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The 1970 MLB All-Star Game was held at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, which had just opened up weeks earlier.
The game is notable for being the first All-Star game to be played at night, a tradition that has continued ever since.
The 1970 game was also the first time since 1957 that the starting lineup was determined by fan voting.
These two changes were a huge success and the game still remains the highest rated All-Star game TV broadcast of all time.
The National League attempted to extend their seven game winning streak with the likes of veterans Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, along with youngsters Pete Rose and Johnny Bench.
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Enjoy the game.
We received more votes than anybody else.
And very quickly again, the American League batting lineup.
Leading it off will be the oldest starter, Luis Aparicio at age 36.
This is his ninth All-Star baseball game, his seventh start, but his first All-Star baseball game since 1963.
Paul Dostemsky, that's second in center field.
Frank Robinson, Ian Wright batting third.
John Brubh-Powell, the cleanup hitter, the first baseman from Baltimore.
Harmon Killibrew, the third baseman from the Minnesota Twins, that's fifth.
Frank Howard of Washington left field batting sixth.
Dave Johnson of Baltimore batting seventh, playing second base.
Bill Freehand behind the plate, batting eighth.
And Jim Palmer of Baltimore, the pitcher, batting ninth.
Aparicio with a 3-13 batting average, three home runs, 24 RBIs, steps in right-handed batter with a closed stance,
the closest voting in all of the American League this year.
It was four shortstop, and Aparicio went out over Rico Petticelli of Boston.
A big wide sweeping curve is what Cedar started Aparicio off with, and Luis was way out in front of it and fouled it back, barely getting a piece of the ball.
Spike one to Aparicio as this 41st Major League All-Star baseball game is underway.
Temperature in the mid-80s here at the brand-new Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
As the boy comes back with the fastball, it's a foul back in the blue text source.
And it's two strikes.
I don't know, Sandy, if in All-Star play you look for that big sweeping curve on the first pitch of the ball game.
I wouldn't think so, Jim, not especially for a fellow like Cedar who has not pitched since last Thursday.
Right turn out on the fastball.
Not having pitched since last Thursday, this would just about be his regular turn in the rotation.
He's got to be pretty strong, especially if you're just going to turn him loose for three innings and say go as hard as you can.
Carl Dierstromski, the All-Star center fielder.
In voting for the outfielder, came up with Dierstromski, Robinson, and Frank Howard, none of whom plays center field.
So Carl, who recently has been playing a lot of first base for the Red Sox, got the vote and he's in center field.
Left-handed batter, holds the bat high and takes an inside pitch from Cedar.
4-1, Dierstromski hitting a 3-0-1, 21 home runs, 50 RBIs, and he's also stolen 16 bases.
Everybody remembers Dierstromski's great 1967 series, Time is Called.
They have someone on the field and she is being let off.
And I don't know who this is.
There has been an exotic dancer by the name of Morgana who has been on the field all across the United States,
whether it is she or not, I don't know, but it is female and she's being escorted off the field after not even making it as far as the artificial turf.
One-0, the count to Yosemite.
I'll be honest, I'm not sure it's female.
It looks like it may be a man with a wig or a little bit of a joke.
They have even had newspaper columns devoted to the possible appearance of Morgana.
One-0, the count, one out, we're in the top of the first inning of the Major League All-Star Baseball game number 41.
Dierstromski swings, fouls it very high, and back out of play.
It's one-and-one.
Siever the pitcher from the Nets, bench of Cincinnati, to catch it.
On deck is Frank Robinson.
Frank has a sore shoulder.
Yesterday at the All-Star Press Luncheon, someone asked Frank, how's your injury?
And the Royal Memorial Outfielders said, which one?
But they were speaking of his shoulder.
Back with a curveball, hit up the middle, gets past the outstretched level Kessinger,
and Dierstromski's on with the first base hit of the All-Star Baseball game.
Hitting a one-one pitch, Siever almost was able to stop it at the mound.
See, Siever has thrown quite a few change-ups in his line.
It's a brief dive on the mound, this one out and one base hit here.
But on that ground ball, you could just see the ball begin to pick up speed on this artificial surface.
And that's the problem.
Sometimes the ball is not hit very hard, but it begins to spin,
and that's what the artificial surface does to it.
And as it spins, it picks up a little bit speed.
So the second and third bounce sometimes are a lot quicker than the first one was.
Frank Robinson steps in.
He leads the American League in hitting, hitting a 3-30 right-handed batter.
Six All-Star games with the National League, and this is his third with the American, a swinging strike one.
Around each of the bases, first, second, and third, there are 20-by-20 patches of dirt.
Otherwise, it is completely artificial surface, except, of course, for the pitching mound and around home plate.
Strike on the outside corner, bench fakes the throw to first.
But back in plenty of time was the base runner, Yostremski.
Down is two strikes to Frank Robinson.
I think your first impression of the way the field is playing, Jim, everybody seems to be deeper.
The shortstop is back behind the line where normally the skin would be.
Robinson strikes out another fastball strikeout for Sieber, and as he strikes out after each show,
so he does Frank Robinson on three pitches.
So I think Tom Siever may have been trying to get away with having an easy time here in the All-Star game.
I'm sure he's aware of the fact that he's slated to start again on Thursday after the All-Star break
and was trying to have as easy a three-innings as he can, but after Yostremski got the hit,
he really started to throw hard to Frank Robinson.
Move, Powell, 73 RBI's, 23 home runs stepping in.
Let them have better, makes the tens up for strike one.
Powell hitting a 3-20.
Yostremski slightly off first base.
Dick Allen with the Cardinals holding him on there.
Yostremski can move outside with the pitch and low, it's one and one.
Tabu Cowell, Harmon Killibrew of the Minnesota Twins,
last year's most viable player in the American League, his own deck.
When the top of the first, no score, Yostremski at first base with a base hit up the middle.
One and one, McContodd, big John Boogtel, all 6'4", better than 230 pounds.
Swings, hits it high in the air in the infield.
Tony Perez of Cincinnati will get the honor of making the last out of the first inning and does so.
One hit, no errors, one left.
And in the middle of the first inning, the American League nothing with the National League coming to back.
Bottom of the first, the National League coming to back is Jim.
Setting the defense for you for the American League now, Jim Palmer.
Warming up, of course, Palmer had a great history of injuries after being a star of the 1966 season in the World Series,
but has come back and is 12-6 thus far this year from Baltimore.
Bill Frehan is behind the plate from Detroit.
Boogtel of Baltimore at first, David Johnson of Baltimore down at second.
Luis Aparicio of the White Sox at short, Harmon Killibrew of Minnesota at third,
Frank Howard of Washington at left, Kyle Dierstrumpfschi of Boston in center,
Frank Robinson of Baltimore in right.
The batter is Willie Mays.
This is his 21st All-Star Game, the seventh time he has led off an All-Star Game.
Makes a called strike from Palmer.
Back in 1965, Mays led off with a home run, and that's only been done three times in the previous 40 years of Major League All-Star play.
Palmer, a right-hander, comes back, misses outside.
It's one-on-one to Willie Mays, hitting a 272, 619 home runs.
Second only to the Great Bay, 19 of those this year.
Last year, Mays hit only 13 home runs all year, but has 19 already this year.
47 RBI, big swinging strike.
Mays, the big scoreboard in center field shows, holds the All-Star records for most at bats, most runs, most hits, most stolen bases, and most total bases.
Outside of that, Willie hasn't been doing much lately.
Count is one and two to him. Palmer, the right-hander, throws inside.
Mays leans away from the fastball. It's 2-2.
Luman Harris, the manager of Atlanta, is coaching at first base.
And Leodora Osher, the manager of the Chicago Cubs, over at third.
And Mays strikes out, swinging.
And Palmer's got good stuff also. We've talked about South State, the fact that he has good stuff.
Palmer throws very hard. He's got a good fighter and a good curveball. He's given us that any problem in his career.
He's been a little bit with control, but mostly with injuries.
He's never really been able to put a full year together without being either sick or hurt or having a problem of staying in the major leagues.
But this year, he's started well. He's having a good year. And as you say, it's his first All-Star year.
And he looks like he's going to become the kind of pitcher everybody thought he would.
Dick Allen of the Cardinals takes a big swing at Palmer's first pitch strike one.
As we said, in other years, we have called Dick Richie, but after going to the Cardinals, he announced he wanted to be called Dick.
So it is Dick Allen hitting a 285, 25 home runs, 72 RBIs, Palmer's right back in a high inside fastball that Allen ducks under.
And it's one and one with Palmer.
Allen, while with the Phillies, sets the home run marks for Philadelphia as a first baseman, as a third baseman, and as an outfielder.
Back with a big curve, but it stays high. And out of the strike zone, it's two and one.
Allen with Hank Aaron, who's got more votes than anybody else in the voting, conducted for the first time since 1957 by you, the public, is on deck.
By the way, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said also at yesterday's press luncheon that he was sure that it was his intention that they would have the fans vote again next year.
Fastball, and Allen is swinging and missing. It's two and two.
One out, and we're in the last of the first. No score. This all-star baseball game from the brand-new Riverfront Stadium, almost completely artificially turnt in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Palmer peering in for the sign, and throws, drive to right field.
Back to Frank Robinson, back near the warning, back back near the wall, and has it against the wall.
The ball was well hit by Richie Allen. It was hit to the opposite field. Richie is very strong, and here in this big ballpark,
Frank Robinson had a lot of room. He went back all the way to the wall, did finally bang into the wall as he caught the ball.
But I think it fooled Palmer a little bit. He was just trying to get the ball out away from Richie and keep it in the ballpark, and Richie hit it a long way.
Hank Aaron, 19th all-star game, his 13th start, hitting a 314 on the year with Atlanta 24 home runs and 71 RBIs.
And Palmer is ready, and hits the outside corner with a fastball at strike one.
Two outs, Yosfrenski of Boston has the only hit in the ball game, and we're in the last of the first.
Palmer's a little high with his next pitch. It's one and one to Aaron. Tony Perez of Cincinnati kneels on deck.
This is his stadium. They closed up Crosley Field at the end of June, and this is the new home of what they call the Big Red Machine, the Cincinnati Reds.
Palmer misses with his next pitch. It's two and one.
Aparicio is in where the skin of the injury would normally be, but David Johnson is deep, and the ball is hit to Aparicio on two giant hops.
He comes the ball over to Powell, low throw, but in plenty of time, and Aaron is out.
And at the end of one inning, the National and the American League are scored.
Back in Cincinnati, Jim Simpson with Sandy Kofax.
Harmon Killebrew leads off the top of the second inning, takes an outside pitch from Sieber. It's ball one.
Killebrew right-handed batter from Minnesota, big swing, and missed for strike one, and one and one.
Harmon, last year's most valuable player in the American League, getting 322, leading the league in home runs with 26, and he has 72 RBIs.
Tenth All-Star game is six starts. Sieber, the right-hander of the Mets, ready again, low and away.
Ball gets the, there's Johnny Bench, digs it out and throws it back to Thomas. Two and one to Harmon Killebrew.
A hot, muggy night. Attendance, 51,838.
That's an attendance figure they could have put up there before the game began. It's been sold out for some time.
Big swing and a miss by Killebrew, and it's 2-2.
Now we look at both Beckert, and they've got the shift on for Killebrew.
Beckert is on the third base side of second and almost in short center field, out past where the skin of the infield would be.
Killebrew, though, strikes out, swingers. And that's the third strikeout for Tom Sieber.
Tim, I think we should describe this infield a little bit. There is no dirt as the base path portion, but they have white lines to designate where it would normally be.
It is all the green artificial surface, but you can see the outline by a white line drawn all the way around the infield so you can sort of tell where the infielders are playing.
Frank Howard steps in, turned to Al Barlich, the nationally gun par, and Barlich walked up and asked Tom Sieber for the baseball, looks at it, and tosses it back to Sieber.
And as Howard at the Washington Center steps in, you can hear the boos of the crowd. Frank is a big man, listed at 6'7", and he says he plays at about 2'60".
There are those who will say it's more like 2'80". Frank hitting 2'82", 24 home runs, most of them giant plants, 67 RBI.
Third all-star game and his third start, big right-handed batter.
One out on the top of the second in the scoreless all-star baseball game, and he swings that big-cut and misses, strike one.
Four men have struck out six in an all-star game. Most recently, Ferguson Jenkins a couple of years ago in 1967, fastball down the middle, strike two.
Carl Hubbard, remember his great feat? The men that he struck out, Ruth, Gary, Simmons, Fox, Cronin, outside and high from Tom Sieber, it's one ball, two strikes to Frank Howard.
Aparicio led off in the American League by striking out on three pitches.
The Stumski's single went up the middle, Robinson, Frank, struck out on three pitches, and Powell popped out. Since that time, Killebrew has also struck out, and big Frank Howard strikes out, and that's the fourth for Tom Sieber.
Sieber looks like he's throwing very well tonight. He isn't throwing his good fastball all the time.
He gets two strikes on the hitter, and all of a sudden there's just a little bit extra on that fastball, and it's given the American League hitters a lot of trouble up to now.
Well, we were talking about that all-star record, Sandy, six strikeouts, and of course a pitcher can only work three innings unless he goes to extra innings, and Sieber already has four.
Breaking pitch low and away from the next batter, Davy Johnson of Baltimore, hitting 299, playing second base. His first start, he was on the 1968 squad, played and was 0-1.
He was named last year, but was hurt and didn't get to play. Striked two swinging, and since Rod Carew is injured and out of active baseball, at least until September, according to President Calvin Griffin of the Minnesota Twins, Davy Johnson is down to second base.
Well, Sieber's out in front of Johnson now, already with four strikeouts, comes back, Johnson gets a piece of it, and fouls it to the screen.
You know, some people say, Sandy, that you dwell too much on statistics of baseball, but those who love and follow baseball, statistics are just like the basic course.
And here we are, six strikeouts to record, and Sieber already with four, and we're not yet through the second inning.
Just misses, Sieber started to walk off the mound. He thought he had strikeout number five.
I think the whole National League team thought he had strikeout number five. Jelly Bench started to leave, the whole infield was on its way out. The only one that said no was Al Varley.
Due to the count, Sieber back, get high in the air, and into short right field. Aaron circles back and over.
Woody Mays is there, Aaron will make the catch, and it's another one-shoot reading for the American League.
Aaron hits through errors and none left.
And again, here's a word from Len Dillon. The crowd here at the Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati in this shortest ball game, as we open the second tier of the arrival of Tony Perez, hitting.356, leading the National League with 29 home runs and 90 RBIs.
And of course, he plays for the Cincinnati Reds. Right-handed batter, closed stance, Jim Palmer of Baltimore, the right-handed pitcher staring in and throws high to Perez, ball one.
The American League, no runs, one hit, no errors. The National League got for me for the second time, went down one, two, three in the half of the first inning.
Palmer ready again, throws again. This one is shoulder high, a little bit lower than the shoulder, says Parlik, and it's a strike, one and one.
Palmer back, bowled off to the right. It's one and two, up in the seats.
The clap here, of course, I think some of the folks here, Sandy, believe they're watching the Cincinnati Reds play.
Of course, a foul at Perez and with the all-star break and already 90 RBIs and 29 home runs and.356 average, you know the kind of years he's already had, let alone at the finish.
Fastball from Palmer is high, and it's two-two.
Armand Killebrew very deep at third base for the right-handed Perez. Palmer throws, swinging strike three for Tony Perez, and that's the second strikeout for Jim Palmer.
I think it begins to show up that if you've got good pitching out there, they're having a good night.
No matter how good the hitters are, they're going to dominate the ballgame.
And so far, Tom Siever and Jim Palmer have taken charge of this ballgame, and even these great hitters have not handled them or not even look too good at the play.
Every one of the six strikeouts thus far, four by Siever, two by Palmer, have been swinging strike threes.
Here's Rico Cardi, and he takes another high pitch from Palmer.
Cardi leads the National League in hitting,.365, and it's his first all-star game, and he was a right-in candidate, and he made it the big.
From the Atlanta Braves, back again, Palmer's pitches tonight, even though he's not been hooked thus far, Sandy, are high.
Jim, he has good enough stuff to get away with pitching up a little bit.
I don't think Jim likes to do it as a regular routine, but he could get away with it for a few innings.
He's high again, and this time outside, and it's three and oh.
The National League has yet to have a base runner.
To another thing, you said that all the strikeouts have been swinging.
Well, you look at that lineup. There's nobody down there getting paid for taking.
You're all pretty good players to bat.
Bring it over to Cardi, and he has looked down to DeRosier and takes another high pitch, and on four pitches, out of them high, Cardi draws the loss.
And Johnny Bentz of Cincinnati, the catcher, hitting.285, a 28 home run comes up.
The National League has its first base runner, Rico Cardi, at first base.
And Johnny Bentz, who was on the All-Star squad as a rookie, this is his third year in the National League.
This is his third All-Star game and his second start.
Last year, he hit a home run.
Palmer ready and throws outside, ball on.
While Palmer was trying to come back, the story goes, in one of the Cincinnati Papers this morning,
he was down at Rochester, and Johnny Bentz was also in the National League, and Palmer had the bases loaded,
and Earl Weaver at that time, the manager of Rochester, walked out and said he's a ping pong hitter.
Palmer threw one down the middle, and Bentz got a grand slam home run.
Now, with the pitch outside, Palmer has thrown six straight balls,
and striking out Tony Perez to lead off the last of the seconds.
Cardi's short lead, he's still within that 20 by 20 section of dirt at first base.
Here's the strike.
Bentz looked as though he might offer at it, although you would think that he was taking,
so now he stares down to Leo DeRoccia of the Cubs, who's coaching at third base.
Palmer already is dripping wet.
It's a very humid night in Cincinnati.
Just before game time, the temperature was 87 degrees.
Two-and-one pitch, again on the corners, 2-2.
Tonight's broadcast not only heard throughout the United States on NBC,
but through AFRTS overseas in Europe and in Southeast Asia, wherever you are,
Japan, Fanny Kofax and I greet you from Cincinnati, Ohio,
on the brand-new Riverfront Stadium.
Scoreless ballgame.
Breaking pitch, Bentz fouls it back, 2-2.
Last of the second inning, one out, that's for as a strikeout.
Cardi with a walk on four pitches down at first base,
and 2-2 to Johnny Bentz in this scoreless ballgame.
The 1968 game, remember, was one to nothing when Mays got on and scored an unearned run
as the first man up for the National League down in the Astragal.
Foul back and four-dust and over a hit behind home plate.
Complements 2-2 to Johnny Bentz.
Bentz is a youngster, only 22 years old, born in Oklahoma City, lives in Cincinnati.
And back in 1967 when Jim Palmer was trying to work out his arm problems of Rochester
and Bentz hit that grand slam off of him, he was only the minor league player of the year.
Palmer in the stretch, looking at Cardi and comes back and again, Bentz fouls it back.
There is a breeze blowing within this riverfront stadium,
and I'm sure it's twirling around, but the flag out on right center field is blowing from center toward right.
Don Kessinger of the Chicago Cubs on deck.
Palmer again in the stretch.
In field of double play depth and Bentz strikes out on a low pitch outside.
Forward thrown, Bentz, quite a number of fast balls in a row, and he's got Johnny set up for it pretty well
and came back with a slider or a curve ball, looked more like the slider, low, just a little bit off the plate,
low outside and Bentz went after it. It was a bad ball, but it's a good pitch from Palmer's point of view.
Palmer's now struck out three and Zebers struck out four. Here's Don Kessinger, the switch hitter from Chicago batting left handed
against the right-handed Palmer. Don hitting 281, not known for power, has one home run this year.
Last year he hit a total of four, but last year he also won the Golden Glove, and last Saturday Sandy and I were in Chicago
for a Chicago Cubs game and Kessinger had some kind of day afield.
A foul laced down along the third baseline, it curves into the seats, and it's one and one to Kessinger.
Kessinger of course was playing then in what they called a friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
Tonight he's on this artificially turnt infield and outfield, first time in his career.
One and one to Don, Cardy still at first base, high outside pitch from Palmer, it's two and one, two out, last for the second, no score.
I think Kessinger is the kind of hitter that this artificial surface would really help.
Normally he's hitting left hand, he doesn't have great power, the infield, the outfield would be playing him shallow,
but on a field like this they can't afford to play too shallow because the ball gets by them easy,
so he'll have a chance to drop the ball in front of outfielders that he doesn't have on a regular field.
Kessinger fouls the next pitch back and the count remains two balls, two strikes to the Chicago Cubs shortstop in his third all-star game.
He has yet to have a hit in all-star play, he's been up five times before and is hipped it.
Glenn Becker, his teammate from the Cubs, standing on deck.
Over behind first base where President Nixon and his party are seated.
Up the middle and it might get through, Aparicio tries to find a down ten hot playing in shallow centerfield as his front,
he picks it up very quickly and Cardy has to stop at second and the national league has its first base hit.
And there's a ball that was not hit too well, Aparicio was playing around toward second base,
but I think on this field the ground balls do pick up so much, the ball does not slow down,
it gets going faster, that ball got through the infield.
I think in a normal field the ball probably would have been caught and fielded by Aparicio behind second.
Glenn Becker, the Chicago Cubs hitting 261 and speaking of strikeouts as we have,
here's the man that's been the toughest to strike out in the national league for the last four years.
He takes the ball inside from Jim Palmer.
Becker, very close stance, right-handed batter, always manages to get a piece of the ball,
chokes up on the bat, Palmer ready and throws high again, 2-0.
When Jim has been wild, for example when he walked Rico Cardy,
in this the second inning he walked him on four pitches and all of them were up.
When he struck out bench it was on a slider, blown away.
Cardy down at second, Kessinger on first, 2-0.
Back with a breaking pitch, but again it's high and slightly outside and it's 3-0.
The Kessinger looking down to the American League bullpen, no activity.
The American League has part of you they can call in, Mike Friar, Sam McDowell is scheduled to go next,
Dave McNally, Chris Peterson, Jim Carey, Clyde Wright, Jim Hunter, Mel Stoudelmar.
Drive on three hops to Davey Johnson, his side arms at the group,
Talos teammate at first base and the National League goes down on no runs,
one hit, no errors and two left at the end of two complete.
It's a scoreless ball game.
Bill Frehan will lead it off in the third inning for the American League
in this scoreless ball game at the Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio,
the 41st major league all-star baseball game.
The Riverfront Stadium right by the Ohio River.
As a matter of fact they even have what they call flood control here.
Flood walls to prevent the Ohio from overflowing as it did years ago and flooded Crosley Field.
Bill Frehan is fifth consecutive shot as the catcher for the American League from Detroit,
hitting two 18-13 home runs, 33 RBIs, right-handed batter,
has led the American League in getting hit by pitches the last couple of years,
but this pitch is on the outside corner, strike one to Frehan.
Tom Siebert working with four strikeouts, all of them swinging.
He's given up a ground ball base hit back through the middle by Ustremski and has walked nobody.
Blown away from Siebert and this will be Tom's last inning.
Jim Merritt now warms up.
Former American leaguer, left-hander, now down in the National League, both in.
He'll be coming on in the next inning.
Siebert back with a 1-1 pitch, drill to center field.
Willie Mays running to his left, now tops his glove and has it for the first down.
Well hit by Bill Frehan and Jim Palmer, the pitcher will bat for himself.
Palmer's 1-12, lost six.
And of course plays for Earl Weaver for the Baltimore Orioles.
And of course, Baltimore is having a grand time in the Eastern Division of the American League,
leading Detroit by six big games.
Palmer takes a swing at the first pitch.
It was in on his fists, it's strike one.
Jim Palmer is a pretty good hitting pitcher.
He's not hit for that good an average this year, but he's got good power and hit a few home runs in his career.
By the butt, Perez playing deep comes with a bare hand and pick a hole to have him.
A fine play by Tony Perez.
That's a very, very fine play by Tony Perez.
He was playing deep, he was playing very deep.
And the punt playing is even more difficult, I would think, on this kind of an infield.
It's very tough to keep your footing, and Perez came in, made the play,
picked the ball up cleanly, and threw from that off-balance position and made just a great throw.
And the throw is a little bit off where Richie Allen can't stretch, he can't make the play.
Now, Periscio, who struck out on three pitches, is back.
With two out on the third inning for the American League, a scoreless game.
Periscio right-handed batter from Chicago, takes outside ball one.
Tom Seever, the New York Mets, is ready to throw again, and does.
Ground ball, chance for Beckett at second base, scoops it up, throws on to Dick Allen at first base.
And it's another one-two-three inning, and Seever is through with his pitching,
and he is not allowed to run.
In the middle of the third inning, the American League nothing and the National League nothing.
The score at the end of two-and-a-half innings, American League nothing, the National League nothing.
Jimmy?
Now, in Montreal, they call him Le Grand Ouan.
Rusty Stobb, the red-headed outfielder, with the Montreal Expos, and quite a star he is up there, too.
The Expos representative with the National League, and he'll be batting for Tom Seever,
who has completed his pitching chores.
Stobb hitting at 293, has 15 home runs, 55 RBIs.
Palmer's first pitch to the left-hander is a strike at the knees on the outside corner.
No score. Stobb will be followed by Willie Mays, who is on deck, and then Dick Allen.
There's not been anything close to a scoring threat, although it's two out.
The last inning, pitches inside from Palmer, and it's one and one.
Cardi got his far second after walking, and Kessinger,
ground with a single up the middle.
Same kind of hit that Yastremski had, the only hit for the American League.
Palmer with the one-one pitch, is back high in the air.
Frank Robinson, Card Yastremski there.
Yastremski and Wright Centerfield takes it for the first out.
Jim, I think right now we have to be a little careful on how we call some of these fly balls.
We've reached the point of the evening where it's very difficult to see fly balls.
It's not dark enough yet, and it's not light enough.
The sky is just a light blue, and at this time in a ball game,
a lot of fly balls are lost by outfielders.
There's not enough contrast, so any ball that goes up right now,
the outfielders could have a little bit of trouble with.
Willie Mays, who struck out swinging, takes high from Palmer.
It's a 0-1, and the last of the third.
Go runs one hit, no errors for the American League,
and the same line score for the Nationals, 0-1 and 0 in the 41st Major League All-Star Game.
Palmer back again, and his pitch again is high and away.
And it's 2-0 to Willie Mays.
Jim Palmer also working his last inning, and so Sam McDowell of Cleveland is warming up.
Jim Merritt of Cincinnati will come in to pitch the fourth inning for the National League.
Palmer throws, fouled high, over toward the seats, over quickly is Powell.
There's a ball boy right there who didn't see him behind it, and he takes it for the second out.
I think it's a good thing that Powell did see the ball that day,
because Bill Freehand could not find it.
As we talked about the sky being tough, Bill looked up and never left home plate.
He was just looking all around, and Pook Powell saw it all the way and came in
and almost ran down the ball boy who didn't know where to go.
He was watching Freehand.
And of course the ball boy, I guess his 15, 16 may be Sandy,
and about five, six or seven and 140, and Big Booth Powell was bearing down on him.
Here's Nick Allen who flies deep to right, and he takes ball one from Jim Palmer.
Now it's at first, Johnson at second, Apericio at short,
Killebrew at third, Howard in left, Gostemsky in center, Robinson in right,
Freehand behind the plate, and Palmer with a 1-0 pitch.
Allen swings and misses.
Strike one, it's 1-1.
The only change that we've had, and believe me, we'll have a lot of changes before this game is over,
has been Rusty Staub has batted for Tom Siever.
Fly to right center, swinging strike again by Allen, it's 1-2.
Siever worked three innings, gave up one, he had a ground ball single up the middle by Gostemsky,
struck out four and walked nobody.
And now he can look ahead to starting again on Thursday when regular play continues
over the second half of the season.
Now to the count, Nick Allen.
Dries right to second baseman, Davy Johnson.
No runs, hits or errors, and at the end of three complete now.
The American League nothing and the National League nothing.
And Dylan, we're in the top of the fourth inning, and the score is nothing, nothing.
The National League and the American League in this 41st All-Star game.
And Jim Merritt, the left-hander of Cincinnati, prepared to throw to his first batter,
Carl Gostemsky of Boston, who has the American League's only hit that ground ball single up the middle.
Now the left-hander, who has won 14 and lost seven to the Reds this year, 3.47 has earned an average.
He's the only one on the National League squad who played formally in the American League.
Whereas on the American League squad, Frank Robinson, Frank Howard, Mike Cuellar, Sandy Alomar,
Alex Johnson, Tommy Harper, Amos Otis, all played in the National League.
Stremsky standing off deck as Johnny Bench runs out and talks to his teammate.
And now his batter made on the All-Star game, Jim Merritt.
Jastremsky hit a one-ball, one-strike pitch right up the middle over the mound,
past Tom Sievers, and in the center field for the only hit.
Now he drives one deep to center field.
Back goes Willie Mays, looking as though he has it all away.
Taps his glove near the wall and takes it.
About 400 feet away.
The ball was hit very hard by Carl Jastremsky.
You can watch Mays and tell that he's going to catch the ball.
It was fairly evident he was backing up slowly.
If there's going to be a problem, he'd get to the wall so that he'd have a chance to jump.
But Willie just sort of trailed the ball back slowly and caught it right at the face of the wall.
Frank Robinson, who struck out on three pitches against Tom Sievers,
faces the left-hander Merritt and takes inside from Jim.
Ball one.
Well, thus far there's been no scoring at all.
The National League did get one man as far as second base in the second inning.
Better than that, no. Robinson almost goes into the ground like a porky.
He's swinging and missing, and it fits for Merritt.
One and one for Frank Robinson, who's bothered with his sore shoulder.
But although Earl Weaver could take players out, he's going with the starting lineup here in the fourth inning.
He has to play them for three, but this is inning number four.
Back again, and Merritt's pitch catches the outside corner.
Strike two.
Frank Robinson doesn't think so, walks away.
He's on fire, and he's got to be worn tonight, Al Barlich, wearing that chest protector underneath a jacket.
And the temperature now is at least 85, and it feels as though the humidity is the same.
One and two, back with the ball that bounces in the dirt, and it's two-two.
And Frank Robinson.
I noticed earlier in the game there seemed to be some breeze up above the stadium.
The flags were moving, but right now they're just still, and it seems to be getting warmer.
Before the night's over, it's going to have its effect on the umpire, Al Barlich.
Sam McDowell continues to warm, if that be the word, down in the American League bullpen, down in left field.
Two-two, the count to Frank Robinson, who's struck out, and he's called out on the change-up.
The first two pitchers we've seen here tonight, Siever and Palmer, both are great stuff.
The umpire comes out, he is not the kind of guy who throws as hard as the first two guys, but he has great changes of speed.
He has a fine curve ball, he has good control, he knows how to pitch.
I think we've seen an example of it here in these first two hitters.
Boob Tau popped to Perez to end the first inning.
Last time up, the big, giant left-handed batter facing the left-hander,
Jim Barrett on the mound, and the pitch is blown away from him.
Ball on.
He's out in the fourth inning before 51,838.
A radio broadcast tonight traveling around the world in the American Forces Radio and Television Service.
Another low and away pitch from Boob Tau, and that seems to be the best place to pitch a man, that's big.
I think you look at the scoreboard and you've got a big ballpark, like this new one in Cincinnati, and it's two out, nobody on the inning.
You try and keep the ball away from the hitter and try and keep it in the park.
You give them the base hit to the opposite field, but try not to let them hit the home run.
I asked Sandy today about Tom Seavers saying that sometimes with this kind of artificially churched ground
that you might try to hit men when it, make the men hit the ball in the air instead of on the ground.
And Sandy's retort was, I've never seen a ground ball go into the stands for a home run.
Change up and fouls way out in front of it, and it's 2-2.
I think the artificial service may cause more runs to be scored, Jim, but I think it'll happen for both clubs.
So I think a pitcher still has to do his job the best way he knows how.
On the fourth inning, five American leaguers have struck out against nationally pitching,
fouled off deep in the left field stand by a foul, and three national leaguers were struck out by Jim Palmer, who is now through.
Palmer worked his three innings, gave up one hit, struck out three in, walked one. McDowell will be next up.
Now it's ready with a 2-2 pitch, and Powell hits it deep to center field.
Woody Mays comes over. It's not that deep, really.
Taps his glove, and then left center field, makes the basket catch.
The runs hit the errors. In the middle of the fourth, we still have a scoreless ball game.
The American and the National League, no score.
The score at the end of three and a half innings, American League nothing, the National League nothing.
Big Sam McDowell has led the American League in strikeouts for quite some time, four times in the last five years.
And he leads the major leagues in strikeouts this year, 183 in 177 innings.
And the man he's going to face is Henry Hank Aaron, a 24-home run, 71 RBIs.
He grounded a shortstop. McDowell's first pitch from the big left-hander is strike one.
Both Weaver of the American League and Hodges of the National started with the right-hander,
and both have gone to left-handers as their second pitcher.
One strike pitch to the right-handed Hank Aaron is way up high from McDowell, and it's one and one.
I think we've talked about the other pitchers in this ball game so far,
and said that they had good stuff, that they threw hard.
But I think you have to look at Sam McDowell and say that he throws harder probably than anybody else in the ball game.
One and one, and this time he changes on his speed, and it's outside, two and one.
Down in the bullpen for the National League is Hoyt Wilhelm, who later on in the month will be 47 years old.
And yet he's not the oldest player ever to play in an all-star game.
You know who is?
Two and one to count, Brown ball charging at his color.
Mcdowell's off, has to make the throw, and has it on a fine play by McDowell,
breaking across and actually throwing from foul territory down the third base line.
This is a very fine play by McDowell. It's a tough play for the left-handed pitcher to make.
He's going after the ball toward third base, facing the wrong way.
He has to make a full circle to make the play and throw a good runner in Aaron out at first.
One out now, and the last of the fourth inning of this scoreless all-star game.
And the answer to the question is, who is the oldest to play in an all-star game?
Leroy Satchel-Page, who was just 47 when he played in the all-star game.
Tony Perez, who struck out swinging, leading off the second inning, up now, right-handed batter,
with those 29 home runs and 90 RBIs, and swings and misses out of McDowell's fastball.
And that is what you call smoke-sending.
Big Sam McDowell.
And when they had the higher mound and when he looked down at you, all six feet, five inches of him,
quite an awesome man, because he throws hard.
Back with another hard one, but it's inside. It's one and one.
The charge against McDowell has been that he has tried to use too many pitches,
but he can resort almost exclusively to the fastball.
And they say this year, Sam is sticking with what he does best, and that's why he's here.
Foul off to the right. It's one and two now to Perez.
Alexander McDowell has a great fastball, and also has a great curveball,
but he has been wanting to throw screwballs and change-ups and sliders,
and occasionally even probably a knuckleball.
And I think they've accused him of being a young Tom Edison on the mound,
but as you say, this year Sam just keeps going out there and throwing hard,
and done a great job for Cleveland.
One and two to count.
McDowell back and ready to throw, and has Perez striking out, swinging for the second time.
McDowell first strikeout.
Fourth strikeout for the National Lakers, and here's Rico Cardi,
who drew a walk from Jim Palmer on four pitches.
He's out on the last of the fourth of the scoreless ballgame.
Leota Rocher coaching at third.
Lumen Harris of Atlanta at first for the American League.
Ralph Hawke of the Yankees is at first base,
and Lefty Phillips of the surprising California Angels is over third.
Gil Hodges manages the National Lakers, of course,
as the Nets' Chief and Earl Weaver from Baltimore manages the American League.
And we've got a scoreless game as Cardi, the right-hander, steps in
and takes a strike right at the knees on the outside corner.
Gaylord Perry, whose brother Jim Perry plays for the American League,
Gaylord Perry to San Francisco Giants is stretching his knees
and preparing to warm up down along the white field line.
McDowell simply blew this one right past Cardi, whose swing was way behind time.
The scoreboard thus far shows no balls and no strikes.
Now the scoreboard has gone completely out as the ball punched down
into that National League bullpen and now rebounds onto the field,
where it's picked up out there by Frank Robinson.
Two strikes to Rico Cardi with two out in the last of the fourth.
Now it's a muggy night in Cincinnati, but nothing like what happened
in Washington last year when the dugouts filled up with water
and they had to play it on a Wednesday afternoon.
Low at the knees, freehand bobbled the ball for the moment.
Cardi looks back at Al Balik, who says it's ball one.
One and two.
There have been no changes other than a pinch hitter
and the required pitching changes at the end of three.
Both managers sticking with the lineups as the fans are voted.
One-two pitch off the corner with a fastball and it's 2-2.
I think you can tell that this is sort of a shakedown cruise for this ballpark.
The scoreboard has broken down and they've got the score on the message board now.
Peeling in Sam McDowell, ready for the 2-2 pitch to Cardi.
Ground ball right back to McDowell, who can leap high because he's a tall man
and easily throws him out and runs hits or errors at the end of four complete.
American League nothing and the National League nothing.
Jim Simpson with Sandy Koufax and Len Dillon back at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
And now we have our first changes. Defensively, Pete Rose of Cincinnati has gone to right field.
He's won the batting championship the last two years.
And in left field it is Jim Hickman of the Chicago Cubs.
A hitter getting better than 3-30.
And we see Tony Believer of Minnesota warming up down on the bullpen
and he obviously will come over in the last of this inning.
Rose will bat first.
While Hickman will bat fifth.
Arlen Killebrew the batter to face Jim Merritt.
Killebrew struck out to lead off the second inning.
We've got no score. Merritt to left-hander throws the right-hander to Killebrew
and it's ball on.
And again Barlich calls for the ball.
And Sandy that's the most we've seen.
Anyone call for baseballs in recent games.
Barlich must have inspected four or five of them thus far this evening.
So a little unusual in that this field the ball should not get as dirty as it would on a normal field.
Round ball passed Perez on one hop.
Loved by Hickman of Chicago in left field and Killebrew has the second American Leaf hit.
And the first off Jim Merritt.
Killebrew is a real fine off-beat hitter.
Now trying to change on him and Harmon hit the ball line drive into left field.
I believe we're going to have a pinch runner now for Harmon.
Tommy Harper has gone in to run.
Killebrew is all done for the night with that base hit.
Tommy Harper of course last year had a great year.
Stole more bases in the American League than anybody since Ty Cobb way back in 1915 when he stole 96.
Harper last year stole 73.
And of course Harper having a great year this year in the solemn base department with nearly 50.
Big Frank Howard takes low from Merritt.
Howard a big right-hander batter.
Merritt a left-handed pitcher.
No score but the leadoff man Killebrew is single and Harper is running for it.
Harper of course a representative of the Milwaukee Brewers.
And with a good leadoff first base.
Harper used to play for Cincinnati.
And on that move to the plate as Howard swings and misses Harper was moving back to first base.
Jim Merritt has a fine move to first base.
He hasn't thrown over there yet and until he does Harper can't be too sure just how good that move is.
So Merritt may not throw over there and just keep Harper guessing.
One on one the count to Howard.
Now he lost one over there.
I think I said Harper had nearly 50 strikeouts.
That is incorrect.
He has 28.
Howard struck out back in the second inning against Tom Siever.
Wait.
Siever throws inside.
And it's two and one to Frank Howard of the Washington Semifinals wearing the gray traveling uniform with the red numbers and the red batting helmet.
Don Kessinger has gone way back.
All is in the dirt to Howard.
And it's three and one.
The National League has not given up a walk yet.
Harper approached talking about his steals.
Not his strikeouts.
Tommy now ventures out to one foot on the artificial surface.
And so Merritt's going to throw over there and Harper's back in plenty of time.
Three and one to count to Howard.
The leadoff batter here in the fifth inning of a scoreless all-star baseball game.
Killibrews single.
Harper has taken his place at first base and Howard is the second batter.
The three and one pitch.
Let's see if they've got him swinging.
They do.
Drive to left field.
Not too deep.
Back throws Kessinger.
In comes Hickman.
Hickman takes it for the first out.
Allowed the big slugger to swing on the three-one pitch.
And he flies to short left field.
Harper retreats across the first base.
And here comes Dave Johnson who flies to right field.
Johnson on two-two.
Pick a pitch.
The National League top had a pitch out going for Harper at first base, but the National League top was strike three.
It was not, and Johnson went on to fly to right field and end the inning.
That was in the second.
The applause you hear is that the scoreboard is working again.
Merritt's ready to throw to Dave Johnson, but instead checks over at first base and Harper's back in plenty of time.
Harper knows 73 stolen bases last year.
That was with Seattle before he moved on over.
Made a move as if to go, and Johnson puts one down the right field line and fouls territory over his island and also the second baseman Becker, and he takes it.
Two out.
So that's the second baseman's ball.
If he can get to it, he has a better angle than the first baseman does.
The first baseman has to turn around and go straight back down the line.
Becker coming over from his position at second base, had a better shot at it, called Richie Allen off of it, and made the play.
Well, Killebrew hits a changeup for a line drive single to left, but Princeton, Frank Howard has slid to short left, and Johnson has fouled out.
Here's Bill Frehams to line to center field to open the third inning.
No runs, two hits, no errors for the American League.
No runs, one hit, no errors for the National League.
Johnny Ventus throw is a good catcher down there, he's got it.
Ventus puts the drive away.
No runs, one hit, no errors, and thanks to Johnny Ventus throw, nobody left.
In the middle of the fifth, it's still a quarter-foul game.
This is Sandy Goffax with Jim Simpson and Len Dillon here in Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium at the 41st All-Star Game at the end of 4 1⁄2 innings.
The score is still tied, the American League nothing and the National League nothing.
And Sandy, now at the beginning of extra moves, Jerry Moses of Boston has replaced Bill Frehams as the catcher.
Tony Oliva has gone to right field.
Frank Robinson, a lot of folks thought he might not even play tonight, but that sore shoulder has moved from right field over to left field.
And Brooks Robinson has gone in to play third base.
So Moses to catcher, McHale still to pitcher, Blubpal at first, Davy Johnson at second, Luis Aparicio at short, Brooks Robinson at third, Frank Robinson at left,
and as the center remains in center, Tony Oliva in right.
And John Bench, who just gunned down Tommy Harper, who has 28 stolen bases this year and 73 last year, is the batter.
Bench, last time up, struck out on the second inning.
Scoreless ball game on a hot, muggy, but wonderful night at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The 41st Major League All-Star Game, the National Lakers have won it seven in a row, and it's scoreless now.
McDowell throws her ball, and it's ball one.
I think the American League found out last inning what everybody in the National League already knows,
that Johnny Bench might have the best arm of any catcher in baseball.
He has the best I've ever seen.
McDowell is high at inside.
To Bench, it's 2-0.
Don Kessinger remains on deck.
Davy Johnson is off what would be the skin of the infield.
Bench is way out in front.
Swinging, and it's 2-1.
Johnson is back past the skin of the infield, whereas Aparicio, who's on the left side,
where Bench might be able to pull the ball, is in on what would be the skin of the infield.
He pulls this one deep, but it's very foul.
No question, way out in front of the pitch, and pulled it deep into the upper seats.
Still, I think Aparicio has to play a little shallower than some of the other infielders.
His arm has gone back a little bit on him with time.
He doesn't throw as well as he used to, and if he played too deep,
he could not throw some fellows out.
There's better runners on balls hit deep in the hole.
Bench strikes out swinging on a McDowell fastball in the outside corner.
Second time he's gone down.
First time against Palmer.
This time against the left-hander Sam McDowell.
McDowell has his second strikeout, and that brings up Don Kessinger
on the Chicago Cubs playing shortstop, and he's singled up the middle.
There's only other time at bat for his first all-star hit in six appearances at the plate.
There have been five National League strikeouts.
Perez has struck out twice, and Bench's teammate with Cincinnati has also struck out twice.
Dallas pitch is blown away from Kessinger, ball on.
Kessinger a 281 hitter.
With the Chicago Cubs, McDowell is ready again.
Drive, and Kessinger's got a second base hit right up the middle.
Line drive on one hop, he's in the center field.
Dallas scoreboard shows the National League has two hits.
Don Kessinger has them both.
Here's Glenn Beckers, second baseman with the Cubs hitting a 261,
which is much below Glenn's normal average in the National League the last four years.
He's been hitting 287, 280, 294, and last year 291.
As we said, very tough to strike out.
Very close stance. His right foot is almost out of the batter's box.
Strike at the knees for McDowell.
Here was one out, and Leo DeRozier coaching at third,
and Kessinger and Beckert of the Cubs, so all year they work so well with the hit and run.
It wouldn't be too surprising to see that come up here in this situation.
Strike, it's strike two, both of them called, both of them at the knees,
and Kessinger on first base is telling Leo DeRozier to move down a little bit
because looking past McDowell he can't see him.
And so now DeRozier is leaning down so that Kessinger can see his signs
looking across the diamond to his manager with the Cubs,
and tonight the third base coach, Leo DeRozier.
Strike to Beckert, Kessinger leads off.
McDowell throws, ball right back up the middle, picks up a second base by Johnson.
He has no play at first base because if he stepped on second,
the ball nearly squirted out of his glove.
So he's settled for the fourth play, they're two down,
and we're going to have another pinch hitter.
As he comes out of the dugout, it looks like Dennis Manke of the Atlanta Braves.
Manke having a great year, hitting a 3.15,
and when they compared what the ballplayers wanted on the All-Star teams,
how their votes would have gone as opposed to how the fans went,
the ballplayers said Dennis Manke was their number one choice at shortstop.
But for fans they said Don Kessinger.
Both good men, Manke of course batting for Merritt who is all through,
we'll give you his record at the moment, inside and low on the first pitch to Manke.
Merritt only worked two innings, struck out one, gave up one hit, walked nobody,
and of course this is the scoreless game.
Manke fouls the ball off and bounds into the American League dugout,
and now bounces back out and Leodorosha retrieves two out with Beckert on a first base,
reaching down the fourth flight.
No runs, two hits, no errors for the American League,
no runs, two hits, no errors for the National League.
We are in the last of the fifth at Cincinnati,
lowered in the dirt and blocked nicely by the new catcher, Jerry Moses,
at the Boston Red Sox, who took over after Phil Frehan caught the first four innings.
McDowell working his second inning, Jim Palmer started, worked three without damage,
the American League Tom Seaver most effective in the three innings he worked as a starter for the National League.
Back with a high pitch is McDowell, and it's three and one to the pinch hit at Dennis Manke, hitting a 315.
There has not been an extra base hit, there has not been a run score.
Beckert just a step or two now off first base, Powell holding on and McDowell peering in for the side of Jerry Moses.
At the three one pitch it's up high and there's the walk given up by McDowell,
here's first and the second throw in by the National League.
As Beckert moves on down to second base and Rudy Mays comes to bat.
I don't think if Senator McDowell makes any mistakes, that's the kind of mistakes he makes.
With his great stuff sometimes he'll get behind hitters, from there he was three and one to Dennis Manke.
He didn't want to just come in with the fastball and let Manke hit it, so he tried to throw the curve ball.
He does not get that over as well and he walked Manke and all of a sudden you're in a little bit of trouble.
In fact you are in trouble anytime Willie Mays comes to the plate.
High pitch, and that is not Jerry Moses behind the plate, that is Ray Fawcett, we beg your pardon.
Fawcett Cleveland, a young catcher.
McDowell looking down, one and all, back to throw again, very high again, two and all.
Two and all with two out, Beckert on at second base, Manke on at first base.
Strikes, good fastball, chest high to Willie Mays, it's two and one.
Now this is the second time that the National League has had a man as far as second base.
And the same combination, a walk and a single and a second, a single and a walk here in the fifth.
But nobody's gotten any further than that.
Up high with the fastball again and it's three and one.
And remember it's on a three and one pitch, but Manke, as Sandy told you, tried the curve ball.
McDowell did and Manke drew the walk.
Now with two out, and Mays has struck out and fouled out the batter.
Right hander against the left hander McDowell, let's see what he throws.
He comes back with a fastball and Mays takes a big swing and a big miss.
He did not come back with the curve that time, Sandy, on three and one.
I don't think he can afford to walk another hitter now.
You get yourself into enough trouble when you walk the man into scoring position.
And now with Mays at the plate, I don't think he can go any further.
He just threw his best pitch, which was the fastball.
Dive high in the air as everybody was running on the pitch, it's fouled behind the plate.
Fosse is back and looking up, but it's well in the seats.
McDowell is about 30 or 40 feet away from President Nixon.
Now the count remains three and two to Willie Mays.
McDowell is ready looking in.
The runners are going again and again and fouled out.
Naturally with two out and three and two, those runners are going to be taking off with every pitch.
It's an interesting duel right now.
McDowell is just reaching back, Grand 2, throwing the ball as hard as he can.
The fellow at the plate, Willie Mays, is just standing there and he's digging in with both feet and swinging as hard as he can.
And as hard as Sam's throwing and Willie's swinging, if he makes contact, he's going to hit the ball.
Willie's in the second deck here.
Mays digging in again on three-two, Seelow.
Beckett moving away from second, Menke away from first, McGowlin of the stretch, they're running.
Here's the pitch and it's fouled back again.
And we'll repeat, it is a very hot and humid night.
McDowell is working hard, Mays is working hard, and Beckett and Menke are running hard.
Fast to the fifth, no score in the 41st Major League All-Star Game.
The National League has won 22, the American League 17 has been one tie, the National League has won the last seven in a row.
Lies high in the air, but this might be playable.
By home plate, overcomes the third baseman, Brooks Robinson, and he finally puts it away.
No runs, one hit, no errors, and two men left. At the end of five, there's no source.
This is Sandy Koufax along with Jim Simpson and Len Dillon at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
The end of five innings is for nothing, nothing.
For the American League, no runs on two hits and no errors, the National League identical total.
No runs, two hits, and no errors.
Gaylord Terry is still on the pitch.
Dennis Menke, who batted for the pitcher and walk, has gone into play second base.
Beckett is out.
They have not made announcements.
As you know, this is the brand new Riverfront Stadium, and the PA system is not here,
and we're having to pick up these newcomers as quickly as possible.
It looks like Clarence Gaston has gone into play in center field.
First pick by Foxey is hit to right field for base hit.
Rose is over, picks it up, and throws in to Menke at second base who cuts it off.
So young Ray Foxey of the Cleveland Indians drills a single to right field.
Sam McDowell of Cleveland will bat for himself.
Gaylord Terry this year has won 13 ball games, lost eight, throws low,
but it's up the knees to the giant Sam McDowell, strike one.
Sure, I have to think that this is one of the few all-star games that I've seen Willie Maeve
start that he hasn't gone all the way.
Usually Willie comes to this ball game, wants to play the full ball game,
enjoys playing in it, and this is one of the few years where he hasn't.
McDowell's foot is just a bump, foul-tipped the ball,
and the ball got passed bench and rolled back,
and so Barlich ends with a new ball, and it's two strikes to McDowell,
and McDowell stares down to lefty Phillips to see what the third-base coach,
manager of the California Angels, says to do on the two-strike pitch.
But Foxey at first base.
Now, now score this ball game from the top of the sixth.
McDowell strikes south, but the ball is foul-tipped and bench drops it,
and therefore he's alive again.
Donnie Bench, who has thrown out a runner, Tommy Harper could not hold on to that swinging strike
for he was slightly foul-skipped by McDowell.
In field, a double play depth with two strikes on Sam McDowell.
Foxey leading off at first base.
McDowell squared around as if to bump, but the pitch was outside, and it's one and two.
Even with two strikes, he was going to bump.
The flag in right center field, it was blowing, remember we told you, from center toward right?
It's simply hanging there now, and it's hot and muggy night.
But no chance of rain, and thus far scoreless all-star game.
McDowell's going to bun again at fair, picked up by Perry, who will go to first for sacrifice works.
And for the first time, the American League has somebody as far as second base.
Here's a fine bun by McDowell, and Earl Weaver obviously feeling that this is going to be a one-run ball game.
He's trying right here in the top of the sixth inning to get that one run,
and bunning with a pitcher with two strikes.
He's got a man in scoring position in the top of his lineup coming up.
Now, Foxey's down at second base, and Luis Aparicio making his first start and his first appearance since 1963.
The all-star game, Luis is 36 years old, but having a great year hitting 313, right-hander steps in to face Perry.
Curveball, and he swings and misses.
Back one.
Foxey's base hit the right field with a line shot off Perry,
and now Perry wants to check on his sign for Johnny Bench who walks out to meet him halfway.
I think Perry and Bench would like to just check on what signs they're using with a man at second base.
A little problem here, if you make a mistake in signs, it ends up with a pass ball or a wild fish, and the runner goes to third.
With less than two out, that's a big difference in your situation in the ball game.
Now, third, Perry of San Francisco peers in, looks back and throws.
The ball is hit to right center field.
Over goes Pete Rose, now slowing down, stops there.
Foxey has to retreat to second base as Rose throws to the cutoff man, Lenky.
They're now two down, and Foxey is still at second with Kyle Yastremski due up.
Yastremski single up the middle and then hit the first pitch he saw in the fourth inning from Jim Merritt
to Woody Mays deep right next to the 4-0-4 sign in center field.
And with that in mind, Johnny Bench walks out to tell something else to Gaylord Perry.
I think in this situation here, you may not see the intentional pass.
Gaylord Perry, having been around a few years, there's still something that players would sometimes like to call pitching around the hitter.
Frank Robinson is nobody that you'd want to pitch to, but he's right-handed,
and Gaylord Perry being a right-hander, he might rather pitch to Robinson than Yastremski.
Well, as Gaylord Perry tries to get out of this inning without a run, his brother, Jim Perry, now goes to the American League bullpen to warm up.
Two out in the sixth inning, no score.
Yastremski drills one into short center field.
Around third base comes Foxey.
The ball is picked up, they'll have to go to second.
Yastremski fell down, and it's one to nothing, the American League.
Yastremski again hitting the first pitch.
Jim Yastremski was jammed by that pitch.
He didn't hit it hard.
He hit it hard enough to get it over the infield in the center field for base hit, and drove in the only run.
I'm not sure that Gaylord Perry hadn't tried to make the ball bad, but Yastremski hit it anyway.
One to nothing.
The American League draws the first score.
In the sixth inning, with two out, Yastremski again hitting the first pitch.
And here is Frank Robinson, who's been down twice on strikeouts, once swinging in the first and called out in the fourth.
And a check at first base.
And very nearly, Yastremski, who's a good base runner, and he has stolen 16 bases this year, was nearly picked up.
Perry ready to throw up, there's a clear ball.
Now, Bench goes down to first, and nearly has him again.
Donnie Bench is showing us that arm that has made him the National League All-Star catcher.
And some say one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ever.
And he's 22 years old.
Perry throws again, ground ball.
That second base, Mankiewicz, for it.
Easy throw to first base, but the American League scored one run on two hits, no errors in one left.
In the middle of the sixth, we have a score.
The American League won the National League nothing.
The score at the end of five and a half is the American League one run, four hits and no errors.
The National League, no runs, two hits, no errors.
Jim?
Another change, and as we said, there are going to be lots of them.
We'll pick them up as fast as we can.
Willie Horton of Detroit has moved in to play left field.
Robinson is out.
Yastremski remains in center.
Leave, of course, is over and right.
McAllen, who has flied deep to right and lined up a second baseman to batter the Cardinals, first baseman.
McDowell, who could win this, throws, and Allen fouls it off to the left.
Dowell came in on the fourth inning.
This is the last inning he can work.
And knowing that, he can leave leading, but he also knows that he must face Allen, Rose, and Perez.
And that's a tough way to go.
One strike, back again with the fastball.
Outside it's one and one to Allen in his fourth All-Star game.
Twenty-five home runs this year, 72 out of the eyes leading the Cardinals.
McDowell, like everybody else before him and many of the spectators here, simply bathed with perspiration,
comes back again and throws with his fastball up high.
You know, they say those who are in first place at All-Star break are going to win it all since Matty leads in the Western Division of the National League by 10,
Pittsburgh by game and a half in the Eastern Division over in New York,
and actually Baltimore by six over Detroit in the East, Minnesota by five over California in the West.
Allen fouls one down the line.
Brooks Robinson gives chase also as Willie Horton over there, and they watch it drop at the seats about 15 rows deep.
It's 2-2 to Allen.
Of course tomorrow's an out day as these players go back either to home or to join their teams on the road.
And the Major League continues with the second half of the season in the drive for the Division pennants,
the league championships and the World Series on Thursday.
One run, four hits, no errors for the American League.
No runs, two hits, no errors for the National.
2-2 to Allen. McDowell throws fastball, but it's too high.
It's 3-2.
McDowell walked the man. Palmer, the starter for the American League, walked the man.
McDonough struck out two, giving up the hit. Palmer struck out three, gave up the hit.
Sam is ready and comes back and throws and misses outside at 12-4.
Allen walks with Pete Rose, two-time nationally-cowling champion, member of the Cincinnati Reds, switch hitter coming your way.
We get out of the situation here where Sam walked the leadoff hitter in the inning,
especially with only a one-run lead. That can get you in trouble.
A good ball touch and score a run just by playing the game the right way.
You don't even have to get a base hit once that leadoff man gets on.
If they get him over to second, a ground ball, a fly ball, and they score a run.
McDowell is high and he trips a little bit on the mound with his first pitch, and it's ball one to Rose.
He's hitting 3-23. Out here at this Brandy Riverfront Stadium, he's hitting well over 400 in the few games he's played here.
He loves it. This is not only a national account, it's a Cincinnati town, and the Cincinnati player, Rose, is at bat.
McDowell is ready. He throws one and 0, drives foul down the right field line, deep in the seats.
As we said earlier, I think Keith would really love this new ballpark.
He doesn't have great power. He doesn't hit a lot of home runs. He's a spray hitter.
And in a ballpark like this, with the big outfield expanses and the artificial surface, all the outfielders have to play a little deeper.
So he's going to have a lot more chance to drop balls in front of the outfielders and between them.
McDowell stares over it out on the first base. The scoreboard has been saying charge and go, go, go.
The American League lead by a run. McDowell throws a fast ball. It's too low, but he really had something on that one, and it's 2-1.
Sure, I think anytime Sam throws a fast ball, he's really throwing well. He's got just a great fast ball, and he uses it well.
His only problem is control, and sometimes he gets himself in trouble.
2-1, McDowell staring in. And the last of the six. The National League has won the last seven in a row, but the trend on this one, one to nothing.
No swings and misses. It's 2-2.
Three members of the All-Star infield are Baltimore Orioles, Boob Pallette first, Davey Johnson at second, and Brooks Robinson at third.
The fourth member is Luis Aparicio at shortstop. Ray Fossey of Cleveland, McKetchers, Sam McDowell of Cleveland, the pitcher, Woody Horton of Detroit,
and left, Carl DeStrumsky of Boston in center, and in right field, Tony Oliva of Minnesota.
2-2, none out. Down on the first base.
McDowell taking a long time now between pitchers. Last inning, he can't pitch, comes back with a breaking pitch, and misses.
And it goes all the way again, 3-2.
Dave McDonnelly of Baltimore has now joined Jim Perry in the bullpen for the American League.
Steve, I think we have a situation again where 3-2 is not an even count. The pitcher is behind. He must get the ball over.
No pitcher likes to keep going to 3-2.
The throw low, and he is on the walk. He took a half swing, and Charlie Hussles naturally runs to first base.
And out comes Earl Weaver. Earl Weaver has said that he wants to win this game, and he's walking up very quickly with McDonnell after walking the first two men, both on 3-2 counts.
Amazing proof.
I don't know, but I would think that in this situation, McDowell is the man I'd have to see pitch to Perez.
Perez is a fine off-speed hitter. He hits the breaking ball, he hits the off-speed pitchers very well.
If he has any trouble, I think it's up with the fastball that the pitcher gets in on him.
And of the three pitchers that the American League has available now in warming up, I'd have to think that the one on the mound right now has got the best fastball, and he'd have to pitch to Perez for me.
Well, apparently for Earl Weaver also, as Weaver runs back to the dugout, and McDowell stays on.
He went to 3-2 on both Allen and Rose, and walked them both. And now Tony Perez, who has struck out twice, swinging.
In a home run that won the 67 game, an extra inning, he hits a drive foul down the right field line and hit it hard.
Perez looks down to DeRosier, who gives him the signs at third base.
McNally and Perry continue to warm in the American League bullpen.
Fifty-one thousand plus here, along with the president of the United States and his family, McDonnell throws low and away.
And it's one and one to Tony Perez, who has 29 home runs and 90 RBIs, and is hitting.356.
I don't think that would make a bit of difference if this were a regular season game. His manager would have to have him bunting.
He's down by one. He's got to stay out of the double play.
But here in an all-star game, the people want to see Perez hit. So manager Gil Hodges has got to let him hit.
One-one count hits it high in the air and in the infield. Johnson backs up, waves everybody away, makes no mistake about that, trails the ball, and now gloves it.
And Brooks Robinson runs all the way to second base, hoping to get Alan off second base after the catch.
One down and Jim Hickman of Chicago up for the first time.
Hickman hitting.335, five years with the Mets.
One of the original Mets over September of last year, and the only part of this year, Hickman has been Mr. It for the Chicago Cubs, despite the fact that Billy Williams is having one of his greatest years ever.
But Gil Hodges said when it came down to the two, Hickman's been the man that makes them go.
Fosse blocks the pitch. It's in the dirt for McDowell. Ball one to Hickman.
Hickman, who is 33 years old, is playing in his first All-Star game.
And over the last 15 games of the regular National League season, has been hitting at a.367 clip.
One-on-one count showing one to nothing to score. The American League, McDowell ready to throw and strike.
Finally on the inside corner, one and one.
Allen, who drew a walk, is on second. Rose, who drew a walk, is on at first.
McDowell taking his time. Kerry and Settlemire, or rather Kerry and McNally, continue to throw.
And Dick Geetz and Bill Grabakowicz begin to warm up a little bit for the National League. They are not pitchers.
Hickman pulled on a pitch, swings, and it's one and two.
The American League looking for the double play.
Allen leads off at second. Rose takes a few more steps off first. McDowell back to throw.
Fly ball to short right field. Davy Johnson again goes out and waves everybody away.
Taps his glove and he's made the last two put outs. Allen retreats to second. Rose back to first.
And Donnie Bench without it.
Those last two outs show you what a good fast ball can do for you.
Sam got in trouble. He got himself in trouble.
And McDowell just reached back, threw a little harder, threw good fast balls to the next two hitters,
and got them both to pop it up to the second baseman.
Neither Perez nor Hickman could pull the ball. Couldn't keep hitting the ball on the fifth.
Donnie Bench has struck out swinging twice.
The last time it was McDowell who got it. Sam now trying to pitch out of a jam
and protect the one-to-nothing American League League.
We're in the last of the sixth inning of a low-scoring all-star game.
First pitch for McDowell is outside ball one.
Now Tony Perez has struck out twice and popped up.
Donnie Bench has struck out twice, but he's also done down Tommy Harper trying to steal,
but the Cincinnati fans would dearly love to see Bench come up with a clutch hit here
and at least tie the game.
Remember, he has 28 home runs and 79 RBI.
McDowell throws in an off-speed pitch. He swings and misses. Strike one.
One-on-one, the 10.
Jim Sam McDowell is very successful when he uses the change and when he gets it over.
And as we said earlier, sometimes he's tempted to use it a little too much.
It's only good because of how good his fastball is.
And I think if Sam goes too, too often, then he gets a little in trouble.
Swings and misses of a fastball this time. It's one and two.
Bench swinging hard.
The Cincinnati players love to go for defenses and you can tell it by the number of home runs they've hit.
Rez, for example, 29. Bench, 28.
51,838 looking on at the new Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
One-two, the count. McDowell throws, change, and has him swinging.
Bench is struck out for the third time. The first two men get on,
but then McDowell gets two on pop-ups to the second baseman and strikes out the dangerous Johnny Bench.
At the end of sixth, the American League won, the National League nothing that counts.
We pause 30 seconds for station identification.
Hello again from Cincinnati, Ohio, the brand new Riverfront Stadium.
We've had quite a few changes and we'll give them to you in a moment.
The American League one run on four hits, no errors. The National League no runs, just two hits and no errors.
As we move to the top of the seventh, Rueb Tau will be the batter.
But Dick Heats of San Francisco is in the catch replacing Johnny Bench who struck out three times.
Bill Grabokowicz of the Dodgers replaces another Cincinnati Red, Tony Perez at third base.
And then Harold Harrelson making his first appearance also as an all-star as our Dietz and Grabokowicz goes in at shortstop.
So it is Allen at first base, Menke at second, Harrelson of the Nets at short,
Grabokowicz of the Dodgers at third, Dietz behind the plate, Perry Stilderbicher, Hickman in left, Gaston in center, Rosen right.
Now swings and fouls the first one in the dirt at the plate strike one.
He popped out to Perez back in the first and fly the short center in the fourth, off for the third time.
Leads the American League in RBIs with 73, 320 batting average and 23 home runs.
Big pitch way outside and then dropped by Dick Dietz.
Dietz was given a $90,000 bonus from the Giants.
He's in his fourth full season with San Francisco. Last year he hit 230 but is having a great year this year.
And his fourth in the National League in RBIs making his first all-star appearance.
One and one, hit high and foul. Dietz comes back for it but looks like he'll make the seats and make it by 20, which it does.
It's one and two to Boob Town.
The only right-hander is going now and it is Jim Perry, the brother of Gaylord Perry, down in the American League bullpen
and a fellow by the name of Gibson, first name Bob of St. Louis, forms up in the National League bullpen.
One and two on a steamy, steamy night but an exciting night in Cincinnati.
They're proud of the new stadium and they're proud to have the all-star game here.
And what a setting for it.
Perry, taking a long time, is now set to throw with a one-two count to Powell.
Swings rounds it right back to Gaylord who takes his time, lets Powell run a little bit,
and then tosses it over to Allen for the first out of the seventh.
Up for the first time is Butch Robinson who went in to play defense, replacing Killebrew.
Robinson, of course, has been in many all-star games before.
Third baseman, Golden Glove winner, many times over with the Baltimore Orioles.
Been in 13 all-star games before.
And lines the ball over the head of Menke in the short right center field.
Butch Robinson has a base hit.
Gaston throws it in on one hop and oh, it bounces up and hits Menke in the face.
Dennis Menke on that hop off that artificial turf has hit in the face on the relay throw from Gaston.
Allison is over and the trainer goes out and Gil Hotchis now goes out along with Leota Rocha.
Jim, I think that's the thing that the players worry about.
The ball is so quick off the artificial surface,
Gaston picked up the ball and made the throw in and threw it in on one hop.
Normally the ball would sort of slow up a little bit,
but this hit on that artificial surface and just skipped on Menke.
He didn't have a chance.
It hit him right in the mouth it looked like.
And the trainer is out there now looking at Dennis and he just can only hope that he isn't hurt too seriously.
He, I would think, would be more used to it than anybody else playing for Houston where they have the astroturf all the time.
But there's a limit to how fast your reactions can go and how quickly you can get your glove up in front of a ball.
Menke says he'll stay in.
Roy White of the New York Yankees was there earlier this evening.
He has not made an appearance.
And we don't know whether or not Roy will be able to.
He was having his picture taken, a line dropped at one hop and hit him on the underside of his right arm.
Well, there's only one man in major league history that has won batting titles his first two times,
first two years in the major leagues.
His name is Tony Oliva and he's at bat now hitting a 282.
That's Janet Swinger from the Minnesota Twins to face Perry with Brooks Robinson down at first base.
1-0 the American League. Gaylord Perry is ready and throws outside.
Perry now working with the battery-made it is, Dick Dease.
One run, five hits, no errors for the American League.
No runs, just two hits, no errors for the National League, which has won the last seven All-Star games in a row.
Oliva steps back in now.
Tony can go with the bits to all fields and with power.
Lean toward an outside pitch, but let it go outside for a two-and-o-count.
Tony came up in 1964, won the batting title as a rookie.
Then won it again in 65 and since then has been second twice and third once despite some injuries.
Perry throws again off the corner to Oliva and Gaylord is down three-and-oh.
The American League hasn't been gifted with a base on balls yet.
And on three-and-oh Oliva has looked down to his coach, manager Lefty Phillips of California Third Base,
ready and he is simply taking all away in a strike one.
Now a three-and-one and one out and Butch Robinson, who does not have great speed on a first base.
Oliva takes time to step out to look down at Lefty Phillips.
Tony is back in and Gaylord has stared in.
In the stretch and throws and on three-and-one he is way outside and there's the first walk given up by the National League
and Robinson moves down to second base. Bob Gibson continues to warm up.
Perry has given up three hits in the only run of the game and struck out no one and now has given up his first walk.
And Davy Johnson, starting because Rod Carew of Minnesota, who was voted as the All-Star Second Baseman, is injured, is up.
Davy is flad to right and fouled out to the second baseman.
Ball outside from Perry and Gaylord kicks up dust at the mound. He didn't think it was a ball. One-and-oh.
Robinson on at second, Oliva on at first. The American League won. The National League nothing.
We're in the seventh inning.
Perry ready to throw again. Sidearm pitch this time and he has missed again just off the corner and stares in at Al Barley.
I don't think Gaylord Perry is too happy about the call on those pitches.
There's always a tendency on all pitchers when you're in trouble to want everything and a pitch that you'd want when you're in trouble
you just sort of ignore if it was called a ball with nobody on.
Two-and-oh right down the middle and it's two-and-one.
The National League fans here and they keep waiting for the National League to explode.
Thus far there's only been one run scored and the American League did that.
Perry ready and throws again and has another called strike. Two-two.
Two that have just missed and two this last one Davy Johnson turned and questioned the umpire that it was a strike.
Only run of the ball game driven in by Carl Yostemsky who's single for a second hit of the night.
He is also central center fielder very deep to the wall.
Next pitch by Perry misses and it's all the way on Davy Johnson three-and-two with one out.
See whether they're running or hanging close on three-and-two with just one out.
Ralph Hoff walks over and says something to leave at first base.
Off the coach at first. Perry's turning back. They are not running on the pitch.
Intensely fouled by Johnson. Throw it still three-two.
Nobody now throwing for the American League.
Although we are going to get a change because Mcdowell has worked his three innings while Gibson continues to throw for the National League.
Three-two pitch again. Down the middle short right field overcomes Pete Rose.
He uses a tap near the line. It's foul ball in the bullseye. Dennis Menke also back in.
Brooks Robinson very nearly home. And Davy Johnson almost to second base.
David does not strike out a lot but even so Brooks is not a good baserunner. He's a good baserunner.
He doesn't have great speed and it's awfully difficult to turn him loose in case Davy does take a third strike or swing and miss.
Brooks wouldn't have much chance of beating a play at third.
Three-two again. One out.
Perry throws right up the middle and it's knocked down by Harrelson.
Picked up by Menke. Can't get it. Everybody's safe.
Harrelson saved the run. Bases are loaded.
That's the play for infielders. They must make with a man on second.
A lot of times the fellow will dive and knock a ball down.
He knows he can't throw anybody out but he has to keep it from going through into the outfield. But Harrelson made a fine play just knocking the ball down.
They almost made a good enough play to get a lead that second out of it.
One run, six hits, no errors for the American League and they're threatening to get one out.
No one's two hits, no errors for the National League and here is Fossey who's single and scored the only run and he is completely drenched.
The catcher from the Cleveland Indians.
Bases loaded. Ball outside.
Joe Horner of the Phillies, former Cardinal grade, has joined his former teammate Gibson.
Horner's a left-hander and begins to throw.
Bases loaded with one out.
The National League infield looking for the double play to get out of the inning.
Fossey, I want to tell you, he is completely drenched.
Perry ready. Throws. This is the corner. It's 2-0.
I think again, Gaylord, not very happy with that call, Jim, but I think everybody in the ballpark may disagree with Al Barlich,
but he's got the best look at it and after 30 years of being a professional umpire and a great one, I think he's probably right.
Perry ready again, trying to come in with a pitch with something that Fossey can't hit.
Grills on the center field. Back goes Gaston. Looking up and backhands the ball. Robinson tags a third.
Oliva goes on to third base and it's 2-0 the National League.
Trails the American League as Fossey, who is scored around, is having quite a debut in an all-star game.
Scored around and is now driven in one with a fly to deep center field.
Jim, it's kind of nice to see we talked about the difference in who the players selected and who the fans selected as the all-star team.
I think Fossey was again one of the discrepancies. Most of the players felt that Fossey should have started this game.
He's hitting almost 100 points higher than Bill Freehand and since he's come into the ballgame, he's had a fine night.
Well, Alex Johnson, who also used to play for the Reds, now with the California Angels, steps in the bat for McDowell.
It was all through. Perry comes in with the curve ball and misses its ball on.
Johnson having a great year, hitting a 3-28.
In the round with the Phillies and the Cards and Cincinnati and now with California.
Came over in the trade that sent Jim McLaughlin here to Cincinnati.
Perry back again with a breaking pitch. It's fouled off the end of the bat. It's 1-1 to Johnson.
Davy Johnson is on at first base. Alex Johnson is the batter.
Over at third base is Tony Oliva.
1-1 pitch, a curve ball to the second baseman, Halston.
Over to second base, or rather the dropstop, Halston, over to second base, Menke for the force out.
And they're out of it, but the American League has scored another run.
One run on two hits, no errors and two left.
They go to the bottom of the seventh with the American League leading the National League 2-0.
Here Earl Weaver making all his defensive moves now.
Amos Otis is actually the only real center fielder on the American League squad.
And Carl Jastrzewski, who's just recently moved to first, has been playing it like he's played it all his life.
Both Boston and Carl are very happy with the way that experiment has worked out.
Strike one pitch from Jim Perry, who's come in. He misses its 1-1.
Jastrzewski, as Sandy said, has been at first base in recent weeks.
Jim Perry comes in to try to save the victory for Sam McDowell over his brother Gaylord Perry, who stands to lose and has given up both runs.
Two and one now to Bud Harrelson, who saved a run with a fine diving stop from a shortstop position at second base in the top of this inning.
Harrelson in his first all-star game, and the ball dived for by Jastrzewski. At first he can't come up with it.
And Harrelson, in his first time at bat, in his first all-star game, singles to right field.
And so Jim Perry has given up the third hit.
Harrelson was hitting 266.
Clarence Gaston, up for the first time, is hitting 326.
Gaston for San Diego Padres, what a story he's got because he was the 30th and last player to be picked by the Padres in their draft to get a team last year, and here he is in the all-star game.
Breaking pitch from Jim Perry, stays high at ball one. Harrelson, a fine base runner on his first base, but the score is 2-0.
The American League, the National League, trails to the last of the seventh.
Perry, right-hander like his brother, throws again a breaking pitch, fouled to the screen, it's 1-1.
Looking down into the presidential box area, the president's sitting there with his coat on, and no matter what weight coat it is, I'm sure he is quite warm.
The temperatures still in the 80s, 1-1, and a breaking pitch is swung on and missed by Gaston, strike two. Still in the 80s, although where we are in the Eastern time zone of the United States on daylight time, it's about 11 minutes after 10 o'clock at night.
Perry ready for the 1-2 pitch, Harrelson on his first base. Harrelson gluffs as if to go, fastball is inside and rather high, it's 2-2.
Well, a man of the hours, the man who was not picked, is the number one catcher, Fossey, who in his first time up, singled and scored later on his bench he singled in the sixth, and then with a sacrifice line drive to deep center, scored Brooks Robinson in the seventh.
2-2 to Gaston, outside, it is 3-2, with Harrelson on at first and none out in the last of the seventh.
Earl Weaver striding back and forth in the American League dugout and looking to someone, and he may get that bullpen busy again.
Two runs against this National League All-Star lineup, there's not much.
Looks like McNally is getting up to throw again, either he or Fritz Peterson of New York, looks now like it's Peterson of New York.
Check at first base where your strumski is, Harrelson is back in time.
3-2 to Gaston.
Inside and Gaston draws the walk and Harrelson goes to second.
Catfish Hunter in the unmistakable green and gold of Oakland, a right-hander, has joined Peterson, the left-hander of New York.
Dennis Manky, who walked his last time up and also took a short hop throw from Gaston that hit him in the face, is the man up.
And out on deck is stretch, Willie McCovey, bothered with a pulled muscle in his leg but available for pinching duties.
Of course a homerun hitter in last year's All-Star game, San Francisco Giants big first baseman, had a couple of them last year.
Manky squares as if to bunt, takes a strike.
Harrelson down at second base, Gaston on at first.
2-0 to score.
Last of the seventh.
Jim Perry looking back at Harrelson who's on at second base.
Gaston not being held of course by his strumski at first with no place to go.
Second base occupied. Perry throws, swing and fouled back by Manky.
It's two strikes. Nobody out.
No runs, six hits. No errors for the American League. No runs, three hits. No errors for the National League but the National Lakers are threatening.
Perry peers in, looks back, throws high and it hits him. Manky is hit by the pitch. What a tough night he's had.
Hit in the face with a ball bouncing on a throw from Gaston and now hit by the pitch.
The faces are loaded. Nobody's out and the National League comes to life with Willie McCovey coming to bat.
It's an awfully tough night for Dennis Manky.
There have been so many great players hurt in the All-Star game and possibly ruined their careers.
Think about Ted Williams hurting his arm, running into a wall and Dizzy Dean hurting his foot and then hurting his arm consequently after that.
And it would be a shame to have anything happen to any of these great players here tonight.
Willie McCovey hitting at 2.59 and McWhainer again had to go out along with Hodges to see if Manky was alright.
He says he is. The faces are loaded. McCovey hitting 2.59 but has 23 home runs and 66 RBI.
The San Francisco Giants big first baseman facing Jim Perry.
Swings and misses on the first pitch and quickly Ray Posse runs out to talk to his pitcher Perry.
Gaylord Perry gave up the two runs. The American League has it out. Jim Perry with the faces loaded and none out is trying not to give them back.
Sam McDowell left the ballgame with a 2-0 lead. One strike to McCovey.
Perry back and foul back to the screen and another big swing by McCovey.
Nelson on a 30 single went to second when Gaston walked. Manky loaded the bases when he was hit by a fish.
For the last of the seventh.
The National League for that long, long streak of wins in the All-Star Game tries to come back to choppy a slow roller.
Charged by Aparicio. Tagged one man throws on the first double play and a run scores.
I think Manky was a little confused on that play and did not pick up the ball.
If he had he would have known that he had to stop and make Aparicio come and get him. Dennis ran into the tag.
I think he was trying to get to second base to break up a double play thinking Aparicio was going to toss the ball to the second baseman.
Dennis knew that he had to break up the double play because of McCovey's bad leg.
But instead he just ran right into the tag by Aparicio and it was an easy double play.
Two to one the score Gaston. The tying run is on a third base for two out now and Allen who was hitless on the night.
Swings at the first pitch and misses strike one. Allen fly deep to right in the first inning.
Line to the second baseman in the third and walks on a three two pitch in the sixth.
Terry has given up one run now comes back inside and low to Allen and it's one and one.
Terry got in trouble giving up a base hit to the first man he faced, Harrelson, walked Gaston and again in trouble when his Wilders forced him to hit Manky.
Double play is a lot of run to score with Gaston on a third base. Allen swings and misses again. One and two.
Not unlike all of these home run hitters are free swingers and unlike the Becker's who hit few home runs but seldom strike out.
Terry ready on the one two pitch and throws and it's fouled upstairs.
There are no screens or any kind of protection in front of the press box behind home plate.
The writers here had better stay pretty alert. That ball bounced in and out again.
Terry ready to throw one and two it's low and in the dirt picked up by Fossey.
Oh Fossey is going to lose a few pounds tonight.
Catching as he is behind the plate. Completely wet but I'm sure at the moment completely happy. He has done quite a job.
Two to now. Allen trying to get the tying run in. Jim Terry ready to throw and throws low and away.
And we have a full count again with Charlie Hustle, Pete Rose, kneeling on deck.
Terry stares in, hands the sign, starts his motion.
He throws again and he's cold out on strikes. A fine pitch on the outside corner that Allen fooled but he was not angry with our ball.
He simply walks away and drops the bat. One run on one hit, no errors and one man left.
At the end of seven complete. The American League has a now two to one lead over the National.
This is Sandy Koufax with Jim Simpson and Len Dillon in Cincinnati's new Riverfront Stadium at the 41st All-Star Game.
With seven innings the American League holds a slim two to one lead over the National League.
For the American League it's two runs, six hits, no errors.
For the National League one run, three hits and no errors.
Fifty one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight people in the stands plus one the President of the United States.
Jim we have a few changes in the lineup.
Willie McCovey stays on to play first base and Joe Morgan comes on to play second base.
McCovey the Giants, Morgan of the Houston Astros and what a good thing this is for Joe. A few years ago he was voted to the All-Star Game.
And then he fractured his kneecap and could not play.
Well because Mian of Atlanta could not play in this game, Morgan gets to play.
He was voted in 1966 and could not play. Bob Gibson has come on the pitch.
But now we have Deets of San Francisco behind the plate, Gibson the pitcher, McCovey of San Francisco at first.
Morgan of Houston at second. Harrelson of the Mets at short.
Grabarowicz of the Dodgers at third. Hickman of the Cubs in left.
Gaston of San Diego in center and Pete Rose of Cincinnati in right.
And the batter, Aparicio, he's been in there all the way up for the fourth time about a hit, swings and fouls the ball down the third baseline.
Bob Gibson twelve and four. Just had a ten game winning streak snapped in his last start.
Eleven complete games of nineteen starts this year.
He's pitched a hundred and fifty-three innings and has struck out a hundred and fifty-six men.
He's in his fifth All-Star Game and he's the fourth pitcher.
At the moment Gaylord Perry stands to be the loser in this two to one ball game.
We are in the eighth inning. Aparicio, the leadoff batter for the American League batting order, leads it off in the eighth and swings it a pitch.
It's oh and two for Luis.
Gibson got off to a very slow start this year and a lot of people started to write him off and say that the fastball was gone.
But all of a sudden it turned around. He started to throw hard and he looks like the same pitcher he's been for a lot of years. A great one.
One and two in the last two pitches, Sandy, that he's given Aparicio have been breaking pitches.
One, two, back again. Morgan gets his chance after coming in at second base and throws on to McCovey who gets his first chance in the field and is one down.
And I would imagine that Manke is seeking combat pay after the night.
I think Dennis looked for a while like the fighter who's maybe taken a few, few many punches.
I think Gil Hodges, the manager, kept going out asking him if he could stay on his feet and he'd get a draw.
Out here is one great, Carl Jostemsky, who back in 1967 faced another great, Bob Gibson in that fine seven game World Series between the Red Sox and Cardinals.
Jostemsky's had a great night tonight. Swings again on the first pitch and has his third hit.
Round's first base, throws it right field, fires on to second.
Well, Jostemsky in the first inning, single on a 1-1 pitch.
He drove Woody Mays deep to the wall on the first pitch he saw on the fourth. He caught it.
He's single on the first pitch he saw on the sixth and he's singles on the first pitch he sees in the eighth.
And Willie Horton is up for the first time.
I have to think that Carl Jostemsky might be a first-ball hitter. I know that Willie Horton is and I'm sure that Bob Gibson probably knows that.
They've gone over each opposing player in the clubhouse before the game and probably a little careful with the first pitch here.
Willie Horton hitting 304 takes the first pitch low.
Sixteen home runs, 43 RBIs.
Comes home with Jostemsky on the first one down on the top of the eighth.
National League trails the American League 2-1. Gibson ready and throwing and Horton drills one to center field.
It's going to drop in there in front of Gaston. Jostemsky stops at second and the American League is back in business.
Second hit off Bob Gibson.
Jim watching Gibby throw, he looked like he was throwing good but not as hard as he can and I think you're going to see what makes a fellow like Gibson a great pitcher.
He's in trouble now and all of a sudden the fastball could just get a little bit quicker.
Well up for the first time is Amos Otis of Kansas City. Right-handed batter hits the first pitch to short right field.
Rose is there, Jostemsky is making his hit the tag, he's going to third base, Rose's throw comes there and Jostemsky is in ahead of the throw, going to third base.
Staying on at first of course is Horton, they're two down with runners at first and third.
Otis who was up last time saying an eyesore hit into a triple play a couple of weeks ago on a ground ball.
Now the batter is Brooks Robinson, single his first time up back in the seventh and later scored on Fosse's.
Sacrifice fly to center. Gibson throws hard this time, Robinson drives Gaston back, Gaston on his horse, it'll be over his head, timing against the wall.
Jostemsky scores, Horton is on his way around third base, he'll score. On the way to third is Brooks Robinson and he's in with a triple.
Robinson two for two and it's four to one, the American League.
I think all the players that are hitting against Gibson have swung at the first pitch and hit the ball fairly well.
I just wonder if possibly they haven't found out something or maybe just Bob is just throwing a fast ball.
It's hard to tell from up here but he's gotten hurt almost every time on the first pitch.
Now he's given up three runs on three hits including the first extra base hit of the night. Three hits and two runs and the score is four to one.
Bob Gibson had that long winning streak of ten, just snapped in his last start and the American League has jumped on him in a hurry tonight.
Oliva swings on the first pitch and drills it high but to short right field, P. Rose simply walks it, not pops it and takes it for the third out.
But Gibson is touched up, two runs score on three hits, no errors and Robinson left that third base in the middle of the eighth inning.
The American League four, the National League one.
The score at the end of seven and a half, American League four, National League one.
Rose the foot shooter batting left against Perry, swings on the first pitch and fouls it off. Robinson is going over near the dugout but it's going to be in the first row of seats as Robinson falls over the rolled up tarpaulin over there but is all right.
Kavarkowitz of the Dodgers on deck hoping to get up and will get up for the first time in this ballgame.
Time running out on the National League, Earl Weaver, manager of Baltimore in the American League all-stars, and he's going to break that seven game streak and at the moment he's got a three run lead with time running out in the last of the eighth.
Perry's ready, throws outside and low to Rose and it's one and one.
He was up once before and walked back in the sixth inning.
Jim Perry of Minnesota throws outside and high this time, it's two and one to Rose.
Four runs on nine hits, no errors for the American League, one run, three hits, no errors on the National League.
And the run that scored, scored on a double play.
Nobody gets the RBI. Two and one pitch.
Breaking pitch at the knees of Rose, it's two-two and he simply walks away from Barney.
Jim, I think again we see in this all-star game the dominance that pitching has, especially when they know they only have to go three innings with all these great hitters.
We haven't had very many balls hit well, even some of the base hits have been not hit well.
Rose strikes out swinging.
Perry gets his second strikeout. Well, Cincinnati fans thus far have been disappointed.
John Bench struck out three straight times.
Tony Perez struck out twice and popped up.
And Pete Rose has walked and struck out.
Marat, though, pitched fine. First pitch now to Zabarkowitz, so the Dodgers up for the first time.
He's going one outside.
Yeah, I think we're also at the point in the ballgame where you have to look at the pinch hitting possibilities.
The National League has no more left-handed pinch hitters left to come into the ballgame.
Only Clemente and Joe Torre have not yet appeared.
Zabarkowitz is hitting three-forty.
Whoa, and away. Two and one now.
Filly in his first all-star game.
Fourth in the league in hitting.
Terry Reddy again hits this one high.
The short left field, Horton was playing deep, still on the dead run.
Now says he's got it and takes it, turning forward, second base.
Very close to the shortstop, Aparicio.
So they're two down, and Hickman of the Cubs, as we said before, there's not much time left for the National League.
And you can say that again as we've got one out to go in the eighth inning.
Hunter goes back to warm up again for the American League, having a great year with Oakland.
First pitch is high, and away to Jim Hickman of Chicago.
On deck with his shin guards on is Dick Deets.
Four runs, nine hits, no errors for the American League.
One run, three hits, no errors for the National.
In the last of the eighth, Terry is back and throws inside with a fastball and low, 2-0.
Ray Fossey, Carl Yosemsky, and Brooks Robinson have been the big guns for the American League.
And their pitcher is Palmer Mcdowell, who stands to win, and Perry had done quite well, giving up just three hits.
Breaking pitch that's in there for a strike. It's two and one.
To Hickman. Hickman came on, replacing Cardy, who started in left field.
Two on pitch from Jim Perry, and it's swinging strike. It's two and two.
Not very quiet because this has been the American League's ball game so far.
Drive is foul, up and off to the right, out of play.
Two balls, two strikes, two outs.
Hickman, the right-hander, facing Perry, the right-handed pitcher.
Jim is back and strikes in out swinging.
Nothing across at the end of eighth. The American League four, the National League one.
Back in Cincinnati, Bob Gibson throws to the first batter, Davy Johnson, who is one for three.
Swinging strike one, along with Sandy Koufax and Len Dillon.
This is Jim Simpson. Gibson is ready again, throws again, another swinging strike.
It's oh and two to Johnson.
Johnson last time was robbed of an RBI when Harrelson at shortstop made a fine dive to stop his base hit from getting on through to the outfield.
Gibson throws again a breaking pitch, but it's up high, and it's one and two.
Davy, fly to right, has also fouled out.
Four to one, the American League. We are in the top of the ninth inning.
Drive foul upstairs, off to the right.
Well, it'll drop in that big field section. They have four levels here.
The lows, the club level, the plaza level, and the field section.
Johnson strikes out, reaching for an outside pitch.
That's the first strikeout for Bob Gibson.
Tom Siever, who started for the National League, gave up one hit, struck out four in his three innings.
Well, here's Fossey, who has singled and scored a run, and his line sacrifice fly to deep centerfield, scored another.
The Cleveland young catcher takes high from Bob Gibson, it's ball one.
Fossey's only 23 years old, born and lives in Marion, Illinois.
Jim Furgose, who has not been in the ballgame yet, hitting 298.
Shortstop for California, out and swinging a bat on deck.
Two and 0 to count to Fossey. Bound out of play to the right.
Article not too long ago about how come Ray Fossey, who last year spent all the year, didn't catch too much for the Indians, and hit 172, is doing so well.
Answer, I got married.
Two and 1, low it in the dirt, three and 1. And Bob Gibson definitely has not been the Bob Gibson we are used to seeing.
And certainly not the Bob Gibson that rolled off that 10-game winning streak.
They jumped on his first pitches in the eighth inning, picked up two runs on three hits, including a triple.
And now Fossey also runs the first base drawing the walk.
Gibson has walked his first man.
Jim, Bob looks like he's having a little bit of trouble with his rhythm.
He's throwing fairly well, it's not the overpowering stuff that he usually has.
He's not making his pitches. He's missing with the fastball, he's missing with the breaking ball.
And he just doesn't look really too comfortable out of the mound tonight.
Jim Fregosi hitting 298 as an eight-game hitting streak going from in the regular season, over which time he's been hitting 484.
He swings and misses at the first pitch.
Right-handed batter, drafted out of the Boston organization by the Angels when they were getting started, and has been with them ever since.
One strike to him with Fossey at first base, Gibson throws, breaking pitch, it's fouled off to the on-deck batter, who throws it back to Gibson.
Well, Fossey, who came on to relieve the free hand as we said, has singled in his quarter on, sacrificed fly,
and now on his third time at bat in his first all-star game has drawn a walk.
Pitch is outside, and it's one and two.
Jim Fregosi.
Four to one, the American League, top of the ninth inning at the 41st all-star game.
Fouled back upstairs, the American League trying to break that dominance of the National League over the last seven years,
and the National League has also won 11 of the last 13.
And lead in overall games, 22 to 17, with one at time.
One-two pitch from Bob Gibson, big curve, very high, and it's 2-2.
Gibson, a native of Omaha, Nebraska.
Fossey not taking too big a lead.
Willie McCovey, the Giants, is holding him on at first base.
Gibson ready, and Fregosi pokes one out into left field.
Back goes Hickman.
Back near the 375, Mark almost fell down, and now it gets it as he goes into the wall.
Taking a look at Gaston, and Fossey has to run back to first.
I think that's one of the other problems in all-star games, not being used to the fellow that's playing next year.
The left fielder doesn't know the center fielder, the center fielder doesn't know the left fielder.
Jim Hickman went back on that ball, looked for Gaston in center field, and almost fell down trying to get his footing again.
And that's one of your problems.
Well, here's Aparicio, who is playing all the way for the American League, as has Karl Gershwimsky and Davey Johnson.
One strike as he fouls the first one off.
Two outs, Aparicio thinks high. It's 1-1.
Luis struck out in the first, grounded out in the third, flied out in the sixth, and grounded out again in the eighth.
He's 0-4.
Gibson back, and he swings and misses. It's 1-2.
Two out, Posse still on it, first base.
Gibson ready to throw, and Aparicio tried to bunt his way on, but instead bunts it foul for a strike three, so it's no runs, no hits, no errors, one left.
The National League has one more chance.
We go to the last of the ninth, the American League, leading by the score of 4-1.
The line score at the end of eighth and a half. The American League, four runs on nine hits and no errors.
The National League, one run, three hits, no errors. Jim?
Well, in the last couple of years, Jim Catfish, hunter of Oakland, has won 13 games, and in the third year, he won 12.
Already in 1970, he has won 13 ball games, and he's coming to save this one for Sam McDowell and the American League,
and he's going to break that seven-game winning streak of the National League. He'll face first Dick Dietz.
Aparicio remains in, David Johnson remains in, Yostemsky remains in, whereas Gil Hodges has taken out every one of his starters.
Chris Peterson of the Yankees is warming up just in case the right-hander, Hunter, gets in trouble.
Dietz in his first all-star game, up for the first time.
From the San Francisco Giants, the catcher takes a strike from Hunter. Well, here's somebody across the bay.
From San Francisco, Hunter pitching to a man from across the bay, Dietz from San Francisco.
Now Stoudelmeyer, we've got two Yankees in the bullpen. Outside and low, it's one-and-one.
That's Dick Dietz. No Yankee has yet appeared, and we told you Roy White was also hit by a ball before the game in his arm and has not come back to play.
It's two-and-one now as Hunter's next pitch is high.
Harrelson is kneeling on deck.
Hunter throws, ball is hit to center field. Back goes Amosota, back looking up at the world, and Dick Dietz does the home run.
Jim, I think that's the first home run here tonight. It's interesting to me. I wanted to see just how the ball carried in this ballpark, and it seems like it does carry pretty well.
Dietz is not a great slugger, not known for hitting the long ball. He hit that ball all the way out in center field.
And Harrelson follows up, swinging on the first pitch and lines a single to left field.
It's four to two, the American League and the National League ninth inning, and here comes the National League, and here comes Earl Weaver quickly to the mound.
Jim, it's amazing just how quickly a ball game changes its complexion. It looked like there was no problem, three-run lead.
All of a sudden you look up and on two pitches the tying run is at the plate in the ball game, and it may be just a little bit of trouble here for the American League.
Gaston is on deck. He drew off. Weaver is talking along with Posse, his catcher.
Four runs, nine hits, no errors for the American League. The National League is not going quietly, however. Two runs, five hits, and no errors.
Two of those hits, and one of those runs, and this the last of the ninth inning.
I think getting the tying run to the plate has brought a little bit of action in the National League both end. Claude Otheen, the pitcher from the Los Angeles Dodgers, has gotten up the throw.
Gaston of San Diego takes a strike at the knees. That ball cleared just where it says, four-oh-four, in straightaway center field.
He has 18 home runs on the air, and in his first all-star bat he gets a home run. Gaston goes around firing to check his swing. It's strike two.
Joe Morgan of the Astros on deck, breaking pitch, and it's popped up to the infield.
He's waving everybody off in front of Davy Johnson and takes it for the first out. Harrelson, of course, holds on.
Let me talk about fellows who have had good nights here. So far it's been an alluding cause, but Bud Harrelson of the Mets is holding it up the line.
He's gotten to it, and he's got a fine job in the field. So there's been a lot of players here tonight who have looked good and proved they're all-stars.
Joe Morgan takes a strike from Hunter.
Morgan has two home runs this year, but has surprising power on occasion, for a little man can get the ball around very well, get the bat around, and get the ball long distance.
Sand and I saw him in a home run in the dome that there was no question about, and it's difficult to hit it there.
One of them won the count to Harrelson on the first four to two to score with the last of the ninth inning.
Did not go all the way around. Now, now Ehrlich said he did go around. Fossey looked back and challenged him, as Morgan looked like he went around.
Nothing was said. Fossey looked back and said, what? And Ehrlich said it is a strike.
Knowing how Fossey and how good an umpire he is, I'm sure that the late call on that came because he was checking with the third base umpire.
The third base umpire will give the home plate umpire a sign on check swings to let him know if the batter went around.
Two-two to Morgan with one out. Four to two to score. Last of the ninth inning. The American League leads.
Hunter throws again a check swing by Morgan, and it's three and two. Morgan trying to get on base and kneeling on deck is Willie McCovey.
The one thing Morgan does not want, of course, is a double play to end the ballgame.
Give McCovey the shot at it. Breaking pitch, lines it to right field. Over quickly as they leave it. Picks it up, stopping it second as Harrelson.
Men on first and second and Willie McCovey the batter.
And Earl Weaver quickly out of the dugout and probably will go to Peterson, the left-hander. The pitch to the left-handed, McCovey.
Jim, on the National League bench, you only have two players right now except for the pitchers who have not been in the ballgame and they are both right-hand hitters.
Both good right-hand hitters. Joe Snorey of the Cardinals and Roberto Fometti of the Pirates.
Fometti has had a problem with his neck. Whether it is so bad that he can't hit or can't play, we don't know.
But there is the possibility of Gil Hodges wanting to make the trade. He's got two fellows sitting there who can hit the ball out of any ballpark anywhere.
Well, Hunter is gone. One-third of an inning responsible thus far for one run. Three hits. Retired just one man.
And of course this game could be tied with both runs charged to Hunter who cannot lose it.
Also seemed like something had to happen. It's just too good a lineup, both clubs, the National League and the American League club.
And it was a great tribute to the American League pitching that they held it so long.
But to hold that National League lineup to only three hits through nine innings, that's a great chore for pitching staff to come up with.
And it would be exactly the same kind of chore for the National League staff to hold the American League club to only three hits.
So it took a while, but I think the talent on both these lineups is starting to show up.
The National League is showing up very late, possibly too late for them. We can only wait and see right now.
As McCovey comes out, Roberto Clemente comes to the on-deck circle. So the National League has two great shots at it.
McCovey, remember, however, is working with that full hamstring muscle.
And with the possibility of a double play, he will not be able to give it his all going on the first base line.
Peterson has 110 lost five. His earn-one average, 3.77 for the Yankees.
And now is ready to pitch to Willie McCovey.
It's doubtful that you'd bunt with a hitter like McCovey, but the percentages, the rules of baseball so-called say that you play for a tie at home and play to win on the road.
This is the home mark for the National League, so there is still the possibility with Clemente on deck that McCovey might be bunting, but I wouldn't look for it.
McCovey takes a giant swing, strike one.
Alton down at second base, Joe Morgan on at first base, and quickly Ray Fossey of the Indians out to talk with Britt Peterson.
One out last of the night, four runs, nine hits, no errors for the American League, the National League with its perhaps last chance to run six hits, no errors.
Slide right, left-hander, the Angels now up and throwing.
Joining Stadlmeyer, the Yankees, and the American League bullpen.
Olsteen still down in the National League bullpen.
One strike to McCovey, Peterson ready.
Throws from the stretch, fouled off to the left, and out of play by McCovey.
And quickly, Peterson has him down 0-2.
Clemente, who had a sore neck and did not come in until after the workout yesterday, kneeling on deck, some question whether or not he would play.
He thought he wouldn't, but he's here.
Could be in a position to be the hero of the game that at one moment it looked like he wasn't going to play it.
Peterson backs, round ball, big hit, F. Johnson.
Elton comes around to score, it's 4-3. A mc-hying run, Morgan a third base, and Clemente the batter.
To McCovey at first base, hit that ball pretty well. He's not the kind of hitter who's going to be intimidated because it's a left hand pitcher.
I'm sure that he'd be the first to admit that it's a lot easier for him to hit against right handers, but he got up there and hit the ball hard, hit it back through the middle.
And right now the tying run is only 90 feet away, and the winning run's at first base, and I would think we may have a pinch runner here for McCovey.
Gil Hodge is out to talk to him along with Lamaris, first base coach, to find out if Willie can run it all.
I would think that we're going to have to have a pinch runner. It might even be the pitcher, Claude Osteen.
Osteen is coming in, McCovey marches off, and the Voto Clemente with a 3.55 batting average comes to bat.
The first run out, the winning run is Claude Osteen over at first base.
The tying run is Joe Morgan over at third base.
One is out, and Earl Weaver is out of the dugout and marching forth the mound with a side trip to look at Posse calling him.
The American League Baltimore manager really wants to win this one.
If Clemente a right-hander up, he might be going to the percentages and to Stottlemeyer out on the ball tip.
I would think definitely that he'll go with Stottlemeyer.
The one thing Earl needs right here, and needs badly, is the double play.
Stottlemeyer is a sinker ball pitcher. He keeps the ball low. He has a lot of ground balls hit off of him.
But I can tell you that Clemente runs extremely well. He gets out of the box well. He gets down the line well.
He doesn't hit into a lot of double plays, but he does hit the ball hard. Everybody says he just can't outrun the ball.
So if he hits it hard on the ground at one of the infielders, there's a good chance of the double play, but he's a tough man to double.
Now Stottlemeyer comes in. He is the sixth American League pitcher, and he is the third in this, the ninth inning.
We pause 30 seconds for station identification.
Stottlemeyer in the ball game now, as we said a little bit earlier, is a good low ball pitcher. He keeps most of his pitches down.
He has a sinking fast ball and a good slider and curve ball, which he'll try and keep down.
I think in this inning here, you'll probably see the American League play in a little bit at the corners and deep at short and second.
They'll go for the double play if the ball is hit to the second baseman at the shortstop.
I would think they'll go to the plate if it's hit to the first baseman or the third baseman.
It's the ninth inning. You're on the road. You don't want to allow the other team to tie the ball game,
because once you go into extra innings, well, the home team has got a great advantage.
Morgan, of course, has fine speed at third base.
Lomete, he'd only hit a ball to the outfield, perhaps, to score the tying run and send this, the 41st Major League All-Star game, into extra innings.
Lomete hitting it, 3.55.
Stottlemeyer with an 8 at 8 record in the throw and throws the ball and bouncing around in front of Fossey, gets behind him, but he finally digs it out.
Ball won.
I think that was a big break right there for the American League. I think that ball's got five, Fossey.
I think it hit out Barlich, and that's the only thing that kept it from going all the way to the backstop.
So that was a big break for the American League.
We could have had a tie ball game with a winning run in scoring position just as quickly as anything.
Stottlemeyer, of course, has been a 20-game winner over the last two years, three of the last four years, 8-8 as we said this year,
and the second Yankee pitcher in this inning, 1-0 the count to Clemente.
1-out, last of the line, 4-3.
Going away, it's 2-0.
I think in this situation, he also run into another problem.
With the double play in order, both your second baseman and your shortstop have to cheat just a little bit so that they can make the play,
and they're both bunched around second base.
So if Clemente pulls the ball or hits it to right field, it's got a chance to go through.
Took a big swing, fouls it back. It's 2-1, kneeling on deck, winner of the National League Batting Championship
the last two years in a row, P. Rose.
4-3, we are in the ninth inning of this bowl game, which cruised along strictly in the pitcher's hip pocket for a long while.
It's now broken open, and it's 4-3, with most of the scoring done since the seventh inning.
Back again with a high pitch.
Breaking pitcher did not come down. It's 3-0 on the Clemente, and he looks down quickly to Leo DeRocca, who just gives him a fist and claps his hands.
Clemente can hit anything, near the plate, over the plate, or not so near the plate.
It's not a bad ball hitter, but a great hitter.
The 3-1 pitch, he swings at it, and it looked like it was in on him, but he fouled it back, and now asks for something to get his hands.
It is very moist and humid, to get his hands dry and perhaps stickier.
The humidity is very high, the temperature is very high, and it has been all day and much of the evening.
So now, 3-2 and 1-out, the tying run at third base, the winning run on it first.
And a four-time National League batting champion, Roberto Clemente, at the bat, facing a three-time 20-game winner, Mel Stoudelmeyer.
Stoudelmeyer is ready, a drive out into center field, over comes the center fielder, Otis, makes a fine catch, but here comes Morgan, who's at a tie-break.
We're listening to that crowd, there's no doubt that this is not a nonpartisan crowd.
Cincinnati, a great baseball town, the oldest franchise in baseball, really rooting for the National Leaguers here tonight.
Pete Rose, their hero, the batter, and takes a strike at the knee.
High game, 2-out now, go-ahead run, Carl Olsteen running for McCovey on it first base.
That ball by Clemente was well hit on the 3-2 pitch.
Another pitch is outside this time, to Rose, it's 1-1.
Pete has walked and struck out.
The Cincinnati batters tonight have been disappointing for the home crowd.
Johnny Bench, as we said, struck out three times.
Tony Perez struck out twice and popped up to the infield.
Rose has walked and struck out.
They'd like some action from their fine hitters.
Swing and a miss, it's 1-2.
And the scoreboard in centerfield says, how do you like the show so far?
4-4, they've tied it up with a man out in the last of the ninth inning,
Roberto Clemente driving in Morgan from third base.
Another swing and Rose strikes out again,
with the National League with three runs from the ninth inning, Tieser.
On four hits, no errors and one left.
At the end of nine, American League Four, National League Four.
Hello again from Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, Jim Simpson with San Diego Facts and Lynn Dillon.
Claude Olsteen who came on to run for McCovey while warming up stays in to do the pitching.
Jim Hickman has come in from left field to play first base.
Pete Rose has gone from right to left.
And Roberto Clemente who tied the ball game up has gone in the right field.
Jim, right now you'd have to say that the National League does have a little bit of an edge.
As soon as you go into extra innings and you're tied, it's just a great advantage to the home team.
It becomes sudden death for them.
If the American League can score here, well, the National League still has another chance.
But anytime the National League can score, if they can hold the American League down, it's a sudden death victory.
And it's a nice feeling when you're at home and you're in extra innings.
Well, Earl Weaver made all of the moves, Sandy, trying to hold a victory out for the American League the first time after seven straight years.
But he doesn't have it yet. It's four to four.
Here's Dostremski who the last three times up has hit the first pitch.
One deep to center field, the other two for singles.
Claude Olsteen to do the pitching and this time he can't hit the first pitch.
It's in the dirt and through the legs of the catcher, Dick Dietz.
Dostremski will be followed by Willie Horton.
We are in the top of the tenth inning, four to four the score.
No score until the American League got one in the sixth.
The National League got three in the last of the ninth.
Dostremski grounds one, Hickman backs on it.
Olsteen comes over quickly to cover first, almost missed the bag and had to swoop in on it, but does for the first out.
Looks like Claude might have got just a little disorientated with that baseline.
I would think that it might be a little difficult to get yourself lined up.
Most of the time the pitcher likes to cut over to the baseline and then try and run parallel to it.
Here with all that green it looks like he had a little trouble finding it.
At bat now, Willie Horton who is single the last time up and scored one of the two runs in the eighth inning off Bob Gibson.
Now this game now belongs to Claude Olsteen and Mel Stoudelmeyer.
On outside pitch to Horton, it's ball on.
Horton of course has great talent.
Willie made the news by the other day, well I guess it's been a week or more now, that he gave a big cookout for the ground crew at Staples Stadium.
Here's a drive to deep right field, Clemente going back looking up.
Off the wall plays it there, Horton goes forward, second base and that is one of the longest singles you'll see.
Clemente with that rifle on fires it in, playing it off the fence.
And Horton has a long single about 385 feet away.
In addition to his great arm, Roberto Clemente could possibly be a billiard master if he put his mind to it.
I've never seen him play a ball off the wall and be in bad position.
He catches balls off irregular walls, he's always in the right place, and he has made some of the longest singles look pretty futile when baserunners try and go for two.
Amazones who swung at the first pitch he saw in his first appearance in the eighth and flied to right is the batter.
Horton at first base, Otis takes inside from Claudio Steen.
That was a ball, remember he hits the right field and Horton is a right-handed batter, showing you he has power in all directions.
1-0 now to Amos Otis of Kansas City playing center field.
Made a fine running catch in the middle of the sole goal.
Back again, ground ball could be double play, short shot to second base, Morgan on to Hickman, double play.
Nationally comes the bat in the last of the tenth inning with a high ball game, 4-4.
Howe Stoudelmeier will face Bill Zabarkiewicz of the Dodgers in the last of the tenth inning.
He flied a short left, last time up his only other time up, and a good flaking pitch from Stoudelmeier, strike one.
On deck is Hickman.
Nationally, got three in the last of the ninth at side.
Stoudelmeier has him swinging this time, fouling it at the plate, and two strikes to Zabarkiewicz.
Filling in his first all-star game, fourth in the league in hitting.
Zabarkiewicz is hitting 340.
Hits this one high, the short left field, Horton was playing deep, still on the dead run, now says he's got it, and takes it, turning towards second base.
And very close to the shortstop, Aparicio.
Here is Hickman who's popped out and struck out.
The angels hitter, the Chicago Cubs outfielder, Ian Thieler, plays both the outfield as well as first base,
and the night has been forced to playing first base here, as Dick Allen and Willie McCovey, two first basemen, are out of the lineup.
They've been in the ball game and now out.
One and 0 pitch is right down the middle, one and one.
Jim Hickman of Chicago, four runs, ten hits, no errors for the American League, four runs, seven hits, no errors for the National League, last of the tenth in Cincinnati.
The National League has got three in the last of the ninth to save off a defeat.
Swinging strike to Hickman, hits one and two.
Stoudelmeyer came on, gave up a single to McCovey, and a hard liner that was caught by Clemente, and Hickman strikes out.
Stoudelmeyer has now struck out two.
And here is Deets.
First time up in an all-star game in the ninth inning, he shot it at all by hitting a ball 404 feet away for a home run in his first at bat as an all-star.
Makes a fast ball outside, it's one and 0.
Jim, we've got a little note here that there have been five previous X training games and they've all been won by the National League.
Last one was a 15 inning affair, there's a line drive right to Davey Johnson at second, it's all over.
That last one in 1967 won by Tony Perez.
The runs hit their errors at the end of ten, we've still got a tie ball game four to four.
Come Riverfront Stadium on a hot and humid but exciting night.
This is the 41st Major League All-Star Game and this is Jim Simpson with Sandy Kofax and Lynn Dillon.
Four runs, ten hits, no errors for the American League. Four runs, seven hits, no errors for the National League.
We go now to the 11th inning.
And Bush Robinson, who has singled and scored a run and tripled in two in the eighth inning as the batter as Clyde Wright begins to warm again for the American League.
1967, two to one on Perez's home run.
Fifteen innings, National League, 1966. Ten innings, two to one, National League.
1961 in the first game of two that year, ten innings, five to four, National League.
1955, twelve innings, six to five, National League.
And 1950, fourteen innings, four to three, National League.
Robinson having a great night thus far and is facing the left-hander Claude Osteen as we go to the top of the 11th inning.
Osteen is ready to throw and Brooks takes outside, ball one.
Robinson right-handed batter, waits for Osteen, the Dodgers next throw, again outside, it's two and oh.
Well, there are not many people when you start to maneuver now, Sandy, that either manager has left with which to maneuver.
So I think other than pitchers, the only player Gil Hodges has left is Joe Torrey, the catcher from the Cardinals.
Grounder on three hops to the shortstop who throws out Robinson, Harrelson over to Hitman.
One out on the 11th.
And manager Weaver has only catcher Moses, Roy White if he's able to play, as you said he was hit before the game.
We don't know if he's in uniform still. And Sandy Alibar.
Tony Oliva who has walked and fly to right.
Oliva of course has powered and can go to all fields.
Gaston realizing he is a left-handed batter pulls him around to pull to right.
But Oliva as American leaders know can go anyway.
I think only the center fielder has moved in any one direction.
Both the right and left fielder are playing sort of straight away.
He can hit the ball all over but the center fielder has to commit himself one way or the other even so he can just see the ball.
The pitcher isn't in the way.
The first pitch from Osteen is high and it's one and 0. It's Tony Oliva, the Minnesota Twins.
Osteen ready and Oliva fouls it off.
It's one and one.
Well I know for example in Europe where they're listening on AFRTS it's not only late here in the United States where it's after 11 o'clock in the Eastern time zone but it's tomorrow morning.
Many of our American forces and folks overseas are probably getting up and having breakfast and listening to this game.
Foul back again by Oliva.
It's one and two. One out, 11th inning, four to four.
Claude Osteen is the fifth that receivers started.
Had a fine training. Merritt worked well for his two.
Then Perry gave up a couple of runs, gives him two more.
Osteen now working.
Osteen ready to throw. One, two and there's a drive down the line.
In right field it is fair.
Oliva is on his way around first base.
The rifle on with Clemente and the throw at the second base and I want to tell you Oliva just got there with a double.
Clemente from the deepest corner by the line.
Got a ball on one hop to Morgan the second baseman at second.
But the go ahead run is at second base and here's Davey Johnson looking for his second hit of the night.
He's got an infield hit, one for four.
Clemente made a good play on that ball. There's not much you can do with it.
There's no way to keep it from being a double. Oliva runs too well.
Clemente got the ball in as quickly as he could with a strong throw.
But it was an easy double for Tony.
Davey Johnson right handed batter trying to get Oliva around.
Ground ball. Oliva has to hold up.
Charging in from third base is Drabachowicz throwing on to Hickman at first.
And Johnson is out and Oliva has to hold on.
Well if there's ever a hero, here's the one for the American Big Dusts far tonight.
One of them at least.
In his first All-Star game he single and scored a run in the sixth.
His line drive sacrifice fly drove in a run in the seventh and he walked in the ninth.
Ray Fossey and with that in mind, first base open,
Gil Hodges comes running out to talk to Claud O'Sheen.
Well with the open base Jim and Roy White as I see now is on deck.
I'm glad to see that the injury was not bad enough to keep him out of the ball game.
I think Gil came out to ask Claud whether he'd rather pitch to Fossey or pitch to White
or whether he knows how to pitch to Fossey just to make sure.
Fossey as we said and his uniform has been ripping for some time, steps in completely drenched.
Just as though somebody turned a hose on him, catching behind the plate of this high temperature,
high humidity night in Cincinnati, Ohio.
O'Sheen is now ready.
Strike on the outside corner.
Fossey looks at it.
Oliva started off second base, walks back not quite,
checks around to see where Morgan is, where Harrelson is.
Second baseman shortstop at the national league.
Making sure no one is sneaking in behind him.
O'Sheen working from the stretch, looking back now at Oliva.
And throwing ground ball.
Harrelson at shortstop, scoops it up, throws on the first base.
And he's got a one, one hit.
One left, he goes to the last with 11th and it's a four to four time.
At the end of ten and a half innings, it is the American League.
Four runs, 11 hits, no errors.
The national league, four runs, seven hits, and no errors.
Jim?
Well, Clyde Wright has come on the pitch.
He's a left-hander as we go to the last of the 11th inning.
And as a matter of fact, Earl Weaver has no more right-handers.
Still in the both end, Mike Friar of Baltimore, Dave McNally of Baltimore,
and both are left-handers.
Sandy Alomar has gone in to play second base.
So whatever Earl Weaver and the American League do, they're going to do it with left-handers.
Clyde Wright, 27 years old, born in Johnson City, Tennessee.
He was one and eight last year, believe it or not.
This year, he's 12 and six.
And he's going to face a fellow that's having a good night's,
switch it to Ken Harrelson, who has two hits and has scored two runs.
Corner, a left-hander, of the Phillies now, warms up for the national league.
Harrelson with a 2.66 average.
Clyde Wright, the owner of a no-hitter against Oakland on July 3rd.
That's pretty good-hitting ball club, the Oakland Sun.
Quarter-four to score, last of the 11th.
Harrelson now steps in as Al Barlich was yelling up to the public address system here.
Wright ready, swipe, called from Wright.
Well, this has been quite a ball game.
The national league came up with three in the last of the ninth, and here we are, 4-4.
There's a drive down the line, but it's called foul.
And Harrelson doesn't hit them much better than that.
He really got around on that ball.
Now I begin to realize what the Cincinnati Papers quoted the White House as saying about President Nixon.
He's going to stay until the last out.
Well, this ball game is now three hours old, still going, and Mr. Nixon is still here.
Two strikes, that's Harrelson. This one is hit for center field.
And Amos Otis is right there, moving only a few steps to his right,
and has it for the first out of the national league, 11th.
And Gaston, Lance Gaston of San Diego, has walked and popped to the first baseman as the batter.
Coming out on deck is Joe Morgan.
Sandy and I pointed out there's not much maneuvering to be done here.
Sandy Alomar is now in the ball game.
Moses has not yet played.
And the pitchers who are left in the American League are all left-handed, ball one.
Roy White, of course, the switch hitter, was out, ready to swing last time, but never got up.
Quote-un-un, right, left-hander, moving to the right-hander.
And Gaston, who does have power, ground ball very fast.
Alomar goes to his knees, takes it, and throws it onto your Sremski at first base.
Two down.
It's interesting to see the way some of the infielders have played on the right side of the infield.
Your second baseman, your first baseman, the ball gets to them so quickly,
they have time to get down on one knee to feel the ball before throwing it to first.
Drops now, and Joe Morgan, the left-hander, steps in against the left-hander, Clyde Wright.
Four to four, the score, last of the eleventh inning of the 41st Major League All-Star Game.
The pitch is low to Morgan, ball one.
Four runs, 11 hits, no errors for the American League.
Four runs, 7 hits, no errors for the National League.
Right back and throwing low again.
Poehner, Wilhelm, and Simpson, who last pitched on Sunday, remain available to manager Gil Hodges.
Two-and-oh pitch, again low from Wright, and suddenly he's lost the touch and has thrown three low pitches,
and it's three-and-oh to Joe Morgan.
Claude Osteen kneeling on deck.
Three-and-oh pitch, right down the middle, three-and-one.
Osteen wears the blue and the white of the Dodgers, is wearing a red batting helmet, and for the moment threw me off.
Three-and-one, Wright, ready to go again.
Swing and a miss on the three-one pitch.
Ball popped out of the glove of Fossey, and it's now three-two.
Jim Osteen is a good-hitting pitcher.
He has pinch-hitted for the Dodgers many times, but he's not that crazy about hitting against left-handers.
White with the long weight, now ready on three-two.
Ground ball, it's fouled.
Skips past Lumen Harris, the coach at first base, picked up by the bullpen catcher in the National League bullpen.
It is still three-two, but two out in the last 11th inning.
Crowd for the moment, very quiet at Riverfront Stadium.
Beautiful stadium, opened up here at the end of June.
Three-two pitch.
He didn't mean to do it, but check swing.
Ball goes to the shortstop, it goes on the first, and they've got it.
The runs hit Serreras.
We're at the end of the 11th inning now, the American League four, the National League four.
Jim Simpson with Sandy Kofax and Lynn Dillon.
The all-star game, Cincinnati, Ohio, top of the 12th inning and up for the first time is Sandy Alomar in his first all-star game.
He's a switch-hitter, 26 years old, born and still lives in Salinas, Puerto Rico.
Good base runner and having a fine year.
Alomar hitting a 260 and at one time had a hitting streak.
Check swing, but the ball is a strike.
It's 0-1 to Alomar.
He had a 22-game hitting streak, broken just about two weeks ago at Kansas City.
Four to four the score.
Osteen throws outside and it's 1-1 now to Alomar.
Now no runs at all scored until the sixth inning.
And the National League went into the last of the ninth inning trailing 4-1.
Geets flipped it off with a home run.
Sacrifice fly, tied it up later.
Ball hits the right field.
Cometti is there, backs a little bit now, taps his glove and takes it for the first out of the 12.
Line drive off the bat of Alomar, but to the opposite field.
And here is the oldest man who is a starter for either team, Luis Aparicio, and he's been there all the way.
And the other two, the only ones left, who started this game and now in the 12th inning find themselves still here.
Aparicio fouls one back near a camera position down along the third baseline.
0-1.
Osteen used to pitch for Cincinnati at one time.
Foul at the plate now.
Jumps out in front of the plate on the artificial turf picked up by Geets.
Well, in case you just joined us, we are in the Riverfront Stadium.
The score is 4-4.
And if you didn't know our description of the Riverfront Stadium before, it is almost completely artificially turfed.
With just 20 by 20 sections around first, second, and third, there is no skin of the infield.
What used to be the dirt part of the infield is completely artificially turfed.
This time that's been done in baseball.
0-2 now to Aparicio.
One out on the 12th, outside pitch for most teammates, 1-2.
On deck is Carl Yastrowski, who has had quite an all-star game.
And this is his sixth all-star game and his fourth start.
It's been a long one.
1-2 pitch, low and in the dirt.
2-2 to Aparicio.
If you're wondering where Sandy is, Sandy Kovacs, he's moved over for the moment to the television side of our NBC coverage.
Now this is the 41st Major League All-Star Baseball game.
2-2 now to the right-handed Luis Aparicio, 36 years old, swings and rips one forward.
The American League dugout bounces off the fence and will be secured down the left-field line by Russ Getz.
An umpire of the American League.
Olsteen wiping his brow using the back of the sleeves, wearing the long sleeves tonight.
Throws now, drive to center field. Gaston started in, now just waits there and takes the line dry for the second out.
Two balls have been hit hard off Olsteen, a line to the right, now a line to the center, but he's gotten both of them in out.
And here's Yastrowski.
Yastrowski single in the first, hits the first pitch and back Willie Mays to the center field wall before he caught it in the fourth.
Single in the sixth, single and slow run in the eighth, and down to the first baseman in the tenth.
Yastrowski has 21 home runs this year, but as a left-hander against a left-hander did he take a swing.
Goes to his left knee.
Big hard swing, trying to perhaps end it and miss the 12th inning.
Ball pops out of the mat, but the glove of Dick Beech, but Barlich says that it did tick the bat of Carl Yastrowski, so that's strike two.
Yastrowski did not offer the ball, but had his bat out over the plate, holding it high, and it did hit it.
Hickman, as all good infielders do in the late innings, is guarding that line down along first base.
Doesn't want the extra base hit. Yastrowski fouls it off to the left, and out of play up behind home plate.
Two-go and two, and now again that flag in right center field begins to blow.
For a long time the winds were still here in Cincinnati.
Two strikes to Yastrowski, two out on the 12th inning for the American League.
Blowing away, it's one and two.
From the National League, Yusever, then Merritt, then Kerry, then Gibson, then Osteen.
The American League, Palmer, McDowell, Perry, Hunter, Peterson, Stadlmeyer, and Clyde Wright is working.
Yastrowski hits the drive to center field. In comes Gaston, as it boy doesn't.
It got by Yastrowski, digging for second. Gaston's throw is low and bounds away from Harrelson.
Gaston thought he had it, but slow in retrieving it, and then slow in doing something with it.
Yastrowski never hesitated and teamed a second, catching Gaston by surprise, and his ball was thrown into the artificial turf.
And the go-ahead run is at second base, and Kyle Yastrowski has his fourth base hit of the evening.
And Horton, who is two for two, is the batter. And Dick Dietz is pointing at first base, saying, put him on.
Oh, they're going to put Woody Horton on. Home run threat.
Trying to get to Amos Otis, a youngster from Kansas City, who has fly to right and hit into a double play.
Otis, though, carries with him a fine batting average of 310. That's ball three.
Now his team goes to beach, ball four. And Horton drops down to first base, and with two outmen on first and second, Amos Otis,
a youngster from Kansas City, gets the chance to do it all.
Third walk, given up by nationally pitching. This one, of course, intentional.
Otis came over to Kansas City in the phrase that brought Joe Ford to Kansas City.
Right-handed batter. 23 years old. Drive to right field.
Kavetti started in, now goes back, puts his glove up, and one-hands it for the final out.
Oskeen in a lot of trouble, and got out of a lot of trouble.
No runs, one hit, no errors, two left. In the middle of the 12th, it's four to four.
Jim Simpson with Sandy Koufax and Lynn Dillon back in Cincinnati, last of the 12th.
And Joe Torrey is the batter, and this is the last man that Gil Hodges has to use aside from pitches.
Fly right to pitcher and throws. It's outside.
Torrey hitting a 3-07, 10 home runs, 47 RBIs. And, of course, he plays now with the St. Louis Cardinals.
That's been a catcher, first baseman, and a little bit of third base.
One-and-oh count from right misses. Yastremski's fourth-hit ties an all-star game record.
Joe Medwick had four hits in 1937. Ted Williams in 1946 had the name Carl Yastremski in 1970.
Two-and-oh. Pitch is inside, and as right, when he ran in the double back in the 11th inning
and began to miss for Joe Morgan, his pitches were all low.
Three-and-oh now, and he hasn't come up to the waist yet of Torrey.
He's been down by the knees or lower. Comes down with the automatic strike this time, chest high.
It's three-and-one. Torrey looks down to the rocher to see what it is he's supposed to do.
Four to four. We're in the last of the 12th.
And as Sandy pointed out, and as you know, I'm sure, being the last of the 12th, the last of any inning,
the National League has the advantage. One run, and they've got it.
Drive. Robinson is handcuffed by it, but the good third baseman throws. What a play.
Yastremski went high in the air. He was off the bag and leaked in mid-air, and tied towards, he went far.
John Weiss called Torrey out. Joe had something to say, but goes back.
Bucks Robinson on this Astro turf was handcuffed, came up with the ball, and had to throw while leaping in mid-air.
Yastremski left in mid-air and turned, spinning while in mid-air, and tied out towards,
who of course is not one of the fastest men in the world, and therefore that play could develop,
and Joe still not reach first base.
Now Roberto Clemente in a vicious line drive that Otis Hall down in center field has drive in the tying run.
In the ninth inning takes strike one from Clyde Wright.
At that time Wright was in trouble. Three in order to Torrey.
He got a called strike and got him on a 3-1 pitch.
And a couple of fine bits of playing by Brooks Robinson and Carter Yastremski.
Pitch is low, and it's one and one to Roberto Clemente.
Clemente a.355 hitter in the regular season.
Hits it off the fifths, and it's picked up by Sandy Alomar, who throws on to Yastremski,
and they're two out in the national league 12.
That brings up Pete Rose, and boy, Rose now switches around the back from the right side,
the switch hitter, and with the Cincinnati fans love to see him end it.
The Cincinnati hitters have not been hitting tonight, and Rose has walked and struck out twice,
well has struck out twice, then struck out three times.
Right throws, low and in the dirt, dug out by Fossey.
Wright ready for the one and oh pitch. Two out, last of the 12th, four to four in this all-star baseball game.
Very high, and it's one and one. Make that two and oh.
Thank you, Paul.
Wright taking his time on the mound. We'll repeat again. It is a very hot, humid, muggy night.
Here comes the two and oh pitch to Rose, and he laces the single up the middle.
Otis comes over, goes down to one knee. Rose starts and goes, going to second base,
but Otis hustles his throw into Alomar, and he retreats.
For the winning run, Pete Rose, and that's the first Cincinnati player hit.
And now the batter, Billy Drabachowicz, off the Los Angeles Dodgers.
3.41 is average, but tonight he's flying to a very short left and grounded the short.
Four to four to score, two out, last of the 12th.
Right throws, swing by Drabachowicz, strike.
Four runs, 12 hits. No errors for the American League. Four runs, eight hits. No errors for the National League.
And our robotic veteran of 30 years in the majors is having a long night tonight behind home plate at the umpire.
A swinging strike by Drabachowicz, and on each occasion he's been completely fooled by the Clyde Wright pitches.
He's been played just up and down the road from one another.
Drabachowicz up at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, right down at the Big A in Anaheim, California.
Two strikes now. Rose leading off at first base.
Still on the infield portion, meaning the dirt.
Pitch is inside and low, and it's one and two.
All game creeping up on being three and a half hours long.
Each team has nearly exhausted its resources of hitters.
Hine away from Drabachowicz, it's a 2-2.
On deck, of course, is Jim Hickman of the Cubs.
Joe Horner, Wayne Simpson, and Hoyt Rollhelm pitchers all are the only ones that Gil Hodges has left.
Right throws, ground ball, Aparicio can't get to it.
Goes in the left field. He rolls the winning run, stops at second base.
And Hickman, a hero for the Chicago Cubs late last year and all of this year, comes up to the plate.
The right-handed batter facing the left-handed slide right, but as we pointed out, Earl Weaver of Baltimore in the American League has only left-handers left.
Both Baltimoreans, Mike Foyard and Dave McNally.
Pete Rose at second, Dill Drabachowicz at first, Jim Hickman at bat.
Jim Hickman a 335 hitter this year.
19 home runs, 63 RBI's.
Right looks back, throws, Hickman takes high, ball one.
On deck is Dick Deeks, who has hit a home run tonight and lined at a second baseman.
3-in, 4-4 the score with the last of the 12th inning.
A throw, strike right at the knees.
One and one.
Bollocks behind the plate we told you about for the National League, John Rice of the American League at first base.
Frank Stocori of the National League at second, Bill Haller of the American League at third.
Frank Deslen of the National League in the right field line, and Russ Gets of the American League along the left field line.
One and one to the waiting Jim Hickman.
And right into the stretch, looking back and throws up the middle.
Rose is on her way around, picked up by Otis.
Rose is coming to the plate, throws a throw, he's in.
It's all over, the National League win.
Keith Rose barreled into Ray Fosse, who is slowing getting up.
Trying to block the plate, the ball wasn't there yet, and Rose just rolled her shoulder into him.
And Fosse is being led away, but the National League has now won its eighth in a row.
The line drive single of the Chicago Cubs, Jim Hickman, scores Cincinnati's Keith Rose.
The final score, the National League 5, the American League 4, and we'll be back in just a moment with a recap of the game's highlights right after this message.
Well, they'll talk about this for a long time, that makes 23 wins for the National League, 17 for the American League in one tie, 4-1.
The score going into the last of the ninth inning, the National League tied it up.
Then in the twelfth inning, Rose singled with two out, followed by Grabarcovich's single that just nearly went under the glove of Luis Aparicio, the 36-year-old shortstop going to his right.
Rose stopped at second, and Jim Hickman, the man that we have said has been a star over the latter part of last year and the early part of this year for the Chicago Cubs, and was kicked over Billy Williams by Gil Hodges.
And that raised a lot of eyebrows, but Gil Hodges is vindicated as it is Hickman, who drives in the winning run, and it's five runs on 10 hits, no errors for the National League, four runs, 12 hits, and no errors for the American League.
Their eighth win in a row for the National League, and their eighth time in a row, they have not committed an error.
We'll be back with more highlights of tonight's All-Star Game in just a moment.
All right, we're going to wrap up. Here is Len Diller.
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Jim, for the final wrap-up.
And for a final word, Sandy Kofaris.
Thank you, Jim. Well, this is another great ball game, and as the pattern held out, the National League just keeps winning the extra inning ball games.
Good pitching on both clubs, occasional little spotty pitching, a tough situation for Clyde Wright.
Every pitch he threw could have been the last pitch of the ball game. He was in sudden death all the time, but everybody did a good job.
And the only thing I can hope is that Ray Posse wasn't hurt. He's having a fine year. I'd hate to see anybody hurt in the All-Star Game.
Now, Charlie Hussle, Pete Rose, was going to score that. As a matter of fact, Joe Cronin of the American League, and of course Pete plays in the National League,
came over to him during the workouts here and said, Pete, you ought to stop going in head first. You're liable to get hurt.
Well, he really came in head first and bailed into Posse, but scored the winning run, and Posse did walk off, apparently under his own power.
I think he did, Jim. The problem was with his arm, and you never know. You just hope that he's all right.
Charlie Hussle, as you call him, Pete Rose, what everybody calls him, it looked like he was going to slide head first, and looked up and saw the catcher had the plate blocked.
And you just can't slide head first into those shin guards. So at the last minute, he just sort of hit Posse with a body block and broke open play,
and did not let Posse even catch the ball, and then just fell down in a heap, both of them on the plate.
Well, to recap for you, five runs, ten hits, no errors for the National League. Four runs, twelve hits, no errors for the American League.
And the losing pitcher, Clyde Wright, the winning pitcher was Claude Osteen. It's the eighth in a row. It's a three hours and 19 minutes.
And twelve innings to play here at the brand new Riverfront Stadium. I'm going to show you what's going on now.
They're putting the top down, but since it is all artificially turf, all they have to do is put a little top over first base, second base, third base, over the pitcher's mound, and over around home plate.
They can leave the entire infield open because they do have artificial turf. Eight wins in a row for the National League. They haven't decided where the next All-Star meeting will be, but NBC will be there, and I hope you'll be with us.
In the meantime, you have a year's worth of memories of this fine All-Star game at the brand new Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.