territory takes it.
• 1:40:42
  And the Expo's are out of there.
• 1:40:45
  But in the top half of the fifth inning, they picked up three runs, four runs on three hits.
• 1:41:00
  No Chicago errors, and thanks to Bob Bailey, nobody slipped on.
• 1:41:06
  And the score, going into the bottom half of the fifth inning, 5-1 for the Expo.
• 1:41:14
  Now we'll look at the scoreboard again.
• 1:41:16
  In the American League, the Boston game with the New York Yankees at Fenway Park is now in the sixth inning.
• 1:41:24
  Boston leading 3-2, Conigliaro and Petrocelli with home runs in the fourth, bringing the Red Sox from behind
• 1:41:33
  and putting them out in front 3-2.
• 1:41:36
  They're now in the sixth.
• 1:41:38
  The one final, first game of a doubleheader, Cleveland beat Baltimore 3-2.
• 1:41:42
  Sam McDowell the winner, Dick Hall the loser.
• 1:41:45
  Tony Horton and Vern Fuller hit home runs for Cleveland in that ball game.
• 1:41:50
  They have another game to go.
• 1:41:52
  Washington's at Detroit for its win bill in the first game, 2-1 Detroit.
• 1:41:57
  And I don't know what's happened to that ball game, but we haven't had a scorer come in on the bottom of that fourth
• 1:42:02
  in a long time, and we'll just check the wire quickly here to see if we've had any further word.
• 1:42:07
  Well, finally, it's come in and Detroit did not score in the bottom of the fourth.
• 1:42:12
  So they're now in the fifth, 2-1 Tigers lead the Senators.
• 1:42:21
  Bottom half of the fifth inning, and we'll be looking at the top of the Chicago order,
• 1:42:25
  Don Kessinger, Paul Popovich, and Billy Williams.
• 1:42:29
  Kessinger got on with a walk in the first inning, then was thrown out trying to steal second by John Bacabella.
• 1:42:36
  Bacabella to Bobby Wine.
• 1:42:38
  In the second inning, Kessinger flied out the center field.
• 1:42:43
  X-Bow's leading 5-1, bottom of the fifth.
• 1:42:50
  And once the bottom of the fifth is over, it becomes an official ball game.
• 1:42:56
  That rain should come and cancel out the rest of it, but there's no actual sign of the rain,
• 1:43:03
  although skies are overcast and threatening.
• 1:43:07
  From our location, I don't see any rain falling.
• 1:43:10
  And since there are no umbrellas up, well, you've got to presume that it's not.
• 1:43:16
  On the ground, out of Sutherland, over to Bailey, and Don Kessinger's out of there.
• 1:43:21
  Gary Weswinski's still on the hill for the X-Bow.
• 1:43:26
  Gary has given up only three hits.
• 1:43:29
  A big one was a home run to Willie Smith in the second inning.
• 1:43:33
  After that, Randy Hundley had a single, and Ron Sando had a single.
• 1:43:39
  Ken Henderson just hit his fourth home run of the year for San Francisco in the eighth inning.
• 1:43:43
  They now lead Atlanta 5-0 with the Braves batting in the bottom of the eighth.
• 1:43:48
  Ken Henderson was a young fellow who was bad news for the X-Bows,
• 1:43:52
  and Dan McGinn in one of those games at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• 1:43:58
  But the news is good here in Chicago this afternoon.
• 1:44:01
  The X-Bows are out in front by four runs.
• 1:44:04
  Two and 0 to count.
• 1:44:06
  On Paul Popovich, Popovich walked in the first inning and popped out
• 1:44:11
  to first baseman Bob Bailey in the third.
• 1:44:16
  Weswinski delivers his 2-0 pitch in there for call strike one.
• 1:44:21
  Ball three, pardon me, outside.
• 1:44:25
  The big left arm of Stan Landis.
• 1:44:31
  Three and 0, and here's the next one.
• 1:44:34
  Fast ball right down the middle for strike one.
• 1:44:37
  Three and 1 to count on Popovich.
• 1:44:40
  Those giant home runs by McCovey and Henderson were off Gary Neibauer, who came on in relief.
• 1:44:45
  And here's Paul Ramon now pitching the night for Atlanta.
• 1:44:49
  Three and 1 pitch is high inside, and Popovich is on with his second walk of the afternoon.
• 1:45:01
  That is the sixth walk issued by Gary Weswinski.
• 1:45:09
  Billy Williams flied out to Rusty Stobb in the first and walked in the third inning.
• 1:45:15
  That fly ball to Rusty Stobb was right against the wall in right field.
• 1:45:19
  And for a few seconds, a lot of us thought that it was going to go over or against the wall.
• 1:45:27
  Stobb had to go right back into the corner, pull it down 353 feet away.
• 1:45:33
  The pitch to Williams is low, and the count is one and 0.
• 1:45:37
  One ball and no strikes on Billy Williams.
• 1:45:42
  Williams getting 298 for the Cubs.
• 1:45:45
  Billy has hit eight home runs, fouled at four triples and 15 doubles.
• 1:45:55
  And he's dangerous.
• 1:45:57
  He fouled that next pitch along the first baseline where it's picked up by Ronnie Brand in the Expo Bowl Band.
• 1:46:15
  One ball and one strike on Billy Williams.
• 1:46:29
  Two and one, two balls and a strike.
• 1:46:33
  Outfield playing Billy Williams deep, especially Stobb in right field,
• 1:46:38
  and center fielder Adolfo Phillips.
• 1:46:46
  Expo is leading 5-1 in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
• 1:46:51
  Don Shaw, who came in with some clutch release pitching.
• 1:46:55
  Line shot out the glove of Bob Bailey down the line into right field.
• 1:46:59
  Popovich makes the turn at second base, will go in the third standing up,
• 1:47:03
  and Williams is on first with a single.
• 1:47:23
  With one away, the Cubs have runners on first and third,
• 1:47:27
  and the ever dangerous Ron Santo stepping in.
• 1:47:33
  Santo, hitting 291, has been a big hero for the Cubs this afternoon,
• 1:47:39
  with three sparkling plays defensively at third, and Ron has had one hit.
• 1:47:46
  He's had one of the four hits off Gary Wasielewski.
• 1:47:50
  Ron Santo, Santo hitting 291, has 12 home runs, 53 runs batted in.
• 1:47:59
  Oh, big Gary's got to be careful with Ron Santo.
• 1:48:05
  Santo with one swing of his bat can reduce that Expo lead very quickly,
• 1:48:18
  taking a 5-4 ball game. It's 5-1 right now,
• 1:48:23
  and we've got two runners on, Paul Popovich at third base,
• 1:48:27
  and Billy Williams at first.
• 1:48:33
  Wasielewski checks his runners, delivers, it's on the ground,
• 1:48:36
  down the outclass body, wide out of the left field for a base hit.
• 1:48:39
  Williams is coming out of third, standing up, Popovich is in the score.
• 1:48:45
  Ron Santo delivers a good outpass shortstop on the ground,
• 1:48:50
  pass Bobby White into center field.
• 1:48:56
  Now we've got the big fellow, Dick Rowlitz, warming up,
• 1:49:00
  along with Don Shaw in the Expo bullpen.
• 1:49:08
  And this brings up the mayor of Wrigley Field, Ernie Banks.
• 1:49:29
  First and third are the runners.
• 1:49:31
  Williams on third, Santo on first, and Ernie Banks is the batter.
• 1:49:38
  There's that big hole between short and second base,
• 1:49:42
  as they expect Banks to pull it.
• 1:49:44
  Wasielewski would like him to hit it on the ground.
• 1:49:47
  We'll see what happens. Wings and misses, four strike one.
• 1:49:56
  The Cubs coming alive, Expo's leading this game 5-2,
• 1:50:01
  with one out in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
• 1:50:10
  All in one to count, and Ernie Banks, the next pitch is low for ball one.
• 1:50:17
  Banks has hit 12 home runs this year.
• 1:50:22
  He has knocked in 59 runs.
• 1:50:32
  One-on-one.
• 1:50:35
  The crowd cheering for action for a big hit from their hero.
• 1:50:41
  Wasielewski looking down at Bocabella, gets his sign, now checks his runner.
• 1:50:46
  The pitch to the bank, line shot, left field base hit, another run.
• 1:50:51
  Santo holds up at second base,
• 1:50:55
  and you can make that 60 runs batted in this year for Ernie Banks.
• 1:51:09
  Here comes Gene Mock.
• 1:51:15
  Willie Smith coming up, they most certainly will bring in a left-hander.
• 1:51:24
  It'll be Don Shaw, I believe. Shaw came in and pitched that great relief job yesterday,
• 1:51:30
  is coming in from the bullpen to pitch to Willie Smith.
• 1:51:35
  That will be all for Gary Wasielewski.
• 1:51:39
  Boy, that was a solid smash by Ernie Banks out in the left field.
• 1:51:42
  It most sounded out of second, and brought in Billy Williams from third
• 1:51:47
  with the third sub run of the afternoon, the second of the inning.
• 1:51:52
  Expo still lead this ball game five to three,
• 1:51:55
  but the Cubs really have a rally going here in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
• 1:52:01
  Don Shaw coming in.
• 1:52:05
  Gary Wasielewski gave up three successive singles in the fifth inning.
• 1:52:12
  Gary has given up six hits, has been tagged for three runs,
• 1:52:18
  and the two men on belong to Gary Wasielewski.
• 1:52:22
  He walked six batters and struck out two.
• 1:52:33
  We've got one out, so Wasielewski pitched four and one third innings.
• 1:52:41
  Now, DeRosha's going to take the left-hand hitter Willie Smith out of there
• 1:52:45
  and bring a right-hand hitter in, Jim Hickman,
• 1:52:49
  who came into yesterday's ball game as a pinch hitter for the right fielder Al Spangler,
• 1:52:54
  a left-hand hitter.
• 1:52:55
  So Jim Hickman will come on the bat for Willie Smith.
• 1:53:01
  Hickman hitting 194.
• 1:53:07
  Hickman, a big fellow, right-hand hitter to face Don Shaw.
• 1:53:12
  Shaw has completed his warm-up pitches,
• 1:53:15
  and we're all set to resume play in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
• 1:53:29
  Hickman was used as a pinch hitter in the ninth yesterday against Don Shaw,
• 1:53:37
  and Shaw got him to ground out.
• 1:53:40
  So let's see what Don Shaw can do on the hill for the X-Balls.
• 1:53:44
  In the bottom of the fifth, the first pitch to Hickman is low, over ball one.
• 1:53:49
  The runners are Ron Sandowich second, Ernie Banks at first base.
• 1:53:55
  Cubs have scored two runs here in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
• 1:54:00
  X-Balls lead 5-3.
• 1:54:07
  Sandowich got a long lead-off second.
• 1:54:12
  The pitch to Hickman is taken for a strike.
• 1:54:15
  One-on-one mccount.
• 1:54:29
  Shaw has appeared in 21 ball games for the X-Balls.
• 1:54:33
  He's getting a lot of work, and boy, has this fellow Don Shaw ever developed
• 1:54:36
  into a fine-release pitcher for the X-Balls.
• 1:54:39
  On the ground, oh, a great stop by Coco Laboy.
• 1:54:42
  Down a second for one.
• 1:54:45
  Oh, a fine stop by Coco Laboy.
• 1:54:48
  He dove into the dirt and grabbed that one.
• 1:54:52
  It seemed like a sure hit by Jim Hickman.
• 1:54:57
  Oh, that was a fantastic stop by Coco Laboy.
• 1:55:01
  Sandowich moves on to third base.
• 1:55:03
  Coco was down, flat on his tummy.
• 1:55:09
  After stabbing that one, no way he can get Sandowich.
• 1:55:12
  So he went over with a long throw to second base to get one anyway.
• 1:55:17
  Erasing Ernie Banks.
• 1:55:24
  He's always got two out, and the batter is Randy Hunley.
• 1:55:36
  Banks with a race five to four, third to second.
• 1:55:41
  The pitch to Hunley hit on the ground out of Gary Sutherland.
• 1:55:44
  Studs up with it over to first, and the X-Balls are out of his inning.
• 1:55:50
  Hunley grounds up, second to first.
• 1:55:53
  For the X-Balls, or rather for the Cubs, in their half of the fifth inning,
• 1:55:58
  they picked up two runs on three hits, no X-Balls errors, and two men were left stranded.
• 1:56:06
  The score, after five complete innings of play, five to three for the X-Balls.
• 1:56:11
  They go to the top half of the sixth inning with the X-Balls leading five to three.
• 1:56:17
  Jim Hickman will stay in the ball game, play left field for the Cubs,
• 1:56:22
  and for right field, Billy Williams has moved over to left.
• 1:56:25
  Don Young remains in center field.
• 1:56:27
  The batter is Jose Herrera.
• 1:56:30
  Ted Abernathy, in relief of Richie Nye, on the hill for the Cubs, delivers his first pitch,
• 1:56:37
  and it's barreled into the dirt in front of home plate.
• 1:56:43
  0-1 on Herrera.
• 1:56:51
  The Bleacher fans standing up, give a fine hand to Jim Hickman,
• 1:56:56
  and Hickman also trots over to help some fans who've dropped something out on the field.
• 1:57:01
  Ron Fairley was telling us before today's game how he hates to play here at Wrigley Field at times.
• 1:57:08
  He said, those Bleacher rights really give you a hard time.
• 1:57:11
  They use you as a target.
• 1:57:13
  I'll tell you more about it later.
• 1:57:14
  On the ground of Saddle, go to first, and Herrera's out.
• 1:57:23
  Herrera goes down five to three.
• 1:57:25
  Fairley says the game that they play is to see which fan can get nearest to the batter without hitting him with things.
• 1:57:35
  Ron says that he's been felted with batteries with all kinds of debris.
• 1:57:42
  But he says the game that they actually play is not to hit the outfielder, but to come close.
• 1:57:52
  John Bacabella swings at the first pitch from Ted Abernathy and misses for strike one.
• 1:58:02
  Well, I don't know about the throwing of the debris.
• 1:58:04
  Of course, that's frowned upon in any sport, hockey, of course, and the ice and baseball on the field of play.
• 1:58:13
  A lot of the fans have a great time, and boy, they're having a great time here at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
• 1:58:17
  Very colorful crowd.
• 1:58:19
  The count is now one and one on Bacabella.
• 1:58:23
  Boy, you see signs all over the ballpark.
• 1:58:26
  The one and one pitch was low.
• 1:58:28
  The count becomes two and one.
• 1:58:30
  Here, for those of you who have been to Wrigley Field, to give you an idea of how overcast it is here,
• 1:58:36
  the buildings that we're looking at, you can't see the tops of the buildings.
• 1:58:41
  Really a dark, overcast afternoon.
• 1:58:46
  The two-and-one pitch is fouled to the right, up into the top deck.
• 1:58:54
  Two balls and two strikes.
• 1:58:57
  Bacabella is 0-2.
• 1:58:59
  It's struck out in the second and fly it out to right field.
• 1:59:03
  Big Boc is hitting 1-40.
• 1:59:06
  One home run and two doubles.
• 1:59:10
  Next pitch is popped again out of play.
• 1:59:15
  Two and two to count.
• 1:59:22
  Boy, we've said this a number of times now.
• 1:59:26
  Wrigley is going to be a very popular figure with the fans of Jerry Park.
• 1:59:31
  We were asking Ron if, you know, he intends to aim for that right field fence.
• 1:59:37
  You know, they have that jet alley or that jet stream.
• 1:59:40
  Boy, a hard-hit ball by Bacabella out in the left field.
• 1:59:45
  It's pulled down by Billy Williams, but Big John got good wood on that one.
• 1:59:50
  Long five-all.
• 1:59:52
  Williams didn't have to move for it.
• 1:59:54
  Bacabella pretty deep in left field.
• 1:59:57
  Bobby Wine at a double.
• 2:00:01
  In the fifth inning, and he's up now.
• 2:00:04
  Bobby is 1-2.
• 2:00:06
  Quarter run in that X-bow rally in the fifth.
• 2:00:10
  Fouls the first pitch and catches it himself.
• 2:00:13
  Hands it over to Big Stan Landis.
• 2:00:17
  Look the ball over.
• 2:00:25
  Hands it to Randy Hundley or a new ball and throws the reject away.
• 2:00:33
  All in one to count on Bobby Wine.
• 2:00:40
  The pitch, it misses for ball one.
• 2:00:44
  One ball and one strike.
• 2:00:45
  They've got a pretty good crowd here today, considering the threatening weather.
• 2:00:49
  Had it been perfect, the report was it would have been a sellout.
• 2:00:53
  Strike three, swinging.
• 2:00:55
  Wine is out.
• 2:00:57
  Oh, strike two.
• 2:01:02
  Bobby had that dejected look when he went around on that pitch.
• 2:01:08
  On the ground, pass down, a base hit out in the left field.
• 2:01:11
  Wine's second single of the afternoon.
• 2:01:13
  He's got a try for two, and he's in there with his second double.
• 2:01:23
  Bobby Wine at double.
• 2:01:27
  Down the line and left.
• 2:01:31
  Boy, he's been a surprise, Dave, with that bat of his.
• 2:01:34
  Really came through in San Francisco.
• 2:01:37
  Bobby really has.
• 2:01:38
  He's been very pleased with his hitting.
• 2:01:43
  Manager Gene Mock, needless to say, is very happy about the job that Bobby Wine has done at the plate.
• 2:01:48
  And as Gene was pointing out again when we talked to him last night, Russ,
• 2:01:51
  remember that Bobby Wine has not played that much baseball in the last couple of years.
• 2:01:59
  Abernathy delivers to Don Shaw who takes the call, strike one.
• 2:02:04
  Missed all of last season, so Bobby has really had only 21 games under his belt.
• 2:02:14
  He's been complaining that his shipment of bats hasn't arrived.
• 2:02:18
  It's been long overdue from Louisville, the Louisville Slugger people.
• 2:02:23
  I said to him yesterday in the dugout, why complain, Bobby, the way those hits are coming off, the bats are using.
• 2:02:30
  Don't change it.
• 2:02:32
  Count is now 0-2 on Don Shaw.
• 2:02:37
  Abernathy looks towards second, delivers the 0-2 pitch, and Shaw strikes out.
• 2:02:48
  All the Expos in the sixth inning, no runs on one hit, no errors by the Cubs, one man left on.
• 2:02:55
  Going to the bottom of the sixth.
• 2:02:57
  Expos leading 5-3.
• 2:03:00
  Let's take a look now at the scores that are just in.
• 2:03:03
  It's Boston 3-New York 2 with Boston batting in the bottom of the eighth at Fenway Park, the first of two games.
• 2:03:12
  The batteries are in on the game out at California.
• 2:03:15
  Chicago and the Angels win against McLaughlin.
• 2:03:19
  Baltimore and Cleveland are scoreless in their second game after the Indians won the first one, 3-2.
• 2:03:25
  Pittsburgh scored two runs in the first inning against the Phillies in their second game after winning the first one, 6-0.
• 2:03:31
  The Phillies now batting.
• 2:03:33
  Those two runs came on Willie Stargell's tenth home run of the year.
• 2:03:38
  San Diego and Houston are scoreless after four innings in the Astrodome.
• 2:03:43
  And a final score, Los Angeles 5, Cincinnati nothing, a five-hitter by Bill Singer, Tony Cloninger the loser.
• 2:03:51
  The first game of a doubleheader, right, first of two.
• 2:03:55
  Singer over Cloninger.
• 2:03:57
  Dodgers win it 5-0.
• 2:04:05
  In the bottom half of the sixth inning, it'll be Don Young, likely a pinch hitter for Abernathy.
• 2:04:15
  I say likely, we don't know yet, there's a man warming up in the bullpen for the Cubs.
• 2:04:23
  Looks like Phil Regan warming up for Chicago out of the bullpen in left field.
• 2:04:38
  So it's Don Young facing Don Shaw.
• 2:04:42
  The pitch accidentally hits Young's bat, he didn't want to go for it.
• 2:04:47
  Sort of his body went for the pitch, but his bat didn't, but got in the way of that pitch from Don Shaw.
• 2:04:58
  The fellow picking up the bat is Gene Oliver.
• 2:05:01
  He's been around baseball a long time with a lot of clubs.
• 2:05:07
  Strike two, iron pitch from Shaw.
• 2:05:13
  Oliver a right-hand batter.
• 2:05:17
  We saw him in Montreal, he was in with a number of teams, including the Rochester Red Wings.
• 2:05:23
  Inside to Young, the count is one and two.
• 2:05:28
  Outfield playing Young almost straight away, with the exception of Phillips,
• 2:05:32
  he shaded over toward left field slightly, toward left center field.
• 2:05:38
  High and outside for ball two.
• 2:05:41
  Orlando Cepeda spoiled Juan Marichal's bid for a shutout, hitting a home run in the ninth.
• 2:05:47
  The Giants beat the Braves five to one.
• 2:05:49
  Marichal now nine and two on the year.
• 2:05:51
  Pappas was the loser, four and seven.
• 2:05:54
  The two and two pitch.
• 2:05:57
  Strike three, call, a beautiful pitch from Don Shaw just hooked right in there.
• 2:06:06
  Boy, this fellow Shaw has come a long way since about a month ago, a month and a half ago.
• 2:06:13
  Gene Oliver, a pinch hitter, steps in, hitting for Abernathy.
• 2:06:26
  We're in the bottom half of the sixth inning, Expo leading this ball game, five to three.
• 2:06:32
  Two-run lead, and the fellow trying to protect that two-run lead is Don Shaw, the left-hander.
• 2:06:40
  Don Shaw will go down in history as the first winning pitcher for the Expo.
• 2:06:46
  Strike two, strike one, one-on-one the count.
• 2:06:54
  He won it in relief at Shea Stadium in New York.
• 2:07:00
  What a ball game that was.
• 2:07:02
  The one-on-one pitch is taken for ball two.
• 2:07:07
  Russ, the Mets beat the Cardinals five to one.
• 2:07:10
  Gentry the winner, Carlton the loser.
• 2:07:13
  First game of a double-header.
• 2:07:17
  Now that victory could hurt the Cubs if the Expos beat them.
• 2:07:22
  Strike, beautiful pitch from Don Shaw right off the table.
• 2:07:27
  It just sank after hitting the front of that strike zone.
• 2:07:32
  Oliver didn't like the call, neither did the crowd here at Wrigley Field.
• 2:07:36
  Swings at the dirt with his bat.
• 2:07:39
  Now he's back in there.
• 2:07:41
  Two balls and two strikes and pinch hitter Gene Oliver in the bottom of the sixth with one out, nobody on.
• 2:07:48
  Don Shaw into his motion, a two-and-two pitch, breaks low under the knees for ball three, full count.
• 2:07:57
  Regan continues to warm up, so we'll be looking at Phil Regan, the former Dodger,
• 2:08:05
  fellow accused of throwing the Vaseline pitch.
• 2:08:08
  We'll be seeing him in the top half of the seventh inning.
• 2:08:16
  He looks down at Bacabella, gets the sign, delivers a three-and-two pitch, strike three, swinging.
• 2:08:22
  And pinch hitter Gene Oliver is out of there.
• 2:08:27
  Don Shaw, since coming in to the ball game in the fifth inning, has retired four in a row.
• 2:08:37
  Don Kessinger, the leadoff man, a switch hitter, will bat right-handed against the left-hander Don Shaw.
• 2:08:44
  Phillips not too deep in center field, and Stobb is in shallow right field.
• 2:08:53
  The pitch, fly ball, center field, here comes Phillips, can't get it, he traps the ball, base hit.
• 2:09:00
  Adolf will need a fine try at it, try to dive and make a shoestring catch, but he trapped it, and Kessinger is on with a single.
• 2:09:11
  Adolfo has the book on Don Kessinger.
• 2:09:19
  He played him pretty well on that. He came in, luckily that he did come in to play sort of a short center field.
• 2:09:28
  On the ground, LeBoy, sort of first, and Paul Popovich is out of there, and so are the Cubs.
• 2:09:40
  Chicago, no runs on one hit, no expo errors, one man left on.
• 2:09:49
  After six complete innings of play, it's still five to three for the Expos over the Cubs.
• 2:09:56
  For the Cardinals series, good crowds are expected, you want to get some good seats and be at Jerry Park.
• 2:10:03
  As the team returns from this long home stand beginning tomorrow night, an 8-0-5 game at Jerry Park.
• 2:10:10
  Taking a look now at some new TRS locations for the fans in the Ottawa area.
• 2:10:17
  Colonial Bus Lines, 265 Albert Avenue, and at two Miracle Mart locations, 2160 Carling Avenue in the Fairlawn Plaza, and at 1595 Marivale Road.
• 2:10:28
  There's also a new TRS location in Burlington, Vermont at Vermont Transit Lines.
• 2:10:35
  We'd also like to take a moment to mention again, season ticket holders.
• 2:10:41
  Remember, Tuesday is a night game, your tickets are marked as an afternoon game, but Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are all 8-0-5 games with the Cardinals, and then a 4-0-5 game on Thursday.
• 2:10:58
  Here's the line score after six complete innings of play, Expos five runs on eight hits and no errors, the Cubs two runs on six hits and one error.
• 2:11:10
  The throwing error by Randy Hunley.
• 2:11:13
  And we've got a new man on the hill for Chicago, right-hander Phil Regan.
• 2:11:19
  And fans who have seen Phil Regan pitch down through the years, and those who saw him pitch at Jerry Park earlier this year on the Cubs visit to Montreal, notice that he's got a lot of crazy motion.
• 2:11:31
  And this is what the batters have to deal with, among other things, is that crazy motion of his, like he'll throw very quickly, but the ball won't come out so quickly.
• 2:11:44
  Next time the Cubs get to Montreal and Regan pitches, you'll see what I mean if you haven't seen it already.
• 2:11:51
  All right, Dave Van Horn is all set for the play-by-play of the next three innings, Dave.
• 2:11:57
  Regan had some fine years at Detroit, then at Los Angeles, 66 through 68, lifetime ERA of 3.77.
• 2:12:05
  Pitch popped up, third base side foul territory.
• 2:12:08
  Santo has it, Phillips retired.
• 2:12:14
  One away.
• 2:12:16
  Rusty Stobb, one for three.
• 2:12:18
  He'll be the batter.
• 2:12:20
  Regan is seven and five.
• 2:12:24
  This is his 31st appearance as a 3.67 earned run average.
• 2:12:33
  Exposed leading here, five to three.
• 2:12:37
  We're in the top of the seventh.
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  One out, none on.
• 2:12:42
  The pitch to Stobb inside, ball one.
• 2:12:48
  Bill Williams in left, Don Young in center, Jim Hickman in right field.
• 2:12:53
  Around the infield, Santo at third, Kassinger at short.
• 2:12:58
  Second baseman Paul Popovich at first.
• 2:13:01
  Ernie Banks protecting the line against Stobb, this left-hand hitter.
• 2:13:04
  Regan deals low.
• 2:13:07
  Ball two, two and nothing to Rusty.
• 2:13:09
  On deck will be Gary Sutherland.
• 2:13:13
  All kinds of things happening with the Dodgers right now leading the Western Division.
• 2:13:18
  They beat Cincinnati five to nothing, a five hitter by Bill Singer in San Francisco beat Atlanta five to one.
• 2:13:23
  Marischal winning.
• 2:13:26
  The pitch, swung on, lifted high and foul, back to the right.
• 2:13:30
  That Phil Regan will drive you crazy trying to figure him out with all the twitching, all the movements that he undergoes there on the hill,
• 2:13:38
  gives a hitch to his trousers, plugs at his cap, shrugs his shoulders, hitches all over.
• 2:13:45
  Look at that herky-jerky delivery.
• 2:13:52
  Pittsburgh beat the Phillies six-nothing. That's good news for us.
• 2:13:58
  Here's the pitch to Rusty. Fast ball right down the pipe. Two balls, two strikes.
• 2:14:08
  Chicago is disappearing right under our noses here, Russ.
• 2:14:13
  You mean the city of Chicago, not the cup.
• 2:14:17
  The city, the city of Chicago.
• 2:14:23
  The weatherman's doing his disappearing act and he's taking the whole city with him.
• 2:14:32
  This is the first of two here this afternoon.
• 2:14:38
  Here's the pitch. A change is fouled back into the screen behind the plate. Count is still two and two to Rusty.
• 2:14:44
  Exposed scored a run in the first. Willie Smith tied it up with a home run in the second.
• 2:14:49
  It was a one-one ball game till the fifth. The Exposed exploded for four runs on three hits, chased the starting Rich Nye, took a five to one lead.
• 2:14:57
  Cubs came back, got two runs in the bottom of the fifth and chased Waszlowski.
• 2:15:04
  Five to three here in the top of the seventh. Sutherland on deck, stop at the plate.
• 2:15:09
  Here's the two-two pitch. Swung on, high hopper, banks waiting. He gloves it.
• 2:15:14
  Clips to the pitcher covering in time to get Rusty.
• 2:15:19
  Two away. The batter will be Gary Sutherland. Gary is 0 for 2 with a sacrifice fly that scored a run in the fifth.
• 2:15:27
  Bob Bailey's driven in three runs here today, had a two-run homer in the fifth.
• 2:15:33
  Rusty Stobb has the other RBI with a base hit in the fifth.
• 2:15:39
  Bobby Wines gone two for three. Bailey is three for three.
• 2:15:46
  Here's Gary now.
• 2:15:52
  The windup in pitch is low inside, ball one. Gary popped up to Kessinger in the first, flied out to Young in center in the fourth.
• 2:15:59
  It is sacrifice fly down the right field line in the fifth.
• 2:16:08
  Stan Landis, the plate umpire, giving a little warning over to the Expos dugout for something.
• 2:16:24
  Here's the 1-0. A check swing. The pitch is low and outside for ball two. Two balls and nothing.
• 2:16:31
  I don't know whether the Expos are on Landis, Reagan, or maybe both of them.
• 2:16:38
  The now mayor of Cajos, Frank D. Colabotolo.
• 2:16:42
  I also spoke with Lawrence Fabro, the executive secretary to the mayor.
• 2:16:49
  Phil comes on to log a three-up, three-down inning.
• 2:16:54
  First time the Expos have been retired one, two, three since the third.
• 2:16:58
  At the end of six and a half here at Wrigley Field, Montreal five, the Cubs three.
• 2:17:04
  While we're moving into the Cubs half of the seventh inning, the Expos still leading this ball game five to three.
• 2:17:10
  They got one run in the first. Cubs tied it up at one-all on the bottom of the second inning.
• 2:17:15
  Another home run by Willie Smith into the left field ledger seat.
• 2:17:19
  Then the Expos broke loose for four runs in the top half of fifth inning, including a two-run homer from Bob Bailey.
• 2:17:29
  And the Cubs came back with two runs in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
• 2:17:33
  Here's Dave. Williams fouls one over and out Patano's head in the first base coaching box.
• 2:17:40
  Strike one. Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks.
• 2:17:46
  Don Shaw came on in the fifth, replacing starter Gary Wazlowski.
• 2:17:54
  Don got a save here yesterday.
• 2:17:58
  The Expos three to two win over the Cubs.
• 2:18:01
  Bich is cut on and the bounder goes to Bailey. Bob was up with it to Shaw in time. Whoa, brother. Bob Bailey put himself in front of that ball.
• 2:18:12
  No doubt about the fact Bob was going to knock it down, but for just an instant he couldn't find the handle on the ball.
• 2:18:18
  Recovered in time to get it to Shaw, who covered first.
• 2:18:22
  Williams retired.
• 2:18:29
  Well, here is Ron Santo. Santo is two for three.
• 2:18:35
  He normally will hit that ball to the left side.
• 2:18:39
  Bobby Wyne's been playing deep in the hole.
• 2:18:42
  And LaBoy over protecting the line. Santo has gotten a couple of hits here today, getting that ball just between second base and Bobby Wyne.
• 2:18:51
  Bich is cut on. Here's the ball through LaBoy and Wyne. A hard hit ball. A base hit out in the left.
• 2:18:58
  Santo's third hit of the afternoon. You know he hit that ball hard because LaBoy and Wyne were playing fairly close together and he got that ball right between them.
• 2:19:09
  Second hit off Don Shaw with one out. Here's Ernie Banks.
• 2:19:15
  Well, that hit by Santo brought the fans to life again here at Wrigley Field.
• 2:19:21
  Shaw to face Ernie Banks who's one for three. The pitch is low. Ball one.
• 2:19:26
  Struck out in the second. Popped up to Wyne in the third.
• 2:19:30
  And then got a hit off Waslowski in the fifth that drove in a run.
• 2:19:40
  One out and one on. The stretch by Don. Here's the pitch to Banks.
• 2:19:44
  Taken just above the knees. Hit the outside corner and strike. One ball, one strike.
• 2:19:51
  Santo takes his lead from first base. The pitch swung on. High fly ball. Left field going back. Carrera.
• 2:20:00
  He's under it and he puts the squeeze on it. And Santo will hold it first base. Two away.
• 2:20:11
  Jim Hickman steps in. He grounded out to Sutherland. Hit into a field his choice in the fifth.
• 2:20:20
  Takes a strike. 0-1. He hit into a fielder's choice. Got on. Banks was at first. Was rubbed out at second.
• 2:20:33
  Don Shaw is ready. The southpaw delivers. Swung on. And it's a one hopper.
• 2:20:37
  Wyne has it to throw to first base in time and Shaw's out of the jam.
• 2:20:45
  A one out single by Santo goes down the drain. No runs. One hit. No errors.
• 2:20:54
  And one man left to score at the end of seventh. The Expos five. The Cubs three.
• 2:21:03
  Here at Wrigley Field in Chicago, we go to the top half of the eighth inning.
• 2:21:08
  The Expos are leading the Cubs five to three. Here again Dave Van Horn.
• 2:21:15
  For our Expos now on the top of the eighth it will be Bob Bailey, Coco Laboy, and Jose Herrera.
• 2:21:24
  Bailey is three for three. Got a hit in the first. Again in the fourth.
• 2:21:29
  Hit a home run in the fifth. His first home run of the year.
• 2:21:36
  The second home run taken on the Hill.
• 2:21:41
  The wind up. End pitch. High inside and Bailey has to bite the dust.
• 2:21:50
  One ball, no strikes.
• 2:21:55
  Bob had a word there for Randy Hundley. He said now Randy tell me he didn't mean that did he?
• 2:22:00
  Swing and a high fly ball. Left field going back. Williams going back. He can't get it.
• 2:22:07
  It's over the screen. A home run for Bob Bailey. Number two of the afternoon.
• 2:22:12
  And that ball disappeared in the haze here at Wrigley Field.
• 2:22:18
  Bob Bailey four for four. His second home run.
• 2:22:22
  First two of the season for Bob and the whole Expos bench is up to greet him.
• 2:22:28
  Holy moly what a close that was. Bob really tagged it over the deep side in left field.
• 2:22:33
  Way up over the screen. Said thank you to Phil Rigan for that high pitch to his skull.
• 2:22:39
  Four RBIs. Laboy swings. Hard hit ball high in the air but out to right center and coasting over to make the catches. Jim Hickman.
• 2:22:49
  So Laboy retired on the first pitch. One away.
• 2:22:54
  And now it's now six to three. That's a big run. That home run by Bob Bailey.
• 2:23:02
  And Bob really powered that ball too.
• 2:23:08
  Ron Fairley says how do you like that? I give the guy a chance to play. He goes four for four with two home runs and four RBIs.
• 2:23:16
  I'm going to get my swings in anyway. So here's Ron Fairley to bat for Jose Herrera who is over three.
• 2:23:22
  Fairley up for the first time. Ron swings on the first pitch. Pops it up.
• 2:23:26
  First base side. Banks in on the edge of the infield grass. Makes the catch. Two down.
• 2:23:32
  Fairley retired on one pitch.
• 2:23:41
  John Bacabella will be the batter.
• 2:23:50
  John is all for three. Struck out in the second. Fly ball to right in the fourth. Lined out to left in the sixth.
• 2:23:59
  Boy I'll tell you that home run by Bailey really put a hush over the fans here at Wrigley Field.
• 2:24:08
  Two outs with nobody on. The pitch to John. Swing and a foul. Bounce back behind the plate. Strike one.
• 2:24:19
  The right hander delivers. Swung on. Popped up. Hundley's off with the mask behind the plate.
• 2:24:23
  Casts the mask aside. Makes the catch. Exposed it through in the eighth.
• 2:24:30
  One run on one hit. Bob Bailey's second home run of the afternoon. No errors in the field and nobody left on base.
• 2:24:36
  The score now at the end of seven and a half here at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Expos six. The Cubs three.
• 2:24:46
  We go to the bottom half of the eighth inning and the Expos have an extra run.
• 2:24:51
  Thanks to Bob Bailey's second home run of the afternoon and his second of the season.
• 2:24:57
  It's now six to two. Six to three for the Expos over the Cubs in the bottom of the eighth.
• 2:25:03
  Ron Fairley has taken over in left field for Montreal. Adolfo Phillipson center Rusty Stobbs in right.
• 2:25:10
  The bottom third of the Cubs order here in the eighth. Hundley, young.
• 2:25:17
  And then we'll probably get a pinch hitter.
• 2:25:25
  Randy Hundley is one for three. Got a hit in the second off starter was Lewski. Don Shaw delivers a strike.
• 2:25:31
  Oh and one to Hundley. Hundley struck out in the fourth and grounded out against Shaw in the fifth.
• 2:25:43
  The count is all in one for the Cubs catcher Randy Hundley.
• 2:25:50
  Right hand hitter. Don Shaw winds it up the pitch low outside ball one.
• 2:25:57
  Don Shaw came on in the fifth when starter Gary Was Lewski got in trouble.
• 2:26:04
  Cubs scored two runs in that inning. Got back in the ball game.
• 2:26:10
  Here's the pitch. Swung on a hard hit ball high into the air right center. Stop going back now.
• 2:26:16
  Rusty waiting under it makes the catch.
• 2:26:22
  One away. The batter Don Young. Young walked his first two times up and then against Shaw was called out on strikes in the sixth.
• 2:26:35
  One out and nobody on. Six to three the Expos leading the Cubs.
• 2:26:41
  Here on this final day of the long road trip.
• 2:26:44
  The first game of a scheduled double header.
• 2:26:47
  Fastball low inside. Ball one to Young.
• 2:26:56
  Russell have the scoreboard for you details on all the other games right after this one.
• 2:27:00
  Here's the pitch. Swung on and bounce foul over into the Chicago dugout behind third base.
• 2:27:07
  One ball one strike.
• 2:27:16
  Despite of the fact that it's very hazy here it's a little bit lighter right now than it was 30 minutes ago.
• 2:27:25
  Pitch is outside two balls and a strike.
• 2:27:38
  Don Shaw has the sign. Wind up in the pitch. Swung on. Fly ball shallow center field going back.
• 2:27:46
  Settling back pedaling back back. He's got it.
• 2:27:50
  Gary going back quickly. Got out in the shallow center field and made the catch.
• 2:27:58
  That is two away. The pinch hitter will be Ken Rudolph.
• 2:28:07
  Ken Rudolph.
• 2:28:11
  Batting 111 on the areas. He's appeared in only nine games.
• 2:28:16
  Takes a low outside fastball from Shaw.
• 2:28:19
  One and oh.
• 2:28:27
  Looks like Dick Selma.
• 2:28:30
  The bullpen I can't tell right now. Swing and popped up right side of the plate. Baca Bella under it.
• 2:28:38
  Foul territory. John's got it. That's all for Ken Rudolph and the Cubs are through in the bottom of the eighth.
• 2:28:44
  Shaw mowed them down one two three with nothing across and as we go to the ninth it's the Expos six.
• 2:28:50
  The Cubs three.
• 2:28:53
  Well for late shooters in let's review the scoring in this ball game.
• 2:28:57
  The Montreal Expos took a one to nothing lead in the first inning.
• 2:29:00
  Adolfo Phillips the leadoff man single stole second.
• 2:29:04
  Went to third when the throw by Randy Hundley to the bag was wild and he scored on a single by Bob Bailey.
• 2:29:11
  The Cubs tied it up with one run in the second inning when Willie Smith homered over the left field fence into the bleacher seat.
• 2:29:18
  Then the Expos really went to town in their half of the fifth inning.
• 2:29:23
  Phillips let off with a walk. Rusty Stobb single.
• 2:29:29
  Moving Phillips to third. Gary Sutherland hit a sacrifice fly and Phillips came in to score.
• 2:29:35
  Bob Bailey hit a home run with Stobb and Phillips aboard.
• 2:29:41
  With Stobb and Phillips aboard. Wine was the one who came in on the sacrifice fly.
• 2:29:46
  And the Expos scored four runs in that half of the fifth inning.
• 2:29:51
  The Cubs came back in their half of the fifth with a pair of runs and they got it this way.
• 2:30:02
  We'll recap more of that ball game a little later on as we are going into the ninth inning.
• 2:30:08
  The top half of the ninth inning and we have a new pitcher on the hill for the Chicago Cubs.
• 2:30:13
  Dick Selma right hander coming on now to pitch the ninth inning for Chicago.
• 2:30:18
  Dick Selma. He'll face Bobby Wine.
• 2:30:21
  The pitcher Don Shaw and Adolfo Phillips here in the ninth. The Expos leading six to three.
• 2:30:27
  The first pitch to Bobby is high and outside ball one. Wine is two for three with a couple of doubles and a run scored.
• 2:30:33
  Boy he started that rally off for the Expos in the fifth inning with a double and scored on that single by Rusty Stobb.
• 2:30:42
  Selma looks down to Hundley.
• 2:30:46
  The pitch high outside again ball two. Two and nothing.
• 2:30:51
  Expos have hit that ball well today. They've out hit the Cubs nine to eight leading six to three here in the ninth.
• 2:30:59
  Selma's pitch taken for a strike. Two and one to Bobby Wine.
• 2:31:05
  Rich Nye the Chicago starter went four in a third innings.
• 2:31:11
  Next pitch is right across the knees for a strike called.
• 2:31:16
  Count levels of two and two.
• 2:31:22
  I guess the weatherman is wrong although it's dark and overcast he had called for rain that should have started 45 minutes ago if he was right.
• 2:31:30
  It's low and outside a full count of Bobby Wine now three and two but he wasn't right and we've got a good chance to get two in now.
• 2:31:41
  Wine swings and misses strike three. Bobby goes down swinging and Selma logs a strikeout.
• 2:31:49
  That brings the pitcher Don Shaw to the plate. Don went down swinging.
• 2:31:55
  In the sixth inning.
• 2:32:03
  Left hand hitter.
• 2:32:05
  Selma deals and here's a bouncer to Santo at third. Up with it the throw to Banks retires Shaw two away.
• 2:32:15
  The Expos beginning was the fifth four runs on three hits.
• 2:32:21
  Bobby started it with his double.
• 2:32:25
  Phillips walked rusty stock of A's driving in Wine.
• 2:32:29
  The winner to sacrifice Hivett's to Phillips.
• 2:32:33
  Bailey home run.
• 2:32:37
  The home run is off Abernathy.
• 2:32:41
  Adolf Olbis one for three with a walk and two runs scored.
• 2:32:47
  The pitch is low ball.
• 2:32:54
  Selma deals a fastball for a strike one ball one strike.
• 2:32:58
  You'll have a chance to meet the new members of the Expos team including Adolf O. Phillips tomorrow at 1230 Plasville Marie in downtown Montreal.
• 2:33:08
  So we hope there'll be a lot of fans out there.
• 2:33:11
  Make the newcomers as welcome as we did those who started with the club at the beginning of the year. A breaking ball that failed Selma.
• 2:33:19
  Takes the count of two and one.
• 2:33:22
  Two outs and nobody on here in the top of the ninth.
• 2:33:25
  Phillips went with one high into the air down the left field line. It goes foul.
• 2:33:31
  Out of play.
• 2:33:34
  The count is two and two.
• 2:33:37
  And tomorrow night at eight oh five the bell rings on the home stand. Cardinals in the Expos.
• 2:33:45
  The first of four games.
• 2:33:51
  Phillips swings pops this one up right around the plate.
• 2:33:54
  Hundley off of the mask waiting left side of the plate. He's got it.
• 2:34:02
  Selma put the side down one two three.
• 2:34:07
  Nothing across in the top of the ninth. We go to the bottom of the ninth. Montreal six comes three.
• 2:34:13
  And just to straighten out that fifth inning in our recap.
• 2:34:16
  Here's how the Expos got their runs. Bobby Wine let off with a double.
• 2:34:21
  Gordon a single by Rusty Stubb.
• 2:34:23
  Phillips has followed with a walk. Stubb and Phillips came in on the home run by Bob Bailey his first of the afternoon.
• 2:34:30
  That's how the Expos picked up their run in the fifth inning.
• 2:34:34
  They added another run in the eighth inning on a home run by Bob Bailey.
• 2:34:38
  The Cubs picked up their runs in the fifth inning.
• 2:34:41
  Don Kessinger grounded out but Paul Popovich walked Billy Williams single.
• 2:34:46
  Santos single in a run bringing in Popovich. Ernie Banks single in another run bringing in Billy Williams.
• 2:34:53
  So that's the story on this ballgame so far.
• 2:34:56
  It is six to three for the Expos over the Cubs as we go into the bottom half of the ninth inning.
• 2:35:03
  It's been a long road trip but the Expos are really looking good toward the end of this road trip.
• 2:35:09
  They have posted six victories on the road and are not far from another one this afternoon.
• 2:35:17
  So as we go into the bottom half of the ninth inning the Nervy Ninth the first man up for the Cubs
• 2:35:24
  will be their leadoff man Don Kessinger.
• 2:35:28
  Don Shaw in the leaf of Gary Weslowski pitching well for the Expos.
• 2:35:33
  Take it away Dave.
• 2:35:35
  Well the top of the order has been a little bit of trouble here for the Expos.
• 2:35:40
  Only two hits among the first three men in the order.
• 2:35:42
  One by Kessinger and one by Williams but a total of four walks and two of the three runs short.
• 2:35:51
  Don Shaw has got to deal with Kessinger popping up to Williams.
• 2:35:55
  First pitch to Kessinger was a ball.
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  Don is ready.
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  He deals.
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  Kessinger takes it low.
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  Ball two.
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  Two and nothing.
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  Kessinger walked in the first inning.
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  Flied to center in the second.
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  Grounded out in the fifth.
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  Got his base hit in the sixth.
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  He was stranded there in the sixth.
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  Switch hitter batting right against the left-hander Shaw.
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  The 2-0 pitch taken for the strike.
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  Count is two and one.
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  They'll probably shorten the time between games a little bit.
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  Speed that second one along as quickly as they can.
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  Here's the 2-1.
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  Strike two.
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  A breaking ball hit the inside corner.
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  Two balls, two strikes.
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  Don is ready.
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  He delivers.
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  Pitch is cut on right back to Shaw.
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  He had to reach to his left.
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  The throw to first is in time.
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  And that's all for Kessinger.
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  One away.
• 2:37:07
  Gary Wazlowski went four in a third innings.
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  The starters, Don Shaw is the pitcher of decision right now.
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  Done quite a job.
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  The pitch to Popovich.
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  Strike called.
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  Batting now from the other side of the plate against the left-hander Shaw.
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  Popovich 0-2 with a couple of walks.
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  One out, nobody on.
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  Don deals low.
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  A ball and a strike.
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  Six to three.
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  The Expos leading the Cubs trying to make it two in a row.
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  Over the Eastern Division, leaders in the National League.
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  Don again.
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  Line drive up the middle of base hit.
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  So the Cubs are going to give it their best shot here in the bottom of the ninth.
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  And now Don Shaw will have to face Billy Williams.
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  That's the third hit off Don Shaw.
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  The batter, Billy Williams, is one for three with a walk.
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  A left-hand hitter.
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  Williams almost hit one out in the first inning.
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  He sent stop almost to the wall down the right field line.
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  Popovich takes his lead.
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  Here's the pitch.
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  Swing and a miss.
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  Strike one.
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  Roy Williams was going for the fences.
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  Outfield deep.
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  A few steps around to the right.
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  Popovich leading off first.
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  Shaw's pitch is just a little low.
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  One ball and one strike to Billy Williams.
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  The stretch.
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  Now the pitch.
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  A breaking ball is low and outside.
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  Ball two.
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  Two and one to Williams.
• 2:39:32
  The Expos scored first in the first inning and the Cubs tied it up in the second.
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  And the Expos went out in front with four runs in the fifth.
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  And have been in front since then.
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  Leading six to three here in the ninth with one out and one on.
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  Williams swings on the next one.
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  Lazy fly into the shallow right field.
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  It drops in front of stop and they're two aboard on the hit by Williams.
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  Now the Cubs have got something going.
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  The batter will be Ron Santo.
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  And Dick Raditz, the right hander, is going to go to work in the Expos bullpen.
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  Santo is three for four with an RBI.
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  Popovich is at second.
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  Williams at first with only one out.
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  Santo, right hand hitter.
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  Shaw holds at the belt.
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  The pitch low.
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  Ball one.
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  Down having a really work now.
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  Joining Dick Raditz is Roy Faze in the Expos bullpen.
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  One and nothing to Santo.
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  Don holds at the belt.
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  Looks at the lead runner.
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  Here's the pitch.
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  Swung on and a boundary right back to Shaw.
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  He has it.
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  The play is the first in time to get Santo for out number two.
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  Oh, a big play.
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  The runners move up.
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  Popovich going to third.
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  Williams to second.
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  Santo is out.
• 2:41:21
  Shaw to Bailey.
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  And the batter will be Ernie Banks who is one for four with two down in the bottom of the ninth.
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  And the Expos leading six to three.
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  Banks steps to the plate.
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  John Bacabella out to talk to Don Shaw.
• 2:41:40
  Shaw has faced Ernie Banks once in the seventh inning.
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  He got him on a fly ball to left.
• 2:41:50
  Banks got his hit and an RBI in the fifth.
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  A starter Gary Wazlowski.
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  Right hand hitter.
• 2:42:00
  Popovich at third.
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  Williams at second.
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  The fifth to Banks is low inside.
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  Ball one.
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  John getting ready.
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  Here's the pitch.
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  Banks swings and it's a hopper.
• 2:42:26
  It's a pass Bobby Wyne out into left field.
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  Ernie Banks with a base hit and two runs score.
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  A six to five ball game.
• 2:42:41
  Banks with RBI's number 61 and 62.
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  The third hit of the inning off Don Shaw.
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  Popovich scoring from third.
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  Williams from second.
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  And the batter Jim Hickman.
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  And Banks gives way to a pinch runner and gets a standing ovation as he leaves the game.
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  The batter will be Jim Hickman, right hand hitter with two outs in the ninth.
• 2:43:18
  Cubs score a couple of runs to make it a one run ball game.
• 2:43:25
  Six to five.
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  The stretch by Shaw.
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  The pitch to Hickman.
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  Low and inside.
• 2:43:34
  Ball one.
• 2:43:38
  Rich Blatt is the runner by the way for Banks at first base.
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  The stretch by Shaw.
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  The 1 0.
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  Taking low ball two to Hickman.
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  Doing nothing.
• 2:43:59
  Hickman steps out of the batter's box now going over toward the batting circle.
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  He gets the rosin bag.
• 2:44:06
  Looking to Pete Reiser the coach in the third base box.
• 2:44:10
  Chicago rallying here in the ninth.
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  With that home run by Bailey.
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  With our big hit.
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  Doing nothing to Hickman.
• 2:44:26
  Shaw to the stretch.
• 2:44:28
  Looks to Blatt the runner.
• 2:44:29
  Here's the pitch taken for a strike.
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  Two and one.
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  The outfield is deep and around to the left.
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  La Boy behind third playing near the line.
• 2:44:44
  Wine right in the hole.
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  The stretch.
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  The 2 1 pitch.
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  Swung on.
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  High fly ball.
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  Left field.
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  Going back.
• 2:44:56
  Going back.
• 2:44:57
  It's a home run and the Cubs win it.
• 2:45:01
  The Cubs win on a home run.
• 2:45:06
  Here in the bottom of the ninth and the Expos are stunned.
• 2:45:21
  Why it's where the Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant.
• 2:45:25
  The players are going absolutely crazy.
• 2:45:29
  Wow.
• 2:45:31
  What a fantastic performance by the fans here at Wrigley Field.
• 2:45:35
  Really cheering their players on that big blast by Jim Hickman.
• 2:45:40
  Ron Santa was going bugs in the outfield.
• 2:45:42
  He's just jumping up and down.
• 2:45:45
  Wow are they going nuts.
• 2:45:47
  And the fans.
• 2:45:49
  They're delirious with joy.
• 2:45:51
  As the Chicago Cubs.
• 2:45:53
  On a home run.
• 2:45:55
  By Jim Hickman.
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  Win this ballgame.
• 2:45:59
  7 to 6.
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  With 2 outs.
• 2:46:03
  2 outs in the ninth.
• 2:46:05
  And the Expos are in shock.
• 2:46:10
  A towering home run to left by Jim Hickman.
• 2:46:13
  The Cubs come from behind to win it 7 to 6 in the bottom of the ninth.
• 2:46:19
  What a dramatic finish here.
• 2:46:23
  And what a shock and what a blow to Don Shaw and the Expos.
• 2:46:29
  In the ninth.
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  4 runs.
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  On 4 hits.
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  No errors.
• 2:46:35
  Nobody left.
• 2:46:37
  The Cubs win it 7 to 6 and I'll have the totals in 1 minute.
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  Music.