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1971-Sep-29 • HOU/LAD • Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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  Houston Astros faced the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium for a Wednesday night game on September 29th, 1971.
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  Houston had been an average team for several years and continued that trend in 1971 under manager Harry Walker.
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  The Dodgers on the other hand were making a run at the NOS title.
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  To enter this matchup there's one game behind the Giants in the NL West with an 88-72 record under manager Walt Alston.
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  This audio recording is from the Los Angeles Radio broadcast featuring announcer Ben Scully.
• 1:01
  The 1-1 pitch is lifted foul and out of play, or first base in the count 1-1.
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  In fact, when you think about it, as surprising as this National League Western race has turned out,
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  what is more surprising is the thing that on the 29th of September, Al Downing would be pitching at Dodger Stadium trying to win his 21st.
• 1:20
  Al almost beat together on the rubber. Left hand is 1-1, pitch is a little high and away.
• 1:27
  Ball 2, 2-1 accounts to Roger Metzger. Metzger, not a power hitter, is hitting 234.
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  Downing's 2-1 fastball is over, strike 2, 2-2.
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  The calling of balls and strikes tonight by umpire Tom Gorman, who is the left-hand pitcher in his day, and Tommy behind the plate.
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  The 2-2 pitch to Metzger, fastball fouled away, and it's still 2-2.
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  2-2, Metzger making Downing work.
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  Now Al checks, Sims wigwags a couple of signs out.
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  Downing to the windup and the 2-2 pitch on the way. Palm ball got him swinging.
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  So Al Downing throws the palm ball to strikeout Metzger, and Nevada will be Joe Morgan.
• 2:41
  It is only fitting and proper that Tommy Gorman should be affiliated with a game involving either the Dodgers or the Giants.
• 2:50
  San Diego has just scored a run. We'll give you the details in a minute.
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  As Downing looks in to work to Joe Morgan, Al delivers and gets the strike.
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  The crowd reacting now, they posted the Padres lead in the second inning. Morgan takes the curveball low, one ball, one strike.
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  The Padres had runners at first and third. Barton, the ex-Giant, had a bounce back to the box.
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  Cumberland knocked it down but couldn't make a play, and the run came over from third.
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  He did make a play at first base to get Barton, but the run came over, so the Padres are leading 1-0 in the second inning.
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  It's 2-1 to count to Joe Morgan. We were saying before how ironic it is that Tommy Gorman is behind the plate for several reasons.
• 3:41
  Here's Downing's 2-1 pitch, fastball low, ball 3. We told you that Tom Gorman was a left-hand pitcher.
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  Tom Gorman not only was a left-hand pitcher, he came up briefly to the big leagues with the Giants.
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  And he came up to the big leagues as an umpire in September of 1951, one of the great pennant races of all time.
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  And now Morgan takes ball four. So Tommy Gorman just figures to be involved in a Giant Dodger pennant race,
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  and it's an added bit of irony that he would be behind the plate tonight.
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  Well, there are three outs in San Diego, and the Padres are leading the Giants 1-0.
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  We have one out here in the first inning, and Cesar Cedeno the batter.
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  Here is something to keep in mind, and we're not trying to cloud the issue, but it is a point.
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  Clay Kirby is pitching for San Diego. Kirby, Friday night, pitched 15 innings.
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  Scouts who saw him pitch told me tonight he made 234 pitches Friday night.
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  And boy, if he can come back strong after that outing, it will be another surprising part of this story.
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  But at the end of two innings, he's leading 1-0.
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  But he doesn't figure to be the same Kirby who has been working all year for the Padres. He should get very tired.
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  Cedeno right in, hitting center fielder at the plate. There goes Morgan.
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  The pitch is low. The throw, not in time.
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  Little Joe, a good stealer, and Morgan underneath for his 38th stolen base.
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  So Morgan in the fourth inning of last night's game walk, and a hit-and-run play by Cedeno got him to third.
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  He steals second.
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  So Cedeno trying to pick him up. 1-0 the count.
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  Downing at the belt. Al comes back 1-0. Breaking ball. Swung on and missed, trying to hard swing by Cedeno.
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  Cedeno right in, hitter, closed stands, left foot very close to the plate, right foot deep and on the line.
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  Now the 1-1 pitch to Cesar is swung on and missed.
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  Well, the count 1-2. Another breaking ball.
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  Here in the first inning, Roger Metzger struck out on a palm ball. Morgan walk just stole his 38th.
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  And Cedeno is up there with the count 1-2. Bob Watson is on deck.
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  Downing Ruddy and the 1-2 pitch coming up is low, ball two. 2-2 to Cesar Cedeno.
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  The umpires for this series, and of course they're so important.
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  Tom Gorman behind the plate in his 21st year in the big leagues.
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  Stan Landis in first 17 years. Andy Olson is the youngster of the group his fourth year.
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  Doug Harvey on the line at third has put in 10.
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  Here's a 2-2 pitch to Gorman. Breaking ball stayed up, ball three.
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  Full count to Cesar Cedeno and now Duke Stemmes goes after the mound to talk to Downing.
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  So those are the umpires, and whenever you get into a big series, you always like to know a little bit about them.
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  So the messers Gorman and Landis, Olson and Harvey.
• 7:17
  Full count to Cesar Cedeno, one away. First inning, Downing at the belt.
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  Checking, world's throw's high to Valentine and back to the bag easily is Morgan.
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  They're in the third inning at San Diego, and the Padres are leading 1-0.
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  That's Clay Kirby and John Cumberland.
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  And Pointy's opened up with a base hit down there.
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  Here's a 3-2 pitch to Cedeno. Palm ball got him swinging and he went after a bad ball.
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  So Cedeno chasing a palm ball up around the eyes, strikes out.
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  Two down and here is the bull, Bob Watson.
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  Bob Watson, right hand hitting first baseman and left fielder, a Los Angeles boy.
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  Downing with two down in the first inning, and Watson waiting at the plate.
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  Morgan at second base on a walk and a stolen base.
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  Downing ready, fastball high and away, ball one.
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  He has to showcase that pitch to get them after the palm ball.
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  He struck out two.
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  Al Downing trying to make it seven straight, trying to roll a natural tonight and win his 21st.
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  Here's the 1-0 pitch on the way to Watson.
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  Ground ball up the middle, base hit.
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  Here comes Morgan, he'll score.
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  Davis makes the throw to the plate, cut off by Buckner,
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  but there's nobody at first base to make a play there.
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  So Bob Watson singles home Joe Morgan, and the Astros have a run 1-0.
• 9:02
  So the Giants and Dodgers continue to play peek-a-boo with each other.
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  The Padres are leading the Giants, the Astros are leading the Dodgers.
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  At San Diego, 20 singles, Willie Mays has just doubled 20s to third base.
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  So the Giants are making noise.
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  And remember now, the Giants are hitting against a man who made 234 pitches Friday night.
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  Incredible.
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  Here is Jimmy Wynn, he takes outside, ball one.
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  When you make 234 pitches any time in the year, you have expended a tremendous amount of energy.
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  But when you do it in the end of September, you're almost carried out on your shield.
• 9:44
  Here's a 1-0 pitch to Jimmy Wynn, palm ball for a strike, and they count 1-1.
• 9:52
  So the Walk to Morgan set up the Astro run last night.
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  The Walk to Morgan has set up their run tonight.
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  Jimmy Wynn waiting at the plate, downing a look over at first.
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  Now out of the plate, palm ball way outside and high.
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  Thames Atticum leaping out of his crouch to Corallet, and they count 2-1.
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  With runners at second and third, Willie McCovey struck out in San Diego.
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  That inning is still alive.
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  There's one out, runners at second and third, and Bobby Bonds will be the batter.
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  2-1 pitch to win, a banter up the middle, and that's going to go to center field.
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  Watson is going to go to third. Willie throw to third, cutoff by Wills, but he has no further play.
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  So downing has given up a walk and two singles in the first inning.
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  And he's wobbly, and the Dodger bullpen will get ready,
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  because no matter how many games anybody has won up to here, tonight's the night.
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  And the Dodger bullpen gets Rizzi and Ari as Asus Allou comes up.
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  Joel Alexander, who is the long man every day, his first man up in the Dodger bullpen tonight.
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  He was up back a singer last night. He was up back a Sutton in Atlanta.
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  They are walking Bobby Bonds intentionally in San Diego,
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  so they'll have the bases loaded with one out, one nothing Padres third inning.
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  A pitch to Allou, a strike. As soon as they walk Bobby Bonds to fill the bases,
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  Dick Beets will be the batter.
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  The mule, as they call him, he's from South Carolina, and of course he was beamed,
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  but recently hit a grand slammer against Cincinnati.
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  Here's a strike one pitch. Ground ball sharply inside third and down the line.
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  In comes Watson, going to third base and holding near, on the double is Wynn.
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  And as he rounds third, they get the ball to Allen, but he just does get back to the bag.
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  And here comes Red Adams, and we will see now as it is a stormy beginning for Al Downing.
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  He has given up a walk, two singles, and a double, and the Astros have two.
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  In a moment, Dennis Menke will be coming up.
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  Red Adams talking to Downing.
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  This is only a guess because it is one thing that Downing does a great deal,
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  one thing that Adams has talked about.
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  Al sometimes gets in too much of a hurry to make a pitch,
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  so that he is striding towards the plate while his arms are still high up over his head,
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  and it takes a lot off his pitches.
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  So it could be that Adams goes out and said,
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  wait, wait for your arms and hands to catch up to your body.
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  Of course, it is only a guess from here, but it is one thing that Red has pointed out to Al throughout the years.
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  Second and third, two outs, two nothing Astros, and the batter is Dennis Menke.
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  Downing at the belt, left-hander out of a stretch, and the fast ball away, ball one.
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  Well, one thing, and you know as well as I do, if they are going to do it at all, they are going to do it the hard way.
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  They wouldn't have Dodgers on their chest otherwise.
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  Dick Dietz has just struck out, the pitch is low, ball two.
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  So the bases remain loaded in San Diego.
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  There are two outs since Dietz and McCovey have struck out, and Alan Gallagher is the batter,
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  and Clay Kirby is trying to keep the Giants away.
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  Two-oh pitch to Menke, over with the palm ball, two and one.
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  Two down, Jimmy Wynn down the line from third, Hey-toos-a-loo at second, two nothing Astros,
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  Downing trying to get out of the first inning.
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  Al straightens up, a look at the runners, the two-one pitch, palm ball high, ball three.
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  On deck is catcher Larry Howard.
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  Three and one, a count to Dennis Menke.
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  Veteran right hand batter chokes up on the batter a bit, downing at the belt,
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  and the three-one pitch to Denny is low to load him up.
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  And so Larry Howard will be coming up with the bases loaded and two out in the first inning.
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  Howard is the guy who beat the Giants in Houston last week when he hit a two-run home run over the center field fence.
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  Howard, hitting only 220, has only two home runs, but one of the two beat the Giants
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  and gave the Dodgers a game in the standings.
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  Now he comes up trying to torment the Dodgers with the bases loaded and two out,
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  two nothing Houston in the first inning.
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  Downing had not allowed more than two earned runs in any game against the Astros this year,
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  and he's one and two to them going in.
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  Howard, right hand batter waiting, downing delivers, fastball, got the outside corner for a strike, going one.
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  So the San Francisco boy, Alan Gallagher, has got the plate with the bases loaded in San Diego.
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  Larry Howard has got the plate with the bases loaded in Los Angeles,
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  and there's a line drive, base hit in the right center.
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  In comes one, here comes Alou.
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  It is four to nothing Houston in the first inning.
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  Still two out.
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  And the batter who has not thrown a pitch yet is pitcher Ken Forge.
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  Starting man, number 43, pitcher Ken Forge.
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  So the Astros have four big runs in the first inning, still two out,
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  and if the Giants needed a lift, why when they post that four,
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  they'll be sky high in San Diego despite the fact they're trailing one nothing.
• 15:58
  Ken Forge, right hand batter, fourth is seven and eight with the league,
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  downing still out of his stretch, Al delivers and it's flung on a miss, going one.
• 16:09
  Outside of the double by Alou, which was hit inside third and down the line,
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  the three other base hits have been to center.
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  They have gone three and two to Alan Gallagher with the bases loaded and two out in the third.
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  Forge swings and misses, so we'll tell you what Clay Kirby and Gallagher do in a vital spot in San Diego.
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  Meanwhile, the Astros have flattened the Dodgers in the first inning with four.
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  0-2 the count to Ken Forge.
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  Larry Howard at first, Dennis Menke at second, the breaking ball is flung on a miss, strike three.
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  You see if we have any further effort out of San Diego, not yet.
• 16:50
  Four big runs on four hits, two men left, and the Dodgers must be shocked to their toes as they go to the dugout.
• 16:58
  Gallagher has just made out, so Kirby has escaped the Giants in the third.
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  Meanwhile, at the end of the half an inning, Astros four, Dodgers coming up.
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  Schlitz, Milwaukee in the world.
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  Music
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  You only get one crack at life and you've got to live it with all the best that you can. Never.
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  Even the beard.
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  Schlitz.
• 17:52
  Tricycle cholesterol. When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beard.
• 18:09
  Bottom of the first inning with the Astros a big four on the board.
• 18:13
  Right-hander Ken Forge loosening up. Seven and eight with the league, but a marvelous ERA of 2.6.
• 18:20
  His start at 22 games completed six, and Forge is one and one with the Dodgers.
• 18:27
  He'll be pitching to Maury Wills, Bill Buckner, and Willie Davis.
• 18:37
  Maury Wills gets a hero's welcome as he comes to the plate.
• 18:41
  He had the clutch base hit of Roger Metzger's glove to drive into winning run last night.
• 18:52
  Maury hitting 298 left-handed, and big Forge ready delivers. Fastball for a strike.
• 18:58
  He throws hard. Forge this year shut out the Dodgers two to nothing and lost a bitter game three to two.
• 19:07
  That was quite nice. The pitch to Wills is low. One ball, one strike.
• 19:17
  One and one. It counts to Maury Wills. Fastball hit foul down the left-hander line out of play.
• 19:23
  Ken Forge is 6'4", 195 pounders. He's from Sacramento. He still lives there. He attended Oregon State University.
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  The next one, fastball outside. Ball two, two, and two.
• 19:41
  In his career in the minors, he averaged just about a strike out in inning. He's that kind of a pitcher.
• 19:46
  There's a bouncer over the mound. Back of second base into center field.
• 19:53
  Maury Wills leading the Dodgers as always. Singles to center, and the batter is Bill Buckner.
• 20:16
  Bill Buckner checking in Wills at first. To give you an idea of what's going on in San Diego,
• 20:21
  the Giants are having their problems with play curvy. Buckner takes five, ball one.
• 20:26
  The Giants in three innings have left seven men on base, and the Padres lead one to nothing.
• 20:34
  Well, the Dodgers fans like the ball club haven't given up by any means. Bill hitting 276.
• 20:39
  Throw to first, Wills back to the bag. Four runs, four hits for the Astos, and the Dodgers trying to catch up.
• 20:47
  In this inning, here's the 1-0 pitch to Buckner, taken for a strike in the count one and one.
• 20:55
  Forrest has allowed three earned runs in 15 innings against the Dodgers, and in 15 innings he has struck out 15 Dodgers.
• 21:08
  The 1-1 pitch coming up to Buckner is twice the left field. Going back on the ball is Alou, and one-hands it.
• 21:15
  And going back to first is Maury Wills. That ball just started to take off as it was speared in left field by Alou.
• 21:23
  Willie Davis, the batter. We were telling you before that play curvy Friday night against Houston worked 15 innings and made 234-50.
• 21:38
  Ken Forch worked 13 innings against Curvy and allowed just one earned run.
• 21:45
  Big right-hander's pitch to Davis, breaking ball for a strike.
• 21:50
  Willie hitting 3-11, 10 home runs, 74 RBIs.
• 21:55
  Padres fail to score in the third, so they're in the top of the fourth inning. Padres one, Giants nothing.
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  Forch up the belt, and the spike one pitch to Davis way outside, one-handed by Larry Howard.
• 22:08
  Let's set the Astros defensively. Forch and Howard, in for your Bob Watson at first, Joe Morgan at second, Roger Metcher at short, Dennis Menke at third,
• 22:19
  Esu Salou in left, Cesar Cedeno in center, Jim Wynn in right. Go to first, high, Wills back on his hands and knees.
• 22:32
  One ball, one spike. The Astros have four, a walk-in with two outs, singles by Watson and Wynn, a double by Alou, a walk-in, a single by Howard for the four.
• 22:43
  Davis fouls it back to the screen in the count one and two.
• 22:47
  Show you how Harry Walker is playing it, and of course, it's the only way.
• 22:51
  Leading four to nothing, and with a runner at first base against him, Harry has two men throwing in the Houston bullpen, and why not?
• 23:00
  One and two to Willie Davis. Forch up the belt, right-hander delivers, and as a bouncer wide at third, Menke goes to second base for a force on Wills.
• 23:11
  So with two out and Willie Davis aboard on a force, the batter is Richie Allen.
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  Batting for number 50, Larry Rich. Batting 298, Rich Allen.
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  Richie Allen hitting 298, 23 home runs, 90 runs batted in.
• 23:32
  Willie Davis at first has hit safely in 18 of the last 21. Allen has hit safely in 9 of the last 10.
• 23:39
  He hits a high fly ball down the right field line. It's playable and catchable, and Jimmy Wynn is right there to do both.
• 23:46
  So the Dodgers in the first inning, no runs won, hit a man left, and at the end of an inning, Astros four, Dodgers nothing.
• 23:55
  It's happiness to many a youngster is a day or a night at the ballpark watching the Dodgers.
• 23:59
  Of course, part of the fun is munching away on those long, luscious 10-inch hot dogs sold at the stadium.
• 24:04
  Farmer John Dodger dogs, we call them, and you'll find them in most markets as extra-long Farmer John wieners.
• 24:11
  So now your children can have a ball in your own backyard, barbecuing these fabulous, fun-sized wieners.
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  And for their length, extra-long Farmer John wieners are the very same as regular Farmer John wieners. Same finest, precious meat and all meat.
• 24:26
  Same wildly wonderful Western flavor from smoking over real smoke from native Western wood.
• 24:32
  And with the same winning ways, because both kinds of Farmer John wieners won gold medals at the California State Fair.
• 24:39
  You'll find regular Farmer John wieners in the delicatessen section of your market,
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  and be sure to look for extra-long Farmer John wieners, too, in the deli or in the meat department.
• 24:48
  Who but Farmer John would think to give you such a delicious choice?
• 24:54
  Second inning, the Astros 4, Dodgers nothing. Al Downing trying to recover now.
• 25:00
  In the background, a pause on a message board. It says,
• 25:03
  with us tonight a man who played in the first World Series, 1903, caught for Pittsburgh against the Boston Red Sox, lives in South Pasadena, 90 years old, Fred Carich.
• 25:14
  Roger Metzger will start it off. It'll be followed by Joe Morgan and then Cesar Cedeno.
• 25:20
  It certainly went unnoticed. It didn't really mean much. But Al Downing started off the game by striking out the side.
• 25:28
  He also gave up four runs and four hits. Metzger, 0-4-1.
• 25:33
  Allen plays a step up inside the bag at third, and Downing ready and delivers. Metzger grounds one foul outside of hers.
• 25:40
  In San Diego, Clay Kirby got what he needed, an easy inning. He got three Giants on four pitches.
• 25:47
  So the Giants are gone in order, and at the end of three and a half innings, it remains San Diego 1, and the Giants nothing.
• 25:55
  Downing strike one pitch on the way. Fastball, a big chopper, speared by Allen. Richie steps and throws out Metzger.
• 26:02
  Let's pause for station identification. This is the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network.
• 26:07
  Hi, this is Dave Fisher reminding you you're listening to the Happy Day station.
• 26:11
  KTAR in Phoenix will be on after the game with more from Bill Johnson's Big Apple.
• 26:18
  One away, Joe Morgan, who scored the only Astro run last night, scored the first of four in the first inning tonight with a walk.
• 26:28
  Downing ready, Allen delivers, and the pitch is low, 4-1.
• 26:32
  Allen Downing has an earned run average of 2.5, so you can realize what a shock it is for him to give up four in the first inning.
• 26:39
  He's 20 and 8.
• 26:42
  Downing to the windup, and the 1-0 pitch on the way. Morgan runs to bunt, but takes low, ball two, 2-0.
• 26:55
  4-0 Houston. We're in the second inning, 1-0 away. Morgan the batter, Sedeno on deck.
• 27:00
  Downing delivers and gets a strike, 2-1. Richie Allen playing Morgan well in on the grass.
• 27:07
  Little Joe hitting 2-54. He has 13 home runs.
• 27:14
  Downing's 2-1 pitch in the second baseman, a strike at the knees, 2-2.
• 27:26
  Morgan muttering and shaking his head, now gets back in.
• 27:33
  Downing checks with Sims, and the 2-2 pitch on the way.
• 27:37
  Ground ball foul over the head of Hup Kettleton down the line, so still 2-2.
• 27:47
  Al Downing and Ken Forch in San Diego, Clay Kirby and John Cumberland, 1-0 Padres, bottom of the fourth.
• 27:55
  The next giant, Bob Barkin, drove in the only run of the game.
• 27:59
  Here's the 2-2 pitch to Morgan. Breaking ball, flaps to center, base hit, so boy are they going up the middle.
• 28:06
  Five hits and four of the five have been to Satterfield. The other was the full job inside third by Alou.
• 28:13
  Same, this country music, USA, will pour free coffee at Union 76's new Ontario 500 Auto Truck Stop
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  across from the Ontario Speedway on I-10, grand opening November 1st.
• 28:26
  In San Diego, Clarence Gaston has opened up the bottom of the fourth, and he doubled.
• 28:32
  So the Padres leading 1-0, have a runner at second. Morgan getting something from Jim Mule.
• 28:44
  One out second, and in 4-0, as goes. Little Joe stole his 38th base, and you can bet he'll try and go for broken.
• 28:51
  This one tonight, leading 4-0. Downing looks at Morgan, now works to Daniel,
• 28:58
  a bouncer over the mound, over second, into Satterfield. Morgan will stop at second base, and here comes Walter Olson.
• 29:06
  A half a dozen hits against Downing, and five of the six have been up the middle.
• 29:14
  Well, he has certainly pitched a strange game. He struck out the side in the first inning, but gave up the four runs.
• 29:21
  And now he has given up two bases, with one out in the second inning.
• 29:27
  Well, the Dodgers went with their best tonight, 20-game winner Al Downing, and he didn't have it.
• 29:32
  And Olson gazing out towards the bullpen, where Doyle Alexander has been throwing, and he goes to Alexander.
• 29:40
  Well, there are Cinderella stories are few and far between in the big leagues.
• 29:44
  Certainly Al Downing's Cinderella story held up. It held up until tonight, and the clock struck 12 at about 8.32 here in Los Angeles.
• 29:53
  As Downing goes an inning and a third, and the dreams of 21 victories and leading the Dodgers on and closer to the pennants
• 30:01
  go down the drain at least for the moment, and for sure for him.
• 30:05
  So Downing comes out, and Doyle Alexander will be coming in.
• 30:10
  So the Astros have four, and with runners at first and second, and one out, they will have Bob Watson and Jim Winn.
• 30:18
  So they'll bring in the right hand. We've got some time. Let's spend it with Jerry.
• 30:22
  Hi, Vinnie. And a reminder about tomorrow night, we have the big fan appreciation night.
• 30:26
  How would you like to win a trip for two to wonderful Copenhagen on an SAS Scandinavian Airlines?
• 30:31
  A trip for two to New York with a weekend of shows flying aboard a TWA 747.
• 30:36
  Or how about a round trip for two to San Juan, Puerto Rico aboard an American Airlines luxury liner?
• 30:42
  A round trip for a couple to Hawaii aboard a United Airlines 747 featuring trader Vic Neal.
• 30:49
  These are four of the many prizes winning our fans.
• 30:52
  Tomorrow night, Dodger fan, appreciation night, and appreciation for Al Downing as it goes off in here at Penn.
• 31:02
  Al Downing back in June went two and two-third innings against the Astros.
• 31:07
  He gave up seven runs, but the Dodgers played poorly back of him. He only left two earned runs.
• 31:13
  It's hard to figure if he had been chased any earlier at all this year.
• 31:17
  Usually, the Downing trademark, even in the games he lost, he kept the Dodgers in the ballgames.
• 31:24
  So this is one of the few times he has been clobbered at all.
• 31:28
  So now Doyle Alexander, with runners at first and second and one out, will be pitching to Bob Watson followed by Jimmy Wynn.
• 31:37
  Four runs, half a dozen hits for the Astros.
• 31:40
  Whether by design or otherwise, the Astros had five of their six hits go to center field.
• 31:46
  Hey, Sue Salu, the only one to pull, he hit the ball inside third and down the line.
• 31:51
  The Padres, despite the double by Clarence Gaston, failed his score in the fourth inning.
• 31:57
  So at the end of four, it remains Padres one, Giants nothing.
• 32:04
  Doyle Alexander, six and six with the lead.
• 32:10
  In his sixth relief assignment, Alexander hasn't pitched much of late. The Dodgers have gotten very good pitching.
• 32:17
  And whenever a starter wobbled, it was always late in the game.
• 32:22
  In fact, you'd really have to go back on the 21st O-Scene, who was sick, when four and two third innings.
• 32:30
  Otherwise, Dodger's starting pitching has really held up.
• 32:34
  And I guess for Downing, among other things, it just triggered he'd finally be nailed.
• 32:39
  He had too many good numbers going for him tonight.
• 32:42
  Alexander's fastball to Watson is high, ball one.
• 32:45
  Downing had 18 consecutive scoreless innings. He had won six straight, nine of his last 11.
• 32:51
  He had allowed four earned runs in his last 41 innings, and he allowed that many in the first inning.
• 32:56
  So it was just the law of average night for Downing, and down he went.
• 33:00
  Watson takes the strike in the count of one and one.
• 33:08
  Four to nothing, Houston. The Giants are coming to bat in the fifth inning.
• 33:12
  The Padres leading one to nothing.
• 33:15
  Clay Kirby has had a rocky three of four innings work so far.
• 33:20
  I chop her to the right of the plate and foul.
• 33:23
  They'll throw to first, but they'll have to do it all over again.
• 33:26
  So Watson will come back into count one and two.
• 33:28
  The Giants in San Diego had runners at first and second in the first inning and couldn't score.
• 33:33
  They had runners at first and second in the second inning and couldn't score thanks to a fine play by Enzo Hernandez.
• 33:40
  The Giants had the bases loaded in the third inning and couldn't score.
• 33:45
  And then Kirby got them out quickly in the fourth.
• 33:48
  So now San Francisco comes up in the fifth inning, and the Padres leading one nothing.
• 33:54
  Bob Watson single to center in the first inning. His base hit, cash in Joe Morgan.
• 34:02
  Bob Watson hitting 287. 64 runs batted in.
• 34:07
  On deck, Jimmy Wynn.
• 34:10
  Morgan at second, Sadane you're at first, and a breaking ball is over.
• 34:14
  Strike three called to Bob Watson.
• 34:16
  Art Slider has moved on the outside corner.
• 34:19
  So two down and Jimmy Wynn coming up.
• 34:22
  Right field.
• 34:29
  Wynn singles in the first inning. He's one for one.
• 34:39
  Two down. Second inning, four nothing Houston.
• 34:42
  Wynn waiting. Runners at first and second.
• 34:44
  Alexander's fastball whipped in there for a strike on one.
• 34:49
  The Dodgers will have Crawford, Mota, and Simms in the bottom of the second inning.
• 34:56
  Alexander hands at his side, reading Duke Simms.
• 35:01
  Doyle shaking his head at Duke.
• 35:06
  Making Jim Wynn wait. Now he's ready.
• 35:08
  Strike one-fifths. Down and away. Good save by Simms. He skidded on his right knee. One and one.
• 35:18
  Tito Fuentes opened up the fifth inning in San Diego and grounded out.
• 35:21
  So there's one away, one nothing San Diego in the fifth.
• 35:25
  One ball and one strike. Did Jimmy Wynn?
• 35:29
  Alexander's fastball low and inside. Ball two, two, and one.
• 35:33
  Anything happens in San Diego, you'll get it practically as soon as it happens.
• 35:39
  Two and one. Did Jimmy Wynn?
• 35:44
  That would have Mays at the plate in San Diego, following Fuentes in the lineup.
• 35:51
  Alexander Ruddy and the two-one pitch. Outside. Ball three.
• 35:56
  Doyle tried to get that one the way he struck out Bob Watson, but this one moved too far off the plate.
• 36:01
  Three and one.
• 36:05
  Wynn hitting only two-oh-seven. Seven home runs, 44 RBIs.
• 36:12
  Downing at the belt. And the three-one pitch with Buckner breaking to the bag is a ball hit to Allen.
• 36:18
  He steps on third and that will retire the side.
• 36:22
  Buckner had broken to first place to handle that throw, and it's a good thing for Alexander that ball didn't go to the right side of the infield.
• 36:29
  And Buckner talking to Doyle now about making that pitch at that moment.
• 36:33
  No runs, two hits, two left. The end of an inning and a half. Astros four. Dodgers nothing.
• 36:41
  It's the grand opening of the mall. Continental Country Company State.
• 36:52
  Second inning. The outcourt leading to the left hand. Now McCartray put on the shift against McCovey, taking the change of play.
• 37:15
  Donald away at one-one. Ball in the right. Still be getting McCovey's look bad on him.
• 37:24
  Watson, a test play on the third.
• 37:28
  And hits the bounce. McCovey a test play.
• 37:33
  And a nice truck out in the 10. Left bond against him. One-one pitch. Floor on. Ball to right two.
• 37:46
  This is challenging McCovey and getting away with it here.
• 37:50
  He is in front of all the juice right.
• 37:54
  Getting number five. One to the left. But the power isn't back.
• 37:58
  That's three-one.
• 38:03
  Two-pitch.
• 38:05
  Ah, for a ball of two and two.
• 38:11
  Bobby bonds in the on deck. McCovey can get on with two down.
• 38:15
  Top of the pitch.
• 38:19
  There be two two-picks.
• 38:21
  Wide drive. They tip back and let the alive. McCovey singles this time, but would have scored two runs the last time.
• 38:28
  So the drives are hitting out of turn.
• 38:31
  A single for McCovey and Bobby Bob for that. It was two and down.
• 38:38
  Number five.
• 38:40
  Bob has wide out and the drives have had at least one base runner. And they're hitting with the four.
• 38:50
  What about Bobby's first?
• 38:54
  Outfield around to the left.
• 38:58
  On on a miss. Full family on the breaking pitch.
• 39:02
  Bob's weighing one place and then the clear ball going another.
• 39:06
  It's like one down.
• 39:09
  Two down.
• 39:11
  That's probably a basement.
• 39:13
  There be things that we can get a little extra on Sunday.
• 39:16
  He's really got some extra in that third inning. Running from second and third and nobody else.
• 39:22
  Bob's taking time.
• 39:24
  He went in last night. Bobby was in there trying to pull down that ball.
• 39:29
  And he swings.
• 39:31
  As far as any possible time is.
• 39:34
  Another square put out again.
• 39:36
  There be six tonight.
• 39:38
  A five for Bob and a one for McCovey.
• 39:41
  Well, it's off to the flat out for the first out on the second inning for the Dodgers.
• 39:46
  Houston leading four to nothing there. San Diego's in front one to nothing in this one.
• 39:56
  Down the ball on the strike to Bob.
• 39:58
  Right. The defending will be a little close.
• 40:01
  One one.
• 40:03
  That's a ball.
• 40:05
  Oh, that'll tangle the rest for the Dodgers.
• 40:09
  That'll be a trim for the Dodgers.
• 40:11
  There you go.
• 40:13
  That'll be a half for the Dodgers.
• 40:15
  Two and one counts of arms.
• 40:19
  That's probably a first.
• 40:23
  Two one down.
• 40:25
  Going on and there.
• 40:27
  Holding on another person's face.
• 40:29
  Bob walks right down the third base.
• 40:33
  That's Houston deep driving for them.
• 40:37
  Right out.
• 40:39
  Run up but slings over the plate.
• 40:48
  That's why it's really bothering him.
• 40:50
  I'm playing every day. It doesn't give him a chance to heal.
• 40:54
  You just have to.
• 40:57
  Two one two two. Four count of three and two. McCabe will be going.
• 41:11
  Both have three balls and two strikes to Bob.
• 41:13
  McCabe is first with two down.
• 41:15
  The Giants are hitting the pot race.
• 41:20
  He walks over the first with a line drive by Spoon.
• 41:27
  Then a good guy comes down and then comes up with a double play ball.
• 41:30
  There's all the men in the way.
• 41:32
  And Bob is third.
• 41:34
  Bob's going.
• 41:36
  All bounded away from the plate.
• 41:38
  McCabe was going.
• 41:40
  Bob fouled that break.
• 41:42
  What's got to be for this?
• 41:44
  Then looks to make sense ofcreative audience.
• 42:00
  There they 돼요 count their other half of the Pat sch авs.
• 42:12
  on one hit, no arms, and a runner left on.
• 42:16
  And at the end of five, it's score,
• 42:18
  or at the end of four and a half, it's score.
• 42:21
  The pie raise one and the Giants number.
• 42:24
  Valentine, the batters.
• 42:27
  Number two, Saga Bay.
• 42:30
  Valentine hitting 253.
• 42:33
  Valentine.
• 42:36
  So Bobby Valentine with two out,
• 42:41
  Moda at first, four nothing Astros in the second.
• 42:44
  Valentine, it's a pop fly into shallow right field.
• 42:47
  Morgan out, win in, it is win at the last minute.
• 42:52
  So a pop fly to the right field.
• 42:54
  There's no run to hit a man left, and at the end of two,
• 42:56
  Astros four, Dodgers nothing.
• 42:59
  It's not only what he does, but how he does it.
• 43:03
  Now that's another way of saying a certain athlete has a lot of spirit.
• 43:07
  And it's pretty much the same way you'd say a Union 76 dealer has spirit too.
• 43:12
  Because no matter what a Union 76 man does for you,
• 43:15
  you'll probably find he does it with a friendliness and courtesy
• 43:18
  that makes his place a pleasure to drive into.
• 43:21
  Simple things like giving directions or putting a little layer in that front tire
• 43:25
  are as important to him as they are to you.
• 43:28
  He knows that a lot of friendly help with the small problems
• 43:31
  brings you back when your car needs the other things that make it go.
• 43:35
  Doing business with a smile, that's the Union 76 man's way of doing things.
• 43:40
  If you like that kind of friendly service, drive in and sample our spirit.
• 43:45
  The spirit of 76 lives at Union Oil.
• 44:01
  At the end of two innings, the Astros four run, six hits.
• 44:04
  The Dodgers no runs, two hits.
• 44:06
  In San Diego, they move to the bottom of the fifth inning.
• 44:09
  Clay Kirby is still dodging bullets down there,
• 44:12
  and the Padres are leading the Giants one to nothing.
• 44:15
  Let's go to the third, and for more Play-By-Play, here's Jerry Doggett.
• 44:18
  Right, Vinnie, Alou, Minsky, and Howard will be up here now in the third inning.
• 44:21
  Alou has doubled a drive in a run, and then he scored a run after Minsky walked and Howard singles.
• 44:27
  The real crushing blow was the single by Howard that made it a four to nothing ball game.
• 44:31
  He really built up a big lead for the Astros, and now the Dodgers have a long hill to climb,
• 44:35
  and they have Doyle Alexander warming up.
• 44:39
  Here's some more of the gifts coming up for tomorrow night.
• 44:42
  A Toro Power lawnmower from Pennsylvania Lawn and Garden Shop,
• 44:45
  a Kawasaki mini bike from Kawasaki Motor Company,
• 44:49
  dinner for six at Lowry's, the prime rib,
• 44:52
  dinner for six at the Hungry Tiger restaurant of your choice.
• 44:55
  See you out here tomorrow.
• 44:58
  Hey, sister Alou coming to bat a double down the left field line in the first inning.
• 45:02
  Alou has always been a good hitter against the Dodgers.
• 45:05
  He's hitting 278 with two home runs and 39 runs batted in.
• 45:10
  So now Doyle Alexander setting on in his own after holding back the Astros in the second inning.
• 45:15
  The four runs against Downing came in the first inning.
• 45:18
  Alou is charged with six hits.
• 45:20
  Now the pitch on the way, bounced over the middle behind second base.
• 45:23
  Valentine scoops up off balance throw in time.
• 45:26
  Nice play by Bobby.
• 45:27
  One away as Alou downs out.
• 45:30
  That'll bring on Dennis Mink, he's a third baseman.
• 45:33
  He walked his first time up, Denny hitting 248.
• 45:36
  And the Dodgers batted in the bottom of the third.
• 45:38
  They start with Alexander, then Wills and Buckner.
• 45:40
  And Alexander is a good hitting pitcher so he might get a chance to stay in.
• 45:46
  All right, Minky steps in, one out in the third.
• 45:55
  Here's a fastball for a strike to Minky, and it is 0-1.
• 46:00
  The two outs, San Diego has Gideron with a double.
• 46:07
  Then Alexander, then Wills and Buckner, and Alexander is a good hitting pitcher so he might get a chance to stay in.
• 46:15
  All right, Minky steps in, one out in the third.
• 46:25
  There's a fastball for a strike to Menke, and it is 0-1.
• 46:30
  With two outs, San Diego has Dideron with a double.
• 46:34
  They lead 1-0.
• 46:36
  Alexander spits to Menke, his lower one ball and one strike.
• 46:39
  1-1 the count.
• 46:43
  Menke hitting 2-48, playing a third base with Raderout for the rest of the year after an operation on his shoulder.
• 46:49
  One ball, one strike.
• 46:51
  Here's the pitch, fastball backhanded by Sims, and it's 2-1.
• 46:56
  Two balls, one strike.
• 47:03
  2-1. Menke waiting again.
• 47:07
  On deck is Larry Howard, the catcher.
• 47:09
  Now the 2-1 pitch.
• 47:11
  Just missed with the fastball.
• 47:13
  Free ball to the strike to Menke, who walked his first time up.
• 47:16
  And now he has to count his way here in the third inning.
• 47:22
  The Giants are making a pitching change. Jerry Johnson is coming in to replace Cumberland, with two outs and a man on his second.
• 47:28
  There's a bing and a foul tipped in the glove, playing to the Menke.
• 47:33
  Free ball, two strikes. Dennis backs off for a moment.
• 47:36
  The Astros jumped off to four runs in the first inning and sent nine men to the plate.
• 47:41
  And opened up a big lead in the first inning against the Dodgers.
• 47:46
  3-2 pitch. Alexander Reddy, here's his pitch.
• 47:49
  Line drive, over well to left field at the base hit.
• 47:52
  So Menke gets the base hit.
• 47:54
  Hit number seven for the Astros.
• 47:56
  That'll bring up the catcher, Larry Howard.
• 47:58
  So if you want to know the league standings, just check your newspaper.
• 48:01
  If you want to know how to dial long distance direct, just check the front pages of your telephone directory.
• 48:06
  Direct distance dialing is fast and easy.
• 48:14
  Larry Howard will be the batter.
• 48:16
  As Menke drilled a single to left field.
• 48:18
  That's the first hit allowed by Alexander.
• 48:20
  And the seventh for Houston.
• 48:22
  Big crowd on hand.
• 48:24
  And tomorrow night, fan appreciation night, we'll have a near capacity crowd.
• 48:28
  Fastball low outside, backhanded, and it is one ball, no strikes.
• 48:44
  Sims and Alexander are having a talk now.
• 48:47
  One ball and no strikes. Sims might have been crossed up on that first pitch.
• 48:53
  All right, Duke comes back behind the plate.
• 48:58
  One ball and no strikes to Larry Howard, the catcher, with Ken Forge, the pitcher, due up next.
• 49:04
  Astros four, Dodgers nothing. San Diego one, Giants nothing.
• 49:07
  They're in the fifth inning.
• 49:09
  We're in the third.
• 49:11
  Here's the pitch on the way to Howard.
• 49:13
  Breaking ball is a strike and it's one and one.
• 49:15
  The Dodgers set the infield of a play-depth.
• 49:18
  At home on the year, the Dodgers 41 wins, 38 losses.
• 49:21
  They are 88 and 72 on the year.
• 49:26
  Pitch high for ball, two and one.
• 49:29
  The Dodgers need a sweep to keep their hopes alive, and of course they would still have to have help.
• 49:38
  Two and one. Alexander checking again.
• 49:43
  Now the stretch on the look and the pitch on the way.
• 49:46
  Foul back of the checky swing and the count is two-two.
• 49:54
  Two-two the count. Howard backs out.
• 50:05
  All right, two and two to Howard, and again Alexander looks over.
• 50:09
  Menke is short lead the pitch. Foul tipped at the plate, count stays two-two.
• 50:22
  Two and two.
• 50:25
  Howard backs out a moment. Salty Parker coaching a third. Hubkittle a first.
• 50:31
  With one out, the Astros have a base runner. Menke is a single.
• 50:34
  Howard the catcher waiting, two-twenty average.
• 50:37
  Curve, strike three call.
• 50:40
  With the outside corner with it and it's two down now.
• 50:43
  Strikeout number two for Alexander.
• 50:45
  The batter will be the pitcher Ken Forch.
• 50:55
  Ken Forch coming up with two outs. Menke waiting on first base.
• 51:01
  Houston leads four to nothing. The Dodgers of course, hoping to get some strong relief pitching now
• 51:05
  to keep them in check so they can make a run at them.
• 51:08
  Can't let the Astros get too much more of a lead.
• 51:11
  There's a liner to right field, dropped for a base hit.
• 51:14
  Crawford will throw the first base and he does not get him.
• 51:17
  Pulls Buckner off the bag. He made a good try and almost had him.
• 51:22
  A line drives to right field, dropped for a base hit, but Crawford made it close
• 51:26
  by firing to Buckner but he pulled him off the bag.
• 51:29
  So the pitcher four singles and down to second base goes Menke.
• 51:33
  That is the eighth hit for Houston.
• 51:36
  There's a pitcher line to single into right.
• 51:38
  And here's the leadoff batter Roger Metzger coming up.
• 51:44
  Jerry Johnson strikes out, Nate Colbert on the side, retired for the Padres.
• 51:48
  The end of five, one to nothing in favor of San Diego.
• 51:52
  Jerry Johnson now against Clay Kirby.
• 51:55
  Metzger, the leadoff man, has grounded out and struck out.
• 51:58
  The Astros have two on against Doyle on singles by Menke and the pitcher fours.
• 52:03
  Fastball is away, one ball and no strike.
• 52:07
  One-oh to count, third inning.
• 52:18
  Now the one-oh pitch.
• 52:20
  Taps towards second base.
• 52:21
  Valentine waits for the hot-speeds. Will for the force-off there and the side retires.
• 52:25
  So they're down to the third, no runs, two hits, and the Astros leave two.
• 52:31
  They have left six and the score at the end of two and a half.
• 52:33
  Houston four, the Dodgers nothing.
• 52:36
  Schlitz, Milwaukee and the world.
• 52:39
  Shку arkadaşlar встанет.
• 52:48
  The field was 12 hours of dead 63.
• 52:53
  Joining the circle of 20 game winners this season was Steve Carlton of the Cardinals,
• 52:58
  Andy Nutter Smith of the Angels, and Gil Coleman of the Detroit Tigers, formerly of the Washington Senators.
• 53:05
  And the reason a lot of those fans in Washington were a little bit down in all their shorts.
• 53:10
  The next heat will be the drive middle, matter of the six. The father of the league wasn't up.
• 53:19
  Now that's a long three of those over the first five, but he has the same results as he did in Gavildon Park
• 53:27
  when he went through the first seven in an engine perfect fashion.
• 53:31
  He's turning the first 21 he's made.
• 53:40
  Now the Dodgers come on in the bottom of the third. They will start with a pitcher Doyle Alexander,
• 53:44
  then Maury Willson, Bill Buckner against Ken Force, who's allowed two singles.
• 53:48
  Force flanked the Dodgers earlier in the year and lost a tough one to them.
• 53:52
  So he has been double tough against them in his outings against them.
• 53:56
  Ken is one and one on the season, seven and eight against the league and a two-six-six-turns-run average.
• 54:01
  So the Dodgers have their hands full now tonight. Doyle Alexander, a good-hitting pitcher comes up.
• 54:06
  Doyle has nine for 32. That's better than a two-fifty average. He has two RBIs.
• 54:14
  At the end of five in San Diego, the Padres leading one to nothing.
• 54:17
  Clay Kirby now against Jerry Johnson.
• 54:21
  All right, here is Alexander at bat in the third. Dodgers trying to get busy.
• 54:26
  Force delivers and Doyle takes high ball one. Force has not walked a batter.
• 54:30
  He got struck out one. He got Sims in the second.
• 54:36
  4-0 in favor of Houston. Now the pitch. Doyle fouls it away off first base side.
• 54:41
  Strike one, one and one to Doyle. This is game number 161, home game number 80.
• 54:51
  So right down to the final two and still not decided.
• 54:55
  Fast ball high, ball two and it's a 2-1 count now.
• 54:58
  Force might get tired a little later if the Dodgers can stay close.
• 55:02
  And he reported that he was in 13 innings of that big ball game in San Diego the other night when Kirby went 15.
• 55:08
  2-1 pitch, high again, ball three and it's three and one now to Doyle.
• 55:15
  So the Dodgers, who fell behind by four, trying to tip away.
• 55:19
  Have a 3-1 count to the pitcher, wind up and down it's count.
• 55:23
  Strike two, now it's a full count. He's going to have to come in with another one.
• 55:27
  So Alexander ready to swing away on a 3-2 count.
• 55:32
  Here's the wind up by Force.
• 55:35
  Popped up into right field, Jimmy Wynn in his track.
• 55:38
  Waiting pops the glove, now moves his step and handles it.
• 55:41
  So one away, high fly to right. Here's Wills. He's swingled his first time up.
• 55:46
  Maury batting 279.
• 55:51
  All right, there is one out in the third.
• 56:02
  The Giants have two outs in the sixth inning, facing Kirby.
• 56:07
  Here's the pitch to Wills.
• 56:10
  Breaking ball is a strike at the inside corner and it is 0-1.
• 56:14
  Third inning.
• 56:18
  Maury single defender, first time up.
• 56:21
  Loops one foul off third base, that'll carry out a play.
• 56:24
  And the count, strike two to Wills.
• 56:26
  Ken Force, big right-hander, was involved in a shuffle with the Dodgers
• 56:33
  and Willie Crawford earlier in the year in Houston. That was in September.
• 56:37
  Wills pops a foul, back out of play.
• 56:41
  Count stays, strike two to Maury.
• 56:45
  Crowd including straight A students tonight could approach the 40,000 mark.
• 56:49
  We have a huge turnout.
• 56:51
  High foul outside of third. Wills, a little late, might have broken his back.
• 56:56
  Maury comes back, he's going to test it. It's okay.
• 56:59
  Strike two, count's still up there.
• 57:02
  They play Wills well around to the left.
• 57:04
  Alou shades the line in left field.
• 57:06
  Menti, near the bag, is third.
• 57:09
  Now Maury backs out.
• 57:11
  The Dodgers have no runs, two hits.
• 57:13
  The Astros, four runs and eight hits. Ken Force working.
• 57:18
  It's 0-2 and the pick's on the way.
• 57:21
  Caps toward third and it is foul ball.
• 57:24
  Foul ball. Menti picks it up and gives it back to the pitcher.
• 57:29
  Wills had crossed first base, now comes back again.
• 57:35
  So it is 0-2 to Maury.
• 57:41
  With two outs, the Giants have a baserunner on a walk.
• 57:50
  Fires a walk.
• 57:55
  Here's a pitch to Wills.
• 57:57
  Caps toward second. Morgan backs up, waits for a hop, puts the first in time and we have two outs.
• 58:02
  Let's pause for station identification.
• 58:04
  This is the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network.
• 58:07
  The pitcher left field is first time up. Billy hitting 276, facing Force.
• 58:12
  A fling and a foul. Caps at the plate. Strike one. 0-1 to count.
• 58:17
  We're in the bottom of the third inning.
• 58:22
  0-1 to count.
• 58:33
  Second inning. Second time. Big right-hander, Ken Force.
• 58:38
  Now the pitch on the way to Buckner.
• 58:40
  Line drive, base hit the left-center field. Could get through.
• 58:43
  Here's Buckner around. Heads the two. The ball is at the wall.
• 58:46
  Billy's at second base and holds on a double and Savaniel brings it back in.
• 58:51
  So Buckner doubles up the gap in left center.
• 58:55
  And with two down, Willie Davis, the batter, grounded into a fourth out his first time up.
• 58:59
  Willie batting 311.
• 59:08
  The Giants are out in the sixth inning and here's Willie Davis at bat.
• 59:11
  It is 1-0 in San Diego, 4-0 in Houston.
• 59:15
  We're in the third, they're in the sixth.
• 59:18
  All right, Willie Davis up now trying to get the Dodgers on the scoreboard
• 59:21
  and every little run would help down a situation like this.
• 59:24
  So Davis knows it. Here's the pitch.
• 59:26
  Foul out of play, got a fast ball in on the hand.
• 59:29
  Strike one, 0-1 the count to Willie Davis, Richie Allen on deck.
• 59:34
  Boy, the fans really want to break loose here tonight,
• 59:37
  but they got the real choked up on that first inning when the Astros came in with four big ones.
• 59:44
  Now they're trying to get something going here.
• 59:47
  Strike one count. Davis waiting, Buckner on second base.
• 59:51
  Ken Force ready to go with it. Two out.
• 59:54
  Here's the look now on the pitch on the way to Willie.
• 59:57
  Flawn and then strike two, went for a low fast ball,
• 1:00:00
  and now Howard goes out to have a talk with his pitcher.
• 1:00:05
  They're going to the bottom of the sixth in San Diego.
• 1:00:08
  The Padres lead 1-0. Kirby.
• 1:00:11
  Tomorrow night it'll be Roberts.
• 1:00:14
  The Dodgers have to help themselves. They trail by four.
• 1:00:19
  Richie Allen leaning on deck off to the left.
• 1:00:23
  Willie Davis at the plate. Strike two count to Willie.
• 1:00:26
  Three Dodgers up there. He has ten home runs and 74 RBI's trying to get on base for Richie.
• 1:00:32
  Here's the 0-2 pitch.
• 1:00:34
  Line drive foul. It under the stands in right field.
• 1:00:37
  He got a curve ball and hit it too soon and pulled it away foul.
• 1:00:43
  Willie with ten home runs, 74 RBI's and a 3-11 average.
• 1:00:48
  The Dodgers have a team average of 266, the Astros 241.
• 1:00:54
  Alright, Buckner away from second base. Davis waiting, still strike two.
• 1:00:58
  Here's the look by Forth and the pitch.
• 1:01:01
  That's over the middle behind second base. Morgan over.
• 1:01:03
  Off balance ball is in time. Davis out on a close play at first on the stretch by Washington.
• 1:01:10
  So, Willie is out. Good play by Morgan to get him.
• 1:01:13
  The Dodgers, no runs, one hit and the man left, they've left three through three innings.
• 1:01:18
  And the score at the end of three, the Astros four, the Dodgers nothing.
• 1:01:22
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• 1:01:26
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• 1:01:30
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• 1:01:36
  You'll see that most contain only four ounces of ham, but Farmer John's is a full five ounces,
• 1:01:42
  an ounce more than most of the rest.
• 1:01:44
  Yet the five ounce package of Farmer John ham often costs less than the smaller packages.
• 1:01:49
  In fact, every package of Farmer John luncheon meat is five ounces to give you more for your money.
• 1:01:55
  And his delicious variety includes all meat ballona, Italian style cotto salami, ham roll, and head cheese.
• 1:02:02
  Once again, each and every one is a full five ounces, not four, but five.
• 1:02:07
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• 1:02:14
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• 1:02:25
  Well, we've played three innings out of this. Four to nothing Houston on eight.
• 1:02:28
  The Dodgers have three. Doyle and Alexander all set to go to work into the fourth.
• 1:02:32
  The Astros coming to bat, more play here spinning.
• 1:02:35
  But, Jerry, I couldn't help thinking of the contrast between last night and tonight as far as the game here at Dodger Stadium.
• 1:02:42
  Tonight, as we go to the fourth inning, we played three innings in an hour and oh two or three minutes.
• 1:02:48
  Last night the entire game took an hour and thirty seven.
• 1:02:55
  Joe Morgan, Cesar Cedeno, and Bob Watson in that order in the fourth.
• 1:03:00
  They got them all in the first inning. Four runs on four hits against number 44, Al Downing.
• 1:03:08
  Doyle Alexander picking up four and the right hand is pitched low and inside off Sims Love. One and all to count.
• 1:03:15
  In San Diego, Ollie Brown has opened up with a single and the next batter promptly hit into a double play.
• 1:03:32
  As Jerry Johnson pitching for the Giants in relief of John Cumberland, he came in to save Cumberland a tough spot by striking out Nate Colbert.
• 1:03:43
  And it is Clay Kirby, pitching another strong effort, incredibly so.
• 1:03:49
  Through six, the pitch is lifted to right center. Davis coming in a hurry and one handed on the run. Made it look easy.
• 1:03:58
  One away, drive all the right centers and here it stays Cesar Cedeno, the center fielder, struck out and single.
• 1:04:13
  Four runs, eight hits. The Dodgers no runs, three hits. Astros have had at least one hit in every inning.
• 1:04:22
  We have really come out swinging. Oddly enough, the Astros have not hit much against the Dodgers all year.
• 1:04:29
  The team batting average for Houston against Dodger pitching prior to tonight only 229. Cedeno takes a strike.
• 1:04:38
  Cedeno is one fellow who has worn the Dodgers out. He has 23 hits against them.
• 1:04:48
  He is going to be quite a player this fella. Strike one, pitch to Cedeno, low one and one.
• 1:04:54
  They asked a little bit too much of him this year. In other words, he came up last year, hit 290 in the last two months or so.
• 1:05:01
  And naturally had the label can't miss and expected him, I guess, to hit 350. But it is a lot tougher.
• 1:05:08
  The pitch to Cedeno outside, ball two, two and one. The Padres are out now in the sixth inning.
• 1:05:14
  So the end of sixth in San Diego. It remains Padres one, Giants nothing.
• 1:05:22
  Two and one to count to Cesar Cedeno. Alexander checking, Cesar waiting.
• 1:05:31
  Right-handed delivers on the hands and it's hit foul outside at first. New stick for Cedeno. He chipped that one.
• 1:05:38
  Cedeno has done one thing, however, the prophets can boast about. He is leading the Astros in RBI.
• 1:05:49
  He has 80. He's going to be a, well he has all of the tools. He can do everything.
• 1:05:55
  He can run and throw and hit and hit with power. And he's just 21. He's just a kid.
• 1:06:02
  Two, two pitches, Cesar. Fast ball. Hit to the hole at short. Knocked down, but that's all by Wills.
• 1:06:08
  Even had he fielded the ball plainly, it is doubtfully to have been able to throw Cedeno out. He runs too well for that.
• 1:06:15
  So Cedeno has 24 hits against the Dodgers. And the battle will be Bob Watson.
• 1:06:31
  In the seventh inning, when the Giants come up, they will have Ken Henderson, Tito Fuentes, and Willie Mays.
• 1:06:37
  And if anybody gets on Willie McCovey, as we said, as soon as anything happens, you've got it.
• 1:06:43
  The pitch to Watson, breaking ball, swung on and missed, oh and one.
• 1:06:55
  Oh and one accounts to Bob Watson. Cedeno held on by Bill Buckner. Fourth inning, Astros four, Dodgers nothing.
• 1:07:02
  Throw to first base, close, with Cedeno back standing up.
• 1:07:09
  The only run in that Padres game was run as at first and third.
• 1:07:12
  Barton hit a high bouncer back towards the box that Cumberland knocked down.
• 1:07:16
  But his only play was to first and the only run scored.
• 1:07:20
  Henderson has opened up with a single to left field. Seventh inning.
• 1:07:25
  Strike one pitch to Watson as a high fly ball into deep left center.
• 1:07:29
  Back goes Davis to the wall, leaps up and it's gone. A home run and that makes it six to nothing, Houston.
• 1:07:38
  And for the Dodgers tonight, their only hope rests in the city of San Diego.
• 1:07:44
  Six runs and ten hits for the Astros who have really come out swinging nice and loose.
• 1:07:51
  So Watson touching them all. For Bob, it is nine home run. He now has 66 runs batted in.
• 1:08:00
  He's driven in three tonight.
• 1:08:09
  If the Giants and Dodgers lose tonight, the Giants have clinched a mathematical tie.
• 1:08:14
  And then they would be one in front with each with one left.
• 1:08:17
  The bouncer back to Alexander and Doyle throws to Buckner for the out.
• 1:08:21
  However, if the Dodgers lose and the Giants win, that'll be it.
• 1:08:28
  So it's six to nothing, Houston in the fourth inning. Kenny Henderson has singled to open up to seventh.
• 1:08:34
  Tito Fuentes has sacrificed Ken Henderson to second base. And with one out and Henderson at second,
• 1:08:40
  it'll be Willie Mays and Willie McCovey against Clay Kirby who has turned in a remarkable effort.
• 1:08:48
  Kirby must be one of the stronger men in the league.
• 1:08:52
  The pitch to Alou, a slicer, two hoppers down to Valentine who throws him out.
• 1:08:57
  The Astros go, but they pick up two runs. Two hits, the end of three and a half.
• 1:09:02
  The Astros six, Dodgers nothing.
• 1:09:07
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• 1:09:10
  Dennis, the one who gave me the minnow net for my birthday.
• 1:09:13
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• 1:09:16
  On our fifth and last fishing trip. He said I was the only girl he'd ever met.
• 1:09:20
  We knew how to row.
• 1:09:22
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• 1:09:25
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• 1:10:00
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• 1:10:06
  Bottom of the fourth inning with the Astros leading the Dodgers 6-0.
• 1:10:11
  And Ken Foers getting ready to pitch to Richie Allen, Willie Crawford, and Manny Moda.
• 1:10:17
  In San Diego, 1-0 Padre, seventh inning, Kenny Henderson at second base.
• 1:10:24
  And to count to Willie Mays, two balls and one strike with Willie McCovey on deck.
• 1:10:31
  Richie Allen flied to right field in the first inning. He's 0-1.
• 1:10:34
  The pitch to Rich, ground ball to shortstop.
• 1:10:36
  Netski gloves it just about at his nose and throws him out. One away.
• 1:10:42
  The way Foers is pitching and the way the Astros have been hitting, the Dodgers have only one chance.
• 1:10:48
  Clay Kirby and the Padres.
• 1:10:52
  The count to Willie Mays is 2-2 with one out, Henderson at second base.
• 1:10:57
  1-0 Padres in the seventh.
• 1:11:00
  And Kirby, it's really, the more you know about baseball, the more you realize what a job he is doing tonight.
• 1:11:07
  Here's the pitch to Willie Crawford, a strike.
• 1:11:10
  He made 234 pitches Friday night.
• 1:11:14
  To do that any time of the year is hard to believe, but late in September, wow.
• 1:11:19
  And now he's pitching a tough shutout so far tonight. He has gone 3-2 to Willie Mays.
• 1:11:25
  So a full count to Mays, Henderson at second, one out in the seventh.
• 1:11:29
  And the Astros leading the Dodgers here, 6-0.
• 1:11:32
  Here's the 1-1 pitch to Crawford.
• 1:11:35
  Half swing, but he held up. Gorman checking the line umpires who do not make a gesture.
• 1:11:40
  That means ball two, 2-1.
• 1:11:42
  Mays struck out on a 3-2 pitch.
• 1:11:45
  So there are two outs.
• 1:11:48
  Willie Mays has suddenly gotten to be an old man.
• 1:11:51
  There's a high pop fly back at third base.
• 1:11:54
  Menke and Metzger, and Metzger making the catch and foul ground.
• 1:11:58
  Now that is certainly not a knock.
• 1:12:00
  If I ever really marveled at a player's ability, it would be Willie Mays down through the years.
• 1:12:05
  What I mean is I will almost bet that in the last, how many at-bats he's had over the last 20 games,
• 1:12:12
  he has struck out at least half the time, at least half.
• 1:12:16
  And Mays, when he just struck out, has struck out for the 121st time this year.
• 1:12:21
  And boy, that's not like Willie.
• 1:12:24
  They're not going to fool with McCovey. They'll walk him.
• 1:12:26
  There's a bunch by Moda, foul, and McAllen won.
• 1:12:30
  So in a moment, the Giants will have runners at first and second, two out, and Bobby Barnes,
• 1:12:37
  who went out for a full muscle, he'll have to give way to Dave Kingman.
• 1:12:43
  So the youngster from SC will be on the spot in a moment in San Diego, Dave Kingman.
• 1:12:49
  Here's the strike one pitch to Manny Moda, fourth deal, foul back in the count of 0 and 2.
• 1:12:59
  Bobby Barnes covered a full muscle, so Kingman will be the man on the spot.
• 1:13:07
  So McCovey is getting the intentional walk.
• 1:13:09
  Here's the strike two pitch to Moda, breaking ball outside, ball one, one and two.
• 1:13:15
  So about Mays, he's saying how he has struck out half of his at-batch over the last 10 days at least.
• 1:13:20
  He has struck out two out of four times tonight.
• 1:13:24
  One and two, the count to Manny Moda. Here comes fourth, and it's flung on in mid-strike three.
• 1:13:30
  So down goes Manny and the Dodgers, and at the end of four, at throw six, Dodgers nothing.
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• 1:14:38
  We go to the fifth inning with the Astros leading the Dodgers six to nothing.
• 1:14:41
  After McCovey was walked intentionally, Dave Kingman singled home the tying run.
• 1:14:47
  Kenny Henderson scored on the single by Kingman, so the Giants and Padres are even 1-1.
• 1:14:53
  On the base hit, McCovey went to third, and the batter will be Dick Deets.
• 1:14:59
  And Deets hit into a fourth play, so the inning is over.
• 1:15:03
  However, the Giants got a run, and at the end of sixth and a half innings, the Giants and the Padres are tied 1-1.
• 1:15:10
  The Dodgers are tied up in knots. The Astros leading them six to nothing.
• 1:15:18
  Dennis Menke.
• 1:15:20
  Dennis Menke, Larry Howard, and Ken Fort in that order.
• 1:15:26
  They are now posting the details of the seventh inning where the Giants scored the tying run.
• 1:15:32
  And now here's Menke at the plate, walked and singled.
• 1:15:36
  Alexander delivers, breaking ball down and away, ball one.
• 1:15:40
  Doyle has been fine until a two-run home run in the fourth inning by Bob Watson, still think all over his book.
• 1:15:48
  Doyle checking, Menke waiting, and the 1-0 pitch on the way.
• 1:15:53
  Low and outside, ball two.
• 1:15:56
  This figures to be Alexander's last inning of work.
• 1:15:59
  He is due to bat third when he comes up in the fifth inning.
• 1:16:06
  The pitch is outside, ball three.
• 1:16:10
  So Dave Kingham, the kid from SC who spent the year at Phoenix and has come up with so many timely base hits,
• 1:16:19
  singled home the tying run, and they're putting up the play-by-play on the message board now.
• 1:16:23
  The pitch is tight, three and one.
• 1:16:25
  Deets grounded out to end the inning, and it'll be the bottom of the San Diego lineup.
• 1:16:30
  Bob Barton, Clay Kirby, and then Tommy Dean the shortstop when the Padres hit in the bottom of the seventh inning.
• 1:16:38
  Here's the three-one pitch on the way, strike on the outside corner, three and two.
• 1:16:43
  Six runs on ten hits to the Astros, no run, three hits for the Dodgers.
• 1:16:53
  Boy, it sure looks like the Giants have a star of the future, in fact, of the present in that Kingman.
• 1:16:58
  Pitch fouled away, three and two.
• 1:17:01
  In fact, the Giants, to give them their just desserts, lost Kingman for over 12 days.
• 1:17:08
  Rod with an appendectomy, and then came right back even after he had been in the hospital to play almost immediately.
• 1:17:14
  He's a remarkable young man, Dave Kingman.
• 1:17:17
  Rod Dado is quoted as saying he's the finest player he's ever had at SC, and of course, Rod has had a room full.
• 1:17:24
  Here's the three-two pitch to Menke, inside off-sims, met Dennis Cotting to first base on ball four.
• 1:17:33
  Catcher Larry Howard coming up.
• 1:17:36
  Howard, single to Satters to drive in two runs and struck out.
• 1:17:43
  He's one for two.
• 1:17:46
  When the Dodgers bat in the fifth, they have Sims, Valentine, and Alexander's spot, and they'll get somebody up in the bullpen in a moment.
• 1:17:53
  Jose Pena will be the Dodger to get up in the pen.
• 1:17:58
  Alexander, hands to the sides, right hand hitting Howard at the plate, Doyle delivers.
• 1:18:02
  Fast ball high, ball one.
• 1:18:04
  Astros got four in the first inning to banish Al Downing, and they added two more against Alexander in the fourth.
• 1:18:11
  The Dodgers, meanwhile, have gotten one man to second base.
• 1:18:14
  That was Buckner, who doubled in the third.
• 1:18:16
  So four has been very tough.
• 1:18:22
  The one-oh pitch is a slow dribbler towards Richie Allen.
• 1:18:25
  Takes a good hop for him, and he's able to throw him out.
• 1:18:28
  Howard has not run well.
• 1:18:30
  On to play Menke advances to second.
• 1:18:32
  Bob Barton, the ex-giant who drove in the Padres' run with an infield out, this time gets an infield single.
• 1:18:40
  Opening up matters in the bottom of the seventh inning.
• 1:18:42
  That'll bring up Clay Kirby, and of course, he figures he's bunting.
• 1:18:55
  Preston Gomez piloting the Padres, and we'll see about Clay Kirby.
• 1:19:03
  Kirby tried to sacrifice and missed the bunt.
• 1:19:07
  The pitch swung on and missed, and Barton, who was on first base, was caught in a run down and tagged out.
• 1:19:14
  So Barton opened up with a single, but now there's one out and the bases are empty, and Kirby missed the bunt in the count-o-and-one.
• 1:19:24
  Ken Forch, a pretty good-hitting pitcher at the plate.
• 1:19:29
  Alexander delivers.
• 1:19:30
  Line drive.
• 1:19:31
  Base hits the center.
• 1:19:32
  Outside, two for three, and they're going to hold Menke at third base.
• 1:19:36
  Ball cut off by Buckner.
• 1:19:38
  So a line single to center for Ken Forch.
• 1:19:41
  That's his second hit.
• 1:19:43
  First and third, one out in the fifth, and Roger Metzger the batter.
• 1:19:48
  Roger Metzger.
• 1:19:50
  It's one-one, San Diego in the Giants, bottom of the seventh inning with one out, pitcher Clay Kirby is at the plate.
• 1:19:57
  That was a rather expensive bunt-and-run play.
• 1:20:00
  Of course, Gomez, with a slow runner Barton on the bases, tried to give him a head start, but Kirby, when he missed the bunt, then Barton was exposed and nailed easily.
• 1:20:13
  Mesker has struck out, rounded to third and hit into a fourth play.
• 1:20:17
  The switch-hitting shortstop is 0 for 3.
• 1:20:21
  The Astros trying to get a ton now.
• 1:20:23
  They're leading 6-0.
• 1:20:25
  Clay Kirby has struck out, so there are two outs in San Diego.
• 1:20:30
  And Tommy Dean, who is playing shortstop now, Lorenzo Hernandez, is in the leadoff spot.
• 1:20:35
  Tommy, the next Dodger, will be coming up.
• 1:20:50
  The pitch is squeezed and it's missed, and they have got Minky hung up, and the throw is to Allen, and Minky's already passed him.
• 1:20:58
  And the Dodgers miss one there.
• 1:21:07
  Roger Mesker tried to squeeze home Minky and missed the bunt, and Minky would have been a dead duck.
• 1:21:15
  But by the time sent through the ball to Richie Allen, Minky had just passed Richie.
• 1:21:21
  Meanwhile, Ken Forch moved to second base.
• 1:21:26
  So the Astros have run as a second and third with one out.
• 1:21:29
  0-1 the count to Minky.
• 1:21:32
  Minky at third, Mesker at the plate.
• 1:21:34
  They might even try to squeeze again.
• 1:21:37
  The infield is up. Alexander's going to come out of a windup anyway.
• 1:21:40
  And the pitch to Mesker, a high bouncer, speared by Valentine.
• 1:21:44
  He has no play but first base.
• 1:21:46
  Minky scores, Forch takes third, and the Astros have done it.
• 1:21:50
  It's 7-11 now.
• 1:21:52
  Seven runs, 11 hits. 7-0 Houston, and Joe Morgan will be coming out.
• 1:22:01
  So a run batted in for Roger Mesker, the run that the Dodgers let stay alive.
• 1:22:14
  Two down, Forch at third base, and the pitch is a bouncer knocked down by Alexander.
• 1:22:19
  He picks it up, fires, and Buckner can't hold on to a high throw.
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  Forch scores, it is 8-0 in favor of the Astros.
• 1:22:34
  So Alexander will get an error.
• 1:22:38
  Doyle is 21 years old, and he's in a pretty tough ballgame.
• 1:22:43
  When you're 21 and you're exposed to this kind of pressure, he knocks the ball down,
• 1:22:47
  and then hurried a high throw to first base.
• 1:22:51
  No, it is 8-0 Houston, and the battle will be Cesar Cedeno.
• 1:23:08
  With two out in the seventh inning at San Diego, Tommy Dean has just walked.
• 1:23:17
  Alexander at the bell then delivers, and Cedeno takes the strike. 0-1.
• 1:23:22
  Well, for the Giants, it's right there waiting for them.
• 1:23:25
  That is to say, the Dodgers are buried underneath an 8-0 hill,
• 1:23:30
  and the Giants are 1-1 with the Padres, seventh inning.
• 1:23:34
  Here's the strike one pitch instead at the throw to first.
• 1:23:37
  Morgan hops back to the bag. Little Joe with 38 stolen bases.
• 1:23:46
  Don Mason, the left-hand-hitting second baseman and ex-Giant, is at the plate for the Padres.
• 1:23:52
  Strike one pitch is a broken bat, one hopper that Allen takes from Wills and throws to Valentine.
• 1:23:58
  5-4, fourth play.
• 1:24:03
  Dave Johnson, who has done it before while trying to keep Tommy Dean on, has balked into second.
• 1:24:11
  So Johnson's having a terrible time lately in the cluts.
• 1:24:14
  Meanwhile, the Dodgers aren't doing very well.
• 1:24:16
  The Astros get two more runs on one hit on an error. A man left.
• 1:24:20
  At the end of 4-1-1, Astros 8, Dodgers nothing.
• 1:24:24
  Schlitz, Milwaukee in the world.
• 1:24:46
  You only get one chance at life, and you can't be afraid to live it,
• 1:24:50
  because second chances never come, but you wouldn't have it any other way.
• 1:24:54
  Same with your beer. You wouldn't have it any other way either.
• 1:24:57
  Schlitz, life's settled for less. You ran a Schlitz. You ran a beer.
• 1:25:26
  Bottom of the fifth inning, the Astros leading the Dodgers 8-0 in San Diego with two outs.
• 1:25:32
  Tommy Dean, an ex-Dodger, walked.
• 1:25:35
  Gary Johnson balked him to second, and Johnson is now pitching to an ex-Giant.
• 1:25:40
  And the ballgame is tied 1-1.
• 1:25:42
  Don Mason, left hand hitting second baseman, is up there with a chance to break the tie in San Diego.
• 1:25:51
  Duke Sinem, Bobby Valentine, and the hitter, Fidoil Alexander.
• 1:25:56
  That would figure here in the fifth inning.
• 1:25:58
  The Astros 8-0 out in front.
• 1:26:01
  Force delivers, and it's popped up on the left side.
• 1:26:04
  Menke, crossing the foul line.
• 1:26:06
  Dennis, waiting, and makes the catch.
• 1:26:08
  One away. A sports cessation identification.
• 1:26:11
  This is the Los Angeles Patriots Radio Network.
• 1:26:13
  Hi, this is Dave Fisher reminding you to stay tuned for more of me right after the Dodger game
• 1:26:18
  here on KTAR in Phoenix, Arizona.
• 1:26:21
  We'll be back from Bill Johnson's Big Apple.
• 1:26:26
  The batter is Bobby Valentine. He takes a strike in the count of 0-1-1.
• 1:26:30
  Eight runs on 11 hits. It's just not been any contest here tonight.
• 1:26:35
  It's been all Houston. The strike one-fits. Valentine pops it up.
• 1:26:39
  Bob Watson is waiting and waiting and makes the catch. Two down.
• 1:26:48
  So the Dodgers involved in one of their poorer efforts of the year,
• 1:26:51
  and certainly the worst game they have played in weeks, and it has popped up tonight.
• 1:26:58
  Bill Siveka coming up to hit for Fidoil Alexander.
• 1:27:01
  Standing for Alexander, number 16, Bill Siveka.
• 1:27:09
  In San Diego, Don Mason is at the plate, and the count has reached 2-2.
• 1:27:14
  Tommy Dean at second base, 2 out in the seventh inning, and that game tied 1-1.
• 1:27:19
  Boy, that's another ironic situation. Dean the ex-Dodger at second, Mason the ex-Giant at the plate.
• 1:27:27
  Joe Moeller is up throwing instead of Jose Pena. The count to Mason has gone to 3-2.
• 1:27:35
  Sudeikis hitting for Alexander, takes two pitches, one ball and one strike to count.
• 1:27:41
  After Mason, you start getting down into the hitters in the San Diego lineup.
• 1:27:46
  On deck is center fielder Johnny Jeter.
• 1:27:49
  Sudsy hits a fly ball to right field. Jimmy Winn moves back and over to his right a bit, just waiting,
• 1:27:54
  and puts that away, and that's just what Forch has been doing, putting the Dodgers away.
• 1:27:59
  He's retired the last seven in a row, and at the end of five, Astros 8 dodges nothing.
• 1:28:15
  Sometimes when the ball club is out of town, Farmer John flies back east to the famous corn country.
• 1:28:21
  He enjoys it there, he says, because the air is like it used to be everywhere, clear and clean and fresh.
• 1:28:27
  It's real country farmland with mile after mile of tall green corn as far as you can see.
• 1:28:32
  In fact, so much corn is grown that they can afford to use it as feed.
• 1:28:36
  Well, that's why pork from this heartland of America is the finest in the world.
• 1:28:40
  Farmer John uses only this pork to make his ham, and more than that, because he's a pickler for freshness,
• 1:28:47
  he brings it out here live, and it's U.S. inspected and dressed fresh right here in the West.
• 1:28:52
  Most packers ship their pork in frozen or cold storage, so Farmer John starts with the finest and freshest.
• 1:28:58
  Then he smokes his ham an old-time Western way over native Western wood to give it the same wonderful Western flavor
• 1:29:04
  the pioneers of the West enjoyed in their home-smoked ham.
• 1:29:07
  So now you know why we say Farmer John ham is the East and most in quality and the West and most in flavor.
• 1:29:17
  Waiting for you at Dodger Stadium, gift certificates and shares,
• 1:29:21
  merchandise certificates for foursome shoes from Jude Barnett,
• 1:29:24
  a mandrolex wristwatch with bracelet from C.D. Howes and Son on Wilshire Boulevard,
• 1:29:29
  30 Andrew Williams records from Columbia Records,
• 1:29:32
  a gold pin of a ball player at bat from California Jewsmith,
• 1:29:36
  a cassette tape recorder from Panasonic, an auto cassette from T.I.C. Corporation,
• 1:29:40
  a dozen notes and cookbooks, luggage by Becknells, and many other prizes.
• 1:29:44
  Fan appreciation night tomorrow. Back to play here at spin.
• 1:29:47
  All right, Jerry, it's 8 to nothing in favor of the Astros. 8 runs, 11 hits.
• 1:29:53
  Dodgers no run, 3 hits, and an error. Joe Moeller will pick up.
• 1:29:58
  In San Diego, 2 out. Runners at first and second.
• 1:30:02
  The count to Johnny Jeter, one ball and one strike.
• 1:30:07
  Jeter has hit hard against Johnny Cumberland. He had a single and a double.
• 1:30:14
  So the young center fielder who came up through the Pirate organization
• 1:30:18
  is at the plate right now, 1-1, 2 out in the seventh inning.
• 1:30:22
  And an ex-Dodger at second base, Tommy Dean, and an ex-giant at first base, Don Mason.
• 1:30:29
  Two balls, one strike to Johnny Jeter, and Bob Watson will start things off.
• 1:30:49
  Bob Watson waiting, and Moeller looks in to get a sign from Duke Simms.
• 1:30:54
  Joe into the windup now, and the first pitch to Bob Watson. Fastball, a high hopper over Allen's head,
• 1:31:00
  and bouncing into left field. That'll be a dozen hits for the Astros in five innings.
• 1:31:06
  Thames Edge is having a day in the country today.
• 1:31:10
  So a base hit for Watson. He's had two singles and a home run.
• 1:31:16
  The count to Johnny Jeter in San Diego, two balls and two strikes.
• 1:31:22
  The Dodgers were touched up for 17 hits by Houston and Atlanta.
• 1:31:27
  And Houston looks like they're trying to do it again.
• 1:31:33
  And Johnny Jeter just hit a fly ball that was caught,
• 1:31:36
  so the seventh inning rally goes down the drain in San Diego.
• 1:31:40
  That means the Giants will come up in the eighth inning,
• 1:31:44
  and that ballgame is tied 1-1, the Giants and the Padres.
• 1:31:49
  The Dodgers are out of sight tonight. It's 8-0 Houston in the sixth inning.
• 1:31:56
  Watson standing at first, held on by Buckner.
• 1:31:59
  Jimmy Wynn has singled it into a fourth play and hit back to the box.
• 1:32:03
  Moeller a check of first, overhand curve, another big bouncer, this one fouled outside at third, and the count 0-2.
• 1:32:15
  Doyle Alexander in three and a third innings allowed four runs and five hits.
• 1:32:24
  A two-run home run to Bob Watson and then some strange goings on in the fifth inning for two more.
• 1:32:31
  Here's a strike two pitch to Jimmy Wynn.
• 1:32:33
  Half swing fly ball into shallow center. Valentine waving, he's got it and makes the catch.
• 1:32:39
  Bobby knew he had that all the way. He was just worried about a tie with Willie Davis.
• 1:32:43
  They wave him away. One out and Jesus Alou coming out.
• 1:32:55
  Jesus Alou, double, grounded out twice.
• 1:33:11
  Jesus Alou, one for three, doubled inside the bag against Downing in the first inning.
• 1:33:16
  He takes low and inside, ball one, one and oh.
• 1:33:29
  One and oh to Jesus Alou.
• 1:33:31
  Moeller ready to go to a stretch, but time had been called by first base umpire Landis
• 1:33:36
  at the request of base runner Watson who wanted to check with Hub Kettle.
• 1:33:42
  The Astros with Alou especially might play hit and run even though they're leading eight to nothing.
• 1:33:47
  It's all part of it. They've already tried to squeeze in a run when they were leading six to nothing.
• 1:33:52
  They're now out in front eight oh.
• 1:33:55
  Here's the one oh pitch to Alou. He takes a good breaking ball for a strike and the count one and one.
• 1:34:05
  One and one to count to Jesus Alou.
• 1:34:16
  Moeller ready, another look at Watson. The pitch to Alou is low, ball two, two and one.
• 1:34:24
  The Astros scored four in the first inning to chase Al Downing.
• 1:34:29
  Then two in the fourth and two in the fifth.
• 1:34:33
  Clay Kirby has just struck out Alan Gallagher to start off the eighth inning as Alou fouls it away two and two.
• 1:34:41
  Boy how really marvelous a performance Kirby is putting in tonight.
• 1:34:45
  When he struck out Gallagher that is the eighth strikeout for him.
• 1:34:49
  The young right-hander who pitched so long, so hard and so well Friday night.
• 1:34:58
  So it's one one and Chris Spire is the batter with one out in the eighth inning.
• 1:35:03
  Now the two two pitch to Alou on the hands it's sharply under Alan's glove and through in the left field.
• 1:35:09
  And not stopping at second is Watson, a big turn at first by Alou and he dives back to the bag.
• 1:35:16
  13 base hits for the Astros. They are just eating up the Dodgers tonight.
• 1:35:20
  And the batter is Dennis Menke.
• 1:35:32
  Eight runs, 13 hits for Houston. No runs, three hits for the Dodgers.
• 1:35:37
  The batter is Dennis Menke. He's walked twice and singled.
• 1:35:43
  So this game is over just about for sure unless the Dodgers really pull a miracle.
• 1:35:47
  But boy the one in San Diego is really alive.
• 1:35:50
  One one in the eighth inning. The pitch is low ball one, one and all.
• 1:36:05
  And with two down Jerry Thompson. We'll leave it at that. Jerry is stuck out in his only at bat.
• 1:36:18
  We come back and there's one pitching in Friday night. He's thrown a lot of pitches tonight.
• 1:36:37
  No runs, no left, no left. We go to the bottom of the eighth.
• 1:36:43
  And that's what happens.
• 1:36:49
  Baltimore took a pair from Boston 10-2 and 5-4.
• 1:36:55
  Mueller sat at the bell, looks back at second base at Alou and delivers to Howard a strike. Going on.
• 1:37:08
  Boy Bob Watson, the local boy having a big night, he has scored three times.
• 1:37:13
  He has driven in three and he has three hits and four at bats.
• 1:37:19
  So Watson has really been leading the parade.
• 1:37:22
  Now the strike one pitch to Larry Howard. Mueller delivers, breaking ball over, strike two. 0-2.
• 1:37:35
  Nine nothing Astros here in the sixth inning.
• 1:37:38
  They're going to the bottom of the eighth in San Diego all tied up one and one.
• 1:37:48
  Clark Bantler, Houston leads nine to nothing over the Dodgers with the sixth inning still going on.
• 1:38:09
  One-one.
• 1:38:19
  If the drive, Clark B. By the moderate tonight, it's been to the final day with the Dodgers building the sand for God. Now it is, then it's third base.
• 1:38:43
  And they're very dominant.
• 1:38:49
  And the blow off of all big jobs today is not going to fall apart.
• 1:38:55
  He has given us a line drive just for him.
• 1:39:00
  That mark was big dog.
• 1:39:02
  But now he walks like any other guy in the world.
• 1:39:05
  He's a leader to play on the end of the world.
• 1:39:21
  He released on cover.
• 1:39:23
  Will the action again, Mcmahon and Hamilton get up for the drive?
• 1:39:26
  He wants it to go over.
• 1:39:35
  And one of the.
• 1:40:02
  The six yard mark for tonight 4 3 StatesWAN
• 1:40:21
  turned, Doug, one of.
• 1:40:30
  like this. High for a ball. Water on and deep. Fires a one back out to Johnson and yelled
• 1:40:37
  at him about getting that pitch up. That was a swatting. One out, Major Zemdue. There is
• 1:40:45
  one one-fifth. Drive to right center, KFC. May's racing over there is there. Makes the
• 1:40:50
  gap. Round hits that one hard in the right center. He's the captain. He's all gaffed
• 1:41:01
  into a line-up. Double. He's having a good little play. New down. That makes it empty.
• 1:41:18
  That's one out of them. There is Micks. Micks went by gaffed into the play. Olicutus is
• 1:41:36
  out of three. Here is San Diego. That's one out. That's one out. That's one out. That's
• 1:42:04
  one out. That's one out, right side. That's one out, left side. That's one out. That's
• 1:42:28
  Did he climb up that one there?
• 1:42:29
  No.
• 1:42:30
  Two and one.
• 1:42:31
  Breaking Vance and Johnson held out.
• 1:42:34
  Johnson.
• 1:42:35
  Oh, man.
• 1:42:35
  Had a sparkling career before coming to the ground.
• 1:42:39
  With four and four with Philadelphia and the 68.
• 1:42:42
  Thanks and 13 with them.
• 1:42:45
  Vance and Powell.
• 1:42:47
  Two and 10.
• 1:42:49
  He's five and four last year.
• 1:42:52
  Johnson's that strong with one out on the bottom on six.
• 1:42:57
  Doing just half a gap.
• 1:43:00
  Doing full push there.
• 1:43:03
  Hocking up.
• 1:43:04
  No, he followed it.
• 1:43:05
  Mousetrap.
• 1:43:07
  And his favorite one.
• 1:43:10
  Johnson.
• 1:43:11
  During the round of breaking, he got hard.
• 1:43:13
  Harder.
• 1:43:14
  And there's Johnson with two.
• 1:43:17
  Two down.
• 1:43:20
  Johnson's dead.
• 1:43:22
  Two down.
• 1:43:23
  Two on.
• 1:43:24
  Get away.
• 1:43:25
  Hamilton and McMain.
• 1:43:28
  Two out on the bottom of the eighth.
• 1:43:30
  Four sides of one and one.
• 1:43:32
  Vance and Moulin.
• 1:43:34
  A little bit of a top of the order.
• 1:43:36
  Two first.
• 1:43:38
  Hocking up.
• 1:43:41
  No runs.
• 1:43:42
  No hits.
• 1:43:43
  No L.A.s.
• 1:43:44
  No one left on.
• 1:43:45
  We have gone eight full lengths.
• 1:43:47
  Four and five and one and one.
• 1:43:54
  In another nationally game, Chicago and Montreal in Chicago leading that game by the score of five to four after eight and seven.
• 1:44:04
  I'm not sure how the final score is in on that game though.
• 1:44:06
  It should be, but we haven't checked.
• 1:44:08
  It will take a while for you to play this.
• 1:44:09
  Oh, William for two minutes in that game.
• 1:44:11
  For Chicago it's 27 and 28 to three.
• 1:44:14
  For Washington, it's a Chicago, Vance, Lassie, and Giro for Montreal.
• 1:44:20
  The American League, Minnesota, B.C., went nothing.
• 1:44:23
  It was open eight and to 67.
• 1:44:25
  It was a little 50-gross up there on the bottom of the ninth.
• 1:44:27
  It was coming behind the winner.
• 1:44:29
  In fact, they tore seven of the eights.
• 1:44:31
  Johnson and McMain had three runs in the seventh.
• 1:44:34
  Two runs in the eighth and two more than none.
• 1:44:37
  New York down.
• 1:44:38
  Washington takes three.
• 1:44:39
  Saddlemire won at 16.
• 1:44:41
  The
• 1:44:42
  Lakers are back to lose for Washington.
• 1:44:44
  Lakers are season at three in the heavens.
• 1:44:46
  And Cleveland defeated Detroit by the score of two to one.
• 1:44:48
  Colbert the winner.
• 1:44:49
  Lowland's the loser.
• 1:44:50
  Lowland's the finish at 25.
• 1:44:52
  That's right.
• 1:44:54
  Against Dwight Curtis, the top of a giant order.
• 1:45:00
  And here's the news for you.
• 1:45:02
  In the last moment, Gaylord Terry starts to warm up.
• 1:45:07
  Gaylord who went nine and in glass back, starting the top lead with
• 1:45:11
  Nooran Robbins, leading him seven to one on seven-head.
• 1:45:15
  And Terry is in the bullpen now, starting to loosen up.
• 1:45:19
  If he could get ready tonight, he'd get one man in this ballgame.
• 1:45:25
  It's going to take Terry quite a while to warm up.
• 1:45:29
  I would imagine he is down there now.
• 1:45:31
  And he's got a lot of time.
• 1:45:37
  Terry delivers to the left hand, downing Henderson.
• 1:45:41
  He'll drag about half a century.
• 1:45:43
  Almost looped it over his hands.
• 1:45:45
  Terry has it down.
• 1:45:46
  Henderson's like a hundred way off.
• 1:45:49
  But it's locked it up to the putt now.
• 1:45:51
  That's out number one and he don't want it.
• 1:45:54
  Henderson's trying to drag about zero.
• 1:45:57
  And he's bouncing it.
• 1:46:01
  He might have bumped it over to his head.
• 1:46:03
  The pitcher is back to get back to things.
• 1:46:05
  He's got one down.
• 1:46:06
  He don't want to sacrifice.
• 1:46:08
  He doesn't want to sacrifice.
• 1:46:15
  He don't want to.
• 1:46:16
  He has a little bit of a chance.
• 1:46:18
  He's going to be on a close call.
• 1:46:23
  He's going to come up to Houston, ladies and gentlemen.
• 1:46:27
  It's his own play.
• 1:46:32
  It's the end of six.
• 1:46:34
  It's the end of seven.
• 1:46:36
  Houston ladies and gentlemen.
• 1:46:41
  That's the reaction from the crowd at the time.
• 1:46:45
  They have to get around.
• 1:46:46
  They're going to make something out of it.
• 1:46:48
  How will he see my photos?
• 1:46:49
  One on one.
• 1:46:51
  Two strikes.
• 1:46:53
  What is that?
• 1:46:54
  That was one out.
• 1:46:57
  He's got seven in his hands.
• 1:46:59
  That's a million in his hands.
• 1:47:03
  That was one out tonight.
• 1:47:05
  They're going to make this one go up.
• 1:47:07
  That's one to one.
• 1:47:09
  That's right in his hands.
• 1:47:11
  One one, that's two point eight.
• 1:47:13
  One on a miss.
• 1:47:14
  That's one to one.
• 1:47:20
  Two strikes now.
• 1:47:22
  That's just that back drop with two strikes on twenty-two.
• 1:47:26
  Well, he may as well have made it.
• 1:47:28
  He may as well have struck out of the bubble.
• 1:47:30
  He popped up and he struck out again.
• 1:47:33
  There he is.
• 1:47:34
  One two-pitch to two.
• 1:47:35
  Top foul out of Boyle and he saves it.
• 1:47:37
  That's two.
• 1:47:42
  No more.
• 1:47:43
  That's a one-off.
• 1:47:54
  Seventeen.
• 1:47:59
  That's one two-pitch to forty.
• 1:48:01
  Drowed into the right side.
• 1:48:02
  Waiting for it to the first base and over and beat twenty-two to the back.
• 1:48:08
  That's the time of the night.
• 1:48:13
  The Giants lead it up to twenty-nine.
• 1:48:14
  Twenty-four.
• 1:48:15
  That's like a place to be doubled in the third and popped up.
• 1:48:23
  The question now is will the fans of the Senators enjoy it at the top of the ninth inning?
• 1:48:29
  If they do not score here, we'll go to touchdown.
• 1:48:34
  That's the time for concern.
• 1:48:40
  Kirby looking at it nice.
• 1:48:44
  Right-hander to it.
• 1:48:46
  We're going to miss him, are we?
• 1:48:51
  The young right-hander who's just clearly at the beginning of his career and a veteran
• 1:48:56
  center fielder who's nearing the end of his.
• 1:48:58
  Take him to the end of the ninth inning.
• 1:49:00
  He's going to miss the breaking position of the first brother.
• 1:49:04
  Johnny Ponder.
• 1:49:06
  Don't worry, Mays will look for it.
• 1:49:11
  Well, Mays is going to pop right now.
• 1:49:18
  I want that.
• 1:49:20
  Hell, I missed.
• 1:49:21
  I thought he was trying to win it.
• 1:49:23
  Mays with a bad shoulder.
• 1:49:28
  He's not as he's long enough as anyone to relax for them.
• 1:49:32
  He has his right shoulders and you're the impulse.
• 1:49:35
  That is not an effect of play.
• 1:49:37
  He's a lot of strength and layers and he's about to lose even to the base.
• 1:49:40
  Willie takes five.
• 1:49:43
  Willie trying his mightiest.
• 1:49:47
  Willie with everything he's got down to hit one out of it.
• 1:49:55
  Kirby's one-two-thick.
• 1:49:57
  Bucky Dobson.
• 1:50:02
  The young man is waiting for that.
• 1:50:04
  No run, no hit, no area.
• 1:50:06
  No one left.
• 1:50:07
  We've got the bottom of it up.
• 1:50:10
  And Jerry Scott's going to have to get about to get the job for another shot at it.
• 1:50:15
  Go on and see him take a half.
• 1:50:18
  The job's not in the pot right now.
• 1:50:22
  Well, things continue to turn clear.
• 1:50:25
  And Diego, further to the north, the Los Angeles Dodgers are having a tough time as Houston is losing that ballgame by the score of 10-0.
• 1:50:35
  You might be curious to see some of the comments made earlier in this ballgame by Lauren Simmons about the then-Skeleton Dodgers.
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  That was KFI in Los Angeles.
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  It was 50,000 watts per channel station.
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  In fact, it's 101 meters from Mississippi.
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  That might not mean too much to most people.
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  But what it's having means is the reception is incredible.
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  You can hear that all over the western part of the United States.
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  And so down in front of me, you'll go about 200 miles or so to the south.
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  And you've got the little transistor radio turned into KFI.
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  That's where you're going to be on those 25-3.
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  And what's going on in Dodgers Stadium.
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  They are at their home in San Francisco.
• 1:51:13
  The San Francisco Giants station is still fixed up pretty well.
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  It's about 5,000 watts per channel.
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  And then the rest of it can be heard in Los Angeles.
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  And that's the one.
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  Both networks know what the other team is doing.
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  They got to the bottom of the ninth.
• 1:51:28
  At the end of sixth and a half of Dodgers Stadium, usually the 11th and a half of the game,
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  you can almost say that one is pretty much the end of the game.
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  But it will not be the time for much of it.
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  It will be the time for the good and the bad.
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  Dodgers lose this one.
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  Giants lose the commander of the ninth.
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  Now, Jerry Johnson after hitting the bottom of the ninth.
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  The second to lead off with a single flat out of popped up.
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  Jerry takes the touchdown.
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  He's got almost hit it by one.
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  Oh, Terry is throwing now as well.
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  Yes, Terry is still throwing.
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  He's got him with two hands.
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  Terry is not throwing hard.
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  He was just trying to get loose.
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  Jeff Dadd follows to take the lead.
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  One and one.
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  Jeff Dadd, Martin, and the servings are in batter.
• 1:52:14
  Steve Marlins throws the bullpen for the potter.
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  He's almost asking too much of the servings to go in there.
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  But tonight after 15-15 in the last time, Jeff Dadd with the high drive to left field.
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  But anything will have room.
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  That one at the warning sign.
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  It makes the catch for him.
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  And the way to just then, it's this one for your heart.
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  And anything scares you now.
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  Because it is.
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  And it's a touchdown.
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  One down.
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  Bob Parsons who has driven in the fundraiser.
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  And then the founding man, that's the global starter, John Keppler, has lost.
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  And his single press partner couldn't handle his line drive.
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  And that's Beijing Jerry Tom.
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  He's got a point to make this mistake on Sunday.
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  I'm going to follow back.
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  Strike one.
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  You know what I'm saying.
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  I'll make you go now too if he doesn't get out.
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  We're in the bottom of the ninth inning.
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  Tired of one and one.
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  That act of the batters in the seventh inning is a fairly 11-0.
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  Where he's got some hits to bust.
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  He takes them slow.
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  That's the money he's in this.
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  He's got a point to make.
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  He's got a point to make.
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  And he's got 11 men on him.
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  The Padres just ran an eight.
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  And Johnson's room is in there.
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  He's got a point to make with a high fastball on a two-two.
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  Tom Keppler strikes the bounce of our buzz.
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  One down.
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  And the base is up.
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  Another play there.
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  But there, batting the full base line, it's backed up deep.
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  Drops and grinds.
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  No distance to the bench anyhow.
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  That's the bottom of the ninth.
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  That one's too big.
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  Down the way from deep to two and two.
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  Little else and she strikes the bounce.
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  Perhaps if they get that far, we'll have McCully, Kingman, and Deane from the tenth.
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  Johnson wants to go quite a few too fast.
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  Now, passing back to where Bob might be up here getting fastball in the front,
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  knowing that Johnson does not want to walk him.
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  Very two-two foot fastball hits him right to him.
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  Kingman goes back, waiting for this to look to his fair, makes the catch, and two-meter down.
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  And I will have to say, even though Dave Kingman is a very poppy and boy's young bulls player,
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  and he has to have some thoughts when that fly ball was coming out to him, you just can't be normal.
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  And then a ball game that means just one.
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  Your life doesn't go a little faster when you have to catch it one at all.
• 1:55:13
  Turn it up, right there they got the hands of McBride and Mitchy DeMegas.
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  This young man is Mitch, another beautiful ball game, and he is making a habit of it.
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  And Mitch DeMegas, he's going on a miss right now.
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  Quiet out, rounded out in the front.
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  Johnson with one out to go to get the bounce.
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  Johnson's next pitch.
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  Rounded out in the miss, trying to get on anyway he can.
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  Frank Jumkin, who's up on the move then, for it.
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  There he is, not throwing anymore.
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  Maybe he'll find out that it's just a little, or maybe he's ready.
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  And yet ready, isn't he?
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  Don't you think? One out in the miss.
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  Jumkin's down on the plate.
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  He'll go to the ten-penny.
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  And Jumkin's in the burlong of the 1971 season.
• 1:56:11
  As we go to the tenth and the score, the Giants 1 and the Padres.
• 1:56:19
  Michael Cetti in the major league since 1932 is a player our coach will not return as the third-base coach of the Minnesota Twins in 1972.
• 1:56:28
  The Southern Giants are the twins, they're the clubs, the first place in the United States West, a goal for four out of the five places next season.
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  Cetti, according to Memphis, left for home at easy-eye.
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  Cetti immediately fell upon your home, could not be reached.
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  Cetti being a lot of his same as a player, but also as a third-base coach, Winston and Rockanky.
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  On Wednesday's play in the American League, Baltimore leads the short by 11 games, Boston a 7-10 out, New York by 21-1.5, Washington by 37 and Cleveland by 43 games.
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  The home team games schedule Thursday, so multiple clubs will be right where they are.
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  In the West Oakland is leading Kansas City by 15, Chicago 22-1.5, Minnesota by 25-1.5, California Brown by 26, Milwaukee by 30.
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  And a half.
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  California is battling Minnesota for fifth place in, actually for fourth place.
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  California fifth at the moment, Minnesota fourth by 25.5, and Minnesota by a half a game each.
• 1:57:36
  Okay, let's get back to the 10-10 now at the end of the game.
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  Brown for the rest of it, getting up our shot for the Giants, 4-5 and 6-6 in the order, first place for the Willie McAtee, right fielder Drew Stingley, and Patrick McPhee.
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  A Cetti going up for a half and a third, right down the third, then to the Miss Gephin, and then a half and a seventh.
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  By the way, for three-and-a-half-piloters on the left side, they've just that, about 25 feet off the line of third and hitting the baseline, guarding against the front.
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  Kirby's first pitch for McAtee.
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  He's high and deep to center field, but he will make the gap.
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  He's back there, he's got nine runs, a full center, McAtee hit it on the nose.
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  Dave Kingman, and into the ball again, went fast out the lane with a long side
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  ground with a left-strike shot.
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  and a seventh with two outs from Stingley and the Giants runner.
• 1:58:34
  Tie it up, the Giants runner, Kingman and the right-hander again.
• 1:58:38
  The government doesn't have to win that hard, you know, all around, but over-swinging the next pitch without a count.
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  He's got a hit one too hard of San Diego State.
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  370 feet and 18 feet, I'll be quiet, Dave.
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  High inside it, through the one-one count.
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  The one-one must have fallen.
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  One-one must have broken.
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  A ball and two strikes.
• 1:59:24
  The Dodgers had 302 outs from the bottom of the seventh.
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  That was, that was.
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  Houston is funny, level the net back.
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  One-two, but high and deep to left field, but not deep enough, I don't think.
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  That goes, that goes fast, and he watches, and he makes the catch at the wall.
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  That high five off, but high enough.
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  Drops down around the rim, and Justin made the count.
• 1:59:57
  That's a game of chess by just literally inches.
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  Those good feet.
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  That's a hand-pump by Irving Hanna, Washington 7, second and third, 4-totnol, 4-totnol, 7.
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  Making this his world tie line.
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  Two outs, bases on the top of the tenth, 9-1 to Padres, one.
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  There we hit, high ball field.
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  Let me drop behind him, he needs two balls on those strikes.
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  Oh, a very one-and-two-one, a 10-and-one.
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  Three-and-out, breaking the hot-side ball three.
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  Dodgers at the bases loaded from the seventh on three-in, the Muckner line at the other side.
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  11-11, Houston, three-offence to base, all strikes, a three-and-out-fist, Irving with the broken ball.
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  Three-and-one count on good feet, every other play.
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  And a miss strike to each case in a high-breaking pitch, not getting it, a full-cash, three-ball two-toss.
• 2:01:52
  Irving's back to the plate, three-two, all strike four, a 10-and-3-totnol.
• 2:01:59
  The game is at number 11, the Giants and the Caps go around and go hit, and the Tigers are in the middle of the club.
• 2:02:06
  They go to the bottom of the tenth, the Giants win it, the Panthers win it.
• 2:02:10
  Hemmingson's been kind of tough this year for the last three innings, and now he's tired.
• 2:02:14
  Ten Giants in a row, the last man in human base, Dave King, in the seventh inning, and it was King and St. Russell,
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  and it goes in, Henderson, on second base, who's going to be coming in, and that's why we're next to any.
• 2:02:27
  And they go forward, it's on his side in the seventh inning.
• 2:02:31
  That's France Gas, the leadoff of the single defender field, and then moves to third base,
• 2:02:36
  and a run and hit single by Kershwack, and he's two of the infields, three of them, that's Gas and Brown,
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  Olly Brown, excuse me, scoring, Johnson is the left fielder, and Meech is the second.
• 2:02:48
  So they run and hit single by France Gas, and then four, on an infield out by Boston, the catcher.
• 2:02:54
  And that's the end of the scoring that's going in this ballgame.
• 2:02:57
  Meanwhile, the up and left fielder, this team that's in San Diego and Los Angeles,
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  they're raffling away a night when they hit 11-0 in favor of Houston,
• 2:03:05
  and they're dodging King-Carrolls as long as San Francisco loses this ballgame.
• 2:03:11
  If they hit one time right down, they'll send you to the back of the bottom of the half.
• 2:03:16
  Jerry Johnson comes off the pitch at the bottom of the tenth, against the top of the tenth in that order.
• 2:03:23
  George Stoptowels will run second base from Don Mesa and send us through this land here.
• 2:03:35
  The Giants are long past the chances early.
• 2:03:42
  That two men out in the first inning was two outs, double scores.
• 2:03:46
  They're having a matter of second with run outs.
• 2:03:53
  The runners in first and third with run out in the second didn't score.
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  The runners in second and third with nobody out.
• 2:03:58
  The bases had a one out in the third and did not score.
• 2:04:02
  Finally got a run in in seventh, and a single by Hunter's, and a sacrifice.
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  Dave Kingman, see how it's going over.
• 2:04:09
  The second inning, single by Brown, and was one out, Parsons didn't feel out getting a run in.
• 2:04:16
  A man inside the third on the hit, and a run single by Gestach.
• 2:04:20
  There's Donny Gray and George Stoptowels, Oaks are killing them quick.
• 2:04:24
  Right hander battered.
• 2:04:25
  Jerry Johnson in the play.
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  Last ball, five-one-one.
• 2:04:32
  Johnson came on with two outs in the fifth.
• 2:04:36
  This is four on one third innings, wild pitch.
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  Fastball low ball two.
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  Fuller and Jerry throwing a dad bullpen again.
• 2:04:57
  Johnson gets the go through.
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  Half-ball strike.
• 2:05:06
  Johnson in on the count with Deamis doing one.
• 2:05:09
  Don Mason on deck.
• 2:05:11
  George is with Donny to read it to follow.
• 2:05:14
  Two-one-six on the way.
• 2:05:16
  Now ball, they get to right field.
• 2:05:21
  And a by-draw is in business in the monitor test.
• 2:05:25
  Donny Deam, plays as a second on the right field, a sharp ground ball from the horrible first and seventh.
• 2:05:32
  Don Mason will be up in a sacrificial situation.
• 2:05:50
  Donny here moves in at four.
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  Johnson is a second to go.
• 2:05:57
  Mason running around the bite.
• 2:05:59
  Johnson to the right, first one.
• 2:06:22
  The ball goes to the left throw, I'm going back in.
• 2:06:30
  No one can place it in the first base.
• 2:06:33
  Rene will get a second and he got it.
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  Go to first, not in third.
• 2:06:37
  Great play by Lanier.
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  Mason running the ball at third base.
• 2:06:41
  Now well and one.
• 2:06:42
  Wilson grabbing ground and is tied for the first.
• 2:06:47
  Well and one, Rene to fire, foul, disc, Mason takes over at first.
• 2:06:52
  The bottom will be presented to the God of Heaters.
• 2:06:55
  They put an error, single, double, nine, 11.
• 2:07:11
  Mason leaves them first.
• 2:07:26
  The ball goes to the left, the left is fired, goes to Pawella, he drops the ball at second base.
• 2:07:50
  The ball goes to the left, the left is fired, he fielded it to the bloody side to catch his bare hand and it dropped it.
• 2:08:12
  Now the time is really expensive, they have a big guy up there, Holt Colby.
• 2:08:17
  They're going for four.
• 2:08:22
  Mason at second, Giddyup first, one out.
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  Down to the point.
• 2:08:27
  Raging hit, blow outside, ball one.
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  One second, the runner is laid from first and second.
• 2:08:47
  Giddyup set, now it's foul, pass third.
• 2:08:52
  One-one, Giddyup on Colby.
• 2:09:09
  The ball is handed by the outfield, Jepha gets over.
• 2:09:14
  One-one, Jepha by Johnson.
• 2:09:16
  In the dirt, bounce away from Jepha, but the runners cannot move up.
• 2:09:19
  Jepha quickly reprees, the ball is right behind him.
• 2:09:23
  Johnson drops behind on Colby, two balls and one strike.
• 2:09:39
  Jepha runs out on Colby, Mason at second, Giddyup at first, one out.
• 2:09:43
  Johnson, looking back a second, if it's a turnover, it's one on a missed strike too.
• 2:09:53
  He's got the ball, but it's basically his take.
• 2:09:57
  He's the one that's about to change Colby to put on fire.
• 2:10:06
  It's a perfect hand, a count of two and two.
• 2:10:15
  Johnson's hit, foul at the plate.
• 2:10:28
  Johnson, it's a double play on here, but when he drops the ball, it's up and base.
• 2:10:43
  Johnson ready to keep you a bit beneath Colby.
• 2:10:46
  It's deep to left field, that's a home run, it's no game over.
• 2:11:04
  The guy has dropped early and is definitely off to field.
• 2:11:08
  The father has went up four to one.
• 2:11:12
  What happens to Los Angeles, it goes down to the final night.
• 2:11:16
  The guy has missed the double play.
• 2:11:20
  They've got it, the play right here is deep into the half field.
• 2:11:23
  There was no doubt about it, it was gone the minute it left the bat.
• 2:11:33
  The final total, in the first inning, three runs for the Padres, two hits, one strike,
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  no runners left.
• 2:11:49
  Final score, San Diego's four runs, nine runs, no error.
• 2:11:54
  The one that has got our score, winning pitcher is Craig Hogan, and losing pitcher is Jerry Johnson.
• 2:12:02
  This is still time for the last minute, but I predict it will get smaller.
• 2:12:06
  You might need to stay tuned.
• 2:12:10
  Okay, that's it from San Francisco and San Diego, it's a five minute game.
• 2:12:15
  In the ninth inning, time to draw dreamer one more and after a nine-on-eight play,
• 2:12:20
  but in the tenth inning, made Colbert on a three-run home run, and that is it.
• 2:12:26
  And still time for the quarter-finals, regardless of what happens in Los Angeles,
• 2:12:32
  the Penegra East and the National League West will go to the final day of the season.
• 2:12:38
  Now, you might think, well, what's the sense of pushing the Los Angeles with their Dodgers turning at 11 to nuffol?
• 2:12:44
  Well, for your information, my thoughts are just about the same.
• 2:12:48
  However, I wouldn't even have to come to work tomorrow if the Dodgers happen at 411 runs or so,
• 2:12:53
  and try that ballgame up.
• 2:12:55
  I really can't do the very same, but in just a few moments, we'll be switching the Dodgers team
• 2:12:59
  to Mark D'Agato, our final commentary Dodger, for the description of the remainder.
• 2:13:04
  The third team is in the eighth inning now, the Dodgers and the Houston Astros.
• 2:13:11
  Well, the Houston scored four times in the first inning, twice in the fourth, twice in the fifth,
• 2:13:15
  twice in the sixth, and once in the seventh, and ended by the score of 11 to nothing,
• 2:13:20
  a system of batting in the top half of the eighth inning, twice, at the Dodgers stadium in Los Angeles.
• 2:13:26
  So, as I said, in just a few moments, we'll be switching to Los Angeles.
• 2:13:30
  In the National League game, Montreal defeated Chicago by the score of 65,
• 2:13:34
  six runs 12, and two errors in Chicago, five runs 10, and two errors.
• 2:13:41
  Before switching to Los Angeles, that far is 15 seconds for a coaching identification.
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  This is the American Forces radio and television service.
• 2:14:00
  As far as the body is concerned, it's close up the up and go home, and get out of here early tomorrow.
• 2:14:07
  And a home here along the line of arms.
• 2:14:12
  What a finish. What a marvelous finish.
• 2:14:15
  And we're so happy to finish on such a high note.
• 2:14:18
  Whereby, we can tell a line of home here.
• 2:14:21
  There's a basket back to second, left to the margin, can't get it, a day to put thought.
• 2:14:25
  It doesn't mean anything, but this time, we're so delighted that the Dodgers have some shade.
• 2:14:31
  And one more day, if anything happens here, we'll get a war.
• 2:14:37
  And I'll tell you something, there's a fellow named Clay Kirby down there in San Diego
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  who did something that most professional men felt would be impossible.
• 2:14:46
  Friday night, he said, 15 and 8, he made, as I understand it, 234 points on Friday night.
• 2:14:54
  The pitch to Manimoda fouled away.
• 2:14:59
  And at Phillips, an ex-Dodger, Jack Billingham, will be pitching for Houston.
• 2:15:04
  And as an added Phillips, an ex-Dodger, Jack Billingham, will be pitching for Houston.
• 2:15:11
  Juan Marajal.
• 2:15:14
  Left-hander Dave Roberts, who the Jellis has had a sore back, will go against Juan Marajal.
• 2:15:21
  Today, to make sure the batteries on the radio are working, the tubes on the TV stand,
• 2:15:26
  the batteries on the radio are working, the tubes on the TV set are working,
• 2:15:30
  and together we'll all find out.
• 2:15:36
  The Giants lost. The Dodgers are being clobbered.
• 2:15:40
  The Giants have clinched a mathematical tie.
• 2:15:44
  Crawford goes as a bouncer, the third backhanded by Martinez, who throws accurately to Menke,
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  and the Dodgers are done in the eighth inning.
• 2:15:52
  They get a hit, but that's all. And at the end of eighth, Astros 11, Dodgers nothing.
• 2:15:57
  Spirit, the ability to make one more effort, to try a little harder than the other guy.
• 2:16:03
  Spirit, that's what the folks at Union 76 have, and they put it to work making gasoline.
• 2:16:09
  Take Super 76, for example, Union's premium blend.
• 2:16:13
  They've put five different engine cleaners into Super 76 when two or three might have done the job.
• 2:16:19
  The people at Union 76 don't like to just get by, and that's what the spirit of 76 is all about.
• 2:16:25
  Those five engine cleaners are there, because Union feels that's what it takes to do an effective job
• 2:16:31
  of keeping critical engine areas clean.
• 2:16:33
  Intake valves, exhaust valves, spark plugs, carburetors, anti-pollution valves.
• 2:16:39
  Keeping an engine clean means it's going to run better, longer, and the cleaner the engine, the less pollution it creates.
• 2:16:45
  So start doing yourself and your car a favor now. Get the spirit.
• 2:16:50
  The spirit of 76 lives at Union Oil.
• 2:16:54
  As we go to the ninth inning, with the Astros leading 11 to nothing,
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  and Mike Straula will be pitching to Larry Howard to start it off.
• 2:17:13
  For the Giants, of course, a bitter defeat.
• 2:17:16
  1-1, missing a ninth inning home run by Dave Kingman, or that was a tenth inning he missed.
• 2:17:24
  And then Colbert hitting a three-run home run to beat Jerry Johnson.
• 2:17:27
  So the Giants lose a bitter game.
• 2:17:29
  As far as the Dodgers are concerned, they could have stayed home tonight and caught some of the shows.
• 2:17:34
  They have not been...
• 2:17:36
  And actually, it comes as a good time for them. Howard takes ball one.
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  The Giants, even though they have clinched the tie, have lost a tough one.
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  And the Dodgers must feel, psychologically, that, well, they've gotten a bad game out of their system
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  and really haven't gotten hurt.
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  The pitch foul back 1-1.
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  And the Giants are going to be the first to make a comeback.
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  They're going to be the first to make a comeback.
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  They're going to be the first to make a comeback.
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  They've gotten a bad game out of their system and really haven't gotten hurt. The pitch foul back 1-1.
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  Well, don't forget, and we might as well follow all of the zany proceedings tonight with this note,
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  that tickets are on sale right now over the counter for the National League Championship Series,
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  if and when, between the Pirates and the Dodgers.
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  It would start Saturday if the Dodgers finish on top in the National League West.
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  The games here are both day games, Saturday and Sunday, beginning at one.
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  Here's the 1-1 pitch. In Howard, it's a fly ball to right field.
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  Crawford hesitates, now comes up forward, and Willie makes the catch.
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  The prices for those two games against the Pirates, if they are played, $7 per box, $5 for reserved,
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  $3 for Pavilion and Blue level.
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  Now, tickets may be purchased for one game or both games.
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  And they're on sale right now over the counter at Ticketron offices,
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  at Mutual offices, and at the Dodger Ticket office on Stadium Way, open daily at 9.30.
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  So, you can get tickets for the playoff, and then tomorrow night,
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  you can watch the game and see if you're going to use the tickets.
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  Of course, swings and misses. That's right, the Dodgers are going to televised tomorrow night's game on Channel 11.
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  Stroller ready in the strike one pitch.
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  Half swing foul, queued right over into the dugout, 0-2.
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  So, on fan appreciation night, the Dodgers televised a home game to the home folks.
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  That'll be Channel 11, KTTV, and of course, KFI and the Dodger radio network, every time, everywhere.
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  0-2 to force, good hitting pitcher. He has two hits tonight. He takes five, ball one.
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  So, Don Sutton and Jack Billingham and Dave Roberts and Juan Marischal, all four men, will have pressure.
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  Oh, there's no real pressure on Billingham and Roberts, except professional pride, knowing that they can change the race.
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  The pressure is really on Don Sutton. The one-two pitch is popped in the air in the shallow left.
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  Mota is there and waiting and makes the catch.
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  You know, if you had to pick one of the four men now, you got Roberts and Billingham, Marischal and Sutton.
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  Sutton is the one. He's going to taste it. What he does all day tomorrow, I don't know.
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  But Don is going to have to do something until he goes to the mound and starts pitching at 7.45.
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  Boy, it's going to be a long day. I'm sure his wife Patty and young son will try and keep him busy.
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  But the story of Don Sutton tomorrow, Roger Metzger, struck out, grounded out, hit into a fourth play, grounded out, fly to center.
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  He is the only member of the Astros without a hit.
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  The pitch is low, ball one.
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  The one-oh pitch on the way, line drive to left. That means everybody's in on the act. A base hit for Metzger.
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  He was the last Astro to check in.
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  So a single against Scrawler. And that'll bring up Joe Morgan.
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  Joe Morgan. Second race.
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  Don Sutton was born in Alabama, and Don was 26 on the 2nd of April.
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  He has had five years of big league experience, and all of that and then some will be on the line tomorrow night.
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  Morgan takes low, ball one, one and oh.
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  When Sutton pitches, I would guess the Dodger bullpen will be standing room only.
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  You could see Al Downing warming up in the Dodger bullpen tomorrow night.
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  Because he didn't pitch much tonight.
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  Here's the one-oh on the way, swung on and missed one and one.
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  Down in San Diego, they tell us that while Jerry Johnson was struggling in relief of John Cumberland, Gaylord Perry was throwing in the pen.
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  Tomorrow night for the Dodgers, everything goes. Anything and everything.
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  Here's the one-one pitch. Morgan fouls. This is like having to read the last 20 pages of a very bad book, watching this game.
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  Eleven to nothing Astros, top of the ninth inning.
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  One and two to little Joe.
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  Roller, a look at first. Mike delivers and Morgan takes outside. Ball two, two and two.
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  Long Jack Billingham, the ex-Dodger, will be on the mound for the Astros, trying to wreck the Dodger plans for 71.
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  The Giants figure to have their hands full. If Dave Roberts is healthy, they're going to have some time.
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  There's a bounce at a Parker, he'll go to the bag.
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  Okay, the top of the ninth is in. At the end of eight and a half, Astros 11 Dodgers nothing.
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  Schlitz, Milwaukee in the world.
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  Don't go around watching, so you do it with all the gusto you have. Right down to the beer you drink. Less will do.
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  Stepping away to throw down to the teams.
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  And you're out of slips, you're out of feed.
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  Bottom of the ninth inning with the Astros leading the dot, leading is not exactly the
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  word.
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  They have led them astray, they have led them down the Primrose path.
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  The Astros 11 runs, 16 hits and an error, and the Dodgers nothing.
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  No runs, 8 hits and an error.
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  And we have mercifully reached the bottom of the ninth.
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  But it's tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow that is on everybody's mind.
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  Not this one.
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  Duke Simms, Bobby Valentine and Wes Parker, and bless them, the folks come up with a charge.
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  That charge with the Dodgers down 11 to nothing could only be heard in Montreal.
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  All right, here's the Duke.
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  He is struck out and fouled out and singled one for three.
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  Walter Alston has to make up his mind about tomorrow.
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  Simms gets a line drive base hit.
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  The Dodgers now have 9 hits and nothing to show for it.
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  What do you do tomorrow?
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  Do you, Walter Alston, do you play Duke Simms who's been hot?
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  Do you play Tommy Howler who has more experience?
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  And then do you play Manny Moda over Wes Parker?
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  And if Moda plays over Parker, you are weaker defensively in the sense that Allen stays
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  at third.
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  And then you would go on the outfield, hit foul back.
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  So the manager will have a short night.
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  Tomorrow will come pretty fast for him if he has thinking to do.
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  0-1 to count to Valentine.
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  Force delivers low 1-1.
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  I keep thinking about Maury Will who is telling us the price of a pennant race.
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  He's lost 10 pounds, averaging maybe four or five hours sleep these days.
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  Less than one full meal a day.
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  Pitch to Valentine low, ball two.
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  You hear a lot about professionalism, but you scrape away professionalism and underneath
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  there's still a human being.
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  And these fellows are writhing right now in the last painful moment for the pennant race.
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  Five-ball to center by Valentine, caught by Sedeno.
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  One away, let's pause the station identification.
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  This is the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network.
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  Wes Parker will be the batter.
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  Finishing up at first base.
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  Wes hitting 275.
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  He hasn't figured in many Dodger gameplay, but he takes it in the hands, ball one, 1-0.
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  After such an incredible year last year, suddenly now in the pressure days, we haven't seen
• 2:27:05
  Wes except late in the game.
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  He hadn't been in a start.
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  Manny Mota has changed everything by playing every day.
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  Pitch is low, ball two.
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  2-0.
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  Several folks have called in, and I'm sure the majority understand, but we don't want
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  to slide anybody.
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  And a couple of folks went into the trouble of calling in, so we'll explain.
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  The pitch to Parker is a bouncer wide at first, fielded by Menke, underhands to force in time.
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  2-0.
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  And the batter will be Maury Wills.
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  Maury Wills.
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  Folks have called in asking about tomorrow night.
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  It is very simple.
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  The Dodgers are trailing by one.
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  If the Giants lose and the Dodgers lose, the Giants win the pennants.
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  If the Dodgers win and the Giants win, the Giants win the pennants.
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  Only if the Dodgers win and the Giants lose, then there's a tie.
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  There's a bunch.
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  Force picks it up.
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  Those two first.
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  So it's as simple as that.
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  Tomorrow night, the Dodgers must win, the Giants must lose, or it's over.
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  I've thought about over it.
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  This is over.
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  It's been over for quite a while.
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  The Astros 11 runs, 16 hits, one error.
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  The Dodgers no runs, 9 hits, and one error.
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  The best thing to be said about this game tonight, the Dodgers will not lose any sleep
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  over it, but they'll probably lose sleep over the cloudy future tomorrow evening.
• 2:28:45
  Once again, final score of the ballgame, the Astros 11 and the Dodgers nothing.