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With the playing of the national anthem, we'll check the defense around for you for the New York Mets.
Frank Thomas is at first base.
Charlie Neal is at second base.
Elio Chacon is at short stop and Felix Mantia is at third.
Joe Christopher has moved over into left field today for the Mets.
Richie Ashburn is playing center field for the first time in quite a stretch.
And Cliff Cook is in right.
The catcher in the first game of today's doubleheader is Chris Cannizzaro.
And the pitcher is Jay Hook.
Jay Hook is 25 years of age.
He is making his 19th start and his 22nd appearance of the year.
He lost to the Giants on May 26th in 10 innings by a score of 7 to 6 when Willie Mays had an extra inning home run.
He lost 10 to 1 on June the 2nd.
He relieved against the Giants on June the 3rd, where he won in the third inning, in which he gave up no runs and allowed only one hit.
He was not involved in the decision on July 4th when the Giants won 11 to 4.
He went two-thirds of an inning giving up three runs on five hits.
Bob Boland scheduled to go on the second game of the doubleheader today for the Giants.
And Bill Hunter scheduled to go on the second game for the New York Mets.
But right now stepping up to lead off is second baseman Chuck Tiller, who has a batting average of 272.
That's the first ball that's inside for ball one.
And the ball game is underway here at the Polo Ground.
Starting play today, the Giants are in second place in the National League standings, two and one half games back of the league leading Los Angeles Dodgers.
Here's a swing and a foul ball back in out of play.
One and one to second baseman Chuck Tiller.
The Dodgers, of course, have moved on to Philadelphia to take on the Phillies as the Giants just left Philadelphia.
Jay Hook with the one-one pitch to Chuck Tiller.
And it's in there for a call strike two, one and two.
The Giants came to New York last night after the conclusion of their game of the field, which they lost by a score of six to five in ten innings.
And to add to their hard luck, the bus broke down on the way to New York and the Giants were considerably delayed getting into town.
One member of the official party said the team broke down in the tenth inning and the bus broke down a few hours later.
Here's the one-two pitch, one and fouled off and the count holds at one and two.
While the Dodgers were beating the Mets yesterday, of course, the Giants were losing that one to the Phillies to allow the Dodgers to pick up another full game on the Giants and extend the lead to two and a half games.
Of course, if the Giants or Dodgers are both look over their shoulder, they'll find the Pittsburgh Parrots right there in third place.
Here's a one-two pitch. It's a fastball and missed inside.
Two and two now to Chuck Hiller.
An enthusiastic baseball crowd here at the Polo grounds this Sunday afternoon.
West Western coaching at first base and Whitey Lockman is coaching around at third. Or the San Francisco Giants. The two-two pitch is high and away and the count has gone out full to the Giants leadoff man.
J Hook is set to work the payoff pitch, swung out and has the fly ball high to right field. Coming in underneath it is Cliff Cook. He is waiting and Cook makes the catch for the out.
Oh, there's one away and that brings up third baseman Jim Davenport. Or the Giants. What a season Davenport is having. He is batting three hundred thirty-one. He has ten home runs and forty-four runs batted in.
He was on the National League All-Star squad finishing second only to Kenny Boyer of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Balladins at third base.
Arm of football starts Mississippi Southern University.
As it pitch in there for a foul strike.
The official terminology of the school now is the University of Southern Mississippi.
Strike one count. To the right hand batter. J Hook brings the pitch in low and it's one-one.
Chris Cannazero is catching the first game.
With Sammy Taylor out with the broken finger for three or four weeks.
A catching core of the New York Mets consists of Chris Cannazero and Joe Pignatano.
Pignatano caught yesterday's game. Hook with a playoff pitch. Swung in and lined in the left field for the first base of the ballgame.
Played off the wall and passed Christopher and Davenport is on his way to second base.
Christopher up with it now throws to third and Davenport holds it second.
It scored as a double.
Davenport lined up and whistled it out in the left field and Christopher came over. A little unfamiliar apparently with left field position.
He's been in center a great deal lately and playing the carom off the wall allowed it to get past him and it scored as a double.
And here is Matty Alou at the plate. A left hand batter.
Brother of Philippe Alou who is also in the outfield today for the Giants.
Matty's hitting 256. One home run, six runs right at end.
J Hook into the stretch position checks the runner at second and brings the pitch to the plate.
Low end on a short hop and it's dug up by Chris Cannazero.
Wes Weston coaching down at first was here yesterday. Managel and Dark had allowed him to come on up for the old timers game.
So that he got in the day ahead of the Giants as a team.
Off the bag at second Jim Davenport.
The kicks and fires into the dirt and it's coming on inside hitting a low and he's going to first hit by a pitch ball right down into the dirt at his feet and he is hit by a pitch ball.
That's going to bring up Willie May with runners at first and second and one man up.
The pitch by J Hook was a curve ball came in right into the dirt off the foot of Matty Alou.
Well here's Willie back at the Polo grounds with a batting average for the season of three hundred five including twenty five home runs and eighty one runs batted in.
What an exhibition he put on during batting practice.
And you can hear the buzz around the stands now as Willie is in there with a wide stance right hand batter in the ballpark where he first came to the major leagues as a boy of 19 and 1951.
J Hook into the face the pitch to May's fastball across the letters get by and both runners advance.
Cannazero retrieved it hook covers the plate.
Davenport hold that third Matty Alou hold at second.
And the short as a wild pitch.
It was a tight pitch to May's.
He bounced back out of the way and both runners advance when it got on past Cannazero but charge a wild pitch against J Hook who now has called Cannazero out he's at the mound checking the things out with him.
The Giants making a bid here in the top half of the first inning with one man out and run it at second and third.
And that's the count to Willie Mays book work straight away now and the pitch one and one.
J Hook is on a tough spot here in the top half of the first inning he had his work cut out for him.
Here is the one one pitch to May's one on and has a fly ball to short center field coming in his Ashburn Cook is coming over also.
Ashburn makes the catch Davenport tagged his third and comes out and now Matty Alou.
Packed at second moved on halfway away to see which way the throw was going when it came to Neil he moved on the third.
So one run is then Alou has advanced from second to third and McCabe is coming up a sacrifice fly and a run batted in for Willie Mays and the Giants lead by a score of one to nothing.
Big first baseman Willie McCabe has a season's batting average of three hundred to twelve home runs and twenty eight runs batted in he's playing first base in this game he has been used more in the outfield than at first base this season.
He has been alternated in the outfield with Harvey Keene for most of the season.
The other guy of course the top left hand batter curveball Mrs. Low ball one to Willie McCabe Orlando's the play that has been benched by manager Alvin Darks later has been a two fifty six hitters and June the first that only four home runs and twenty one runs batted in since that day.
June 1st last home run was on June 30th.
He was benched because of tiredness yesterday.
He pinched it to run single as a swing and a foul ball in the upper deck after the left side out of play.
One and one the big Willie McCabe.
Incidentally the Giants have pitcher Bob Garibaldi in uniform today for the first time Garibaldi is eligible to play today for the Giants he's been on the trip but this is the first time he has been added officially to the roster as of today.
The curveball hit on the ground through the hole in the right field for a base hit. Maddie Alou comes out to score and McCabe holds his first with a single to right on the ground between first and second and the Giants lead here by a stir of two to nothing.
And that will bring up the leap.
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He is a right hand batter and the leap below is hitting three hundred twenty six.
He has 15 home runs and 61 runs batted in.
The leap below was on the National League All-Star squad.
Finishing behind Roberto Clemente in the right field balloting.
Two men out and the pitch is long away for a ball to allow.
Two runs in here for the Giants in the top half of the first inning.
Frank Thomas holds against the runner at first base.
That just outside of all as a third on the first it is not in time.
With Gil Hodges out of action and in the hospital with the kidney stone ailments.
The Mets have only one first baseman Mark Thornberry who is the first baseman by trade of course they have Frank Thomas playing first he has played a great deal during his major league career.
And they also have right can be available for duty at first base.
This is a two oh pitch to believe Paloo and it's low it's out to three and oh.
That your Tom Haller is in the on deck circle for the Giants.
This is the second trip of the Giants in the Polo ground this season.
I got a lead off the bag at first the three oh pitch is in there for a call strike and it's three and one.
We're picking a Bob Garibaldi a moment ago being in uniform for the Giants today and eligible to play for the first time he is the fine young collegiate pitcher from Santa Clara who had recently signed to a bonus contract by the Giants.
There's a great deal of competition for him as a fastball in there for a call strike.
So the first he's out at first base.
I put it on William McCovey right now.
I'm putting the bag on William McCovey.
It's kind of that old fire down there.
It goes through the three of you storing it in the top half of the first the Giants got to run on to hit.
No error. Nobody love at the end of one half inning a play the score is a giant to and that nothing for the New York Mets up to lead off the center fielder Richie Ashford.
He has a season batting average of two hundred ninety nine. He has done thirty five walks this season.
He has six home runs one of them coming yesterday.
His previous season five for action needs one walk to tie a Mac Bishop in career walk.
But he has one thousand one hundred fifty two fastball turned inside Billy Pierce on the mound for the San Francisco Giants the thirty five year old left hander making his first appearance being spiked on the right ankle and Cincinnati way back on June 14th on blasting game.
I like it. It is really very second starting in the next week and on June 1st at the Polo Grands 9 to 6.
There's a pitch outside the ball to the action.
Billy Pierce today is looking for his one hundred ninety eight major league victory his season record eight victories and two defeats.
Charlie Neil on the in the on deck circle as the pitch high away at his ball three.
Speaking of Gil I did as we have been he is in Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.
The pitch is high ball for an aspirin has gone along with give them one thousand one hundred fifty three is not tied in the matter of career walks with Max Bishop.
There is Charlie Neil coming up hitting two hundred fifty eight seven home runs and thirty one runs better than.
It's in there for a call.
Billy Pierce looking at to get a side at it now as Ashman leads off the bag at first McCovey holds against the run of the pitch in the fastball in there.
Right. Charlie Neil took cook it now on deck for the men.
Here's thirty five years of age born at Detroit Michigan.
Here's a guy on the second base.
If you are scoring it is a forty six three double play.
Two men are nobody on and right hand batting clip cook is coming up.
We're getting two hundred twenty three with two homers and nine runs batted in Billy Pierce talking things over now and catch a Tom Haller.
Here's came to the major leagues with his hometown Detroit Tigers.
Nineteen forty eight was traded to the Chicago White Sox for catcher Aaron Robinson in November of 1948.
A great fade for the White Sox because Billy Pierce came on to be a bulwark of the White Sox pitching staff for a number of years he had to 20 game winning season with the White Sox in 1956 and 57.
He won 20 games each season.
I'm going to miss my cook cook at the plate.
Bob Farley.
I went bitches outside it's one and one now to clip cook up with two men out of nobody on base for the New York Mets batting the bottom of the first inning the San Francisco Giants are leading by a score of two to nothing.
They get in there for a call strike one and two.
They're out here at the Polo ground but it is not a sellout by any means. So if you happen to be in the vicinity drop in. We have lots of baseball here this afternoon.
And a ground ball foul.
One and two down a cliff cook with Frank Thomas kneeling in the on deck circle.
Here's working straight away into the windup and the pitch run and popped up bow back in the bag at first McCovey gives chase.
He's in the warning track at the barrier he's backhanded with a big glove to retire the side.
So cook is fouled out to McCovey at first and the bottom half of the first thing the Mets got no run.
I know him.
No errors.
Nobody left.
At the end of one ball inning a play.
The score is the San Francisco Giants to and New York Mets nothing.
Right here.
Philippe Ballou is at the plate he was at the plate when McCovey was picked off first in the first inning here to swing and a foul ball it's strike one to Philippe Ballou.
There's a single game scheduled in Chicago this afternoon the American League the Detroit Tigers and the White Sox.
We'll be starting in just a few minutes Sam Jones against Eddie Fisher.
Double header schedule in Minnesota between the Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.
There's a curveball missing outside the Philippe Ballou.
The end of one in the play the Boston Red Sox nothing the Minnesota Twins nothing first game swallowing and flight.
So that's the way all the baseball action is set up in the majors this Sunday afternoon and we'll be bringing you scores of other games throughout the afternoon.
Jay Huck into the wind up in the pitch curveball lined into the glove of man.
He's out at third base.
Believe below it the ball on the nose but lined it directly into the glove of third baseman.
Believe a third baseman Felix Mancia there is one away and catch you Tom Haller coming up.
Former football quarterback at the University of Illinois Tom Haller the left hand batter.
There's a bit slow ball ball delivers at a time away.
Haller is hitting two hundred fifty sixty at seven on run from twenty three runs batted in.
Two oh pitches on and there is a short half of the fight.
The ball is in the middle of the field and Haller is questioning the decision of on back in the first base on West West.
It was a low line drive to Frank Thomas as he started in the field that he added on the glove and then overran it and had to go back and pick it up and play the hook.
Nobody on and I was a forgot coming up shortstop right hand batter.
I was a forgot hitting two hundred sixty six with three home runs thirty one runs batted in.
Hook brings the pitch in high for ball one guarding play today in the National League.
Tommy Davis the leading batter hitting three hundred fifty one Davis of the Dodgers Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates second hitting three fifty.
Frank Robinson the Cincinnati Reds three thirty eight and music of the Cardinals three thirty two.
Jim Davenport of the Giants three thirty one.
It's the Paganza fastball it's in there for a call strike it's one and one.
Again hook is set to work.
Tries the curve ball and comes in low on one big hop to Chris Canisaro.
So it's two balls and one strike leading bat in the American League as we start play today as Pete Reynolds of the Boston Red Sox three forty five.
And he has the Kansas City A's hitting three thirty six Norm Seaborn of Kansas City hitting three fifteen.
There's a two one pitch to Paganza fastball outside it's three and one.
Leading home run hitter in the National League is Willie Mayer of the Giants with twenty five leading home run hitter in the American League is Leon Wagner of the Los Angeles Angels with twenty six.
And now he's set to work with the three one pitch to Paganza.
That's a fly ball to short center field Ashburn coming in.
He has it lined up in Richie Ashburn makes the catch for the.
The J hook got the Giants out in order on the top of the second with no runs on no hits no errors and nobody left.
And at the end of an inning and a half at the Polo grounds first game of a double header score is the Giants two and the Mets nothing.
This is W.G. Wise connected to your New York Mets station.
The time is now twenty seven minutes before three o'clock.
The temperature reading is 80 degrees.
Murphy at the Polo grounds as Frank Thomas steps up to lead off for the New York Mets batting in the bottom half of the second inning.
Thomas playing first place today.
This is his first appearance at the plate in this ballgame.
Facing left hand to Billy Pierce and the pitch is one on a line foul on the left field line.
Frank Thomas is hitting two hundred ninety four.
He has 15 home runs and 50 runs batted in.
Thomas leads the Mets and runs batted in.
He leads the Mets in home run.
He leads in double.
He leads in hit by Thomas leads in most offensive departments for the Mets.
There is a pitch second low at one and one.
Billy Pierce getting his first start today since June 14th.
The San Francisco Giants feel like he can add a great deal to their total effort.
You can get back into the starting rotation as a change of pace going high two and one.
Felix Mantia is kneeling in the on deck circle for the New York Mets and he is batting number five in the batting order today.
Here's a two one pitch to Thomas. He's a little numbered on a third base line foul ball.
Thomas is running it out but he'll be brought back.
He's on his way back to the plate now.
Hallow went up the line to try to field the ball.
Davenport came down but it got quickly over to the foul.
There's a little number off the end of the bat of Frank Thomas and it is two two.
Billy Pierce is looking at to get a sign from Tom Heller.
He has it dipped into the wind up and the pitch swung out a broken bat.
Ground ball the second base taken by Hiller and he fired out of the cover and time.
That's your Billy Pierce tried to get over off the mound and down to feel it on the fly.
Could not make it and the ground ball went on out to second base.
Broken bat right off the handle.
So there's one away and nobody on and here is Felix Mantia at the plate.
Felix Mantia has a season batting average of two hundred seventy two including seven home runs and thirty two runs batted in.
Wings and fouls just went off right down into the batter's box.
He's put and strike one Felix Mantia with Joe Christopher in the on deck circle now.
Billy Pierce works the pitch outside and it's one and one.
Mantia waggling that bat standing in the batter's box.
Now Pierce starts for the one one pitch and it's high for ball two and one.
The Giants are leading the match here by score of two to nothing in case you have just joined us.
Giants got two runs in the top half of the first.
Davenport double Mattie Allou was hit by a pitch ball.
Wild pitch moved them both up and Willie Mays had a sacrifice by the center.
Davenport tagging scored after the catch and McCovey single Mattie Allou home to account for the two runs.
One and one now to Felix Mantia.
Matt had a base runner in the bottom half of the first when Richie Ashman walked but Charlie Neal hit into a double play that erased him.
Mattie Allou and Mattie Allou are on the same call as Mantia step back out of the batter's box.
Now he's back in and ready.
As Pierce works the three one pitch he takes it low for ball four.
That's the second ball given up by Billy Pierce gives them that their second base runner.
With one man out right hand batter Joe Christopher is now coming up.
With three home runs.
The Mets are still looking for their first hit of the day.
Billy Pierce here in the bottom of the second inning.
Billy Oshuk on is kneeling in the on deck circle.
And he leads off the bag at first he's running as a swing and a pop ball back to the bag at first no play.
And you can't be single putting on the hit run.
On the first pitch to Christopher with one man out.
And Billy Pierce is looking in for a sign from Tom Haller.
Taking a long time to get it now he has it into the stretch.
That pitch is low and inside for ball it's one and one.
As do all good pitchers with men on base.
Billy Pierce uses the head fake a great deal in his pitching motion.
He will try to fake the runner with a head movement.
He's into the set position now.
Give him the quick head move and the pitch is outside it's two and one.
Giants to the match nothing bottom half of the second.
And here leading at first pitch is strong as a ground ball the third taken deep by Davenport placed to Hillary dot there the third the first he stays there.
Relay was not in time for double play.
Christopher has four man he had second base lay went from Davenport to Hiller to a way around with first and Elio Chico and it's coming up.
Gone hitting two hundred twenty five one on run an 18 run better than.
Christopher on his first base Chris Canada is now on deck for the Mets.
Christopher is up on the rubber looking in to get a sign.
Christopher is running the pitch is low.
How I wrote a second and he is out at second base.
It goes to the fourth is going and Joe Christopher is out in the bottom half of the second the Mets got no runs on no hit no arrows and nobody left.
At the end of two innings complete at the Polo Grounds the score is a San Francisco Giants two and the New York Mets nothing.
San Francisco Giants will be sending up their pitcher Billy Pierce and we will be sending up our distance hitter Mr Ralph Kiner.
Thank you.
Here's some bad news for Mets fans.
Gil Hodges was just operated on for the removal of a kidney stone by Dr. Baron Snyder at the Roosevelt Hospital and Gil will be in the hospital now for 10 days and out of the uniform of the Mets from four to six weeks.
Real bad news for Gil and of course we all wish him well.
First pitch to Billy Pierce is up high a fastball by Jay Hook for ball one.
You were at the party last night when Gil was stricken and it certainly came quickly in the G.
It did Ralph Gil Hodges was there you know being a usual genius self one moment and the next he was in great pain.
There's a swing and a miss as Paris misses a fastball one ball one strike.
They tell me that there's no greater pain than a kidney stone pain.
One ball one strike out to nothing game in favor of the Giants that Paris it's a little ground ball towards the left side it goes on through in the left field of base and Billy Pierce hitting that fastball off the hands and barely getting it through the infield.
The left hander had no chance to get the ball if he had to come up with a ball he could have never made the play at first base as he was moving away from that area.
A base hit for Billy Pierce and that gives the Giants a runner at first base with no one out in the batter will be the leadoff man Chuck Hiller.
Billy on this warm day putting on a jacket at first base and Chris Canna zero now talking it over with Jay Hook out in front of the batter's box.
John scored two runs in the first inning when Jim Davenport doubled to left field.
Mattie Lou was hit by a pitch ball to give the Giants runners at first and second and then a wild pitch move both runners up to second and third first run scoring and Willie Mays and sacrifice fly to center field but coming came through with a base at the drive in the second run.
Now Chuck Hiller and the first pitchers inside to the left handed batter for ball one
Chuck batting to seventy two at the start of the game.
That's now a three base hits off of Jay Jay into the stretch to check on the runner and back to the plate and it's low and inside a fastball ball to two balls no strike.
San Francisco Giants two and one half games at a first place they lost to Philadelphia next to any yesterday.
Six to five.
Now hook back to work.
And he throws a fastball a swing and a foul back in the screen two balls and one strike.
And the second batter Jim Davenport and he has been poisoned to the Mets all year long already has one base hit in the game to extend his 15 game his 14 game hitting streak to 15 game.
The two one pitch to Hiller fastball bounce on the ground and Neil a chance for two he takes it himself throws the first in time a double play.
He's got the bag ran about five steps to step in the bag all by himself and the throw the first base to Frank Thomas was in plenty of time a double play a piece for each side to out now and the batter is Jim Davenport a double play by the Mets
their 80th of the year.
The opposition has pulled off eighty six.
Jim Davenport one for one batting at three thirty one at the start of the game he bats on the right hand side and the first pitch the gym is on the plate for called strike.
Hook into the wind up and back to the right hander and it's a pop up and Davenport goes for a lower pitch coming in now Chacon calling for it and he makes the catch to retire the side in the inning for the Giants no runs on one hit erased by a double play no errors and no one left on and the score at the end.
Two and one half any to play the Giants to the Mets nothing you know you've heard us say it's fair as fair as should date.
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Well this is the first game of a three game set with a giant double headed today and a single game tomorrow night starting the day the clock.
And the Mets will have a day off on Tuesday and take up against the Red Hot Pittsburgh Pirates and a daytime double header.
All right Tony four and a half games out of first place and they have won 11 of their last 14 ballgame Thursday the Pirates will be in town for a twilight night double headed that game will start at six o'clock and the Mets leave town right here though bottom half of the third do nothing game.
The second game giants lead is Billy Paris pitches to Elio Chacon and he takes outside for ball one.
Elio batting to 25 right handed batter choking up on the bat about two inches and the left hander back to the plate inside a low ball to.
Two balls and no strike.
On deck batter Chris Canna zero to all fetch a call strike by the home plate umpire two balls and one strike.
And the Mets take the ball and the umpire behind home plate.
Ken Burkhardt at first at second base Jack O'Connor and third Chris Pellicudas Paris Mrs. Lowe what his next pitch is three balls and one strike with no one out.
And the Mets looks down at third base for the sign. I'll he must the coach there. He leads the Mets in walks obtained 47.
Now time called as Tom Hollander the catcher goes out to straighten out the sign.
And while we have a second here let's check the scores in the National League.
The Los Angeles Dodgers through six and a half innings of play lead the Philadelphia Phillies 4 to 1 Johnny Padres looking for his fifth win in that one now pitching for the Fills Brown.
That's the first game of two in the first game of a doubleheader at Pittsburgh.
The St. Louis Cardinals lead the Pirates 2 to 1 through 6 and a half.
The Pittsburgh the pitcher for the Cardinals record seven and four pitching for Pittsburgh Harvey Hattick he has won seven and lost three.
The Chicago Cubs are scheduled against Houston in the doubleheader and that's not a plane in Milwaukee behind one nothing to two and a half Milwaukee one since it had a nothing first of two.
Now the three one fits the Chicago and it's up high for ball for any music on his picked up his 48 walk of the year. And that's the third walk issued by Billy Ferris.
That's now with a runner at first base and Chris Canna zero coming up with no one out.
Do nothing game in favor of the Giants.
Chris Canna zero followed by Jay Hook Jay out in the on deck circle as he always does.
He's a good hitting pitcher Chris batting one eighty nine bats from the right hand side and the first pitch as you're going goes it's one on a miss the throw the second base in the dirt and fighting and safely.
And that's a good job.
He also leads the Mets in that department.
And now the Mets have a runner at second base with no one out a one strike count on Chris Canna zero and Tom Holler who had previously thrown out Joe Christopher.
And that's a good job.
Stretched by Billy Ferris a look at you going at second base in the pitch the play to curveball hit down to the hole.
And the throw there is a little bit late and holding that first base Chris Canna zero.
He gets your phone on that ball hit the hole wisely decided to hold up.
But when it went on through he still went back to second base.
For what reason we don't know then he had to hurry over to third actually didn't make his mind up until it was almost too late.
But he got there and now the Mets have runners at first and third with no one out in the batter Jay Hook.
That base hit by Canna zero the first in the game off of Billy Ferris.
Jim Duffel all now up and drawing for the Giants in the San Francisco ballgame open.
This is Billy Ferris first start since he was spiked back on June 14 by Don blasting game.
Do nothing game in favor of the Giants with the Mets now with a time run at first base.
And Jay Hook a left hander in the batter's box.
J Batting two sixty five has driven in for runs in field playing for the double play at short and second the third baseman is in first pitch to the left handed batter is a curveball swung on a miss for strike one.
That important third base playing about two steps in front of the baseline running between second and third.
A copy at first base naturally holding the runner on now Ferris into the stretch to check of the runners.
A shake of his head and back to the plate with a pitch that just off the outside corner one ball one strike to Jay Hook.
On deck batter Richie Ashburn.
One ball one strike no one out.
Do nothing game Giants and the one one pitches swung on a miss for strike two.
Big swing by Huck he didn't get it.
He is a going at third base.
Chris Canada zero at first.
There is taking plenty of time time reading the signs from Tom Holler now into the stretch and the pitch back to the plate and swung on a miss a strikeout.
And now we have a chance we'll use this opportunity to pause for station identification.
This is W.G. wise connected.
That strikeout by Billy Ferris is first to the game and now Richie Ashburn comes to bat.
Ralph Garner along with Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy from the Polar Ground bottom half with a third inning the score to the nothing in favor of the Giants.
And Richie Ashburn who walked his first time up batting for the second time he's batting to ninety nine.
And the first pitch to the left and it hit sharply down a second base a good play by Hillary Tigers.
And the first place a double play now.
He was coming out to argue with the second base umpire Jocko Conlon as to the fact that Hiller did not touch the bag.
Fine play by Hiller and completing the double play.
He went over to his right backhand of the ball one handed with his glove stepped on the bag and threw the first base and plenty of time and the double play the second of the game by the San Francisco Giants.
And the ending for the Mets no runs on one hit.
There was one walk no errors.
One man left and the score at the end of three innings of play the Giants to the Mets nothing.
Moving along now to the top of the fourth inning a two nothing game in favor of the Giants and the first batter up for the Giants will be Matty Alou.
Matty was hit by a pitch ball his first time up and he scored along with Jim Davenport to score one of the two runs in the ballgame.
Batting two fifty six the mother brother of Philippe Alou.
And he bats from the left hand side as Jay Hook gets set to go here in the top of the fourth.
A wind up in the pitch is outside for ball one Alou moving down as though to push the ball towards the third base side taking as a pitch went high one ball no strike.
The one all pitch to Matty Alou is high again for ball two.
Jay Hook so far has given up on a three base hit.
Working two three innings and he comes back high again for ball three three balls and no strikes.
Chris Canazaro walking out in front of the plate talking to Jay.
Jay a pitch away from walking his first man he has struck out none.
He has a record against San Francisco of 0 and 2.
He has appeared against them three times he lost once in 10 innings seven to six and also lost 10 to one.
And the three oh pitch a called strike by home plate umpire Frank Waltz three balls and one.
Matty Alou one of many brothers who have great talent.
Three one pitch a call strike two.
They have another brother playing in minor league baseball called who say Alou and they claim he's faster stronger and better than a leap and Matty.
And he swings at the three to pitch and falls and foul count remaining at three balls and two strikes.
Matty played in the minor leagues at Tacoma.
He's an outstanding outfielder has a great arm.
Leading off here in the fourth inning he'll be followed by Willie Mays and Willie McCovey.
And again the three to pitch to the left and a batter right to the middle on the ground a base hit going around at first base and moving halfway down but holding there the throw coming back to first base is not in time and it takes the loop back to first.
He almost went for the extra base as the ball is filled with slowly and center field.
That's it by Matty Alou outside the strike zone so the base didn't change the circumstances any because if he had taken the bet he would have walked the first base and was that he on his first base now no one out.
Willie Mays comes to bat for the second time.
Willie his first time up flat out the center field the throw the first base chases Alou back he's safely there fly ball as a sacrifice by scoring him Davenport from third base again to throw the first to lose fast gets back in a hurry.
Fly ball by Willie was shallow in center field and Ashburn catching the ball towards right field couldn't throw home. There's a curveball on the outside corner called strike and a throw the first base just about in time and not quite getting back quickly Alou one strike count on Willie Mays.
Willie batting three oh five for the year.
I look at the runner at first and now back to Mays and this one is popped up back of home plate and coming back near the fence is Chris Canna zero and he has room to make the catch and moving on down from first base after the get right by the screen.
That he alone holding that as can zero came running out. Mays is out for the first time officially and now Willie McCabe comes up.
McCabe single the right field and drove in the second run of the game. John's lead at do nothing. He was then picked off first base by Chris Canna zero. Well he's starting the game hitting three oh two big fella hitting from the left hand side.
I say big he's a giant.
Boy he filled out that uniform I'll tell you.
Good power Lou at first base with one out now.
They have looking then back to the play with a curveball a call strike McCabe started this way and held up. Now I talked to Frank Waltz goes as a one strike.
The pride of San Francisco. This fellow is actually more popular or as popular as Willie Mays in San Francisco.
He took again back with the one strike pitch and this is a hanging curveball way outside and high for ball one one ball one strike. John's two runs on for it. So Mets have no runs on one.
Jay a quick throw to first base but a little with a short lead back in time. Mattie a little.
He's a little bit smaller than his brother for Lee.
Hook set now holding on the mound and now to the plate with a fastball it's foul it's off of the glove of Canada not foul the swing and a mess and the ball getting away from Canada allows Mattie a load to go down to second base and the score to fastball.
And now Canada zero thinking it was a foul tip say something to the umpire Frank Waltz but giving up that argument as well.
He said no officially it goes as a fastball and a low now down at second base with one out
and one ball to strike out on Willie McCovey the on deck batter is for Lee Palu Jayhook now back to work comes to the plate with a slider that's fouled out of play and the count will hold in one ball and two strikes.
What a lock when the third base coach and West Westrom who was here for the old timers game the first base coach.
Jayhook a slow worker now into the stretch position and his one to pitch to McCovey is it deep to center field but high in the air it'll give after plenty of time he is there tagged up at second base and moving over the third after the catch is
Matty Alou two outs now and a low rounding the third base going down the line about six steps as Charlie Neal walks the ball in from his cutoff position on fly ball about three hundred and ninety feet to center field actually just a shade to the right
of center field two outs and Felipe Lou batting he lined out the third base his first time up came into the game at three twenty six as a stand similar to Orlando so beta and the wind up in the pitch to Alou is outside ball ball one.
So beta was given a day's rest yesterday at least it started out that way when the Giants played in Philadelphia he complained of being tired.
He was using the game as he came up with a pinch hitter and single and he was left in the game today he's been given a position on the bench again.
One oh pitch to Alou a curve ball it's low for ball to two balls and no strikes the on deck man is a left handed batter Tom Holler.
Two nothing game Giants lead and Felix Mantia bluffing the runner back at third the big wind up in a pitch at deep the left center field moving back as Asperd on the warning track he is back there and he makes the catch.
Richie Asperd pulling that deep drive down right in front of the screen four hundred and forty feet away and every tires aside and the ending for the Giants no runs on one hit nowhere is one man left in the score at the end of three and a half.
The Giants to the Mets nothing.
We're going to the bottom half of the fourth inning with a score to the nothing in favor of the San Francisco Giants and Charlie Neal will lead off with the Mets.
It'll be Charlie Neal left cook and Frank Thomas the second third and fourth batters in the batting order against Billy Bear.
Charlie Neal is out to three innings as given up no runs allowed only one hit he has struck out one and walk three one base it picked up by Chris Canna zero Charlie hit into a double play his first time up putting the ball down to the second baseman
and he's going to be the first to strike out a killer and he swings and fouls the first pitch off the catcher's glove for strike one killer has turned in to find double plays to give the Mets opposition eighty seven double plays for the year.
Mets have had one double play in the ballgame.
They now have a total of eighty for the season.
The second strike now goes into the windup for the one strike that and Charlie Neal takes it.
It's low for ball one one ball one strike Charlie starting the game with a two fifty eight average seven home runs and thirty one runs batted in
the second pitch to the right and a batter is low for ball to two balls and one strike Billy Pierce a veteran of many seasons in the American League 35 years of age he has a hundred and ninety seven wins in his major league career.
He has lost one hundred and fifty four games so he has well over five hundred throughout his brilliant career.
He's got a pitch inside getting away from the catcher ball three Billy last year for the White Sox one ten and lost nine and he has a record against the Mets of one win and no losses won that game on June 1st right here in the Polar
Field now working to Johnny Neal with a three one count the ball wind up in the pitches outside and high fastball ball for Billy walks his fourth man in the game that gives the Mets a base runner at first base with no one out in the bottom half of the fourth inning and it brings up
to the right field left and his only batting appearance was out as Willie McCovey backhanded the high pop up over by the first base box seat.
Cook a right hander in the batter's box and Paris to the plate with his first pitch a fastball down around the knees for a strike call.
We're batting to twenty three.
He has to run.
But he has good power.
He has hit only two home runs this year. Last year he led the American Association in home runs.
Here's where the one strike pitch a change of curveball about in the dirt dug out by Tom Holler ball one holding the first base Johnny Neal
outfield straight away and deep Willie Mays as deep as I've seen him play still not as deep as most outfielders play.
The stretch a look at first base that Johnny Neal on the pitch to the plate is hit the left field it might drop in coming in as the low as the base hit.
He takes it on the first half and holding out second base Johnny Neal and the Mets have runners at first and second with no one out and the batter is Frank Thomas.
That is in the cleanup position coming to bat now is all for one in the game. He grounded out to the second baseman when Billy Ferris jammed him with a fastball he broke his back.
He was off grounder down the second prank with 15 home runs and 50 runs batted in leads the club and both the farm right hander right on top of the plate.
He has not hit a home run for quite some time and Ferris with runners at first and second comes in with a curveball.
Deeper left field it could go off of the wall. It's an extra base hit coming in from second base as Johnny Neal now coming from first base as good luck and he is there.
The game is all tied up standing out at second base with a two base hit and two runs batted in Frank Thomas and with the base it Jim Duffalo gets up and throws in the bullpen for the San Francisco Giants.
The second base with no one out and the batter is Phoenix Manchia now a play is being put on by the shortstop and he must go to the third yelling down to Thomas to get back.
He did get back no throw there Phoenix Manchia and he attempts a punt down the first base side it goes foul and Thomas who had moved over to third now has to go back to second base game all tied up at 2 to 2.
Jim Duffalo a right hander throwing in the bullpen.
Ferris has a record this year of eight wins and two losses but this is his first start since June 14.
He was spiked by a blasting game and has been out for over a month.
The one strike pitch to Manchia hit on the ground towards the first base side and foul and the count now on to as McCovey comes over and tries to back in his foul territory misses the ball.
On deck batter Joe Christopher.
Ferris reading the signs from Tom Holler takes a long look now goes into the stretch looks at Thomas at second base there's a ball hit right through the middle Thomas slow starting rounds the third base and he's being held at a throw coming in to
McCovey cut off throw to second base out in time as Manchia takes advantage of the throw in the home plate to go on down to second
base and now coming out of the dugout and signaling for Jim Duffalo Alvin dark that's all for Billy Ferris.
Frank Thomas on the ball hit by Manchia started to move back toward second race and then had no chance to score as Willie Mays came in charging and the throw in home in anticipation of Thomas scoring allowed Manchia to go on down to second base in the Mets now with Ferris going out
to have runners at second and third and no one out as Jim Duffalo comes in the bed Duffalo's record for the year one win and two losses.
This will be his 15th game his 13th appearance in relief and he has a earned run average of three point six four.
Billy Ferris officially fits three innings so far has been charged with two runs both scoring here in the fourth inning as a match picked up a walk and three base hit a lot of total of four hits and he struck out one and walked for and while we wait for Duffalo to warm up
let's take a look at the scores in the National League all double header Chicago scheduled against Houston starting pitchers in the first game Bob Buell for the Cubs and going for Houston how would a shack that's not a plane in Milwaukee and they trail the
Braves three to nothing to four innings now pitching for the Reds will he came in in the fourth for dead going for the Milwaukee Braves Matthews in his 18th home run in the first inning of that game the Dodgers playing at Philadelphia way out in front through seven and a half they leaded eight to one Padres way out in front looking for his fifth win now pitching for Philadelphia Brown Howard a home run the eighth inning with one on to score two runs and
barely picked up a home run in the eighth score one more first of two St. Louis playing at Pittsburgh and the game they're all tied up through seven and a half Washburn and face now the opposing pitchers that takes care of the National League scoring right here at the two to game as Jim Duffalo warms up the pitch to a pinch hitter it'll be
team Woodley team Woodley batting as a pinch hitter with runners at second and third in place at Joe Christopher John to two and one half games out of first place they lost a series at Philadelphia two out of three before coming in here to the foreground
so Gene Woodley with a two eleven batting average being substituted for Joe Christopher
left handed batter right on top of the plate in that familiar crouch position the third baseman and shortstop playing in the rest of the infield back on the first pitch the gene is a call strike Alvin dark giving up the run if the ball is hit to the right side now
the second baseman is on being sent back to a halfway position so the only man in now is the third baseman Jim Davenport 2 to game runners at second and third in the curve ball of Woodley as high for ball one one ball one strike no one out Tom Holler being called over
and they're moving the right fielder Matty Alou deeper in right field he was playing a very shallow right field and he's being pushed out and over towards right center
one ball one strike as Duffalo goes into the windup and the pitch the plate is a curve that's inside and low for ball to Duffalo a big tall right hander
six foot one hundred and seventy five pounds as he winds and comes back it's high a throw down a third base chases Thomas back a play on but not in time and the count is three and one is Tom Holler pitched out trying to pick off Frank Thomas
open base at first base with runners at second and third no one out in the batter in the on deck circle circle as he goes to call there is ball for intentionally and that loads them up and it brings up a year to go now Casey Stengel coming out to talk to
you all
after the picture Duffalo got behind to one on Woodley instead of walking him intentionally Alan Dark had a play put on try and pick Thomas off at third use the third ball for the play and then of course after the play did not come off he walked
moving intentionally to load up the bases and give the Giants a chance for a double play or a force play at any base infield back and short and second for the double play in at first and third and the first pitch to Chicago right in the batter is outside ball one curveball outside of the plate
and he knew who had walked his first time up now looking down at Salihima
or tied at 2 to a double all wives and comes in the Chicago for a strike at the knees one ball one strike
and he has two runs on for it so let's have two runs on for but the Mets with the bases loaded here not time called as Salihima comes in the talk to Chicago gone from Ben's way to have some difficulty in picking up the English language and right here in this situation
he wants to make sure that you understand what might be coming off
Frank Thomas at third base Felix Mantia at second and Jean Woodley at first no one out the count one ball and one strike and now she going after the conversation still looking down at Salihima in the coaching box
and Salihima still batting to twenty five and Duffalo into the wind up in the pitch to Elio has filed away in the count now one ball and two strikes foul ball coming right over the top of our right and go both
of them one ball and two strikes on Elio Chicago on deck batter Chris Canna zero wind up now for the one two bet that's a foul ball off of the catcher's man and the cow will hold at one and do Elio that time behind the fastball just getting a piece of it to stay alive
Duffalo the pitcher last year with a record of five wins and one loss for the Giants now into the wind up and again the one to pitch hit out the left field a base hit going from third base as Frank Thomas coming around from second the throw now is Mantia
and over the catcher's there now the match with a base hit by Elio Chicago two strike base hit have gone out in front for two and holding the second base on the throw in Jean Woodley
and if you're going charge both of those runs to Billy Farris all four runs the game now charge the Billy Farris no one out runners at first and second in the batter is Chris Canna zero
and Chris punch out by the pitchers now to look at third the throw there is right off of the third baseman's drop and safe at third base on the play by the pitcher is Jean Woodley the bases are loaded
and a feeler's choice for Chris Canna zero no sacrifice on the play the official score determining that the throw had been good the force play would have been affected at third
and third the batter is now throwing in the bullpen for the San Francisco Giants and the batter is Jay Huck with the bases loaded and still going out quarter to in favor of the man and the first pitch to Jay is low ball one
ball low strike ball down below the knee one ball low strike that's what four runs in here in the bottom of the fourth inning and the pitch back to Jay is a curve breaking over just above the strike line ball
and the ball is out of the bat Jay is first time out like swinging his own for one came into the game batting to sixty five in field playing in now with the bases loaded and the pitcher batting there's the windup and the one one
strike from Hillary knocked it down throw a ball in time for the fourth play and Jean Woodley and moving on around at third base alias to go on moving on down to second base risk and a zero and on the fourth play safe at first place Jay Huck now while we have a chance to use the opportunity to step out and allow our stations to step in for station identification
you are tuned to W. G. Wise connected to your New York Mets station the time is now three thirty one the temperature reading is 80 degrees.
The base is still loaded one out now Richie asked for the batter Richie the night man the bat here in the center wind up in the first pitch to the left handed batter is low for ball one Richie his first time up what and a second even to a double play.
Double play a well hit ball that Chuck Hiller turned into an exceptional double play.
Now the wind up for the one oh five and Ashburn swings and fouls the ball out of play strike one ball coming off of the glove of the catcher Tom Holler.
And now the second infield back at Jordan second looking for the double play in the first and third.
That's now at four runs on five it's a chance to have two runs on four.
Jim Duffalo in relief by Billy Ferris into the wind up in the 1 1 pitch is outside a pitch out and Tom Holler chasing to go back but you go moving quickly did not draw a throw.
Now two balls and one strike on deck batter Charlie Neal he started the rally with a walk.
That's going for here in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead for to do.
Duffalo staring for the sign now backs off the pitching rubber in once another.
Now into the stretch where the base is loaded in the pitch to Ashburn is outside ball three three balls and one strike.
And Duffalo now a pitch away from walking in the run and time call is solid he missed calls Richie Ashburn out of the batter's box.
All the question here is whether or not Sally will allow Richie Ashburn to swing away or take Richie a veteran of many baseball games such as these.
I guess he'll be on his own.
He has a fine eye.
Three one can now bases jam in field moving in just a little bit and the stretch position again assumed by the pitcher and the pitch on the 3 1 pitch is fouled away and the guy now goes full of Richie Ashburn three balls and two strikes.
Jim Duffalo going into the stretch position instead of the full windup with a base is loaded is trying to hold the runner at third base as close as he can to take away the possibility of a squeeze play being successful by assuming the stretch position.
It does not allow you going to get too far down the line and if a squeeze play was put on they would have just a little better chance of picking up the force play at home if the play went there.
It's a 3 2 down now.
Richie Ashburn won out on deck battered Johnny Neal.
Jim Duffalo looking for the sign and Ashburn backing out now gets back in the batter's box going up third and as well as that second base.
The first pitch is a great hook at first.
Now the stretch position and the 3 2 pitch taken outside ball for that walk in the fifth run.
The third base is coming out from the dugout now out dark here you're gone.
That walk by Richie Ashburn has just placed him one ahead of the career walks obtained by Max Bishop a great ballplayer in the past.
So Richie now has 1154 walks in his major league career and he now has passed Max Bishop in that total on now third base Chris Canazaro at second base.
Jay Huck at first base Richie Ashburn and coming in slowly from the bullpen in left field.
Don Larson and right here it's five to two minutes as Johnny Neal comes to bat against Don Larson bottom of the fourth inning.
Paces still loaded one out and Larson now calling time to get the signs all straightened out.
Johnny batting for the second time in the inning he started off the rally with a walk as the leadoff man in the fourth for the men.
Don Larson with a record of four wins and one loss and the first pitch to Charlie is it on the ground to the third baseman down and bought a good play a chance for to a third a second base in time to go to first base in the dirt dugout by William McCovey a double play to end the ending a fine play by McCovey to complete it.
If you're scoring it went five to four to three.
And the Mets are out and they're half of the fourth inning in the end and all the Mets picked up five big runs on four hits.
There was one error and two men were left and the score at the end of four in need to play the Mets five the Giants to.
Defensively now the Mets have Frank Thomas at first base Charlie Neil at second he'll you should go on and short Felix man to you at third right.
Can you let left field Richie Ashman in center field Cliff cook and right Chris 10 is there are the catcher and Jay Hook is the pitcher.
I'm out of the left hand better than one time and grounded out of the wind up the pitch the curve ball missing off the corner for a ball one.
Rhythmic applause is begun here at the Polo Brown.
Playing the ground ball full foul and out of play one and one to the giant catcher.
And the pitch is high for a ball.
Mike McCormick is not throwing in the bullpen left hander Mike McCormick is throwing in the bullpen or the Giants and the event that Alvin Dark finds a situation where you'll need a pinch hitter here for Larson do up third in this inning.
It's a swing and a drive down the line and right.
But all the way to the wall and going to be played out the wall by took you down with it and how that turns wide at first comes to a skidding home.
Back to the bag at first that is base hit number four for the giant off J.
Hook it brings up all of a forgotten short stop with one up one time and fly out to center field.
Don is a right hand batter batting number eight in the batting order.
That leads the Giants 5 to J.
Hook Jackson comes to the plate with a curveball hit on the ground to man.
He had 30 plays to Charlie Neal for the fourth relay to play double play.
It's just scoring it's a 5 4 3 double play from Felix Mancia at third to Charlie Neal at second to Frank Thomas at first.
There are two men out and Bob Neiman is going to come up here to hit for Don Larson Bob Neiman is going to bat for Don Larson
and the left hander Mike McCormick throwing in the bullpen Neiman chunky outfielder where his glasses swinging the bat and here's the announcement.
Even with two baskets rid of one of them and comes out of now at fifth count of zero is standing a few steps out in front of the plate talking to his battery mate J.
Hook.
At this point the hits are all even the Giants have five and the Mets have five.
The Giants have hit number five off J.
Hook Bob Neiman you can pinch hitting rolls.
That's the first game of the schedule doubleheader here at Polo Grand this Sunday afternoon.
And now the two strike but from J.
Hook to Neiman is low and away comes all the way back.
We are tied and low.
So it's one and two.
For the San Francisco Giants now that Don Larson is out a little ballgame in that big bottom half the fourth the Giants use three pitchers.
Here's the pitch to Neiman.
The Giants are out of the ballgame.
The Giants at the top of the fifth got no runs on one hit.
No errors and none left in the four and a half.
But he's a play that score is the New York Mets five the San Francisco Giants to end.
The Polo Grand now Mike McCormick is coming in to pitch for the San Francisco Giants.
Mike McCormick is the fourth Giants pitcher of the day.
Larson pitched two thirds of an inning.
One double play ball he gave up no runs no hits.
Struck out none walked none.
Mike McCormick earlier this season troubled with a sore arm is making his 17th game appearance of the season.
He has started 11 games.
He has a record of four victories and three losses in seventy one and one third innings.
McCormick has given up seventy four hits and forty three runs.
He has walked 28 and struck out 29 McCormick's earned run average five point oh four.
He will be facing Cliff Cook Frank Thomas and Felix Mancia for the Mets in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
Mike McCormick first came to the major league with the New York Giants here at the Polo Grand in New York.
He is a left hander facing the right hand batter Cliff Cook.
Looking at first side Tom Haller he has it now and here's the pitch.
Full foul on the third baseman on the ground that will bring Cliff Cook back to the plate.
At twenty three years of age Mike McCormick is a major league veteran in his seventh season in the major.
They're stepping back into the batter's box now waggling the bat.
McCormick deals and the pitch is high for ball.
It's one and one.
The Pittsburgh the rampaging St. Louis Cardinals have defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of three to two in the first game of a double header.
That's it just a lot of cook.
One two.
The biggest winning season Mike McCormick ever had in the major leagues was 1960 when he won 15 and lost 12 for the San Francisco Giants.
He was 13 and lost 16.
He was on the New York Giants in 56 and 57 years of playing in a ground ball.
Taking it short by Pagani gun to the car in time for the out.
Cook grinding out for God to McCovey.
One away and clean up better Frank Thomas coming up Thomas grounded out in the second but in the bottom half of the fourth he had a big two run double and later scored himself.
He's got a hand if he comes up here.
I've got one run in the top of the tent to beat the Pirates three to an extra inning game.
That pitch is low.
Frank Thomas.
Boy face gets the win for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Randy McDaniel in relief takes the law that Whitfield got the home run in the tent to win it for the Cardinals.
The fastball in there to Thomas at the belt it's one and one.
The ball is going to roll all the way to the wall.
Belief a look comes up with a player to stop it.
He's on his way to second and he goes in standing as a loose throw is way off the bank.
Believe the low has thrown the ball erratically around the ballpark.
He overthrew the catcher at home played on one bag and that one was 15 feet off the bag at second.
It is a double for Thomas.
That doubles his last two times up.
Bring the Phoenix Mancia who has walked in single.
The New York Mets lead the San Francisco Giants by a score of five to in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
Mike McCormick up into a stretch position.
Thomas leads off the bag at second base.
Here is the pitch to Mancia.
It is low for ball one.
Los Angeles Dodgers this afternoon have taken the first game of a double header from the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of nine to one.
Again the pitch to Mancia taken outside to an all.
By winning the first game of the doubleheader this afternoon the Dodgers.
Now have a five and a half game lead over the third place Pittsburgh Pirates both play second game this afternoon in doubleheaders however.
The two and a pitch to Mancia.
Swung on and fouled off.
Changes speed.
Chopped it right down on the plate and then off to the right side.
Two and one.
The Giants scored two runs in the top of the first today to take a two nothing lead but the Mets came back to get five in the bottom of the fourth and the Mets lead five to.
Karmic kicks and fire high and it's out three and one to Felix Mancia.
Billy Pierce the starting pitcher and the pitcher of record as far as the Giants are concerned walk for men one in each of the first four innings.
In fact he opened up the third and fourth innings by walking the first man that he faced Billy Pierce.
Three one pitch and he walked in.
Karmic has walked one man here going to first Thomas holding it second.
And that's have runners at first and second one man out and Rod Canale is coming up.
He's up for his first time in the ballgame.
Neil is hitting two hundred fifty eight.
He had two home runs one of them a grand slammer the only grand slammer hit by a New York Mets.
Karmic comes set on the mound checks and deals and it's outside for a ball to Rod Canale.
The rookie handyman of the New York Mets is Rod Canale.
And he leaves it first Thomas at second pitch is one and a foul back onto the screen and out of play.
It's one and one.
Elio Chacon is kneeling in the on deck circle Chacon had a two run single in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
There's a nice breeze blowing here at the Polo ground at this moment going out toward right center.
Left hander Mike McCormick on the mound and the one one pitch.
The left field line and Lewis coming over can't get it.
He was going to make the catch and move on over the third the bases are loaded at man.
He got the second and Neil is on with a single left field and Elio Chacon is coming up faces loaded one man out with the ball hit in the left field.
He's going to go for it.
Believe Hello and Frank Thomas the base runner at second had a whole lot to see whether or not he's going to be able to get there.
So he was able to go only as far as third Bob Garibaldi is being sent out to the bullpen Bob Garibaldi who was signed for a figure estimated variously between one hundred and twenty five thousand one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
He's been in the bullpen recently eligible for participation in uniform with a jazz for the first time today has been sent to the bullpen to warm up.
He was the outstanding player in the recent collegiate World Series at Omaha pitching for Santa Clara to the business at Hattie Leosha calling choking the bat ever so slightly and then waiting for a pitch from Mike McCormick.
He's been in the bullpen single bottom half of the fourth and that's lead by doing they're making a bit more here in the bottom half of the fifth inning as a bit blown away dug up on a short hop by Tom Haller the catcher Bob Garibaldi is warming up in earnest and the bullpen or the San Francisco Giants.
The pitch is low again coming in on a short hop to Haley Oshkahn.
The New York Mets themselves made a bet to find Garibaldi did practically every game in Major League Baseball.
One of the convincing facets of the offer by the Giants was that they would bring him to the big club immediately.
There's a pitch in there for a car.
Right.
It's a one.
Mike Thomas is the third.
Felix Manzi is the second and Rod Canale is at first for the Mets.
Mike McCormick is working straight away and with the wind.
And the pitch one right at the ground ball back to McCormick he goes to play for the fourth three later first is in time a double play to retire the side.
As you go on it's into a one two three double header if you're scoring.
And so.
In the bottom half of the fifth the Mets got no run on two hits.
No errors and two left and at the end of five full innings to play the score is.
The Mets five the Giants two.
And now before we go to the sixth inning in order to allow our stations to identify themselves we pause now for station identification.
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For the Giants on the top of the six and lead the head of the batting order Chuck Taylor Jim Davenport and Maddie Alou.
They think J.H. started to come all the way to the New York Mets.
The curveball bending in their front door strikes to the left hand batter even up twice he plot out the right field and he hit into a double play.
You ball is put into play and umpire Frank Walsh behind the plate.
Fires it out there popping leather as J.H. takes the throw.
The pitch is swung on and as the ground ball pulled back down the third it's a fair ball down the line going all the way to the wall.
Chuck Hill around three hits for second.
The ball around picked it up and fired it on and now holding it second is Chuck Hiller.
Chuck Hiller opening up with a double down the line between Thomas and the bag here in the top half of the sixth right hand batter Jim Davenport coming up he doubled in the first inning and later scored.
He popped out to the first up in the third so he's one for two left.
Cook had a little trouble finding the handle out there in right field but no extra base was taken by Hiller on his plate so there is no air charge there.
The kicks and fired a curve ball swung on a ground ball the man to us there and looks the runner back to second throw it the first in time no advance.
One away Chuck Hiller still that second base and Maddie Alou the right fielders coming up batting number three and manager Alvin Darks batting order today hit by a pitch ball in the first inning he single hit the ball.
One for one and he scored one run.
Maddie Alou younger brother of the leaf alone believe that right Maddie that's left.
It's the New York Mets five and the San Francisco Giants two in the first game of a schedule doubleheader at the Polo ground.
They are off the rubber at the moment now up and into a set position.
Miller leads out the bag at second to pitch to the plate is low for ball one.
And he a little step back.
Look down to whitey Lachman the coach at third for a sign.
Chris Canazaro holding one finger a lot indicating one man out on deck for the San Francisco Giants their cleanup batter today Willie May again the pitch and it's a curve ball in there for a call strike.
One and one outfield defense shaded around toward right Richie Ashman and center way over toward right field on the left hand batter Maddie Alou.
He's going to charge playing over near the bag.
And one at Maddie Alou moved up in the batter's box on the pitch with Gil Hodge's in the hospital having undergone surgery for a kidney stone and you'll be in the hospital 10 days and out of action for the six weeks.
That's the first place and they have Mike Thomas playing first day in the first game of the doubleheader.
And one to count to Maddie Alou the pitch is high.
And Maddie now looks down to whitey Lachman to see whether or not he is free to rip away on three and one or whether he must take.
Miller leads a second three one pitch it right in there.
Anyway they can get them right here with the power coming up in the batting order.
Maddie Alou to be followed by Willie Mays Willie McCovey and Pellete Alou.
Miller at second and Maddie Alou steps out of the batter's box at the plate.
And Maddie Alou takes off one time now at the 21 and to the stretch here to pay off it on full on the ground on the first base I'm skipping out into the stands back to the bag at first down hold to Maddie Alou.
And that's the situation Giants batting in the top half of the sixth inning.
And now Willie Mays is set to work with a pay off pitch and it's on the way curve ball on a grand ball on Charlie Neal he is up with it and he's going to free space and time.
That is the reception given Willie Mays here at the Polo ground and it's mixed.
Willie Mays has been a price he had to sacrifice five and a run in the first inning he fouled out the catcher in the fourth inning but every dangerous in the clay.
Willie Mays with 25 home runs to his credit this season and that is high in the National League.
And that's the ball dipping in there for a strike one to Willie Mays.
Lean back a little and that one was bent right in.
Hook takes him off and out of straight math right crowd his leg and he is set to continue.
Big William McCovey now leaning on a bat in the on deck circle for the Giants as J.H.
Hoopley the pitch midget outside and it's one and one.
Hey it gets a handful of dirt along the handle the bat and comes back in.
This time as it works straight away again on the rubber the pitch one and two the counter Willie Mays.
And then the guy takes care of the crowd his leg and he's bothering him a little bit.
He gets set for the one to fit it misses out that Chris Canna zero thinking he might get a call.
That's the best and then fires the ball back out to J.H.
It's even out of Mays at 2 2 Willie right now hitting three hundred four for the seed.
Hook staring over at the base runner Chuck Miller leading off the bag of dirt.
And now he's set to work the 2 2 pitch to Mays.
J.H. with his second strike out of the day caught Willie Mays looking at him the top half of the sixth inning the Giants got no runs on one hit to double by Hiller no errors.
And one man left throw at the end five and one half and he's a play at the Polo ground to score is the New York Mets five and the San Francisco Giants to and now a word from by a toy cigarette.
We're going down to the bottom of the sixth inning and the New York Mets will send up Chris Canna zero J.H. and Richie Ashford.
And that's leading by a score of five to J.H. pitching himself out of what could have been trouble there.
And Chuck Hiller let off with a double move third on infield out and that right there.
Chris Canna zero right hand batter has been up twice the thing and the third and funded into the other choice in the fourth is a vision that I've got right.
And the fourth kind of error laid down a front throw was made to third there was an error on the throw but it was a judgmental the official story that a perfect though would have nailed the runner and so it became instead of a sacrifice a fearless choice.
The difference is outside football it's one and one the difference being of course that sacrifice would not take on a time at bat while the choice does in the matter of figuring batting averages.
One one pitch taken high as kind of there started the swing and checked it in time.
Game time tomorrow night here at the Polo ground 8 p.m. the Giants and the Mets.
Big crowd on hand yesterday for old time is a big crowd on hand for today's Sunday doubleheader. Here's the pitch swung out of the ground ball the short second by Jose Pagan he plays across to McCovey in time and kind of zero has grounded out short the first that will bring up pitcher J.H.
who is in the on deck circle and advancing to the plate right now.
Hook comes out to the on deck circle and he's getting a hand now he goes to the plate.
He's left hand batter struck out swinging and hit into a force play.
Moves up as though the button takes a call strike Richie Ashburn is now on base for the New York Mets he has drawn two walks and this afternoon for game one of them with the bases loaded driving around now the ball is dragged down the first base line fielded by McCormick and he plays over to McCovey in time
and he's got a little bit of a drag but by J.H. but he is out one to three if you're scoring to away nobody on for the Mets and the bottom of the six and Richie Ashburn's coming up.
The New York Mets five and the San Francisco Giants to Mike McCormick the fourth giant pitcher of the day working on the mound as Ashburn is a step back and asked watch take a look at the ball and Empire
Frank watch does put another ball in play and throw that one out
left and a Mike McCormick now into the wind up and the fastball coming in high for ball one
Charlie Neil is on deck for the Mets
as a call strike the Ashburn one and one
that pitches high for ball the bottom of the fifth when the Mets loaded him up on Mike McCormick.
How dark had Bob Garibaldi throwing in the bullpen did not have to use them as she thrown it into a double play that got him out of the inning.
Two balls and one strike to count to Richie Ashburn pitches eyes out three and one out of Richie.
This is the first game of a schedule doubleheader here at the Polo Grounds this afternoon.
This season the Giants have won six doubleheaders lost one and split one. They have swept two previous twin bills from the Mets this season.
Three one pitch to Ashburn he walked him and Ashburn has walked for the third time today.
That will bring up Charlie Neil Ashburn now has eleven hundred fifty five career walks.
He gets on base great great deal Charlie Neil hit into a double play walk and hit into a double play.
The Tigers unfurled it back onto the screen for a strike one.
Next up for the Mets.
Twenty three year old Mike McCormick.
His seventh season in the Major League.
With a two strike pitch to Neil's one on and a little number off the end of the bat on the first base line of foul ball taken by McCovey in foul territory halfway to the bag at first.
He holds it to strike.
Now they're coming back to pick up the mask he had scurry down the first base line in pursuit of that foul ball.
Thinking it might possibly stay fair.
He's got to hold it to strike Charlie Neil and Ashburn leads at first base throw over and Ashburn is high up between first and second.
He throws out a hill and back to McCovey.
He's going to second as a third a second he saved by second base.
Chuck Hiller on a throwback winged it past McCovey and Tom Haller had to back it up.
So Ashburn has moved a second they had him leaning in the wrong direction and the throw over heading moving toward second.
It is called as an error on Hiller on the throw and era on Hiller on the throwback allowing Ashburn to move to second.
Charlie Neil is still still two strikes but now Ashburn is in scoring position at second base.
They must lead by four or five to that pitch is high for ball.
Jack O'Connell on the umpire second takes up his cap.
Mark this boy puts it back on working in church leave all the umpires on the bases working in church leave.
McCormick with the one to pitch to Neil swung on and fouled off out of play.
How to host Neil Bob Boland is scheduled to pitch the second game of the double header for the San Francisco Giants and Bill Hunter is scheduled to work for the New York Mets.
And McCormick taking a long long time to get the time here.
Had it one to pitch his high to and to.
Farming not take off the glove to massage the baseball.
Richie Ashburn.
Thanks to lead at second to pitch to Neil on and missed like three McCormick striking out that third strikeout from Mike and in the bottom half of the six the Mets are out with no run on no hit one hour and one man left in the end of six full
inning to play the score is the New York Mets five San Francisco Giants two and now coming in here to carry the rest of the way Bob Murphy.
Willie McCovey leading off in the seventh inning for the San Francisco Giants.
Right in there for a call strike.
Now Willie McCovey Cox the batting comes to pitch to him and he pops up a change up the short left field.
Elio Chacon running across the rim of the outfield grass as it for the out.
Elio was having some trouble with the sun on that one one away nobody on that top of the seventh inning.
Up comes police below.
One out nobody on a leap a loop over to in the game on a line drive to third and a long fly it deep the center that was run down takes the pitch high as one ball no strike.
Now hook into his wind up his pitch to a loop fastball over a call strike one ball one strike. Well he's hitting a three twenty four.
Alvin Dark has used for pitchers Billy Pierce Jim Duffalo Don Larson and Mike McCormick.
J hook has gone all the way for the New York Mets and the pitchers outside and low ball to two balls and one strike.
Fans light up a Viceroy and find out what we mean when we say Viceroy has got the taste that's right.
Tom Haller is the on deck hitter. Now hook delivers two and one to believe a little bit outside ball three three and one.
Whitey Lockman coaching at third and West Westrom is coaching at first.
Jay Cranks incomes is three one pitch strike on the outside corner.
I believe a little bit taking a step toward first and Frank Walsh brings him back.
Night game with San Francisco tomorrow night Tuesday and off day midweek doubleheader on Wednesday at one thirty against the Sizzling Pittsburgh Pirates.
They were cooled off a little bit in the opening game today with St. Louis Cardinals winning on a 10 putting home run by Fred Woodfield.
Cut on and foul back over our broadcasting booth and out of play.
Full count on Philippa Lou three and two one out nobody on top of the seventh inning.
Look why and then comes the pitch curve slung and musty struck him out.
That's number three for Jay Hook. He now has drug out three of the last.
He did not get a strikeout until the fifth inning one in the fifth one in the sixth and now one in the center batter is Tom Haller is single to right field his last time up.
Left handed batting catcher takes a slow breaking but low one ball and no strike.
Jay Peering and takes his sign from Canada's Darrell and the pitch to Haller is over at the knees for a call strike one ball one strike.
That's trying for their first victory here at the Polo grounds over the Giants San Francisco winning the first four games play.
Now the one one delivery and it's up high ball to.
In that second game in Philadelphia the Dodgers are pitching Phil Ortega and the Phillies are going.
Up up toward the backstop Canada running back running back near the backstop has no play.
All is up on the screen out of his reach the county even now at 2 and 2.
Art my happy of the Phillies are staging a remarkable comeback this year.
Even count now to and to on Tom Haller hooks pitch to him inside and low ball three in the string is out three and two.
Jose began as the on deck batter.
Nothing going in either ball then the Mets out in front five to two and we're in the seventh inning.
That's scored five runs in the fourth inning.
Now the payoff pitch and it's up high ball for and Haller walk.
Here's the first walk given up by J.Hook.
The first game is over now in Milwaukee looper depth pitch to five hit shutout and the Braves beat Cincinnati five to nothing with Jim Maloney the losing pitcher.
Cubs lead Houston 3 1 at the end of three and a half in the first game in Houston.
The game ups for the second game in Pittsburgh. Kurt Simmons for the Cardinals and Earl Francis for the Pirates Simmons eight and five on the year and Francis five and five.
The guy on Buster ball off the mound quickly Jayhook he picks it up he throws hard out at first on a close play.
Jose began trying to bump right up a Jayhook throws him out.
In the seventh inning the Giants go down with no runs no hits no errors one left on.
Now at the end of six and a half innings the score here at the Polo grounds the Mets five and the Giants two.
That is the seventh inning and now New York will have the heart of the batting winner coming up against Southpaw Mike McCormick in the last half of the seventh inning.
Giants winding up the series with a night game tomorrow night starting at eight o'clock here at the Polo grounds.
And Danny Murtaugh and the Pittsburgh Pirates featuring Roberto Clemente will be coming in on Wednesday and Thursday for a day doubleheader Wednesday at one thirty and a twine at Thursday evening at six p.m.
Roberto Clemente the right fielder of the Pirates of the defending national league batting champion got off to a slow start offensively this year.
But how he has been hitting the last six or seven weeks.
He starts today only one point behind the Dodgers Tommy Davis for the National League League.
The many starting the afternoon batting a three fifty.
Now Cliff Cook is up against Mike McCormick fastball over a strike one call.
Cliff has one hit and three times up be singled in that big fourth inning.
He's got a pitch on the way outside and low one ball and one strike.
The first game is over now at Metropolitan Stadium in the Twin Cities and the Minnesota Twins down to Boston Red Sox five to three.
Least dang the winner in relief and down swallow the loser.
One one pitch swing and a miss one ball and two strikes.
Next pitch on the way a grounder hit down a third fielding at Damanport he pegs to McCovey and Cliff is out.
He's got a third yard and a grounder third to first one away.
Nobody on now bottom half of the seventh on the hit will be Frank Thomas.
Frank has won a big bad in the game with two doubles and three times up his first double and knocked two runs in and tied the game to the two.
Then he'll he'll she cone single to the bases loaded driving two more and to make it four to two.
Richie Ashburn walked with the bases loaded forcing in the fifth run of the game for the Mets.
The first game is over in Cleveland the Baltimore Orioles used four home runs to back up Chuck Estrada in beating Cleveland six to four fastball outside ball to do it all on Frank Thomas.
Now McCormick winds and throws a line drive thinking and a left field for a base that his third of the game running toward the line is a leap a loop and he whips the ball back in quickly.
So Frank Thomas has his third hit of the game.
That's the third hit given up by Mike McCormick in relief and it brings up Felix Mancia.
Mancia has a perfect day going.
Felix has been up three times walk twice and single to center field.
Ball on the breaking ball taken down low and inside.
Now McCormick up in pitching position checks Thomas fastball right in there for a call strike one ball and one strike man to you hitting a two seventy five.
One to one the count on man to you and a throw to first by McCormick not in time McCormick had Ashburn picked off in the sixth inning but in the rundown second baseman Chuck Hiller made a bad throw and Richie went on to second.
First Thomas getting back.
Oh yeah the phone rang I guess we missed the station break.
Now the 1 1 pitch foul ball back over the press box and out of play one ball and two strikes.
Right here we're in the home seventh inning New York five San Francisco to
Mike McCormick getting a sign from Tom Haller Thomas on first one man out.
Pitch to man to you grounded foul in behind Sally Amos.
So the counter remains at one and two on man to you.
Let's have a game with the Giants tomorrow night than the two double headers with the Pirates Wednesday and Thursday than they hit the road.
Their next road trip will take them to Cincinnati Milwaukee and St. Louis will be the first time the Mets have been in St. Louis since opening day of the season.
Outside the highest two and two on Felix man to you.
Mike McCormick a very slow worker on the mound is now up in pitching position.
And he throws over to first base.
That's hoping that they can break out and get some more runs to go with.
Get down the right field line another foul ball this will be into the crowd in the upper deck.
Rod Canile is the on deck batter and then he'll go.
Good ball game going with the Mets in front five to two were in the last half of the seventh inning.
Jose began a stride toward the hole and short playing a double play depth against Felix man to you and Chuck Hiller shades toward second.
Now the pitch by McCormick and it's fouled again. No players this one heads back up toward the roof.
So once again it's two and two while the new ball is being worked up.
We'll take the time now to pause for station identification.
This is W. G. wise connected the eight ten on your dial where the time is 21 minutes before five and the temperature 81 degrees.
Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Cantor from the Polo grounds batter is manned to you facing Mike McCormick and the count two balls and two strikes.
A ground ball hit towards second Hiller flips the ball to be gone.
There is one began the first out at first double play mighty close play at first base.
We'll have a general discussing it with Ken Burkhardt but the Giants click off another double play that third of the game. No runs one hit no errors done left on and now seven innings complete and the score.
That's five and the Giants to.
For those of you who may have joined us late.
The New York Mets have lost the services of Gil Hodges or possibly as long as a month or Gil underwent surgery for removal of a kidney stone at Roosevelt Hospital today.
All of us certainly want to send along our very best wishes to go.
Gil will be confined for probably 10 to 14 days after surgery.
Now Harvey Keene is coming out to bat for Mike McCormick in the top of the eighth inning.
Mike McCormick in relief.
Work three innings allowed no runs scattered three hits walk to and struck out one.
And now in the bullpen the Giants have one Marischal warming up.
And they also have Bob Garibaldi warming up.
Hard hitting Harvey batting at 312 on the year.
Here's the wind up pitch by a hook and it's a strike on the outside corner one ball one strike.
Bob Garibaldi is in uniform during the game and on the roster for the first time.
And there by hook strike to one and two now on Harvey Keene Harvey hitting for Mike McCormick.
We're in the eighth inning with the Mets in front of the opener of this twin bill five to two.
Harvey a lifetime 300 hitter.
One to delivery a ground ball on the right side of the diamond to his left is Charlie Neal he begs over to Thomas in time getting Harvey Keene.
One away nobody on now the eighth inning it's the top of the batting order for the Giants and they'll have their second baseman Chuck Hiller batting.
He doubled his last time up one hit in three trips.
In comes the pitch by J. Good pitch off the fifth this foul back strike one.
Chuck Hiller the young Giants second baseman is from Johnsburg Illinois.
Now the pitch on the way a foul ball back in the count goes straight to.
The second game in Philadelphia the Dodgers and Fills are tied 1 1 in the second one ball and two strikes now on second baseman Chuck Hiller.
Jim Davenport is on deck with Maddie Alou to follow.
This is game 12 between the Mets and Giants this year.
One to pitch bad Jay Hook just got a piece of that when a foul ball in the dirt.
So the count remains one and two umpire Frank Walsh examines the ball at the stay and play.
Now Jay over the head down comes the arm a long drive that's foul up in the upper deck out of play.
He teed off on that one but got too far out in front and it was foul by a fairly wide margin.
Count remains at one ball and two strikes on Chuck Hiller.
Well either the ace of the Giants now staff Juan Marichal.
One of the wealthiest young men in the country Bob Garibaldi will be coming on the pitch.
Ground ball on the right side running to his left Charlie Neely feels it on the rim of the grass throws the first two down.
We ought to try to borrow a few bucks from that fellow he's got some money.
No one knows for sure what he did get this time but they talk about one hundred and fifty thousand.
That's up there pretty good. Well I'll say if you go to college an awful lot.
Yes indeed. Well he was voted the outstanding player in the college world series at Omaha Nebraska.
Jim Davenport the hitter in the pitches ball one. Jim has one for three doubled in the first inning.
Bob Garibaldi is a very impressive young man to talk to.
Tall well-muscled right hander with a good fastball.
Breaking ball over on the outside corner one ball one strike.
We're in the eighth inning two outs and nobody on Mets leading five to two.
Mattie Alou is on deck with Willie Mays to follow the one one delivery a little bit outside ball two two and one.
Better and Roy Severs cracked the home run of the second inning in Philadelphia.
The tie of the Dodgers there one one now at the end of two innings Ortega against Mahaffey.
And Severs after probably the slowest start in his career has really been hitting for the last month for the Philadelphia Phil.
A number of the real good hitters in baseball got off very slow this year but they're all hitting and hitting very well now.
You'll say the cream rises to the top foul ball off the plate back toward the dugout.
You know Ralph over that first month or five weeks Roberto Clemente and Frank Robinson couldn't buy a hit.
Robinson I remember in Cincinnati I was really down he was in the hundreds.
Well you know they all the good hitters they all come up to the top the cream separates from the milk and the whole season's over.
You're going to do it you're going to do it.
Have a two to pitch a fly ball loop the short right field this is going to be in for a base hit running to the line for it is Cliff Cook and on his way to second is
Davenport he's in with a Texas League double down the right field line.
So it hits the game now for San Francisco and Matty Alou comes up Matty Alou has been hit by a pitch single to center and grounded out second to first.
Another veteran off to a slow start this year who now is well over the 300 mark with Henry Aaron.
Now Jay up in pitching position the batter is Matty Alou Davenport on second lined hard but it'll be foul on the right field line and into the corner.
Carl Warwick get a two run homer off Bob Buell in the fourth inning in Houston.
Thank you pardon and the cold forty five tied the Chicago Cubs three three at the end of four.
That's the Matty Alou a foul ball back to the screen no play.
The Cardinals got two runs on Earl Francis in the first inning at Pittsburgh at the end of one St. Louis to Pittsburgh nothing.
The Cardinals won the opener on a 10th inning home run by Fred Whitefield.
They won it three to two.
Now Jay Hook with a two strike count on Matty Alou Davenport on second to down we're in the top of the eighth inning.
Now Jay makes the slow stretch the one second stop here's the pitch breaking ball way out and one ball and two strikes.
The Cardinals win to the count on Matty Alou Matty hitting a two sixty three.
They play him around the right as the full hitter ground ball slashed toward short backhanded by Chicago on the third save.
Everybody's on and so Willie Mays comes up with runners on first and third.
He'll you should go and made a glittering play in the field a backhand that grounder it toward the hole and he threw the man to you.
The throw is going to be there in time to get Davenport and man to you.
It made a run on the grounder off the bag and not in a position to tag out Davenport.
And so it goes as a base hit.
The
base knocked in a run in the 82nd of the year and the first to fly ball to center.
Since then Willie has fouled out the count of zero and taken a call third strike.
Willie over to in the game batting a 3 0 3.
Now Jay hook off the stretch down comes his pitch just off the outside corner is ball one.
Now Bob Miller and Ray Davio are up and throwing in the bullpen for the New York Mets.
And the Mets beat the Giants and Candlestick Park.
It was Bob Miller who came on to pitch the eighth and ninth innings and protect the lead.
The Mets ready to pitch the Mets outside ball to
count as Earl moves out to the mound to give hook a chance to catch his breath.
The always dangerous Willie McCovey waiting on deck.
Big spot in the game right here for the New York Mets Giants runners at the corners to mend down Mays the other
to open ball three outside and low
and now hook is behind on Willie three and oh and Mays was checking with Whitey Lachman
to see if he has the green light.
Willie McCovey crashed on deck
now Mays back in the batter's box the count three and nothing
and the pitch to him he swings a line drive the left field coming in fast and making the catch.
Can you
get deals running in the short left field to grab the liner hit by Willie Mays and the side is out.
Willie had a three nothing pitch lined at heart but can you came in fast to grab it.
Bad retired in the eighth inning no runs two hits no errors two left on now at the end of seven and a half innings to score
the Mets five and the Giants to
well those are the Polo grounds now will be watching the debut of Bob Garibaldi
who was signed for a tremendous bonus by the San Francisco Giants
played for the Santa Clara Broncos this year and the college World Series at Omaha his team went all the way to the finals
and he was voted the outstanding player in the college tournament at Omaha.
Every big league ballclub was after Garibaldi including the New York Mets who made him a very very attractive offer but Garibaldi simply
referred to remain in his own backyard.
So Bob Garibaldi big hard throwing a right hander
he signed out of his sophomore season
the Santa Clara baseball team produced two very big bonus ball players
Ernie Fazio the shortstop was signed for a reported eighty thousand dollars by the Houston Colts forty five.
So here is Bob Garibaldi all set to pitch to Rod Canio
right has one for one he's single left field in the fifth inning
and he's got a ball right in there strike one call anytime a player comes up to the major leagues everybody takes a look at him
and right away you'll hear him say well he reminds me of so and so he looks like so and so
just to look at him out there on the mound he reminds me a lot of Dick Donovan
how the wind up in comes the fish to Canale tried a breaking ball outside and low one ball one strike
Elio Chacon is on deck and then Chris Canna zero one one pitch and the ball is funded poundstone by Tom Haller he pegs the first in time
Canale trying to bunny's way out of that bun just kind of spun right out in front of home plate
one away nobody on now the last of the eighth inning and the hitters Elio Chacon
the Giants and their ninth inning will have William McCovey Philippa Lou and Tom Haller coming up against Jay Hook
swinging a mess on a fastball that he threw by Elio Chacon
Bob Garibaldi celebrating his first day in uniform and on the roster of the San Francisco Giants
and Al Dark wasting no time in pressing him into service
call strike indicates the kind of confidence that Alvin has in this young right hander when he puts him in this kind of a ballgame
by and to a ballgame the Giants still have a chance to win
little Elio has one for two a fly ball loop the short right field getting under the ball is
Maddie Alou and Maddie makes the catch over near the line so there are two away and before Canada zero comes up we'll step out for station identification
you're tuned to WG wise can actually or New York Mets station the time in 15 seconds 5 p.m. by the WGY clock
man says it's 88 degrees just a nice summer day summertime and the limit is easy
Ralph says oh yeah outside and lowest ball one
Ralph Kander is a mighty busy man on these home stands here at the Polo grounds when he's free and his postgame shows and he's play by play action
foul ball back up toward the press box is out of play one and one on Chris Canada zero
last of the eighth inning Mets lead five to two Bob Garibaldi making his big league debut is on the mound for the San Francisco Giants
here's the one one pitch up high he checks up on it ball to two and one he was quick with that one
in comes the two one pitch and it's over strike two call two and two on Chris Canada zero Jay Hook out of the on deck circle trying to size up Bob Garibaldi
Garibaldi is the fifth pitcher used in this game by Alvin dark Billy Pierce was the starter of the Mets chase them when they scored their five runs and sent 10 men to the plate in the fourth
inning strike three called and a zero is called out and it's a very impressive inning for Bob Garibaldi ball was dropped thrown down the first the side is out no runs no hits no errors done left on Garibaldi getting a hand if he comes into the dugout
the youngster made a very very impressive debut so at the end of a score Mets five and a chance to talk all glass and settle back right now for the play by play through the top of the ninth inning Jay Hook working in the top of the ninth with a three run lead and Jay who stopped the nine game losing streak for the Mets at the beginning of the year
and also a fellow who stopped the seven game losing streak and a batter has swung on and filed away strike one one ball one strike in the bullpen for the Mets great have you and Bob Miller throwing easily now Jay Hook with a one one pitch a slow curve hit sharply down the first base
Frank Thomas lines it goes over the first base and makes the play and Frank Thomas on that smash by McCombie didn't know he had the ball it was a one hopper he made a fine play to just get the glove on the ball but it's stuck in the web and he made the play all by himself a hard hit ball and one out and now the batter is
fully below Jay Hook in the last inning got Willie Mays and a three oh line drive the left field with two men on Willie representing the guy running that gate now the second man he is fit to the booty Mays has sharply granted out the first there's a first pitch to a
little swing and a miss for strike one a little over three he lined out the third flight out the center field and struck out batting for the right hand side as Jay Hook comes in with a one strike pitch a bouncy ball hit down a short a two hopper should go up and over the first base and
die. Jay Hook now pitch away from a five to two win and coming up with two men out here on the top of the ninth inning Tom Holler the catcher Tom has singled walked and grounded out one for two.
Now up into the wind up for his first pitch to holler at the right field it's going to go all the way and go a home run for Holler.
Holler with his eighth home run of the year that pulls the score up to five to three. That's now with a two run lead in the batter a pinch hitter at Bailey.
Well that brought not too important to Jay with a giant training by three runs. They were just trying to get the ball in there to make sure that he did not walk him and Holler given the go sign swung away and picked up a home run.
And now it's five to three now as at Bailey batting for Jose Vega steps in the batting box.
And now Bailey left handed batter. He's batting to 31 with 14 home runs and 36 runs batted in and the first pitch to the left handers a strike off.
And now with a home run. Bailey with his 14 home runs this year topping his last year total of 13 by one.
The pitchers are scheduled better.
But he undoubtedly will not hit. If Bailey gets on there is a check on the swing and toss him a strike strike to.
Oh Jay Huck with two strikes and a pitch away from picking up his seventh victory of the year.
You Miller throwing easily in the bullpen for the Giants hoping they can die. Now the wind up with a two strike pitch a slow curve ball that's outside ball one one ball and two strikes on it Bailey.
And now Bailey swinging a bat in the on deck circle. Now time called his cat a zero runs out to the mound and talk to Jay. So Bailey gets on the Giants have their big slugger a lot of the subpoena in the on deck circle running the bat.
He did not play today being rested due to a hitting slump yesterday was a pinch hitter against the Fills and picked up a base hit.
And now the Giants are in the fifth five to three game that's leaded as it goes in for the one two pitch a curve ball just missing all ball to two balls and two strikes.
And now the Giants are in the fifth two balls and two strikes and two out top of the ninth inning as hooks swings and returns to the plate curve ball.
Got it looking like three picking up a seven point of the year as the Mets win it five to three and striking out at the end the ending after a home run by Tom Holler in the end for the Giants one run on one hit.
No one left in the final score of the ball game the Mets five runs on eight hits nowhere. The Giants three runs on nine hits. They made two errors.
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While the New York Mets picked up their first win over the San Francisco Giants here in the Polar Ground as Jay Hook picked up his seventh victory of the year.
The Giants got out to a two run lead in the first inning but then the Mets bounced back with five runs in the fourth inning as they sent him into the plate.
And in that inning the Giants with starter Billy Pierce on the mound knocked him out the Mets knocked out Pierce and then Jim Duffalo came in and then followed following Duffalo was Don Larson.
So the Mets scored five runs in the fourth inning their entire run total got out in front five to two and they held on until the ninth inning when the Giants picked up one more in a home run by Tom Hodder and the final score of the ballgame five to three in favor of the Mets.
The Mets five runs on eight hits nowhere six men left the Giants three runs nine hits two errors they left five on the winning pitcher Jay Hook is reckoned now seven and nine the losing pitcher was Billy Pierce.
He now has one eight and lost three Billy making his first start since June the 14th when he was spiked by Don Blassingame in a ballgame.
That's the first game of this doubleheader. We'll return you now to the studios and we'll be back for action here at the Polar Grounds very shortly.
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