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1950-Jun-11 - CLE/PHA - G1 - Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons
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.com for more sports history. On June 11, 1950,
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the Cleveland Indians faced the Philadelphia
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Athletics for the first game of a Sunday afternoon
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doubleheader at Scheib Park in Philadelphia.
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The Indians were managed by Lou Boudreau, who
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would send Bob Lemon to the mound with a 6 -3
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record. Jimmy Dykes was the skipper of the Athletics,
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and he sent Bobby Shantz to the mound with a
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5 -4 record. This audio recording is from the
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radio broadcast featuring announcers Al Helfer
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and Art Gleason. Good afternoon, everybody. This
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is Al Helfer with Art Gleason bringing you Mutual's
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Game of the Day from Sunny Chi Park in the city
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of Philadelphia. And it is Sunny Chi Park here
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this afternoon, everybody, with the wind blowing
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directly in from behind left center field, blowing
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diagonally across the diamond and going out from
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behind first base. Right this very minute, the
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crowd has come in here to Chi Park in anticipation
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of... Baseball being played between the Cleveland
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Indians and the homestanding Philadelphia Athletics
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under Jimmy Dykes. And it is, as you know now,
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under Jimmy Dykes. Because Connie Mack has now
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appointed Jimmy Dykes his first lieutenant. And
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Jimmy Dykes has been given practically the running
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of the Philadelphia Athletics for the rest of
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the season. So Jimmy Dykes will lead his Philadelphia
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Athletics out here to entertain Leupold Rose,
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Cleveland Indians. And we're expecting quite
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an affair here this afternoon. The crowd is sitting
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in quiet anticipation as the groundkeepers, right
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this minute, are wetting down the infield preparatory
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to getting this game underway. The bright, brilliant
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sky is here this afternoon in Philadelphia with
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just a few of those white, fleecy clouds interdispersed
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in that blue, and we're just about ready to get
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this game underway. Art Gleason is sitting by
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here with the starting lineups, so let's turn
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old Pop loose and see what he has to say. How
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about you, Arturo? How do you feel today, kid?
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Good, Al, and good afternoon, everyone. Here
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is the way the Cleveland Indians will come up
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to the plate. In batting order, it's Bob Kennedy
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in right field. Alec Clark, left field. Luke
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Easter, first base. Larry Doby, center field.
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Al Rosen, third base. Lou Boudreau, manager and
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shortstop. Bobby Avea, second base. Jim Hegan,
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catcher. And the pitcher, as Al told you, will
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be Bob Lemon. And for the Philadelphia Athletics,
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Bob Dillinger will lead off playing at third
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base. Wally Moses, right field. Paul Lehner,
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left field. Sam Chapman, center field. Ferris
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Fane, first base. Eddie Joost, shortstop. Bill
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Hitchcock, second base. Joe Astroff, catcher.
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And the pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics
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will be Bobby Shands. We'll give you the batteries
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again for the Cleveland Indians, the visiting
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team here at Chi Park. Bob Lemon. with a record
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of six victories and three losses, will take
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the mound. Jim Hegan will do the catching. And
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for the Philadelphia Athletics, Bobby Shands,
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with a record of five victories against four
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losses, will do the pitching, and Joe Ascroft
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will behind the plate. Lemon, so far, in his
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six victories, has two shutouts, while Bobby
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Shands, in his five victories, has one shutout.
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The umpire for this afternoon's game at the plate
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is Art Passarella. On first base is Charlie Berry.
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Hank Soar will call the plays at second base.
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And over at third base will be Jim Boyer. So
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the Cleveland Indians coming up to bat now. The
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conference between manager Lou Boudreau of the
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Cleveland Indians, Jimmy Dyke of the Philadelphia
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Athletics. And the four umpires have broken up.
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The umpires going out to their positions. The
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Philadelphia Athletics take their positions.
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And here's the way they go. It's Paul Lehner
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in left, Sam Chapman in center. Wally Moses over
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in right field. Bob Dillinger at third. Eddie
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Joost at short. Bill Hitchcock at second base.
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Ferris Fane at first. Bobby Shand warming up
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with Joe Astroff. The first batter up for the
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Cleveland Indians will be Bob Kennedy. He'll
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be followed by Alec Clark and Luke Easter. And
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the coaches for the Cleveland Indians, Oscar
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Malillo at first base. Al Simmons at third. And
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so in just a moment now, behind the plate, Art
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Passarella will call play ball, and this game
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will get underway. So, Al, will you take over
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here now and give the folks the batting averages
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of Kennedy, Clark, and Eastern? Boy, I'll be
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happy to, Art. I'm ready to go, and so are they
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down on the field. About Kennedy, the right fielder
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will be up there hitting a .316. Alec Clark in
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left field this afternoon for Cleveland in place
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of Dale Mitchell, as you've already told the
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folks, hitting a .182. Down on the mound, the
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little left -hander, Bobby Shands. They call
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him Old Shandy. A fellow from Putstown, Pennsylvania.
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He's a little guy. Stands only 5 '7", weighs
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about 150 pounds with his spikes on and completely
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soaking wet. Dale Mitchell standing at the plate.
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Bob Kennedy standing at the plate. And we're
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waiting for the first pitch to him. The plate
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umpire, Art Passarella, has called for that ball.
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He wants to see it once more. Shands throws it
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down and Passarella looks it over. Charlie Berry
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down behind first base is getting all set. And
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has something to say to the Cleveland Indian
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bullpen crew as they go by him out into the right
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field bullpen. Now with the outfield turning
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around toward left as Bob Kennedy comes up there.
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Dance puts his foot up on the rubber, takes his
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first sign from Joe Astrov. Kicks, throws, first
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pitch, and it's a fast one high at the ball one.
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So this small game between the Cleveland Indians
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and the Philadelphia Athletics is dropping underway.
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The left side of the Philadelphia infield playing
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deep. Kennedy hitting right -handed. Holds that
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bat up high on his shoulder. Takes a pitch outside
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from little Bobby Shantz. And the count is two
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balls, no strikes. Two and nothing. Kennedy's
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a pretty good -sized guy. He can hit that ball
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a fair piece for you. Tom Willenoy, boy. Beams
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over the plate. Comes back nervously. Now places
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it up on his shoulder. There's Shantz. Left -handing
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this next one in there. Crossman. In there. Boy
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strikes. And the count is three and one. Three
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balls, one strike. Kennedy waits very patiently.
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Down comes the pitch. A fast and strong foul
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tip for strike two. Three balls, two strikes.
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Bobby Schatz, one of the winningest pitchers
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the Philadelphia Athletics have on the roster
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at this particular time. As I've told you, he
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has won five, lost four, and has pitched one
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shutout. He's going against the old reject third
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baseman this afternoon, Bob Lemon. Who's won
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six, lost three, and shut out two. There's a
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ball hit back to second base. And up with it.
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Here's second baseman Billy Hitchcock. Very easily
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flips it over to Ferris Fane at first base. Kennedy
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is out. One up, one away here in the top half
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of inning number one. That brings up Allie Clark
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hitting at 182. Clark playing in left field this
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afternoon for Cleveland Indians. Allie Clark,
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South Amboy, New Jersey boy. With South Amboy
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where they had that great big explosion here
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a couple weeks back. And he'd like to have an
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explosion himself right now. He'd like to get
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a holy one. Alec Clark has hit a home run so
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far this year. In fact, he has two of them. Takes
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the first pitch. Outside. The ball one. Chance
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comes back to the next one. The pass ball. Hit
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out into right field. There's a long hit ball
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going toward the scoreboard. Walter Moses backs
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up. Right under the scoreboard. Next to catch.
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Walter Moses beating around out there in right
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field like a young gazelle. You wouldn't think
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he was rapping on the back row of 40, would you?
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All right, he really gets around, you know. Al,
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the ball players will say that Wally Moses and
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Eddie Stewart down in Washington, they say that
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they'll be able to run in their 65, 60. Boy,
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I wouldn't doubt it. Coming up to the plate,
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batting at 262, is great big Luke Easter, one
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of the muscle men of baseball. He hits out of
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left -handed. Next first pitch under his knees
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to ball one. There are two outs here in the top
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half of the first inning in this game between
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Cleveland and Philadelphia. Bobby Shant. Working
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this afternoon for Connie Maxey. Dix throws a
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hook that is low and on the outside. Down on
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Big East with two balls and a strike. This East
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is no little guy. His name is Lucis. I was in
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San Diego and Cleveland last year. He was up
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for 21 ballgames this season. St. Louis Missouri
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boy. Hits .222 for Cleveland and .363 on the
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coast. Takes a fast pitch just off the waist
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on the inside. That's ball three. Even standing
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out there on the mound, Bobby Shantz looks very
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small compared to the bigger piece of the plate.
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He's away from the middle of the 235, 245. Third
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ball just off his hips on the inside for ball
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four. Shantz caught him a fast one. So that's
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the first base runner we've had here this afternoon.
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Two out, one on, and he's to walk. That gives
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up his first base on balls. And here is Larry
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Dobing, who is the number four hitter in the
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American League, batting a .364. He's done it
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in 30 runs for the ball club, for Cleveland Indians,
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and he's going five bases. So he's been pretty
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valuable this year. He covers a lot of center
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field. He can really run. Larry Dobie, back left
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-handed, stands just off the plate. They get
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back high on his left shoulder. He takes his
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third ball low and outside. The ball runs. Coming
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over on the swing this morning. Do some of it
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out there. I looked up in the forward car, and
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I thought to myself, that must be Larry Dobie
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sitting up there. But when we got off the station,
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Larry looked at me and said, How you doing, Al?
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And I said, Fine. So we grabbed the car and came
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over to the ballpark together, and we got to
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talking about pitches. He swings on this next
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one, and there's a... Fast curve, fired back
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onto the screen for a strike one. Count is one
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and one on Larry Doby. And it was quite surprising
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to me, in a way, and in another way not so surprising,
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when Larry Doby said that Ned Garver, the single
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of Browns, is the pitcher that gave him the most
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trouble. Chance throws, there's the ball hit
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back, shortstop. Up with his juice, he plays
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it back to second base for the Forsyth. This
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was the fellow calling the Forsyth at second
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base. And if you're scoring with us this afternoon,
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that'll be six to four. So that will be up at
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the Forsyth. Billy Hicks caught handling on the
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foot out, so there were no runs for the Cleveland
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Indians in the top half of the first inning.
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There were no hits. They had one man left on.
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At the end of the top half of the first inning,
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the Cleveland Indians nothing, and the Philadelphia
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Athletics nothing. Now we're ready for the last
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half of inning number one. And first man coming
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up to Philadelphia to face Bob Lemon will be
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Bob Dillinger, the third baseman of Philadelphia.
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Bob's batting at 3 -0 -1. Respectable right -handed
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batter. Now, Bob Lemon, out on the mound for
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the Cleveland Indians with his record of six
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wins and three losses and two shutouts. Get ready
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to make the first pass. Bob Lemon, who was born
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in San Bernardino, California, and now makes
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his home all the way in Long Beach. He doesn't
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talk about Long Beach a lot, too. When he and
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Gleason get together, boy, I'll tell you, California
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really can't. One way or another. Well, I'll
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bet you there's a little Pop Lemon listening
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out there right now. Oh, I wouldn't be a bit
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surprised. Well, Pop Lemon can really be proud
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of his boy, Bobby. That can really pitch himself
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a lot of baseball. The right -hander's ready
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to throw now to Bob Dillinger. Bob's up for his
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first setback on the afternoon. Stands very deep
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at the plate, feet wide, spread apart. First
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pitch is made by Lemon, inside and tight. That's
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ball one, right in off the hand. We'll set the
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Cleveland Indians for you defensively now with
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Lemon on the mound and behind the plate is Jimmy
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Higgins. At first base, Big Luke Easton. At second
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base, Bob Avila, A -V -I -L -A, Bob Avila. There's
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a pitch to the plate. Taken outside for a ball
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two. At shortstop is manager Lou Boudreau for
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Cleveland. The third baseman is Alfred Rosen.
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Out on left field is Alec Block. There's a pitch
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to the plate. Right through there for a called
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strike, and don't you know it. The center fielder
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is Larry Bobey for Cleveland. And in right field,
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we have Bob Kennedy. We'll get the umpires to
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you in a second. We can tell you that it's Art
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Passarella behind the plate. He's looking down
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over the shoulder to get a good look at this
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plate. Says the ball hit down to third. Flip
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Rosen up with it. Fires it into Easter at first
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base. And that's all for Dillinger, despite the
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fact that he was going down there in a big hurry.
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So Dillinger goes out third to first. Pop three.
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That brings up Wally Moses. Right fielder. Better
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than hitting a .288. Moses standing in, bats
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left -handed. Now, Moses is a guy that keeps
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his stance almost wide open. He drags that right
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foot down toward first base and almost faces
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the pitcher. Cradles that bat in his left arm.
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Takes a look at the first pitch. It's low for
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ball one as Lemon goes to work on him. We're
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in the last half of the first inning. One out,
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nobody on. No score in this game between Cleveland
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and Philadelphia. A curveball and a swing on
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by Wally Moses and beaten down into the ground
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foul to the left of the plate for a strike. One
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and one. Now Lemon sets. Puts down, takes his
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sign. Jim Higgin holds the net up as a target.
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Wally Moses pumps that bat up and down. Not back
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and forth, but up and down. Swings on his next
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pitch. Puts it right off the end of the bat.
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Foul down the third baseline. Wally Moses, when
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he handles that bat at the plate. Acts as though
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it weighed about five times as much as it does.
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Until he decides he's really going to take a
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cut at that apple. And then it looks kind of
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light in his hands. When he pumps that bat, it's
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not back and forth as most batsmen do. He sort
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of drops it down and then picks it up. The count
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on him is one ball, two strikes. Lemon blurs.
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A fastball. Low for ball two. So the count is
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two and two now on Weller Moses. We have one
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out here in the last half of the first inning.
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Nobody on to come it out again. And the score
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is nothing and nothing, as Cleveland failed to
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score in the top half of the first inning. Got
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a man walked all right. That was Luke Easter.
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Got him on first base, but Dolby forced him at
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second. Tom short to second. Down comes the next
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pitch. It's low, under the knees again. And Willie
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Moses now has the first down, three and two.
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On the end of defense, we have two stand -in
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second basemen this afternoon. Pete Suter is
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not playing to sum it up yet. And taking his
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place is Billy Hitchcock. from Opelika, Alabama.
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And Bob Avila is standing in for Gordon on the
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inner defense for Cleveland. Three and two, low
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and outside for ball four. Raleigh Moses draws
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the base on balls. That's the second free ticket
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handed out this afternoon. Lemon is given one,
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and Shanty Shantz is given one from Philadelphia.
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That chance is about the littlest thing outside
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of Lombardi. That is Vic Lombardi over with the...
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Pittsburgh Pirates. About the littlest pitcher
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I've seen in a long time. Both of them left -handers.
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We've got another little one here today, too.
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Little Marino Peretti. Yeah, he's not that big,
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either. Glad you checked me on that. Let me know.
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Here's showing to another left -hander. This
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is Paul Lehner. L -E -H -N -E -R. Paul Lehner
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for Welcome Adelphi playing in left field. Now,
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I realize that we can't call this guy Little
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Poison because it was a guy by the name of Lloyd
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Wehner that was called Little Poison. But I think
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we'd better nominate him, Art, for the title
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of Little Cyanide. That's about as close to it
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as we can get because he is really poised. And
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he's batting a .331. He gets that base hit when
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it hurts you. First pitch to him is a fast one.
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It's wrapped down the first base line. Luke Easter
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picks up, plays it over to the pitcher covering,
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Bob Lemon. And the out has been affected. But
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just as the out was affected, the first base
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on par, Charlie Berry said, take it all back,
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boys, because that's just a little bit foul.
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That kicked foul on him. So it's just going to
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go as a strike. Well, the count is one strike
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on Paul Lehner. He's standing up to the plate
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now, waiting for the next pitch to be fired in
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by Lemon. And she rides outside for a ball. And
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the count is one and one. One ball, one strike.
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Well, Moses doesn't take a big lead down there
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at first base, but he's ready to run on anything.
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These veterans really conserve their energy,
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you know it? Now he takes his lead. Easter on
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the inside corner. Lemon checks him over his
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shoulder. Throws to the plate. It's small to
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miss for a strike. And Lehner was after him.
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I might say, but good. The Sliders plowed that
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ball pretty good for Philadelphia this year.
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Up with a batting percentage of .331. But that
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isn't the whole story. He's hit four home runs.
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57 base hits he's had and 172 times up. Four
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home runs, a triple, and nine doubles. Swings
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on this next pitch, and there's a bounding ball
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down the first baseline, and it kicks foul again.
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Well, Moses has gone down to second twice now.
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The veteran has to lug those feet all the way
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back first. And Lehner comes chomping back to
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home plate. He's going to pick up that war cut
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and go again. His count is one and two. We're
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in the last half of the first inning, one away
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from Philadelphia. They have one on. There is
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no score here in this ballgame between Cleveland
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and Philadelphia. And Cleveland figures to be
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very much in the American League ratio this year.
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They haven't given up by a long shot. This guy
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Boudreau wouldn't let him give up. This guy sitting
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up in that front office, it feels the same way
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about it, too. He was quite a competitor when
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he played ball. Talking about Hank Greenberg.
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There's Lemon leaning down on his left knee.
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Ball behind his back. Now he's ready. Comes out.
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Checks his runner. Throws to the plate. A fastball.
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Over but low. So the count is two and two now
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on Paul Leonard, the left fielder, coming out
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here. Sam Chapman's up there to go next. Old
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California fullback. He'll be up there doing
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a little swinging. There, Spain will follow him
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in case he's needed. Now Lemon delivers. Fastball
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swung on a miss for a strike, and that's the
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third one. Well, that's all for Paul Lehner.
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L -E -H -N -E -R. Lemon hangs up a strikeout.
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That's the first one we've had here this afternoon.
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There is Sam Chapman batting a 2 -4 -2. His batting
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percentage has suffered considerably. But his
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home run productivity, as far as summit off is
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concerned, hangs up there at six. Lemon's ready.
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Throws to a right -handed batsman who stands
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very deep at the plate. It's a cross fire that
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misses outside for ball one. So we have two outs
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here in the last half of the first inning. But
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what are Moses, who has walked still on the first
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base? Lemon clears down to take Jim Higgins'
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sign. There's the middle of the target. Passarella
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leans over Higgins' left shoulder to get a good
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look at this pitch. Down it comes. Fastball.
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It's in there for a strike. Well, that one was
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popped right through there, and Sam Chapman knew
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it was popped through. Chapman steps up just
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a little bit tighter toward the plate. Apparently,
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Bob Lemon's pitching him a little bit on the
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outside. Well, Chapman wants to be in there where
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he can step into the pitch. Moses leads off at
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first. Lemon throws. A fastball. It misses just
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outside. Sure enough, that's what Lemon's doing.
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He's feeding him outside pitches. Trying to keep
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it away from Chapman to keep his power from going
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into left field. It's not too far to the left
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field bleachers down here at Shire Park in Philadelphia.
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Only 334 feet right into the bleachers down the
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left field line. And it doesn't fall away very
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much. Down comes the pitch. It's swung on. The
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hit and run is on. There goes Moses. The second
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is a base hit. Into left field. And Moses digging
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around. As moves into third. And there he holds
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up. So with the hit and run gone, Chapman delivered.
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Smack one into left center field. Putting Walter
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Moses on at third base. And off Lemon, that's
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hit number one. And that. Joan has hit number
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one in this game this afternoon. So Lemon's got
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his work cut out for him now as Ferris Fane,
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heading to 299, comes running up to the plate.
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And Luke Woodrow turns around and looks out at
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his left fielder, Allie Clark, and motions him
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to come on up and play a little closer in, in
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left center. As this left -handed batsman, who
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can tag that apple also, does most of his heading
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to right and right center field. Now the runner's
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taking the leads at first and third. Down comes
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the pitch. Payne backs up from a tight curve
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and off the waist. The ball won. So we've got
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a little business cooking here in the last half
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of the first inning. Payne has hammered in 30
20:14
runs so far for the Philadelphia Athletics, and
20:17
he has his chance of picking up another RBI at
20:19
least. While Moses leads off third, Lemon looks
20:23
over there, checks him, and looks back over his
20:25
shoulder, checks the runner at first, throws
20:26
to the plate, no outside. So we've got a 2 -2
20:29
count now. Two balls, no strikes. Two outs. Last
20:34
half of the first inning. Runner at first base,
20:37
Sam Chapman, delivered with a hit and runner
20:39
on. And Wally Moses moved around to third, and
20:41
that's where he is. Now Lemon checks. Looks down
20:44
at Hegan. Fires away at the plate. The pitch
20:46
under the knees of Ferris Fane for ball three.
20:50
Well, Lemon's going to be pretty careful about
20:52
throwing to Ferris Fane. Because that wind is
20:54
blowing in very stiffly from behind left center
20:56
field, it's going to help a fly ball hit into
20:58
right field. And it's only 331 feet down the
21:00
right field line, and the home run can be hit
21:02
up against those boards. Down comes the delivery.
21:05
A fast one misses outside for ball four, and
21:07
that loads him up. That pushes Chapman down to
21:11
second, puts Payne on at first. That's the second
21:13
base on balls given up by Lemon. And here comes
21:16
Eddie Juice batting a .250. Juice batting a .250.
21:22
Has 16 runs batted in so far this year for the
21:24
A's. Eddie hits him right -handed. Stands deep.
21:30
The plate sort of hugs up tight from behind.
21:32
He's turning out to be quite a shortstop. Part
21:35
of Max Boyd's down here. Eddie Joost standing
21:39
in. Berman gets ready, makes his first pitch.
21:44
Joost takes it. It's in there for a strike. Eddie
21:50
Joost, who does his wintering around Burning
21:52
Game, California. Born in San Francisco. 175
21:59
.5 cents. Well, about six feet, I guess. Wears
22:03
number one on the back of his uniform shirt.
22:06
Base is loaded. Two outs. Down comes the pitch.
22:08
Juice takes. Fast and low. The count is one and
22:11
one. One ball, one strike. Eddie Juice, this
22:15
year, in getting his 40 base hits, has had three
22:20
doubles, one triple, and seven home runs. So
22:23
he can get after that pretty well, too. Lemon
22:27
throws. Juice swings at a high curve and doesn't
22:29
get it. That's one and two. One ball, two strikes.
22:38
Lemon monkeying around on the mound, taking his
22:39
time. He very definitely has his work all carved
22:43
and etched out for him. And he'd rather not see
22:48
it be a permanent thing. Deuce would like to
22:51
make it permanent. Stands at the plate. Here's
22:52
the one and two pitch to him. Deuce takes. In
22:53
there for call. Strike three. And there's no
22:55
argument from Deuce. So Lemon gets the big one
23:00
on a strikeout. For the Philadelphia Athletics
23:03
in the last half of the first inning, a great
23:05
big threat as they stranded three men on the
23:06
sacks. There was only one hit, no runs. So at
23:12
the end of the first inning of play between Cleveland
23:14
and Philadelphia, the score is Cleveland nothing
23:16
and Philadelphia nothing. Inning number two on
23:20
Mutual's Game of the Day between Cleveland and
23:23
Philadelphia, Chia Park and Philadelphia. The
23:26
first man up here for Cleveland in the top half
23:28
of the second inning is a guy that Florida is
23:30
awfully proud of. A song under the name of Flip
23:33
Rosen. And Al Rosen, from Spartansburg, South
23:36
Carolina, who now widows in Kansas City, Missouri,
23:39
has been adopted apparently by, particularly,
23:42
the city of Miami, Florida. Because of his great
23:45
work with the kids down there in the off -season.
23:47
Comes down and helps youngsters learn how to
23:49
play baseball. Well, one thing about Flip Rosen,
23:52
he likes kids. And he wants to see all the boys
23:55
get a chance to play baseball. He fought for
23:57
his opportunity. And he's making good in the
24:00
big show. Right -handed backhand. Hadsman makes
24:02
a curve high and outside for ball one. Look,
24:05
Rosen's hitting only .274. But in the home run
24:08
productivity, he is right high on the list. As
24:12
far as Cleveland's concerned, he's the boy that's
24:14
leading the show with 14. Makes a fast curve
24:17
outside as Shams goes again. The count is two
24:20
balls and strikes. Rosen's pretty stocky. Sort
24:26
of thick -chested, square shoulders. Stands deep
24:30
at the plate and tied up against it. Throws it
24:31
back way down to Bernard. A little chance throws.
24:34
Rosen leans, doesn't offer. Takes outside for
24:36
ball three. Rosen backs away from the plate.
24:48
And chance gets ready. Now Rosen steps in, chance
24:53
throws. Right through there for a strike. 3 -1.
24:59
Shantz slurs back, heaves another one in. It's
25:01
low and on the inside for ball four. So the first
25:04
man up there in the top of the second inning,
25:05
Flip Rosen, draws a walk. The second base on
25:07
ball is given up by Shantz. The next player is
25:10
Lou Boudreau. He'll be up in a moment. Let's
25:11
pause briefly for station identification. This
25:13
is the mutual broadcasting system. Now we go
25:26
with Lou Boudreau. Flip Rosen on to first base.
25:31
No outs. Top of the second inning. Boudreaux
25:33
up there. He's batting a .254. Swings on to first
25:36
base. There's a high. Bouncer down to the mound.
25:39
Shands takes it. Fires it over to first base.
25:40
In time by Spike. And Rosen moves down to second
25:43
on the play. That was one of those Baltimore
25:45
chops hit down off the rubber of home plate.
25:47
Shands, a little fella, had to wait for it to
25:48
come down. His quick throw just did beat Boudreaux
25:50
to the side. Ferris Fane, the first baseman,
25:54
backing up to take it. So we have one out here
25:57
on the top of the second inning. Rosen is on
25:59
at second base, and here is Bob Avila. He's taking
26:03
the place of Gordon at second base this afternoon
26:05
for the Cleveland Indians. Bob hasn't played
26:09
a great deal this year. He's batting at .300.
26:11
But what we have seen him do, it's been fine
26:14
business. He was with Baltimore in the International
26:17
League, .48. Swings on his first pitch. There's
26:19
a slow -bounding ball back to short. Juiced.
26:21
He's after it. Picks it up. Snaps it over to
26:22
Perisbane. In time, there are two outs. as Avila
26:25
goes out 6 -3 short to first to move Rosendon
26:28
to third on the play. But this boy, Avila, played
26:31
with Baltimore in 48 in the International League,
26:33
and he hit only .220. He was moved up to Cleveland
26:37
in 49 as utility second baseman, and he played
26:40
in 31 ballgames and hit .214. He's a good glove
26:43
man. Ball was born in Veracruz, Mexico. Here
26:48
is Jim Hagan up there. Makes the first pitch
26:51
outside for ball one. Jim Hagan batting a .237.
26:56
Jimmy Higgins, been a bulwark on that Cleveland
26:58
catching staff. Lynn, Massachusetts boy, hit
27:01
.224 for Cleveland last year in 152 ballgames.
27:04
Big fella, weighs about 200 pounds, stands a
27:06
couple inches over 6 feet. From Shantz, out of
27:10
the mound, 5 feet 7, fires it fast and picks
27:12
up the outside corner for a strike. Countess,
27:14
1 and 1. There's no score in this game, but Cleveland's
27:17
got its best -looking threat cooking right now.
27:19
With Rosen on the third and two away. Cleveland's
27:21
got its best -looking threat cooking right now.
27:23
With Rosen on the third and cooking right now.
27:24
With Rosen on the third and two away. Chance
27:28
trying to keep the nothing miss going in this
27:30
ballgame. Delivers a fastball. Higgins swings
27:31
on it. Misses. First strike. That's the second
27:34
one. That was a high curve. Higgins likes those
27:37
high curves. On the way up home run, Hagan has
27:43
hit only two this year. He hit one last month,
27:47
and he's hit one this month. Chance kicks, throws.
27:51
The little softball has a curve in there. It's
27:52
hit out into left field. There's a blooper going
27:53
into left center field. It's in for a base hit.
27:55
And Rosen comes in to score, and it's a 1 -0
27:58
ball game as Hagan loops one into left center
28:00
field to get himself his 11th run batted in this
28:03
year. And that off chance is only... Their first
28:07
hit of the ball game, but he gives up the first
28:09
run on it. A walk. A couple of infield outs.
28:17
Turn to pick for Cleveland here, and in the top
28:19
of the second inning, they're out in front now.
28:21
I'll throw it out for you, 1 -0. And again is
28:23
Bob Lemon, and a dope monkey with him. He's a
28:25
good hitter for a pitcher. Takes a curveball
28:28
in there for a strike. No wonder he's a good
28:31
hitter. He had some time as a third baseman.
28:33
Came up to the Cleveland Indians as a third baseman.
28:36
And they kid him and laugh at him now and call
28:37
him the reject third baseman. He's quite a pitcher.
28:40
The fastball thrown to him. Low for ball one.
28:43
One and one. Bob Lemon is hitting at 263. That's
28:48
a pretty lofty batting percentage. They use him
28:50
as a pinch hitter quite often. I get a great
28:54
kick out of Art calling him the reject. There's
28:56
a curveball flipped in and over at the knees
28:57
for a strike. We were going out to Cleveland
29:00
Stadium one afternoon, a municipal stadium in
29:01
Cleveland. We thought everyone had gone home.
29:03
We'd stayed over. Did some chinning and jawing
29:07
with Mr. Ryan and Hank Greenberg. Lo and behold,
29:10
standing out there signing autographs was Bob
29:12
Lemon, who right now swings and fouls it off
29:15
into the screen for a strike. His count is one
29:16
and two. So we came walking through the door,
29:19
and old Pops Gleason, he's just as sassy as a
29:21
deer bird sitting on a log, he yelled out, Hey,
29:24
what are you doing there, reject? And Lemon,
29:26
without looking around, said, Gleason's out here
29:28
someplace. He's here. Bob Lemon down there now,
29:34
hitting at one ball, two strikes. Swings on this
29:36
pitch. It's right back to the mound. A nice stop
29:38
by Bobby Shantz. A fire over to first base. That's
29:39
all for Lemon. That Shantz really stretched that
29:41
time to take that line drive. There was a bounder
29:44
right at his feet. Oh, Lemon is out. Pitcher
29:47
to first base. And that's all for Cleveland.
29:49
However, they do pick up a run to go ahead here
29:51
in the top of the second inning. One run on just
29:53
one hit. There was one man left on. There were
29:56
no errors. So at the end of one and a half innings
29:58
of play, the score stands Cleveland 1. And the
30:01
Philadelphia Athletics, nothing. Now for the
30:05
last half of inning number two. Down here at
30:09
Shire Park in Philadelphia, we have Cleveland
30:11
and the homestanding Philadelphia Athletics.
30:13
First man up for the A's will be Billy Hitchcock.
30:16
We said before, from Opelika, Alabama. He was
30:19
born in Inverness, Alabama, and I hope I'm pronouncing
30:21
that correctly. And you folks down around Alabama
30:23
call it Inverness. Or how do you all pronounce
30:27
it? I can remember an airport down in the south
30:31
called Opelika Airport. But I don't know, when
30:35
you get on some of these names, especially Indian
30:38
names, et cetera, you have a little trouble with
30:40
them. I know our good friend Art Greason here
30:43
has trouble with a valley and a river called
30:45
Monongahela. How do you pronounce it again, Art?
30:48
Mongolia. Mongolia, yeah. I'm going to get together
30:51
with Stan Musial someday. I'll bet you you can't
30:54
pronounce that. No. He's going to get together
31:00
with Stan Musial, that kid. Billy Hitchcock up
31:02
there, batting right -handed. Takes a fast curve.
31:04
Up by the peak of the cap for ball one. Billy
31:08
Hitchcock has weighed in for a master this year
31:12
for Philadelphia. He's hit one up. He pounds
31:16
the next pitch down to third base. Rosen picks
31:18
it up on the skip, fires it over to Easter at
31:19
first, and Billy Hitchcock is out. Third to first.
31:23
High -bounding ball that Rosen handled very well.
31:26
Here is Joe Astrod. He's catching first time
31:29
in the last four days. Joe Astrod of East Alton,
31:36
Illinois. Now lives in Alton. With Philadelphia
31:39
last year, he hit .243. Right now, he's hitting
31:42
.250. Right -handed batsman stands just off the
31:46
plate. Takes a curve in for a strike. Rob Lemon
31:49
seems to have settled down considerably over
31:50
his first inning. in which he had a little bit
31:53
of wildness jump up and bite him, but a couple
31:54
of strikeouts by Bob Lemon sort of wiped that
31:57
right off the books. Lemon throws. The right
31:59
-hander has a curve in there that's partially
32:01
swung on, but Astroff checks himself in time
32:03
to take a ball. One ball, one strike to count
32:07
on Joe Astroff. You spell his name A -S -T -R
32:12
-O -T -H. These fellows that we don't hear too
32:15
much about or don't get to see too often. We
32:18
like to spell the names for you, so the next
32:20
time the guy's name is mentioned, you'll have
32:21
a pretty good idea how to spell it. A fair ball
32:24
in at his knees this time, thrown by Lemon. A
32:25
change -up. The ball two. Two and one. The outfield
32:31
for Astroff is playing around the left and playing
32:32
it pretty deep. He hasn't tagged one yet this
32:38
year, but he can. He swings on this pitch, hits
32:40
the ball to shortstop. Boudreaux picks it up
32:42
very easily. Lobs his throw over to first base
32:44
to Easter, and the slow -moving Astroff is out.
32:48
One away. Whoop. Check it back there, Helfer.
32:52
What you doing? That's two away. All right. Gleason
32:54
will. I got to out -think this guy here once
32:59
in a while. He's just about ready to climb on
33:01
my neck. He's about to say, hey, old buddy got
33:03
two outs down there. Watch yourself. Watch yourself.
33:06
Can't you just hear him? Bobby Sands, batting
33:10
right -handed. He throws them left, but swings
33:12
at them right. Didn't swing at that one, though.
33:14
Lemon had it in there for a strike. Nothing to
33:18
want as a counter on Bobby Shantz. He works so
33:20
far up on the handle of the bat, you don't know
33:21
whether he's holding it in the middle or not.
33:22
Swings on this pitch. Misses it for a strike.
33:25
And when he swings on that ball down there, he's
33:28
got to hold that bat far enough away from his
33:30
body because when he comes around on his swing,
33:32
if he has a two -day against his body, he's going
33:33
to hit himself in the short ribs with the short
33:35
end of the bat. Swings on this next pitch and
33:38
misses for strike three. Little fun is out of
33:40
there. That's the third out here in the last
33:42
half of the second inning. And for Bob Lemon,
33:44
that's strikeout number three. So he's moving
33:45
right along. In the second inning, nothing across
33:48
for the Philadelphia Athletics. And at the end
33:50
of two full innings, Chive Park and Philadelphia,
33:52
the score is the Cleveland Indians 1, the Philadelphia
33:56
A's nothing. The crowd here at Philadelphia,
33:58
and it's a good one, quietly sits back and waits
34:00
for the third inning. Art Gleason steps forward
34:03
and pours these words into this microphone. Well,
34:05
Al, before starting the third, we'd like to thank
34:08
the sponsors of Queen for a Day, Alka -Seltzer,
34:10
and One A Day Brand Vitamins, and the sponsors
34:12
of Lady Fair. Sampson and Bakhtin for delaying
34:16
their broadcast in order that you might hear
34:17
Mutual's game of the day uninterrupted. Queen
34:20
Fred Day and Lady Sparrow will be heard over
34:22
most of these stations immediately following
34:24
this baseball broadcast. So here we are. The
34:26
top of the third inning. The top of the batting
34:28
order stands in. It's Bob Kennedy. That's him
34:31
right -handed. Shands ready to pitch. Throws,
34:33
and there's a drive going out to right center
34:34
field. It's dropping in there for a base hit.
34:37
Chapman is moving back, playing the ball, and
34:38
the play goes in to second base. It's going to
34:40
be close. He's in. And Bob Kennedy picked on
34:43
the first ball pitch to him. Sent a long drive
34:45
out to right center field, which forced Sam Chaplin
34:48
to move quickly to his left. Chaplin came up
34:50
with the ball, threw him to Andy Joost, but too
34:52
late as Bob Kennedy slid in with the second hit
34:56
in the ball game off Bobby Shands. So Kennedy
35:01
is on. Cleveland Indians now have a runner in
35:04
scoring position. Bob Kennedy on second base
35:07
here in the top of the third with nobody out.
35:09
And the batter is Allie Clark. He sent a fly
35:12
ball to right field his first time up. Takes
35:14
the first pitch, a call strike on him. And Shands
35:16
fired a fastball over the outside corner. Don't
35:20
confuse Bobby Shands with Charlie Shands, who
35:23
pitches with the Boston Red Sox. Bobby spells
35:25
his name S -H -A -N -T -Z, and Charlie Shands
35:29
spells his name a little differently. The next
35:32
ball pitched, and Clark drills it a hard line
35:34
drive down the third baseline. Dillinger's up
35:36
with it on the first hop, throws over to first
35:38
base, and that's all for Clark. Dillinger took
35:42
that ball, a very hard smash on the first hop,
35:45
turned and chased Bob Kennedy back into second
35:47
base, and then cut loose with a throw across
35:49
the infield of Ferris Fane, and Clark was up
35:52
by a stride at first base. So there's one away
35:54
here in the top half of the third. And that brings
35:57
up big Luke Easter. Luke walked his first time
36:01
up, so he has not been officially charged for
36:04
the time at bat. And the big guy bats left -handed.
36:08
The first pitch to him. Shands takes a look at
36:10
the runner. Stretches, throws. It's a strike
36:12
ball. And Shands caught the inside corner with
36:16
a curveball. They pitch this big fellow, Luke
36:18
Easter, fairly tight. They try to keep the ball
36:21
on the inside to him to prevent him from using
36:23
that tremendous weight which he has. Here's the
36:26
next pitch. Swung on, and it's a drive down the
36:28
third baseline. Just inside the bag. Here comes
36:31
Kennedy, turning third. Easter's going into second
36:34
base, and he is in, standing up with a double.
36:39
Shands now picks up the sign from Astroff, winds,
36:41
throws, and it's high inside. The count is now
36:46
3 -1. So far, the Cleveland Indians getting off
36:51
to a rollicking start here in this ballgame at
36:53
Shide Park. I was kidding Bob Lemon before the
36:56
ball game started down on the bench, and he almost
36:59
chased me right out of the ballpark, Al. Oh,
37:01
you're always kidding him. Here's the next pitch,
37:04
and Dobie takes high inside for ball four. And
37:08
that is walk number three, given up by Bobby
37:12
Shands here this afternoon. So the tiny left
37:20
-hander has been touched for two runs on three
37:23
hits, and he's walked three. The Indians now,
37:26
runners on first and second. The batter standing
37:29
in is Al Rosen. He walked his first time up,
37:31
and it cost Shands. He scored the first one of
37:34
the ball game. The first pitch to him, it's high
37:37
outside, ball one. As Frankie Fish always says,
37:40
the base on balls will kill you. That's what
37:44
he said, and I heard the man say it. Yes, sir,
37:48
they're crossmen. I used to laugh at him when
37:50
he was broadcasting hard. He'd throw his hands
37:52
up in the air and say, Oh, those bases aren't
37:54
balls. He's probably voted twice as loud now,
37:58
hasn't he? Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it. Here's
37:59
the next pitch to Rosen. He sends a line smash
38:02
right into center field. Here comes Eastwood
38:04
rounding third base, coming in to score. The
38:05
throw comes in from Chapman, and it's cut off
38:07
by Fane. And another run comes in to score for
38:10
the Cleveland Indians. So, we're frozen. Delts
38:17
a solid single into center field to score Easter
38:20
from second base and send Dobie on to second.
38:23
And that is run batted in number 40 for Al Rosen.
38:33
Well, here in the top of the third inning, the
38:35
Indians going right to work. Kennedy got a double.
38:37
Clark bounced out to third. Easter hit a double
38:40
to score Kennedy. Dobie walked, and now Rosen
38:42
drives in another run with a single. There he
38:46
is. Lou Boudreau hits the first ball pitch to
38:48
him. It's a line drive into center field. Taken
38:53
by Wally Moses. That is a double play. It's a
38:56
double play. Lou Boudreau steps up there batting
39:00
right -handed. Hits the first ball pitch to him
39:01
to Wally Moses in right field. Moses caught the
39:04
ball. Threw him to first base to Ferris Payne.
39:08
And the play went 9 -3 -6. Ferris Fane momentarily
39:12
held the ball because he thought he had a chance
39:14
that they might call Rosen out at first. And
39:16
while Fane was holding the ball, Dobie had gone
39:19
all the way over to third. So Fane just merely
39:22
threw over to Eddie Juice. And Dobie had no chance
39:25
to get back to second base in time. So the double
39:28
play went 9 -3 -6. And here in the top half of
39:31
the third inning, for the Cleveland Indians,
39:33
there were two runs on three hits and one man
39:37
left on. And so the score at the end of two and
39:39
a half innings, the Cleveland Indians three,
39:42
the Philadelphia Athletics nothing. Well, now
39:47
for the business of the last half of the third
39:49
inning as the Philadelphia Athletics trail by
39:51
three runs, and the double play just completed
39:54
by Philadelphia was their 70th of the season,
39:57
and they lead the American League in the double
39:59
play department. Who do I really hit that ball?
40:03
Well, to start things off, the top of the batting
40:05
order stands in for the Athletics. Bob Dillinger
40:07
starts off for the A's. Takes the first ball
40:10
pitch to him. And it's outside. Ball one. Dillinger,
40:14
the spectacle third baseman. Bats a right hand.
40:19
Stands with his feet well apart in the batter's
40:21
box. Bob Lemon on the mound. Has his sign from
40:24
Hegan. Lines. Here's the pitch. It's a strike
40:27
call. as Dillinger looked at a slider. Bob Lemon's
40:32
chief pitch that he gets you out on, he likes
40:35
to throw that slider. It's a fastball that breaks
40:37
and dips a little bit as it gets up to the plate.
40:40
To the next one, swung on and fouled back to
40:42
the screen, strike two. I was kidding Bob down
40:46
on the bench before the ballgame started. I said,
40:48
Bob, you know, in the last five days, I've seen
40:51
five ballgames, and I've seen 122 runs scored
40:55
on 158 hits. And Bob says, well, if you think
40:59
you're going to jinx me, he says, just back up
41:01
your microphones and get out of town. Well, now
41:07
Lemon's ready for the next one. It is. And he
41:09
sidearms him. Strike three called. Bob Lemon
41:12
started well over toward third base, came around
41:15
with that sidearm, and a fastball caught the
41:18
outside corner to Dillinger for strike three.
41:21
So Bob Lemon's rather hot here this afternoon.
41:23
Four strikeouts so far in... Get a two -plus
41:27
inning. Now let's see. He struck out Lehner,
41:32
struck out Juice, struck out Shands, and now
41:34
he strikes out Dillinger. Wally Moses hits the
41:36
first ball pitch to him. It's a solid single
41:38
in the left field as Wally goes down and takes
41:40
the turn. Larry Doby feeling the ball, coming
41:42
in on it, and tossing in the second base. Elderly
41:48
Wally. He touches Lemon for his second hit. That's
41:53
the second solid single. which has been surrendered
41:57
by Lemon. Sam Chapman got the other one. So the
42:02
Athletics here in the last half of the third
42:03
inning striving to get back into this ballgame.
42:06
They need three runs. Now Wally Moses on first
42:08
with one out. The next batter up is Paul Lehner.
42:12
He takes low and inside a curveball for ball
42:14
one. Lehner struck out his first time up, but
42:18
he's batting for an average of 331, getting off
42:20
to 331, getting off to 330. One of the finest
42:24
starts. on one of the finest starts of his baseball
42:28
career. That's a left -handed. That's a left
42:32
-handed. Ball two, a slider low outside. Lehner
42:40
stands with his, he's a left -handed batter,
42:42
and he stands with his left foot as far back
42:44
in the batter's box as he can get it, but he's
42:46
up close. He hugs that plate. Slips up on the
42:49
bat just slightly. Here's the next pitch to him.
42:51
He takes inside for ball three. And the count
42:55
is 3 -0. Bob Lemon now. Checks Moses as he moves
43:05
off first. Here's the next pitch. Swung on and
43:09
it's a high pop fly going to the infield. Flip
43:12
Rosen shading his eyes, calling for the ball
43:14
just off third base. And he makes the catch.
43:17
And that's all for Paul Lehner as he pops out
43:21
to Flip Rosen. So, two men are out. Top of the
43:28
last half of the third inning. And standing in
43:32
now is the cleanup hitter of the Athletics, Sam
43:35
Chapman. And he bats them right -handed. Sam
43:37
got a single to left field. Left center his first
43:39
time up. You know, the funny thing about this,
43:43
Bob Lemon, before the ball game will be over,
43:46
his shirt tail will be really pulled out. Lots
43:48
of times he has to call time and tuck it in.
43:51
Now he checks Moses. Here's the pitch to Chapman.
43:54
And it's a strike call. Chapman had a notion
43:56
to go after that pitch. He held back, but the
43:59
ball was right in there. And so the count on
44:01
him is strike one. And all of the ball players
44:05
will tell you that the farther Bob Lemon's shirt
44:08
comes out of his trousers, the more stuff he
44:11
has, the more he's staring down. Here's the next
44:14
pitch. And Chapman takes outside for a ball.
44:17
1 -1. They play Sam Chapman deep, foot frozen
44:21
directly below us. We're high up on top. of the
44:24
second deck here at Chi Park in Philadelphia.
44:26
And you look right down on third base. And Flip
44:30
Rosen is playing well deep back of third and
44:32
about six feet off the line. They're playing
44:35
Chapman to pull that ball. Larry Dilley playing
44:36
in left center. Chapman bats him right -handed,
44:39
you know. Here's the next pitch to him. He takes
44:43
outside for ball two. And it comes two and one.
44:47
Coaching for the Philadelphia Athletics at first
44:48
base is Bing Miller. And directly below us at
44:51
third base is Jimmy Dykes. Well, there's a couple
44:55
of great athletics of yesteryear on the coaching
44:57
line. Here's the next pitch by Lemon, and he
45:02
fires a fastball right across the letters to
45:04
Chapman for called strike two. So on the scoreboard,
45:08
see two balls, two strikes on the hitter, two
45:10
men out. Wally Moses playing close at first,
45:16
taking no chances. Athletics failing here by
45:20
a three to nothing score in the last half of
45:22
the third inning. It's turned out to be one of
45:24
those closing. Chance taking his time. Left -handed
45:32
throws. Fastball is hit down and through into
45:34
left field. Right between short and third and
45:36
out into left. And the billet is on. As the ball
45:39
is picked up out in left field by Paul Lehner.
45:42
Fired into second base. The billet hits park.
45:46
So a billet starts the fourth inning with a single
45:48
to left. And that off chance will be hit number
45:51
five. Jimmy Higgins. Had a single at the left
45:56
center field back in second inning. And drove
45:58
in one of the Cleveland three runs. He started
46:00
off today. He's 2 -37. All right -handed batsman.
46:05
Feet wide spread apart. Squares up the butt.
46:07
Pushes the bunt back toward the mound. Chance
46:09
steals it. His tag goes back to second base.
46:11
And it's in time. Two integers for Forsyth. Arn
46:15
Higgins coming. Arn Higgins coming down. Arn
46:18
Higgins coming down. One attempted sacrifice.
46:21
Goes over Forsyth. Ted Higgins on first base.
46:27
And on that attempted sacrifice. The juice going
46:31
with this afternoon. Have Avila out at second
46:33
as it goes from Chance the pitcher to Eddie Juice.
46:36
The shortstop covering at second base. Chance
46:38
had to hurry on that and did it very nicely.
46:41
The batter now is Todd Lemon. Todd is four for
46:46
one. He hit back to the mound and was thrown
46:47
out in the second inning. Lieutenant Baxman groups
46:49
one over third base and it drops foul. Test outside
46:51
of the line. As he went for shot of the line.
46:54
As he went for shot of the line. As he went for
46:57
shot outside pitch. It was a slider thrown to
46:59
a left -handed batter. For the count is nothing
47:02
and one on Bob Lemon. And while Lemon comes back
47:06
up to the plate, let's pause briefly for station
47:07
identity. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.
47:23
Now Bob Lemon has stepped back in with one out
47:25
and one on here in the top of the fourth inning.
47:28
Waggles that bat back and forth and snaps with
47:30
Soper Keegan. Down comes the pitcher, Edgo Segan.
47:31
The ball is swung on and a slow dribbler through
47:33
the infield in the left. Edgo Segan in the third.
47:36
Maynard Snow comes in through. He was your third
47:38
in time for the out. You know, he can slid in
47:42
the third all right, but he didn't get there
47:43
in time. So Lemon will be credited with a single
47:46
in the left field. He stays at first base. He
47:48
didn't move. Higgins will be moved down to second
47:50
on that single in the left field. But Paul Lehner,
47:53
very nice throw to Bob Dillinger at third base,
47:56
gets Higgins sliding into third for out number
47:57
two. Higgins into third. Lehner's show comes
48:01
in to lose your third in time for the out. Higgins
48:06
slid into third all right, but he didn't get
48:07
there in time. So Lemon will be credited with
48:09
a single in the left field. He stays at first
48:11
base. He didn't move. Higgins will be moved down
48:14
to second on that single in the left field. But
48:16
Paul Lehner, very nice throw to Bob Dillinger
48:18
at third base, gets Higgins sliding into third
48:21
for out number two. That'll be hit number six
48:25
off Chance. I imagine Chance will give you a
48:28
base hit any time for an out. There are two outs
48:31
here in the top half of the fourth inning. Lemon
48:33
is on his first base, and the batter now is Kennedy.
48:36
Bob has one hit in two times. Up he got a double
48:38
to right center field back in the third inning.
48:40
He was worked around to score when Easter accidentally
48:41
doubled down the left field line following him.
48:43
There's a curveball into a right -handed batsman
48:45
for a strike. Very nice one. Flipped in and over.
48:49
3 -2 in favor of the Cleveland Indians. Overcovered
48:51
out here as we are moving in the top half of
48:53
the fourth inning at Shire Park. Chance kicks,
48:55
throws, fastball, swung on and fouled off to
48:57
the right of the plate. Moving on that one also
49:00
was Bob Lemon. He was running. Well, he has to
49:04
go back and do it all over again. What a nice
49:08
warm day here at Chai Park in Philadelphia. Brilliant
49:10
sunshine, blue skies, white fleecy clouds. Anybody
49:17
bring my hammock? How's that again, Mr. Wilson?
49:23
Yeah, get real tired. This is just the kind of
49:28
day you like to lean back and watch these boys
49:30
working down on the field. Pass pitch by Bobby
49:33
Shantz is outside to a right -handed batsman.
49:36
The count is one ball now and two strikes. Kennedy
49:42
seems to bend those knees down and sort of spring
49:45
at the pitch as it's thrown in there. Shantz
49:47
delivers. High and outside. A pitch out. Throw
49:50
down to first base. Hot in time. Very close at
49:52
first. Lemon had to hustle to get back in. Ferris
49:54
Fane left that ball around on him. Astroff is
49:57
called for a pitch out. Well, the count is two
50:01
and two. Oh, and Bob Kennedy up there batting.
50:05
Edmund was pretty hard -pressed to get back in.
50:08
Had to come back in with a hook slide. Chance
50:11
delivers 2 -2, and the ball is hit off the end
50:13
of the back foul down the first baseline. So
50:19
it counteracts right along, and two balls, two
50:20
strikes. Got quite a kick out of a letter sent
50:26
to us from North Carolina, telling us about...
50:31
The doings down in North Carolina. We like to
50:33
visit back and forth with you folks. Guns throws.
50:37
Fastball is hit down to shortstop. Jukes is up
50:39
with it. Makes the long play across the diamond
50:41
to feign a first base. And that's off Kennedy.
50:45
Though one man was stranded on, a threat but
50:48
no more. No runs, two hits. No errors, one man
50:51
left on. At the end of three and a half innings
50:53
of play, the score, Cleveland Indians three,
50:56
the Philadelphia A's two. Well, let's see. Now
51:02
our right -handed engineer, Al Smith, is opening
51:06
the tensiometer for the last half of inning number
51:09
four. Eddie Juice is going to open it for Philadelphia
51:11
as the batsman. He'll be followed by Hitchcock
51:13
and then by Astrov. Three to two in favor of
51:16
Cleveland as Bob Lemon goes out to the hill to
51:19
do the pitching for the Indians. A few minutes
51:21
ago, Art Gleeson was talking about the All -Star
51:24
game and about the proceeds from the All -Star
51:26
game going to take care of baseball's own. But
51:29
don't forget, you the fans have your opportunity
51:31
again this year of selecting the starting lineups
51:34
in the All -Star Game. You can select everybody
51:37
but the starting pitchers. We'll tell you about
51:40
that in just a few moments and how you can do
51:41
it. As Lemon pitches to the plate, there's a
51:43
ball swung on. A foul tipped by Eddie Deuce.
51:47
His count is nothing and one now. He struck out
51:50
the first inning. We'd like all of our good friends
51:53
to be able to vote for the ball clubs. and the
51:57
players that they want to see play in the All
51:58
-Star game. And here's how you do it. And we're
52:01
going to help you. All you have to do is take
52:03
a fresh, clean piece of paper. On one side, mark
52:08
American League. And on the other side, mark
52:11
National League. And then name your starting
52:14
lineups, excluding the pitcher. That's true.
52:18
Everybody, every position, but the pitcher. The
52:21
managers have that prerogative. They can select
52:23
the pitchers themselves. Now we'll, after this
52:27
next pitch, I'll tell you about it. Juice takes
52:28
it. It's right through there for a strike. Nothing
52:32
he can do is to count on Eddie Juice. Then after
52:34
you have your team selected, send them in to
52:36
Mutual's game of the day. Mutual Broadcasting
52:41
System, New York 18, New York. And mark on the
52:44
outside of the envelope, baseball ballot. There's
52:48
a side armor thrown in there. Juice takes a blow.
52:50
And the count is one and two. And then Art Gleason
52:54
and I will see to it that your vote is given
52:56
to the proper authority. So it can be counted.
52:59
But you must do it before Friday, June the 23rd.
53:03
There's a curveball thrown in there to juice.
53:05
It's outside. Count us two and two. Because you
53:07
see, the balloting on the All -Star game ends
53:11
at midnight on Friday, June 23rd. And we must
53:16
have it before that time so we can tote it over
53:17
to the offices where they're making the count.
53:19
But come on now, folks. Name your all -star team.
53:21
You've got a chance to do it this year. Curveball
53:24
thrown to Juice. And they're good for call strike
53:26
three. So we have one out here in the last half
53:31
of the fourth inning. And Bob Lemon has just
53:33
thrown his fifth strikeout. Here is Billy Hitchcock.
53:40
We haven't heard a great deal about Billy Hitchcock.
53:42
He's a utility infielder on the athletics. But
53:46
kind of gets you caught up on Billy. He's a Scotch
53:50
-Irishman and attended Auburn College down in
53:53
Auburn, Alabama. Got a B .A. degree from there.
53:55
He's a Bachelor of Arts, this young fella. Right
53:57
-handed batsman. At B .A., he would like to make
54:00
batting average up here in the Big Show. There's
54:03
a curve to him outside for a ball. He started
54:07
out in 1939 with Kansas City in the New York
54:11
Yankee chain, where he played third base and
54:13
shortstop. Down comes the pitch to him. Another
54:16
one outside. Sweeping curve. This time it's two
54:21
balls, no strikes. And with Kansas City back
54:23
in 39. 11 years ago, Billy Hitchcock hit 263.
54:29
Last year with Boston, he hit 204. He was with
54:32
Boston Red Sox as the first baseman, second baseman.
54:35
With them in 48 and 49. Previous to that time
54:38
was with St. Louis, Georgia, and Washington.
54:41
Hitchcock takes a curve. Misses low. That's ball
54:43
three. Three balls, no strikes. We're in the
54:49
last half of the fourth. One out, nobody on.
54:51
The Cleveland Indians leading 3 -2. Now Lemon
55:03
ready. Throws. Hitchcock takes. A nice one due
55:05
there for a strike. 3 -1 is the count on Bill
55:08
Hitchcock. Hitchcock standing just off the plate.
55:17
A little back from it. Has a straightaway pass
55:21
to the kicker. Holds that bat in his right shoulder.
55:23
Makes a curve inside at the knee. Ball four.
55:26
So Hitchcock has walked. That's the third base
55:29
on ball that's given up by Bob Lemon. Now Lemon
55:34
has to face Joe Astroth. Another fellow we haven't
55:39
heard a great deal about either. Astroth hasn't
55:42
been doing all the hind snatching here for coming
55:43
out here. Now the name of Furman Guerra has been
55:48
working quite a bit behind the plate, but Joe
55:50
Astoroff started off with Philadelphia in 1945
55:52
with the Athletics. Caught ten games for them
55:56
that year. That was his first year in baseball.
55:57
He takes a pitch now high up with the cap for
55:59
ball one. He didn't do much hitting in 1945.
56:03
His batting percentage was only 0 -5 -9. Then
56:06
he ventured into the minor leagues. Toronto,
56:09
Lancaster, then came back to Philadelphia in
56:11
46. Swings on his pitch and fouls it off. The
56:14
count is 1 -1. Then in 1947, down in the Sally
56:18
League, Joe Astroff showed up with Savannah.
56:20
He was with Memphis in 1948 and 1949. The athletics
56:24
said, come on back home now, Joe, and catch two
56:26
ballgames for us. So he was in 55, where he batted
56:29
160, wait a minute, 243. So Joe Astroff has been
56:34
around ever since. Joseph Henry Astroff. He attended
56:37
University of Illinois in 1941 -42. Another college
56:41
board playing ball. Bob Levin throws, one and
56:43
one, and Astroff tweets it back to shortstop.
56:46
Boudreaux shovels it over. That's a 50th double
56:50
play for Cleveland. First one here this afternoon.
56:53
It's all caught in the middle of that double
56:54
play with Hitchcock. It was a 6 -4 -3 affair.
56:57
And starting it was the manager himself, Lou
56:59
Boudreaux. Big Luke Easter closed it out at first
57:03
base with the sweep of that big meta here. So
57:05
there's nothing to cross for Philadelphia here
57:06
in the last half of the fourth inning. And at
57:08
the end of four, the score stands Cleveland 3,
57:11
the Athletics 2. Now for the stuff here in the
57:19
top half of the fifth inning with Clark Easter
57:21
and Dobie. Well, we've had a home run here this
57:25
afternoon hit by Philadelphia's Sam Chapman,
57:27
his seventh of the year. We said it boosted Philadelphia
57:30
up to 41 home runs, and both clubs had started
57:32
off the day at 40 even. Do you have a guess right
57:37
now about how many home runs have been hit in
57:38
the American and National Leagues right up to
57:40
this minute? Well, we'll tell you. In the National
57:43
League, 322 home runs have been felted. In the
57:46
American League, including the one just hit by
57:48
Sam Chapman a few moments ago, the American League
57:50
has hit 307 home runs. So that's a total of 629
57:55
home runs hit in Major League Baseball right
57:59
up to date. That's gotten that potato pretty
58:01
well, and I can understand very much now why
58:04
Pittsburgh wants to move the fences back, and
58:06
so do the Cincinnati Reds. This ball, just about
58:09
as live as it can be, has been buzzed all over
58:11
the parks. Up there now is Alec Clark, 0 for
58:14
2. Right -handed batsman swings on the first
58:17
pitch and doesn't get it. That's strike one.
58:23
That's another ball we haven't seen too much
58:25
of either. Down comes the first pitch to him,
58:29
next pitch to him, and it's outside for the first
58:32
ball. Those counters, one and one. One ball,
58:35
one strike. Alfred Aloysius Clark swings on this
58:42
next pitch, and God gets it. One ball, two strikes
58:46
on Alec Clark. Now, this boy Clark has played
58:49
in a couple of World Series. He's played in,
58:52
if you recall, the 1947 World Series in New York
58:55
and 48 in Cleveland. That's the pitch to him
59:01
is high, and outside the ball, too. His count
59:03
is 2 -2. 1949, Clark was... To San Diego in the
59:09
Pacific Coast League. He's been shifting back
59:14
there. Down comes the next pitch for him. It's
59:16
a drive down to third. Jones over to his left.
59:18
Picks up nicely close to first base. Underclock
59:19
is out. 5 -3 if you're scoring with us on that
59:25
one. Went away in the top half of the fifth inning.
59:28
Mr. Stanley Clark started off with Eastern. Of
59:30
the Eastern Shore League in 1941. So he's put
59:34
his ninth year in baseball. 1943, 44, and 45,
59:38
he was on the newer roster, but he was in military
59:41
service. Big Luke Easter comes wandering up there
59:45
now. As he steps in, Chance immediately fires
59:48
the first pitch past and past him. He didn't
59:51
even get Easter a chance to settle down. He just
59:53
reared back and heaved it in there for ball one.
59:56
Easter jumped back as though somebody had shot
59:57
him. Big fella looks at this pitch and crosses
1:00:00
and it's in there for a strike. Nice curve, and
1:00:02
Chance had it dancing in there just above the
1:00:04
knees. Easter this afternoon has doubled on his
1:00:07
only official at -bat. That was in the third
1:00:09
inning, and he accidentally hit that one. Chance
1:00:13
throws. Keeps it tight against Easter, who swings
1:00:15
on it. And there's a high fly ball out into left
1:00:18
center field. Coming in for it is Paul Lehner.
1:00:20
And he's got it. That's all for Easter. Two outs
1:00:23
here in the top of the fifth inning. That brings
1:00:25
up Larry Doby. Doby was on at first base by forcing
1:00:29
out Easter in the first inning. And then in the
1:00:32
third, he was walked. So he's officially 0 for
1:00:34
1 here this afternoon. Started off batting today
1:00:36
at .364 as the number four batsman in the American
1:00:39
League. Jantz ready to face him now. Little left
1:00:45
-hander has that left foot up on the rubber in
1:00:47
a pigeon -toed fashion. Once, once, prize, pick,
1:00:50
throws, a quickie in there for a strike. Nothing
1:00:55
and one is the count on left -handed batsman
1:00:56
Lai Adobe. Adobe stands just smack off the plate.
1:01:00
He's very wide spread apart. Holds up that way
1:01:02
back behind his left shoulder. Dan Frazier curve
1:01:05
on him. It's flipped down to the right side.
1:01:06
Not in the right key. It's a base hit. It was
1:01:08
a grounder all the way. And Larry Doby's on at
1:01:10
first base. So off chance. That's at number seven.
1:01:16
And for Cleveland with Thuleway. Doby is now
1:01:18
rushing at first base. He's sitting down there.
1:01:20
Standing down there right now. Dropping a pair
1:01:22
of spades. He was holding the inside corner against
1:01:24
him. And Flip Rosen who was walked in second.
1:01:26
Drilled a single to center. And batted in one
1:01:28
run in the third inning. Coming up there. The
1:01:32
flipper started off today hitting 274. That base
1:01:36
hit will get him up to about 280. They're armed
1:01:42
this afternoon. They pitch out. There's no throw
1:01:45
to first as Dobie wasn't going. They have to
1:01:48
watch Dobie quite a lot. He's stolen five bases
1:01:50
this year. And he comes crawling off first base
1:01:53
and he'll paint one way and paint the other.
1:01:55
And the first thing you know, he's off and gone.
1:02:08
Started off today hitting a .274. That base hit
1:02:11
will get him up to about .280. They're on this
1:02:17
afternoon. There's a pitch out. There's no throw
1:02:20
to first as Dobie wasn't going. They have to
1:02:23
watch Dobie quite a lot. He's stolen five bases
1:02:25
this year. And he comes crawling off first base
1:02:28
and he'll paint one way and paint the other.
1:02:30
And then first thing you know, he's off and gone.
1:02:33
Despite the fact the chance is left -hander,
1:02:34
Dobie may try to steal. There's a throw to first.
1:02:37
Dobie has to hurry back. He does. You ever see
1:02:42
a guy crawl off first base like that, Al? No,
1:02:44
I never have, Al. Go to the plate. Swung on.
1:02:47
There's a bounding ball to third. Rowans is up
1:02:49
with it. His wide throw is picked up very nicely
1:02:52
by Ferris Fane. Out of the dirt. Time for the
1:02:54
out. So Rosen bounces out from third to first.
1:02:58
They're out number three here in the top half
1:02:59
of the inning. So Cleveland has no runs here
1:03:01
in this frame. On one hit. And they had one man
1:03:04
left on. That was Larry Dobry stranded at first
1:03:06
base. They've had five men left on now. At the
1:03:09
end of four and one half innings, the score stands
1:03:12
Cleveland three, the Philadelphia Athletics two.
1:03:18
Now for the last half of inning number five,
1:03:20
and the little fella himself is going to come
1:03:22
up for Philadelphia. Not a chance. S -H -A -N
1:03:26
-T -Z. And Art explained to me a little while
1:03:28
ago the difference between Shands of Boston and
1:03:33
Shands of Philadelphia. Shands of Boston spells
1:03:36
his name S -C -H -A -N -Z, and it's pronounced
1:03:38
as though there were a W in it. Charlie Shands,
1:03:41
and this is Shands, S -C -H -A -N -T -Z. Bobby's
1:03:45
coming up there now as a right -handed batter.
1:03:46
He struck out back in the second inning for his
1:03:49
first at -bat today. Started off today batting
1:03:52
at 130. Now Bobby's in there, and Bob Lemon out
1:04:01
on the mound is ready to face him. So a couple
1:04:04
of Bobs going down there. A Bob to you, Bob.
1:04:11
Oh, it's B Bob now, isn't it? That's right. Yep.
1:04:14
Got to get up with things. There's a curveball
1:04:16
thrown in there, too, Shantz. That's high for
1:04:18
ball one. Shantz way up on that bat. Stands way
1:04:30
forward at the plate, almost ahead of it. Swings
1:04:32
at this pitch and fouls it off to the left. As
1:04:35
I said before, he holds that bat so far up that
1:04:37
he's got to hold it away from his body. And when
1:04:39
he comes around on the swing, he's going to plunk
1:04:40
himself in the short ribs just as sure as he
1:04:42
is five feet, seven inches high. Seven throws.
1:04:48
Chance after it again. Once more, he fouls it
1:04:50
down the third baseline. So the count on Bobby
1:04:52
is one ball, two strikes. Last half of the fifth
1:04:56
inning. And the Philadelphia Athletics are one
1:04:58
run behind. It's four stands three to two. Favorite
1:05:02
Cleveland. On deck to go next is Dillinger. Lemon
1:05:11
settles down. Throws. A side armor to fix up
1:05:14
the outside corner for call strike three. Chances
1:05:16
are it was in there too. He didn't even wait
1:05:19
for the call by Art Passarelli. He just started
1:05:21
to walk away. So that's strikeout number six
1:05:24
for Bob Lemon. And that brings up Bob Dillinger,
1:05:27
who struck out his last at -bat also. That was
1:05:29
in the third. Grounded out, Flip Rosen in the
1:05:32
first. So Dillinger this afternoon, leading off
1:05:36
for the A's, is over two. Lemon tries a soft,
1:05:38
easy curve that floats Sewell over for a strike.
1:05:41
Nothing and one on Dillinger. Lemon over his
1:05:51
head again, throws a fastball outside. Down is
1:05:54
one and one. Bob Dillinger batting for the Athletics.
1:05:58
One out, last half of the fifth, nobody on. Hands
1:06:01
for 3 -2 in case you just tuned in with us. 3
1:06:03
-2 Cleveland. Lemon working on the mound. Throws.
1:06:07
Slow curve. Swung on a miss for a strike. 1 -2
1:06:10
is the count on the Philadelphia third baseman.
1:06:18
Lemon down after the rosin bag. There's that
1:06:20
shirt tailor. He's really flopping out now. According
1:06:23
to that article written in Taylor Spinks Sporting
1:06:26
News, and it was a dandy. I'll tell you about
1:06:29
that in a minute. There's a curveball thrown,
1:06:31
and Dillinger fouls this one off. So the count
1:06:33
rides along at one and two. According to that
1:06:36
article in Sporting News, the harder Bob Lemon
1:06:40
works, the more he should tell Flotsam. Well,
1:06:42
he must be working this afternoon, right, because
1:06:44
he's got enough material there to put a jib on
1:06:46
a sailboat. Have you noticed that terrific stretch
1:06:49
he takes with his hands over his head? I think
1:06:51
that's what caused it. Oh, sure. He throws the
1:06:54
current ball. It's slapped at. This time a foul
1:06:55
ball is sent up behind first base going way up
1:06:58
amongst the spectators. Well, somebody grabbed
1:06:59
it. Yes, they did. Why, that ball just bounced
1:07:02
around between the customers up there amongst
1:07:04
them. Five or six hands grabbed it and it looked
1:07:07
as though they were playing volleyball with it
1:07:08
instead of trying to get it and put it in their
1:07:10
pockets. Oh, me. There's no place like our ballpark
1:07:15
any day. One ball, two strikes is a count on
1:07:17
Dillinger. Lemons over his head again. Throws.
1:07:20
There's a sidearm. It's hit back to third base.
1:07:23
The pickup. The throw over by Rosen to Luke Easter
1:07:26
in time. And that's all for Bob Dillinger. Counting
1:07:29
out to his opposing third baseman. That brings
1:07:32
up Wally Moses. We talk about a running guy this
1:07:35
afternoon. Elder Lewally, as I call him, has
1:07:39
been doing the running between first and second.
1:07:41
He's been shuttling back and forth like a shuttle
1:07:43
train between Grand Central Station in New York
1:07:45
and 42nd Street. He's behind the move. Baldwin
1:07:48
grins. Ben's sitting back at his own special
1:07:51
desk here today. He uses that shuttle train all
1:07:53
the time. He won't walk those four blocks. Then
1:07:55
the delivery is, Wally Moses runs up on it and
1:07:57
takes it. Cuss him. It's in there for strike.
1:08:00
And Wally Moses actually runs up on a pitch.
1:08:02
He stands deep in batter's box. And when the
1:08:04
pitch is made, he takes a little chopping step.
1:08:06
Up toward that pitch. He says it gives him more
1:08:09
drive, and probably it does. Thelman throws again.
1:08:12
Wally takes this one. It's outside. Down is one
1:08:16
and one. Two outs. Last half of the fifth inning,
1:08:20
Wally Moses up there. One hit and one official
1:08:22
try. He was walked back in the first inning,
1:08:24
single to center. In the second, he was worked
1:08:26
around the score. Thelman throws to him low.
1:08:29
That's ball two. Two and one. Now Moser stands
1:08:42
there. Edmund takes a sign from Hagen. There's
1:08:45
the mid -up as a target. Edmund with a swing
1:08:47
-pumping motion delivers an easy curve way down
1:08:51
on the inside. Oh, Wally just watched that one
1:08:53
sail by for ball three. Three and one. Talking
1:08:58
about old -timers. We got a letter from Arthur
1:09:01
Miller out in Phoenix. He must be an old -timer
1:09:03
in baseball or around baseball. There's a throw
1:09:05
inside for ball four. So Wally Moser serves his
1:09:09
stick away as he picks up his second walk. The
1:09:11
afternoon, that's the fourth one given up by
1:09:13
Lemon, and twice he's walked Walter Moses. But
1:09:17
Al Miller signed his letter, Adios, amigos, from
1:09:24
Phoenix, Arizona. Wish I had time to read the
1:09:26
whole letter to you. It's a dilly. Got to read
1:09:30
a little of it to you in a minute. He talks about
1:09:32
Arizona, the land of sunshine. It is, too. I've
1:09:34
been out there in Phoenix. That's quite a town.
1:09:36
Now Lemon is ready to pitch to Paul Lehner. Left
1:09:39
-handed touchdown. Hits one down to the right
1:09:40
side. Coming up with a nice Lee Zabella. Throws
1:09:43
it into first base. That's all for Lehner. He
1:09:45
bounces out four to three. And in the last half
1:09:48
of the fifth inning for the Athletics, no runs,
1:09:50
no hits, no errors on the Indians. And there
1:09:54
was one Athletic left on. They've now stranded
1:09:56
four. At the end of five innings, the score,
1:09:59
the Cleveland Indians three, the Philadelphia
1:10:01
Athletics two. Well, we're ready for the business
1:10:05
of the top half of the sixth inning. The man
1:10:06
standing up there at the plate for Cleveland
1:10:07
is Lou Boudreau, the manager himself. And Lou
1:10:11
this afternoon has hit into one double play.
1:10:13
That came in the third inning, and he hit back
1:10:15
to the pitch in the second and was thrown out.
1:10:16
So Lou's 0 for 2. He started out this afternoon
1:10:18
hitting a .254. So he's dropped a few percentage
1:10:22
points. First pitch made by Shantz to a right
1:10:26
-handed batsman. Picks up the inside corner.
1:10:28
Right at the knees for a called strike. Chance
1:10:35
working right back. Close the change -up curve
1:10:37
outside and high. Now the count is 1 -1 on Boudreaux.
1:10:42
We said we wanted to tell you about this letter
1:10:44
from Phoenix, Arizona. We're going to read a
1:10:46
little bit out of it to you in just a second.
1:10:49
Chance throws. Boudreaux takes. A curveball that
1:10:52
hangs just above the letters for ball two. As
1:10:55
we're reading further in that letter, we see
1:10:56
that Mr. Miller is an old -time baseball man
1:10:59
because he tells us that he was in the bleachers
1:11:01
the day in 1906 when young Ty Cobb came up and
1:11:04
broke in. How about that, huh? Fair ball thrown
1:11:06
into the dirt to Lou Boudreau, and his count
1:11:08
is 3 -1. Well, Mr. Miller starts off to say,
1:11:11
gentlemen. He assumes that Mr. Gleason and I
1:11:14
are gentlemen, for which we thank him very much.
1:11:17
He says, needless to say, we here in the Valley
1:11:19
of the Sun, out here in Arizona, where the frogs
1:11:20
can't swim in the Jack Rabbit's Cary canteens.
1:11:23
And the fish are humpbacked from trying to keep
1:11:25
their heads and tails underwater at the same
1:11:26
time. Out here where the rivers run upside down
1:11:30
and where there's more cows and less milk, where
1:11:32
you can see farther and see less, where there
1:11:34
are fewer bathtubs but cleaner people than anywhere
1:11:37
else in the United States, we like your game
1:11:39
of the day. And we're glad of it. Boudreaux hits
1:11:43
the next pitch. There's a down ball down to first
1:11:46
base. Picked up a fair stay and he steps on first
1:11:47
base. Boudreaux is out. Not run away in the top
1:11:52
six, Denning. Here's Bob Avila. Bob Avila. One
1:12:01
of the fans just a moment ago, with you here
1:12:04
rocking the crowd, reached out of the stands,
1:12:08
the lower railing, and asked for a ball, and
1:12:11
one of the ballplayers threw a ball into the
1:12:13
stands for him. Couldn't see who it was. Now
1:12:15
Schatz is ready to go to work on Avila. Pitch
1:12:17
comes in to the young fella. It's a fast one
1:12:20
on the outside for that one. Chance takes his
1:12:29
sign again for Mastroff. Avella steps away from
1:12:32
the plate slightly, then steps into this pitch,
1:12:34
doesn't offer, and it's through there for strike.
1:12:36
One and one. By the way, Art, Mr. Miller wants
1:12:40
us to come out and visit out in Arizona. He says
1:12:43
you'll show us where there's humpback fishery.
1:12:45
I probably couldn't even guess. Chance goes.
1:12:50
Avila swings and doesn't get it. So Avila's count
1:12:54
has gone to one and two now. Yes, sir. Like I
1:12:59
recently told you, time and time again, every
1:13:01
one of the letters that come in, we read them.
1:13:05
We like to know what you say and what you think.
1:13:09
That's the way we can visit back and forth, you
1:13:11
know. That's it. In there for call strike three.
1:13:15
And Avila is out. And Bobby Shanks ends up his
1:13:19
first strikeout this afternoon. He's been quite
1:13:22
effective when he's had to have it, but this
1:13:24
is the first time that he's had to be that effective.
1:13:28
That's a total in the game of seven strikeouts
1:13:30
because Lemon has six of them. Two outs on the
1:13:34
top of the sixth inning, and here's Jim Hagan.
1:13:36
One hit and two drives. Swings it at this pitch
1:13:39
and fouls one right down to Al Simmons coaching
1:13:41
in the box at third base. Al Simmons, who made
1:13:46
quite a name for himself right here at Chai Park
1:13:47
in Philadelphia. Remember old foot -in -the -bucket
1:13:53
stance? Used to like to watch him hit hard. He
1:13:56
could hit. Yeah, he can really slam that apple.
1:13:59
Chance delivers to the plate. A soft, easy curve
1:14:01
that Higgins hits down to shortstop. Juiced up
1:14:03
with it. There's the long throw across the diamond
1:14:04
to Payne's waiting mitt. And that's all for Higgins.
1:14:07
Down the out and short first. Throwing nothing
1:14:10
across for the Philadelphia Athletics. Top half
1:14:11
of the sixth inning. And at the end of five and
1:14:14
a half, the score, Cleveland three, Philadelphia
1:14:16
two. Well, now for the last half of the sixth
1:14:19
inning with Chapman, Payne, and Juice. Well,
1:14:22
everybody, you've probably noticed the absence
1:14:24
of scores on this broadcast of other ballgames.
1:14:27
Well, today there just aren't any other ballgames
1:14:30
being played. There just aren't any ballgames
1:14:33
being played in the Major League Series. And
1:14:35
back to my hand, it takes first pitch in there
1:14:36
for a strike. Lemon, I'm mindful of the fact
1:14:40
that Chapman has wrecked him twice. Comes in
1:14:44
with the next pitch. Misses just outside, and
1:14:46
it's 1 -1. So, actually here this afternoon,
1:14:53
I have a very good friend, Ben Baldwin. He isn't
1:14:55
hopping around as much as usual, but he doesn't
1:14:58
have any scores to compile for us. Now we're
1:15:03
ready to go. It's over the plate to Chapman.
1:15:05
There's a higher fast one that sort of takes
1:15:07
off, saves away. That's ball two. 2 -1. Chapman
1:15:15
waggling that bat back and forth. Bob Lemon taking
1:15:20
his good old time out on the mound. He's in no
1:15:23
hurry. Delivers. Chapman takes. Way outside.
1:15:27
That's ball three, and the count is three and
1:15:29
one. And Jim Hagen, the Cleveland catcher, walks
1:15:32
out in front of the plate. He's going to snap
1:15:34
that ball right back at Lemon as if to say, come
1:15:36
on there, Reacher. It's funny, the... Nicknames.
1:15:45
Ball players pick up along the way. Come and
1:15:48
throw a three and one. In there for strike. Not
1:15:50
three and two. But most of the time when you
1:15:54
kid them about their nicknames, they'll kid you
1:15:56
right back. Now the three and two count on Chapman.
1:16:03
Picks it. Picks it. Swung on. Chapman drills
1:16:05
one down. And right fielder. Picks it. Picks
1:16:07
it. Picks it out into left field. It's going
1:16:09
to be a single for Sam Chapman because Flip Rosen
1:16:12
went down to pick that ball up. It hit something
1:16:14
on the diamond. It bounced actually right over
1:16:16
his shoulder and out of the left field. Bill
1:16:20
Chapman opens in the sixth inning with a purple
1:16:24
single out in the left. And then off, Lemon has
1:16:27
hit number four. Coming up towards the plate
1:16:29
now is Ferris Bain. Bain batting a candidate.
1:16:35
He's 0 for 1 official time's up, and Lemon has
1:16:37
the time run on behind him now at first base.
1:16:40
Looks over there, throws to the plate, and Thames,
1:16:42
going off to Bunk, takes it, and it's straight
1:16:44
through there for a strike. Lemon's going back
1:16:47
to this at the rising bag, so let's pause briefly.
1:16:59
Now Lemon's all squared away down there, and
1:17:00
he's ready to throw to Ferris Thames. Sam Chapman
1:17:04
leads off at first base. Down comes the pitch.
1:17:07
Under the knees. Count is one and one. And that
1:17:12
pebble single, everybody, well, could be the
1:17:14
turning point in this ball game. Of course, only
1:17:17
the time it's coming up is going to hold the
1:17:19
answer on that one. But we'll know in a few minutes.
1:17:23
Sam Chapman got himself a pebble single. Ball
1:17:25
hopping over the left shoulder of Flip Rosen
1:17:27
at third base. And he's on the first. In case
1:17:30
you're tuned in late with us, the score is Cleveland
1:17:31
3 and Philadelphia 2. And Philadelphia has a
1:17:34
tying run on. There goes Chapman to pitch to
1:17:35
the plate. He's taken away outside. The throw
1:17:37
goes down. Good roll. Takes the ball. As the
1:17:41
runner, Sam Chapman, tries to get back to first.
1:17:42
Pass it over to Luke Easter. And the out has
1:17:44
been affected anyway. So they cut in trying to
1:17:46
steal. The pitch to the plate was outside for
1:17:50
ball two. And Paris Payne out there at the plate
1:17:53
didn't have a boost of a chance of swinging even
1:17:55
to protect the runner. So they had it all figured
1:17:58
out. What a big chance has gone to the boards
1:18:01
now as Chapman is outsteering from the catcher,
1:18:03
Hagan, to Luke Woodrow, and over to Luke Easter.
1:18:15
The next pitch from the third to Kane is outside
1:18:16
and low for ball three. And as Utgleason just
1:18:20
now observed, there's a very good possibility
1:18:23
that mixed up in there, a sign could have been
1:18:25
missed. That's the reason that there wasn't a
1:18:28
swing anyway. But he couldn't have breached it.
1:18:31
The throw was way outside because Higgins had
1:18:33
called for a pitch out. A fastball thrown in
1:18:36
there on the inside for ball four. So Fain has
1:18:39
walked. And had it not been for Chapman being
1:18:43
cut down trying to steal, Philadelphia would
1:18:45
have the potential trying run on second base
1:18:47
like this minute. But instead, they now have
1:18:50
the potential trying run in Fain on at first
1:18:52
base and one out. Now here's Juice coming up.
1:18:55
He's stepped out twice. That's not very much
1:19:00
for Mr. Juice's liking. He'd like to get a holy
1:19:02
one. He's hit seven home runs. And as far as
1:19:04
RBI is concerned, he has 16. So he hasn't been
1:19:08
as productive this year as he was last year up
1:19:11
until this time. But Juice throws a threat at
1:19:14
the plate, and we're going to pitch him as such,
1:19:16
undoubtedly. Drummond tries a fastball. And it's
1:19:19
a down shortstop. Boudreaux picks it up. Plays
1:19:21
it back to Avila. Out at second base. There's
1:19:23
no throw on the first. That put Houston on first
1:19:26
base. Forcing out Payne at second. From manager
1:19:28
Luke Boudreaux to shortstop. Over to Bob Avila
1:19:30
to second baseman. And still the tying run is
1:19:33
on for Philadelphia. And here is Billy Hitchcock.
1:19:36
Who came off the bench here just two weeks ago
1:19:38
today. And smashed the home run. To tie up a
1:19:43
ball game. Finch at home run. Down in the Cleveland
1:19:47
bullpen, Sam Zoldak, a left -hander, and Al Benton,
1:19:51
a right -hander, both getting ready in case Bob
1:19:53
Lemon falters any more here in the last half
1:19:55
of the sixth inning. Billy Hitchcock batting
1:19:59
right -handed. Lemon flows. Hitchcock swings.
1:20:02
There's a long fly ball going out into left center
1:20:04
field. Larry Goode is way over fast to his right.
1:20:06
He's under it now. He's got it. Oh, the inning
1:20:09
goes by the boards with the phone off the mathematics
1:20:11
shutting, but not scoring. No runs, one hit.
1:20:14
No no -ruthers. They had one man left on. So
1:20:17
at the end of the sixth inning, the score remains
1:20:20
Cleveland Indians 3, the Philadelphia Athletics
1:20:23
2. Well, let's see now. We're about to start
1:20:28
the seventh inning. Let's see. Pop's got his
1:20:31
teeth all glued back in. His toupee's cemented
1:20:35
on. And let me hear those teeth crack together.
1:20:40
That hurts. You've got to get a little closer.
1:20:42
Attaboy. Are you ready? Say, Al, you were talking
1:20:45
about Ben not being busy and catching those teeth
1:20:49
clattering together. What do you say we send
1:20:51
him down and get one of those nice, juicy, tasty
1:20:54
hot dogs? You think we ought to have a hot dog?
1:20:57
Sure, as long as he's down to get those hot dogs.
1:21:00
How about some peanuts? Some peanuts, and I think
1:21:02
I'll have one as long as Bob Lemon's picture.
1:21:04
I think I'll have some lemon pop. Oh, that did
1:21:06
it. That did it. Well, here we go, the top of
1:21:10
the seventh. And speaking of Lemon, he's the
1:21:12
first batter up. That's a left -handed. He throws
1:21:14
right, you know. Takes the first pitch by Shands.
1:21:17
Inside, it's ball one. Lemon, as Al told you,
1:21:22
he's a good hitter for a pitcher because he's
1:21:24
played the outfield in third base. He's had a
1:21:27
lot of hitting experience. The next pitch to
1:21:28
him, he takes high for ball two. And Bobby Shands,
1:21:35
a little bit perturbed about the call on the
1:21:37
last pitch. We're in a curveball, and he thought
1:21:40
he caught that inside corner. Now he throws the
1:21:45
rubber, looks down, gets his sign from Joe Astrov
1:21:47
behind the plate for the Athletic. Winds, throws,
1:21:49
and Lemon takes for all strike one. And Lemon
1:21:53
was taking all the way. And then as that shams
1:21:57
through that pitch, Lemon just stepped back in
1:21:59
the batter's box and let it freeze over. So the
1:22:02
count on him now is two balls, one strike. As
1:22:06
they wind up, here's the next pitch. And Lemon
1:22:08
takes a slow curve for call strike two. Two -two.
1:22:13
Shams really pulled the string on that one. A
1:22:16
slow, wide -sweeping curveball. This little fellow,
1:22:25
he's got a lot of stuff. He's fast, throws you
1:22:28
the fast curve, the slow curve. Then he'll throw
1:22:30
you that change of pace. Here's the next one.
1:22:32
Slow run and miss for strike three. And Lemon
1:22:36
went after a sharp breaking curve, and he failed
1:22:39
to connect. So there's one away here on the top
1:22:42
of the seventh. And that is strikeout number
1:22:45
two by Bobby Shams this afternoon. He struck
1:22:49
out Bobby Avila in the sixth inning. So the top
1:22:55
of the batting order, Bob Kennedy. He stands
1:22:58
in. He's got one hit. Got a double in the third
1:23:01
inning. One for three. Bats him right. Takes
1:23:04
the first pitch. And it costs him. A curveball
1:23:08
breaks right over, belt high. Kennedy uses somewhat
1:23:13
of an open stance as he takes his position in
1:23:15
the batter's box. He swings on the next ball
1:23:17
pitch and there's a drive going up toward left
1:23:18
field. And it is fouled. And you can probably
1:23:24
hear the crowd come up in the background because
1:23:26
that ball looked like it might be fair, it might
1:23:29
be foul all the way. And it went into the lower
1:23:32
deck of the stands out left field way, followed
1:23:34
by about three feet. So it's just a long strike
1:23:38
and very discouraged. Bob Kennedy comes fledging
1:23:43
back to the plate. You know, down the left field
1:23:49
line here at Shive Park, 334 feet, and down the
1:23:52
right field line, 331. However, in left field,
1:23:55
there's a double deck screecher. And out in right
1:23:58
field, there's a fence about 35 feet high. So
1:24:01
it's a little bit easier to poke that ball into
1:24:03
the left field stands. However, you're hitting
1:24:05
right into the teeth of the wind at the moment.
1:24:07
Kennedy takes the next ball pitch, turn it high
1:24:09
and outside for ball one. One and two. The wind
1:24:14
is blowing in from the left field and going out
1:24:18
over first base. Now Shands has his sign, winds.
1:24:22
Here's the next pitch to Kennedy. A change of
1:24:24
pace, but low for ball two. He pulled the string,
1:24:28
the ball down below the knees. Dale Mitchell
1:24:32
outfielders warming up down along the first baseline.
1:24:37
And they're probably going to take Alec Clark's
1:24:39
place should they use a right -hander. The next
1:24:42
ball pitched, and Kennedy lashes it right into
1:24:44
center field for a base hit. Chapman plays it
1:24:46
on the first bounce, throws into Eddie Jews.
1:24:49
And Kennedy is on with a single. And that was
1:24:53
a line smash right over Shan's head, right over
1:24:55
second base, into center field where Chapman
1:24:58
played it on the first bounce. And that is hit
1:25:02
number eight. Eight hits surrendered by Bobby
1:25:06
Shands this afternoon. So here's Ali Clark. Takes
1:25:10
the first pitch outside. A pitch out. But no
1:25:12
throw down the first base. Well, Kennedy's got
1:25:17
himself two for four so far. Clark has failed
1:25:20
a hit in three trips. Four for three. First pitch
1:25:24
to him is ball one way outside. A pitch out.
1:25:26
Here's the next one. A curve hangs outside for
1:25:28
ball two. And the count is 2 -0. Alec Clark,
1:25:35
he's a well -put -together individual, very solidly
1:25:38
built. Swings that bat clear from the end, and
1:25:41
he's got a great pair of arms. Now he waits.
1:25:45
Here it is. A strike call, a slow curve catches
1:25:48
the outside, and the count is 2 -1. Clark bats
1:25:54
him right -handed, and he stands rather well
1:25:56
forward in the batter's box, as he's not too
1:25:58
tall. Doesn't reach for that ball too much. And
1:26:02
there's the throw over to first base, running
1:26:03
Kennedy back. Out in center field, Sam Chapman
1:26:08
is shaded slightly over toward left. He's playing
1:26:11
in left center. The next pitch swung on and a
1:26:14
high pop fly going out behind second base. Back
1:26:16
goes Billy Hitchcock. In comes Wally Moses. And
1:26:18
Moses falls for it. He takes it. So Ali Clark
1:26:21
flies out to Wally Moses. In short, right center
1:26:25
field, directly behind second base. And Bob Kennedy
1:26:28
hustles back to first. So here in the top of
1:26:31
the seventh with a 3 -2 ball game, the Cleveland
1:26:34
Indians leading by the margin of just a single
1:26:36
run. For the benefit of some of you fans who
1:26:39
might have tuned in a little bit late, Cleveland
1:26:41
picked up one run in the second, two in the third,
1:26:43
and the Athletics came back with their only two
1:26:46
runs in the third inning. The last three innings
1:26:49
have been scoreless. So here's Big Luke Easter.
1:26:52
He stands in with Kennedy on first, two men out.
1:26:55
That's a left -handed. He has one hit in two
1:26:58
official trips. He walked his first time up.
1:27:01
There's a throw -over to Ferris Bain chasing
1:27:03
Kennedy back. Bobby Shand, the left -hander,
1:27:06
looking directly toward first. The first pitch,
1:27:08
one on and missed for strike one. And the fans
1:27:12
here at Shire Park get quite a kick out of Big
1:27:14
Lukey when he swings on the pitch. Because he's
1:27:16
6 '4", weighs 240 pounds, he's big. And when
1:27:20
he swings, he swings all over the place. They
1:27:24
pitch him tight inside. Now Shands checks the
1:27:28
runner. Takes the stretch, delivers, and there's
1:27:30
a high -five foul ball coming over this way.
1:27:33
We have to get up. And it is out. Dillinger.
1:27:42
We couldn't see it was directly below us, and
1:27:45
we had to wait to see the ads for the athletics
1:27:47
to move off the playing field. Dillinger came
1:27:49
over right next to the stands. Ashcroft was also
1:27:52
after that foul, but Dillinger made the catch.
1:27:55
So that's all for Luke Easter as he fouls out
1:27:57
down along the stand, along the third baseline.
1:28:00
And for the Cleveland Indians in the top half
1:28:02
of the seventh inning, there are no runs on one
1:28:06
hit and one man left on. And the score remains
1:28:09
at the end of six and a half innings, the Cleveland
1:28:12
Indians three, the Philadelphia Athletics two.
1:28:29
And now as the fans here at Cheyette Park settle
1:28:32
back into their seats, we have a change in the
1:28:34
Cleveland lineup. Dale Mitchell has gone in the
1:28:37
left field to replace Halle Park. And we might
1:28:41
analyze a bit of Manager Lou Boudreau's strategy
1:28:43
on that play. He probably thinks that Mitchell
1:28:46
is a better outfielder. And he is playing defensive
1:28:48
ball here in the late innings with a one -run
1:28:50
lead. The first batter up is Joe Ostroth. He
1:28:53
swings on Lennon's first pitch and he's going
1:28:54
out in the center field for a base hit. And that
1:28:58
was a humpback single. A short line drive that
1:29:02
just sailed out in short right center field,
1:29:04
coming in after the ball was jolting. Out in
1:29:07
right field, Bob Kennedy tried to get to it,
1:29:10
and Bobby Avila also tried to reach the ball,
1:29:12
but there was no luck. So Bob Lemon, here in
1:29:18
the last half of the seventh inning, surrendered
1:29:20
his fifth hit, and that was what they call a
1:29:24
humpback liner. A short fly ball into right center.
1:29:27
So here's Bobby Shands, the pitcher. And Bobby
1:29:30
runs the first ball, puts it through, and it's
1:29:31
on the first baseline. And the play goes to first
1:29:34
base. Easter feels the ball, throws over to Avila.
1:29:39
No. A sacrifice works. Bobby Shands, run of the
1:29:44
ball on the first baseline. Easter picked it
1:29:46
up, so he had no chance. He gets Joe Astroff,
1:29:49
who moved into second base. And then he threw
1:29:52
the ball to Bobby Avila, who moved over to cover
1:29:54
first. So Fred is Bobby Shands with a sacrifice,
1:29:57
moving Joe Ashcroft to second base. And two pitchers
1:30:02
go to work. In the Cleveland bullpen, Sam Zoldak
1:30:06
and Al Dutton, a right and a left -hander. So
1:30:10
the potential tying run is on at second base.
1:30:12
The batter, Bob Dillinger. Last half of the seventh
1:30:15
inning, a 3 -2 score. Ashcroft moves on second.
1:30:18
The first pitch to Dillinger. He takes outside,
1:30:21
ball one. Dillinger has 0 for 3. Twice he bounced
1:30:28
out. The foot throws in the third. And once he
1:30:30
struck out. There's the tying line out there
1:30:33
on second base in this 3 -2 ball game. Dillinger
1:30:35
bats right. Here's the next pitch. Swung on.
1:30:38
A fly ball out to right field. But it is hurting
1:30:41
foul. Bob Dillinger. Swung late on a fastball
1:30:49
tossed up there by Bob Lemon. And the ball drops
1:30:52
foul just inside the stand. Down beyond the Cleveland
1:30:56
bullpen. It's about 10 feet from the foul line
1:31:01
to the stand. And the management here at Shire
1:31:04
Park have mattresses. Heavy fighting out there
1:31:09
to keep the outfielders from running into that
1:31:11
stand. The ball was fouled by about 10 feet.
1:31:14
So the count on Dillinger, 1 -1. Lemon now checks
1:31:17
Astroth as he moves off second. Here's the next
1:31:20
pitch. Swung on and there's a ground ball. That
1:31:29
was a close one. Bob Dillinger got far out in
1:31:32
front. And he laced one, but it missed foul by
1:31:35
just about six inches past third base. And both
1:31:39
umpire Jim Boyer, who was calling the plays at
1:31:43
third, and Art Passarella behind the plate, turned
1:31:45
and motioned towards the third base stand, which
1:31:49
signifies it's a foul ball. If they motion toward
1:31:52
the infield, that is the signal for a fair ball.
1:31:55
They motioned the opposite way, away from the
1:31:57
field. That's a foul. So, Dillinger has had two
1:32:02
postmen. I've got to hope we're all fouled up.
1:32:06
That's the truth. I'm following you in the most
1:32:09
confused way, buddy. That's a good description
1:32:14
of it. That's exactly what it was. So, the ball
1:32:17
is caught now, and Dillinger has moved to one
1:32:19
ball and two strikes. Well, that shows he can
1:32:22
hit a ball field, I'll say that. That's true.
1:32:25
Now he waits for Lemon's next pitch. There goes
1:32:27
Astroff, leading off second. There's the stretch,
1:32:30
the pitch, and it's outside low for ball two.
1:32:35
Lemon tried to get him to go after a slow -breaking
1:32:38
curveball that's lifted outside. Now they play
1:32:41
Dillinger straight away, Larry Doby straight
1:32:43
away in center. Both right and left fielders,
1:32:46
Dale Mitchell in left, Bob Kennedy in right in
1:32:49
their normal positions, and Ian Field playing
1:32:51
straight away. However, Rosen and Luke Easter
1:32:55
both playing deep. Here's the next pitch. And
1:32:58
it flew to Dillinger for ball three. A fastball
1:33:02
down below the knees. Manager Lou Boudreau originally
1:33:09
started Alec Clark in left field because Bobby
1:33:12
Shands, the Philadelphia Athletic pitcher, is
1:33:14
a little left -hander. But now in the late innings
1:33:16
of the ballgame, with Lemon holding a one -run
1:33:17
lead, a 3 -2 lead. Manager Lou Boudreau has sent
1:33:21
Dale Mitchell out to play left and is playing
1:33:23
defensive baseball. Now Lemon has his sign. Check
1:33:27
the runner. Here's the next pitch. It's high
1:33:29
and outside to Dillinger. Ball forward. So Bob
1:33:38
Lemon surrenders his sixth face -on ball of the
1:33:41
afternoon as Dillinger walks. And the Athletics
1:33:45
now have two men on. Joe Ostroth, who represents
1:33:48
the potential tying run, is on at second base.
1:33:51
And Bob Dillinger, who represents the unlocking
1:33:55
run in this ballgame, is on at first. And the
1:33:59
batter is Wally Moges. Wally has one hit and
1:34:03
two walks. in three times up. That's a left -handed.
1:34:07
Takes the first pitch as slow as all one. And
1:34:09
momentarily, Bob Lemon is having trouble getting
1:34:12
that ball over the plate. The fans here at Stout
1:34:15
Park start the rhythmic applause, calling for
1:34:18
the Philadelphia Athletics to get back and tie
1:34:20
up this ballgame. Now we're ready. Run away.
1:34:23
Here's the next pitch. And moves it back away
1:34:26
from the fastening side for ball three. Here's
1:34:29
a picture of the top half of the seventh inning.
1:34:31
Cleveland Indians out in front 3 -2. The Athletics
1:34:34
batting with Joe Ashcroft on second. Bob Dillinger
1:34:37
on first. Run away. And the count is dropped.
1:34:40
Ball two. Here on Wally Moses. Manager Lou Boudreau
1:34:45
calls in to Lemon to get that ball over. The
1:34:49
right hander now bends forward to pick up his
1:34:51
sign from Jimmy Hegan. Sets the runner off second
1:34:54
base. Joe Ashcroft pitches. And it's a foul strike.
1:34:57
A fastball poured right through there. And the
1:35:00
count moves to 2 -1. Two balls, one strike. Moses
1:35:06
backed away from that pitch. It was right over
1:35:08
the inside corner. The infield, manager Lou Boudreau
1:35:14
has moved slightly over towards second base to
1:35:16
play for this left -handed batter, Wally Moses.
1:35:19
Here's the next pitch. One on and there's a five
1:35:21
-ball going deep out towards the right field.
1:35:22
It's way back. The ball is up against the fence.
1:35:25
Here comes Hustler, down in third base, coming
1:35:28
in to score. The score comes into the plate,
1:35:30
and he is third at the plate. Oh, there you have
1:35:45
it. A tied -up ball game. Wally Moses. Well,
1:35:48
with a long drive up right field way. Bob Kennedy
1:35:51
went way back against the wall. He couldn't get
1:35:54
to the ball. And the runners had to hold up to
1:35:56
make sure that Kennedy was not going to make
1:35:58
the catch. The ball was up off the fence. And
1:36:01
Joe Astroff came around from second base to score.
1:36:04
And the score is now 3 -3. Moving into second
1:36:07
base is Wally Moses. And Bob Dillinger went over
1:36:09
to third. So that is the ninth run. That's Johnny
1:36:13
Moses has batted in this season. And I'll say
1:36:16
this, that was an important one to be batted
1:36:18
in because it tied up this ball game at 3 -3.
1:36:23
Oh, the Athletics with one run in. Dillinger
1:36:25
on third. Moses on second. Up to the plate now
1:36:29
is Paul Lehner. They're going to walk him. First
1:36:32
base is open. And manager Lou Boudreau has asked
1:36:35
Bob Lemon to put him on. And the strategy behind
1:36:38
the up play might be just this. With the bases
1:36:41
loaded and only one man out, this Cleveland Indian
1:36:45
infield has a chance to come up with that double
1:36:48
play that will pull him out of the inning. So
1:36:55
as Paul Rainer is purposely passed, that is the
1:36:58
seventh block. Missed it by lemon this afternoon.
1:37:02
Well, that loads them up. Dillinger is on third.
1:37:04
Moses on second. Lehner on first. And the score
1:37:07
is tied 3 -3. The batter now is Sam Chapman,
1:37:18
and he's the guy that did all of the damage back
1:37:20
in the third inning. He got himself a home run
1:37:22
with Wally Moses on base. The bat in the first
1:37:25
two Philadelphia runs. Big, tall, well -built,
1:37:29
right -handed batter. Takes the first pitch.
1:37:31
It's outside. Ball one. Chaplin's been having
1:37:36
a field day. He's got two singles in the home
1:37:38
run. He's got a single in the left field in the
1:37:39
first inning. A home run to left field in the
1:37:41
third. And a home run to left field in the sixth.
1:37:45
He swings on the next ball pitch and he foul
1:37:47
tips it. Right off catcher Jim Higgins' glove.
1:37:50
So the count on Chaplin. One ball, one strike.
1:37:54
He has three for three. And that undoubtedly
1:37:57
will boost his .242 batting average. Bob Lemon
1:38:04
now has his work cut out for him here. One run
1:38:06
in, the bases filled. Only one man out here in
1:38:08
the last half of the seventh. Now Lemon bends
1:38:11
way forward, picks up his sign. Now he goes into
1:38:15
his windup. Here's the next pitch to Chapman.
1:38:16
It's high outside. Ball two. Down in the Cleveland
1:38:24
bullpen, right -hander Al Benton and left -hander
1:38:27
Sam Zoldak continue to warm up. Here's the next
1:38:31
pitch to Chapman. It's nine outside for ball
1:38:33
three. Jonathan is three and one. Wow, Jim Hegan
1:38:40
moves up in front of the plate to say something
1:38:42
to Bob Lemon, so let's pause briefly for station
1:38:44
identification. This is the Mutual Broadcasting
1:38:47
System. Here's the next pitch, and Chapman swings
1:39:01
at the high foul ball, lifting down the third
1:39:03
baseline. Moving over in foul territory is Flip
1:39:06
Rosen. He has it. And Sam Chapman, with the bases
1:39:09
loaded, sent a high, tall foul down the third
1:39:13
baseline. Flip Rosen went way over toward the
1:39:16
stand, and then the wind caught the ball and
1:39:18
blew it out toward the baseline. But he caught
1:39:21
the ball about four feet in foul territory, and
1:39:24
there are two men out. So that leads it squarely
1:39:30
up here to Ferris Fane, the left -handed batting
1:39:33
first baseman of the Philadelphia Athletics.
1:39:36
And Fane, in three times up, he's walked twice.
1:39:39
And once he bounced out to Luke Easter at first
1:39:41
base. So he is 0 for 1. Chokes up on the bat.
1:39:45
Rocks back and forth. Standing squarely in the
1:39:48
center of the batter's box. Dillinger on third.
1:39:52
Moses on second. Maynard on first. And Fane takes
1:39:56
the first ball pitch to him. It's outside. Ball
1:39:58
one. One run in, three men on, and two men out.
1:40:06
A very important part here right in the ballgame.
1:40:08
A very important time as Ferris Fane comes up
1:40:10
with the bases loaded. The windup by Bob Lemon.
1:40:13
Here's the next pitch. Swung on and fouled off.
1:40:15
And that ball fouled right up against the upper
1:40:18
deck and bounced back onto the playing field.
1:40:21
The foul now on Fane is one ball, one strike.
1:40:25
Although Fane is a left -handed batter, Larry
1:40:28
Doty plays him in left center. They're shaded
1:40:31
just slightly over toward left field. In right
1:40:34
field, Bob Kennedy is deep. The infield in their
1:40:38
normal fielding position. The infield play Fane
1:40:42
straight away. Lemon with a new ball. Rubs it
1:40:46
up a bit. Dillinger moves off third. Moses off
1:40:49
second. Now Paul Lehner gets off first. Face
1:40:55
is still. Lemon can take his windup. Takes off
1:40:59
the first sign. Takes the next one. Lines for
1:41:02
the 1 -1 pick. Here it is. Swung on. It's a ground
1:41:05
ball down the first baseline. Easter's up to
1:41:06
the ball. Runs over. And he makes the play unassisted.
1:41:14
So Thane bounces out. The big Luke Easter at
1:41:17
first base unassisted. And that's all for the
1:41:19
Philadelphia Athletics in the last half of the
1:41:21
seventh inning. There was one run on two hits.
1:41:26
And three men left on base for Philadelphia.
1:41:28
And the score at the end of seven innings, the
1:41:31
Cleveland Indians three, the Philadelphia Athletics
1:41:34
three. And now for the business of the top half
1:41:41
of the eighth inning. Well, that's twice the
1:41:43
Philadelphia Athletics have left three men stranded
1:41:45
on the base. They left three men on in the first
1:41:47
inning and three men on in the last half of the
1:41:49
seventh inning. I'm not going to leave you folks
1:41:52
stranded out there for the top of the eighth
1:41:54
because I'm going to call in my old sidekick,
1:41:56
Brother Al, to come in and take over. All right,
1:41:58
Art. Hey, you've really had some action here.
1:42:01
No shutout innings for you today, buddy. First
1:42:05
man up there in the top of the eighth inning,
1:42:06
Larry Dolby. He has one hit and two official
1:42:08
drives. Chance pitches him. The fastball on the
1:42:10
left -hander is accurate. Misses it for a strike.
1:42:14
Three and three, and at the end of seven innings,
1:42:16
here are your totals. For the Cleveland Indians,
1:42:19
three runs, eight hits, no errors. The A's, three
1:42:21
runs, six hits, no errors. That's about a ballgame
1:42:24
cooking here at Chi Park under the sun today.
1:42:26
Chance delivers. Dobie takes. Baskin through
1:42:28
there for a strike. Three and three. And at the
1:42:31
end of seven innings, here are your totals. For
1:42:33
the Cleveland Indians, three runs, eight hits,
1:42:35
no errors. The A's, three runs, six hits, no
1:42:37
errors. That's about a ballgame cooking here
1:42:40
at Chi Park under the sun today. Chance delivers.
1:42:43
Dobie takes. Baskin through there for a strike.
1:42:55
Dobie with that right foot forward at the plate.
1:42:57
Wide right eagle stance. Feet very wide apart.
1:43:00
Chance delivers a side armor. It's a nice little
1:43:02
hook that misses just outside. Count is one and
1:43:05
two on Dobie. He'll be pitching Dobie very carefully
1:43:07
because Dobie is right up there in the American
1:43:11
League select circle of the leading five batsmen.
1:43:15
Started off hitting a .364 today. Chance delivers.
1:43:19
A little par has a fast one in there. Fouled
1:43:20
back onto the screen by Dobie. Count stays right
1:43:23
along. It's one and two. Three and three between
1:43:30
Cleveland and Philadelphia. This is one of those
1:43:35
ball games where you can jump either way. Chance
1:43:40
throws. A curveball. Swung and a miss by Dudley.
1:43:42
It's a strike three. And that was one of those
1:43:44
slow, tantalizing curves. Joe Ashcroft was so
1:43:47
happy about that one, he grabbed that ball and
1:43:50
threw it all the way over Dillinger's head to
1:43:51
turn base out in the left field. So Dudley's
1:43:54
out of there on a strikeout. Went out to top
1:43:57
of the eighth inning. And the third strikeout
1:44:00
hung up in the book by Schatz this afternoon.
1:44:03
Here is Skip Rosen, who has had one hit and two
1:44:05
official tries. He was walked his first time
1:44:07
up. That was in the second. He got a hit to center
1:44:10
field in third. And in the fourth inning, he
1:44:12
was thrown out by third baseman Bob Dillinger.
1:44:15
Rosen bats right -handed and stands deep at the
1:44:17
plate. Sort of a normal stance. He just let his
1:44:20
threat apart. First pitch going is a curve. It's
1:44:23
inside at the waist for ball one. That field
1:44:26
shifted around the left and playing him very
1:44:27
deep because Rosen's hit 14 home runs this year.
1:44:33
Chance curbs him. Low inside. Out is 2 -0. Now
1:44:37
goes Bobby back to the rousing bag. Joe Astroff
1:44:43
has been playing a pretty good game there behind
1:44:44
that plate for Philadelphia today. Chance working
1:44:48
to him now. Rosen swings. There's a high fly
1:44:50
ball hit into left center field. Sam Chapman
1:44:53
gallops over under it. Waiting for it to come
1:44:55
down now. He's got it. There's that number two.
1:44:59
Two away here in the top of the eighth inning.
1:45:01
That brings up Lou Boudreau. And the MGR hasn't
1:45:04
been able to hit one out of the infield today.
1:45:06
With the exception of in the third inning. When
1:45:09
he laced one out into right field to Wally Moses.
1:45:11
And Wally made a very nice play out of it as
1:45:13
he turned it into a DP. And a twin killing. About
1:45:17
Larry Doby who was on at first base at that time.
1:45:19
Very quick throwback. Boudreaux up there batting
1:45:24
right -handed from the very severe crash. He
1:45:25
bends way over at the waist. Looks as though
1:45:27
he's about ready to sit down in the chair. Makes
1:45:28
a curve in at the chins for ball one. Chance
1:45:37
with that left foot forward up at the plate.
1:45:39
Up at the rubber. Ready to fire this one to the
1:45:41
plate. He does. Makes a curve ball. Swung on
1:45:44
a miss. And Boudreaux spun all the way around
1:45:45
when he didn't connect with it solidly. Almost
1:45:48
fell down. He wound up on that one. Well, the
1:45:52
count on Boudreaux is one and one. Must be pretty
1:45:55
tough, Art, to carry all the managerial duties
1:45:57
and to assume the duties of a player, too. That's
1:46:01
a job in itself. Either one. Either one's a job.
1:46:04
That's right, Art. Two. Shantz ready for his
1:46:07
one and one. Boudreaux looks at the curve. It
1:46:08
sails off outside. The ball, two. Two and one.
1:46:13
Bobby Shantz has that curve of his working good
1:46:15
in there today. Chance taking his time. Boudreaux
1:46:28
bending over even more severely. Pitch to the
1:46:30
plate. It is a slow curve. It is outside. Down
1:46:35
to 3 -1 on Boudreaux with two outs. Top of the
1:46:38
eighth inning and nobody on. The score all tied
1:46:40
up between Cleveland and Philadelphia at 3 -3.
1:46:44
This has been quite a ball game here this afternoon.
1:46:46
Chapman wrapped in two runs for Philadelphia
1:46:48
Moses 1. Chance wears back. Kicks this one loose.
1:46:54
It's a curveball in there for a strike. Boudreaux
1:46:56
tried to throw a stick away and go off to first
1:46:58
base when he was suddenly held up by the right
1:47:00
arm of Art Passarella. He said something to Art,
1:47:04
and Art just looks at him disdainfully as if
1:47:06
to say, Mr. Boudreaux, I'm calling him here today,
1:47:10
I am. 3 -2 delivery. Chance kicks, throws. The
1:47:15
fastball looks low for ball four. So Boudreaux
1:47:17
gets his walk anyway. Both based on balls issued
1:47:21
by Bob Chance. The batter coming up to the plate
1:47:25
following his manager is Bob Avila. Bob got a
1:47:28
single in the fourth inning, hit it to left field.
1:47:34
There's one for three. Chance gets a new ball
1:47:36
from Passarella. Park looks this one over and
1:47:39
tosses it out to him. Puts that ball that Bobby
1:47:42
Chance didn't want to work with right back in
1:47:43
that same pocket. You get a kick out of listening
1:47:46
to the umpires talk about the pitchers. They
1:47:47
say, the pitcher will look at the ball and say,
1:47:49
I don't want to throw this one. I say, all right.
1:47:51
They'll take the ball and hide it behind their
1:47:53
backs a moment and put it in the same pocket.
1:47:55
And when the pitcher asks for a new ball, he
1:47:56
gets out of the one right back. Now, what's the
1:47:59
thing about psychology? Bob Avila, right -handed
1:48:02
batsman. Chance curves him. It hangs high above
1:48:05
the letters for a ball. Out is one and nothing.
1:48:08
Two outs, one on here on the top of the eighth
1:48:09
inning. So the potential tie -breaking run is
1:48:12
on at first base in Boudreaux. With chance pitching
1:48:15
to second baseman Bob Avila, Cleveland. There's
1:48:18
a throw to first base. Boudreau hustles in ahead
1:48:21
of it. Everything will be right down to the wire
1:48:26
on this one. They'll be playing from the spikes
1:48:28
up from now on because it's all tied up 3 -3
1:48:30
and we're in the late inning. Chance throws.
1:48:33
Fastball. Avila hits it down to third base. Joneser
1:48:35
up with it. Plays it back to Billy Hitchcock
1:48:37
at second. Four -four shot on Boudreau coming
1:48:39
down. So Rakabilla puts the force out of his
1:48:43
manager at second base. Joneser to Hitchcock.
1:48:47
And the score locked up at 3 -3. The total's
1:48:50
going into the last half of the eighth inning.
1:48:52
The Indians three runs, eight hits, no errors.
1:48:53
And the A's have three runs, six hits, and no
1:48:56
errors. So it's all depending upon which way
1:49:00
Jeff decides to jump here this afternoon. And
1:49:03
whether Dane Fortune is going to smile on Bob
1:49:05
Lemon, or whether she's going to turn right around
1:49:07
and grin at Bobby Shantz. Up at the plate. First
1:49:12
man is Jules. Touched one, down it comes. It's
1:49:17
a fast one under his knees for ball one. Seven
1:49:21
throws again. Juice takes. Right across there
1:49:23
for a strike. Seven throws again. There's a curveball.
1:49:28
It misses inside. Goal two. Two and one. Here's
1:49:34
the goal of the next pitch. It's a clip of a
1:49:36
toss. Misses outside. That is three and one now
1:49:39
on Eddie Juice. Seven takes his sign. Throws.
1:49:43
Curveball in for a strike. That is three and
1:49:46
two. Now Lemon with his 3 -2 delivery. Rows back,
1:49:53
throws it. It's swung on. There's a slow, bounding
1:49:56
ball fouled on the third baseline. Now for the
1:49:59
next 3 -2 delivery on Eddie Juice. He grinds
1:50:02
his spikes in good and gets ready. He's the first
1:50:05
batter up here in the last half of the eighth
1:50:06
inning. 3 -2 delivery. It's the first ball. High
1:50:09
for ball four. Now Lemon passes his eighth man.
1:50:16
And that's the better tie -breaking run for the
1:50:18
Athletics. Gone at first base in Eddie Juice.
1:50:30
Miller -Hitchcock sending in. 1 -1, no better
1:50:34
outlast of the eighth inning. Score tied at 3
1:50:36
-3. Enfield comes charging in and Hitchcock squares
1:50:39
away and pushes the bench. Down to third base,
1:50:42
to Rosen. He plays over to second base. He gets
1:50:45
used to playing on the first and time to get
1:50:46
two. He's going to flip and sacrifice. He's turned
1:50:49
into the double play. On the very alert fielding,
1:50:51
a young fellow named Al Flip Rosen. He's been
1:50:54
charging in to take that bounding ball. Al Flip
1:51:02
Rosen comes up with our second double play this
1:51:04
afternoon, the 51st of the year. Rosen. Avila.
1:51:10
And over to first, to Doug Lucifer. Houston's
1:51:13
got in the middle of that one. So the bases are
1:51:15
clean now, and Ostroth is up there. And Lemon,
1:51:19
feeling a lot better about the entire situation,
1:51:21
rears back and throws the first one at Ostroth,
1:51:22
and it's a low pass from Chins for goal one.
1:51:26
Well, that's sure getting out of it. Lady Luck
1:51:28
didn't only smile that time, she just laughed
1:51:30
out loud for Bob Lemon. So to the plate is a
1:51:35
mounting ball down to third base. Lows and handles
1:51:39
that one. Gets it over to Eastwood and Hustler
1:51:41
offers out. The Cardinals get the tough break
1:51:45
here in the last half of the eighth inning. Nothing
1:51:46
across for them. And at the end of eight full
1:51:49
innings of play, the score still stands, Cleveland
1:51:51
three. And from it out here, three. Well, now
1:51:57
we're about to open the doors on the ninth inning
1:51:59
here at Shaw Park and come it out here and start
1:52:01
to do business with the same old Sam. Jim Higgins
1:52:04
will be followed by Lemon and then will come
1:52:07
Kennedy. Jim Hagen has one hit and two official
1:52:12
times up. Make it three official times up. The
1:52:14
attempt at the sacrifice in the fourth. And forced
1:52:17
Aguilar at second base. So the lowest time at
1:52:20
bat. And in the sixth inning, he was thrown out
1:52:23
by the shortstop, Eddie Jules. So Bobby Shantz
1:52:27
out on the mound for Philadelphia now. Time to
1:52:29
pick up his sixth victory of the year. He's going
1:52:31
to have to pitch to the last third of the last
1:52:34
portion of the Philadelphia Cleveland batting
1:52:37
order. And Hagan and Lemon, and then the leadoffer,
1:52:39
Bob Kennedy. There are no other scores to begin
1:52:45
with this afternoon. As baseball has a day off.
1:52:52
So now Chance is getting ready to go. Running
1:52:55
up there wearing a big number 10 on his back,
1:52:57
Jim Hagan. Living in Massachusetts before, why
1:53:01
was that good back and forth? Chance pitches.
1:53:05
And the Puts Town Bambi has won a no for a fast
1:53:08
skate. That's right. That's where Bobby Shantz
1:53:11
hangs out. Puts Town, Pennsylvania. Goes again.
1:53:18
There's a ball hit out into the center field.
1:53:19
Sam Chapman way over to his left. Going fast,
1:53:21
fast. He's got it. Sam really had to go after
1:53:24
that one. Almost fell down as he leaped to make
1:53:27
the catch. Sam Higgins out on the line drive
1:53:30
center field. That's one away and a top of the
1:53:34
ninth inning. That brings up Bob Lemon in this
1:53:36
three -three ball game. Yes, sir. You don't want
1:53:39
to laugh about that town in Pennsylvania called
1:53:41
Touchtown. I've got some other funny ones there,
1:53:45
too. I've got a place called Licksville. I can
1:53:50
take the five or six out of him, but I'm not
1:53:51
going to play you with him. Chance is ready now.
1:53:55
Delivers to Bob Lemon. There's a fourth cut of
1:53:56
that one. He fires it right back on the screen.
1:53:59
Bob Lemon. Has one hit in three tries this afternoon.
1:54:03
Started off hitting 263. And Barrett Blemming
1:54:07
this year has gone for that long one. Got one
1:54:11
home run. He hit it in April. Brings up Cole.
1:54:15
Swung on a miss. Good strike. Lemon took a hitch
1:54:18
in his swing and went back after it the second
1:54:20
time. And the second helping didn't do him any
1:54:21
good either. Nothing in two. It's a card on Lemon.
1:54:26
Can't let him. Goes on through. Lemon swings.
1:54:29
And there's a long drive into right field for
1:54:31
base hit for Bob Lemon. He's on at first. Moses
1:54:34
takes up, blows in to Eddie Juice, the shortstop,
1:54:36
covering the second. So it went away. Lemon picks
1:54:38
up his second hit on the bay. He took a hitch
1:54:41
and he swung and went back after it the second
1:54:42
time. And the second helping didn't do him any
1:54:44
good either. Helping in two. The count on Lemon.
1:54:53
Jump ready. Throws 0 -2. Lemon swings. And there's
1:54:56
a long drive into right field for this hit for
1:54:58
Bob Lemon. He's on at first. Moses picks up.
1:55:00
Throws in to Eddie Drews, the shortstop, covering
1:55:02
the second. Throws one away. Lemon picks up his
1:55:05
second hit on the day. That's right. That's the
1:55:08
number nine. Three runs, nine hits now for the
1:55:13
Indians. They have three more than the homestanding
1:55:17
Puppet Athletics. It's a small game. Coming up
1:55:21
there now is Kennedy. And after Kennedy will
1:55:24
be Darryl Mitchell for his first red card, in
1:55:26
case he's needed. Throw it up into it, playing
1:55:30
the normal double -play depth. Leading off at
1:55:34
first base is Lemon. He won't be wandering away
1:55:36
too far. Ferris Baines holding the inside corner.
1:55:38
Puts the play this one on. There's a long drive.
1:55:39
Takes it out on the left here for a base hit.
1:55:41
There goes Lemon down to second. He holds on.
1:55:43
Paul Lehner plays that ball in. He's already
1:55:45
juiced the stretch. Stopped down in the third
1:55:47
base sector. Without Kennedy. Moves at the crunching,
1:55:51
a tie -breaking run down to second with a line
1:55:53
drive pasted to left. They're hooked. Number
1:55:55
10, that chance. Now let's see what's going to
1:56:01
happen. Al Sharp gets up and slashes the throw
1:56:04
and they throw it off the bullpen. Dale Mitchell
1:56:10
coming up for his first outbound of the afternoon.
1:56:15
Let's see what Mitchell's heading at. 3 .22 is
1:56:19
his batting percentage. He has 21 RBI's. First
1:56:30
pitch to him. A high fashion. That's our one.
1:56:40
This one has a chance of batting in another run
1:56:42
for his club here. This requires a hairy workup
1:56:45
up to that plate. It's a left -handed. Stands
1:56:47
deep. Next pitch is made to him. He swings under.
1:56:50
There's a fly ball going in the center field.
1:56:52
Sam Chapman gallops up to it. The race is under.
1:56:55
Takes it. And the winner's left back in. Goes
1:56:58
out number two. Barry Mitchell failed to connect
1:57:00
strongly. And right now it's full group Easter.
1:57:05
Well, I've got a motion to do that. I've got
1:57:07
a motion to duck my head under the desk and you
1:57:09
tell me what happens to Luke. Oh, this is a situation
1:57:13
right now that Bobby Shantz would probably rather
1:57:15
not have to face. As this Easter can follow that
1:57:18
apple, he's a little bit old, and a few official
1:57:20
times up. And every time he steps up there, you
1:57:24
can just see power written all over his back.
1:57:26
You've got to grab back to look at it. Look at
1:57:29
the size of your shoulders on that duck, would
1:57:30
you? That's the livers. The little fella has
1:57:33
a curve in there for sure. The livers. The little
1:57:35
fella has a curve in there for sure. The livers.
1:57:36
The little fella has a curve in there for sure.
1:57:38
The livers. A little more for sure. He's to look
1:57:42
at it. That's the first time I've seen him take
1:57:44
Easter on the outside. Chance picked up the outside
1:57:46
corner at the knees on Luke. One is at first
1:57:49
and second, Lemon at second, and Kennedy at first.
1:57:52
Two outs, top of the ninth inning, and the score
1:57:54
is down three and three. Chance, down, down,
1:57:57
throws, used to take, outside. That's ball one.
1:58:01
One ball, one strike. Well, there's a lot of
1:58:04
pressure on young Chance's shoulders down there.
1:58:09
His shoulders are rather narrow. He's a little
1:58:11
fella. He looks like he'd have to stand up first
1:58:14
to cast a shadow. Now it's set. Touches runner.
1:58:20
Closed the plate. Eastwood pounds one back to
1:58:21
second base. Mitch Kock has it. Closed it over
1:58:23
to Forest Lane. Wings over. Goal for the Cleveland
1:58:49
Indians in the top half of the ninth inning.
1:58:50
No runs. They have two hits. No worries. Two
1:58:53
men were left stranded on. At the end of eight
1:58:56
and a half innings of play, the score stands
1:58:57
three and three. Cleveland three and the Philadelphia
1:59:01
Athletics three. Now for the last half of inning
1:59:10
number nine. If this game is to be won in the
1:59:12
regulation by innings, it's the last call to
1:59:14
sum it up. Out on the mound, and he knows he's
1:59:18
in a pitcher's duel. And a rough ball game. Bob
1:59:21
Lemon. There's Bob Lemon. Pitched himself a no
1:59:25
-hitter in 48. Pitched against Detroit. What
1:59:30
a guy. One of the star guys out at the third
1:59:33
baseman, just as old Bucky Walters did. Lines
1:59:36
up as a pretty smart pitcher. That's him. Bob
1:59:42
Lemon pitched against the Detroit Tigers. Won
1:59:44
2 -0 on June the 30th, 1948. He led the American
1:59:47
League in most innings pitched. Most complete
1:59:49
games, 20 and shutouts, 10 in 1948. So he was
1:59:52
really a sizzler that year. Three years, two
1:59:54
years later, tied up in the softball game. We'll
1:59:56
bring it up here. And he pitches now to by the
1:59:58
chance. And it's high for ball one. Chance leading
2:00:02
off. And the last half of the ninth inning. Drummond
2:00:07
throws again. Chance hits one down to third base.
2:00:09
Flip Rosen's up with it on a big hop. Throws
2:00:10
it across to Luke Easter. That's all for Buddy
2:00:12
Chance. One out. Very nicely handled. Flip Rosen
2:00:16
digging in there at third base. Taking at him.
2:00:20
There is Bob Dillinger. Bob's had no runs out
2:00:23
of him today. As a matter of fact, he hasn't
2:00:25
ever got a base hit for three official times
2:00:26
up. The last time was in seventh. He walked and
2:00:29
moved around to third, but there he died. Adam
2:00:37
is ready to work for you, Jones. Here he goes.
2:00:38
Jones takes. Passing through for a strike. We
2:00:41
were talking about Bob Shantz. Bob hasn't been
2:00:45
around too long. He was born in 1925 in Puxtown,
2:00:48
Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia here.
2:00:50
There's Jones swinging on the next pitch and
2:00:52
a fly ball foul up back to the first stake up
2:00:53
in the second tier. This count is going through.
2:00:56
Bobby Shantz started pitching for Lincoln in
2:00:58
the Western League in 1948. He was with Philadelphia
2:01:00
last year. He won six and lost eight. That's
2:01:03
Bobby Shantz. He's a Pennsylvania Dutchman. He
2:01:07
led the Western League in strikeouts in 48. Now
2:01:16
Dylan Drew waiting. Wings on this next pitch
2:01:18
and beats it into the ground. Powell. Someone
2:01:20
had to clip him down there. Count is 0 -2. No
2:01:24
balls, two strikes. Last half of the ninth inning.
2:01:28
One out, nobody on. Philadelphia at bat. And
2:01:32
the score is Cleveland 3 and Philadelphia 3.
2:01:34
So it's all tied up just as tight as can be.
2:01:40
The Indians have three runs and ten hits and
2:01:41
drawing nine innings, and the A's have three
2:01:44
and six. A fair ball thrown in there to a right
2:01:46
-handed batsman. Don't want you to take it low
2:01:48
for ball one. Drummond stuffing up a new ball
2:01:58
as much as he's allowed to stuff it up. Can't
2:02:01
use any foreign substance anymore. Just tell
2:02:03
her that ball at all. Just take the sheen off
2:02:05
it. Drummond tries a sidearm delivery. That misses
2:02:08
outside. Ball two. Dillinger's got the count
2:02:11
of two and two now. A lot of Moses hanging around
2:02:16
to do the hitting next. Lemon takes his sign
2:02:21
from Hagen. There's Passarella looking down over
2:02:23
Hagen's shoulder. The pitch is low on that side.
2:02:25
The ball got away from Hagen. That's a three
2:02:28
and two count now on Dillinger. After Bob had
2:02:31
gotten up there and gotten two quick counts against
2:02:33
him, he has outlasted Bob Lemon. And has a count
2:02:38
of three and two. But Bob goes back to the rising
2:02:41
bag. Widgets around with the peak of his cap.
2:02:46
Grips that ball in his right hand and steps up
2:02:49
there. Starts his pumping motion. Here's the
2:02:50
3 -2 delivery. Outside for bar four. And the
2:02:53
potential winning run has been walked to first
2:02:55
base. Last place on bar is number nine. Living
2:03:03
up by lemon. That's a lot of bases on ball. A
2:03:12
lot of work out here this afternoon, Al. Nine
2:03:14
walks, six strikeouts. Yes, sir. That's right.
2:03:17
Wally Moses up at the plate now. He doubled his
2:03:19
last time up. Has two hits and two official times
2:03:21
up. Two hits and two walks for the four jerseys
2:03:24
from up there. Looks at him. Delivers an easy
2:03:26
curveball. It's outside. The ball runs. Simon
2:03:29
wasn't giving him anything too good to hit at.
2:03:32
As Wally has knocked in one of the Philadelphia
2:03:34
runs here this afternoon. Dropped him with a
2:03:36
home run. Belted in two. Well, Cleveland's pretty
2:03:41
much split up on that three. One has been driven
2:03:45
in by an individual. Has another fastball thrown
2:03:48
in there. It's outside again for ball two. Not
2:03:50
in Moses. It's two. And nothing. Regan batted
2:03:54
in at Cleveland one. Rosen batted in one. And
2:03:56
so did Luke Easton. That's more activity. Zoldak
2:04:02
and Benton are throwing in the Cleveland bullpen
2:04:04
again. Leading off the first base, Dillinger.
2:04:08
One out. Down comes the pitch. A fastball. Hit
2:04:10
down to Bobbiville. He plays it to Boudreaux.
2:04:12
The one out. The throw in. He's not in time.
2:04:14
What a Moses run at first base. Passing out Dillinger
2:04:17
at second. So the running run is still on the
2:04:20
sets for Philadelphia. Dillinger's forced. From
2:04:23
Avila to Boudreaux covering the second. Here
2:04:28
is the guy we call Little Sinai. Ball in there.
2:04:33
He hasn't gotten a base hit today. As a matter
2:04:34
of fact, he hasn't gotten one out of the infield.
2:04:36
He's checked out, popped up, rounded out, and
2:04:39
walked. He started off today hitting a .331.
2:04:43
But he could be a hero here at Shire Park right
2:04:46
now. And he's hit that long ball. He can do it.
2:04:51
He's hit four of them. Four home runs. He hasn't
2:04:53
hit one here in the month of June. He swings
2:04:55
on the first pitch, and there's a bounding ball
2:04:56
at second. The ball over to first base to Easter.
2:04:59
It's going to be extra airing. And it rounds
2:05:02
out. Four to three, second to first. No runs.
2:05:06
No hits. One man left on for Philadelphia in
2:05:08
the last half of the ninth inning. Well, it's
2:05:11
all tied up for three and three. I'll be back
2:05:13
in just 60 seconds with the top of the tenth.
2:05:17
Well, it's the top of the tenth inning here,
2:05:19
Chad. And of the six runs that have been scored
2:05:21
in this ballgame, Art Greeson has told you about
2:05:23
five of them. I've got a feeling he's going to
2:05:25
tell us about more in the tenth. Come on, Art.
2:05:27
How about you? All right, Al, at the top of the
2:05:29
10th inning, and Larry Dobie up for the first
2:05:31
man for the Cleveland Indians, Bobby Shands,
2:05:33
into his lineup pitches. It's a call, strike
2:05:36
one, as Dobie takes a fastball to the inside
2:05:38
corner. Little Bobby now, ready for the next
2:05:41
pitch, lines, throws. And Dobie tries to punt
2:05:45
the ball, but he fouls it down the third baseline,
2:05:47
and the foul is strike two. No balls, two strikes.
2:05:51
Coaching at first base for the Cleveland Indians
2:05:53
is Oscar Malillo. He was a great second baseman
2:05:57
in the American League for years. Down to third
2:05:59
base. But you remember the old Philadelphia outfielder?
2:06:02
Al Simmons. And now he's an Indian. So Dobie's
2:06:07
back in. He tried to bump that ball and broke
2:06:09
for first base. Now he's back at the plate waiting
2:06:11
for the next pitch. To wind up, here it is. And
2:06:14
it's strike three. Oh! Joe Sands walks up, strikeout
2:06:24
number four. Derby took a fastball right over
2:06:27
the plate. And the next batter up will be Dick
2:06:31
Rosen. He's got some right -handers. So far,
2:06:37
so far, one hit in three official trips. He's
2:06:42
got a single in the center field in the third
2:06:43
inning. He walked his first time up and scored
2:06:46
the first Cleveland run. Here's the first pitch
2:06:51
to Rosen. And he holds back on a curve ball that
2:06:54
breaks low for ball one. He had a notion. And
2:06:57
he went right at the swing, and then he almost
2:06:59
fell down as he held the end of his bat. Bobby
2:07:02
Shands. Very small. Very cool. Wines, throws,
2:07:08
and rolls. He flies one deep out toward left
2:07:10
field. It's a long one. It's a long one. just
2:07:35
stepped up to the plate and got a hold of a fastball
2:07:37
and drove it deep into the upper deck in left
2:07:39
field for his 15th home run of the season. And
2:07:43
that breaks the tie. The Cleveland Indians go
2:07:45
out ahead 4 -3. And now it's manager Lou Boudreau
2:07:49
standing in. That's a right -hander. Here's the
2:07:51
first pitch to Lou. He takes outside at the ball.
2:07:56
Boudreau has failed a hit. He bounced off of
2:07:58
the pitcher. Bounced into a double play. Bounced
2:08:00
off the first base unassisted. And then he walks,
2:08:02
so he has 0 for 3. Oh, what do you know? Al Rosen
2:08:06
just stepped up to the 0 for 3. Shams now has
2:08:10
his sign, winds to the next pitch, and Boudreaux
2:08:12
fouls one off. It's strike one, 1 -1. A new ball
2:08:17
put into play, and while Shams rubs it up a bit,
2:08:18
let's pause briefly for station identification.
2:08:21
This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Now back
2:08:25
at the shot clock, and Boudreau hits the next
2:08:27
ball, 16. It's a line drive going up toward left
2:08:30
field. Paul Lehner comes in. He can't make the
2:08:31
play. The ball gets away from him, and it will
2:08:34
be scored, I believe, as a double. Paul Lehner
2:08:37
ran in, tried to tap. A line drive by Lou Boudreau
2:08:43
in the left field. Couldn't get his glove on
2:08:46
it, and the ball rolled about 10 feet away from
2:08:48
him where Chapman came over. He landed the ball
2:08:51
and threw in the second base. It's a double.
2:08:53
For manager Lou Boudreau. And he's on at second
2:08:56
base. So the Indians now have one run in. Boudreau
2:09:00
on second base. One man out. And the batter is
2:09:04
Bobby Avila. Now let's see. Bobby Avila has one
2:09:08
hit and four times up. And he takes the first
2:09:11
pitch in. It's outside for ball one. The Indians
2:09:16
out in front four to three. Boudreau moves off
2:09:19
second base. Bobby Shands. Picks up his sign
2:09:23
now from Joe Ascoff. Doesn't like the first one.
2:09:27
Takes the next one. Looks towards second. Throws.
2:09:30
And it's high outside to Avila. Ball two. This
2:09:34
Bobby Avila is a Mexican boy. And he's not too
2:09:40
tall. He's not too big. He's 5 '10". Rather stalkily
2:09:45
built. He weighs 165 pounds. That's him right
2:09:49
-handed. Here's your 2 -0 pitch. And it's outside
2:09:54
again for ball three. And here in the top half
2:09:57
of the 10th inning, Bobby Shands, the left -hander
2:10:00
for the Philadelphia Athletics, has run into
2:10:01
a snag. Al Rosen got his 15th home run to put
2:10:06
the Cleveland Indians out in front. Manager Lou
2:10:09
Boudreau touched him for a double to left field,
2:10:11
and he's on in second place. Chance now sets
2:10:17
himself for the next pitch. He takes his stretch,
2:10:19
delivers, and it's in there for a called strike
2:10:21
one. Chance just bears back and then fires that
2:10:26
fastball right across to Bobby Avila. Out on
2:10:31
him. Eden's second baseman is three balls, one
2:10:34
strike. Now already, Bluebell moves off. Here's
2:10:37
the next pitch. Swung on, and there's a line
2:10:39
fast going up toward right field. Back towards
2:10:40
Wally Moses. He's up against the fence. He makes
2:10:42
the catch. And Boudreaux tags up at second base,
2:10:45
coming over to third, and he's in at third base.
2:10:50
Well, little Bobby Avila showed us that he has
2:10:54
quite a bit of power hitting that ball out toward
2:10:56
right field. He hit a line drive, and Wally Moses
2:10:59
had to go clear back almost to the light tower
2:11:01
right up against the fence, but he pulled it
2:11:04
in. And after the catch, Boudreaux tagged up
2:11:07
and moved over to third base. So with one run
2:11:10
in, Boudreaux on third. Two men out. The batter
2:11:14
is Jim Hegan. And Hegan is one hit in four trips.
2:11:19
Takes the first pitch. Outside. Ball one. Hegan's
2:11:23
a big, tall, rangy guy. One of the better catchers
2:11:26
in the American League. Stands well back in the
2:11:31
batter's box. Feet spread apart. And he hits
2:11:33
the next ball. Pitch to him. It's a drive going
2:11:34
up toward left field. Back goes Carl Rainer.
2:11:36
Back goes Rainer. And he can't get it. It's in
2:11:39
there for a home run. just nearly reached out
2:12:02
his bat and looked as though he slapped at that
2:12:04
ball. But he has tremendous size and a lot of
2:12:07
power. And he pulled that ball deep over Paul
2:12:09
Lehner's head in left field into the stand at
2:12:12
about the 360 foot mark. And it scored. Manager
2:12:16
Lou Boudreau ahead of him. So the Indians take
2:12:18
a three -run lead. The score is 6 -3. Here's
2:12:22
Bob Lemon. Lemon bats left. Takes the first pitch.
2:12:26
And it's wide at the break to a left -handed
2:12:28
batter. Ball one. Well, Lemon has two hits and
2:12:32
four times up. The next pitch to him, and he
2:12:36
backs away from a fast one inside, and Bob had
2:12:39
to hit the dirt. He didn't hit the dirt intentionally,
2:12:42
but he lost his balance as he started to back
2:12:44
up, and he fell down. The only count on Bob is
2:12:47
two rolls, no strikes. Two home runs here in
2:12:51
the top half of the tenth inning, one by Flip
2:12:54
Rosen, one by Jim Hagan, and the Indians are
2:12:58
out in front, three runs. Lemon hits the next
2:13:00
ball, puts it to him, and sends a high foul ball
2:13:02
down the first baseline. Bain moves over close
2:13:05
to the stand. He can't get it. He says the ball
2:13:07
bounces on top of the stand and then drops down
2:13:09
into the lower deck. So Souvenir goes to some
2:13:13
of the fans, and, well, we have a hibbler down
2:13:15
there. One fella jumped right over the railing.
2:13:17
He got it all right, too. Looked like a gazelle.
2:13:20
He led her into that 1952 Olympics, huh? Well,
2:13:26
there's Lemon now with a count. Two balls, one
2:13:29
strike as the new ball is put into play. And
2:13:31
he takes the next pitch by Shands. It's high
2:13:34
for ball three. And Bobby Shands has run into
2:13:39
that Cleveland power here in the top of the tenth.
2:13:41
Two home runs. Here's the next pitch. And it
2:13:44
hits Lemon right on the back of the neck, I think.
2:13:48
It looks like he hit him just at the base of
2:13:50
the neck. Don't hit him on the right shoulder.
2:13:52
I can see him move his arm a little bit now.
2:13:54
As he was falling away from that pitch. It was
2:13:56
a fastball on the inside, and as Lemon was falling
2:14:00
away, it was rather difficult for my position
2:14:02
here, high up above the playing field, to distinguish
2:14:05
whether that ball hit him on the back of the
2:14:07
neck or on the right shoulder. But as Bob got
2:14:10
up off the ground, he's all right, and the ball
2:14:12
hit him on the right shoulder. The trainer ran
2:14:14
out, and Bob says, OK, I'm all right. Dallas
2:14:18
went down to first base, rubbing shoulder a bit.
2:14:21
So Lemon is on, hit with a pitched ball. Well,
2:14:28
Bob's got a lot of moxie. I knew it didn't hit
2:14:30
him in the head because of the tip he's had.
2:14:32
Oh, now look out. I thought I might have hit
2:14:35
him right at the face of the net. The next pitch
2:14:37
batter up is Bob Kennedy. The first pitch to
2:14:39
him, he takes a slow curve. The drop's blown
2:14:42
inside to a right -handed batter. So Kennedy
2:14:45
has the count. All one. Lemon on first. Three
2:14:49
runs in, two men out. Here's the next pitch.
2:14:52
Swung on. It's a fly ball. Out toward right center
2:14:54
field. Moses is after it. Chapman comes over.
2:14:57
Moses makes the catch. And that's all. Bob Kennedy
2:14:59
flying out to right center field to Wally Moses.
2:15:02
And the Cleveland Indians in the top half of
2:15:04
the tenth inning make up three runs on three
2:15:08
hits. And there was one man left on base. And
2:15:11
so the score at the end of nine and a half innings,
2:15:13
the Cleveland Indians six and the Philadelphia
2:15:16
Athletics three. And now back at Chai Park in
2:15:21
Philadelphia. The last half of the tenth inning,
2:15:24
the last call for the Philadelphia Athletics
2:15:26
to get three runs and tie up this ballgame. Will
2:15:29
they do it? Well, we don't know. Time will only
2:15:33
tell. But the way these boys have been dubbing
2:15:37
that ball around in the American League, anything
2:15:39
can happen in the ballgame, you know. So to start
2:15:42
things off for the Philadelphia Athletics here
2:15:44
in the last tenth inning will be the guy that
2:15:47
holds down that center field position. The guy
2:15:51
that already has three hits in this ballgame,
2:15:53
one which is a home run, is Sam Chapman. Chapman
2:15:58
got a single to the left in the first inning,
2:16:00
a home run. Went close to zone base in the second
2:16:03
or in the third inning. And then he got a single
2:16:06
to left field in the sixth inning. His last time
2:16:11
at bat, well, he popped it up to Flip Rosen.
2:16:15
And Rosen has been a busy guy this afternoon.
2:16:17
He's handled eight chances down there at third
2:16:19
base. And he has six assists and two put -ups.
2:16:24
No errors. He's had quite a day for himself.
2:16:28
He's got a home run to unlock this 3 -3 tie and
2:16:31
put the Indians out in front. Here's Chapman
2:16:35
now to face the offerings of Bob Lemon as we
2:16:37
move into the last half of the 10th inning with
2:16:40
the Athletics in dire need of three big runs.
2:16:45
The wind -up by Lemon, the first pitch to Chapman.
2:16:47
He takes it in there for a false strike one.
2:16:50
Lemon sighed on him with a fastball, and the
2:16:52
ball was right through there. Lemon has his sign
2:16:57
off on Jim Hagan. Here's the next pick. Swung
2:16:59
on. It's a ground ball on the third baseline.
2:17:01
Up with the ball is Rosen. The throw to first.
2:17:03
It's in time as Easter stretches way out to his
2:17:05
right. Well, we saw a couple of great plays there.
2:17:14
Rosen moved to his left, scooped that ball up,
2:17:16
and then threw to first base. And big Luke Easter
2:17:18
stretched his sixth. Foot four. Tight. Way out
2:17:22
to the right. And scooped that ball out of the
2:17:24
dirt. So, Chapman is out. That was a hard hit
2:17:27
ball. Here's Ferris Fane. That's a left -handed.
2:17:33
Hits the first ball. Puts it in and punches the
2:17:34
ground ball. Right between Boudreaux and Rosen
2:17:37
in the left field. It's a single. As Fane holds
2:17:40
on at first base. Dan Mitchell, Fane in left
2:17:43
field for the Indians, steals that ball. And
2:17:45
threw it in to Bobby Avila. So off Bob Lemon,
2:17:50
that is hit number seven. With Fain on first,
2:17:56
run out, the batter is Eddie Deuce, the shortstop.
2:18:02
Deuce is struck out twice. Fain on first as he
2:18:07
forced the man, and then walked. So he is 0 -3,
2:18:10
and he fouls off the first ball pitch to him.
2:18:12
It's strike one. Bob Lemon now with a new ball.
2:18:17
And he's going to have to pitch very carefully
2:18:19
here to Yost because he can put that ball up
2:18:22
in those left field seats. He's strong. Lemon
2:18:27
glances over his left shoulder. The next pitch
2:18:31
is outside to Noah. Curveball catches the outside
2:18:35
for false strike two. And Yost is turning around
2:18:38
and giving umpire Casarela a very destructive
2:18:42
look. There is Fain down on first base. One out.
2:18:49
And Passarella nearly told Jost that he'd do
2:18:53
the umpiring and get up there and do the hitting.
2:18:57
So the right -handed batsman back in again. Count
2:19:01
on him. No balls. Two strikes. Lemon ready. Takes
2:19:06
his stretch. Delivers. And a curve break. Low
2:19:07
outside. Ball one. Two pitchers working very
2:19:12
rapidly in the Cleveland bullpen. Big Al Benton,
2:19:16
number 22, he's a right -hander. And little Sam
2:19:19
Zoldak, left -hander. Now Lemon is ready. Pumps,
2:19:22
throws, and Juice takes a sidearm curve outside
2:19:26
the ball, too. And Lemon sidearms these hitters
2:19:29
once in a while. He'll stride way over towards
2:19:31
third base and then come around to that sidearm
2:19:34
kick. Very difficult kick to hit. The count on
2:19:39
Juice now, two balls, two strikes. They're playing
2:19:45
juice to pull that ball. They'll be playing in
2:19:47
left center. Here's the next pitch. High and
2:19:49
outside. Ball three. So, it's a three and two
2:19:53
count on the Philadelphia shortstop. Last half
2:19:56
of the tenth inning and the A's trailing by six
2:19:58
to three score. So, we'll watch Thayne very closely
2:20:01
over on Thursday to see whether or not he might
2:20:03
be moving. Lemon is ready. Here's the next pitch.
2:20:07
Swung on and far back. Thayne was not going.
2:20:11
Bain does not represent the tying run, and he
2:20:13
was playing it safe at first. Eddie Juice fouled
2:20:17
off a fastball on the count of 3 -2. And here
2:20:24
in the last half of the 10th inning, it will
2:20:25
be up to Eddie Juice to either hit his way on
2:20:28
or walk his way on. He's got to get on that bag
2:20:32
because the Athletics need three runs. Bain now
2:20:36
takes just a short leadoff first. You can see
2:20:40
two pitch. Swung on and the drive is up to left
2:20:42
field. Back goes Dale Mitchell. He can't get
2:20:44
it. The ball is up against the fence. And it
2:20:46
is a single as Bain holds up at second base.
2:20:51
Eddie Juice reached out there and slapped a line
2:20:53
drive that sailed right over Mitchell's head
2:20:55
up against the fence. Bain could not tell whether
2:20:58
or not the ball was going to be dropped. He had
2:20:59
to hold up. And Mitchell fired that ball nicely
2:21:03
off the fence and whipped it in to Flip Rosen.
2:21:05
And told the Athletics here, fighting back in
2:21:08
the last half of the 10th inning, have two men
2:21:10
on. Bain on second, Schultz on first. The batter
2:21:14
coming up here. I think we're going to have a
2:21:18
pinch hitter. Billy Hitchcock is due to hit,
2:21:20
and I think we're going to have a pinch hitter.
2:21:24
Barney McCoskey. Barney McCoskey, a left -handed
2:21:29
batter, is coming in to replace right -handed
2:21:31
batting Billy Hitchcock. So Bob Lemon has given
2:21:39
up two hits here in the last half of the tenth
2:21:41
inning. His seventh and eighth kick in the game.
2:21:45
And now he's got to set himself here and pitch
2:21:48
to a pinch hitter. Barney McCoskey has come on
2:21:52
to replay Hitchcock. And he's batting for an
2:21:56
average of 269. He has four runs batted in, five
2:22:00
doubles. Remember Barney, he was out all of last
2:22:03
year. Had a bad sack. He takes the first pitch.
2:22:07
A tall strike. And Lemon finds a fastball right
2:22:10
across. Lemon now placing very carefully. Barty
2:22:14
McCloskey batting left -handed. Lemon puts up
2:22:21
his sign. The runners move off. Here's the next
2:22:23
pitch. And it is ball one inside. And now, it's
2:22:29
the opposite side who is questioning the call
2:22:31
of umpire Art Passarella. Bob Lemon looks down.
2:22:35
And he doesn't agree. But the count stands. One
2:22:37
ball, one strike. Two men on, one out. Last half
2:22:42
of the 10th. Here's the next pitch. McCluskey
2:22:44
swings and bounces one foul off the plate for
2:22:46
strike two. And within it, that Barney McCluskey
2:22:52
swing on that pitch. Ferris Bane goes for third.
2:22:55
And Eddie Goose has started for second. Now they
2:22:57
have to go back. So a new ball into play. Bob
2:23:04
Lemon rubs it up a fifth. The final score was
2:23:11
the Cleveland Indians 6 and the Philadelphia
2:23:15
Athletics 3 in 10 innings.