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Hi again everyone, Gene Elston here along with Lowell Pass, our producer Bob Boyne and engineer Bob Green.
And welcome to the final game here at Cole Stadium. We have six games remaining following today.
All six will be on the road at San Francisco and Los Angeles.
the starting pitchers for this afternoon's ball game for the Los Angeles Dodgers, it will be right-hander Don Drysdale.
And going for our Cole 45s, will be right-hander Bob Bruce.
Now let's take a look at the starting lineups for this afternoon's ball game.
For the Los Angeles Dodgers, leading off at shortstop, Dick Truszewski.
Truszewski at short.
Darryl Griffith will be in right field.
Griffith in right.
Willie Davis in center field.
Tommy Davis in left field.
Tommy Davis in left.
John Roseborough will do the catching.
Roseborough the catcher.
Ron Fairley at first base. Fairley on first.
Nate Oliver at second base.
Oliver at second.
Bart Shirley at third base.
Shirley at third.
And Don Drysdale, a right-hander, will be on the mound for the Dodgers.
Truszewski shortstop.
Griffith right field.
Willie Davis in center.
Tommy Davis in left.
John Roseborough the catcher.
Fairley first base.
Oliver at second.
Shirley at third.
And Drysdale will be on the mound.
For the Cole 45s, leading off in left field.
Al Spangler.
Spangler in left field.
Joel Morgan at second base.
Morgan at second.
Rusty Staub in right field.
Staub in right.
Walt Bond at first base.
Bond at first.
Bob Aspromati at third base.
Aspromati at third.
Jimmy Wynn in center field.
Wynn in center.
Eddie Casco at shortstop.
Casco at short.
Jerry Grote will do the catching.
Grote the catcher.
And Bob Bruce, a right-hander, will be on the mound.
Spangler left field.
Morgan second base.
Staub right field.
Bond first.
Aspromati third.
Wynn center.
Casco short.
Grote catching.
And Bruce will be on the mound.
Well, in as much as this will be our final game at Cole Stadium.
And in 1965, opening in the New Dome Stadium here in Houston.
And I hope that you fans were tuned in just a few moments ago.
And Lowell was reminiscing with Bob Aspromati about opening day out here.
On April the 10th, 1962, when the Cole 45s opened for the first time in the National League in the stadium.
And of course, the Cole 45s won that day by the score of 11-2 against the Cubs.
I thought you might be interested in the starting lineups on those days, so let me run them down for you.
Starting for the Cubs that day on April the 10th, 1962, Lou Brock was in center field.
Ken Hubs was at second base.
Billy Williams in left field.
Ernie Banks on first.
George Altman in right field.
Ron Santo was at third.
Elder White was at shortstop.
Kuno Berrigan was the catcher.
And Don Cardwell did the pitching for the Cubs.
Houston starting lineup on April the 10th of 1962.
Bob Aspromati third.
Al Spangler center field.
Roman Mejias right field.
Norm Larker first base.
Jim Pendleton left field.
Al Smith was the catcher.
Joy Amalfitano at second base.
Don Budden at shortstop.
And Bobby Shantz was the starting pitcher, and he went all the way for the Cole 45s.
And Houston won the ball game 11-2.
Ernie Banks had a home run for the Cubs that day.
Mejias had two home runs, and Al Smith had one.
the Cole 45s out hit the Cubs on that opening day by 13-5.
the Cubs, before the afternoon was over, used a total of five pitchers.
Cardwell, as I mentioned, started.
Dave Gerrard was on.
Barney Schultz did some pitching for the Cubs.
Jack Warner and also Al Leary.
So that's a brief recap on a cloudy day in 1962, opening day April the 10th.
And this is the wrap-up out here today.
We might mention also the umpires on that day.
the umpire in chief of the plate umpire that day was Dusty Pagas.
Stan Landis was at first, Vinnie Smith at second, and Mel Steiner the umpire at third.
And this will wrap it up out here today.
the final game in Cole Stadium, and there go the Cole 45s out in the third.
Pitching this finale here at Cole Stadium today will be Bob Bruce.
Bob taking his walk out to the mound now.
He will be out after his 15th win of the year.
If Bob can chalk up number 15 today, he will become the winningest pitcher in Cole 45 history for a single season.
As he holds the record of 14 now, along with Dick Farrell who won 14 last year.
Now the Westbury High School Band from Houston, our national anthem.
the Westbury High School Band from Houston, our national anthem.
We have a cloudy day out here at Cole Stadium.
We have had a few sprinkles of rain, but that's all.
We have quite a strong wind that's blowing out to right field today, which is unusual.
And it's about 10 miles an hour, 82 degrees the temperature.
And the humidity stands at 70 percent.
And here's the lead batter now for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Right-handed batter Dick Truszewski to face Bob Bruce.
Here's the windup by Bob and the first pitch of the final game on the way.
And it's too high for ball one, slow curve ball, one ball, no strikes.
Truszewski is hitting 250, has one homer in 24 runs batted in.
Joe Becker coaching on first base for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
And Pete Reesher down on third base, swinging a foul by Truszewski, a tap back to the screen off the right side.
Al Spangler left field, Jimmy Winn in center and Rusty Staub in right.
Bob Espramati at third base, Eddie Casco at short.
Joe Morgan second base and Wal Bond on first and Jerry Grote is the catcher.
Bob Bruce, 14 wins, 9 losses on the mound for the Cole 45s.
Here's the windup now and the pitch to Truszewski and there's a line drive left field.
Al Spangler can't get it, base hit, so Truszewski has opened the ball game with a line single in the left field.
That'll bring up Darrell Griffith now, the right fielder.
Griffith is hitting 279 with four homers in 19 runs batted in.
On fire behind the plate today is Tony Vinson, Lee Wires at first,
Jaco Conlon at second base and Doug Harvey is umpiring down on third.
Starting to sprinkle a little bit now.
Here's the stretch and a look over to first base, Bond holding up against Truszewski.
There he started to go on that when he took it high and outside.
They're watching for the punt on that one and both Bond and Espramati moved in on it.
But he takes it high and outside ball one.
Darrell Griffith, the left-handed batter.
My betch in here, in case you missed the interview between Lowell and Bob Espramati before the game,
is that only two players are in this ball game for Houston that opened in 1962.
There's a pop punt foul back up and over the screen into the box seats and it's one ball, one strike.
On opening day of 1962, Bob Espramati was at third as he is out here today.
And Al Spangler was in center field and Al was playing left today.
One ball, one strike.
Truszewski is single to left field.
And Willie Davis will be up next.
Still watching for that punt. Now Espramati is a bit off third base.
Here's the stretch by Bruce. A check on his runner at first base.
There's a foul, a big swing that time.
Not funny on that one. He fouled it back up against the screen in his one and two.
Oh, the Braves just got another one. Not that they need it.
But Joe Torre has hit a home run on the eighth inning with nobody on.
That's 14 to 4 now.
14 to 4 Milwaukee leading in the top of the eighth and the Braves are still batting.
That is five pitchers now that Malk is used today. Jack Bolshan into the eighth inning.
Here's the one and two stretch by Bob Bruce. Swinging a miss and he struck him out.
Adele Griffith goes down swinging and there's one out here in the first.
And that will bring up the center fielder, Willie Davis.
That's the 130th strikeout for Bruce this year. He leads the club in that department.
And now here's Willie Davis batting 295. He bats left.
Twelve homers and 73 runs batted in.
One out and Truszewski, who's single the left field, is on first base.
Here's the stretch by Bob and a check on his runner over there.
Pitch on the way to Willie Davis and a big swing of that one and he missed it and a strike long. One strike.
Bruce's first victory over Los Angeles this year was a score of 2 to 1.
And his other victory also was a one runner when he shut out the Dodgers by a score of 1 to nothing.
So both of Bob's wins have been real tight ball games.
One strike to count on Willie Davis. Here's the stretch again by Bruce.
There's a high pop off the left side. Right in fair territory.
Aspromotti down the line. Halfway to third. Two down.
Willie Davis pops up to third base two away.
Here's the left fielder, Tommy Davis. He had a real good night out here in the first night of the series on Friday night.
Two outs Truszewski on first base.
This is by far the best year that Bruce has ever had in the major leagues.
His previous high win total was in 62. His first year with Houston, 21-10 and lost nine.
Bruce has defeated every club in the National League this year at least once except St. Louis.
Here's Tommy Davis hitting 275. He bats right at it.
Truszewski on first. Started to go and then held up.
Ground ball to the shortstop. Eddie Casco.
Eddie goes on to second base to Morgan to retire the side.
That's it for the Dodgers in the top of the first as Truszewski is forced short to second base.
No runs and one hit. There were no errors. One man left on.
Top of the first inning the Los Angeles Dodgers nothing.
And the Colt 45s are coming to bat.
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Right-hander Don Drysdale up for the Dodgers here this afternoon.
He'll be looking at Al Spangler, Joe Morgan and Rusty Staub in the bottom half of the first.
Drysdale has 18 victories this year against 15 defeats.
Here's Spangler batting left-handed. He's hitting 248.
Alice hit four homers and has driven in 36 runs so far.
Still getting a light sprinkle out here as we start the bottom of the first.
Drysdale, a big fella, he stands 6'6", weighs 210 pounds.
Don is 28 years old.
Here's the windup now and the first pitch on the way to Spangler.
There's a strike on the outside corner of the bell to strike one.
Joe Morgan will be up next.
One hit in the ball game, top of the first inning by the shortstop Dick Drozewski.
Here's the pitch on the way again now and Al takes it low and outside and it's one ball and one strike, one on one count.
Drysdale has defeated Houston twice this year and has lost once.
And his lifetime record against the Colt 45s is five wins, four losses.
One ball, one strike on Spangler. Joe Morgan will be up next.
Here's the pitch, ground ball to third.
Bart Shirley has it, quick throw to first, low and Fairley dug it out.
And Spangler is out at first base, third to first.
That will bring up Joe Morgan now with one down.
Let's take a look at the defensive alignment here for the Dodgers today.
Tommy Davis is in left, Willie Davis in center and Darryl Griffith is in right field.
Bart Shirley at third, Dick Drozewski at shortstop, Nate Oliver second base, and Ron Fairley on first with John Orozaburro the catcher.
Jim Busby coaching at third for Houston.
And Sam Adair is coaching at first.
Here's the windup and the pitch on the way now by Drysdale.
There's the ball, it's in too high to Morgan, ball on.
Joe is hitting O, 56, a little left handed better.
One ball, no strikes.
Here's the windup now, the next pitch into Morgan and he takes it just a little bit too high.
If a ball two, it's two and nothing.
Drysdale holds one shutout over Houston this year, winning by a score of six to nothing.
And his other victory over the cold 45s was by a score of five to two.
Here's the 2-0 windup into Morgan and Joe laces one to the second baseman, a one hopper to Nate Oliver and on to Fairley two down.
So the first two Houston batters have bounced out, Spangler and Morgan, and now here's Rusty Staub.
the one game that Bruce has lost, or rather that Drysdale has lost to Houston this year,
was the night that Bruce shut out Los Angeles one to nothing and Drysdale was the losing pitcher that night.
Here's Rusty hitting 202 with six homers and 32 runs batted in.
And the windup now and the first pitch to Rusty, but Rusty pops it up in the infield.
That's a real high one off the first base side and Ron Fairley calling for it now on the edge of the infield grass and that retires the side.
Three up and three down for Houston first inning. No runs, no hits, no errors and nobody left on.
And at the end of one inning of play here at Coast Edium this afternoon, Los Angeles nothing and Houston nothing.
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Now we're moving on to the first half of the second inning now and the lead batter will be John Roseborough for the Dodgers.
Ron Fairley and Nate Oliver will follow. No score.
Roseborough is a left handed batter. He's hitting 284.
Three homers and 42 runs batted in.
One hit off Bruce, a lead single by Truszewski in the first inning.
Roseborough goes for that slow pitch and pops it up into the seats off the left side.
Strike one. That one almost went through an umbrella.
One strike. Ron Fairley will bat next. Top of the second.
Outfield is, well, Wynn is straight away in center.
Staub is pulling Roseborough in right though. Curveball low inside and it's one ball and one strike. One-one count.
Bruce has pitched 190 innings, allowed 186 hits. Bob's ERA is 2.89 as he starts today, making his 29th start of the year.
Here's the pitch. Roseborough hits a long foul to right field.
Ooh, he got a hold of that one.
Way off the end of the stands down the right field line. Foul ball one and two.
Bruce in his 28 previous starts has gone the distance eight times and his eight complete games is high on our staff.
Here's the one and two windup now and the pitch on the way to Roseborough.
There's a ball outside. Ball two, strike two.
One of the reasons for Bob's good year we have mentioned before is the fact that his control has been excellent.
He has given up only 31 walks in 191 innings this year.
Here's the 2-2 pitch to Roseborough. Now there's a fly ball right field.
Steve and Staub is over four down the run. He's going to get it.
Makes the catch out and deep right center field, one down.
So Roseborough drives one to deep right center taken by Rusty Staub.
And here's Ron Fairley, the first baseman. Fairley is hitting 257.
Left handed batter also with 10 homers and 72 runs batted in.
One out, nobody on base.
Nothing for Los Angeles, nothing for Houston.
Here's the windup by Bruce and the pitch on the way now.
And Fairley takes a strike around the knees.
Now let's check these scores now. I want to keep you posted all afternoon on them.
Because as most of you know, they're very important.
Braves are still way out in front of Philadelphia in their ball game today, low inside.
One ball, one strike.
Milwaukee 14, Philadelphia 4 now with the Phillies batting in the bottom half of the eighth.
Tony Kloninger was the starting pitcher for the Braves. He was taken out in the eighth inning.
Has just been removed incidentally, ball inside.
And Jim Bunning started for Philadelphia but was knocked out in the fourth.
Joe Torrey is homered for the Braves in the eighth with nobody on.
John Callison has homered twice.
And he has just picked up the fifth run for Philadelphia with an eighth inning homer on.
Swing and a foul ball. Ball two, strike two on Fairley.
So that is now Milwaukee 14 and Philadelphia 5 with the Phillies still batting in the bottom of the eighth.
Ball two and strike two on Fairley. One out, nobody on base.
Nate Oliver will bat next for the Dodgers here now on the top of the second inning.
Bruce goes into his windup and the pitch on the way to Fairley.
He just about got him on that one. He checked just in time.
High inside pitch but he almost went for it. Three balls, two strikes.
Cincinnati beat New York for their eighth win in a row in the first game of their doubleheader, 4-1.
Jim O'Toole won his 17th game and Tracy Stallard was the loser.
He's the first major league pitcher to lose 20 this year.
Foul ball up in the seats off the left side by Fairley.
And the count holds at 3-2. No home runs in that first game at New York.
So the Reds now have won eight games in a row. They have won 11 of their last 12 games.
the second game is just getting started.
Joey J will go for the Reds. Galen Sisco for New York.
At this moment the Reds and the Phillies are tied for first place.
Here's the 3-2 pitch now. Swing and a miss and he struck him out.
So Fairley goes out on strikes, two away, and that will bring up the second baseman, Nate Oliver.
That's the second strikeout for Bruce today. He got Griffith in the first.
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Here's Oliver. He bats right, two outs, nobody on, hitting 249.
20 runs batted in for this little right-handed batter.
Bruce's first pitch to him is outside of the letters, ball one.
St. Louis, three, and Pittsburgh nothing at the end of five.
Roger Craig against Vernon Law in that one.
And the Cubs defeated San Francisco, 4-1 in the first game of their doubleheader today.
There was a pretty good pitching attraction there.
Here's the 1-0 pitch to Oliver now. There's a high foul, no play on that one.
Back up into the seats, one ball, one strike.
Larry Jackson defeated Juan Marichal in that first game.
Cubs won it 4-1. Jackson won his 23rd game of the year.
Marichal is a 20-game winner. He's 20-8 now, and Jackson is 23-10.
It was nothing and nothing until the Cubs scored all four runs in the eighth inning.
And the Giants came back with one in the top half of the ninth inning.
Here's the 1-1 pitch to Oliver.
One strike on the outside corner of the knees in this one and two.
Yankees did not score in the 11th inning.
And New York and Washington are still tied 2-2 with the Senators batting in the bottom half of the 11th.
Y.D. Ford started for New York, removed in the eighth.
And Benny Daniels started for Washington, taken out in the 11th inning.
Mickey Mantle homered in the seventh with nobody on for New York.
And Don Zimmer hit one for Washington in the eighth with nobody on.
Here's the 1-2 pitch to Oliver now.
Ground ball in the hole. Casco backhands it, can't get it.
That'll probably be a base hit.
Ball got away from Casco, going back into the hole.
Got a glove on it. It hit the heel of his glove and bounced up his arm.
And Oliver is safe at first.
So with two outs, I doubt that Casco could have made the play on Oliver had he picked it up.
Let's see what the official score says.
So there are two outs now, and here's Bart Shirley.
They're going to give him an error on it.
Bart is officially charged as an error on Casco.
That's only about the 15th error on Casco this year.
So it's a boot on the Houston shortstop, Eddie Casco.
And now here's Bart Shirley. There's a lob over the first base.
Shirley is hitting 306.
That's right-handed, five runs batted in.
No score, top of the second.
I think the Dodgers have their second base runner on now.
And it takes in breaks on the first pitch.
There's a ground ball right back up the middle, and Morgan forced him on it.
Well, he put that one in a good spot.
Joe was standing on the bag when he caught that ground ball on the hit-and-run.
So Shirley is safe at first, and Oliver is forced out unassisted by the second baseman, Joe Morgan.
And that retires the side. No runs, no hits, one error.
One man was left on base. Bottom of the second coming up now.
Dodgers nothing. Colt 45 is nothing.
Here's a final on that Washington game. the Senators won it.
Washington has defeated New York 3-2 in 11 innings, and that snaps the Yankees' 11-game winning streak.
Hal Renup was the loser, Ronnie Klein the winner for Washington.
Home runs by Mickey Mantle and Don Zimmer.
the Baltimore Orioles defeated Cleveland this afternoon, 4-0, a three-hit shutout by Robin Roberts for his 12th win of the year,
and Sonny Siebert lost it for Cleveland.
And Norm Siebern had a home run for the Orioles in the fourth with one on.
Chicago has scored a run in the top of the first at Kansas City. That game has just started.
Joel Horland against Blue Moon Odom in that one.
And at the end of 6-1-1 for the Tigers batting in the bottom of the seventh, Tigers 3-0,
Bill Monbouquet for the Red Sox, Joe Sparma for Detroit,
and Bill Bruton had a home run for Detroit in the fifth with nobody on.
And Minnesota-Los Angeles did not get started.
So New York's lead has been trimmed now to three games in the American League race,
as Baltimore has won 4-0, and the Yankees have lost 3-2, and the White Sox are just playing now.
Just started. San Francisco, Chicago, no score at the end of three.
the Phillies picked up two runs in the eighth inning.
It's now 14-6, Milwaukee going into the ninth inning.
And no score yet on Cincinnati-New York's second game.
And at the end of six innings, the Cardinals lead Pittsburgh 3-0.
There's Wal Bond now, leading off in the bottom half of the second.
There's Wal Bond. He's hitting.256. 20 home runs and 83 runs batted in.
Here's the windup by Drysdale on the pitch now.
There's a high pop foul off the left side. No chance, though, for Shirley to get it.
Going back up into the first or second row back of the Houston dugout.
We just had a scoring change on the ground ball hit by Nate Oliver.
Changed that error to Casco to a base hit for Nate Oliver.
So that's the second hit off Bruce. He raised the error on Casco and credit Oliver with an infield single.
One strike now. Here's the pitch by Drysdale, and it's low and outside. One ball, one strike.
No score, bottom half of the second inning.
Bond will be followed by Bob Aspromonte and Jimmy Wynn.
Here's the 1-1 pitch now. There's a high pop-up left side.
Shortstop Dick Truszewski just off the left side a second on the infield grass, and there's one down.
So Bond has opened the second by popping to short. And here's Aspro now with one out.
Meant two hits in the ball game so far, and the Dodgers have both of them.
Well, the sprinkles have stopped now. Little blue sky overhead.
Here's Aspro. He's hitting 283, 12 homers, and 66 runs batted in.
First pitch to him is inside up around the letters for ball one. One ball, no strikes.
Drysdale in 305 innings this year has struck out 227 batters and has issued 62 bases on balls.
Drysdale has pitched 21 complete games this year. This is his 39th start.
Ground ball back in the hole. Truszewski there though. There's the throw to first and they got him.
So Aspromonte got it down to the hole over to Truszewski's right, but he fielded the ball easily and came up with it.
Aspro has bounced out short to first. Here's Jimmy Nguyen now. Nguyen is hitting 215, four homers and 14 runs batted in.
Two outs, nobody on base. Last half of the second inning.
28-year-old right-hander from Van Nuys, California doing the pitching for the Dodgers today, Don Drysdale.
Nguyen got a hold of one deep left field, but Tommy Davis is back quickly to hold in to retire the side.
He hit the hit ball, but Davis went back and dragged it down. Three up and three down.
But Drysdale retires the first six men to face him out here today. No runs, no hits, no errors and nobody left on.
And our ball game now goes to the first half of the third with the score Los Angeles nothing and Houston nothing.
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First half of the third inning we've had a little bit of a wind shift out here now, not too much.
It seems to occasionally blow in from center field toward the plate.
We mentioned earlier that the wind today is blowing from the left field corner to the right side,
which is just the opposite of the normal prevailing winds out here.
Here's the first pitch to Drysdale, bounces to third, Asparrow up with it on the grass, throw to first and there's one down.
So Drysdale, a 179 hitter with one homer, eight runs batted in, bounces out third to first.
That'll bring up the top of the batting order, Dick Truszewski. One out, nobody on base.
Score nothing, nothing third inning.
Aspromonte has had only 11 errors this year at third base.
the National League record for the fewest number of errors in a season by a third baseman is held jointly by Aspromonte and Stan Hack of the Chicago Cubs.
Truszewski takes a strike up around the letters and that is 13.
the record was originally set by Hack of the Cubs in 1937 and tied in 62 by Aspromonte.
And up to this point Asparrow has committed only 11 errors.
Here's the pitch now high and it's one ball, one strike. Fast ball.
One out, nobody on. Darrell Griffith will be up next.
Bob Bruce and Don Drysdale.
Bruce has a sign again now from Jerry Grote and here's the one-on-one pitch and Truszewski takes just a little bit high again for ball two and it's two and one.
Ball two, strike one.
Outfield shaded just a bit off the right side for Truszewski.
Here's the pitch now, curve ball and that's popped up off the left side of the plate back by the screen.
Now Grote back but he can't get it.
Hits up on top of the wire almost directly behind the plate and it's ball two, strike two.
Here at Coast Stadium this year in the first eight games between Houston and Los Angeles, the Dodgers have taken sixth.
And the Dodgers have already clinched the season series winning nine against Houston's five.
We still have three more games to play next weekend at Dodger Stadium.
Ball two, strike two.
One out, Drysdale has bounced to third and Truszewski singled his first time.
A 2-2 pitch on the way popped up back by the shortstop Eddie Casco over by second base and just behind the bag.
A little bit shaded over by the second base side two down.
Truszewski pops the short.
Here's Gerald Griffith now with two outs.
Number 26, the right fielder, Gerald Griffith.
Griffith, the left-handed batter, struck out his first time up.
Two outs, nobody on, nothing and nothing.
Here's the windup by Bruce now, the pitch on the way and there's a swing and a miss and a strike one.
the Gold 45s going into play today are four games ahead of their 1963 base.
the 45s have won 64 games, lost 91 a year ago at this time.
Houston had won 60 and lost 95.
Four games on the plus side there.
Here's the pitch to Griffith now on a swing and a miss, got him on a slip pitch or a change and it's strike two.
In the games behind column, 45s are 10 games closer to first place than they were a year ago at this time.
Here's the two-strike pitch to Griffith now fastball and he punches a foul high and up into the seats off the third base side and the count holds at two strikes.
Two-strike count now on Darryl Griffith as Drysdale is bounced out and Truszewski has popped a shortstop.
Bob Wines again now, here's the pitch on the way and he struck him out, got him on a curveball lower inside.
That's the third strikeout for Bruce today.
So three up and three down here for the Dodgers in the third, no runs, no hits, no errors and nobody left on base.
And the score now, Houston nothing and Los Angeles nothing as we go into the bottom half of the third.
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Last half of the third inning now.
Phillies batting in the bottom of the ninth now.
14 to 6, Braves leading and this is the Phillies' last chance.
Eddie Casco will lead off for the Colt 45s.
Jerry Grote and Bob Bruce will follow here in the bottom of the third.
Casco is hitting 247 with 22 runs batted in.
16 doubles and one triple for Eddie so far this year.
Here's Drysdale's windup in the first pitch to Casco and Eddie takes a strike above the knees, strike one.
Drysdale has retired the first six men to face him.
No score, third inning.
Jerry Grote in the on deck circle off the left side.
Here's the pitch now.
Eddie started to go and he took a strike.
That's right up around the belt and it's 0-2.
He strikes on Casco, lead batter third inning.
This is the ninth year that Drysdale has been in the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Ball is over but low.
He started out with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956 after spending a couple seasons in the minor leagues.
He's won 141 games and lost 105 in the nine seasons.
And he has 18 wins, 15 losses today.
And the one and two pitch now to Eddie Casco.
Curve ball tapped foul up against the screen off the right side.
And the count holds at one ball and two strikes.
One and two count.
Outfield is pretty well straight away here for Casco.
Here's the windup by Drysdale on the next pitch to Casco.
Fastball, ground ball in the hole, Trisuski back deep, throw to first base and they just got him on a close play at first.
That's the second time that Trisuski has had to go back in the hole to throw out a runner, Aspromotti, in the second inning.
And now he gets Casco to open the third.
Here's Jerry Grote, the Houston catcher, hitting 183.
Three homers and 24 runs batted in.
It's interesting to note that going into play today, the Phillies' magic number to clinch the pennant was seven.
And in just a few moments it could be that Cincinnati will have that magic number.
Here's the windup in the pitch now.
There's a swing by Grote and a foul off the left side.
In case you've joined us late, the Phillies are losing their first game and Cincinnati has already won their first game.
Their eighth consecutive win, incidentally.
And they're playing the second game now at New York, just getting underway.
One strike.
Here's the pitch to Grote now and he starts to go and he checks it.
And it's one ball and one strike, one-one count.
the magic number in the American League is still four because the Yankees have lost their game and Baltimore has won.
One ball, one strike pitch.
There's a swing and a miss by Grote.
Pitch up around the letters and it's one ball and two strikes.
Last half for the third.
Houston nothing, Los Angeles nothing.
Grote hits one to right field.
Darrell Griffith there though and he hauls it down.
Well hit line drive into right.
Griffith moving quickly to his right to make the catch.
So it's two down.
That will bring up the Houston pitcher, Bob Bruce.
Forty-minus pitcher, number 30, Bob Bruce.
Bob is hitting 186.
He has one run batted and one double.
Left field does not pull him.
Left fielder Tommy Davis way over in left center field.
Here's Drysdale's first pitch to Bruce.
Bob taps the first one.
the third baseman Bart Shirley cuts in front of Trudewski.
Easy play at first base to retire the side.
So Drysdale gets nine batters in a row.
He retires the side in order for the first three innings.
And that's all for Houston here now in the bottom of the third.
No runs, no hits, no errors and nobody left on base.
And the score now at the end of three innings of play is Los Angeles nothing and Houston nothing.
There have been only two hits today and the Dodgers picked up both of them,
a single by Trudewski in the first and a single by Nate Oliver in the second inning.
Oliver's was an infield hit.
And as I just mentioned, the 45s have been retired in order through the first three innings
without a strikeout by Don Drysdale.
And of course we start the fourth inning out here this afternoon, our final day at Colt Stadium.
the score is Los Angeles nothing and Houston nothing and right here in the fourth inning,
let's hear from Lowell Pass.
All right, Gene, thank you very much.
And hi again, everybody.
Two fine right-handers battling it out here in the final game for the Colts at home for this year,
the final game regularly scheduled at Colt Stadium ever.
Bob Bruce for the 45s and Don Drysdale for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
the peg has been made to second base, time for batter up.
And the leadoff batter here on the top of the fourth inning is Willie Davis, a left-hand hitter.
He popped to Aspermati at third base in the first inning.
Willie batting at 295.
Very good all-around ball player, great speed.
He has 73 runs batted in on the season.
Here's Bruce with the pitch now and the first one swung on and missed, strike one.
Willie Davis will take a cut for ball.
It's a do or die sort of a swing.
He can be fooled quite frequently.
And the pitch, bouncing in there.
On back to the wire, ball one and strike one.
To show the speed of Willie, he's stolen 36 bases this year, behind Maury Wills, of course,
the total number of stolen bases and been thrown out 14 times.
He's struck out 55 times on the season.
Outfield flagging to pull deep.
the wind is blowing this way now, changing round just a little bit.
Here's the pitch from Bob, high.
On upstairs for ball two and strike one.
If you dial in a little late, there is no score, two hits in the game, and the Dodgers have those.
And we have on the infield Aspermonte and Casco, the left side, to the right side Morgan and Bond.
And Bruce's pitch, swung on, and he shaves it on the top side, fouling it in against Grote,
who sort of keels over there.
And Jerry gets up now.
Trainer Ull out quickly.
Grote limping a little bit.
It could have been that it got him on the lag, the right lag up just above the knee.
That could have been at the top of the shoe now, where he's flexing the right foot just a little bit.
Ball two and strike two.
Tommy Davis will be the on-deck man, and John Roseburg to bat third here.
Nothing and nothing.
Grote down to the couch again.
Got a real fine crowd here for a threatening afternoon in Houston.
And you good people in Louisiana, we've got a lot of your people over here.
We had a big ball for the big football game last night.
Ball two, strike two.
Bruce's pitch, swung on.
He reached for a high one and fouled it back to the left.
And Grote running it down, but it clears the wire.
And a ball two, strike two count.
Bob Bruce, having pitched 190 and one third innings with 14 wins and nine defeats.
the earned run average is 289, 289.
And his mound opponent, 219 on the earned run average.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Swung on a high one hit down the right field line, cutting back over into the seats, though I believe both Morgan and Rusty letting up on the run.
It's into the boxes.
Ball two and strike two.
Well, Bulletin final score.
Milwaukee defeated Philadelphia 14 to 8.
the Phillies got two more runs in the ninth inning.
Eight runs normally enough to win most any ball game, of course.
And Callison had a two-run homer in the ninth inning.
No one can say he didn't do his share.
He had three home runs in the ball game and drove in four of their eight runs with homers.
A chain swung on it down to Bond and foul territory.
Just inches over that line.
Ball two and strike two.
Kloninger, who started but was relieved by Olivo in the eighth, was the winning pitcher.
Kloninger became an 18-game winner today, 14 losses.
Bunning was the starting pitcher and he was belted.
Lost his seventh.
He's won 18.
So the story, in case you didn't hear or couldn't find it, recorded anywhere today, why it's a tight race in the NASA League.
There's a swing and a miss, and he bruised him one time.
Davis goes down swinging, and it's the fourth strikeout recorded by Bob Bruce.
the left fielder, Tommy Davis.
Tommy Davis, first man retiring the side of the first inning up again.
Two-seventy-five hitter and has 14 homers.
One of them came in the first game of the series.
On Friday night, he hit it way up into the seats in the left center.
Here's the pitch from Bruce.
Swung on and drive into center field.
Back of it towards right center.
Winn over and Rusty Stobb coming in, and it's going to be Rusty, I believe, in front of Jimmy Winn.
And Rusty lost his cap, but he hangs on to that baseball.
Almost colliding out there.
Jim Winn and Rusty Stobb, two men are out.
And John Roseborough.
Well, the story, I guess, on center fielding is that you go get anything that you can get, roaming far and wide.
And Rusty figuring, well, I just want to let anybody slip up out there, take any chances.
No question about the improvement of Jimmy Winn and Rusty on the defensive out there.
John Roseborough flying into right field in the second inning, left-hand batter.
Bruce's pitch is high for ball one.
Roseborough hitting at 283 this time around, and he has 42 runs batted in.
Tommy's hit three homers.
No score in the game.
You've just dialed us in, and we're in the first of the fourth inning, and Bruce brings on the pitch.
Swung on, fouled up and back.
It's out of play.
So the count is ball one and strike one.
Team batting average for the Dodgers is 250, 250.
And the opposing batsmen against their pitchers have hit 234.
There's a change up, fouled off into the crowd to the left side.
At that time, Roseborough got out a little early, committing himself, and then more or less following through.
Ball one and strike two.
the Houston third run average.
He hit it way up into the seats in the left center.
Here's the pitch, and Bruce swung on and drive into center field, back a bit towards right center.
Winn over and Rusty Stobb coming in, and it's going to be Rusty, I believe, in front of Jimmy Winn.
And Rusty lost his cap, but he hangs on to that baseball.
Almost colliding out there.
Jim Winn and Rusty Stobb, two men are out.
And John Roseborough.
Well, the story, I guess, on center fielding is that you go get anything that you can get, roaming far and wide.
And Rusty, figuring, well, I just want to let anybody slip up out there, take any chances.
No question about the improvement of Jimmy Winn and Rusty on the defensive out there.
John Roseborough flying into right field in the second inning, left hand batter.
Bruce Pitch is high for ball one.
Roseborough hitting at 283 this time around, and he has 42 runs batted in.
John has hit three homers.
No score in the game.
You just dial this in, and we're in the first of the fourth inning, and Bruce brings on the pitch.
Swung on, fouled up and back.
It's out of play.
So the count is ball one and strike one.
Team batting average for the Dodgers is 250, 250.
And the opposing batsmen against their pitchers have hit 234.
There's a change up, fouled off into the crowd to the left side.
At that time, Roseborough got out a little early, committing himself and then more or less following through.
Ball one and strike two.
the Houston run average, the pitching staff, 3.38.
the pitch, and it missed outside.
Ball two and strike two.
Of course, Gene has noted, and you've heard us refer to this fact many times, that the great improvement by Bruce in the low number of bases on balls,
it's hard to believe he had walked just 31 batters in 190 and one-third innings.
There's a foul, flipped off back a third into the crowd.
So it's ball two and strike two.
Bruce is allowed eight home runs, and with that easy, tantalizing, soft little motion up there, they go for a lot of his stuff.
There's a foul as he swung on the breaking ball, hitting down around the knees.
Ball two and strike two.
Roseborough is 43 and 61 on bases on balls and strikeouts, 61 times he's struck out.
So Bruce has struck out 133 batters on the season.
And here's Bob Spich.
Fastball swung on, back to the wire, foul ball, two-two.
Two down and no one on base.
No score on the game and just two hits thus far.
Trzezinski's single as the lead batter in the left field in the first inning,
and then Oliver on a very close call got a base hit infield single to beat short.
That change swung on and fouled off to the left side.
That was in tight against Roseborough.
Bruce changed him up, and it's ball two and strike two.
All right, again, look for the sign, he's ready.
Around comes Yarm, the pitch, swung on, line out into left field,
Spangler over there, out towards left center, not too deep, he's got it for the out.
And that retires the Dodgers.
So no runs, no hits, and no one left on.
There were no errors, and the game moves to the last half of the fourth inning.
It's Houston nothing and the Los Angeles Dodgers nothing.
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Last half of inning number four.
We've got a new leader in the National League right now.
Cincinnati has won its first game, and Philadelphia lost its game to Milwaukee.
So Cincinnati has vaulted into first place in an almost unbelievable rally,
and have won eight straight ball games.
That's a new mark in the National League for consecutive wins this year.
Six was the former high.
Here's Rysdale pitching to Spangler.
Ball on the outside.
Spangler bound at 5-3, third to first his first time up.
Cincinnati has jumped out in front in the second game against the Mets,
scoring three runs in the top half of the first inning.
That's keeping you posted right up to the second.
Three-nothing Cincinnati with the Mets now coming to bat in the last half of the first inning.
A new leader, Cincinnati, and the Cardinals are moving in.
All right, the pitch.
Chain's long on, clipped out to the left side.
Trzyski, that's short, little looper, is there and takes it for the up.
Spangler, off balance on the swing, little change up on him, I guess.
And here's Joe Morgan.
Grounded out second to first his first time up.
Morgan has one hit since joining the 45s, but he's a better hitter than that, believe me.
Cincinnati won its first game from the Mets 4-1, 0-2, making it 17-7 on the season.
Stallard was the losing pitcher.
In rides the pitch, Morgan takes low, noting that Joe Morgan,
having been to bat 18 times to start this game and walked six times,
St. Louis is leading 3-0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pirates batting in the eighth inning.
Drysdale-Wines delivers in tight against Morgan, he skips the back, ball two in those strikes.
Well, the St. Louis Cardinals also with an opportunity for just a game and a half out today.
In tight to Morgan, ball three in those strikes.
So St. Louis, if they can win, will be just the one-half game back of Cincinnati.
the Giants also with an opportunity, but they lost their first game.
Three strike, three balls and one strike to Joe Morgan.
No score in this ball game, last half of the fourth inning, one out.
Houston batting with no one on base.
And Drysdale pumps and throws, swung on, a looper going into shallow center, coming in Willie Davis now,
and he's there, loves it for the out, it's two away.
Willie can really cover the territory, moving back to the left and right and coming in.
Rusty Stubb, and if you were here, what had happened, you'll never forget,
and if you were listening, perhaps you'll never forget,
the first home run Rusty Stubb ever got in the big leagues was off this big right-hander, Don Drysdale, last year,
and it was at deep into the right of straightaway center, the pitch, high for ball one.
Rusty popped out to first base in the first inning today.
32 runs batted in for the redhead, the pitch, Stubb takes in there for strike call, one ball and one strike.
Drysdale with that sort of a whiplash delivery, it's hard to pick up the flight of the ball, gets in on you.
Rocks back and delivery, swung on, popped up.
This is back of the plate, Roseberg off with a mass following back now.
He's under it, and Roseberg grabs it for the foot out.
Boy, this game is moving along, Houston here, no runs, no hits.
None left on, and there were no errors.
Well, at the end of four innings of play, Los Angeles nothing, and Houston nothing.
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Ron Fairley, first baseman for the Dodgers, will lead off.
He struck out swinging in the second inning.
And here's Bob Bruce with the rock back on the mound, the pitch, and it's in there for a strike call.
Tony Vinson calling him back to play today.
An almost unbelievable finish here, believe me, in this National League this season.
We've had some great and exciting finishes, haven't we?
But this is going to top them all, it looks like.
There's a drive bounding down to Bond. He doesn't come up with it.
It was down just between his shoes, and then Arab Bond.
He just had to make a couple of three little strides to his right, and it was going to pump it underhand over to Bruce covering it first, I suppose.
But he did not come up with the ball, look back, and couldn't fetch it in time.
Second baseman, number 29, Nate Oliver.
So there's the first error of the ballgame, and the lead batter is on.
Fairley at first, and here is Nate Oliver.
Oliver, on a question play there at second base, was first chalked up as an error,
and then later reversed, scored as a base hit on the infield, with Casco driving back hard to his right
on a bounder that in his backhand a try went off with a glove and skipped a power off the shoulder.
Here's the bunk off to the right side, and Bond will go back to Morgan at first base covering.
the sacrifice is okay.
So with the man at second now fairly sacrificed along, it's won out, and Bart Shirley is the batter.
Shirley was hitting at a clip of 3.06 coming into the ballgame, was dropped to 2.97,
of course has not been up very many times, 37 times at bat, and has 11 hits.
Right end batter.
Bart Shirley out of the University of Texas and received an award as the minor league Texas ballplayer
who was most likely to succeed as a major leaguer.
And here he is being given a good try by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the defending world's champions.
Bob Bruce looks in there.
Runner at second. No score, but the Dodgers threaten here with one out.
And a pitch. In tight.
Bob saw the pitch around him a little bit.
And Bruce, with the pressure on, the infield of course having to be concerned with the batter,
with no one on at first base, one out.
the runner leads off at second, a pitch, and a swung on hit deep into left center field.
Wynn goes back. Wynn fading away back there.
He's under it, and he grabs it off for the put out.
Jimmy got a good jump on the ball at the crack of the bat and made it look relatively easy.
Of course you've got to make that play any day, all the way in the big leagues.
And here's Don Grisdell with two men out.
Grisdell bounced by three his first time up.
So now Cincinnati has won 90 games and lost 66, and Philadelphia has won 90 games and lost 67.
Cincinnati is on its way to another victory in a double dip up at Shea Stadium in New York today.
the wind is blowing straight in right at the moment, as indicated by the flags at center field.
And a pitch. So Grisdell is high.
Ball one.
That's right, if you were not tuned in, we gave that final score.
Milwaukee, Clover, Philadelphia 14 to 8.
Callison got three homers all in vain.
We'll have a few sprinkles and we'll tiptoe around and through this one today.
Weatherman's being real nice to us today. We had some very ominous clouds out there.
Rowing and causing it up. There's a ball going on past the middle of Grady on a high fastball delivery.
And advancing to third, run fairly.
Followed a wild pitch.
Wild pitch, Bruce.
Fairly advancing to third, the count goes ball two and strike one with two out.
No score in the ballgame. Grisdell.
Batting average of 178.
Grisdell is one real fine competitor and a good attitude, of course.
To a great extent, that is a part of success.
This is a game of baseball, a pitch, and it drops a lot away.
Bragging stuff, sliding off it. If there's ball three and strike one, just a few more raindrops.
But not too many people stirring right at this moment. A lot of umbrellas out, though.
Bob Bruce ready.
And the pitch. And it missed high. Ball four.
And Bruce has given up a base on balls to Don Grisdell, the first free ticket off Bob Bruce today.
Thirty-two bases on balls for the season.
And the second is for Tim Trzucski.
Tim Trzucski, the shortstop, who has one of the two hits allowed by Bob Bruce, is the batter.
the right-hand batter is Trzucski, and he has a 252 batting average.
Nothing and nothing now with runners at third and first, two men are out.
Bob Bruce giving up the first walk in 14 innings to Grisdell, who leads off at first.
Fairly third. the pitch swung on and missed.
Bruce over the top and bowing right through to follow through on that delivery.
Trzucski popped a short after he's singled. So he's one for two today.
Pitch swung on, hit down to the left side to short. Ground ball scooped up by Casco.
Pitch at the Morgan. Force play on Grisdell.
A nice play. You've got to make that one.
No runs, no hits, and two left on. It was one error.
We move into the last of the fifth inning. It's Houston nothing and Los Angeles nothing.
Well, Don Grisdell back on the mound getting warm up for those last of the fifth inning coming around.
And he'll be facing Walter Bond, Bob Aspermati, and Jimmy Wern.
Nothing and nothing. Two hits in the ball game, both by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Walter Bond up there now, big left hand batter, and swings and nubs one down softly to the first baseman Fairly.
Steps on first, and it's one away. Unassisted put out.
Chicago got four runs on. the Ernie Banks slammed there in the fifth inning.
And the Cubs lead the Giants four nothing through five innings of that second game of the double header.
Chicago won the first game off the Giants. Four and one was the final score.
Oh boy, the Giants had visions of sugar plum fairies or something up there when they were playing today
to start their double header only three games back of Philadelphia.
Aspermati moves out on that high inside fast one, ball one.
Bond rounded short to first his first time up today.
Within the opening lineup, first game ever for the 45s in Coe Stadium.
Came up with three hits, had the first hit as a Coe 45.
Here's the pitch. Swung on and wrapped into left field not too late.
Tommy Davis up with that glove, just almost standing in his tracks, has got it.
And it's two away.
So in the last half of the fifth inning, two men were down, no one on base, and Jimmy Wernherst the batter.
One punch, one fairly deep into left field, taken by Tommy Davis in the second inning.
Well, we were mixing them up now on ground balls and fly balls.
Drysdale has not featured a strikeout pitch at all here today.
He has not walked a man. He has not struck out a batter.
Jimmy Wern, who has a two, 14 batting average,
coming up out around and here's the pitch to him, strike call, right in and over.
Wern has four homers, six doubles, and 14 RBIs.
Jim has now been up 192 times as a 45 this year, the pitch.
And that's a fastball over.
Talking about Drysdale has improved his mark over the overall mark of last year in the pennant winning and championship year.
Drysdale has a 2.19 earned run average.
Last year he had 263 on the season.
the pitch has a check swing, a ball breaking low on the outside.
And so the county is ball one and strike two, two down.
No score in this ball game.
Drysdale pumps the new ball this time.
So Don Drysdale, who last year had a record of 19 wins and 17 losses, is 18 against 15 losses this year.
the pitch high, pop-down. Man, this is a mile up into the crowd off third base side.
the county will hold at ball one and strike two.
But we have a new leader in the National League, and it's Cincinnati,
which won its seventh consecutive ball game when they polished off the mess the first game of the doubleheader today.
Here's the next pitch now, and just a shade off the strike zone.
Ball two and strike two.
Everybody started to leave the scene there for the Dodgers on the infield.
It was that close, in other words.
And Cincinnati is leading over New York, 3-0 the second inning of the second game.
Winn swings and fouls back the wire.
Jimmy trying to put us on the scoreboard up there.
Nothing and nothing right now. Two hits and the Dodgers have them both.
This is the final, of course, and everybody knows it as far as the home games are concerned this year.
And we'll move into San Francisco Tuesday night.
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Right.
Jimmy one now with a three-two. Here it is. On the way.
Hello, ball four. He locked in.
There goes a perfect ball game, and we get a base runner.
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Drysdale has given up his 63rd base on balls of the season.
And let's see, 303 innings, four, five, six, seven, 308 innings and a third.
He has worked so far this year. And that was his 63rd base on balls.
Here's Eddie Cascaw, who grounded short first his first time.
Drysdale a glance over the shoulder and does a bouncer.
the outside edge of the play for one.
Drysdale crossing them, mixing them up in there.
There's not a lot of base here.
And this is the first base runner that we have managed.
As Wynn threw out her three-two for a base on balls.
And big down Drysdale is all set.
Here's Wynn breaking on the pitch, the pitch out.
the pitch goes down to second. Wynn slides. He's out.
Wynn was trying to sort of swing around outside slide.
And Nate Oliver in there took the throw on the pitch out.
They had his number and tagged him out of there.
So making two-four to score long on the put-on.
And for Houston, no runs, no hits. None left. There were no errors.
At the end of five complete innings, it's Los Angeles nothing and Houston nothing.
Here's the left-hand batter, Darrell Griffith leading off from the Dodgers.
And right-hander Gross ready to feed in the first one.
Here comes Swinart and Mist, strike one.
Mr. George, it's precipitating just slightly there.
Here's Gross with the up. the pitch is hit down to the right side.
the ground ball, Morgan's got it. Feeds it back to Bob.
It first got him.
So Griffith's bounce, 4-3 on Morgan at the edge of the outfield grass back to the boundary.
4-3. George Ferguson of the Vysorsport Facts just walked in to say hello.
And out of the good area down there, Freeport and Vysorsport and Clute and all through there,
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Well, there's the left-hander batter. Swings on the changeup and fouls it off.
Here's the slice-stepping on the top side for strike one.
Davis has popped a third and struck out swinging.
Bruce has recorded four strikeouts here today.
And we have a 0-0 battle and two hits in the game.
the Dodgers have both those.
Bruce's pitch, swing on, high one, fouled off back of the right-field line.
Way back up in there for the souvenir.
I would say we've got around 7-8,000 people or so here in spite of the threatening weather.
Tommy Davis is on deck.
Willie Davis at 2-94 batting average.
Pitch, a little number foul off to the right of the plate.
Got that one on the top side.
Bruce backing down there for them.
Bruce gives you that tantalizing slow motion, soft and fluffy like, you know, those popcorn up there.
You've got to watch him.
And then he'll turn that fastball loose on you.
So you've got to be ready for most anything.
1-2, one out, Dodgers batting and no one on base.
We're in the top of the sixth inning, scoreless.
But there were some scores over there in that Milwaukee-Philadelphia game.
22 runs, a swing way up there on your best strike three.
That was up over the head almost.
And Bruce recovers his first strikeout.
Well, he breezed him out of there.
And he gives Bruce 134 strikeouts for the season with two down against Tommy Davis.
And Tommy's batting average is 274, 84 runs batted in.
Right in better up there.
Bruce got two out now in the top of sixth inning, no score in this ballgame.
Bob wants another sign and okays it.
Now he goes into the pump, rocks back, and here's the pitch.
Missing just a little off the track down, ball on.
Those ball would be the next batter.
All right, Bruce, who's an easygoing right-hander on the mound, plenty of time he takes.
Golovitz, swing on, drive into the field.
Spangler goes back, a goal is pretty well tagged.
Glenn, open arms, stretching well with the drive now on his guard.
Glenn coming from the center over to the left side, hauls it in.
And Spangler backed off that fly.
No runs, no hits, no enough to board, and there were no errors.
We move on to the last half of the sixth inning, the score.
It's no score.
Houston nothing, Los Angeles nothing.
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Well, I'll say one thing here at Coast Stadium today.
For the Winder Upper, as far as NASA League regularly scheduled based on Coast Stadium,
we've got one humbinger of a pitching duel, nothing and nothing.
Going to the last of the sixth inning and Eddie Kessco leads off for the 45s.
Brody and Brewster follow.
Drysdale and Brewster hooked up in the duel.
the only two hits gotten today, Trzyskij single to left and Oliver single in the hole, deep short.
Drysdale ready to pump and grow to Eddie Kessco.
This is just his second appearance.
There's a bounder down to short.
Trzyskij and scoops and throws over and boy, he looks Jim Dandy out there at short, doesn't he?
One down.
Jerry Grote the batter.
He's flying to right field his first time.
And a pitch.
Swung on.
There's a broken back down to the right side.
Second baseman made out of a humbinger.
He can't come up with it.
Double down to the right side of the carpet and they call it error four.
And Grote is aboard.
And we might see a little bit of sacrifice funding here.
It's an amazing reduction, isn't it?
Al Spangler moves out on deck.
Third baseman Griffith over to the mound.
And to play this, he's going to cover what spot of territory right in there and how and so on.
And fairly holds against Brody at first.
This is just our second baserunner, mind you.
And the delivery is low.
Fairly charging in down from first.
We have not had a man stranded on base, as a matter of fact, to show you the effectiveness of Drysdale so far this afternoon.
He's done.
Ready.
Third baseman coming down the grass.
the pitch is low and it's ball two.
First round at 5-3 in the third inning this first time.
And looking down to Busby coaching up at third, what will it do?
And I imagine that Luman is bouncing the signal off Buster there.
Of course, the dares are coached first.
And coaching Brody who edges away.
the pitch is bonded on and missed and it's ball two and strike one.
Bruce tried to get right on top of the ball and get it out there and put a little deadening on it, I guess.
Couldn't make contact.
Ball two and strike one with one out.
Bruce overall in the season has 11 hits and 60 times at bat.
One of them has been a double and he has one run batted in.
That double was right here, wasn't it?
Down that right field line.
Two balls, one strike.
First one out, no score.
We're in the last half of the sixth inning.
Brody edges off at first.
Drysdale comes to the plate and it's sort of a half-chopping swing.
He had a bun position with the bat and then sort of took a stiff arm swing into ball, two-two.
It appears that Bruce was trying to line one over the third baseman's head there.
Darryl Griffith.
Boy, the weather's turned off just beautiful here, hasn't it?
Sort of air conditioned like we expect from the Dome Stadium.
Two-two.
Here's the pitch.
the ball is bunned on and missed and it's strike three and Bruce is out.
Holding at first base is Jerry Grohle.
That'll bring on Spangler who has bounded five-three and has popped out the short.
Al Spangler.
We have not been able to get a base hit off Don Drysdale.
And the Dodgers have had just two hits off Bob Bruce to show you what kind of pitching we're getting here this afternoon.
But we've had, as we think back, a lot of well-pitched games in this stadium, haven't we?
All three years.
Some beautifully-pitched games.
Drysdale to the Rosenbach.
Al Spangler with a 2.47 batting average has 36 runs batted in and the extra base total 18 doubles, five triples and four homers.
Drysdale off of the stretch of the pitch.
Spong on.
There's a line in the center field.
They've got Joe up to the second and holds on there.
Spangler gets the first hit of the ball game off Don Drysdale.
And it brings up little Joe Morgan.
So another left-hander to face right-handed Don Drysdale.
And this right-hander has been quite troublesome to the hitters with all kinds of breaking stuff and a motion that's very difficult to pick the flattest ball up easily on.
And he's got a good fast ball.
He can mix that in with him, you know, all those breaking stuff.
Brody in second and Spangler at first.
Morgan, who has grabbed it out and flied out, touches in on that plate in the batting stance.
And Drysdale pumps and he's ready to pitch down to little Joe.
A strike call.
Morgan has been about 20 times and has six bases on balls.
He's looking for his second hit.
And he's wrapped the ball very sharply on several occasions.
They have swung to right on the defensive infield and outfield. Runners at second and first, two down.
0-1 count the pitch.
Low ball, one and strike one.
Morgan guards in on that plate.
Drysdale with a very fabulous earned one average, especially when you consider the number of innings he has pitched.
2.19 earned one average in 303 and two-thirds innings going in today.
Willard Davis is going to get sunshades, I guess.
the sun is breaking through now and all the boys who figure in the sun field wanting the shades because the back sunshine suddenly breaks through here.
We've had overcast and some sprinkling, a little bit of precipitation.
Now, no score battle.
Fine pitching for two right-handers, Don Drysdale and Bob Bruce.
Sunshades are being given to four of them.
Trzewski from short, Nate Oliver at second, center fielder Willie Davis and the right fielder, Darryl Griffith.
That was the calls for the little break here.
the count is ball one and strike one.
And Morgan is back to the plate.
Little Joe, go to the runner at second and Sprangler leads off at first.
And here's Drysdale all set now, the stretch.
the big right-hander pumps, the pitch down.
Morgan takes inside.
Ball two and strike one.
I like his reflexes and I know you do too.
You've seen him up bat fans.
Joe Farrows, he's aggressive and for that reason he might occasionally go for a pitch.
Morgan now waiting as Drysdale comes down with the pitch and it's swung on
and Roller goes down to the first baseman.
Fail has got it.
A little hopper and he takes for the putout, stepping on first, an unassisted putout.
No runs, one hit, two left.
There was one error.
And at the end of six innings of play, it's Houston nothing.
At Los Angeles nothing.
Well, we've had six innings of this ballgame down in the books.
And moving to inning number seven, Houston nothing, the Dodgers nothing.
And here again is Gene Elston.
Thank you very much now as we move on to the seventh inning in a real fine ballgame out here today.
No score.
We've had only three hits so far.
And here's the first pitch to John Roseborough.
There's a swing and a miss and it's strike one.
Roseborough has been up twice and both times he has flied out.
He'll be followed by Ron Fairley and then Nate Oliver.
Nobody out, nobody on base.
Here's the windup by Bruce.
Next pitch into Roseborough and he takes a strike on the inside corner of the knees and it's 0-2.
Total attendance today is 8,186, 8186 total crowd and the official paid is 6,246, 6-2, 4-6 the paid crowd.
Low inside pitch to Roseborough and it's one ball and two strikes.
Rose now through six innings has given up only two hits, a single by Trudewski in the first and a single by Oliver in the second.
He has walked only one and he has struck out five betters.
He has also fired a wild pitch.
No score, seventh inning.
Here's the one and two pitch to Roseborough.
Pop-up, foul off the right side.
Bond and Grote both coming over for it now.
Bond by the dugout.
Watch out, Oliver, almost went down in there.
He got it and there's one down.
So Bond on the top of the dugout reaches in to grab that one and there's one down.
So Roseborough has fouled out to first and here's the first baseman, Ron Fairley.
Cardinals beat Pittsburgh, five to nothing.
It was a six-hit shutout by Roger Craig and St. Louis is a game out of first.
How about that one for a race?
Cincinnati first, Philadelphia second, a half out and the Cardinals a game out.
There's a strike to Fairley around the belt.
Closing pitcher was Vernon Law as the Cardinals won their fifth game in a row, five to nothing over Pittsburgh.
No home runs in that game.
One strike on Fairley.
He has struck out and was safe on an error.
Curve strike, oh that was a beauty right in there and it's 0-2 now.
Second baseman, Nate Oliver, will be up next.
This ball game is nothing and nothing.
Time for the seventh, one out, nobody on base.
And a two-strike count on left-handed batter Ron Fairley.
Here's the pitch, fastball.
That's popped up down the left-field line.
Asperavani and foul territory for it.
Shades that sunshine from his eyes.
He's got it and they're two men out.
So both batters here to open the seventh, Roseboro and Fairley have fouled out.
And that will bring up the second baseman, Nate Oliver.
Second baseman, number 29, Nate Oliver.
Oliver has singled and sacrificed.
He had an infield hit to shortstop.
And then butted up Fairley who was safe on Bonds' error in the fifth inning.
Right-handed batter, two outs, nobody on base.
And Bruce's first pitch is a little bit inside for ball one, one to nothing.
One ball, no strikes.
Bruce in one stage today, retired seven batters in a row.
And Drysdale, before he gave up a walk to win, had put down 14 consecutive Houston batters.
Ball low outside and then of course, Spangler got that base hit.
the only one off Drysdale so far in the sixth.
Two outs, nobody on base, top of the seventh.
And as Lowell mentioned, we're getting sunshine here in Outgold Stadium.
Here's the windup and the pitch on the way.
And there's a fly ball back in the center field.
Jimmy Wynn down to the sunshades on this one.
He's under it.
And he's got it and that retires the side.
That's seven batters in a row again now, but Bruce is retired as Oliver ends the seventh inning by flying to Jimmy Wynn.
No runs, no hits, no errors and nobody left on base.
Our ball game moves to the last half of the seventh with the score Houston nothing, Los Angeles nothing.
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Bottom half of the seventh inning now and Rusty Staub, Wal Bond and Bob Aspermati will be leading off here against Don Drysdale.
Let's pause for station identification. This is the cold 45s baseball network.
Rhymesdale all set to pitch to Staub. Now Rusty has popped out and fouled out his first two times up here this afternoon left handed batter.
Drysdale's first pitch to Rusty, high fastball ball one.
At the end of three innings at Shea Stadium, Cincinnati three, New York nothing.
Reds won the first game four to one.
Phillies lost to the Braves 14 to eight and the Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh five to nothing.
Nate Oliver getting some sunglasses at second base.
So Cincinnati has gone into first place in the National League by half a game over Philadelphia and St. Louis is in third place just a game out.
Yankees lost and Baltimore won today and the White Sox are winning.
So the Yankees lost a game on their American League League their first three games out in front of Baltimore and the White Sox appear to be having no trouble with Kansas City today.
So they probably will stay three games behind, pick up a full game on the Yankees also.
Here's the one and all pitch now to Rusty and Staub hits a fly ball to set left center field.
the left fielder Tommy Davis is over for this one and he holds it in for the first out.
So starved his fly the left center to open the seventh inning and that will bring up Houston's first baseman Walter Bond.
Chicago for San Francisco to with the Cubs batting in the bottom of the seventh.
Lowell told you that Ernie Banks had a grand slam.
That incidentally is the tenth grand slam of Ernie Banks career and not too many ballplayers get into the double figures on those.
Number 10 for Banks and the Cubs won the first game four to one.
Giants losing a lot of valuable ground in the National League today.
Walt hits a high pop on the left side and Dick Truszewski now the third baseman Bart Shirley on the outfield grass two down.
Awfully a lot of pop outs off of Drysdale today.
So Bond is up three times without a hit as he pops out to Bart Shirley two away and here's Bob Espramonte.
Espramonte is over two he's grounded out and flat out.
Espramonte right handed batter no score here in the last half of the seventh inning.
Drysdale has given up one hit a sixth inning single by Al Spangler has struck out only one batter today.
He caught Bruce looking in the sixth and has given up only one base on balls.
Drysdale retired the first 14 men to face him before he walked win in the fifth he was cut down trying to steal.
And then Grote reached on an error by Oliver at second in the sixth and the same inning Spangler single.
Asprow looks at the strike up around the letters and it's strike one.
Two outs and nobody on seventh inning.
Houston and Los Angeles are scoreless.
Drysdale throws to Asprow again now and he swings and misses that one and Drysdale gets out in front of him with two strikes.
White Sox five and Kansas City one at the end of four innings of their game.
Joe Harlan started Blue Moon Odom started but was taken out in the second for Kansas City when the White Sox scored four runs.
Here's the two strike pitch to Espramonte swinging a miss and he's struck him out retired aside.
That's the second strike out for Drysdale three up and three down for Houston here in the seventh inning.
No runs no hits no errors and nobody left on base.
And at the end of seven innings of play Stildo scored the Dodgers nothing and McCole forty five nothing.
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Have a cold Pearl beer. Oh I was just checking here I think a very interesting note at this stage since this is the final game that we'll be playing here at Cold Stadium.
In three years going into our final game today the cold forty fives are only nine games under five hundred against National League competition here at Cold Stadium.
Houston has won a hundred and sixteen games and has lost a hundred and twenty five in this ballpark.
Here's the first pitch now to Bart Shirley the third baseman and he takes a strike.
We were seventy six wins eighty five losses going into this year and starting this game we are forty forty here at Cold Stadium.
One strike to count on Shirley here's the pitch by Bruce it's high and it's one ball one strike.
Shirley was safe in the fielder's choice in the second flight out in the fifth inning to center field he is 0 for 2.
No score and only three hits the Dodgers have picked up two of the three.
Shirley leads off eighth inning he'll be followed by Don Drysdale and then they shortstop Dick Trudzinski.
Lost a hundred and twenty five in this ballpark.
Here's the first pitch now to Bart Shirley the third baseman and he takes a strike.
We were seventy six wins eighty five losses going into this year and starting this game we are forty forty here at Cold Stadium.
One strike to count on Shirley here's the pitch by Bruce it's high and it's one ball one strike.
Shirley was safe in the fielder's choice in the second flight out in the fifth inning to center field he is 0 for 2.
No score and only three hits the Dodgers have picked up two of the three.
Shirley leads off eighth inning he'll be followed by Don Drysdale and then they shortstop Dick Trudzinski.
A lot of sunshine here now.
Bruce rocks back here's the wind up in the pitch on the way to Shirley big chop to shortstop Casco has it.
Throw on to Bond and there's one down so Shirley opens the eighth.
That's the eighth batter in a row now that Bruce is retired as Shirley opens the eighth inning by grounding to Casco.
That'll bring up the pitcher Don Drysdale.
Pitcher number 53 Don Drysdale.
Right hander John Purden is loosening up for the Dodgers down the right field line.
Well here's Drysdale he has been on base once he drew a walk in the fifth and the first time up he bounced out to Esperamonte.
One out nobody on base eighth inning.
In the American League final score on the Detroit Boston game a four hit shutout by Joe Sperma.
Here's a swing and a miss by Drysdale strike one. Sperma has five and five for Detroit now.
As the Tigers beat Boston three to nothing Bill Montbouquet was the losing pitcher and Bill Bruton had a home run for the Tigers.
Minnesota Los Angeles has not yet started.
One strike to count and here's the pitch by Bruce Drysdale starts to go checks it's in there for a strike and it's on two.
Cincinnati did not score in the fourth they still lead the Mets three to nothing in that second game with New York batting in the bottom of the fourth.
Here's the two strike pitch to Drysdale slew a curve and he struck him out at the outside point of the belt.
That's the sixth strike out for Bruce today two away now and here's the top of the batting order Dick Truszewski.
Truszewski has one of the two hits off Bruce a first inning line single to left field.
Next then he has popped a short and was safe on the field of his choice.
Two outs nobody on. Outfield is pretty well straight away for this little fellow and the first pitch is right in there up around the letters for a strike.
No score Dodgers nothing Colt forty fives nothing eighth inning.
Each club has committed an error and a total of only three.
It's as a change bounce to shortstop cast goes up without a knee high and they shoots it over the first base to retire the side.
Ten straight retired by Bruce now as Truszewski ends the inning by bouncing out to shortstop.
No runs no hits no errors and nobody left on base.
Our ball game now goes to the bottom of the eighth with the score Houston nothing and Los Angeles nothing.
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the game of the eighth inning now and Jim will any Casco and Jerry Grote will be facing Don Drysdale.
No score.
Those of you who may have joined us late.
Quick recap here.
Final scores Milwaukee 14 Philadelphia 8.
First game final Cincinnati for New York 1 and after three and a half innings of the second game at Shea Stadium Reds three Mets nothing.
And St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh five to nothing.
They lost their first game to Chicago for the one and they're losing the second game.
Here's Jim Lynn fly to the left and draw a base on ball.
See his own for one officially.
Drysdale has given up only one hit a sixth inning single to Al Spangler.
Here's Drysdale's first pitch to win a right handed batter and he takes a strike up around the letter strike one.
Nobody out nobody on base.
Danny Kuhn starting to loosen up a bit for Houston down the left field line.
Now the pitch to win there's a ball going on side one ball one strike.
Well after Cincinnati finishes their game at New York this afternoon the Phillies and Cincinnati each will have only five games remaining to play this year.
While St. Louis will have six on the schedule.
Here's the one one pitch to win on Jimmy swings and files another one off one ball two strikes.
the Phillies will move on the road now. They have played their final game at home during the regular season.
They will move into St. Louis tomorrow.
They have three games at St. Louis and then finish the season with two games at Cincinnati.
And that next weekend possibly could be the decider in the National League pennant race.
the Reds also as I mentioned have five games to play and all five of Cincinnati's remaining games will be at home.
They play three against Pittsburgh and the two against the Phillies.
Here's the one two pitch to win. He got him on that when he checked his swing.
Call strike up around the letters. Winners been called out on strikes.
And that is the third strikeout by Drysdale one away.
Here's Eddie Casco. Now the Cardinals of course are only a game out.
And they will play all six of their remaining games at home.
They have three games against the Phillies and then they'll wrap up the season with three games at home against the New York Mets.
Here's Casco both times he's been up. He has bounced a shortstop. No score in this ballgame.
Bottom of the eighth. Here's the pitch by Drysdale.
Casco hits a bouncing foul ball down by Jim Busby at third and a strike one.
Left hander Jim Brewer loosening up a bit also down the right field line for the Dodgers now.
One out. Nobody on base. Casco the batter and Jerry Grote will be up next.
Here's Drysdale's next pitch daddy. Takes a little bit too high and it's ball one and strike one.
White Sox still lead Kansas City five to one at the end of four innings.
the Yankees won today or rather got beat today. Washington beat the Yankees in eleven innings three to two and Baltimore beat Cleveland four to nothing.
Here's the one one pitch. A little bit inside above the knees to Casco and it's ball two and strike one.
One out win is open the eighth by striking out and a ball to strike one count on Eddie Casco.
Forty fives will be idle tomorrow but we'll be back in action on Tuesday night in San Francisco.
Opening a three game set against the Giants and then wrap it up next weekend at Dodger Stadium against the same Dodgers.
Here's the two one pitch. Casco hits a foul ball in front of Busby down the left field line and the count moves to two balls two strikes.
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Ball to strike two on Casco. Brody on the on deck circle off the left side. This ball game is nothing and nothing eighth inning.
Outfield shade it just a bit around the left side for Casco. There's a high pop off the right side.
Brody and Oliver and Griffith charging the ball and no one can get it. It goes up into the box seats.
Hit in the first row alongside the Los Angeles bullpen and it's ball two and strike two.
So Drysdale gets himself a new baseball.
the 35s have had three base runners in this ball game. Win walk Brody safe on an error and a single by Spangler.
And Drysdale throws the two and two to Casco. He struck him out too.
So Casco goes down swinging and that's three strikeouts in a row for Drysdale and his fourth of the ballgame.
Prior to the seventh inning he had struck out only Bruce. So with two down here's Brody.
He's been up twice without a hit. Reached base in the sixth on an error on the second baseman Nate Oliver.
the Mets did not score in the bottom of the fourth inning. Cincinnati three New York nothing after four innings of their second game.
And Drysdale's first pitch to Brody and Jerry takes a strike up around the letter strike one.
Wind is coming in from center field now left center field toward the plate. Pretty good clip at the present time.
Here's the pitch on the way again and Brody goes for Drysdale's fastball and Drysdale evidently got something in his eye just as he delivered the ball.
And he appears to be all right. Probably the perspiration dropped down in his eyes just as he delivered that ball.
But he's out in front of Brody two strikes. Only three hits in this game. Spangler for Houston.
Truszewski and Oliver for Los Angeles. It's nothing and nothing. Two strikes now on Brody.
Here's Drysdale's wind up in the pitch now. Swing and a miss and he struck him out. He struck out the side. Four strikeouts in a row for Drysdale.
It's number five. No runs, no head, no errors and nobody left on base. We're going out of the first half of the ninth inning with the score Los Angeles nothing and used to nothing.
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In the event some of you are not familiar with this feature, the round trip fare is just 75 cents. These are the locations of the starting points.
In the Lions Avenue area, the South parking lot of Wine Garden store number 23 at Lions and Shotwell Streets. the bus leaves at 625 p.m.
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Griffith has struck out twice, his first two times up and in the sixth inning he grounded out second base.
Number 26, Darrell Griffith.
Right-hander Jim Owens is going to start loosening up for Houston out on the left of your line as we start the ninth.
Bruce has given up two heads, struck out six and has walked one.
Alcino shifts around the right side for Griffith.
Wynn coming in from Sutterfield and almost continuing the sunshine here now.
Here's the wind up by Bruce and the first pitch into Griffith and he taps a foul in front of Pete Reeser who's coaching down a third.
Rolls on down to the Houston bullpen and a strike one.
Willie Davis in the on-deck circle.
Dodgers and the Colt 45's are nothing and nothing.
Bob Bruce and Don Drysdale. Here's the pitch on the way to Griffith now. There's a ground ball off the right side.
Morgan comes in fast on this one he'll have to hurry and just did get him.
On a very slow hit ball, Griffith was shying away from that for some reason.
It evidently was high and inside and he was leaning back and he accidentally hit the ball to second base and Morgan came in to make the pickup and they just got him at first base.
So Griffith has rolled out Morgan to Bond, one out ninth inning.
That's the 11th in a row now that Bruce has retired since he walked Drysdale in the fifth and now here's Willie Davis.
He's been up three times without a hit and has struck out twice.
Here's Bruce's pitch to Willie Davis. There's a foul ball that's going into the seats down the first base side and a strike one.
One strike on Willie Davis. Tommy Davis will be up next.
Bruce looks over his side from Jerry Grote.
Here's the pitch now. There's a high fly ball pop up back into right center field. Morgan is back for this one now.
Joe's calling everyone off but now the center fielder Jim Wynn moves in behind him to make the catch.
Morgan all set to grab it and then Wynn called him off of it and they're two down.
So Willie Davis flies to center, two outs and now here's the left fielder for the Dodgers, Tommy Davis.
He's been up three times without a hit.
Safe on a fielder's choice and the last two times has flied out to right field in the center field.
No score, ninth inning.
And a right handed batter Tommy Davis into face Bruce.
Bob Rock's back now and here's the first pitch into Tommy Davis. He takes a strike on the outside corner of the bell to strike one.
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Bob takes a double pump out there this time to Tommy Davis and the pitch is low curve ball, line drive on the left field line.
It'll be in there for extra bases. Spangler coming fast Davis on his way to second and Spangler's throw will not be in time.
It's a double.
So Tommy Davis with two outs in the ninth is doubled over third for his 19th two base hit of the year.
And the Dodgers are threatening now with two outs and the catcher John Roseboro coming up.
That's the third hit off Bruce.
Roseboro is over three. That's the first hit off Bruce since Oliver's singled in the infield with two outs in the second.
Oh Tommy Davis takes his lead off second base Roseboro left handed batter ground ball to Morgan's left.
Joe over four.
Here comes Bobby Davis in the store. the play at the plate is in time.
Bobby Davis is cut down at the plate by Joe Morgan DeGrody on a play that will not ever be any closer than that one.
the ball was hit to Morgan going to his left. He slipped on the wet grass, picked himself up, fired DeGrody and got him to retire the side.
It'll be an hour on Joe Morgan but he recovered in time to get the big play at the plate as Roseboro was safe at first base and Davis was cut down Joe Morgan to Jerry Grote and in the ninth no one hit one error and one man was left on base.
And we got out of the bottom of the ninth inning and this ballgame is still nothing and nothing.
Now there was a thriller play and you got this late in the ballgame and everything hinge right on that one.
So the forty five will be coming up here now on the bottom of the ninth inning with Bob Bruce Al Spangler and Joe Morgan.
Well the lead batter here will be pitcher Bob Bruce with no score last half of the ninth.
Here comes Bob out now. He's pitched a mighty fine ballgame again.
Bob incidentally Bruce has not given up a run now in 18 innings.
He has pitched a shutout through nine today and his last time out he shut out the New York Mets.
So he has not given up a run in 18 innings.
Here's the first pitch by Drysdale and Bob Singles in the right center field may go for two.
You'll have to hold with a single as Tommy Willie Davis makes the pick up.
Rose Singles in the right center field to open the ninth inning.
That's only the second hit off Drysdale.
Well there's the big one on now if we can get him around.
Here's Spangler now the only other hit off Drysdale in the sixth and has brought it out and popped out the other two times.
Well we're going to have a little conference in the mile now as Drysdale Roseboro Shirley and Fairleigh all get together now on the hill
to decide what kind of strategy they're going to use here now.
Now to see what Houston does here whether or not they'll be budding Bruce the pitcher up to second base.
Whether Al will be swinging away now in order to make sure they get straight and everything.
Spangler is having a few words with the third base coach Jim Busby.
So Bruce is on first.
Keep in mind now that Bruce is not too fast although he does move too slowly but we'll see whether or not they call for the sacrifice.
Joe Morgan will be up next runner on first nobody outscore nothing nothing bottom of the ninth inning.
Here's the stretch now look over the first base and here's the pitch on the way Spangler swings away and he pops it into right field.
Wes Parker coming on for this one now he makes the play on it one down so the fun was not on as Spangler flies to right field one away.
That'll bring up Joe Morgan now with Bruce still on first base and one out.
Nothing and nothing were in the bottom of the ninth.
Thirty five Joe Morgan.
Now this ballgame today is a complete reversal of our opening game here in 1962.
This is nothing nothing game in the ninth inning and the first one was 11 to 2 and the 45 speech Chicago.
Here's Morgan he's 0 for 3.
Little left handed batter and Bruce with a very short lead off first base.
Morgan second time he started to go on a low inside pitch ball on.
Bruce Singleton arrived center field to start the night and Spangler is by the right field.
Rusty Star will be up next one ball no strikes on Morgan and Drysdale throws again and Morgan swings and he misses that one just got a piece of it foul ball right at Roseboro speed and it's one ball in one strike.
Chicago still leading Kansas City five to nothing with the A's batting in the bottom of the six.
Parker fairly well back out in right field Bruce very short offer space here's the pitch Morgan swings at a fastball in a zone to two strikes now Morgan.
Drysdale has allowed two hits Bruce has given up three and Morgan behind on Drysdale here now with one out Bruce and first ninth inning one ball two strikes.
Drysdale back up on that over again. Here's the pitch on the way and as a tap foul bounces into the Houston dugout back third and the countermains and one ball and two strikes.
Tomorrow we'll be with you on Tuesday night from Candlestick Park San Francisco nine o'clock central standard time with the first of three games against the Giants and the start of our final week of the 1964 season.
Morgan back in again now one ball two strikes. Here's the stretch by Drysdale Bruce still stays close to first base fairly holding up against him high outside fastball to Morgan and two balls and two strikes to two count.
Bruce single right center field Sprangler fly to right field for the first down and Morgan will be followed by Rusty Staub.
He's on the right side way back.
Morgan is very fast. He took the throw from Oliver but too late.
That's an infield at Bruce has been moved to second base the forty five seven runners on first and second one out here is Rusty Staub and let's pause here now for station identification.
Smokey Austin is coming to the mound now and we may just have Ron Peranoski.
I don't know what Smokey's feelings would be here now with the winning run on second and one out and a left handed batter coming up.
But he does have Peranoski warmed up in the bullpen.
Drysdale has pitched himself a three hit shutout through eight and a third innings.
And it appears that Austin is going to stay with his right hander Drysdale.
Big deal stay on only one out and the winning run is on second base.
Keep in mind now that it's running a second.
So in order to get a run in here it'll take a pretty good solid base in here by stop.
the first pitch for Rusty takes it high and outside ball on one another.
All bond will be up next.
Bruce at second Morgan at first one out Dodger infield of course a double play that there and the score nothing and nothing and the hits are all even on three apiece.
And then Rose a single and Morgan has beaten out an infield at the second outfield deep and around the right side.
Arms down by Drysdale.
Here's the pitch Rusty looks at a fast strike on the inside corner of the knees and a small one and strike one.
the Mets have just scored in that second game and at the end of five Cincinnati three New York one and at the end of six innings in the American League White Sox five Kansas City one.
One ball one strike.
Two men on one out last of the ninth inning.
Good solid base hit here now I could wrap it up out here for today.
And it's one ball and one strike on stop.
Drysdale peers in to get a sign.
Too big a lead by Bruce off second base here's the pitch ground ball second base double play ball.
Oliver goes to shortstop out throw to first double play to retire the side.
That's what the Dodgers were looking for and they got it as Morgan is out at second base.
Oliver going to Trudusky on the relay over to first base ends the ninth inning and we go into extra runnings out here today in the ninth inning no runs on two hits there were no errors with one man left on base.
Our ballgame now moves to the tent.
With the score Houston nothing and Los Angeles nothing.
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First half of the 10th inning here at Carl's Stadium.
the Dodgers are going to be in the second inning and nothing.
Alice is the first extra running game of the year between these two ball clubs and this is only the second time this season that the 45s have gone into extra runnings here at home.
All the other extra running games have been on the road.
Forty fives have won three and lost five in the extra running column so far this season.
the extra runnings was an eight to seven 10 inning victory over the St. Louis Cardinals back on August the 19th.
Ron Farley will lead off.
He'll be followed by Nate Oliver and then Bart Shirley here in the top of the 10th inning and no score.
Here's the first baseman number six.
Well the Cubs defeated the Giants twice today and that just about could do it for San Francisco.
Four to two second game Cal Coons won it and Bob Bowlin was the losing pitcher for the Giants.
Farley takes it high and outside ball on the only home run was a grand slam by Ernie Banks.
So a double loss by the Giants.
Four to one four to two for the Cubs.
Nate Oliver will be up next.
Farley has struck out safe on an error and fouled out.
He is officially 0 for 3 today.
Here's the pitch on the way now swinging a foul ball a hopper back toward the screen.
Here's the ball one strike.
Bob Bruce and Don Drysdale now in extra innings and we have a double shutout going.
Ron Farley first baseman left handed better.
Bruce has given up three hits struck out six and has walked one today.
Here's the one and one pitch to Farley swinging a miss strike two.
Two strike countdown Milwaukee beat Philadelphia 14 to 8.
Reds beat the Giants beat the Mets 4 to 1 in the first game and they're leading New York 3 to 1 at the end of five in the second game and the Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh 5 to nothing.
Here's the one and two pitch to Farley a little bit low outside Yankees lost to Washington in 11 innings 3 to 2.
Baltimore beat Cleveland 4 to nothing and the White Sox lead Kansas City 5 to 1 at the end of six.
Yanks lead has been trimmed to three games and Cincinnati leads the National League now by a half.
Ball to strike two. Here's the pitch to Farley swinging the ground ball right side deep back over.
Bond gets it flips to Bruce at first base for the young Ron Farley hops one down the first base side to Walpond.
We'll bring up the second baseman for Los Angeles Nate Oliver.
Oliver has had one hit an infield hit in the second inning one of the three off Bruce sacrificed and flied out.
He is one for two today officially. Oliver that's right.
Down the bullpen for Houston right hander Jim Owens and left hander Hal Woodishick are cranking up now.
And Ron Peranoski is back up throwing again for the Dodgers.
Alston will have him warming up again on Casey reaches the point here where he may want to use a pinch hitter for Drysdale in the 10th inning.
Bruce takes a lot of time out there in the mound.
One out nobody on base. Here's the wind up in the first pitch to Oliver and as a card and ground ball to short Casco up with it.
Throw the first got him.
Well he really spun that one pretty good. Hard hit ground ball to short and Casco on over to Walpond to a way.
Here's Bart Shirley the Dodger third baseman number 23 over three today.
That's right.
Dodgers nothing called forty five.
the pitch to Shirley swing and a miss fastball and it's one ball and two strikes one to count.
Two outs is fairly and Oliver have both grounded out.
Bruce checks over his sign again from Jerry Grote.
Here's the wind up in the pitch on the way down as a high high when he was slip pitch evidently slow curveball seemed to slip away from him ball to and strike one to one count.
All to and strike one.
Two outs nobody on top of the 10th and this is nothing and nothing Dodgers in the cold forty five shares the two and one pitch to Shirley fastball outside and it's three and one.
Three ball one strike out.
Oh Bruce gets behind on Shirley now.
Time called and Grote is going out to talk to Bruce.
To surely get on Drysdale is due to bat next.
And now here comes Frank Howard out and Howard evidently is coming on as a pinch batter with a three and one count on Shirley.
Austin is making a pinch hitting change right here.
Bart Shirley is being lifted for a pinch batter with a three and one count.
On Frank on Bart Shirley with two outs and nobody on base.
Howard a right handed batter.
He's hitting two hundred and thirty.
Sixty nine runs batted in twenty four home runs first put popped up back in the left center field that could drop Casco going out and he got it.
On the first pitch to Howard who came in with a three and one count to bat for Shirley.
He seemed to be checking his swing on that one and he popped up the left center field and Casco went way out with his back to the infield and all to then to retire the side.
the top of the 10th is over no runs no hits no errors and nobody left on base and the score is still nothing and nothing as the forty fives come in here last to the 10th inning.
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Here's a later score now on Cincinnati New York at the end of six innings in their second game the Reds three Mets one at the end of six and the White Sox did not score in the seventh inning at Kansas City but they still lead the A's five to one.
Jim Gilliam is now playing third replacing Bart Shirley who was lifted for a pinch batter and Walpond will lead off for Houston.
He'll be followed by Bob Aspermati and then Jimmy Webb.
He has been up three times very few people have had hits out here today we've had only a total of six hits three off gross and three off Drysdale.
All this popped up twice and grounded out.
So Bob the left handed batter facing Drysdale bottom half of the 10th inning all its outside ball on one and nothing.
Aspermati moves into the on deck circle off the left side.
One ball no strikes no score bottom of the 10th.
Drysdale gets a sign again now from John Roseboro. Here's the pitch on the way and bond it's a foul up in the seats off the left side.
And it's one ball and one strike one one.
Nobody out nobody on base.
Left handed batter bond one one count. Here's the wind up in the pitch now and bond takes a high outside pitch.
This is not the first time that Houston has gone through nine innings of nothing and nothing game.
You may recall back in 1962.
Here's the two one pitch ball and outside three and one on bond back in 1962.
Houston and Cincinnati went 12 innings of scoreless baseball here at Cole Stadium before Johnny Klipstein hit a home run on the 13th to win it one to nothing.
It was Farrell who pitched 12 consecutive innings a shutout ball at night against the Reds.
All four and bond is on to open the 10.
That's only the second base on balls given up by Drysdale.
Number 14. First block was to Jimmy Wynn in the fifth.
So for the second inning in a row now the cold 45 have their lead man on and here's Bob Aspromonti.
Aspro is looking for his first hit he is 0 for 3 runner on first base is bond Ron Fairley holds up against him.
Now and Drysdale throws to Aspro and he's going to punt that ball he took it inside football one one and nothing.
One ball no strikes.
Here's the stretch again by Drysdale not too big a lead by bond off first Aspro punts a foul down the first base side one ball and one strike.
A base on balls to bond to open the bottom of the 10th with a score nothing and nothing.
And Aspromonti now trying to get a punt down.
Jim Wynn will be up next.
Drysdale through nine innings has allowed three hits struck out five walk to.
As a sign again now short lead again by bond off first base.
There's a throw over there Fairley takes the throw but doesn't put the tag on bond.
Drysdale trying to hold the Houston first baseman close to the bag one ball one strike on Aspromonti a right handed batter.
Here's the pitch on the way and Aspro swings away on that one the Buntz sign was removed and he bounces a foul ball on the seats back to third and he's behind on Drysdale now one ball two strikes.
One to go.
Bob Miller a right hander is joined Ron Peranosky and the bullpen for the Dodgers down the right field line.
One and two count on Aspromonti with Jim Wynn up next.
Drysdale checks aside again watches bond on first arms down.
Here's the pitch to Aspro very high fastball and it's two balls and two strikes to two.
After six innings at New York Reds three Mets one.
Cincinnati trying to win their ninth game in a row.
They have already taken the opener four to one from New York while the Phillies were losing.
Drysdale takes a bit of time out there in the mound now he's after that Rossenbeck.
Ball two strike two.
Bond has walked to open the tenth and it's a two two count on Aspromonti.
To win it one to nothing it was Farrell who pitched twelve consecutive innings a shutout ball at night against the Reds.
Ball four and Bond is on to open the tenth.
That's only the second base on balls given up by Drysdale.
First walk was to Jimi Wynn in the fifth.
It's all for the second inning in a row now the Colt 45's have their lead man on and here's Bob Aspromonti.
Aspro is looking for his first hit he is 0 for 3 runner on first base is Bond.
Ron Fairley holds up against him here's the stretch now.
And Drysdale throws to Aspro and he's going to punt that ball he took it inside for ball one one to nothing.
One ball no strikes.
Here's the stretch again by Drysdale now not too big a lead by Bond off first Aspro punts a foul down the first base side.
One ball and one strike.
A base on balls to Bond to open the bottom of the tenth with a score nothing and nothing.
And Aspromonti now trying to get a punt down.
Jim Wynn will be up next.
Drysdale through nine innings has allowed three hits struck out five walk two.
As a sign again now short lead again by Bond off first base.
There's a throw over there Fairley takes the throw but doesn't put the tag on Bond.
Drysdale trying to hold a Houston first baseman close to the bag.
One ball one strike on Aspromonti a right handed batter.
Here's the pitch on the way and Aspro swings away on that one.
the punt sign was removed and he bounces a foul ball and the seat's back to third and he's behind on Drysdale now one ball two strikes.
One two count.
Bob Miller a right hander has joined Ron Peranosky in the bullpen for the Dodgers down the right field line.
One and two count on Aspromonti with Jim Wynn up next.
Drysdale checks a sign again watches Bond on first arms down.
Here's the pitch to Aspro very high fastball and it's two balls and two strikes.
Two two count.
After six innings at New York Reds three Mets one.
Cincinnati trying to win their ninth game in a row.
They have already taken the opener four to one from New York while the Phillies were losing.
Drysdale takes a bit of time out there in the mound now he's after that Rossenbeck.
Ball two strike two.
Bond has walked to open the tenth and it's a two two count on Aspromonti.
There is nobody out.
Arms down by Drysdale.
Here's the pitch to Aspro.
There's a high pop in the infield.
And the first baseman Ron Fairley right in front of the bag has got it and there's one down.
So Aspromonti has popped to first.
Bond holds the first base of course and here's Jimmy Wynn.
Wynn has been on base once in the fifth inning he drew a base on balls.
And also has struck out officially he has won for two.
Fairly out talking to Drysdale now.
Forty fives have had runners in scoring position in the sixth and in the ninth innings.
And now they have Bond on first with one out of the tenth and the batter right handed hitter Jimmy Wynn in Drysdale's first pitch.
He got him on that one low outside pitch.
And he got Wynn to bite on it as one strike.
Dodgers had runners in scoring position in the fifth inning.
And in the ninth.
Here's the stretch now pitch on the way foul ball that's off Roseboro's mask off the right side of the plate.
And Wynn gets behind on Drysdale two strikes.
Eddie Casco will be up next.
0-2 count.
Bond at first one out. Score nothing and nothing.
New baseball now for Drysdale.
Morgan and Bruce singled in the ninth inning and they picked up the second and third hits off Drysdale today.
And there have been three hits off Bob Bruce.
Here's the stretch now look over to first base.
And there's a strike on the outside corner of the belt. Wynn has been called out on strikes.
That's the second time in a row that Wynn has struck out. He's struck out looking also in the eighth inning.
And that's the sixth strike out for Drysdale and each pitcher now has struck out six.
Here's Casco with two outs and Bond on first.
Now Eddie is 0-3. He struck out once. the other two times he's grounded out to shortstop.
Last of the tenth. Nothing and nothing.
Drysdale now is motioning for Wes Parker his right fielder to come in a bit.
And that's the first pitch for Casco.
Got a win coming in from left center field toward the plate.
Bond edges away from Fairley at first base and the first pitch to Casco is a pop-up back in the shallow center field.
Trudzewski going out for this one. Now the second baseman Nate Oliver makes the play on it and that retires the side.
So Bond who walked to open the inning is stranded on first base.
That's all for Houston 10th inning. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left.
And we move to the 11th inning now. the score is still Los Angeles nothing and Houston nothing.
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Don Drysdale is going to be lifted here and Maury Wells is coming on to bat for him in the 11th inning.
And let's see who's coming in. I think it's Bob Miller who will be on to pitch the bottom half of the 11th inning for Los Angeles.
He has finished his warmups and is coming into the dugout back at first.
So Drysdale is all through for the afternoon and another real fine pitching job by the giant right hander for the Dodgers.
Here's Wells, switch hitter. He'll be batting left handed against Bruce.
Wells is hitting 273. 34 runs batted in. And two homers. He has 15 doubles and five triples.
He'll be followed by Dick Truszewski and then West Parker.
First half of the 11th and there's no score. Here's the windup by Bruce and the first pitch to Wells, very high ball one.
Ron Peranoski is still loosening up for the Dodgers down in right field and for Houston now.
And let's see, we're just getting some changes down there so we'll hold up just a moment.
Maury Wells leading off as a pinch batter for Don Drysdale.
Bruce's pitch pop foul, no play, high and up into the seats off the left side.
And it's one ball and one strike. One-one count.
White Sox did not score in the top of the eighth inning and the A's are batting now, Chicago five and Kansas City one.
Maury Wells, pinch batting for Drysdale.
Aspermonte is on the grass in front of third.
Here's the one-one pitch to Wells. Fly ball right field.
Staub coming on hard for it, digging over near foul territory. Dives but he couldn't get it. Foul ball.
Great try by Rusty. He's sprawled all over the place out there.
That's the second time in the last two games that Rusty has dived after a foul ball on the right field line.
He just about got that one. He got a glove on it but he couldn't hold it.
And it's one ball, two strikes.
So Wells is back in there now here in the eleventh inning.
Nobody out, nobody on base. No score.
With two strikes on Wells, Aspermonte is backed up even with third base now.
Curve ball popped up. Foul. Aspermonte coming in for it. Easy play for him. One down.
Little pop-up on the left side of the play taken by Bob Aspermonte.
So there's one down now and that will bring up the top of the batting order, Dick Truszewski.
Truszewski has had one of the three hits off Bruce, a first inning single.
He has won for four. That's right-handed.
Outfield shades around the left side for him and the first pitch is a little bit outside at the knees for ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
Each club has come up with three hits.
Trusz checks over his sign again now. Here's the wind up in the pitch.
There's a fly ball left center field. Winn comes over for it and he makes the play.
It looked like trouble for just a second.
But taken easily in left center field by Jimmy Winn for the second out.
Here is Wes Parker.
He'll replace Daryl Griffith in right field. This will be his first trip to the plate.
Parker is left-handed batter.
Heading 255 and the first pitch is tapped foul up in the seats off a third and a strike one.
Parker is hitting 255.
Nine runs batted in. He has three homers.
Outfield deep and around the right side for Parker with two outs.
And Bruce's pitch, there's a bunt down the third baseline. He's going to beat it out.
No throw by Aspromotti. Base hit. So Parker with Aspromotti playing deep, Bunson beats it out.
So the Dodgers have a man on here in the 11th with two outs. That's the fourth hit off Bruce.
A double by Tommy Davis in the ninth.
And a single by Truszewski in the first and an infield hit by Oliver in the second.
That is the extent of the hit so far off Bruce. And now the Dodgers have one more than Houston, 4-3.
Here's Willie Davis, the center fielder. Runner on first base and two outs.
Davis, Willie Davis has been up four times without a hit and twice he has struck out.
Parker takes a big lead. Draws the throw over there and he gets back in time.
Pretty close play.
Parker took a big lead off first base and Bruce shot it over there but not in time.
No count on Willie Davis.
Bruce checks the sign out. Davis left handed batter.
Parker's on with a bunt hit to third and Bruce throws it over there again and he gets back in time.
Bruce up in the rubber again. Now two outs.
Here's the stretch and a glance over to first base and Parker breaks on it. Grote's throw is going to be in time.
They got it. Grote to Kesko and Wes Parker is thrown out trying to steal.
Here are the 11th inning to retire the side.
No runs, one hit. No errors. Nobody left on. We go to the last of the 11th inning.
Still no score in this ballgame. Dodgers nothing, Colt 45s nothing.
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Last half of the 11th inning and Ron Peranoski has been called on to pitch for the Dodgers.
And before we get underway here in the bottom of the 11th, let's pause for station identification.
This is the Colt 45s baseball network.
This is KBRC, Radio Houston, 950.
78 degrees in the patio. Right now, 28 minutes after 4 o'clock.
Leading off to the 45s, the catcher number 8, Jerry Grote.
Well, we're going on to the 11th inning now, bottom half.
And Jerry Grote will lead off for the Colt 45s.
Jerry so far today has been up three times without a hit. He has struck out one.
So Drysdale has taken out after going 10 innings.
And he allowed only three hits, struck out six, and walked two.
And now it's left-hander Ron Peranoski.
Here's the windup in the pitch now to Grote, and Jerry takes it high for ball one.
This is the 68th game in which Peranoski has appeared. All have been in relief.
In 117 innings, he has allowed 123 hits.
Grote hits a foul back in the screen, one ball, one strike.
Third run average at 315 for Peranoski.
In 117 innings, he has struck out 73 in his walk 45.
Nobody out, nobody on base. No score. Last of the 11th inning.
Peranoski checks over his sign again now.
Here's the windup in the pitch on the way now. There's a high-pop foul off the right side.
That'll be up into the seats, and it's one ball and two strikes. One-and-two count.
Here's the one-and-two pitch to Grote again now. Oh, he changed up on him, and he took it around the knees for a call strike.
So Grote has been called out on strikes. That's the second time that Grote has struck out today.
And that is the seventh strikeout by Dodger pitching. First one, of course, by Peranoski.
Well, let's see what's going to happen here now.
Bruce has not come out of the dugout. He is due to bat right now.
There's no one warming up for Houston, but a relief pitcher, of course, would be ready in a hurry if they decide to pinch it here.
Bruce has gone all the way. Bruce is going to bat for himself.
Jim Ewell, I see here through my glasses, is working on Bob's leg here for some reason.
I think that's the delay. So Bruce will come out to bat for himself.
This is soon as the trainer gets through working on him.
Third base umpire, Doug Harvey, looking down into the Houston dugout back a third.
We can't see with the sun shining on the screen behind the plate exactly what's going on.
But Ewell is doing something around Bruce's right leg, I believe.
Now Bob's getting up, and he's coming out to hit for himself.
So there's one down here in the bottom of the 11th inning with no score in this game.
There have been about an equal number of threats by each club.
Now the plate umpire, Tony Benson, is walking over that way.
I guess he's just going over to get a drink of water.
Well the game is delayed here for just a moment while Bruce gets sent to come out here.
He's just tying his shoe. I don't know whether they had a new pair of shoes for him or what.
Well quickly here again the Braves beat the Phillies today 14 to 8.
And Cincinnati is still leading New York in the second game 3 to 1, with the Mets batting in the bottom of the 7th.
Reds won the first game 4 to 1. St. Louis beat Pittsburgh 5 to nothing.
And the Cubs won a double header from San Francisco 4 to 1 and 4 to 2.
Over in the American League, Washington beat the Yankees in 11 innings 3 to 2.
Baltimore beat Cleveland 4 to nothing.
And in the bottom half of the 9th inning, Chicago 5 and Kansas City 1,
with the A's batting now in the bottom half of the 9th inning.
Detroit beat Boston 3 to nothing, and Minnesota, Los Angeles has not yet started.
Well Bruce is out there now. He has one hit. He's single to open.
the 9th inning is struck out and grounded out.
Here's the pitch on the way and Bruce hits a chop to the shortstop, Dick Truszewski, an easy tap,
and the throw to first base and two men are out. So Bruce has bounced out short to first.
That'll bring up the top of the batting order, Al Spangler. He has one of the three Houston hits today.
He had the first hit of the ball game off Drysdale in the 6th, and it came with two outs.
Drysdale had retired the first 14 men to face him.
So here's Al now with one for four, a single, facing left-hander Ron Peranoski in the 11th inning, no score.
Two outs. Lowell, did you catch that announcement on Bruce?
Yes, Bob came up with a blister on his foot, and he was having a little treatment there and perhaps a little bandage.
So Bruce is grounded out on the first pitch, and now here's Spangler.
Gilliam in close at third. Al takes a fast strike up around the letter, strike one.
Still a lot of sunshine out here. No score in the 11th inning.
Here's the windup by Peranoski in the pitch, and Spangler takes strike two, fastball on the outside corner of the belt,
and Spangler gets behind on him two strikes.
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12th inning starting now here at Coast Edium, and Willie Davis, Tommy Davis, and John Roseborough will be the first three batters to face Bob Bruce.
This becomes our longest game of the year now for the second time.
Back on May the 4th, the Colt 45s battled the San Francisco Giants to 12 innings.
That's our longest game prior to today, and now we're starting the 12th here this afternoon.
Left-handed batter Willie Davis. Ground ball to second base. Morgan scoots to his left foot.
Easy play to first base to Bond, and there's one down.
So Willie Davis starts the 12th by grounding out second to first, and that will bring up the left fielder, Tommy Davis.
Time has been called in New York. John Edwards, Cincinnati catcher, has injured his hand.
Boy, he's had a tough year today with injuries, and that is not going to help the Reds any.
So Edwards has hurt his hand with a foul ball.
It did not say in the bulletin whether or not he was removed from the game. He's taken out. He has been taken out.
Here's Tommy Davis now. There's a strike on the outside corner of the knees, strike one.
This is the third injury that John Edwards has suffered this season.
Heard his throwing arm early in the season, and the last injury also was to one of his fingers on his throwing hand.
Tommy Davis has one of the four hits off Bruce. He doubled in the ninth with two outs, and he has one for four.
One out and nobody on base. Bruce's next pitch. Line drive. Great catch by Bond. He's spirited.
Tommy Davis lines to right, and Bond went way up the spirit.
And you have to be 6'6 to do that. Yeah, they're two down.
That will bring up John Roseborough now as Walt Bond has just spirited Tommy Davis' drive headed down the right side.
Roseborough is all for four today. Left-handed batter and Bruce's first pitch.
There's a loop in the right center field for a base hit.
Wynn comes up with it now, and Roseborough will hold on.
That's the fifth hit now, or rather the fifth hit off Bruce.
And it puts the runner on first with two men out.
Here's Ron Fairley. He's all for four today. He's struck out once.
So the Dodgers with two outs have a man on.
This is the second inning in a row now that they have picked up a single with two men out.
Twelve inning. John Roseborough has good speed, is on first base.
Bruce takes the stretch now and a glance over to first base. Here's the pitch.
There's a ground ball just fouled outside of first.
One strike. Now Bruce has gone all the way today and Drysdale worked ten innings.
Here's the stretch by Bruce now to look over to first.
Here's the pitch on the way. There's a ball a little bit outside.
And it's one ball and one strike.
Bob Miller is starting to loosen up again for the Dodgers down the right field line.
Foul ball high and up in the seats off the left side.
One ball and two strikes.
One ball, two strikes on left-handed batter Ron Fairley.
Twelfth inning. Houston nothing and Los Angeles nothing.
Bruce checks his runner on first. Roseborough has not been taking too big a lead over there.
There are two men out. Here's the stretch now.
And the pitch into Fairley. Very high and outside. Ball, two strike, two.
Here's the latest from New York. Still Cincinnati out in front of the Mets.
Three to one. That game is at the end of seven now.
Gail and Cisco has been taken out and Bill Wakefield is pitching for the Mets in the eighth.
Cincinnati won the first game four to one.
Ball, two, strike, two. Roseborough on first base, two outs.
Here's the pitch to Fairley again now. Too high. Full count of three, two.
Going to have a runner now at first base for Roseborough.
That must be Willie Crawford. I didn't catch his number but it is Willie Crawford now running at first.
Crawford was signed as a $100,000 bonus player just a kid 18 years old and joined the club in June.
Quite a few clubs were after him out on the West Coast.
Ball, three and strike, two. Has that big lead off first base.
Here's the pitch. He breaks on it. Ball, four. He lost him.
Well, that's the second base on balls given up by Bruce.
All the Dodgers with two outs have runners on first and second and we have a right-handed batter, Nate Oliver, coming up here.
We have Owens and Woodachick in the bullpen.
And let's see what decision Manager Harris will make right here now.
And he's going to leave him in. He's going to go with Bruce.
Nate Oliver will come in to hit against him now.
Rose has given up five hits and two bases on balls now.
Here's Oliver. He had an infield hit off Bruce in the second.
Officially for the day one for three and sacrificed once.
Willie Crawford on second base.
And Ron Fairley on first with two outs, 12th inning, no score.
Here is Oliver and the stretch by Bruce. A check on his runner at second base and the pitch.
Ground ball, right side. Morgan over four. Joe's got it. Got him to retire the side.
Oliver on the first pitch, bounces out to second and we go to the bottom of the 12th inning.
So on the top half for the Dodgers, no runs, one hit, no errors. Two men were left on base.
And we go now to the last of the 12th and there still is no score in this ballgame.
Dodgers nothing, Colt 45 nothing.
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Last half of the 12th inning now and Joe Morgan will lead off here for the Colt 45s.
Rusty Staub will follow and then Walpon. This is still a nothing and nothing game.
That was the 22nd consecutive scoreless inning of pitching by Bruce.
And Bob is just one away from tying our all-time club record of 23 consecutive innings of shutout ball.
Fitched by Turk Farrell in 1962.
Well here's Morgan now to lead off the last of the 12th.
Ron Peranoski on the mound for the Dodgers. Ground ball right side.
Fairley off the bag and a beat it out base hit.
Peranoski didn't cover and that's two in a row that Morgan beat out.
Fairley didn't know whether to go after that one or not. He started, stopped and then went over to pick it up.
And by that time it was too late to get Morgan.
So that is two for five for Morgan and both of his hits he has beaten out just off first base.
And the pitcher could not get over to cover on either one of them.
Now this is the, let's see, the third inning in our last four that the 45s have put the lead man on first.
There's the first hit off Peranoski and hit number four for Houston.
And Rusty Stubb, once to third. Gilliam up with it. Throw to second base. Out at second but no throw to first.
And Morgan now is a little bit hot about Jaco Conlon's call about Trzysiewski being off the bag on that throw at second base.
He had no chance to get back to first though.
Rusty butted right into the hands of Gilliam.
Gilliam couldn't have been more than 20 feet from the plate when he butted that ball.
And he got it down to Trzysiewski for the force out.
So now Stubbs at first with one out.
On the attempted sacrifice and here's Walbon.
Play went from Jim Gilliam to Dick Trzysiewski for the force on Morgan at second base.
Rusty stretches his lead a bit off the south ball. Now here's the pitch.
Walt taps back to Peranoski. He's going to first base. Started to go to second and then elected to go over to Fairleigh.
As Rusty Nosbin moved up to second and here's Aspermonte.
No sacrifice on that. That was a full swing by Bond.
Two outs.
Well a base hit could do it now.
As Rusty's on second base with two away.
Aspro has not had a hit today. He's open four.
Struck out once.
Last of the twelfth inning in a nothing and nothing game.
Oop they're not going to fool around with Aspermonte. They're going to put him on and pitch to win.
Aspermonte is being given an intentional pass and they'll pitch to Jim Winn.
This will be the first walk off Peranoski and the third given by Dodger pitching today.
Foot runners on first and second with two outs. So Aspermonte is intentionally walked.
That's the seventh time this year that Aspro has been put on.
Winn is 0 for 3. the last two times up he has been called out on strikes.
Walked once and flied out. He is 0 for 3 officially.
Well let's see how the strategy works here for the Dodgers now.
With first base open they have walked Aspermonte with two outs and Staub on second.
And here's Jimmy Winn a right-handed batter.
Winn is still blowing in from left center field.
Peranoski checks over his side now with his catcher Jeff Torborg.
And he gets back up in the rubber again.
First pitch into Winn. Just missed outside at the knees.
Ball on. One ball no strikes.
Houston not used. Los Angeles nothing.
Last of the 12th.
With two outs Rusty Staub at second. Bob Aspermonte at first.
And a one ball no strike out on Jim Winn.
Arms down again by Peranoski. Pitch on the way.
Ground ball. Base hit. Down the left field line. It's over.
And Houston wins 1-0.
Jimmy Winn is single number third.
And the 45s have taken the game 1-0.
Winn is playing with Rusty Staub scoring from second base.
Bob Bruce is the first one out to grab Winn.
He gives him a big hug.
Bruce has just pitched a 12 inning shutout against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
His second shutout in a row.
And the 22nd consecutive inning of shutout pitching for Bruce.
And the 45s as they started the National League and finished here at Cold Stadium with a win.
They defeated the Cubs 11-2 in the first game they played here.
And they've defeated the Dodgers just this afternoon.
That ball was hit right over third base by Jimmy Winn.
And Jimmy Winn's 15th run batted in for this season.
And it was a big one as Bob Bruce becomes the winningest pitcher in Colt 45 history in a single season.
As he has chalked up his 16th victory of the year.
Well here are the totals now for this afternoon's ball game.
the 45s win by a score of 1-0 in 12 innings.
For Houston one run on five hits.
And two errors with six men left on.
And for Los Angeles no runs, five hits one error with seven men left on.
the winning pitcher is Bob Bruce.
He has won his 15th game of the year against nine losses.
And the losing pitcher is Ron Paranosky.
He now has won five and lost seven.