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Hi there everybody, this is Ralph Kiner. Welcome to another New York Mets game brought to you by Reingold Extra Dry and Cool Cigarettes.
Today the Mets meet the Chicago Cubs here at the Polo Grounds and Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy and I are in hand to bring you every bit of the action.
This is the final game of the homestand and the final game of this two game series. So far this year the Cubs and Mets have played seven games, coming up now the seventh, and they have split the first six three to three.
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Right now the two starting pitchers warming up for the game here today on a beautiful day for baseball, the temperature in the low 90s.
It'll be Bob Buell from Saginaw, Michigan going for the Chicago Dodgers.
Bob with a record of six wins and five losses. This will be his second appearance against the Mets this year.
And 15 for the Mets, Al Jackson from Houston, Texas. Al with a record of six wins and seven losses. Bob Buell a right-hander and Al Jackson a left-hander.
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Starting lineups for the game here today.
For the Chicago Cubs, Ellis Burton will lead off and play in right field.
Batting second at shortstop, Andre Rogers.
Batting third playing left field, Bill Williams.
The fourth batter will be the third baseman, Ron Santor.
Batting fifth at first base, newly acquired Leo Burke.
Leo Burke from the St. Louis Cardinals.
Batting sixth and playing second base, Ken Huck.
The seventh batter will be the catcher, Dick Furtel.
Batting eighth in center field, Nelson Matthews.
And the pitcher, Bob Buell. Batting ninth.
For the New York Mets, Jim Hickman will lead off and play center field.
Batting second and playing second base, Ron Hunt.
The third batter will be the right fielder, Duke Snyder.
Batting in the clean up spot and playing left field, Frank Thomas.
Batting fifth, the catcher in the ball game, Sammy Taylor.
Batting sixth at first base, Tim Harkness.
Batting seventh and playing third base, Donnie Neal.
The eighth batter, the shortstop, Al Moran.
And Al Jackson will bat in the ninth position.
He'll be on the mound.
First game of this two-game series, won by the Cubs last night 4-1,
behind the pitching of Larry Jackson.
Now the second game about to come your way.
Just in case you missed the scores of last night,
the St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Francisco 6-5,
and the Cardinals now in first place by one-half game over the Dodgers,
who defeated Cincinnati 4-1 behind Sandy Kofax.
In third place, the San Francisco Giants, they are one-and-a-half plus fast.
And in fourth place, Cincinnati, they are two games behind the Ligamidus and St. Louis Cardinals.
Cincinnati losing to the Dodgers, dropping back.
And in fifth place, the Chicago Cubs, they are three games back.
Temperature right about now is very close to 95.
We predicted high between 95 and 100 here today.
Now the Mets take the field.
The Mets and the Cubs have played six games so far this year,
with the Cubs winning three, the Mets winning three.
Right here at the parlor grounds, the Cubs have won three of the four plays.
Mets have a record of 28 wins and 45 losses,
with 21 wins here in the parlor grounds against 18 outers.
Mets go, conclude their home stand right here with this game today, and then go on the road.
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With the playing of our national anthem, we're about to have the final game of the Tom stand.
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Well, it's a warm day for baseball, but still not too warm for a fine game.
And sitting right next to me, right beside me, a fellow right down to his shirt sleeves,
and all set to go, I'll bring you the play-by-play as we get to go here.
Lindsay Nelson.
Thank you very much, Ralph.
We were held up for just a moment as umpire and chief standlanders had them close both clubhouse doors
out in center field.
And that job having been accomplished, Ellis Burton steps into the batter's box to lead off
against the left-hander Al Jackson.
There's a swing and a pop coming back.
Could be a play, but it is landing on top of the dugout and going out of play.
So it is strike one now to Ellis Burton.
Jimmy Taylor gave it a run, but could not get to that one.
And Burton has won on the first ball, fished and solid off a strike one.
Left-hander Al Jackson on the mound.
Ellis Burton batting from the right-hand side.
His switch hitter with a batting average of 263.
He has one home run and three runs batted in.
Jackson's pitch is checked and taken low.
It's one and one.
Burton started to go, but held up.
Jim Rogers now on deck for the Chicago Cubs.
Lou Klein is the coach at first and Verlin Rube Walker is the coach around at third for
head coach Bob Kennedy.
Here's the one-one pitch.
It's a lead-up, full foul on the ground and out of play.
Two balls and one strike.
The nets with an infield.
Kim Harkness at first base.
Ron Hunt at second.
Al Moran at short.
Charlie Neal at third.
Thomas is in left field.
Jim Hickman is in center field and Duke Schneider is in right.
The one-two pitch swung on and fouled off.
Now it holds at one and two.
It's a good day at the Polo grounds.
Now Burton stands in with a wide stance.
One-two pitch led up outside and it's 2-2.
Ernie Banks is not in the starting lineup today for the Chicago Cubs.
He's just been given a day's rest.
Leo Burke is the first baseman in the Cubs lineup today.
Now the 2-2 pitch swung on and missed.
Strike three, strike him out.
One man out, nobody on base.
Andre Rogers coming up.
Rogers is batting 2-12.
He has two home runs and 15 runs batted in.
Andre Rogers spent a good part of last evening explaining the game of cricket to Ralph Keiner,
and Ralph now is completely versed in the English pastime.
It's a great game because you can bat as long as you want to bat,
and you don't have to run unless you hit the ball far enough to make it.
Sounds like a good idea.
Here's the pitch ender for Carl's strike.
Andre, I explained that pretty well to you, didn't you, Ralph?
Well, I got the message that way, but I'm sure it's not that way.
I've never really understood that game, believe me.
Here's the pitch low, and there on the short hop, Sammy Taylor's one and one.
The amazing thing about Rogers is the fact that he never played one game of baseball as we know it
before he was signed to a professional contract.
Well, that takes faith, that's what that takes.
Here's the one-one pitch.
It's high, two and one.
And now the two-one pitch.
One-on and foul out, shot right off the plate, back out of play.
Two and two to Andre Rogers, top half of the first inning.
New York Mets will be going up to Buffalo tomorrow to play in Buffalo
in an exhibition game tomorrow night.
Buffalo is the Mets' top farm club.
That game, incidentally, will not be broadcast or telecast.
It's an exhibition game being played in Buffalo.
Well, the clubhouse door is open again, and someone's standing there looking out,
actually trying to get a little air is what they're trying to do.
But umpire Stan Landis asks Al Foreman, the umpire's second, to get that door closed.
And it is closed, and it's not two and two to Andre Rogers.
Spun outside, out to a full count now.
Now, it looks to me as though that little wicket you had down there last night
might get in the man's way and swing it into the thing coming up here.
Well, that wicket has a lot to do with the game.
I haven't figured out what, but it does have something to do with it.
All right, you have the swing and the foul ball, back and out of play.
It's three and two.
Actually, they call that the three dumps,
and you knock off a little piece of wood on top of that, and you're out.
Oh, is that what you do?
I saw you taking that little piece of wood off last night.
I thought you asked them how it was made or something.
Looks like it could be knocked out pretty easily.
How many outs do you get?
I don't know.
Here's a three-two pitch, and it's low.
Andre Rogers has drawn a walk.
He goes down to first.
One man out, and Billy Williams is coming up.
Williams is batting three-ten with ten home runs and 40 runs batted in.
Left hand batter.
About 20 seconds.
The predicted high temperature today between 95 and 100.
Here's a throw to first base. It's not in time.
Jackson checks his runner and the pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike one.
Again, Jackson checks and the pitch.
He's going away for a ball. It's one and one.
New York Mets will open up in Pittsburgh on Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
And they play the Pirates again on Saturday night in Pittsburgh and a single game Sunday afternoon.
Swung on and chopped off foul. One and two now. Billy Williams with Ron Santo on deck.
Kyle Jackson working on the baseball for a moment.
Ten feet was watered down just before the start of the game, but that moisture disappears in a hurry out here today.
Here's a one-two pitch. Swung on to ground ball toward second. Ron Hunt up with it.
He goes to Moran. He's out to throw the first not in time. He beats the relay as they got the lead runner.
So Williams becomes the base runner as Rogers has been forced from second baseman Ron Hunt to shortstop Al Moran.
Two away and Ron Santo is coming up batting three-twenty-six. Ten home runs and 52 runs batted in.
He's having a great season and Ralph Kana I know had him on last night as a guest. Ralph, what did he say he's doing different this year?
He claims the fact that he has put on about 15 pounds and that's the reason why he's hitting so much better.
He's also picked up more confidence and he also gives credit to the ball club.
Club playing better. He's been playing better.
All right, here's the pitch and it's low for ball one.
Santo is third in the National League and runs batted in. Henry Aaron leads with 54. Bill White has 53 and Ron Santo 52.
He's right up there.
No scoring. We're in the top half of the 3th inning.
Let's step in there for a call strike. It's one and one.
Ron Santo is the number five man in the National League batting race.
The Red Oak Clementi of Pittsburgh is on top. Tommy Davis for the Dodgers. Bill White are the cards. Dick Goer are the cards.
And Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs.
Here's a throw over and Billy Williams gets back safely.
Here's the pitch. Let's step outside.
Two and one.
I got a few friends Ralph. I'll be pleased to know that somebody has attempted to improve performance to added weight.
That could be a boon to a lot of my friends.
Go change a hole 30 right around.
Jackson checks.
Here's two and one.
And it's a one hopper going on pass.
Hunt and hunting for third now is Billy Williams.
Snyder recovers. Plays it back in. Williams pulls up safely at third and on it first is Santo with a base hit.
It is short at the base hit.
Although the diamond center still is flashing error.
Press box P.A. is correcting it repeatedly.
It scored as a single. Hunt was getting in position to play it on one hop but he didn't handle that one.
It went right on out in the center field and the Cubs are up making gestures up toward the official score position in the press box.
Having seen the E time but it's now on the scoreboard as a base hit.
Runners at first and third and two men out and Leo Burke is up.
He has gone by the third and it's off the glove of Charlie Neal.
He recovers plays the second not in time and a run that score.
As Billy Williams crossed the plate.
Leo Burke with the ground smash to third.
With squared deep by Charlie Neal.
It was not handled and he did recover and played on the hunt but not in time to get Ron Santo.
Coming up now is Ken Hubbs.
I'll tell you what the scoring decision is on that. It's a tune that's made.
Ken Hubbs batting 239.
Six homers 24 runs batted in.
Here's a swing and a foul ball coming back and Taylor's coming at it but he has no play.
Leo Burke's ground ball has been scored as an error on Charlie Neal.
Which means there is no run batted in there.
Ken Hubbs up with a strike one count. Runners at first and second.
One run in two men out.
Larry Bernard throwing in the med bullpen.
Swing and a little nubbit on the third baseline. Jackson up with it. He'll go to first and he pulls him off the bag.
He's safe and the bases are loaded.
Harkness had to come off the bag to make the play and the bases are loaded.
And the official scorer has charged an error against Harkness at first base.
Jackson gets an assist and Harkness has been charged with the error by the official scorer.
Dick Bertell is coming up now batting 248. Two home runs and eight runs batted in.
The Cubs lead here by a score of one to nothing.
Pitch is low for ball. Ron Santos the baserunner at third. Leo Burke at second. Ken Hubbs at first.
And again the Chicago Cubs and the Dugout tearing up at the position of the official scorer.
The Cubs had a busy first inning I'll say that for them.
Here's a swing and a ground ball. It is deep to Moran. He plays over to Hubbs just in time for the fourth.
That's the only play he had.
The side is retired as that ball was taken deep in the hole and Moran got it over to Hubbs at second in time to fourth.
So that end, the top of the first, the Cubs got only one run.
On one hit there were two errors and two left. So at the end of a half inning it's the Cubs won the match coming up.
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Going into the bottom of the first line, Jim Hickman will be up to lead off for the New York Met.
He'll be followed by Ron Hunt and Duke Snyder.
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Bob Buell on the mound has won six games and lost five thus far this season.
Leo Burke is at free space, Ken Hubbs at second.
Andre Rogers at short and Ron Santor at third.
Billy Williams in left, Nelson Matthews in center, Ellis Burton in right.
Here's the pitch swung on and fouled off to strike one.
Bob Buell is 34 years of age. He is 6'2", 190 pounder from Saginaw, Michigan.
His record against the Mets this season, no victories and one loss.
His lifetime record against the Mets, one victory and two losses.
Swing and a foul ball on the ground, out of play.
Two strikes out to Hickman, he's batting 232.
Seven home runs and 29 runs batted in.
Bob Buell had some great games this season.
Bob Buell had some great years with the Milwaukee Braves before being traded to the Chicago Cubs.
Swing and a ground ball, Santor on a big hop, knocks it down, picks it up, throws on and in time he's out.
Santor moving across in front of shortstop Andre Rogers.
Saw the ball come up on a big hop and he knocked it down and just kept playing it on one dribble right on over the first in time.
Ron Hunt coming up, batting 268, four home runs and 18 runs batted in.
The Cubs are leading 1-0.
But you swung on as a ground ball is short. Andre Rogers scoops it up and plays on to Leo Burke, two away.
Duke Snyder coming up now. Duke's batting 225 with 12 home runs and 27 runs batted in.
Duke had a home run last night that put the Mets out in front but they didn't maintain that lead very long.
Cubs won last night 4-1. Pitch is outside football.
Going away at two and on now to Duke Snyder.
Mike Thomas is in the on deck circle.
Here's a swing and a drive to right center and coming over to backhanded is Ellis Burton for the odds.
Ellis Burton with a long run over to his right and he reached across with a backhand stab to Rob Snyder of extra bases.
The side is retired and in the bottom of the first the Mets got no runs on no hits, no errors and none left at the end of an inning.
If the Cubs won the Mets nothing.
New York Mets will be opening up at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
Then they'll continue on over to Chicago. Mets will be in Chicago for the Fourth of July doubleheader.
They will come back here on Friday afternoon July 5th to meet the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Saturday night July 6th will be the first Saturday night game of the season at the Polo Grounds.
It'll be date night and variety night. There'll be lots of entertainment here.
And then Sunday afternoon July 7th it'll be with the Mets and the Pirates.
All right of course bringing in Roberto Clemente, Bill Maseratsky, Bob Bailey, Don Clem Dunham, Bob Friend, Roy Faith and company.
Tickets are now on sale for that series at the Mets ticket location.
Grand Central Station at the foot of the Vanderbilt Avenue route and Pennsylvania Station in the Long Island Waiting Room.
The ticket office here at the Polo Grounds on the Eighth Avenue side street level is open seven days a week.
Ticket reservations at any of the Howard Closed stores and the mailing address is ticket manager Polo Grounds New York 39 New York.
Bought seats at $3.50 each, reserved seats at $2.50 each, enclosed $0.25 additionally for postage and for handling.
In the top of the second Nelson Matthews is coming up for the cut.
He's the center fielder. Left the Al Jackson with the pitch. Swung on as a high fly ball to right center.
Hickman is coming across. He's there waiting. Jim Hickman makes the catch.
That'll bring up pitcher Bob Buell. Buell this year has been up 43 times and has five base hits.
He once went more than 80 times, 89 times without a base hit.
Jackson with the pitch. It's in there for a call strike to Bob Buell.
There's a swing and a ground ball to the right side. Jackson knocks it down. He'll have to play it now in time and he does.
Jackson knocked it down and then had to scramble back a couple of steps, pick up the ball, make the pivot and peg on, but Buell wasn't trying to run it out on a hot day anyway.
So it is two away and Ellis Burton coming up. He's the man who turned in the sparkling catch on tonight.
He lands out a moment ago and he goes back to the town to give Buell time to get back to the dugout.
Incidentally, Tom Watson, a veteran daily news photographer in the hospital at Bellevue.
Tom, Charlie Hopps, your coworker and all the boys along Photographers Row here say get well quickly.
Certainly hope you do.
Ellis Burton's been up one time and he struck out swinging.
This pitch is low for ball. The Cubs are leading here by a score of one to nothing.
Jackson's pitch outside for ball. Two and oh.
Two men out and nobody on base.
Swing and a drive deep to left. It's way back going, going and it is over the rooftop for a home run. It is number two for Burton.
Ellis Burton's bill is on the right over the upper deck and on out of sight and left field.
The Cubs lead by a score of two to nothing.
That brings up Andre Rogers. He's been up one time and he walks.
Jackson's pitch in there for a call strike.
Coming into today's game, the New York Mets in 32 home dates had drawn 534,881 paid at the polo grounds.
That's in there for a call strike two.
Pitch is high. One and two to Andre Rogers.
Very little wind blowing. The flag's barely stirring here at the polo grounds.
Here's the one-two pitch. That's up high and it's two and two.
Chicago Cubs started the day only three games out of first place in the National League standings.
Two pitch, a little high and it's out full. Now it's three and two.
They have pitch, one on and has a fly ball to right.
Down in the corner, Schneider comes fast, can't get to it. It bounces up in the stand for a ground rules double.
Right down in the right field corner, took one big bounce up into the stands. It is a ground rules double.
Schneider could not get to it. He had led up to try to play it off the wall.
Hunt was going back. He couldn't get to it.
So Andre Rogers on with a two-bagger.
Here's Billy Williams, left-hand batter. And up one time and forced Rogers on a ground ball.
Again, Larriva and Arthur's up and throwing the bullpen for the Mets.
Here's a swing and a fly ball to center. Hickman is right there.
Moves over a couple of steps and makes the catch.
So in the top of the second, the Cubs got one run on two hits. No Mets errors and one Cubs left.
And at the end of an inning and a half, it's the Cubs two and the Mets nothing.
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We're going down to the bottom of the second.
Before we do, we pause for station identification.
A-10 in your dial, WGY's connected in New York.
Our weather, sunny and warm, the barometer falling.
Our present temperature stands right now at 88 degrees at 229.
Frank Thomas up to lead off for the Mets in the bottom of the second.
Facing right-hander, Bob Views.
Fitch is in there for a call, strike one.
Again, the pitch swung on line out in center field.
It's a base hit for Thomas.
Nelson Matthews up with it, plays it back in.
Thomas turns and holds with a single to center.
Thomas, the ball is in the middle of the field.
Thomas turns and holds with a single to center.
That will bring up Sammy Taylor.
Taylor is batting number five in the batting order.
He is hitting 320.
He's been up 25 times and has eight hits.
Six runs batted in.
Thomas leads it first.
Leo Burke holds against the runner and the pitch is high and away for ball one.
Sammy Taylor, left-hand batter.
Tim Harkness moves up to the on-deck position.
Views checks again.
Fitch is low and a bluff throw to first, not made by Dick Bertell.
He caught the arm, did not throw.
Two and 0.
Now the crowd with a chant of, let's go Mets.
Playing a ground ball foul down past Trippi Lavagetto, the Mets' coach at third.
We have a lot of midget Mets on hand this afternoon.
They were arriving by the busload when we came into the ballpark
and they are stretched out in the left field corner here, both lower and upper deck.
So if the Mets can get something started, it will likely strike a happy response.
Here's two on pitch, swung on, foul back.
Counts two and two.
Thomas taking his lead at first now.
Leo Burke is not holding him on there at this point.
Cubs lead two-nothing.
Breaking ball fouls to ground ball to second.
Cubs has it, he plays over to Rodgers.
He's out to throw to first, he's out to double play.
That is double play, number 68 for the Chicago Cubs this season.
New York Mets have 71.
Tim Harkness coming up, two men out, nobody on.
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Pitch to Harkness is low for ball one.
Here's pitch, swung on and miss.
One and one.
It's a normal course of events.
Bob Buell works extremely fast.
He gets the ball and throws it back.
Swing and it's off to the corner and right.
And this one is off the base of the wall.
And he's being chased down by Priton and he throws on to second so that Harkness has to turn and hold it first.
With a long single off the base of the wall in the right field corner.
And that will bring up Charlie Neal with two men out.
That is the second hit for the Mets off Bob Buell.
Neal is batting 233 with three home runs and 18 runs batted in.
And that pitch is in there for a call strike to Charlie Neal.
Ground ball is short.
Andre Rogers has it on a big hop.
He plays to Kenny Hup for the fourth at second and the side is retired.
And the bottom of the second.
The New York Mets got no runs on two hits, no errors in one left.
And at the end of two innings it is the Cubs two and the Mets nothing.
Following the break for the All-Star Game, which incidentally will be held in Cleveland this year on July 9th,
the Mets will be back to open up against the Dodgers and it'll be Wednesday night, July 10th.
And that is a make-up game that was not on the original schedule.
So if you have a printed Mets schedule, printed at the start of the season with the official schedule,
this game will not be on it because it's a make-up of a game rained out previously.
That's Wednesday night, July 10th, the Mets and the Dodgers here.
And then they'll be in here on Thursday night, July 11th, Friday night, July 12th, and Saturday afternoon, July 13th,
which will be Family Day and Ladies Day.
And there'll be a two-inning Father-Son game preceding the regularly scheduled game
between the Mets and the Dodgers.
We'd advise you to get your tickets right now for that series. They are on sale.
July 10th, 11th, 12th at night, and then the 13th Saturday afternoon.
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During the top of the third and Ryan Santo is up to lead off for the Chicago Cubs.
Been up one time in single. He's batting 329.
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We have a delay here for the moment while Ron Hunt gets a little help with the equipment.
Apparently he's doing a little work on his glove.
It's Jim Harkness who's gone over to help him out, and Al Foreman, the umpire, now comes across to supervise.
Hunt is down on one knee, working on the glove.
Now we're set to go as Ron Santo steps in, face left-hander Al Jackson.
The Cubs leading here by a score of two to nothing.
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Again Jackson works outside football, it's two and oh.
The Director of Athletics of the Cubs, Colonel Bob Whitlow, on hand again today as usual.
Here's a play of the gunball, the third, taken deep by Charlie Neal, winged it across the diamond in time.
Santo has gone it out.
One away, nobody on, and Leo Burke is coming up.
Burke was obtained by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.
He had come to the Cardinals from the Los Angeles Angels. He started his major league career with the Baltimore Orioles.
Here's a swing out of foul ball.
Colonel Whitlow charts each ballgame played by the Cubs.
Charts each pitch, so he is usually located directly behind home plate.
And he's back there again today, located adjacent to Homer's box.
There's a lot of fun on in foul-out.
Apparently Colonel Whitlow was converting a few people down there last night because when we, on the television side, took a shot of Homer, there was a big banner in the crowd that said, let's go Cubs.
And that's a little unusual at the fellow ground.
And the pitch is outside.
Actually we're in the long hot summer days and Colonel Whitlow himself is not actually doing the chart work today.
He is having the secretarial work done by an assistant.
That is more in line with the way of the military.
Here's a one-two pitch, and it's high.
Two and two.
One man out, nobody on base. Cubs batting top of the third.
Jackson lets up high.
It's out full night, three and two.
Here's a payoff pitch.
Swung on, fouled off, he's still alive at three and two.
Leo Burke waiting.
Here's a swing out, a pop, fly to short right. Backpedaling is Ron Hutt.
He's out in right field and makes the catch.
Go away, nobody on and Kenny Hubb's coming up.
Running a ground ball at third, taken deep by Charlie Neal, the long throw in time, and he's out.
So Jackson gets the side out in order, the top of the third, no runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
Into two and a half innings at the fellow grounds, it's the Cubs two, the Mets nothing.
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And the bottom of the third, Al Moran.
We have to lead off to the New York Mets. This is his first time up.
Cubs lead here to nothing.
Bob Buell with the pitch and it's in there for a call of strikes.
So far the Mets have only two hits off Buell.
They're swinging a foul ball going over into the club dugout.
Two strikes on.
Don Landrum fielded the ball just on the steps the dugout.
Pitch is low and away. One ball, two strikes now.
As we mentioned, the Mets move into Pittsburgh this weekend.
We'll bring you that entire series on radio and television.
Here's a swing on a foul ball back in first.
Leo Burke gives it a run and he makes the play.
One away.
Coming up now Al Jackson.
Little Al coming up for his first time. He's been up 36 times this year, has seven hits.
Jackson was brought in in relief and the second game Sunday when Tracy Stallard,
showing signs of towering, Jackson came in to get the side out
and preserve the victory for Tracy Stallard. Here's the pitch outside.
One and oh.
Here's the pitch outside.
Two and oh.
Jim Hickman kneeling on dug.
Cubs two, the Mets nothing.
In there for a called strike. Two and one.
And now the two one pitch. Low and it's three balls, one strike to Al Jackson.
It's highly walking.
That is the first walk issued by Bob Buell as he has walked Al Jackson.
Jim Hickman coming up.
Well the Mets fans would like to see Jim give one a ride here to get the Mets back into this ball game.
Burks holding the runner at first. Pitch misses outside and it's ball one.
Bob Buell started the day with a record of six victories, five losses.
In there for a called strike to Jim Hickman.
Throwing a ground ball, second by Sandoz, third to pull Pivot to play the second.
He's out and throw the first not in time.
So the relay was beaten by Jim Hickman after he had four. Al Jackson at second to play going from Sandoz to Hubs.
Sandoz moved to his left, gloved the ball and then made a complete pivot all the way around before taking on to Kenny Hubs coming at second.
The relay to first is a little high and Jim Hickman beat it.
So with two men out, Hickman becomes the base runner at first and Ron Hunt is coming up.
This is a great year for Chicago baseball fans. The White Sox right now are in second place but in a virtual tie with the Yankees,
trading only by percentage points.
And the Cubs, although they're in fifth place in the National League standings, are only three games out of first.
And that pitch is low for a ball. It's 1-0.
Duke Schneider moves out to the on deck position.
There's a swing and a fly ball to center and Elton Matthews lifts the glasses down and makes the catch.
So in the bottom of the third, the Mets got no runs, no hits, no errors in one round.
And at the end of three, it's the Cubs two, the Mets nothing.
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We'll be going here to the top of the fourth.
I've been held up a little bit because Al Jackson was a base run on the last inning and he is taking his time coming out here, of course.
It's a hot day at the Polo Grounds.
There is no other afternoon action in the Major Leagues today.
Everything is scheduled for tonight. The Pittsburgh paratroopers are at home to the Phillies.
San Francisco Giants play the Cardinals and St. Louis.
The Dodgers play the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati and the Houston Cubs 45s play the Milwaukee Braves and Milwaukee.
The American League, the Yankees are at Chicago, the Cleveland Indians are at Boston, the Washington Cedenters are at Kansas City,
the Detroit Tigers are at Minnesota, and the Baltimore Orioles play the Los Angeles Angels in a twilight.
Al Jackson still has not come out of the dugout here.
Umpire Stan Landis, we're on the on-deck circle sort of waiting.
The Mets are on the field with the exception of Jackson.
As we go to the fourth, the Cubs have two runs on three hits and no errors.
The Mets have no runs on two hits and two errors.
This is the concluding game of this short two-game series.
This is the concluding game of this homestand.
The New York Mets will go to Buffalo tomorrow and play Buffalo tomorrow night.
That game will not be broadcast or telecast.
It's an exhibition game between the Mets and their top farm clubs.
But they'll move on into Pittsburgh on Friday night and that one, of course, will be broadcast and televised.
That will be the entire series in Pittsburgh.
Then the Mets will be moving on over to Chicago, play the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field,
and they'll stay there through the doubleheader on the 4th of July.
That 4th of July doubleheader will be brought to you on radio and television.
Al Jackson has come out now. He's gone out to the mountains to start his warm-up classes and all warmed up.
And ready to take over here is a fellow who looks remarkably cool on a warm summer's day, but then he's cool, man.
Here's Ralph Kinnis.
Hi, Lindsey. And hi there, everybody.
Hello, Lindsey. This is the kind of a day you can warm up by combing your hair.
Al Jackson changed uniforms. That was the reason for his delay, changing tops.
In the national league, the St. Louis Cardinals are back on top again.
They defeated San Francisco 6-5.
They scored five runs in the first inning and then needed a run in the bottom half of the ninth to defeat the Giants.
Dodgers defeated Cincinnati last night 4-1. Sandy Koufax, a winning pitcher, over Jim O'Toole.
Felt it off your 5, Pittsburgh 4 last night, and Milwaukee 4, Houston nothing.
Houston has scored one run in their last 66th inning.
Now Jackson's set to go. His first pitch is low, ball one to Dick Bertell.
It'll be Dick Bertell, Nelson Matthews, and Bob Duell against the left-handers.
Dick getting to a fourth by his first time up. He's betting 247.
And Jackson comes back again. It's high, ball two. Two balls, no strikes.
Cubs have two runs on three hits. Mets have no runs and two hits.
One of the Cubs runs unearned.
Now the 2-0 delivery, pulled foul right down through the third base coaching box.
Merlin Walker jumping over the ball. It's strike one.
Two balls and one strike.
Bertell a right-hand batter with two home runs and eight runs battered in.
Now Jackson back to work, and the pitch is fouled this time over the top of the coaching box into the stands.
Five rounds to count out of two balls and two strikes.
No one out here at the top of the fourth.
And the 2-2 delivery is it down the left field line at base hit.
The ball is off of the wall in the first bounce, played there by Thomas, a throw in holds Bertell at first base.
Long single by Dick Bertell, and Jackson now has given up his fourth base hit in the ball game,
and the Cubs have a runner at first base with no one out.
And Nelson Matthews the batter. Matthews is betting 163. He'd fight out the center field his first time up.
Matthews a right-hand batter. Big tall fellow, 6'4", and the first pitch by Jackson is inside tight for ball one, the slider.
One ball, no strikes.
This is Howell's second start against the Cubs. He lost his first time out right here in the foreground on Memorial Day.
Now the one opens deep to center field. Back there is Jim Hickman. He's by the warning track now on it, and he makes the guess.
Coming back to first base, Dick Bertell. One man out. The batter will be Bob Buell.
Buell bounced back to the pitcher his first time up. He is batting 114, five hits and 43 trips, and the five hits,
something he's not used to. He went all last year without a base hit.
Buell finally got a base hit this year. Then he went off his rocker and came up with four more.
He's a right-hand batter, Johnny Neal looking for the bunt, and the pitcher has taken outside ball one.
Buell squaring around, then taking one ball, no strikes.
Cubs do nothing over the Mets. One man out top of the fourth inning.
Jackson in the stretch position, and now to first base, charging from third. As the throw went to first was Johnny Neal.
Bertell at first base, just a short lead and back ahead of his tag. Now Jackson again to first base, again Bertell back.
Set position again, and the pitch home is bounce foul down the third base side. One ball, one strike.
You'll find that most of the managers nowadays do not go all the way with the bunt play.
They'll swing around back and forth. One time they will bunt with the runner at first base.
Next time they'll hit away, especially with the third baseman and first baseman charging so strongly.
Now at one-one, the bunt is fouled down toward the first base side. Knock foul by Sammy Taylor, and the count is one and two.
Returning to first base with one man out is Dick Bertell.
The on deck batter is Ellis Burton, who has a home run in this game, his second of the year.
Gov scored one run in the first, one in the second. We're in the fourth inning right now.
And here's a bunt, a good one down toward first base. Picked up by Harkness, he fires the second base in time.
And the fourth play is picked up at second base on Dick Bertell. That bunt actually was better than the result.
It was bunted out toward first base, but Harkness, even though with a count one and two, charged quickly, came up throwing.
Bertell, who is not fast, was forced at second base.
Ball is picked up about 40 feet from home plate.
Now two men out and Ellis Burton the batter. Burton the switch hitter had a home run over the top of the roof his first time up,
his second time up, he struck out his first time up, and the first pitch to Burton is low for ball one.
And Jackson with a slow change gets the strike. One ball, one strike. Burton batting 225.
He's been around a while. He started playing ball in the St. Louis Cardinal organization back in 1955.
He was picked up from Cleveland this year. One-one pitch fouled high in the air, back of home plate.
They catch their sammit there and he makes the catch to retire the side.
In the end, he no runs on one hit. There were no errors and one man was left out and the score at the end,
it was a three and a half inning to play. The Cubs two, the New York Mets nothing.
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The bottom half of the fourth inning with the Mets coming to bat. They need two to tie and Bob Bureau taking time before coming out to warm up.
So we'll use the opportunity to pause for station identification.
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Our weather is sunny and warm. The barometer falling. Our present temperature 88 degrees at 259.
Ralph Garner along with Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy from the Polar Ground.
Final game of the homestand. The Cubs on top two to nothing. We're in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
And leading off for the Mets will be Duke Snyder. He'll be followed by Frank Thomas and Sammy Taylor.
So the Mets will be setting up their third, fourth, and fifth batters.
On the mound, Bob Bureau, he has given up no runs, allowed two hits.
Struck out nine and walked one.
Duke was robbed of an extra base hit his first time up by Burton in right field.
One of the real great catches seen here this year.
It was a backhand running catch to right center field.
And the first pitch now to Duke is outside. A fastball for ball one.
Snyder batting 224.
Now the right-hander comes back and there's a deep fly ball to center field.
J.C. Nelson, Matthews back on the warning track and he makes the catch.
Matthews about three steps back on the warning track, 440 feet away.
So Duke has hit the ball well and two times up and he is 0 for 2.
Now bring up Frank Thomas.
Thomas single to center field his first time up. He's batting 252.
Frank in a slider and just punched the ball right in the center field.
First pitch, slider high ball one.
Gubbs two, Mets nothing. One man out, bottom half of the fourth.
And the pitch back to Thomas has hit the left field.
Coming in the left fielder and Bill Williams puts it away.
Two men up, two men out now, Sammy Taylor. Sammy hitting to a double play his first time up.
The 68 double play pulled off by the Cubs this year.
Last year the Cubs set a record for their club in picking up double plays.
And the first pitch to Sammy Taylor outside a fast ball for ball one. Taylor batting 308.
And the next pitch is a strike called one ball one strike.
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One ball one strike. And Buell comes back outside for ball two.
A day like this the ball carries exceptionally well.
And we've seen some long balls hit. There's a foul ball, the ball off of the front foot of Sammy Taylor.
The home run hit by Burton was deep down the left field side on top of the roof.
A long home run for a fellow who doesn't hit many home runs.
Cubs lead 2-0. Now the 2-2 pitch by Buell hit down to first base.
A big hop and Leo Berg picks it up, trots to first base and that retires the side.
Bob Buell working the fourth inning in fashion.
One, two, three, order and the score at the end of four.
The Cubs 2, the New York Mets nothing.
While no action going on in baseball during the daylight hours,
all the games scheduled at night. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and St. Louis.
Los Angeles at Cincinnati, Houston at Milwaukee.
In the American leg the Yankees play the White Sox. They've lost two in a row there.
Flavin plays Boston, Washington, Kansas City, Detroit, Minneapolis and Baltimore plays Los Angeles and Twyett Niter.
In the natural leg the St. Louis Cardinals on top by one half game over the Dodgers.
In the third place San Francisco their one half game plus a couple of percentage points back of the Dodgers.
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They'll also play Thursday night, July the 18th.
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Now Jackson starts to work here in the fifth inning and his first pitch to Andre Rogers is swung on a miss for strike one.
Rogers has walked and he has picked up a grounds rule double.
Hitting the ball right down the right field line the ball bouncing into the stands.
Rogers batting 250 the right hand batter.
And Jackson back again this time the fastball is thrown and the ball is fouled toward the right field side for strike two.
Al Jackson 27 years of age from Houston Texas and the left hander now with a two strike delivery.
And it's just high for ball one.
Al has won six this year and lost seven his last out was a one three to one.
He also picked up a save in the last series when he came in to protect the game for Tracy Stallard.
There's a pitch back to Rogers and a line shot over the top of the second baseman's head.
It could go for two picked up by Duke Stader.
Here comes the throw and Rogers ends up at second base with a stand up double.
Hit number five Al Jackson that ball was tagged.
Ron Hunt at second base tried to jump forward couldn't get high enough and Rogers came up with two.
No one out and the batter will be Bill Williams.
Williams didn't do a force play his first time up and he scored the first run of the game when he scored an error by Charlie Neal.
Cubs picked up their second run in the second inning on the home run by Ellis Burton and that's the way the score stands to the Nubbing.
Williams also flied out so he is 0 for 2 in the first pitch to the left hand batters outside for ball one.
Williams batting 3 0 8.
And Jackson comes back with a fastball a swing and a foul straight back one ball one strike.
Temperature at 3 p.m. 94 degrees.
Not too bad because there's not much humidity.
Real good hitters day.
Pitchers don't like this kind of weather.
One ball one strike and the pitch to Williams is taken inside ball two.
Andre Rogers in second base with a short blade.
Jackson with a look back there now back to the plate.
And there's a foul ball right off the end of the bat.
Ball spinning over toward the third base box seats and the count now two balls and three strikes.
Williams way out in front of the change of curve.
The on deck batter Ron Sando who has been red hot.
Here's the 2 2 pitch to Williams.
It's down the right field line but it's going to go foul.
Ball goes into the upper deck.
Williams going for a curve ball.
The ball was hung inside and he hit the ball right down the line but foul by about 15 feet.
So the count will remain at two balls and two strikes.
Jackson sets and the pitch back is swung on and missed strike three.
And now Jackson picked up his second strikeout his first out here in the fifth inning.
And the batter coming up is Ron Sando with a runner at second base.
The Cubs lead 2 to nothing.
Sando singles the right field his first time up and he has now hit in six consecutive games.
He grounded out the third his second time at bat.
He has had 15 hits in his last 26 times up.
And a slow change of pace is hit off the end of the bat down the short.
Al Moran picks it up throws low on the third and the ball gets away from Harkness.
Going over to third base after the ball got away.
Andre Rogers it'll be charged in there and Al Moran.
Moran came up throwing he had plenty of time because Sando is not a fast man but he could get nothing on the ball.
The ball hit about 10 feet in front of Tim Harkness at first base and skidded down the ground.
And the ball went under Harkness's glove and bounced off his right foot and bounced away.
So the air the third in the ball game by the Mets.
And the Cubs now threaten again.
Runners at first and third the batter is Leo Burke.
Leo was safe in an error his first time up and on that play the Cubs scored their first run.
He also has popped out so he is 0 for 2 a right hand batter and the first pitch is low for ball one.
Mets are playing the infield back looking for a double play.
Burke acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals.
He started the year with the Los Angeles Angels was picked up by the Cardinals and now has moved to the Chicago Cubs.
He's betting 196.
There's a hard smash through the middle scoring from third base is Andre Rogers.
Holding that second base Ron Sando and the Cubs now lead 3 to nothing.
Cubs now three runs on six hits and the batter coming into the batter's box is Kenny Hubbs.
Larry Bernard up and drawing for the Mets in the bullpen.
He was relieved in the ball game yesterday worked the ninth inning pitch the three batters got them all out.
Here's Kenny Hubbs and his first pitch is hit deep to left field way back there.
Thomas is back in the warning track by the bullpen and he makes the catch.
Tagged up now at second base but not going over is Ron Sando.
Sando was halfway down the line he went back to tag up couldn't get back in time.
He could have moved over with no trouble at all as Frank Thomas caught the ball right by the bullpen warm up.
Right near the pitcher's mound and now two men out.
Two men out the batter Dick Bertell.
Dick a right hand batter with one hit and two times up.
He's betting 251.
And the first pitch is fouled down in the dirt and back of the catcher for strike one.
Dick Bertell the catcher for the Chicago Cubs.
Now they're motioning down to the cup bullpen to move four of the players back in the sun off the playing field and into the bullpen area.
For the Cubs looking for some shade you really can't blame them the cup bullpen is right in the sun right now the sun shining directly into it.
And that's why it's a visiting bullpen.
Home bullpen in the shade and that's the way it is in every ballpark.
Now the one strike delivery to Dick Bertell a slow curve looked at for strike two.
Boy it's hot out there because that sun beats right on top of the roof of the bullpen and also bounces right off of the wall and that wall radiating heat.
Ninety-four degrees here at the Polo grounds at three o'clock.
Cubs lead three to nothing in the heat.
That's have two outs in the fifth inning.
Now the pitch back a fastball hit through the middle that will score the fourth run.
Coming around from second base in scoring is Ron Sano and holding at second base.
On the base hit by Dick Bertell as Leo Burke.
Cubs now four runs on seven hits.
Two to nothing and the batter coming up is Nelson Matthews the center fielder and time is now called.
Sammy Deanna with a discussion with Al Jackson on the pitching mound now coming back of home plate.
Nelson Matthews the batter, right hand batter who has flied out the center field the two times he's been up.
Runners at first and second base the Mets with two outs were in the top of the fifth inning.
And Matthews now sets and swings and fouls the first pitch off for strike one.
Ball fouled over toward the third base coaching box.
And Al Jackson will work with a new ball. Larry Bernard still throwing in the bullpen for the Mets.
In the Mets fifth when they come to bat Al Jackson will be the fourth batter in the inning.
Mets it out trail by four runs the Cubs with one run in the first one in the second two here in the fifth.
Nelson Matthews batting at 161.
And the one strike delivery is low for ball one a fastball.
Count even at one ball and one strike.
Andre Rogers let off with a double and Bill Williams struck out but Ron Sano was safe in an error.
Rogers moving to third base where he scored when Leo Burke singled the center field and then after Hobbs swiped out the deep left
Dick Wirtel drove in the second run in this inning.
One run in there's a curveball it's over for strike two to Nelson Matthews.
Cubs have four runs and two of them are unearned.
One ball two strikes Jackson sets looks at second base and comes back to the plate and there's a swing and a miss for strike three to retire the side.
Al Jackson's third strikeout in the game but in the inning the Cubs scored two runs on three base hits.
There was one error and two men were left on and the score at the end a four and one half inning to play.
The Cubs four the New York Mets nothing.
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That's a four to tie the bottom half of the fifth inning.
They all send up Tim Harkness Charlie Neal Al Moran as their first three men and with Larry Bernard warming up still in the both end for the Mets.
There's a good chance that if one of the three get on or more manager Casey Stinger will use a pinch hitter for Al Jackson.
Tim Harkness down the batter's box Tim single off the wall his first time up.
That's 10 better batting that to all nine.
And his first pitch is a curveball for strike one on the mound for the Gubs Bob you'll Bob has given up no runs allowed only two hits they both came in the second inning.
He has struck out none of what one and he comes back with a strike again for strike two.
And the two strike delivery a fastball outside for ball one one ball two strikes.
Here's the one to pitch an overhand curve in the dirt for ball to warming up in the bullpen for the cops is going to hobby.
But you'd have to guess right now through speculation that Glenn is warming up for starting assignment later on not in this game.
There's a two to pitch fouled back into the upper deck for a holding count of two balls and two strikes.
Chico Fernandez warming up in the bullpen for the match he might come in the ballgame third batter up in this any now brand.
Now again a two to a slider popped up in the infield Andre Rogers calling.
And he makes the catch for number one.
That will bring up Johnny Neil either to a force play to the shortstop his first time up Charlie batting to thirty two.
And the first pitch by a bureau to Neil is high for ball one.
That's have four runs on seven hits the Mets have no runs and two hits.
There's a bouncy ball a short Rogers takes a half hop a tough chance fires the first base out number two.
Rogers comes up throwing he's got a strong arm and he fires that ball right off the top.
Two men out and Eddie Crane ball now being sent up the bat for Al Brand.
And a left hand batter he's batting two or three.
And with two home runs 10 runs batted in and the first pitch to Crane pool is a fastball it's right through the heart of the plate for strike one.
That's the quarter tie the Cubs have two out the bottom half of the fifth and again the fastball but this one outside.
One ball one strike you're back to work in the fastball filed off ball bouncing in the dirt.
The camp moving along the one and two Mets have a very short road trip.
They play three at Pittsburgh and four at Chicago before returning home and they open up against Pittsburgh right here.
Here's the pitch back to the plate a fastball low two balls and two strikes.
They play Pittsburgh a Friday afternoon day game a Saturday evening night game that's variety night and a Sunday single game.
There's a high pop up back of home Dick Bortel has plenty of room and he makes the catch to retire the side.
Another easy inning for Bob Buell for the second time in a row he has retired the side in order and the score at the end of five innings to play.
The Cubs four the New York Mets nothing.
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Five innings behind us as we move to the top of the sixth inning in the ballgame for the Mets and shortstop in place of Al Moran who was taken out for a pinch hitter is Chico Fernandez.
Al Jackson on the mound for the Mets he has worked through five innings giving up four runs two of them earned allowing seven hits striking out three and walking one and now he'll oppose his opposing pitcher Bob Buell.
Buell is 0 for 2 against Al.
The first pitch to the right hand batter is swung on strike one that pitch in the dirt picked up by Sammy Taylor.
One strike delivery again swung on this one in the strike zone.
He can his own too. When he talked to Bob Buell about his 0 for 80 plus he gets a little bit indignant doesn't like to talk about it.
He looks at a fastball outside one ball two strikes.
The base that he got to break up the long drop was a high pop up and everybody ran after it and then everybody pulled away.
Now at 1-2 Buell hits a fly ball to center field Jim Hickman glides back turns and he glugged it.
So Al has one out in the top of the sixth inning he trails 4 to nothing and the batter will be Ellis Burton who had a home run in the second inning.
His second of the year and that base hit by Burton at that point gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead they added two more in the fifth.
Burton batting 268 he's a switch hitter batting from the right hand side against Al Jackson.
And the first pitch is thrown but time was called so it does not count.
Stan Landis the home plate umpire standing with both hands up and Al threw the pitch without lucky. Now time is in we'll start all over.
And a curve ball is low for ball one. Mets and Cubs have played six times prior to this game and it's been a Mexican standoff both teams winning three games.
Next pitch back to the plate is a called strike one ball one strike.
Right here in the foreground the Cubs have been the top team they have won three of the four play the Mets have won two of the two played in Chicago.
Small change up a hard swing a foul ball. Burton was not fooled in the change of pace he got a big swing on that one.
One ball two strikes.
One ball two strikes the on deck batter Andre Rogers.
Jackson back with a slider and there's a swing and a miss for strike three and Al Jackson now has four strikeouts.
He has two men out here in the sixth inning as the Cubs lead 4-0 and the batter will be Andre Rogers who has two doubles and two times up also a walk to go along.
Rogers with a grounds rule double to right field his second time up and a double to right center his third he walked his first time up.
And the first pitch to the right hand batter is taken for strike one.
Rogers batting to 18.
Jackson back high with a fastball one ball one strike.
Cubs have four runs on seven hits the Mets have only two hits in the ballgame and no runs.
Slow change of pace outside two balls and one strike.
No action in either bullpen as Jackson comes back at 2-1 and he misses outside for ball three.
Andre Rogers now checking the signs looking for the hit sign at 3-1 the on deck batter is Billy Williams.
He'll be given the hit sign you got to bet on that.
Two men out they want him to go all out and he takes for ball four and that puts a runner on at first base with two outs.
The second walk issued by Al Jackson in the game and coming up now Bill Williams who is all for three in the game.
Williams batting 3-0-7 left hand batter.
He struck out his last time up there's a bouncing ball that goes off to the right side foul for strike one.
Williams last year missed hitting 300 by two points he batted 298.
Throw to first base but Rogers with a short lead back way ahead of the tag.
Cubs four Mets nothing two outs top of the sixth.
And a slow change up the Williams is popped up the shortstop Chico Fernandez has plenty of room and he makes the catch to retire the side.
In the end he no runs no hits there were no mad errors one walk and one man left on and the score at the end of five and one half innings of play.
Cubs four New York Mets nothing.
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All set to go here and we'll pause for a second for station identification.
Take 10 in your dial WG Weiss connected at the time 332 our temperature stands right now at 89 degrees.
Ralph Keiner along with Lindsay Nelson and Bob Murphy from the foreground.
The Mets coming to bat they need four to tie.
They are setting up Cliff Cook to bat for Al Jackson.
Larry Bernard warming up in the bullpen for the Mets.
It'll be Cliff Cook, Jim Hickman and Ron Hunt against Bob Buell.
First pitch is a slider and Cook was way out in front as he swings and misses for strike one.
Cliff batting 151 he has two home runs and eight runs batted in.
Buell back and this time he misses with a slider one ball one strike.
And now Buell with another pitch the ball hit down the short a backhand stab by the shortstop Rogers.
He comes up throwing and gets his man.
That was one of those now you see it now you don't plays.
Rogers went over in the hole he had a half hop to pick up he kind of swiped at it and came up with it backhanded one handed.
And then threw to first base for the out.
And now one of the cup players in the dugout Don Landrum giving the sign as though he were a bullfighter because that's just about the way that Rogers played the ball.
It was a swing and a pass like a bullfighter passing a cow or I should say a bull on by.
It could have been a cow the way he played it.
Here's the first pitch now to Jim Hickman it's outside for ball one.
Buell comes back and misses again for ball two.
Well that play you can't play any other way it was either do or die and Andre Rogers did it.
Now the pitch to Hickman fouled off.
The count is one ball and two strikes correction on that make it two balls and one strike.
Hickman back to work with a new ball and there is a check on the swing but not in time he went too far to and to.
And Hickman looks at another pitch for a called strike three that is the first strikeout by Bob Buell in the game.
He has given up only two hits the Cubs lead four to nothing.
Now with two out he'll pitch to Ron Hunt.
He's now for two he has grounded out the short and quite out the center field.
He's now batting 266.
Bottom half of the sixth inning two men out the batter Ron Hunt the on deck man is Duke Snyder.
And Buell misses low outside with his first pitch for ball one.
Buell is making his second appearance against the Mets he lost his first time out two to nothing.
There's a fly ball hit the Shal left field charging his Billy Williams he has to hurry he can't get to it.
The ball drops in and Ron Hunt has a base hit the third base hit off Bob Buell that'll bring up Duke Snyder.
Duke has hit the ball exceptionally well but he has no hits he was robbed with a brilliant catch by Burton in right field his first time up one of the best catches you'll ever see.
He's now batting five out the deep center field a second time up the ball caught four hundred and forty feet away and the first pitch to Duke is taking a called strike Bob Buell with a change of pace.
Matter batting 223 with 12 home runs 27 runs batted in Mets now with a chance to get back in the ballgame they need four to tie one strike pitch outside and the can now even at one ball one strike.
Buell now back to Snyder there's a high pop up down the third base side a tough chance for Sando.
He's going way back in the well and he can't get to it.
Now moves up the one and two returning back to first base after moving all the way to third is Ron Hunt.
They said by Ron Hunt here in this setting the first hit off Bob Buell since the Mets picked up their only other two hits in the second inning.
That's seven basis to go with their four run.
There's the one to deliver to Duke and it's bowed down in the dirt.
Yeah I'm Jack batter Frank Thomas picking the ball up and throwing it back to the umpire Sam Landis one ball two strikes two men out.
You know that comes back with a fastball it's hard down the first high hop over the top of Leo Burkett.
That was a hard ground ball down the first base and at the last moment the ball took a high hop and bounded over the top of the glove of Leo Burkett first base.
All that went on out off of the wall played there by Burton and scoring from first base on the two base hit by Duke Snyder was Ron Hunt the score now four to one in favor of the Cubs and the batters Frank Thomas and his first pitch.
That's a left field it's got to go. It's long gone a home run.
Frank Thomas with a long home run that went over the roof right down the left field line and the Mets are back in the ball game the score of four to three in favor of the Cubs and warming up in the bullpen for the Cubs as John Elston out to the mound now as Bob Kennedy the acting manager of the Chicago Cubs.
Well the Mets are bouncing back on some fine hitting by Duke Snyder and Frank Thomas say you know why I rang gold tastes so good while dry tells you why it tells you that right.
The Mets are playing gold extra dry and throw the long ball cost their way for a flavor that's risk and right and clean clear through. Enjoy some Bob Kennedy now back to the dugout Bob Buell still in the ballgame the Mets have scored three in the bottom half of the sixth inning.
The first five run comes to the plate at Sammy Taylor. Two men out and the first pitch to Taylor is fouled out in the dirt for strike one.
Home run by Frank Thomas is fifth this year and he has driven in now twenty two runs.
The strike delivery by Buell to Taylor is outside a fastball one ball one strike and Taylor takes outside again two balls and one strike.
The destroyer with Don Elston in the bullpen is Jack Warner to right hander.
The Mets exporting for three runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning with two men out now have moved up to where they're only one run behind.
Back to Taylor outside ball three three balls and one strike beyond deck battered Jim Harkness.
Here's a three one delivery fastball deep the right field way back there is Burton but he has room and he makes the guess. All God right in front of the bullpen about four hundred and twenty feet away and that retires the side.
In the end he's all the Mets score three runs on three base it ever nowhere and no one left on the Mets now taking a field get a fine hand but the score in favor the Cubs now by only one run they lead four to three.
Well even though there's a lot of variety out here at the Polar Grounds just about every game is played the Mets have scheduled a special variety night and it's also date night on Saturday night July 6.
Saturday night the first night game scheduled on Saturday this year there'll be plenty of entertainment it'll start at six thirty you'll see Chubby Checker DD Sharp the Earl they'll be out here to entertain and the good guys from W.A.B.C.
Sam Holman Dan Ingram Charlie Greer Herb Oscar Anderson Scott Muni Bob Dayton Bruce Morrill and Bob Lewis they'll all be here to entertain you Friday night Saturday night July the 6th.
Oh that sounds like a real big night and on that night and that will be playing the Pittsburgh Pirates they return home from their very brief road trip Friday afternoon July 5.
They'll play an afternoon game game time at two o'clock by Saturday night July 6 game time at eight o'clock and they'll play a single game on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Right after that the All-Star break and then the big series with the Los Angeles Dodgers starting July 10 the night game that is not on your schedule that game a make up game from a rain out and I game July 11 with the Dodgers and I game July 12 with the Dodgers and a ladies day game July 13 with the Dodgers.
Better make your reservations early. Now we have Larry Bernard in the ballgame for the Mets Al Jackson going out out at the total of six innings gave up four runs two of them earned.
He allowed seven it struck out for and walked to but I thought the record of two wins and two losses he worked last night worked one inning in perfect style.
His first man will be Ron Sando and the first pitch is a called strike.
Bernard back with an overhand curveball there's a deep fly ball to right center field coming over to center and he makes the catch.
Well Ron Sando is out. He has one hit and four trips up. He has hit in six consecutive games now for the Cubs and with a score of four to three in favor of Chicago the batter will be Leo Burke.
They are right hand batter with one hit and three times up.
And the first pitch to Burke is over a called strike. All told the right hand are now throwing for the Cubs in the bullpen.
Bernard back and inside one ball one strike.
This is Larry's twenty third appearance.
And an overhand curve is fouled down in the dirt one ball two strikes.
Larry has not started a game this year all twenty three of his appearances in relief.
One ball two strikes but I'm back with a fastball and it's fouled off of the hands out of play.
The twenty three appearances by Larry Bernard ties Mackenzie for the most appearances so far this year by a Met player.
Mackenzie also picking up his appearances in relief and now a curve ball has looked at a called strike three.
Leo Burke made a gesture and dropped the bat with just a little bit of elevation on it and I think he's been ejected from the ball game.
Boy he just was out of there in a hurry and now Bob Kennedy is up arguing about the fact that Leo Burke has been ejected.
I don't know if you're a Met fan but that might be a bad break because Ernie Banks is sitting on the bench and he might be coming in.
Ernie having a good home run here for the Chicago Cubs he has hit fifteen home runs Burke has so far this year hit only one.
Now Ernie Banks coming in from the bullpen and he's on the bench and he'll be in the ball game.
Leo Burke has been ejected. I wonder what side the umpire is on.
That's the worst sort of break you can get believe me.
Now Burke going out to center field to the clubhouse and as he moves on by the umpire Stan Landon he has a couple more words to say.
He also stops the chat with third base umpire Tim Gorman.
Cubs lead four to three plenty of excitement left. Two men out here in the top of the seventh.
The batter coming in now is Kenny Hubs.
Hubs is all for three. Here's Larry Bernard with his first pitch to the right hand batter.
Slider hit down to the shortstop Chico Fernandez. He comes up throwing and gets his man.
So the Mets bounce right back in this game. They trail by only one now and in the top of the seventh inning for the Cubs no runs no hits.
There were no med errors and no one left on. And the score after six and one half innings to play the Cubs four the New York Mets three.
Well here it is the seventh inning stretch. You know what that calls for Lindsey? Yes sir I'll turn to do that.
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We have changes on the field and to tell you all about them here's Ralph Kinnick.
Well you know Lindsey a little more truth and poetry on a day like this about them Rheingold.
Temperature out here 94 degrees. It's real Rheingold weather.
Now coming in the ballgame for the Chicago Cubs in place Bob Buell as Don Elston.
Buell going out to the clubhouse and center field. He has worked six innings and right now he's the pitcher record on the winning side.
Bob has given up three runs while allowing five hits. He struck out one and walked one in his six inning tenure.
Ernie Banks in the game in place of Leo Burke who was ejected from the game Ernie playing at first base.
For the Mets it will be Tim Harkness, Charlie Neal and Chico Fernandez against the right hander Don Elston.
This is Don's 25th appearance. He has appeared in all of his games in relief his record three and one.
In the batting order Ernie Banks will bat in the ninth position. Elston will bat in the fifth position.
That way Bob Kennedy will be able to use Banks as the third hitter in the inning coming up in the eighth.
Right now we're all set to go as Don Elston throws his first pitch to Tim Harkness that's inside for ball one.
Elston now back to the play with a change up. It's fall down to first base but foul.
Ernie Banks comes up with the ball moves toward first but first base umpire Ed Sudol gave the signal it was foul.
One ball one strike.
One ball one strike. Don Elston in place of Bob Buell.
And a change up is high for ball two. In the ball pen for the Chicago Cubs.
Jack Warner warming up. He's been throwing for quite some time and Dick LeMay also throwing.
LeMay a left hander, Warner a right hander. For the Mets Tracy Stallard throwing.
Now the 2-1 pitch hit the left field. Kelly Williams puts the glasses down, moves to his left, halts and makes the catch.
And with one out the batter will be Charlie Neal.
Charlie is all for two in the game.
He hit into a fourth play in the second inning then grounded out the short in the fifth.
Charlie a right hand batter batting 2-31. Mets trail by one run and the first pitch is hit to left field high in the air.
Williams moving over back of the facade and he makes the catch and just caught the ball before he lost it in the sun.
Williams losing the ball in the sun and at the last minute he caught the ball as he fell away from it.
And he caught it by the wall. That ball couldn't have missed the facade of the upper deck by more than just a fraction of an inch or two.
Charlie Neal just missing a home run.
Now the batter will be Chico Fernandez batting for the first time. Chico batting 2-11 in the ball game in place of Al Moran.
He has one home run and five runs batted in.
Cubs have four runs on seven hits. The Mets have three runs and five hits.
And the first pitch to Chico is a called strike in the outside corner.
Payed attendance right here today 8,183. There's a curve in the dirt that gets by the catcher. One ball, one strike.
Along with the service and working press of 889 and 9,000 midget Mets, the total attendance 18,072.
And the pitch back to Fernandez swung on a miss for strike two.
Mets now have drawn a total of 543,064 paid here in the ballpark in 33 openings.
One ball, two strikes. Don Elston and Chico Fernandez and a fastball is looked at called strike three to retire the side.
So Don Elston in his first inning works perfectly. One, two, three. And the score at the end of seven innings of play.
The Cubs four, the New York Mets three.
This is the only game being played in the daylight. All the other games in the Major League scheduled at night.
Philadelphia will play Pittsburgh in a night game and Pittsburgh will open up here in the Polar Grounds when the Mets return home from the very brief road trip.
Mets will play Philadelphia on July 5th, a day game. That's Friday afternoon, game time at two o'clock.
Philadelphia I should say Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh will be here on Friday, July 5th. Saturday night, July 6th.
And they'll play a single game on Sunday, July 7th.
San Francisco scheduled at St. Louis, Los Angeles at Cincinnati, Houston at Milwaukee to complete the National League schedule.
In the American League the Yankees play the Chicago White Sox in the night game, Cleveland at Boston, Washington at Kansas City, Detroit at Minnesota,
and Baltimore will play a Twy Niner at Los Angeles. That's the National League and American League schedule.
Don't forget that tickets are available for all our games at three convenient locations, downtown at Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Station.
Also at the advanced reservation window here at the Polar Grounds, that window opens seven days a week.
And ticket reservations may be made at any of the Howard clothing stores in the New York area.
Well we've had seven innings of exciting baseball and now as we move to the top of the eighth, once again Lindsay Nelson.
Thank you very much Ralph Kiner and it's going to be Dick Bertell up to lead all four of the Chicago Cubs facing Larry Benarth,
who came on in relief of Al Jackson after Al had worked six innings in which he allowed four runs on seven hits.
So I've got four and walk two.
Bertell is a right-hand batter. He is two for three in this ball game this afternoon.
Larry Benarth into the motion and the pitch is in there for a called strike.
Ralph Kiner told you that Charlie Neal missed a home run by inches with a high fly ball to the left that Billy Williams actually lost in the sun at the last moment.
Pitch to Bertell and he tries to bun it, calls it off instead.
Two strike count. When Williams came in, both Tom Gorman and Stan Landis, the umpire is working today,
and Billy Williams to ask him about that and Williams indicated to him that as it came down he lost it in the sun.
And he also indicated, kindly tell him that it missed just by inches of hitting the overhanging upper deck and if it does touch it's a home run.
Here's a swing and a gone ball to three. Charlie Neal on a big hop up with it, plays it on across over the heart and it's in time and he's out.
One away and Nelson Matthews is coming up. He's a center fielder. He's been up three times today without a hit.
The Cubs are leading here by a score of four to three.
Nelson Matthews, a young man who broke in last September with a grand slam home run at that time on behalf of the Cubs.
This year he had four homers and ten runs right of down. Here's a swing and a high pop to the right side. Second baseman Ron Hutt is waiting.
He makes the cut. He was shading his eyes from the sun. With the gloves on, two away, Ernie Banks coming up. Banks batting number nine.
And here's Coach Bob Kennedy's batting order.
This is the first time up for Banks. He is batting through 42 with 15 homers and 42 runs batted in.
Benares works the pitch. A little number back to the mound off the end of the bat. It's taken by Benares. He lobs over to Harkness.
And Benares again as he ties the side in order. In the top of the eighth, the Cubs got no runs on no hitters and none left.
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Going to the bottom of the eighth, the Mets still trail by one run. So manager Casey Singel is making a move.
He is sending up Choo Choo Coleman to bat for Larry Benares.
Man working in the bullpen right now is Tracy Stallard.
As Casey's got to go to the bench, try to get a little punch here to get something started, because the Mets still trail by one.
It's been spectacular and relief. He has faced only six men and he has retired the sixth in a row.
But he is out of the ballgame now and Choo Choo Coleman is the batter.
Don Elston with the pitch and it's outside to Chooch for a ball one.
The crowd is trying to lend a little support with a chant of, Let's Go Mets.
Don Elston working in relief for Bob Buell.
It's just by and high for the ball. It's 2-0. Buell worked six innings, which he allowed three runs on five hits.
He struck out one and he walked one.
Jim Hickman is on deck for the Mets.
Here's Elston's 2-0 offering. That ball is going away for the ball and it's 3-0.
Coleman looks down now to Cookie Lavagetto, the coach at theory base.
Define that, find out what he does on 3-0.
And the pitch is in there for a call start. He was taking all the way at 3-1.
Coleman again looks down. Get his time from Lavagetto.
Elston starts the motion.
Playing a ground ball foul down past Palihanos, the coach at first.
It's a full count now to Choo Choo Coleman with the Mets batting in the bottom half of the eighth inning.
After having been four runs back, the Mets came on to get three in the bottom of the sixth to get right back in the ballgame.
Here is a playoff pitch. It is tightly locked in for ball four.
Bob Buell walked only one during his time in the ballgame and this is the first walk issued by Don Elston.
Jim Hickman is coming up and our any backs comes over to check with Elston.
Taking over to Ron Santo as the Cubs must protect against the possibility of a sacrifice in this situation.
The Mets are only one run back. Jim Hickman looking down to cookie Lavagetto.
Coleman on the bases at good speed.
Hickman settles himself into the batter's box.
Elston comes back, here's the pitch and it's in there for a call strike.
He was not square at the butt. At first base Ernie Bikes was charging defensively.
Hickman looks down to cookie again.
Coleman takes his lead at first base. It's a pitch out. Jim Hickman was square at the butt.
And a pitch out. It's one and one.
Elston is up and set. Steps off the rubber. Ernie Bikes has moved a couple of steps in.
Coleman has taken a lead. Elston starts all over. He's up and set.
Goes over, not in time as 2-2 Coleman gets back safely.
The count to Hickman at the plate is one ball and one strike.
Lavagetto is looking into the dugout to get Casey Singelstein.
Now he has it and he's relaying it on to Jim Hickman.
And the pitch. It's low for ball. He was not square at the butt.
And here's a throw to first and Coleman is back safely, plotting it on a close play.
And right now we call for station identification.
Eight 10 inches out, WG Wise connected A New York. Now four minutes past four o'clock.
Our temperature 89 degrees.
This is Lindsey Nelson with Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy at the Polo Grounds in New York.
2-2 Coleman almost hung up down at first. Had to slide back in. Hickman waits for the 2-1 pitch.
Coleman's running here just swinging a foul ball back and not a play. Runs the count to 2-2.
And 2-2 Coleman moving on the pitch.
The official temperature is now 95 degrees in New York.
He's running again here to swing a foul ball. He dug off a couple of steps and then held up actually.
He dug off the start as Hickman drilled a foul on the ground down past if you'll allow the coach to steer.
2-2 the count to Jim Hickman. Nobody out.
Coleman takes his lead, Banks holding him on.
Breaking ball, come on and popped up to the right side. Ernie Banks sealed the bag weight.
Nice to catch. Coleman standing on the bag at first base. So Hickman has popped out.
That brings up Ron Hutz, one man out in the run at first. The Cubs leading here by a score of 4-3.
Ron Hutz, single down the bottom of the sixth and scored the first net run of the day.
With the night out of the long game, Tracy Stallard continues to throw in the net both ends.
First pitch out. Ball on to Ron Hutz. Nothing was on.
I was thinking that Tracy Dess might be playing hit and run on the first pitch.
That's looking down to allow the gutter.
The Cubs are waiting. Coleman leads.
That pitch is in there for a call strike. Coleman again is left to charge.
Does hook up the steps and held up.
One and one to Ron Hutz.
The Cubs four and the Mets three.
Trying to push through to Coleman long here in the bottom half of the eighth inning.
Jendon Elston with the pitch. It's outside for ball and it's two and one.
Duke Snyder is kneeling on deck for the Mets.
That's getting settled back in the batter's box.
Coleman leads off the bag at first.
Here's a throw over. Coleman gets back to the base.
The only backspin in the bag there.
Come on, that comes back in.
That pitch misses outside. Three balls, one strike now.
That's a nice one.
Jendon Elston has the sign. Coleman leads.
Coleman's running in here to swing the foul ball back in out of play.
Playing hit and run on the three-one pitch.
The bank shoots you back.
That's a nice one. That's a nice one.
Throw over to first, a leisurely toss, not in time.
Jendon Elston sets the work.
Throw's over. Coleman gets back safely.
Trying to keep a short hold on Coleman, figuring that he might be running on the three-two pitch one man out.
Out of the three-two pitch and it's a swinging and a foul tip back into the global brace.
At least one time.
Ron Hutt is a strikeout victim two away and Duke Snyder's coming up.
Bob Kennedy has come out of the dugout and is coming out to the mound now.
He has got left-hander Dick LeMay warming up out there.
Recently recalled from Atlanta.
And Kennedy is going to make a pitching change here of some kind.
There's to be a right-hander who's bringing in here.
LeMay remains in the bullpen and it's Lindy McDonough who is walking it.
The Cubs are leading by a score of four to three.
As two-two Coleman was moved from first to second on the bat.
Now they're leaning on the bat outside the batting box as Lindy McDonough warms up.
McDonough and Mary Jackson came to the Tidewell Cubs from the St. Louis Tidenote.
In exchange for George Altman and Don Tidewell and then Tidewell and Enfield and Julio Gochao
promptly traded over to the Pittsburgh Pirates and exchanged the dugout big growth.
McDonough is making his twenty-third appearance out of this season.
And in relief he has a record of four victories and two losses.
One time out he takes one inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates which he allowed no runs on no hits.
Duke Snyder, a left-hand batter, giving in.
So for the Mets it's up to the Dukes.
That's Richard's outside for a ball.
By the double, the driver and the first-net gun, and the bottom-hander, the first inning.
The slam won by Leo Burke, first baseman.
Hard smash, long ball. That continued on down to the right field corner.
And now it's the fourth and first base.
Daniel is set. Coleman leads it second.
Takes his local ball. It's two and one out of Snyder.
Mike Thomas is waiting on Degs for the Mets.
And Olmend, the bottom-half of the sixth inning.
Seventy-cent's going around toward right on left-hand batter Duke Snyder.
Here's a fish missing outside. It is now three balls and no strikes.
To Snyder.
Duke back in and waiting.
And then takes his lead at second base.
This is a 3-0 fish.
It's outside and Snyder has gone off with Mike Thomas coming up now.
McDaniel is working very carefully with Duke Snyder.
Mike Thomas is first now and Coleman is second with Thomas coming around to step in.
That's only the third walk that the Mets have drawn today.
Buell walked one, Elston walked one, now McDaniel has walked one.
Thomas is single, slide to left and Homer's.
McDaniel is set.
It's one-on in this. Thomas trying to hold up but it goes inside wide.
Choo-choo Coleman, the base runner at second, Duke Snyder the base runner at first.
McDaniel leans way over to get a sign this time.
Runners leading first and second.
Choo-choo Coleman coming home.
It's 5-4-4.
Mike Thomas with his third base here this afternoon as George Coleman from second.
Snyder holding at second and Thomas is on it first with a run batted in.
And Sammy Taylor is coming up.
That run is charged against Don Elston.
So now the Mets have runners at first and second still.
Two men out and Sammy Taylor is the batter.
Runners lead again at first and second.
It's just low for ball one to Sammy Taylor.
Sammy has nothing for three today.
Although in the sixth inning he feed off on one to deep right field.
Out in the bullpen area where the catch was made by Ellis Burton.
Inside the Cubs four to the Mets four.
It's just low for ball.
The big batter hanging over the upper deck.
The Cubs die.
Here's a 2-0 pitch.
A little number off the plate to the right side of foul ball.
It's out of play.
And there's a little, actually a teddy bear that is being used to simulate a Cub hanging now over the batter.
I tell you the Mets fans are coming well equipped these days.
They're cheating somebody's teddy bear gone out to the ballpark for the afternoon.
Two and one is the count.
But Sam Taylor is the plate.
Lindy McDaniel is set.
Checks the runners.
Here's the pitch.
Flung on and missed.
All the way around.
It's 2-2.
The batter is out of the box.
Now settles himself back in.
Runners lead.
2-2 pitch.
And foul ball.
You've got a little piece of it to stay alive.
Gifts the Mets.
Thanks for another run here.
Lara Benares will be the benefactor.
McDaniel with the 2-2 pitch.
Flung on and missed.
Strike three.
Struck him out.
So Taylor is out swinging.
And the side is retired.
And the bottom of the eighth.
The Mets got one run on one hit.
No errors and two left.
And at the end of eighth it is the Cubs four.
We have a lot of big days and nights coming up at the Polo ground.
And after the All-Star break the Los Angeles Dodgers will be coming in.
They'll be on Wednesday night, July 10th.
And we call that day to your particular attention because that is a make-up game.
It was not on the original schedule.
It's the make-up of a game that was rained out earlier this season.
So on Wednesday night, July 10th, the Dodgers.
On Thursday night, July 11th, the Dodgers.
On Friday night, July 12th, the Dodgers.
And on Saturday afternoon, July 13th, the Dodgers again.
And that will be ladies' day and it will also be family day.
And we'll have a two-inning father and son game on family day.
And we'll be competing the regular schedule game.
The youngsters will be playing their dads will be wearing med uniforms
with the same number as their dads.
Taking five will be Reggie Jackson.
You remember Reggie last year.
He was one of the big stars of the ball game, Al Jackson's son.
Mike and Peter Thomas will be on end.
Devin and Kurt Schneider.
Mike and Scott Keiner.
Brian Murphy.
Richie Willie.
Wes Hook.
Many others.
I would advise you to get tickets early for that series.
The Met ticket office is open now, of course.
The ticket office here at the Polo Grounds on the 8th Avenue side,
please note, is open seven days a week.
Open six days a week.
The Met ticket offices at Grand Central Station and Pennsylvania Station.
At Pennsylvania Station, the Met ticket office is in the Long Island waiting room
and at Grand Central at the foot of the Vanderval Avenue ramp.
You can order tickets by mail.
The address is Ticket Manager Polo Grounds, New York, 39 New York.
Or you can make ticket reservations at any of the Howard Polo stores in the greater New York area.
Tracy Stalart is coming to the ball again now to pitch for the New York Met.
Stalart will be committed on the field at the end of the game.
One for the players and three for the ball players.
Stalart is making his 19th appearance of this season.
He has not been in a relief appearance since the 26th day of May at St. Louis
when he worked his third of an inning and allowed no runs on no hits.
Since then, Stalart has been a starter and he has reckoned for the season three victories and four losses.
But he's back in relief here as the Mets tied it up 4-4.
Here is the pitch to Ellis Burton.
It is low for ball. Burton, the switch, is around batting left again now
with the right-hander in there for the Mets.
They see again, works the pitch and it's inside.
A little low and it's 2-0.
Carl Willie was sent down to the bullpen area.
He is not throwing but he is down there.
As the Mets score the run in the bottom of the eighth to full even.
The Cubs led 4-0 in this ball game at one point.
The pitch is low and it's not the three balls and no strikes.
To Ellis Burton batting here in the top half of the ninth.
They're holding the defense over toward right.
That's tied away, ball four and Ellis Burton has been walked on to open up the top of the ninth for the Cubs.
And that will bring up Andre Rogers.
The Mets move over to have a word with Stalart as they must now prepare to play.
The possibility of the bat here.
Carl Willie is now up and throwing in the Met bullpen along with Ken McKenzie.
Stacey Stalart massages the baseball a little bit.
Rogers bats number two in the Cub batting order.
Charlie Neal is on the edge of the grass at third.
Burton moves off now.
Here's the pitch.
Rogers bumps it down the first-place line.
Taken by Harkness, he plays the hut covering it first in time.
The toucher fight has been executed by Rogers and the play goes three to four if you're scoring, moving Ellis Burton to second base.
Now Billy Williams is coming up.
Nothing for four today.
Sammy Taylor out checking with Tracy Stalart.
That's four on the Cubs' four.
Stalart is up and set.
Pitch is way on the way. It rolls away from Taylor. He recovers. There's no advance by Ellis Burton at second.
Williams at the plate has an up-to-the-minute batting average of three oh six.
Stalart's pitch, fastball low, and it's two and oh now to Williams.
Stalart's getting his sign again.
Here's the pitch.
Come on in as the fly ball leaps to center. Jim Hickman ranging back. He's there now. Burton is tagged at second.
Hickman makes the catch and Burton tags and moves on to third.
Two men out.
That will bring up clean up out of Ron Santo.
One for four.
Following Santo in the cup batting order, here's the pitcher.
You'll recall that Ernie Banks bats ninth in the batting order.
Lindy McDaniel is two up next.
Manager Casey Singel now is coming out to the mound.
Tammy Taylor starts walking out toward the mound. Time is gone.
The old professor with his lineup cards in his hand.
He has Willie and McKenzie in the bullpen.
You want to talk to Taylor and Stalart.
Now Stan Landis moves out to join the conference. Casey Singel is leaving Stalart in the ballgame and safe.
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As Casey heads back for the dugout in order to allow our stations to identify themselves, we fought for station identification.
This is WGY Schenectady 810 on your dial. The time is now 28 minutes past 4 p.m.
With Ralph Cannon and Bob Murphy and now Ron Santo is going to be intentionally walked I believe.
The result of the conference with pitcher Lindy McDaniel drew up next.
Ellis Burton had third base.
Now Sammy Taylor apparently is not sure. He had pointed on the first now he looks into the dugout.
And now he is going to be intentionally walked.
As ball one outside, Ron Santo is being intentionally walked with the pitcher Lindy McDaniel drew up here next.
So let's see what kind of a move Ed George Bob Kennedy will make.
As ball three outside, Merritt Renew is coming in from the bullpen area. He's left hand battered.
Now as ball four outside, so Santo goes to first base.
He is not the man they're worried about. They're worried about Ellis Burton who's over there on third with two men out.
Lindy McDaniel drew up.
Renew drops the jacket and the glove and reaches for the bat. So Merritt Renew is going to bat for Lindy McDaniel.
Dick LeMay is the left hander throwing in the bullpen for the Chicago Cubs.
Merritt Renew is batting 463. It's been a 41-times-in-19 hit.
Renew has two home runs and eight runs battered in. He came to the Chicago Cubs from the Houston Colt 45.
Tracy Salad continues to stay warm by firing in the tosses to Tammy Taylor.
Carl Willie and Ken McKenzie continue to throw in the bullpen for the Mets.
Earlier this year, Merritt Renew had a fractured jaw.
He steps into the batter's box. Tracy Salad, rubbing up a ball, goes to the Rodden bag.
It's the Cubs four and the Mets four with the Cubs batting in the top half of the ninth inning.
Runners at first and third, two men out.
Here's the pitch and it's low for ball one. Time to breaking ball.
Salad working deliberately. Runners leading first and third, pitch is swung on and foul. Back onto the screen and out of play.
One and one to count.
When New York Mets battle back on the bottom of the eighth, it tires this game. Right now Fernandez is coming in to have a word with Salad.
And they're trying to put down a curve uprising here in the top of the ninth so they can have another shot in the bottom of the ninth.
That's trying to pull out a game in which they trail at one point by a score of four to nothing.
One-one pitch, mix is high and it's two balls and one strike.
To a merit renew.
Ken Hubs is due up next for the Cubs.
The ball is off-ranks. Breaking ball is thrown up at the ground ball. Taken by Harkness, he'll have to play to Salad. He does in time and he's out.
Lacey Salad covering it first as Harkness went to his right to glove the ball.
And in the top of the ninth, the Cubs got no runs. No hits. No errors. Two left and it's the end of eight and a half innings of play.
It's the Mets four and the Cubs four.
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For the Chicago Cubs, Dick LeMare is coming in to do the pitching.
He was recalled by the Cubs from Atlanta where he had won three and lost three.
He had an earned run average of 2.22.
This is his second relief appearance. He made an appearance on the 22nd of April
before he went out at Pittsburgh, which he pitched one in the third inning
until he allowed no runs on two hits.
So this is his first appearance since he came back.
Dick LeMare is a left-hander.
It was something of a sensation when he originally came up with the San Francisco Giants.
And the New York Mets here in the bottom half of the ninth inning
will be sending up Tim Harkness to face the left-hander.
Through eight and a half innings, the Mets have four runs on six hits.
The Cubs have four runs on seven hits.
LeMare was traded from the Giants to the Cubs over the winter
and then from the Cubs on the Cubs during the spring training period.
Tim Harkness is one for three this afternoon.
He is in and waiting.
Bottom half of the ninth inning, score inside.
LeMare into the full windup and the pitch.
It's low for a ball.
It's sort of a whirlwind delivery as with a lot of arms, a lot of legs,
a lot of feet and a knee or two.
Here's the pitch.
It's inside for a ball.
It's 2-0.
Charlie Neal is on deck for the Mets.
That pitch is low and it's out to three and on out of Tim Harkness.
Nick LeMare delivers something like a deck chair unfolding.
Here's the pitch and it's a called strike, 3-1.
Harkness tried to bluff his way down to first.
Three balls and one strike.
Jack Warner is up and throwing again to call Bill Ben.
Here's the pitch in there for a called strike, too,
and it's a full count now to Harkness.
So now we've come to the playoff pitch time.
It's on the way.
Point on and there's a looper in the center field
and right there is Nelson Matthews to make the catch.
Harkness goes out to center.
There's one away and Charlie Neal is coming up.
Charlie Neal who missed a home run by inches.
Celeste Hill in the bottom half of the seventh.
Score tied 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth.
That's trying to pull this one out here to get an even break in the two-game series.
May winds and fires.
It's fastball in there for a called strike, 1.
What's up outside?
One and one.
Fastball in there for a called strike.
Went back to the blazer and it's one and two.
Carl Willie is up and throwing again into both ends of the net.
Let up, flung on and fouled off.
Charlie Neal chopped it down.
Stay alive, it's one and two.
Chico Fernandez is on deck.
That's a let up outside.
Two and two.
And the 2-2 pitch.
Flung on, fouled off, upstairs and out of play.
Count holds 2-2.
This is the concluding game of the current home stand.
Here's 2-2 pitch.
Let up, flung on and fouled off.
Charlie got a little piece of it.
Count holds it 2-2.
The Mets will be back here on Friday afternoon, July 5th.
The pitch, flung on and lined in the center.
Nelson Matthews coming straight in and he makes the catch.
Neal has lined up the center, two away, and that brings up Fernandez.
And now it's up to Chico as far as the Mets chances are winning here and the bottom of the night is a concern.
And it has one home run and five runs batted in.
Now he pitches in there.
Chico ran his hand down the bat, sort of bluffed the bunt in taking the pitch.
It's strike one.
Here's a play on a line shot into left field for a base pitch for Fernandez.
Williams is up with it.
We raise it in.
Chico turns and holds it first with a single little out-and-mouth.
Tracy Salad is few up and let's see what Casey does.
He has Rod Kniell at the bat rack.
The hot rod is getting the hard hat and selecting the timber and he'll be up in a moment.
Back for Salad and Carl Willie is the man warming the bullpen.
Rod Kniell being announced now.
Rod Kniell is batting two-thirteen.
He has five runs batted in.
There are two men out to score the side, four-four.
Right fielder Ellis Burton moves in now.
Right-hand batter Rod Kniell waits for the pitch.
It is lined into right field for a base hit and Fernandez is on his way to third.
Burton takes it off the wall.
He throws it to the center of the infield and it is taken by LeMay who is halfway between third and home backing up and Kniell moves on to second.
So the next pair run is at second and third.
Two men out and Jim Hickman coming up.
A line drive single to right by Kniell and he moves to second on the throw-in as Burton simply plays the ball off the wall
and threw it to the center of the infield and it came all the way through to Dick LeMay who was backing up wherever the throw happened to come.
And Bob Kennedy is on his way to the mound now.
Jack Warner has been throwing in the bullpen and he is going to go to the bullpen to get the right-hander here to face right-hand batter Jim Hickman.
Jack Warner has not made an appearance.
More to Chicago Cubs that is being brought up from Salt Lake City.
So the Mets have runners at second and third.
Two men out, bottom half of the ninth inning, score is tied 4-4 and Jack Warner is on his way into the bullpen.
Jack Warner at Salt Lake City won two games and lost one.
He saw that action down there last night in the bullpen but didn't get into the ball game.
This is his first appearance.
So Jack Warner comes on now in relief of left-hander Dick LeMay.
Warner is a right-hander.
There are no other games in progress in the Major League.
This is the only afternoon game scheduled.
All the other action is scheduled for tonight.
That will be Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, San Francisco Giants at St. Louis,
the Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati, and the Houston Colts 45s at Milwaukee.
In the American League, the New York Yankees are in Chicago tonight to take on the White Sox.
The Cleveland Indians are in Boston to meet the Red Sox.
The Washington Senators are in Kansas City to play the A's.
The Detroit Tigers are in Minnesota to play the Twins.
And the Baltimore Orioles meet the Los Angeles Angels in a twilight doubleheader in Los Angeles.
Warner is taking his warm-up tosses.
He has two left, says umpire Dan Lannis behind the plays.
Only a lot five, you'll recall, under this year's National League regulations.
And as Ralph Conner has remarked earlier, about all you need to warm up on a day like this is to comb your hair.
95 degrees in New York.
Jim Hickman steps in four times without a hit today.
Now Dick Bertil, the catcher, comes out to get checked out with Jack Warner.
And the fans get the chance started. This is something that Jack Warner hasn't heard before.
Jim Hickman in and waiting.
Fernando is the base runner at third and Rod Canneal the base runner at second.
Warner into the full windup and here's the pitch.
It is tipped off as Hickman moved up to push it down the first baseline
and just barely nicked it back into the catcher's glove for strike one.
Two minutes out.
And now Fernandez bluffs the start down the third baseline and Hickman takes the pitch in there for a called strike two.
Fernandez dug for about a half a dozen steps in the direction of home plate.
On the pitch.
Two strike count to Hickman.
Warner has the sign, works with the windup, pitch is flung on and foul back out of play.
Got hold of two strikes to Hickman with Ron Hunt on deck.
Two minutes out in the score tide, 4-4 on the bottom half of the ninth inning.
Again the two strike offering. Flung on and the strike three is stuck in the hot and will be going into extra innings.
So Warner comes in to put out the fire and at the bottom of the ninth the Mets got no runs on two hits.
No errors and two left.
And at the end of nine full innings the score is tied. The Cubs four, the Mets four.
This is the concluding game of the current home stand.
The Mets will be in Buffalo tomorrow night. That is an exhibition game between the Mets and their top farm club.
It will not be broadcast or televised.
However the Mets will be opening up in Pittsburgh on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon
and that entire series in Pittsburgh will be carried on both radio and television.
The Mets will be coming back here against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday afternoon, July 6.
And then the first Saturday night game of the season and then a Sunday afternoon game.
For the New York Mets now Carl Willey is coming in to pitch.
Carl Willey being brought in as Tracy Salad was removed for the pinch hitter.
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Right now we go to the top of the 10th and coming up to lead off is Kenny Hubbs.
And coming in here to carry along is Ralph Keiner.
Okay Lindsay, Kenny Hubbs who has no hits and four times up will go against Carl Willey.
Carl with a record of six wins and six losses.
Right handed pitcher, this is his second appearance in relief.
His first appearance was in relief against Milwaukee at the start of the season.
And Carl's first pitch is one on a missed strike one.
Hubbs the right hand batter batting 236.
It'll be Hubbs, Bertell and Nelson Matthews against Carl Willey.
Now Carl with a big wind up and back with a curve ball.
Again a swing, he strikes two.
Now the fourth pitcher used by manager Casey Stengel.
Al Jackson was the starter. He worked six innings, gave up all four runs.
Larry Benard another fine performance going two innings, no runs and no hits.
Stalart went one innings, no runs and no hits and now Carl Willey.
Here's the two strike delivery, a fastball just missing low, one ball two strikes.
For the Cubs, Bob Buell worked six innings. He was charged with three runs.
Don Elston in relief, him gave up the time run.
After Elston it was Lindy McDaniel and Dick LeMay and now Jack Warner in the ballgame.
Willey at one two, a curve ball, strike three.
Hubbs swinging over the top of the curve ball and that's strike out.
The first for Carl Willey, number six in the game for the Mets and it brings up Dick Bertell.
Dick has two hits and four times up. He has had the last hit in the game for the Cubs.
That came in the fifth inning. That drove in the fourth run for Chicago.
Bertell a right hand batter batting two fifty four.
And then in the second one, Dick Circle, Lou Brock. He's a left hand batter.
Now the first pitch to Dick Bertell, a curve ball, a swing and a miss, strike one.
Cubs four, Mets four, one out top of the tenth inning.
Willey back to work with a fastball that's low, one ball, one strike.
Cubs scored one run in the first inning, picked up their second run in the second, added two more in the fifth.
Mets trailing four nothing in the bottom half of the sixth.
So three runs, one in the double by Duke Snyder, the other two on a home run by Frank Thomas.
They added their time run in the eighth.
Now Willey back again and it's low for ball two, two balls and one strike.
Two balls and one strike.
One man out.
And the pitch by Carl is a fastball fouled off to the right side.
He just gives chase but then gives up as the ball goes in the stands.
Now now a round's out at two and two.
Carl has appeared before the Cubs one other time.
He won that game two nothing and he pitched a fine three hitter.
That was back on April 24th.
Cubs and Mets have played six games so far with each team coming out a win or three times.
Now Willey with a new ball.
Here's the two-two pitch to Bertell.
Kirby checks the time.
Bertell was way out there but got the bat back and it's called ball three.
Everybody in the ballpark looking for a strike call right there except home plate umpire Stan Landis.
Full count at three and two.
And the pitch by Willey.
Fastball hit off of the hands right back of the pitchers mound.
Tim Harkness coming in and he makes the catch for out number two.
That'll bring up pitch hitter Lou Brock batting for Nelson Matthews.
Brock a left hand batter.
Matthews going out a right hand batter.
Brock if you recall is a fellow who hit one into the right center field stands.
The only man to ever do so here in the Polar Grounds.
That was last year.
This year he's batting 264 with three home runs and 18 runs batted in.
There have been two other balls in the center field.
One by Joe Adcock.
The other by Hank Aaron.
They were on the left center field side of center field.
Brock has fine speed and Johnny Neal shortens up a third base against him.
Here's the first pitch a fastball strike one.
Comes four, that's four.
Two men on top of the tenth.
Beyond deck batter is Ernie Banks.
And now Willey with a one strike delivery.
A curve ball popped up in foul territory over in the third base side.
Johnny Neal running for it but he can't catch up with it.
The ball hits the warning track and bounces into the stands.
Ball was not high enough in the air to give Johnny time to get to it.
But Carl Willey now is on two to Lou Brock.
Willey taking the sign from Sammy Taylor.
And now into the windup and here's the two strike delivery.
Fastball and he's got him looking.
Strike three.
Two strikeouts for Carl Willey and his first inning.
And the score now at the end of nine and one half innings of play.
The Cubs four and that's four.
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Lou Brock is staying in the ball game.
He is playing in right field and moved to center field.
Burton, Alice Burton in center field from right field and in the game Lou Brock.
Who was a pinch hitter for the center fielder Nelson Matthews.
On the mound Jack Warner working his second inning.
He came in the pitch to one man and he got him on a strikeout.
That was Jim Heckman.
The Mets at that time had runners at second and third.
And of course the runner at third base would have won the game in the bottom half of the ninth.
First man up against Warner will be Ron Hunt.
Ron has one hit and four times up.
Warner a right hander and his first pitch is a fastball that's inside for ball one.
Cubs have four runs on seven hits and Mets have four runs in eight.
It'll be Ron Hunt, Duke Snyder and Frank Thomas.
All against the right hander Jack Warner who is making his first appearance for the Cubs.
Here's the 1-0 delivery.
Overhand fastball hit the center field.
Moving back is Burton.
He turns and he makes the catch.
Ball is hit well to center field but not high enough to go far enough.
And it comes to have one out with Duke Snyder coming up.
Duke has one hit and three times up.
The two times he was put out he hit the ball well.
In the first inning Burton while playing right field made one of the best catches of the year on him.
Had Rob Duke of at least a double possibly a triple.
And his second time up Nelson Matthews in center field went back 440 feet away in center field to make a catch.
Duke then doubled the right to drive in a run.
There's a line drive to center of base hit.
Taking on the short hop after one bounce by Burton and the Mets now have the winning run at first base with one man out and Frank Thomas coming to back.
Frank has driven in three runs. He has had a two run home run and his last base hit drove in the timer in the ball game.
Warming up in the bullpen for the Cubs now in a hurry is Jim Brewer, a left hander.
Thomas with three hits and four times up, a right hand batter.
Frank is making a big climb to get back up in the normal batting position for him.
He's now batting 259 after a very slow start.
Now we're going to have a pinch runner Jimmy Peresaw coming in to run for Duke Snyder.
Jimmy Peresaw, a pinch runner for Duke Snyder and he'll probably stay in the ball game defensively if the Mets have to play in the 11th inning.
First pitch to Frank Thomas, a curve ball outside for ball one.
That's the first curve that Jack Warner has thrown since he's come in the ball game.
He is now pitching to his fourth man.
Here's the 1-0 pitch, again the curve and it's outside for ball two.
Two balls, no strikes. The score tied at 4-4, bottom half of the 10th inning. A quick throw to Peresaw back, no tag made by Ernie Banks.
Here's the stretch and the pitch back to Thomas.
Fly ball hits to left field. Billy Windham's coming in, glass is down.
He's shading from the sun and he makes the catch for out number two.
That will bring up the left hand batter Sammy Taylor.
Back to first base Jimmy Peresaw while we wait for Taylor to come to bat.
We'll pause for station identification.
A-10 on the dial, WGY in Schenectady, one minute before five.
Ralph Garner along with Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy from the Polar Ground.
We're in extra innings now, bottom half of the 10th inning.
The Cubs had a 4-0 lead but the Mets bounced back to score three runs in the sixth and one run in the eighth to tie it up.
And we're in there now at 4-4, two men out.
The batter Sammy Taylor with Jimmy Peresaw on at first base.
First pitch to Sammy Taylor, a hard swing and a foul ball back in the screen.
Sam was going for all it was worth and that one pitch up around the shoulders.
And Jack Warner now out in front, all in one, still throwing to the bullpen is Jim Brewer.
Sammy has yet to pick up a base hit in this game.
He is all for four.
That drops his average down to 276.
Now the stretch, a look at first base and the pitch back to Taylor, a hard ground ball down to Ernie Banks.
He comes up with a ball, moves to first base, makes the tag of the bag to retire the side.
In the inning for the Mets, no runs on one hit.
There were no errors and one man left on and the score at the end of 10 innings of play.
The Cubs four runs on seven hits.
The Mets have four runs and nine hits.
For the 11th inning to bring you the play-by-play, once again, Lindsey Nelson.
Thank you very much, Ralph Garner.
Cookie Lavagento had just been out warming up the pitcher as the forces of personnel are being depleted here.
Duke Snyder is heading for the clubhouse having been removed for the pinch runner.
Piersol stays in the ball game at center field and Jim Hickman moves over to right.
Shortstop Chico Fernandez has gone for a pair of sunglasses.
He has them and he's on his way back to his position at shortstop.
And Ernie Banks is up to lead off for the Chicago Cubs in the top half of the 11th inning facing Carl Willis.
Willie looks in to get a sign from Sammy Taylor, dips into the windup,
and here's the pitch to the right-hand batter, a breaking ball high for ball one.
Mets four and the Cubs four in the 11th inning.
Again, Willie works.
Swing out of Pup coming over toward the Mets dugout. It's out of play.
One and one. This is the eighth extra inning game of the season for the Mets.
In extra inning competition, the Mets have won three and lost four.
Ernie Banks did not start this ball game. He did not intend to play in the ball game today.
He thought he was being given a day's rest.
Here's the one-one pitch. Breaking ball swung on to foul ball coming back.
Taylor should have a play in front of the dugout of the Cubs and he makes the catch.
So Banks has fouled out to the catcher. There is one away and Ellis Burton is coming up.
Switch hitting leadoff man in the cup batting order. Comes around the bat from the left-hand side.
He had a home run in the second inning.
That was at that time the second Cub run.
Now Carl Willie again with the windup and the pitch. Swung on at the ground ball to first.
It is taken by Harkman. If he gets control, drops it, picks it up, tags the bag and he's out.
Well, that one ran up his arms, off his chest, caught it in his hands, started to the bag, dropped it,
picked it up and made the tag near two away.
Any way you make them, they count just the same if you get there in time.
Andre Rogers coming up now, right-hand batter.
He had a brace of doubles in this ball game.
Leo Burke started the ball game at first base for the Cubs and then when he was ejected from arguing a strike call
with umpire Stan Landis, Ernie Banks is brought in to play first base.
Rogers waiting.
Pitches in there for a call strike for the Cub shortstop.
Carl Willie gets into that smooth, fluid motion and the pitch is low.
It's one and one.
Head winning pitchers in Sunday's doubleheader with the Phil's were Carl Willie and Tracy Stallard.
They both have seen relief duty in this ball game here today.
It's a ball low and it's two and one.
Now the two-one pitch to Andre Rogers.
Swung hard and lined into the glove of Hutt at second base for the offensively tied at the side.
Ron Hutt.
And so in the top of the 11th the Chicago Cubs got no runs on no hits, no errors and none left.
And at the end of ten and a half innings it's the Cubs four and the Mets four.
Paul Allen, Lou Brock is up for this first and second not in time and Harkness flies in although there's no play on him with a double.
It was not hit high enough on the line to get into the stand at the edge of the wall and Brock was right over there against the wall to try to play it and he managed to get it just coming off.
And it is a double for Harkness to open up the bottom half of the 11th inning with Charlie Neal coming up and that calls for a Cub strategy conference now.
He has to defend against the possibility of the Mets going to the top to fight to try to move Harkness on over to third where he could score on a fly ball to the outfield or a number of other ways.
Charlie Neal is 0-4 on this ball game today.
And again Jim Brewer is up and throwing in the bullpen for the Chicago Cubs.
Bob Kennedy comes out of the dugout. He is called out there by umpire Stan Landis.
Landis calls coach Bob Kennedy out.
Starts to him.
No indication of what the subject of that conversation is about.
Now Landis comes back to assume his position behind the plate.
This is Jesse Lavagetta to get his sign. Ron Santoso to third baseman and on the edge of the grass at third. Banks in on the edge of the grass at first in anticipation of a bunch of chips.
Here is the pitch it's hung on and foul by Guns and Green and out of play. No bunch there.
Tim Harkness the base runner at second as the Mets make a bid here in the bottom half of the 11th with the score tied 4-4.
Jack Warner with the pitch. Fon has a foul ball to the right side and out of play.
You happen to be a commuter on your way home driving on some of the highways in and around New York.
Do be careful there are Mets fans in some of those cars.
And we're in the bottom half of the 11th inning here.
Charlie Neal in and waiting.
Warner's pitch is high and away for ball. It's one and two.
With two strikes on Neal both San Jo at third and Banks at first have retreated to normal depth.
There is nobody out.
Pitch is hung on foul off to the right side and out of play.
The count holds at one and two to Charlie Neal.
Chico Fernandez is on deck now for the Mets.
The only available pinch hitter that the Mets have besides pitchers that they have not used is Norm Sherry.
Now Warner with the pitch high for ball. It's two and two.
Jack Warner and Carl Willie are of course the pitchers of record in this ballgame.
Here's two-two pitchers high and away and it's out pulling out of Charlie Neal.
Warner takes off the glove to look around.
Mop his brow a little bit.
Now he's up on the rubber looking in for his time.
Little rhythmic applause started by the fans here at the polo ground.
Harkness leads off the bag at second. Here's the playoff pitch.
Hang on a minute. He's stuck him out.
Warner's second strike out since he came in and that will bring up Chico Fernandez.
He's a right-hand batter.
One away and a runner at second. Score tied 4-4.
And now with first base open Fernandez is going to be intentionally walked.
They're not worried about Fernandez. The man they're worried about is Harkness at second base.
And pitcher Carl Willie is due up next.
So they're going to walk Fernandez. It's ball two.
He is of no consequence to the Cubs of course because Harkness is a potential winning run at second base.
You're in the bottom half of the 11th inning.
And Norm Sherry is running in from the bullpen now.
As Fernandez goes down to first, Norm Sherry is cutting across from the bullpen area coming in towards the dugout.
Taking advantage of this delay, Bertell has gone out to the mound and so has Ernie Banks.
And Sherry is the only man left for the Mets to use as a penchetta besides pitchers.
Now Cookie Lavagetta walks out onto the infield grass to talk to Tim Harkness.
Sally Hemas, the coach at first is talking to Fernandez who is standing on the bag.
Norm Sherry is getting a bat.
And he is batting for Carl Willie.
Norm Sherry is the 19th player to be used by the Mets in this game.
So Carl Willie is out of the ball game.
After having retired six consecutive batters in the 10th and 11th innings, he's faced six and he's set down six.
But Casey Singler is making a move to try to win it here in the bottom of the 11th.
Going to right hand batter Norm Sherry, he has Galen Cisco up and throwing in the bullpen.
There is one man out as Sherry comes around.
Harkness the base runner at second, Fernandez the base runner at first.
Norm Sherry is in and waiting.
Jack Warner is up and set.
Here's the pitch.
It's a little over down the third base line.
Santo takes it up the bag.
He's out there, the throw to first.
He's out there.
It's a double play and ends the inning.
A ground ball taken right out the bag by Santo.
In one motion he steps on the bag through on the first to Ernie Banks.
Time to get Norm Sherry. It is a double play.
And the third is retired.
In the bottom of the 11th the net shot.
No runs on one hit. No errors in one left.
And at the end of 11 full innings of play it is the Mets four and the Cubs four.
Polly Williams batting against Galen Cisco.
Cisco the fifth man used by Casey Singler.
He's in this ball game, has been up five times without a base hit.
He's a left hand batter and the first pitch to him is bounced down the first base a fair ball.
Harkness throws to Cisco covering it first for out number one.
Saul Galen gets one man out on one pitch and this is Galen Cisco's 21st appearance.
He has a record of three wins and six losses this year.
Cisco will now work to Ron Sano.
Ron with a base hit his first time up to continue his consecutive game batting streak.
He has hit in six consecutive games.
In this game he has won for four and the first pitch to the right hand batter by Cisco is a curve ball, a strike called.
Galen Cisco is the 20th man used by the Mets.
One time before the Mets used more than 20 that was in an extra inning game too.
They used 21.
Now Cisco with a one strike delivery a fast ball low on outside one ball one strike.
The pitcher is due up next for the Chicago Cubs, Jack Warner.
Now a curve ball hit right off the end of the bat.
Here comes Harkness in.
He picks it up and goes over to the line and tags Sando out as he comes on down the line.
Harkness has been a busy man in this ball game.
Two men out both handled by Tim Harkness and now the batter Jack Warner.
Warner batting for the first time.
No one joined in the bullpen for the Cubs.
They had a left hander down there.
Jim Brewer warming up but he was put down and Jack Warner is going to bat for himself.
The only men the Mets have left on the bench Roger Craig who is scheduled to pitch Friday, Tim McKenzie, Jay Hook and Don Roll.
Four pitchers.
Now the pitch to Jack Warner and it's bounced right back to the mound.
A good play by Galen Sisco. He jumps high in the air to take it on one bounce.
He calls the first base and that does it.
All the plays handled right at the pitcher's mound and at first base.
One, two, three for Galen Sisco and now the Mets come to bat.
In the bottom half of the 12th inning the score is tied 4 to 4.
Bottom half of the 12th inning Jack Warner on the mound for the Chicago Cubs.
He's the fifth man used by the Cubs.
He came in the ball game in the ninth inning with two outs and met that runners at second and third.
The winning run at third base and Warner struck out Jim Hickman.
He worked the 10th inning giving up one hit to Duke Snyder.
Duke was left at first base as Warner picked up Thomas and Sammy Taylor.
In the 11th inning Kim Hawkins doubled to start the inning off against Warner and he was left at second base as Warner got Charlie Neal a strikeout.
And after an intentional pass to Tico Fernandez he got Norm Sherry a pinch hitter to hit into a double play.
So now Warner starts here in the 12th inning. He'll be pitching to Jim Hickman.
Jim has no base hits and five times up in this game.
And here's the first pitch for the right hand batter. A fastball outside for ball one.
Now Warner back to work and a fastball is swung on for strike one. One ball, one strike.
Warner making his first side in the major league.
Now the one-one delivery curveball outside for ball two. He throws hard. He's a solid, soundly built ball.
Five-eleven, 190 pounds.
And Hickman takes outside for ball three. Three balls and one strike.
Warner lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
He is 22 years of age. Started pitching in 1958.
In 1959 he was 13 and three in the minor league.
There's a fastball at the knees for strike two.
In 1961 it was hampered by a sore arm and in 1962 he appeared in seven games with the Cubs in April with no record.
Now three-two to Hickman and there's a hard drive to the third baseman Ron Sano.
Sano moving to his left, one-handed for out number one.
And with one out the batter will be Ron Hunt. Ron has one hit and five times up.
Score four to four. The Cubs pull runs on seven hits. The Mets have four runs and ten hits.
The final game of this two-game series.
Getting tough to see at home plate now. The shadow extending across in front of a home plate about ten feet out.
And of course this time of day, this time of day it's right off of the center field scoreboard.
Here's the first pitch. It's a curveball outside and low for ball one.
Warner into the lineup and the 1-0 delivery. A fastball low and outside at the knees for strike one.
One ball, one strike.
And at 1-1 Warner comes back with a curve that's too low.
Two balls and one strike. Warner's curveball is a fast breaking curve.
He's sort of a short-arm pitcher, very sneaky fast with his fastball.
Two balls and one strike. And a fastball is on the outside corner. That evens the count of two balls and two strikes.
Mets in the bottom half of the 12th inning. Their longest game in their brief history, a 15-inning affair, was the Philadelphia Phillies.
Al Jackson went all the way and that one lost it. Now at 2-2 the pitch is a curveball just outside for a full count of three and two.
The on-deck batter, Jimmy Pearsall, he'll be batting for the first time.
Last run of this game came back in the eighth inning. Fastball hits the second base. Kenny Hubbs comes up with it.
And he goes to Ernie Banks for the second out in the 12th inning. That will bring up Jimmy Pearsall.
Pearsall batting for the first time has one home run and nine RBIs. He is batting 220.
And the first pitch to Jim is a fastball high for ball one.
Warner back with a fastball. It's on for strike one. One ball, one strike. Hubbs for, Mets for, bottom half of the 12th.
Here's the 1-1 pitch, low for ball two. Warner works in a hurry. He just pumps away.
Now Stan Landis, the home plate umpire, dusting off the right corner of the plate.
Two balls and one strike. And the pitch to Jim. Fastball fouled away.
So Warner has picked the count up to two balls and two strikes.
Dick Bertell, who has caught all the way, now walking the ball back to the pitcher's mound. A new ball being put in play and Bertell is rubbing the ball up.
Kasey just turned in to cut score to run in the first, to run in the second, and two in the fifth. They let four nothing, but the Mets came back to score three in the sixth and they tied it up in the eighth inning.
They've had a run short since the bottom half of the eighth inning. Here's the 2-2 pitch, high for ball three. So once again, Jack Warner has gone a full count.
As he goes to three and two to Jimmy Fearsall. The on deck batter is Frank Thomas. Frank has driven in three of the runs in this ball game.
Two run home run two. And a fastball is high for ball four and that brings up Frank.
Frank singled in the second inning for his first hit. And now Jimmy Fearsall takes off for second base. A throw there to the second baseman Kenny Hubbs is in time and he is out.
Jimmy Fearsall trying to catch the Cubs by surprise ends up as the surprise one as he is throwing out.
Kenny Hubbs making the play at second base so Frank Thomas will not get a chance to bat in the twelfth inning. He'll work in the thirteenth.
In the inning for the Mets no runs, no hits, no errors, one walk and no one left on base. And the score at the end of twelve innings of play, the Cubs four, the Mets four.
He wasn't on the rubber and Jimmy Fearsall thought he could get a jump and make it all the way but he didn't because Warner simply turned and tossed to Kenny Hubbs in plenty of time.
So now we're going to the thirteenth, Cisco on the mound for the New York Mets and Hubbs is at the plate.
A right hand batter, Cisco into the wind up in the pitch and it's in there for a called strike.
At one time in this ball game the Cubs led by a score of four to nothing. Mets tied it up four, four to bring it out into extra inning.
There's a breaking ball just missed high and it's one and one.
Cisco again gets the sign and the one-one delivery is put on and fouled off. Strike two.
That ball just nicking Sammy Taylor, the foul ball. He is it as far as Mets catching is concerned.
Scott Coleman and Norm Sherry both have made pinch hitting appearances.
Cisco shakes off a sign, now has the one he wants, the one-two pitch is put on and missed.
Low curve ball.
Third is a strikeout for Cisco and will bring up catcher Dick Buccell.
He's two for five in this game.
Mets with four runs on ten hits and the Cubs with four runs on seven hits.
Cisco with a pitch put on, foul back and out of play. Strike one.
Lou Brock is now on deck for the Cubs.
As often happens in extra inning ball games these batting orders are a little bit jumbled.
Here's a swing and a miss, two strikes out to Buccell.
The batter is now in shadow and pitcher is still in the bright sunlight.
Here's a pitch in there for a strike three. Strikeout, consecutive strikeout.
Will and Cisco and Lou Brock is coming up. Brock batted for Nelson Matthews in the top of the tenth and Carl Willis struck him out.
Pitch put on and missed, breaking ball.
We're in the top half of the thirteenth inning. Score tied, four-four.
Swing and a miss, two strikes out to Lou Brock. Ernie Banks is now on deck for the Cubs.
Cubs started the day only three games out of first place and the National League standing.
Two strike pitch, breaking ball, put on and missed and Galen Fisco has struck out the side.
As we had her, Buccell and Brock on strike and in the top of the thirteenth.
The Cubs got no runs, no hits, no errors, none left at the end of twelve and a half innings.
It's the Mets four, the Cubs four.
For the Chicago Cubs and Ellis Burton is going out of the ball game heading for the clubhouse steps.
Dan Landis now signaling up to Jack Lee, the public address announcer here, to announce Landrum in center field.
In the bottom of the thirteenth inning, the New York Mets will send up Frank Thomas.
Frank had a big two-run homer for the Mets in the bottom of the sixth and he had a single in the eighth that drove him to tying run.
He also had a single in the second.
Landrum is the seventeenth Chicago Cubs in the ball game.
He's a swing and a drive and the left field is going to be in there for a base hit for Frank Thomas.
Loved by Billy Williams, he plays it in.
Thomas turns and holds with his fourth base hit of the day.
As the Mets open up the bottom of the thirteenth with a base hit.
Now the Cubs have to defend against the possibility of a sacrifice and Ernie Banks calls time.
Come over and get checked out with pitcher Jack Warner on how they're going to play a possible bunt.
Frank Thomas in a hot streak right now with four base hits today, four for six.
Frank has that batting average up to 262.
Sammy Taylor is the batter, left-hand batter.
Ron Panto in on the edge of the grad.
Here's a swing and a little number down the first base line of foul ball, glove by Ernie Banks.
There was no bunt, it was a full swing.
Jim Brewer, a left-hander up and throwing in the bullpen for the Chicago Cubs.
Jim Harkness is on deck for the Mets.
Thirty-seven ball players have been used in this ball game so far.
Jack Warner into the stretch.
Here's a swing and a high fly ball to the left field.
Billy Williams moves over, looks up into the side, he has it lined up and he makes the catch.
Thomas tags it first and moves a couple of sets, but that's all, he holds it first base.
That brings up Jim Harkness, single in the second and doubled in the 11th.
Mets have four runs on 11 hits. The Cubs have four runs on seven hits.
This go up and set. I'd rather warn her, up and set.
Here's a swing and a ground ball that's going to go through for a base hit.
Frank Thomas, round second, hits for third, block up for the ball, he plays it to second base.
Thomas pulls in safely at third and Jim Harkness is on with the ground, single to right.
That will bring up Charlie Neal, who runs it first and third and one man out.
That's the third hit of the afternoon for Jim Harkness, a ground, single to right.
Off Jack Warner.
Charlie Neal has been up five times without a hit today.
He has one long fly ball out to left field, he had one line dry out to center field.
Either one of those duplicated right here in this situation would win the ball game for the New York Mets, as they have.
So such a winning run at third base with one man out.
Frank Thomas talking things over the cookie lava jetto, the coach's third.
And now Stan Landis signals out to Tom Garman to signal down to a group of Mets fans in left field to get the banner off the left field fence so they just hold it back about a foot.
The Chicago Cubs of course bring the MPL in here and they're going to put Charlie Neal on.
He is being intentionally passed. Charlie Neal is being intentionally passed with Chico Fernandez in the on deck circle.
What they want to do of course is shut up and play at every base here.
That is ball three to Charlie Neal being intentionally walked. Warner is set and here is ball four.
So Neal goes down to first, that will move Harkness to second. Thomas is at third, Fernandez is coming up.
One man out.
The Chicago Cubs are playing the in field and the out field in of course because the man they were divided Frank Thomas, the runner at third.
Warner turns to work straight away.
We're in the bottom half of the third team now walking out in front of the plate.
Galen Cisco due up next for the New York Mets.
Great tell now fires the ball back on out to Jack Warner. Cubs still playing a defensive alignment of in field and an out field end.
No point playing the out field deep because if it is deep Thomas could tag and score anyway.
They want to try to cut off that one at the plate.
Now the strike one pitch to Fernandez. It's time for a ball one and one.
Thomas the base runner at third, Jim Harkness the base runner at second, Charlie Neal the base runner at first.
Warner getting a sign from Bertell.
One one pitch.
Swung on, ball ball to the right side out of play. It's one and two.
Landis again signaling down and getting one of the special policemen to try to get the banner removed from the left field wall.
Warner is working the one two pitch.
Fly on to the ground ball to third. Sando up for the plate of the plate. He's out at the plate at the fourth play there.
No other play.
Base is still loaded and two men out.
No tag necessary at the plate of Sando plays the ground ball to Bertell and time to force Thomas.
Galen Cisco is going to bat for himself with the bases loaded.
Because there is no choice. Only pitchers are left.
Only Craig, McKenzie, Hook and Rowe are left.
So Galen Cisco will bat for himself here.
New York Mets with the bases loaded, two men out so that the Cubs can play normal defensive alignment now.
Warner lines and fires and there's a pitch in there for a called strike.
There's a pitch fired low. It's one and one. Galen Cisco.
Kim Harkness is the base runner at third.
Neal at second. Fernandez at first.
Now the one-one pitch.
He checks the swing, takes outside. It's all two. Two and one.
Warner looking in for his time.
Two-one pitch.
He's going to bat the ground ball to the right side. Hugs it up when it plays over the back end time and the side is retired.
So ends. The bottom of the 13th and that's got no runs. On two hits, no errors and three left.
At the end of 13 innings of play, it's the Mets four, the Cubs four.
He's back at clear saw, his glass is down. He has room and he makes the catch.
He is batting at 250, a left-hand batter.
Don is the third center fielder used by the Cubs in this game. Nelson Matthews started.
Then Ellis Burton was moved from right to center and then Don went in to take Burton's place.
First pitch to Landrum, a curve ball, a tie for ball one.
One ball, no strikes. Cisco bearing at the side. He takes one and comes back to the plate with a slider that's low.
So Gannon is behind 2-0 to Don Landrum with Andre Rogers on deck.
Pitch back to Landrum outside, ball three.
Landrum is the 54th man to come to bat for the Cubs.
And there's a pitch back to the plate for a strike. Make it 55th, just add one more to it.
Cubs have batted around six times and now Landrum is starting off the seventh time.
Here's a pitch back to the plate, it's ball four.
The other Cubs get a baserunner for the first time since the ninth inning when Ron Sano has walked intentionally.
And with one man out, the batter will be Andre Rogers.
Rogers has two doubles in the ball game, two walks, a sacrifice, and he has lined out the second.
Rogers is a right-hand batter and the first pitch to him is a high curve that hangs up two high, ball one.
Rogers batting 217.
After Andre Rogers, Billy Williams.
Cubs four, Mets four, top of the 14th.
Landrum goes and the pitch is fouled away.
So on the run and hit play, Landrum returns to first base and the strike count is now one strike in favor of Galen Sisco.
He also has one ball.
One-one count.
Sammy Taylor going out to talk to Galen at the mound.
Kevin Kenzie still throwing in the bullpen for the Mets. The Mets have used 20 men in the ball game.
The Cubs have used 17.
Mets have a day off on the National League schedule tomorrow, but they will be playing a ball game in the International League against their top farm club, Buffalo.
That game will not be on the radio or television.
Now time is in. Sammy Taylor back to give the sign.
Ryan Landrum at first base and the one-one delivery by Galen Sisco.
A curve ball too low for ball two.
As Lindsay told you earlier, this is the eighth extra any game for the Mets. They have won three.
Now Sisco at two-one. Landrum goes and the pitch is hit down to third. It's a foul ball.
Throw to first base beats Andre Rogers, but Tom Gorman gave the call foul.
The ball was in fair territory just before it reached the bag, but then it kicked off and went foul before getting to the bag, and the cat now has two and two on Rogers.
Returning to first base, Don Landrum, Mets have won out here in the 14th, a score tied 4-4.
Hard to figure out whether that was a good break or not, the ball going foul, because Neal did get his man at first,
but the Cubs moved Landrum down, if the play had been fair, to second base where he could score on a base hit by the next batter.
Now two-two. Landrum goes again and there's a fly ball to right field. Moving over is the right fielder, Jim Heckman, and he makes the catch.
Returning to first base is Don Landrum. Two men out and the batter is Billy Williams.
Billy Williams is all for six in the game. He has scored one run. The Cubs scored one run in the first inning.
The run was unearned. They added one more in the second win, Burton Homer, to make it 2-0.
They added two more in the fifth for their total of four.
The Cubs have scored two earned runs in the game. The Mets tied the ball game up after scoring three in the sixth on a base hit by Frank Thomas in the eighth inning.
Frank has had a big day here today. Four hits and six times up. He has a home run, one of the four hits, and he has driven in four runs, I should say three runs of the four.
Now with two out the batter, Billy Williams, in the first base hit. Williams hit the left field. It's going to be a base hit.
Coming over is Thomas. He can't get to it. The ball goes on by, and coming around from first base, the score is Don Landrum.
The ball off the wall. Williams is going to make it inside the park, a home run.
Here comes a throw in by Frank Thomas, and Billy Williams has it inside the park, home run.
Frank Thomas elected to try to get to that ball in the air. He misjudged the ball. The ball hit in front of him. He had no chance to block it, and then bounced against the wall and rolled out the left center field.
Jimmy Pearsaw, the center fielder, did not get over to pick it up, and Williams has it inside the park, home run, and the Cubs lead 6-4.
While the two men out, Thomas took a chance to get to it, and it caused the mess.
That is home run number 11 for Bill Williams. His 43rd run batted him in the season, and the batter now is Ron Sano, and he takes the pitch for strike one.
That base hit, the first base hit in the ball game, and 8-2 third's inning for the Chicago Cubs.
Met pictures had given up no hits for 8-2 third's innings in relief. Here's the pitch back to Sano at ball one. One ball, one strike.
Larry Bernard worked two innings without giving up a hit. Stollard worked two, one inning without giving up a hit.
Lilley worked two innings without giving up a hit. And Cisco worked two and two-thirds innings without giving up a hit.
Here's the pitch back, a foul tip for strike two.
Cubs with two runs here in the 14th inning lead now 6-4.
And Cisco back to work, and he throws a strike call right across the outside corner to retire the side.
Fourth strikeout for Jalen Cisco, but the Cubs take the lead. They scored two runs on one hit.
There were no errors, and the score at the end, 13 and one-half innings of play. The Cubs 6, the New York Mets 4.
Coming to bat is Jim Hickman. Mets need two to tie.
Actually, the Mets pitchers had nine complete innings without giving up a hit.
There's the first pitch to Hickman, lying to right field, a base hit.
So Jim gets his first hit of the ball game, and the Mets now have the time run coming to the plate, Ron Hunt.
Jack Warner on the mound now looking out at the bullpen. Jim Brewer warming up the left-hander for the cut.
Warner came in the game in the ninth inning with two men out.
Ron Hunt's the batter, Ron a right-hand batter, and he has one hit and six drives up.
For the first pitch is lying to right field, a base hit. Jim Hickman rounds in second and holds.
The Mets now have runners at first pitch. Second and now Hickman is going at it's second base.
Hickman rounded too far around second base, and Lou Brock in right field picked the ball up, fired at the second base, and Hickman is out.
The Cavs with a fine play by Lou Brock have one man out, and the batter coming up for the Mets is Jimmy Fearsall.
Jimmy batting for the second time. He walked his first time up, and the first pitch to him is ball one, a curve ball.
Mets have had all kinds of opportunities to score next to their innings. They left two on in the ninth, one on the tenth, one on the eleventh, three on in the thirteenth.
And here's the pitch back to Fearsall. It's a ball, fastball outside. Two balls and no strikes.
Paul Toth, the right-hander now throwing alongside of Jim Brewer, left-hander.
The Cubs working in the bullpen. Mets with the time right at the plate. Score six to four in favor of the Cubs.
There's a swing and a fastball thrown to first base, but Hunt gets back. Two balls and one strike.
Now Jack Warner comes back low and outside for ball three. Three balls and one strike. The on-deck batter is Frank Thomas.
Jack Warner in the first position, and the pitch back to the plate is outside ball four.
Now the Mets have runners at first and second base, and Frank Thomas coming up.
Runners at first and second base, and now Bob Kennedy coming to the mound.
Bob Kennedy to the mound. Jack Warner.
The pitcher in the ball game and still throwing in the bullpen is Paul Toth, the right-hander.
Now the sign goes out. The right-hander, Paul Toth, will be coming in the game.
Jack Warner in his first start in the Major Leagues has done quite a job.
He came in the ball game in the ninth inning with two men out.
There were two men on, second and third. The Mets with a chance to win the game, and Warner struck out Jim Hickman.
He worked the tenth inning giving up one hit to Duke Snyder.
In the eleventh inning, Tim Harkness doubled the sassy inning off, but Warner left him there.
In the twelfth inning, he got the Mets one, two, three. In the thirteenth, the Mets had runners on all the bases.
The bases loaded on two hits in a walk, and Warner got his final out as he got Game in Cisco on a ground ball to second base.
Here in the fourteenth inning, Jim Hickman let off with a single.
He moved to second base when Ron Hunt singled the right, but then Jim, in taking too big of a turn at second base,
was thrown out by the right fielder, Lou Brock.
Now after walking Jimmy Pearsall and moving Ron Hunt on down to second base, Warner is going out of the game, and Paul Toth is coming in.
Warner, in working four and two-thirds innings, has given up no runs so far.
He allowed six bases, he struck out one and he walked four. Two of the walks intentional.
Paul Toth is the sixth pitcher used in the game by Bob Kennedy. Bob Buell, the starting pitcher, wins six innings.
Then Don Elston, who worked one and two-thirds.
Lenny McDaniel, who worked one-third.
Dick LeMay, who worked two-thirds.
And Jack Warner, who worked four and two-thirds.
Paul Toth, the right-hander, has a record of one win and four losses.
This is his twelfth appearance.
He has appeared against the Mets one other time. That was on April 24th.
He was not involved in the decision. He came in in relief and worked three innings, giving up no runs and no hits.
Toth was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in a trade that sent Harvey Branch to the Cardinals.
And now Toth completes his warm-up pitches. The Mets were runners at first and second, the time run at first base, and Frank Thomas coming to bat.
Frank has singled, homered, singled, and singled. He is four for six.
Frank has driven in three runs, but his play in the top of the fourteenth inning, the play that set up two runs for the Cubs and they took the lead.
Frank elected with two men out to try to make a tough catch and a ball over by the ball.
They couldn't get to the ball, and the ball went through for an inside-the-park homerun, two runs scoring.
Now the pitch to Frank Thomas, a curveball outside for ball one.
Well, we've seen just about everything in this game here today, and I guess we've been seeing it quite often, but this has been a real thriller.
Now Toth sets and comes back to Thomas. There's a ball hit high in the air to shallow left.
Coming back in is Billy Williams, a long run. He's still running and he makes the catch.
Going back to second base is Ron Hunt, and back to first Jimmy Fearsall.
Two men out now for the Cubs, and Sammy Taylor comes up.
Sammy has no base hits in the game. He is 0-6, left hand batter.
Met with two outs in the bottom half of the 14th inning. Cubs lead 6-4.
Sammy Taylor in the batter's box. Now here comes Bob Kennedy out to the mound again.
He has the left-hander warming up, Jim Brewer, and there's a sign out. He's going to bring in Jim Brewer to pitch to Sammy Taylor.
The Mets have no pinch hitters. They have used 20 men in this ball game.
The only men left on the bench are pitchers, Roger Craig, Ken McKenzie, Jay Hook, and Don Rall.
So Sammy Taylor will bat against the left-hand pitcher coming in, Jim Brewer.
Officially, Paul Toltz worked one-third of an inning.
He pitched to one batter, getting Frank Thomas to fly out the left field.
Brewer now the 19th man used by the Cubs in this game. A total of 39 men used in the ball game.
And while Brewer walks in, we'll have Lindsey bring you up to date of the schedule.
Head Coach Bob Kennedy is starting on back toward the dugout area, and Brewer now is checking with Ron Santo before starting his warm-up tosses.
And as he starts to get warmed up, coming back in here once again is Ralph Kiner.
Okay, Lindsey, the seventh pitcher, pitcher used in the ball game by Bob Kennedy.
Jim Brewer now taking his warm-up pitches. He has a record of two wins and one loss.
This is his 13th appearance. He has not appeared against the Mets so far this year.
Jim is 25 from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. 1962 against the Mets, he won none and lost one.
He's a fellow, if you recall, was a victim of a line punch by Billy Williams, not Pilly Williams, Billy Martin,
in a little knockdown, Frank, I guess, in Chicago a few years back.
Brewer was put out of action by Billy Martin.
Okay, it's Sammy Taylor. He represents the go-ahead run in the first pitch in the ball game to Sammy Taylor by Jim Brewer,
is outside for ball one at curveball. Mets have the time run at first base, the winning run at home plate.
Cubs have two men out in the bottom half of the 14th. We're right down to the end of the line.
And I'll be warming up on the bullpen now for the cut. Here's the 1-0 pitch. It's low for ball two.
Ball in the dirt dug out by Dick Bertell. Ron Hunt at second base.
Now Ernie Banks digging in in back of Jimmy Pearsaw. Pearsaw puts on a little act.
Two balls, no strikes.
Brewer takes the stretch position and comes back low for ball three.
So it's three and all. Brewer one pitch away from holding up the bases. The on-dick batter is Tim Harkness.
Brewer is set. Banks again behind Pearsaw. Here's a pitch to the plate, a fastball through for strike one.
Cubs, after being shut out and kept hitless for nine innings by New York Mets pitchers,
scored two runs in the top of the 14th to take the lead six to four.
Now the pitch back to Sammy Taylor outside. Ball four and the bases are loaded.
Moving to third base, Ron Hunt, the second base, the time run Jimmy Pearsaw, the first base on the walk by Jim Brewer, Sammy Taylor.
The winning run at first base and the batter is Tim Harkness.
Tim has three hits in the game. His last two times up he has doubled and singles.
Most times he was left on base as the Mets could not get any runs across from the eighth inning until right now here in the bottom of the 14th.
Cubs have two men out.
Harkness to the left and batter.
And here's the windup in the pitch. Fastball fouled back over by the dugout, the ball going out of play.
Now Brewer in the windup of the one strike pitch inside. One ball, one strike.
Mets with the bases loaded.
Bottom half of the 14th. Here's the pitch.
And it's taken all for ball two.
Two balls, one strike.
The on deck batter is Charlie Neal.
Now Brewer into the windup and the pitch backs it. Harkness one on a miss for strike two.
Saw it down to two balls and two strikes.
Mets have had two base hits and two walks in this inning but they have not scored.
Now Brewer at two-two. The pitch to Harkness. It's low, ball three. And now the ball game is all the way down the line.
And the catcher now, Dick Fritel, arguing very vehemently.
Fritel with a strong protest on the call. A count, three balls and two strikes.
Three balls and two strikes. The runners will be going. Two men out. Bottom half of the 14th. The Mets need two to tie.
Here's the stretch position. And the pitch.
Fastball to Whitetail, keeps the Whitetail way back there. It's going to go all the way. A home run.
Jim Harkness with a grand slam home run to give the Mets the win by a score of eight to six.
That grand slammer coming with two men out. The bases loaded. The count, three and zero. And the Mets win it.
Harkness with his first grand slam home run in his career to give the Mets the win by a score of eight to six.
We'll be back with a recap of the action in just one minute. How game the Mets have played in their history.
The Mets winning the ball game on a grand slam home run in the 14th inning with two men out.
And here to tell you about it and to bring you up to date on the back way is Lindsey Nelson.
All right, Rascotti. It was a 3-2 pitch hit by Tim Harkness with the bases loaded.
Two men out in the bottom half of the 14th inning. And he drilled it into the lower attack way out near the bullpen area.
For the first grand slammer of his career to give the Mets a come from behind victory over the Chicago Cubs by a score of eight to six.
The Cubs began the afternoon by getting four runs off Al Jackson who was the Mets starter.
But the Mets battled back to get four and tied up and sent it into extra innings.
The Mets pitchers were holding the line all the way as they pitched nine innings of no-hit baseball in relief.
But the Mets could not manage to push across the run.
In the top half of the 14th inning, the Chicago Cubs got two runs when with two men out and a runner on,
Billy Williams hit an opposite field line drive to left and Frank Thomas elected to try to make a spectacular catch.
He could not get to the ball. It banged off the wall by him and before the ball could be recovered,
Williams had circled the bases, scored an inside the park home run, two runs going on to play, and the Cubs were out in front by a score of six to four.
And then the New York Mets battled back as Jim Hickman opened up the 14th inning with a single.
Ron Hutt followed with a single, but Hickman took a wide turn at second and was tapped off the bag to dampen the Mets hopes.
At that point, Jimmy Pearsall drew a walk.
Paul Tostes brought in to pitch to Frank Thomas, fly to left, and then Jim Brewer was brought in.
Sammy Taylor drew a walk to load up the bases.
And on a 3-2 pitch with runners moving, two men out, Harkness hit his grand slam home run.
And the final totals for the New York Mets, eight runs on 15 hits and three errors for the Cubs, six runs on eight hits and no errors.
The winner is Galen Sisco. He's won four and lost six. The loser is Brewer. He's won two and lost two.
They've had 20 men in the ball game. It was the longest ball game of this season, 14 innings here.
It was the 22nd win at home for the New York Mets, and that's exactly how many they won here at the Polo grounds last year.
All of last year they won only 22. Already they've won 22 this year.
The fans are now gathered under the clubhouse windows in Sunner Field,
and there's undoubtedly shelling for Timmy Harkness, the hero of the day.