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Good evening everyone, this is Bob Gimire along with Phil Ruggiero and Frank Vespa at Yankee Stadium.
And we're getting ready for the second game of the doubleheader between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers.
Tigers won a rather lackluster opening ball game, but it had a little more luster on it for the Tigers than for the Yankees,
because they won it by a final score of 2-1. There was no scoring in the game after the fifth inning.
The Tigers scored first in the third with two outs, Mickey Stanley tripled and scored on a wild pitch.
Yankees tied it up in the third, Jean Michael singles, Charlo Bajor sacrificed in the second, and Thurman Mungston came through with a base hit.
Tigers got the winning run in the fifth inning on a double by Stanley.
They went to third on a ground ball of firsts by Kalein and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jim Nautrup.
Yankees had two hits from Johnny Ellis, his last hit coming in the fourth inning, and that was the last hit for the New York Yankees.
The closest they came, the tie in the ball game, was Roy White's long line drive that Kalein loped back and caught just above the fence in right field,
and that was in the sixth inning, and the last ten men in a row went down.
As the winning pitcher was the left-hander for the Detroit Tigers, Mike Kilkenny and Mel Salomayr, the loser.
Two runs, eight hits for the Detroit Tigers, and one run and four hits for the New York Yankees in the opener of the doubleheader.
The Tigers come up with their first win at Yankee Stadium this year. The Yankees have beaten them the other two ball games, and we'll have the other game in just a little while.
Stan Vons will be the pitcher for the New York Yankees, and Joe Necrow, who pitched an outstanding ball game against the Yankees the last time he faced them out in Detroit.
He'll be on the mound for the Detroit Tigers.
We have a lineup for the second game, and we have changes for both teams.
The Yankees' Horace Clark will be leading off and playing second base.
Jake Gibbs will bat second in catch.
Bobby Rocha hits third in centerfield.
Roy White, the left fielder, bats fourth.
Pete Ward will be at first base in fifth.
Kurt Lusbury in right field, sixth.
Jerry Kenney at third base, seventh.
Gene Michael at shortstop, eighth.
And Stan Vons will be on the mound and batting ninth.
Vons has won four out of his last five starts, with McDaniel getting credit for a save in each of the four victories.
And tonight will be his third shot of the year against the Tigers.
He beats them four to one on May the 15th as he held a six-hitter, and then he had no decision against them on May the 25th.
He went eight innings and he allowed three runs from six hits.
The Tigers went in four to three.
Steve Hamilton was the loser in relief on that one on a freehand home run.
For the Tigers, Dalton Jones leads off at third base.
Dan Stanley in centerfield bats second.
Gates Brown in left field hits third.
Norm Cash, the first baseman, bats fourth.
And Cash did a great stop of a ground ball by Bobby Mercer in the ninth inning of the night cap.
Russ Nagleton will be in right field batting fifth.
Don Ward will be batting sixth.
Jim Price catches seventh.
Susan Gutierrez, eighth.
And Joe Neacrow on the mound, and he'll be batting ninth.
Don Ward will be the third baseman.
So we have to change what we said about Dalton Jones.
He will be playing second base in leading off.
So Jones will be the second baseman, although he has played for the most part at third base.
So it'll be Jones' second.
He better go around the infield defensively for the Tigers.
Cash at first, Jones at second.
Shortstop Gutierrez and Ward at third.
In the outfield and left field will be Gates Brown, centerfield Mickey Stanley,
and in right field it'll be Russ Nagleton.
He'll be playing defense defensively.
At first base, Pete Ward at second base, Horace Clark.
Shortstop Gene Michael at third base, Jerry Kenney.
In the outfield, Roy White in left.
Bobby Mercer in center.
And Kirk Leffrey in right field.
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On the scoreboard, Cleveland defeated Baltimore in the first game for doubleheader at Cleveland.
Four to nothing as Dean Jantz hits a four-hitter.
That's a tough golf club to shut out in that ballpark.
Baltimore has all the big power hitters and the short fences in Cleveland,
but the Indians did it four runs, seven hits, and one error for Cleveland.
No runs, four hits, and no errors for Baltimore.
Chance the winner was seven and five, and Clay Iver lose with 15 and eight.
Tony Horton got the big blow, a three-run home in the first inning.
That was, uh, then Greg Nellis hit one, his 17th, and that came in the sixth inning.
Second game of the doubleheader, the pitchers are in, Harden against Dunning.
The Red Sox failed the score on the top of the first inning at Washington.
The speed is against Cox.
Chicago beating Milwaukee seven to three, seven, eight, and oh for the White Sox,
three, 11, and one for the Brewers.
The winner was Jadewski, and the loser was Downing, and Bill Melton hit home run number 20.
In the National League, the Giants beat Cincinnati by a score of 92.
Reaver's of the winner was four and four, Washburn was starter and loser.
The Giants got seven in the first inning, and Noriega came on the pitch in that first inning.
Tony Perez has hit home run number 32, also picked up his 100th RBI of the season.
Frank Johnson hit home run number three with two on in the first.
And Willie McCovey, home run number 28, also with two on in the first inning.
The Giants got seven in the first, and went on to win it by a score of nine to three.
Pittsburgh in a big doubleheader against the Phillies.
The Pirates lead the Phillies three to nothing at the end of sixth.
Ellis against Bunning, that's the first of two.
The Mets at St. Louis and Chicago at once, we all later, as well as Atlanta at Los Angeles and Houston at San Diego.
So you're up to date.
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Bob Gimenez along with Frank Lester at the Polar Judo Yankee Stadium, and we're all set for the start of the second game of the doubleheader.
Pam Bonson goes out to the mound to take his final warm-up.
Bonson has won four out of his last five starts.
And as we mentioned, Lindy McDaniel has gotten credit for a save in each of them.
Bonson has a record of ten wins and seven losses.
So adjusting the American League standings for what's happened,
Baltimore remains in first place, now nine games ahead of the Detroit Tigers and nine and a half games ahead of the New York Yankees.
Yankees remain nine and a half hours with a drop a notch down to third place.
Dalton Jones, Mickey Stanley, and Gates Brown will be the first three batters for the Tigers.
Jones with a batting average of 225.
He has two homers, two doubles, and no triples.
Jones picks up the Boston Red Sox in the offseason.
The Yankees, of course, have to go up against tough Joe Necro.
He picked a one-hitter against the Yankees as the Tigers swept the three-game series back the first week in July.
It was on July the 2nd that he picked a one-hitter, Horace Clark getting the hit in the ninth inning.
Horace got his hit with one out of the ninth inning that night to spoil Necro's no-hitter.
And it was the third time in a month that Horace had done that, spoiled a no-hitter in the ninth inning.
The other two times were against Jim Rooker of Kansas City on June 4th and Sonny Stuped of Boston on June the 19th.
Necro had one other start against the Yankees this year.
On May 27th, he was a losing player.
He gave up four runs, three of which were earned in the three and a third inning.
Yankees winning that one by a score of four to two.
I, John Jones, stepped in. Jones batting 225.
Tigers won the first one two to one. So Kenny the winner and Donald Myers the loser.
Boston into the windup. The first pitch of the second game was swung on on this strike one.
Boston into the windup. The next pitch to Jones. Fastball locked deep to right field.
This one way back. Clifford going back. Going way back and the ball is in the bleachers for a home run.
John Jones has led off the game with a home run into the right field bleachers.
A long line drive shot. Clifford started back, then gave up.
He would go back and play the ball off the scoreboard and could miss going into the bleachers.
He really couldn't catch it, but the ball just hit clear of the bleachers fence and goes in for a home run.
The third home run of the season for Jones.
Mickey Stanley will be the batter. Stanley with a batting average of 268.
Ten homers, five triples and twelve doubles.
Boston delivers. Fastball in there for the called strike. No balls in one strike.
I tell you that John Jones has always given promise of being an outstanding hitter in the major league.
He hits a lot like that in batting practice and every now and then he connected a ball game.
A good line drive hitter. The pitch is low and it's one and one.
Tigers won on the Yankees nothing. We're on the top half of the first inning of the night.
After the Tigers won the opener two to one.
Boston winds up delivers. Curveball hitting the half hour. Out of play. First base side. One ball and two strikes.
Dan Bonson taking plenty of time. Gets the sign.
The one two pitch of Mickey Stanley. Check swing. It's low and outside for a ball and it's two and two.
Two balls and two strikes.
One to nothing. The Tigers lead it.
Bonson winds. Here it comes. Low in the dirt. It hit about a yard and a half in front of the plate. Three balls and two strikes.
With Dan Bonson having a bit of a problem here on the top half of the first inning.
Counts three balls and two strikes for Mickey Stanley.
Yankee infield as Pete Watered first. Thomas Clark at second.
Michael to shortstop. Jerry Kenny at third. In the outfield it's Roy White, Bobby Mercer and Kurt Fluffery.
Three balls and two strikes for Mickey Stanley.
Tigers beginning a long road trip. The wind up. The full count check. Swung on and fouled at home plate. The count holds three and two.
Three balls and two strikes. Two years ago, Dan Bonson was the American League Rookie of the Year.
He had a disappointing season last year and he bounced back this year. The full count check. Low for ball four.
So Stanley drops on down to first base.
And it'll bring up Gates Brown. Brown the left fielder in this ball game hitting 271. Two homers and two doubles.
So the first two Tigers have gotten on base here in the top half of the first inning.
The pitch to Brown is low for ball one. One ball and no strikes.
J. Gibbs the Yankee catcher here in the second game and Stan Bonson the fifth here.
Lifetime against the Tigers. Stan Bonson is one three and lost two.
Bonson checks Stanley off first. Here it comes. There it goes.
Line drive on the left fielder. White coming on. Coming on. He makes the catch. Ball to his knees. Gets up.
Throws the ball into Gene Michael and back to first base for Mickey Stanley.
So Gates Brown hits it on the nose but right to Roy White.
One out. A runner on. A runner in. And Norm Cash to batter.
Cash batting 253. 12 homers. One triple and 11 doubles.
Cash in the first game went 0 for 3 but he had a base on ball.
And he also had a base hit. He had a base hit in the eighth inning so he was 1 for 3 plus a walk plus an outstanding defensive play.
Stan Bonson checks Stanley. Delivers a serve low and inside for ball one. One ball and no strikes.
Tigers won the opener 2 to 1. They lead here by a score of 1 to nothing in the top of the first inning.
One ball and no strikes to count to Norm Cash.
Bonson goes for the belt. Pitch curve ball low and outside for ball two. Two balls and no strikes.
Two and out of cash.
Mickey Stanley with the lead off for Bonson to the belt. Here it comes.
Low and outside. Three and all.
Three and out of cash.
The 3-0 delivery. Low for ball four and Cash throws the base on ball. The second walk off Bonson.
Down to second base goes Mickey Stanley. And out of the Yankee dugouts comes Ralph House.
House make his first appearance on the field tonight aside from bringing out the scorecards.
Mel Stollmeyer went all the way in the opener but was a loser by a score of 2 to 1.
Russ Nagelson will be the batter. He was picked up from Cleveland along with Billy Rohr in exchange for Fred Lasher and that was back on May 22nd.
Nagelson is only hitting 147. He's had one homer and one double.
Nagelson on the left-handed batter. First and second and one out for the Tigers. They've got a run in on Dalton Jones' home run.
It's third of the year. As the stretch by Bonson, he delivers on the outside for ball strike one.
Two balls and one strike. 0-1 the count on Nagelson.
Bonson goes to the bell check. The runners both have good lead. Still checking. Now he delivers. Fast ball, low for ball and it's 1-1.
On second base Stanley on first base catch. There's one out and a run in on Dalton Jones' home run. So is it always going to.
Oh, that was a heartbreak of that first ball game.
It's a shame because though Mel Stollmeyer struggled in the first four innings, he came on strong. Would have been a big win.
The pitch is hit on the ground out to Horace Brock at second. Over to Michael for one. The relay to first. Not on time at first. Runners on first and third and two out.
So two outs for the Tigers. Over to third base is Mickey Stanley. Dash is the race and the fourth play. And safe at first is Nagelson.
Stanley on third. Nagelson on first. Two out and the batter is Don Wert.
Wert batting 249. First game he was 1-4. Bonson to the bell. He delivers. Fast ball foul to the screen. Strike one. No balls and one strike.
Tigers won. Yankees nothing. In the top of the first of the nightcap. First game to Detroit. Two to one.
Dan Bonson checks the runners off first and third. The pitch fast ball hit in the end to short right field. Bluffrey coming on. He won't get it.
It's in there for a base hit. End of score for Mickey Stanley. Over to third goes Nagelson. Bluffrey for the heart of Clark. Two to nothing Tigers.
Still an RBI for Wert. That'll be his 24th of the season. The Tigers quickly off to a two to nothing lead and it brings up the catcher Jim Price.
Price with a batting average of 197. He's only had four RBI's but he's only been up six to one time. He's had one homer and two doubles.
Price to bat it with runners on first and third and two out. Bonson looks in to get the sign.
Dan goes to the bell. Here's the pitch. Hit on the ground. Why the third? Kenny over can't get it. Michael has it. Third of second. Out a beautiful play by Michael.
What a play by Gene Michael deep in the hole and he's been playing a fine shot stop at the ball game tonight after having a bit of a rough day he's out in flavor.
However the Tigers get two runs on two hits. No errors and two men left at the end of the half inning of the night captain.
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What'd you do? Get stuck on a name Phil? A name or what?
I can't. With my glasses I don't know what that says. It looks like P-I-R.
Peter Perch. That's what it is.
Pretty good name for a riddle isn't it?
Yes it is.
Like you picked a peck of pickled peppers can you say that?
No I can't. I can't even say Peter Perch.
Alright we're all set for the bottom half of the first inning.
Two to nothing the Tigers lead the Yankees.
Alright Clark set to lead it off. Yankees looking for a little bit of life now as they come to bat in the bottom of the first inning.
Went down quietly in the first game two to one. Hadn't had a hit since the fourth inning of that first game.
First pick to Horace Clark from Neekrow is outside for ball one.
Joe Neekrow on the mound.
And he well remembers Horace Clark. He got the only hit off him and it came in the ninth inning out of Tiger Stadium.
The wind up and the pitch. Low for a ball.
Two balls and no strikes.
Tigers leading two to nothing in the first inning of the second game. Two balls and no strikes to Horace Clark.
Neekrow into the wind up and the pitch. Clark swings and a high ball and more chop. First base side going foul and picked up by Neekrow.
Two and one the count to Clark.
Tigers won their first game of the Yankee Stadium season in the opener after the Yankees won the only two game play.
Way back in the beginning of the season.
Then we lost the double header to the rain.
That was back on, let's see was it in May? Yes it was. May 17.
Two balls and one strike to count to Horace Clark.
So the Yankees have to win this to get back in the second play.
The wind up and the pitch to Clark. Swing and a little bounce. First base side Neekrow off the bat.
We'll have to hurry the throw out of first.
Nice play by Neekrow and there's one out.
So Horace Clark bounces out on a two and one. That's going to bring up Jake Gibbs the Yankee catcher.
Gibbs batting 254. Three homers, one triple and three doubles.
And so is it. It had some light. Does it still look like Peter Perch?
Now it does. Yes, Peter Perch. There it is P-I-R-S-E-A.
You know I thought it was a joke when Bill came but that name is quite a name there.
The Frivolous Sound Volunteers from Poughkeepsie.
Peter Perch from Poughkeepsie.
Oh wait no it's not. Peter Perch is in there. The fire truck is named Peter Perch.
Oh the pitch is low for ball one. One ball and no strike.
No not the pitch is low. Peter Perch.
One ball and no strike to Jake Gibbs.
Bottom half of the first inning. Tigers leading 2-0.
The lineup by Neekrow. Here it comes. It's low and it's two balls and no strike.
The fire truck had to be named after somebody didn't it?
I think you have to Peter Perch Bob.
Bill's going to be a bastard. I thought the next time he gets that one to read.
I want to see Frank Messer. Frank hasn't been yet.
He's going to have to flip that one to him one of these innings. Two balls and no strike.
The windup and the pitch. In there for the called strike.
You know we had those other ones for so long that you could almost do them from memory.
That's right that's what I thought this was. I picked it up nonchalantly and oh and I started.
Forget it.
Two and one the count to Gibbs. The windup and Neekrow's pitch. Popped foul onto the screen.
It's two and two.
Tigers won the opener two to one. They lead here two to nothing in the bottom half of the first inning.
Two balls two strikes and Jake Gibbs was one out.
Neekrow into the lineup. The two two pitch curveball line in the left field for a very pitch.
Jake just dribbled that one right over third base.
The windup by Gates Brown. He throws it in the second on the fly and Jake Gibbs helps him back to first.
Jake Gibbs with a line drive base hit. The first Yankee hit of the second game.
That first hit was the fourth inning of the opener.
And Bobby Messer steps in.
Bobby batting two forty seven.
Bobby in the first game and 0 for 3 also had a base on ball.
So Bobby gets to see a right handed pitcher for the first time in a while.
He saw Sam Mcdowell last night and Mike Joe Kenny in the first game.
The stretch and the pitch Bobby takes outside the ball one.
One ball and no strikes.
Cleveland beat Baltimore four to nothing in the first game of the S.Y. Niner.
Here the Tigers beat the
Yankees two to one. 1 and 0 to Bobby Messer.
There's the stretch and the pitch.
Messer takes outside the ball two. Two balls and no strikes.
Jake Gibbs with the lead off first. One out.
Bottom half of the first inning.
The stretch. Here it comes in half of the called strike.
Just above the knees. He didn't give Messer a fat pitch to an hour but he got it over.
Two balls and one strike.
Nick Lowe overall has a record of ten wins and nine losses.
One and one against the Yankees and that's his lifetime mark.
The two on pitch on its way fouls back to the screen.
It's all even at two balls and two strikes.
Joe Niekro last year was with the Codes and the San Diego Padres.
He was traded to the Tigers but put your Pat Dowdson and infielder Dave Campbell.
And he's done the job.
Last year he was eight and eighteen in the National League.
Yeah before that he had a good mark of fourteen and ten.
The two to a pitch versus swing pops it up foul.
It will be out of play down the left field line.
Ball coming back and into the upper deck.
Uh oh here comes the Kurt Bluffery sign out of the upper deck.
And a huge sign out there for Kurt Bluffery.
And it just broke loose and it's hanging out of the upper deck.
That has got to be one of the biggest signs I've ever seen.
There's something about Kurt Bluffery.
Two balls two strikes the stretch and the pitch.
Low for ball three and it's three and two.
Half of the sign is now on the screen and the other half is hanging down.
I hope it's not in front of the TV camera so you won't be able to see anything.
They're pulling it back up from up above.
Anybody behind that you couldn't see it was through the ball game.
Three balls and two strikes.
Gibbs off first with one out.
Throw to first Gibbs gets back.
As the stretch.
Throw to first no dice.
Now Bobby Mercer goes for a walk outside the batter's box.
Tigers the opener two to one.
This one may lead two to nothing in the bottom of the first inning.
Three and two to Mercer.
Gibbs on it first with one out.
Throw right on deck.
Here's the stretch.
There goes Gibbs the pitch outside the ball for.
So J. Ken take it easy.
Goes in the second base standing as Bobby Mercer draws the base on ball.
Roy White will be the batter.
It's been a long time since he's been below the 300 mark but he is right now.
Roy batting 298.
13 homers.
Three triples and 23 doubles.
The Yankees have gone down first and second.
One out bottom half of the first inning.
Roy was 0-4 in the first game but he gave it the big bid on a long flight of rights.
It almost tied it up.
In the sixth inning K-line made a fine catch on it.
The first pitch to Roy.
Curved ball in there after the call.
Strike one.
No balls and one strike.
Last time Roy White was below the 300 block was on April the 12th.
This is the fourth game of the season.
No balls and one strike.
Bill Kane with all of statistics never thought he'd have that one.
The stretch and the pitch.
Low for a ball and it's one and one.
Jake Gibbs on second.
Bobby Mercer on first.
One out bottom half of the first inning.
Two to nothing Tigers after they won the opener two to one.
The pitch to White.
Curve is low and two balls and one strike.
On deck is Pete Ward.
Now Jim Price walks the ball halfway out to the mound and then flips it to Niko.
Two and one the counter Roy White.
Yankees trying to get even here in the bottom of the first inning and get even in the second game.
Gibbs with a good lead off second.
Mercer off to off first.
Two and one the counter White.
Here's the pitch.
A long drive at the right field.
This one is high for and down home run.
Well that puts Roy White back to the 300 mark mighty fast.
Bounding average back to 300 and home run number 14 and you now have 66 RBI.
And the Yankees lead it three to two.
Here's Pete Ward.
A pitch to Pete is outside for ball one.
Ward is batting 250.
And last night he laid down a beautiful bunt in the ball game at Cleveland that hit third base.
Three to two Yankees and we've had more scoring in the first inning than we had in the entire first game.
The Tigers winning that two to one.
The 1-0 pitch.
High and two balls and another strike.
Two and 0 the count to Pete Ward.
So Necro got hard to block but then he gave up a single to give.
A walk to Mercer and a home run to Roy White.
Two balls and no strikes to Pete Ward.
A wind up.
Here it comes inside of three balls and no strikes.
So Necro pitched a one hitter against the Yankees the last time.
Having his troubles in the first inning this time.
Three and 0 the count, the wind up and the pitch.
On the corner for the called strike.
Got the outside corner.
Three balls and one strike to Pete Ward.
The wind up.
Here it comes outside for ball four and Pete Ward draws the base on ball.
And here comes Mayo Smith out of the Tigers dugout.
So in the first game neither manager had a come out and talk to the pitchers.
And here in the second game we've seen both managers here in the first inning.
This game has had a little more excitement already than the first game Phil.
You know it's a strange thing Bob.
Very seldom do you get two well pitched games in a double header.
The first game the pitching dominated when young Mike Kilkenny
bested Mel Sattelmeyer in a real pitches duel two to one.
And then always it seems in the second game for some reason or other it's a slugfest.
And as you say we've already scored many more runs in this game than we scored in the whole first game.
And I'm not sure whether he's taking them out or not.
It doesn't look like it.
All right don't let him stay in there.
All right.
Mayo Smith a little upset he was pitching his belt up.
This is a battle for second place.
Yankees got to win this to regain it.
And Kurt Bluffrey will be the batter.
Run it on first one out three runs in for the Yankees.
And they lead three to two in the bottom half of the first inning.
Pete Warnard first with one out and Bluffrey steps in.
Bluffrey batting two 14.
Nicrow to the belt.
The pitch to Kurt low for ball one.
One ball and no strikes.
One and over count on Bluffrey.
Tigers the opener two to one.
Yankees lead here three to two but we're only in the first inning.
One ball and no strikes the count to Bluffrey.
Nicrow with a stretch Ward dancing away the pitch.
Hit in the air deep to right center field barely going back.
Turns under it and he makes the catch.
Lobs it in the second base.
Bluffrey got good wood on but he hit it to right center field.
And there are two outs.
Two outs for the Yankees.
He will be back to first base.
And Jerry Kenney will be getting his first pass out of the evening.
Kenney with a batting average of two oh seven.
He's not playing the first game.
Yankees leading it three to two.
Here in the first inning we had a lead off home run by Dalton Jones for the Tigers.
And a free run shot by Roy White of the Yankees.
The stretch.
A first pitch to Kenney.
Low for ball one.
One ball and no strikes.
Jerry batting two oh seven.
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All right Robyn.
The pitch fouled off.
Coming back towards the press box and back on the screen.
One ball and one strike.
Where did you have to get that?
Well that's really not mine.
I think somebody gave it a Frank Metzger.
Somebody's in love with him.
One ball and one strike.
Yankees three and the Tigers two.
Bottom of the first.
Tigers won the opener two to one.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch.
Kenney takes.
Strike called on a curve ball.
It's one ball and two strikes.
It's been a long first inning of the nightcap.
It held up the second game until about eight o'clock.
First game was over about seven twenty five.
One ball and two strikes.
The lead by Ward.
The pitch to Kenney.
Plung on and fouled.
Back just below the press box.
It onto the screen again.
One into the count.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch to Kenny.
Flow curve is high and it's two and two.
Two balls and two strikes.
Baltimore scored three runs in the top half of the second inning at Cleveland.
That's Harden against Dunning.
The Indians won the first one quarter nothing.
The stretch and the pitch inside for a ball.
Three balls and two strikes to Jerry Kenny.
He wore it on the first with two outs and the Yankees leading at three to two.
Three into the count.
Ward will be off and running.
There he goes.
The pitch is.
Strike three called and the side's retired.
And Kenny didn't like the call.
He said so to John Rice.
The whole play down by Jerry has fouled out on strike.
But the Yankees get three runs on two hits.
There were no errors and a man lost and Kenny is still drawing away with Rice.
Now Dick Hauser comes down and steps right in between them.
And leaves Jerry Kenny by the hand back to the dugout.
The score at the end of one.
The Yankees three and the Tigers two.
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All right both Bonson and Negros have been treated rather roughly in the first inning.
So let's see as they go back and take their rest whether things will be different Bob.
All right on we go to the top half of the second inning Yankees leading at three to two.
Gutierrez, Necro and Dalton Jones will be the batter.
Bonson into his wind up.
Atmopet outside with the curve ball for ball one and Jerry Kenny was racing in from third as Gutierrez fluffed the bunt.
One ball and no strike.
Yankees three and the Tigers two but the Tigers won the opener two to one.
The pitch is hit in the air out towards right field.
Bluffery in his track backing up a little bit.
Catches it head high and there's one out.
Gutierrez flies out to right field for the first out of the top of the second.
It will bring out Joe Necro the pitcher.
Necro is batting 149.
He's had seven base hits and 47 at bats and one of the hits was for a triple.
Two of them for a double.
One out top of the second Yankees leading three to two after the Tigers won the opener two to one.
Each team has had two hits.
Bonson one, kick delivers.
Swing and a mid-strike run.
Necro flung over that one.
No balls and one strike.
Bonson into the wind up.
Delivers again.
Necro takes high for a ball that's one and one.
One ball and one strike.
The one-one pitch hit on the ground back to the box and in the center field for a base hit.
Up with the ball is Bobby Mercer.
He throws on in the second.
And Joe Necro the pitcher comes up with a base hit of the season.
So Necro is on and he wants his warm-up jacket.
Tigers have a base runner with one out and Dalton Jones with his third home of the season to start off the ballgame steps in.
First pitch to Jones is low for ball one.
One ball and no strike.
Necro not taking much of a lead at all.
He's got about a one-yard lead.
Here's the pitch.
Low for ball two, balls and no strike.
Yankees three and the Tigers two, top half of the second inning.
Necro leads off the 2-0 pitch.
Outside three balls and no strike.
Bonson walks a couple in the first inning now in danger of his third walk of the ballgame.
Stanley is on deck.
The little consolation to face the Tigers without K-line on the batting auto though.
He's being rested in this nightcap.
The pitch is over for a called strike three and one.
But I'd imagine he could be a pretty good threat as a pinch hitter later on in the ballgame.
Three balls and one strike to Dalton Jones.
Stan Bonson checks Necro.
Here it comes, low for ball four and Jones draws the base on ball.
That's the third one giving up by Stan Bonson in an inning and a third.
And it'll bring out Mickey Stanley who drew the first walk off bounce.
But it came in the three and two pitch of the first inning.
So with one out here in the second inning, Necro has walked.
Jones has walked after Necro's single.
First and second with one out and Mickey Stanley the batter.
Mickey Stanley steps in.
Necro on it, second, Jones on it.
First and now Stanley steps out as Bonson is taking too long for him.
Stanley batting 268.
Mickey's hit ten home runs.
He had a good first game.
He had a double and a triple and scored both Tiger runs.
Bonson to the belt.
The pitch curve low in the dirt football.
One nice walk by Jake Gibbs.
One ball and no strikes and now we have some activity out in the Yankee bullpen.
The manager went to the bullpen in the first game.
Both managers have had the bullpen up already in this one.
Bonson stretches and the pitch curve in the half of the call strikes.
That was a beauty.
One ball and one strike.
Yankees leading 3-2 after the Tigers won the opener 2-1.
The pitch is low for a ball, 2-1.
Whatever breeze we have here at the stadium right now blowing out towards left field.
Very comfortable night for baseball.
Looks as if the good weather followed us right along.
We had a pleasant after the first day in Milwaukee.
Certainly nights in Cleveland and now nights here in New York.
The 2-1 pitch is inside the 3-1.
That's play jumping around on Stan Bonson.
Three balls and one strike.
Check is Gabe Brown.
Mickey Stanley the center fielder up there.
3-1 Bonson stretches.
The pitch hit on the ground.
Back over Bonson.
Gloves in the center field for a base hit.
Mitchell around third.
He'll score.
Going on to third base is Jones.
The throw cut off by Ward.
And their runners on first and third in the tie ball game.
Stan Bonson just missed that ball.
It was well hit up the middle but he almost slagged it down.
Went right over his glove and kept right on going in the center field.
And Routhouse is out of the Yankee dugout.
This is his second time out.
But not the second time in this inning.
But he's going to make the change anyhow and he wants the left-hander.
So Mickey Stanley has single to tie up the ball game.
Jones is on third.
Stanley on first with one out.
And this is Steve Hamilton.
And this is quite early for Steve Hamilton in the ball game.
I think right now with two left-hander's it is actually three in a row.
Schedule of that.
Ralph Hough wants to get out of this inning.
And Steve, as everyone knows, is a short relief man.
And what Ralph will probably do, get out of this jam, or hope to get out of this jam,
and then pinch hit maybe for Steve Hamilton.
I've often thought of the possibility of letting Hamilton, let's say,
pitch to the left-handed batters and then putting them someplace on the field.
And Ralph has said that he's been like tempted so often,
but he says there's always one man out of place.
Like he's always one lefty or one right-handed hitter away.
I don't think you do it this early in the ball game,
because Hamilton is so effective against the lefty that you have to think about it.
You know something, Bob?
I mentioned that same thing down to him when I was talking to him between games,
interviewing him, and he said he gets a little upset when people say that,
well, we know you can get left-handers out, but you have trouble against right-handers.
And he said it's something that has stuck with him because he does get left-handers out so well.
They weigh that against the way he pitches against right-handers.
And he said if you check the records, you'll see that he does as well against right-hand hitters
as other pitchers, not as well as he does against left-hand batters naturally,
but he's so great getting them out.
But he just gets a little upset when they say, well, you can't get right-handers out.
Well, he's been getting them out and getting them out well all year,
but as you say, he's been tremendous against the left-handers.
Now, wait a minute.
Gates Brown is heading back to the dugout, and we're waiting to see what happens.
Ike Brown will be the 10th hitter, 10th hitting for Gates Brown.
All we've got to do is change first names and leave him right in there.
What was the all in Gates and Ike? They look alike, they swing alike?
No, it wasn't Gates and Ike. It was Mike and Ike.
All right.
That's too many people with the name of Gates.
Ike Brown will be the 10th hitter.
So Gates Brown will be the 10th hitter.
Boy, if we're early in the ballgame, we have a short-release pitcher and a 10th hitter.
Some fans may be wondering about Horton.
Willie Horton is on the disabled list.
He was injured, I guess, when we were out in California.
So they do not have Willie Horton, and the Yankees are happy about that.
Not happy for Willie's sake, but he has written murder on Yankee pitching.
Here's Gates Brown.
Three through the score, first and third and one out, second inning, the stretch, the pitch,
and a no-strike one.
Gates Brown is batting 271. He has two doubles and two home runs.
No balls and one strike.
Hamilton goes to the ball.
Fastball inside low, and it's one and one on Ike Brown.
So Gates Brown only got off once, and he lined out to left field.
Three through the score, top of the second. Tigers won the opener two to one.
The pitch, hung on, hit on the ground, play down the first base line, the players to the plate, and safe at home.
Nate Ward was slow getting rid of that ball. Seemed to hesitate for just a second.
There was no slide at home plate.
He seemed to hesitate, Phil.
He didn't think he had a chance for the runner at home, and then was surprised to see him so far from the plate.
And that slight hesitation caused the Yankees to run.
Now they trail four to three. That'll be a field of choice.
They're field of choice, and they give Ike Brown an RBI.
Dalton Jones scored from third.
Down the second goes Mickey Stanley, and Ike Brown is safe at first.
Now the left-handed batter is Norm Cash.
Little Gribbler down the first base line.
Here's the pitch. Here's the demand for the called strike one. No balls and one strike.
So the Tigers lead four to three in the top half of the second inning.
No balls and one strike.
Hamilton to the belt delivers the curve outside for a ball that's one and one.
Steve Hamilton with a record of four wins and three losses, and earned run average of 2.25.
Tigers four, Yankees three, top half of the second inning.
There's the stretch and the pitch.
Two balls and one strike.
Tigers won the opener two to one.
We've had wild scoring in this one.
Tigers got two in the first, Yankees three in the bottom of the first.
Tigers two here in the top of the second, and they're still at it.
First and second, one out.
Pulling on McCann on cash.
There's the stretch and the pitch. Pulling a miss, and it's still in two.
Two balls and two strikes.
And that play to the plate, Jones never did bother to slide, and they almost had them after all, even after the hesitation.
I think that Jake could have really given him a dirty play there, given him a hit, and he'd have been up in the seat.
Two to five is low for ball three.
Three and two to count.
Ross Nagelson is on deck.
Three balls, two strikes. We'll see if the runners are going.
Stanley and Eichbaum.
There's the stretch.
They're not going to pitch. Hit on the ground slowly, foul outside of first.
McCann holds a three and two.
Three balls and two strikes to non-cash.
Cash walks his first time up with stretch and the pitch.
Swing and a foul ball back to the screen and hold a three and two.
He bounced that one back and just didn't get a piece of it.
Three balls and two strikes.
It's funny, we were talking about Hamilton in the right-hand batters.
Well, he fooled Eichbaum so badly that it turned out he fooled him too much.
He hit it off the end of the bat and it was hit so slowly to run score.
It doesn't show on the box scores, but Steve did his job.
He's just got a bad break.
There's the stretch and the pitch. Low for ball four.
So cash draws the base on balls.
And the bases are loaded with one out.
Thank you Stanley goes to third. Eichbaum goes to second.
Non-cash goes to first.
And the battle will be Russ Nagleton.
Nagleton grounded to a fourth play his first time up by hitting a ground ball to Harrah Scott.
Nagleton came in only batting 147.
So another lefty for Steve Hamilton to face.
But after this he runs out of lefties with John Wirtz together.
The wind up in the pitch. High for ball one.
One ball and no strike.
Tigers have them loaded. Here's the pitch.
Bring in a high pop out. Maybe playable.
Coming back is Gibbs. It's going to be close.
Right to the screen. Can't get it on the screen.
One and one. Jacobs ready to climb the screen for that one.
What a spot for a pop out. The bases loaded.
But it was back on the screen. One ball and one strike.
Yankee outfield of second game.
Roy White, Bobby Mercer, and Tate Leffler.
And they're pulled way around for Russ Nagleton.
Tigers have the bases loaded. They lead 4-3 in the second inning of the nightcap.
They won the opener 2-1.
One ball, one strike, one out. Hamilton the wind up and the pitch.
First strike to a beauty. One ball and two strikes.
Now a new supply of baseball.
Brought out to plate umpire John Rice.
Rice is the home plate umpire.
Marty Spring started first. Larry Barnett at second and Larry Knapp around at third.
Strike three swinging and Hamilton gets a big strike out.
So he strikes out Nagleton after walking Chad.
Two outs for the Tigers and John Way will be the batter.
And it looks as if Hamilton will stay on the mound to pitch to Wirt.
Tigers leading 4-3 top half of the second inning.
John Wirt got a base hit to drive it around in the first inning.
Hamilton delivers low for ball one. One ball and no strike.
So this is the second right-handed batter that he's had to face.
The other one being Ike Brown.
Pitch is hitting the edge. Deep to left. Right going back.
Back to the warning card. To the front. He's got it.
And that and many ball parkers are grand plan homo.
But it's a big out for the Tigers to the top half of the second inning.
They regain the lead. As they scored two runs they had two hits.
There were no errors in three left.
At the end of the inning and a half the Tigers four and the Yankees three.
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Well it looks like that Ike Brown is going to stay in left field Bob.
So all we got to do is keep the name Ike there and leave Brown in left field.
And Ike as far as I know, I haven't seen him in the outfield.
I know he's played a lot of second and third base for the Tigers.
Oh he got his chance in the outfield.
It's also, they still have K.Line they could have put in there.
But they're giving K.Line a rest.
He's been in the big league for 18 years, 35 years old.
And probably the only time we'll see him would be at a pinch hitting role
or later on in the ball game.
All right, Gene Michael is trying to get things going for the Yankees
and we go to the bottom of the second.
Four to two the Tigers lead it.
The Traips, the win on the first game, 2-1 at Co. Kennings, bested Mel Salomar.
The windup and the pitch, Michael takes in there for the call strike.
And the Yankees have been given a reprieve after that free run home on the first inning by Roy White.
No balls and run strike.
The windup and the pitch, Michael with the line drive to first base and cash one out.
One up and one down.
And it'll bring out the Yankee pitcher Steve Hamilton.
A stand bounce, he never did get a chance to bat in the ball game.
Hamilton has got only five outbats this year and no base yet.
Four to three the Tigers lead it, bottom half of the second inning.
Big thief, the left-handed batter, the putscher Nick Lowe in there for the call strike.
Hamilton thought it was below his knee, he's got some pretty tall knees.
Used to be a basketball player for the old Minneapolis Lakers.
No balls and one strike.
The windup and the pitch, swing and a broken bat off.
Back to Nick Lowe who made the play, the throw to first for the second out.
He got that one backhanded between his legs.
Absolutely, oh we've got to get a replay on that on TV, that was beautiful.
It was a broken bat by Hamilton, the ball went back to the mound.
And somehow Nick Lowe had his legs all tangled up, the ball went right between his legs.
And he was cross-legged at the time, shut down the glove and had the ball.
Two outs.
Bill's still looking for his replay.
Hanson Harv, Clark will be the batter.
Harv Clark steps in.
Clark bounced to the mound in the first inning.
Four to three to Tigers leader, the windup.
The pitch to Clark, he's taking all the way and a throw for ball one.
One ball and no strike.
One and 0 the count. The windup and the pitch to Clark, flung on and rocked foul outside of first.
One and one.
Scramble for the base ball, nobody wound up with it.
One and one the count on Harv's part.
Tigers leading four to three, second inning of the nightcap, they won the opener, two to one.
The windup, here it comes, it's outside with two balls and one strike.
Hanson Harv, Clark made out in the first inning, a single by Gibb and a walk to Mercer with three run homer by Roy White.
Two and one the count.
Necro goes into the windup, he delivers, low curve, high on outside, three and one the Harv's part.
Jake Gibb's on deck.
Big ball game for these two teams, the winner goes into second place, right now it's the Tigers by a half game over the Yankees.
Three and one, the windup and the pitch, Clark takes high for ball four.
So Harv shuts on down the first, it's the third walk for the Yankees and he'll bring up Jake Gibb.
Gibb's going to base hit the left field to get the Yankees going in the first inning.
Jake will fail to hit a home run last year, has hit three home runs this year, he also has one triple and three doubles.
The stretch by Necro, go to first and Harv's clock gets back.
Necro fires the first, no dice.
Harv's back with the belly-whopper.
Harv's tucked off, Necro's stepped off.
Clark's back with his big lead, Necro to the belt.
Great pitch to Jake Gibb, fastball accidentally hit foul outside of first strike one.
No balls in one strike, Jake was trying to check his swing on that.
Oh and one the count to Gibb.
Gibb will be doing a lot of catching for the Yankees for the next two weeks, months of the Labas military reserve duties.
Oh and one the count on Jake.
Four to three, the Tigers lead it, we're on the bottom half of the second inning.
The lead by Clark, a throw over there and Harv's inside.
Harv's has 12-goal invasions, two outs, he's got a big lead, another throw, he gets back.
It's going to be a long night cap, played about an hour, but it's been a lot of excitement.
Four to three, the Tigers lead it, to the belt goes Necro, the pitch.
It's a long drive, it's a home run if it's fair, there's serving foul way back into the upper deck.
No balls and two strikes.
Mayo's going for a drink of water over in the Tiger dugout. Oh and two the count on Gibb.
Harv's Clark on his first, two outs, the stretch, the pitch to Jake.
Line drive, hits down in the left field corner for the base hit, Clark around second, digging for third.
Down up at the ball in the corner, Clark the third, they hold him up.
Jake's play by Ike Brown who went in to play left field, a hole after a double.
Not so much to keep Gibb's second, but the stops are very three-footed, Harv's Clark from scoring.
Jake just reached out and bumped that ball down the left of your line, middle playing them over that way.
So actually Ike Brown had a head start on the ball.
They did not as a rule play Gibb's as a full hitter.
There was a case where Gibb did pull the ball into the upper deck and then he hit one the opposite way.
So it's a stroke to have. A lot of pitches will hang one inside, see them pull a pitch outside.
Might pull some hitters, but Jake is as good going to left field as any left-hand hitter on the Yankees.
So the Yankees have a life here on the second and it was two outs, a walk for Clark, a double by Jake.
And here comes Mayo Smith out of the dugout.
He went for a long drink of water after Gibb hit that long foul.
Mayo is in no hurry to get out to the mound.
Nickra has been hit well to three-base hit.
Home run, a double and a single and that's all. He's had it.
So Jake Gibb's got two out of the three hits off Nickra and he loses the ball game, but the Tigers leading it four to three.
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Looks like we're going to have a left-hander coming on, which will not be anything new for Bobby Mercer,
who will be the scheduled batter to face the new pitcher coming on.
Bobby's getting more than his share of left-hand pitches about against this year.
Well, let's see, it looks like it could be Hiller. It's hard to see.
Let's see, Longfin sideburns. Does that help, Bill Cain?
Number 18, John Hiller. Very good.
Got to be lucky once in a while, Bob.
But anyway, Hiller is not the type left-hand pitcher to give left-hand batters that much trouble.
In other words, he doesn't come that side on like Steve Hamillin does.
Hiller is making his 31st appearance of the year and he has won five and lost three.
He actually started one game for the Tigers this year. All the rest have been in relief.
Has an earned run average of 3.06. Not bad, not good.
Not good enough to keep you in there.
He'll get his warm-up pitches and then have to face Bobby Mercer.
And as we said, Bobby, really facing his share of left-hand hitters.
Let's see what Bobby did in the first game.
He was 0-3 and had one walk while he was in there.
So as Bob said, it's going to be a wild and molly ball game after that first one.
A fine pitching goal between Mike Kilkenny, who the young left-hander was the winner against Mel Saddelmeyer.
And now this one, already 4-3. We're in the bottom of the second two-out.
But the Yankees threatening with Jake Gibbs' second and Horace Clark at third.
And Bobby Mercer the batter.
Meanwhile, as we told you in that first game out at Cleveland,
the Indians behind Dean Chance shut out Baltimore, but in the second game,
Baltimore scored three times.
And at the end of two innings, they lead Cleveland 3-0 in that second game.
We'll give you all the scores of all the other games at the end of the third inning.
Right now, Mercer ready, the Tigers ready, and so is our Bob Gammier.
All right, so Bobby Mercer steps in. First base is open.
Gibbs is on second. Horace Clark is on third.
Tigers leading at 4-3 after winning the opener 3-1.
Here's the windup. The first pitch to Mercer is low for ball one.
Might have been a little outside. One ball and no strike.
Joe Necrow takes one and three-thirds innings.
He's given up three runs to two runners of his responsibility.
Only three hits. The walk's got him in trouble. He gave up three walks.
One-and-oh to count, to stretch. The pitch to Bobby Mercer.
Third and after the call, strike at one and one.
Bobby Mercer drew a walk on a three-and-two pitch in the first inning.
Four to three, Detroit leading the nightcap after winning the opener 2-1.
We're only in the second inning.
The stretch and the pitch. Mercer swings and Mercer strikes two.
One ball and three strikes. They didn't even get close to that one.
One and two to count on Mercer.
Final naps. The late score. The Pirates beat the Phillies 4-0 in the first game of the double header.
One ball and two strikes. That will keep the Pirates in first place.
Here's the stretch. Hiller delivers Mercer takes high and a two-and-zero.
Two balls and two strikes.
John Hiller looks in to get the sign from Jim Price.
Mercer brings it to the belt.
Here's the pitch. Swinging a foul ball to the Tiger dugout.
That bounces around the dugout.
He never did get back out, but we could see it in two different places bouncing around.
Two balls and two strikes.
Now they throw it out of there.
Cleveland got a run on the bottom of the third.
It's Baltimore three and Cleveland one after three.
Two balls, two strikes and two outs.
The stretch and the pitch. Swinging a most-striked play on the side of the tire.
No runs, one hit, no errors and two outs.
At the end of two is the Tigers four and the Yankees three.
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All right, Steve Hamilton.
That hand was for Austin Howard who had come out to warm up Steve Hamilton
while Jake Gibbs was getting the gear on.
Now Jake is back there with all the gear on.
Hamilton just about ready to conclude his warm up.
And he'll be pitching at the bottom fair to the order.
Price, Gutierrez, and the new pitcher, John Hiller.
Bob Elsel, they held up the second game of the year.
The first game ended early, but they won an hour with two innings.
It was exciting baseball.
Yes, it was.
By the time the night's over, they may be sorry that we held it up a little.
All right, we got set for the top half of the third inning.
Tigers leading it 4-3.
And it looks as if both ball clubs are going to wind up using a lot of players before this is over.
Jim Price steps in and into a fourth play to end the first inning.
Outstanding player was by Gene Michael who went way over in the hole and came up with it.
Steve Hamilton is the windup and the pitch.
Price takes outside for ball one.
Got to watch for the floater any time now.
He couldn't throw the folly floater last inning because there were men on base.
One ball and no strike.
Hamilton winds the pitch.
Curve in there for the call.
Strike and it's one and one.
One ball, one strike.
Tigers leading 4-3 in the third inning of the night cap.
They won the opener 2-1.
Steve Hamilton winds the left hander.
Throws the floater.
Here it comes.
Price swings a high pop-up ball outside of third.
Penny over to the rally.
He can't get it.
In the space it goes.
Strike.
One and two.
I want to tell you Price was ready to come back and Price almost hit the umpire.
He went back so far.
He was really leaning with that pitch all the way and he almost hit it straight up in the air.
He wanted to hit it so badly.
Hamilton really gets the crowd alive with that pitch.
Alright, one ball, two strikes.
Hamilton ends the wind up.
Stopped the pop-up.
Fastball, swung on and foul.
And that was the folly faker.
So they call that the hesitation hummer.
A hesitation hummer.
Well what it is is he makes believe that he's going to throw the folly floater and then just whips it in.
One and two.
Look at Price.
Price is going to get the pine car.
One ball and two strikes on him.
Price the first man up here in the third inning.
Four to three.
The Tigers lead the Yankees.
Hamilton made out he was going to throw that blooper kick.
You know people who haven't been following Yankee baseball, we've got to always explain it so they don't think we're crazy.
What did do?
Here's the wind up.
Regular curveball lined over second for a base hit in the center field.
So Jim Price gets a base hit.
As Hamilton explained it's great on that one and a wind up a line drive base hit.
He got foul balls on the folly floater and the hesitation hummer.
And then he just tried a regular curveball and Price got a base hit.
Here seems a goodie arrow to fly it out to right field the first time up.
Fans of course would love to see Hamilton stay in there and do well.
If they get a chance maybe to see it next inning again.
The pitch to goodie arrows.
Hard ground ball foul outside of third strike one.
He was taking the bunt that time and on the last minute he stepped back and he swung.
No balls in one strike.
All in one the goodie arrow.
Tigers leading it 4-3 top half of the third inning.
The stretch and the pitch.
Hit in the air foul and into the feet.
Right field side hits in the upper deck and back down.
No balls and two strikes.
Tigers leading 4-3 top half of the third inning.
Yankees won the rest of the Tigers won the opener 2-1.
But there's been more excitement in two innings plus in this game than there was in the entire nine innings of the opener.
No balls and two strikes to count on goodie arrows.
That folly floater is a huge blue bookmark that Hamilton just throw fatally right up in the air and it just floats down in the vicinity of the plate.
Floater first getting back is Jim Price.
And the hesitation Hummer is when he fakes that he's going to do it on the next pitch and then just whips it in fast.
No balls and two strikes to goodie arrows.
The pitch hit on the ground foul outside of third.
Roe Verwezenger the third base coach had to dance out of the way of that one.
No balls and two strikes.
Steve Hamelin checks the run up right.
The pitch to goodie arrows hit on the ground foul outside of third again.
And there's still no balls and two strikes.
Hamilton cannot throw either the folly floater or the hesitation Hummer with a man on base.
It would be ruled a loss.
He got a decision from the league president on that.
Oh Hamilton still gives pretty good reasons why it shouldn't be.
Nonetheless he abides by the decision. He's allowed to throw it with nobody on but he can't throw it with somebody on base.
No balls two strikes to goodie arrows.
Which is John Hiller's on deck. Here's the pitch.
He just reaches out with the base hit in the center field.
Down a second goes twice. He holds on. Goodie arrows makes a big turn at first for some reason and then goes back.
He just reached out his bat and flunked it in the center field.
And the Tigers have back to back singles to start off the third inning.
And John Hiller will be coming up at an obvious bump situation.
No doubt it'll be the bunt and Hiller a left hand batter.
He's trying to lay one down and this should be interesting if he does lay one down they get a good shot.
For a price at third base price with not too much speed.
Left hand pitch to that best right hander.
Gene Michael is coming in to talk to Steve Hamilton about the possibilities here.
Tigers have them on again first and second and nobody out.
They lead four to three in the top half of the third inning.
And a wild and willing nightcap.
All right look at Pete Waters he's almost at the plate the pitch.
Low for ball one. One ball and no strikes.
Jerry Kenny did not come in that much. He's anchoring at third.
Thought the idea for Hiller would be to bunt it down towards third. Draw Kenny in.
The stretch. Squares around. Bunts the ball right in front of the plate.
Hamilton over to Kenny for one. The throw to first base. Safe at first base.
Just missed that big triangle double play.
But they get the key man at third base.
Jim Price four to third and he was out by a mile.
Bunted right back to Hamilton right where the Yankees would like it.
Especially with the left handed pitcher he just had to whoop it over there.
And Kenny alertly threw on the first and just missed.
That big Steve bounced around real well for the veteran that he is.
One out and here's Dalton Jones and they haven't gotten him out yet.
He's at a home run on the walk.
Didn't hit the walk he got a walk. The pitch. Swing it in that strike one.
No balls in one strike. Jones first chance to bat against Hamilton.
Tigers leading it four to three. First and second and one out.
Jones a wicked line drive hitter was the rule. Here's the pitch.
Curve is outside and it's one and one.
Here's a fellow Phil. A lot of people always thought it would really be a good hitter in the big leagues.
And somehow he just hasn't reached his potential.
It's a strange case it really is. The only thing is they have never found a spot for him to play permanently.
There was no doubt they everybody knew he could hit but they just couldn't find a spot for him to play.
One on one the Jones the pitch. Swing line drive hit deep to right.
Lefty going back he has room. He has the ball. Two out.
Gidderich tag goes to third holding up first to tell her.
One is on first and dead and two out.
And there was another Jones line drive right on the button.
All right two out. So now Steve Hamilton is one out away from getting out of it here on the top of the third.
Tigers got two in the first. The Yankees got three in the first on a home run by Roy White a three run blast.
Tigers got two in the second.
Yankees had second and third in the bottom of the second but didn't get them in.
The Tigers here at first and second nobody out but they haven't scored yet.
First and third and two out.
Gutierrez who can move is on third.
Hillary Cant on first. The pitch outside for ball one.
One ball and no strikes. Stanley's been tough all night. He's got a walking single in this game.
First game he had a triple and a double and scored both their runs.
The stretch. The pitch Stanley takes. Just missed the corner. Two balls and no strikes.
That didn't miss by an awful lot.
Two and all to count.
Fans enjoying the second game.
Yankee fans would love to see them win it. Pitch hit on the ground foul and it's two and one.
Phil and I have often debated the merits of those low scoring games compared to a three for all like this.
Now you couldn't say that first game was more exciting than this could you Phil?
I could Bob.
Hit on the ground between third and short. It's in the left field for a base hit.
Hillary goes to second. Gutierrez is in the score. And that Mickey Stanley has done it again.
Two singles and a walk in three innings. He walked in the first, singles in the second, singles here in the third.
And that's after scoring both runs following a triple and a double in the first game.
Five to three the Tigers lead it.
Ike Brown the next batter. Ike came up as a pinch hitter for Gates Brown in the second inning.
It was the first batter that Hamilton faced. And he hit a little ground ball the first day.
Pete Ward hesitated. Been through a home and it was too late.
Five to three the Tigers. H. Gordon every inning. Hamilton's pitch high for ball one. One ball and no strike.
Pitches of record right now. Stan Bonson.
And John Hiller. The stretch and the pitch. Swing and a miss and what a cut he took. One and one.
Bonson left with one out in the second inning.
Here's the pitch. Curve is in there for the call. Strike and it's one and two.
The stretch and the pitch. Swing and a pop up foul coming back and onto the screen.
One ball and two strikes.
Stan Bonson gave up two runs in the first inning on two hits. One of which was a home run by Jones.
Second inning he faced four men. Got one out, two hits and a walk.
Pitch a little blooper hit in the center field. Bobby Mercer under it and he makes the catch to the Tigers' diet.
Brown did not get good wood on that ball.
Actually didn't get his body behind it and it flies out to center field.
However the Tigers get another run in the third inning. They have three hits, no Yankees errors and two left.
At the end of two and a half the Tigers five and the Yankees three.
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Speaking of our favorite ball team, let's get back to today's game.
I was on the bottom of the third. Detroit leading 5-3. The Tigers have seven hits.
The Yankees have three. And for the Yankees, Roy White who hit the three run homer in the first inning will be ready to lead off.
Only this time Roy will be switching around about right handed against the left handed John Hiller.
And here is Bob.
Alright, Roy White steps in. He'll get a nice hand following that three run homer that he hit.
First pitch to Roy. Swing and a foul back. Strike one. No balls and one strike.
White hitting an even three hundredth. His average fell below the three hundred mark in the first game of the doubleheader.
The first time since the fourth game of the season.
Hiller delivers. White takes outside. The ball and it's one and one.
Hiller has only started one game in 31 appearances.
White lives one beyond second but going back to make the catch second baseman Dalton Jones and there's one out.
One up and one down.
And it brings up Danny Cader who is going to pinch hit for Pete Ward.
Look down and saw Cader and you more or less expect him because he plays his most ball games.
But I just realized Pete Ward is expected to bat so Cader is the pinch hitter.
Danny Cader is a pinch hitter. One out in the bottom of the third. Five to three the Tigers later.
Cader will probably go in to play first base.
Hiller winds and delivers outside for ball one. One ball and no strike.
Here's the wind up and the pitch. Swing and a miss for the call. Strike and it's one and one.
One ball one strike to Danny Cader. Roy White has popped out to start off the bottom of the third.
Five to three the Tigers lead it. First game of the Tigers two to one.
The wind up by Hiller and the pitch. Swing and a bounce to the third. Big hop and it's stayed with it by Ward.
A throw to first is in time. Ward really stayed with that one. A huge hop and he just smothered it in his chest.
And he made the play on Danny Cader. Two out.
Well this has been a very quiet bottom of the third inning. Two up and two down. It brings up Kirk Leffrie.
Leffrie flat out to center field his first time up.
Hiller will have a complete run down on the straws for you after the next out.
Five to three the Tigers lead it. Bottom of the third.
Hiller into the wind up and the pitch. High for ball one. One ball and no strike.
Hiller doesn't look like the type of release pitcher who can go all the way from the second inning either.
The pitch hit for a long drive to right field. Maybe a little bit too high.
Coming in and under it is Northrop. He makes the catch and the side retires.
Leffrie got under that ball just a little bit too much. No runs, no hits, no arrows and nobody left.
At the end of three the Tigers five, the Yankees three. For the scores in the next three innings Phil Lizudo.
All right on the scoreboard Cleveland shut out the Orioles four nothing. Dean chance to win it all the way.
Way out the loser. Tony Horton home in the first with two on and Greg Nettles in the sixth and seventeenth.
In the second game at the end of four and a half is Baltimore three Cleveland one Hardin against Dunning.
The Senators lead the Red Sox three to two at the end of seven. Hardenstein against Cox and Mike Andrews got his 11th home run of the year and the third for the Red Sox.
The White Sox beat Milwaukee seven to three this afternoon. Janeski the winner downing the loser.
Bill Melton got his 20th home run of the year for the White Sox. Oakland three Kansas City nothing and a two.
Seguir for Oakland. Rooker started Fitzmaurice in the second. Angels fail to score on the top of the first twins batting.
Messer Smith against Zep. The Mets fail to score on the top of the first Cardinals batting.
It's Sievers 16 and five against Nelson Briles with the Cardinals.
Pittsburgh shut out the Phillies four nothing in the first game. Ellis the winner bunning the loser.
That game took only one hour and 47 minutes to play. Second game Phillies scored two in the first. Pirates batting.
And at the end of one half inning is Phillies two. Pirates nothing. Champion against Dow Canton.
Cubs two Montreal nothing and a four Holtzman against Morton.
A Giants beat Cincinnati nine three. Reberg of the winner Washburn the loser.
Tony Perez got his 30 second home run of the year and now has 100 RBI's on the year and the first pitch.
What a play by Clark. The throw. He dropped it. Oh he was just ready to call him out.
As Norm Cash hit a ground ball over second. Clark made a great backhand stop. His throw would have been in time.
A little low. Danny Cater dropped the ball. It'll go as a base hit.
A fine effort by Horace Clark. And it's a base hit for Norm Cash who has now walked twice and single.
And now Rush Nagleton who bounced the second and struck out.
William McCovey got his 28th home of the year with two on for the Giants in that game. Nagleton takes the strike.
The Dodgers at L.A. a latest start and Houston at San Diego a latest start.
One strike. The Yankees trailing five three.
Steve Hamilton in relief of Stan Bonson. Throw to first base and Cash is back.
Hamilton's first style on Kirk Bonnet. It's a beauty. Kenny up with it. Fires the first just in time.
That play goes five to three. Third baseman of the first baseman covering it's a sacrifice.
Beautiful sacrifice by Nagleton who brings up downward. Worth single right. They drive in a run in the first inning.
Fly to left in the second. And I might add fly deep to left with the bases loaded.
He's set wide back on the warning track almost against the fence near the 402 foot sign.
In a long three innings Frank Messer. It has and I'm going to shake you up in just a second.
All right one out. Word swings pops it up it's playable.
Jake Gibbs and look out Cater now Gibbs calls and makes the catch.
And it's two away. And the battle will be Jimmy Price who is bounced to short and single center.
Looking back at that ball Norm Cash hit. Yes. Would you believe an error has been charged to Danny Cater. Oh no I don't believe it.
Who is our official score tonight. Joe Donnelly I believe. Joe Donnelly. I believe so. I will have to be given Mr. Donnelly a call.
Unbelievable. If there were to be an error I think I'd have to go the other way. Yes.
The throw is in the dirt right. There's a ball popped to shallow right field. Bluffery will have to hurry.
Digging looses the hat. Look out and Flock. He makes the run.
Holy cow how Flock ever got there I'll never know. I thought Bluffery was the only one that had a chance to catch it.
But Flock came out of nowhere as a part of the collision made a great play.
Well as of now no runs no hits one error and a man left. And at the end of three and a half it's Detroit five and the Yankees three.
Well while Phil goes to argue with the official score.
We're going to tell you about something that's always very very worthwhile.
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Of the seven games played the Mets have won five so the Yankees have some catching up to do and they'll try to catch start catching up here in their own backyard.
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Well you're back. Yes I'm back.
I have made my call and Joe Donnelly is thinking it over.
I'll let you know in just a little while whether I've persuaded him to change his call is Jerry Kenny swings and this is strike one Jerry struck out his first time.
Thank you.
The three and the bottom of the fourth.
He'll his pitch high and tight one of my.
So neither Joe Negros nor Stan Bonson stayed around very long in this ballgame as both clubs had their hitting shoes on very early in the game as a curve outside.
One thing we see that quite often fill the first game with double header see a tight pitchers dual second game the hitters really break out and you can't figure it out.
There's a strike on the outside.
There's no rhyme or reason for it.
You would think the second game be just the opposite players might be so tired but here it is the first game a two to one thriller and this one looks like it could be any sort of pops it up that third base downward and foul territory makes the catch right
because of and there's one away that'll bring up Jean Michael Jean line hard to first base his first time up.
I guess for two in the first two in the second one in the third all three Yankee runs coming in the bottom of the first on a three run homer by raw white Johnny Ellis is on deck so it looks like that's going to be all for Steve Hamilton.
First pitch is strike one a game Michael.
He started a bunch takes it in a strike two call.
Nothing in to
feel straight away on James batting right handed against the left handed hill of the curve outside one ball two strikes.
A beautiful night for this twin bill.
One to pretty curve outside and it's true and true.
The two to pitch low and inside ball three.
Your old law fair first game in Cleveland.
As a line drive in a left center field by coming on as Stanley and he makes the catch.
And we pause for station identification.
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Oh, very Johnny Ellis comes on.
Do the batting.
You are there and nobody on.
John Hiller getting the time he wine is pitch outside and high ball one.
This will fall back on the screen.
One ball one strike to.
Bill kicks off speed pitch line hard but foul in the seats alongside the left field by line.
There's a one to delivery fastball foul just below it.
That's a new dance step that Frank messages came up with you should have seen it.
The end Adam for the left right side was purely a quick.
He started to go for it and was coming back to bed as I lean to my right frankly into his left.
Once you pitch again line deep but foul a left field.
I was just leaning out of the way to give you room to catch that one.
Now listen you're a lot better than we had a couple red barbers soon as a foul was that he'd go right underneath the table.
Somebody just brought a check to Frank Mesa.
How do you like that.
The one to pitch hard line drive caught by Don word fall it right on the button to line drive that ending but no basis.
Nobody left and at the end of four full innings it's Detroit five and the Yankees three mid Hudson Yankee fans attention.
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We have a new pitcher coming on Frank. You got him in your glasses. He's Ron Klinckowski.
The plumber will come on the pitch to Gutierrez and the pitcher will be due for Detroit and then the top of the order Steve Hamilton goes two and two thirds innings.
Hamilton gave up one run three hits.
Walked one and struck out about it.
Klinckowski has done just about everything for the Yankees. He has started he's worked in long relief and short relief.
Coming into his 31st ballgame with a record of three wins and four losses.
He started only two times.
And pitches to an earned run average of three point fourteen.
Sure that Phil and Bob talked about it before but in case you weren't listening we'd like to tell you that Mayor John Lindsay has proclaimed Saturday August 8th as Casey Stengel Day here in New York City.
Stengel the guest of honor at Old Timers Day Saturday here at the stadium and the mayor will honor Stengel and formal ceremonies in the Blue Room of City Hall tomorrow morning at eleven thirty.
Casey and his wife Mrs. Edna Stengel arrived in town from Glendale California tonight will be at City Hall tomorrow at eleven thirty accompanied by Lee McPhail executive vice president and general manager of the Yankees.
And Mr. George Weiss the Yankee general manager during Casey's managerial days here at the stadium.
Mr. Weiss was also a general manager and president of Mets while Casey was the Mets pilot.
Mayor Lindsay will present the bronze medallion of the city of New York to Casey tomorrow.
The medallion the highest award presented by the city of New York.
Right now from Kelsky ready to take on Cesar Gutierrez and here's Phil.
All right Frank the first pitch to Gutierrez he bluffs the bunt takes a strike.
He's required to write single incentive so far in this game.
And in the first game he beat out a beautiful bunt.
He was one for four in the first game.
The right hand batter from Kelsky's pitch bounce the third backhanded by Kenny.
Nice play by the person.
Oh that was a pretty play by Jerry Kenny.
And Kelsky really hit the deck as Jerry had a fire right over Kelsky's head.
So one out and now John Hiller wanted into a force play his only time in bat in this ballgame.
John Hickrow who started the game was a bad one time single and scored a run.
And neither starting pitchers around.
This is a curve in their strike one ball.
And Kelsky's curve again in their strike two.
On deck Dauvin Jones.
Another curve bounces there at Kenny has this on a big hobby he plays.
Fires the first.
And they're a two away.
I still have a hit up there for Norm Cash Frank.
Now waiting for word I know it Mr. Donnelly.
Don Jones homered leading off the ballgame walked and scored in the second and then line deep the right field in the third.
Dick McCall of Tigers regular second baseman getting a rest.
As is Al Kalin in his second game of the double header there's a strike as ball just above the knee.
You are nobody on five three Tigers lead breaking pitch long and admit that that pitch was in and down.
Nothing in two.
And then the strikeout gives Gibbs an assistant caterer put out three up three down and now at the end of four and a half.
Well the answers and the Tigers wind up this series tomorrow night with a single game here at the stadium at eight o'clock and it looks like a fair of left handers will be the
Provos less game very possibly will go over to try to the shoulders OK and for the New York Yankees Mike McCormick is the probable starter game starts at eight o'clock here at the stadium.
Right hard clock the top of the order. Ellis pitches inside ball one clock hits in the box and walk.
The pitches hit in a shallow right field could be trouble and it's up to a basic and gets away from the second baseman the clock goes into second.
Good heads up base running by hard clock as he's done one in shallow right field.
Don't go on one half and the ball pops out of his glove and was sliding in the second base.
And we're going to give Clark a double.
I'm going to do it Mr. Donnelly gives him and the better Jake gives you a single and double and quarter on in this game.
All right.
That's a second base a double it's a double.
And the other who came out in the second inning struck out Mercer got the side in order in the third and fourth.
I once tried going Jake get Yankee trail 5 3 but nobody out here in the bottom of the fifth.
And he's got to go away. He'll take his pitches. I almost got away from right one on one and on deck Bobby Mercer.
That's again high and outside again ball to do one or he'll want to new baseball.
That's it from play them by John Rice.
I see him by a price to catch the 2 1 delivery outside ball 3 3 and 1 Yankee fans coming alive here.
Haven't had too much to cheer about in the first game.
They scored just one run in this game.
They scored their three runs in one inning.
Now the 3 1 pitch right ball Jake has started down to first base and taking two steps.
Right the stretch now by Hello block leads off second the pitch bringing in a missed right three room slider and got him.
He'll his second strikeouts is coming in the ballgame and a big one and it brings up Bobby Mercer Bobby has walked and struck out.
Mercer and give Iran when Roy White unloaded his long home run in the first inning and Roy is on deck.
It's the Bobby Mercer is a curve high and tight ball one.
Now they want to take a look at that baseball and writes is going to throw it out of play.
I'll be Mercer saw something on it.
He didn't like.
I'm ready for the 1 0 pitch Bobby swings it down the left field line.
I'm going to be on the warning track and it went into the stand.
Well, I don't know how you like that.
They got to it.
The ball hit right in his glove and it went right into the stand.
And Bobby Mercer gets himself a good call.
That's exactly it.
And watching the play with the binoculars.
Well, that's exactly what happened.
Brown talked the ball out of any of love going toward the seat.
The ball popped out of his glove and fell into the state, which makes it a home run and did not touch the ground.
All right, Frank and his life or hit a home run with two on in the first inning, pop the second takes a quick drive ball one.
Now, Bobby Mercer, only one home run the whole month of July, July 1st now has it back to back on runs and tonight.
Right. He has that and both left hand pitchers.
All right, right now with the two balls, those like we got a brand new ballgame here outside by five.
Hella takes the liver, hits low ball three, three and nothing.
We told you earlier when I found one out to left field, he is an infielder, occasionally plays the outfield.
It's pretty tough when an infielder goes out there.
That's a lot of room out there and you kind of lost as a strike to Roy three and one.
I found got to the ball after losing his cap, but it hit right in his glove and bounce right into the stand.
The three one delivery swing and a miss and Roy was gone for that home run out in front of the curve ball three and two.
So Bobby Mercer's 17th home run of the year and now has 54 runs batted in.
This ball is low ball for Earthwalk given up by Hella.
White on first and about an hour Danny Tater.
Pete Ward started the game at first base. Pete was at bat once in walk.
Tater came on and batted for Ward in the third and bounced out in the third.
Now there's one out, old giant five five.
Yankees scored all their runs a return of homers.
Three run homer by Roy White, a two run homer by Bobby Mercer.
Tater really digging himself a hole at the plate.
Go to first base, White is back.
I think that's the first time I can recall seeing a fly ball hit in a fielders glove and then a bouncer out of the park for a home run.
I know it's happened before.
Line drive, what a play by Ward.
You know Frank it's the first time I ever remember it.
Playing or watching, really doing a game. Yes.
Very unusual.
But that was quite a play by Don Ward.
I don't know what Ike Brown thought it was three out or what he was backing up but he's a little upset with that play and he started running off the field.
Now realizes it's only two out and goes back to left field.
He's a little embarrassed but that was quite a play by Ward as he robbed Danny Kader of an extra base hit.
First pistol, Bluffery, strike one call. Bluffery fly to center and fly to right.
Service high outside, one and one. Two out, two runs in, all side, five five, bottom of the fifth.
White leads away at first.
Has a curve low, ball two, two and one.
Hella drops the ball out on the mound, walks down, picks it up.
Now the stretch. Curve swung out and missed even to count it two and two.
And now the two two pitch. Fly ball to center field.
Starting back at Stanley now come running in and makes the catch.
But the Yankees tie it up. Two runs, two hits, no error as the man left.
And at the end of five it's Detroit five and the Yankees five.
Well the grounds crew has done its work on the infield and we settle back for the second half of this ballgame.
The Yankees have come from behind twice now.
They've tied it down two nothing in the first one, they had three to two in the bottom half of the first.
Then down five to three and they've tied it up.
On the home run by Bobby Merson and Mickey Stanley is set to lead off the top half of the sixth.
Wide run, Kremkowski.
There's now the pitcher of record along with John Heller.
The Yankees stand bouncing, Steve Hamilton and now Kremkowski.
Mickey Stanley has walked single twice and has driven in two runs.
And Jim Northrup is on deck swinging a bat and looks like he'll bat for Brown.
Is the bouncing ball clock to his right, has it? Why is an in time to first base?
The Yankees are really bouncing around now in this second ballgame.
And Northrup will come on a bat for Ike Brown.
Northrup who has had kind of a gimpy leg is in there.
In the first game Northrup got a single, a walk and a sacrifice fly.
He knocked in the winning run with that sacrifice fly by the way in the fifth inning.
So he was one for two in that first game and he hits one in deep left center.
Way back, way back.
And Roy White catches it, falls down, does a somersault and holds onto it.
Holy cow.
That ball was hit about 420 feet, the deep left center.
And Roy White after catching the ball, lost his cap, fell down, turned completely over.
And there goes Northrup's helmet lying out of the dugout and I don't blame him.
He was robbed of a triple at least.
What a play by Roy White.
It brings up Norm Cashew's walk twice and I still say has an infield hit.
But Joe Donnelly says an error was given to Cader on a great stop by Clark.
A left balance throw that was in the dirt.
One strike, two out, nobody on 5-5 the score.
Foul upstairs out of play.
0-2.
Klenkowski checks the sign with Gibbs.
Bouncing ball to first base, Cader has it.
He'll make the play unassisted.
And Klenkowski for the second inning in a row retires the Tigers in order.
At the end of 5-1 half it's still the Tigers 5, the Yankees 5.
All right, we get ready to go.
So Northrup remains in the ball game and will play Lovefield.
They batted for Brown, he stays in at Lovefield.
Kenny swings and misses.
High fastball by Hiller.
Kenny is struck out and pops at third base.
All tied at 5-5.
Mr. Kenny is a little bit low, 1-1.
Frank Messer will have all the scores for you at the end of this half inning.
1-1 delivery, he bunched, oh but it goes foul.
And man, Kenny would have beaten that one out easily had it stayed fair.
You talk about a run and jump, he had it that time.
So it's one ball, two strikes.
Yankees lost the first game 2-1 and this game is all tied up 5-5.
Long road trip by the Yankees, just concluded.
Tigers are on the start of a real rough road trip.
But once you pitch, he checked his swing and his eye, 2-2.
Line drive to Lovefield, fair ball, fair ball.
Kenny's going to be in at second base with a standup double.
And that looked like a high inside fastball and Kenny drilled it over third in the left field, right down the corner.
The Yankees face lead number 6 and it brings up Gene Michael.
Gene, line to first and line to center.
Gene swings and misses strike line.
Yankees have had six great hits, five of them extra base hits.
And Lindy McDaniel gets up in the Yankee bullpen.
All tied at 5-5 and Fairman Monson is coming out on deck.
So let's see now if the Yankees go for the sacrifice.
Here's the stretch.
Michael starts the punt, takes it low, 1-1.
Fairman Monson is in the on deck circle.
Now this could be a decoy or he could be sending Monson up to bat for Klemkowski.
Jerry Kenny leads off second.
The pitch, Michael bunts it down, third at the dandy and Hillel looks the throw, not in time, he's made the base hit.
Beautiful punt by Gene Michael.
He's got the wall off balance, Hillel caught the ball, took a look at third base and that's what ruins his chances of getting Michael.
That'll be a single for Gene Michael, running that first and carrying nobody out.
And now Fairman Monson will come on the back for Klemkowski.
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Now it looks like we're going to have a new pitcher, Frank, a right hander.
That's it, Hillel is out of the ball game now.
Three and one third innings, has given up two runs, four hits.
Walked only one and struck out two men.
And the double by Jerry Kenny to left field, looks like Kenny picked that ball right off his left ear, didn't it Phil?
Sure did, Frank.
And the bunt single perfectly placed by Gene Michael.
And John Hiller goes out of the ball game.
Fairman Monson, that's a tough spot for Monson right now.
He's got a 12 game history going.
And technically if he doesn't get a base hit as a pinch hitter here it would end.
That's right, it certainly would.
And that is a tough break, but this young man has done pretty well as a pinch hitter I believe this year.
I think he's done very well.
In fact he may be batting a thousand as a pinch hitter.
Three for four, that's right.
He's not bad in any league.
Jimmy Hunter tells us it's number 43 coming in.
And number 43, what always happens to all of the numberless, it's Darryl Patterson.
Alright, Darryl Patterson, if I remember rightly he's a hard-throwing right-hander.
Darryl Patterson has a record of two and one.
He's been in 24 games.
He's also credited with two saves.
He's having a long huddle out there with Price as Mayo Smith leaves.
Maybe the first time Price has taught him in a long time, Price doesn't get in too many games.
Oh, that's true, he doesn't with that brand out there.
Let's see what Patterson has done against the Yankees this year.
He's been in only one ball game I believe, July the 1st in Detroit.
That was an 11-inning ball game.
Detroit won it 6-5 and Patterson pitched one in the third innings, did not give up a run or a hit.
He pitched one and didn't strike out anybody.
Well, the names are still going up on the message board.
Those accepting invitations for all time and stay, just glancing up there right now,
Yogi Berra, Dominic DiMaggio, and Bob Shirley.
I'll tell you, Phil, there's trio right there worth going out to see if there wasn't anybody else.
Absolutely.
The little professor, Dominic DiMaggio, and the old professor, Casey Singles.
That's what they used to call Dominic because he looked like a teacher with the big glasses he wore,
very scholarly, hardly ever smiled, you know.
Oh really? Oh yeah.
He and DiMaggio would say hello at the beginning of the year and goodbye at the end of the year.
Brothers, you know, and they were brothers, but a very closed-mouthed family at that time.
But now both of them, since being out of baseball, have become extroverts now.
Really?
It's hard to shut either one up.
How about Vince?
Was he like the other two?
He was exactly like the other two, except that he had studied opera, and he would sing at the drop of a hat.
Would it have to be an opera hat?
No. I roomed with him for a while in Kansas City.
Oh really?
I was very fortunate, but you know, you like to room with big leaguers in talking when I was in the minor league,
but as much as I loved the opera, he got to me.
Now was he a good singer?
Oh yes.
He was.
Very good.
But you know, when you're in those small minor league hotels, and there's only one play,
go in the bathroom and sing, you always sound better off.
Would he sing in Italian?
Oh yes.
All right. Well, let's take care of the DiMaggio's. Let's get back here now with Thurman Munson.
Okay. Thurman Munson.
So Munson kept his hitting streak going in the first game.
He was one for three with a walk and a run batted in. That's a throw to first.
But Michael is back.
Kenny Bluffing coming down the line at third so Cash holds the ball.
The Yankees have good speed now on the bases and at home plate.
Nobody out of five-five ball game in the bottom of the sixth.
The stretch by Patterson.
The pitch to Munson. Outside ball line.
Harris Clark is on deck.
Patterson gets the sign.
And he leads wide of third in foul territory.
The pitch is a little bit high.
To an all, Patterson almost stumbled off the mound and Price wanted to know why that wasn't a strike.
Two balls, no strike.
What happens sometimes on those close calls, the catcher will jump up too quickly and he'll actually block the umpire's view of the pitch.
By Patterson sets again.
His pitch swing and a miss.
Two balls and a strike. That pitch was out of the strike zone but Thurman was guessing and going for it.
You can't blame him. Ahead two and nothing.
If he likes it, at least get a long fly ball.
Nobody out.
Five-five to score.
Gene Michael with a good lead at first. Kenny leading off third.
The 2-1 pitch. A bouncer up the middle but right there the second baseman steps on the back, throws the first double play.
The run scores. The Yankees go out in front six to five.
But Munson bounces into a double play.
Four, four, three.
Jolton Jones backhanded that high hopping ground ball, stepped on second and threw the first.
No RBI for Munson but the Yankees go out in front six to five.
And now Harris Clark hits to the box, walks and double the right field and scored ahead of Mercer's home in the fifth.
So Patterson delivers the clock at tie ball one.
Jolton Jones was shading Munson over that way and it looked like it might be a base hitter, a bouncer right over the pitcher's head.
Almost over the bag.
Line, oh that off Patterson's glove. Jones is there, fires the first. They got him.
And I want to tell you that play had everything. It almost took Patterson's head off. He slowed it down with his glove.
Jones picked it up through to Cash who's foot came off that bag way too soon and called out at first base.
But it was excitement all the way. One, four, three.
The Yankees pick up a run. Two hits, no errors and nobody left.
The end of six is the Yankees sixth. Detroit five, Frank Messer will have all the scores for him and carry it right down to the wire.
Now Lindy McDaniel is on the pitch for the Yankees and we go to the seventh inning.
Russ Nagelson leads things off for the Detroit Tigers. Nagelson left hand batter is over two and he has a sacrifice.
He takes low ball one.
Ron Klunkowski pitched two perfect innings, retired six men in a row, struck out one of them.
Got a great catch behind him by Roy White.
There's a fastball for a strike and John Rice a little undecided what to call it and good gracious is the Detroit bench getting on him or not?
John Rice now puts up a finger on each hand signifying one and one.
Mayo Smith is really getting on Rice from the Detroit dugout.
There's a pitch loan outside to make it two and one.
The Tigers have not agreed with Mr. Rice on several occasions tonight.
And now John Rice looks over and it appears that he is warning the bench that he doesn't want to hear anymore.
He also has a strike to Nagelson. McDaniel kicks and deals down low at it's ball three, three and one.
Word on deck and then Rice.
Three one pitch right down the middle for a call strike two and the count goes full three and two to Nagelson.
Lindy McDaniel is not allowed to run in his last nine appearances covering 17 innings.
He has an ERA of 167 and he walks Nagelson with a ball four low.
Lindy McDaniel has picked up seven saves in his last nine outings.
Now Don Wert with the Yankees leading six to five.
He's single and a long fly ball to left field and fouled out to the catcher Jake Gibbs.
McDaniel off the stretch.
Cater holding on the runner on the pitch.
Wirt takes it low. It's dug out of the dirt by Gibbs.
Lindy McDaniel in 40 appearances has now walked only 13 men.
He delivers the one-oh pitch and it's low or no. It gets the outside corner at the knees for a call strike one and one.
Jim Price is on deck.
Cater holding against the base runner Nagelson. In field set for the double play possibility.
McDaniel turns it loose. Curve ball is hit in the air to left field. Roy White digging to his left now goes back, back and makes the catch.
White went to his left first then had the backpedal and bowls it in in deep left field.
And I'll tell you Roy White has had a lot of ground to cover out there tonight.
He caught Don Wirt's drive next to the seats in the second inning.
He caught Jim Moplip's drive in deep, deep left center about 420 feet or so back.
And now he goes deep to take care of Wirt again. Jim Price steps in. Drag one goal.
Now Price is going to argue with Rice.
No balls and a strike to Jim Price. The catcher has gone one for three tonight.
Price still has not stepped in. Now he moves into the batter's box. Nagelson short lead at first base.
Only one step right now. That's all he takes. There's the set. Here's the pitch. There he goes.
Pitch is hung on. Lofted down the right field line. Digging back for Cater and foul territory and Cater's got it.
Go away. It will bring up Cesar Gutierrez.
Yankees leading 6-5 here in the top half of the seventh inning. Cesar Gutierrez is one for three.
Lied to right, singled to center, and ground it out to third.
McDaniel looks down the lane to give. There's the set. And the pitch.
And a foul off the end of the bat, end of the mezzanine on the first base side.
Yankees six runs, seven hits. Detroit five runs, seven hits. Detroit one, the opener, two to one.
McDaniel to the belt. Goal one delivery. Line foul again and again back in the mezzanine.
Just about the same spot, maybe a little deeper.
Double off and two strikes to Cesar Gutierrez.
Oh and two-pitch. Get off the end of the bat on the ground and second.
Marsh clock digs it up, throws to first just in time. He's out. A close play at first base.
No runs, a base hit. There were no errors. A walk and a man left.
At the end of the top of the seventh, the Yankees six and the Tigers five.
We go to the bottom half of the seventh inning. The fans are stretching their legs here in the seventh inning stretch of the second game of the doubleheaders.
Jake Gibbs will be the leadoff hitter for the Yankees.
Bob Gammir back over from television.
He'll sit in with us for the rest of this ballgame.
In some second game, I don't know, these people like pitches to. It's pretty hard to say that first game could be better than the second one Frank.
Oh no, there's been a lot of action in this one. A lot of scoring.
Wild play as here's the pitch to Gibbs. High and tight and he sits down.
One ball and no strikes to Jake. The wind up by Patterson the pitch. Swing and a miss. Strike wide. Count evens one and one.
One one pitch coming. Gibbs checks his swing and takes out. It's now called strike two by John Rice. Ball and two strikes to Jake.
Grant and I had a twenty two thousand four hundred and thirty four here at Yankee Stadium.
One two pitch. Get in the air out of the right field. Fairly deep but not deep enough to be out. Waiting for it is Nagelson and he makes the catch.
Bill Gibbs is retired. One down and Bobby Mercer steps in. Bobby Hummert in the fifth inning to tie the ballgame up.
Mercer had a fly ball deep to left field and a bounce off the glove of Ike Brown and into the seat.
He takes a strike. It was Mercer's 17th home run of the year and the first time I can ever recall seeing a ball bounce out of the fielder's glove and out of the ballpark for a home run.
Bill Rosito has been around this game for what twenty seven years in the major leagues as a player and a broadcaster and a few years before that in the minors and he said he could never recall seeing it happen.
Pitch to Mercer. Inside fastball spins him back. One and one.
It looks like I used to always say as a kid here this is one park where continuously you could see a four base error. Now they didn't score it that way but actually it could have been. It would have had a very bad mad Bobby Mercer on their hands.
There's ball two outside to Mercer. I did see a four base error in the minor leagues. Really? In the international league? No it was really a line drive.
The outfielder didn't get it. Went off his glove, hit the wall, bounced around. The man who hit it went all the way around and scored. Pitch is inside spins Mercer back ball three and three and one.
First of all they had quite a conference on scoring it. First of all they called it a triple and an error. Then they made it a double and a two base error. Finally they made it a single and a three base error.
Mercer hits one out into left field again. Meltzer Phil floats back with this one still going back and makes the catch over his head.
And finally after much consultation they scored it an error all the way and that was the only four base error I've ever seen. Mercer retired two down.
Now Roy White. White put the Yankees in the lead with a three run homer in the first inning. Popped up in the third and walked in the fifth.
The second game is Seesaw back and forth. White check swing grounded back to the mound. Spotted by Patterson he picks up throws the first out by a half a step and the side is retired.
The Yankees go three up three down nothing across and at the end of seven the score is New York six and Detroit five.
This will go with a pinch hitter for Patterson. It's going to be Dick McAuliffe. McAuliffe played second base in the first game and went 0 for 4 with a walk.
He's got the left hand on it.
The Yankees as we mentioned earlier a little bit shorthanded without Willie Horton and Ken Sokowitz. Horton with an ankle injury. Sokowitz with a leg injury.
Now McAuliffe steps in the pitch to him from McDaniel is low ball one. One ball and no strikes.
Let's fly. Strike for the fastball one on one. We talk a lot about Lindy's fourth ball but Lindy feels his big pitch is the fastball.
The forkball makes it even better he says. The hitter has to think about the forkball.
There's a fly ball that deep to right center. Back there though waiting for it is Bluffery and he's got it.
Way back on the running track in front of the auxiliary scoreboard and McAuliffe is retired.
One down and Dalton Jones the batter and there have been some long fly balls in this ballgame.
Ball one to Dalton Jones. Jones Hummert leading off the first inning.
Many walked, flied to right and struck out. He hits a high fly ball again to right center field.
This time it's Mercer over from center in front of the scoreboard and he's got it.
Let's check him back. The Yankees did not make a put out at first base until the fourth inning.
I don't believe if I read my scorecard correctly.
There have been only six and one of those was a pop up.
Mickey Stanley the batter. Two for three and he takes low ball one.
Yankees leading at six five. The wind up and the pitch is swung on and missed strike one. A ball and a strike.
Lindley McDaniel the fourth pitcher used by the Yankees. Stan Bonson started. Ben Hamilton, Blankowski and now McDaniel.
One one pitch coming. Here it went right back through the box and out over second in the center field.
Base hit for Stanley and Stanley has had a hot bat this evening.
Three hits in this game. He had two in the opener.
So he is now five. Four let's see. Nine.
It brings up Jim Northrup. In the sixth inning batting for Ike Brown. Northrup had a drive to deep left center field.
It went oh four hundred and twenty feet anyway and Roy White made the catch.
Fell down somersaulted and held on to it. Northrup left hand batter swings and misses strike one.
He wants John Rice to take a look at the baseball.
And the ball comes out of play so Northrup saw something on it.
It's always amazing to me how these hitters standing up there will see that little smudge on the baseball.
As far as it's thrown up there to the plate.
Stanley leads at first. McDaniel's pitch to Northrup bowled back toward the upper deck.
I think he's trying to gain a split. Lost the first game 2 to 1 leading them this one 6 to 5.
0 and 2 the count to Northrup. McDaniel's pitch.
He bowled it away again. Reached out for it. Just got the tip end of the bat on it.
And he came back to the upper deck on the third base side.
Norm Cash is on deck.
We got the guys from the New York Military Academy at Cornwall on the Hudson with us tonight.
Happy to have them.
There's a ground ball back to McDaniel. He's got it. Makes his play to first base and plenty of time to retire Northrup and the side.
No runs at base yet. There are no errors and the man is left at the end of the top half of the eighth inning.
The score, New York 6 and Detroit 5.
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Hi Bob, I'm here, the star of the bullpen for Detroit, Tom Tillerman comes on the pitch.
And as Tillerman takes his warm up throws, why don't you slip in here and tell the folks about him and carry him through the rest of this ballgame.
Well good thanks. Tillerman is coming on for his 42nd ballgame, which reckons his 4 wins and 3 losses, and his earned run average is 4.09.
The big contribution that he has made to this staff is the fact that he has 18 saves. He has saved 18 ballgames.
And that puts him by himself, whereas on the Yankees, Lindy McDaniel and Jack Aker both have a lot of saves.
He has 18 in the closest man to him. John Hiller has 3.
The Yankees on the other hand, the save department, it's been pretty even, in fact dead even. 14 for McDaniel and 14 for Jack Aker.
Steve Hamilton also has 3.
Danny Kader will be leading it off as we go into the bottom half of the 8th inning.
This game has had a little bit of everything. The Yankees lead it 6 to 5, and as it stands now the key play, the one that Mercer hit the left field.
And Ike Brown got his glove in the ball, the ball hit out of his glove and bounded up into the seat for a home run.
Kader to the batter, the pitch. Curve is in there, strike one from Tillerman. No balls and one strike.
All in one to Kader. The pitch. Danny swings and Mercer is going to. Kader does not stop this game.
He went in as a pinch hitter for Pete Ward when the left-handed pitcher John Hiller came in.
No balls and two strikes.
Tillerman's pitch is rolling away and it's 1 and 2.
Been a long night of baseball and excitement at the stadium. Here it comes, here it goes, about to round over the mound.
Out towards shortstop Gideon's gloves, it's a throw, in time and there's one out.
Right now on Yankee baseball we pause for station identification.
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One out and it brings up Leffrey who has flat out three times in the ball again.
The pitch occurred, hit in the air over third base, maybe dropping in there it is, it's a base hit down the left-field line.
Chasing the ball to shortstop Vidiera as he picks it up but Leffrey is in standing a second with a double.
And that'll be a night for Coach Leffrey, Jimmy Lytle is coming out of the Yankee dugout and he'll be pinch running for Coach Leffrey.
So Lytle is the pinch runner with one out in the ninth inning.
And Jerry Kenny will be the batter.
Last year at Detroit, Zimmerman had a record of four and three, they brought him up towards the end of the season.
And the first game he ever pitched in the Major Leagues was right here at Yankee Stadium.
And it was the first of five successive scoreless relief appearances.
And he's out of the batter's box.
He's back on June the 18th of last year.
To the bell, Bill Zimmerman.
The pitch to Kenny, he swings it at the high bounder over the box again.
Over to Gettit Gutierrez, he has it to throw out at first.
And again the Yankees are going to play and the catch took his foot off the bag.
That's the second time they've played that.
And Jerry Kenny is arguing with not his spring foot and Ralph Hark has to join the play.
He wants to keep Kenny away.
That is the second time tonight.
Here comes Mayo Smith out.
I don't know what he's going to argue about.
They're going to show that again on the TV playback here.
I'll tell you, I know they allow a little leeway for the first baseman.
But Norm Cash has gotten away with it twice and it's a good play if you do it.
Awful how did they catch?
Because nobody wants to keep his foot on the bag.
Let's face it, because he could get spiked.
So normally if you just touch it, in a split second they'll give it to you.
But he stretched it a little.
Two outs for the Yankees.
Over at third base is Jimmy Lionel, the pinch runner.
Mayo Smith has just gone to talk to Zimmerman about what to do with Gene Michael.
Gene Michael is the number eight hitter.
And with Linda McDaniel, the next gauge will batter.
Chances are they'll give him a free base on balls here.
But let's wait and see.
Price is coming back and he's getting down on the crouch.
So it looks as if they're going to pitch to Gene Michael with two outs and a run around third.
First pitch to Gene.
On the corner strike, no balls and one strike.
Linda McDaniel is on deck.
Both teams today have hit the Yankees six, the Tigers five.
Tigers won the opener two to one.
Pitch is low and it's one and one.
Baltimore and Cleveland have split.
Cleveland the first game, four to nothing.
Baltimore the second game, seven to one.
So if the Yankees win this, it's a Mexican standoff.
One and one to Michael.
Zimmerman throws.
Michael swings foul ball third base side off the railing and the count's one and two.
As quiet a game as the first game was with no Yankee hits after the fourth inning and no runs for anybody after the fifth.
This one has been jam packed.
From the leadoff man, Dalton Jones' home run right to this point.
Yankees lead six to five at the bottom of the eighth.
It's one and two to Gene Michael.
Lytle off third.
Zimmerman is stretching.
He isn't going on any wind-ups.
Now he goes to his motion to the belt.
The pitch, Michael swings.
Blinds right base head up the middle.
In the start comes Lytle and the Yankees lead seven to five.
And now the pitcher, Lindy McDaniel, is two outs in the bottom of the eighth.
So the Yankees get McDaniel an insurance run as Lindy steps in.
First pitch to him is low and inside for ball one.
McDaniel's batting average is 111.
Zimmerman checks Michael.
The pitch, McDaniel swings and misses it, and he really missed.
One ball and a run strike.
Yankees have had two home runs, one a long line drive deep into the seats by Roy Weiss,
and the other one, who drives that most of the hits, went out of the right, grounds, drove, and into the seat.
Curve is over.
Strike two is one and two.
That was a big blow for the Yankees because they tied it up in the bottom of the fifth at five-five.
And the pitch.
Line drive, base hit for Lindy McDaniel in the center field.
Ball being fielded by Stanley.
Rooms it in most of the way.
First pitch is a second, and McDaniel gets a base hit.
First and second for the Yankees and two out.
So the Yankees are treating Zimmerman rather roughly here on the bottom of the eighth.
Although roughly hitting with a blue fillet.
Michael and McDaniel are followed with singles.
The Yankees lead it seven to five.
Harv Park has had one hit, but it was a big double.
He swings it, he fires it, strike one.
His double, like Bluffer's, was not that hard hit, but it was a big hit in the ball game.
And the Yankees trailing five to three.
Hiller had retired seven in a row, and he popped it into short right field.
And when Jones knocked up, kicked it away, he went for two.
Pitch is outside low at one and one.
One ball and one strike.
So the Yankees looking for a split, and they'll play the rubber game tomorrow.
The stretch, the pitch, crack, take, strike two, it's called a one and two.
Seven to five Yankees, bottom half of the eighth inning.
Zimmerman goes to the bell, checks the runners.
He delivers, swinging a little bounce of foul over towards the Yankee dugout.
The count holds at one ball and two strikes.
Zimmerman is 29 years old, he's 6'4", 210 pounds.
He's a graduate of Southern Illinois University.
Big right hand to deliver, Clark swings and pops a foul, and out of play.
Third base side, well, comes down into the lower deck.
One ball and two strikes to Harris Park.
The stretch, and now stepping off is Zimmerman.
Clark stays right in there.
Zimmerman gets back on the rubber.
He delivers, Clark swings and fouls it back behind the plate on the ground.
The count holds at one and two.
The National League, the Cardinals lead the Mets 3-0 at the end of four.
Pittsburgh is in the process of winning a double header.
They beat the Phillies 4-0, they're leading the Nightshifts 6-2.
They went into today with a one game lead in that Eastern Division.
It's one and two to clock.
Here it comes, and there it goes, a high pop of this foul outside of first.
Coming over Cas, he does not have room, it's in the stands.
One and two to clock.
Here's the pick, swinging about for outside second baseman Jones.
Gets it, flips it over to the shortstop, goodie errors and the sides retire.
For the Yankees in the eighth inning, they get a run on three hits.
There were no errors, and one man left.
At the end of eight, it's the Yankees 7 and the Tigers 5.
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With 1-3 lost to and split by.
McDaniel Lacash swinging on a no-strike one.
Lindy can throw all he's got now on the ninth inning.
This will be his third inning of relief.
No balls and one strike.
The pitcher of record is Benkowski, who stands to be the winner.
McDaniel another save.
The windup, the pitch, fourth ball misses outside and it's 1-1.
McDaniel winds.
He delivers outside, two balls and one strike.
Doublehead is the Tigers of 1-2, lost none and split by.
The pitch, swinging about the foul outside of first down the right field.
Line up, two balls and two strikes.
Two and two to count on catch.
McDaniel ends the line up, the pitch just misses the inside corner.
It's three and two.
Yankees leading at seven to five, top half of the ninth inning.
McDaniel winds the full count pitch high for ball four.
That's a rare walk given up by Lindy McDaniel.
That's Lindy's second walk of the night.
And on the year only his 14th base on balls in about 83 innings.
Here's Russ Nagelson and suddenly the tying run is out the plate with nobody out for the Tigers.
Nagelson has one home run.
Here's the stretch.
McDaniel delivers.
Nagelson swings and misses strike one.
No balls and one strike.
And the ball goes to McDaniel.
The pitch, fourth ball lined out in the center field.
Mason's got a long run coming on.
He makes the catch.
Reached down with a glove hand and came up with it and there's one out.
So McDaniel gets one out with one on and Don Ward will be the batter.
Ward's single in the first inning.
Right out to deep left field with the bases loaded in the second.
Popped up in the fourth and flat out to left field in the seventh inning.
One out and Ward's the batter.
Ward has five home runs.
The pitch is high for ball on. One ball and no strikes.
One and out of the count.
The stretch.
The pitch to Ward. He swings.
Line drives it out to right field.
Lytle and a strike.
Makes the catch.
Oh, he's got two outs and back to first base.
Well, it's a two star line drives off, Lindy, but they've been big outs.
And let's see who the batter will be.
Jim Price is due to bat.
Could be Bill Frehand.
Now, the tail line hasn't been in the game yet.
It's Bill Frehand who'll be doing the pinchheading.
Now, Linda McDaniels down to the last out.
I remember one night in Detroit, Frehand on the bottom of the ninth, won the ball again for the Tigers with a long home run.
Frehand hasn't hit for a high percentage, but he's been a home run hitter.
Frehand has 15 home runs and a batting average of 232.
Frehand steps in. Yankees aren't going to worry about cash over there on his first. Nobody's going to hold him close.
All right, Frehand in the batter's box. He'll be swinging for all his work.
The stretch by McDaniel.
The pitch. Frehand takes strike once for all. No balls and one strike.
Yankees seven, the Tigers five, we're on the top of the ninth. Tigers won the opener two to one.
As the stretch by McDaniel, Linda kicks the liver, swinging about the head wide a third.
Kenny up at the ball, goes to short. Wait a second, the ball game's over.
Kenny to half clock and the game is over. In the ninth inning, no runs, no hits, no errors.
One man left. For a final score, the Yankees get a split. The Yankees seven, the Tigers five.
The big, big changes to the big, big A. The big, big changes to the big, big A. The big changes to A-Mart's stores.
And this week, beef prices are low, low at A-Mart, A&P's discount food stores.
Super-right quality sirloin steaks, a dollar-eight-a-pound.
Imagine a dollar-eight-a-pound for A-Mart's grain-fed steer beef.
Guaranteed delicious or money-backed. Stock up for indoor meals, for the charcoal grill.
Sirloin steaks, a dollar-eight-a-pound at A-Mart.
To go with your steak, get Bird's Eye Tasty Fries, potato puffs, five 10-ounce packages, one dollar.
And for salads, sandwiches, A-Mart's Vine-Ripened Tomatoes, 29 cents a pound.
Be smart, shop A-Mart, open nine till nine.
Rod Kingkowski, as we suspected, gets the win in the night. Half his record is four and four.
John Hiller is the loser. He's five and four. The save for Linda McDaniel is 15th.
He has now hurled 20th goal this inning, and his earned run average is a sensational 1.62.
For the Yankees, seven runs, ten hits in one hour. And the Tigers, five runs, eight hits in no hours.
From Kowski, the winner is four and four. And Hiller, the loser, is five and four.
In the first game, the Tigers won a two-to-one. So Kenny went all the way to win it.
He's six and two. He takes the four-header. Got a mile and all the way to lose it.
The Yankees' record is ten and ten. Two, eight, and zero for Detroit. One, four, and zero for the Yankees.
In the first game, the Tigers took the lead in the fifth inning, and they were never headed.
As they won a five-score, two to one. The Yankees didn't get a hit after the fourth inning.
In the night, it was just the opposite of the first. Dalton Jones led off the game with a home run.
The Tigers got two in that first inning. The Yankees came back with three on a three-run homer by Roy White.
The lead was short. While the Tigers got two back, in the top of the second, the lead fought a three.
And the chase, Dan Bonson. Steve Hamilton came on. He gave that one run, two and two third innings in such a.
After that, it was Roy from Kowski who came on to pitch well and pick up the win.
And Linda McDaniel picked the last three and released.
Big blow for the Yankees, and they were trailing five to three.
Bobby Mercer had a fly ball with hard clock on second, the deep left field.
Ike Brown at the wall hit a drive, a bounce into the stands, the Walt was scored a home run, and a tie to the ball game at five-five.
The Yankees then got the winning run in the sixth inning on a line drive double by Jerry Kennedy to left field.
A single by Gene Michael put runners on first and third, and in third and month it was a pinch hitter,
brought him into the double play, 20 score ups he scored and the Yankees had the lead.
They got the insurance run in the eighth inning on a double by Bluffery, a single by Michael,
and Linda McDaniel was pitching in relief. That's what it is, an insurance run.
The Yankees won it by a score of seven to five.
So the second place will still be on the line tomorrow night.
We're right back where we started. The Yankees a half game ahead of the Tigers,
but time is running out on both clubs against Baltimore.
The Orioles splitting tonight at Cleveland, but the Orioles are happy every day that goes by and nobody moves any closer.
As it stands, the Yankees and the Tigers, the Yankees in second place, nine and a half games out of first,
the Tigers in third, a half game behind the Yankees, and they'll play for second place tomorrow,
as well as for the rubber game of this series.
Once again, the score tonight, in the first game the Tigers two, the Yankees one,
the Nightcats, the Yankees seven, and Detroit five.
And now this is Bob Gamere speaking for Fuller's Interone Frankmutter,
thanking our stat assistant broadcast coordinator Bill Kane,
our directorate engineer Sandy Alva, and our producer Bob Center.
This is Bob Gamere saying goodbye from Yankee Stadium in New York.