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Now here are the batting orders in the game. First game will be Chicago, Don Kessinger leading off at shortstop.
Glenn Beckert at second base. Jim Hickman in right field. Ron Santo at third and now the Dodgers take the field.
Cleo James just called up from the cover will play left field. Cleo the ex-Dodger. Billy Williams gets the first game off.
Brock Davis will play center. Ernie Banks at first base so Pepitone is still out of action.
Chris Cannizzaro the catcher. And Milt Pappas to do the pitching.
For the Dodgers, Maury Wills at short. Willie Crawford in left. Willie Davis in center.
Richie Allen at third. Wes Parker at first base. Duke Simms catching. Jimmy LeFevre at second.
Bill Buckner in right. And Al Downing to do the pitching.
And as the Dodgers go on the field on the scoreboard it shows Astros 18, Giants 4.
The Astros had a 10 run fourth inning and a 6 run sixth inning as they clobbered the Giants 18 to 4.
Larry Durker was the winner and Stone was the loser. No home runs in candlestick today.
So the Dodgers have a chance to pick up a lot of ground here in their doubleheader.
The Dodgers and the Cubs all set to play too. The Cubs hold the season edge by 4.
Al Downing works the first game. Doyle Alexander the nightcap against Juan Pizarro, the veteran lefty just recalled from Tacoma.
The umpire sued all of the plates. Steiner, Engel, and Landis on the bases.
And you still have plenty of time to come out and take in a lot of baseball here tonight.
Games 2 and 3 of the series with the fourth game coming up tomorrow night, the finale of the series.
But a big doubleheader here tonight at Dodger Stadium. Okay we're all set. Time to play ball.
The Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs now for the play by play. Here's Vin Scully. Vinny?
Thank you Jerry. Hi everybody and a very pleasant good evening to you. Welcome to the doubleheader.
We hope you'll be out here to join us before what should be a great evening comes to an end.
The Dodgers and Cubs into Don Kessinger, Glenn Beckard, and Jim Hickman in that order against Al Downing who has won 3 straight and 6 of his last 7 starts.
Downing has 3 shutouts. The latest one that 1-0 matched a P.C. pitch over Dave Roberts in San Diego.
And Al with 10 victories and only one other left hander in the National League who has won more.
Steve Calden has 11. So Downing trying to catch the big lanky left-hander from St. Louis tonight.
Downing ready and the pitch to Kessinger is lifted down the right field line slicing on Buckner but it's high enough.
And Billy gets to it for the out just in fair ground. The one pitch and one away and the batter will be Glenn Beckard.
As if the Dodgers needed to be spurred on it's all spelled out for them on the message board.
The Astros 18 and the Giants 4. The Astros had a 10 run 4th inning, a 6 run 6th inning.
The remarkable thing about that game there were no home runs.
Glenn Beckard right hand hitting second baseman and a dandy takes high ball 1, 1-0.
The Dodgers with the regular cast out there. Downing comes back to the plate 1-0 and gets a strike 1-1.
And he sued all of firing behind the plate.
The West Parker and Jimmy LaFever, Lori Wills and Richie Allen with Crawford Davis and Buckner in the outfield in a bright sunshiny part of the day.
As they drive to right field Buckner backs up and makes the catch right at the chest. So Billy has handled two and we have two down.
That'll bring up Jim Hickman, the right fielder.
The quiet man from Tennessee hitting 2-28.
Duke Sim settling behind the plate and Hickman waits up there with Ron Santo in the clean up spot in the on deck circle.
Downing into the wind up and the pitch to Hickman high and away, ball 1.
Two men have a little bit of shade from the shadows thrown by the light towers, Richie Allen at third base and Willie Crawford in left field.
Everybody else in brilliant sunshine.
Downing's 1-0 pitch to Jim Hickman, breaking ball, stayed up and away, ball 2, 2-0.
Downing gave the club a big shutout, the tenth for the staff.
The Dodgers lead the league in shutouts with ten.
The palm ball is swung on and missed, 2-1.
Downing with his three shutouts is tied for second place.
Steve Blass of Pittsburgh has four.
The 2-1 pitch on the way, good breaking ball, swung on and missed right to Marisha Wise, Holtzman and Carlton.
Are tied along with Downing with three shutouts apiece.
Al, of course, has been quite a story.
The 2-2 pitch to Jim Hickman, fast ball, popped in the air to right field and Buckner gets them all.
Shielding his eyes from the sun, waiting and makes the catch.
So the Cubs are gone on fly balls to Buckner and at the end of the half an inning, Cubs nothing, Dodgers coming up.
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Bottom of the first inning, the Cubs turned away empty handed.
The Dodgers coming up in a moment and right-hander, Mil Pappas, loosening up to his battery mate, Chris Canagero.
The Cubs with the leather, Ernie Banks at first, Glenn Beckard at second, Don Kessinger at short, Ron Santo at third.
In the outfield, Cleon James, who has been called up, is in left field.
The center fielder, Brock Davis and the right fielder, Jim Hickman.
James, purchased from Tacoma, joined the Cubs tonight, Cleo 30 years old, at one time with the Dodgers.
So he's in left field.
And Mil Pappas ready.
Maury Wills will start things off for the Dodgers.
Wills batting 292.
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Maury Wills batting left-handed, and he's about 80 points better from this side of the plate.
He's hitting 321 left-handed.
Mil Pappas, somewhat like Ferguson Jenkins last night.
He delivers low ball one.
Jenkins has started 20 games, and he has a decision for every game he started.
Jenkins is 12-8.
Pappas has started 16 games, and he's 8-8.
The pitch is spiked in the count, 1-1.
Pappas is making his fourth start against the Dodgers.
The first two resulted in complete game victories.
The last one he was knocked out at the six innings.
The pitch to Wills outside, ball two, 2-1.
Pappas in his career against the Dodgers, 9-8.
Milt, like Jenkins, a good hitting pitcher, and a veteran.
Right-handers, 2-1 pitch.
Wills pulls away.
It's low and inside, ball three, 3-1.
Pappas in 116 innings has walked only 35.
Milt arms dangle as he reads Canagero.
He's a quick worker, and the 3-1 pitch is over.
Strike two, 3-2.
I would think you couldn't find a quicker game, especially if both men were on your game,
than if the Cubs played the Cardinals and Milt Pappas pitched against Bob Gibson.
That would have to be one of the quicker games of the year.
Ground ball up the middle, Becker to his right, is up with his throws back to Banks in time.
One away, Wills rolls out to the second baseman, and the batter is Willie Crawford.
Batting time, number 27, left field, Willie Crawford.
Willie Crawford has hit safely in seven of his last nine games.
He's at 333 over that span.
Interesting to point out the National League East and National League West this year,
and of course the West has made a drastic change when the Giants were way out in front by 11 and now come back.
Pitch filed away by Crawford, 0-1.
Last year, the Dodgers were second to the Reds, and it seemed like we were forever pointing out the fact
that if the Dodgers had been playing in the Eastern Division, this would have happened, and that would have happened, etc.
It is the Cubs' turn to point out what's going on in the National League East as opposed to the National League West.
The Cubs have been playing good ball, they're a hot ball club, playing over 650 in their last 32 games.
The pitch to Crawford is high.
However, since the 1st of June and playing over 650, the Cubs have picked up only a game and a half on the Blazing Pirates.
The 1-1 pitch, Crawford takes high, ball two.
The Dodgers have won 22 and lost 12 over the same period.
They have picked up seven games on the Giants.
The Cubs start tonight nine back of the Pirates.
Crawford takes way outside and high, ball three, three and one.
The Pirates, somewhat surprisingly, have really pulled out in front of the Mets.
The Mets are in a dive. They have now lost seven out of eight.
They lost today, so the Mets are technically six games back of the Pirates right now.
Here's the 3-1 pitch.
Crawford takes a strike, and boy is it a demonstrative strike for Ed Soudal.
Ed is an old-fashioned umpire.
He really lets you know whether you're sitting behind the plate or in the most remote seat in the bleachers.
You watch Eddie Soudal, you know whether it's a ball or a strike.
3-2 pitch to Willie Crawford is hitting the air off third base foul. Soudal looking over his shoulder as he goes into the shade and makes the catch.
Two down.
The batter will be Willie Davis.
One of the big questions unanswered for either team, the pitch is for tomorrow night.
The Cubs have said as soon as they arrived yesterday it would be Bill Hands if he can pitch, but Hands has a blister problem.
So Leo says it'll be Hands or somebody. He's not sure.
Walter Austin, meanwhile, is not sure since Bill Singer is not going to pitch Friday against the Giants.
The pitch to Davis High, ball one.
Now it looks like Osteen will pitch Friday night against the Giants.
So then who pitches tomorrow night against the Cubs? That will depend, apparently, on what happens in this double header.
The pitch fouled away and how much of a workout the boys in the bullpen get, especially a long man like a Joe Mueller.
So we're really not sure of the pitches tomorrow night. We just have to wait and see.
One and one to count to Willie Davis.
Davis hitting.350 is 14 points back of Joe Torey.
Boy has he been consistent. He's hit in 52 of the last 60.
He takes low, and over that span that's a.356 average.
So Willie Davis playing great ball.
Pappas ready, and here he comes to one, and it's popped in the air behind the plate.
Canazaro coming back to the base of the screen.
It's doubtful, and it's on the other side of the screen.
Hits the dugout roof and goes back into the crowd.
Two and two. The count to Willie Davis.
First inning of a Twilight Night double header.
The Cubs have an edge on the Dodgers. They've got a little bit of a lead.
The Cubs have an edge on the Dodgers. They've won five of nine.
These two clubs were as even as you could be last year.
They split the 12 and they split six in each part.
They've already split six at Wrigley, and we'll see how they finish out at Dodger Stadium with two tonight and tomorrow.
Pappas, arms dangling, looks in to get a sign, Milt ready.
The two-two pitch to Davis is lifted to straightaway center field.
Brock Davis went back, now comes up a half a dozen steps, and makes the catch for the out.
So the Dodgers have gone in order, and at the end of an inning, no score.
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At the end of an inning, no score.
The first inning of a Twilight Night doubleheader,
the Cubs will have Ron Santo, Cleo James, and Brock Davis in that order,
and left-hander Al Downing spins them down, each side going out in order in the first inning,
and Santo will start it off.
In looking at the Cubs' record, you find they start the night nine games back of the Pirates,
and in ten games with Pittsburgh, they are 500. They've split the ten.
However, there's one glaring stat about the Cubs and why they are so far back.
They can't beat the Giants at all.
The Giants have beaten the Cubs eight out of nine.
They won all six at Candlestick, and the Giants have won two out of three at Wrigley Field.
Downing Reddy and the pitch to Santo, low and inside, ball one, one and oh.
So the Cubs are nine back, but they are very close to moving in on the Mets who are going backwards.
Mets have lost. They lost today, seven out of eight.
The one-oh pitch in first right, in the count, one and one to Santo.
Ron, the veteran third baseman, hitting 297, 15 home runs, 60 RBIs.
Downing comes to him with a fastball that runs away.
In the count, ball two, strike one.
Second inning, no score.
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The two-one pitch to Santo, palm ball that ran away, ball three, three and one.
Three and one to Ron Santo.
Downing into the windup, and the three-one pitch, fastball is low, ball four.
So Al Downing walks somebody, and Cleo James coming up.
Downing, you remember, had a one-to-nothing shutout against the San Diego Padres.
He had to outpitch Dave Robertson just here.
He did not walk a batter there, and prior to that start,
in six innings against the Cubs in Wrigley Field, he did not walk a batter.
So Downing finally lets one get away.
He walks Santo, and here is Cleo James.
Cleo at one time with the Dodgers.
He raised in Palm Springs, right-hand batter.
He was hitting 362 at Tacoma. He was tearing up the Coast League.
He takes low, ball one, one and oh.
James is 30 years old, right-handed all the way, 5'10", 175 pounders.
Played a lot of center field for the Cubs last year.
In 100 games, he hit 210.
Downing's one-oh pitch to Cleo, taking high.
So Al Downing walks Santo, and he's behind now to Cleo James.
Two balls, no strikes.
Juan Pizarro, a teammate of Cleo's at Tacoma,
will pitch the second game against the Dodgers to Oyl Alexander.
Now the two-oh pitch. Fastball popped in the air on the right side.
Parker fighting the glare. Lafever comes over, but West has it now and makes the catch.
So James pops up, one away.
Allowing up Brock Davis, a Los Angeles boy playing center field.
Brock Davis hitting 323 with 15 runs batted in.
Al Downing, left foot on the rubber, looks in to get a sign.
Al, 10-4 with the league, decides to go to first base, driving Santo back.
The leading pitcher in the National League is Doc Ellis.
He was 6-0 in the month of June, and he won last night to give him a 14-3 record.
The pitch to Davis is low.
He has 12 straight without a defeat and the amazing percentage of 8-24.
Larry Durker, who won today, is now 12-4.
Don Gullett with the Reds is 9-2.
The pitch is one hopper banged right by Wills.
He should have had it, but he was handcuffed, and it goes through in the left center.
Last night Wills was unable to handle the ball, and it just about meant the ball game.
That was a line drive that skidded about just at the left of his hip.
And you figure he would at least knock it down, but it went right on through,
and since he didn't touch it, the score figures he was completely fooled by it.
And it's a base hit for Brock Davis.
Dosanto at second, Davis at first, and Ernie Banks the batter.
Ernie Banks, hitting 143, he has a half a dozen hits, spelling Joe Pepitono as a bad ankle.
Downing delivers a strike.
Pep will no doubt see action in the second game if he possibly can
against right-handed Doyle Alexander, Joe, of course, a left-handed batter.
So Banks is in there playing his first game.
0-1 the count, 2-on, 1-out, second inning no score.
Downing delivers, fastball away.
Al Benz of the Ways reading Sims.
Now he straightens up and the 1-1 pitch to Ernie Banks.
Downing's fastball is filed away in the count 1 and 2.
Downing in his last seven ball games has boarded on the brilliant
earned run average of less than two in his last seven games.
In fact, in his last seven games, he has averaged a little more than two walks a game.
Al Downing, who came to the Dodgers in the deal with an outfielder, Andy Cusco, to Milwaukee.
And boy, Downing just gets larger and larger as the season progresses.
The 1-2 pitch to Banks swung on in this strike three.
Two down and the catcher, Chris Cannazero, coming up.
Chris Cannazero, right-hand hitting catcher.
Cannazero hitting 2-18 as a Cubs.
Overall average, 2-0-7.
Two on, two out. Second inning, no score.
Downing almost in a crouch as he peers in to read Sims.
Now Al straightens up and the left-hander delivers high.
Ball one, 1-0.
Ed Soudal to play down-pire. Mel Steiner at first.
Bob Engel at second. Stan Landis at third.
Joey Malfatano coaching at first.
Peanuts Lowry coaching at third.
The 1-0 pitch to Cannazero.
Downing deals. Fastball hit by the mound down to LaFever,
who shovels quickly to Wills for a force on the charging Davis.
And the inning is over.
No runs are hit. Two left. And at the end of an inning and a half, no score.
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Bottom of the second inning, no score.
Downing getting out of a little jam in the top half.
One of the Dodgers will have Richie Allen, Wes Parker, and Duke Sims against Mill Pappas.
Richie Allen has his average up to 268.
That would be just about the highest since he has been hitting at the start of the year.
Remember he got off to a very poor start.
Then he hung around the 250 plateau for quite some time, got up to 260,
then dropped back down again around 255, and now very close to 270, 268, 11 home runs, 51 runs batted in.
Of course Richie is a fellow with a lifetime batting average of 297,
and Walter Alston has just said that he'll be patient because he knows he can do it.
Well he's starting to build it. He takes low ball one, one and oh.
Richie averages close to 25 home runs a year,
although that should change a little bit now that he's playing at Dodger Stadium instead of County Mac.
One and oh to count, Pappas comes back to the plate and bounces short hop by count of zero, ball two.
Richie Allen has hit safely in 17 of the past 21 games, so he's been on a tear.
He's hit 314 over that span, the two old pits, low ball three.
And in the last 21 games, Allen has driven in 16 runs.
Richie meanwhile has done very well at third base.
Here's the three old pitch on the way, a fastball for strike three and one.
You won't get Rich waiting for walks from Milt Pappas, that's for sure.
Milt Ruddy and a three-one pitch. Here's a fastball inside, and that'll do it for Allen.
Richie is more disgusted looking I think than any other hitter in the National League.
When he gets a walk, it's almost an affront to his hitting.
He hates to walk. He slowly goes down to first base, and the batter will be Wes Parker.
Parker with a seven-game hitting streak.
Of course, he hasn't had a chance to pick up many ribbies since Allen has been hot.
He's been cleaning his place. Wes, it's one back off Pappas' glove.
He picks it up and the play has to go to first.
If he handles it cleanly, he might add a double play.
Instead of one three play to get Allen to second base, and with one out, Duke Sims coming up.
Duke Sims hitting 268. He enjoyed a fine series at Candlestick.
Duke with two home runs, 14 runs batted in.
Pappas bends to the way, thinking over his pitches.
Head down as he stares at the dirt.
Remind you a little bit of the way Larry Jackson pitched for many years with the Cardinals, Fills, and Cubs.
Jackson would stand on the mound and look like he was going to be ill.
A change to Sims is high, ball one.
Larry's chin would be on his chest.
It looked like he just couldn't possibly make another pitch, but he was deep in concentration.
Pappas doing the same thing.
One ball and no strikes.
The Duke Sims trying to pick up Richie Allen.
One out, second inning, no score.
Note ready and here he comes and it's fouled away.
One and one.
Billy Williams, the fine left fielder for the Cubs who has a nine game hitting streak, is resting the first game.
Remember when Williams never missed a game?
Well, he has missed none so far.
Eighty-one games he has played in eighty of them.
But he's going to rest his first one against Downing and he'll be back in there against Doyle Alexander.
Pappas reading signs, Allen off the bag.
Milled ready and delivers and Sims takes high and away.
Ball two, two and one.
Pappas came to Baltimore with half a season, actually only three games and eleven innings in the minors.
The pitch to Sims is popped in the air.
Banks calls in front of Becker, comes in on the grass and handles it for the second out.
Let's pause for station identification.
This is the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network.
Jimmy Lefebvre checks in with two out, Richie Allen at second base, no score in the ballgame.
Lefebvre hitting 275, not too much to choose from from either side of the plate.
Hitting 279 left-handed, 268 right-handed, takes outside ball one.
There's a little difference in power, but he's had twice as many at-batch as left-handed batters.
He has eight home runs, five of them coming this way against right-handers.
One and out of Jim Lefebvre.
On deck, Bill Buckner.
The next one is low, ball two, two and all.
Don Kessinger doing a pretty good job of bird-dogging Richie Allen to cut down his lead.
South Hill around to right, and Banks deep and Becker out on the rim on the edge of the grass.
So playing Lefebvre to pull.
Tap is ready, here he comes, and it's taken for a strike at the knees.
Outside corner, two and one.
Rodgers and Cubs in their 10th meeting of the year, 10 of the 12 scheduled, and the first of two tonight.
Now the 2-1 pitch.
Lefebvre swings and doesn't get it.
Quick slider on the hands and the count two and two.
Eddie Soudal wants to examine the ball, so time out for the moment.
Ed checking it very carefully and flips it to Pappas.
Two and two, the count to Jim Lefebvre.
Richie Allen who walked at second base with two out.
Giants lost today in case you missed it.
Lost hardly tells the story.
The Astros beat them 18 to four.
The 2-2 pitch.
Lefebvre pokes his foul off third trying to go with the pitch and hit it upstairs.
So it's still two and two.
The Giants were hit by lightning.
The Dodgers had a 10-run inning against them, and Houston had a 10-run fourth inning today.
Two and two, the count to Jim Lefebvre.
Now the pitch to Jimmy.
Strike three, a little slider got the inside corner and down he goes.
No runs, no hits.
The man left at second base.
At the end of two, no score.
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Two innings, no score.
In fact, we've only had one hit in the ballgame.
That was a single by Brock Davis.
Now as we go to the third, Al Downing and Mill Papas battling it out.
And for more play by play, here's Gary Doggett.
All right, Vinnie, Papas starts it off.
He's a pretty good hitting pitcher.
He has six hits in 40 at-batch this year.
And Papas will be followed by Kessinger.
No score.
Al Downing all set to go.
Papas right-hander.
Bright sunshine and only the left field area now getting the shadows.
Willie Crawford still standing in the sun.
Here's Downing's windup in the pitch on the way as a fastball for a strike, 0-1.
Dodgers and the Cubs, a doubleheader.
They've each played two doubleheaders this year.
Cubs have won one and lost one.
The Dodgers have won one and split one.
Going to the high fly ball defender.
Willie Davis right there.
Comes in a step.
Waits, makes the catch for the out.
Willie was playing him almost perfectly then for that high fly ball.
One down, Don Kessinger at bat.
Slide to right field his first time up.
Downing in the first game against Papas.
Second game, Pizarro and Alexander.
Kessinger, switch hitter, hitting from the right side.
Downs batting average is 289, two home runs and 22 runs batted in.
Empire Soudal rubs up the ball, gives it back to Downing.
Kessinger hitting better from the right side than the left side.
He's hitting 313 at the right hand hitter.
Lowry coaching at third and Joe Amalpatano in the first base line.
One man out, now the wind up and here's the pitch.
Foul back to the screen, strike one.
Still plenty of time to come out and see a lot of baseball here this evening.
First game of the doubleheader and we're only in the third inning now.
We've got all of this one and the second game to go.
The Dodgers began this game three games back as the Giants lost this afternoon.
The Giants and coming on fast now right behind.
Here's the wind up and the pitch.
A pie for a ball, one and one.
One ball, one strike.
Al Downing checking signs again, goes into the wind up and delivers.
Fastball to slow ball two, two and one.
Al with a fine record this year, 10 wins and four losses and an earned run average of 2.28.
That certainly qualifies the comeback player of the year with that record.
Next pitch is outside, ball three.
Fastball failed, three and one.
Downing beat the Cubs in Chicago, six to four.
This is his third start against him, he had one no decision.
Three and one.
Al ready, delivers and it's strike two.
Three and two now to Kessinger.
Tonight and tomorrow night our last visit with the Cubs this year will be all through with Chicago.
Rather strange before the all-star break.
Curve, strike three, calls Kessinger-Newark.
So he struck him out with a curveball and that's strike out number two for Al Downing.
Here's Glenn Beckert at bat, slide to right field his first time up.
Beckert hitting 3.48, has one home run and 22 runs batted in.
The Cubs move on to San Diego from Los Angeles and they will play two doubleheaders in three days there.
Pitch comes high for a ball, one ball and no strikes.
So the Cubs are going to be a little short on pitching here for the next few days.
Doubleheader tonight and a doubleheader Friday and a doubleheader again on Sunday.
One ball, no strikes.
Curveball, tap foul off third base.
Rolls to the Dodger dugout and the count is one ball, one strike to Beckert.
Cubs won last night 3-1.
They now lead the Dodgers here in Dodger Stadium two games to one.
Beckert, right hand batter, number 18.
1-1 count, pitch on the way.
Bounce over the mound in front of second base.
Wills a nice big hop, flip across and time and the inning is over.
So Beckert grounds out short to first.
That's all for the Cubs.
And the score at the end of two and a half minutes to play,
Dodgers nothing and the Cubs nothing.
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Bill Pappas concluding his warm-up talk with the Dodgers.
Come to bat now with Buckner, Downing, and Wills to face the veteran right-hander.
Buckner hitting 287.
He had a hot week last week and he's tailed off a little bit,
so Billy's trying to get it going again.
Buckner playing right field, three home runs, 22 runs batted in.
So Billy is in now.
They play him a little bit to the right in the outfield.
Fanto is up at third, Banks not too deep at first.
Pappas ready to pitch.
Swung on a drive in the right field, well hit.
Hickman going over and makes the catch for the out.
So a line drive out by Buckner to right field.
One away, the batter will be Downing.
Downing, a good-hitting pitcher, has an average of 217.
He has 10 hits and four runs batted in.
Ten to serve is this, has to go on for doubles.
Downing coming on to face Pappas.
First game of the doubleheader here at Dodger Stadium.
Downing waiting now as the pitch comes in for a strike.
No, Pappas works in a hurry.
Big right-hander checking signs of catcher Chris Cannadaro.
0-1 the count.
Now the pitch on the way, off-speed low for ball on the count 1-1.
Sandoval at third, Kessinger at short, Becker at second, Banks at first.
James in left, Davis in center, and Hickman is in right for Chicago.
Cannadaro catching and Pappas is the pitcher.
1-1 count, Downing waiting again.
Swung in a foul, that bounced up and hit Al,
and I think it hit him on the side of the face.
Hit him on the right ear, around the neck perhaps.
So Al walks out of there,
and Eddie Soudal, the play-dumper, comes over to see about him,
and he got hit with his foul ball that hit the ground,
and bounced back up and hit him in the ear.
I think he's all right.
Danny Ozark comes down, and also trainer Bill Bueller coming out to check with him.
Wow, that one hit him right around the ear on the right side.
He wears an ear flap on the left side.
Ironically enough, the ball came up and hit him on the right side.
He's okay, going to stay in.
Stung a little bit.
Al backed out before getting ready to go.
One ball, two strikes to the Dodger pitcher Al Downing.
Now the pitch.
Bounced toward shortstop.
Santa comes in, short hop, and throws in time.
Santa's cutting in front of Kessinger to make the play.
Two down, the batter will be Maury Wills,
and Maury will wait a moment for Al to get back and have a seat.
Wills rounded out his first time up.
The Dodgers do not have a hit against Pappas.
They have one batter on on a walk, Allen.
The Cubs have one hit a ground single by Davis, just under Wills' glove.
Maury Wills coming up.
Pappas ready, and the wind up in the pitch on the way to Maury.
Fastball first strike, 0-1.
Santa plays in on the grass, banks even with the bag at first.
The outfield shifts to the left against Maury.
They gap him in right center.
Here's the pitch.
Low with a breaking ball.
One ball, one strike.
First game of the Twineye Doubleheader.
Our second doubleheader at home this year is a curve low for a ball,
and the count is 2-1, two balls and one strike.
Time called now.
Played on par with Pseudal once to check the baseball.
Now the pitch on the way to Maury.
Breaking ball inside, ball free, and it's 3-1.
Wills waiting too out, 3-1 count Crawford on deck.
Pappas ready, delivers.
Way outside, he walked him in, so Wills is on and Crawford will be coming up.
Willie Crawford to left field.
Here's Crawford stepping in now.
Pitch comes in for a strike to Willie Crawford.
Wills on it first.
Crawford fouled out his first time up.
Next pitch is outside for ball, 1-1.
This is the second doubleheader for the Dodgers at home.
They will have one more scheduled at home, a Sunday doubleheader in September
against Atlanta, September the 19th.
1-1 the count, Wills going.
Here's Canna's arrow, throw down, he's face.
The ball goes in the center field.
Wills is up and will hold on now.
He was pinned there by Kessinger, could not get out from under the pile.
And so he could not advance the third.
As Brock Davis came in quickly, it will be a stolen base for Wills.
The Maury steals it.
That's his eighth of the year.
He has been caught six times.
All right, Crawford waiting now with a 2-1 count, trying to get the run in.
Dodgers still looking for their first base hit.
Wills is second to pitch.
Look at the left center field, Davis coming fast for it.
A running diving catch.
He took a base hit away from Willie.
Racing in and skidding to his knee to handle the ball for the out to retire the side.
So a fine play by center fielder Brock Davis.
No runs, no hits, one left from the score at the end of three innings of play.
Cubs nothing, Dodgers nothing.
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No scores, we go along into the fourth inning.
More play, let's go back to the finish.
All right, Jerry, for the Cubs it'll be Jim Hickman,
the number three hitter in the lineup, followed by Ron Santo, and then Cleo James.
Al Downing, taken up by his own foul ball there in the third inning,
about ready to go to work in the fourth.
Shadows now starting to reach out and take over parts of the field
as Downing delivers big, slow curve, first strike, going one.
Hickman flied to right field in the first inning when Buckner handled three out there.
Downing comes back with a strike one pitch and a palm ball is fouled away in the count, 0-2.
Willie Crawford is faithfully ensconced in the shadow and left now.
Davis and Buckner still fighting it.
Richie Allen is in a wedge of shade, covering third.
0-2, the count of Jim Hickman.
Downing into the lineup and the left-hander delivers,
high and inside and Hickman drops to his right knee, not taking any chances.
1-2, the count.
Dodgers try to win their 49th game.
Downing delivers, palm ball is a one-hopper banged into our field, a base hit for Jennings.
So Hickman makes a turn and holding and the throw comes into will.
That's hit number two for the Cubs. The Dodgers do not have a hit.
And the batter is Ron Santo.
Santo walked in the second inning.
Ron is a stand to the play, hitting 297 with 15 home runs.
Back to Chicago.
The strike one pitch to Santo, high and outside, 1-1.
We're in the fourth, no score, so Al Downing in another one of those things.
Last time up, he had to go and wait until the ninth inning when Willie Davis got a run over.
And the Dodgers beat San Diego 1-0 and he scored us in the fourth today.
The one-one pitch to Santo is popped in the air.
Will's going out. Let's watch him now and see what he does in this count of a play.
Waiting, makes it, drops it, picks it up, throws to a feeder who's going to run over and tag Hickman.
And this looks like a repeat. Hickman was running on his own.
That could be a double play if they got Santo.
If Hickman just went, we'll watch the umpires.
If Santo was out on the pop fly, Hickman would be out for running on his own.
And the play that we're not very happy with, but it's the rules.
The roach is coming out. The baserunner runs on his own now.
And they're going to have to explain it.
If Will caught the ball and then intentionally dropped it, if the baserunner is puckered into it, he's out.
That's the rule. It is the worst rule.
It's a rule that we got quite hot about, I guess, so it sounded when we were playing San Diego and Will did it.
But the one thing that does seem so unfair, you are asking the baserunners to realize that Will has intentionally dropped the ball.
So very simply, the rule states that if an infielder intentionally dropped the pop fly, the batter is out and the baserunner is running on his own risk.
So if it is ruled that Will's intentionally dropped it, the batter, Santo, who hit it, is out and Hickman was running on his own.
Of course, I do think that baseball ought to take this rule out of the books, but it's in the books and there's not much they can do about it.
Now Steiner is explaining it to the lion and you know what? There's not a thing he can do about it.
They have taken the teeth away from Leo the lion.
Now if the umpires just rule that Will should not catch the ball, then it would just be a force play on Hickman.
So Santo is standing there.
But if the umpires have ruled that Will caught the ball, then it's a double play. There's nothing they can do about it.
Because when Hickman started running, he was running on his own.
And I agree with you, it's a miserable rule, but it's there.
And of course, you give Will a lot of credit for understanding it and the umpires are handcuffed.
There's no way the umpires can inform the runner. That's what I think is so unfair about it.
The runner is watching. He can't tell that Will has intentionally dropped it.
But the Cubs are done.
And all they have to do is talk to Preston Gomez and the rest of the San Diego Padres.
And that would be the second scalp dangling from Will's belt.
It'll be a double play and it's just a matter of Leo finally swallowing it.
And boy, to say, well I want to curse you, I say about a bone in the throat.
Well this rule is, believe me, a bone in the throat of baseball. It should be thrown out.
But it's in the book. So the double play isn't a thing they can do about it.
We went round and round about it with our Barlett Quartet here and the San Diego Padres.
And now with Rocha. So here goes Sando. It's a double play and the Cubs go back to the gaga.
I just hope that various people who can do it, they're not going to listen to some radio announcer beat his gums and say, hey we ought to change the rules.
But boy it's about time the fellas who make the game fix. The officials sat down and said, hey this rule has an odor about it.
It's not fair. It's not fair to ask the umpires to read intent when a pitcher throws close to a batter.
Then why should a baserunner have to read intent on a pop fly to an infielder?
It's the second time the Dodgers have gotten away with it in a little more than a week.
And the lion has gotten his tail tied in a knot and he goes back to the gaga. It's a double play. The double play, 6-4.
Wills is the guy, he's the wizard. He's one of the few players in the league.
In fact in watching everybody he was the only player in the league who realized the runner runs on his own.
And that's the second runner he's gotten. So two down and the batter now is Cleo James. He pokes one to right field. That's a base hit.
Buckner comes over and gets it. Cleo a turn and a holding.
So if you're scoring that's a double play. Wills handles the pop fly and throws to the feeder who tags Hickman.
Hickman didn't have to run. But the rotten part of the rule is there's no way that they can inform him in time.
Two down and the batter is blocked. So if you're scoring the double play is 6-4.
Then James follows with a single to right.
And here's Brock Davis who's single just under Wills' glove in the second inning.
Downing Ruddy and delivers. Fastball hit off the plate. A big stopper to the receivers.
He has to hurry to get a guy like Brock and he does. And the inning is over thanks to the heavy play by Wills.
Thanks to a loophole in the rules. And the Cubs are turned away. No runs. Two hits. One left.
The end of three and a half and he's no score.
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Bottom of the fourth inning. No score in the ballgame. The Cubs have been decoyed by the swim flam man, Maury Wills.
And now Willie Davis, Richie Allen and Wes Parker will be coming up with the Dodgers in the fourth.
Walter Alston played on fire that two-dollar discussion. But of course, Alston can say he should have been here last week.
The Dodgers rehearsed that play against San Diego.
And on that high pop fly, as Wills backed out, it was the first shot he had.
Watch what he'll do with this. And sure enough, he baited Hickman.
The batter, Willie Davis. No score. Bottom of the fourth inning.
Peanuts Lowry in the Cub dugout. Planing to repel some of the young infield is exactly what happened.
Tapas delivers. Willie runs up the bunt but takes the strike instead on the count of one.
No runs. Three hits for Chicago. No runs. No hits for the Dodgers.
Tapas ready. Milk strike one-fifth.
Popping the air around the plate. Canagero in foul ground. Throws his mask away. And Rick makes the catch. One away.
And the batter is Richie Allen, who walked in the second inning.
Mill Papas has not allowed a hit for three and a third. We have no score on the ballgame. Downing has allowed a couple of singles.
Now Papas ready and delivers and it's locked in the right field.
Base hit for Richie. Over to get it as Hickman on two hearts.
So a one-out single by Richie Allen breaks the spell and the batter will be Wes Parker.
Wes Parker.
Wes Parker. Quick hitting first baseman batting left-handed.
Papas ready and deals and that's a strike inside corner. A throw to first. Allen back to the bag. 0-1.
Papas again straightens out. The strike one-fifth off-speed and away. In the count one ball and one strike.
Duke Sims in the on-dack circle. One-out fourth inning no score. The Chubs with three hits. The Dodgers with one hit.
First to two. Papas deals. Parker takes high. Wes with a seven-game hitting streak. He's back to the box in the second inning.
If you are driving home or in case you haven't heard about it, the Astros beat the Giants today 18-4.
Parker hits the ground ball at shortstop. Kessinger to Becker. The throw to first. Not in time.
Kessinger had to wait for Becker. Glenn was playing Parker to pull. He was deep in the hole on the right side.
And of course while Kessinger waited for Becker to run to second base, Parker was running to first so they lost the chance of the double play.
Simple course and here's Duke Sims. Sims popped up in the second inning. He's 0-1.
Cavish. Danny Hothel rather for the moment while Sims, fusses with the dirt, had a look at Danny Ozarks.
Parker does not do too much base stealing. He's three out of five. The fifth, low and away ball one, one and oh.
No score. Bottom of the fourth, two out. Giants lost at Augustine to get rich today.
Against the good club, the Cubs, who have been playing very well. Parker goes. Sims takes the strike. The throw down.
He's stolen it. He was way around the tag by Kessinger. For Parker, that is his fourth stolen base.
West stole eight last year and then two years in a row he had only four.
West averages about seven stolen bases a year in his big league career.
So he's there to be picked up now. One and one to count.
One and one to count to Duke Sims with two out. Parker at second base. No score in the fourth.
Cavish at the belt, no delivers and as a line drive to the right, base hit down the line.
Parker will score and the Dodgers lead one to nothing.
Before the fever, let's pause for a second to identify the Missical Los Angeles Dodgers radio network.
One to nothing in favor of the Dodgers.
Alan Singled with one out. Parker forced him and stole second and Duke Sims singled to right to pick him up.
Now Lefebvre at the plate and Cavish steals and it's flung on a miss.
Jimmy struck out in the second and in.
One nothing Dodgers in the fourth.
Cavish head down thinking over his pitches. Sims a short lead held on by Banks.
Lefebvre chased a bad pitch and didn't get it. The back of Canazaro's mitt hit the dirt in the right hand hitter's box.
Jimmy backed out for a moment. Oh and two to count.
The mound is cut in half by Shadows and Suns.
And fingers of shadow go from the mound over towards first base.
The strike two pitch outside ball one, one and two.
Here's the one two pitch on the way. Lefebvre swings and misses so Pappas ties in newt around him again.
That's the second time he's struck Jimmy out.
But the Dodgers get a run on two hits and at the end of four, Dodgers one, Cavs nothing.
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Really George I'm only going to be gone three days.
I know Marge but it pays to be careful. You have the Union 76 credit card?
Yes George.
Now let's see. You'll call me as soon as you get this.
Yes George.
Now watch the fuel gauge and the oil and the Union dealer fill the windshield washer and check the tires. Everything's fine.
I know it is George. Now relax. It's only a 75 mile drive.
I know Marge but you can't be too careful. People just don't have the same old spirit nowadays.
And remember Marge if anything at all seems to be going wrong, stop at a Union 76 station. They'll help.
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Eat out of luck.
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Through four innings the Dodgers leading the Cubs 1-0. One run, two hits for the Dodgers.
No runs, three hits and no errors for the Cubs. Al Downing and Milt Pappas.
The second game will feature the veteran and the rookie.
Ron Fisaro will be pitching for the Cubs and for the Dodgers 20 year old Doyle Alexander.
Ernie Banks, Chris Canagero and Milt Pappas in that order as we move into the fifth inning.
Banks waiting at the plate.
Al Downing looks in for a sign, left hand already in the fastball, a strike on one.
So if you are starting dinner now you don't have to hurry up, just take your time.
We've got lots of good baseball ahead of you tonight.
The strike one pitch, curve ball just outside.
A two handed gesture by Tudor, the indicator was off the corner.
And the count one and one.
Downing to the wind up and the one one pitch on the way.
Fastball, a big chopper to Allen, he leaps in the air to one handed, grips the ball and throws him out.
What made the play work for Allen, Banks runs very slowly now down to first base.
Ernie's knees are giving him a very bad time.
And with Allen leaping in the air, coming down, having to really set the grip and then throw and he still threw him out by 20.
So it was a long run, it was much more than 90 feet for Banks all uphill.
One away and Chris Cannazero the batter.
Eddie Tudor has become the Inspector General back of the plate, he's been checking that baseball carefully.
Particularly the ball when delivered by Pappas and now he had a look at that one.
One out and here's Chris Cannazero.
Cannazero hit into a forced play in the second inning.
Right hand hitting catcher on deck, Milt Pappas.
Downing ready, Al delivers fastball for a strike.
Dodgers leading 1-0, Duke Simms single home Parker who had forced Allen and stolen seconds.
The strike one pitch on the way, fastball just outside, 1-1.
Here's a 1-1 pitch on the way, fastball, pop foul back of the plate, no play for Simms.
He's going to come back to the screen and can't get it.
On the other side of the screen bouncing in, 1-2.
Chris Cannazero hitting with one out in the fifth inning.
Chris slowly back up to the plate, Dodgers leading 1-0, the Giants lost today.
Here's a 1-2 pitch on the way, swung on and missed, the palm ball got him swinging.
Downing picks up his third strikeout and Milt Pappas a good hitting pitcher.
He's had 18 home runs in his career coming up.
Pappas has a half a dozen hits this year, one double and a run batted in.
Milt right hand batters.
What a beautiful evening in the ballpark.
Pappas hits one foul outside of third, 0-1.
Downing with a new ball, back to home play, just rubbing it up.
Simms wigwags a sign out and Downing ready.
Here's a strike one pitch to Pappas, breaking ball fouled away up along third to Peanut Lowry in the count 0-2.
First of two, Doyle Alexander and Juan Pizarro in the night cap.
Downing into the windup and the strike two pitch, fastball blew him down.
Downing in order and at the end of four and a half innings Dodgers 1-Cubs nothing.
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Bottom of the fifth inning, the Dodgers one run, two hits.
The Cubs no runs, three hits.
The Dodgers put their two hits together for the run in the fourth inning.
After being held at list for three in a third innings, Richie Allen lined a single to right.
Parker forced him.
As we said, they couldn't get the double play because Becker was playing Parker to full and Kessinger had to wait for him to come to the bag.
And by that time Parker beat the thrower first.
Then West was able to steal second and Sim single to drive in the run.
On the message board, a question and a lengthy answer.
And the last part of the answer, Chicagoan of the year selected as the greatest Cub ever in his 19th season, Mr. Cub Ernie Banks.
And the reason for the roar of applause in the background.
That's the title of Ernie's book, Mr. Cub co-authored with Jimmy Enright.
John Hall had a nice column on the book and we would recommend it as one of those happy good books on baseball and on quite a man.
The pitch to Bill Buckner outside, ball one, one and oh.
Pappas comes back in the fastball is low ball two.
Buckner flied to right field in the third inning.
He's all for one.
Pappas arms dangling now ready and the two-oh pitch is lifted to center field.
Brock Davis comes up in a patch of shade and makes the catch.
One away.
Waiting for Al Downing.
Downing grounded to third in the third inning.
After his own foul ball, jumps up and bit him on the right side of the head.
Al right hand batter.
Pappas reading signs now comes to Downing for a strike.
Al has ten hits including two doubles and four home runs.
And he's a great guy to have out there if you need a sacrifice.
He has run it successfully for sacrifices six times.
The pitch to Al low one and one.
Bill Hands of the Cubs is another fellow who's a good mutter to move a runner along.
Downing waxed to right center field and there's nobody there.
Davis and Hickman converging.
It's Hickman making a nice running catch.
Al Downing goes out to Jim Hickman in right center.
That made it a particularly good catch for Hickman.
He had to get a jump squinting into the sun.
Davis could not have gotten there.
So two out and here is Maury Wells.
Grounded out and walked.
0 for 1.
He has already had his fine hand in this ball game.
When he put on a repeat performance, the play that had upset the Padres last week.
Nailed the Cubs in the fourth inning.
Pappas ready and deals and Maury lifts one to shallow left center field.
Davis and James and Cleo James makes the catch.
The Dodgers are gone in a hurry.
At the end of five, Dodgers 1-Cup is nothing.
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Through five innings the Dodgers leading the Cubs one to nothing.
A run two hits for the Dodgers, no runs three hits for the Cubs.
Between games tonight we'll have the 65 voice choir of Whittier's First Nazarene Church
in a patriotic musical called In God We Press under the direction of Ed Anderson.
That should indeed be pleasant to the ear.
65 voices of the Whittier's First Nazarene Church.
Oh we've had quite a five.
Pappas and Downing battling this thing out and Al is shading milk so far one to nothing.
Half of the infield in shade now.
All have left the field in shade.
But still a very bright sky.
Don Kessinger, Glenn Beckert and Jim Hickman in that order.
In the sixth one nothing Dodgers.
Kessinger flied to right and struck out.
Kessinger does not make a habit of striking out.
In 320 at bats he's only struck out 25 times.
Fastball over low ball one.
Soudal brought up the right hand but only to indicate him with a downward gesture that the pitch was low.
Allen even in fact to step up inside the bag at third.
The next one high ball two.
This first game is so important to both clubs of course because of the fact there is a slight pitching shortage for tomorrow night.
The two old pitch inside so Downing is missed low outside and inside.
Three and all the count.
Now into his wind up in the three old pitch to Beckert.
Very high.
He was about as wild as he can get.
He was low.
He was high and away.
He was inside and he was high and inside.
Usually you see or hear of a pitcher being wild high or low high but he just missed in all four directions.
The bat at Glenn Beckert.
Second walk given up by Al Downing.
The Cubs like to play hit and run.
Any club that Leo DeRosa ever had anything to do with like to play hit and run and this is an ideal combination.
So Downing has to watch it now.
There they go.
They're playing at a big bouncer over Allen's head.
Base hit.
Kessinger keeps on going to third.
Crawford gets the ball back in.
So you had just about enough time to think hit and run and there it was.
You're not second guessing anybody but you wonder why the Dodgers didn't at least have a pitch out on the first pitch because that was a pretty obvious call on a DeRosa.
So first and third and nobody out and the batter is Jim Hickman.
So a walk followed by a base hit to left.
First and third.
Nobody out.
And Hickman flied to right and single to left.
One for two.
Downing ready.
Al delivers.
Curve ball is felted to left field and that's going to go all the way.
Jim Hickman has just bombed a three run home run to left field and perhaps the tip off on the inning was the way Downing walked Kessinger.
He missed in four different spots on four pitches.
Then hit run single and a three run home run and the Cubs now are leading three to one in the sixth inning.
Nobody out and Ron Stantle the batter.
Fastball is low.
Ball one for Al Downing.
That's the ninth home run he has allowed.
In one hundred and forty five innings.
The three one Chicago and the one oh pitch on the way fastball off the glove of Downing he's running after it picks it up and has no play.
That'll be a base hit for Ron Stantle to slam on up Downing Smith and now the left fielder Cleo James coming up.
Cleo James popped up and single the right he's one for two.
No one throwing yet in the Dodger bullpen.
Downing was moving along nicely through five innings but here in the sixth the walk hit run single a long home run into the Dodger bullpen by Jim Hickman.
By the way that home run by Hickman was his 14 and he has 37 runs batted in.
Downing delivers low and inside ball one and I think it is not so much a loss of stuff that it is a lack of control that is plaguing Downing.
Pete Nicholson gets up in the Dodger bullpen.
One and all the count to Cleo James.
Downing set at the belt.
Al's one oh pitch way outside so when a man starts missing in all directions he's hurting.
It's not just one flaw in his delivery.
The Downing is missing inside outside up and down.
Two and all the count to Cleo James.
Santa with first held on by Parker.
Three one Cubs in the second.
Now reading since straightens up the two oh pitch breaking ball for a strike.
Two and one.
After James comes Brock Davis.
First game of the Twilight Knight doubleheaders and the Dodgers who came home walking on air were brought down to earth hard last night by Ferguson Jenkins.
And are now tasting a little salt here in the first of two tonight.
Downing straightens up looks at Santa.
The two one pitch high ball three.
So he's hurting.
His control is way off and he's struggling.
Davis has a look at Peanuts Lowry.
Three and one to count.
James one for two.
The left hand hitting Brock Davis the center fielder on day.
Passball is low and inside.
He has not hit any wild spots like he has been all around the place.
The Downing is struggling and with nobody out Brock Davis the batter.
It really happened all of a sudden.
In the fifth inning he threw strike after strike to get banks.
Canna zero and Pappas he struck out Canna zero and Pappas and now he just can't put the ball where he wants it.
Brock Davis single he skidded one by wills and grounded out.
He's one for two and Downing in trouble and Parker comes up looking for the bond.
Allen's already on the grass.
Downing at the belt and then backs off the rubber and the runners retreat.
The Downing is on the ropes and Sims out to talk to him now.
Al walks Santo in the first inning but then appeared to settle down.
But he not only has walked two here in the sixth he has been all over it.
Up and down inside outside.
It's one thing you see a pitcher you lose a little control and a pitching coach goes out and says well you're releasing the ball too early
or you're doing this you're doing that but when you're wild all over there's not very much they can do.
All right Davis waiting Downing ready Davis is potting and pulls away the pitch inside a throw to wills not in time to get Santo.
One ball and no strikes to count.
The road here comes up the steps showing some concern and all getting back to the bag.
Apparently felt a muscle pull and Leon now says wait a minute I want to make sure he's all right.
He's in scoring position and I'll find out for myself.
So Leo is advancing to second base.
He not slowly goes over there to see whether Santo is all right or not.
Ron went back awkwardly and I think it would be his wide leg that bothered him and Leo was checking with him right this minute.
Santa has appeared in 80 games.
This is his 81st game so he's played in the mall and Leo wants to make sure he can continue.
The Cubs are leading 3 to 1 the Dodgers got a run in the fourth inning but here in the sixth a walk a hit run single and a home run.
I've given the Cubs three and with nobody out they have two more men aboard.
The Giants were not flat up at Candlestick today the Astros ran up one side and down the other.
They beat the Giants 18 to 4 and the Dodgers losing last night are losing today.
Santo apparently did not satisfy his manager.
Leo didn't like the answers and Paul Popovich will run for him and stay in the game.
So Popovich goes starting out towards second base.
Popovich at second, Cleo James at first, nobody out and Brock Davis at the plate to count one ball in North Strait.
So two fellows who really make the Cubs move are not in this game now.
Pepitone could not answer the bell at the start and Santo has to come out here in the sixth but with all of that the Cubs are leading 3 to 1.
The Dodgers still looking for the run Parker and Allen on the grass, Downing peering into Sims.
Popovich and James take their leads and Davis backs out.
Brock a Los Angeles boy.
He had two hits last night he went two for four.
His first hit drove in the third Chicago run last night.
Here's the pitch Davis looks and it's low ball two.
Downing is like a man struggling to stay afloat.
The way Pappas is pitching the Dodgers can certainly ill afford the Cubs piling up any kind of a sizable lead.
And this is an inning where they threaten to do just that.
Downing straightens up.
The 2-0 pitch Davis around the bunt takes very high so he has him missed in the same spot twice.
And Downing is very close to being hooked.
Richie Allen comes over from third to holler something to him.
With that desperate feeling that comes over the veteran or a rookie it's all alike they suddenly can't throw a strike.
3-0 to Brock Davis.
Downing deals Davis takes a strike 3-1.
Cubs 3 Dodgers 1 in the sixth inning nobody out.
Pappas and James taking their lead.
3-1 Davis takes high the bases are loaded.
And this is as wild as we've seen Downing.
It's not just a matter of missing.
It's the way he's missing and here comes Woller Alston.
There are three ways to be wild in the big leagues.
One way to be wild is to really just miss and be wild in one spot.
Another way to be wild is not to walk anybody.
But no matter how you try and put the ball it winds up directly over the plate and the hitters bang it away.
And the third way to be wild is the way Downing is wild and that means curtains.
He is wild high, he is wild low, he is wild inside, he is wild outside and you just can't hang around doing that.
So the hook is in and Downing is coming out and Pete Mickelson will be picking up for him.
And that's a great spot to get Mickelson.
The base is loaded, nobody out and Ernie Banks will be the batter.
But Pete is trying to put the reins to a runaway cub.
They won last night, they're leading today.
And so the Giants and the Dodgers had their big two game series.
Each club no doubt looking forward to the weekend series.
And each club paying a price and Downing comes out.
Wow who has hit sensational ball in his last seven games lost his control and comes out in the sixth inning.
He can't win, he can only lose.
Or have nothing to do with it depending upon the Dodger hitters against Pappas.
And depending upon how Mickelson can do in quieting Chicago.
We've got some time, let's spend it with Jerry.
Alright Vinnie on the scoreboard, Houston beat San Francisco today 18 to 4.
They have won 6 straight and 9 out of 10.
The Giants have lost 7 out of 10.
Duker the winner, Ray relieved in the sixth inning after they piled up the big lead.
They scored 10 runs in the fourth inning.
Stone was the loser, relieved by Robertson, Carruthers, Bryant and McMahon.
Cincinnati with a five game losing streak going.
Opened up on a bad note as Pittsburgh scored five in the first inning and lead them 5 to nothing.
That's Nolan for Cincinnati and Johnson for Pittsburgh.
Montreal over New York 12 to 7 in the day game.
The Mets now have lost 7 out of 8.
Morton was the winner and Williams the loser.
And Morton had a home run his first of the year.
Philadelphia leads Atlanta 1 to nothing at the end of an inning and a half.
St. Louis at San Diego a little later, Gibson and Kirby.
In the American League the Senators and Baltimore no score at the end of two innings of play.
And Boston leads over Cleveland in the first game 4 to nothing.
Cleveland leads the second game 4 to 1 in the first inning.
New York Detroit later, Oakland Chicago later, Kansas City Milwaukee later and California Minnesota also later.
All right let's go back to the action here and here's Vinnie.
All right Jerry and Leo D'Orocia now smelling a chance for a big inning has decided to go for broke.
He has lifted Ernie Banks and Billy Williams will hit with the bases loaded and nobody out.
That is a considerable improvement for the Chicago picture in many ways.
First of all Williams is hitting almost 200 points higher than Banks.
Secondly Williams is a left handed batter against Mickelson and thirdly Williams runs so much better than Banks on the bad knees.
So the situation has gotten tougher now that Mickelson has been brought in.
He gets Williams.
So Billy who was to rest the first game comes up now with a chance to break it wide open.
The clubs are leading 3 to 1.
Duke sends in a lengthy conversation with Pete Mickelson.
Downing with five innings plus is charged with at least three runs, a half a dozen hits, four walks and four strikeouts.
And oddly enough his troubles should come in the sixth inning right after he finished the fifth striking out the last two batters that he faced.
Now here's Billy Williams with 50 runs batted in.
Mickelson out of a stretch and a sinker is grounded to the feeder.
He goes to Wills and he has no further play.
In fact Davis went in high to first base and I think Wills right arm hit Davis so he was unable to throw it all.
So it's only a fours play, one out, four to one Chicago and the batter is Chris Canizel.
That run of course is charged to Downing.
Canizel with Cleo James at third.
Canizel is always a risk as far as hitting into a double play.
With James at third a fast man the Dodgers have to worry about a possible squeeze.
Last night in a similar situation in the fifth inning Canizel hit into a double play.
Mickelson delivers, Chris hits a ground ball back a second, backhand into the feeder over to Wills.
The fourth third double play.
Boy that was an outstanding double play.
I wish you had that on film to look at all winter.
The feeder backhanding the ball on the dead run behind second,
flipped to Wills from a full turn and fired to first to double up Canizel who was hit by lightning again.
The Dodgers get out of it cheaply enough.
Four runs for the Cubbies on three hits.
One left and at the end of five and a half comes four Dodgers won.
For the Cubs they make several changes now.
Billy Williams had hit for Banks.
Jim Hickman who started the game in right field takes over at first base.
Paul Popovich who ran for Ron Santo stays in at third.
And Johnny Callison comes off the bench and goes into right field.
So the Cubs defensively have an infield of Hickman and Becker, Kessinger and Popovich.
An outfield of James Davis and Callison and a battery of Pappas and Canizel.
So it is four to one Chicago.
And the Dodgers limited to only two hits through five innings have got to go to the Wolfs or else.
And it will be Willie Crawford to start it off.
Crawford fouled out and then lost a hit on a fine catch by center fielder Brock Davidson.
Willie fouled the first one away on one.
The ball wedging into the backstop screen and the ball boy hands it to a youngster who couldn't get it out.
Much to the delight of the crowd on one account.
Pappas into the windup, back he comes, change it off the plate.
A high chopper to Becker, Glenn in a hurry, throws in a dirt dugout by Hickman.
Good play. And Crawford is retired one away.
Willie Davis flied to center and fouled out. He's 0 for 2.
Bottom of the sixth inning of the first game.
The club's four run, six hits. Three run homerun by Jim Hickman has been a big blow.
The Dodgers just one run, two hits. They have not hit the ball hard against Pappas at all.
Milk ready and delivers. Fastball popped up and it'll be the shortstop, Kessinger, going out on the rim.
He makes it look easy. Two away.
So the Dodgers had two base hits for a run in the fourth inning.
And that's the only sound they've made so far.
Richie Allen coming out. Richie walked and singled a right to get the first hit off Pappas.
Sims base hit the right, scored the only Dodger run.
Milt has a shutout this year. He is 8 and 8 with the league.
He has a decision for every game he started, like Ferguson Jenkins.
Breaking ball is strike to Richie on one.
His ERA is four and he is leading by three.
Two outs, sixth inning, 4-1 Chicago.
Pappas ready in the strike one pitch.
Fastball inside, driving Allen away, one and one.
Well, only in the bottom of the sixth.
The first game of a Twilight Night doubleheader.
Pappas who works quickly comes back one-one and missed inside, ball two.
Two and one, a counter to Richie.
Allen one for one, hitting about 270 as he stands at the plate.
His highest average for the year.
Two-one pitch to Richie, swung on and missed strike two.
Allen's base hit in the fourth was his 76.
A rather familiar number in these parts.
The two-two pitch to Richie, swung on and missed and down he goes.
So Pappas getting tougher. He retires seven straight and at the end of six,
comes four, Dodgers one.
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Through six innings, the Cubs four runs, six hits and no errors.
Dodgers one run, two hits and no errors.
It was scoreless for three. The Dodgers led one to nothing at the end of four, one to nothing at the end of five.
And then the Cubs picked up a big four in the sixth inning to chase Hal Downing.
Let's go to the seventh and for more play, here's Jerry.
All right Vinnie and Milt Papas will start it off. He has spied up and struck out in two tries.
And Pete Nicholson ready to go to work. Pete came in and did a great job to slow down the Cubs.
You get Williams on a forced play and Canazaro on a double play on a great play by Jimmy LaFever.
And now he starts out with Papas the pitcher.
So Pete getting set to go here.
Cubs leading four to one. Now the wind up in the pitch on the way to Milt.
Bounce wide a third and over Allen on into left field. It'll be a base hit for Papas.
Allen went to his left and the ball took a big high hop over his left shoulder.
So Papas singles to left field. Hit number seven and here is Kessinger coming up.
He has spied out, struck out and walked. And the walk started the sixth inning.
Troubles of Al Downing.
All right Kessinger coming on with Beckert and then Hickman to follow.
Second game of the series. First game of the doubleheader.
Second game tonight will be Juan Pizarro and Doyle Alexander.
Here's the look now and they check on the pitch.
Taking low for a ball. One ball no strikes.
One at all.
One ball on no strike count.
Kessinger turns around out of back on the left side with Mickelson going.
Now the pitch. They're looking for the but it's first base where Parker Fields goes to second base in time and there's no play at first.
So they get the force out on the front. Parker down to Wills.
And that'll bring on Glenn Beckert. Had a hit and run single to left field in the sixth inning.
And that set it up for Jim Hickman's home run.
Beckert.
Beckert the batter one home run 22 RBI's and a three forty eight batting average.
One out one on.
Papa single was forced on Kessinger's bunt.
Now Mickelson ready to go again.
Beckert right hand batter into Goodman he's third in the league in hitting with his three forty eight average.
He's right behind Willie Davis.
Willie at three fifty starting tonight.
He is over three and Beckert is one for three.
Have a look in the pitch strike call on the inside corner on one.
Beckert has a look at third base coach peanuts Lowry.
Oh on the count with one away Cubs leading four to one were in the top of the seventh inning first game of the doubleheader.
Now the pitch on the way breaking ball low.
One ball one strike out on deck Jim Hickman is now playing first base for the Cubs.
One on one.
Pete said again the look is a pop up foul behind the plate Sims digging back for it.
This is going to be out of play over the backstop.
Strike two ball one to Glenn Beckett.
The Cubs will make their final visit to Dodger Stadium here tomorrow night.
It'll be our last game of the Cubs this year.
One ball two strikes.
Now again Beckert waiting.
Kessinger a short lead away from Parker as Mickelson looks down and now Beckert backs up.
Once again Beckert and they're ready to go.
Mickelson out of a stretch in the one two pitch.
Ground ball to third Allen has it down to second base one and no other play as Kessinger takes the fever out.
The rolling slide in there and Jimmy goes down in the dirt and had no chance to make a play.
So a force play five to four third to second two away and here's Hickman.
Hickman with a home run deep to left field.
His fourteenth of the year.
He has driven him three of the Cubs runs.
He has two hits.
Jim now playing first base batting average two twenty eight.
He has thirteen fourteen home runs and thirty seven runs batted in.
Two outs man on first base Beckert.
Cubs four Dodgers one seventh inning.
Mickelson set again in the pitch.
In for a strike.
Good synchro for the knees.
Oh and one.
Strike one count.
Hickman big strong right hand batter.
Now again Mickelson ready.
Backs off.
He looks at first Becker to short lead now he's over there again on the pitch.
Low inside a throw to first base Becker comes back in head first Sims firing down to Parker not in time.
One ball one strike two outs.
Mickelson ready again in the pitch palm ball is in there for a strike one and two.
He threw up that slow in that time and Hickman let it go by a ball and two strikes to Jim.
I had one ball and two strikes.
Here's the look again in the pitch on the way.
Fly ball to center field and Davis comes up makes the catch for the.
Hickman is out on a liner to center and the Cubs are retired in the seventh no runs a hit and one man left to score at the end of six and a half Cubs for the Dodgers one Schlitz Milwaukee in the world.
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The Dodgers come on in the bottom of the seventh inning outstanding for the seventh inning stretch Parker Sims LaFever against Milk Pappas milk trying to get his ninth one of the year and his tenth lifetime victory against the Dodgers Parker has been on on the force and bounced out to the pitcher.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Bow back over the screen strike one for the one the Cubs lead they exploded for four in the sixth inning after the Dodgers had scored one of the fourth.
Pappas the starter still in their fourth Chicago downing was replaced by Mickelson in the six Parker takes a strike at the outside corner.
Going to the count the West hitting two ninety four.
Now the pitch ground ball to the left side it's short backhanded by Kessinger long throw in time and Parker's got good play by shortstop Don Kessinger that brings on Duke Sims who has a single to drive in the only Dodger run.
Then singled in the fourth inning to score Parker from second base.
All right Sims at bat.
Pappas now has run his string to eight retired in a row since Sims got the base hit in the fourth inning.
So milk while he was with Atlanta had a lot of trouble completing ballgames.
And he had almost gained the reputation of being a five inning pitcher.
But this year he has completed seven games with the Cubs.
This is his 17th strike.
He's completed a lot of a swing and a miss strike one.
Mild always said they didn't have much faith in him in Atlanta and they took him out too soon.
He went to Chicago last year and he's turned in to be quite a pitcher which he was in the American League.
0-1 count Sims backs out on deck with fever and then Buckner.
Now the wind up and down comes the pitch foul back over the screen strike two.
Milk Pappas come right under.
0-1 count Duke Sims waiting.
The Dodgers held to just two hits.
They have a team batting average of 272.
One point ahead of the Cubs.
Now Pappas delivers off speed low for a ball.
One ball two strikes to Duke.
The Dodgers had 11 hits last night but could score only one run.
So they have the same total of runs scored on only two hits tonight.
One and two.
Now Pappas ready delivers inside around the knees ball two and it's two and two.
Pappas has walked two.
He has struck out three.
He has struck out LaFever twice.
Two and two.
Sims out for a handful of dirt.
Nice crowd on hand but still plenty of good seats available here if you'd like to come out and see the second game and the remainder of this first one.
You have a lot of time.
Here's the two two pitch.
Duke pops it up foul out of play and the count stays two and two.
Two balls and two strikes.
Sims hitting 268 with two home runs and 14 runs batted in.
Now Pappas checking signs again.
Right hander ready and the two two pitch off speed foul back to the screen.
The top and comes on over into the crowd.
So it's two and two and Sims again backs away as Pappas gets a new ball to work with.
LaFever on deck then Buckner here in the seventh.
Cubs lead four to one.
Again the wind up in the pitch on the way inside ball three breaking pitch into the knees.
Three and two to Duke Sims.
Cubs won last night behind Ferguson Jenkins trying to make a two in a row here in this one.
Three balls two strikes Sims waiting.
Now the pitch.
Ground ball to first base Picklin there up with it and underhand to Pappas covering in time for the second out.
The Sims out Picklin to Pappas two down and here's LaFever.
Jimmy has struck out twice tonight hitting 275 with eight home runs and 42 runs batted in.
Buckner on deck.
Bobby O'Brien throwing in the Dodger bullpen.
Two outs LaFever waits here's the pitch from Pappas.
Little low with a change one ball and no strikes Billy Buckner on deck.
LaFever backs out for a moment now goes in there again and Pappas checks his signs he is two and one with the Dodgers this year.
There's a ground ball to the right side.
Beckered up with it on a big bounce throws the first from the Dodgers go out one two three and Pappas now retired ten in a row and the score at the end of seven.
Cubs four and the Dodgers have one.
Talking with Farmer John recently he made an interesting point he mentioned that when something is enjoyable like baseball it's enjoyable anytime day or night.
And then he added just about everyone enjoys bacon for breakfast so why don't more people serve it for dinner now and then.
Well his idea makes sense no other meat is so rich in flavor and of course no other bacon can match the flavor of Farmer John.
The secret is in the old time western way he smokes his bacon over native western wood to give it a hearty husky western flavor all its own.
Well that's why so little stretches such a long way to make it economical meat to serve and Farmer John bacon is extra lean too providing plenty of protein as well as an abundance of food energy.
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OK to the eighth inning more play here's Ben.
All right Jerry and just as the sunlight is starting to vanish so the outs are starting to go with it here at Dodger Stadium.
They suddenly find themselves in the eighth inning and the Cubs are sitting atop a four to one lead.
More than that it has been a strong performance by Milt Pappas.
He has retired the last 10 in a row and he's allowed only two hits so that for one lead the big one pop of it rolls one foul.
Nice play by Joey Amalfatano the pride of San Pedro coaching at first.
Oh and one account Papa bitch ran for Santo Sato and an attempted pick off play got back to second base in the sixth inning and apparently hurt his right leg and he's out of there and Papa bitch finishing up line drive leaping catch by Parker.
Parker went as high as he possibly can jump and then extended his right arm as far as it'll go and he takes a base hit away from Paul Papa there and the batter Cleo James James is one for two he's single to right.
Cleo one for one.
Right hand batter Mickelson delivers a sinker bonded foul behind the plate on one.
This is apparently Mickelson's last inning of work he figures to come out for a hitter in the eight.
Al Downing led one to nothing through five innings and then he lost his control in the six he just couldn't get a strike and when he got the ball over the plate the Cubs hit it.
The big blow a three run home run by Jim Hickman strike one pitch on the hands and a leaping catch by wheels of a little loopy that thing wasn't hit hard.
Just a little dying quail and wheels went up and got it to down and Brock Davis the batter.
To our top of the eight Cubs for Dodgers one.
Brock Davis left hand hitting center fielder single grounded out and walk he's one for two.
When the Dodgers bad in the bottom half they have Buckner then Mickelson spot and will the pitch outside ball one.
The Giants lost the Dodgers are losing and the club that can profit is Houston the one oh pitch on the way ground ball a one hopper to Parker he walks that thing to the bag and the Cubs are gone in the eighth.
The end of seven and a half Cubs for Dodgers one.
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Bottom of the eighth inning here at Dodger Stadium and Mill Papas is sitting on top of a four to one lead the Dodgers will have Bill Buckner Tom Haller and Maury Wills.
Buckner suddenly finds himself locked in a small slump after picking up 12 hits in four starts he has turned around to go 0 for 10.
The Buckner waiting at the plate and Papas was retired the last 10 in a row deals a strike here where he had looking for walks he has walked to the walk Alan in the second inning and a two hour walk to Wills in the third.
Now milk strike one pitch outside and high one ball one strike the second game one for Zorro and Doyle Alexander.
Papas into the wind up and the 1 1 pitch on the way is whacked into right field base hit the Buckner Bill tries to lead the Dodgers back and that'll bring up Tom Haller.
That is only the third Dodger hit so they have been thoroughly muffled by Papas.
Jim Hickman goes to the mound to talk to milk.
Tom Haller hitting 234.
Now is to parade.
Tom Haller at the plate Buckner not held on by Hickman he's directly back of him.
Papas at the belt and delivers and is a broken background ball to Hickman he goes to Kessinger back to Hickman double play.
So how it breaks his bat hits into a double play and we have two down in the eighth inning.
Three six three double play.
And the batter is Maury will.
Maury wills is 0 for 2 with a walk.
He grounded out and fly to left plus the walk and a stolen base.
The Dodgers led 1 nothing into the sixth inning and then all of a sudden downing just could not find the strike zone.
He missed in four different directions on Kessinger.
Then on the first pitch they played hit and run with Becker and he singles and then Hickman walked up and hit one into the Dodger bullpen.
Will takes high ball on Sandoz single there was a walk by James a walk to Davis and finally they had to bring in Mickelson to restore some water of course played at the fourth run over.
And can a zero ended it by hitting into a double play that was really something to see strike to Wilson to count one and one.
But the Dodger bats have really been locked up in cold storage by Mill Pappas.
One one pitch will take line inside both of.
Two and one to Maury wills two out on the eighth inning four to one Chicago.
Milk checking right hand already and here he comes.
It's a left field but that's exactly where James is to take it to the out and the Dodgers are gone quickly in the eighth.
No runs are hit nobody left at the end of eight Chicago for Dodgers one.
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Before we go to the ninth with the cops leading four to one, let's pause for station identification.
This is the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network.
The Good Son. K-T-A-R Phoenix.
Ninth inning, four to one Chicago.
Bobby O'Brien, who was given a rather quick exit last night.
He went three in the third innings.
Although the three runs charged to him and the ultimate defeat, the runs were unearned.
O'Brien is two and two with the league, all in one with the Cubs.
Bobby is in his 14th game, his ninth in relief.
He completed one game of shutout, you remember, against the Cardinals.
O'Brien pitching the ninth inning and Johnny Callison will start it off.
Then it'll be Chris Cannazero and Mill Papert.
Callison making his first appearance at the plate.
Johnny is hitting two 18.
Left hand hitting right fielder.
O'Brien into the windup and Bobby's first pitch is popped in the air to right field.
Buckner comes trotting in from shade to sunlight and back into shade again and makes the catch for the out.
They look like a chameleon changing colors out there.
One down.
Here's Chris Cannazero, hit into a fourth play, struck out and then hit one that should have been on film.
Up the middle, backhanded by LaFever who flipped to Wills who made a full turn on the bag and threw him out at first.
That was quite a double play.
Cannazero over three.
On deck, Mill Papert, who has had this ballgame very much in his hands ever since he got the four in the sixth inning.
The pitch to Cannazero outside, ball one, one and oh.
When the Dodgers bat in the bottom of the ninth they'll have Willie Crawford, Willie Davis and Richie Allen.
Here's the one-oh pitch on the way, fast ball low, ball two.
Two and oh to Cannazero.
Giants lost, Dodgers are losing and the Astros are starting to believe in themselves.
If they ever had any doubts, the pitch is strike two and one.
Houston by beating the Giants are now seven back.
Here's the two-one pitch coming up.
Fast ball, belted to left field, back goes Crawford, a full turn to the warning track and this one's off the wall.
I think he turned the wrong way and Cannazero has a double.
Crawford, who plays a lot of right field, went one way and the ball went the other.
The Willys surrounded the fly ball double and with one out a good hitting pitcher coming up, Mill Papert.
Papert has fly to center, struck out and single, he's one for three.
Milk with seven hits this year, a runner at second, one out, ninth inning, four to one, Chicago.
First of two games, remember.
O'Brien at the belt and delivers, gets the inside corner for a strike, 0-1.
Joe Pepitone in uniform and in the dugout, Pep apparently will be in the second game.
The strike one pitch is a half swing, he held up on a pitch in the dirt, an account one and one.
One and one to Mill Papert.
O'Brien leans in to get a sign.
Now Bobby, set at the belt, a look back at second base at Cannazero, works a slow curve in there nicely for a strike one and two.
O'Brien set, Papert's waiting, one-two pitch, fast ball, swung on and missed, strike three.
So Papert strikes out, two down and the battle will be Don Kessinger.
Kessinger fly to right and struck out, walked and hit into a fourth play.
Don is 0 for three.
His walk in the sixth inning though was the tip off.
That's one downing through one low away, then high away, then low inside, then high inside.
That was the beginning of the end for Al.
He walked Kessinger on four and then the hit and run single by Beckard and the Cubs were off to the races.
Kessinger, good ball player, checks in at 289.
Batting right handed, he's a switch hitter.
O'Brien delivers, fast ball low, ball one.
Ninth inning, four to one, Chicago.
O'Brien a look back at second base, works Kessinger low, ball two, on deck, then Beckard.
Beckard is one for four.
O'Brien straightens up and the 2-0 pitch on the way, taken for a strike, 2-1.
Dodgers scored in the fourth inning.
The Cubs scored four times in the sixth.
The Dodgers have only three singles in eight innings against Pappas.
2-1 pitch, fast ball low, ball three, three and one.
Glenn Beckard waking his turn, he's hitting 348.
So you go from tough to tougher when you pitch to Kessinger followed by Beckard.
Three and one.
O'Brien a look at Canna's arrow, the pitch to Kessinger, line to right, Buckner comes up
and the ball sinks for a hit, then gets away from him, Canna's arrow scores 51-5-1 Chicago.
Buckner tried to make a do or die play but couldn't do it.
And the ball hit him on the left knee, I believe, yup, in watching him flex that left leg.
He tried to shoestring it and when he missed it hit him on the left kneecap.
So O'Brien gives up two hits and a run and the batter is Beckard.
Line to right, grounded out, single hit into a fourth play, he's one for four.
O'Brien at the bell and delivers and the fast ball's a strike, going one.
It is July the seventh.
The Dodgers are playing their 85th game and we've got a long way to go.
Boy, it's going to be something.
The strike one pitch to Beckard, slow curve, whacked into left field.
You could have hung your hat on that one.
And Crawford on a one-hopper gets it back into Wills.
So O'Brien hangs one to Beckard, now brings up Jim Hickman.
So Pappas, who appeared to have this thing stuffed in his hip pocket anyway, is now given more.
Five and ten for him, five runs, ten hits.
And here is Jim Hickman who put the slug on downing in the sixth inning.
Jim is two for four and he's hit the ball hard all four times.
O'Brien's set, run is at first and second and Bobby delivers.
Fast ball, hit just foul outside a third and that had chased another cub home.
0-1.
Don't forget the second game and the way this first one is going, that second one becomes mighty important.
And rookie Doyle Alexander will be going against veteran Juan Pizarro.
0-1 to Jim Hickman.
For reminder, we still have plenty of seats, plenty of sunlight and a beautiful evening at the ballpark.
Hickman takes low, 1-1.
The second game will start approximately a half hour after the first, so you folks are wondering about it.
You've got time to get over here.
Five to one Chicago, ninth inning, two out.
Now O'Brien ready and the 1-1 pitch to Hickman, fast ball outside, ball two, two and one.
O'Brien having his troubles.
Last night in comebacks tonight in relief and is struggling.
Hickman big right hand hitter, started in right field, finished up at first base.
O'Brien's 2-1 pitch, Jim strokes it to center, that's a base hit.
Davis has to go over and play it on a tricky hop, so Kessinger scores and in the third goes Beckett.
It is 6-1 Chicago and O'Brien hasn't been able to cool anybody.
So Jim Hickman has three hits and four runs batted in.
O'Brien has surrendered a double and three singles in the ninth inning.
Time out for the moment, Mel Steiner pointing ball one.
Apparently O'Brien went to his face while on the hill, that's right.
So the count is one ball and no strikes.
O'Brien went to his face while still up on the mound and Mel Steiner spotted it.
1-0 the count, Steiner informing Sudol and the plate umpire then informed the press box.
Here's Paul Popovich.
Popovich robbed of a hit on a leaping catch by Parker in the eighth inning.
O'Brien deals and it's piled away.
On one, 6-1 Chicago in the ninth.
O'Brien's set, checks the runners, the 1-1 pitch, fastball outside, ball two, 2-1.
So Mel Papas getting fat sitting in the dugout.
He was leading 4-1, now it's 6-1.
O'Brien's 2-1 pitch, off speed and lifted to Davis in Santa Fe.
He has to go back to get it and Willie does just that.
So the Cubs get two runs, four hits and lead two.
And at the end of eight and a half, Cubs six, Dodgers one.
Schlitz, Milwaukee in the world.
You only get one chance at life and you can't be afraid to live it because second chances never come.
But you wouldn't have it any other way.
Same with your beer, you wouldn't have it any other way either.
Schlitz, why settle for less?
You're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer.
Bottom of the ninth inning, the Cubs six runs, 11 hits and no errors.
Dodgers one run, three hits and no errors.
So Papas doesn't need the six, at least the way he's been pitching for eight innings, we'll see.
Crawford, Davis and Allen in the ninth.
Willie fouled out, loop one to center, Brock Davis made a fine sliding catch and grounded out.
He runs up the bun and takes outside, ball one, one and oh.
Papas comes right back, one oh and gets a strike, one and one.
Six runs, 11 hits for Chicago.
One run, only three hits for the Dodgers.
Two of those hits in the fourth inning when they got their only run.
Crawford drives one to left center field and deep, Cleo James and Brock Davis go back.
James drops it as he staggers and falls down and on his way to third is Crawford, he's in there.
Cleo James caught the ball in his glove, tripped and fell down and the ball came out.
And Crawford is standing at third base.
It'll be a triple for Willie and the batter is Davis.
For Crawford, that is his fifth triple.
Willie Davis has eight.
Six one Chicago, Davis lines it to center, Brock Davis in his tracks, makes the catch.
Crawford tags, comes to the plate to throw off line and he scores.
It is a small run however, the Cubs still lead at six to two and the batter with one precious out is Fended with Richie Allen.
Richie Allen walks single to right and struck out, he's one for two.
Pappas ready, delivers, Richie fouls it away on one.
Mill Pappas has done just what Leo had hoped to do, what the Dodgers had hoped would happen but did not, namely a starting pitcher go along with the bullpen having the night off in the first game.
For the Cubs, they desperately need it because of their schedule.
The next one outside, the Cubs with a double header tonight have a double header Friday and a double header Sunday.
They're really thin. One and one to Richie Allen.
Six to Chicago in the ninth inning. Richie drives one to right center field and deep and that ball is going to go.
A home run.
The Dodgers are making noises in the ninth inning but they are still several dollars short.
Richie Allen hits his 12 home run into the right center field bleachers over the 380 mark.
They've scored twice in the ninth at the Dodgers but it's six to three in favor of Chicago.
And the batter is West Parker.
The service ready delivers and it's low. Two books of Union on auto script to the Eastside Boys Club. 324 North McDonald Avenue in Los Angeles.
And two books of Union auto script to Richie Allen. And the Cubs bullpen stirs around.
Parker takes the strike.
Regan and Newman throwing in the Chicago 10. One and one to Parker. Duke Sims on deck.
So the two in the top of the ninth have really turned out to be pretty big now as Parker hits one up the middle. Knocked down by Becker. No play. They pitch.
The batter will be Duke Sims and this crowd had to be very quiet all night. And now in the ninth inning they have a chance to make some noise anyway.
The Rogers off the bench. Stirring around a little bit.
Here in the inning. Harvard hit a long drive over the head of Cleo James who caught the ball stumbled and fell down.
Dropping the ball in the process. The one is a triple. Davis got a scoring fly ball to center.
Allen Homer to right center. Parker has single up the middle. The Dodgers are still hurting very much.
One out in the ninth inning. Chicago 6 and the Dodgers 3.
Easing the pain in this first game at least. The knowledge that the Giants lost.
Sims waiting. Half is deals and that's going to be a dunker to center. They hit. Parker stops the second.
The good sense. Just hit a looper in the center field for a base hit. Two on one out.
And Hickman goes to the mound on orders from the Rocher Leo.
The batter is Jim Lefebvre with two on the Cubs leading six to three. So the feeder represents the tying run at the plate.
However, Pappas has given him a terrible time. He struck him out twice and here comes a lion now up the steps to go out to the mound.
Leo for eight and a half innings was able to sit back and watch Pappas stifle the Dodgers.
And milk went into the ninth inning leading six to one. And the Dodgers have scrambled for two.
They have two on with one out. Lefebvre the batter and Leo wants to talk to Pappas.
Pappas this year had started 16 completed seven.
Leo has Reagan and Newman in the bullpen. But he is holding court out there on the mound.
And he has not given any indication of a change. If anything, he would have feared to be talking to Pappas as to how he wants milk to piss.
Leo finishes up by saying, all right, huh? And Pappas answers. And Leo pats him on the back and goes walking back to the dugout.
So the count to an old Leo coming out and the umpires now tell him that he has to finish.
And it is first base umpire Steiner who puts his hands on Leo's chest and says he has to finish this hitter because you've already been out there talking to him on this hitter.
In other words, Leo could have come out the first time with a count to an old and taken out his pitcher.
But he's been there once and you cannot make two trips and change pitches with the same hitter.
And the umpires are telling Leo go back to the dugout. Pappas has to pitch to Lefebvre.
And Leo says, oh, I see. And he goes back to the bench.
So he can now with first base open, of course, Lefebvre represents a tying run.
Two balls and no strikes to count.
Well, the crowd having some fun here in the ninth inning with the Dodgers still have a long road to travel and there's one out.
Lefebvre waiting to an office to the wind up and the fed five or three.
And all the other people have us to the wind up the three or five ball for. Now here comes Leo and now there goes.
Pappas for sure. Regan and Newman in the bullpen. I think they want Regan. They do. Bill Regan will be brought in with the bases loaded. Bill Russell will run for Jimmy Lefebvre.
He represents the tying run. Had the Cubs not scored two in the ninth, this place would be a madhouse.
But they did. And it is six to three Chicago. The base is loaded one out.
Russell running for Lefebvre and Milk Pappas comes out. Milk now comes out a little bit up in the air.
He can't lose. He leaves with three on and a three run lead. He could have nothing to do with it.
But Regan will be brought in to pitch to Bill Buckner. Pappas winds up walking three.
Milk allowed three runs but the door is open and eight and a third in it.
Seven hits and now Phil Regan slowly coming in. We've got time. Here's Jerry.
We have any on the scoreboard in a wild one today at San Francisco. The Astros beat the Giants 18 to 4 with 17 hits.
Durker the winner and Stone the loser. They had 10 runs in the fourth inning for Houston.
They only have one report out of Pittsburgh and that game should be almost over by now.
That was a first inning score five nothing in favor of the Pirates.
Montreal beat New York today 12 to 7 in New York and the Mets have lost seven out of eight.
There's another score out of the East and that game should be almost over one to nothing.
Philadelphia that's the first inning score. Of course with a strike on we do not get too many late scores.
St. Louis and San Diego later. Washington Baltimore nothing in the second.
Boston beat Cleveland four to nothing first game and Cleveland leads the second game four to one.
New York over and Detroit later Oakland Chicago later Kansas City Milwaukee later and the angels are playing at Minnesota.
Well Dodgers and the Giants baseball's biggest rivalry and they'll be on hand coming up over the weekend.
Take a tip visit a Dodger ticket office and do your shopping early.
Plenty of tickets left of course but they're moving mighty fast so shop now at the Dodger office on Stadium Way at TicketCon mutual offices throughout Southern California.
Friday night Saturday night Sunday with the Giants but tomorrow a lot of big work to do with the Chicago Cubs.
Right now more action here's Vinnie Bill Reagan who picked up the nickname here in Los Angeles as the Vulture back in nineteen sixty six when he had the overwhelming record of 14 and one.
Reagan now comes in at Dodger Stadium but wearing a club uniform in another tough penitentiary.
The first thing played on by students was examined the ball.
Bill Buckner with a base is loaded one out in the night the club leading six to three.
Parker at third then that second Russell the tying run at first Reagan ready pitch to Buckner ground ball wide a first in the right field.
In come Parker in comes in the third of Russell.
Bill Buckner hit Reagan's first pitch in the right field and this place is going wild.
The Dodgers have scored four with one out the Cubs lead six to five.
Buckner is at first Russell is at third and Manny Moda is coming up a hit for Bobby O'Brien.
The tying run 90 feet away Reagan out of a stretch the pitch to Moda ground ball to Reagan.
He goes to the plate to get Russell who is tagged out by Canna zero and stopping at second is Buckner.
So Moda who can go the other way about as well as anybody who ever played the game could not and hit the ball to Reagan and Russell had to come to the plate to keep the game alive.
So Russell is down one to Reagan to Canna zero and now it looks like the Dodgers might be able to tie.
But now it's really got to be cut in two down two on and will the batter.
Maury is all for three six five Chicago first of two Reagan deals low and a good save by Canna zero ball one.
So this is the ninth man to come to bat for the Dodgers here in the ninth inning.
But the two they gave up in the top of the ninth is the Albatross hung around their necks now in the bottom of the ninth.
Buckner at second base Moda at first to out.
Wills has rounded out twice slide to left and walk all of those trips against Pappas.
The Dodgers lead the Dodgers playing Wills to go to left field top of its wide and just about a step up inside the bag at third.
Pickman deep at first base the pitch to Wills low ball to the Dodgers led one nothing through five.
The Cubs led four to one through eight and the Cubs got two in the ninth to lead six to one.
And the Dodgers have scored four to make it six five Chicago to out to an old Amore Wills Buckner and Moda on the line Reagan ready to to hope it's a strike.
Don't want to forget if you're anywhere in the area.
You've got plenty of time for the second game and that should be a Lulu Doyle Alexander and Juan Pizarro.
But this first one is still alive.
Two and one to Wills Reagan ready and deals and is a high bouncer back in the man's pathway.
No way the bases are loaded.
Let's pause the station identification.
This is the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network.
The Dodgers have put on a tremendous show here in the ninth inning win or lose.
Why have they gotten off the floor.
They've got six to one they've scored four times to make it six to five and with two out the bases are loaded.
The Dodgers have already had the tying run cut down at the plate and now Willie Crawford up there and everything on the line Reagan out of a wind up the pitch to Willie a strike.
The center at third the tying run motor at second will set first.
Dodgers have had four singles a triple and a home run in the ninth inning strike one fit swung on and missed and the bottom dropped out of that sinker.
Oh and to the proper.
Willie is the 10th man to come to the plate.
He's got a half a dozen hits in the night but here comes Reagan strike to pitch his low ball on Dodgers has scored four runs on six hits.
But the Cubs lead six to five.
The pressure was the hopper hit right back to Reagan by motor one to fit got him swinging.
Yep.
And that's what you do by Canada Chris apparently juggled either the pitch or the foul tip but he whirled around and held it high in the air and then stood all called Crawford out so that I just kept throwing punches till the end.
But when it was all over the two runs they had given up in the top of the ninth were too much to climb over the totals and the lock up shop on the first one.
Yeah.
11 hits at no errors the winning pitcher no purpose and the Cubs left seven men on the bases for the Dodgers five runs no hits nine hits and no errors and the Dodgers lined up leaving five men on and the losing pitcher was our downing.
So downing is 10 and five and papas is nine and eight but boy was it easy for the Cubs as the Dodgers battle right back into that ninth inning after using two in the top of the night came back with four had the tying run cut down on the plate on a
tapper back to the box by Mota then reloaded the bases only to have Crawford go down on strikes on a good hard sinker by Phil Regan. So you have to give Regan credit he came in there and did a tough job on a tough hitter after yielding a base hit the Bruckner and an infield hit the wheels.
The second game goes down the Dodgers lose it by a score of six to five so they are again three and a half back they have to look over their shoulder now as they are only three and a half ahead of Houston. Well that's it the final score of the first game the Cubs six the Dodgers five.