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1973-Sep-27 • CAL/MIN • California Angels vs Minnesota Twins - Radio · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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  On September 27th, 1973, the Minnesota Twins faced the California Angels at Anaheim Stadium
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  for a Thursday night game near the end of the season. Both teams were stuck in the middle
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  of the AL West with average records, but the excitement of the game centered around fireballer
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  Nolan Ryan. Ryan entered his last start of the season with 367 strikeouts, which was
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  15 behind Sandy Koufax's single season record of 382 Ks. This is a local California broadcast
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  featuring announcers Dick Emberg, Dave Nyhouse, and Don Drysdale.
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  Brian Carew and Oliva against Nolan Ryan and for the play, here's Dick Emberg.
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  As Bry hit the deck, he kicked dirt all over the plate. Jeff Talbork handling the catching
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  chores. Ryan wastes no time. The 1-0 pitch. Fastball grounded through the right side.
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  On the very second pitch of the game, Ryan loses any chances of a no-hitter as Bry singles
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  sharply into right field. Bry batting 259. These twins are red hot. They've been playing
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  great baseball. They're fresh from a three-game sweep of the Oakland A's up north. They've
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  now won 80 and lost 78 and need only one victory in the final four games of this series to
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  clinch third place in the American League West. Here's the American League batting leader
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  and the new champion again this year, Rod Carew, hitting 349. He has 200 base hits.
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  He takes the ball outside. Bry, the leadoff man, is on. Ryan straightens, takes a look
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  at him, and here's the pitch. A curveball drops over the outside corner, one and one.
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  Tony Oliva, the designated hitter on deck. His twins' team can hit. They've been leading
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  the American League and hitting for a while. The pitch, swing and a miss. Good fastball
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  sailing up and out of the strike zone, and Carew could not resist. One ball, two strikes,
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  and Rod scored 96. Rounds has 200 hits. Leads the club in stolen bases with 40. It's been
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  a big year for Rod Carew from the Panama Canal Zone. The pitch just inside. Fastball, Carew
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  backing away. Rod's back foot out of the batter's box. He's that deep trying to get a little
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  extra advantage on Ryan. He is not in the batter's box. Two and two, and Ryan goes to
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  first base and Bry dances back to the bag. Defensively, Gallagher at third, Schalk to
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  shortstop Parker at second, McCraw at first with Barry Rivers and Pinson in the outfield
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  from left to right. The two-two pitch. Carew ball just misses again. Carew has looked at
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  two pretty good pitches. A fastball that was just off the inside edge and a Carew ball
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  that just bended its way around the outside corner, and it's now three and two. Bry goes.
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  The pitch is high, and the twins have the first two men on. Carew walks. Bry goes to
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  second, and with no one out, here's designated hitter Tony Oliva. Tovar goes out to talk
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  with Ryan. We chatted with Nolan before the game tonight, and he said the key to his performance
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  tonight on a very warm late September night in Southern California is his control. He
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  feels he could have a big strikeout night if he can hit the corners. He just missed
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  the Carew and finished with a walk. So the twins have something going in the early inning.
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  Harmon Killebrew on deck, and Tony Oliva. He said for the first time all season, he
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  went without a wrap on that bad right knee of his in the Oakland series, and he said
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  it feels much better. Infield looking for two. The pitch. Swing a line drive right over
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  the head of Ryan into center field for a base hit. Around third comes Bry. He will score,
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  and the twins lead 1-0 on a solid single to center by Tony Oliva. They've had their hitting
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  close on, and they come out of swinging against Ryan tonight. That ball came very close to
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  hitting Ryan in the head. He was able to just duck underneath it as it whistled by him out
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  through Mickey Rivers in center field. Carew stopped at second. Killebrew is the batter.
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  The pitch. The double steal is on. A line drive down the left field line. Fair ball.
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  Carew scores easily. Oliva will be able to come home on a double by Killebrew. It is
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  3-0 Minnesota. And all the balls have been hit hard. So Killebrew on the double steal.
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  Lines went into the left field corner away from Ken Berry. So Carew running on the play.
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  He walked home, and Oliva, even on the bad leg, was able to score all the way from first
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  base as Carew has his 31st, or Killebrew has his 31st and 32nd RBI's of the season. It's
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  3-0 Minnesota as Tom Morgan goes to the mound to talk with Nolan Ryan, who has not been
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  able to log it out. And Dick, even though Nolan Ryan last Sunday against the twins beat them
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  for his 20th victory in the first inning, he was hit very hard by two of the three men
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  that started out the thing here this evening. Steve Bryce and Richie Scheinblum to the wall
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  in Minnesota after Rod Garou struck out. Then Tony Oliva lined out to Scheinblum. So he's
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  been hit hard in both first innings of these last two outings. Jim Holt goes after a bad
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  ball. Strike one. Ryan not able to throw that fastball by Oliva and Killebrew, that's for
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  the second. Killebrew at second, no one out. The pitch, fastball line foul, what a shot,
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  down beyond the Ansel dugout on the third-base side. A low, skidding line drive into the
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  crowd. Ryan ahead of Jim Holt, two strikes. Holt is batting 296. He's had a solid year.
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  Minnesota team is batting 272, the American League's top-hitting ball club. Playing for
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  Frank Fulasi, he has been rehired. Two-strike pitch, foul back on the screen. Ryan tried
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  to slip the fastball by Holt and did not. George Midderwald on deck. Midderwald enjoying
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  his finest season in the big leagues, 262 average and 16 home runs. Minnesota leads
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  3-0 in the top of the first inning, no one out, and Killebrew is at second base. Ryan
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  ahead on the count, two strikes. Here's the pitch. Curve ball is just a little high. Red
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  clarity has put the squeeze on Ryan tonight. That's the third borderline pitch and they've
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  all gone for balls. One and two to count. Ryan checks Killebrew, the pitch. Fastball
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  pound and foul off the fist, rolls into the Ansel dugout. First of a four-game series
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  between the Angels and Twins that will conclude the 1973 season. Twins need just one win of
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  the four to lock up third place. The one-two pitch by Ryan, high, two and two. And Ryan,
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  certainly very human and cognizant of all of the publicity, not only regarding his great
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  pitching but primarily the strikeouts. Curve ball, strike three, call. That one fooled
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  home. While Ryan would like very much to win his seventh straight game, he's already set
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  a New Angel record with his six in a row. The fans that are here tonight, and we would
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  guess around 10,000, are here primarily to cheer the strikeouts. He now has 368. The
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  magic number for a tie is 14. George Mitterwald batting 262. Killebrew at second base. Ryan
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  checks and the pitch. Swung on and fouled out of play. A fastball that Mitterwald hits
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  into the upper deck down the right field line. And of course, all of the foul balls will
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  be treasured souvenirs tonight, as they will on Sunday, because fans will be able to relate
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  to those who would be interested that it was a ball that was first delivered by Nolan Ryan
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  and finally captured by me, Joe Finn. Mitterwald, 16 home runs, 64 runs batted in. Big year
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  for the catcher from Hayward, California. The pitch, fastball, and that had plenty on it,
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  but it was too high, one and one. Tomorrow night, it'll be Dan Fife for Minnesota, either
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  Rudy May or Frank Tanana for the Angels. 1-1 pitch. He did not go around, says Flaherty.
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  First base umpire says, yes, he did. It's one and two. Flaherty, after Jeff Tauborg
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  asked for help, Bill Degan threw up the right hand and said he went around. And Degan is
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  answering some verbal volleys from the dugout of the twins. And Frank Willissey has gone
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  all the way from the near end of the dugout to the far end to get a closer shot at Degan.
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  The 1-2 pitch. High. Ryan overthrowing that fastball. They've all been up. Two and two.
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  And he's had some velocity on them. He's trying to get everything he has on each pitch. There's
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  only one more tomorrow for Nolan Ryan and he'd like to get as much of the job done tonight.
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  And is his goal. The 2-2 pitch to Midderwald. Too high. So Ryan unable to get the fastball
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  over. He's been upstairs with it and the count now full. In the inning, a leadoff single
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  by Bry Carrua. Oliva singled in one run and Killebrew doubled in two more. Hold has struck
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  out and now it's a 3-2 pitch coming up to George Midderwald. Here it comes. Curveball
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  gets him swinging. Apparently Ryan does have a great curve here in the first inning because
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  the men who tried to hit it have looked rather foolish chasing it. The bottom fell out of
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  that one. Three runs, two strikeouts for Ryan in the first inning. Eric Satterholm hitting
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  3-13. Right handed batter. Like the starting pitcher tonight, Dave Goltz. Minnesota boy.
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  Fastball outside and the fans are pulling for each pitch trying to help out Red Flaherty.
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  Ryan working quickly. The pitch curveball is a beauty. Satterholm was falling out of
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  the batter's box and that one snapped over. Excuse me. Satterholm although with a name
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  like Eric Satterholm he should be from that good Scandinavian Minnesota territory is not.
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  Goltz however is. He's from Pelican Rapids by a galley. Dick Nelson knows where that
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  is. Count is two and one now to Satterholm. Stocky right handed batter. One home run since
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  being recalled. Killebrew still at second. Three nothing Minnesota. And Ryan steps off
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  the rubber as Harmon had a big lead. Ryan has his sign from Talborg. His two one pitch.
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  Oh way up over the head of Satterholm. A curveball that slipped out of his grasp. It's three
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  and one on deck. Left fielder Mike Adams. Twins jump in front three nothing. Ryan ready
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  to three one pitch. Fastball is in there. When Ryan gets that fastball in that spot
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  on the outside corner it almost has a crossfire effect. It seems to be running away from the
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  right handed hitter. Three and two. Ryan trying to strike out the side. The pitch. Oh he fouls
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  that one off the plate umpire Flaherty's mask. That one had to sting. And the veteran umpire
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  takes that iron off and make sure it's all in one piece before it puts it back in front
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  of that guardian position. A full count on Eric Satterholm with two outs in the top of
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  the first. Killebrew at second base. Ryan sets and the pitch. Curveball bends outside
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  ball four. So Ryan has struck out two and walked two in the first inning and has thrown
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  a lot of pitches already. Mike Adams the number eight hitter in the lineup steps up. He's
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  averaging two thirty two on the season. Little guy right handed batter but he's got quick
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  hands and looks like he's going to be a good hitter. On a former Major League or Bobby
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  Adams the pitch. Check swing foul. Off the press box facing and shoots down there. One
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  strike on Adams. The angels and twins have played a dead even through the first 14 games
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  of this season. Each team with seven wins here at the big a Minnesota has the edge three
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  and two. Ryan with an exchange of baseball. Paul Borg down with a sign. Killebrew from
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  second Satterholm from first the pitch curveball outside broke too much one and one. It's basically
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  a right handed hitting lineup for Frank Willis these twins tonight against the right hander
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  Ryan left handers are Karew and Oliva and Holt. The pitch curve is in there. One ball
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  two strikes. Henry Aaron ran into some tough luck tonight the game with the Dodgers rained
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  out and of course that one will not be made up so he loses four more at bats. Ryan knows
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  how that weather action can hurt you. The pitch swing and a miss. Ryan gives up three
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  runs on three hits. He leaves two and strikes out three and after a half inning Minnesota
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  three the angels against Dave Golds are coming to bat. First pitch to Mickey Rivers has taken
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  low for a ball. Mickey with a 10 game hitting streak needs a hit tonight to tie the longest
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  streak by an angel all year chops this one toward first going to be a tough play. Killebrew
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  up with it the threat of first base is not in the foot. I guess that's one way to slow
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  him down and he goes hobbling down the right field line. Rivers is now hit safely and 11
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  straight games tying Sandy Alomar's longest hitting streak of the season and Mickey has
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  only been here this month when he chops one like that it's almost impossible to throw
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  him out. Commiserates now with John Roseboro. He bends forward just waiting for the sting
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  of that throw to wear off his ankle. Killebrew trying to fire to the pitcher Golds covering
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  but even had to throw gotten the Golds his glove. Rivers had beaten a play. When's lead
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  three nothing bottom of the first inning. Ray Federico out there to see two rivers.
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  Ready. Daughter Roseanne and celebrated her 21st birthday yesterday and we aired and not
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  sending along our best to her. And Freddie's certainly one of the super people in baseball.
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  I wish everyone in this ballpark could get a chance to shake the hand of this gentleman
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  from Seattle Washington. He's loved by all and the way he hustles off the field is indicative
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  of the kind of spirit he brings to this club. That guy needs a hot minute trainer in the
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  league. The river is OK. Dave chalk elevated to the number two spot in the order as manager
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  Bobby Winkle said to do some last minute juggling with Bob Oliver suffering from a mild case
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  of the flu. Chuck hitting to thirty six right side is open. Rivers leads away. Killebrew
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  holding him on the pitch. Check swing foul. Frank Robinson on deck. Looking ahead to
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  the second inning. Ryan needs one more strikeout to become the first man in major league history
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  to strike out seven hundred in two years. Go back. His record has been tied at six ninety
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  nine. Ryan needs one to break the consecutive year strikeout mark. Golds delivers low and
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  outside is wearing a bunch of chalk. Just joined us. Ryan gave up three runs before he got
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  an out in the top of the first then he struck out the side now has three hundred seventy
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  for the year. Twelve behind Kofax. Golds straightens and the pitch. Check swing foul back to the
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  screen. Golds is one and one lifetime against the angels mentioned he's from Minnesota the
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  eighth native of the state of Minnesota to play for the twins. Outfield playing chalk
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  shade to pull. Carew and Terrell up the middle looking for the double play ball. Here's the
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  pitch outside might have been a check swing foul as the ball popped out of middle wall
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  glove and his actions as he went after it indicative that he's not concerned about rivers
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  breaking for seconds. So chalk must have gotten a piece of it and the count would remain one
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  and two. Golds a very deliberate workman. It's a warm warm evening in Southern California.
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  The temperature must be in the 80s at this hour. Chalk waves the wood back and forth
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  rivers and easy lead from first the pitch high and inside ball to a fastball. Now Don
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  Drysdale not with us tonight. He and his lovely wife Ginger celebrating their 15th wedding
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  anniversary tonight and from all of us the very best. The Drysdale understand they gave
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  each other scuba diving equipment and lessons for their anniversary. Line drive right field
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  and the angels have runners at the corner. Here is Frank Robinson and the angels try
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  to get back for Nolan Ryan. He is Jeff Burrows for the runner up spot to Reggie Jackson of
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  the Oakland A's Jackson with 32 and Frank at age 38 is the fourth best RBI man in the
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  year. Jackson 117 may vary with 100. George Scott has 98 and Robbie now with 95 and a
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  chance to pick up at least one in this spot. The infield plays back. They'll give up a
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  run for a double play chance. Golds delivers swing a line drive on the left field line
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  foul off the facing of the box seat railing and comes out in the left. Robbie grabs a
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  good handful of dirt out of that batter's box and rubs the palms together fixes that
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  helmet to top his head. Tom McCraw on deck outfield deep toward left. The ball should
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  carry well tonight. Anything hit in the air is going to get more distance than normal
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  here at Anaheim at night. Rivers at third chalk at first one strike on Robinson the
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  pitch by gold swing line drive. Rivers scores chalk holds at second it's three to one.
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  Minnesota Robinson's 96 RBI of the season and just as it was for Nolan Ryan. Dave Gault's
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  having trouble getting people out. He's given up three straight singles Robinson needs one
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  more extra base hit to tie Jimmy Fox and Ted Williams number eight all time. That RBI ties
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  him with Bob Oliver and Leon Wagner for the most runs batted in in a month. That was his
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  26th in this month of September. So he has finished with a flourish. Now the time runs
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  on no and out runners at first and second time across the batter hitting two sixty four
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  he takes a breaking ball low ball one. McCraw he too has had a good September three twenty
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  four in the last 18 games has been his average. Minnesota three the angels one bottom of the
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  first inning looks like we might be here for a while tonight. Gault straightens. Here's
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  the pitch outside to an old well that heat wave is thrown a curve ball at our big a scoreboard
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  and it's like someone threw a knife right in the center that thing. It's thrown up some
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  funny figures tonight to another count the pitch low three balls Robinson the tying run
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  at first base Dave chalk at second and McCraw the hitter with three balls no strikes and
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  Frank Wellesley says get somebody loose in that bullpen. A right hander gets up to start
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  throwing Bill hands the veteran right hander acquired from the Cubs during the offseason
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  Gault says three oh pitch he walked in. The third Robinson to second the bases are loaded
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  and Frank Wellesley walking to the mound. Well he rehired by Calvin Griffith as the
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  Minnesota Twins manager again in 1974 his team has had some excellent streaks this season
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  and a couple of unbelievably bad streaks and we ask him about next year and how he will
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  attempt to keep his team away from the losing strings and he said he felt that the one big
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  need is the bullpen that his play was sloppy. The team's play was during those streets but
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  primarily the fall was on the bullpen. He used as a case in point Joe Decker had something
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  like four or five games in a row where he left with the lead and wound up Minnesota
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  losing the game. So the twins might be in the market for some relief help. Well as he
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  leaves hands continues to throw and they depend on his the matter hitting to 62 HALO over
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  every base McCraw Robinson and chalk no enough three to one twins in the first the pitch
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  check swing did he go around apparently not her ball was in that five straight balls thrown
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  by gold third base umpire spring said as the appeal is made shakes his head. No he checked
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  back in field set for two third baseman Satterholm is back high and well off the line. Killer
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  Brew playing behind the runner McCraw as Goltz winds the pitch lined out of play into the
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  upper deck one and one Ken Berry would be next. Mickey Rivers started it legging out
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  an infield chopper and hits by chalk Robinson now the walk to McCraw one one pitch fly ball
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  into right center field not too deep over to get it as he Brian makes the catch tagging
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  is chalk everyone is tagging chalk scores and going to third is Robinson. Frank Robinson
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  showing the hustle of a rookie advances from second to third with only one out he's in
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  position to score the tying run on and out as Ken Berry steps in. We pause for station
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  identification. Now we salute all of those youngsters in the angel organization that
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  are in the winter instructional league down in the Phoenix area listening on KXTC on this
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  the angels radio network and this is KXTC Glendale Phoenix 92.3 FM stereo don't miss
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  the action of the Phoenix Sun score for needy youngsters in the season opener against the
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  Youth Fund. Minnesota with three in the first the angels with two only one out McRaw at
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  first and Robinson at third again the infield plays back the pitch to Barry ground ball
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  right side that'll get the run in career up with it. Flips the first for the out at the
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  tie game at three. The big play that you won't see in the box score tomorrow Robinson alertly
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  tagging at second and advancing to third where he could score on that infield shot by Ken
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  Berry. So the angels something they've not done much of this year get two runs on out
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  in this first inning and were even at three. Al Gallagher the batter Barry's chopper to
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  the right side did two things that got Robinson in and advanced McRaw the tie breaking run
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  in the scoring position. Dirty Allen the lineup the pitch breaking ball for a strike Gallagher
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  hitting 277. How did that think he'd play anymore this year or at least start any more
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  games the way Bob Oliver was going. But with the flu dirty Allen there and a chance to
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  give the angels the lead. Galtz looks back at McRaw the pit low with a fastball one and
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  one. You know the twins happy not only about the sweep of the Oakland A's at the Coliseum
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  they grabbed that up last night but Bert Blylevin getting his 20th win against 16 losses his
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  record identical to that of Nolan Ryan. The 1 1 delivery outside. Nice stop by Mitterwald
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  2 and 1. Blylevin just missed a no hitter last night and infield hit. Carew made a diving
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  stop on the outfield grass but could not throw the Oakland batter out and that was the only
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  hit off by 11 his second one hitter of the season. Two balls and a strike on Gallagher
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  the action pitch coming up McRaw at second base with two outs bottom of the first out
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  three three tie Ryan struck out the side in the first curve ball chopped the third right
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  there as solder home he fires across for the out and the inning is over. Three runs for
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  the angels on three hits they lead one and after one the angels in Minnesota tied at
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  three from beautiful Anaheim Stadium on a midsummer baseball night the angels and the
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  twins wrapping up seasons play in a wild first inning. Each team getting three runs and three
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  hits and Nolan Ryan matching that magic number of three as he fan three twins and he stands
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  at 699 tied with Sandy Copax most strikeouts in consecutive years. No man has ever struck
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  out 700 and Ryan is just a few pitches away. Jerry Terrell starts it off the number nine
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  hitter right handed batter the curve ball is just a little inside ball one. Terrell
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  crowding the plate backed out of there and didn't miss by much. He's hitting 271 has
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  done a fine job subbing for Danny Thompson who has had a multitude of injuries this year.
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  One oh pitch fastball wave that a mess and that one was fine. You know Thompson had discovered
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  during the winter that he had a mild case of leukemia that is being treated. That is
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  not the reason he has not been flying. He is healthy. It's been a lot of other problems
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  muscle pulls and such ground ball to the right side Parker behind second fire the first for
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  the out good play by Billy Parker one gone. Here's the leadoff man Steve Brie. He started
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  that three run first inning with a base at the right. The quietly angels were in Minnesota
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  last weekend. Danny Thompson suffered a broken toe on his right foot during batting practice.
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  So he will be out for the rest of the year. And that goes with a groin pull he had in
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  May and he had a sprained ankle in July. So it's just been a tough year for him all
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  the way around. But Terrell has done an excellent job filling in. Here's Brian a two fifty nine
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  hitter the pitch by Ryan a curve ball is high ball on angels. Baseball is brought to you
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  by Chevrolet. Mighty happy to announce their newest wagon. The Vega has a one oh pitch
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  curve ball outside to know Brian right handed hitter wears twin ones on his back in red
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  to all pitch all the way to the screen off the glove of catcher Jeff Toe board three
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  balls and no strike. The Phillies got a run in the top of the 13th inning to lead Pittsburgh
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  three to two. The Mets are not scheduled tonight. So if Pittsburgh loses the Mets game that
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  half game would lead by one a victory by Pittsburgh would tie them with a Mets three oh pitch
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  channel down the middle three and one. Mets are 80 and 78 Pittsburgh 79 and 78 starting
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  this evening in the Phillies. Mighty troublesome three one pitch right to call that one had
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  a little heat on it. The bright thought it sounded a little outside. Full count of Brian
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  one out top of the second a three three time. Ryan rocks. Here's a pitch ground ball by
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  the mound by Parker in the right center field. So Brian hits the ball to the opposite field
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  again for a base hit the angels with Ryan on the mound playing everyone to hit late.
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  And so Parker was guarding the hole on the right side and although the ball was really
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  not hit that hard he could not range that far to his right to make the play. The bright
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  two for two and here's Rod Carew walked in the first inning. Boy he had a season again
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  200 hits the pitch curve ball low ball on and he just hit it anywhere. You have to play
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  him straight away because he'll line one down the left field line just as quickly as you'll
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  pull on into the other corner. The pitch curve ball on the inside is one and one.
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  The rules got that batting title all locked up no one close one one pitch outside. Here
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  it comes curve ball up too high three and one on the title last year with a 318 average
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  three one pitch curve ball fouled at the play. Rod's lifetime Major League average is three
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  oh nine and it's higher than that after his big year this season and he would have won
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  still another batting title had it not been for that knee injury in 1970 he was hitting
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  three sixty six at the time he was knocked out for the season three to pitch runner goes
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  on a miss throw to second base not nearly in time. In fact Parker was able to one hand
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  the ball on the shortstop side of the bag to keep it from going into center field. So
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  that's a three to four. That is the seven hundred strikeout for Nolan Ryan. No one in
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  baseball history can make that claim in back to back season seven hundred for Ryan. He
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  now has three hundred seventy one this year. Eleven the magic number to tie Kofax and
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  they want that baseball as Red Flaherty calls for it and throws it into the angel dugout.
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  That's another to add to the collection and the fans about the message board to spell
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  it out for him. Some realize that that is seven hundred for Ryan. As you mentioned the
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  big one eleven off to tie and actually a bigger one the 12th to go ahead. But he is also now
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  only seven away from his twelve hundred career strikeout. He is mind boggling really. He
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  is something foul back by Tony Oh nearly beheaded Mr. Nolan Ryan with a line shot single to center
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  field in the first inning to drive in a run one strike on Oliva. Brian has stolen second
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  base a three three tie two outs in the top of the second. You become a bit jaundiced
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  by Ryan straight strikeout abilities and forget truly what he is doing. The pitch strike two
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  and a half. Two strikes on Tony Oliva the tie breaking run. Brian is out there at second
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  base. Ryan delivers. Oh a little high and he had a leave a pool. The labor would have
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  been late pulling the trigger on that one one into the camp. Right at second base he
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  leads easily away the outfield playing Oliva not to pull one into the cat. Ryan delivers
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  a curve ball. Ryan has struck out five men in the first two innings and his magic number
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  is now reduced to 10 to tie Sandy Kopecks and after one and a half a three three tie.
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  Dave Gault a three three tie. Tunes up with George Midderwood. He'll face Billy Parker
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  Jeff Tolborg and then the lead off hitter Mickey Rivers. Each team with three runs in
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  that first inning. Ryan struck out three in the first inning and came back to get two
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  tough outs. Carew and Oliva on strikes in the second. So you now have the total of three
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  seventy two this year and seven hundred and one in the last two seasons. Oh my Billy Parker
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  hitting two fifteen last game Parker hitting three thirty three. Gault big right hander
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  he takes his time. Ready to work to Parker bat right down on the end. I with a fastball.
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  Stand up and the one oh pitch curve ball in there one and one. You look at the other club
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  records for most strikeouts in a season then you get some perspective on what Ryan's doing
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  here. One one pitch is waved at and miss. Dave McNally has the Baltimore all time record
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  for most strikeouts in a season. Two hundred two Ryan now tonight has three seventy two.
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  You go back to 1912 to get the Red Sox pitcher Smokey Joe Wood struck out two fifty eight
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  some hundred and fifteen less than Ryan for the all time Red Sox record. Ed Walsh for
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  the White Sox 1908 to sixty nine fastball knocks Parker down it's two and two. Of course
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  Bob Feller for the Indians at three forty eight in nineteen forty six. Mickey Lowlitz
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  the all time Tigers strikeout pitcher three hundred and eight two years ago. The pitch
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  line drive by the glove of golf but picked off by Caruso throws him out. Oh that ball
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  was hit hard hit the side of the mound however and that kicked it toward the second baseman
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  Caruso who was able to make the play. Jeff Torborg steps up he's batting to twenty the
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  Kansas City Royals strikeout record held by Bob Johnson he got two hundred and six three
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  years ago. Milwaukee's all timer hundred and sixty nine by Marty Patton. Minnesota Dean
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  Chance when he struck out two thirty four in nineteen sixty eight for the Yankees. That
• 37:06
  would be an interesting thing. The New York Yankees all time strikeout pitcher 1904 Jack
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  Chesbro two hundred and forty low ball one Oakland A's or any A's pitcher including
• 37:18
  the Philadelphia A's would be George Rubio ideal 1904 and for the senators or now the
• 37:24
  Texas Rangers Walter Johnson's best was in 1910 when he struck out three hundred thirteen.
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  So you start tickling your memory with all of the great men who stood out in the middle
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  of that diamond and try to throw a ball by a hitter whether it be with a fastball or
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  with finesse. I again two and one to Torborg and suddenly Nolan Ryan is the best in the
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  American League and now he is just ten away from the all time major league record and
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  will repeat something we've said before. I think there would be even more drama if we
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  were in any other city in the United States. The memory of Sandy Koufax is much too fresh
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  for all of us here. The great left hander ground ball one hopper to the third baseman
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  Sotterholm who throws across for the out to away. By that I mean in Detroit or in Boston
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  or in New York one of the Midwestern cities that have been with baseball so long. Just
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  the fact that they might have a man to set the new American League record would be exciting
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  enough. Ryan has been pitching in the shadow of a man we all remember very well fresh in
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  our memory. The great left hander the Dodgers Koufax River steps in he beat out an infield
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  hit to start the three run rally the angels tying it in the first inning at three eleven
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  straight games now for Rivers who takes it outside ball one. Rivers with forty one hits
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  this month. That's out of a slightly open stance and a crouch. Golds delivers curve
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  in there. Minnesota got three without and out being recorded by Ryan in the first inning
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  single by Brian Carreau walked a single in a run and Killebrew doubled in the other two
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  take two called one and two a good fastball angels came back on straight singles by Rivers
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  chalk and Robinson Robinson knocking in the first run then McCraw walked to load the bases
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  and drove in the second run with a sacrifice flying very knocked in the tying run with
• 39:25
  the ground out the pitch ground ball right side Rod Carreau at the edge of the grass
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  quick flip in time for the so Golds gets the angels on three ground balls in the second
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  inning one two three and after two the angels and the twins tied at three. Top of the third
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  inning the angels and the Minnesota twins are tied at three here at Anaheim Stadium
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  and this is Dick Henberg with Dave Niehaus and Dick Nelson from the big day hoping you'll
• 39:49
  be with us final three games of the season tomorrow night at eight Saturday night at
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  seven and two o'clock on Sunday afternoon and Ryan might well be pitching on Sunday against
• 39:59
  Minnesota in the finale against Bert Blylevin to the third Nolan Ryan ready to work to Harmon
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  Killebrew and here's Dave I'd take Harmon Killebrew his first time up a line double
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  down the left field line that drove in to Harmon playing and only his fifth game since
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  knee surgery the day before the All-Star game he takes a fastball upstairs one ball and
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  no strikes that final of Phillies beat the Pirates three to two that was 13 innings the
• 40:24
  next pitch to Killebrew occur just outside two balls and no strikes George Culver the
• 40:29
  winner Zachary took the loss for the Bucks the Bucks drop a half notch the line in the
• 40:35
  two oh pitch to Harmon Killebrew a curve very high and inside three balls and no strikes
• 40:41
  so Pittsburgh drops one full game behind the idle New York Mets in that wide open National
• 40:47
  League East race line to the bill of his cap and the 3 0 pitch now to Harmon Killebrew
• 40:54
  a fastball high and inside ball four and on four straight pitches Harmon Killebrew cuts
• 40:58
  down the first base for Nolan Ryan that is the third base on ball that he is issued in
• 41:03
  the ballgame and here is Jim Holt Holt was the first of Ryan's five strikeout victims
• 41:12
  all struck out his first time up in the first inning left handed batting right fielder hitting
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  a two ninety six the pitch to him a fastball over the outer edge at the knees for a strike
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  ball oh and one Killebrew no threat at first base with that bum left knee Tom McCraw playing
• 41:28
  behind Harmon Ryan at the belt Killebrew just walks off the bag and the pitch to Holt swing
• 41:33
  and a miss like to Ryan walks down a front slope of the mound now back on top Ryan a
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  quick worker is at the belt again and the 0 2 pitch to hold a curve high and outside
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  one and two Ryan again is ready to go to the belt does so checks Killebrew at first and
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  the 1 2 pitch to hold change right.
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  Oh that kind of means do that to a big left handed batter.
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  Ryan gave him the big motion and then floated a breaking pitch over the outside edge of
• 42:10
  the knee that is number six number three hundred and seventy three nine away from the tie can
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  away from the record second time that he has struck out Jim Holt looking and here is George
• 42:24
  Mitterwald Mitterwald struck out in the first inning Killebrew with his hands on his hips
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  anchored at the bag at first Ryan stretches and the pitch swung on ground ball to Parker
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  backs up on the ball he goes to short and no he doesn't he drops the ball as he starts
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  to go to shortstop and Billy Parker will be charged with an error.
• 42:47
  So Parker trying to get rid of the ball in a hurry he did not have to because Killebrew
• 42:52
  cannot run that well and as he tried to fuck the ball out of his glove he dropped it so
• 42:57
  it'll be an error on Billy Parker Mitterwald goes to first Killebrew to second and here
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  is Eric Satterholm the stretch by Ryan Satterholm walked his first time and there is a sweeping
• 43:11
  curve way outside low on one.
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  I rather want to know what's for Ryan not only is he thinking of the strikeouts but
• 43:19
  he's thinking in the wind column too and the angels still with a chance to tie the twins
• 43:23
  with their they would need a sweep of this four game series however the one office to
• 43:27
  Satterholm a curve for a strike one and one one man down in the third a three three tie
• 43:38
  the stretch by Ryan and the pitch fastball high and away one ball and one strike well
• 43:42
  one of the most precious ingredients in Bush's time time to age naturally time to create
• 43:46
  its own natural carbonation so settle down to the natural one settle down to Bush the
• 43:50
  beer that brings you baseball the two one pitch curves like to call two balls and two
• 43:57
  strikes on Eric Satterholm Satterholm hitting a three thirteen he has one home run he has
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  driven across nine Killebrew is at second Mitterwald is at first Ryan has struck out
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  six the stretch the two to pitch high ball three and strike two Ryan again back on top
• 44:22
  Satterholm very slightly close to and the stretch by Noli and the payoff pitch a fastball
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  swung on a ground ball toward short talks got it he goes to Parker Parker's way to the
• 44:31
  first double play so one more strikeout here in the third six four three double play Ryan
• 44:39
  and the angels are out of it here in the third inning no runs no hits one error and one left
• 44:46
  we go to the bottom half of the third it's the angels three the twins three and the bottom
• 44:56
  half the third in this three three tie right hander Dave Gose we'll look at Dave Chalk
• 45:00
  Frank Robinson and Tom McCraw the angels three runs on four hits the twins the twins
• 45:06
  three runs on four hits the angels three runs on three hits Mopov's up picking up all three
• 45:11
  of their runs in the first inning Dave Chalk a line drive base hit to write his first time
• 45:16
  up David batting average at two thirty six and after getting off to a very slow start
• 45:21
  after being recalled like talk is picked up in his batting average Dave with five RBI
• 45:27
  Dave Gose just stoically staring down to his battery made George Mitterwald in the pitch
• 45:31
  of the curve for a strike all in one Eric Satterholm is at third Jerry Terrell is at
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  short Rod Carew is at second Harmon Killebrew is at first Gose one strike delivery chalk
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  runs up on it as if the fun and takes a fastball inside one ball and one strike and I'm resident
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  Mike Adams is in left field Steve rise in center Jim Holt is around and right Eric Satterholm
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  looking down tall six four right hander to the wine of the one one delivery now chalk
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  runs up as if the bun again and pulls the bat back out and takes a good one this time
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  a curve for a strike one ball and two strikes you just joined us Nolan Ryan has struck out
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  six through three innings he's already eclipsed the major league record for most strikeouts
• 46:21
  in two consecutive seasons the one two pitch of the line drive a little dire and a center
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  field a ball in for a base hit and David chalk bleeds one loops it back over the second base
• 46:31
  bag in the center field for his second base hit of the ball game the hit totals are even
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  at four and here's Frank Robinson Robinson with his ninety six run driven in his last
• 46:43
  time up and Frank with a good shot at one hundred RBI to go along with at least those
• 46:49
  thirty home runs Robinson all of a sudden is very much in that American League home
• 46:54
  run derby for nineteen seventy three resting only two behind Reggie Jackson chalk a pretty
• 47:02
  good lead at first out on my killer brew and the pitch by ghosts the Robinson is last time
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  up and Franklin a good shot at one hundred RBI to go along with at least those thirty
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  home runs Robinson all of a sudden is very much in that American League home run derby
• 47:19
  for nineteen seventy three resting only two behind Reggie Jackson chalk a pretty good
• 47:26
  lead at first out on my killer brew and the pitch by ghosts to Robinson fastball for a
• 47:30
  strike all in one Dave Goltz against the angels this year has no record he is one and one
• 47:44
  against them career wise so the first diving back in on his hands and he's Dave chalk
• 47:57
  Goltz again turns around throws the first and chalk again dives back in on his hands
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  and knees into the dirt Harmon killer brew there's a chance that the great slugger of
• 48:06
  the twins is playing his final four games in a Minnesota twins uniform and we'll pursue
• 48:12
  that story in a moment or two the stretch one strike delivery to Robinson foul back
• 48:18
  off the fists onto the screen oh and to Calvin Griffith the president of the twins has two
• 48:23
  designated hitters and both of them carry hefty salaries way over the one hundred thousand
• 48:28
  dollar mark Tony Oliva of course much the better average the three time American League
• 48:35
  batting champion Harmon killer brew with a great power Mr. Griffith is not so sure that
• 48:42
  he can afford to carry two hundred thousand dollar designated hitters this stretch and
• 48:47
  the pitch to Robinson curve low and outside fake throw to first base by the catch of George
• 48:52
  Mitterwald one and two killer brew's name goes with a Minnesota twins old Washington
• 49:00
  Senators franchise about the way Henry Aaron does with the Braves franchise but sometimes
• 49:06
  baseball can be a cruel game to go to first base but still get down the right field line
• 49:11
  chasing in a second baseman Rod Garou and while all this happened Dave chalk will seem
• 49:15
  all the way from first to third so it'll be an error on the pickoff move by Dave Goltz
• 49:24
  twice before Goltz before going to the stretch and flip toss the first base trying to get
• 49:28
  chalk and twice he had David diving back in on his hands and knees this time he tried
• 49:32
  it and threw it away and chalk did something to show that even though he's a young man
• 49:36
  he has learned his baseball lessons well as he broke for second base he did not bother
• 49:40
  to waste time looking where the ball was he knew he could make it to second and before
• 49:44
  he got to second he was already looking at Parker third to see whether he should come
• 49:48
  on and Parker waved him on and without hesitation chalk made it to third and actually turned
• 49:53
  through that's how well he got over there and Robinson now with a chance to pick up
• 49:56
  his ninety-seven far behind the one two pitch to Frank a curve outside two balls and two
• 50:01
  strikes to Frank Robinson leaning on the bat in the on deck circle is Tom McCraw Goltz
• 50:12
  just behind the rubber now is ready to receive his sign from middle wall does so chalk just
• 50:17
  a couple of feet down the line from third the two two pitch to Robinson a fastball low
• 50:21
  and outside ball three three balls and two strikes the Angels with the go ahead run at
• 50:26
  third nobody out and the twins infield playing up trying to cut off the run about halfway
• 50:32
  up shortstop Jerry Terrell second baseman Rod Carew Harmon Killebrew playing even with
• 50:36
  a bag at first just behind the bag at third Eric Sutter home goes with the glove off now
• 50:43
  puts it back on Robinson waits the wind and the payoff hits the Frank Robinson a curve
• 50:56
  outside a little change for a ball for the Angels with runners at first and third nobody
• 51:01
  out second base on balls given up by Dave Goltz and here is Tom McCraw McCall McCraw
• 51:12
  walked in the first inning the Angels after they had given up three runs in the top half
• 51:21
  of the first came back with three of their own very quickly on an infield base hit by
• 51:24
  Rivers a base hit by chalk a base hit by Robinson sacrifice fly by Pinson the stretch the pitch
• 51:31
  to McCraw low and inside ball one one and oh and to stir around down in the Minnesota
• 51:38
  twins bullpen now right hander begins to get up and throw earlier it had been Bill hands
• 51:50
  Goltz at the belt one oh pitch to McCraw outside ball two two balls and no strikes
• 51:59
  wins three runs four hits one error the Angels three runs four hits and one error center
• 52:05
  fielder Steve bry pulled around just a little bit in the right center field conference at
• 52:10
  the mound between Middlerwald and goats now with goats with his hands on his hips finally
• 52:17
  broken up George comes back behind the plate Tom McCraw hitting a 264 has hit the ball
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  very well a month of September Goltz at the belt the two two delivery a fastball tap foul
• 52:35
  of the plate two balls and one strike I believe the count should be they have to two on the
• 52:45
  board now the plate umpire corrects the board it is two balls and one strike on Tom McCraw
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  plate umpire is red clarity Bill Degan is at first Lou Demuro at second Marty Springstead
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  around a third the stretch by Goltz and the pitch to McCraw swing and a foul tip at the
• 53:08
  plate gets through the legs of both the catcher Middlerwald and the plate umpire red clarity
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  now the count is two balls and two strikes the first of the final four of 1973 Goltz
• 53:29
  on top McCraw waving a wood back and forth the twins will concede the run for the double
• 53:38
  play the stretch in the picks and a crawl line drive base hit right field in easy the
• 53:42
  score is chalkman third base it's four to three angels Robinson makes a turn at second
• 53:46
  will hold on there the throw behind him the shortstop Jerry Terrell trying to get him
• 53:49
  in the billfold right at second base but Robinson was already safe at that bag so Tom McCraw
• 53:55
  with another line drive base hit his 24th RBI of the year and it is four to three angels
• 54:04
  bring along Beta Pinson who drove in to run his first time up and before he steps in we
• 54:08
  pause for station identification this is the angels radio network Frank Quillacy at the
• 54:19
  mound chatting he has a right hander Bill hands warming up in the bullpen and I believe
• 54:24
  he is going to go to the bullpen right now Dave Goltz has given up five hits in the three
• 54:33
  plus innings that he has worked the angels still have runners at first and second and
• 54:37
  he will go to the bullpen well you know Christmas really isn't that far off here we are the
• 54:43
  twenty seventh of September only three months of November December and for the baseball
• 54:50
  fans on your Christmas gift list you can shop the easy one stop way with angels Christmas
• 54:55
  gift certificates certificates are available for any game during the nineteen seventy-four
• 55:00
  season and there'll also be a special six game bonus plan to be announced very soon
• 55:05
  for complete information about angels Christmas gift certificates call the ticket office Monday
• 55:10
  through Friday from area code seven one four you can call six three three two thousand
• 55:15
  or from area two one three you can dial toll free six two five one one two three remember
• 55:21
  the angels can make your Christmas shopping mighty mighty easy so I hand her Dave Goltz
• 55:27
  will leave and a big right hander Bill hands will come in and take over take a look at
• 55:35
  the scores that we have on an abbreviated baseball evening the important ones taking
• 55:39
  place in the National League East with the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh
• 55:43
  Pirates in thirteen innings by a score of three to two so the Bucks fall one full game
• 55:50
  behind the New York Mets Pittsburgh now seventy nine and seventy nine the Mets eighty and
• 55:59
  seventy eight in thirteen it was the Phillies three the Pirates to cover over Zachary answer
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  a home run for the Phillies in the first with one on for Dell that was his eleven now Oliver
• 56:11
  had a home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first with one on that was his twentieth
• 56:15
  of the year it remained to two through twelve innings and in the Phillies scored the winning
• 56:21
  run in the top half of the thirteenth and won it by a score of three to two at Bush
• 56:26
  Stadium in St. Louis this afternoon the Cardinals got a one hitter from Reggie Cleveland they
• 56:31
  beat the Chicago Cubs by a score of two to nothing all but eliminated the Cubs from Bennett
• 56:36
  contention in the National League East Cleveland the winner fourteen and ten who'd the loser
• 56:40
  fifteen and fifteen the Cardinals are now two and a half games behind the idle New York
• 56:45
  Mets the Cardinals are however three games back in the loss column behind New York the
• 56:51
  Dodgers and the Braves got rained out in Atlanta as Henry Aaron got rained out of probably
• 56:55
  four at bat look at the American League scores in just a moment as Vada Pinson steps in
• 57:00
  against right hander Bill Hans the Angels with a base hit by chalk the throwing error
• 57:04
  by Goltz buying chalk to go to third the base on balls of Frank Robinson the RBI single
• 57:09
  by Tom McCraw they have taken the lead four to three Robinson at second McCraw's at first
• 57:17
  the pitch by hand swing and a miss by Vada Pinson oh and one in the American League the
• 57:21
  White Sox this afternoon before seventeen hundred and twenty nine in Chicago in ten
• 57:26
  innings beat the Kansas City Royals three to two Buddy Bradford's home run won it for
• 57:32
  Chicago Goltz at the belt one strike pitch now to Vada swung on a ground ball toward
• 57:39
  short right there is Terrell he goes to the bag himself to throw the first for the double
• 57:42
  play Terrell was already shaded over toward the bag at second it was an easy play for
• 57:47
  him so the DP going six three with Frank Robinson moving down to third base on the play and
• 57:52
  here's Ken Berry.
• 58:00
  Ken Berry with a high chopper on the right hand side that drove in Frank Robinson from
• 58:05
  third his first time up with a third run of the inning for the Angels for Ken that was
• 58:10
  his thirty sixth RBI Ken's average standing at 285 the wind and the pitch by hand the
• 58:17
  slider for a strike on one the Yankees on a nine hit shutout by Pat Dobson beat the
• 58:25
  Milwaukee Brewers two to nothing Dobson nine and eight Slayton took the loss for the Brewers
• 58:31
  thirteen and fifteen for Slayton the wind by hand the one strike delivery drag been
• 58:38
  up third baseline foul third base coach Salty Parker will throw it back to the pitcher Bill
• 58:44
  Hands on to Mr. Joe Coleman one is twenty third game of the year for Detroit Coleman
• 58:53
  beating the Baltimore Orioles five to two Coleman over Garland those are all the scores.
• 59:02
  Berry stands up there with two strikes on him Robinson down the line from third the
• 59:05
  wind by hand the pitch to Ken high and outside one ball and two strikes to get back to the
• 59:12
  plot as we go to the fourth Nolan Ryan has struck out six after the Angels finish with
• 59:19
  their offensive show here in the top half of the fourth the wind by hand and the pitch
• 59:23
  a fastball on the ground ball to the right side Garou gets a nice convenient hop flips
• 59:26
  over to Harmon Killebrew and the Angels are gone in the third for the Californians one
• 59:31
  run on a couple of base hits one error and the Angels lead one and the score after three
• 59:38
  the Angels four and the twins have three.
• 59:41
  Nolan Ryan just arriving at the pitching mound as we're set for the bottom half or rather
• 59:46
  the top half of the fourth inning Nolan with six strikeouts perhaps taking it easy back
• 59:51
  in the players lounge with the Angels during a rather long half inning in the bottom half
• 59:56
  of the third so he is just finishing up his warmup tosses with Jeff Torborg in the fourth
• 1:00:03
  he'll look at Mike Adams Jerry Terrell and Steve Brie the Angels four runs five hits
• 1:00:09
  the twins three runs on four hits Mike Adams his first time up struck out against Nolan
• 1:00:15
  Ryan struck out to end the first inning.
• 1:00:25
  Mike wears number 25 on the back of his blue traveling double nips for the Minnesota Twins
• 1:00:30
  Ryan tugs at the bill of his cap goes into the wind and the pitch to Adams outside with
• 1:00:35
  a fastball one ball and no strikes.
• 1:00:40
  The twins this year drawing just over 900,000 one-oh pitch way outside Nolan Ryan again
• 1:00:46
  overthrowing a fastball two and oh but for Minnesota it was the year that saw them draw
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  a little over 100,000 more than they did in 1972.
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  The line and two oh pitch to Mike Adams a fastball a big rip and a miss and a batting
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  home it pops off the head of young Mr. Adams Adams hitting at 232 he has three home runs
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  he is driven across six
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  Ryan waiting for Adams to get back in he does so.
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  Ryan's two one delivery now fastball another rip and a miss two balls and two strikes.
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  Ryan with six strikeouts 373.
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  Adams steps back in here is the two two pitch to Mike Adams a fastball strike three called
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  it at 374 Nolan Ryan eight away from the tie nine away from the record.
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  He cut the plate in half with that fastball I think Adams was looking for that big vendor
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  the yellow hammer and got the good fastball looking for the hammer and he got the express
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  here is Jerry Terrell are grounded out to second baseman Billy Parker his first time
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  up Alan Gallagher in on the grass at third.
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  This is a good ballclub for Nolan Ryan to be pitching against for strikeouts her beautifully
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  thrown what I thought that was on one did you hurry Terrell.
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  Ryan again right back to the plate wasting no time this time he gets the express and
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  it's fouled back.
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  One and two on Jerry Terrell Terrell hitting it to seventy one.
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  The line in the 0 2 pitch fastball strike three.
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  There is three hundred and seventy five and Don Drysdale in the top 10 all time strikeouts
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  lifetime deserves a little piece of credit for that one because he had noticed during
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  the course of the year every time that Ryan went to the crossfire he always threw the
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  curve never throw the fastball to the hitters knew the curve was coming and that time no
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  curve ball a fastball and strike three called Steve Bride is two for two against Nolan Ryan
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  the line and the pitch slider just outside all and one rather one and no one ball and
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  no strikes to Brian right twice has hit the ball to the right side through for base hits
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  the one 0 pitch.
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  There is the curve strike called and he has the crackling curve ball tonight one ball
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  and one strike.
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  The bright kind of backing away and he bowed to the wishes of the curve the 1 1 pitch.
• 1:03:45
  There's the curve again just slow two balls and one strike.
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  The count to Steve Bride Ryan little meditation walk behind the grass on the back slope of
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  the mound now back on top rubbing up the baseball all the wild tugging at the belly of the cap
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  the 2 1 delivery not a briar fastball foul back on the screen.
• 1:04:08
  Ryan after giving up the three runs in the first struck out the side in the first and
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  he is one strike out away one strike away from striking out the side here in the fourth.
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  He has eight Ryan again is ready.
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  Here is the 2 2 pitch to Steve Bride curve high and inside three balls and two strikes
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  Ralph Rowe coaching down at third for Minnesota with his hands on his hips over at first.
• 1:04:35
  Very Morgan Ryan again rubbing up a new wrinkle in the baseball count three balls and two
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  strikes and Steve Bride.
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  One with three hundred and seventy five and here she comes.
• 1:04:46
  There's three hundred and seventy six and the record now very much in focus for Nolan
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  Ryan on this night as that is nine years only six strikeouts away from tying Sandy Colfax
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  his record seven for the record all along nine strikeouts in the game through four innings
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  for Nolan Ryan.
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  We go to the bottom half of the fourth angels for the twins three.
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  The fans still a buzzer at Nolan Ryan strikeout performance so far through four innings he
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  has struck out nine.
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  He has 15 more outs to get six strikeouts for a tie seven strikeouts for an all time
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  record Alan Gallagher leads it off for the angels in the bottom half of the fourth and
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  takes a fastball for a strike the right hander Bill Hanz.
• 1:05:40
  No balls and one strike Gallagher his first time up grounded out to third to end the first
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  hands winds in the one strike delivery to Gallagher ground ball to third again right
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  there is not at home.
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  He throws high to kill a bird.
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  The first time in time it pulled off the bag.
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  I'm not going to write the old side of the bag and he got the ladder to get it.
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  It'll be an error on third baseman Eric Soderholm that'll bring along Billy Parker Soderholm
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  at all the time in the world.
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  But he had Killebrew about five or six feet headed toward right field right down the line
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  Killebrew trying to get back to the bag in time to get the tag on Gallagher but couldn't
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  do it.
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  Billy Parker grounded out to second his first time up.
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  Billy hitting a two fifteen it's a four three ball game angels but that is not really the
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  story.
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  Nolan Ryan with nine strikeouts through four innings.
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  The stretch by hand and the pitch to Parker way outside with a breaking pitch.
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  One ball and no strikes.
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  And at the belt one oh pitch to Parker.
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  Try to spread up around the shoulders of Billy Parker.
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  Red clarity throwing up the right hand one ball and one strike Gallagher is at first
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  to four three ball game angels.
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  Bill holding Gallagher on at first hands at the belt.
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  Token toss to first Gallagher diving back in on his hands and knees.
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  Alan will not wipe off that dirt.
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  It's part of his uniform when he's flying.
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  Stretch one one pitch to Parker swing and a miss a big rip right up around the eyes of
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  Bill one and two.
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  Bill hands has been somewhat of a disappointment to the twins this year coming over figure
• 1:07:58
  to move into the starting rotation.
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  But he has won seven and he has lost ten.
• 1:08:05
  The stretch in the pitch to Parker way inside a little chin music to Mr. Parker that time
• 1:08:09
  two balls and two strikes.
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  Hands has started 15 games for the twins this year.
• 1:08:18
  This is his thirty ninth appearance out of the year.
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  And run average of three point six one and the pitch to Parker swung out on a ground
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  ball toward short.
• 1:08:28
  Right there is a shortstop Terrell to step on the bag at second throw to first for the
• 1:08:32
  easy double play.
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  And for the twins they pull off their second six three twin killing Jerry Terrell to Harmon
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  Killebrew two down.
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  Here's Jeff Torborg.
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  Jeff Torborg catching so many of Sandy Koufax's games that chance again to be a part of major
• 1:08:57
  league history as he is behind the plate catching Nolan Ryan tonight.
• 1:09:06
  And that deep breath into the line and the pitch to Jeff fastball on a ground ball toward
• 1:09:10
  the hole over there to plug it up as Terrell.
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  He's got it the long throw high again but Killebrew up with the letter this time to
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  pull it down.
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  So the angels gone in the fourth no runs no hits one error nobody left and after four
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  the angels four and the twins have three.
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  Good thing you play again for more play here's that.
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  All right down three.
• 1:09:30
  Okay sorry I was thinking about Don also three hundred and seventy six strikeout for Ryan
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  six shy and he's off to a tremendous start tonight.
• 1:09:38
  He faces Rod Carell here in the fifth the pitch high and away ball one.
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  Jeff Torborg behind the plate Gallagher chalk Parker and McCraw in the infield Barry Rivers
• 1:09:47
  and tension in the outfield Ryan rocks back and here's the pitch swing and a man.
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  Through walk and scored in a three run first inning for the twins he struck out swinging
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  in the second.
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  Well the fans tonight came with fingers crossed that they might see Ryan break the record
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  tonight but really realism said now it'll be Sunday.
• 1:10:10
  The pitch straight to call.
• 1:10:12
  But you can tell from their reaction after he struck out the side in the fourth inning
• 1:10:17
  to get nine in the first four innings they're thinking now as everyone else is that this
• 1:10:21
  could be the night he becomes the all time major league strikeout pitcher.
• 1:10:25
  He's just broken one after another one two pitch high fastball Oliva and killer grew to
• 1:10:32
  follow in the Minnesota fifth inning.
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  Ryan walks down the back slope of the mound rubbing up the baseball the outfield.
• 1:10:40
  They've been spectators this far in the ballgame with the exception of feeling the base hits.
• 1:10:44
  They have not had a put out a windup and a two to pitch high and he blistered that one
• 1:10:50
  in there but around the bill of the helmet of the roof.
• 1:10:56
  Perhaps to settle an argument or two between Angel and Dodger fans or Ryan and Kofax fans
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  first the three to pitch swing and a man and strikeout for Ryan as Peru chased a bad ball
• 1:11:10
  a fastball scaling up and away three hundred and seventy seven he's five away from Kofax
• 1:11:18
  when Kofax at the major league record of three hundred eighty two strikeouts in nineteen
• 1:11:22
  sixty five.
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  He had 40 starts.
• 1:11:26
  This is Ryan's thirty nine tonight.
• 1:11:29
  His 40th would be on Sunday.
• 1:11:31
  And that of course with that strikeout of Rod Carew Nolan Ryan again adds to his already
• 1:11:35
  major league total.
• 1:11:36
  That is the twenty third time that he has struck out ten or more men.
• 1:11:40
  That is amazing.
• 1:11:43
  One out in the fifth inning Ryan has 10 already a leave off the pitch high and outside and
• 1:11:48
  Ryan just thrusting all one hundred ninety five pound sword the plate on every pitch
• 1:11:54
  twenty six years old and sometimes you figure the pop of that mitt can be heard all the
• 1:12:00
  way down to Texas and now a proud son of Southern California.
• 1:12:06
  The pitch swing.
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  The crowd cheering every pitch now and we got a lot of time to go.
• 1:12:18
  This could be one of the exciting nights of the season here at the big day reacting now
• 1:12:23
  to the note that Dave gave you a twenty third time this year Ryan has struck out ten or
• 1:12:28
  more to extend his major league record for the season.
• 1:12:32
  One ball one strike.
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  Ryan winds delivers line drive base hit up the middle.
• 1:12:38
  So I'll leave it twice and hit that fastball on a shot right back past Nolan Ryan and ends
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  the string a three straight four straight strikeout.
• 1:12:47
  Oh Lava with his second hit after he struck out in the second and here's how many kill
• 1:12:51
  a brew.
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  He doubled in two runs in the first inning and was safe at first.
• 1:12:57
  He walked in the third and save a second on an air in the third.
• 1:13:00
  So Carmen won for one infield will align itself or two.
• 1:13:07
  The game score seems almost incidental at the moment.
• 1:13:09
  It's the angels for Minnesota three each team scored three times in the first inning the
• 1:13:14
  pitch fastball swung on right into the power of kill a brew.
• 1:13:20
  Jim Holt who has struck out twice is on deck.
• 1:13:24
  Ryan waste no time he sends it back changes up and in a folder string on a fastball and
• 1:13:31
  adjustment lots of folks trying to help Red Flaherty now one ball one strike one out one
• 1:13:39
  run lead for Ryan the pitch swing in the hour against power.
• 1:13:45
  The fastball was by kill a brew.
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  Nolan reaches down throw some pebbles off the front slope of the mound.
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  Nolan drives toward the batter or toward home plate so vigorously that he wears out the
• 1:14:00
  toe of that shoe and has had a blister throughout his pitching career.
• 1:14:04
  He just wears on the right toe as he follows through the one to pitch.
• 1:14:09
  All back as kill a brew nip that one enough to spoil strike three one and two and Ryan
• 1:14:17
  thinking about every pitch he takes a slow walk around the first base side of the mound
• 1:14:22
  now up on top one and two let the crowd call this pitch here it comes.
• 1:14:29
  A curveball strikes out kill a brew.
• 1:14:34
  That's the 11th for Nolan Ryan.
• 1:14:38
  Nolan now has three hundred and seventy eight strikeout.
• 1:14:41
  He is only four away from Colfax and now it is a very real possibility and everyone cognizant
• 1:14:49
  of the fact that they may be sitting in tonight on the all time single season major league
• 1:14:55
  record for strikeout the pitch to hold is outside ball one.
• 1:15:00
  Ryan off to a tremendous start.
• 1:15:02
  He struck out the side in the first got two in the second one in the third struck out
• 1:15:07
  the side in the fourth and he struck out two here in the fifth.
• 1:15:10
  He won't get hold who pops it up chalk on the outfield grass is hundred makes the catch
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  and the inning is over.
• 1:15:16
  I had the feeling that some of the fans were asking chalk not to catch the ball.
• 1:15:21
  Well that's not really in the spirit of things although we can understand folks here wanting
• 1:15:26
  to see the record.
• 1:15:27
  Ryan nevertheless has the side out in the fifth inning strikes out to allows one hit
• 1:15:32
  and leaves one and at the halfway mark in this one four and a half innings in the book
• 1:15:35
  angels lead four to three and Ryan has eleven strikeouts.
• 1:15:39
  He needs just four more to tie Colfax and five to set the record.
• 1:15:45
  Bill Hanson amount in relief of starter Dave Goltz.
• 1:15:49
  He faces the top of the order Mickey Rivers one for two right hander delivers a strike
• 1:15:58
  Nolan Ryan with eleven strikeouts in the first five tonight an excellent chance of setting
• 1:16:05
  the mark this evening and certainly is right there on the doorstep in case he misses tonight
• 1:16:09
  swinging a miss by Rivers at two and two and even with the two days rest regardless of
• 1:16:15
  what happens in the final four innings tonight he'll be just a handful away from Colfax if
• 1:16:20
  he goes Sunday.
• 1:16:22
  Two strikes on Rivers and winds the pitch inside with a fastball.
• 1:16:41
  The one two pitch Rivers swings and nubs one back a second crew going out in comes hold
• 1:16:46
  it is hold who makes the catch on the run.
• 1:16:50
  Little saw fly off the fist of Rivers and hold able to come in and squeeze it for the
• 1:16:54
  first time.
• 1:16:55
  Dave Chalk is two for two and he scored two runs tonight.
• 1:16:59
  First we pause for station identification from Anaheim Stadium.
• 1:17:02
  This is the Angels radio network.
• 1:17:05
  And this is KXTC Glendale Phoenix 92.3 FM stereo.
• 1:17:16
  The pitch to Chalk is he tried to bond and misses it strike one.
• 1:17:25
  One strike on Dave Chalk is he is going to try to bond his way on.
• 1:17:30
  Bill hands on the mound.
• 1:17:32
  Here's the pitch right up over the helmet of chalk and by the glove of middle wall to
• 1:17:37
  the screen one and one to the young angel shortstop Frank Robinson to follow.
• 1:17:42
  We're in the bottom of the fifth inning the Angels four runs five hits the twins three
• 1:17:46
  runs five hits.
• 1:17:47
  But the story Ryan has 11 strikeouts line drive down the left field line hooking foul
• 1:17:53
  by about five feet.
• 1:17:55
  So chalk misses a double by just that margin.
• 1:17:59
  You can see Dave feeling his maturity as a big league prospect with each plate appearance.
• 1:18:07
  He looks more confident swinging that bat better and better and certainly has done some
• 1:18:12
  fine work in the field.
• 1:18:14
  One ball two strikes to count one out no one on bottom of the fifth inning.
• 1:18:19
  The veteran hands getting a sign from middle wall says yes to the sign chalk up on the
• 1:18:27
  handle of the bat.
• 1:18:29
  Here's the pitch outside with a big breaking ball two and two hands and Decker coming to
• 1:18:37
  Minnesota in the deal with the Cubs last winter when Dave LaRoche went to Chicago to two pitch
• 1:18:43
  swing and a miss.
• 1:18:44
  He got him with a breaking ball that strikeout for Bill hands is his first and the first
• 1:18:51
  of the night for Minnesota pitching Frank Robinson RBI single in the first scored himself
• 1:18:56
  and he walked in the third inning and six to and one 90s a New Jersey boy.
• 1:19:12
  The pitch swung on a chopper to short third baseman outside of home in front of the short
• 1:19:16
  stop throws high but in time for the out of skill a brew has to go up the ladder and spirit
• 1:19:20
  and come down in a hurry to get the put out.
• 1:19:23
  So hands retires the angels in order in the fifth inning we go to the six angels for Minnesota
• 1:19:28
  three five inning totals angels for runs five hits in one error they left to Minnesota three
• 1:19:41
  runs five hits and two errors of stranded five.
• 1:19:44
  Nolan Ryan has walked three and he has struck out eleven batters through the first five
• 1:19:49
  innings.
• 1:19:50
  He has three hundred seventy eight strikeouts this season just four shy of the major league
• 1:19:54
  record George Mitterwald Eric Satterholm and Mike Adams in the Minnesota six inning.
• 1:20:01
  Better wall to struck out and save on Parker's error.
• 1:20:04
  Pitch by Ryan fastball strike called on the outside corner.
• 1:20:12
  Ryan gets it back and fires curveball strike to Mitterwald got two strikes on him in about
• 1:20:19
  10 seconds and now he backs out of the batter's bug.
• 1:20:23
  He said yeah at least want my time in the center circle here.
• 1:20:26
  You can hardly blame him if he'd allowed Ryan to throw that next one in at the Venice strike
• 1:20:33
  he would have taken the fastest walk to home plate and back maybe in history.
• 1:20:37
  All right just getting the ball and just throwing it to wind up in the two strike pitch curveball
• 1:20:42
  bounce the third Gallagher up with it.
• 1:20:45
  Fairhands throws over the head of McCraw all the way into the crowd on the fly and his
• 1:20:50
  second base goes the time run Mitterwald Gallagher through the ball not just against the boxy
• 1:20:56
  railing all the way into the crowd and Mitterwald gets two bases on the air.
• 1:21:03
  So the tying run and scoring position and Eric Satterholm is the better at when landing in
• 1:21:10
  the seats down the only Minnesota dugout about oh nine or 10 seats in the first row.
• 1:21:18
  Satterholm has walked and grounded into a double play angels got three runs in the bottom
• 1:21:27
  of the first inning after the twins got three in the top of the first Satterholm hit this
• 1:21:31
  one into the upper deck off to the right and a good catch made by a fan angels baseball
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  one ball one strike Mitterwald with no one out stands at second base a four three angel
• 1:22:02
  lead the pitch fastball hit in the air to right field that should get Mitterwald to
• 1:22:06
  third he's tagging his pins and circles makes the catch near the foul line Mitterwald on
• 1:22:10
  his way to third the long throw is cut off by chalk as Mitterwald goes in standing.
• 1:22:16
  So a two base throwing error by third base Menell Gallagher and a long fly to right and
• 1:22:22
  the twins can score the tying run on and out.
• 1:22:25
  The twins could care much less about Nolan Ryan's strikeout performance they would like
• 1:22:31
  to get a win tonight and know they have third place clinched in the American League West
• 1:22:36
  Adams has struck out twice swinging and called facing Ryan tonight.
• 1:22:43
  Infield plays halfway with one out trying to hold Mitterwald at third outfield toward
• 1:22:48
  right for Adams Gallagher chalk Parker and McCraw in close the pitch strike fastball
• 1:22:56
  Ryan is using the windup looks over at Mitterwald as he gets the sign from catcher Jeff Torborg
• 1:23:11
  still staring in much more deliberate now now he nods yes sweeps into the windup kicks
• 1:23:17
  and deals fastball too low and a good stop made by Torborg is down on those knees to
• 1:23:22
  protect that one from going through 82 degrees as this game started tonight nearly October
• 1:23:29
  but it's a warm summer ease in Southern California and Ryan with his fastball making it hotter
• 1:23:35
  for the twins 1 1 pitch curveball too high two balls in a strike Jerry Terrell on deck
• 1:23:47
  Ryan has at least one strikeout in every inning tonight and struck out the side in the first
• 1:23:52
  and the fourth a total of 11 Mitterwald down the line from third the 2 1 pitch curveball
• 1:24:03
  is outside and again a good stop by Torborg is that one bounced in three and one to Mike
• 1:24:09
  Adams the left fielder hitting 232 with three home runs six runs batted in he's been with
• 1:24:14
  the club all season long but hasn't played much been up only 56 times but shows surprising
• 1:24:22
  power for his size 3 1 delivery hit foul into the upper deck a fastball
• 1:24:39
  Frank Willis he has announced that he will use one less coach next year with Red Worthington
• 1:24:44
  the pitching coach taking a college coaching job and ex-angel Bob Rogers will become both
• 1:24:49
  the pitching and bullpen coach the 3 2 pitch foul back that one's sailing into the lower
• 1:24:56
  press level one of the executive boobs off to the right Mr. Ockrey's boo that seems
• 1:25:03
  only fair that the chairman of the board and his guest should have a souvenir of this night
• 1:25:07
  touch of class by Mr. Adams there at the plate three and two one out Mitterwald at third
• 1:25:17
  and here's the pitch just outside a fastball misses Adams walks on that 3 2 delivery the
• 1:25:25
  fourth free ticket offered by Ryan tonight and Jeff Torborg calls time and goes out to
• 1:25:30
  the mound Jerry Carroll has grounded out and took a third strike right handed batter way
• 1:25:37
  up on the handle tough to throw the fastball by him Adams from Anaheim and Terrell from
• 1:25:47
  the San Fernando Valley makes his home in recita runners at first and third one out
• 1:25:57
  four to three angels here in the top of the sixth inning Ryan delivers a curveball bunted
• 1:26:01
  foul it was a safety squeeze Mitterwald was not racing in from third he's going to make
• 1:26:07
  sure that bunt was down before he made his break Dick we can't help but sit back here
• 1:26:11
  and thank as we look at Nolan Ryan about that rain in Kansas City had it not been for that
• 1:26:16
  he and Kofax would be tied right this very second and of course he was denied what four
• 1:26:22
  more innings of pitch that's right fans might be thinking about 400 strikeouts this year
• 1:26:28
  the pitch strike a fastball at the knees gets away from Torborg but not very far and the
• 1:26:34
  runners have to hold so twice Terrell going to bunt once he did foul and that when he
• 1:26:43
  took low at the knees for a strike Ryan pitch away from a dozen strikeouts Adams at first
• 1:26:53
  Mitterwald at third one out the 0 2 pitch grounded to the right side and throw in the
• 1:26:59
  right field the run scores there goes Adams around second and he holds as Pinson comes
• 1:27:03
  up with a ball and the game is tied Terrell he doesn't get that fastball thrown by him
• 1:27:08
  very often he just shot it right through the gap on the right side of the infield to tie
• 1:27:12
  the ball game up so the air pays off on the under and run the twins tied up at four a
• 1:27:19
  piece Terrell's thirty second RBI this year runners at first and second and Steve Brie
• 1:27:25
  two for three in the game is the batter right handed hitting center fielder Pinson playing
• 1:27:32
  shallow in right field so Adams could not advance the third curve ball called strike
• 1:27:36
  at the outside corner the run for the first inning in the game does not appear overpowering
• 1:27:43
  with his pitches and this has happened often especially about this time fifth sixth seventh
• 1:27:47
  innings of games pitch by Nolan fastball fouled out of play and again he has two strikes on
• 1:27:52
  a batter however he had two strikes on Sotterhall before he flied out he had two strikes on Adams
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  before he walked and he had two strikes on Terrell before he's single Rod Carew on deck
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  a four four tie sixth inning the 0 2 pitch from the side oh a great backhanded stop by
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  Torborg he had to throw his body outside and the fans applaud his effort Ryan side armed
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  that curveball up there and made sure to keep it away but it started outside and kept breaking
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  farther away and Torborg had to do a three quarter dive into the dirt to backhanded runners
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  at first and second the 1 2 pitch curveball grounded up the middle could be to chalk flips
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  to Parker Parker back to first a double play the inning is over and for the first time
• 1:28:42
  tonight Ryan does not get a strikeout one unearned run on one hit and one left we go
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  to the bottom of the sixth or four four time bottom of the sixth inning we go for all tie
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  Tom McRaw they depends on and Ken Berry try to get the angels back to run as Dave Goltz
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  the starting pitcher from Minnesota has taken off the hook where the unearned run scored
• 1:29:05
  in the top half of the inning it belongs now to Bill Haynes who gets ready to work the
• 1:29:09
  McRaw who has walked and singled in a run Tommy has exploded in the second half of the
• 1:29:17
  season he's raised that average up to two sixty four takes it high and off the glove
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  the middle walled all the way to the screen.
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  Ryan tonight has become the first major league pitcher in history to strike out over seven
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  hundred batters in back to back seasons.
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  Kofax is record with six ninety nine and now Nolan with three hundred seventy eight this
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  season four behind Sandy's record one old pitch McRaw hits one down the left field line
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  slicing away from Adams who races to the chalk to the warning track and makes the catch a
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  good play by Adams as he braced himself against the box seat railing.
• 1:29:59
  McRaw fouls out to left right fielder Vada Pinson steps up Pinson is driven in one run
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  with a sacrifice fly and grounded into a double play.
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  Right hander hands against left hander Pinson the outfield plays Vada shade to pull Killebrew
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  guarding the line at first base and Peru on the edge of the outfield grass at second high
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  fly ball to left this is routine for Adams coming in on it Terrell goes out and gives
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  way and Adams makes the play to us.
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  To pitch his two outs for Bill Hands and here comes Ken Berry.
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  He is not going to run with the ground ball out he's over to angels for Minnesota for
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  each team with two errors plans about hit the angels six to five.
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  Toes the rubber winds the pitch slider hits the corner strike call five against either
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  May or Tana tomorrow night.
• 1:31:10
  Singer goes Saturday night and Ryan possibly on Sunday inside one and one.
• 1:31:19
  Arreale Monteguto begins to throw in the angel bullpen Ryan must be over 100 pitches already.
• 1:31:26
  He was in the high 60s after three innings one one pitch ground ball pulled foul pass
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  third and backhanded by Satterholm.
• 1:31:34
  The count is one and two on Ken Berry.
• 1:31:40
  Now you certainly have to consider Nolan Ryan for the Salyung award this year.
• 1:31:51
  He has not had much flack much publicity for it.
• 1:31:55
  But I would guess he'll get some votes one two pitches filed out of play several 20 game
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  winners Palmer Blue Hunter Holtzman Colburn split or Joe Coleman of the Tigers Wilbur
• 1:32:10
  Wood Bert Blylevin Bill Singer the angels hope on Saturday night and Gaylord Perry has
• 1:32:15
  19 wins one two pitch fly ball to center over goes the center fielder Brian to right center
• 1:32:24
  to make the catch and for the second straight inning Bill Hanz has the angels down in order
• 1:32:28
  we go to the seventh of four four time from Anaheim Stadium Dick Henberg with Dave Niehaus
• 1:32:35
  and Dick Nelson mighty happier join us Nolan Ryan with the 11 strikeouts through six innings
• 1:32:40
  involved in now in a four four time we go to the seventh and more play here Dave.
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  I Dick Rodger who has struck out twice in three trips to the plate against Nolan Ryan
• 1:32:48
  leads it off takes a fastball rather swings and fouls back a fastball up against the screen
• 1:32:52
  for a strike on one Rod became Nolan's fourth and tenth strikeout victim last man to strike
• 1:33:00
  out against Ryan was Harmon Killebrew back in the fifth in the sixth the only inning
• 1:33:05
  which Ryan did not strike out a man why did the one strike pitch a fastball low and inside
• 1:33:10
  one ball and one strike through all for two Rod steps back out.
• 1:33:18
  Ryan likes to work in that fast fashion one one pitch strike to call through has struck
• 1:33:34
  out eight times against Nolan Ryan this year Ryan Wines here is the one two pitch to Rod
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  Carolla fastball high and two balls and two strikes.
• 1:33:55
  The two two pitch to Rod Carolla curve just inside red clarity gave it that extra long
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  peak and said no three balls and two strikes Ryan really wanted that when he stares back
• 1:34:07
  down to the red head who doesn't have too much red in the hair anymore mostly silver
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  three balls and two strikes.
• 1:34:15
  Ryan is ready for the payoff pitch to Rod Garou and here she comes three two pitch 379
• 1:34:32
  three away from the tie or away from the record that is number 12 for Nolan Ryan tonight Tony
• 1:34:42
  Oliva has single twice in three trips to the plate against Nolan Ryan.
• 1:34:48
  He struck out the other time Tony O.
• 1:34:53
  They get himself a foothold with that left foot calling time to make sure that Ryan is
• 1:34:56
  not going to fast pitch him into the line and Nolan's pitch is a fastball high and tight.
• 1:35:02
  He's going to fast pitch him whether he steps in or not with fastballs I would imagine although
• 1:35:07
  Tony Oliva usually try to keep the breaking pitch low and in on this great hitter from
• 1:35:13
  Cuba and he got the fastball the first time one ball and no strikes.
• 1:35:20
  Ryan bends deep checks with door board the one all pitch to Tony O. change curve inside
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  two balls and no strikes.
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  because that's the way to make a better beer so settle down to the natural one settle down
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  to Bush and remember that Bush is the beer that brings you baseball.
• 1:35:40
  Right hander Bill Campbell warming up for Minnesota Twins in their bullpen aligned in
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  the two all pitch to Tony Oliva low and inside ball three three and all.
• 1:35:59
  Ryan waiting for Oliva to get back in.
• 1:36:02
  A four four tie the three all pitch fastball inside ball for Nolan Ryan with his fifth
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  base on balls and here is Herman Killebrew.
• 1:36:16
  Herman has struck out once in three trips to the plate against Nolan Ryan.
• 1:36:21
  He doubled in two in the first walked in the third.
• 1:36:27
  Ryan has struck out Bri once he has struck out Rod Carew three times.
• 1:36:31
  Here is a stretch and the pitch to kill a swing and a miss on one struck out Tony Oliva
• 1:36:38
  once kill a brew once Jim Holt twice.
• 1:36:42
  Mitterwald once Mike Adams twice the stretch in the pitch to kill a bruise back to call
• 1:36:46
  her ball inside corner on to Andy has struck out Jerry Turrow once a total of 12.
• 1:36:55
  If he can strike out Harmon Killebrew that would be number three hundred and eighty the
• 1:37:01
  stretch.
• 1:37:02
  Here is the pitch to kill a brew of fastball.
• 1:37:11
  He challenged Killebrew with his best fastball right where Harmon likes it right up around
• 1:37:25
  the eyes and he threw it right by him.
• 1:37:29
  I'm in Killebrew become strikeout victim number three hundred and eighty the stretch.
• 1:37:33
  Here is the pitch to hold a swing and a miss.
• 1:37:38
  If he should strike out the side in the seventh inning they'll give him a standing ovation
• 1:37:42
  all the way into that dugout.
• 1:37:44
  Now they're all in it.
• 1:37:47
  Holt waving a whip back and forth Oliva is at first.
• 1:37:50
  Here's the stretch by Nolan the one strike delivery a fastball struck to Nolan one strike
• 1:38:01
  away from being one strikeout away from Colfax's all time record and a chance to strike out
• 1:38:08
  the side for the third time in this game the stretch the two strike pitch.
• 1:38:12
  Slow and outside and red clarity really did want to come up with that right arm.
• 1:38:17
  He did kind of a side step to the left and at the last moment said no it was just low
• 1:38:20
  and outside one and two.
• 1:38:23
  Oliva just stationed at first.
• 1:38:25
  Here's the one two pitch line drive left field that'll fall in for a base hit.
• 1:38:30
  Oliva will advance as far as second so after going one and two on Holt Nolan comes in with
• 1:38:34
  a slow curve ball that hangs over the outer edge and Holt goes to left field with it.
• 1:38:42
  Here's George Middowall a four four tie.
• 1:38:46
  Nolan Ryan has thrown a lot of pitches something else Dave that naturally we would all overlook
• 1:38:54
  but indeed is a possibility is the American League single game strikeout record at 13
• 1:38:59
  inches five away from that.
• 1:39:01
  That's right the stretch and the pitch change.
• 1:39:06
  Also Dick I don't know how long they would let Nolan go but there would be a distinct
• 1:39:11
  possibility of things continue the way they are going that we might go into extra innings.
• 1:39:17
  I don't know how much rubber is left in that arm of his though.
• 1:39:20
  The stretch and the one strike pitch.
• 1:39:22
  Strike two call on the other end again Ryan with a two strike advantage on a hitter Ryan
• 1:39:34
  tugged at the bill of the cap.
• 1:39:37
  Well let the crowd tell you this one the two strike pitch.
• 1:39:52
  Nolan Ryan is one strikeout away from Sandy Colfax's record he has struck out 14 in his
• 1:39:57
  ballgame.
• 1:39:58
  He has struck out the side again a standing ovation for the young man from Alvin Texas
• 1:40:04
  as he disappears into the angels dugout along the third base line.
• 1:40:09
  Baseball history could be made in the top half of the eighth inning after six and a
• 1:40:15
  half.
• 1:40:16
  We have a four four.
• 1:40:18
  Go to the bottom half of the seventh.
• 1:40:21
  Well I know selfishly speaking Mr. Richard Enberg a lot of people here would like to
• 1:40:25
  see Nolan Ryan break the record tonight and you selfishly have to be pulling for him because
• 1:40:31
  you are not going to be here.
• 1:40:33
  That's right and I must say this now that Nolan Ryan told me tonight.
• 1:40:36
  Don't worry about it.
• 1:40:37
  I'm going to go after it this evening.
• 1:40:38
  All right.
• 1:40:39
  Here is Alan Gallagher in this four four tie the pitch swung on and a high fly ball to
• 1:40:44
  right field in on the ball as Holt out of second baseman Peru and it's Holt for the
• 1:40:48
  cats one down.
• 1:40:50
  What did they call that in a in a ballet or an opera when the whole storyline is interrupted
• 1:40:57
  just to allow you a chance to pull back and enjoy a diverties one.
• 1:41:01
  This is what the top half of the innings are for Nolan Ryan tonight.
• 1:41:04
  You kind of just need to relax and wait for his turn to go out on the mound.
• 1:41:08
  Here is Billy Parker.
• 1:41:09
  Parker has grounded out to second and bounced into a double play right hander Bill hands
• 1:41:14
  into the line and the pitch swung on line drive base hit right center field over the
• 1:41:19
  outstretched love of Rod Carew.
• 1:41:22
  So while the angels fans at least are waiting for Nolan Ryan to make the appearance the
• 1:41:29
  angels trying to get him to go ahead run here in the seventh with a one out single by Billy
• 1:41:33
  Parker a four four tie the twins for run seven hits the angels for run six hits in regulation
• 1:41:42
  time the twins have six outs against Nolan Ryan and Ryan has already struck out 14 the
• 1:41:49
  American League record single game 18 the National League record 19 and Ryan most definitely
• 1:41:57
  has a shot at both tonight.
• 1:42:00
  Ryan in his no hitter against Detroit striking out 17 the most ever struck out in a no hit
• 1:42:05
  game in his no hitter.
• 1:42:08
  The stretch now by Bill hands throw the first back in time is Billy Parker.
• 1:42:19
  Hands at the belt and the throw the first base again on his hands and knees Parker this
• 1:42:23
  time time is called as Parker gets back up time called by Bill Degen firing down at first
• 1:42:31
  we have a four four tie Nolan Ryan has struck out three hundred and eighty one batters this
• 1:42:38
  year 14 in the game he is one strikeout away from Sandy Copax is Mark the stretch and the
• 1:42:46
  throw the first again back in on his hands and knees is Parker.
• 1:42:56
  And just staring over there is Harmon Killebrewd his little house cleaning after Parker had
• 1:43:00
  died back in on the bag and Billy himself trying to get off some of the Anaheim Stadium real
• 1:43:05
  estate from his double lift uniform.
• 1:43:15
  The stretch by hand and again a throw to first this time Parker back in standing up getting
• 1:43:22
  a little impatient with Mr. Hands the pitch to Torborg swing and a message to slider nicely
• 1:43:28
  thrown by Bill 0 and 1.
• 1:43:32
  Nolan Ryan in his forty first start of the year attempting to break Copax's record Copax
• 1:43:40
  established his mark after forty three starts the stretch and a one strike delivery swung
• 1:43:46
  on the ground ball toward short Terrell has it he goes to second for one Caruso really
• 1:43:49
  the first in time for the double play and now we go to the top half of the eighth in
• 1:43:55
  what could be a most historical happening for all of baseball the deep he turned six
• 1:44:02
  for three no runs a base hit no errors nobody left and after seven it's a four four tie
• 1:44:12
  after seven a four four tie the angels for run six hits and two errors the twins for
• 1:44:17
  runs seven hits and two errors will this be the inning.
• 1:44:21
  Nolan Ryan one strikeout away from Copax's all time mark up three hundred and eighty
• 1:44:25
  two two strikeouts away from standing alone.
• 1:44:28
  Ken Burke will tell you the story as we go to the right day.
• 1:44:32
  Eric Sonderholm steps up first.
• 1:44:33
  He is the only man that Ryan has not struck out tonight.
• 1:44:37
  He has walked grounded into a double play and fly to right field a young right handed
• 1:44:41
  batter hits out of a closed stand.
• 1:44:43
  Ryan and everyone in the ballpark know the story.
• 1:44:45
  The pitch passball fouled out of play strike one the crowd as Ryan came out to pitch or
• 1:44:51
  take his position on the mound to warm up gave him a standing ovation.
• 1:44:57
  The scoreboard the big a scoreboard inoperative earlier in the game has been working since
• 1:45:02
  about the third inning the pitch in the dirt one and one.
• 1:45:06
  And as Ryan has struck out each Minnesota batter 14 tonight the scoreboard has electronically
• 1:45:12
  erased those strikeouts between Ryan and Copax fastball miss is a little low and Paul Borg
• 1:45:18
  holds the ball right there.
• 1:45:21
  Red clarity one of the few people in the ballpark not caught up in the spirit of things.
• 1:45:26
  Two balls and a strike Sonderholm the hitter Ryan rocks.
• 1:45:31
  Here's the pit fastball is fouled back to and to Ryan stands one pitch away from moving
• 1:45:39
  up shoulder to shoulder with the ace left hander the Dodger Sandy Copax three hundred
• 1:45:44
  eighty one and two third strikeout.
• 1:45:48
  Sonderholm heaves a deep sigh.
• 1:45:50
  He knows to where he stands perhaps in history.
• 1:45:54
  Ryan has his sign.
• 1:45:55
  He winds here's the pitch swung on in line foul down the right field line and out of
• 1:46:01
  play.
• 1:46:02
  He hit it on the nose a fastball.
• 1:46:08
  If Ryan sets the record tonight nine thousand one hundred fans will see it.
• 1:46:12
  That's the crowd this evening.
• 1:46:13
  Ninety one hundred although it appears to be more than that tonight.
• 1:46:17
  I think many folks did not figure on it happening this evening and we're waiting until Sunday.
• 1:46:24
  Two balls two strikes on Sonderholm Ryan Ryan.
• 1:46:27
  Here's the pitch.
• 1:46:28
  Her ball is too high.
• 1:46:29
  Ryan Foss at the front slope of the mound pitches at the glove.
• 1:46:38
  Tucked at the bill of the cap the three to pitch fastball is too high.
• 1:46:43
  Ball four.
• 1:46:44
  Oh he has thrown a very high amount of pitches tonight.
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  Let's pause for station identification.
• 1:46:50
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• 1:46:55
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• 1:47:13
  First pitch to Mike Adams is right up over the top of the helmet all the way to the screen
• 1:47:17
  and Adams just laid in the dirt frozen for a moment as if to say did it hit me.
• 1:47:22
  He really had to get out of the way in a hurry a fastball up and in one ball no strikes and
• 1:47:28
  on the wild pitch Sonderholm moves into scoring position.
• 1:47:31
  The game score and we apologize if we have lost that along the way is 4 4 each team scored
• 1:47:37
  three times in the first.
• 1:47:39
  The Angels took the lead in the fourth and Minnesota tied it on an unearned run in the
• 1:47:43
  sixth.
• 1:47:44
  And now Sonderholm with a walk in a wild pitch stands at second base and the Angel infield
• 1:47:49
  looking for the sacrifice one ball account on Mike Adams.
• 1:47:52
  Here's the pitch he's swinging away and grounds at the second up with it is Parker no play
• 1:47:56
  at 30 flips the mccraw first for the out and on the play moving to third is Sonderholm.
• 1:48:05
  Jerry Terrell he has singled in a run.
• 1:48:08
  In fact he tied the game with a base hit the right field in the sixth inning.
• 1:48:11
  He is grounded out and also took a third strike.
• 1:48:14
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  The possibility of a squeeze in this spot the angel infield draws in and Ralph Rowe
• 1:48:41
  the third base coach goes through a long series of signs for Terrell.
• 1:48:45
  A good bunder Ryan works from the stretch the pitch ground ball off the glove of Ryan
• 1:48:51
  here comes her under the plate the throw by Parker.
• 1:48:54
  He is out of the infield playing and the ball seemed to take the glove of Ryan as it skipped
• 1:49:06
  out to Parker and trying to score with Satterholm and he was out by a plenty.
• 1:49:10
  In fact instead of sliding Satterholm tried to hurdle his way over Tallborg and Tallborg
• 1:49:15
  nicked him with a glove tag as he leaped by.
• 1:49:19
  Safe on the field his choice is Jerry Terrell two outs in the eighth inning and now time
• 1:49:23
  running out in this game for Nolan Ryan.
• 1:49:25
  He has four outs left and he needs to strikeouts to set the record.
• 1:49:30
  Steve Bry has struck out once he swings and misses at a curve ball.
• 1:49:36
  He also has single twice and scored a run.
• 1:49:42
  Terrell a threat to steal at first base he has good speed.
• 1:49:48
  One strike the count on right handed hitting Steve Bry and Nolan Ryan sets kicks there
• 1:49:52
  goes the runner the pitcher swung on a miss.
• 1:49:53
  Tallborg throw to second base is not in time.
• 1:49:56
  Diving in head first for the field was Terrell two strikes on Bry and the crowd starting
• 1:50:08
  to build and it's enthusiasm some fans already standing on their feet and there are very
• 1:50:16
  few as you look at the crowd in the lower deck behind the angel dugout they're up on
• 1:50:20
  the edge of the seat same in the mezzanine off to the right.
• 1:50:24
  They start applauding they want one more strike that would tie Colfax Ryan straight and here's
• 1:50:29
  the pitch he's got it.
• 1:50:34
  And now they're all standing all on Ryan has got three hundred eighty two men this
• 1:50:58
  year.
• 1:50:59
  The crowd has finally quieted they stood for another 30 seconds cheering Ryan almost asking
• 1:51:17
  if he wouldn't come out and give them a wave but he'll wait for the record for that.
• 1:51:21
  Three hundred eighty two strikeouts Ryan whose most his highest strikeout performance a single
• 1:51:28
  game is 17 he did it last September against the twins and in his no hit game on July 15th
• 1:51:33
  at Detroit has 15 strikeouts tonight.
• 1:51:37
  He has tied Colfax at three eighty two and looking ahead to the ninth inning he will
• 1:51:42
  face and it should be this way.
• 1:51:45
  Rod Carew Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew the three biggest names in the Minnesota lineup
• 1:51:53
  stand in the way of Ryan and a record all for himself tonight.
• 1:51:58
  Meanwhile new relief pitcher comes in Campbell goes to work for Minnesota.
• 1:52:03
  He's done a good job and Frank Willis he's very high on this young man Bill Campbell
• 1:52:08
  hands with five great innings in relief for four time Mickey Rivers now trying to get
• 1:52:14
  the angels a run and Ryan his seventh straight victory Rivers one for three the pitch high
• 1:52:21
  ball one.
• 1:52:28
  A man from Alvin Texas just 26 years old continues to get out the eraser little number behind
• 1:52:36
  short that's a tough play for Carol going out he reaches can't get it.
• 1:52:40
  Rivers around first base and holds the angels have the speedy leadoff man on in the eighth
• 1:52:44
  inning a soft fly ball off the head of the bat and Rivers has two more hits.
• 1:52:50
  He's hit safely in 11 straight games and it's just been a terror since coming to the big
• 1:52:55
  leagues from Salt Lake City that's 42 hits this month.
• 1:53:00
  Dave Chalk is two for three tonight he scored a couple of runs.
• 1:53:03
  We'll see if the angels go to the sacrifice the twins infield aligns itself looking for
• 1:53:08
  the bunt.
• 1:53:09
  Siderholm in on the grass at third Killebrew holds on Rivers at first base chalk right handed
• 1:53:14
  batter stands erect up on the handle.
• 1:53:17
  Made a good pitch but Rivers able to cue it out over short for the hit he sets chalk squares
• 1:53:24
  bunted in the air.
• 1:53:25
  Killebrew with an easy catch for the out.
• 1:53:28
  So the angels have to go back to school on the sacrifice fun.
• 1:53:32
  They have been consistently poor in that department all season.
• 1:53:35
  The Rivers is still at first and Frank Robinson is the batter Robinson not in his 96th run
• 1:53:47
  of the season with a single to center field in the first inning.
• 1:53:50
  He has walked and grounded out one for two.
• 1:53:53
  Ryan with that RBI has 26 RBI this month more than any angels ever been able to deliver
• 1:54:01
  in September and that's also the most in any month by an angel tying Bob Oliver and Leon
• 1:54:06
  Wagner Campbell against Robinson eight inning a four four tie throw to first and Rivers
• 1:54:13
  is back.
• 1:54:14
  The twins infield supporting Bill Hands with three double plays while he was in there.
• 1:54:23
  Hands allowed only two hits in the five innings.
• 1:54:25
  Good pitching.
• 1:54:26
  Here's the pitch breaking ball down too low.
• 1:54:31
  Campbell gives that hitter a lot of motion.
• 1:54:43
  That bat on the end.
• 1:54:45
  Here's the pitch inside.
• 1:54:46
  It gets away from middle all that rolls out in front of him and River and Rivers unable
• 1:54:50
  to advance two balls and no strikes and all the time the big a message board locked in
• 1:54:57
  position the information one season strikeout leaders Ryan and Kofax three eighty two and
• 1:55:03
  the years were in the bottom of the eighth inning.
• 1:55:08
  The game is tied and so are Kofax and Ryan fastball for a strike two and one.
• 1:55:18
  Bill Campbell hard throwing right hander Rivers at first base one out a four four tie in the
• 1:55:25
  bottom of the eighth inning.
• 1:55:27
  Campbell sets the two on pitch curve ball is too high three and one the twins tonight
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  must feel like a bridegroom all the attention on the person in white and tonight it's Nolan
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  Ryan.
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  He's the bride and the twins just are part of the whole exercise.
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  Nine thousand one hundred fans here and cheering this evening.
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  They're quiet now but they'll be erupting soon.
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  Three one pitch Rivers goes check swing and on the second goes Rivers with a steal as
• 1:56:00
  Mitterwald does not throw the ball the pitch is called a strike.
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  Mitterwald perhaps thought it was ball four and that's why he didn't throw River is coasting
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  to second with a steal his eighth since being recalled.
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  He has done all the little things you want from a leadoff man.
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  So it's a full count.
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  Rivers in scoring position with one out bottom of the eighth inning and Robinson and McCraw
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  with a chance to get the angels on top.
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  Campbell sets here's the pitch sidearm curve is way outside ball four.
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  So at first base open Robinson wasn't going to get anything too good to hit.
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  That is the 80th time this year Robinson is walk Tom McCraw walked an RBI single and he
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  fouled out the left.
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  Campbell was 10 and five at Tacoma in the Pacific Coast League.
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  And Quillis a see his head as he watches the action from the near end of the Minnesota
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  dugout Bobby Winkle the same almost the identical position in the angel home the pitch a strike
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  at a period he changed or that might have been a forkball came up there a floating the
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  totals on the board identical ball run seven hits two errors each side the angels in the
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  bottom of the eighth trying to get the lead for Nolan Ryan.
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  Here's the pitch curve ball we've done and missed way out in front of a slow curve on
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  deck they depends on the marked men or marked man as the case may be in the top of the ninth
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  will it be Karoo Oliva or Killebrew or will it be any of them or all two strikes on McCraw
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  runners lead away and here's the pitch fastball inside one and two just toss in this aside
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  if Ryan should strike out all three of them in the ninth inning he not only would set
• 1:58:04
  the major league all time single season record he would tie the American League single game
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  record three more would give me 18 Bob Feller's record one and two to count McCraw's pitch
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  chop foul at the plate another change came up and hit Tom on the backside up around the
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  numbers 22.
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  Campbell fixes the ball in his glove and pulls it out sets himself on the rubber a ball and
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  two strikes on McCraw.
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  Rivers from second Robinson leads away from first the pitch swing and a miss a straight
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  change and McCraw out in front.
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  So he kept Tom off balance in that entire sequence with off speed pitches.
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  First strike out for Campbell and it boils down to they depends on with two outs and
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  two on data is over to but he not getting a run with a sacrifice line in the first inning
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  Rivers and Robinson ready to go and Benson trying to get that base hit to give the angels
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  the lead.
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  Campbell stares down the chute.
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  Mitterwald with a sign and the pit high with a fastball.
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  Campbell throws hard and has a very big motion he really throws arms and legs at you when
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  he delivers the ball.
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  Campbell sets the pitch change is in there a curveball and he can get that off speed
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  pitch over one and one.
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  This is only his third year pro ball.
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  1971 he signed and went to Wisconsin Rapids where he was five and three last year at Charlotte
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  was 13 and 10 and then to come of this year where he won 10 and lost five.
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  The one one pitch.
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  Benson swings and hits it high in the air at a shallow right.
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  Mitterwald starts back but now he comes in for it makes the catch and we go to the ninth
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  inning no runs one hit no errors two men left the score after eight four four tie and Nolan
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  Ryan gets a hand as he jogs out to the mound.
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  We'll have the ninth inning in just a moment.
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  This is the ninth inning the twenty seventh of September a date that Nolan and his lovely
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  wife Ruth will perhaps long remember they've got to even through eight innings because
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  Nolan Ryan has 15 strikeouts tonight.
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  He has tied Sandy Kofax is all time single season major league strikeout record Rod
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  Carew up.
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  He takes it low ball one ninth inning.
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  Carew Oliva and Killebrew the best of the twins to face Ryan.
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  He needs one to erase Kofax his name the pitch curveball in there one ball and one strike.
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  Oh there's so many people I know that field close to Nolan Ryan now not just the fans
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  but the people who have been directly involved in his success.
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  And of course you start with his wife Ruth the 1 1 pitch fastball lined out of play.
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  It's one and two to Carew Carew has struck out the last three times up.
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  Wouldn't that be a nice way to get the record.
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  The major league.
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  Well one of the two top hitters there are two all alone.
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  The top hitter in the American League Rod Carew against Nolan Ryan it boils down to
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  that 382 strikeouts for Ryan the one to pitch outside and the fans standing ease back down
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  in their seats with a groan.
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  Ryan takes a slow walk to the back of the mound throws that rosin bag away from the
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  dugout a man who has been so helpful to Ryan Freddie Frederico the trainer between the
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  heat and the ice and the rubdown he has kept Ryan ready all season.
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  Nolan hugs at that glove.
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  He's ready to pitch that to delivery fastball fouled out of play way up into the third day
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  into the auxiliary press box.
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  In fact it remains to and to the career and Ryan with another stroll to the back slope
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  of the mound.
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  And there's Tom Morgan is pitching coach who has watched his every move from day to day
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  since way back in March.
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  That's a two pitch curveball five ball on the infield Parker waves everyone away.
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  It won't be Karrou.
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  Parker's got the out.
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  There are two left.
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  Tony Oliva two singles in three events.
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  He has walked and he has struck out.
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  Oliva a two time batting champion having a big season on bad legs as the designated
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  hitter for the twins hitting two ninety three as he steps up there at the moment.
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  He has 16 home runs and he leads the twins with 92 runs batted in.
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  Tony Oh Ryan has thrown we would guess one hundred and fifty pitches tonight.
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  He rocks back and here it comes fastball high ball on Oliva has sailed two line drives right
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  past the year of Ryan tonight for singles to center field.
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  Kellebrew on deck the number five home run hitter all time has struck out the last two
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  times up for four time.
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  Oliva out of the batter's box now back in the pitch curveball fouled at the plate.
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  He ran that breaking pitch right in on the fist of Oliva and he jammed it down off his
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  front toe that right foot a ball and a strike.
• 2:03:42
  And someday Roberts Ryan will be two years old in November will understand what all those
• 2:03:48
  baseballs mean and the Ryan then back in Alvin Texas Ryan not just the one one pitch fastball
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  foul back and again it boils down to one pitch one ball two strikes.
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  Ryan needs one more strike.
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  Oh knowing the pride of this Texan how he would like to get the strike out against the
• 2:04:10
  caliber of header of a Tony Oliva and Oliva with his great prize up there falling away
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  at the batter's box.
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  He does not want to be number three hundred and eighty three.
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  Ryan and turn animal like pause at the front of the pitching mound and rocks back.
• 2:04:26
  Here it comes fastball fouled out of play and Oliva hanging tough hit that one back
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  on a line into the terrace boxes in the lower deck talking about Rod Carew is going to win
• 2:04:36
  his third batting title here as a man right now standing there that has three silver bats
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  in his den.
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  Oh Lava out of the batter's box now back in that widespread characteristic stance.
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  Ryan with all those gestures talking to the camp he leans back one to pitch to Oliva popped
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  up.
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  It'll be Parker again or will it be Pinson.
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  It is the right fielder Pinson who comes into shallow right field to make the catch and
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  Oliva has the monkey off his back here comes Harmon Killebrew two outs in the ninth inning.
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  Nolan Ryan has struck out 15 to tie Sandy Goff back to 382.
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  Killebrew doubled in two in the first walked in the third he struck out swinging in the
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  fifth and again in the seventh power against power.
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  Ryan rocks the pitch fastball high and away ball one that arm has to be tired surely doing
• 2:05:35
  a lot of this on adrenaline the pitch curve ball is in there one and one.
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  Carew has popped up Oliva with a pop fly to right.
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  The game score is four to four.
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  The strikeout score is three eighty two to three eighty two.
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  Ryan and Kofax boils down to the final series in September and Ryan who has set American
• 2:06:02
  League records eight straight consecutive batters struck out last year the American
• 2:06:07
  League strikeout champion two straight years now has a 1 1 pitch on Killebrew on its way
• 2:06:13
  outside a curve and tallboard calls time and goes out to chat with his pitcher.
• 2:06:20
  Ryan has to be exhausted from the opening pitch tonight.
• 2:06:23
  You could see that Nolan was throwing everything all of his body into every delivery and with
• 2:06:30
  the 15 strikeouts and six walks plus seven hits he has worked a lot.
• 2:06:36
  He's thrown many a pitch as we said he was nearly 70 through the first three innings.
• 2:06:43
  Ryan perched calling upon some reserve from somewhere takes another walk a nervous walk
• 2:06:49
  and now back up on top.
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  Two and one to Killebrew the wind the pitch curve is low three and one over the plate
• 2:06:58
  but downstairs and Ryan wants another ball on deck.
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  Jim Holt Holt struck out his first two times but then popped up and single ninth inning
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  two outs time called Freddie Frederico goes out to the mound.
• 2:07:14
  It could be that Ryan has developed a blister.
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  We'll see Frederico asking Nolan if he's OK and it could be between innings.
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  Nolan said that his shoulder was stiffening that he did not feel right and the Angels
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  no matter how important that record may be tonight or this season they would not want
• 2:07:38
  to risk the talent of this fine right hander just to get a record.
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  Frederico leaves that could have been just to give Ryan extra breather.
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  Nevertheless Frederico is back in the dugout Ryan on the rubber three balls and a strike.
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  Here's the pitch fastball lined up the middle for a base hit.
• 2:07:58
  So Killebrew single sharply on a 3 1 fastball and on a 4 4 tie the twins have the go ahead
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  score at first base and Jim Holt is the better.
• 2:08:10
  You could see Ryan shoulders just sink when that one was hit by him.
• 2:08:15
  He is acting like a man who knows he doesn't have much left although the bullpen finds
• 2:08:22
  no one throwing for the Angels.
• 2:08:25
  Rich Reese veteran first baseman who has gone from Minnesota to Detroit now back to the
• 2:08:31
  twins will pinch run for Harmon Killebrew and if the game should go extra innings then
• 2:08:37
  Reese would stay to play first base.
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  Jim Holt has struck out twice he is 1 for 4 in the game and now the bullpen bell is
• 2:08:48
  ringing for the Angels and a left hander begins to throw Steve Barber the veteran Holt the
• 2:08:54
  batter the pitch by Ryan low and inside ball one and Ryan's shrugging the shoulder as that
• 2:09:01
  one got away from him.
• 2:09:03
  Dave Self joins Barber in the bullpen.
• 2:09:05
  Ryan checks raised the pitch fastball hit foul off to the left and the scramble on for that
• 2:09:13
  souvenir one ball one strike on Jim Holt.
• 2:09:19
  It has been an incredible evening in a fantastic year 15 strikeouts tonight one one pitch line
• 2:09:27
  drive left field charging the ball is Barry he's got it and Ryan fails to get the strikeout
• 2:09:32
  in the ninth inning but does get the twins no runs one hit and one left to the bottom
• 2:09:39
  of the ninth inning of four four times.
• 2:09:43
  Steve Barber and Dave Dave sells continue to throw out in the bullpen for the Angels and
• 2:09:48
  it could be if the Angels do not score in the bottom of the ninth inning Nolan Ryan
• 2:09:53
  is through for the night.
• 2:09:56
  He has to be at a point where he just doesn't have too much gas left.
• 2:10:01
  The Angels will try to get him a run in the bottom of the ninth inning and if they do
• 2:10:05
  it would be Ryan's seventh consecutive win just tacking another win onto an angel record.
• 2:10:13
  Barry Gallagher and Parker to face Campbell a right hander Bill Campbell he winds and
• 2:10:19
  the pitch fastball in the outside corner for a strike.
• 2:10:23
  I like what you see in this young right hander he is only 25 years old he's from Michigan
• 2:10:28
  Highland Park Michigan a suburb of Detroit 6 3 and 185 but he lives in San Diego curveball
• 2:10:33
  hangs inside one and one.
• 2:10:38
  He was the strikeout king in the Southern League last year.
• 2:10:42
  And a great era 2.4 2.
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  The 1 1 delivery from the side is grounded foul by Barry 1 and 2.
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  All is quiet now at the big a 9100 with us.
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  They have been able to cheer Nolan Ryan's 15th strikeout which tied Sandy Colfax's all
• 2:11:08
  time single season record at 382.
• 2:11:12
  We're in the bottom of the ninth for a piece.
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  The pitch high 2 and 2.
• 2:11:18
  Campbell has a great assortment of pitches and pitching positions.
• 2:11:22
  He comes over the top three quarters and sidearm.
• 2:11:25
  He changes off both the fastball and the curve.
• 2:11:29
  To two pitch ground ball by the mound off a thrown bat charging his trail he can't make
• 2:11:36
  the play and Barry has a base hit all rolled out into the grass and shallow center field
• 2:11:41
  and crew goes out to get it.
• 2:11:43
  The angels have the winning run on in the bottom of the ninth inning and we're going
• 2:11:46
  to pause right here for station identification.
• 2:11:49
  This is the angels radio network.
• 2:12:04
  Al Gallagher is the batter.
• 2:12:06
  Rich Reese comes over to talk with the young pitcher Bill Campbell.
• 2:12:09
  Barry the base runner at first carrying the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
• 2:12:13
  If the angels can score it Nolan Ryan can celebrate his 21st win of the year.
• 2:12:19
  Gallagher way up on the handle.
• 2:12:21
  The situation calls for the sacrifice and the Minnesota twins are playing it that way.
• 2:12:25
  Third baseman Satterholm weighing on the grass.
• 2:12:27
  They charge as Gallagher squares, bunts and misses the ball.
• 2:12:31
  Strike one.
• 2:12:33
  Middle wall goes out to talk with Campbell.
• 2:12:39
  As soon as the pitch is made is charging hard from first Peru breaking toward first to cover
• 2:12:45
  shortstop Terrell has second base and of course Satterholm also charging in on Gallagher hoping
• 2:12:50
  to get the ball if it's funded hard and make the play at second base.
• 2:12:56
  The outfield very shallow.
• 2:13:00
  Gallagher squares.
• 2:13:02
  He's already given himself up.
• 2:13:04
  Campbell's pitch, but it foul two strikes on Gallagher.
• 2:13:16
  Well he certainly lived up to the name of the thing he's trying to do sacrifice.
• 2:13:22
  He had given himself up long before Campbell delivered the ball but went after a high fastball
• 2:13:27
  and bonded it foul two strikes the cat will see if he's still up there to sacrifice.
• 2:13:32
  The fans think so and he swears outside one and two.
• 2:13:40
  Can bury with an infield hit as he bounded one over the mound at behind second base to
• 2:13:45
  start this ninth inning and again that scoreboard is locked even four runs eight hits two errors
• 2:13:51
  for each side.
• 2:13:53
  Billy Parker kneels in the on deck circle.
• 2:13:57
  One into the count on Gallagher dirty Al way up on the handle.
• 2:14:00
  Here's the pitch.
• 2:14:01
  He's got a good response and a good bunch of first but Reese has a play at second get
• 2:14:04
  one out there back to first base a double play.
• 2:14:09
  It's got to be terribly frustrating to Bobby Winkle.
• 2:14:17
  The angels just cannot buy a sacrifice if you know of any around I'm sure the price
• 2:14:22
  would would not be too high for Winkle.
• 2:14:24
  He likes like to have fun.
• 2:14:26
  One man who can bunt the bull.
• 2:14:30
  He got a bunt but for two outs and here's Billy Parker with two gone.
• 2:14:34
  That's the fourth double play the angels have hit into tonight.
• 2:14:37
  It goes three six four the pitch to Parker is low a breaking ball.
• 2:14:45
  Jeff Torborg on deck the angel bullpen continues to throw some drama involved here as to whether
• 2:14:53
  Ryan will continue in the 10th inning.
• 2:14:55
  It's probably up to Nolan himself high and inside to a note of Parker.
• 2:15:05
  Four double plays that certainly supported the twins pitching tonight to know on Parker.
• 2:15:17
  Here's the pitch right down the middle to and one.
• 2:15:22
  Some of the fans of course cheering for this game to go extra innings because understandably
• 2:15:26
  they're here and they would like to see Ryan set the strikeout record tonight but they
• 2:15:30
  may not see Ryan in the 10th curve ball is waved at and foul to and to two balls two
• 2:15:43
  strikes to Parker.
• 2:15:46
  If we go to the 10th inning George Mitterwald Eric Soderholm and Mike Adams are scheduled
• 2:15:51
  for Minnesota to and to Parker the batter.
• 2:16:00
  Young Bill Campbell on the mound right hander has his sign and here's the pitch fly ball
• 2:16:08
  into right center field over goes Holt the right fielder and the center fielder Brian
• 2:16:12
  comes over to make the catch in front of him.
• 2:16:15
  We go to extra innings and let's say we're going to wait to see first if Nolan Ryan is
• 2:16:19
  going to come out of that dugout.
• 2:16:20
  As yet he has not made an appearance but that could be because Paul Borgat is catching gear
• 2:16:26
  off and was in the on deck circle.
• 2:16:29
  It's a 4 4 tie and here he comes.
• 2:16:33
  Ryan will pitch the 10th inning.
• 2:16:38
  After nine innings tonight the totals for the twins and the angels four runs eight hits
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  two errors.
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  Nolan Ryan has struck out 15 he is tied with Kovacs at 382 needs one more to set a new
• 2:17:01
  major league record and he'll get the chance in the 10th inning as we turn it back to Dave
• 2:17:06
  Nehau thank you Dick I have been lucky enough to be on the air for two of Nolan Ryan's epic
• 2:17:14
  feats this year and I hope that this is the opportunity for the third.
• 2:17:19
  First of all on the 19th of September he struck out Bill Sudeikis for the 350th.
• 2:17:27
  Here's the pitch slider outside George Minerall want to know to break through Baudel's mark
• 2:17:35
  and then his last outing when he struck out Steve Brie next pitch.
• 2:17:38
  Or is it yes it is strike call one ball and one strike.
• 2:17:44
  That was number 10 for the 22nd time this year he has done that and now he is only one
• 2:17:50
  strike cut away from becoming the all time strikeout king the pitch slider outside two
• 2:17:55
  balls and one strike.
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  Dr. Joe Zrasinski the angel position Dave has been kind enough to call us and the reason
• 2:18:01
  why Ryan has been looked after he has a muscle cramp in the leg.
• 2:18:05
  The two two pitch line drive they sit over the outstretched glove of Dave Chalk.
• 2:18:09
  So George Minerall singles sharply to left here in the 10th inning.
• 2:18:14
  It is in the leg apparently because of the heat of the evening I'm sure that Nolan with
• 2:18:18
  all the pitches he's thrown has perspired heavily throughout the night and they feel
• 2:18:23
  that that could be the cause just a muscle cramp due to the loss of body salt and that's
• 2:18:28
  why there have been some delays between innings and why Freddie Federico went out to the mound
• 2:18:32
  in the last inning.
• 2:18:33
  Well here is the only man that Nolan Ryan has not struck out tonight Eric Satterholm
• 2:18:39
  the pitch to him around a bunch takes a fastball outside one ball and no strikes.
• 2:18:43
  Satterholm walked in the first bounced into a double play in the third flied out to right
• 2:18:48
  in the sixth and walked in the eighth the only man that Nolan Ryan has not struck out
• 2:18:54
  in the lineup.
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  That would be now with the exception of Rich Reese who came on defensively in the ninth
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  inning for Minnesota.
• 2:19:00
  The stretch and a throw to first base.
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  McCraw was not on the bag at first and George Minerall was back easily.
• 2:19:07
  One ball and no strikes on Satterholm again the stretch by Ryan and the pitch around a
• 2:19:11
  bunch he does at the first base line it is a foul ball so called by Red Flairity.
• 2:19:16
  One ball and one strike the count on Satterholm.
• 2:19:19
  A 4-4 tie we're in the 10th.
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  Nolan Ryan if you've just tuned in we certainly hope you have not just tuned in because Nolan
• 2:19:28
  has tied the all-time mark in Sandy Colfax by striking out 15 his victim being Steve
• 2:19:33
  Bry.
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  Bry was his 382nd victim this year the stretch.
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  Satterholm around a bunch faked a bunch and then pulled the bat back and take a slider
• 2:19:42
  outside two balls and one strike.
• 2:19:44
  Alan Gallagher is playing about 45 feet away from Eric Satterholm.
• 2:19:52
  Satterholm hits one on the button Gallagher doesn't have a chance.
• 2:19:56
  The stretch Satterholm faking as if to bun swings away and sends a ground ball to second
• 2:20:00
  chalk goes to the bag himself throws to first that's a double play.
• 2:20:06
  So Satterholm indeed not bunning as he pulled the bat back and took the full swing but
• 2:20:12
  grounded a chalk for the 6-4-3 double play.
• 2:20:15
  Two down in the 10th and here's Mike Adams and Freddy Federico goes out to have a chalk
• 2:20:20
  chat with Nolan Ryan and Dave Nolan really does not have near the stuff he enjoyed earlier
• 2:20:26
  in the game and that's to be understood but he is not overpowering the hitters he's getting
• 2:20:30
  them out and I guess he's just returning to what hitters would call a normal good major
• 2:20:35
  league pitcher he's not able to really blow that fastball by them now and I guess the
• 2:20:40
  toll of all the pitches that he has thrown has taken something out of that right arm.
• 2:20:45
  Mike Adams has struck out two of the four times that he has faced Nolan Ryan.
• 2:20:50
  The wind and the pitch to the right handed batting Adams is a fastball first strike on
• 2:20:54
  one and there's a roar and you're going to hear it on every strike from here on out.
• 2:21:00
  Adams became strikeout victims number 370 and 374 in the Ryan chronology of 1973.
• 2:21:10
  The line by Nolan and a one strike delivery a fastball high and away and Nolan overthrowing
• 2:21:15
  the fastball and very awkward in his follow through one ball and one strike.
• 2:21:20
  He's trying to get everything on every pitch this could be the last man or the last out
• 2:21:24
  he faces.
• 2:21:25
  The 1-1 pitch to Adams low with the curve and clarity didn't give him much of a break
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  on that pitch.
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  Low and outside and just barely low two balls and one strike on Mike Adams.
• 2:21:38
  The line by Ryan the 2-1 delivery a fastball outside ball three three balls and a strike.
• 2:21:43
  And Ryan trying ever so hard and just missing again with that pitch.
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  3-1 Adams makes his home in Anaheim.
• 2:21:54
  Time call by clarity as he waits for Adams to get back in.
• 2:21:58
  The 3-1 pitch to Mike fastball ground ball back over the mound into center field that'll
• 2:22:02
  be a base hit.
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  So Mike Adams risks one into center field and here is Jerry Terrell.
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  Ball wasn't hit very hard at all it was almost as if Ryan was too tired to really reach down
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  that far.
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  He just kind of gave it a little wave as it rolled by him out toward second.
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  Jerry Terrell is one for four he single off Ryan in the sixth.
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  When the twin scored the tying run tied at four.
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  Four runs nine hits for the twins four runs eight hits for the angels.
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  Right handed batter Jerry Terrell chokes up on the bat.
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  Line and there goes the runner from first goes all the way to the backstop a slider
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  Torborg back to get it.
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  Sliding on the play was Mike Adams and Adams by the slide may have cost him the extra base
• 2:22:44
  going to third.
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  Be a stolen base given to Mike Adams that's the second for the youngsters this year.
• 2:22:52
  So the go-ahead run at second base probably more important to Ryan right now than the
• 2:22:57
  strikeout because the game is tied at four four.
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  Nolan twenty and sixteen.
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  Jerry Terrell steps back in Adams anchored at second base Ryan to the back slope of the
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  mound out of the grass to rub up the baseball.
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  Staring at his defense it finds it just about straight away and not too deep for Terrell.
• 2:23:25
  Adams away from second Ryan at the belt the one-oh delivery to Terrell strike the fastball
• 2:23:29
  right down the middle again that was not that real good smoke from Nolan Ryan.
• 2:23:36
  Terrell with his hands on his hips staring down a third base coach Ralph Rowe but the
• 2:23:40
  two down there's not much that Rowe can tell him.
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  Ryan stretches the one one pitch fastball popped up on the right side of the infield
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  he'll have to wait for another inning out in foul territory is Billy Parker to make
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  the catch and that'll do it for the Minnesota Twins in the top half of the tenth.
• 2:23:58
  The twins no runs on a couple of hits no errors in a man left.
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  We go to the bottom half of inning number ten we have a four four tie.
• 2:24:09
  Tall string being right hander Bill Campbell works on the Angels in the bottom half of
• 2:24:12
  the tenth.
• 2:24:14
  You look at Jeff Torborg and then Mickey Rivers and Dave Chalk Torborg in a conference with
• 2:24:18
  third base coach Salty Parker before he comes to the plate.
• 2:24:22
  The Angel both in as they bat in the bottom half of the tenth not throwing should be indicative
• 2:24:29
  at least right now that Nolan Ryan would probably go on to the 11th inning or that Steve Barber
• 2:24:36
  is already warm.
• 2:24:38
  On the other hand Dave and Nolan walked off the mound he didn't jog to the dugout as he
• 2:24:42
  normally would he walked off almost as if to say that's got to be it for me.
• 2:24:50
  Jeff Torborg over three right hander Bill Campbell the third twins pitcher in the game
• 2:24:55
  throws the curve it's been at the third base line it is a foul ball.
• 2:24:59
  Torborg trying to beat a bun out down the third base line but he fouls it all in one
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  on Jeff.
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  The twins scored three in the first the Angels came right back with three of their own in
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  the first.
• 2:25:13
  The Angels went ahead four to three with a single run in the third and then the twins
• 2:25:17
  came back with a single run in the sixth to tie at four four and that's exactly where
• 2:25:20
  we are right now.
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  One strike on Jeff Torborg.
• 2:25:28
  Bill Campbell a ten game winner in the Pacific Coast League kind of double rocks and the
• 2:25:32
  one strike pitch is laced foul off the first base side back out of play into the mezzanine
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  section no balls and two strikes.
• 2:25:38
  That tight national league East Bennett race the Phillies a winner over the Pittsburgh
• 2:25:43
  Pirates and the Cardinals a winner over the Cubs today so the Mets have one full game
• 2:25:48
  lead on the Bucks two and a half over St. Louis three and a half over Montreal.
• 2:25:52
  The pitch now inside and low gets off the shin guard to catch your George Middowald
• 2:25:56
  and bounces about 15 feet to the right of home plate one and two.
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  The Cubs are four out there just about out of it and of course the Phillies bring up
• 2:26:04
  the rear of nine and a devastating blow dealt however by the Phillies to Pittsburgh today
• 2:26:12
  in 13 three to two and one.
• 2:26:14
  The one two pitch to Torborg a fastball and a ground ball to the right side.
• 2:26:17
  Carew is there and takes it on about three hops and throws the first to Rich Reese in
• 2:26:21
  time for the first out in the bottom half of the tenth.
• 2:26:27
  Mickey Rivers two for four tonight an infield base hit in the first to ground it out in
• 2:26:31
  the second flight out in the fifth and single and stole his eighth base of the year in the
• 2:26:36
  eighth off Bill Campbell.
• 2:26:39
  Rivers was the first man that Campbell faced in the eighth the angels threatened but couldn't
• 2:26:43
  do anything about it as chalk attempting to bunt popped out to Carmen Killebrew as he
• 2:26:47
  bunted Frank Robinson then walked but McCraw struck out and Vincent flight out to end the
• 2:26:52
  threat.
• 2:26:53
  Right under Bill Campbell who faced Mickey Rivers I'm sure quite a few times this year
• 2:26:58
  in a Pacific Coast leg and Rivers sends a high drive to right field over to his left
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  is Jim Holt and makes the catch two down.
• 2:27:07
  Rivers just did miss getting all of this ball hit about 300 feet right down the right field
• 2:27:12
  line about 30 feet in front of the 330 marker two down.
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  Here's David Chalk.
• 2:27:20
  David two for three single in the first single in the third struck out in the fifth and bunted
• 2:27:26
  in the eighth make him two for four.
• 2:27:30
  Getting at 236 as he came into the game that average will move up the wine and the pistol
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  chalk fastball outside.
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  One ball and no strikes.
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  Young Frank Tanana or Clyde Wright tomorrow night and then Sunday builds a Saturday.
• 2:27:47
  Bill Singer goes for his 20th change nicely thrown for Campbell by Campbell one strike
• 2:27:53
  one ball and one strike and then depending on what happens later on this evening we'll
• 2:27:58
  just have to wait and see about Sunday won't we.
• 2:28:01
  If Nolan Ryan breaks the record tonight I would doubt that the angels would chance hurting
• 2:28:04
  his arm the one one pitches a curve low outside two balls and one strike on Dave Chalk.
• 2:28:10
  They have no one throwing in the angel bullpen so apparently Brian will continue on.
• 2:28:18
  The line and the two one pitch chalk swings and foul tips it at the play reminds me of
• 2:28:23
  the ballgame.
• 2:28:24
  I believe we went 12 innings deck when he pitched against Detroit at Tiger Stadium in
• 2:28:28
  Detroit.
• 2:28:29
  How many pitches did he throw over 200 right.
• 2:28:31
  It's got to be right around that mark this evening and he won the ballgame incidentally.
• 2:28:36
  Two balls and two strikes on chalk.
• 2:28:38
  Wind by Campbell the two two pitch sidearm fastball grounded to third right there as
• 2:28:41
  solder on down with a tailgate throws the first and plenty of time and the angels are
• 2:28:46
  gone in order here in the 10th one two three.
• 2:28:48
  We will go to the 11th we will see if Nolan Ryan will go to the 11th waiting for his appearance
• 2:28:54
  nobody warming up.
• 2:28:55
  You'll hear a round of applause in the background as number 30 appears if indeed he will.
• 2:29:01
  The gates to the bullpen have not been open.
• 2:29:05
  John Roseboro bringing Dave chalk helmet back under handing the ball out to Jeff Torborg.
• 2:29:10
  Ryan has still not made the appearance.
• 2:29:12
  The crowd standing in anticipation the bullpen gate is being opened or not.
• 2:29:19
  You see John Stevenson down there standing and Jeff Nolan Ryan has not made his appearance.
• 2:29:25
  We will wait and see.
• 2:29:26
  It has not been open.
• 2:29:29
  Meanwhile the angel infielders just pegging the ball around.
• 2:29:32
  Ryan perhaps still back being worked on by trainer Freddie Frederico.
• 2:29:36
  A lot of the fans behind the angel dugout just standing.
• 2:29:40
  The angel bullpen gate still has not been open which leads one to believe that Ryan
• 2:29:44
  will eventually make an appearance.
• 2:29:47
  Red Flaherty is staring over at the angel dugout.
• 2:29:51
  Again Ryan is tied with Colpax at 382.
• 2:29:55
  Red Flaherty is asking what are you going to do.
• 2:29:58
  He steps over and nods yes.
• 2:30:00
  The angel bullpen gate still is closed and here he comes.
• 2:30:07
  So Nolan Ryan will go up into the 11th and we remind you that fan appreciation night
• 2:30:16
  here at the big A this year will include gifts for the youngsters so plan on bringing the
• 2:30:20
  entire family to see the angels and these twins on Saturday night when Bill Singer will
• 2:30:24
  be going for his 20th victory of the year.
• 2:30:26
  The first 8000 youngsters will receive souvenir gifts from the angels.
• 2:30:30
  It's first come first served for a choice among three ring binders, t-shirts, pennants
• 2:30:34
  and pictures.
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  And remember the game begins at seven o'clock.
• 2:30:37
  That's on fan appreciation night this Saturday the 29th of September.
• 2:30:40
  Tickets on sale at the big A box office from nine to five thirty daily at Mutual and Liberty
• 2:30:45
  agencies and at UCB in Orange Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
• 2:30:50
  We go to the 11th so does Nolan Ryan so does Dick Ember.
• 2:30:53
  Thank you Dave Nolan will face the leadoff man Steve Bry, Roger Rue and Antonio Lever.
• 2:31:00
  Ryan has struck out 15 but he has not enjoyed a strikeout since the eighth inning.
• 2:31:04
  The pitch to Bry outside with a breaking ball.
• 2:31:07
  It could be that the delay for Ryan was the fact that with that muscle cramp they may
• 2:31:12
  have taken him back into the training room and Freddy Federico may have rubbed him down
• 2:31:15
  try to improve the circulation.
• 2:31:18
  The 1 0 pitch to Bry curve ball is in there.
• 2:31:23
  Bry singled and scored in the first, singled in the second, struck out in the fourth,
• 2:31:27
  hit into a double play in the sixth and he struck out in the eighth.
• 2:31:30
  The last man that Ryan struck out.
• 2:31:32
  Fastball is fouled back.
• 2:31:33
  So Ryan is a strikeout away.
• 2:31:36
  One ball and two strikes.
• 2:31:39
  Three hundred eighty two strikeouts are already in the bank for Nolan Ryan to equal Sandy
• 2:31:44
  Kofax's major league record.
• 2:31:46
  And now the crowd's asking, pleading, cheering for just one more.
• 2:31:52
  Right hander against right hander.
• 2:31:53
  Steve Bry up there.
• 2:31:55
  One ball and two strikes.
• 2:31:56
  Ryan into the lineup.
• 2:31:57
  Here's the pitch.
• 2:31:58
  He fouls it off.
• 2:31:59
  The fans cheering that one with their hearts and not their eyes.
• 2:32:00
  Bry took a swing.
• 2:32:01
  They knew he hadn't hit it into fair territory but he had clipped it foul off the mask of
• 2:32:11
  red clarity.
• 2:32:12
  It was not a strike.
• 2:32:14
  One and two.
• 2:32:15
  Steve Barber starts to throw in the bullpen.
• 2:32:18
  Ryan rocks back the one to pitch her ball grounded a shot up with it is shot.
• 2:32:24
  He throws the first one away.
• 2:32:26
  So again, Ryan gets two strikes on a hitter and can't put him away.
• 2:32:31
  And Ryan now is like the heavyweight fighter with a knockout punch that has gone so many
• 2:32:35
  rounds that he has his opponent staggering and staggering but doesn't have enough left
• 2:32:40
  to deliver that one blow that will knock him to the canvas and put him away.
• 2:32:45
  He's getting the two strikes on the hitters but he can't get that third.
• 2:32:49
  Rod Carew is 0 for 4 in the game.
• 2:32:52
  He has struck out three times.
• 2:32:53
  He has also walked and scored.
• 2:32:56
  And the fact that you put a collar around Carewsnik is doing enough.
• 2:33:01
  He's there to get a base hit.
• 2:33:02
  The pitch.
• 2:33:03
  Kerr ball outside.
• 2:33:04
  Ball one.
• 2:33:05
  Tauborg the catcher.
• 2:33:06
  The infield Gallagher chalk.
• 2:33:08
  Parker and McCraw in the outfield.
• 2:33:10
  Barry Rivers and Pinson from left to right.
• 2:33:12
  The pitch.
• 2:33:13
  Kerr ball strike.
• 2:33:14
  On the inside corner one and one.
• 2:33:22
  Ryan struck out three in the first two in the second one in the third the side in the
• 2:33:26
  fourth two in the fifth no one in the sixth but struck out the side in the seventh.
• 2:33:31
  The pitch.
• 2:33:32
  High and outside.
• 2:33:33
  Tried to get a little extra on the fastball and then he struck out Steve Bry as the last
• 2:33:38
  out in the eighth inning.
• 2:33:39
  That was his three hundred eighty second but failed to get anyone in the ninth or the tenth.
• 2:33:44
  And there's one out here in the eleven two and one to count the pitch.
• 2:33:48
  Kerr ball too high.
• 2:33:49
  Three and one on deck.
• 2:33:50
  Tony Oliva.
• 2:33:55
  And it is a great example for the fans here tonight.
• 2:33:58
  The nine thousand one hundred to see just the little difference.
• 2:34:02
  What a little difference it is between an overpowering strikeout pitcher and just a real
• 2:34:07
  good pitcher.
• 2:34:08
  The nine one pitches outside ball for breaking ball.
• 2:34:11
  Ryan has walked his seventh man and here comes Tony Oliva and here comes Bobby Winkle to
• 2:34:17
  the mound.
• 2:34:18
  And Winkle.
• 2:34:19
  Looks for the bullpen.
• 2:34:20
  Ryan meets him halfway to the third base foul line.
• 2:34:27
  And it's strictly up to Nolan Ryan.
• 2:34:29
  Bobby Winkle is not going to take Ryan out of the game just to preserve a win.
• 2:34:34
  He's not that kind of guy.
• 2:34:35
  He is going to let Nolan Ryan pitch as long as he wants.
• 2:34:37
  The only place where Winkle's might interfere with Ryan's thinking is the fact where Ryan
• 2:34:43
  might be well falsely courageous or foolishly so and might injure himself.
• 2:34:50
  Winkle's wants to protect against that and just wants to be certain that Ryan is really
• 2:34:54
  OK.
• 2:34:55
  Apparently Ryan has convinced his manager Winkle's leave.
• 2:35:01
  Oliva tough to strike out.
• 2:35:08
  Ryan got him once but that was way back in the second inning.
• 2:35:11
  Oliva with two hits and a walk.
• 2:35:14
  He's two for four.
• 2:35:16
  One of the truly tough outs in the American League.
• 2:35:19
  Harmon Killebrew on deck.
• 2:35:22
  Ryan looks over at Carrow the pitch fastball inside.
• 2:35:25
  Carrow remember has 40 stolen bases and Ryan isn't paying much attention to him.
• 2:35:37
  Right side open.
• 2:35:39
  Parker trying to cover the hole as McCraw is holding Carrow on.
• 2:35:42
  One ball no strikes to count.
• 2:35:44
  One out top of the 11th for four tied.
• 2:35:47
  An unearned run scored by the twins back in the sixth inning tied the game.
• 2:35:52
  After both clubs got three in the first and the angels took the lead with a run in the
• 2:35:56
  third when they chased out her day of gold.
• 2:36:00
  Ryan checks it through at first the pitch way outside with a curve and Ryan with each
• 2:36:06
  pitch you can see that he's losing a little.
• 2:36:08
  He does not have much left and he's paid facing some pretty tough hitters to be losing as
• 2:36:17
  much as he is off that fastball and the curve.
• 2:36:20
  And as Rich Reese of course was on deck Killebrew leaving the game for a pinch runner after
• 2:36:25
  he singled the last time up.
• 2:36:27
  Ryan does go to first and it's a fairly close play as Carrow has to dart back to the bank.
• 2:36:32
  Two balls no strikes.
• 2:36:34
  Ryan goes to first again.
• 2:36:35
  Oh almost got him.
• 2:36:36
  McCraw thought they had Carrow a good move by Ryan.
• 2:36:42
  Carrow did not slide and that made it terribly close.
• 2:36:48
  Ryan from the belt.
• 2:36:49
  Here's the pitch.
• 2:36:50
  Fastball swung on and Oliva is trying to hit that one to El Monte.
• 2:36:56
  Two and one.
• 2:36:59
  Oliva staggering out of the batter's box and his momentum carried him halfway to the screen.
• 2:37:04
  Now he walks back up to the plate.
• 2:37:08
  Ryan has struck out fifteen.
• 2:37:10
  He has walked seven.
• 2:37:17
  What a season for Nolan Ryan just wanting one more strikeout.
• 2:37:21
  Two on pitch.
• 2:37:22
  The runner goes.
• 2:37:23
  It's a high fly ball to left center field.
• 2:37:24
  Rivers easing back under it.
• 2:37:26
  Carrow playing it halfway will return to first as Rivers makes the catch.
• 2:37:31
  Let's pause for station identification from Anaheim Stadium.
• 2:37:34
  This is the Angels Radio Network.
• 2:37:37
  This is KXTC Glendale Phoenix 92.3 FM Stereo.
• 2:37:44
  Rich Reese the batter.
• 2:37:54
  The pitch swung on a miss.
• 2:37:55
  You can feel it through the crowd.
• 2:37:56
  A vibration saying maybe this is the guy.
• 2:38:03
  Reese he hasn't faced him yet tonight.
• 2:38:07
  Reese batting in Killebrew's spot.
• 2:38:09
  Harmon was two for four.
• 2:38:11
  He struck out twice.
• 2:38:12
  He walked.
• 2:38:13
  He's been two runs back in the first inning.
• 2:38:15
  Reese is hitting one fifty one total with the twins and the Tigers this year.
• 2:38:20
  Three home runs seven runs batted in one strike pitch.
• 2:38:23
  That goes to a swing and a miss.
• 2:38:24
  The throw to second base.
• 2:38:25
  Not in time.
• 2:38:26
  A close play and the crowd cheers the call of second base umpire Lou DeMiro.
• 2:38:33
  It was very close.
• 2:38:36
  The crowd wanted to run to be saved because Ryan now has two strikes on Ryan on Rich Reese.
• 2:38:45
  So the go ahead scores at second forty one field for a two strike pitch coming up.
• 2:38:51
  Ryan says here it is.
• 2:38:52
  It's a major league strikeout king of all time.
• 2:39:07
  He walks off the mound.
• 2:39:12
  His teammates come over to greet him one by one.
• 2:39:21
  From the
• 2:39:24
  Detroit
• 2:39:49
  They are still standing and sharing here at Anaheim Stadium.
• 2:39:55
  Nolan Ryan has already given one on core wave and they're asking him to come out one more
• 2:40:00
  time as the message board spells it out 383 strikeouts for Nolan Ryan.
• 2:40:06
  He has broken Colfax's record.
• 2:40:09
  Bill Campbell, the pitcher from Minnesota, stands out on the mound.
• 2:40:12
  He has completed his warm up tosses.
• 2:40:14
  The Angels fans here at Anaheim Stadium asking Ryan to come out just one more time and give
• 2:40:19
  him away.
• 2:40:20
  You know, here's where you wish baseball was like track and field when a man performs a
• 2:40:26
  record breaking run or field event performance.
• 2:40:31
  He will circle the track and acknowledge the cheers of the fans and that's what the fans
• 2:40:36
  are asking for right now from Nolan Ryan.
• 2:40:39
  Ryan, modest man, he's given him a quick wave.
• 2:40:43
  He is appreciative of the fans and now the champ starts.
• 2:40:47
  We want Nolan.
• 2:40:48
  We want Nolan.
• 2:40:50
  But they're not going to get Nolan.
• 2:40:57
  Frank Robinson is at the plate ready to hit bottom of the 11th inning.
• 2:41:01
  Bill Campbell on the mound.
• 2:41:02
  Oh, that's got to be one of our greatest drills.
• 2:41:06
  Campbell Wines, here's the pitch.
• 2:41:08
  Curveball swung on and missed and Robinson now would like to give Ryan a victory.
• 2:41:13
  The crowd still standing.
• 2:41:15
  And now the one by one, they settle back in their seats.
• 2:41:19
  Although they're chanting, we want Nolan.
• 2:41:23
  And fans themselves, it's interesting the conduct of the people here.
• 2:41:26
  They're shaking hands with each other as if they were all part of this great night.
• 2:41:31
  That's swinging a miss by Robinson and well, they should feel that excited.
• 2:41:35
  Young men, husbands and wives, friends shaking hands, embracing it just to say, yes, we saw
• 2:41:41
  it.
• 2:41:42
  We were part of it all.
• 2:41:43
  And that is what makes this a great game.
• 2:41:45
  It is perhaps the most personal of all games, all professional activity.
• 2:41:50
  Robinson with a check swing roller to play foul.
• 2:41:53
  Oh, and two.
• 2:41:54
  I guess there are many reasons for that.
• 2:41:56
  It's a game in which you get to know the players perhaps more than any other game because of
• 2:42:01
  the length of the season, because it is a game that is set in a more pastoral setting.
• 2:42:09
  You have a chance to absorb more of the activity.
• 2:42:12
  There is the drama of the man in the center of the diamond.
• 2:42:15
  Robinson knows what's going to happen.
• 2:42:16
  He has the ball and he has to throw it.
• 2:42:19
  And of course, one by one, all you had to do is count to three to appreciate what Nolan
• 2:42:23
  Ryan has done tonight.
• 2:42:24
  And the fans excited tonight.
• 2:42:26
  9,100 were in on the new record at Anaheim Stadium.
• 2:42:30
  Two strike pitch to Robbie is grounded toward short.
• 2:42:32
  A tough play.
• 2:42:33
  The third baseman cuts in front, throws the first just in time to get Robbie, who was
• 2:42:37
  giving it all he had trying to beat that one out.
• 2:42:39
  Now the Angels would like to get Ryan a run.
• 2:42:42
  You have to feel that Ryan will not pitch in the 12th inning, that his season is over.
• 2:42:48
  The 383 was his goal and he has it and he has worked very hard to get it tonight.
• 2:42:55
  And it might be foolish for him to try to go beyond.
• 2:43:00
  One out.
• 2:43:01
  It remains tied at four.
• 2:43:03
  Tom McCraw has a single and three at bats.
• 2:43:06
  Meanwhile, Bill Campbell continues to pitch superbly in relief for Minnesota.
• 2:43:10
  The pitch outside corner for a called strike.
• 2:43:14
  So Ryan got his 380 second strikeout in the eighth inning, his 15th and his 16th of the
• 2:43:20
  night with two outs in the 11th.
• 2:43:22
  Rich Reese, the victim.
• 2:43:24
  Ground ball up the middle to his left goes Terrell.
• 2:43:25
  It's in the center field for a base hit.
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  Oh, what an effort by Terrell as he somersaulted to the second base side of the bag trying
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  to come up with the ball.
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  McCraw with a one out single.
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  The winning run is on and that would certainly cap a beautiful evening for Angel fans and
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  for Nolan Ryan.
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  If they could also get Ryan a victory, Ryan has given the fans the thrill that they asked
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  for and now the Angel teammates would like to present him with a victory his 21st of
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  the year.
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  Vada Pinson is the batter.
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  Pinson is 0 for 3, not going to run with a sacrifice fly back in the first inning when
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  the Angels scored three times.
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  Rod Carew comes in from second base to talk to Campbell.
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  George Midderwald goes out to the mound.
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  Well, it's quite an experience, David.
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  I'll tell you, it's an experience that I think, I hope that we have conveyed the excitement
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  certainly the fans here after Nolan Ryan had struck out 383 and headed for the dugout and
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  the shots in the background.
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  I'm trying to equate it with what I've been through before.
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  I can't come up with anything quite like it.
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  The only thing that was missing is about 33,000 more fans.
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  That's right.
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  Campbell kicks and deals and Pinson swings and misses at that good straight change.
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  And I have to think there'll be a day soon when it won't be 9100 but maybe 39,100 and
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  the game will not only be just for strikeouts but for the big money and a chance to get
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  into the American League playoffs.
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  And I guess that's what all fans for every team in the big leagues are hoping for from
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  the first day of spring.
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  Campbell goes the first and McRaw jumps back to the bag.
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  16 strikeouts and Ryan has the all-time record at 383.
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  The pitch low and a good stop by Midderwald.
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  I've been so lucky to have been part of so many great sports moments, the two of us and
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  certainly one that immediately comes to mind, certainly not baseball, but one of the great
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  thrills of my life.
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  I'm sure it was of yours is Tony Guillory's block punt of that Green Bay game and then
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  the touchdown pass.
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  Gabriel to Bernie Casey.
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  That's right.
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  That was one of the great thrills and this has to rank right there with it.
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  The 1-1 pitch coming up from Bill Campbell.
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  The runner goes.
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  The pitch is lined on one hop off the shins of Terrell and McRaw will have to hold at
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  second base.
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  The ball was not hit as hard as Terrell thought it was.
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  It was hit off the end of the bat so Terrell was expecting it to explode at his feet.
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  Instead it spun at his feet and kicked off his shins and it's an air charge to Terrell.
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  So the angels on a single and an air have the winning run in scoring position here in
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  the 11th inning and it is Richie Scheinblum who comes out of the angel dugout.
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  McRaw running on the play and that helped to make the play work because Terrell had
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  to see out of his peripheral vision.
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  McRaw racing to second and Terrell lost the play.
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  Quillis he goes to the mound to talk to his battery.
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  There's no one throwing in the bullpen.
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  Scheinblum batting for Barry.
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  I've talked to a lot of people who have been sportscasters in all of the fields hockey
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  and basketball, baseball, football and we have enjoyed so many thrills in all the sports.
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  But the consensus and I would have to say unanimously the biggest thrill that any man
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  can have as a radio play-by-play announcer is to be with a team that wins a pennant and
• 2:47:02
  goes through and wins a World Series.
• 2:47:04
  They all say it that there just is no thrill quite like the day-to-day excitement of a
• 2:47:09
  team headed toward that one World Series championship.
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  It's because it is such a long season as Jim Brosnan said.
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  By golly you begin in February and it doesn't culminate until October and it is the repetition
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  I'm sure seeing a ball club win a pennant and then it even makes it more exciting now
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  because you have to go through the playoffs and then the World Series.
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  Like making love from April to October.
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  Here's the pitch to Scheinblum.
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  He takes a low ball on.
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  Ritchie batting left-handed and that's his strong side.
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  Have you ever had that experience?
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  Not going to get into that.
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  Scheinblum the hitter.
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  McCraw the winning run at second base.
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  We're in the bottom of the 11th inning a 4-4 tie on Nolan Ryan night at the big A. The
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  pitch to Ritchie inside corners says clarity.
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  Scheinblum is jumping away from the plate.
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  Scheinblum is hitting 313 but 352 left-handed.
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  McCraw at second, Pinson at first, one out.
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  The Angels trying to win it for Nolan Ryan.
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  Campbell on the mound.
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  His 1-1 delivery.
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  A change is too high.
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  2-1.
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  On deck Al Gallagher but remember Bob Oliver although he's suffering from a mild case of
• 2:48:28
  the flu and was not in the starting lineup is in uniform and available for pinch hitting
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  duty.
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  At least that's the report we received at game time.
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  That was three hours ago and Bob may not have improved and it's conceivable he may have
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  retired for the night.
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  The 2-1 pitch.
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  Swing a line drive slicing the left center field racing over his bribe goes back and
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  it's over his head.
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  All the way to the wall here comes McCraw.
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  The Angels win 5-4.
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  Nolan Ryan strikes out 383.
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  He gets 16 tonight and the Angels help him to celebrate all of more.
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  His seventh straight.
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  He's going to be the first to make it to the top of the
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  Minnesota Twins 5-4 and 11 innings.
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  Shine Bloom's line shot to left center field tearing over the head of Steve Rye and his
• 2:49:23
  rule to double and the Angels certainly one of the finest moments in Anaheim Stadium's
• 2:49:30
  history have won a game.
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  Nolan Ryan has won the hearts of his many fans with another incredible performance of
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  Herculean effort.
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  He goes 11 innings to get his 16th strikeout and his 383rd for the year.
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  There are so many records to talk about but what really is important now is we get to
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  see Nolan Ryan and that's coming up in just a moment.