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- 0:07The Cincinnati Reds faced the Oakland A's at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum for Game 5 of the 1972 World Series on October 20th.
- 0:16The A's led the best of seven series, three games to one.
- 0:19This is the NBC Radio broadcast of Game 5 featuring announcers Jim Simpson and Al Michaels.
- 0:25Well, the gentleman to my right, the room I have worked in support of Japan and on the World Series, is the voice of the Cincinnati Reds.
- 0:33And his team is down three games to one, and obviously he's got some thoughts about that. Here's Al Michaels.
- 0:38Thank you, Jim, and hi everybody. And of course the Reds have their backs to the world today.
- 0:42They need a win today and then a win tomorrow if we go back to Cincinnati and a win again on Sunday in Game 7's Take It All.
- 0:49And they've become one of the few teams in World Series history to do it if they could come back with three games to one deficit.
- 0:56Just to review what's happened in the World Series so far, Saturday, Game 1 at Cincinnati, Gene Tennis hit two home runs to account for all the scoring.
- 1:05Ken Holtzman, Raleigh Fingers, and Vita Blue held the Reds to a fair of runs and the A's won Game 1, 3-2, with Holtzman getting the win, Gary Nolan taking the loss.
- 1:17Then on Sunday, today belonged in good measure to campus Hunter and Joe Rudy as the A's made it two in a row at Riverfront Stadium, leading the Reds 2-1.
- 1:28Rudy hit a home run which was the deciding run. It came in the third inning.
- 1:32Hunter, meanwhile, pitched eight shutout innings, gave up a run in the ninth inning, and then Raleigh Fingers came on to get the save.
- 1:39Final score was Oakland 2, Cincinnati 1.
- 1:43Monday was a scheduled off day, Tuesday of course. Game 3 was scheduled and we were right up till game time when it started to rain.
- 1:52The game was postponed because of wet grounds and Game 3 was played on Wednesday night, and the Reds picked up their only victory in the World Series,
- 2:00scoring a run in the seventh inning, and back of Jack Billingham and Clay Carroll, the Reds flanked the A's 1-0.
- 2:08Blue Moon Odom was the losing pitcher.
- 2:11Then yesterday, game number four, last night, and the A's with two runs in the ninth inning came from behind.
- 2:17The Reds 3-2, and they did it with one out.
- 2:20Base is empty. Gonzalo Marches came up, single the center.
- 2:24Gene Tennis single the left.
- 2:26Then two pinch hitters, Don Mincher and Angel Mangrel came up, and Easton the first pitch singled.
- 2:32Mincher tying the game, Mangrel winning the game, and the A's had a dramatic 3-2 victory.
- 2:38Today would have been Gary Nolan's turn for the Reds, except Gary has been modded through the latter part of the season with a sore shoulder and arm,
- 2:48and so Nolan cannot make it to the post today. Gary is finished for the 1972 season.
- 2:54He will not pitch again in the World Series, and the next time Nolan will pitch will be in Florida in the spring of 1973.
- 3:01So instead of risking it with Gary Nolan, who is unable to make it, and instead of going with Ross Gimbley,
- 3:06who could conceivably pitch today, Mark Anderson has called on right-hander Jim McLaughlin.
- 3:12If he is like anybody else on the Reds staff, he is probably closer to Jack Billingham than any other pitcher.
- 3:18He's a sinkerball pitcher. He's got a good slider. He needs good control, and he needs to keep the ball down like Billingham must.
- 3:25And of course Billingham gave a strong example of what he is like at his very best on Wednesday.
- 3:30It was Billingham who went eight innings, Clay Carroll picked up in the ninth inning, and Jack got the win as the Reds' CCA is 1-0.
- 3:38So McLaughlin is that type of pitcher. He is what you might call sneaky fast or deceptively fast.
- 3:44He is not really a strikeout pitcher, and the average roll may be six every nine innings,
- 3:49but of those six, four or five are usually called third strikes.
- 3:53So he is deceptively fast, and of course the Reds are hoping that he's at his best or close to his best today,
- 4:00and can work long enough so that even if he's only able to go five or six, Pedro Borbon, Clay Carroll, and Tommy Hall are ready to pick up at a moment's notice.
- 4:10Meanwhile, the Reds are taking a look at Catholic hunters. They saw enough of Hunter on Sunday, I think,
- 4:17and are hoping that the experience gained from looking at Hunter, watching him for almost the entire game on Sunday will pay off today.
- 4:27He is a man that very few of the Reds have faced before, and I know some remarks were made by the Reds that they were not impressed with his stuff that much,
- 4:36but we'll see what happens today now that the Reds have had a chance to take a look at Catholic hunters.
- 4:42If we go to a 16, it'll be played tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock Eastern Day Lifetime at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
- 4:49Ross Grimsley will pitch for the Reds, and Rick Williams has announced that if there is a 16,
- 4:56light up blue will get the start tomorrow for Oakland.
- 4:59If the Reds win today and win tomorrow, we then go to a seventh game, which will be played Sunday at Riverfront Stadium.
- 5:06Again, game time, 1 o'clock Eastern Day Lifetime. Jack Billingham will start on Sunday in game seven for the Reds.
- 5:13It will be Blue Moon Odom for the A's.
- 5:17So far, the Shurys dominated by pitching, dominated by really a lack of hitting on the part of both clubs.
- 5:26As we look at the stats, the Reds have averaged a run and a half and six hits for each of the four games.
- 5:34The A's, meanwhile, slightly better. They've averaged two runs a game.
- 5:38So the Reds have felled the A's to eight runs in four games, the opponent has downed three games to one in the World Series.
- 5:47The Reds have been introduced, and they are now set to introduce the Oakland A's with Nick Williams,
- 5:53The manager taking his place along the third-base line.
- 5:59The World Series sold out in Oakland, and I know, Jim, there was some conjecture when the A's beat the Tigers in the American Lakes playoffs.
- 6:06A lot of people were wondering if they would sell out in Oakland, or would it be an embarrassing situation with maybe 40,000?
- 6:13But they were sold out before any of the three games started, and they did it in a hurry.
- 6:17A lot to underrate the great game of baseball and the obvious attraction of the World Series is,
- 6:22but there might be some among those here that would like to say to their children or grandchildren,
- 6:27we sat in on the first professional championship in the history of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay area.
- 6:34That's right. In the game of baseball, the Giants were in the World Series in 1952,
- 6:39but in the game of professional basketball, professional hockey, professional football,
- 6:43there has never been a major championship in the San Francisco-Oakland area.
- 6:48Oakland can put it off today, Al.
- 6:52Dad-based hunter going for the A's, Jermyn Loughlin for the Reds.
- 6:57As far as hitting is concerned in this series, we talked about the lack of it.
- 7:02There have been a couple of individual standouts, however, for the Reds.
- 7:06Tony Perez, the top hitter, threw four games. He's 7 for 14.
- 7:11And Johnny Bench has had a good series. Bench is 5 for 14.
- 7:15But the big thing with the Reds, and we've talked about it on each of the broadcasts,
- 7:20is that the first three men have been unable to get on with any consistency.
- 7:25If you look at the stats, and that's all you have to look at,
- 7:27Pete Rose, the leadoff hitter, 1 for 15. Joe Morgan is 0 for 13.
- 7:33Bobby Coleman is 3 for 16.
- 7:36So Bench and Perez have delivered, but there's been nobody on base when they have.
- 7:41For the Reds, their leading hitter in the series, average-wise,
- 7:46would be Dick Green, who is 4 for 11.
- 7:50Joe Rudy has the most hits. He's 5 for 15.
- 7:53Gene Tennis, of course, has four hits, and three of them have been home runs.
- 7:58He hit only five during the regular season.
- 8:00He has three in the World Series, two on Saturday in Game 1,
- 8:05and one yesterday to give the A's a 1-0 lead.
- 8:09Right now, the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, located behind second base,
- 8:15and the National Anthem.
- 9:15What's your name?
- 9:19That's what I call bikers.
- 9:21I've seen bikers pushing their daggers down the highway from the Oakland Symphony
- 9:24or National Anthem, and we'll be back with a lineup of great players.
- 9:28We wouldn't be coming into that in one minute, my friend.
- 9:30Hello, I'm Johnny, but I'm out of business.
- 9:32What's your wife doing?
- 9:34She's in a good position.
- 9:36Hey, what are you doing?
- 9:38I'm working on the third base, and I'm working on the third base, and I'm working on the third base.
- 9:40I'm working on the third base.
- 9:42The third base in Hattie Creek is about three minutes away.
- 9:46It is a public service by the Departure of Transportation's National Highway 60 Bureau.
- 9:59The worst place is to find yourself, mostly.
- 10:02You find yourself and you find your own hangups and you try to correct them.
- 10:06Actually grow up is what I boil down to.
- 10:08See you, Navy man, about getting somewhere soon.
- 10:11Today's Navy lets you be what you want to be right now.
- 10:15The Navy is for guys who like to travel.
- 10:18I've been two-thirds around the world, three times.
- 10:21I hit Brazil, then we came back up past the equator, we hit Africa, went all the way around the Cape,
- 10:28hit Madagascar, hit Ethiopia, Pakistan, Bombay, India, Portugal,
- 10:35most every country you can think of.
- 10:37I've got a great education for traveling.
- 10:39See your Navy man about seeing the world.
- 10:42Today's Navy helps you be what you want to be right now.
- 10:46The lineup for today's game for the Cincinnati Reds,
- 10:50Pete Rose leading off in left field,
- 10:55Joe Morgan at second base,
- 10:59Bobby Tolan hitting third in center,
- 11:03Johnny Bench in the cleanup spot catching.
- 11:07At first base, Tony Perez batting fifth,
- 11:13Dennis Menke at third base,
- 11:16Jason Geronimo in right field, Geronimo hitting seventh,
- 11:22Darrell Cheney the shortstop,
- 11:27and Jim McLaughlin fishing.
- 11:29First ball being thrown out, back of the eighth dugout now by the president of the American League, Joe Cronin.
- 11:36The lineup for the A's, Bert Campaneras at shortstop leading off,
- 11:42Matty Alou in right field,
- 11:45Joe Rudy in left field hitting third,
- 11:49Mike Getshene at first base,
- 11:53Sal Bando at third base,
- 11:56George Kendrick in center batting sixth,
- 12:00The catcher Gene Tennant,
- 12:04Dick Green at second,
- 12:07right-hander Jim Cappdich-Hunter catching,
- 12:12Bob Engel of the National League is displayed on fire,
- 12:15Bill Haller of the American at first,
- 12:17Chris Pellicudis of the National at second,
- 12:20Jim Honachuk of the American League at third,
- 12:23Mel Steiner, National, Van der Lefse Align,
- 12:25Frank Humont, American on the right field line.
- 12:31Bill Grenier takes the beer.
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- 12:44You can buy bonds right now through the Payroll Savings Plan.
- 12:47It's easy, it's painless, and it's sure.
- 12:49A few dollars out of each paycheck soon adds up to a lot,
- 12:52and along with your nest egg you'll collect peace of mind.
- 12:55Start buying U.S. savings bonds now.
- 12:58Join Payroll Savings.
- 13:00Cappdich-Hunter, crappy fellow who won 21 games this year,
- 13:0621-7 with the A's.
- 13:09They're a big winner, making his way to the mound.
- 13:12Seems to pitch well when the pressure is on,
- 13:15and certainly is on today.
- 13:16He's got a chance to nail down the World Championship for the Oakland A's
- 13:20if they try to win it in five,
- 13:22and they'll try to keep the red, the first three,
- 13:26especially off the base pass, and Hunter hosting Blue Fingers
- 13:31and the red, Blue Moon Odom.
- 13:33They've done it all series long, but the red has different ideas,
- 13:37trying to bounce back, trying to send the World Series back to Cincinnati
- 13:41for a six game tomorrow.
- 13:43Hunter against McLaughlin, and for the play-by-play,
- 13:46at the start of today's fifth game of the World Series, Jim Simpson.
- 13:50Thanks, Darrell.
- 13:51Hunter, the second game, worked eight and two first,
- 13:54only gave up one run, six hits, took out six, and lost three.
- 13:58In the playoffs against Detroit, he shot at both the first and fourth games,
- 14:02got no decisions, at 15 in the third inning, six,
- 14:06allowed only two runs, 10 hits, and a 1.17 to earn an average.
- 14:10So just a little bit more than a run in two games against Detroit,
- 14:14and the one against Cincinnati on the average.
- 14:17Steve Rose, prepare to stand as we pause 10 seconds for station identification.
- 14:22We're hearing you from Fort Clayton and Fort Davis.
- 14:25This is SCN Radio at 790 and 1420.
- 14:29Jim Simpson with Al Michaels back in Oakland, top of the first-
- 14:37fifth game of the series, Rose batting left-handed against the right-hander,
- 14:41Hunter, as the only hit among the Rose, Morgan, Nolan trio
- 14:45to the top three in the rest batting order when they met last Sunday.
- 14:48Hunter swings on the first-fifth, Rose does, then to Luke Dewey.
- 14:52The right fielder is looking up, and it is a home run.
- 15:02One minute opening Cincinnati.
- 15:05As Al told you, both Medcure and Marquez last night,
- 15:09swung on the first-fifth to win the ball game in the last of the ninth innings,
- 15:13and Al also starts off pointing on the first-fifth and hitting a home run.
- 15:17That's the key, of course it's the key thing to hit the first pitch of the game for a home run,
- 15:21but especially so Jim being as a reds, we're a very down ball club.
- 15:25Last night and this morning, very down.
- 15:27Yo, Morgan, all for 13, that's Jim, and there's a strike.
- 15:31One spot needs to have a thing that applies to capture a hunter.
- 15:35That is, the plate is 17 inches wide, 15 inches long for the hitter.
- 15:40I'll take the inch on either side.
- 15:42The breaking pitch is right back to capture a hunter who throws him off.
- 15:49Battling up Bobby Sollen, who's double last night,
- 15:51drove in the only two runs that Cincinnati has.
- 15:54He rolls as Jeff scored his first run, driven in his first run of the series.
- 15:59Morgan has only scored one run, driven in none.
- 16:02He led the majors that run, scored, and walked,
- 16:06and Sollen hasn't scored at all yet, but did drive in two last night.
- 16:10Another nothing on the road home run.
- 16:13Catfish Hunter on the non, one of the great competitors in the game of baseball,
- 16:16as the American League in percentage of wins, 75% of the games he won.
- 16:21Sollen, that's not a chance, and Bandos in on the grass,
- 16:24breaking pitch misses on the outside corner.
- 16:27Hunter has a fine fastball, but if you want to talk about a pitching, it is controlled.
- 16:33He nips the corner, ready back with the fastball, swinging a miss.
- 16:37He's got it up by Sollen, it's one ball, one strike.
- 16:40Set it out Bobby with a breaking pitch, the miss came back with a fastball.
- 16:43One ball, one strike.
- 16:45Catfish just doesn't like the ball in the middle of the plate,
- 16:47but he got it in the middle of the plate to Pete Rose, and he hit it out of here.
- 16:50Popped up by Sollen, cap it out of the green, cap it out,
- 16:54he's got it at the edge of the grass, and goes for the second out.
- 16:59The roll started things with a long, long run, but Morgan and Sollen have drawn weekly,
- 17:04and popping to the shortstop.
- 17:07And that will bring up Johnny Betts, again with nobody on.
- 17:11Betts has no RBIs, he led the majors in RBIs, no home runs, he led the majors in home runs,
- 17:17has fired this, but has been forced to lead off an inning eight times in the fingers four games.
- 17:23Catfish kind of throws him the breaking pitch, he's got the outside corner, strike one, Betts looking.
- 17:28Tony Perez, dealing on Betts.
- 17:31A's win it today, it's all over. Cincinnati would love to go back to Cincinnati for game six tomorrow.
- 17:36Fastball just misses on the outside corner, it's one ball, one strike.
- 17:41Perez was saying that Hunter did not overwhelm them, but Hunter is not an overwhelming pitcher.
- 17:46He is a competitor, and he hits the edges of the plate.
- 17:49And back, and there's one foul, back over the screen, back to home plate, one ball, two strikes.
- 17:58Not a hot day in Oakland at all, nor is it chilly, temperature in below 16, it is overcast, the lights have been on for some time.
- 18:08This was scheduled an off day, but the run out on Tuesday meant that we had to play today.
- 18:13Back with a breaking pitch, and Betts goes down swinging.
- 18:16One run on the road, home run, that was the only hit, no errors, and none left.
- 18:21We go to the last of the first, Cincinnati 1 and Oakland helping.
- 18:30Ah, no score, this machine's fixed.
- 18:33Listen to your conscience, you'd better retire from gambling, kid.
- 18:37If you'd get off my shoulder, I could get better English on a pinball.
- 18:41You can't retire unless you're a realist.
- 18:43Oh, stop bugging me, who wants to retire or realist anyway?
- 18:47In Cincinnati there is no civilian fine institution or company that can equal service retirement.
- 18:53I'm young, I can make it.
- 18:55Civilians retire at 65 if they're lucky, that's their gamble.
- 19:00You can retire at 38, either work on the outside or get retirement pay.
- 19:05Come on, baby, score, score.
- 19:14You're lost, you're tempted.
- 19:17Okay, my guy, how would you play the game to win?
- 19:21Re-enlist.
- 19:27Debson at the Oakland Coliseum, game five of the 1972 World Series,
- 19:32led leading 1-0, Pete Rose is the first pitcher of the game over the right center field fence for a home run.
- 19:38But then campus Hunter, he got Morgan on a check swing grounder back to the mound,
- 19:42Bobby Toland popped out, Hunter then struck out back.
- 19:45And now Jim McLaughlin goes to work on Campanaro, Jalou, and Rudy in Houston.
- 19:51McLaughlin, nine and eight on the year, last hit one score this inning on our third of the night,
- 19:56The last time he started, September the 23rd, and he lost the ball game, lasting only two and a third an inch.
- 20:03And having been down on the bench so much, one of the most difficult things for any pitcher,
- 20:07with no work at all, to try to come back and have his control.
- 20:11Campanaro's right-handed batter hits the first 6,000-dollar playoff for the right.
- 20:15Manke at third base, well in on the grass, for the very speedy Campi Campanaro.
- 20:20So it's three for 15.
- 20:23Jim Nujeres, no RBIs, and Campi has scored no runs.
- 20:27He tried to steal a Johnnie Betts once, but the ball dropped right back to McLaughlin on the mound, and he throws out Campanaro.
- 20:35Battling up Matty Jalou, Jalou has the distinction of playing in both World Series games,
- 20:42played in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay area.
- 20:451962, he was a member of the San Francisco Giants.
- 20:49Here it is 1972, he is a member of the Oakland Afros.
- 20:53One to 13 in the first.
- 20:56One to nothing the rest, we are in the last of the first.
- 20:59Big curveball, and that is way outside.
- 21:02Just not outside, Ben Shethard reached way out to get the breaking ball that never came in.
- 21:08They play a loop around to the left, and there's a ground ball to the left side,
- 21:12James DeChuck's up there and throws on and has the lead by Clement.
- 21:19Puffman has both Puff and Harrison, a little hitting the ball into the ground.
- 21:22Joe Rudy hitting three for 15.
- 21:25Five for 15, the last time that Rudy was in the ball game with Jim Papsichutter,
- 21:32he hit the home run that won it for Hunter.
- 21:35The other run in that game was driven in by the pitcher, Jim Hunter, who is quite a competitor.
- 21:41Rudy, right-handed batter, 3-0-5 during the regular season.
- 21:46As Laughlin, of course, was a former American Lakers with the California Angels.
- 21:54Rudy with a closed stand, they're playing him straight away today,
- 21:57and there's a fastball that catches the outside corner.
- 22:00Normally they've been playing Rudy pulled around a little bit to the right,
- 22:04but with McLaughlin in there today, they're thinking that Rudy is liable to pull the ball a little bit more,
- 22:10so they're playing him straight away.
- 22:12With two outs, Rudy up, Menke has gone back off the edge of the grass at the first base.
- 22:19Curveball from McLaughlin misses down low, one ball, one strike.
- 22:23They're doing nothing to score.
- 22:24Irv Noran coaching over third base to the A's and Jerry Adair at first base.
- 22:34Back with a fastball, it's Ron Powell down the right field line and hits off the wall
- 22:38and goes to the fair-chair, where Cesar Geronimo will have to retrieve it off the warning track.
- 22:45Now McLaughlin is ahead of Rudy, one ball, two strikes.
- 22:48And now, two strikes down, Nolan has moved over to the right center field
- 22:53and has his arms outstretched looking at Johnny Bench.
- 22:58And it looks as though he's signaling to Bench why he was playing him more straight away.
- 23:02Now he has moved to the right center field.
- 23:04Awaken perhaps by that line drive foul on the right field line.
- 23:07Mike with a breaking pitch and Rudy strikes out of McLaughlin, not having pitched him nearly a month.
- 23:13Gets the side one, two, three.
- 23:14At the end of one, it's Cincinnati one and hopefully nothing.
- 23:18I worked for the post office.
- 23:21I processed 32 million pieces of mail a year.
- 23:25And do you know who gets all that mail?
- 23:28Nobody.
- 23:30I run the death letter office.
- 23:3232 million pieces of mail going nowhere.
- 23:36Personal letters, Christmas cards, Mother's Day cards, money too.
- 23:41Mail that will be missed.
- 23:44Why does it end up at the death letter office?
- 23:47Because the address is wrong or illegible and no return address in fact or out.
- 23:54Tomorrow, always include your return address.
- 23:58Then if we can't deliver your mail, we can at least send it back.
- 24:03And always include ZIP code.
- 24:05Then we're sure to deliver it to the right city and post office, but pass it away.
- 24:11Return the address and ZIP codes.
- 24:13They could put the death letter office out of disrepair.
- 24:18Remember, mail moves the country and ZIP code is the main one.
- 24:23The death letter office is the main one.
- 24:34Honorary to Drona Perez who leads everybody and hits the mystery.
- 24:38714 hitting 500.
- 24:40Very intimidating right-handed batter.
- 24:43Honorary right-handed pitcher throws and there's the drive down the line in left field.
- 24:47It may make it in the corner.
- 24:48It is bouncing off the wall.
- 24:49Rudy's there.
- 24:50He's going for a second, Rudy drops the ball and in the second base goes Perez.
- 24:56Both ball hitting.
- 24:58A double for Tony Perez.
- 25:01I didn't even have the chance to say that on Sunday in Cincinnati Perez intimidated Hudders.
- 25:07He was two for three plus to walk and scored the only one scored against Caster Hudders.
- 25:14One or nothing in this game and now Minkin is the batter.
- 25:18Rudy has looked down to Alex Graham as the coach of third base.
- 25:21Coach Sugar is the red coach over at first.
- 25:24Red's trying to get back in the series.
- 25:26They lead one to nothing and they've got a man on here and that breaking pitch just misses the corner outside.
- 25:33Hudders, known for his control, has made a couple of pitches today that the reds have jumped all over.
- 25:39Rowe is hitting his first pitch for a home run in the first and Perez is pulling it sharply down the left field line in the third.
- 25:45He's got a big run, this pitch is outside, he has not hit the corner and it is 2-0.
- 25:55As quick as Mark Anderson might be to go to the bullpen today, managers equating might be the same.
- 26:01They don't want to go back to Cincinnati.
- 26:04Hudders looks back at Perez, the runner is ready and throws and there's a swinging strike.
- 26:09Two balls, one strike.
- 26:12Frankie can hurt you with the long ball on occasion.
- 26:16Hunter has been working him strictly to the outside corner.
- 26:19He missed twice and that swinging strike was on the outside corner of the play.
- 26:26Hunter ready?
- 26:28Throws and there's a bun up the middle.
- 26:31He's going to first base as he took a look at third and the sacrifice works as Perez moves into third base.
- 26:44Hunter took a quick look, might have had the man perhaps at third base and went for the sure out.
- 26:51Geronimo getting 0-91 and now Bando's coming on to say something to Hunter and the EMC was talking among themselves.
- 27:00Geronimo 1-11, one RBI in the series.
- 27:06Let's have a batter.
- 27:08Reds expect great things of this youngster, part of that big Houston Cincinnati trade that worked out so well to both teams.
- 27:17Bando's been on the grass.
- 27:19Geronimo's there swinging at a breaking pitch, strike one.
- 27:26Only one of the ballgames, a late off home run on the top of the first five, Pete Rose.
- 27:30Only a second hit of the series and the first time he's scored a run or driven in the rough.
- 27:37Out of looking into his catcher, Gene Tennant now stares over at Perez at third base and now Rose is striking an out of there fastball high and dry with one ball, one strike.
- 27:50Geronimo who's one base hit.
- 27:53A quarter run also hit a vicious line drive.
- 27:57Helling it to right over in Cincinnati but they nevertheless play him around to the left to hit to the opposite field.
- 28:04On her back and there's the ball popped up down the left field line.
- 28:07Over comes Rudy still running.
- 28:09In foul territory has it for us.
- 28:11Jost and now there's two out and Perez does not challenge the armor of Rudy.
- 28:15And that'll bring up Darrell Jeaney.
- 28:22Jeaney over six in the series.
- 28:26Quick hitter, fast left hander that throws against the right hander's hunter.
- 28:35And though is signaling in to Williams in the dugout to see how they're going to play.
- 28:41And this is the way they're going to play.
- 28:43They're going to put Darrell Jeaney on and get to the pitcher McLaughlin.
- 28:51It has been a month since McLaughlin has batted in the ball game.
- 28:55Not a bad hitter for a pitcher, 126 lifetimes, has had three lifetime home runs.
- 29:02There's ball three now to Darrell Jeaney, Perez over there at third base.
- 29:08Van both standing right alongside of him and now ball four.
- 29:11Jeaney takes first with two out, one is at the corners and here comes the pitcher Jim McLaughlin.
- 29:20Now tennis, Van Bell and Hunter, you will find that Ray Jimfield confers quite a bit.
- 29:28They have all kinds of plays, all kinds of contingencies,
- 29:31and they never let anybody just remember what they're supposed to do.
- 29:35They always get together and decide what it is they're going to do.
- 29:40Jim McLaughlin, for example, tried to squeeze home the run and made it safely that way.
- 29:46McLaughlin, right-handed batter, right-handed pitcher, he's in and ready.
- 29:53One-to-nothing to Reds, we're on the top of the second.
- 29:55The crowd rather quiet here, the Reds are threatening again, and there's a breaking pitch at the center field.
- 30:00And they're coming on fast, still coming, and they get there and hit it.
- 30:03On the dead run.
- 30:06No runs on, one hit, no errors, and two to the left.
- 30:09Ignore now that the last of the second inning is still, since 91, an open and nothing.
- 30:14On the early frontier, distances were great, winters were long,
- 30:19and you could count on your neighbors to help you.
- 30:23Today things are different, and when you need help, where is the neighbor you can really count on?
- 30:31Who pitches in when there's a catastrophe?
- 30:34Who gets the word to a young serviceman that his daughter has just been born?
- 30:41Who makes sure there's blood when it's needed?
- 30:44Who teaches blind kids to swim?
- 30:47Who does all those things that most other folks never seem to have time for?
- 30:54Well, there's one neighbor, close by, your Red Cross volunteers.
- 31:01Now maybe you haven't got a lot of hours to give to the American Red Cross every month, but thanks.
- 31:09Where do you sit in, neighbor?
- 31:21Over here.
- 31:24Along with Jim Simpson, Al Michaels of the Oakland Commiseum, Reds on top, one to nothing,
- 31:30and Jim McLaughlin who made the last out in the second, Catfish Hunter working out of trouble,
- 31:34gets set to face Epstein, Bandell, and Hendrick in the bottom of the second inning.
- 31:39Here again is Jim.
- 31:40Mike Epstein has been 0-10 in the series.
- 31:45He's walked four times.
- 31:50Left-hander batter dropped down into batting order last night.
- 31:58Again, for left-hander, Don Gullis.
- 32:00Now again, batting clean up the spots, normally used by Reggie Jackson,
- 32:05The fine-slugging center fielder of the A's who was injured in the final game of the playoffs in the top of the series.
- 32:11Epstein ready, and he gets a breaking pitch down low, ball one.
- 32:14Bob Engel, you know everybody has things that they like to remember in their careers in their life.
- 32:19Bob Engel, as a national league, is working his first World Series game calling balls and strikes in his career.
- 32:25Down low with the pitch, gets 2-0.
- 32:28So Bob Engel will remember this day, October the 20th, 1972.
- 32:361-0 in the score.
- 32:37Epstein's deep in the batter's box, looks over the pitches a little bit more than most power players have.
- 32:43And he looks at that one and it's just big stay outside.
- 32:473-0 to Epstein.
- 32:48Epstein looks down the north.
- 32:53He has a lot of power, led the A's in an all-munt.
- 32:55Now, after all, it is too low, McCall from Michigan low.
- 33:01So we're talking about when you've been on the bench for a long time, McCall is the hardest thing to get back.
- 33:07He's often habit in the first.
- 33:09Four dip, he's on 4-50.
- 33:11And Al Salabando, team captain, 3-4-15 of the series.
- 33:16And two of those dips last night.
- 33:19That's it.
- 33:22Let's read it by a run.
- 33:25Rose is home run.
- 33:26Eleventh man in the World Series, just to lead off a game of the home run, the last man to do it, was Tommy Achey of the Mets three years ago.
- 33:33Down low and out of the strike zone.
- 33:36Low and away.
- 33:37And that's five great pitches.
- 33:38And they're leaving Pedro Bourbon.
- 33:41They're taking fastball pitches.
- 33:42Crossover warm-up.
- 33:46People have the reputation of being the quickest hook in the upper Midwest.
- 33:52The quickest hook in the south, Sparky Anderson will use that.
- 33:53It was pretty good today.
- 33:54Yankee Mississippi gets the many-counts to go.
- 33:57The drive to center field, Bobby Dorn going back toward the warning flag.
- 34:00Back up is there now.
- 34:02And as the Mets team was nearly at second base, they must hop back to first.
- 34:06Long drive by Salabando.
- 34:13And that will bring up George Hendricks.
- 34:16One for 13.
- 34:17Hendricks, the 23-year-old youngster, has short flight.
- 34:20He's in center field because Reggie Jackson is injured, and he'll get a hand because of the fine job he did with Steven Aude and the runners at first and third running.
- 34:29When he rakes in, it takes the Gatlin sinking line drive to him the second inning.
- 34:36One to nothing to risk.
- 34:37One out.
- 34:38Edson is first base.
- 34:39Gray is holding him off to fix the Hendricks' strike at the knees.
- 34:46Dorn again, Ed looks good.
- 34:47The manager's thick with him.
- 34:48He's right on the top step of that dugout.
- 34:51Ed and Jolies are shooting out beyond the dugout roof.
- 34:57The Gatlin ready.
- 34:58Jolies breaking this.
- 35:00Gray and Low, one ball, one strike.
- 35:03Robon continues to walk, and the Cincinnati bulls it, and now the A's fans come alive a little bit.
- 35:10Their team is down one to nothing.
- 35:13As the scoreboards begin to shake, go, go, go.
- 35:16McLaughlin is ready for the one-one pitch pass ball.
- 35:19It hits about two feet in front of the plate and bounced up to Johnny Benson.
- 35:25Two balls, one strike.
- 35:32Robon takes some of the dirt out of his spike.
- 35:36Yanks on his knee, wipes his hands, steps on and looks in the bench.
- 35:45Two balls, one strike.
- 35:46That's team not particularly fast, but nevertheless they check him over their first base with a throw to Perez, and Mike was only a few feet off the bat.
- 35:57The Hendricks swung around to the right to hit to the opposite field.
- 36:00Here's the pitch, and he hits to the opposite field.
- 36:02Down the right to your line, over comes Geronimo, and it's near the line and fouled by about five or six feet.
- 36:10Geronimo never got to it, but Hendricks laced that ball the opposite way.
- 36:17Two balls, two strikes for George Hendricks.
- 36:21Dean Tennant, who has hit three home runs for this World Series, he's on deck.
- 36:35Two and two, McLaughlin's going in.
- 36:37Robon continuing to work in the bullpen.
- 36:40McLaughlin now ready.
- 36:41Fast ball down the middle.
- 36:42It has knocked up the third base line.
- 36:44McLaughlin comes over, throws the first base and loses the ball.
- 36:47That's the running state.
- 36:48I don't know if he would have had Hendricks or not, but the ball simply flipped out of McLaughlin's hand and bounced to the left of the mound.
- 37:07Here is a base hit.
- 37:11Down the second is Epstein, and here is Dean Tennant, home run last night.
- 37:17Two home runs in the first game.
- 37:19Only the second setter and Roller Coors into the hit three and a little three, and Tennant steps in.
- 37:25The other one will be there back in 1956 against the Barks.
- 37:31One to nothing Cincinnati, the tying run for the A, down at second base with one out.
- 37:36There is the possibility of a double play, and the Reds are looking for it.
- 37:39McLaughlin looks in, throws to Tennant, it's high.
- 37:43Nearly up in the eye, one ball.
- 37:52Tennant's right handed batter, leans out over the plate.
- 37:57McLaughlin ready, throws, tying away, and it's 2-0 to Tennant.
- 38:03It's green on Beckett's, Dennis Winkie dashes into McLaughlin.
- 38:08In McLaughlin's problems, you can almost anticipate, perhaps he'll get out of this, perhaps he'll go all the way,
- 38:14but he has not started a game in nearly a month.
- 38:17He's only hit one inning in nearly a month, and control is something you just don't have every day, even when you pitch in regular rotation.
- 38:262-0. McLaughlin is ready, throws, one ball left in, back to the blue.
- 38:36Home run, reports for United, clean the line up.
- 38:40Dean Tennant, knowing that McLaughlin was in trouble,
- 39:09he could not get the ball over the plate.
- 39:12He just picked up on a thoughtful fastball and was right down the middle and pulled it.
- 39:18No doubt about it, throws went to the wall, but it was long gone.
- 39:22And the age that can wrap it up today leads 3-1.
- 39:25And here's Dick Green with one out.
- 39:28The ball controls, it's popped up, behind home plate.
- 39:31Beckett takes off his mask, but doesn't get chasing the balls in the seat.
- 39:36Tennant's hit five home runs all year long.
- 39:39That's his fourth of his World Series, and he wanted to bring him to the lineup with his bats.
- 39:46Dave Duncan on the bench is the finer field in his country.
- 39:50Her ball misses the inside degree.
- 39:53One ball, one strike.
- 39:55Paper has been thrown up and is fluttering down from many portions of the stands.
- 39:59The A's field, perhaps not likely so.
- 40:02At least their fans do it all over. Ground ball, make it back into the third base,
- 40:06goes on over the first and lets the second out.
- 40:11And that will bring up Jim Casticella, who now comes up with a 2-1 lead.
- 40:17And in his last 13 games, Potter has hit safely an 11 of those 13
- 40:22and tells a 2.26 lifetime batting average.
- 40:26In the second game of the World Series, he goes in the post-run of the ball game
- 40:31with a base hit.
- 40:36So they respect Connor and blame the ball a little bit.
- 40:40Really straight away, but stated ever so slightly towards the left.
- 40:43Breaking fifth, catches the outside corner.
- 40:46Dean Dennis has tied a World Series home run for four home runs in a series.
- 40:52Waiting here for the other three. Breaking fifth, catches the inside corner.
- 40:56The other three, in 1926, Babe Ruth, in 1928, Lou Gehrig, in 1952, Duke Snyder.
- 41:06Snyder did it again and then Hachbauer in 1958.
- 41:09Potter strikes out.
- 41:12But the A's get a hand as they lead the field.
- 41:17Three runs score on two base hits, including the fouling home run of Dean Dennis.
- 41:21The A's are nonetheless. And at the end of two, Oakland three, Cincinnati one.
- 41:26Black is beautiful.
- 41:29It takes a lot of people, so it's red.
- 41:32Help them feed, help them feed them.
- 41:35And brown to other people, working on the fields, changing the shoes and lights.
- 41:43These rules, it takes every color.
- 41:46Help the people on the team.
- 41:49Help other people.
- 41:52That's what it's all about.
- 41:55Doing their best.
- 41:57When they have to turn the people to turn around.
- 42:01Help other people from discrimination.
- 42:04And moving out of the way, and beyond the way.
- 42:10The temptation.
- 42:12People, putting it all together.
- 42:15Help the people. That's the score.
- 42:18Help other people.
- 42:21That's what it's all about.
- 42:26Doing their best.
- 42:29They give a card to the most valuable player in the world's jury each year.
- 42:36And I'd say at this point here, Dean Dennis, well, he's almost in the driver's seat.
- 42:43Out here, Steve Rose, he led off and forward on the first hit from Hunter.
- 42:47And then he comes in on the grass to third, realizing he'll red-feed on and Rose will try to get on.
- 42:52And told this one, a breaking pitch to right field for Bay 6.
- 42:58Rose again, first ball hitting, and Hunter's control today, even though he has only lost one man about intentionally,
- 43:05he's not been finding those corners.
- 43:08But there's a saying about chapter 100, you've got to get him early.
- 43:12If you do not get to him early, tell him you get to him.
- 43:16The jury's a season-long earned run average, third best in the American League of 2.04.
- 43:21And it's allowed only a little bit better than a run, and he's shot the two playoff games against Detroit
- 43:26and then the first World Series game that he's hit.
- 43:30Rose leading off, here's Morgan, who is over 14 in the series.
- 43:34He's in there, and he pops this one up to judge centerfield.
- 43:37Cappadarros and Green are back, Green takes it, and that's one up.
- 43:45And he will repeat again, that's Dean Sennett, who says Howell was talking about the possibility
- 43:49of him being the most viable player.
- 43:52You never know what's going to happen in the World Series, but at least Howell, he's got his name on their record books,
- 43:56and when you scan down the four home runs that are series in two names like,
- 43:59Ruth, Gary, Snyder, and Bauer, Sennett's going to have a pretty good winner and a pretty good life.
- 44:06Here's Tolan, pops out.
- 44:08The Cappadarros, that short shot back in the first, swings on the first pitch,
- 44:12and that's the best looking one at that ball we've seen.
- 44:15He blew that right by Tolan.
- 44:17Strike one, the Bobby Tolan.
- 44:19Trito on the score, we're at the top of the third, the A's lead it.
- 44:22If they win the day, the series is all over.
- 44:27Ready with the pitch, then puts something off first, then again Tolan foul-hits it.
- 44:33And it's two strikes.
- 44:38One ball, two strikes.
- 44:46From now, chatting brightly here in Oakland, one of the rare talents that has,
- 44:50this is the drive to left field, back goes Rudy to the warning track, standing on the warning track,
- 44:55and leaps up over, long drive to the opposite field by Bobby Tolan on a one-two pitch.
- 45:04That's a fast ball, he just didn't get all the way around.
- 45:08We call 30 seconds for a station identification.
- 45:10Every Sunday evening.
- 45:16Well, when manager Dick Williams called that fast ball,
- 45:18Tolan not completely get around on, goes hard at left field, he got his bullpen working.
- 45:23Now the batter is Johnny Bench, and he's up with a man on base.
- 45:26That's been a rarity in this period for Johnny Bench.
- 45:29He's got Rose at first with two outs.
- 45:31Bob Walker and Dave Hamilton are warming up in the A's bullpen.
- 45:35Hamilton on the left hander, Walker on the right hander, three to one to score.
- 45:38A lot of misses with the fast ball outside, and there's just quickly doing nothing to Johnny Bench.
- 45:44The outstanding thing about Captain Shutter is his control.
- 45:50He hasn't walked anybody except the one man intentionally, but he doesn't do any good pitches over the plate.
- 45:55Now he puts something off the breaking pitch, and that's a strike right down the middle.
- 45:59He's not hitting that strike with a breaking pitch.
- 46:01That's not where captains like to put the ball.
- 46:03He wants that outside or inside hint to the 17-inch plate.
- 46:07Not down the middle as that breaking pitch was.
- 46:10Two balls, one strike. Rose again leading off at first base.
- 46:13Caps in holding him there, and there's the ball.
- 46:16Henry's got a little slow take on it.
- 46:18Cabin air goes out, and Cabin air's taking over here for the third out.
- 46:21Henry's just got through to practice the incentive field.
- 46:24The ball for fifth to best.
- 46:26James Warnie at no hours, and Rose left at third base.
- 46:29We go to the last of the third, and it is Oakland 3, Cincinnati 1.
- 46:34Follow the rugged road, follow the rugged road.
- 46:41There are breaking camp and leaving for the wild when it's a-calling.
- 46:45Follow the rugged road.
- 46:51River ends between two hills, follow the rugged road.
- 46:57There's another river flowing on the other side.
- 47:01Follow the rugged road.
- 47:04Follow the rugged road.
- 47:07Follow the rugged road.
- 47:10Oh, the scouts are there waiting, they're leaving some to ride.
- 47:14Follow the rugged road.
- 47:17Follow the rugged road.
- 47:22Why don't you find out how scouting rounds the die out?
- 47:26Join the Boy Scouts and have the fun of your life.
- 47:36Henry Cabin air is in the third inning.
- 47:39Down the back of the top of the picture of the first,
- 47:42and Cabin is now three to six feet in the jury.
- 47:44He hasn't scored a run, he's the man that makes the offense go,
- 47:47but nobody's had an offense going in this series.
- 47:50All of it, low score, one-one ball game.
- 47:52Mark Anderson said last night,
- 47:54he could have shut me to reach for just six runs in four games, I can't believe it.
- 48:01Again, Mickey moves it on the dash at third base.
- 48:03Cabin air is right-handed batter ready, and he looks to make a good pitch as he swings at it.
- 48:09Cabin is in front.
- 48:12Cabin will be suspended for the first week of next season
- 48:15because of the fast-throwing incident in the playoffs.
- 48:17Another breaking pitch.
- 48:18Mickey backhands it.
- 48:19It is a foul ball.
- 48:21The ball is not sharply hit.
- 48:23Mickey did a good job to get his breath on the ball
- 48:25and would have been able to throw it out, but it was just the pulse of foul on it.
- 48:29The drop-in quickly ahead of Cabin air is Olin Duce.
- 48:38Drop-in ready, and throw to the back ball.
- 48:40Misses on the inside on ball two strikes.
- 48:45Well, this is the prettiest day that we have had since flying to Oakland, California, Sunday afternoon.
- 48:51Play much of the week.
- 48:52There's a curved strike three called a cabin air.
- 48:59Second strikeout from McLaughlin.
- 49:02Howdy-a-loo, one for 14 and the third.
- 49:04Hands up.
- 49:06That's leaded by two and the last two for third.
- 49:12Well, Lou, the left-handed batter, has everybody expecting him to hit the other way.
- 49:16Lou beats out a lot of ground balls.
- 49:17Bunches lay on.
- 49:18Watches the pitch go low to ball one.
- 49:23Well, Lou and Maxwell were incalculable in their aid to the rest of the A's
- 49:27because they've been with the Cardinals and in Cincinnati.
- 49:29They were able to tell us about how to play the empty net.
- 49:31The eye to the right field.
- 49:33Over goes Geronimo to his right.
- 49:34Now, let's come in, 10 or 12, Debson-Hassett for the second out of the Oakland Terrors.
- 49:40Battling up Joe Rudy.
- 49:42Rudy struck out of the McLaughlin curve ball to end the first inning.
- 49:48Here's a Californian from the death zone, five to 16 now in the third.
- 49:54Mike Depstein swinging the bat on Debson.
- 50:01Rudy with a 181 hit, let the American League in the strike-shortened season just include it.
- 50:11He's off and fastball and flying the other way down the right-field foul on and that's serving foul.
- 50:18Rudy did the same thing back in the first inning.
- 50:21Tolan had been playing him in left-center field.
- 50:24And after they saw Alon Roger down the right-field line,
- 50:26Tolan quickly switched over to right-center field.
- 50:28He's starting out Rudy right there.
- 50:29That's what he's been playing except for that couple of strikes in the first inning.
- 50:34Everybody's been trying to get him to hit to right.
- 50:36Tolan was moved to right back in the first.
- 50:38He is hit by a fastball.
- 50:41Rather than have gotten out of the way of that one, Rudy was on him so fast it just hit him up above the rib cage.
- 50:49And again the lack of work is showing in McLaughlin.
- 50:53Back in the second inning he lost Epstein on four-bitches and made two good-a-bitches to Dean Tennant.
- 51:00With a 3-1 long run and that's the game 3-1.
- 51:02Now here's Epstein.
- 51:04Mike looked over everything in the second inning and let off with that walk as McLaughlin missed from his fourth-place finish.
- 51:11Now the two-twenty-broke-in again to get busy.
- 51:18The outs in the third. Man on. Epstein waits and does not go around.
- 51:23On a pitch and now they're calling for the field play down to Jim Honigsticke third base and he says,
- 51:28No, he didn't go around that slow a lot.
- 51:30Then quickly pointed with his left hand down to Honigsticke third base.
- 51:37One ball, no strikes to Mike Epstein.
- 51:40He went to the University of California to try to pull back there before he became a minor league player of the year
- 51:46on the Baltimore and Washington and in Oakland.
- 51:50Back to the fastball, it is too low to Epstein. 2-0.
- 51:55Epstein is a great student of the kind of hitting that Ted Williams likes to talk about.
- 52:01Find out that pitch is best pitch of the day and key off of it.
- 52:04Epstein looks over a lot of pitches trying to key more than most big snuggers as he said before.
- 52:10Back with the fastball, it gets away from Bents but Bents going nowhere as Johnny quickly bounces on it.
- 52:15But it is 3-0 and Epstein has been up there now twice in this ball game and has seen seven pitches out of the strike zone.
- 52:25Looking down the field with 2-0, he's got the red light to wail away.
- 52:29He is a left-hander to the... Rudy is on.
- 52:33There are 2-0. McLaughlin has to come in with a pitch.
- 52:40And then with the fastball, he's swinging and down to the bull airs hitting on the 3-0 count.
- 52:45No runs, no hits, no errors and Rudy left on base.
- 52:48At the end of 3, the tonight lead will have the trails open 3-1.
- 52:53The choice is yours. You can't change the world.
- 52:57You can cast on the drugs. If you're thinking about drugs, think about this.
- 53:02What do you do when the music stops?
- 53:07Where are you then? Where are you then?
- 53:11When you drop full-blown on all the mountains?
- 53:16Where are you then, my friend?
- 53:20What do you see when your pupils contract?
- 53:25You're out in the outing at the oil lag.
- 53:29And you're not quite home and the joy falls in packs.
- 53:34Where are you then, my friend?
- 53:38You can choose to change the world, but go back and use your head.
- 53:42Straight and in the right place.
- 53:45If you choose drugs instead, where are we then, my friend?
- 53:49Where are we then?
- 53:553-0 Oakland 3 runs, 2 hits and no errors.
- 54:04Cincinnati 1 run, 3 hits and no errors.
- 54:07All the scoring accounted for on homers.
- 54:09Rose with the bases empty for the reds.
- 54:11Tennis, a 3-run homer for the A's.
- 54:13Rose is out of sling for the breaking pitch.
- 54:15Strike one.
- 54:16Tony has more hits than anybody else in the series.
- 54:18He's 8 for 15.
- 54:20Tony is 3 for 4 plus a walk against Catfish Hunters in the two games.
- 54:25The Reds hit the homer in the 1966 All-Star game off on it and won it for the National League.
- 54:30Now Hunter throws the breaking pitch outside and again that is way outside and that again continues to spell out that Hunter does not have that 10-point control that he's known for.
- 54:40One ball, one strike.
- 54:42In fact, with something off the breaking pitch, it's down low and it's 2-1.
- 54:46Dave Hamilton and Bob Walker were up and throwing back in the third inning.
- 54:50Nobody's throwing there now.
- 54:52She balls one strike to Perez.
- 54:59Hunter backs, throws the fastball, grab it toward Kaplan, ends the trip, makes it on the third half, guns it to first base and Perez is out.
- 55:09Dennis Manky up for the second time. He's back to play Perez over to third base back in the second inning.
- 55:16Manky has shown us some feeling at third base in this series.
- 55:20He's done a fine feeling third baseman and he saw some feeling when Joe Rudy in the center game robbed him of an extra base hit with a leaping grab in Cincinnati to save the ball game in the last of the ninth inning.
- 55:32Hunter back and there's a drive.
- 55:34Left field, back to Rudy. After all, looking up, it's gone and it's 3-2.
- 55:40All one coming on home runs and Manky has hit one here through Cincinnati.
- 55:47Manky hit nine during the regular season.
- 55:49Then he's had his problems in the World Series, one for 13, plus a sacrifice in the second inning and out it goes.
- 55:55And all of the runs in the game are counted for an over.
- 55:58Rose and now Manky with a base is empty for the Reds.
- 56:01Tenets for the A's. Jim the Reds in game five of the playoffs were down 3-1 to Pittsburgh and came from behind to win the game.
- 56:08So they'll have to do it again with their backs to the wall in the series here in game five.
- 56:12Well, I don't know. It's out to Rudy. That open bullpen is busy again. First pitch is outside.
- 56:18Well, we expected to see lack of control from Jim McLaughlin because he hasn't hit.
- 56:23Hunter is the man that you expect to see good control. His pitches have been too fine and they're picking on him.
- 56:28And then a couple of home runs. There's a breaking pitch. Geronimo brings the misses on and it's one ball, one strike.
- 56:38One and one. Amel and left-hander. Locker right-hander throwing in the open bullpen and there's a fastball that's fouled off the mask of Jim Tenets.
- 56:47It's one ball, two strikes. Oakland now leads by a single run.
- 56:51But what's new? All of the games prior to this have been won by a single run. 3-2, 3-1, 1-0, and 3-2.
- 57:02One ball, two strikes. Geronimo left-hander deep in the box. Wait, take something off this pitch and it's fouled off to the left.
- 57:10Geronimo has scarcely got his bat out there and just punched the foul to the left. Still one ball, two strikes.
- 57:17One out on the Cincinnati force.
- 57:23And they're ready to throw again and there's a breaking pitch but it's by and away and it's 2-2.
- 57:31Tenets did a 3-1 home run. You couldn't hear yourself think. On the home runs by Rose and Menke, Oakland, Tennessee, and Magrads, it's going to be quiet as you would expect.
- 57:41The pitching throws the fastball and the foul back. Still two ball, two strikes. Young Cesar Geronimo who has had one hit in 12 times the bat in the World Series.
- 57:54Darrell Chaney, the foot-kitting shortstop, is on deck.
- 57:58Well, the Reds are hanging in there, a trail by a run, and there's a drive that is just foul.
- 58:04It was right on the line until about a foot before the third base bag and then skips foul and Jim Honigic, third base umpire, quickly called it foul.
- 58:18Conner with a new baseball, flips into Tennessee's catcher.
- 58:28In the pitch, Dennis foul again to the screen and we've got the same old count. Two balls, two strikes.
- 58:35Rose home run in the first to make it 1-0.
- 58:39In the second, after Epstein walked and Henrik was on with an infield hit.
- 58:43Tenets get their fourth World Series home run to make it 3-1.
- 58:46And this was the Cincinnati for it Menke is just home run to make it 3-2, Oakland.
- 58:50Back to the pitch at the breaking pitch, Dennis fouled off the left again as Geronimo continues to babble, Jim catches Hunter.
- 59:05With time he is out in open, the lights that were turned on an hour before the game began remain on.
- 59:11Hunter back and this is in on the hands of the breaking pitch and he might have killed somebody in that Cincinnati dugout.
- 59:16Way out in front of a breaking pitch, you know, in his hands and the pull that followed the Cincinnati dugout and his teammates are waving their red caps at him.
- 59:25Usually they get white fouls in the way of those.
- 59:33As Geronimo continues to guard that place, Hunter ready to throw again and throws a fastball and guess what? It fouled off again.
- 59:45They'll see him too.
- 59:47With the bases empty and one out of the Cincinnati for it.
- 59:50I'd like to welcome all of you who are listening in Europe, South America, Harlem, Chips to Sea, the Far East, Japan.
- 1:00:04The 2-2 pitch, fastball and he fouled it to the screen again.
- 1:00:10Well, it was a short ball game until these are Geronimo's steps in.
- 1:00:16He and Hunter firstly are making it a long ball game.
- 1:00:24Hunter now ready to get another new ball and take something off this one hand, it fouled off to the left.
- 1:00:30And pretty soon, Allen Rolfe, our standard pitcher, will send over a little piece of paper that will say he has fouled off more pitches than anybody else in the World Series history.
- 1:00:38That might be the only statistic that Allen Rolfe doesn't have.
- 1:00:44It is still 2-2 to Geronimo.
- 1:00:49Ah, he got him looking at a curveball strike three.
- 1:00:53Guessing the fastball, Geronimo saw the curveball duck in and over the plate.
- 1:00:59Strikeout number two for Hunter. And now what's too odd here is Chaney, who has furrowed their third base and one out of the second inning was lost intentionally last time up.
- 1:01:09The Reds trail by a run.
- 1:01:12We're on the top of the fourth at Oakland.
- 1:01:16The A's lead the series three games to one. They win the very one.
- 1:01:19Seventy-two baseball pieces all over.
- 1:01:21Hits the fastball straight away center field.
- 1:01:23Hendrick with his glasses down and rather deep.
- 1:01:25Rick Lime Drive also down at the O'Chaney. One run on the only yet-manky first World Series home run.
- 1:01:31Well, there's none left. We go to the last of the fourth.
- 1:01:34The A's lead the Reds three to two.
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- 1:02:39Now, Michael, this is Jim Simpson at the Oakland Commissary.
- 1:02:42When the A's come up in the bottom of the fourth, it'll be Bando, Hendrick, and Tennyson. It figures to be Jim McLaughlin's last inning.
- 1:02:49Ted Ulander was down on deck to hit for Max Paccini got on the board in the fourth inning.
- 1:02:55So it figures to be Jim's last inning of work as he tries to hold the A's close.
- 1:02:59It's A2 Oakland. Here's Jim Simpson.
- 1:03:02All right, Al. After an empty drill walk of the second, Bando on a 105th throw.
- 1:03:06Hold him very deep in center field for a long drive.
- 1:03:09He's low for one, late for 15 in the third.
- 1:03:12Right hand of batter, the team captain.
- 1:03:14McLaughlin ready and throw over a third ball that gets to the outside corner, strike one.
- 1:03:19Bando has 16 game-winning RBIs during the regular season, and that led the A's.
- 1:03:28Strike one hits fastball, beat it to the ground for its third base, but it's foul and will be picked up over there by Menke.
- 1:03:36Bando with those 16 game-winning RBIs during the regular season has no RBIs to meet the World Series, nor has he scored a run.
- 1:03:45But there are a lot of people who can point to the same kind of statistics.
- 1:03:49O'Lean Peele at 80 almost went for a breaking disc. It was blown away. One ball, two strikes.
- 1:03:54Bando checked at the last moment.
- 1:03:58Now they have 15 home runs during the regular season.
- 1:04:03Back again with the fastball that is way outside, and it's 2-2 to Bando.
- 1:04:07In the open fourth, the Reds trail the A's by running three to two open.
- 1:04:14Lots of sunshine. Outfielders keep dealing with their glasses.
- 1:04:19This ball again hits in front of the plate and bounces up the bench.
- 1:04:23This is the first full-count of the ball game we've had by either pitcher.
- 1:04:26Three balls, two strikes to foul Bando.
- 1:04:29He had a three and 0 countThe F-Team, he was given the red light and ground to the first base.
- 1:04:42Three to pitch is way outside.
- 1:04:46Bando rolls to once.
- 1:04:48Second once, give it up by the glass.
- 1:04:52And then they bring up Hendricks.
- 1:04:55And again that red bullpen gets busy. Hendricks nubs the ball to the left of the mound in the second.
- 1:05:01And I doubt that McLaughlin could have thrown him out.
- 1:05:03But as he came up with the ball, the ball flipped out and Hendricks was given a red base disc.
- 1:05:08More ball is the man throwing again for the Reds.
- 1:05:12Well, Hendricks is now 2-14 in the series.
- 1:05:17McLaughlin's creeping in. Hendricks slugs around the front at the breaking pitch and is outside, ball one.
- 1:05:23In games like we've seen through the first four, one run is something to have.
- 1:05:29But if you can get a three run ball, you'd be home free, at least the way the games have gone before now.
- 1:05:37McLaughlin's in the breaking pitch as he tries to punt.
- 1:05:39Now he's next to keep Bando, who runs fairly well, close to first base.
- 1:05:45One and 0 to Hendricks.
- 1:05:48McLaughlin begins to creep in again.
- 1:05:51Here's a bit of a jaggy mixture.
- 1:05:54Outside and low.
- 1:05:57Well, one of the rules will come, not necessarily always true, if you want to.
- 1:06:01Here comes Falky Anderson.
- 1:06:03If you want somebody to prepare to punt and try to get the ball up high, then you'll pop it up.
- 1:06:08McLaughlin has been missing low all the way.
- 1:06:11And it's 2-0.
- 1:06:13That's about 30 seconds for station identification.
- 1:06:18Two, one, zero.
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- 1:06:52Falky Anderson has done something he really wanted to avoid.
- 1:06:55He has to bring a new pitcher in.
- 1:06:57And it's Pedro Borbon.
- 1:07:00And the reason he was hoping McLaughlin could get out of the inning was that he was going to hit for him.
- 1:07:05In a sense, now the way things stand, Borbon either has to lead off in the fifth inning,
- 1:07:10or Anderson has to use a pinch hitter and then go again to the bullpen.
- 1:07:13It's probably to Tommy Hall, as Borbon has called on.
- 1:07:17So he was hoping that McLaughlin could get out of the fourth inning.
- 1:07:19He went 0-2 on Bando and then walked him, and now McLaughlin goes 2-0 on Hendrick and has to fall in for the fourth time in five games.
- 1:07:29Borbon worked last night in the fifth inning, 58th inning, moved up a hit, and then in the ninth, retired the first man.
- 1:07:37And Marquez got a base hit off Borbon.
- 1:07:40Adrian was trying to do the run, but the winning run was trying to play carol,
- 1:07:44as he took the loss with the ace coming from behind two and the nine.
- 1:07:47So Borbon had to work on Hendrick, two and out of the count, Jim Simpson.
- 1:07:51Now this is the third job in the series that a pitcher has been working on a batter,
- 1:07:55and has been taken out before he's completed pitching the fast batter.
- 1:07:58Borbon, think of all suchness, catches the outside runner with his fast ball at this point.
- 1:08:04Borbon, I'm sure you know by now, he's followed the world series, has the swinging fast ball,
- 1:08:08and he's constantly hitting the ball into the dirt if he's right,
- 1:08:13and he has been right for most of the series and much of the seasons.
- 1:08:18Field one now, the count.
- 1:08:20Now, it's going around the butt, butt up the first base line, and it's off the ball to Borbon.
- 1:08:24They flip over to Morgan covering as Perez picked it up, and the sacrifice worked.
- 1:08:31The sacrifice punt would be one to three to four. Now the second attempt, and here comes Dean Dennis.
- 1:08:46Dennis, who hit two home runs in the first game, is going to be put on.
- 1:08:50He hit two home runs that in the space of the last 24 hours last night in the day,
- 1:08:54and the third base open, he's going to put him on.
- 1:08:59A lot of people like to get out there in the ninth inning rally by the A's last night as they pick up two runs to win.
- 1:09:05Ken has got a very important single up the middle in that rally to keep it alive.
- 1:09:10There's ball three to him.
- 1:09:13Landell is down at second base, there's one out on the fourth.
- 1:09:17There's ball four, Oakland leads three to two and looking for more.
- 1:09:23Dick Green is out on deck, but right there with him is Gonzalo Marquez, and Green is going back, and Marquez is coming off.
- 1:09:36Marquez is a pick-up that has been two for three.
- 1:09:42And last night, with one out on the ninth inning, Marquez started things off with a single up the middle.
- 1:09:48Here's Joe DiGiore.
- 1:09:57Marquez, the left-hander hit it.
- 1:10:04Goes up there to swing the bat.
- 1:10:07The single he got last night was off the pitcher he faces today, Moore Bones.
- 1:10:16The rallying goes and there's a ball pulled just outside the first base line.
- 1:10:21Perez was not driving the line back hopefully, as the ball stayed past him on the ground, and the runners will have to return.
- 1:10:33The game deal is a double play death.
- 1:10:38They've got an excellent chance with a good thinker ball, Pitcher Bourbon, the man working.
- 1:10:46And up's Randall, pulls up to the ball, the ball is the third base, the headlong part, and everybody says that it is 4-2 open, as Randall scores 10-1 to the bird with a hit first five, and Marquez has done it again.
- 1:11:11Jim Hunter, a fine hitting pitcher, is coming up.
- 1:11:16Hunter runs for four in the World Series as an RBI to the credit.
- 1:11:22And Gondrella Marquez, who runs, and now Alan Lewis races out, and he will run to Marquez to get some elevation.
- 1:11:36It is now three to four, all as a sentry, and all in difficult situations.
- 1:11:45The end deal, looking into the dugout now, they are in close to the corners at the moment, still looking for the double play in the middle of Sadie and Morgan back up.
- 1:11:54Perez is rolling Alan Lewis, making even with the bag at third.
- 1:11:58And there's the offensive bump, and they've got Kenneth hung up off third base. He is tagged out there, and Kenneth pushes a little on Nick, who is down to second base, goes Alan Lewis.
- 1:12:07Hunter missed the bump, and they caught Kenneth off third base.
- 1:12:18Marquez is the leather, Lewis is down to second base, and it's one strike to Hunter. All the two to score.
- 1:12:29Six runs in this ball game, and that's the most that have been scored in any ball game, and we're not yet half open.
- 1:12:37Breaking pitch from Bourbon, a curved ball.
- 1:12:40And Hunter looking at it, quickly two strikes. Kenneth really put a head-drip block on Minke, and Minke tagged him out of third base.
- 1:12:51The fastball just misses outside. It's one ball, two strikes. Tom Hall is up and throwing in the Cincinnati 4-0-10.
- 1:12:58Nobody acted in the age. They would have Hamilton Walker up throwing on Peter for the cage.
- 1:13:05There's a ground ball down the right side, and a bear in the coaching box at first base will take it.
- 1:13:10Bobby Brown in 1947, Husky Rhodes in 1954, Carl Warwick in 1964, all have three pinch hits for the series record.
- 1:13:21And as on Bollum or Kessler's, names of athletes.
- 1:13:25It's live. Pennefield, Bollum is there, and light's going to be there, and comes in a few steps and one hand-drip for the third half.
- 1:13:31The one-one scores on just one base hit. No off-leash coffee, no errors, and one man left.
- 1:13:37At the end of the fourth, the A-4, the red suit.
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- 1:14:56The second baseman for the A's is Kubiak, and in the bullpen for the red, right-hander Gary Nolan is going alongside the left-hander Tom Hall.
- 1:15:07Al Gedeem, our nerd, is going to be in the series in the fifth inning of the Sunday game he came up batting for Ralph Grimsley against Capsaic Hunters,
- 1:15:16and lined the devil to the opposite field. That's his one for two.
- 1:15:20And now, a batter, Bando in at third base, on a ready and for the mature ball of the stays outside.
- 1:15:26All one for Ulanders. Four runs on just three hits, but one of them was a three-run home run.
- 1:15:31No errors for Oakland. Two runs both on Oakland. Four hits to go out for Cincinnati.
- 1:15:35All bowed away by Ulanders. One ball, one strike.
- 1:15:40And the top of the turp of what might be the final game of the 1972 World Series.
- 1:15:45The Reds would come from behind all year long. If they do, we go back to Cincinnati.
- 1:15:49If they don't, it's all over.
- 1:15:52One ball, one strike, and a fast ball is out of the tree.
- 1:15:56One and two to Ulanders.
- 1:15:58Gary Nolan and Hall continue the war.
- 1:16:01Nolan was scheduled start of the day, as John indicated, had some trouble with the shoulder,
- 1:16:07and was often got the call of it very well, considering that he has not worked much.
- 1:16:13And he hung that one big hit to Dean Tennant. If this is inside, it is two-two to Ulanders.
- 1:16:22And on a right back with a fast ball, it hits foul off to the left,
- 1:16:26twisting toward the Oakland dugout and bounces a few feet in front of Sal Bando,
- 1:16:31who is pursuing it, and then up into the command.
- 1:16:35Two-two to Ted Ulanders. Long time member of the Minnesota Twins,
- 1:16:39who wants to cleave him, and then arm down to Cincinnati.
- 1:16:43A rancher, out in Texas.
- 1:16:48Two balls, two strikes.
- 1:16:53They plan to hit to the opposite near, and that's hit to two-all.
- 1:16:56The Hunter fast ball misses low. Three and two.
- 1:17:01And this is the first time the Hunter has done all the way on the batter.
- 1:17:08The three-two goes to these rows in the fast ball.
- 1:17:10It's none of that. Dean has blocked it, waves off on her, and Ulanders up.
- 1:17:19Battling up Pete Rose.
- 1:17:21Now you wonder if Pete Rose comes up just how good or how bad
- 1:17:25Hunter will make this first pitch three.
- 1:17:27First pitch in the first inning, Rose-Holmers.
- 1:17:29First pitch in the third inning, Rose-Lyne.
- 1:17:31They're single-choppy to right field.
- 1:17:34Quick hitter. Eight consecutive years of 300 hitter.
- 1:17:38He is a good one.
- 1:17:39Battling left-hander against Hunter.
- 1:17:41Holter leads it by two in the top of the fifth.
- 1:17:44Hunter is ready, and Rose is swinging the first time in history.
- 1:17:49It's like Hunter's just digging fast ball.
- 1:17:53A strike for Pete Rose.
- 1:17:56What competitors made that match up there?
- 1:17:58Hunter and Rose, two of the best in baseball.
- 1:18:00Foul out of play, off to the left.
- 1:18:02Fast ball again.
- 1:18:04The second fast ball in a row that Hunter has thrown, Pete Rose.
- 1:18:08Joe Morgan, hitler's in the third.
- 1:18:10Holter 15 thus far, swinging about on the check.
- 1:18:19There's long waves around the left, even though he's homer.
- 1:18:22There's the pitch.
- 1:18:23That's what I thought he had, ball strike three.
- 1:18:25Just off the counter, just Bob Engel.
- 1:18:29One ball, two strikes.
- 1:18:31I would say, Henrik and Rudy are playing Rose around to the left,
- 1:18:35and yet Rose fold his homer on the right and fold his finger to right.
- 1:18:41Hunter might have told him that was my fault, he won't fold the ball again.
- 1:18:46One ball, two strikes.
- 1:18:47Rose in the curve ball just misses the inside.
- 1:18:50And it's two-two.
- 1:18:53Pitch is just off the outside corner and then the curve ball just inside.
- 1:18:58And then he throws, he sets back in.
- 1:19:07Hunter, the product of Berksford, North Carolina,
- 1:19:10going to lift his row, fast ball, check, swing, it's outside, second straight, full count.
- 1:19:16Hunter's control despite the fact he's drawn the three-two-two looks much better
- 1:19:20in this fifth inning than it has all along.
- 1:19:23Those pitches that have missed have just been out of the strike zone.
- 1:19:29They haven't been way out side or way inside or way high or low.
- 1:19:32Comes back and there's the ground ball, camp it out, comes back to second base.
- 1:19:35As it rolls to get to CD Rose, that has him by half a cent.
- 1:19:46Two out on the Cincinnati fifth and Joe Morgan, hit the list in the series.
- 1:19:51And he has ground it back to the pitcher and tossed up to the second baseman this game.
- 1:19:57The A's infield now, the green was batted for by Marquez, the depth in the first,
- 1:20:02Kubiak is second, Cabaneta is short, Vandor third, now two remains the same.
- 1:20:08Rudy in left, Henrikens center, Alou in right, Tennis now, crashing the time to Hunter's pitcher.
- 1:20:15Order two, Oakland, top of the fifth.
- 1:20:18Hunter throws the curve ball outside.
- 1:20:20Tennis goes out to talk to Hunter.
- 1:20:23But unlike other innings when Hunter's had a little problem, they've had men in the bullpen.
- 1:20:29Apparently the feeling is on the bench here that the captain has better control now than he had in the early game.
- 1:20:37And for the Reds, that could mean bad news.
- 1:20:44Ready again, tennis behind the play, throws the fastball low and inside and it's 2-0.
- 1:20:52Epstein guarding the line at first, a big hole between Epstein and Kubiak.
- 1:20:58Breaking pitch is outside and it's 2-0.
- 1:21:07Makes that 3-0.
- 1:21:11Oregon takes tennis way outside and Joe draws the walk.
- 1:21:18That is the second walk given up by Hunter and the other one was an intentional walk.
- 1:21:24This is on four pitches and with that in mind, quickly Williams goes back to the bullpen.
- 1:21:29Now, by the blue is Binnermost bullpen all through the series,
- 1:21:32but if we go to Cincinnati tomorrow, blue will be the open pitcher.
- 1:21:40Amel and it is there now and Raleigh Stingers has replaced Bob Walker as the right-hander in the open bullpen.
- 1:21:46Here is Bobby Tolan 0-2 to go, Henryk Leather-Rudy deep to the running track last time up.
- 1:21:52There goes Morgan running and there's a drive to right field.
- 1:21:55Morgan is on his way around second base to third base.
- 1:21:58Alludes over that Morgan will go all the way from first base.
- 1:22:01Now they've got the man off first base that nobody is covering there
- 1:22:05and because of Morgan running on the ground at his 4th of the 3,
- 1:22:10Tolan was able to take the long turn at first base as Morgan was running all the way.
- 1:22:16And with nobody there, he was able to get back in plenty of time.
- 1:22:21Now last night when Tolan doubled, Morgan was running on the pitch
- 1:22:26and two runs were able to score on Bobby Tolan's double.
- 1:22:30Today with Morgan running and Tolan swinging, he scores all the way from first on a single.
- 1:22:38And Jake Williams is coming out. He may have seen enough.
- 1:22:41Utter looks pretty good at the top of this inning getting you landed and Rose with pitches although he was behind the batters.
- 1:22:49Then he quickly lost his control and on four pitches lost Morgan.
- 1:22:54Tolan hit the first pitch he saw and lined a single to right.
- 1:22:57Four to three and the Reds have tripped back within a run again
- 1:23:00and now they're saying we want Raleigh Fingers to pitch to Johnny Bentz.
- 1:23:04Fingers walks back and Fingers is going to come on in.
- 1:23:11Fingers has been part of the picture Al.
- 1:23:14One-fourth and two-third innings has not allowed a run in only one hit.
- 1:23:19And he's a terrible pitcher too. That's the thing that should have been so impressive.
- 1:23:23He's pitched in all five games third day in a row.
- 1:23:25He has the two off days as everybody did Monday and Tuesday.
- 1:23:28But Fingers is coming on for his first appearance in the World Series and an early spot in the game, Jim.
- 1:23:36For him he's normally a late manThe hand is for Hunter.
- 1:23:39But Jake Williams walks him in in this situation to use Johnny Bentz as a batter.
- 1:23:43Two-man to get right here. Trying to run his first base.
- 1:23:47The Reds are of course able to pick up a run here but that's because of the speed of Joe Morgan.
- 1:23:54He walks, immediately went him and Bobby Tolan single normally.
- 1:23:58Morgan would have gone as far as third and that's all but he had a good jump.
- 1:24:03Ball died on the grass and we had to come in and pick it up.
- 1:24:06And Tolan despite being held to a single picks up a run back at end with Morgan scoring all the way from first base.
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- 1:24:35Johnny Bentz will be the batter. Bobby Tolan the first base. Two down, fifth inning. Here again Jim Simpson.
- 1:24:42Johnny Bentz you led the major leagues and home runs and RBIs as leader in the World Series.
- 1:24:47This is the spot for Bentz and the Reds and Airfans in a four to three ball game in the top of the fifth inning.
- 1:24:53First ball game which we've had as many as seven runs.
- 1:24:56This is by Barnarday the most loosely picked ball game of the series.
- 1:25:02Fingers right hander ready. Shares over and there goes the runner Tolan.
- 1:25:05Here's Dennis who's thrown out of second base and he's in with his Tolan base.
- 1:25:08The ball slips away but Tolan has the throw beaten.
- 1:25:14Tolan base and the tying run is now down to second base.
- 1:25:18The pitch was a strike to Bentz.
- 1:25:25Four runs, just three hits.
- 1:25:27Doris for Oakland, three runs tied at Doris for Cincinnati in the top of the fifth.
- 1:25:33They play bench around to the left end very deep.
- 1:25:36Ampanair's back at the edge of the grass at shortstop.
- 1:25:39Mando deep at third base. Here's the pitch just outside the breaking pitch. One ball, one strike.
- 1:25:47Five consecutive games for Robbie Fingers.
- 1:25:51And in seven postseason wins going back to the playoffs he's allowed one run, five hits and ten innings that he has worked.
- 1:25:59Which then remains busy. Fingers looks back throws that sweeping pitch and left the strike on the outside corner.
- 1:26:05Bentz is playing and I don't believe that Bob Engel, the home plate umpire, is saying that you went around but rather it caught the outside corner of the play.
- 1:26:13Bentz is down, one ball, two strikes.
- 1:26:17Robbie Fingers tying run, Tolan very fast out of second base, good lead off second base.
- 1:26:26Fingers nods his head, he's ready.
- 1:26:29Here's the pitch. Fowl jumps off the end of the bat of Johnny Bentz.
- 1:26:33Yes, good, get a piece of him.
- 1:26:36One and two.
- 1:26:39Cincinnati got a run in the first, John Rosen home run.
- 1:26:42Kenneth is three run home, they got Oakland on top.
- 1:26:45Nobody's caught him at third, he's caught a run in the fourth and Cincinnati's got added a run here in the fifth.
- 1:26:50It's four to three.
- 1:26:53One to the bench.
- 1:26:56Fingers looks to Tolan, comes back and the batsman's trying to look out and it's a foul ball.
- 1:27:02One in front of the plate but it hits the plate and Bentz now must go over.
- 1:27:06Well, the Cincinnati batsboy runs all the way over to the Oakland dugout and gets the bats back from the Oakland batsboy and hands him the bench.
- 1:27:15Bat one far, one ball, two strikes.
- 1:27:22Cincinnati ball ten busy, Oakland ball ten busy.
- 1:27:30The ball gets away from Kenneth, it's blown away.
- 1:27:33Tolan comes around third base, flips third, he now gets back fourth third base.
- 1:27:38They're standing at home plate as Johnny Bentz.
- 1:27:49Ball two strikes to Bentz.
- 1:27:58Out of this.
- 1:28:04Now the time run is the third base.
- 1:28:08Here's the fifth run, the best of all out of the third ball in the out-guard corner.
- 1:28:14He's dug out two times in this game and this is not happening a good period for him to get around.
- 1:28:20He has the opportunity but he hasn't been the kind of one-on-one score on the one-base hit by Tolan.
- 1:28:28Tolan was left at third base to go to the last of the fifth and ultimately Cincinnati by a single run four to three.
- 1:28:36How many bats will it take to do that too many deep runs?
- 1:28:46Trump's drivers were involved in killing at least 25,000 of us last year alone.
- 1:28:50But during the first decade Trump's drivers killed over 200,000 others.
- 1:28:55We know that it's the dangerous alcoholics, the problem drinkers who are ready to blame.
- 1:29:00We know it's a monsterized problem, but until we find the answer we ought to work on not to get these problem drinkers off the road.
- 1:29:08To find out what you can do, write to the National Safety Council,
- 1:29:11325 North Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, 60611.
- 1:29:16Let's do it, son.
- 1:29:18A lot of people are dying to hear from you.
- 1:29:45This is the fifth inning, Campanera, saloon, rooting.
- 1:29:48And the Reds are the sixth-round events.
- 1:29:49And the Reds are still hanging in there, Al Michael.
- 1:29:52Thank you, JimThe new pitcher will be Tom Hall.
- 1:29:55He's the third pitcher of the afternoon.
- 1:29:57Jim McLaughlin started to take a more blowing in the fourth,
- 1:29:59and now we see Tom Hall making his second World Series appearance
- 1:30:03in the bottom of the fifth.
- 1:30:05All were two innings, allowed no runs, three hits in D2 on Sunday.
- 1:30:16Bert Campanera, grounded out in the first inning, struck out in the third.
- 1:30:20Three for 17 in the World Series.
- 1:30:22Right-hand batter with Mickey playing in on the ground for third.
- 1:30:25The line by Hall in the first pitch,
- 1:30:27breaking ball in first strike, going one.
- 1:30:30Close to the edge, familiar with Tom Hall.
- 1:30:33He spent a few years in the Minnesota Twins
- 1:30:35and was traded last winter for a Wayne Granger.
- 1:30:38Ten and one during the regular year.
- 1:30:40Campanera's in the five-by of deep left group,
- 1:30:43The T-Lows backing up on the one,
- 1:30:45and reaches up to make the catch at the end of the track.
- 1:30:48Great play by Rose, the Reds playing Campanera's Saloon,
- 1:30:51seen racing back on the 10-run.
- 1:30:54Makes the one-handed catch at the end of the track.
- 1:30:58So Campanera's gets robbed.
- 1:31:01One out of the fifth inning and up comes Mattie Allou,
- 1:31:04grounded out and flying out in two trips.
- 1:31:07Allou's hit a long World Series.
- 1:31:09One for 15, left-hand batter.
- 1:31:12Straight hitter, outfield around third left.
- 1:31:15All to the plate in shot ball one.
- 1:31:17Everybody in the infield is shallow,
- 1:31:19Mickey in on the grass about 70 feet from the plate.
- 1:31:23Cheney and Morgan halfway, Perez even with a bag of birds.
- 1:31:28All back 1-0 and the Pigs flung on a comebacker.
- 1:31:31All up with it, Rose to first, two down.
- 1:31:36You'll see the batter.
- 1:31:38Struck out in the first, hit by a pitch in the third.
- 1:31:42Angel Bourbon with one inning,
- 1:31:46charged with no runs, one hit, one walk, no strikeout.
- 1:31:51Jim McLaughlin has been charged with all four A's runs.
- 1:31:54Gene Tennant's a through run homer in the second and then McLaughlin walks Bando
- 1:31:58with Bando scoring in the fourth.
- 1:32:02Joe Rudy, five for 16 of the World Series, right-hand hitter.
- 1:32:07Outfield is straight away.
- 1:32:09All to the plate and Rudy chops the foul off to the left.
- 1:32:12Oh, and watch, if we have a text game,
- 1:32:17we'll be in Cincinnati tomorrow at 12.45,
- 1:32:21Eastern Daylight Time, game time 1 o'clock.
- 1:32:24Line up, Rose, the A's pitcher,
- 1:32:27rocks Winsley for the Reds.
- 1:32:30Strike one touch to Rudy, breaking grip missing inside.
- 1:32:33It's Reiner, one and one.
- 1:32:36All very thin, they call him the Blade,
- 1:32:40but he throws about as hard as anybody on the staff.
- 1:32:46It's the Reds' first complete game this year.
- 1:32:49Came out as a bullpen to do it after the season was a month old.
- 1:32:52One one-fifty blew it by him, swung on him.
- 1:32:54That's the one and two.
- 1:32:57All one of the more valuable Reds this year
- 1:32:59because he was a short man, a middle man, a long man,
- 1:33:02and every once in a while he made a start.
- 1:33:07Ended one during the regular season.
- 1:33:09One two, Rudy swung on him.
- 1:33:11That's strike three.
- 1:33:12Got him on a slider and down go the A's in the fifth inning.
- 1:33:14Oakland down one two three,
- 1:33:16and that's the first time that's happened since the first inning.
- 1:33:19At the end of five balls, open four, Cincinnati three.
- 1:33:23Every Sunday evening at 610, SCM presents the biography of Bert Bacharach.
- 1:33:33I don't think you have to entertain either.
- 1:33:35It's a big turn.
- 1:33:36Right melodies that are sort of memorable,
- 1:33:39giving the people skin into their bloodstream.
- 1:33:41That's all.
- 1:33:42I'm happy to be a Bert composer.
- 1:33:51The Bacharach style, words and music from and about
- 1:33:55one of the most influential voices on the contemporary music scene today.
- 1:33:59Bert Bacharach, a 12-chapter audiobiography
- 1:34:03profiling the complete man from his youth to his present-day genius.
- 1:34:07I'm Mike Lawrence and I'll be your host on the Bacharach mobile.
- 1:34:26From the Oakland Coliseum in California,
- 1:34:28let's pause 37 for station identification.
- 1:34:35Are you getting all wound up about the general election in November?
- 1:34:39Is it time to find out what each candidate represents?
- 1:34:42Well, you as a voter will have to find the time
- 1:34:44for you through your ballot to determine the leaders and the policies of our country.
- 1:34:48Don't blow the one chance you have to let your government know how you want the country run.
- 1:34:53See your voting officer and ask him about the federal postcard application
- 1:34:57before time runs out.
- 1:35:02The typical World Series ballgame, Green Back.
- 1:35:11It is a 1-1 ballgame at the moment with Oakland leading 4-3.
- 1:35:15Concepcion is running down with a red bullpen.
- 1:35:17Girl France, Katie, will be down at 4.
- 1:35:19Here in the sixth inning, Perez will lead it off and here's how much.
- 1:35:23Tony Perez doubled in the second,
- 1:35:24grabbed it out in the fourth, takes down low, 4-1.
- 1:35:27Katvish Huckter cannot win the game.
- 1:35:30It didn't workThe minimum five is fingers game to win.
- 1:35:33Raleigh coming on with two out of the fifth inning to strike out pitch.
- 1:35:37One out pitch, missing low ball two, two to no.
- 1:35:40Minky on deck, then Geronimo.
- 1:35:46Wings Simpson and Gary Nolan in the red pen.
- 1:35:50Two out pitch, Perez Granger is the grounder on two hops to Campanera.
- 1:35:54A play and the shortstop gets it. One away.
- 1:36:00Danny Frankie coming up, sacrifice in the second.
- 1:36:03Homer to left in the fourth.
- 1:36:05Two for 14 in the World Series.
- 1:36:09The Reds got a run in the first on a Homer by Rose.
- 1:36:11The A's back with three in the second on a 3-1 Homer by Ennis.
- 1:36:15Minky Homer in the fourth.
- 1:36:17To make it 3-2, the A's got another in the fourth and the Reds go up to
- 1:36:21Minky Fischer, strike on one.
- 1:36:26Geronimo on deck.
- 1:36:29One out, base is empty. Strike one pitch on the way.
- 1:36:32Strike on the outside corner.
- 1:36:34Going two.
- 1:36:36And double participation, that's the difference in the game right now.
- 1:36:40A run scoring single in the fourth, the title World Series record, his third pitch in.
- 1:36:44Minky's three in the second, down he goes.
- 1:36:47Boy, a finger jump on right-handers.
- 1:36:50The final left-handers will see what they can do with him as Geronimo comes up,
- 1:36:55due to be followed by Chaney.
- 1:36:59And then the Fischer's spot.
- 1:37:04Misha Geronimo bowled out to the left fielder Rudy in the second, struck out in the fourth.
- 1:37:12One for 13 in the World Series.
- 1:37:14Minky brings to the high fly ball to left field, Rudy flicks the glass and now starts to stumble to maintain the challenge and makes the cat packing up.
- 1:37:22Geronimo flies to left, the Reds go out quickly in the sixth inning.
- 1:37:26No runs, no hits and nobody left at the end of five and a half it remains.
- 1:37:29A's four, Reds three.
- 1:37:35As Lexington's record in the War of the 1812, the United States Army,
- 1:37:42was there.
- 1:37:45Along the Texas border in World War I and II, the United States Army was there.
- 1:37:55That's the proud tradition of the man in Army green.
- 1:38:00Courage called to action, though his name might not be seen.
- 1:38:06Heeding every challenge, he's proud to serve his land.
- 1:38:11He knows the job is here, that's why he's an Army man.
- 1:38:16So there must always be a closure, though his name might not be seen.
- 1:38:21Proud of his position, he's proud to wear the Army green.
- 1:38:26The best, stay with the best, stay with the Army.
- 1:38:35The Reuben and Tom Hall begin to pitch for sixth inning against Epstein, Bando and Henrich.
- 1:38:42Marty Anderson already has a few white enters.
- 1:38:45Goal and then Simpson's going in the left, who's this?
- 1:38:48They're down by a run.
- 1:38:50The Reds trying to hang in and continue the World Series and send it back to the Cincinnati for a sixth game tomorrow.
- 1:38:54Epstein's set seven, here's how.
- 1:38:56Mike Epstein walked in the second, grounded out on the three-o pitch in the third.
- 1:39:01He's taking off for the first time, he takes the curve for a strike on the outside corner, on one.
- 1:39:09Epstein hit list in the World Series, go for 11.
- 1:39:13But he got on base and scored on 10, this is Homer today in the second inning.
- 1:39:16Strings at the grounder on two hops, the Perez is first, waves all the way, makes the play on the system.
- 1:39:21One first baseman gets the other and Hall has sent down all four men to his base.
- 1:39:25One out in the sixth inning, here's Sal Bando, five deep to center in the second and walked in the fourth.
- 1:39:42Bando the 18th leader in RBI's this year in 77.
- 1:39:47Now the Lightning's coming into the strike on the outside corner, on one.
- 1:39:53Oakland four runs, three hits.
- 1:39:55Cincinnati three runs, five hits in the sixth.
- 1:39:59Hall back to the plate, Bando grounds into the left side,
- 1:40:02making sure he hops the ball in front of Cheney, throws him out.
- 1:40:06Two down, sixth inning, five straight for Hall.
- 1:40:10And this figures to be Hall last inning unless Cheney homers the leadoff in the seventh.
- 1:40:15Hendrick to batters.
- 1:40:25George Hendrick, an empty of bit in the second, sacrificed in the fourth.
- 1:40:32Right hand batters takes the slider up and in ball one.
- 1:40:38Hendrick in the world series, two for 14.
- 1:40:41Base is empty, two down in the sixth.
- 1:40:45Popped in the air, in south round off to the left is playable Dennis Mickey,
- 1:40:49near the coaching box, makes the catch to retire the side.
- 1:40:53So the pace of the game quickens as the A's go down one, two, three, quickly in the sixth.
- 1:40:57And the Reds come up in the seventh, lift the score, Oakland four, Cincinnati three.
- 1:41:07Good old Harry, what a host. When Harry throws a party, nobody goes home.
- 1:41:13Here, let me freshen up that drink. Good old Harry is such a great host.
- 1:41:18How come Bill and Gene are two terrible sweethearts?
- 1:41:21I want to go home right now. I don't care. I want to go home right now.
- 1:41:27How come Bob's a little trouble driving?
- 1:41:32How come everybody who felt so good last night, feel so bad this morning?
- 1:41:38Maybe good old Harry is such a great host after all.
- 1:41:41Maybe good old Harry is a pusher, a neighborhood pusher.
- 1:41:45Harry pushes alcohol.
- 1:41:47So if you serve alcohol, please, don't be a pusher.
- 1:41:51And if you're a guest, don't let good old Harry or anyone else push you into drinking more than you want.
- 1:41:57A public service message from this station and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
- 1:42:11Hager left hander, and as Alex and Tony are rallying fingers, the late honey pitcher is really tough on right-handed batters.
- 1:42:18If you don't believe it, that's Johnny Bench when he left the side one stranded and third base and the fifth and struck out looking at a finger-curve ball.
- 1:42:25Hager left hander steps in and here's Al. By the way, Al, we do have a defensive change.
- 1:42:29Mike Egan has the impending custom of the late inning has taken over the first base for Mike Heskey.
- 1:42:35Joe Hago for one in the world series came to the Reds in late May in a deal to send Bernie Clabo to the St. Louis Cardinals.
- 1:42:43Hager batting for Janie, can shut the arm real, but a very short stomp in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- 1:42:48Lally fingers to the plate with a breaking pitch missing, ball one.
- 1:42:51And the ball meant for the Reds, Clay Carroll and Wayne Simpson. Concepcion is out on deck to bat for Tommy Hall.
- 1:42:59Here's a 1-0 pitch on the way, Hager chops it foul.
- 1:43:06One and one.
- 1:43:12Outfield is deep and around to it right, Mando is deep in with the back and third.
- 1:43:16One-one pitch on the way, off-speed pitch outside, ball two, two-one.
- 1:43:21Fingers appearing in every game in the world series.
- 1:43:26Game on today in the fifth inning in relief of Munter.
- 1:43:28He struck out bench, has a side-down one-two-three in the sixth, working on phase, rooting off in the seventh.
- 1:43:34Two-one pitch on the way, missing, ball three, three-one.
- 1:43:38Now McRae is in the red dugout and has a batting helmet on.
- 1:43:47He could come up to bat for Hall next, but Concepcion is on deck.
- 1:43:50Eight fouls at bat, three and two.
- 1:44:03Fingers lined and the three-two pitch on the way, it's one-nine,
- 1:44:06grab the slow and hot amount charged by Kubiak.
- 1:44:08He short hops the ball close and he's going to get them on the way.
- 1:44:16Joe Hayes down the bat.
- 1:44:21And it looks like it'll be Concepcion to bat for Tommy Hall.
- 1:44:27It is as if we're at church stop.
- 1:44:31The man of platoons, Darrell Cheney, comes up to attention with one out of the seventh inning.
- 1:44:40So it's De Sempton or Carroll in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- 1:44:46Dave Concepcion from Venezuela, two-foot-five in the world series,
- 1:44:52right-hand batter waiting at the plate, takes a back ball for a strike on the outside corner, on one.
- 1:44:57Concepcion to two-home-nine this year, two home runs, 29 runs batted in.
- 1:45:07Fingers lined, strike one pitch on the way, breaking section for a strike going through.
- 1:45:14On deck is Pete Rose.
- 1:45:20Fingers feet apart on the rubber, takes the shot from Cheney,
- 1:45:24locks into his lineup in the strike two pitch on the way, back ball just missing, ball one, one and two.
- 1:45:39One out, nobody on.
- 1:45:41The one-two pitch on the way, breaking ball missing outside, ball two, two into the count.
- 1:45:46Three runs, five hits and no errors for the A's.
- 1:45:50Three runs, five hits and no errors for the Reds.
- 1:45:58Fingers lift the sign into his lineup and the two-two pitch on the way, missing inside, ball three.
- 1:46:03To another four count, he goes three and two on Haig, Haig grounds out and now fingers three and two on Concepcion.
- 1:46:10Then Riley calls time to tie his two.
- 1:46:13Riley calls time to tie his two.
- 1:46:20Outfield, Concepcion toward right.
- 1:46:24Mando close to the line and Began close to the line and Burrish.
- 1:46:28Three-two on the way, swung on, lifted to the eight of center field.
- 1:46:31Hendrick has plenty of room, starts to back up now and it's up to two and makes the dive.
- 1:46:36Steve Rose enters the game one for a fifteen, hits the first pitch of the game for a home run.
- 1:46:46Then he's singled in the third, grounded out in the fifth.
- 1:46:50So Rose two for three today.
- 1:46:55Three for eighteen in the World Series.
- 1:46:59Switch hitter batting left-handed, Rose waits at the plate.
- 1:47:03Fingers with a sign, delivers and Rose takes a sign.
- 1:47:06Good one.
- 1:47:08The wind and it's fine.
- 1:47:24Rose angry with the car.
- 1:47:28He's climbing back in.
- 1:47:36Fingers checking with tennis.
- 1:47:39And he's lined up in the back of the line.
- 1:47:42Rose skipping out of the line.
- 1:47:46Bishop low fluffy is white.
- 1:47:51ужас.
- 1:47:55Then he's running to one roof and generally opportunities.
- 1:48:18They just don't make things like they used to, right?
- 1:48:26You don't get what you pay for.
- 1:48:28Service keeps getting worse and worse.
- 1:48:30Honey, it's always the other guy who's slower, careless.
- 1:48:33But you do all the change, right?
- 1:48:35I know, do you?
- 1:48:37For example, you use zip codes on the letters you send.
- 1:48:40Every letter you send without zip code slows down the matter.
- 1:48:43It can require extra sorting and make extra stops
- 1:48:46and more post offices.
- 1:48:48Putting in the zip code takes just a few seconds.
- 1:48:51But what a difference it makes.
- 1:48:53Look, if you're the kind of person who does a job right,
- 1:48:56you put the zip code on every card, letter, and package you send.
- 1:49:00And then you return it back to it.
- 1:49:02That way the post office can do its job right
- 1:49:04and give you the kind of mail service you're paying for.
- 1:49:07Remember, mail moves the country.
- 1:49:10And zip codes move the nation.
- 1:49:21As we come back, we'll let you listen to the crowd let us sing it.
- 1:49:48Here's the new pitcher, the commander sent the Mets to the dugout
- 1:49:51for the 37th time during the regular season for last night.
- 1:49:54He gave up the bingo to Simmons, Mincher, and Manwell
- 1:49:57in the last of the night.
- 1:49:59And he was the losing pitcher in the last of the night.
- 1:50:01And here's the game today.
- 1:50:02The face, Dean Simmons.
- 1:50:06Ed Zidjak and Lollie Fingers.
- 1:50:10Dean Simmons, probably the most valuable player in the world
- 1:50:14series to this point, so Lollie Fingers will get a lot of consideration.
- 1:50:19Zidjak on the outside corner.
- 1:50:21Dennis, the true home run in the second, his fourth home run in the world series.
- 1:50:26Drew an intentional watch in the fourth.
- 1:50:29One for one, swing to the curve, ground it, player inside third,
- 1:50:33and backhanded by Mekki, throws him out, one away.
- 1:50:37So many things have happened in this series,
- 1:50:39but I think one thing that's been overlooked is the play of Dennis Mekki.
- 1:50:42He has swept up everything in sight, everything in his way in this series.
- 1:50:53One out of the sevens innings, Ted Kubiak, hits for the first time in the game,
- 1:50:57slips hitter up left-handed.
- 1:50:59Dick Green started, Marquez hit for Green in the fourth and single.
- 1:51:02Now Kubiak for the first time in the game, takes the pitch outside ball one.
- 1:51:07Ted Kubiak during the number two oh five.
- 1:51:12First time he's been up in the series.
- 1:51:14One oh five to Taps, he's left it about, now falls in on it,
- 1:51:18he picks it up and has no play.
- 1:51:21Legs down, flipping on the grass, going down,
- 1:51:25and an easy out is turned into probably a base hit with the other scores.
- 1:51:35Kubiak an infield single, and Raleigh Fingers comes up.
- 1:51:54Raleigh Fingers up for the first time in the series, right-hand batter.
- 1:52:03Fingers six for 19 during the regular season, it was one ball, one two runs battered in.
- 1:52:08Minkie ready to charge in the third.
- 1:52:10Fingers around the front, lays one down, and one to the plate.
- 1:52:14Same time, just rose to first in time.
- 1:52:16Back of eyes work as Kubiak rose to second.
- 1:52:19Legos two-four, Morgan covering, bench to Morgan.
- 1:52:23Kubiak now at second, and a two down, up comes work, half an error.
- 1:52:30Right by Minkie charging in, and momentary confusion when it looks like
- 1:52:37bench is going to let Minkie take an advice first of it,
- 1:52:40and then Ben picks it up and threw out fingers to first with Morgan covering.
- 1:52:50Third camera there, it's all for three.
- 1:52:53Three for 18 in the World Series, right-hand batter.
- 1:52:57Minkie even with a bag of third.
- 1:53:00Breaking ball over for a strike, all in one.
- 1:53:08Carroll making his fourth appearance in five games.
- 1:53:14Back to his lady son, Kempeneris pops it up and foul-grab back toward the screen.
- 1:53:18Ben's giving Chase has no play.
- 1:53:21And the count is going two.
- 1:53:23The Reds are on back.
- 1:53:27When the Reds bat in the eighth inning against Fingers,
- 1:53:29it will be the two, three, and four hitters, Morgan, Trollen, and Bench.
- 1:53:34Oakland leading four-three.
- 1:53:36The Reds took the lead in the first inning.
- 1:53:40Rose to Homer, the A's back with three in the second.
- 1:53:42The Reds with one in the fourth.
- 1:53:43The A's with one in the fourth.
- 1:53:44The Reds one in the fifth.
- 1:53:49The Reds are on the eighth spot, and Kempion saying in the game it should stop.
- 1:53:53And Kempion hitting in the ninth spot.
- 1:53:58Carroll's at strike two, but John DeWaay called strike three.
- 1:54:02Got him on a fast ball on the inside corner and the inning is over.
- 1:54:05The Kempeneris strike shot.
- 1:54:07The A's go down in the seventh inning.
- 1:54:09No young, one hit.
- 1:54:11Kubiak left with second.
- 1:54:13And at the end of seventh ball, Oakland fourth, Cincinnati three.
- 1:54:17On the early frontier, distances were great, winters were long,
- 1:54:22and you could count on your neighbors to help you.
- 1:54:25Today things are different, and when you need help,
- 1:54:29where is the neighbor you can really count on?
- 1:54:33Who pitches in when there's a catastrophe?
- 1:54:36Who gets the word to a young serviceman that his daughter is just from born?
- 1:54:42Who makes sure there's a blank when it's needed?
- 1:54:45Who teaches blind kids to swim?
- 1:54:48Who does all of those things that most other folks have never seen time for?
- 1:54:55Well done, neighbor.
- 1:54:57Close by, your Red Cross volunteer.
- 1:55:02Now maybe you haven't got a lot of hours to give to the American Red Cross every month,
- 1:55:07but thank you.
- 1:55:09Where do you fit in?
- 1:55:12Neighbor, neighbor.
- 1:55:15We've got a 30-second for station identification.
- 1:55:30Have you heard about the party coming up in November?
- 1:55:32The Democrats, Republicans, and Independents are throwing the party, and you're invited.
- 1:55:37They're calling it the general election.
- 1:55:39Price of admission, one vote.
- 1:55:41Your voting officer has your application, a federal postcard application for voting.
- 1:55:46Andy can answer your other questions, too.
- 1:55:48Now all you have to decide is who you want to receive that vote.
- 1:55:58Along with our life, this is Jim Simpson back in Oakland, California,
- 1:56:00The Cincinnati A's in a one-run ball game that is never over until the final hour.
- 1:56:04Oakland can always try it, but when you look down the line,
- 1:56:07you can see the startups and considering how hard, as soon as this on the right hander,
- 1:56:11this should be their inning.
- 1:56:12Morgan, tell them and then.
- 1:56:14Joe Morgan, the batter, leading off, one to box, takes the pitch up five, ball one.
- 1:56:19One and no-decount, Joe Morgan, grabbed it out in the first,
- 1:56:22knocked it out in the third, locked it in the fifth.
- 1:56:25He is 0 for 15 in the World Series.
- 1:56:29Fingers, lines, and the 1-0 pitch on the way.
- 1:56:32Morgan takes five, ball two.
- 1:56:34In the second, ball three, right-hander Bob Locker and left-hander Dave Hamilton.
- 1:56:38In the red, then, Wayne Simpson.
- 1:56:42Fingers ready, back to the play-zero.
- 1:56:44Morgan makes a try, good one.
- 1:56:49Fingers came on in the fifth.
- 1:56:51He's made seven men, retired them all.
- 1:56:53He's struck out, too.
- 1:56:55The right-hander ready, and the 2-1 to Morgan is a five, ball three, 3-1, to count.
- 1:57:01Bobby Sullivan waiting on deck.
- 1:57:03Four hits and no errors for the A's.
- 1:57:06Three runs, five hits, and no errors for the Reds.
- 1:57:11Off, you're cheating. Morgan scores left.
- 1:57:143-1, push down the way, way inside, ball four.
- 1:57:17Until the Reds have a tying run on base, Morgan leaves off with a walk,
- 1:57:21and I would have to say he is almost dispensed to go.
- 1:57:25Bobby told in the batter, Morgan was going the last time he walked in the fifth inning,
- 1:57:31and because of it, the Reds picked up a run.
- 1:57:33Toland singled the right center, and Morgan, because he was going,
- 1:57:36was able to score all the way from first on the singles.
- 1:57:39Conference at the mound, Campanaris, Mando, tennis, and fingers.
- 1:57:44Bobby Toland popped out in the third, flyed out in the third, singled in the fifth.
- 1:57:49Now, Campanaris leaves the meeting, and Dick Williams takes his spot in the World Series,
- 1:57:54The American League World Cerebellis.
- 1:57:56Only four people can be at the mound at any one time.
- 1:58:00Williams makes one of his frequent appearances at the mound to talk about
- 1:58:05The possible one-by-totals, perhaps, just what he'll be doing as far as Morgan is concerned.
- 1:58:13Holding Joe close if they can.
- 1:58:17Morgan second in the league during the regular season and stolen bases to Lube Rock.
- 1:58:22Morgan a big lead at first, still not by Egan.
- 1:58:25Mando went on the grass at third.
- 1:58:27Toland waiting, his fingers come set at the bell, a glance at first,
- 1:58:30and a throw to first base, driving Morgan back.
- 1:58:37Morgan with one steal in the World Series.
- 1:58:43Big gap in right center in the outfield, another throw to first base,
- 1:58:46and Morgan back in on his stomach.
- 1:58:49Toland waiting at the plate with Johnny Banks, who up next.
- 1:58:52Another throw, three in a row to first base.
- 1:58:54He's at peak in his first, Kubiak at second, Campanera at the short, Mando at third.
- 1:58:59Rudy in left, Hendrick in center, Alou in right.
- 1:59:02Fingers throw to first base again, Morgan back in on his stomach once more,
- 1:59:07so he's gone over there four straight times.
- 1:59:11Open leading, four-three.
- 1:59:20Ross Grimsley hustling down in the reds' fence.
- 1:59:24Pitch on away a pitch shot, nothing doing, ball one, one and O.
- 1:59:28Grimsley's supposed to be tomorrow's starter,
- 1:59:31but Spocky Anderson's going to have Grimsley start heating up in the reds' goal fence.
- 1:59:39No worry about tomorrow later.
- 1:59:43Here's the one-O, there goes Morgan.
- 1:59:45The pitch is a strike, it's all not in time.
- 1:59:48He has it stolen, and so the tying run is at second base.
- 1:59:52Tolan bluffing a bunt, letting it go by the pitch in for a strike,
- 1:59:55and Morgan stealing second base, his second stolen base in the World Series,
- 2:00:01and it puts the tying run in scoring position with nobody out,
- 2:00:04but count one and one on Tolan.
- 2:00:12Campanera's playing close to the runner as Morgan takes a short lead from second.
- 2:00:16Here's the stretch, and the pitch to Tolan around the body misses for a strike.
- 2:00:21One and two.
- 2:00:27Tolan out of the box, adjusts his helmet, climbs back in,
- 2:00:33stays well up in the box, holds the bat high.
- 2:00:41Fingers on the rubber, checks the tennis.
- 2:00:44Morgan a short lead at second, fingers set.
- 2:00:47One-two pitch to Tolan, Bobby at the line drive,
- 2:00:49they sit in the right-center field.
- 2:00:51Joe Morgan around third, Alou slips far down.
- 2:00:54The run scores, Tolan goes to second.
- 2:00:57Through the reds tie the game, and the goal head run is at second with nobody out.
- 2:01:03Bobby Tolan with two strikes, a base hit to right field.
- 2:01:06Joe Morgan coming in to score, Alou slipped and fell down,
- 2:01:10The ball rolled behind him, and Tolan goes to second.
- 2:01:15Johnny Bench will be the batter as the reds tie the game.
- 2:01:18It is Cincinnati 4, Oakland 4, and the eighth inning.
- 2:01:22It's a single and an error charged to Alou, first error in the game.
- 2:01:27One and one. Bench the batter, he's 0-3, facing fingers for the second time.
- 2:01:33Bobby to the plate, Bench front, and it is either a foul ball or batter's interference.
- 2:01:40They call it a foul ball, and here comes Dick Williams.
- 2:01:42Bench hunting, and he wants the first base up by our haller brought in for his observation on the play.
- 2:01:49Engels says no, it's simply a foul ball.
- 2:01:52Bench had he touched the ball in fair territory, would have been out on batter's interference.
- 2:01:57Williams looking for markings before he heads back, puts up a mild feed, and then heads back to the dugout.
- 2:02:02So it's simply a striking account as 0-1.
- 2:02:05Mandel very deep at third, and Bench trying to punt his way on.
- 2:02:09At worst, trying to get Tolan over to third with Perez on deck.
- 2:02:150-1 account.
- 2:02:18Fingers set, a glance at second, and the fake Bench brings him into 0-2.
- 2:02:28Grimsley and Simpson in the bullpen for the Reds, Locker and Hamilton in the ace pen.
- 2:02:36Tolan at second, nobody out.
- 2:02:39Fingers is set, here's a strike two pitch on the way.
- 2:02:42Bench swings, grounded to Mandel at third.
- 2:02:44He looks Tolan back, throws the first for the out.
- 2:02:47One away.
- 2:02:49So to get Bench, Johnny is now 0-4 today, and up comes Cody Perez, who's doubled in the second,
- 2:02:56grounded out in the fourth, grounded out in the sixth.
- 2:02:59Cincinnati, four runs, six hits, and nowhere.
- 2:03:02Oakland, four runs, four hits, and winner.
- 2:03:09By far the most offensive production for either club in the World Series.
- 2:03:16We had 3-2, 2-1, 1-0, 3-2 last night.
- 2:03:20Today a slugfest, 4-4.
- 2:03:25Fingers to the plate, Perez takes a breaking ball down low, ball one, slider missing, 1-0.
- 2:03:34Perez is 8-4, 17 in the series.
- 2:03:41Bobby Tolan to go ahead and run at second.
- 2:03:43The next pitch to Perez is fouled back, and the count is 1-1.
- 2:03:46Menke is on back.
- 2:03:48One day ace bat at the bottom of the eighth inning.
- 2:03:50They have their two, three, and four hitters, Alou, Rudy, and then Higgin,
- 2:03:53who came on for Epstein in the seventh.
- 2:03:59Cincinnati, four, Oakland, four, in the eighth.
- 2:04:05Fingers set, check, Tolan, back he comes, and Perez,
- 2:04:09check, Slane comes around and misses, one and two.
- 2:04:13Wicked slider, breaking step to the right-hand batters.
- 2:04:17The Reds have been unable to do anything with it.
- 2:04:19The left-handed batters have been the ones who have done the damage on fingers.
- 2:04:24He's had the right-hander beating out of his hand.
- 2:04:26No pun intended.
- 2:04:28Fingers set, one-two pitch on the way, Tolan goes,
- 2:04:31The next back-fielder to go to third, and they do not get him.
- 2:04:35He is 8-4 third, and Sal Vando is really mad.
- 2:04:39Bobby Tolan, here at third, Williams out to argue, and Perez strikes out.
- 2:04:45So there's two down, and the go-ahead, Rudy Sal, third.
- 2:04:53Sal Vando taking an almost perfect throw from Tennes,
- 2:04:56a low throw actually that just in front of his lobby,
- 2:05:00he was able to dig it out, and Tolan able to get in.
- 2:05:05On the call by the third baser, up by Arhanichek.
- 2:05:11The replay on TV might incur the wrath of a few Oakland fans, you might say.
- 2:05:18Looks like he had him.
- 2:05:22Williams, after arguing with Arhanichek, goes to the mound to talk to fingers.
- 2:05:26Niki is the batter.
- 2:05:29Niki sacrificed in the second.
- 2:05:31Holbert in the fourth, struck out in the sixth.
- 2:05:41Two down, Bobby Tolan at third, a 4-4 tie, 8-8.
- 2:05:51Fingers set, and the pitch to Niki is one on a net for Schreiner, 0-1.
- 2:06:01Downfield around toward left, infield back, except Vando at third, he's even with the bag.
- 2:06:06Fingers working out of a stretch.
- 2:06:09Tolan a short lead, and the pitch on a lay, Niki's like a shot to Niki with the play, 0-2.
- 2:06:19Geronimo on back.
- 2:06:32Fingers set, strike two for Johnnaway, Niki swings around the mound outside third.
- 2:06:40The Reds with single runs in the first, fourth, fifth, and he on the eighthThe A's with three in the second, one in the fourth.
- 2:06:49A 4-4 tie, two out, Tolan the third, eighth and eighth.
- 2:06:58Fingers set, looks to Tolan, back he comes, and the pitch just dropped the plate outside, 0-1.
- 2:07:07One and two.
- 2:07:17The right hander is set, here's the one-two pitch on the lay, swung on, popped foul out of play, back of the plate.
- 2:07:27Niki is 2-4-15 in the World Series, he is 2-33 during the regular season, nine home runs.
- 2:07:3550 runs down to them, most productive month was August.
- 2:07:41Fingers set, and the one-two pitch on the lay is just swing foul. Niki just getting a piece of wood,
- 2:07:50fouling it off, staying alive, protecting the play with two strikes, one and two to count.
- 2:08:00The Reds are trying to gain here in the eighth, Morgan Wachs goes second, scored on a single by Tolan.
- 2:08:08Fingers ready again, one-two pitch to Niki, swung on, and missed out of play.
- 2:08:16So the Reds find a game and then Fingers sets the door with Tolan a second and nobody out, he gets the pitch to Rez and Niki,
- 2:08:22and the Reds have to settle for one. One hit, one A's there, the run is earned, and one runner left on.
- 2:08:29At the end of seven and a half, 594 Oakland 4.
- 2:08:33Hey, you're a huge snorting man, stop picking up dreams that you'll never see, start putting tomorrow to the end of the day.
- 2:09:01What you doing, bro? Do you feel you're wasting your time? You gotta go on, get out!
- 2:09:16Gonna be the Navy, Navy today, Gonna join the Navy today.
- 2:09:35California with our Michaels, this is Jim Simpson, this is the fifth game of the World Series, Oakland leads three games for one, and this is just like all the rest. Apparently it will be decided by one run, it's the first four words.
- 2:09:48The number two, Banner Matty, Alou, leads off and takes a strike at the bottom of the eighth inning, it'll be Alou, Rudy, and Higgins to face Clay Carroll,
- 2:09:55Ross Grimsley throwing in the Cincinnati bullpen. Carroll into his lineup and a strike one pitch on the way, is down side, ball one, one and one, so Carroll and Fingers, that's a record, just as it was last night, one one on the way, misses down side, fastball spinning away, ball two, two and one.
- 2:10:20Alou, 0 for 3, he is 1 for 16 in the series, 2-1 on the way, he's capped on the ground, slowly right side, the red ball, down foot to Carroll, covering just in time.
- 2:10:32Confusion on the part of the red, Perez didn't know whether to go back to first to cover there and let Morgan or Carroll take it, or whether to go over and pick it up, he hesitated, then continued on, and flipped and fell down,
- 2:10:45and from his stomach through to Carroll, a perfect throw and Clay's right foot on the bag, just ahead, and Alou going in, one away.
- 2:10:58Rudy the batter, we see more guys fall down on the grass in this series, but that's understandable because of all the rain the field took, including the rain out we had on Tuesday night, that was the 10th great day of rain in the Bay Area, so it's still slippery, it's muddy.
- 2:11:20Rudy is the batter, struck out in the first, tipped by a pitch in the third, struck out in the fifth, 0 for 2 today, 5 for 17 in the World Series.
- 2:11:29Right hand batter with a very close stance, he takes outside ball one, for one of the very few times today there's no activity in either ball pan at the moment.
- 2:11:40Let's score, 84, one out and the bases empty, the next pitch was tight and it got even, 1-1. On deck is Mike Egan.
- 2:11:56Carroll locks to his motion, back to the plate, gliders slug on in this 1-2.
- 2:12:03When the Reds come up for the night, they are due to send up Geronimo the 7-hitter, then Carroll who is batting in the 8-spot and Concepcion hitting in the 9-spot, Jack Billingham starts to throw in the ball pan for the Reds.
- 2:12:141-2 on the way, missing outside, 2-2. Billingham due to be the starter if we go to game 7 on Sunday.
- 2:12:29Carroll winds with 2-2 to Rudy, breaking pitch is very high in the air to left center field, it's deep, it's very playable, Rose is there, calling makes the guys.
- 2:12:42Two down in the 8-hitting, Rudy getting good roads but just getting under it a bit.
- 2:12:47Mike Egan, up for the first down in the game, went in defensively for Epstein in the 7-hitting. Epstein was 0 for 2 today and 0 for 12 in the series.
- 2:13:01Mike Egan hits 3-29 during the year, had one home run time run Saturday.
- 2:13:07Left-handed batter, Carroll first hit misses low ball one. Egan is 0 for 3 in the World Series.
- 2:13:17Two out, bases empty, game's out of the game. Carroll back to the play, in first night, 1-1.
- 2:13:26Carroll, born in Clanton, Alabama, makes the Tharman grade in Florida.
- 2:13:31Rocks to his motion, deals 1-1, breaking pitch, grounded for his second field is by Morgan as he ranges to his right, Rose not in time.
- 2:13:39Egan deeps it out.
- 2:13:45So the air is down to the go-ahead run on base with two down as Mike Egan deeps out an infield roller.
- 2:13:55Very close play at first base. Bando the batter, Salas slide out, walks, grounded out, 0 for 2.
- 2:14:08Bando 3 for 17 in the series.
- 2:14:12Good power, copy of the left, good left, making Will back at third.
- 2:14:16Carroll yields a back ball of 5 or 1, 1-0. Cincinnati 4, Oakland 4, 2 down. Egan at first base, in the 8.
- 2:14:28Carroll's set, a glance at the runner and a pitch on the way is lined in the centerfield for a face-off.
- 2:14:34Mike Egan, around second, on his way to third when the throw comes in to Morgan in second.
- 2:14:39So the air is in the go-ahead runner third.
- 2:14:48Joyce Hendricks being called back, let's see if they send up Mincher to left-handed batter.
- 2:14:56Yep, that's what it'll do, it's going to be Mincher batting for Hendricks.
- 2:15:05And John Mincher, one of last night's heroes, hit the first pitch from Carroll last night out in the right center for a base hit that tied the game of the night's winning.
- 2:15:14And then Montgwelle, the base hit, didn't want it.
- 2:15:17And Mickey and Morgan visit Carroll at the mound as John Mincher gets set to come up for the second time in the World Series.
- 2:15:28The A's have gotten enormous strange value from their bench in the regular season.
- 2:15:38And of course here in the World Series, today another example, Gungelo Marches came off the bench in the fourth inning, a base hit that drove in at that point.
- 2:15:48The run that looked like it might be the difference until it let's tie the game in the eighth inning.
- 2:15:52Spocky Anderson is going to the mound, walking very slowly, killing Hammond Grimsley in the bullpen.
- 2:16:00Anderson's got to figure if he wants to bring Grimsley in here, will the A's then go to the bench and perhaps send up Dave Duncan or another right-handed batter.
- 2:16:08So while Spocky's kind of late, we'll pause 30 seconds, workstation identification.
- 2:16:18Ever find yourself locked in, so to speak, out of touch with what's happening in the world around you?
- 2:16:23There's a way to unlock that door and at the same time voice your opinions on the problems which concern you.
- 2:16:28The general election is coming up in November and that's the time when your voice, the voice of the voter, should be heard.
- 2:16:34Don't blow your chance. Think about the election now.
- 2:16:37And when November rolls around, you'll have the key to unlock the door and make yourself heard.
- 2:16:42That's fever!
- 2:16:52Spocky Anderson has decided that he would rather have Ross Grimsley fetch their Angel Mangrelle and to have Clay Carroll face Don Mincher.
- 2:17:00That's what's happened as Grimsley has been waved in from the bullpen and of course, not that brilliant with the option of going to the bench again.
- 2:17:07He has exercised it as Angel Mangrelle who delivered a game-winning hit last night will come on to face Grimsley.
- 2:17:15So Carroll has to come out here in the eighth inning after using an eight-feel hit to Hegan, a face hit to Bando.
- 2:17:21The game tied 4-4 in the eighth.
- 2:17:24Grimsley loosening up and Mangrelle will bat for Mincher who is announced as a hitter for Hendrick in the eighth with a very deep exit.
- 2:17:31You know, given the threats of course in the National League playoffs against the Pirates,
- 2:17:37one of the things that are much discussed about Fiskburgers here is their great bench.
- 2:17:42In fact, they had so many runners with over 160th here, a total of nine, and a team like everybody,
- 2:17:49including those on the bench at 300, but the year you spent is the most impressive, extremely impressive.
- 2:17:55They have only 160th so they have 17 others and Dick Williams utilizes everybody.
- 2:18:00That's right, Allen, if you talk to anybody on the eighth, then they don't look to anybody as a great hitter.
- 2:18:06I think Hegan had a phenomenal average as a hitter, but the open A's of the Farfall Puppets somehow fight back, somehow scratch back.
- 2:18:14They don't overwhelm you with a big inning.
- 2:18:16They don't jump way out in front of you, but they hang in there with a good 15 and somehow a good 15 in the World Series, they manage to win it.
- 2:18:23Last of the ninth, last of the eighth in the late innings, they play off, they win extra innings, and white against Detroit.
- 2:18:31Lost one of them in tenon, one another in inordinate.
- 2:18:35That's the kind of arc that they are, and the situation is now that we are in the last of the eighth inning,
- 2:18:41but Hegan over at third base, and it was Jimmy Hussle that allowed him to beat out his infielder,
- 2:18:46and the last of the single left field, Hegan going on to third base, number two up, is now Gensry coming in at a third Oakland meeting.
- 2:18:55Three games to one, so they win this, the four fours are now, it's all over, and the seven eight nine batters are coming into the ninth.
- 2:19:01Right now it's all even, but Gensry scheduled a pitch tomorrow, now the pitch today.
- 2:19:07I want to stop the city there.
- 2:19:09Angel Mondrell, pinch hitter, at two forty-six during the regular season, five home runs, thirty-two runs, batted in.
- 2:19:16Ross Gensry, second appearance in the series, signed at Sunday's Game Word Five innings, gave up two runs, six hits.
- 2:19:22Hegan at third, Bando at first, two down, game tied in the eighth.
- 2:19:28Gensry checks and delivers the pitch at five ball one, one and O.
- 2:19:32Dean Tennis, on deck, Jack Sillingham throwing in the reds, no action at eight eights.
- 2:19:46Alfeo to Shae to his right, making even with a bag of third.
- 2:19:50First night in the county, one and one.
- 2:20:00Each club now is six hits.
- 2:20:05Four six and O for the reds, four six and one for the A's.
- 2:20:09Gimsley at the belt, checks the runners, deals one, water pick is grounded to Morgan at second.
- 2:20:14Go up with it, throws the first and the time retired.
- 2:20:17So Gimsley gets the job done, Mondrell grounds up, and the A's lead to go ahead and run the third.
- 2:20:22No runs, two hits, two runners left, the reds come up with the night with the score.
- 2:20:26Cincinnati four, Oakland four.
- 2:20:30The choice is yours.
- 2:20:31You can't change the world, or you can't go out with drugs.
- 2:20:35If you're thinking about drugs, think about this.
- 2:20:39What do you do when the music stops?
- 2:20:43Where are you then?
- 2:20:45Where are you then?
- 2:20:48When you drop the whole world on a mountain top?
- 2:20:52Where are you then, my friend?
- 2:20:57What do you see when your pupils contract?
- 2:21:01You're out in the alley, at the oar lags, and you're not quite home, and the trade falls in packs.
- 2:21:10Where are you then, my friend?
- 2:21:14You can choose to change the world.
- 2:21:16At the back, you move your head straight and in the right place.
- 2:21:21You can choose drugs instead.
- 2:21:23Where are you then, my friend?
- 2:21:25Where are you then?
- 2:21:35Now we go to the ninth inning.
- 2:21:36It is four to four.
- 2:21:37To repeat again the stage itself for what could be the final game of the 1972 World Series.
- 2:21:43Oakland leads three games to one.
- 2:21:45Cincinnati's time to babble back and go back to Cincinnati which they would deny.
- 2:21:50Already, Parky Anderson has been forced to change his pitching plan.
- 2:21:53Well, Ginsley coming on and released today.
- 2:21:56He is the scheduled opening pitcher tomorrow.
- 2:21:58And Billingham should have guessed it, and he has been working out.
- 2:22:01Molly Fingers wins.
- 2:22:04They've asked to see the ball.
- 2:22:06It will be the seven, eight, nine batters.
- 2:22:07And of course, we have a new center fielder.
- 2:22:10Angel Mandel has drawn the center fielder.
- 2:22:14Ninth inning, Geronimo steps in.
- 2:22:18Fingers looks back as one of the umpires down the right field,
- 2:22:21Arne-Frank Humann, is walking slowly toward the line.
- 2:22:24And now Geronimo says he's ready, and here's the game, and here's out.
- 2:22:27Desarge Geronimo swings and grabs it into right field.
- 2:22:30The first pitch is a face hit, and the reds have the potential winning run on base.
- 2:22:35So Desarge Geronimo, a single to the right, Ross Grimsley is now coming up, starts to come up.
- 2:22:41McRae is coming out of the dugout.
- 2:22:43And let's see if Grimsley will bat and then McRae for Concepcion or whether...
- 2:22:50McRae will come up for Grimsley.
- 2:22:51They're going to let Grimsley get it, and McRae is down on deck.
- 2:22:54So Grimsley obviously up there to bat, left-hand batter waiting.
- 2:22:57And already Desarge Grimsley arcing the air, and Fingers, what's it drop?
- 2:23:02Throws the first, and it pulls Kobyak on first base.
- 2:23:06They get the outflow, but down the second, those Geronimo.
- 2:23:10Fingers thought he'd be cute and get perhaps a double play, and it cost him.
- 2:23:14He almost threw the ball away.
- 2:23:16Kobyak, a great play, to lunge and grab it, and then tag Grimsley going by.
- 2:23:21Geronimo hung out to drive between first and second, was able to get the second.
- 2:23:26So it looks like a break for the A's turns into a break for the Reds.
- 2:23:30Play goes 1-4, and the Reds have the go-ahead run at second.
- 2:23:36Now, let's see, will it be Concepcion?
- 2:23:39Yep, he's going to come up and bat for himself.
- 2:23:41He's sitting in the nine spot.
- 2:23:43Rows will then be on deck.
- 2:23:46They get busy in the bullpen again.
- 2:23:48Left-hander Dave Campbell, who's been up and throwing about 30 times in the World Series,
- 2:23:53but has yet to appear, and right-hander Bob Locker.
- 2:24:02Dave Concepcion, fly it out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning.
- 2:24:14Right-hander, two per six in the series.
- 2:24:16Pitch on the way, he's way outside and backhanded by tennis ball one.
- 2:24:22Geronimo at second base, one out of the ninth inning.
- 2:24:27When the A's bat in the round of the ninth, they're going to send up tennis Kobyak and fingers.
- 2:24:31Rollie back to the plate outside, and the count goes to two and nothing.
- 2:24:37Vando goes to the mound.
- 2:24:40Fingers normally are shrug man in relief.
- 2:24:42He's pitching every game, and this is the third day in a row, he said.
- 2:24:45Dick Williams will go to the mound.
- 2:24:47Tennis and Vando joining the conference with Fingers.
- 2:24:50I don't think there's any question now that he has lost his stuff.
- 2:24:53I think it's the question of, hey, Rollie, calm down.
- 2:24:55You know you made a bad move there.
- 2:24:57You had the man at second.
- 2:24:58You had an easy play at first.
- 2:24:59You barely did get the man at first.
- 2:25:01The fact of the fact that the front works in an odd way is calm down.
- 2:25:04Take it easy.
- 2:25:05Two and all, you're facing right-handed fast.
- 2:25:08Williams back to the dugout.
- 2:25:14Contest zero and after checking with grandness,
- 2:25:18he's waiting at the plate.
- 2:25:20Fingers are set, a glance at second, and the two O's are on the way.
- 2:25:23He's grounded foul outside third.
- 2:25:25Two and one.
- 2:25:30The Reds and the A's in game five, Oakland leading three games to one.
- 2:25:34The Reds trying to stay alive.
- 2:25:37Crowd today, 49,410.
- 2:25:40Third day in a row, same picture.
- 2:25:42Here's the two one, but John DeWay, swung on a ground ball,
- 2:25:45fielded by Fander at third, but he drops it, then picks it up,
- 2:25:47throws in the third, Heegan comes off first,
- 2:25:49and just the oddest shape and falls down.
- 2:25:52The Reds have two on and two out.
- 2:25:55The Reds have two on and two out.
- 2:25:57Bando short-hopped the ball, then juggled it.
- 2:26:02It rolled behind him.
- 2:26:04He recovered through low in the dirt,
- 2:26:06and Heegan had to come off the bag, off first base,
- 2:26:09or just the odd left side.
- 2:26:12They will give Bando an error, E5.
- 2:26:17The Reds have runners in first and second, with one out,
- 2:26:20and he rolls the batter.
- 2:26:22He's homered, single, grounded out, fly it out.
- 2:26:27Bando in channel at third.
- 2:26:29Rose, quick-shitter batting left-handed.
- 2:26:31Fingers to the plate, and Rose takes low and inside, ball one, one and O.
- 2:26:37Great airline drama going on right now.
- 2:26:40The Reds know they're going back to Cincinnati,
- 2:26:42and the Reds fans know they're going back, but nobody else in this park
- 2:26:45covering the World Series knows where they're going tonight.
- 2:26:48The catch on the way is up high, ball two.
- 2:26:51350 media representatives, most of whom are planning to go back
- 2:26:55to Cincinnati for Game 6, but they don't know where they're going
- 2:26:59until this one's over, including Jim Simpson.
- 2:27:07The stretch, here's the two-o to Rose.
- 2:27:09He swings, lifts his foul, back of third, second deck out of play.
- 2:27:14One run.
- 2:27:21Rose today, facing Hunter, hits the first pitch of the game for a home run.
- 2:27:24The tennis, a three-run homer in the second.
- 2:27:28Reds battling from behind, caught the A's and the A's.
- 2:27:31Hits the road, feet top to foul, and the count is two and two.
- 2:27:34On deck is Morgan.
- 2:27:37Geronimo at second, Concepcion at first.
- 2:27:41One out of the ninth inning, Reds for open four.
- 2:27:46Hamilton and Locker in the A stand.
- 2:27:52Nobody in the Reds stand.
- 2:27:56Fingers checking the stretch.
- 2:27:58The two-two picks for Rose.
- 2:28:00There's a wide drive, base hit on the center field.
- 2:28:02On ball charges, Geronimo, a round third.
- 2:28:05Come at home, he soars down to third.
- 2:28:07The Concepcion Rose dives into second, and the Reds have the lead.
- 2:28:12Peeves Rose, a single to center, one run battered, and Geronimo scores.
- 2:28:16Concepcion to third, and Rose to second on the throw.
- 2:28:19It is five to four, Cincinnati.
- 2:28:21So Peeves Rose picks up his third head of the game.
- 2:28:27He entered the game one for 15.
- 2:28:29Dick Williams goes to the nine.
- 2:28:31Morgan will do the batter.
- 2:28:32He has the left hander, Hamilton, in the bullpen.
- 2:28:34And Hamilton will come on.
- 2:28:36To the Reds, on the break of extinction in the 72 series,
- 2:28:40The eighth inning tied, and the ninth inning takes the lead.
- 2:28:42It is five to four, Cincinnati.
- 2:28:44And Dave Hamilton, who has been up and throwing in every game at least twice,
- 2:28:50finally gets to appear in the World Series.
- 2:29:01Well, I tell you, when they come to mark against the Olds and A's,
- 2:29:06should they lose this ballgame, it all started with Geronimo let off
- 2:29:09with a first-fixed line drive single to right.
- 2:29:12But then when he was driving, he bunted along by the pitcher gently.
- 2:29:16The ball was popped up in the air.
- 2:29:18Now what Fingers tried to do was to let it hit in front of him,
- 2:29:21and go to second, and then come back to first.
- 2:29:24He let it hit second, but Geronimo had not reached second,
- 2:29:26nor was anywhere close.
- 2:29:28They still could have thrown to second.
- 2:29:30They elected instead to throw to first base.
- 2:29:32And it was just in time there, but the sacrifice Buntlet
- 2:29:35grinsley set out to execute did work after all in rather bizarre fashion.
- 2:29:40And Newman Bando had a problem, and Drew Molo and Drew Eganoff
- 2:29:44threw first base back.
- 2:29:47That's what meant that first and second, of course,
- 2:29:50and then of course Rose had come on, and here's Newman in another run here,
- 2:29:53and he has three to five to go, and Pete Rose, who had a little luck going,
- 2:29:57one for 15 before today, has had three base hits today,
- 2:30:01including a home run, in five times a bat.
- 2:30:05And the other two times there was a good, fine play by Cappadocia
- 2:30:09shortstop to get him in the fifth, and he drove Rudy very deep in the seventh.
- 2:30:13So Rose has really been tween the bats as the Reds have been tween near extension.
- 2:30:18Extension, extension, help me.
- 2:30:22They would be extinct in the 1972 World Series.
- 2:30:26They have three games to runThe interview comes in,
- 2:30:29and we can remember that in yesterday's ball game,
- 2:30:33The Cincinnati Reds came up with two in the eighth inning,
- 2:30:36but lo and behold in the bottom of the ninth, the A's came up with two runs.
- 2:30:39So we don't know what's going to happen, but at this moment,
- 2:30:43The Reds have a leg on everybody going back to Cincinnati
- 2:30:46and answering your question about where does the May Day go.
- 2:30:49Joe Morgan coming up to base Hamilton, Hamilton appearing for the first time
- 2:30:53in the series. He was 6-6 with a 2-9-4 earned run average during the regular season,
- 2:30:58which he started at Iowa in the American Association.
- 2:31:02Infield is in, squeeze is a possibility.
- 2:31:05Concepcion down the line from third and Rose off second,
- 2:31:08and the pitcher on the way to Morgan is very high. A fastball missing, one and all.
- 2:31:12Again, when the A's come up in the bottom of the ninth,
- 2:31:15Tennes, Kubiak, and the pitcher's pot.
- 2:31:19They've already used Marquez, Mincher, and Manguella as pinch hitters.
- 2:31:22Hamilton back to the plate, a five, all two, two and all.
- 2:31:26On deck is Bobby Tolan.
- 2:31:28Joe Morgan is hitmish in the World Series, but he's been a key man today.
- 2:31:33His speed has paid off twice. He's walked twice and scored twice.
- 2:31:39Here's the two on the way. Morgan swings, it's a high pop-up,
- 2:31:42and the A's are shallow right, a little coming in,
- 2:31:45waiting in medium depth right field, makes the catch.
- 2:31:48Here comes Concepcion, here's the throw, he's out of bounds.
- 2:31:53Double play.
- 2:32:05There's Concepcion dragging up on a medium depth fly ball to right field,
- 2:32:09and cut down at home nine to two on a double play to take the red.
- 2:32:14Out of the inning after they take the lead.
- 2:32:16Cincinnati settles for one run, two hits.
- 2:32:20There's one error, one runner left on.
- 2:32:23The Oakland A's come up at the bottom of the ninth with the score.
- 2:32:26Cincinnati five, Oakland four.
- 2:32:37Yes, it is a small, small world, but that doesn't change the fact
- 2:32:41that over one billion children live in underdeveloped countries.
- 2:32:45These children are hungry, diseased, poverty-stricken,
- 2:32:48and have a small chance for education.
- 2:32:51With the help of UNICEF, the United Nations Children Fund,
- 2:32:55these children can be given a chance.
- 2:32:58The Canal Zone Elementary Schools are giving each of their students
- 2:33:01a pamphlet on UNICEF at their personal collection box.
- 2:33:05The children take these boxes home for their family's contributions
- 2:33:08they may wish to make.
- 2:33:10On Halloween Day, the boxes are returned to the schools.
- 2:33:13The nickels and dimes donated will be changed to building medical
- 2:33:17and school supplies along with other necessary equipment.
- 2:33:21True, it is a small, small world, but you can help to make it better.
- 2:33:26Give generously to UNICEF.
- 2:33:38Oakland Leeson games three games to one.
- 2:33:40Ross Brimpley, Red Tanner warming up, can hold on.
- 2:33:43We go back to Cincinnati for game number six tomorrow afternoon.
- 2:33:47The first will be a change in the pitching plan to Sparky Anderson
- 2:33:50who had intended to start Brimpley.
- 2:33:52Friday Blue will start tomorrow if needed,
- 2:33:54but the man who has been something else again for Oakland,
- 2:33:58our home run in this World Series.
- 2:34:01Two in the first game won last night, a three-run home run in this game,
- 2:34:04Dean Tanner.
- 2:34:05He's off to nice innings for the Oakland A's.
- 2:34:07They fail five to four.
- 2:34:10Here's how.
- 2:34:11Gene Tennes, home run in the second, drew an intentional walk in the fourth,
- 2:34:14grounded out in the seventh, takes a fastball of five, all run.
- 2:34:17The Reds, five runs, eight hits and no errors.
- 2:34:20Open, four runs, six hits and two errors.
- 2:34:22Kubiak on deck, then the pitcher's spot.
- 2:34:27Brimpley back to the plate, fastball outside, ball two, two and oh.
- 2:34:32Jack Billingham in the red school band.
- 2:34:35Tennes out of the box checking with Irv Noran, third base coach.
- 2:34:40Reds outfield deep and around toward left, Menke guarding the line to third.
- 2:34:46on the way.
- 2:34:47Tennes takes five, all three, three and oh.
- 2:34:59Brimpley,
- 2:35:01in the innings lineup and the three oh pitch on the way, a strike on the outside corner.
- 2:35:05Three and one count.
- 2:35:10The Reds time the game on the eight, taking the lead on the ninth, trying to hold on.
- 2:35:16Brimpley in the innings lineup and the three one pitch on the way, it's high, ball four.
- 2:35:21So the eight has a fine run on base and the winning run at the plate,
- 2:35:26Kubiak is coming up and Dukin has come out on deck.
- 2:35:31Kubiak, switch center,
- 2:35:35put a little chopper back to the mound with Carroll fielded in the seventh and Carroll slipped and fell and
- 2:35:41Kubiak beat it out for a hit. Good punters, Menke in on the grass at third.
- 2:35:46Kubiak around the box, missing first site, oh and one.
- 2:35:53Dukin waiting next after Dukin and Campaneras.
- 2:35:59The eight is trying to get Tennes to second base, Gene off to his lead at first, Elva Koubea.
- 2:36:05Brimpley set, back to the plate, he's done Kubiak, one, two, three, four and Koubea makes the catchers one away.
- 2:36:12So Kubiak, normally a good putter, cannot deliver this time and Dave Dukin comes up for the first time in the series.
- 2:36:19We talk about a forgotten man, here's a fellow who started the season as the number one catcher.
- 2:36:24Gene Tennes then took over because he had the hot bat and of course Tennes is becoming a national hero in this World Series.
- 2:36:32But keep in mind, Dave Dukin, 19 homers, 59 runs batted in.
- 2:36:36Rocky Anderson is going to the mound, he has Jack Willingham in the bullpen, Dukin is the right handed batter.
- 2:36:45And Anderson wants the thinkerball specialist who performed so brilliantly the other night against the A's.
- 2:36:54So I don't know who's going to pitch for the Reds tomorrow if we have a six game, it might be Jim Simpson.
- 2:37:01Willingham, normally a starter, did relieve five times during the regular season.
- 2:37:05Brimpley, normally a starter, did relieve a couple of times during the regular season.
- 2:37:10As we have seen now, tomorrow's pitchers, as Alan said, and Sunday's lifted pitchers, come to the plate.
- 2:37:17The tying run is on at base and of course in the last of the ninth inning,
- 2:37:21you always look to the winning run at home plate because it would be all over.
- 2:37:26Cincinnati would have no more chances to score in 1972.
- 2:37:31As of this format, the edge is in the favor of the Reds.
- 2:37:35The tie is now deleted, five to four with one out, the tying run at first base and Duncan,
- 2:37:40a right handed pitcher, drew up, walking back now to talk to Campaneras.
- 2:37:44Remember, Willingham did so well.
- 2:37:47They're going to have another runner, Lou Moon-Odom, who was a pinch runner last night in quarter route,
- 2:37:53and he was a pinch runner 28 times during the regular season, very fast at first base.
- 2:38:00Duncan, there's talk to Campaneras.
- 2:38:03He's getting his warm-ups in his five-four ball game, the fifth being played in brilliant sometimes in Oakland, California.
- 2:38:15Willingham had quite a game here, down two games to none as they were.
- 2:38:24He worked better than eight innings, gave up just three hits, struck out seven, walked three,
- 2:38:31left in the ninth inning, was just the third on Wednesday night.
- 2:38:36He continues to warm with Johnny Benz.
- 2:38:39And now, clean on fire, Bob Engel says that's all.
- 2:38:43So here comes Jay Duncan with one out, in the ninth, and Lou Moon-Odom on at first base.
- 2:38:51Jay Duncan coming up, 19-0 month this year at 218.
- 2:38:55Not only is Pocky Anderson used tomorrow's scheduled pitcher, Sunday's scheduled pitcher,
- 2:38:59but yesterday's setter, Don Gullett, is throwing in the bullpen right now.
- 2:39:04Locker, Elie said. It is five to four Cincinnati.
- 2:39:09Lou Moon-Odom, the pinch runner, the tying run at first.
- 2:39:13The winning run, Duncan at the plate, right-hand batter, Willingham is set, and delivers, and it's down low, ball one.
- 2:39:20Campaneras on back.
- 2:39:23Odom at first base, held on by PerezThe outfield is deep and around toward left, making Garza line a third.
- 2:39:33Willingham set, back and sudden to the pitcher's right, a check swing, it's over anyway, at the knees, one and one.
- 2:39:42If there is a sixth game tomorrow in Cincinnati, air time at 1245 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
- 2:39:53Willingham at the bell, two to one, one breaking, gets a line drive, it's a clear ball, that'll help you run into the quarter.
- 2:39:59Low second on, Odom goes to third, the throw goes to second.
- 2:40:10So the Oakland A's have a tying run at third base, and a world championship run at first base, with one out at the bottom of the ninth inning, and Campaneras the batter.
- 2:40:24Will Duncan gets up off the bench, his first activity since the playoff, and in his first World Series appearance, he singles the left down the line.
- 2:40:39Odom goes to third, Campaneras the batter, and he will check with Irv Norton, the third base coach.
- 2:40:45Campaneras, 0-4, grounded out, struck out, lied out, and struck out. He is 3-19 in the World Series.
- 2:40:54We have one of the best butters in the American League, and seven of the best on the A's at the plate.
- 2:40:59We've got perhaps the fastest butter, Allen Lewis accepted, Lulu Odom, at third base.
- 2:41:06We've got a one-round. Odom at third. Don't get it first.
- 2:41:13The infield is playing in, except conceptually halfway at shortstop.
- 2:41:19Making it to the edge of the grass. Morgan back a couple of steps from the edge of the grass.
- 2:41:25The Reds holding the runner at first. Campaneras the batter, and the pitch gone away as the breaking pitch moves down the right field line, foul dropping in the bullpen out of play. 0-1.
- 2:41:38Another one-run game. First game was 3-2, and it was 2-1, and it was 1-0, and then last night it was 3-2, and today is 5-4 Cincinnati at the moment.
- 2:41:49The line run to third, winning runner first, one out, Bellingham's set. Back to front, 0-1. A vicious strike, a breaking pitch.
- 2:41:56At the knees, and Campaneras is up, set about to call. It's now 0-2.
- 2:42:02Maddie Allou, left-hand batter, waiting on deck. Outfield, a round toward left.
- 2:42:11Campaneras waiting. Odom is short lead at third. Here's the set, right pitch, that's gone away. Popped in the air, right side of the infield. Morgan is calling and makes the catch and fouls.
- 2:42:21Odom is coming home, a throw home, and he is Odom at home, and he goes to Cincinnati. Odom tries to tag up, and he's thrown out at home.
- 2:42:30As Joe Morgan makes the catch and fouls round, so the play goes F4-2, and the game ends on a double play, and boy will they be second-guessing everything that happened in the ninth inning today.
- 2:42:41The big play by fingers. Now Odom tags at third. I don't know whether Noran sent him home or whether he came home on his own, but he is thrown out.
- 2:42:50Joe Morgan made a fine play and fouls territory to make the catch and then on the round and was able to throw home in time to nail the runner.
- 2:43:00Morgan slipped as he got the throw away, but still strikes the bench, and Odom cut down as he fled into home.
- 2:43:08So the game ends on a double play, 4-2, and the Reds in a four-BTA. So this, of course, has been a great World Series, all one-run gameThe Reds stay alive.
- 2:43:20We go back to Cincinnati tomorrow. Final score today is the Reds 5 and the Oakland A's 4.
- 2:43:26When the seven-leveeer out there pops a ten-one total round, it's nasty as your football every day. It's your deceiving anyway, but he can't get that popper, can he? Sure he is your disc-clawed every day.
- 2:43:42You're disc-clawed, you're disc-clawed, you're a fool every day. If you could say the real is stealing all the play.
- 2:44:01We hope the test gets me a lucky, but I'm hard as that. It's a please-off, it's a please in every way. You're disc-clawed, you're disc-clawed, you're a fool every day. If you do say the real, you'll steal it all away.
- 2:44:20And remember, may the Lord bless the country.
- 2:44:32The fourth to four means nothing nowThe ninth inning was it all. What happened in the ninth inning was, borders on the Incredibles. It was a four-to-four ballgame in the ninth inningThe Reds up, Geronimo, single the right field. And then the attempted sacrifice by Glimpy was topped up in the air.
- 2:44:52It got sketchy, and then actually Geronimo was off first base. Fingers let us bounce in front of it. Then instead of throwing to second base, as Geronimo then took off for second base, he threw to first base and barely got the run of air. So that sacrifice much did work.
- 2:45:06Then Bando had a chance, Geronimo, but he threw wide. But it was not an unrun run because Pete Rose got a third hit of the day and cleanly drove in Geronimo from second base.