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The final is now first for the Cleveland Indians.
Leading off, playing second base, Johnny Keppel.
Jimmy Pearce, all in center field, batting second.
Batting third, playing left field, Keto Frankona.
Doing the catching and batting clean up, Johnny Romano.
Willie Kirkland will be in right field, batting fifth.
Vic Power, batting sixth, playing first base.
At short stop, batting seventh, Woody Hales.
Mike Delahose will be at third base, batting eighth.
And Barry Latman, pitching and batting ninth.
For the Yankees leading off at second base, Bobby Richardson.
Tony Kubeck at short stop, batting second.
In right field, batting third, Roger Maris.
Mickey Mantle, batting clean up in center field.
In left field, once again, batting fifth, Johnny Blanchard.
Elston Howard doing the catching, batting sixth.
At first base, batting seventh, Phil Scaran.
Cleve Poyer back in action again at third base, batting eighth.
And Whitey Ford, pitching and batting ninth.
The umpires, Frank Humont calling balls and strikes.
Joe Linsalata at first, Bob Stewart at second.
And Charlie Berry over at third.
Both pitches have completed warming up.
The ground crew has finished moving down the infield.
Everything's about ready to go.
And just a reminder, do you have plenty of time?
Well, let's take a look at the standings.
The magic number now for the Yankees is 11.
Any combination of Yankee wins or Detroit defeats, that's total 11.
And the Yankees are in.
New York now 10 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers.
13 ahead of Baltimore, 20 ahead of Chicago.
26 and a half ahead of the Indians.
29 and a half ahead of the Red Sox.
35 ahead of the Angels.
36 ahead of Minnesota.
44 and a half ahead of Kansas City and 45 and a half ahead of Washington.
And the Yankees, with 97 wins to their credit right now,
have already matched their total number of victories in 1960,
when they won 97 and lost 57 and won the American League,
painted by eight games.
And you can see that, brand of ball, the other teams are playing.
So this is a good time for the Yankees to have had that hot streak.
They're about ready to go, and they're trying to get somebody to lead them out,
but they all go in unison this time.
Jimmy Dykes is still talking with Charlie Berry, who will be umpiring at third today.
But right now, our national anthem.
The Yankees.
Well, we're ready now for the start of this ball game,
and alongside me the gentleman who's going to take you along the start of the game, Red Barber.
Phil, will you explain something to me?
Uh-huh.
I understand that when Dykes stole Latham, he was going to fix the first game,
and then he finally went back in his office.
That six of the Cleveland players formed a circle around Latham
and started the thing all langs eyes.
What's the meaning of that?
Well, they figure he's going to join the club today.
Or should old acquaintance be forgotten?
I imagine that's what it was, because last time Latham pitched against the Yankees,
he did very well.
Neither Maddell nor Maris got a home run.
All players really tease each other.
Oh, they sure do.
You know, people on the outside might think it's kind of rough to tease a fellow like Latham,
who's done a good job, but it's all in fun, and they're actually trying to relax him a little bit.
Did the Yankees ever tease you when you were playing?
Oh my gosh, yes.
Many times.
I remember the first time I hit a home run came into the dugout.
There was nobody sitting on the bench but Joe McCarthy,
I couldn't convince any of the other players that I had hit a home run.
They said they were all inside and they didn't believe it.
Ha ha ha.
Well, at that, I think ballplay is a very practical psychologist.
This thing of a sense of humor certainly does break the tension.
Now we have Johnny Temple to be first up, Whitey Ford going up to win number 24.
Had the big day out here yesterday.
He was deep to touch by.
Johnny Temple.
He's going to have a tough man to pitch to, hitting 280.
Slow curve is good for the call strike.
Here's Yuma with the duty back of the plate today.
Lin Solata down at first.
Charlie Berry is at second.
Stewart is at third.
There's a ball that is hit into right center field and safe for a base knock.
Temple makes the turn.
He's on.
Wait a second.
Here's Mantle throw and Temple's in there for a double.
He's got a ball in the hole, right center.
So that's talked it off.
The Indians have lost their last 16 games here at the stadium.
There's a ball that's hit into right center field and safe for a base knock.
Jimmy Pilsen is hitting for a high average, 326.
Takes a curve outside, ball one.
First man up has doubled.
The start of a first game.
Got a tremendous crowd here at the stadium.
Full curve is down and foul.
That's that third base for the coach, Luke Affling.
Dale McGaha coaching over at first.
Forbes is starting in the first game daily.
We'll start in the second.
Latham goes in the first game for Cleveland and Perry will pitch the second one.
George catching, John at first.
Richardson is at second.
Kubeck at short and Boyer after day out with a bad knee as Dr. Sturge.
Mighty deal.
The curve ball hit down to short.
Kubeck up, holds the runner at second, throws over to first and Pilsen is out by wide hodge.
Goa have won away and here is Tito Francona hitting 293.
Most tips on his ball, 158.
The outfield for the Yankees, Blanchett is in left.
Maddell in center and Marich who hit 56 yesterday is in right.
And when you mention Marich and Maddell, that's one of the reasons why you've got this big crowd.
Francona cuts to the sidearm curve, like one.
The folks are here.
And this crowd today sends the Yankees considerably ahead of their season's home attendance last year.
And of course they have the five games remaining the last week of the season.
Two with Baltimore, three with Boston.
Four deals, a curve low outside.
Left-handed pitcher, left-hand hitter.
One ball, one strike.
We have a light breeze which is blowing out toward left center.
Speaking of Marich and Maddell, counting the double-headed today, they have 12 games remaining under the ruling by the commission.
The Gulf of Maine's record is 60.
What came down with a high inside change of pace that was taking Francona waved at it, it's like two.
It was true some time ago, if you're not familiar, that Ruth's record must be done in 154 games,
Marquise saying 162 this year.
So that was the number of games that Babe played in when he cut it.
There's a ground foul outside third, still wanted to.
One ball, two strikes.
Whitey taking the time from Howard who is using a sequence pattern with a runner at second.
You can see his fingers as well as the pitcher.
One-two delivery, swung on, there's a five-ball and to the short right, there is Marich coming in, he's under it.
He has it.
Now we have two down.
Ford's float up on it.
Francona didn't hit it squarely.
We heard a plunk.
Now we have John Romano, the catcher, hitting a 297.
And Ford, of course, will be very careful with him.
Runner at second base, two out.
Romano got hit on the left foot yesterday, foul ball.
You have no score.
This is a big crowd, but you don't hear it in the microphone.
But you wait until the Yankees come to bat in the last of the first inning and the M boys swing into sight.
And your ears will tell you something.
Good.
A flatter, good for a called strike just above the maze on the inside.
Romano steps back out.
I don't think he appreciated the call too much.
He's just in the humon a little bit.
Not for long, he's in there again.
This is a ball.
There was a curve breaking low inside.
Romano started the swing and checked his swing.
And if he started the swing, Humon started with his right hand and then that's about to check his swing in time, he brought the right hand down again.
One ball, one strike.
That's a rough job calling balls and strikes back of the play.
There's a line drive that is hit into left center for a base talk.
Here's a couple of rounds third.
Blanket's going to the plate, but not in time.
Boy, a touch to cut it off.
The ball kicked away.
Howard receives it.
Romano saves it first and it is one to nothing for Cleveland.
A line single and a long one to left center field.
Blanket had no chance.
No chance to stop the ride.
So, they have one in for the Vistas.
You heard a bit of a mama reaction from the crowd then.
1-1-2 hits for Cleveland and here's Kirkland.
He hit a home run out here yesterday for Cleveland.
Will is adding 2.58.
Left hand hitter.
Takes a strike over the inside.
Hand high.
Kirkland gets his forward foot, his left one, just about as close to the plate as he can,
and then points his forward foot to the second base.
So, it's a crowding open stance.
There's a ball bouncing away from Howard and Romano looks on down to second base.
The pitch was low and it caused a wild pitch on Whitey.
So, he is behind the run and now with a wild pitch he has a runner at second base
at the pickup point at home.
One ball, one strike.
The guys are all clear.
It's just a little haze, but it's basically a blue and white pattern.
1-1 delivery.
Low outside, a curve.
Ball two.
Howard having a good answer left.
Sound of a plane passing by.
Well, nothing Cleveland.
Here's the start of the big day.
Pitch, swung on the ground ball, hit, foul outside first base.
That's two and two.
You might say in essence that Kirkland is what the Indians have for Colavito.
They traded Colavito for Keane and a year later traded Keane to San Francisco for Kirkland and Antonelli.
And then they showed Antonelli who couldn't win for them.
No walking.
Two-two pitch, swung on late as a foul in the lower left field stand.
Two and two.
Two balls, two strikes.
Two-two delivery again, high outside, ball three.
Whitey slowed down the speed of the pitch.
Two-two delivery, swung on, there is a looper in the short set of field.
It's dropping for a base hit.
Romano's coming in with a second run.
And they just throw the ball to second base.
Kirkland looped it for a single and it is too nothing in favor of Cleveland.
And so the Wilds hit first second run as it now stands.
Down here is Vic Colav hitting 263.
And a severe crowd, right-hand batter, swing down and hits it in the right field stand foul.
We have a tremendous battery of photographers.
Everything that that marriage does will be photographed.
Pitch low inside, flatter, one and one.
Ball and the strikes.
Kirkland's been using breaking stuff.
I haven't seen him play fastball.
Kirkland off first.
And Ford moves over there and Kirkland steps back.
Too nothing in favor of the Indians.
And a foul ball in the right field stands again.
He reached for a change of speed low outside hit.
One and two.
Ford in position to check the run at first pitchers.
Another foul result in the first base stand.
They're getting power outside and Vic is reaching for them and following them into the right field stand.
Pitchers, a curve ball which is hit out into left field.
Short left has Lantz coming on.
He's trying to get there.
And here's Kirkland coming to third base and they stop him.
And power comes in to second with a double.
It was a fly ball, not deep, that landed about 10 feet fair inside the left field line.
The outfield had been pushed back toward right.
And Blankett had no chance.
The ball dropped when he was still three feet, three running steps away.
Kirkland is held by Appley at third.
Four hits for Cleveland.
Now I have Woody held.
He had a home run out here yesterday, batting 265.
The Yankee bullpen begins stirring.
Change of pace, there's a tie outside, ball one.
Here's the change, swing on it, doesn't get it.
One and one.
And there's a high flatter into the hand for a 12-second strike.
One ball, two strikes.
First base is open, run of the second and third.
Whitey deals low inside, ball two.
Now that is the hardest that he's thrown a ball.
Phil, Whitey seems to be struggling.
I haven't seen him so hard.
No, I haven't either. Maybe he was unloading all those gifts he got yesterday.
Red might have tied him out.
All right, two and two.
The ball is hit out and the set of metal comes on and makes the one-handed tap.
It's a soft play to get out of the inning.
Well, that's an ovation for Maddow Katz.
He caught it right off the grass, coming in at a tough speed on the score end of half an inning.
Cleveland, too, and the act is now to hit.
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And now, in the last of the first inning, House had Coates and Cleminger warming up in the Yankee Boat End.
Whitey was struggling there in the first inning, and it took her stellar catch by Maddow to get the third out.
All right, we have Bobby Richardson first up, 2-0 Cleveland.
Bobby hitting 2-69.
Lepman curbs him low outside, ball one.
Lepman has run 12, lost four.
He has beaten the Yankees once this year.
That would have to be at Cleveland.
The Indians haven't won a ball game at the stadium this year,
and the Boats of March have lost the right 16, they say here.
This is low, ball two.
All right, two balls, no strikes.
Lepman, strong right-hander, delivers.
Good first strike just above the knees.
Romano is catching him.
Power is at first base.
Temple at second.
The first half is held, and the third baseman is Mike De La Hose.
Low outside, ball three.
De La Hose playing, plays for Phillips, who got hit on the left hand early in the Friday night game.
And so on left, De La Hose in center, Kirkland in right.
Low delivery, low, ball four, and the ball is on.
Now, cool back steps in, hitting at 276.
It's the birthday boy, Roger Marich.
27 today, moving out now onto the on-deck tackle.
Tony, break for left-hand batter.
Infield double play death.
Lepman buzzes the inside under the hands for a called strike.
Lepman first came up with a white star.
There's a curve ball, down to down to second.
Temple up, but it goes back to second short to get one and throw the first double play.
Boy, that's held.
It was moving down that second base.
You have to make it.
Now, do you hear the crowd? There's Marich, who's in the batter's box.
Pitches inside, ball one.
Marich hitting 271.
It's a long foul in the upper right field stand.
And of course, the minute he swung and the ball took off,
fans didn't like to see the ooh nod.
He's a big attraction.
Like one ball, one strike.
That's it, well around flood right.
Lepman pitches high outside, dismissive ball, too.
Three infielders on the right side.
Marich is the most pronounced right field hitter, full hitter, that we have in the league.
Two-one delivery.
There's a high, high ball into right center field, not too deep,
second under it, right fielder takes.
Well, that's the third out.
And thanks to the double play following the walk,
there was nothing across after the first inning.
So the score at the end of the first is Cleveland 2 and New York nothing.
Other games, the Tigers, who got out of their losing flunk yesterday at Boston,
failed to score their first bad bat up at Boston, single game.
Masi for Detroit and Conley for Boston.
Masi recently has lost, I think out of his last five decisions,
he has lost three one-to-nothing ball games.
Now that is really calculated to sweeten his spirits.
Washington at Baltimore, no score in the half an inning.
McLean versus Estrada.
Chicago will come in later from Los Angeles.
The doubleheader Minnesota at Kansas City, which will start later.
In the National League, we have Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, Los Angeles at San Francisco, and they are all coming later.
The lead in the National League is now three.
Cincinnati winning in 12 innings yesterday, and San Francisco dumping the Los Angeles again.
The lead in the American League is ten.
Now we have Mike Delahause hitting 270.
Swings it forward, slow curve, and fouls it.
Third base coach DeCruz, it throws it out.
It's a stadium for the Yankees until they are back Tuesday night, September 26,
with Baltimore in the falling Wednesday afternoon.
The red structure is Friday night, September 29, Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
For Deals and the Pitchers, high outside for ball two, two and one.
Two balls, one strike.
Whitey works, and there's a ground foul outside of third.
Ball bounced up into the stands by the scramble.
Two and two.
That's the count. This is the start of inning two.
First of two, and slavery lead two, nothing.
Whitey delivers, and as the ball hit out the right center, Mal is going over.
Mal is there.
And the pitcher, Lampman, is getting ready now to come out of the dugout.
The White Sox thirded him to Cleveland, you will recall, for a hard score.
He's a little bit more up in the coast league, San Diego, trying to regain some measure of control.
He has never been able to get straightened out since he was stuck by Mike Dibble's line drive.
Four hits for 49 at bat.
Right hand hitter.
Forge, slow curve, picks up the outside for a ball strike.
Left hand there works, curve ball is in there again, strike two, right over.
Tuck the heart of it.
Fitches, there's a fast ball on the outside, ball one.
Whitey standing out in the front.
Fives a great deal, loses considerable weight when he pitches.
There's a foul tipped.
He was swinging on a sinker.
And Lampman, he thought of twisting his right arm as though he pulled something back behind the shoulder blade.
Now he moves in.
0-1 and 2, board works, strikes three called.
He gets the flatter on the outside.
Lampman walks away.
Whitey's first crack out today.
The margin of Sasquatch at 185 each.
Now we have Temple to start the game with a double.
Takes a quick curve in for a call strike.
Down hitting 282, a full change of pace and he checked his swing.
One ball, one strike.
When Whitey throws that full change, the ball drastically drops.
It reacts, scares to be a screwball as a curve inside ball two.
Whitey says, no it is not a screwball.
He says, because I do not give my hand the reverse twist.
It may look like it, he says, but it's not.
Two on pitch, one on line foul outside left field.
Two and two.
And a deal.
So that gives Whitey two strikeouts, 186 for the season.
And the score at the end of the inning and a half, first game,
Cleveland to New York nothing.
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Well, Mickey Mantle steps in.
Now just let out a roar.
He made his way to the plate.
He gets right-handed Lapland.
Cleveland, Mickey of course, switches, batting left-handed.
Mantle hitting 324.
Swings and fouls it back.
It's a sharp curve. He broke right down in there.
2-0 and third above the Indians.
Wally Moses goes to the first.
Funk says Eddie is third for New York. Pack ball is high outside. 1-1.
They do not overshift the jacket into right on Mickey as they do on Roger.
The third is outside ball too.
Lapland with the winningest percentage of Indians at Cleveland.
12-4.
Right-hander Dio and Mantle swings it the long drive to left center.
There's Fantoma going back.
Fantoma is in the cross.
He'll take it around first and then into second base.
He's on his way to third.
And he'll poke the ball in and Mantle flies ahead of it for a triple.
And third base, Magella Hawes jumps up and puts up the ball.
Mantle was not looking to bat.
Running down to third base, the Cleveland manager.
Mantle was in there just a quick second ahead of the crow from the strong-armed trucks upheld.
And then Della Hawes claimed and then the bike went down to back him up.
But Mantle in his fly didn't quite get third base.
But Charlie Barry, who was right in position to do it, says yes he did.
So it is a triple for Mantle deep in the left center off Fantoma's drive.
He went back as far as he could.
So this is the first Yankee hit.
So Mantle left his sixth triple and here is John Blanchard hitting a 3-11.
He has nobody out.
Lasts the second inning.
That's still caught right on Blanchard.
He's got the ball to right field.
That's the 20th home run.
So the Yankees driving for a new team total of home runs.
At 217, the old mark is 221, and here's Howard.
Takes the curve for a call strike.
Elston with his magnificent percentage of 362.
Blanchard gets that ball in the third deck.
The only thing he had to wait to be sure is state pay-off.
Curve is strike two, half swing.
Boom, triple on the home run, ball even, 2-2.
Howard is still buzzing.
Next three, sidearm curve ball.
Howard is struck out.
Unless the weather interferes, the last three days of the year,
this is the last double header for the stadium, this is the last one scheduled.
And the crowd is out here to see it.
There's Gowan swinging, hits the ball to right field, and two for a face-hit.
Hits the wall on the face-out, the Moose comes in the second base with a double.
Boy, they didn't leave that back in the clubhouse.
So the Moose hit a line drive right up the alleyway in right center field.
Now they have Boya third baseman.
Yankee's the one that'll last ten.
Check the runner in second, one down, Boya hits a curve with a high foul up by first base.
Power comes over, close to the stands, and makes the catch.
Now Whitey Ford a moment ago was behind two-nothing, and now he walks up to the plate, even.
Whitey has 16 hits.
Gowan was two out, he's down on second.
Curve is into the dirt, and Romano blocks it with his chest, ball one.
Boy, they have some fellows in this lineup that can really hit that ball.
This is inside, ball two.
Two-nothing pitch in their first strike.
Blanchett has become a very remarkable ball player this year.
I've just asked our statistician Bill Kane to do a little medical formula.
Two-one pitch, high, ball three.
He's going to figure out for the ratio of Blanchett's home runs four times at bat,
contrasted with Madeline Marrott's, because here's Blanchett with 20.
I can tell you this, right now, he won't do it.
Let's see, he's got a 50 to Whitey, three-one.
He does, gets it over for the strike.
Madeline has been up 479 times in her 52 home runs.
Marrott has been up 521 times in her 56.
These are official at bat.
Whitey swings, hits the ball through the middle.
The base hit, down the coming around third, and scores, and the Yankees go ahead, three-two, and Whitey puts himself one up.
Now Blanchett has been up officially 197 times in her 20 home runs.
Now, so Whitey Ford puts himself ahead three-two, with a single through the middle, his 17th hit.
He's an excellent hitting pitcher.
And for Whitey, that's his ninth run by today.
Now, we've got Richardson up there, lost in the first inning.
Wings and hits the pitcher, and the ball comes down to left field, fourth stop to second base.
Richardson's line drives, struck Lappman on the right side of his body.
It caught him in the midst of his follow-through.
He couldn't move his hand.
It hit him, I think, right around the wrist.
But it happened so fast, it could have hit him in the stomach.
And there's the trainer running out, stops the run out, and then the pitcher says, no.
Wally Park, the trainer now is going out, told him to go out there and see whether that ball hit Lappman.
And it ricocheted through the hole between third and third into left field.
The trainer talking to the pitcher.
He actually hit him.
The Yankees have come up now with five base hits here in the last second.
Crisetti reminding forward on his second two-man route.
Here's Kubek at the plate.
Wings and hits the ball down to right field line.
It is Brown Roo's double, bounce it in.
Ford scores.
Richardson has held third.
And Dyches is on his way out to the mound.
Maris will hit back the ninth man in the inning.
Where's number nine?
Brown Roo's double for Tony.
Here's him 43 runs by the band.
Yankees four on the Indians two.
Cleveland got out in front two-nothing, and then the Yankees on their second opportunity.
Started backing Lappman.
Here's a funny situation.
There's a new pitcher coming in for Cleveland.
When the manager goes out to remove the pitcher, you know he's going to do it when he says,
give me the ball.
And the man who takes the ball away from the pitcher, that's it.
Dyches goes out there, but the ball, Kubek gets bounced in the right field stand,
and you know these spectators don't throw him back.
So all of a sudden Dyches wants the ball.
He wants the ball to change, and also he wants to hand the ball to the new pitcher,
and he has to come down the plate out far to get it.
This is Bobby Locke walking in.
He's relieved previously in this series.
So Lappman is running.
Locke has gotten the ball from Dyches.
Lappman has walked away.
It is 4-2 for the Yankees.
Runners are at second and third.
Two men are out.
The inning has lasted 12 minutes.
Because I know we started around 2.30.
The man has stepped in.
I thought, well, I'll wait and make the station break.
End of the second inning.
Haven't got the end of the second inning yet.
Maritz on his birthday is 27.
In the first inning he hit a routine fly ball to the right fielder.
Now Bill Kane worked out these figures.
Mantle this year is hitting a home run every nine official at bat.
Maritz is hitting a home run every nine and three tenths official at bat.
And Mantle is hitting a home run every nine and eight tenths official at bat.
So I would say generally they're about hitting in the same tempo.
When you get into the back of that decimal point it doesn't mean very much.
In case you wonder about the stuff in the ad-bass between Mantle and Maritz,
it tells you that Maritz gets more balls to swing at as far as they walk Mantle.
Well, here's Maritz up there.
The photographer has zeroed in on him.
There's a lot of eyes out here too, boy.
4-2 for everybody Yankees.
There's a curve in for a call strike.
Probably locked at the right-hander.
Maritz is on 116 walks this year, Maritz 82.
There's a ground ball hit through the left side for a fake hit.
Richardson is scoring.
Here's Hubeck coming in to score.
And Maritz will lead the league and run right at end.
Poffey drives in two more to lift his total to 132.
Yankees are now out in about 62.
And Mantle, who started the inning, is coming up for the second time.
He started with a tremendous triple to the opposite field in the left center.
So a single to the opposite field to Maritz, single to the left,
picks up these two runners.
Those runs are charged to Lachman.
Maritz, of course, is the responsibility of the Leafsman lock,
and Mantle takes a front ball hit on his hand.
Mickey Hubeck with a sudden run there, just as it was right on top of him.
There's a low end side ball, too.
Yankees six runs and seven hits here in the last of the second.
Now it's the first phase.
Mickey swings at a high curve ball, like one.
Mantle has 156 hits.
Maritz has 142.
Mickey hitting 324, swinging on fouls of the back.
Well, let's see, we haven't added in his base hit here in the second,
so he's won a two-point bet.
He'll see 25 or 26.
All right, 22.
Right-hander delivers way outside, ball free.
Motion on the scoreboard, welcome Amateurville New York State County match camp.
162, favorably, thank you, Miss, second inning up third, as all four, Mantle lost.
Now we have Blanchard.
We call it Mantle's triple for the home run in the second inning, which started.
Blanchard getting on the end.
Think about that punch right through there.
Maritz Mantle, Blanchard, Howard.
How would you like to pitch to that quartet?
Blanchard left-hand hitter, way high outside, ball one.
Block wants another base ball.
Played on par, Yvonne, accommodation.
Nothing in the rule that says an umpire has got to give a pitcher another ball,
and there's nothing in the rule that says he hasn't got to.
The umpire says it's a matter of keeping peace in the family.
Low, ball two.
In other words, as long as the request for another ball is kept within a reasonable limit,
the umpires are honoring.
But of course, they have the authority because they run the ballgames.
They thought that a, you know, let's say a pitcher, for example, rejected a half of that,
and the stuff is just being silly.
They can make him pitch to the one.
Two-nothing delivery is high outside, ball three.
That's the same thing if a batter has to have a ball examined,
the umpires will honor it if it's reasonable.
But I remember out here the last time the Yankees were home,
Charlie Burrows, Dr. LaFlate, and I always wanted a ball examined.
And Burrows says, no, I just examined it.
So all right.
Then Marik hit it for a home run.
That's a swing.
There's a five-ball to straightaway center with just all the weight.
Makes the catch.
So 11 men batted, and six of them scored, and that was seven hits.
Two men were left.
So at the end of two innings of the first game, it is 6-7-0 for the Yankees, 2-4-0 for the Indians.
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Bob Shepard on the 3A is speaking about when the Yankees are next home last week of the season,
Tuesday night, the 26th with Baltimore on the next afternoon,
Friday night, the 29th with the Red Sox in the next two afternoons.
The Red Sox at the end of two innings are leading the Tigers 6-0.
The Yankees have hit a home run.
At the end, two and a half innings is Baltimore 1-0, the Baltimore run, a home run by France.
Other games in the league will be coming in later.
The National League is going now.
Philadelphia leads the Chicago 1-0 at the end of the first inning on Callison's home run for the Phillies.
Our old friend Tom Settement is starting for Pittsburgh and Milwaukee against Warren Fawn.
Settement has won five and lost one since coming up with the power.
Fawn is going to win number 307.
He's amazing, isn't he?
The Cottonwoods have had their first setback at Cincinnati and got a run out of it.
Kentucky against Perky.
But Sangley is coming in later from San Francisco.
Now Jim Pearsall, who was thrown out by Trostoff-Cuback, is first up in the third.
The board out there now with a four-run ball, six-two game.
A curve is hit inside third down the left field corner for a base knock.
Pearsall's around first. He's on his way to second.
Here comes a throw and Pearsall is face.
And here he is making a remonstrance with Bob Stewart.
It is a double for Pearsall.
Richardson was sending garlic for his second base, although there wouldn't be any so.
And then, uh, Sanuena got the throw. He snapped it.
So Pearsall gets the double.
Double to left.
Two-and-a-five off-righting. And here is Francona.
Tito hitting 292.
Takes the flat up for a called strike.
Doesn't need on the outside.
Pearsall averages 150th hit this year. He's having quite a season.
That's your foot right on Tito, who crouches very much.
Hits the ball in the right field on the line. Base hit.
Marich takes on the first skip and Pearsall is held at third base for two reasons.
One, when you're behind four runs, you can't be risky running.
And two, Marich is on.
He only have runners at first and third.
This is six hits off-righting.
Cleveland is taking more liberties with a little left-hander than they usually permit.
The Yankees have the bullpen up again.
They had Coach Stamperger going down there in the first inning.
There's John Romano, who's single in the first inning and not going to run.
Takes the curve low inside, ball one.
Is now throwing in the bullpen. Has a curve hit foul between the coach and third base.
One and one.
That's the count of runners at first and third.
Nobody out here in the third.
Cleveland roughed up Whitey for two runs and four hits in the first inning.
He got the start out in the second, but now the first two minutes have hit him here in the third.
There's a trickle ball up toward third base and he goes foul.
Pearsall was not going to try and score.
One ball, two strikes.
Romano would cross first.
He couldn't wait to have the two other balls with the fair foul.
He had to run. He was walking back.
The Yankees run. They're all charged to the starter, Latham.
Whitey looking at the baseball. There's Roy Wood counting the 50.
The pitch is a little outside. Ball two. Two and two.
For D.O., the curve swung on ground to foul, back at third.
Whitey is taking more time today than is customary for him.
But now he's got this big lead. He would like the best in the world to at least get five innings in and have some of the lead left.
Under the existing rules, a starting pitcher cannot be credited with a win unless he pitches five innings.
Delivers and has the ball that has hit out into short left center field and is dropping toward base hit between Kubeck and Mantle.
This ball is home to make it now six to three.
Front corner stops at second and here comes Hough going out to the mound.
Hough takes the glass out of his bullpen.
He is talking to Whitey. Hough so far hasn't made any motion.
There is one thing about Whitey Ford. He is completely candid and forthrightly honest.
For example, if a manager comes out and says, how do you feel Ford will tell it?
Exactly, because I've heard Whitey say many times that the responsibility to the team is so important that it is up to you to tell the manager always exactly how you feel and then let him make the decision.
And Hough points to the bullpen. So this will be all for Whitey and he cannot be a pitcher of record.
He can either win or lose.
I think it was apparent from the very start of the ball game, the very first hitter, that his stuff was simply not alive.
So that's three runs and seven hits off Whitey. He's responsible for these two runners.
He's been two runs today, gives him a total of 74.
Long Jim Coates is now being announced and he's walking across right field.
This is Coach's ball game to win or lose. He has 10 and 5. This is his 30-H ball game and he has been a two-way pitcher this year, both starting and out of the pins.
Ford gets a hand as he walks off. So yesterday was Ford Day and today is.
And in the third game, they were the Yankees.
The Gossett Cleveland cloud is just so hot in the back of the neck you could buy an egg.
They've lost 16 straight games to the Yankees here at the stadium and if you don't think that's not putting the ball under the saddle blanket, you've got another thought coming.
Now Hough is going back into the dugout.
Coates is checking his battery times with Howard and speaking of checking, we will call us for station identification.
Good sound broadcasting for 1961. This is Quality Modern, WOKO Albany, New York.
We'll send you OKO time, two minutes before 3 p.m.
Howard has done absolutely yeoman service this year. He has been a laboring man and by pitching every fourth day and with remarkable success and with strong assists when necessary from a royal, it has made possible the rebuilding of a pitching staff.
For example, the spring training camp, you certainly counted on Curling, you counted on Dipmaw.
So suddenly, they were ineffective. Something had to be done and had to be done in the course of the season.
A great test of managing the house.
But now that Ford has done so much work, I would say that the number one consideration about him from now on is to get him tuned up for the World Series.
All right. Jim Coates is ready to go ahead to Willie Ketlin who is singled in the first inning and knocked in a run. Yankee is getting 6-3, runners at first and second. We have nobody out.
There's inside, too close to the belt, ball one.
There's the service. There's a sharp curve. That's the flattest one on a miss down across the shins.
Coates went the roof against Washington five days ago. Gave him one run, four hits. One intense game then.
There's a curve that is fouled up. Howard is getting under it. Two-thirds of the way back to the stands and has it for the first time.
So, one down. Foul ball to the catcher. And they're going to now it's Howard.
That's a very severe crowd. With the outfield laid back in the right, he dropped a double inside the left field line.
First inning. Getting 2-65. 6-3 New York. Yankees had a six-run explosion in the second.
Fast ball is going on late foul ball. I'll say this, the coach is the very antithesis of Ford as far as pitching equipment goes.
By the way, our stocky left-hander who is using breaking stuff today, not throwing hard.
And coach is all in hungry face right-hander who throws hard.
Jim ready. This ball came to win. You can hold it.
It's here. It's going on as the ball hit out the right field. It may be trouble. It is.
Oh, bold run. It still took the game to win, but he's got no lead.
That ball failed in the lower right field fan. Not 10 feet fair. Coach first. Badly shook his head.
It is now 6-6. The first five runs charged to Whitey. The sixth one charged to Coates.
Now we have Woody Held. One man out. Fast ball slightly high inside. Ball one.
Held hit a line drive with Maddell one-handed coming in in the first inning.
All right, 6-6.
Serves one run and misses. Strike one. One ball, one strike.
It's going to be a rough afternoon, doesn't it?
It's all right-handed deals. High curve ball. It's too high. Ball two.
All right. So a poem. That's his fifth home run this year. He's run about it in a total of 61.
Two-one delivery. Swung on as a high foul ball up alongside third. Boy, a hundred.
Two-catch. Two-thirds of the way over to the stands. And we have two-ups.
Third baseman Delahose. There's a playing in place of Phillips.
He got hit on the hand early in this series.
Swung on as a line drive over short and to left center for a base hit. Delahose goes around first base and save. Maddell quickly recovers the ball, throws it in.
Single to left center. Now, this gets the lead pitcher Locke as the hitter, and it is Locke's ball game to win or lose.
This game is good for back and forth. First it was 2-0 Cleveland. Then it was 6-2 New York.
And by the time that Locke came in, it looked as though he would just be sort of the expendable long man out of the both hands.
And now all of a sudden, here we go head-to-head. 6-6.
This is the eighth man to bat for save on here in the third inning.
The hitter is the coach, takes the sign from Howard. Delahose leads off first. Locke, the right-hand hitter.
Swings at a curve, hits it to short. Two-back runs over, steps on second for the unassisted course, and that is the third-up.
But before that happens, four runs, five hits, and the score at the end of two-and-a-half innings is Cleveland 6 and New York 6.
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The last half of the third inning. Howard first up, then Schauer and then Boyer. Bobby Locks will replace Lappman.
He's now the pitcher of record at 6-6 ball game. The two starters are off the hook. As the ground ball hit up to a third, Delahoe's grab that puts it in the first place plenty of time and Howard is out.
Now has Schauer removed it to double the right set on the second inning. Getting 273.
Locks field, fastball low inside, ball one. Bobby Locks from Grindstone, Pennsylvania. It always strikes me as an interesting name for a town.
Now that's going on and bow right back into the test protector. So you don't bow your mind. One and one. Mosin on the scoreboard. First quarter score. Baltimore Colts, 28, New York Giants, 13.
And one pitch. There's the ball bounced high. The pitcher has to wait for it to come down. He grabs it close. The person's Schauer and he's out.
Howard using that one hand all the time down at first.
And now I've cleared it for you. All for one. Ball game hanging 6-6. Eight teams taking turns beating on the other.
Pitch, curve ball in there.
Now football season is opening early and earlier.
There's a fastball going on in this. One thing that's done is it has divided up sports and outings.
It used to be that you did baseball and then did football. Maybe you'd have an overlap for one day as a ground foul. Most two, which you could work out.
Now it's getting with specialization even more keenly noted. Baseball announcer, I can't get away to do football and fight first.
Got two sets of our five. Two strike sets, fastball high and five. Ball one. One ball, two strikes.
One and two.
Two down. Lock throw card delivers. There's a curve ball fouled off.
There's been a correction that has come in on the printer about the big ball game at Cincinnati. The Cardinals were first credited with a run.
The correction is they didn't get it and Cincinnati has got a run at the end of two innings and leading one-nothing.
There's a high foul back out of play. One ball, two strikes.
The game tonight is first place Cincinnati one and St. Louis nothing at the end of two.
End of an inning, Pittsburgh is leading Milwaukee three-nothing. Those runs belong to our old friend Tom Stedeman.
Curve fouled off from the upper left field stand. End of three innings, the Red Sox who were close this season here the last three days are leading Detroit six to nothing.
In the four, Baltimore is leading Washington two-nothing. Baltimore is driving to take second place away from the Tigers. I mean driving.
Lock one and two with William.
There's another foul back, still one and two.
Baltimore is three games back at Detroit. If you don't want to go get them on in paper.
You might with all these foul balls is having to.
No, no, no, no, what is it? I thought he was going to call for some more baseballs. He's calling for the trainer.
Just come out, come up there and see boy his left hand. Apparently maybe he's pulled a blister.
How does that do that? He's putting a piece of tape on the left hand.
Let me see now. I think it's the index finger. Now Ramon moves between us. Now he moves away. Thank you, John.
Now let's take a look. Hold your hand out. We'll see where that bandage went.
All right, one ball, two strikes. There is a curve bowed off. Still one and two.
Six, six ball game. He's stuck him out for the high inside flat. So it is one, two, three.
And at the end of three, the total is a six, nine, all for the Indians and six, seven, all for the Yankees.
Now Phil, our statistician Bill Kane has been very cooperative this year, but I asked him to do something just now
and he sadly refused and I wondered if you would do it. What's that? I wanted to go down and ask
how, what happened with that six to two lead? I'm like Bill Kane, I'm not going to do it.
Well he said I doubt if I'd get back and if I did you couldn't use his answer. Out throw.
That must be just about talked out. Twelve runs and sixteen hits in three innings. Man, this looks like one of those days.
Have a little candlelight dinner tonight, about twelve thirty. I figure we'll have a long day at the ballpark.
On the scoreboard of the American League, it's Red Sox six, Detroit nothing at the end of three.
Coplitz replaced Marcy in the third, Connelly for the Red Sox. Billy Broden is just home in the fourth, that makes it six, one.
Jashrimski home in the second with one on for the Red Sox. Baltimore two, Washington nothing at the end of three and a half.
McLean against the Strada. Jackie Brand and Brooks Robinson of home in. Chicago at L.A. has not started. Minnesota at Kansas City hasn't started.
National League, Philly's one, Cubs nothing at the end of two. Roberts against Cardwell, Taliesin home in.
Pittsburgh three, Milwaukee nothing at the end of an inning and a half. Sturtevant against Fawn.
Cincinnati one, Cardinals nothing at the end of two and a half. Tadecki against Turkey. Los Angeles and San Francisco not underway.
Johnny Temple up for his third time in the ballgame here in the top of the fourth. He doubled and scored in the first, struck out in the second.
Jim Coates replaced Whitey Ford, fires a fastball right in there, strike call.
On deck, Jimmy Pearsaw.
Curve fouls and going out of play down the right field line, nothing in two.
Man, look at that first score to score.
Baltimore Colts 28, New York Giants 13. They're playing up in the Yale Bowl.
That's equivalent to this score here in the third inning of 6-6. A lot of score.
Nothing in two on Temple.
Wind up by Coates, fastball high inside ball one.
Got a real good crowd here today.
Never really expected this much, but the fans so interested in the Madel Maris race for home run honors that they're coming out.
Curve misses outside two and two.
All right, Coates ready for the 2-2 delivery. There it is, and it's a foul back in the upper deck out of play.
Out holds it two and two.
Nobody out, nobody on, top of the fourth.
Again the 2-2 delivery. Curve is high, ball three, three and two.
Temple batting 281.
He's been having a pretty good series against the Yankees.
Now the payoff bet. Inside ball four.
That's the first walk given up by Yankee pitches in the ball game. Whitey Ford who went two innings didn't walk anybody.
Brings up Jimmy Pearsall, bounce the short, double the left field and scores.
Jimmy hit one right inside third base and Blanchett played it perfectly off the wall, made a good throw to second.
And there was a little dispute on the call at second base. It was close, but Pearsall just beat the tag.
Pitch to Jimmy, pitch out outside ball one.
Elston Howard figured that Pearsall and Temple might have the hit and run on.
On deck, Tito Francona.
Temple leading away. Fast ball over, strike call one-on-one.
Boyer is playing way in at third.
Garron holding first against Temple.
Time is called by Johnny Temple at first base.
Wanted Pearsall to step out of the batter's box. They recheck the signal for a third base coach, Luke Apling.
Now everybody ready to go.
Al Renof is up in the Yankee both end. Quick throw to first, Temple back.
Here's the stretch. Curve hit in the ground at second base. Richardson to Kubek for one, back to first, double play. They got them.
The Yankees' 162nd double play of the year.
Boyer Richardson made a pretty play on that ball. As he caught it, he had to flip it backhanded and sort of underhand it to Kubek.
Couldn't get too much on it, but Tony came across the bag and fired the first and then Pearsall.
Throw it two out, and here's Francona flying to right, single to right. Tito scored one.
Last year, the Yankees had only 160 double plays all year.
First pitch to Francona is ball one, rolled back to the screen. And already this year, the Yankees have 162.
Two out, nobody on. Wind up by Coates.
Fastball line down the left field line. That's in there for extra bases, rolling down in the corner.
Lanchard picks it up, and Francona's in with a stand-up double.
So again, the big double play that the Yankee infield came up with.
Keeps the run from scoring.
That is the 10th hit for the Indians off Yankee pitching, and it brings up Johnny Romano, who has two of those 10 hits.
He scored twice and driven in two runs.
Mind the single to left, dropped the single in short center field.
Romano now over the 300 mark again, batting at 3-0-1.
Francona's second, score side 6-6. The curve is low and away, ball one.
On deck, Willie Kirkland.
Coates sets. Fastball high and inside, ball two, two-nothing.
All right, here's a stretch by Coates. Fastball fouls right over our heads.
A little too high, though. Two balls, one strike.
Two out, Francona leads off second base.
Right-handed set. Fastball high, ball three, three-and-one.
All right, Coates ready again.
3-1 pitch is a ground foul outside of third. Full count on Romano.
Both starting pitches were knocked out in a hurry.
Gary Lattmann, who started, went an inning and two thirds, and Whitey went two full innings.
Looks like a hitter's day here today at the stadium.
Ready now for the payoff pitch. There it is. It's a curve popped in the air foul,
and Garron's chasing it near the stands, but he can't get it. It goes back about five or six rows.
And the holes are three and two.
All right, Coates ready again.
The run is going. The ball is fouled again over our heads.
And Frank LaFrosia gets one of the easiest foul balls I've ever seen.
It bounced off a few hands, rolled down off the top, took one little bounce, and Frank just picked it up.
So it's still three and two.
And it's stretched by Coates.
Curve swung it, and this strikes three.
So for the Indians in the top of the fourth, no runs, one hit. No Yankees errors, one man left.
At the end of three and a half, Cleveland sixth and the Yankees sixth.
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Right now let's pause for station identification.
At 1460 on the radio dial, you're in tune with Quality Modern, WOKO, Albany, New York.
Good sound broadcasting for 1961. WOKO time, 27 minutes past 3 p.m.
That, by the way, single the center field or driving a run.
Coast is 1 for 34 batting, 029. Takes the fastball right down the middle. Strike one, crawl. Bobby Locke on the mound.
Pitches of record right now are Bobby Locke for the Indians and Jim Coates for the Yankees.
There's a swing and a miss at a curve. Strike two.
One year, Coates had a great year at the place for the Yankees.
He hit nothing but line drive.
Curve, strike three, crawl. Jim stepped back and the ball broke over.
That's one out here. Here's Bobby Richardson who walked and singled off Barry Latman.
The ball was hit so hard off Latman that it kicked between short and third out to left field.
I don't know whether Barry was injured on that play or not, but after the next man double he was taken out of the ball game.
Hitch to Richardson, taken first strike. Tony Kubek on deck.
One strike fastball inside, one on one.
Cleveland scored two on the first, Yankees scored six on the bottom of the second, and the Indians came back with four on the top of the third.
That's the way it stands now, six-six.
Fastball line to right center field, way back there, and that ball is one hop against the right center field wall.
Richardson around first, digging for second and holds up.
And that's a lot of power for little Bobby Richardson in the opposite field.
A ball hit just about 400 feet, one hop against the right center field bleacher wall.
One of the longest doubles that Richardson has ever hit, that's for sure.
That's the second hit off lock, the Yankees' eighth hit of the ball game, and for Richardson his 16th double of the year.
Brings up Tony Kubek, picking up doubles. Tony has 37, leading both major leagues in that department.
He doubled in the second inning after hitting a double play in the first inning.
Tony is driven in one run, adding 279.
Richardson is second with one out.
Stretch to pitch to Kubek is bunned foul and back of the play.
Tony trying to drag one with the right side of the infield playing back.
Richardson hit that ball the way he did in last year's World Series.
On deck, Roger Maris.
Fast ball in the dirt, knocked down by Romano. Bobby holds his second base.
Last year's World Series, Richardson had 11 base hits, two doubles, two triples, one homer, and 12 runs batted in.
He broke records that have been held by sluggers like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio.
Fantastic series.
Back side, ready for the 1-1 pitch. A foul out of play in the upper deck and back of third.
One ball, two strikes.
That's a good thing the Yankees have an off day tomorrow the way this ball game is going, and over an hour and a half we haven't played three and a half innings yet.
Fast ball high and tight. Tony sits down at the 2-2 count.
That's Rod Richardson leading off second.
Block ready for his 2-2 delivery.
A fly ball to left field. Keto Frank corner right there and takes it for the second out.
At the last second, Keto had a little trouble with that ball, but he caught it. Here's Roger Maris.
Roger fly to right field in the first inning, single between short and third in the second inning to drive in two runs, giving him a total of 132 RBI.
272. 56 homers.
On deck, Mickey Matos, stretched by a lot. Pitch outside ball one.
When Roger gets a base hit to left field, it's almost as exciting to see him hit a home run.
Very solid as he hit a ball to the left of second base.
Here's a 1-0 pitch. Outside again, ball two, 2-0.
Richardson is second, now has 160 base hits on the air. That's the high of the Yankee hitters.
Ready for the 2-0 pitch.
Fast ball hit, keep to right. And curving foul, holy cow, he missed a home run by inches.
Roger Maris hit a ball that just missed hitting the foul call for number 57.
Roger never left the batter's box trying to use a little body English. And what a line drive he hit. Oh, man.
Oh, that was close.
Two balls, one strike. The stretch curve is a check swing fly ball down the left field line.
And going into the stands out of play, Delahoe has chased it way back. Couldn't catch up to it.
Roger was trying to hold up on that swing.
Johnny Temple runs in from second base to talk with Locke.
That ball went out like a bullet. Didn't have too much chance to curve. It was just pulled a little bit too much.
Two balls, two strikes, two outs. The score tied 6-6. This is the bottom of the fourth inning.
All right, ready for the 2-2 delivery. High and away, ball three.
Now the payoff pitch to Maris. Here it is, and it's a curve fouled in back of the plate. Curved in three and two.
You can tell by the way they're pitching Maris and Maddell that the pitchers are not trying to let these two hit his break the record.
They hit a home run, they earn it.
Gim will have the 3-2 pitch. Curve, he checks his swing as low inside ball four.
Romano started to walk off the field.
That'll bring up Mickey Maddell, who tripled and scored in the second inning walk, also in the second inning as he came to bat twice in one inning.
Mickey batting 3-26. Maris at first, Richardson at second.
Now up with Maris' 83rd walk of the year.
Here's a curve overstrike call. Maddell has 117 base on balls.
On deck, Johnny Blanchard. Pitch to Mickey, a ground ball at second. Temple up with it. Goes to Vick's power for the outs.
So for the Yankees in the bottom of the fourth, no runs on one hit. No Indian errors, two men left. At the end of fourth full innings, it's Cleveland sixth and the Yankees sixth.
And right now I'd like to mention.
Again on the scoreboard, it's the Red Sox seven, Detroit two at the end of four and a half.
Bruton and Yastremski of home it. Baltimore three, Washington nothing at the end of five. Brant and Brooks Robinson of home it. Chicago at L.A.
And Minnesota, Kansas City have not started. In the National League, it's the Phillies one, the Cubs nothing at the end of three and a half.
Callison home it. Pittsburgh three, Milwaukee nothing at the end of two and a half. Cincinnati one, Cardinals nothing at the end of four and a half. And Los Angeles at San Francisco not on the way.
For the Indians, Willie Kirkland will lead off Kirkland's single assent at a drive in a run in the first inning and fouled out to the catcher.
Six six ball game.
Ground ball to first base, Garren backhands it, flips underhand to coach covering in time to get Kirkland. For a big fellow that Kirkland can't get down the line.
And that'll bring up Vick Power who double a left field and then hit a three run home to the opposite field in the third inning.
That was only Vick's fifth home of the year.
Giving him a total of sixty one RBI's now.
Setting two sixty seven.
That's blown away ball one.
Well today is Roger Maris' twenty seventh birthday.
Happy birthday Roger.
Pitch to Vick Power foul back of the plate.
One on one.
Man what a career he's got ahead of him. Just twenty seven years old.
One one curve ball hit down the right field line close to the hole and foul deep in the right field corner.
One ball two strikes.
One ball two strikes one out nobody on.
That ball almost hit by it did hit him he goes to first base.
Vick Power now pointing to Jim Coates.
Trying to say that Coates threw at him intentionally.
And Vick Power was just nicked.
With that ball on the hand he's throwing the bat back walking towards the mound and pointing his finger at Coates and playing something as he goes to first base.
And Jimmy Dyches now wants to talk with Frank Umott.
And it was off Jim Coates that Vick Power hit the three run homer.
And Coach Low Bridgdom Dyches now talking to Umott.
You know if it is determined that a pitcher threw intentionally at a hitter.
He can be given a stiff spine and suspended.
And Vick Power is not too happy at first base.
And he has made no bones about it.
Here's Woody Held who lined a center field.
Maddell making a fine running catch and then popped the third.
One away.
Court tied 6-6. Pitch to Held high ball one.
Vick Throw to first. Power back. And Vick Power says throw to the plate.
He points into the plate to Jim Coates.
And Vick Power now arguing with first base umpire Joe Lynch a lot.
Coach throws over there but Vick had his foot on the bag.
Well we might have a little activity, a little action in this ball game before it's over.
Jimmy Pearsaw now standing on the top step to the Indian dugout.
Looks like he's ready to charge out there.
Tell you one thing if they have a rhubarb I'm in the right spot up here.
I've been in a few of them.
Alright here's the stretch.
Curve is high. Ball two, two or nothing.
Pearsaw now yelling out to Coates.
Somebody threw a rubber ball out in the field. Kogak picked it up throws it to Luke Adling.
Looks like the folks are out here having a picnic.
Alright ready for the two nothing pitch.
Inside ball three, three or nothing.
Mike Delahose on deck.
Three nothing delivery. High inside ball four.
Bell walks, Vick Power walking slowly to second base.
And Pearsaw is waving a towel at Coates.
And trying to get Jim's attention. Ralph Houch is going out to the mound now.
Working with Jim Coates, Bobby Richardson and Nelson Howard there.
And Ralph's going to leave them in. He's telling Coates to never mind the riding from the opposing team,
but to concentrate on the hitter.
One away, runners at first and second.
Inside six, six and the top of the fifth, Nevada Mike Delahose flying to center and single to center.
Alright, Power leads off second. Woody held off first. The stretch by Coates.
Third ball is high and away, ball one. Pearsaw still waving the towel.
Throw to second base and Power is safe.
And Power did not slide back in a second and Bobby Richardson argues very briefly with second base dunk by a Bob Stewart.
Vick Power was almost fixed off second. He did not slide back into the bag.
And that would have made Coates very happy.
Vick's taking a big lead down there.
Here's the one-nothing fit. A ground ball to third. Boy, a step down third.
Throw to first, double play.
For the Indians, in the top of the fifth, no runs, no hits, no Yankees. There is one man left.
At the end of four and a half, it's Cleveland six and the Yankees six.
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While Bobby Locke was loosening up, Jimmy Jakes hopped out of the Cleveland dugout
to talk with Frank Humon once again.
For the Yankees, Johnny Blanchard leads off. Blanchard was up twice in the second inning.
Homers with Mantle at third base and then flying to center field.
Johnny now batting 312 with 20 homers and 47 RBI.
It takes Blanchard to overstrike one call.
On deck, Elston Howard.
Fastball low, one-on-one.
Half-time score now up in New Haven.
Baltimore, coast 35, New York Giants 13.
Johnny United having a great day again.
Turn, hit deep to right, way back there.
And oh, by inches, way up in the upper deck again.
Man, that Blanchard is really tagging that ball.
He hit that one high and deep.
That ball couldn't have been fouled by much.
One ball, two strikes.
Curve way outside, two and two.
Two-two pitch outside, ball three, three and two.
Full count on Johnny Blanchard.
Bobby Locke completely soaked through his uniform with perspiration.
Now the payoff pitch to Blanchard.
A foul coming near the Indian dugout.
Romano chasing it, but he can't get it.
Bounces on top of the dugout and then way back in the seat.
Count holds at three and two.
All right, Locke ready again for the three-two pitch.
Swing and a miss, strike three.
And Johnny went after a bad pitch.
He knew it, tried to hold the bat back, but couldn't do it.
Strikeout number three for Locke.
That'll bring up Elston Howard.
How it struck out the second inning, bounced the third in the third inning.
Kelly now batting three-sixty and Locke now wants a foul from the Indian dugout.
Fans are getting on somebody out there.
Waving handkerchief.
One out now, nobody on.
Howard takes a fastball low, ball one.
Another fastball outside this time, ball two, two and nothing.
Cincinnati now leading the Cardinals two-nothing at the end of five.
And the Red Sox leading Detroit eight-two at the end of five.
And now San Francisco just getting underway.
All right, here's a two-nothing pitch, it's a swing and a miss, strike one, two and one.
On deck, Bill Scarron.
Fastball hit over the pitcher's head and back at second, held up with it,
close to first in time to get Howard, nice play by Woody Held.
Had to throw that ball off balance.
Two away and here's the moose who double a deep right center field in the second inning,
hit back to the box in the third.
Scarron has scored one.
Two out in the six-six ball game, last of the fifth.
Not good to the moose, curve that's low, ball one.
Changeup curve hit, backhanded by the third baseman, a long throw.
It's time for the out.
And Mike Delaholz pulled a cleat boyer as he split on his knees and backhanded
Scarron smash over the bag and threw a strike to first base.
So the Yankees go down in order in the bottom of the fifth nothing across.
At the end of five full innings, it's Cleveland sixth and the Yankees sixth.
And right now, some important news for all bowling fans in the area.
From September 9th through the 17th, the Long Island Fair will have a new special feature this year.
Ballantine along with AMF and the Long Island Daily Press will sponsor the Long Island Pro-Am Bowler Fair.
Here are the nation's top professional bowlers from the famous Ballantine bowling classics.
Fellows like Wrongfoot, Lou Campi, Lindy Farragalli and other well-known pro bowlers
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On top of that, it's a lot of fun.
So be sure to attend the Long Island Fair at the Roosevelt Raceway and Exhibition Center in Westbury, Long Island.
Don't miss the Ballantine bowling classic bowlers in action.
Right now, let's pause for station identification.
At 1460 on the radio dial, you're in tune with Quality Modern, WOKO and Albany New York.
Good sound broadcasting for 1961. WOKO time, five minutes before 4 p.m.
Red Sox, eight, Detroit, two at the end of five, Baltimore, three, Washington, nothing at the end of seven,
Chicago at L.A. hasn't started, Minnesota, Kansas City a doubleheader, nothing, nothing at the end of one.
The National League, Phillies won, Cubs won at the end of four and a half.
Pittsburgh, three, Milwaukee, one at the end of four, Cincinnati, two, the Cardinals, nothing at the end of five.
L.A. and San Francisco just getting underway.
Bobby Locke swings and misses a curve ball, strike one.
Locke's been up one, bounce to the shortstop.
Fastball is low, one, one, a lot.
On deck, Johnny Temple.
One, one curve, low outside, ball two, two, one.
Here's the two, one delivery.
Now look at the bat went into the seat.
I don't know whether it hit anybody, but that bat went back at least seven or eight rows into the box seat in back of the Cleveland dugout.
And it did not hit the seat.
We could not hear any noise.
It hit somebody.
And I just hope it didn't hit them hard.
Very slippery up there at the plate today and the bat slipped out of Locke's hand.
The policemen are there.
It doesn't look like anyone was hurt.
But I tell you, I've seen some bats thrown, but that one's a record.
That bat went about the distance of home plate to second base.
And they get the bat back.
But I believe they should give them another bat.
That's like a foul ball being hit into the stand.
They're entitled as souvenir, more so if you're hit by a bat than a baseball.
I think they're looking for a bat that nobody uses too much and will give it to the fans.
And that's what they're going to do.
And they get a brand new bat.
And they get applause too.
And a little youngster there.
He may be bruised a little, but he's very happy.
Nothing serious.
Boy, everything's happening here today.
Do two count on Bobby Locke.
Curve fouled off the screen.
And that ball struck underneath the screen.
We're not surprised at anything that happens from here on in.
Still two and two with nobody out, nobody on.
And the top of the sixth, Gorth dies, takes six.
Again, Coach, two-two delivery.
It hit his bat, goes fair down the first baseline scourer, and picks it up and pegs Locke for the outs.
Locke was trying to get out of the way of the inside fair ball.
And the ball hit his bat, went right to the moose.
That'll bring up Johnny Tempo.
Doubled in the first inning and scored.
Locke out in the second, walked in the fourth.
Locke is giving the youngster who was hit with the bat a hand, and he's waving the bat up in the air.
All right, here's the pitch to Tempo.
A foul back out of play in the upper deck.
Strike one.
It must be a frightening feeling to see a back come sailing toward you.
You can't catch it like a baseball.
One strike curve will foul back in the lower deck.
Nothing in two.
Two strikes there, tie and tight ball one.
On deck, Jimmy Pearsaw.
And if Coates should throw a little close to Pearsaw, we'll see some fireworks.
But he and Coates have tangled before.
One ball, two strike curve is hit to right field.
Roger Maris moves back a few steps under it and takes it.
That's two away.
And it'll bring up Pearsaw, bounce the short, doubled and scored, and then hit into a double play.
Pearsaw was digging a hole in the batter's box while Umont was trying to clean home plate.
All right, here's the windup.
Pitch to Pearsaw, high inside ball one.
And Jimmy gives Pearsaw the look and starts talking to him.
It was really not that close.
Pearsaw seems to be closer to the plate than his normal stance.
He's swinging the bat back and forth and talking to Coates at the same time.
One nothing pitch, curve over, strike one, one on one.
On deck, Tito Francona.
Here's the one, one pitch, another curve, foul back off the screen, one ball, two strikes.
Here's the windup.
Curve in the dirt, two and two, two out, nobody on.
All players from both benches are picking their opponents in case of a free-for-all.
They do that jokingly.
And as for Umont, he's looking over and the Yankee dugout, here's the pitch, it's foul back in the upper deck.
Out holds it two and two.
Pretty good idea though, if you think there's going to be a rhubarb,
pick out somebody you know is kind of friendly.
Trouble is in a fight too many of the opponents would pick me.
Good thing I could run.
All right, still two and two on Pierce Hall.
Coates is two, two pitch, wing and a miss, strike three.
He struck them out.
And the Indians get down in order in the top of the sixth inning, nothing across.
At the end of five and a half it's Cleveland sixth and the Yankees sixth.
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For the Yankees, Fleet Boyer will lead off to be followed by Jim Coates.
Maybe followed by a little fireworks.
Boyer popped the first base and struck out.
Score field tie 6-6.
Lock into the windup.
It's the Boyer, a foul just to our left out of play.
Lock comes back with a curve that's fouled in back of the play picked up by Romano, nothing in two.
Rick Powell is still talking with first base umpire Joe Lincolotta.
Now the one ball two strike curve ball is low inside, two and two.
Two-two pitch, foul on the upper deck down the left field line, kick down the lower deck.
Two and two on Boyer.
Boyer's Barbie lock uniform is really soaked.
It must be heavy out there.
Now he wants a new baseball.
Two-two pitch, foul back in the upper deck out of play.
On a day like this a pitcher can lose easily ten pounds and as much as fifteen or seventeen.
Pitch is a fly ball at short left field.
Fancona coming in, Held back, Held going back. He's got it, a nice running play by Woody Held with his back to the plate and over the shoulder grab.
Fancona could not have caught up to the ball.
Fine play by Woody Held.
And here's Jim Coates coming up to the plate.
Coates was called out on strikes in the fourth inning.
One out, nobody on and now Locke wants to talk with Romano.
Coates talks with Frank Humott while they're huddling out on the mound.
Now it's set to go.
Here's the wind up.
Fastball right down the middle, strike call.
Coates leaned away from the pitch kind of expecting an inside pitch.
But he didn't get it.
There's one almost hit him and he jumps out of the way and it rolls back to the screen.
One on one.
And Frank Humott looking at the ball talking with Romano and warning Romano to warn his pitcher.
Not to come too close to Mr. Coates.
Let's Locke him so hard.
Bobby takes out a handkerchief, mops his hands in his brow.
Of course a pitcher can always claim that the ball slips out of his fingers on a hot day like this.
All right here's the one-one pitch.
Little bit low, ball two, two and one.
Two-two pitch right down the middle, strike two.
And they're merely making a bucket hitter out of Coates this time at that.
He's stepping right toward third base on every pitch.
Can't say as I blame him.
Two-two pitch.
He swings and misses strike three at a low curve ball.
Strike out for Locke, it's two out.
Here's Richardson who is two for two.
He walks singled and doubled.
Bobby now batting 273, 6'6 the score here in the bottom of the sixth.
Pitch to Richardson a foul at the plate, bounced on the ground, bounced up and hit Richardson.
Strike.
Curve is popped into short left field.
Frank Conner makes the catch and he almost lost that ball.
You could see the sun glistening on his glasses as he went after it.
He flinched a little at the end but he caught it.
So the Yankees get down in order in the bottom of the sixth.
Nothing across and at the end of sixth full inning.
It's Cleveland six runs, ten hits, no errors, the Yankees six runs, eight hits and no errors.
As we take a look at the scoreboard, in the American League at the end of sixth inning, it's Boston eight and Detroit three.
Coplitz against Connelly, Bruton, Holman for Detroit, Yastrumsky with one on for the Red Sox.
Baltimore three, Washington nothing at the end of seven and a half, Klipstein replaced McLean, Estrada for Baltimore, Grant and Brooks Robinson, Holman for Baltimore.
Chicago at L.A. hasn't started. Minnesota, Kansas City in the first of two.
The A's won the twins nothing at the end of two, Kralik against Bath.
In the National League, Phillies won, Cubs won at the end of four and a half, Foresy against Cardwell, Talieson, Holman.
Pittsburgh three, Milwaukee won at the end of five, Sturtevant against Fonz, Fonz going for number three oh seven.
Cincinnati five and the Cardinals two at the end of sixth, the Dekke against Turkey, Post, Holman in the sixth with two on.
As the Cardinals have tied the score in the top of the sixth with two runs, Post came back with a three run home.
The Los Angeles at San Francisco, Williams against Lowe.
Well, we're all set to go here in the top of the seventh of this tie ball game and ready to go.
We'll carry the rest of the way, Mel Allen.
Hello there everybody.
We're ready now for the seventh inning.
Tito Francona leading off for the Indians, Johnny Romano on deck and Willie Kirkland to follow.
Foreside six-six. Jim Coates delivers. The pitch is in there for a call strike.
Little off his fastball. Francona applied to right, single to right and double to left.
The numbers three, four and five hitters in the order first up.
Coates in relief for Ford, comes in now with another half-speed pitch which is outside.
Ball on, one and one.
One ball, one strike.
Jim into the windup. Around comes the right arm.
The pitch fastball swung on, lifted up into the air, stumbled in the Tiger Series,
but still made a spectacular catch.
Scratched his arm.
Place where Bob Serb hurt himself earlier in the year.
A little dip out there and you're running across a certain level of ground that foot just doesn't hit right.
Johnny Romano swings at the first pitch, bounces at the short,
Kubek up with his throws on to first in time.
Two away.
Now Willie Kirkland comes up, single to center, foul of a catcher and grounded to first.
Six power coming out on deck.
Indian six to Yankee, six at the seventh inning.
Jim Coates into the windup. In comes the pitch to the left-hand batter.
It's over. Strike one, nothing and one.
Can't make a mistake with Willie.
Hand the pitch over the outside corner. Strike two.
Open stance. Good, solid, full hitter with power.
Six all, seventh inning.
Now the two-strike pitch fastball misses, low and away, one and two.
One ball, two strikes.
Jim into the windup and the pitch is in there.
Foul, strike three.
Caught him looking.
Dives retired, no runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
And at the end of six and a half innings, Indian six Yankee, six.
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In the last half of the seventh inning, Tony Kubeck will be leading off,
Roger Maris on deck, and Mickey Mantle to follow.
For any late tuners in, the Indians scored two in the first off-fords.
After the Yankees have knocked out Barry Lattmann with a six-run attack in the second,
including a home run by Johnny Blanchard following Mantle's lead off-triple,
the Indians knocked out Ford in the third, and Vic Power hit a three-run homer off-coach to tie the score.
Kubeck rounded the second into a double play, double to right and flying to left.
Bobby Locke, who has been in there since the second inning with two outs and a leap of Lattmann,
into the windup, the pitch is high and away, ball one.
The right hander to the windup, and the next pitch flung onto high fly ball into left center.
Jimmy Pearsall gets under it and has one away.
Now Roger Maris, fly to right, swing to the left, and walk.
The last time up Maris just missed a homer.
Bobby Locke won the third deck foul a little bit. Pitch is way high, ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
Bobby Locke to the windup, the pitch, and Maris swings and lifts a high, high foul.
Vic Power comes in for, and he has it.
Two downs.
Now coming up is Mickey Mantle, who tripled in the second inning,
and walked all in the same inning, and then grounded the second and the fourth, batting 325.
Indian six Yankees, six step and pinning.
Mantle wants Frank Humont to flick the ball over.
He saves it in the game.
Locke to the windup, and the pitch is high and away, ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
Locke ready, two downs, seven pinning, six, six.
End of the windup, and the pitch is high outside, ball two, two and nothing.
No strikes.
Now the pitch, change up is high, ball three, three and nothing.
Mantle looks at Krasetti, he's got a green light.
Guaranteed he's not going to get one down the middle anyway.
Two balls, no strikes, two outs, six, six, seven pinning.
Locke ready, end of the windup, and the three nothing pitch is high for ball four.
Second time, Mantle's walk.
The key gets to walk, his second of the game and 118 in the season.
Now Johnny Blanchard, hit a home run in the second inning,
flying to center all in the same inning.
Struck out in the fifth after he too almost had a second home run.
Barely fouled in the upper deck.
Six, six, seven pinning.
Bobby Locke to the stretch.
And time has been called.
And somebody takes a swing at Pierce Hall, two men take a swing at Pierce Hall and he goes after them.
And the police are after them, and the Indian ball crowd is after them.
Two kids went out and took a swing at Pierce Hall and the whole Indian ball club,
and the police are out there and they got them.
Jimmy started up around them and they got them.
Two ran out onto the field and suddenly started swinging.
Jimmy dropped one, one after the other, and the Indian ball club got out there in a hurry.
And a dozen or more police got right out there.
And Mickey Mantle is one that's out there.
Mickey went out too.
And now the cops have both of the offenders and a hustle out of the ballpark.
And Mantle was out there long at the city.
Now I think some one of the two, have we got any field glasses here?
I think Pierce Hall may have suffered some abrasion.
Wally Bachman is going out, but Jimmy is surrounded.
What an offensive thing.
And Jimmy gets a hand.
God bless him.
I'll tell you this, I'd hate to be those two fellows.
It must have been three quarters, the Indian ball club finally got down top of them,
and Mantle and Presetti got out there.
They'll fight one another on the field of play, but don't let anybody like that come out,
because then they gang up on them.
Jimmy is staying in.
Jimmy just lost his father, you know, this past week.
You knew that this had to happen some day, something like that.
Not only just to Jimmy, but to anybody with people running on the field.
As stiff as is a pine, and the jail term, it will probably be made even stiffer.
Just all of a sudden, I would say they must have, they look to me like about,
over 100 yards away, I'd say somewhere around 21 to 25 years old.
And Jimmy took them both on, but he didn't have too long.
The Indian bullpen emptied, they came out of the dugout,
and Mantle was on first base, raced out, and Presetti came over from third base.
Well, it's been a wild day, but you just can't win unless the players play their game.
There's Johnny Blanchard up, two down, Mantle on first, and the pitch.
Plung on, foul back upstairs, strike one, nothing in one.
And there's still fussing over that incident.
Why, I don't know. Why it happened.
No balls, one strike.
Bobby Lock ready, and the pitch, way outside, almost a wild pitch, one and one.
One and one count on Blanchard.
Boy, the stadium police move faster than ever.
Dominators came out of everywhere.
But over the first, almost a wild one, thick power jumps up to grab it.
Mantle was standing on the bag.
Six all, seven sending with two out.
Bobby Lock ready, and the pitch, plung on, there's the drive, the deep right center,
and that ball is going to be caught by Pearsall.
He took a home run away from Blanchard.
How about that? He leaped up and took a home run away.
Listen to hand for Jimmy.
Jimmy Pearsall went all the way over in front of the Yankee bullpen, leaped high in the air,
and took a home run away from Johnny Blanchard.
And the side is retired.
No runs, no hits, no errors, and one left off at the end of seven innings.
Cleveland, six runs, ten hits, no errors, the Yankees, six runs, eight hits, and no errors.
Wow, Jimmy really climaxed the inning after two people had assaulted him.
He just committed highway robbery, which is legal on a ball field.
We pause for safe identification.
Good sound broadcasting for 1961.
Equality Modern, WOKO, Albany, New York, your Yankee baseball station.
The time, 29 minutes past 4 p.m.
The Boston Red Sox lead the Detroit Tigers 8-4 at the end of six and a half innings.
Baltimore 3, Washington nothing, at the end of eight.
Kansas City one, Minnesota nothing, at the end of two and a half.
National League, Chicago six, Philadelphia one, end of six.
Pittsburgh three, Milwaukee one, end of six.
Cincinnati five, St. Louis two, at the end of six and a half.
Los Angeles nothing, San Francisco batting in the first inning.
Now to the eighth, Sixall and the sixth power.
The coach for the windup and the pitch is swung on line out into right center for a base hit.
Marist takes it on a hop and tosses back into Richardson.
Power double to left, did a free run homer off coach in the third.
Was hit by a pitch ball in the fifth.
Opens the eighth with a single to right.
That brings up what he held with Mike Delahose on deck.
Jim Coates in relief for Whitey Ford.
Checks the runner.
And held, started to bunt and takes it for a strike.
No ball, one strike.
Boyer shortened up a third.
Jim Coates tosses easily over to first.
Time has been called.
That's four by held, now he's back in.
Coates again with a stretch.
And the pitch, swung on and missed, strike two, a switch.
No ball, two strikes.
Coach Reddy, now the pitch and it's outside, ball one, one and two.
A lead up curve just off the plate.
One ball, two strikes.
Power leading away, throw over, he's back.
Jim Coates into the stretch.
Here's the pitch, swung on, that's a high pop-up out back of second.
Richardson backs up, still goes back under it and has it.
One down.
And the batter is Mike Delahose.
He's in the center, single to center, and grounded to third into a double play.
The bullpen is busy, goes to Yankee bullpen.
Throw over to first and power is back.
The pitch is high for a ball, one ball, no strikes.
And the delivery inside, ball two, two balls, no strikes.
A 2-0 count.
Bobby Lock, the next scheduled batter, whether he bats or not may depend on what Delahose does.
Here's the pitch, swung on and fouled off to the right of the plate, out of play, two and one.
Two balls, one strike, six-six, eighth inning, one on and one out for the Indians.
Delahose, the right-hand batter, power moves off first.
Here's the pitch, swung on, there's a looping pop that will be taken by Maris in short right.
Power retreats to first.
Delahose lifts a pop-up in the very short right.
And now we look toward the Indian bench and Bobby Lock is coming out.
He has done a fine job in relief for Blanton.
In fact, Lock has just given up two hits.
Came on in the second inning with two outs, gave up one hit then and gave up one hit in the fourth, and that's all.
Grounded to short and first.
The delivery, swung on and missed, strike one.
Johnny Temple is on deck.
Another six-six ball game as we play in the first of the eighth.
Sixth power on first base.
Stretched by Jim Coates and the pitch, swung on, bounced over the head of the pitcher, out over second, into center, fourth base hit.
And that's only Lock's fourth base hit of the season.
He had three hits this season and he bounces one through the middle.
And that may be a key base hit with Johnny Temple coming up.
Here's Johnny Temple, double to right center, take a third strike, walks and fly to right.
Runners on first and second, two down.
The pitch to Temple, swung on, hit sharply to short, two back up with it, clips on to Richardson for the fourth out at second, a block.
The side's retired.
No runs, two hits, no errors, two men left on.
Seven and a half innings, Cleveland six, New York six.
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It's the last half of eighth inning.
Nelson Howard first up for New York, Bill Scaron on deck, and please, for you to follow.
Court tied at 6-6, and if anyone just tuned in or just got in the car driving along, no M&M homers. Big power, hit a three-run homer.
Johnny Blanchard hit a two-run homer.
John Howard, nothing for three. Bobby Locke's delivery, low outside, ball one. Howard struck out, grounded to third and short, hitting 3.59.
Chapman and Ford were the starters.
Locke, the right-hander, into the windup, and the pitch is low again, ball two, 2-0.
Now the 2-0 pitch, right in there, 2-1.
Next delivery, swung on, there's a fly ball down the right field line going foul out of play.
A 2-2 count.
2-2 pitch, swung on, hits out back through the middle for a base hit.
Dersall up for the ball, tossing it back in.
Nelson Howard, single to the center of the opening, penning for New York.
Yankees second hit since the second inning. They got all their runs and seven of their eight hits in the second inning.
They got one hit in the fourth and now one in the eighth.
Bill Scaron, double to right center, hits to the box and grounded to third.
Bobby Locke into the stretch and the pitch, high and inside, ball one.
Ellie has this safely in his last eight games.
6-0, eighth inning.
Locke throws a lot of stinkers, that's what he'd be going up there to moot.
He's ready and the pitch is inside, ball two.
Two balls, no strikes and now out of the back out comes Jimmy Dyches.
He may figure, we'll see what he figures.
He may figure Bobby who has pitched brilliantly on this hot day since the third inning with two outs,
or rather the second inning with two outs, may be tiring but we'll see.
He just signaled his bullpen a little bit ago to see if whoever was warming up out there was ready.
Got it signaled back. So he's going to call someone in.
Bobby Locke turned down a great job in relief.
Pitching five in a third inning.
Nobody out in the eighth.
Three hits.
Walked three men and struck out four.
And I believe that's Frank Funk coming in.
Locke and Jimmy Dyches judgment just simply has begun to tire.
Will Frank Funk will be coming in.
And with a two-nothing count on Scowran, in the event he should walk,
that walk would be charged to the outgoing pitcher Locke.
Whatever else happens is charged to Funk. A hand now for Bobby Locke.
Frank Funk will be making his 54th appearance and his third in this series.
And has a record of 11 and 10. Yesterday was charged with a defeat.
The Yankees will next be home in the last week of the season for the Orioles and the Red Sox.
The Red Sox lead the Tigers 8-4 in their seven innings and Baltimore defeated Washington 3-2,
saving off a center-to-ninth inning rally of two runs.
All right. We're ready to continue.
Frank Funk has a good assortment of fast balls, curve balls, change of pace, end of the stretch.
And a pitch. Swung on a high foul beyond first and the ball is going to be out of play.
Two and one.
There was a spot where a batter had his mind made up to be swinging.
He figured with the count two and nothing, the pitcher is going to have to get the ball in the strike zone.
Two and one now.
The right hand earned in the stretch. Howard moves off first.
Here's the pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike two. Counted him with a fast ball.
Two balls, two strikes. The right hand are ready. And the pitch. Swung on.
Little roller hits toward third. Delahoe is up with his place at the first base in time.
Howard advancing to second.
A slow roller to third. And Berra had started out of the dugout to hit for Boyer.
Went right back in. Maybe he went to get another bat.
It's going to be Hector Lopez.
I think Ralph Howard quickly figured what could happen anyway if Lopez does nothing.
If you put Berra up with first base open and walking.
So rather than just lose a man, sending up Hector Lopez to hit for Boyer.
Now they have to pitch to Lopez.
Yankee bullpen is busy and if Lopez doesn't do anything, they may send Yogi up to hit for Coates anyway.
I think he's still walking and going to do. But here's Lopez up with one away. Six all, eight sending. And the pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike one. Nothing and one.
Strike bunk all set. And the pitch. Swung on and fouled off to the right of the plate out of play.
No balls. Two strikes.
One away in the eighth sending. Six all.
Howard on second. One out. The right hander to the stretch and we're ready for the two strike pitch. Here it is. Swung on and missed. Strike three.
So Hector Lopez strikes out. Now Bob Serbs going to come up and bat for Coates.
Bob Serbs heading 222.
Johnny Romano out to talk to Frank Funk.
We're all set. The pitch to serve is inside ball one. Bobby Richardson on deck.
Elston Howard on second with two down in the eighth sending.
The Cleveland right hander is set. Checking the runner. And the pitch. Sailing high inside for ball two.
Two balls, no strikes. Howard moves off second. Here's the pitch and it's right over. Strike one. Two and one.
Here's the two one pitch to Big Bob. Here it is. Swung on, lined to left field for a face hit. Here comes Howard on third and comes on in to score.
On a single left by Bob Serbs.
And Billy Gargile going to run for serve.
Serves singles home Elston Howard to make it seven to six New York. Serves 34th run batted in.
And Billy Gardner goes in to run for serve.
Bobby Richardson steps up, threw a walk. Singles. Doubled and climbed to left.
Now the pitch. Swung on, popped up in the air behind the plate. Romano comes back toward the screen. It's out of play.
And you know what? The ball just missed the screen and Romano misjudged it.
He gave up. He's thinking the ball's going to land on the netting and it just was inches short of it.
No ball, one strike.
Frank Funk into the stretch.
The right hander's pitch is swung on, bounced to short. Held up with it, flips it on to Temple for the force out of Gardner.
And the side is retired. One run, two hits, no errors, and one left on.
And Luis Arroyo's coming on to the bullpen. At the end of eight innings, New York seven runs, ten hits, no errors.
Six left on. Cleveland six runs. Twelve hits, no errors. And seven men left on base.
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Arroyo coming on, and while he does, we look at the scoreboard.
Sniggers got another run in the eighth inning. And at the end of seven and a half, it's Boston eight, Detroit five,
Cornelius, Bocahnly in the eighth, Mossy Darver destroyed, Coppola and Salien relieved,
Homer's, Bruton, and Jasperski. Baltimore beat Washington three to two. Estrada beat McLean.
Brant and Brooks Robinson homering. Angels won, the White Sox nothing, down to the first inning, spring against Pizarro.
But in the second inning, Smith and Landis have homered for the White Sox to make at least two to one.
Lee Thomas homered for the Angels in the first. Kansas City five, Minnesota nothing in the four, Bass against Pralik.
Dottir relieved Pralik in the third. National League, Chicago six, Philadelphia one, end of six, Cardwell started for the Cubs.
Joseph Anderson relieved in the seventh. Roberts for Philadelphia, Faresi in the fifth.
Callison and Demeter have homered. Demeter, a grand slammer in the seventh inning for the Fills, so it's at least now six-five.
Pittsburgh three, Milwaukee two, end of seven, Sturtivant against Spahn. Spahn homered in the seventh.
Cincinnati beat St. Louis five to two. Bob Perky beat Sadecki. Post, Homer with two on.
And San Francisco leads Los Angeles two to nothing, end of two, Lowes against Williams.
Now to the ninth inning. Jimmy Peresol leads off.
Luis Torollo to the windup and the pitch swung on, hits to short.
Kubek's up with it, throws on to Scarron, one away.
Jimmy had had one for four, a double, and he took a two-run home run away from Blanchard.
Here's Tito Francona, who's at two for four.
Arroyo making his 58th appearance, a record of 14-3.
Billy Gardner, of course, has taken over third base for Boyer.
Tito in there for a strike. Johnny Romano on deck.
Now for delivery. Curve ball outside, ball one, one and one.
Jim Coates, whom Arroyo relieved, came on the third, nobody out.
Hit six innings, allowed five hits. Was charged with one run, but one hit he gave up was a three-run Homer. Two of the men put on the board.
Next delivery, outside, ball two, two and one.
Two-one pitch, way outside, ball three, three and one.
Now the delivery, swung on and fouled back, strike two, full count.
Now the three-two pitch, swung on and fouled back out of play.
Once again the wind up and the three-two pitch, swung on, fouled off, again out of play, back to third in the upper deck.
Ninth inning, one out. Gardner guarding that third baseline. Kubek way over near a second.
Once again Louis goes for the wind up and the pitch, swung on, it's a high pop into very short left, Kubek dancing out and makes the catch.
So there are two away and the banner of Johnny Romano with Willie Kirkland on deck.
Romano single to left, single to center, struck out, grounded to short, driven in two runs.
Heading 299. Here's the pitch on the way, swung on, a high, high pop foul.
He's forward moving toward it, 100 and has it and the ball game is over.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on and the Yankees won their 11th straight game.
7-6. We'll have the totals in just a moment.