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1970-Apr-30 - NYM/SFG - New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons
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.com for more sports history. On Thursday, April
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30, 1970, the New York Mets faced the San Francisco
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Giants in an afternoon game at Candlestick Park.
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The Mets, managed by Gil Hodges, were the reigning
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world champions, having stunned the baseball
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world as the Amazing Mets in 1969. The Giants,
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managed by Clyde King, had achieved a 90 -win
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season in 1969, although it wasn't enough to
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secure the NL West division title against the
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Braves. In this game, the Mets sent 23 -year
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-old Nolan Ryan to the mound to face the Giants'
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Mike McCormick. This audio recording is from
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the radio broadcast featuring announcers Lindsey
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Nelson, Ralph Kiner, and Bob Murphy. The Mets
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will be back at Shea Stadium in New York for
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their first night game of the season at Shea
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Stadium. On Tuesday night, May 5th, it'll be
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the Dodgers' end for three consecutive night
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games, followed by the Giants and then the Montreal
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Expos. It's another bright, warm, and sunny afternoon
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here at Candlestick Park. Starting pitchers for
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this afternoon's game, for the San Francisco
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Giants, it's left -hander Mike McCormick, and
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for the New York Mets, fireballing right -hander
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Nolan Ryan. We'll be back with the start of today's
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game in just one minute. Having a problem in
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today and enjoy a day at Shea. Manager Gil Hodges
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of the Mets, Field Captain Willie Mays of the
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Giants are at home plate meeting with the umpires
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exchanging lineup cards. And to check us out,
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here is Ralph Kiner. All right, Lindsey Nelson
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for the New York Mets. The leadoff batter will
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be Tommy Agee. He'll be in center field. Batting
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second is shortstop Bud Harrelson. Batting third
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in left field, Cleon Jones. Batting fourth at
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first base, Don Clendenin. Batting fifth in right
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field, Ron Svoboda. Batting sixth and at third
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base, Joe Foy. Batting seventh, the second baseman,
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Al Weiss. Batting eighth, the catcher, Duffy
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Dyer and the pitcher, Nolan Ryan. Batting ninth.
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For the Giants. The leadoff batter will be the
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center fielder, Bobby Bond. Batting second at
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second, Ron Hunt. Batting third in right field,
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Ken Henderson. Batting fourth at first base,
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Willie McCovey. Batting fifth, the catcher, Dick
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Dietz. Batting sixth at third base, Jim Davenport.
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Batting seventh in left field, Bob Taylor. Batting
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eighth at shortstop, Hal Lanier. And the pitcher,
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Mike McCormick. Batting ninth. The umpires for
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the game today, Andy Olsen calling the balls
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and strikes. At first base, Ken Burkhardt. The
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umpire at second base, Ed Sudall. And the umpire
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at third base will be Lee Weier. The Giants have
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won 10 and lost 11. And the Mets have a record
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of nine wins and nine losses. Last year in 12
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ballgames played, the Mets won eight. The Giants
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won four. And here at Candlestick, they split
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the six games played, three and three. Now Willie
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Mays, who is not playing in the ballgame, the
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captain of the Giants, goes back to the dugout.
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Gil Hodges back to the Mets dugout on the third
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base side, and the umpires are taking their station.
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After this ballgame, the Mets move on down to
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San Diego, and in tomorrow night's ballgame at
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1025, it'll be Tom Seaver going for his fifth
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win. He has lost none. Tom has a record of 14
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consecutive wins in National League play dating
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back to last year. And he'll be imposed by the
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only pitcher to beat the Mets last year for San
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Diego, Al Santorini. Now the Giants are taking
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the field. Wind blowing out toward right. More
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wind today than we had yesterday. Where we saw
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four home runs in the ballgame, two by each side.
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Field dimensions, 335 down the left field line,
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365 in left center, 410 in center field, 375
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in right center, and 330 down the right field
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line. No clouds at all, good sunshiny day, and
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the Mets in the final game of their three -game
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series with the Giants. And now our national
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anthem. San Francisco, California. All the Mets
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need a victory here today, the last day of April,
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to come up with the most wins they've ever had
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in a month of April. And it's going to be up
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to Nolan Ryan. He'll be opposed by left -hander
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Mike McCormick. This broadcast comes to you through
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of our audience. Any publication, reproduction,
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or other use... of the descriptions and accounts
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of this game without the express written consent
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of the New York Mets is prohibited. Mets with
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a record of 9 -9 for the month of April and the
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Giants with a record of 10 -11. Mets return to
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play against the Dodgers and the Giants in their
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next homestand. They start off with the Dodgers
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playing night games on May 5th, 6th, and 7th,
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Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night. They
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have a night game with the Giants on the 8th
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of May, Friday night. a single -day game on Saturday
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afternoon, and on the 10th, Mother's Day, the
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Mets have a single game with the Giants. Monday
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night after Mother's Day, the 11th, will be a
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night game with Montreal, and then on the 12th,
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the final game of the next homestand, a day game
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with Montreal. Just got word that the temperature
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in Montreal today is up around 80. I'd like to
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have that when the Mets return home on May the
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5th. Ballpark here at Candlestick in San Francisco
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is located just near Hunter's Point. And as we
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look down the right field line, see some big
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aircraft carriers that are over in the shipyard.
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And it's one of those kind of days here in San
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Francisco that they write songs about. Now the
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throw goes down to second base by the catcher,
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and the ball game is about to get underway. And
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here for the play -by -play, Lindsey Nelson.
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Thank you very much, Ralph Cannon. Hello again,
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everybody. Mike McCormick is on the mound. He
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came to the major leagues with the New York Giants.
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He was with the San Francisco Giants when they
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first came here in 58. Was traded away and then
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came back. Tommy Agee is up. He has a 10 -game
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hitting streak going. He appeared as a pinch
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hitter yesterday and delivered. Here's the first
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pitch of the day, curveball, and it's in for
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a called strike. McCormick has a record of one
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win and one loss. He is a former Cy Young Award
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winner. Waiting on deck for the Mets is Bud Harrelson.
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Wind rippling the flag out toward right field
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here at Candlestick. Artificial surface, it's
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AstroTurf all around. Makes a little difference
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in the manner in which the game is played. Here's
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a swing and a drive, foul back of third. Two
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strike count, now to Agee. Manager Gil Hodges
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has Cleon Jones, Tommy Agee, and Joe Foy all
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back in the lineup here this afternoon. After
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having had them out of the starting lineup for
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three consecutive games. McCormick takes a sign
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from Giant catcher Dick Deets. Taking a long
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look before he gets it. Now he has it. Two strike
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pitches high for a ball. It's one and two. McCormick
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last year won 11 games for the Giants and he
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lost nine. Against the Mets last year, he won
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none and lost two. But his lifetime record against
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New York is six wins and four losses. Here's
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a pitch that's hit in the air to short right
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field, and second baseman Ron Hunt goes out,
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but he's called off by right fielder Ken Henderson,
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who puts it away. One away, and now Bud Harrelson,
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who'll be batting right against the left hand
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of McCormick. Harrelson has hit safely in his
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last four games. He's hit safely in 10 of his
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last 11, and he's hit safely in 16 of 18 games
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the Mets have played this year. Harrelson from
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Hayward, California, which is in the greater
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San Francisco area. McCormick's pitch. High and
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away for a ball. McCormick defeated the Montreal
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Expos 11 -1 in his last start on April 26th here
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at San Francisco, and he had a complete game.
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Here's a swing and a high pop to the right side.
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Hunt again calls, but McCovey is retreating.
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Hunt calls this time and makes the play. Two
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men out. Cleon Jones coming up now. Cleon appeared
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as a pinch hitter yesterday and struck out. His
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batting average is down to .224. He's batted
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in eight runs. He's been in a batting slump.
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Gil Hodges is hopeful that the rest of a few
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days will have done him good. Mike McCormick
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lost to the Cincinnati Reds on April 12th, 6
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-5 here at San Francisco. Jones, a right -hand
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batter. Two men out, nobody on base, no score.
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Here's the pitch to Cleon Jones, and it's inside
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for a ball. The coach at third for the Mets is
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Eddie Yost, and on the line is down at first,
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Yogi Berra. 1 -0 delivery. And it's in there
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for a called strike. 1 -1. There's a breaking
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pitch that's high. McCormick came up with the
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New York Giants in 1956. He was with them 56
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and 57. The last two years the Giants were in
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New York. Then put in five years. with a giant
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cheer before being traded away to Baltimore.
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The breaking pitch in for a called strike. Slow
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curveball. It's 2 -2 to Cleon Jones. Glenn Dunnan's
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on deck. Then McCormick went from Baltimore to
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Washington and from Washington back to San Francisco,
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back here for the 67 season. Here's a pitch.
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High and away. And in that 67 season, he won
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22 games and lost 10. Chuck Feeney, who was with
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the Giants and now the president of the National
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League, claims that as one of his great deals.
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Well, it certainly paid off for him because McCormick
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won the Cy Young Award that year. Here's a breaking
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pitch that's outside and it's a walk to Cleon.
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The Mets pick up their first baserunner. Jones
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is on it first and Don Clendenin is coming up.
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Clendenin is hitting .237, but he has three home
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runs and leads the Mets and runs that at end
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with 11. He had a home run here yesterday that
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was just way back up into the seats, back there
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on the left. We'll be on the air from San Diego
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tomorrow night, 10 .25 p .m. New York time. This
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pitch is in for a called strike. Andy Olsen is
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the umpire behind the plate. Ken Burkhardt is
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at first. He's the crew chief. Ed Sudol at second,
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and Lee Weier is around at third. Pitch to Glenn
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Dunnan. Swung on and landed in the left field
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for a base hit. Out and left. Bob Taylor comes
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up with a return to Jones. Holds at second. Cleon
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at second and Glenn Dunnan on at first with a
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line shot that skidded across the carpet out
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and left. Now Ron Swoboda is coming up. He's
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playing right field today. He has a batting average
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of .250. He's had four runs batted in. Swoboda,
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a right -hand batter. McCormick now checks the
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runners at first and second, and here's a breaking
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pitch. It's in there for a call strike to Swoboda,
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and Joe Foy is on deck. Again, McCormick takes
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the sign. And the pitch. Low for a ball. Mike
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McCormick is 31 years of age. And his lifetime
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major league pitching record is 130 wins and
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125 losses. Med runners lead at first and second.
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This is a 1 -1 pitch. Svoboda fouls it off. And
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it's one and two. A lot of ladies at the ballpark
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today. There was a fashion show held here this
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morning starting at 10 .30. Attended by some
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9 ,000 ladies. Mrs. Jackie Hunt, the wife of
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Giant second baseman Ron Hunt, provided the models,
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who were mostly baseball wives. They used the
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tops of the two dugouts. To show off the fashions.
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The 1 -2 pitch. And it is low for a ball. 2 -2.
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Teron Svoboda. Jones at second. Clendenin at
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first. This will be a 2 -2 delivery. Swung on
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and popped a foul back of the plate and moving
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over is Dietz and McCovey. And it falls quickly
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as Dietz couldn't find it and moved late. McCovey
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was moving all the way. I simply couldn't get
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to it. The ball hit actually on the astroturf
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over in front of the giant dugout to the right
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side of the plate. As Dietz got rid of his mask
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and looked up, he was shading his eyes trying
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to find the ball. Couldn't find it. McCovey was
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coming all the while, but by the time Dietz discovered
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where it was and started, he couldn't get there
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either. So it's simply a foul ball out of play
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and no error charged. Two and two, the count
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to Svoboda. There are two men out. No score.
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McCormick takes the sign from Dietz. And that
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runners lead at first and second. Here's the
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2 -2 pitch. Breaks low and inside. It's out full
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at 3 -2 now to Svoboda, which means that the
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runners at first and second will be off and winging
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on the pitch. Joe Foy is on deck. Runners go.
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Payoff pitch. Curveball low. The bases are loaded.
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And Svoboda checks. That's the first. And Steve
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is arguing with Andy Olsen, the umpire, about
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the possibility of Svoboda having swung at the
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pitch. And McCormick walks all the way in near
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the plate to inquire of Olsen about the same
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thing. It was a curveball low out of the strike
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zone. And Svoboda started the swing and checked
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off. So the bases are loaded and Joe Poi is up.
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Lindsey, you have to be awfully strong to start
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a swing like Ron did and stop it as fast as he
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did. Just in the nick of time. Boyd hitting 169.
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He has one home run and six runs batted in. Right
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-hand batter with a closed stance. They're loaded
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up. McCormick works straight away, and the pitch
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breaks low and inside for a ball. Al Weiss is
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on deck now. Weiss bats number seven in this
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batting order of the New York Mets. We're going
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to get a little action down in the giant bullpen
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area now. Here in the very first inning as the
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Mets are threatening. 1 -0, they count to four.
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Mets in a spot where a base hit could do them
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a lot of good. Here's a pitch. Swung on and landed
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to center for a base hit. Coming on is Jones.
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He scores. Here comes Sundin into the plate.
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He scores. And Svoboda holds the second. Paws
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on it for a single to center. A line shot. Two
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runs batted in. The Mets lead 2 -0. Coming up.
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Frank Lieberger is warming up. Frank Lieberger
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is warming up in the giant bullpen. Here's at
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first and second two men out the Mets to the
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Giants nothing. Why is this hitting two twenty
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two and he's had three runs batted in. Grammix
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pitch in there for a call strike to White. I
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just had two doubles this year. It for fifty
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five in the World Series to leave the Mets at
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bat including a home run in the deciding the
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final game the fifth game. That's a check swing
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foul ball to the right side. Actually, he wasn't
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swinging. He was checking back, and it clicked
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off the bat right down off the top of the plate.
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Count of two strikes to Weiss. Duffy Dyer is
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on deck. The Mets expect Jerry Grody to rejoin
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them tonight in San Diego. Grody has been hospitalized
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in Los Angeles since the Mets' arrival there
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last weekend. So he'll be rejoining the Mets.
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In San Diego. Runners lead at first and second.
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Here's a pitch low and away for a ball. It's
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one and two. Must be in San Diego Friday night,
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Saturday afternoon and a Sunday doubleheader.
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Monday will be a travel day as the Mets then
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fly back to New York on Monday. Opening up Tuesday
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night against the Dodgers in the first night
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game of the year at Shea Stadium. One -two pitch.
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Swung on it. Underground foul. Back of third.
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Down past Eddie Yost. Ricochets on down into
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the Met bullpen where it's retrieved by Ron Taylor.
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Frank Reberger continues to throw in the giant
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bullpen. The Mets 2, the Giants nothing. Right
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before last year, the Mets got five runs in the
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top half of the first inning. The big hit there
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was a grand slam homer by Dave Marshall. Mets
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won that game 5 -2. Lost yesterday 8 -6. Swing
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and a miss. McCormick strikes out wide. And the
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side is retired. It is two runs on two hits and
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two walks, no errors, and two lefts. In the middle
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of the first inning, the score is the Mets 2
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and the Giants nothing. That could be you this
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Nolan Ryan is the pitcher for the New York Mets.
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He had won one and lost one, although he's allowed
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only three. He hits in his last two games. Last
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year, he won none, lost none against the Giants.
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His lifetime record against San Francisco is
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one win and no losses. He's pitched a complete
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game in both of his starts of the season. Defeated
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the Phillies 7 -0 on April 18th at Shea. He allowed
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only one hit, walked six and struck out 15. Lost
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to the Dodgers, won nothing on April 25th at
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Los Angeles. On occasion, he allowed two hits
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and five walks and struck out five. The three
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hits in the two games of Ryan have all been singles.
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Bobby Bonds playing center field today is up.
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Hitting .350, he has four home runs, one of which
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he hit yesterday, and ten runs batted in. Pitch
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is low for a ball. Last year he struck out 186
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times for a new Major League record in that department.
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1 -0 to the right -hand batter. Ryan's pitch
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breaks in there for a called strike. Give him
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the curveball. Ola Ryan's 23 years of age, 6
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'2", 195 pounder. His lifetime major league record
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is 13 wins and 14 losses. Again, breaks it in
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there for a called strike. One and two to Bonds
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with Ron Hunt waiting on deck. With the veteran
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Willie Mays being rested today, Bonds plays center.
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Henderson moves to right and Bob Taylor's in
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left for the Giants. Fastball fouled off. One
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and two. The New York Mets with an infield of
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Don Clinton at first, Al Weiss at second, Bud
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Harrelson at shortstop, and Joe Foy at third.
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Leon Jones is in left, Tommy Agee in center,
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and Ron Swoboda is in right field. One -two pitch.
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Swung on and missed. Ryan strikes out. Bobby
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Bonds to open the ballgame as far as the Giants
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are concerned at the plate. He has an average
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of 400. He has two homers and 11 runs batted
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in. New York Mets have a record of nine wins
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and nine losses. Nine is the most they've ever
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won in the month of April. Last year in April,
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they were nine and 11. Pitch is high for a ball.
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1 -0 to Ron Hunt with Ken Henderson on deck.
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McCovey hitting cleanup. Henderson batting third.
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1 -0 pitch. And it's high for a ball. Ozzie Virgil
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is the coach at third for the Giants. And former
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Met manager Wes Westrom is on the lines at first.
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This pitch is low for a ball. 3 -0 to Huff. The
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return throw gets away from Ryan. All the other
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action in the National League is scheduled for
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night. The Chicago Cubs are at Atlanta. And Billy
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Williams, the... The Cub outfielder will be playing
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his 1 ,000th consecutive game. Streak started
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on September 22, 1963. Here's a fastball low.
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It's a walk to Ron Hutch. So Nolan Ryan has struck
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out one and walked one. And Ken Henderson, the
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switch hitter, is coming up. Henderson's hitting
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.382. He has two homers and 16 runs batted in.
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He had a home run yesterday. By the way, the
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consecutive game record in the major leagues,
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2 ,130 set by Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees,
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and Billy Williams will be playing his 1 ,000th
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consecutive game tonight. Here is a pitch in
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for a call strike. He'll be the first National
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League to reach that mark. There are a lot of
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records that might never be broken. I don't see
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how anybody can break Gehrig's record of 2 ,130.
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No, it certainly appears to be out of reach.
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Swing and a ground ball is short. Harrelson has
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it. He goes over for one. And the throw to first.
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In time. A double play pulled off. As Weiss gave
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it the no -hand treatment coming across the bag
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on the pivot. Harrelson went astride in the hole
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up for the ball. Weiss just came across. Flipped
28:39
on to Clem Dunnan. In time to pull off the double
28:43
play. So it's no runs, no hits, a walk, no errors,
28:49
and none left. At the end of an inning, the score
28:51
is... The New York Mets, two, and the San Francisco
28:55
Giants, nothing. Well, the Mets' ninth annual
29:01
old -timers game on Saturday night, July 11th
29:04
at Shea Stadium will be dedicated to Casey Stengel
29:07
and his approaching 80th birthday. So a lot of
29:10
the guests are going to be people who have been
29:11
associated with and against Casey Stengel during
29:13
his fabulous career. People like Drew Marquardt
29:17
and Frankie Frisch, Dave Bancroft and George
29:20
Highpockets Kelly. Al Lopez, Tony Cuccinello,
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and Van Mungo. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roger
29:28
Maris, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra. Gil Hodges,
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Richie Ashman, Al Jackson, Jay Hook, Frank Thomas.
29:35
Roy Campanella, Carl Erskine, Eddie Sankey, Bobby
29:38
Thompson, Carl Ferrello, Don Drysdale, Sandy
29:41
Koufax. Casey will be wearing his number 37 once
29:45
again. The latest Hall of Famers, Lou Boudreau,
29:48
Earl Combs, Jess Haynes, Ford Frick. So make
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your ticket plans now. The date again, Saturday
29:54
night, July 11th, preceding the regular game
29:57
between the Mets and the Expos. Buffy Dyer, the
30:09
Mets catcher, is up. He's hitting 217, 5 for
30:14
23, right -hand batter. Facing left -hand pitcher
30:18
Mike McCormick. Here's a swing and a fly ball
30:27
into right center, and Bobby Vaughn drifts over
30:30
and makes the catch. We pause for station identification.
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This is the New York Mets baseball network. This
30:37
is New York Mets baseball on WKAJ -FM 102 .3
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in Saratoga Springs, New York. With Ralph Cantor
30:44
and Bob Murphy at Candlestick Park in San Francisco,
30:47
California, where the Mets are leading the Giants
30:50
by a score of 2 -0. The Mets are batting in the
30:52
top of the second. One man out, nobody on base,
30:55
and Nolan Ryan is up. He's one for seven this
30:57
year. McCormick's pitch breaks low and inside
30:59
a curveball. It's 1 -0. Tommy Agee moves up on
31:03
deck. Again, the pitch. Low, so it goes 2 -0
31:13
now to Nolan Ryan. Batting 143. The Houston Astros
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will be at St. Louis tonight against the Cardinals.
31:21
The Astros have lost eight straight games all
31:24
outdoors. Swing and a ground ball to a third.
31:27
It is charged by Davenport. He guns it across
31:29
in time. Bryant out on a swinging roll at a third.
31:35
Fielded by Davenport in on the infield surface.
31:38
And Tommy Agee is coming up. He's got 0 for 2.
31:41
Agee with a 10 -game hitting streak. Flat out
31:43
to right field at first time. Up in just now.
31:46
He's giving Ryan time to get back to the dugout.
31:49
Montreal Expos are playing the Dodgers down in
31:52
Los Angeles tonight, and that's the slate in
31:54
the National League. Oh, and the American, the
31:57
Boston Red Sox, at Fenway Park, have handed the
31:59
Oakland Athletics their fifth consecutive loss,
32:02
8 -7. Gary Peters, the winner, he's 2 -1. Jim
32:07
Rowland, the loser, he's 0 -1. Here's a pitch
32:11
to Agee. Swung on and fouled back. Out of play.
32:14
Felipe Alou hit his first home of the year for
32:16
Oakland in the first inning with two men on.
32:18
Rico Petrucelli hit his third home of the year
32:21
and the third with one on. George Scott hit his
32:23
third and the fifth with one on. Billy Canigliano
32:26
hit his first and the fifth with nobody on. Fernandez
32:29
homed in the eighth with nobody on. Frank Fernandez
32:31
for the Oakland A's. There's a swing and a ground
32:38
ball to short. Lanier has it. Plays over to McCovey
32:41
in time. So the side is out in order. No runs,
32:46
no hits, no errors, and none left. In the middle
32:49
of the second inning, the score is a match two
32:53
and a giant nothing. Ted and Doris Raid at Raid's
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a small business with big plans. Willie McCovey
34:01
is coming up for the Giants in the bottom of
34:03
the second. The face fireballer, Nolan Ryan.
34:08
McCovey is hitting 203. He has six home runs
34:11
and 17 runs batted in. Ryan's fastball is high
34:19
and away, so it is 1 -0. Dick Dietz is on deck.
34:24
The Mets lead by a score of 2 -0. Joe Foy singled
34:28
in two runs in the first inning. Breaking pitch
34:32
low. Ryan goes behind now, 2 -0 to McCovey. The
34:38
shift is on as the Mets put three infielders
34:40
between first and second and leave only Bud Harrelson
34:43
over on the shortstop side of the bag. There's
34:49
a swing and a foul ball back out of play. To
34:52
what? Through the years in baseball, there have
34:56
been a lot of shifts employed. However, in many
35:00
cases... Managers have chosen not to go with
35:02
the shift with base runners on. Gil Hodges has
35:05
been going with the same shift, even with runners
35:07
at first and second. Those shifts take a lot
35:11
of base hits away, Lindsey. I had one that was
35:14
always pulled on me with a second baseman on
35:16
the shortstop side. Well, here's a fly ball.
35:18
It may go back to bases in the left field, but
35:21
it's a foul ball by about a foot and a half.
35:24
As McCovey went to the opposite field, lofted
35:27
a pop down the left field line. Harrelson was
35:30
racing to try to get to it. Jones, who was swung
35:33
over and left, was trying to get there. Nobody
35:35
could have got it, but it was a foul ball. So
35:37
it's 2 -2. The psychology of a shift like this
35:41
is to really take base hits away, but also they're
35:46
willing to give up a single if McCovey would
35:48
bunt or hit the ball the other way instead of
35:50
the home run if he were swinging away and managed
35:53
to connect the ball. Here's a 2 -2 pitch. Swung
35:57
on it, only got a second. It takes a bad hop,
35:59
but it's fielded there and thrown on by Foy.
36:02
And McCovey is out. Foy was on the second base
36:06
side of the bag, and that last hop it took was
36:09
up off his chest, but he corralled it right then
36:10
and threw on. Tell me, Lindsey, how are you going
36:12
to score that? Well, I'll tell you about position.
36:18
It's a difficult thing if you're scored by personnel.
36:21
He is the third baseman, no matter where he plays,
36:24
and so the official score says 5 -3. If he plays
36:27
in center field, he's still the third baseman.
36:31
One away, Dick Dietz is up. And the pitch is
36:36
in for a call strike. I think that's one factor
36:39
of the game that Abner Doubleday didn't consider
36:41
when he supposedly invented baseball. Did you
36:46
ever discuss it with him? No, but Cartwright
36:49
has some pretty good theories on it. Here's a
36:51
swing and a fly ball down the right field corner.
36:53
If it stays fair, it's a foul ball. Again, that
36:57
went way down the right field corner, but foul.
37:01
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here, 2 -0. Count is two strikes to Dietz with
37:25
one man out and nobody on base. Ryan's fastball
37:29
is outside. California Angels are in New York
37:32
tonight to take on the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
37:35
At Minnesota in the middle of the seventh inning,
37:37
it's the Minnesota Twins 3 and the Cleveland
37:39
Indians 1. Swing and a miss. Nolan Ryan has his
37:44
second strikeout. He got Dietz swinging. Jim
37:48
Davenport's coming up. Dietz, by the way, is
37:49
hitting .397. Davenport's hitting .143. Luis
37:54
Tiaz pitching today for Minnesota. Stan Williams
37:57
relieved him in the seventh. Tiaz won three and
37:59
lost none. Steve Hargan started for Cleveland.
38:01
Bill Hennigan in the fifth and Bob Miller in
38:03
the seventh. Greg Nettles homered in the fourth.
38:07
Here's a swing and a foul ball back and out of
38:09
play. Strike one to Davenport. Armand Killebrew
38:11
got his fourth homer in the fourth with nobody
38:13
on. Brad Ailey got his. Fifth homer in the fourth
38:17
with one on from Minnesota. Leo Cardenas hit
38:19
his second homer in the fifth with nobody on.
38:24
There's a swing and a fly ball to right field.
38:26
Ron Svoboda is there. And he puts it away. The
38:30
side is out in order. So it's no runs, no hits,
38:32
no errors, and none left. At the end of two innings
38:35
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38:38
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Mets are leading the Giants 2 -0 as they come
39:51
up in the top of the third and here for the play
39:53
-by -play, Ralph Kiner. Thank you, Lindsey Dawson,
39:56
and hi, everyone. And Bud Ellison will lead off
39:58
for the Mets here in the third. Bud popped up
40:01
to the second baseman, Ron Hunt, his first time
40:03
up. His average at 310 for the season, one home
40:06
run, six runs batted in. Right -hand batter against
40:09
the left -hander, Mike McCormick. Mike with a
40:13
various assortment of small curveballs, and he
40:16
starts off with a curve, and it's popped up in
40:17
foul territory. The third baseman, Jim Davenport,
40:20
over near the Met dugout, and he makes the catch.
40:25
So McCormick, who worked the second inning one,
40:28
two, three, and very quickly, picks up an out
40:30
here in the third on one pitch, and it brings
40:32
up Cleon Jones. Cleon worked out a walk his first
40:36
time up at a 3 -2 pitch. Moved down to second
40:39
base in a single by Don Clendenin. When Ron's
40:42
promoter walked in the 3 -2 pitch, Jones went
40:44
over to third, and he scored the first run of
40:46
the ballgame on a single to center field by Joe
40:49
Poi. Mets also got a run in when Don Clendenin
40:53
crossed from second base on the single by Poi.
40:56
Mets leading 2 -0, one away, top of the third.
41:00
And Cleon takes the first pitch for a called
41:02
strike. Cleon, his first time up, was taking
41:05
all away. He wants to look at the ball. He feels
41:08
he is not comfortable at the plate, and he has
41:11
been taking the first pitches. Now a curve back
41:14
that's in the dirt, and they count one ball and
41:16
one strike. Cleon hitting .224 with no home runs.
41:19
He has eight runs batted in with three doubles
41:23
and one triple. Cleon got off to a fast start,
41:26
and he has not been hitting lately. Now a pitch
41:29
back, foul back, and it's one and two. Tommy
41:37
Agee, along with Cleon Jones in the batting slot,
41:39
despite the fact that Tommy has hit in ten consecutive
41:43
games, but he has not been hitting the ball hard.
41:45
Yesterday, he kept that streak going as a pinch
41:48
hitter and did hit a hard single to the left
41:50
in the ninth inning. One ball, two strikes. McCormick
41:56
back. And a fly ball to center field. Bobby Bonds
42:00
moves back, gets under the ball, makes the catch.
42:06
and that brings up Don Vendenen. Don hit a hard
42:12
single to left field his first time up. He's
42:15
averaged now at .256. He has three home runs,
42:18
got his third yesterday, and it was a landmarker.
42:22
He has driven an 11 runs that leads the club.
42:27
And the first pitch by McCormick has swung on
42:29
and missed, strike one. McCormick throws a screwball
42:32
along with his breaking pitches. Now the pitch,
42:42
and it's low on the count. One ball and one strike.
42:45
Got a chance yesterday to talk a little bit with
42:47
a great left -hander who had a great screwball,
42:49
Carl Hubble. Carl, a one -time, 126 games for
42:53
the New York Giants back in 1936. There's a line
42:57
drive single to center field. Bobby Bond comes
43:00
over to play the first half. And Glendon, and
43:02
now two for two in the game. That brings up Ron
43:05
Svoboda. Mets leading by a score of 2 -0. The
43:23
giant club record for most wins by a pitcher.
43:30
Christy Mathewson. He won 37 in 1908. Now swinging
43:38
a foul on the ground at strike one. Al Hubbell
43:46
at one time won 24 ballgames in succession over
43:50
a period of two years. 16 in 1936 and 8 in 1937
43:55
before he lost one. Now a slow curveball grounded
43:59
out in the hole coming over the shortstop. Amir,
44:02
the long throw to first base is in time. The
44:05
out is made. Good play by Al Amir in the shortstop.
44:07
No run, one hit, no errors. The man left the
44:10
first and the score in the middle of the third.
44:12
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to do all your banking. We're going to the bottom
45:25
of the third inning. The Giants coming up, and
45:27
the first batter will be the left fielder, Bob
45:29
Taylor. Enter a left -hand batter. He'll be followed
45:32
by Hal Lanier, and then the pitcher, Mike McCormick.
45:35
On the mound for the Mets, Nolan Ryan. With a
45:39
native. A double play, Ryan has pitched to six
45:41
batters in his first two innings. One man getting
45:44
on on the walk. First pitch is high, and it's
45:46
ball one. Daylor hitting 133. He's had two hits
45:52
and 15 times up this year. And the 1 -0 pitch
45:56
by Ryan, a fastball that is outside, and they
45:59
count two balls and no strikes. It's just off
46:01
the plate. has struck out two and two innings,
46:07
is high for a ball game, 15. Next pitch is a
46:13
breaking ball. It's inside ball three, three
46:16
balls and no strikes. That set a club record,
46:19
the 15 strikeouts, but it was broken by Tom Seaver,
46:22
who struck out 19 against San Diego. That's had
46:25
an all -time high record. The 3 -0 delivery.
46:30
It's high ball four. Now Nolan Ryan has walked
46:32
Taylor on four pitches. His other walk also was
46:35
on four pitches to Ron Hunt. Potentially it puts
46:44
the time run at the plate. Howell near the batter.
46:46
Howell got a home run in yesterday's win for
46:48
the Giants. A free run home run. He had not hit
46:52
a home run since 1966 in the Major Leagues until
46:56
this year. And his home run yesterday was his
47:00
second for this season. Has a lifetime total
47:03
of seven. And he takes the first pitch of Carl's
47:06
strike. On the air batting 176, he has four runs
47:11
batted in. Talking about Carl Hubble's consecutive
47:16
wins over a period of two seasons of 24, Tom
47:19
Seaver has won his last 14 for the men. Four
47:24
of them this year. Swing and a foul back off
47:26
a fastball. McCown at strike two. Tom will be
47:29
going in tomorrow's game at San Diego. We'll
47:31
be on the air at 1025 for that one. Al Santorini
47:36
will be pitching for San Diego. He has a win
47:39
over the Mets. The only one that San Diego had
47:40
over the Mets last year. Mets defeated them 11
47:44
out of 12. Next pitch is fouled off. Again, the
47:47
fastball. McCown stays at strike two. The biggest
47:54
game ever played as a matter of time between
47:58
the Mets and the Giants. Seven hours, 23 minutes,
48:00
23 innings. May 31st, 1964. Tomorrow, we go into
48:09
the month of May. Now again, a swing and a miss
48:11
and the ball fouled off. the fastest game of
48:22
their career in 51 minutes. Nine -inning ball
48:26
game against Philadelphia on September 28, 1919.
48:30
51 minutes. Now again, it's Ryan back in a curveball.
48:36
It's in the air, over the head of the second
48:38
baseman. Now, why is the base hit? And Lanier
48:42
becomes the fourth man to get a base hit against
48:44
Ryan this year. Ryan had done. to his first two
48:50
starts, giving up only three hits. That brings
48:57
up Mike McCormick, who is a good -hitting pitcher.
48:59
He has had seven home runs in his Major League
49:02
career. We have to guard against him. At this
49:05
point, he'll be batting with no one out and the
49:08
tie run at first, so we'll be looking for a possible
49:10
sacrifice. McCormick has been up 12 times this
49:20
year without a hit. Don Condon in the first baseman
49:22
in, very, very tight. Hard to bunt on this artificial
49:28
surface. There's a chopper bounced out to Ryan.
49:31
He'll have to wait for it to come down. He does.
49:32
Throws the first base to Weiss covering there,
49:34
and the sacrifice is effective. Well, there's
49:37
one way to bunt on this artificial surface, Lindsay.
49:41
Just chop it down, and the ball will bounce high
49:43
in the air. That's what happened, and Ryan had
49:45
to wait for it to come down. Well, the dime run
49:53
moves down to second base in scoring position
49:55
with Bob Tender on ahead at third. And the batter,
49:59
Bobby Bonds, who was struck out his first time
50:02
up. Bonds batting .346. He has four home runs,
50:10
ten runs batted in. That's playing the infield
50:13
back. They lead 2 -0 in the first pitch, a curve
50:17
that's in for a foul strike, and Bonds backs
50:19
away from the plate. He was fooled by that one.
50:24
Bonds was struck out on a 1 -2 fastball his first
50:27
time up. Bonds now has been struck out 25 times
50:33
this year in 22 games. And at one strike, the
50:41
pitch by Ryan. Again, the curve is topped out
50:44
toward shortstop. Come off by Foy. A play at
50:47
first base in time. And on the play. Bob Tanner
50:50
scores from third, and Alan Ear runs over to
50:54
third. So it's now a 2 -1 ballgame, a run batted
50:57
in for Barnes. An argument at first base as both
51:00
Barnes and the first base coach, Wes Westrom,
51:05
argue with the first base umpire, Ken Burkhardt,
51:08
and Burkhardt's got a very short fuse. Now Clyde
51:12
King comes out of the dugout. He wants to say
51:14
something to Burkhardt. Ed Sudol, a second base
51:17
umpire, coming over for some more support. And
51:21
King now, King now arguing with Burkhart. Weston
51:25
had walked away. He comes back to the discussion.
51:29
Now coming from the iron deck circle over to
51:31
the argument, Ken Henderson. Westrom walks away.
51:52
King still stays there. Barnes is going back
51:55
to the dugout. King is the kind of a man who
51:59
will argue very quietly. He's not very strong
52:04
in his talking personality. He's very persistent,
52:10
though. He's still there with the argument. On
52:19
the play, the time run has moved over to third,
52:22
and we still have a discussion going. After six
52:32
innings of play, the White Sox lead Baltimore
52:34
4 -2. White Sox with four runs in the bottom
52:37
of the sixth inning. Knocking Tom Peebles out.
52:41
King is still there, arguing. Started to walk
52:44
away, came back. Now he goes away. Harden is
52:50
now pitching for a battle more in place of Phoebus.
52:52
Tommy John, who has lost five, won none. The
52:56
start in the ballgame for the White Sox. Milwaukee
53:00
scheduled Washington for a night game. Detroit
53:02
against Kansas City for a night game. Kansas
53:05
City has lost seven in a row. At the end of seven,
53:09
Minnesota three, Cleveland one. Now order has
53:12
been restored and we're set to go. Two men away,
53:15
the batter Ron Hunt. Ron walked on four pitches
53:17
in his... First time up. Mets have been unable
53:21
to get him out. He was on every time yesterday.
53:26
And the first pitch is outside the ball. Unbetting
53:35
at an even 400. He has had three game -winning
53:41
hits for the Giants. The 1 -0 pitch by Ryan,
53:46
a curveball that is in for a called strike. Ron
53:50
Hunt moved away from the pitch. He stands right
53:53
on top of the plate, which would make it difficult
53:59
for him on the inside pitch. Now Ryan into the
54:03
windup, and time is called. Hunt stepping out
54:07
of the batter's box. Now Hunt back in. And at
54:23
1 -1, the pitch by Ryan is a fastball that is
54:26
low, and it's two balls and one strike. Ron Hunt
54:36
originally signed with the Milwaukee Braves.
54:39
That's got him from the farm system. moved on
54:43
to L .A., and now here with San Francisco. The
54:46
2 -1 delivery popped in the air to center field.
54:49
Moving over is Tommy Agee to get under the ball.
54:51
He's now called off by Ron Svoboda, and Ron makes
54:54
a catch as the wind drifts the ball toward him.
54:57
Every tie is a side, but in the inning, a run
54:59
for San Francisco, they have one hit. There was
55:03
a walk, and one man left on. And the score, at
55:07
the end of three, New York Mets 2, the San Francisco
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We're going to the top of the fourth inning.
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The Mets leading 2 -1 after three. Nolan Ryan
56:20
dueling with Mike McCormick. And the first batter
56:23
for the Mets will be Joe Foy, who drove in two
56:26
Mets runs in the first inning with a single to
56:28
center field. Mets have had two runs on three
56:32
hits. Don Fundenin picking up two hits along
56:34
with Joe Foy. Giants have one run on one hit.
56:39
Base hit by Howell Anear. And now Joel Boyd,
56:46
the batter. Joel, right -hand batter. And the
56:49
first pitch is a screwball. It's over for a called
56:51
strike. Boyd hitting 183. Now has seven, make
56:55
it eight runs batted in. He's had one home run.
57:01
And McCormick, a left -hander. And the one -strike
57:04
delivery is a curveball inside. So he breaks
57:07
one the other way. And the count evens at one
57:09
ball and one strike. Cormac with a record of
57:13
1 -1 this year. And the 1 -1 pitch. Slow curveball
57:25
that hangs up high and it's two balls in one
57:27
strike. I got some trivia for you, Lindsey. But
57:31
Cormac attended Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra,
57:34
California. Ho, ho, ho. Campbell covered. 2 -1
57:40
and the pitch. Hit hard in the hole and on through
57:43
in the left field as O 'Neal dies for it and
57:46
he cannot come up with it. So far he has two
57:49
for two along with Don Clendenin. The Mets now
57:51
have four hits. And it brings up Al White. Al
57:58
was struck out his first time up. Mets leading
58:03
by a 2 -1 margin with no one out or in the top
58:06
of the fourth. Now McCormick working from the
58:16
set position. Weiss hitting at 2 -11. The runner
58:19
going. The pitch is swung on and missed. A big
58:21
jump by Boyd. He steals the base easily. Joe
58:25
Boyd with a stolen base and he did it on the
58:27
pitcher. He got a tremendous jump. That is his
58:30
fifth stolen base of the year. Boyd now has five
58:37
out of seven for the Mets and he is in scoring
58:39
position. Now Weiss protecting him as he swung
58:43
at the pitch. One strike count. Boy, last year
58:47
had 37 stolen bases for Kansas City. Now McCormick,
58:55
again from the set position. And the pitch to
58:59
Weiss. Curveball low and inside. McCormick trying
59:01
to keep the pitch inside to keep Weiss from hitting
59:03
behind the runner. One ball and one strike. Gil
59:10
Hodges believes that... One of the most important
59:15
plays in baseball is when a batter gives himself
59:17
up and hits a ground ball toward the second baseman.
59:21
In a situation like this, no one out, a runner
59:23
at second base. Now the pitch. It is again the
59:29
low inside curveball, too low for ball two. Two
59:32
balls and one strike. Signs go out. McCormick
59:49
working very slowly. Sets up again. And the 2
59:54
-1 pitch. It is low at the knees. A called strike
59:58
two in the count. Two balls and two strikes.
1:00:01
McCormick coming back with a fastball knee high.
1:00:17
Weiss batting from the right -hand side all the
1:00:19
way since last year. And the 2 -2 pitch is swung
1:00:23
on and missed, and now Weiss is struck out for
1:00:25
the second time. McCormick got him with an inside
1:00:28
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Now Duffy Dyer, the batter. Duffy flied to center
1:00:48
field his first time up. Right -hand batter.
1:00:53
Batting a 2 -0 -8 for the year. Duffy has yet
1:00:55
to drive in a run this year. Runner at second
1:00:59
base. One man on top of the fourth. Immensely
1:01:01
2 -1. And a play on at second base. Foy gets
1:01:06
back just in time. The throw taken by Ron Hunt.
1:01:09
And the throw was away from Hunt. He had to make
1:01:12
a good play to catch the ball. He had to reach
1:01:14
over Foy and... Catch the ball, keep it from
1:01:17
going in the center field. Now McCormick again
1:01:23
has Hunt at the bag, and this time he does not
1:01:25
throw as Foy gets back before any action took
1:01:28
place. The guy is trying to hold a very fast
1:01:34
man, Joe Foy, close to the bag at second in case
1:01:36
of a play at the plate on a base hit to the outfield.
1:01:39
Here's the pitch. Slow curveball over the inside
1:01:41
corner, strike one. McCormick takes a lot off
1:01:44
the curve. One strikeout. Cormac now sets up.
1:02:04
And the play for him is stealing. It is inside.
1:02:07
The quarterback is not in time. And Joe Foy has
1:02:10
stolen his second base of the inning. That is
1:02:14
number six for Joe Foy this season. He got again
1:02:17
a big jump. So now the Giants will probably set
1:02:22
their infield in. Which gives Duffy Dyer a much
1:02:26
better chance to hit with one man out here in
1:02:28
the top of the fourth. Mets have a lot of base
1:02:37
-dealing potential in their lineup this year.
1:02:40
Slow curveball, tough bat to the mound. McCormick
1:02:42
fields it, shovels off underhanded. And the players
1:02:46
make the play in time on Troy as he flies into
1:02:49
the tag. On the fielder's choice, Dyer is at
1:02:52
first base, and we pause for station identification.
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Rob Kiner along with Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy
1:03:09
from San Francisco, California. Play at the plate,
1:03:12
a good play by Mike McCormick, cutting off Joe
1:03:14
Foy trying to score from third. Now it's Duffy
1:03:17
Dyer at first base with two men out at the top
1:03:19
of the fourth. The Mets leading by one, and the
1:03:21
batter is Nolan Ryan. First pitch to Nolan, a
1:03:25
slow curveball, too low for a ball. Ryan has
1:03:31
had one hit. And eight times up this year. And
1:03:40
McCormick back again, and a fastball is swung
1:03:42
on and missed it. One and one. One ball, one
1:03:53
strike. Dyer not being held on at first base
1:03:56
as Willie McCovey plays behind him. Next pitch
1:04:00
is hit hard down to the shortstop. Amiri makes
1:04:03
a one -hand grab, races to the back, a second
1:04:05
for the fourth play, taking a base hit away from
1:04:08
Ryan and concluding the inning. No runs, one
1:04:11
hit. No errors, a man left at first. And the
1:04:16
score in the middle of the fourth inning. The
1:04:19
New York Mets steal the San Francisco Giants
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keep America beautiful. Bottom half of the fourth
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inning, the Mets leading the Giants by a 2 -1
1:05:31
score, and the first batter for the Giants will
1:05:34
be the right fielder, Ken Henderson. Ken hit
1:05:36
into a double play his first time up. Left -hand
1:05:41
batter against the right -hander at Olin Ryan,
1:05:44
hitting at .377. Ryan has struck out two in the
1:05:53
ballgame. He has been reached for one run on
1:05:55
one hit. A walk to Bob Taylor cost him the run.
1:06:00
It was driven in by Bobby Bonds on the grounder
1:06:03
to third. And the first pitch occurred at slowest
1:06:06
ball one. Ryan has walked two batters in the
1:06:12
ballgame, both on four pitches, but he has not
1:06:14
been wild. By being very wild, he has missed
1:06:17
very closely. Now back again in the high inside
1:06:20
fastball for ball two. He'll be pitching to Ken
1:06:24
Henderson, Willie McCovey, and Dick Dietz here
1:06:26
in this inning. And the right -hander's next
1:06:29
pitch is swung on and fouled back. Henderson
1:06:32
going for a high fastball on the count. Two balls
1:06:35
and one strike. And the next delivery is fouled
1:06:49
back against the screen. Again, the fastball,
1:06:51
it's two and two. Line with a record of one win
1:06:55
and one loss as part of the fact that in its
1:06:57
first two decisions, going all the way, gave
1:07:02
up only three hits. And the next delivery at
1:07:10
two -two is a curve that's low. And a full count
1:07:13
to Ken Henderson. On deck batter, Willie McCovey.
1:07:22
Big pitch coming up here for Ryan. He takes the
1:07:25
windup and delivers. And he misses just off the
1:07:29
outside corner with a fastball. That pitch was
1:07:32
very, very close. That walks Henderson and brings
1:07:36
up Willie McCovey with no one out in the bottom
1:07:38
of the fourth inning, and the Mets trying to
1:07:39
protect a one -run lead. McCovey with a shift
1:07:50
on, grounded to Joe Foy, the third baseman, and
1:07:53
he was playing in the normal second baseman's
1:07:56
position. Al Weiss, the second baseman, is in
1:07:59
shallow right field. And the first pitch to McCovey
1:08:02
is a curveball too low for a ball. Bud Harrelson,
1:08:07
the shortstop, left in the normal shortstop position.
1:08:13
Similar shift devised by Lou Boudreau on Ted
1:08:17
Williams. Pitch back, a fastball, swung on a
1:08:19
miss. One and one. One ball, one strike. Covey
1:08:30
had a big swing, as you could probably hear.
1:08:33
From the fans, now the pitch. Throw ball, and
1:08:36
again, a swing and a miss. Good pitch by Ryan.
1:08:38
He had McCovey pulled, and the Cavs won in two.
1:08:46
McCovey's had six home runs this year, 17 runs
1:08:49
batted in. He's sitting at 200. And Ryan's next
1:08:56
to the livery, a fastball right through the middle
1:08:58
of the plate. McCovey stepped out of the batter's
1:09:00
box as some dust blew by, and the Mets' contending
1:09:03
time was not called. And here comes Gil Hodges
1:09:06
out to argue. The umpire has to call time, and
1:09:10
the batter cannot get it unless the umpire agrees
1:09:12
to give it to him. And you'd have to believe
1:09:14
from the way Duffy Dyer and Ryan acted. that
1:09:16
the umpire did not call time. He just gave the
1:09:20
pitch to Willie McCovey. And that's what Gil
1:09:23
Hodges is contending. The pitch was right down
1:09:26
the middle of fastball. And McCovey stepped out
1:09:29
of the batter's box while Ryan was in the act
1:09:31
of delivering because of the dust that flew by.
1:09:35
So we have our second argument of the day. The
1:09:38
first was lost by the Giants on a play at first
1:09:41
base, and now it's Gil Hodges saying he wants
1:09:43
McCovey struck out. as technically time was not
1:09:46
called. Now Ken Burkhart, the first base umpire,
1:09:51
is taking up the argument. All four umpires are
1:09:58
at home plate trying to help out Andy Olsen who
1:10:01
had a decision reversed by his fellow umpires
1:10:04
in Los Angeles. Now Gill apparently has been...
1:10:13
Satisfied, and he is going back to the dugout.
1:10:15
Possibly not satisfied, but he has given up the
1:10:17
argument. And McGovey's still at the plate. Umpires
1:10:24
go back to their stations. Burkhart to first
1:10:26
base. Sudol to second. DeWired to third. And
1:10:34
Ryan looks in for another sign. Runner at first
1:10:37
base. He represents the time run. And the pitch.
1:10:40
Curveball high and away. Duffy Dyer down to send
1:10:50
out the sign. And Ryan sets. Here's the pitch.
1:10:56
Fastball grounded towards Foy. The second baseman,
1:10:59
Foy, charges. He has no play at second base.
1:11:02
Picks up the out at first. There's no one at
1:11:04
third. And going over is Ryan to cover. And the
1:11:07
throw is perfect by Don Tandon. And Ryan takes
1:11:09
the throw and makes the pass. That's the way
1:11:13
it was. Ships on. Harrelson, the shortstop, was
1:11:15
over covering second base. If Boyd had time to
1:11:19
throw there, there was nobody at third. Boyd,
1:11:21
of course, the third baseman playing at the second
1:11:23
baseman's position. The second baseman playing
1:11:25
in right field. And so Henderson thought he could
1:11:28
make it over to third. Ryan, the pitcher, coming
1:11:31
from the pitcher's mound, beating to the bag.
1:11:33
And a perfect throw by Don Clendenin as just
1:11:36
about everybody was running toward third base.
1:11:38
You don't see too many 5 -3 -1 double plays.
1:11:41
So that's right. It's a 5 -3 -1 double play.
1:11:45
And the Giants lose a baserunner from scoring
1:11:48
position on the gamble. And now the batter will
1:11:51
be the catcher, Dick Dietz. And he takes the
1:11:54
first pitch low. It's ball one. 5 -3 -1 double
1:12:02
play started from second base. And finished at
1:12:05
third. And finished at third. Now there's a new
1:12:08
one for you. That's the second double play for
1:12:17
the Mets in the game. Anderson was involved in
1:12:21
that one, too. The next pitch is low, and it's
1:12:22
ball two. Dietz was struck out his first time
1:12:25
up on a fastball. He's batting .391 for the year
1:12:28
with six home runs and 21 runs batted in. The
1:12:31
2 -0 pitch. It's in the dirt, curveball missing,
1:12:34
and the count, three balls, no strikes. Well,
1:12:43
they say in baseball you see something new every
1:12:45
day. We can chalk this one up today, Lindsey.
1:12:49
Well, it's that way. I never saw that play before,
1:12:53
believe me. Three balls, no strikes. Ryan into
1:13:01
the lineup and the pitch to Dietz. It's in for
1:13:03
a call strike. Now 3 -1, the pitch back is high,
1:13:17
and it's ball four, and Ryan has walked his second
1:13:19
batter this inning, and it's fourth in the ballgame.
1:13:27
So again, the time run is at first base, and
1:13:29
the batter this time is Jim Davenport. Jim, on
1:13:32
a fastball, flied out to right field his first
1:13:34
time up. Deets not being held on at first base
1:13:41
by Clendenin. He's playing behind him. And the
1:13:46
pitch. High fastball, ball one. Mets have two
1:13:53
runs on four hits. The Giants have one run and
1:13:56
one hit. And Nolan Ryan, the young fireballer,
1:14:05
working to Jim Davenport. And the next pitch
1:14:08
is high. Davenport was starting the swing and
1:14:10
then held off. It's two balls and no strikes.
1:14:13
The other day, Wes Parker was asked if Ryan was
1:14:17
the fastest pitcher in the league, and he said,
1:14:19
no one throws harder. The 2 -0 pitch. And a curveball
1:14:28
that's inside, and it got now 3 -0. And Ryan's
1:14:33
loss to the Dodgers, in which he gave up two
1:14:35
hits at the start of this road trip. He was throwing
1:14:40
his curveball when he was behind and getting
1:14:42
the curveball over. Today, he has not been able
1:14:44
to do that. Of course, that would be a mark of
1:14:48
an outstanding pitcher. And a 3 -0, the pitch.
1:14:53
It's in for a called strike, and it's 3 -1. On
1:14:57
deck batter, a left fielder, Bob Taylor. Now
1:15:04
a 3 -1. Pitch is swung on and missed, and a full
1:15:08
count. 3 -2. Runner at first base, Dick Dietz,
1:15:12
will be running. Infield. Notified of that. Here's
1:15:19
the 3 -2 pitch. A runner going, and it's fouled
1:15:21
off. The Cow remains at 3 -2, and Dietz goes
1:15:25
back to first. New ball put in play, and Ryan.
1:15:38
Goes off the pitching mound to rub it up. Baltimore
1:15:45
got a run. Now a pitch inside and high ball four.
1:15:49
And Ryan has walked his fourth, his third man
1:15:52
in the inning. And it brings up the left fielder,
1:15:55
Bob Taylor. That is his fifth walk in the ballgame.
1:16:02
In the Baltimore -Chicago game, the White Sox
1:16:06
score Baltimore. Three after six and a half innings.
1:16:09
Time called because of rain. Baltimore got a
1:16:13
run in the seventh on Frank Robinson's fourth
1:16:15
home run of the year. Taylor's a left -hand batter.
1:16:21
He walked on four pitches his first time up and
1:16:23
has scored the only giant run. Let's lead two
1:16:25
to one. Giant threatening. And a curve is hideaway
1:16:29
ball one. Rube Walker, the pitching coach of
1:16:39
the Mets, now trotting out to the mound. Ken
1:16:49
Henderson led off the inning on a 3 -2 walk.
1:16:51
Willie McCovey was next, and with the shift on,
1:16:54
Willie grounded to Joe Foy, the third baseman,
1:16:58
playing in the second baseman's position with
1:17:00
the second baseman in shallow right field. Foy
1:17:04
had no play on... Henderson at second base on
1:17:07
the slow ground ball by McCovey. He threw over
1:17:10
to first base, and McCovey was out. There was
1:17:12
no one covering third, and Henderson trying to
1:17:14
go to third was out when Fendenin threw to Ryan,
1:17:18
who finally covered the bag. Then Dick Dietz
1:17:21
walked in a 3 -1 pitch, and Jim Dallenport walked
1:17:24
in a 3 -2 pitch to put runners back on. Now the
1:17:27
pitch to Taylor. It's way inside and low, and
1:17:29
it's ball two. Two balls, no strikes. Taylor
1:17:40
is a stocky left -hand batter. Small strikes
1:17:44
on the 2 -0 pitch. Swung on and missed. And it's
1:17:48
2 -1. Taylor batting 133. Two hits and 15 times
1:17:57
up. Two balls, one strike. Ryan set. And the
1:18:07
pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike two. So Ryan
1:18:11
back even at two and two. Been a long inning.
1:18:22
With all the walk. Ryan sets. Checks at second
1:18:31
base. And the pitch to the plate. It is just
1:18:34
low and that pitch was close. That fills the
1:18:37
count. So the runners will be going two men away.
1:18:41
The count three and two on Bob Taylor, the on
1:18:44
-deck batter, Howell Lanier. Ryan having trouble
1:18:52
trying to get that final out. And the pitch.
1:18:56
It is top foul into the stand. So Ryan gets it
1:19:00
over, but Taylor spoils it. Ryan will have to
1:19:03
do it all over again. Jim Davenport had the count
1:19:07
three and two and fouled one off and then walked.
1:19:21
Signs go out. Ryan sets up. The runners go. The
1:19:27
pitch. Swung on and missed. And Ryan strikes
1:19:30
out Bob Taylor to end the inning. That's his
1:19:33
third strikeout in the inning. No runs, no hits,
1:19:36
no errors. Three walks and two men left on. And
1:19:41
the score, at the end of four, the Mets two,
1:19:44
the Giants one. Well, Mets fans, we're into another
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it's the New York Mets two runs on four hits
1:20:58
and no errors. The San Francisco Giants one run,
1:21:01
only one hit and no errors. A .G. had a 10 -game
1:21:04
hitting streak coming into today's game. He's
1:21:07
gone 0 -2 so far. He flied to right and he grounded
1:21:09
out short to first. Mike McCormick has walked
1:21:13
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on the air at 10 .25 p .m. New York time. It'll
1:21:24
be a Saturday afternoon game at San Diego and
1:21:27
then a Sunday doubleheader. We'll be televising
1:21:30
the first game on Sunday from San Diego. The
1:21:34
Mets will travel back to New York on Monday and
1:21:36
open up on Tuesday night at Shea Stadium in New
1:21:39
York against the Los Angeles Dodgers. A .G. is
1:21:43
in and waiting left -hander. Mike McCormick takes
1:21:45
the sign. Goes into the motion. Here's the pitch.
1:21:51
High for a ball. Bud Harrelson is on deck. The
1:21:55
Mets are leading here by a score of 2 -1. Wind
1:21:59
blowing out toward right characteristically here
1:22:01
at Candlestick. And that pitch misses outside.
1:22:08
Here's a final score in the American League.
1:22:10
The Minnesota Twins have defeated the Cleveland
1:22:12
Indians by a score of 4 -1. Luis Teod got his
1:22:15
fourth win of the year. He's lost none, and Steve
1:22:17
Hargan took the loss. There's a swing and a high
1:22:22
pop to the right side. Hunt retreats into right
1:22:24
field, and Ken Henderson moves up and calls him
1:22:26
off. Henderson makes the catch. Went away. Bud
1:22:31
Harrison's the batter. Been up twice without
1:22:33
a hit. Brought a four -game hitting streak into
1:22:35
the ballgame. He is hit safely in 16 of the 18
1:22:39
games played by the Mets this year. At Sox Park
1:22:44
in Chicago, midway of the seventh inning, the
1:22:46
White Sox are leading the Baltimore Orioles by
1:22:48
a score of 4 -3, and time has been called there
1:22:51
because of rain in Chicago. That pitch is low
1:22:58
for a ball. The Baltimore run in the seventh
1:23:01
was a home run by Frank Robinson, his fourth
1:23:03
of this season. Far mix pitch. Swung on and line
1:23:10
in the right center. Could be in between. Can
1:23:12
Bonds catch up? He can't. It's over him and all
1:23:14
the way to the wall. Harrison is at second and
1:23:16
he's going to try for three. But Harrison going
1:23:19
on in standing at third with a triple. And it
1:23:23
is his fourth triple of this season. A power
1:23:27
blast for the little man who found some power
1:23:29
somewhere this year and he's been delivering
1:23:31
it. Harrison tripling with one man out. It was
1:23:37
to right center, and Bobby Bonds, who has a world
1:23:40
of speed, started over. Couldn't catch up because
1:23:42
it was beyond him. Now, Cleon Jones is coming
1:23:48
up as the Giants have to play the infield in.
1:23:51
Cleon has walked and flied to center so far.
1:23:53
The Mets leading by a score of 2 -1 and making
1:23:55
a bid here to get another run in. Harrelson at
1:23:57
third with one man out. Leon Jones settled himself
1:24:06
carefully, slowly into the batter's box. Mike
1:24:10
McCormick now into the motion. The pitch is high
1:24:14
and tight for a ball. Waiting on deck is Don
1:24:18
Clendenin. Frank Rehberger is up and throwing
1:24:25
again in the bullpen for the San Francisco Giants.
1:24:27
He's the right -hander they got from San Diego.
1:24:30
This pitch misses inside. McCormick goes behind
1:24:34
2 -0 to Cleon Jones. He's walked two and he's
1:24:37
struck out two in this ballgame. Mets have five
1:24:40
hits and the Giants have one. Infield in. Harrelson
1:24:45
leading down the line from third. Jones steps
1:24:49
back for a moment. Here's a 2 -0 pitch. Swung
1:25:01
on and it's fouled off his foot. Rolls back out
1:25:04
to the mound. 2 -1 is the count to Cleon Jones.
1:25:12
Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland A's today by
1:25:14
a score of 8 -7. That's the fifth consecutive
1:25:16
loss for Charlie. No other action going in the
1:25:25
afternoon in the National League. There are three
1:25:27
games in the National League tonight. Cubs are
1:25:31
at Atlanta. There's a swing and a drive down
1:25:34
the left field. Out out foul ball going into
1:25:36
the Met bullpen. Ripped down there off the bat
1:25:40
at Jones. That evens the count at 2 -2. Houston
1:25:44
Astros are at St. Louis tonight. The Montreal
1:25:46
Expos are at Los Angeles. Atlanta Braves, of
1:25:53
course, have been scratching around for pitching.
1:25:55
They signed Dick Farrell a few days ago. Never
1:25:57
used him. before releasing him in favor of Ronnie
1:26:01
Kline. They lost up Shaw and Reed through injuries.
1:26:06
2 -2 pitch, swung on it, on the ground to the
1:26:08
right side, goes through for a base hit with
1:26:10
a drawn in infield. It scores, Harrelson, and
1:26:12
Jones is out with a single right and a run batted
1:26:15
in. Well, that's the case of a ground ball that
1:26:17
went through with the infield in that could have
1:26:19
been fielded had the infield been back. Now Mets
1:26:24
take a 3 -1 lead. Don Glenn Dunnan is two for
1:26:31
two here in this game. He has scored one run,
1:26:39
hitting cleanup, and manager Gil Hodges met batting
1:26:41
order. Jones takes the lead at first. McCormick
1:26:46
throws over. Not in time. Jones is back safely.
1:26:52
Reberger continues to throw on the bullpen for
1:26:54
the Giants. Again, a throw to first, and Jones
1:26:59
is back safely. Boy, he stole two bases in the
1:27:02
fourth inning. Stole second, stole third. So
1:27:06
McCormick's trying to keep a short halter on
1:27:08
Jones. He's running, and the pitch is swung on
1:27:12
and popped up foul out of play down right field
1:27:15
way. Goes into the seats. Jones comes back. Yeah,
1:27:24
I just pushed on a lot of must -run plays. As
1:27:27
this year, since he has speed on the ball club,
1:27:30
meaning the runner takes off and it's up to the
1:27:33
discretion of the batter. Sometimes called a
1:27:36
run and hit as opposed to a hit and run where
1:27:38
the batter should protect the runner. Throw to
1:27:42
first, not in time. Slovota's on deck. Throw
1:27:54
to first, Jones is back safely. This will be
1:28:06
a strike one delivery. Foul back and out of play.
1:28:10
It goes to two strikes now to Don Clinton. Jones
1:28:30
leaves it first. McCovey holds against him there.
1:28:36
Two -strike delivery. Swung on and fouled off.
1:28:39
The count holds at two strikes. Come on, I'm
1:28:45
San Diego. It'll be Tom Seaver for the New York
1:28:49
Mets going after his fifth win of the year against
1:28:52
Al Santorini of the San Diego Padres. Santorini
1:28:58
from New Jersey and had a victory over the Mets
1:29:03
last year. There's a throw to first. Jones is
1:29:07
hung up. He was off and running. He's in a run
1:29:10
down now. McCovey is catching him up, faking
1:29:12
as he goes, and tags him out. So, Creon Jones
1:29:17
is picked off. 1 -3 -4 -3 is the way the play
1:29:22
went. So, Creon was finally picked, and there
1:29:29
are two men out. He was off and moving, and so
1:29:32
the left -hander. Made the play at first, and
1:29:36
he was in the rundown. So there are two men out
1:29:40
now. They count to Glenn Dillon to play the two
1:29:43
strikes. The Mets are leading in the game by
1:29:46
a score of 3 -1. That pitch is high for a ball.
1:30:07
1 -2 delivery. And it is hacked. Fair ball. 2
1:30:12
-2. Dietz and McCormick each thought they might
1:30:15
get a strike call. Each took a step toward the
1:30:17
dugout. But Andy Olsen, the umpire behind the
1:30:21
plate, said it was out of the strike zone. The
1:30:23
count evens at 2 -2. Now swinging a foul ball
1:30:29
off and out of play. Eddie Yost comes way down
1:30:33
off the coaching lines to retrieve that foul
1:30:35
ball. Now McCormick sets up, looks for the sign,
1:30:51
goes into the motion, 2 -2 pitch. Below, and
1:30:55
it's off the glove of B, throwing away, and McCormick's
1:30:58
gone full now with two men out, nobody on base.
1:31:11
Bud Harrelson tripled and was brought home by
1:31:14
Cleon Jones. To give the Mets that third run.
1:31:17
Here's the payoff pitch. It's fouled off. Count
1:31:21
continues. That's 3 -2 to Don Clendenin. Clendenin
1:31:29
spent most of his Major League career with the
1:31:31
Pittsburgh Pirates, and he used to wear the early
1:31:34
New York Mets out. He was a terror for the Mets
1:31:37
in the Pittsburgh uniform. Here's the payoff
1:31:42
pitch. Oh, hi, Sally. Come in. Oh, hi, Dolly.
1:32:08
Is Andy home? Sure. Andy, Sally Stern's here
1:32:10
to see you. Hi, Sally. What's up? Andy, if you've
1:32:13
got a minute, I need some of that Granatelli
1:32:16
advice about cars. Our son Larry is driving to
1:32:19
Florida. I want to have the car checked out,
1:32:21
but I don't know what should be done. Well, Sally,
1:32:24
before anyone takes a car on a trip, they should
1:32:26
have their service station check tire pressures,
1:32:28
headlights, windshield rubber blades, and have
1:32:30
them change the oil. Don't forget the STP, Andy.
1:32:33
Dolly, how could I? Especially when you're on
1:32:35
the road, Sally. Higher speeds can mean greater
1:32:37
engine wear, but STP oil treatment helps eliminate
1:32:40
friction, heat, and wear. It clings to metal
1:32:43
parts and lubricates better than motor oil alone
1:32:45
ever could. So you run smoother, cooler, quieter,
1:32:48
longer. I recommend adding a can of STP whenever
1:32:51
you change oil. Thanks, Andy. Is there anything
1:32:53
else? Well, I could tell Larry about a little
1:32:55
place I know in Miami where all the girls...
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Andy! STP! This is the New York Mets Baseball
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Network. You're listening to New York Mets Baseball
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on WKAJ -FM 102 .3 in Saratoga Springs, New York,
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the home of the New York Mets. This is Lindsey
1:33:24
Nelson with Ralph Cantor and Bob Murphy at Candlestick
1:33:27
Park in San Francisco. Al Lanier up. Ryan's first
1:33:31
pitch is low for a ball. Lanier's been up one
1:33:35
time and he had a base hit. Ryan delivers. And
1:33:42
it's in there for a call strike. One and one.
1:33:44
Ryan has struck out three and he's walked five
1:33:46
here today. He walked three batters in the bottom
1:33:49
of the fourth. One -one delivery. Swung on it
1:33:56
in the air to center field. And A .G. is going
1:33:58
back. He's there. Makes the catch. A .G. having
1:34:04
a little trouble as he got back through the wind
1:34:05
blowing out rather stiffly out there. He got
1:34:08
back set and then sort of ducked his head away
1:34:11
as he grabbed it. But there is one man out, and
1:34:14
Mike McCormick's coming up. Been up one time
1:34:17
and sacrificed, so officially he has not been
1:34:20
charged with a time at bat. Jim McAndrew is walking
1:34:24
from the bullpen area down toward the dugout
1:34:26
now. He is scheduled to pitch the Saturday game
1:34:28
for the Mets against the San Diego Padres. Jim
1:34:31
McAndrew. Pitch to the left -hand batter. Swung
1:34:36
on it on the ground. And it is taken at second
1:34:39
by Weiss and played the first inside. Weiss had
1:34:42
the range way over in the hole between first
1:34:44
and second to glove that ground ball. Play on
1:34:47
to get McCormick. Two away. Bobby Barnes will
1:34:50
be the better. Struck out and grounded out to
1:34:52
drive and a run. The original Met is here this
1:34:57
afternoon. The first man ever selected by the
1:35:00
New York Mets in their expansion draft before
1:35:03
the 1962 season. Toby Landry. He's in business
1:35:08
here in the greater San Francisco area. There's
1:35:13
a swing and a foul ball back and out of play.
1:35:19
His younger son recently underwent an operation
1:35:24
for the amputation of a leg. Here's a pitch to
1:35:30
Bobby Bond. Swung on and missed. A malignant
1:35:35
tumor was discovered in his ankle, and the amputation
1:35:39
followed. Two men out, nobody on base. This will
1:35:45
be a two -strike pitch to Bobby Bond. Nolan Ryan
1:35:48
delivers, and it misses low and away. So it's
1:35:52
one and two. When Landreth was selected as the
1:35:57
first nut in the expansion draft, it was an interesting
1:36:02
situation. Here's a pitch. Swung on and missed.
1:36:06
Struck him out to retire the side. We'll finish
1:36:09
that story later. Four strikeouts for Nolan Ryan.
1:36:13
No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. And at
1:36:16
the end of five full innings of play, the score
1:36:18
is the Mets 3 and the Giants 1. For fast personal
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York. The Met catcher, who was the first expansion
1:37:27
draft selection, and somebody said to Casey Stengel,
1:37:30
the manager of the Mets then, why did you select
1:37:33
a catcher as your first choice? Casey thought
1:37:36
about it and said, because if you don't have
1:37:38
a catcher, you have all pass balls, which seemed
1:37:42
as good a reason as any. Hobie was traded from
1:37:47
the New York Mets to Baltimore. And another interesting
1:37:54
thing that happened is his older son, Gary, had
1:37:56
been around the ball club, and so he went to
1:37:59
him when he was traded and said, son, I've been
1:38:01
traded, and I think you ought to know it. And
1:38:03
the boy said, oh, I know that. I've known it
1:38:05
a couple of days. I was in the dugout, and I
1:38:08
heard Mr. Single talking on the phone to Mr.
1:38:10
White, and I knew you were traded, but I didn't
1:38:12
tell you because you told me never to repeat
1:38:14
anything I heard in the dugout or in the locker
1:38:16
room. Ryan Swoboda's up. Here's Mike McCormick
1:38:24
with the pitch. Swung on and fouled off. Bovoda
1:38:31
with a batting average now of .244. Through five
1:38:43
innings, the Mets three runs, six hits, no errors.
1:38:46
Giant one run, one hit, no errors. Breaking pitch
1:38:54
right in there. Good curveball for a called strike,
1:38:57
too, to Sloboda. Sloboda! There's a swing and
1:39:08
a foul ball. Count holes at two strikes. Candlestick
1:39:20
Park. Which will be considerably remodeled. Of
1:39:28
course, in the next year. Which already has an
1:39:32
artificial turf. Two -strike pitch. Outside.
1:39:39
One and two. Of course, the big problem at Candlestick
1:39:43
through the years has been the wind. The giant
1:39:46
organization has become a little touchy about
1:39:49
it also. Here's the one -two pitch. Swung on
1:39:52
it on the ground up the middle. It's a base hit
1:39:55
for Ron Swivota. Fielded out there by Bonds and
1:39:57
played back. So it's a leadoff hit. Joe Poi is
1:40:02
coming up. He's been up twice. He's had two hits.
1:40:05
He's driven in two runs and he's stolen two bases.
1:40:09
That was base hit number seven from the Mets
1:40:11
in this game. Some members of the Giant organization
1:40:15
were saying yesterday that they hear some of
1:40:18
the comments around. that you would think that
1:40:21
the Giants brought the win with them when they
1:40:24
came out from New York. They would like to point
1:40:27
out that he's always been here. Here's a pitch
1:40:30
low for a ball. Frank Reberger gets up to throw
1:40:39
again now in the Giant bullpen. The Mets are
1:40:41
leading by a score of 3 -1. McCormick checks
1:40:48
the runner at first. He's running. Here's a swing
1:40:51
and a ground ball foul. Off and out of play.
1:40:53
That'll bring Swivota back. Jones was picked
1:40:57
off by McCormick in the last inning. With a considerable
1:41:03
amount of speed on the ball club, Gil Hodges
1:41:07
has made the Mets this year a running ball club.
1:41:11
They run at the slightest provocation. Here's
1:41:18
a pitch low and inside. Dug out neatly with a
1:41:20
one -hand stab by catcher Dick Dietz. Speed is
1:41:27
a quality much to be desired in almost any sport
1:41:30
you can think of. Old baseball men used to say
1:41:34
it's the one quality that will serve you well
1:41:36
on offense or defense in baseball. Go to first
1:41:39
and throw boaters back safely. There is nobody
1:41:47
out. This will be a 2 -1 pitch. Another try at
1:41:52
first base, but Svoboda's back save it. Svoboda
1:41:55
was out there with a short lead, sort of rocking,
1:41:56
and McCormick threw over. If you're going to
1:42:01
go, 2 -1's an excellent pitch to go on. It doesn't
1:42:05
go, but it's ripped up the alley and left center
1:42:08
by Foy. It'll be a base hit, one hop, and over
1:42:10
the wall, a ground rule double. It hops over
1:42:14
the wall. Svoboda's being held up at third. And
1:42:18
it's a double for Boyd. As said, Ball hit way
1:42:22
out there. The edge of the AstroTurf. He bounded
1:42:25
over the left field fence. It takes a high hop
1:42:29
coming off the artificial turf. Here comes Clyde
1:42:32
King, the giant manager. There goes the sign
1:42:34
to the bullpen. That's all for McCormick. Reburger
1:42:37
will be coming in. The Mets will have runners
1:42:40
at second and third with nobody out. And Al Weiss
1:42:43
will be coming up. But we're going to get a pitching
1:42:45
change right here. Interesting thing about that
1:42:51
play was the fact that Lee Weier, the umpire
1:42:56
at third, was moving around into position for
1:42:59
the possible play there. He looked up and saw
1:43:03
the ball over the fence, but he didn't know whether
1:43:05
it got over there on the fly or got over there
1:43:07
on the hop. So he gave no sign of any guy until
1:43:10
he got some assistance. Reburger has arrived
1:43:21
at the mound now. McCormick has gone to the dugout.
1:43:30
Manager Clyde King's going back. McCormick worked.
1:43:36
innings and faced two betters here in the sixth.
1:43:39
Charged so far with three runs on, eight hits,
1:43:42
struck out two and walked two. Rehberger is coming
1:43:47
in to make his eighth appearance of the year.
1:43:50
He had three starts. He worked against the Mets
1:43:55
in the first game of this series for two innings,
1:43:57
gave up no runs on, one hit. His overall record
1:44:00
is no wins and one loss. At San Diego last year,
1:44:04
he had a record of one win and two losses. He's
1:44:07
from Caldwell, Idaho. As he warms up to check
1:44:10
us out on scores, here's Bob Murphy. All right,
1:44:13
Lindsey, the other action in the National League
1:44:15
will be tonight, Chicago playing at Atlanta.
1:44:18
In the ballgame, Billy Williams will play his
1:44:20
1 ,000th consecutive game and become the only
1:44:24
National League player in history to play that
1:44:26
many ballgames without missing one. Houston at
1:44:29
St. Louis, the Astros trying to snap an eight
1:44:31
-game losing streak. All eight losses on this
1:44:34
road trip. And Montreal and the Dodgers play
1:44:37
in Los Angeles. In the American League this afternoon
1:44:40
with Rico Peppersulli, George Scott, and Billy
1:44:43
Canigliero all hitting home runs. The Red Sox
1:44:46
shaded Oakland 8 -7. Gary Peters the winner and
1:44:50
Jim Rowland the loser. For Oakland, Philippa
1:44:53
Liu and Frank Fernandez hit home runs. Final
1:44:56
score, Boston 8 and Oakland 7. The A's now have
1:44:59
lost five in a row. Luis Teon picked up his fourth
1:45:04
win of the year as Minnesota beat Cleveland 4
1:45:06
-1. Hargan was the loser. Killebrew, Allier,
1:45:09
and Cardenas hit home runs for Minnesota and
1:45:11
Greg Nettles for Cleveland. Chicago 4, Baltimore
1:45:14
3. They're in the seventh inning and being held
1:45:16
up because of rain. Milwaukee and Washington
1:45:19
tonight. Detroit and Kansas City tonight. And
1:45:21
now we have a pinch hitter coming up and to tell
1:45:23
you all about it and pick up the action, Lindsay
1:45:24
Nelson. All right, Bob Murphy, manager Gil Hodges,
1:45:28
wastes no time in going to his left -hand batter.
1:45:30
Now that there's a right -hand pitcher out there,
1:45:32
it's Boswell batting for White. They're runners
1:45:34
at second and third for the Mets. The Giants
1:45:38
play the infield in, and there's nobody out.
1:45:40
The Mets are leading by a score of 3 -1. Here's
1:45:42
the pitch now to Boswell, and it hits him. He
1:45:46
is a hit batsman, and he's going down to first
1:45:48
base. That one was tight and came all the way
1:45:50
back to the screen. Of course, the ball is dead
1:45:52
when it hits him, and there's no advance possible
1:45:54
for baserunners who hold. And Boswell goes to
1:45:57
first, a hit batsman. He's all right. Duffy Dyer
1:46:01
comes up with the bases loaded. Dyer has been
1:46:08
up twice without a hit. He is not yet better
1:46:11
than a run this season. He's hitting 200. The
1:46:15
Giants leave the infield in. Marie Berger with
1:46:23
the pitch, working straight away. And it's low
1:46:26
for a ball. The Mets making a bid to break it
1:46:30
open here now in the top half of the sixth inning.
1:46:33
They're leading by a score of 3 -1, but they're
1:46:35
in a spot where a base hit can do their cause
1:46:37
a lot of good now. Runners at first, second,
1:46:40
and third. Marie Berger with the pitch. And it's
1:46:47
in there for a call strike to Duffy Dyer, 1 -1.
1:46:52
Nolan Ryan is waiting on deck. Ron Svoboda is
1:46:55
the runner at third. Joe Foy is at second. And
1:46:57
Boswell is at first. Dietz flashes a sign out
1:47:08
to the lanky right hander who doesn't get it
1:47:10
and backs off the mound. Now he's set again.
1:47:21
1 -1 pitch. Way outside. Catcher Dietz has to
1:47:26
move out there on one knee to glove it. It's
1:47:27
two balls and a strike to Dyer. Giant in field
1:47:32
end. Jim Johnson, Frank Lindsey up and throwing
1:47:36
in the bullpen for the Giants. A left -hander,
1:47:38
Johnson. A right -hander, Lindsey. Two -run pitch.
1:47:42
Swung on and tipped back in the glove of Dietz.
1:47:45
It's 2 -2. Nolan Ryan starts to... Peel off the
1:47:50
jacket now in the on -deck circle. Bright, clear,
1:47:54
and sunny here in San Francisco with the wind
1:47:56
blowing out toward right field. Here's the 2
1:48:08
-2 pitch. Swung on and on the ground is short.
1:48:12
Play at the plate. The force is accomplished.
1:48:14
He's out. There is no relay. As Swoboda... was
1:48:19
sliding in, he hooked Deetz, and a call is being
1:48:22
made, I believe, to call out Duffy Dyer at first
1:48:26
for interference of Swoboda on Deetz as he was
1:48:30
getting ready to go to first. Andy Olsen made
1:48:32
the call as Swoboda went sliding in. Deetz had
1:48:36
taken the throw the force was on and stepped
1:48:38
out a step in front of the plate, but Swoboda
1:48:42
hooked him, tripped him, and Olsen is signaling
1:48:46
down there that... Dyer is also out. Now, Leslie
1:48:50
Dyer is slowly coming off the bag. Yogi Berra
1:48:53
is beside him, and here comes Jill Hodges out
1:48:56
now. You want to discuss this a little further
1:48:58
with Andy Olsen. Olsen called Dyer out at first
1:49:07
because of the interference by Swoboda on the
1:49:10
play at the plate. The fourth play was 6 -2.
1:49:14
It was from Lanier to Dietz. So now Hodges and
1:49:18
Andy Olsen are discussing it. There are two men
1:49:26
out. Runners at second and third. And pitcher
1:49:31
Nolan Ryan is coming up. The Mets are leading
1:49:34
3 -1. He's a right -hand batter. Ryan is one
1:49:56
for nine at the plate this year. He's hitting
1:49:58
111. Infield, of course, dropped back to normal
1:50:05
depth now by the Giants with two men out. Med
1:50:08
runners lead at second and third. Reberger off
1:50:13
the stretch, and it's high for a ball. Calls
1:50:22
time. Goes to the mound. Looking into the dugout
1:50:24
as he does. Willie McCovey. Calls time. Goes
1:50:28
to the mound. Catcher Dick Dietz goes to the
1:50:30
mound. 1 -0 is the count. Nolan Ryan, meanwhile,
1:50:40
has been called on by Eddie Yost. Signed man
1:50:47
at third. The runner at third has excellent speed.
1:50:54
And keep in mind, in the first game of this series,
1:50:56
that Bud Harrelson stole home. Here's a pitch
1:51:00
that is high for a ball. I read it was in Los
1:51:04
Angeles that Harrelson stole home. 2 -0 the count
1:51:08
to Nolan Rodgers. He looks down to Eddie Yost.
1:51:13
There's always the possibility of a two -odd
1:51:16
squeeze with a circumstance like this. Not a
1:51:19
probability at all. That pitch is in for a called
1:51:22
strike. It's two and one. That's three in the
1:51:31
giant one. Two men out, two men on. Now Reberger
1:51:42
backs off the rubber, steps up again. He's working
1:51:49
straight away. Here's the 2 -1 pitch. Swung on
1:51:52
and missed. It's 2 -2. Tommy Agee is next in
1:51:59
the Met order. We're in the top of the sixth.
1:52:15
Ah, 2 -2 pitch. Swung on and fouled off back
1:52:19
at first out of play. If you're scoring the ball
1:52:27
game, catcher Dick Deets gets credit for the
1:52:31
put -out on the forced play, and also he gets
1:52:35
credit for the put -out on the interference call.
1:52:41
This will be a 2 -2 pitch now to Nolan Ryan.
1:52:46
Lowe, the count is full at 3 -2. Joe Foy at third,
1:52:55
Ken Boswell at second. Here's the payoff pitch
1:53:05
to Ryan. Swung on it in the air to right, and
1:53:09
Henderson is lifting back, flips the glasses,
1:53:11
edge of the warning track, makes the catch. The
1:53:30
finest in Italian cuisine and a wide array of
1:53:39
steaks, chops, and seafood awaits your dining
1:53:42
pleasure at Mangino's Restaurant, located on
1:53:44
the south end of Saratoga Lake. But there's a
1:53:47
big difference between just ordinary Italian
1:53:49
or American cuisine and Mangino's fine foods.
1:53:53
At Mangino's, your order is never prepared hours
1:53:55
before. Mangino's realize that good food cannot
1:53:59
be hurried, and they ask you to give them a little
1:54:01
time to prepare it properly. All dishes are prepared
1:54:04
to your order when your order is placed, never
1:54:07
before, and it hasn't been simmering away for
1:54:09
hours or minutes. And that's the big difference
1:54:12
at Mangino's. Why not enjoy eating Italian food
1:54:15
the way it should be savored? And done at Mangino's
1:54:18
Restaurant, located on the south end of Saratoga
1:54:20
Lake on Route 9P, just two miles from Route 9.
1:54:23
A complete line of Italian specialties are served
1:54:26
to tempt the palate, and their steaks and chops
1:54:28
and seafood are equally as delightful. Mangino's
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Restaurant, the home of truly fine foods, Route
1:54:34
9P, the south end of Saratoga Lake. Ken Boswell
1:54:40
stays in the ballgame for the Mets at second
1:54:42
base as expected. Nolan Ryan will be facing Ron
1:54:47
Hunt here in the bottom of the sixth. Ryan has
1:54:50
struck out four and walked five. Now on one run
1:54:54
on one hit. Hunt so far has walked and slid to
1:54:58
right. average for the season stands right now
1:55:11
at 393. And pitch. Low for a ball. Ken Henderson
1:55:38
is on deck. 1 -0 pitch. In there for a call strike,
1:55:47
it's 1 -1. There's a fastball high and away,
1:56:04
and it goes to two balls and one strike to Hunt.
1:56:12
The Mets got two runs in the top of the first
1:56:14
inning here today. Giants got one in the bottom
1:56:17
of the third. The Mets added another in the top
1:56:20
of the fifth. This is a breaking pitch low. Three
1:56:26
balls and a strike to Ron Hunt, trying to work
1:56:29
out a walk. Flicks down to Ozzie Virgil, the
1:56:32
sideman at third. 3 -1 pitch. High walking. That
1:56:46
is the sixth base on balls issued by Nolan Ryan.
1:56:56
It is the third inning in which he has issued
1:56:59
a leadoff walk. Bob Taylor leading off in the
1:57:03
third inning, and Taylor later scored the giant
1:57:05
run. It's Henderson up, and he's followed by
1:57:13
McCovey. Off the stretch, Ryan Fitts. Low for
1:57:20
a ball. Henderson. Walked as a leadoff man in
1:57:27
the fourth inning. He grounded into a double
1:57:31
play in the first inning. holds against Hunt
1:57:41
at first. Pitch is swung on and missed. It's
1:57:45
one and one. The Mets three, the Giants one.
1:57:51
In the bottom of the sixth inning at Candlestick
1:57:53
Park in San Francisco. Henderson is a switch
1:58:01
hitter. He's batting left against Ryan. Which
1:58:08
misses out of way. So it's two balls and a strike.
1:58:18
Ryan has struggled in getting the ball over the
1:58:21
plate today. Two on delivery. Swung on and popped
1:58:27
up. It's an infield pop near the mound. Foy moves
1:58:30
over and calls, and school baseman Joe Foy puts
1:58:32
it away. Unholds it first, and here comes McCubby.
1:58:41
The New York Mets start into their shift. That
1:58:43
means third baseman Floyd moves over on the second
1:58:49
base side of the bag. Ken Boswell takes the station
1:58:52
about five steps deep on the right field turf.
1:58:57
Ben Dunnan holds against the runner. Shortstop
1:59:00
Bud Harrison moves over near the bag at second.
1:59:08
And this pitch, high. for a ball. The Mets three
1:59:15
runs, eight hits. The Giants one run, one hit.
1:59:22
Pitch to McCovey. Swung on and fouled back. It's
1:59:25
one and one. It's two previous times up today
1:59:34
with the shift on. On each occasion, McCovey
1:59:37
has hit a ground ball to point. On the second
1:59:42
base side of the bag. This is a 1 -1 pitch. And
1:59:48
it's hit deep to center. It is way back, but
1:59:50
A .G. has it lined up. And makes the catch in
1:59:54
center field. That hollow at the second goes
1:59:56
back to first. A .G.'s throw is to first, but
1:59:59
not in time. So McCovey is out on a fly ball
2:00:03
to deep center. And Dick Deets is coming up with
2:00:07
two men out. East has struck out and walked so
2:00:13
far. East is a right -hand batter. Nolan Ryan
2:00:30
checks the runner at first and deals a pitch
2:00:32
that's fouled back. It's strike one. the bottom
2:00:52
of the sixth inning. Breaking pitch is high.
2:00:58
One and one. Ryan hasn't been able to get the
2:01:00
curveball over today. He struck out four and
2:01:07
walked six. That miss is high and away. So he
2:01:17
goes behind the deeps now. Two balls and a strike.
2:01:27
Ron hunts the runner at first. 2 -1 delivery.
2:01:33
Foul back off the screen and out of play. Count
2:01:36
holds at 2 -2 now. Ron takes a moment before
2:01:54
stepping up. Hunt takes the lead at first base.
2:02:01
But you swing on and miss. Ryan strikes out to
2:02:03
each for his fifth strikeout of the ballgame.
2:02:06
And the side is retired. No runs, no hits, no
2:02:10
errors. A walk and one left at the end of six
2:02:12
full innings of play. The score is the Mets three
2:02:15
and the Giants one. Some people say the dollar
2:02:19
doesn't buy much anymore. But then some people
2:02:22
have never been to McDonald's. McDonald's hamburgers
2:02:25
are 100 % beef. We never add filler. So how can
2:02:30
we sell our hamburgers at such low prices? Well,
2:02:33
we serve over two million a day. That brings
2:02:36
the cost down a little. And even if it didn't,
2:02:39
we wouldn't change. That's why McDonald's is
2:02:43
your kind of place. There's a kid inside all
2:02:51
of us. A kid who remembers the good taste of
2:02:54
simple things. We think a lot of that kid at
2:02:58
McDonald's. We use Idaho potatoes because they
2:03:01
make the best French fries. And we cook them
2:03:04
at exactly the right temperature to make them
2:03:06
crisp and golden. If you remember the good taste
2:03:10
of simple things, McDonald's is your kind of
2:03:13
place. ...throws in his warm -ups. We'll pause
2:03:33
for station identification. This is the New York
2:03:36
Mets Baseball Network. You're listening to New
2:03:38
York Mets Baseball on WKAJ -FM 102 .3 in Saratoga
2:03:42
Springs, New York, the home of the New York Mets.
2:03:47
Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kanner,
2:03:49
seven winning at Candlestick Park, Mets leading
2:03:52
3 -1, and Tommy Agee leads off in the seventh.
2:03:56
Tommy O for three this afternoon, twice has flied
2:03:59
to right and has bounced to short. And the pitchers
2:04:02
take an outside ball one. They have resumed play
2:04:07
in Chicago after being held up because of rain
2:04:10
in the seventh inning. Drive hit deep to left
2:04:15
field. Way back. It's going. And there it goes.
2:04:18
A home run. A line drive home run for Tommy Agee.
2:04:23
His second round cover of the season. The Mets
2:04:28
lead 4 -1. Joe Foy, Leon Jones, and Tommy Agee
2:04:38
have all celebrated their return to the lineup
2:04:40
here this afternoon. Foy single two runs in,
2:04:43
Jones single to run in, and now Tommy Agee has
2:04:46
hit a home run. Tommy's second home run, the
2:04:49
other home run was off. Lowell Palmer of the
2:04:52
Phillies, he hit it to center field. This was
2:04:55
a hard line drive, pulled a straightaway left
2:04:58
field. Tommy Agee with the home run keeps his
2:05:12
streak alive. He now sits safely in 11 straight
2:05:15
ballgames. Bud Harrelson has something in his
2:05:22
eye, and trainer Tom McKenna comes out to try
2:05:25
and get it out for him. Harrelson tripled to
2:05:29
right center his last time at bat, and for Bud
2:05:31
it was his fourth three -base out of the year.
2:05:38
That 11 -game hitting streak matches the Mets
2:05:41
club record. Bud Harrelson now steps in to face
2:05:47
Frank Reburger. Here's the pitch on the way.
2:05:51
And a fly ball in the air to short left field.
2:05:54
Coming in, coming in. Bob Taylor and the left
2:05:56
fielder has it for the out. Mets leading 4 -1
2:06:02
in the 7th inning. Cleon Jones coming up. Cleon
2:06:06
single to right. His last time at bat, driving
2:06:09
home Bud Harrelson after Bud's triple. Cleon
2:06:13
was later picked off by Mike McCormick. New York
2:06:16
now, four runs on nine hits, no errors. And San
2:06:20
Francisco, one run, one hit, and no errors. The
2:06:25
only giant hit drove in a run. Jim Johnson, a
2:06:32
left -hander. Frank Lindsay, a right -hander,
2:06:33
working in the giant bullpen. A swing and a miss
2:06:36
on a breaking ball, strike one. Don Condon is
2:06:42
on deck and then runs for both of them. Breeze
2:06:47
blowing from left across toward right. Giants
2:06:50
in the outfield playing Cleon a step toward left.
2:06:54
And a half swing he held up in time. It broke
2:06:57
low and away. One ball, one strike to Jones.
2:07:01
Yogi Berra coaching at first base. Eddie Yost
2:07:03
at third. Now the 1 -1 delivery. Low and outside.
2:07:09
It's two balls and a strike. The home run by
2:07:19
Agee, the first hit off Reberger since he came
2:07:21
in. Now it's low outside, ball three, three and
2:07:24
one. Reberger, tall, thin right -hander. Ground
2:07:38
ball hits slowly, racing for it McCovey. Now
2:07:40
he throws the ball, bounces, can't make a play.
2:07:43
Jones is on with an infield hit. A slow bouncer
2:07:46
in the no -man's land. McCovey leaving the bag,
2:07:50
angling toward the mound, fielded the ball. He's
2:07:52
left -handed. And as a result, after getting
2:07:54
the ball in his glove, he just was not in position
2:07:56
to throw the ball to first base with anything
2:07:58
on it. And Cleon beats it out for a base hit.
2:08:04
Cleon's second hit of the game. He now has two
2:08:06
for three and a walk. Don Quindone on the batter.
2:08:09
Quindone has two for three and his last time
2:08:12
up. He hit a brutal line drive that was caught
2:08:15
by Ledeer. Was it so hard to knock Lanier down
2:08:18
when he caught it? Now Reberger off the stretch.
2:08:24
And the pitch thrown, low outside, ball one.
2:08:33
Ron Swoboda occupies the on -deck circle. But
2:08:39
Denon has a lot of power. Right -hand hitter,
2:08:43
they play him around the left. And a curve on
2:08:46
the outside corner, a strike, one ball and one
2:08:48
strike. The White Sox got two runs in the seventh
2:08:56
inning after play resumed. The White Sox now
2:08:59
lead the Orioles 6 -3 as they go to the eighth
2:09:02
inning. And a ground ball hit toward the middle,
2:09:05
running forward as Hattie smothers it, throws
2:09:07
the second out! A ground ball hit right up the
2:09:20
middle of the diamond. Hunt left his feet, made
2:09:22
a head first to dive through the air, smuttled
2:09:25
the ball, and while stretched out on the ground,
2:09:27
flipped the ball to the nearest second for the
2:09:30
fourth play on Cleon Jones. Well, Don Condon
2:09:34
very easily could have four for four here today.
2:09:37
Last two times in bat, he has had bases taken
2:09:40
away from him. Ron Hunter set quite a series
2:09:47
against his old teammates. Ron Swoboda has walked,
2:09:53
bounced to short, and singled to center, one
2:09:54
for two. Mets leading 4 -1, top of the seventh
2:10:00
inning. Now the pitch by Reberger. Swing and
2:10:05
a miss, strike one. At least one hit on every
2:10:17
inning of the ballgame with the exception of
2:10:18
the second. Down comes the pitch. And a hard
2:10:23
slider on the outside. Corner strike two. New
2:10:33
York four runs on ten hits. The Giants one run
2:10:36
on one hit. Now Reberger makes the stop. There
2:10:40
goes the runner. The pitch is over. Strike three
2:10:42
called. When Dutton was running, but Sloboda
2:10:44
is called out on strike. Tad retired one run.
2:10:48
There were two hits. No errors. One left off.
2:10:54
Now in the middle of the seventh inning. The
2:10:58
New York Mets four and the San Francisco Giants
2:11:00
one. That's returned to Shea Stadium to start
2:11:05
their homestand on Tuesday night. The Dodgers
2:11:07
are in town. Eight games on the next homestand,
2:11:10
three with the Dodgers, three with the Giants,
2:11:12
and two with Montreal. Giants are at Shea Stadium
2:11:15
next weekend, Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday
2:11:17
afternoons. And tickets for the up -and -coming
2:11:20
homestand and all home games for the Mets this
2:11:22
year are on sale at many outlets throughout the
2:11:25
metropolitan area. As we approach the weekend,
2:11:28
we'd like to remind you the advanced sale window
2:11:30
at Shea Stadium is open seven days a week for
2:11:33
your convenience. There are more than 300 other
2:11:36
ticket outlets open all over the New York area
2:11:39
at the branches of the Manufacturers Hanover
2:11:42
Trust Company and Chase Manhattan Bank. Us again
2:11:45
are operating a ticket booth at Grand Central
2:11:47
Station at the foot of the 42nd Street and Vanderbilt
2:11:50
Avenue ramp. Also during regular store hours
2:11:53
at Macy's and the Walt Whitman Shopping Center
2:11:55
in Huntington. Advanced tickets for all home
2:11:59
games may also be obtained at any Howard closed
2:12:01
doors. Box seat tickets are priced at $4 .00
2:12:05
and $3 .50. Reserve seats cost $3 .00, $2 .75
2:12:09
and $2 .50. Tickets may also be ordered through
2:12:12
the mail by addressing ticket manager Shea Stadium,
2:12:15
Fletcher, New York. Such orders carry a 25 -cent
2:12:18
service charge to cover the cost of handling
2:12:20
and mailing. Jim Davenport faces Nolan Ryan in
2:12:32
the last of the seventh inning. Ryan out of his
2:12:36
windup fires the express that it's inside ball
2:12:38
wide. The tail end of the batting order coming
2:12:41
up. Clyde King has Frank Lindsey working in the
2:12:45
bullpen. Davenport has flied to right and reached
2:12:50
on a walk. Curve over the inside corner. A strike.
2:12:54
One ball and one strike. Al Lanier has the only
2:12:58
hit off Nolan Ryan. He's single. Back in the
2:13:01
third inning. To help build the Giants' run.
2:13:05
The 1 -1 delivery. Line to the air. The right
2:13:07
center. Running hard. Tommy Agee. And he runs
2:13:10
it down. He didn't have the ball in the pocket
2:13:30
of his glove. He had it right in the fingertips.
2:13:33
It wouldn't stay there. It hit and rolled toward
2:13:35
the fence. Davenport is on second with a double.
2:13:42
Giants have their second hit of the ball game,
2:13:44
and it brings up Bob Taylor, the left fielder.
2:13:47
He walked back in the third and later scored
2:13:49
for the Giants. His second time at bat, he went
2:13:52
down swinging. That's the second base hit. Foul.
2:13:58
Called it back over the screen by Bob Taylor
2:14:00
in the counter -strike one. Bob Taylor is a rookie.
2:14:05
Quite a backlog of minor league experience. He
2:14:07
spent eight years in the minor leagues. Last
2:14:10
year, he had 331 in the Pacific Coast League.
2:14:14
Steve Whittaker is around the bat rack. Al Lanier
2:14:18
is on deck, and then the pitcher, Reberger, is
2:14:20
scheduled up. So Steve Whittaker is around the
2:14:23
bat rack. It's in for a call strike to Bob Taylor.
2:14:28
Nolan Ryan with a two -strike count. Today's
2:14:33
game, Ryan has walked six and struck out five.
2:14:37
Allowed one run, two bases. Now Nolan makes the
2:14:43
one -second stop. And the pitch on the way, fouled
2:14:46
on the left -field line, no play. He hit that
2:14:50
one late, trying to get around on the fastball.
2:15:00
His first start this year, he shut out the Phillies.
2:15:02
He allowed one hit, a single by Denny Doyle.
2:15:05
His second start, he allowed two hits and lost
2:15:08
the game 1 -0. Bob Taylor waiting. Swing and
2:15:15
a miss. He got him. Strikeout number six for
2:15:18
Nolan Ryan. Now Hal Lanier will be coming on
2:15:25
to hit. Nolan Lanier is being called back. And
2:15:30
Steve Whitaker is going to bat for Hal Lanier.
2:15:33
This is Steve Whitaker hitting for Lanier. Lanier
2:15:43
has been hitting the ball well. Bobby Heiss goes
2:15:49
down to the bullpen to warm up his arm. He'll
2:15:52
take over his short. Lanier had the only hit
2:15:55
off Ryan until the double by Davenport here in
2:15:57
the seventh. When we saw Whitaker around the
2:16:01
bat rack, we first thought he would be hitting
2:16:03
for the pitcher. Bob Berta has come out on deck
2:16:12
now. Swing and a miss by Whitaker. Strike one.
2:16:16
Berta has come out on deck to bat for Reberger.
2:16:28
And up in pitching position. Delivers. Swing
2:16:31
and a miss. Ryan's expressed. Nolan's just reaching
2:16:34
back now and firing that fastball. Nolan now
2:16:40
has walked six and struck out six. His first
2:16:43
start this year, he fanned 15. And in the second
2:16:45
start, he struck out five. For his career, he
2:16:49
has averaged a little better than a strikeout
2:16:52
in an inning. Now the pitch. Outside and a high.
2:16:54
One ball and two strikes. Met pitching staff
2:17:00
came into this ballgame with an amazing staff
2:17:03
earned run average of 2 .4. Gets one ball and
2:17:11
two strikes. Down comes the pitch. He's struck
2:17:14
him out swinging. Noah Ryan with his fastball.
2:17:18
Gets Steve Whitaker. That's number seven. Now
2:17:24
Bob Berta. No, it's going to be Don Mason. Berta
2:17:28
is called back. He was out on the on -deck circle,
2:17:32
but now Clyde King calls him back. And Don Mason
2:17:36
will be the pinch hitter. Mason has been up six
2:17:43
times this year without a hit. So Don Mason.
2:17:57
Bats for Frank Reburger. The Giants will put
2:17:59
a new pitcher in the ballgame in the eighth inning.
2:18:08
Mason, a left -hand hitter, was in 104 ballgames
2:18:11
with the Giants last year and batted .228. Two
2:18:18
outs and one on, last of the seventh. Mets lead
2:18:21
4 -1. Now Ryan brings the right arm around. And
2:18:25
a fastball is high. Ball one. Bobby Bonds, the
2:18:29
on -deck hitter. Davenport on second. He doubled
2:18:37
leading off the inning. Outside and high. Ball
2:18:40
two. Nolan Ryan gets behind Mason. Two balls
2:18:45
and no strikes. Four of Ryan's seven strikeouts
2:18:51
have come in the last three innings. But 2 -0
2:18:57
delivery. Ball three up high, three and nothing.
2:19:00
Bobby bonds the on -deck batter. Mets leading
2:19:07
4 -1. Ryan behind on the count, three balls and
2:19:16
no strikes to the pinch batter, Don Mason. 3
2:19:19
-0 delivery. He's taking all away. It's high
2:19:21
ball four. So now Bobby Bonds, a long ball hitter,
2:19:26
comes up. That's the seventh walk. Seven walks
2:19:36
and seven strikeouts. Bobby Bonds has gone 0
2:19:40
-3 against Nolan Ryan. Twice has been struck
2:19:42
out. Bonds hitting .337 with four home runs and
2:19:47
ten runs batted in. Make it 11 RBI as he drove
2:19:50
in. The lone giant run in the third inning when
2:19:54
he grabbed it out. A half swing. He held up in
2:19:57
time. It's inside and a high ball one. Bonds
2:20:07
the hitter with Ron Hunt on deck. And the pitch
2:20:15
by Ryan fouled it back upstairs and out of play.
2:20:19
Seven walks by Nolan Ryan ties a club record.
2:20:23
Cardwell walked seven in one ballgame last year.
2:20:34
Cardwell walked seven in a game against the Giants
2:20:37
in late August last season. The 1 -1 delivery.
2:20:43
Swing and a miss. He goes after a breaking ball.
2:20:47
with a count of one and two on Bobby Bond Davenport
2:20:51
on second Mason on first two men out now with
2:20:58
a count of one and two you can bet that Ryan
2:21:00
will be reaching back trying to get that extra
2:21:02
yard Ryan in the set position and the pitch on
2:21:08
the way just missed inside it's two and two Wes
2:21:15
Westrom coaching at first. Ozzie Virgil at third
2:21:17
for the Giants. Tommy Agee playing Bobby Bonds
2:21:26
astride toward right center. Pitching two and
2:21:29
two. Ground ball hit down to third base. In comes
2:21:32
Foy. He's up with it. Steps on third. The side
2:21:34
is up. First play at third made by Joe Foy. That
2:21:38
retires the Giants. No runs. One hit, no errors,
2:21:42
and two left on. At the end of seven, the New
2:21:48
York Mets four and the San Francisco Giants one.
2:22:35
Natural Rheingold. It is high time that I was
2:22:40
searching for the natural thing. Rheingold Breweries
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Incorporated, New York, New York, and Orange,
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New Jersey, ask you to help keep America beautiful.
2:22:57
Frank Lindsay, the new pitcher for the Giants,
2:22:59
as we go to the eighth inning, and Bobby Heiss
2:23:01
is now playing shortstop. Frank Reberger came
2:23:04
on in the sixth. He pitched two innings. Gave
2:23:08
up one run, allowed four hits. He walked none
2:23:13
and struck out one. Now Frank Linzer is on in
2:23:21
the eighth. seen Lindsey and each of the three
2:23:37
games in the series. Joe Foy will lead off. Foy
2:23:49
has really celebrated his return to the lineup
2:23:51
today. Three for three. Two singles and a double.
2:23:58
All four of the right -hand hitters benched by
2:24:01
Gil Hodges because they were not hitting. have
2:24:03
returned to the lineup today, and all four have
2:24:05
come up with base hits. Now Lindsey out of his
2:24:11
windup in the pitch to Foy, a fastball high at
2:24:13
ball one. Leon has two for three. Ron Svoboda,
2:24:19
one for three. Joe Foy, three for three. And
2:24:23
Tommy Agee, one for four, a home run. Lindsey
2:24:27
delivers and gets the outside corner at all strike.
2:24:32
Frank Lindsey has now relieved three days in
2:24:34
a row in this series. He has now been in 13 ballgames
2:24:37
already. The 1 -1 delivery by Lindsey. Ground
2:24:49
ball whacked down to third. Big hop for Davenport.
2:24:51
The overhand throw to McCovey. One down. In relief
2:24:55
last year, Lindsey won 14 and lost nine. You
2:25:00
know, the people of Wrangeville... reminds you
2:25:02
a beautiful America is up to you. So please don't
2:25:06
litter. One away in the eighth inning, Ken Boswell
2:25:13
bats for the second time. He came up as a pinch
2:25:16
hitter for Al Weiss in the sixth inning when
2:25:18
the Giants went to a right -hand pitcher. Boswell
2:25:21
was hit in the back with a pitch. When he takes
2:25:47
over on the mound, if he's right, and he usually
2:25:50
is, batters hit the ball on the ground. Duffy
2:25:54
Dyer. 0 for 3 this afternoon. For the ground
2:26:02
ball, his last time up with the bases loaded,
2:26:04
Lanier threw home for a forced play. Dyer went
2:26:07
to first, but Dyer was called out because of
2:26:09
interference on the part of Ron Swoboda with
2:26:11
the catcher Dick Dietz. Low and outside, ball
2:26:15
one. Giants have played 22 games, counting this
2:26:20
one, and Lindsey has been in 13 of the first
2:26:23
22. Today is set by about a yard. Muscle will
2:27:07
fly to San Diego after the game. Tom Seaver will
2:27:10
open the Padres series against Al Santorini tomorrow
2:27:12
night. Santorini, a talented young pitcher out
2:27:16
of Union, New Jersey. And the pitch on the way.
2:27:29
Inside, Duffy steps back. It's two balls and
2:27:32
two strikes. New York four runs on ten hits,
2:27:36
no errors. And the Giants one run, two hits,
2:27:39
and no errors. Pitching two and two. And a half
2:27:48
swing foul ball down the third base line. No
2:27:50
play. Well, Ralph, how's your singing voice today?
2:27:55
About the same as it always is, Bob. Well, I
2:27:59
thought you might want to sing happy birthday
2:28:01
to Harold Weissman. That's right. It is his birthday,
2:28:04
isn't it? Happy birthday to Harold Weissman,
2:28:06
the public relations director of the New York
2:28:08
Mets. He knows how to have a birthday. He celebrated
2:28:12
his birthday by taking all the fellas out to
2:28:14
dinner last night and picking up the tab. It's
2:28:15
not bad. I wish he'd have more of them. 2 -2
2:28:19
delivery. Inside and low. It's ball three. Jim
2:28:29
McAndrew is working now in the Mets bullpen.
2:28:33
Mack's last start, he pitched a great ball game.
2:28:36
Mets starters have been pitching so well, it's
2:28:38
hard for him to get into the rotation. 3 -2 delivery.
2:28:44
A little bit high, and Dyer goes to first to
2:28:46
the walk. Nolan Ryan coming up. Nolan, bounce
2:28:53
to third. He was robbed of a hit on quite a play
2:28:56
by Giant shortstop Al Lanier, and he flied to
2:28:59
right field. Nolan is 0 -3. Ryan getting a smattering
2:29:14
of applause from Giant fans who appreciate good
2:29:18
baseball. And it's foul back toward the screen,
2:29:21
no play. New York, the Mets getting two of the
2:29:29
four runs in the first inning. They were driven
2:29:31
in by Joe Foy. Leon Jones singled in the third
2:29:35
run and Tommy Agee homered for the fourth run.
2:29:39
Bobby Bonds drove in the lone giant run back
2:29:41
in the third. Towering foul pop -up back toward
2:29:45
the stands and out of play. What a beautiful
2:29:48
day this has been in San Francisco. We haven't
2:29:53
seen a cloud all day long. Uh -oh. Ralph spotted
2:30:00
one way off on the horizon. Eagle Eye Kiner,
2:30:02
they call him. No wonder you could hit home runs.
2:30:07
You've got great eyesight. Here's the pitch on
2:30:11
the way. Swing and a miss. He struck him out.
2:30:13
That retires the side in the eighth inning as
2:30:15
Lindsey fans Nolan Ryan. No runs, no hits, no
2:30:19
errors, and one left. And the score in the middle
2:30:21
of the eighth inning, the New York Mets 4, the
2:30:24
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a day at Shea. Last of the eighth inning, New
2:31:30
York leading 4 -1. Nolan Ryan comes up against
2:31:34
that heavy artillery here in the bottom half
2:31:36
of the eighth inning. Ron Hunt will lead off,
2:31:39
then Ken Henderson and Willie McCovey. Brown
2:31:44
hitting .393. He has been blistering hot. 4 -4
2:31:49
in a walk yesterday. He's walked twice today.
2:31:51
Gone 0 -1 officially. Fly it out to right field
2:31:55
in the third inning. They go to the ninth inning
2:32:02
at Sox Park in Chicago with the White Sox leading
2:32:05
the Orioles 6 -3. Knuckleballer Wilbur Wood has
2:32:09
come on in relief to try and protect the lead.
2:32:12
And Nolan Ryan pitches to Ron on a fastball strike
2:32:15
one call. Otherwise, in the American League today,
2:32:20
the Red Sox beat Oakland 8 -7 and Minnesota beat
2:32:23
Cleveland 4 -1. Now Ryan reading the information
2:32:33
from W. Dyer on the pitch. Knees for a call strike.
2:32:38
Good low pitch by Nolan Ryan. Walked seven and
2:32:53
struck out seven. The Giants have had six left
2:32:57
on base. Two -strike delivery. Just missed the
2:33:02
outside corner with a breaking ball. One ball
2:33:04
and two strikes. Ken Henderson taking some phantom
2:33:10
swings in the on -deck circle. The cloud that
2:33:18
Ralph Kinder spotted a few minutes ago is a little
2:33:20
white cloud that must be 100 miles away. Ground
2:33:22
ball is down to third. Joe Foy comes up, throws
2:33:25
to first base in time for the out. Right here,
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New York Mets. Bob Murphy with Ralph Kainer and
2:33:44
Lindsey Nelson were in the last of the eighth
2:33:46
inning in San Francisco. The Mets leading 4 -1.
2:33:50
Switch hitting Ken Henderson has hit into a double
2:33:52
play, walked and popped a third, and nothing
2:33:54
for two. A swirl of dust ran around the batter's
2:34:00
box, and so Henderson steps out. That wind has
2:34:04
really freshened up, blowing to right field.
2:34:08
Now Ryan into his lineup, and the pitch thrown.
2:34:11
Misses the outside corner, it's ball one. Number
2:34:14
44, Willie McCovey, kneeling in the on -deck
2:34:17
circle. Duffy Dyer setting up the target. Ryan's
2:34:28
pitch is inside. Ball two. It's 2 -0. Two balls
2:34:36
and no strikes. He's taking all the way, trying
2:34:44
to coax a walk down in front of McCovey and the
2:34:46
pitch is outside and low. Ball three. Nothing
2:34:50
going at the moment in the New York bullpen.
2:34:54
And Ryan has gone behind Henderson 3 -0. He'll
2:34:57
be trying very hard not to walk in with McCovey
2:34:59
waiting on deck. Over for a strike, 3 -1. Ryan
2:35:19
has had two 1 -2 -3 innings. Outside at ball
2:35:23
four. So here comes McCovey. That's the eighth
2:35:26
walk by Nolan Ryan. That's a new Mets club record
2:35:33
that Nolan doesn't particularly want. Nolan Ryan
2:35:41
probably has thrown about 145 pitches or so by
2:35:46
now. McCovey twice has bounced out. to Joe Foy,
2:35:52
who came up with the ground ball on the right
2:35:54
side of the infield. He moves over, and the defense
2:35:57
designed by Gil Hodges for McCovey. Last time
2:36:00
up, he flied to deep center. And a ground ball
2:36:02
hit hard toward the middle. Foy grabs it first
2:36:04
to Harrison Watt on the first. Double play! And
2:36:08
the defense set up by Gil Hodges was perfect.
2:36:11
Foy, for the third time today, getting the ground
2:36:13
ball while playing over on the right side of
2:36:16
the infield. And so the double play goes on.
2:36:22
And the side is retired in the eighth inning
2:36:24
with no runs, no hits, no errors, and none left.
2:36:27
At the end of eight, the score, the New York
2:36:30
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4 -1. It's the ninth. It's all over at Sox Park.
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The White Sox turn back the Orioles 6 -3. And
2:38:12
a foul ball on the ground coming right straight
2:38:14
back. Tommy John, the winning pitcher, he gets
2:38:17
his first victory after five losses. Tom Peebus
2:38:20
was the loser. Danny Murphy relieved in the eighth
2:38:24
and then Wilbur Wood came in on the eighth and
2:38:26
preserved the win. Down comes the arm of Frank
2:38:34
Lindsey. Fastball inside, brushing the hitter
2:38:36
back. One ball, one strike. The Mets can win
2:38:42
this one. It will be the first time in their
2:38:45
history they have won 10 games in April. The
2:38:51
1 -1 delivery. Full foul back toward the on -deck
2:38:55
circle occupied by Buddy Harrelson. 1 -2. First
2:39:07
six men in the batting order for the Mets today
2:39:08
all have at least one base hit. Lindsey delivers
2:39:18
one and two. Breaking ball low outside is two
2:39:22
balls and two strikes. On to San Diego following
2:39:29
the game today. Mets and Padres play tomorrow
2:39:31
night. Our broadcast time tomorrow night, 1025
2:39:34
p .m. New York time. The 2 -2 delivery and a
2:39:39
fastball over strength recall. For Frank Lindsey,
2:39:44
his second strikeout. Lindsey has relieved at
2:39:47
each of the three games of this series. Bud Harrelson,
2:39:51
one for four, a triple to right center in the
2:39:54
fifth inning. The time Bud tripled to right center
2:39:59
of the score was 2 -1 New York. Leon Jones promptly
2:40:03
signaled him home to make it 3 -1. Harrelson
2:40:07
hitting left -hander. And a ground ball bounced
2:40:09
right at Ron Hunt. Hunt is up with it. Throws
2:40:12
on to McCovey. Two down. Two outs and nobody
2:40:16
on top of the ninth inning. Now Cleon Jones.
2:40:19
Cleon two for three and a walk. Don Clinton has
2:40:28
hit in hard luck today. Our clink would have
2:40:30
four for four. It is two for three, raising his
2:40:44
batting average to .246. Now Lindsey looks around.
2:40:51
Defense playing just about straight away against
2:40:53
Leon Jones. The right -handers pitch on the way.
2:40:56
He is over for a call strike. Frank Lindsey has
2:40:59
been the bullpen leader for the Giants for the
2:41:01
last five years. Two outs. Base is empty. Low
2:41:14
and inside to Cleon. One ball, one strike. This
2:41:19
has been an entertaining ballgame. A couple of
2:41:22
lively arguments to spice things up. Some good
2:41:26
players in the field and some good hitting. And
2:41:29
top pitching. All the ingredients. Low and outside.
2:41:34
Two balls and a strike to Cleon Jones. Nolan
2:41:38
Ryan has had great stuff. He has been wild. He's
2:41:42
walked eight men for a new Mets club record.
2:41:44
And I imagine he's probably now thrown over 150
2:41:47
pitches. The 2 -1 delivery. It's high, and Jones
2:41:52
lets it go 3 -1. Ryan's first start, he hurled
2:42:01
a one -hitter. His second start, a two -hitter.
2:42:04
Today, his third start, he has given up two hits.
2:42:08
Brown ball, whacked to shortstop. In comes Ladarius
2:42:11
Nags to be high hot. And guns it to McCovey,
2:42:13
the side is up. Mets go down 1 -2 -3 in the ninth
2:42:17
inning. No runs, no hits, no errors done left.
2:42:20
And the score in the middle of the ninth inning,
2:42:22
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Road. A small business with big plans. twice
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and drawn a walk. Deets hitting 387. He has six
2:43:42
home runs and 21 runs batted in. In the American
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League this afternoon, the Red Sox beat Oakland
2:43:50
8 -7. Minnesota beat Cleveland 4 -1. And the
2:43:53
White Sox turn back the Orioles 6 -3. And the
2:43:57
pitch by Nolan Ryan is over at the knees. Strike
2:43:59
one call. single in the third and Davenport doubled
2:44:05
in the seventh. Those are the two hits given
2:44:07
up by Nolan Ryan. Now the wind up by Nolan. Breaking
2:44:15
ball a strike on the outside corner. Ryan quickly
2:44:19
establishes a two strike advantage. The way the
2:44:24
wind is blowing to right field Tommy Agee is
2:44:26
shading most of the right hand batters a bit
2:44:28
over toward right center. Two -strike delivery.
2:44:34
Foul. He just got a piece of it back over the
2:44:36
screen. Jim Davenport waiting on death. Ryan
2:44:57
with his sign now from Dyer. In comes the pitch.
2:45:00
He struck him out. and struck out a twenty eight
2:45:10
strikeouts down for Nolan Ryan and three starts.
2:45:14
That's an average of better than nine a game.
2:45:18
Jim Davenport has tried to right walked and doubled
2:45:21
the right center. Ryan over the head and the
2:45:28
pitch fastball down the middle call a strike
2:45:31
one. That's four Giants one bottom half of the
2:45:34
ninth inning. Now the reach of Boswell who was
2:45:57
lunging to his glove side. Rookie left fielder
2:46:02
Bob Taylor, who bats left -handed, comes up.
2:46:05
He reached on a walk and later scored the giant
2:46:08
run back in the third inning. Since then, he
2:46:10
has struck out twice. Toby Dyer now signs to
2:46:16
the infield. One man out. Triumph for two. Coy
2:46:21
playing even with the bag. Wide of the line at
2:46:24
third. Bud Harrelson shakes. Leach's drive towards
2:46:26
second. And the pitch. A chopper going foul off
2:46:30
the right. No play. Bobby Heiss, who took over
2:46:38
at shortstop, after Howell and Neal left the
2:46:40
game for a pinch hitter, is the on -deck batter.
2:46:56
Sir was 26 years old. Spent eight years in the
2:47:00
giant farm system. And the pitch. Swing and a
2:47:04
miss and a curveball. And the count is straight
2:47:06
two. Good -looking curveball by Nolan Ryan. Tom
2:47:14
Seaver and Al Santorini are the pitchers tomorrow
2:47:17
night in the opening game of the four -game series
2:47:19
in San Diego. the runner. The two -strike delivery.
2:47:29
Foul ball. He was trying to get out of the way.
2:47:31
He didn't mean to hit that. Inside fastball by
2:47:35
Ryan and Taylor was falling back from the plate.
2:47:45
Bobby Heiss has been called back to the dugout
2:47:48
by Clyde King. Bob Berta, a left -hand hitter,
2:47:51
has come out on deck. The pitch. Outside and
2:47:54
a high. One ball and two strikes. The Mets took
2:48:00
the lead in the first inning of the game when
2:48:02
Joe Foy single two runs in. Foy is celebrating
2:48:05
his return to the lineup with three hits today.
2:48:09
Pitching one and two. Curve inside and low, two
2:48:13
balls and two strikes. Now Ryan nods in agreement
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with Duffy Dyer. The 2 -2 delivery. Foul back
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into the crowd. That's what we're hoping to get
2:48:39
beautiful weather in San Diego for the weekend
2:48:41
series. They had a rainout Monday night in San
2:48:47
Diego. The first game they've ever had rained
2:48:49
out. The count is 2 -2. There have been some
2:49:28
fine plays in this ballgame. Alan Neer turned
2:49:31
in a great play on a ball hit by Glenn Dennett
2:49:33
and almost took him out the left field. And that
2:49:35
play right there, a very difficult play because
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the ball would be curving away from boys he made
2:49:40
his diet. Bob Berta, left -hand batter, is hitting
2:49:44
now for Bobby Heiss. Two down, we're in the ninth.
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Here's the pitch by Nolan Ryan. On the outside,
2:49:51
corner calls, drag one. with two men away. Ryan
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delivers. His curveball misses outside. One ball
2:50:14
and one strike. Giants have used three pitchers
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today. McCormick worked five. Frank Reberger,
2:50:20
two, and Frank Lindsey, two. Lindsey relieving
2:50:24
in each game of the three -game series. And the
2:50:27
pitch. Foul pop -up back toward the stands. No
2:50:31
play for Duffy Dyer. Duffy giving chase, but
2:50:34
it's going to land in the crowd. Saturday in
2:50:49
San Diego and a doubleheader on Sunday. We will
2:50:56
be broadcasting each of the four games of the
2:50:58
series and televising the first game of the doubleheader
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on Sunday. Pitching one and two. Just missed
2:51:05
the outside corner. It's two and two. Nolan Ryan
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trying to get the final out here in the last
2:51:11
of the ninth inning. Two delivery. Fouled. Back
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over the screen. No play. Now Berta just putting
2:51:30
the bat on that one to foul it off. Berta left
2:51:36
-hand hitter. Fundenin not holding against the
2:51:38
rudder. He's back at fielding depth. Nolan Ryan
2:51:43
strolling behind the mound. Now comes up on the
2:51:46
pitching slab to get his sign from Dyer. Mets
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4, Giants 1, bottom half of the ninth. Now Ryan
2:51:57
makes the pause. And the pitcher on the way,
2:52:01
fouled. He got a piece of it straight back into
2:52:03
the screen. Ryan still riding with that high
2:52:08
hard one. Mets 4 runs on 10 hits and the Giants
2:52:17
1 run on 3 hits. And Willie Mays is around the
2:52:23
bat rack. Pitching two and two. Ground ball hit
2:52:28
hard, but right at Boswell. He's up when it throws
2:52:30
to Hamilton. The game is over, and the Mets win
2:52:33
it. What a performance by Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan
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has started three games. He has pitched a one
2:52:39
-hitter, a two -hitter, and now a three -hitter.
2:52:43
What pitching by Nolan Ryan of the New York Mets.
2:52:47
In the ninth inning for the Giants, no runs,
2:52:49
one hit, no errors. and one left on. Final score
2:52:53
as the Mets take the rubber game of the three
2:52:55
-game series. The New York Mets four and the
2:52:58
San Francisco Giants one. The final score, the
2:53:02
Mets four and the Giants one. And for the recap,
2:53:04
here's Ralph. All right, Bob Murphy, the game
2:53:07
-winning hit came in the first inning, but the
2:53:09
insurance runs that came in the fifth and seventh
2:53:11
certainly helping a lot as Nolan Ryan picked
2:53:13
up his second win. Ron in trouble throughout
2:53:16
the ballgame in spite of the fact that he gave
2:53:18
only three hits because of the eight walks that
2:53:20
he issued. In the first inning, Cleon Jones,
2:53:23
with two men out, walked in the 3 -2 pitch. The
2:53:25
starting pitcher was Mike McCormick. Don Clendenin
2:53:28
then singled in the left field to put Jones down
2:53:31
to second. Ron Svoboda, while at bat, popped
2:53:34
the ball up behind home plate and dropped in.
2:53:36
The catcher did not find the ball, Dick Dietz,
2:53:39
and it gave Ron a life. Ron then in a very, very
2:53:42
close pitch. 3 -2, took it for ball four to load
2:53:46
up the bases. Joe Foy came up and singled hard
2:53:49
to center field, and the Mets had two runs in,
2:53:51
and that proved to be enough to win the ballgame.
2:53:53
They got insurance runs in the fifth on a triple
2:53:56
by Bud Harrelson over the center fielder's head,
2:53:58
a single by Creon Jones to right, and also picked
2:54:01
up a run in the seventh on Tommy Agee's home
2:54:03
run to left field. Tommy kept his 11 -game hitting
2:54:07
streak going, and it was a hard drive over the
2:54:09
left field fence. In the ballgame, the Giants
2:54:12
used McCormick. Reberger and Lindsey on the mound.
2:54:15
McCormick, the losing pitcher, now 1 -2. Nolan
2:54:18
Ryan with a record of 2 -1. Time of game, 2 hours,
2:54:22
46 minutes. And the attendance here today was
2:54:25
5 ,149. Ryan scored the ball game as the Mets
2:54:29
won their 10th game. They have lost 9. And incidentally,
2:54:32
the Mets now have won more games in the month
2:54:34
of April than they ever have in their past history,
2:54:36
winning their 10th game here today. San Francisco
2:54:39
with a record of 10 wins and 12 losses. The Mets,
2:54:42
4 runs. Ten hits, no errors, and eight men left
2:54:45
on. The Giants, one run, three hits, no errors,
2:54:47
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