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Coming up from Yankee Stadium, the Yankees and Indians are win by the Yankees, and they are once again the American League champions.
Right now, this is Pat Somerall inviting you to stay tuned for Yankee baseball.
This is WCBS and WCBS-FM, New York.
And right now, as we're ready to go, the next to the last day of the season, our national anthem.
The Yankee National Anthem.
In pregame festivities at the stadium today, Yogi Berra was presented the National Sports Award by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
That ceremony has been concluded on the field. Downing warming up.
Getting ready to face Chico Simone, the first baseman, and the leadoff batter.
Al Downing has a record of 13-8 on the air. He's 1-0 against the Indians.
He's 4-0 lifetime against Cleveland. He's never lost to this ball club.
Howard catching. Pepitone at first. Richardson at second. Lins at short.
Boyer at third. In the outfield and left, it's Trash. Maris in center. Mantle in right.
Now the throw to Bobby Richardson at second.
And we're ready to go. Chico Simone stepping in. The leadoff batter.
Simone batting at 3-0-5. He has four home runs. 24 RBIs.
This can be the big one for the Yankees today. They can wrap it up with a victory this afternoon against the Indians.
All right, Al Downing into the windup. The first pitch is low and it's ball one.
1-0 the count to Simone. Downing ready again. The pitch is outside 2-0 the count.
An absolutely clear, cloudless day here at Yankee Stadium.
The shadow is about 10 feet past the home plate area heading toward the third base side.
And cuts in between the batter and the pitcher. Now the pitch again is in there and it's strike one.
This makes it hard for the hitter at this point. He's looking into a bright background.
Sort of like you're in a tunnel looking out into the bright of the day.
Now the 2-1 pitch is outside 3-1. Today is the kind of a day where the famous Yankee field, left field rather, the Yankee left field, runs into a lot of problems.
Here's a 3-1 pitch. It's a strike call, 3-2.
It's on days like this that the left fielder has most of the trouble that he may run into as far as the brightness is concerned and the sun problem.
First batter of the ball game, the 3-2 pitch to Simone is a drive to right field. Mantle breaking back toward the barrier.
He's got it under it and takes it. One away. Ball was not hit too far. Mantle had to run about 30 feet for it.
Now here's Dick Hauser, the shortstop, who's batting a.252.
Hauser with three home runs, 51 RBIs.
Hauser leads the, oh he doesn't, I was going to say he leads the Indians and stolen bases. He has 20, D'Avilio has 21.
The 1-0 pitch is low and it's ball one to Dick Hauser.
Now the next pitch by Downing is in there, 1-1.
Ed Cranepool has homered in the third inning for the Mets with two on, so it's now an 8-4 ball game at St. Louis.
The 1-1 pitch is high, two balls and a strike.
Boy, they've had it out there. The Mets have scored in every inning, four in the first, one in the second, now three in the third.
They lead 8-4. Still batting in the top of the third.
Now the 2-1 pitch to Hauser is low, 3-1. Three balls, one strike.
One out, nobody on, just getting underway here, top of the first.
Indians and the Yankees.
Downing ready again, the 3-1 pitch is in there and it's strike two.
So Downing runs a count to three and two on the second batter.
Dick Hauser, right hand batter.
3-2 pitch is outside and he walked him.
Hauser draws a base on ball.
So the first baserunner of this ball game goes down to first and that will bring up Leon Wagner, the left fielder.
Wagner, the big power man for the Indians, has 31 homers, 99 RBIs, one short of the Magic 100 mark in the RBI department.
He's batting at 2-57.
He sets the pitch to, wag is strike right in there.
Old daddy wags as they call them.
He was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels, a good trade for the Indians.
Joe Adcock and Barry Lattman went to the Angels for Wagner.
Here's the one strike pitch. It's swung on a miss, strike two.
Nothing and two, one out.
Hauser at first base, top of the first inning.
The Yankees have this one and one more tomorrow.
And that's all there is for the 1964 pennant race.
And the Yankees can wrap it up by winning one of these two games or by having Chicago lose one of their two with the Kansas City A's.
All right, Downing sets the two strike pitch, it's swung on a miss, strike three.
A blazing fastball around the letters.
Oh, Downing strikes out his first batter.
Downing, with the exception of Jack Chesborough, of the Yankees going way back, has struck out more batters than any other Yankee pitcher.
He's got 212 right now. Jack Chesborough struck out 240.
There's a hopper over Downing's head, Lins to his left, up with a flip to Richardson in time for the force.
So Alves, get a high hopper over Downing's head to Lins, forcing Hauser at second.
And the side is retired.
After half-ending of play, the Indians nothing, the Yankees coming to the plate.
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Last half of the first inning, it'll be Phil Lins leading off for the Yankees. Lins batting a 2.47, five homers, 24 RBIs.
Mets lead the Cardinals, 8-4 after 2.5. St. Louis batting in the bottom of the third.
Keep you posted on that ballgame. It's a big one.
Cincinnati and the Phillies are idle today.
Now the pitch to Lins. It's in there. Strike one, Lee Stang, the right-hander.
Stang has a record of 7-13 this year, acquired from the Twins for Jim Mudcat Grant.
Curve ball, it's low, it's one-and-one.
Johnny Romano doing the catching. Chico Simone at first, Billy Moran at second, Dick Hauser at short, Max Alves at third.
In the outfield and left, it's Leon Wagner, Vic D'Avilio in center, Woody Held in right.
Lee Stang on the mound, he's into the windup. Here's the one-one pitch to Phil. Foul, pass Frank Crisetti down the third base side.
One ball, two strikes.
Jimmy Gleason coaching at first for the Yankees, Frank Crisetti at third.
Beautiful day, gee, it is a picture day here for baseball. About 70 degrees, not a cloud in the sky.
The one-two pitch to Phil is hit in the right center. That ball's going to be in there.
D'Avilio, nice backhand to staff. Lins going for second and he's in there.
Phil Lins getting things underway with a double to right center.
The first batter to face Lee Stang gets on. Now that'll bring up Bobby Richardson.
D'Avilio had a little trouble breaking after he caught the ball.
And Lins, sensing this, took off for second base and slid in well ahead of the throw.
Alright, here's Richardson batting a 265, four homers, 49 RBI.
Bobby has been one of the Yankees who has been doing extremely well the last six weeks during their surge.
And he bunched one toward first. Stang has it, starts to go to third, changes his mind.
And he's safe at first base as Chico Simone was off the bat.
Bobby Richardson, with a burst of speed, got there ahead of Simone, although Simone had the ball.
But just didn't get a foot on the bag in time. He had to look to see where it was.
Now this can be excusable because Simone is normally an infielder by trade at second and short.
And he's played some outfield. He's not too used to first base.
Richardson is being credited with a base hit.
Bobby gets a hit, infield single. Lins has it third, nobody out. Roger Maris the batter.
Maris batting a 282. Swings and misses at a big curveball, strike one.
Simone had that ball and had to reach for that bag and couldn't find it.
Then by the time he looked and picked it up, Bobby had scampered across.
That could be a big play.
Stang ready again. He sets pitches. It's low in the dirt this time, one and one.
Phil Lins with a leadoff double is now at third. Bobby Richardson with an infield single at first base.
Last of the first inning, no score.
Stang gets a sign, checks the runners. The pitch is outside.
Two balls, one strike.
Max Alves playing very shallow for Maris at third base.
Stang sets the pitch to Roger, is in the dirt and gets by Romano, but only by about three feet.
Lins couldn't come in, so it's three and one.
Lee Stang falling behind Roger Maris, count three balls, one strike with Maddell on deck.
Stang gets a sign from Romano. Richardson off first, Lins off third. The pitch to Maris is a half swing that's called ball four.
Johnny Rice said that Roger didn't go around, so the bases are loaded and here comes Maddell.
Mickey Maddell batting from the left side. He's hitting a 3-0-3, 35 home runs, 108 RBIs. Nobody out. Lins at third, Richardson at second, Maris at first.
Oh, the Yankees forcing the opportunities here. The runners are leading off, Stang into the windup. The pitch to Maddell is swung on and missed and it's strike one.
Lee Stang firing a fastball on the inside corner, right around the letters to Maddell.
Now the pitch to Maddell is popped up down the left field line. Digging for it is Leon Wagner. That ball dropped in there for a ground rule double.
Mickey Maddell hitting a high pop fly down the left field line, landing about five feet fair and spinning off into the stands.
Scores Phil Lins and Bobby Richardson and the Yankees take a 2-0 lead. And that is RBI number 109 and 110 for Mickey Maddell.
Mickey having a great year with the RBIs.
Still nobody out. Elston Howard, the fifth batter for the Yankees, coming to the plate, Maris at third, Maddell at second.
Ted Abernathy is warming up for the Indians in the bullpen.
Lee Stang and they're going to put Howard on and load him up to pitch to Joe Pepitone and that's an unusual thing.
Howard, a right-hand batter, facing the right-handed Lee Stang, they're going to pitch to the left-handed hitting Joe Pepitone.
Howard leads the Yankees in batting with 3-12. And last night, with a base loaded and the Indians leading 2-0, Howard doubled down the left field line to tie the score.
Bertie Tebis decides he's had enough of Mr. Howard. He's going to try for Joe Pepitone.
Ellie, it's 3-0 now. He's batting a 3-12 with 15 homers, 81 RBIs. And ball for, and Howard is intentionally passed and still there's nobody out with the bases loaded.
Joe Pepitone, the sixth Yankee to come to the plate. He's hitting a 2-49. 28 home runs, 99 RBIs, and here's a spot.
How much better can it be to come up with that 100th RBI? Bases loaded, nobody out. The first pitch to Pepe is high and it's ball one.
A fly ball, a base on balls, or a base hit, and Joe's got his 100th RBI.
Alright, the 1-0 pitch to Pepe. Swings and misses, strike one, 1-1.
Lee Stang, through the first five batters, walked two, gave up three hits, he's allowed two runs. Yankees lead 2-0.
Last of the first inning. Stang ready again, the runner's leading off. The pitch to Pepitone is hopped up into the infield and it's an automatic out.
The infield fly rule is called, and Pepitone is out of there, the runner's hold.
That one was caught by the second baseman, Billy Moran.
Oh, there's one out, now here's Tommy Tresh batting left-handed.
Tresh batting at 2-49, 16 home runs, and 73 RBIs.
Tom got the big three-run homer, gave the Yankees the ball game last night. It was 2-2 tie when he hit it.
The Yankees got all their runs, and the third to win the game.
First pitch is high to Tresh, it's ball one.
Marissa third, Mantle at second, Howard at first. Two runs in.
Stang into the windup, the pitch to Tresh is just outside 2-0.
So Stang has now fallen behind Tresh, he's got to come in there.
The bases are loaded, one away.
Stang into the windup again, the runner's lead off. The pitch to Tresh is fouled off, strike one.
Two balls and a strike to Tommy.
Sign on the board, the American League standings. The Yankees, percentage of 613.
The White Sox, a percentage of 600, and the Orioles, who are out of it, have a percentage of 596.
The magic number is one.
Pitch to Tresh is popped up into short left field, digging over as the shortstop edge of the grass takes it, and there are two out.
So, with the bases loaded and nobody out of here, Lee Stang has muscled up.
He has forced Pepitone to pop up, and now Tommy Tresh, and that'll bring up Cleet Boyer.
Boyer hitting a 2-16, eight homers, 51 RBIs.
Two out, bags loaded, Yanks lead 2-0.
This is the eighth Yankee batter, as Stang goes into the windup. The pitch to Cleet, in there, strike one.
After three full innings, the Mets lead the Cardinals, 8-4. They're playing in St. Louis.
Stang ready again. The one-strike pitch to Boyer, swung on a miss, strike two.
Tigers lead the Orioles, 2-1. After one, they're playing in Baltimore.
Boyer, digging in there, has that straightaway stance. Chokes up about an inch and a half on the end of the bat.
Okay, Stang ready. The two-strike pitch to Boyer, high fly ball, going back into short right center.
Billy Moran backing up for it, gets under it, and takes it.
So Lee Stang, really, bore down there to get Pepitone, Treschen, and Boyer.
The side is retired. The Yankees came up with two runs on three hits, and the score after one inning of play, the Yanks two and the Indians nothing.
Let's see if there's anything else happening on the scoreboard between the Mets and the Cardinals. No, it's still an 8-4 ball game after three.
We mentioned the Tigers lead the Orioles 2-1 after one.
Don't forget, tomorrow, the final game of the season will be getting underway at 1-30.
This will be your last chance to take a look at the 1964 Yankees in action at the stadium during regular season play, I should say.
Right now, as we've been mentioning, the Yankees, with the magic number at one, need only one victory or one White Sox loss to wrap up the fly.
The Yankees were in good spirits before they came into the ball game.
A host of them were huddled around the TV set, watching the Mets and the Cardinals out in St. Louis before the game got underway.
Not too much preference among the players as to who should they get in, or would they like to play, Cincinnati or St. Louis.
Don't forget, the Philadelphia Phillies are not out of it yet. They still have an outside chance.
And the Giants. So, there are four teams in the National League. Giants, Phillies, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, who are still in contention.
And this is next to the last day of the season.
Last night, the Orioles were eliminated, and now it's between the White Sox and the Yanks.
Now, here's John Romano, the catcher, takes a strike in there from Al Downing. Yankees leading 2-0.
Downing with a lifetime mark of 26-14.
Into the windup, the pitch to Romano, check swing foul, strike two.
Joe Askew caught the game for the Indians last night. Today, it's Johnny Romano.
Romano batting a 2-44, 19 homers, 47 RBIs. Swings and misses, and it's strike three.
Al Downing continues to strike him out. That's his second strikeout on this ball game, and number 213 on the year.
Now, here's Woody Held, the right fielder coming on. Held batting a 2-38. He's got 18 homeruns and 49 RBIs.
One out, nobody on. The pitch by Downing to Held is fouled back, strike one.
Right now, Al Downing and Camilo Pasquale are tied for the homerun lead in the American League with strikeouts, right?
Home run? Wow, well, let's start over again. What day is it? A one-on-one to count to Woody Held.
I'll get to that one in a moment. Held takes outside from Downing, a 2-1.
Pasquale and Downing are tied for the strikeout lead with 213 apiece.
That'd be quite a year if you hit 213 homers. They retire you.
All right, the 2-1 pitch to Woody Held. Check swing, bouncer down to third base side foul to Salihimas in the coaching box.
Elmer Velo coaching at first for the Indians. Two balls, two strikes, one away.
Downing ready again. Here's the 2-2 pitch. It's a curveball, it's high, and it's 3-2.
Downing has run the count to 3-2. That's the third batter in this ball game. He's done it too.
Here's the payoff pitch. It's strike three, a swinging strike. And that is strikeout number three for Al Downing.
214 on the season, and he now officially takes over the American League lead for strikeouts.
Here's Vic D'Avalio, small center fielder. D'Avalio batting at 272. Six homers, 51 RBIs.
Takes a strike in there, breaking ball. D'Avalio leads the Indians in stolen bases with 21.
Downing ready again. Swung on and missed, and it's strike two.
From here it looks as though the batters are really having trouble picking up Downing's fastball.
That ball's on them as they start to go at it.
Alright, the two-strike pitch to D'Avalio. He fouls this one into the upper deck down the left side, and it's nothing and two. The count holds.
Red Sox lead the Senators one to nothing after one.
Downing delivers to D'Avalio, and what is it? Ball.
One and two to count. John Rice did not make a move. Howard dropped the ball and dashed out to tag D'Avalio.
We thought it might have been a called third strike with Howard dropping the ball, but that was not the case.
Alright, one ball, two strikes. Two out, nobody on. Yanks lead two to nothing, top of the second.
Downing ready again. The pitch to D'Avalio. Hopper right back to Downing. He takes it over to Pepitone to retire the side.
So it's three up and three down for the Indians to score. After one and a half, the Yankees two, the Indians nothing.
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Well, as Al Downing comes to the plate, we've got our first football score. This could be a big upset in the making.
Holy Cross leads Syracuse 8 to nothing and Syracuse was favored by 24.
So here's Al Downing though at the bottom of the second inning batting from the right side to face Lee Stang. He takes a strike right in there. Yankees are leading 2 to nothing.
Mets failed to score on the top of the fourth. They lead the Cardinals 8 to 4 with St. Louis batting in the bottom of the fourth.
Downing hits a pitch into center field, a base hit.
He caught that one right on the end of the bat. Aligned it, not too hard, into dead center field. So Downing is on with a base hit, the lead off the bottom of the second.
That's the fourth hit given up by Lee Stang. Now here's Phil Lenz who started the ballgame with a double to right center, later scored.
Ted Abernathy is up again for the Indians as Stang sets checks Downing the pitch to Lenz. He bunches it behind the plate and bounces back over Romano's head.
Strike one. Yogi with a 2 to nothing lead and wants to move another man into scoring position.
Nice to be able to pick up a run in an inning.
That happened this year and it's unusual. Some team in the National League, I forgot, got a run in every inning.
Phil bunched this one up in the air way back on the screen. That one came back and hit the screen. No chance for Romano to get to it. It's nothing and 2.
Army plays last year's number one team, Texas tonight, and Navy plays Michigan. So the two service academies from the East got a lot of football on their hands today.
Alright, here's a two strike pitch to Lenz. It's outside. Ball one, one and two. Lenz was swinging away. Now he takes a look at Frank Crissetti to see whether or not he wants them to bun him all the way.
Yankees leading by two, not much likelihood that he will.
Downing leading off first.
Stang sets the pitch to Lenz. The ground ball to the shortstop, Hauser, up with it, flips to second for one, throw to first, not in time as Lenz put on a burst of speed to beat the relay by Billy Moran.
Downing forced at second. Lenz stays alive at first on the field, or on the force play, and that will bring up Bobby Richardson.
Richardson had an infield single in the first inning and later scored.
One out, Phil Lenz at first base. Last of the second.
Stang gets the sign from Johnny Romano. Phil takes the lead. The pitch to Bobby is a curve that doesn't make the inside corner and it's ball one.
Throw over to first base and Lenz is back.
Lee Stang acquired from the twins for Jim Mudcat Grant.
Here's the 1-0 pitch to Bobby, strike called, one and one.
We've got quite an interesting setup coming along in the National League. If the Giants should win today
and St. Louis lose, four teams in the National League will be separated by one game.
Bobby takes a strike right in there, one and two. How do you like that?
The Giants and the Phillies would be one out. St. Louis and Cincinnati tied for the lead.
And it ends tomorrow.
Of course, that's supposition right now. Here's the 1-2 pitch to Richardson.
Drops one into left center, digging for Wagner, can't get it. Lenz around second holds as Wagner fires the ball into Max Alvarez.
Bobby just stuck out his bat and dropped one. It was like a chip shot really.
Looping it over the shortstop's head into left center. So that's Bobby's second hit.
The Yankees have runners at first and second and here's Roger Maris who walked in the first inning.
That's the fifth hit off Stang.
Stang has been in trouble in both innings. Pitched to eight batters in the first, gave up two runs.
Now he's got runners at first and second with one out. Maris the batter, mantle on deck.
Outfield plays Maris deep and the pull. Infield shaded to the right side.
Roger fouls this one back on the screen and it's strike one.
Stang gets a sign, he sets, checks the runners. A pitch to Maris is way inside. It's one and one.
Well from August 22nd the Yankees hitched up their britches and took off.
And right now they're one victory away from the 1964 Pennant.
A real team effort in the last six and a half weeks. Pitch to Maris, swung on and missed strike two. One and two.
Kind of a bubbly crowd out here today. Sort of a soft murmur. Things moving right along.
Feel the excitement. Alright, Stang ready. The one, two, pitch to Roger is swung on and missed and it's strike three.
Lee Stang striking out Roger Maris for the second out in this inning.
That's his first strike out of the ball game and that'll bring out Mickey Mantle.
Mantle with an opposite field double in the first has driven in the only two runs for the Yankees thus far. They lead two to nothing.
Lins at second, Richardson at first. Two of the fastest Yankees on the base as Mantle takes low and inside, ball one.
Mickey with 110 RBIs on the air batting at 305.
Two out, runners leading off again.
Stang, a double look at Lins at second, pitches to Mantle, a high hopper to the mound. Stang has it. Flips in time to Simone and the Yankees are out of there.
No runs on two hits and the score after two full innings of play, the Yankees two and the Indians nothing.
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Here's Billy Moran, the second baseman for the Indians leading off here in the top of the third with the Yankees leading two to nothing. Al Downing in there all the way for the Yankees. Lee Stang for the Indians.
Billy Moran, right hand batter. He was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels earlier this year.
First pitch is a strike right in there.
Downing with that good fastball has been giving the Indian batters a lot of trouble. Got that shadow about at the mound right now. There's a curve ball that's down one and one.
We mention this because it is a factor. Pitchers with good stuff can give batters a lot of trouble here with the shadows as they are right now. They're about at the mound halfway between home and third.
Two balls and a strike.
Al Downing into the wind up the 2-1 pitch is low and it's three and one in St. Louis with the Cardinals batting. In the last of the fourth they've got the bases loaded and two out.
They're right to four right now. They are really having a Donny Brook out there. All right the 3-1 pitch to Moran. It's strike two.
Full count to Billy Moran.
Al Downing 13 and eight on the air. Gets the side from Ellie Howard into the wind up. The pitch is just outside and he walked him.
So that's the second walk given up by Downing. Lee Stang is the scheduled batter and is he going to come up? Yep.
Yanks lead the Indians two to nothing. They've got five hits. The Indians hit us at this point. We're in the top of the third.
All right Downing sets the pitch to Stang. A beautiful bunt out by the mound. Downing has to go to first. Oh almost threw it away.
Bobby Richardson had to jump as high as he could go to come up with that one.
A beautiful sacrifice by Stang.
Downing throwing a high one to Bobby. Richardson came up with it on the play. Moran goes to second.
Now this will bring up Chico Simone the leadoff batter who fly to right field in the first.
Downing with the sign. Moran leading off second. The pitch to Simone. A hopper. Lins to his left. Can't get it.
And here comes Moran. A round third base and it's a two to one ball game. And there was a strange bounce on that ball.
Was going at a bounding point where Lins was going to catch up with it. And at the last bounce before Lins could field it, it kicked back toward the right field side and went straight into center.
So Simone gets himself a base hit and an RBI. And it's now the Yankees two and the Indians one. We were directly behind the plate and we could see that ball take that odd kick away from Lins's glove.
Here's Hauser. Takes a strike right in there. Simone at first base. Chico a fast man. Got himself ten stolen bases in 84 games.
That was the first base hit off Al Downing. And Downing throws over to first base to keep Simone honest.
Downing has developed a pretty good move with the help of Whitey Ford who's got them all.
All right. The one strike pitch is hit hard to left field. That ball's in there.
Fresh gets it on the first hop. Simone digging for third and he is out of there.
The plate umpire made the call as Larry Knapp was behind the play. He was down the line.
And coming out from the plate was John Rice. Rice was about 30 feet from the play and called it at a distance.
But he had the good look at it. And Bertie Tebbits is out talking to John Rice.
So that's a big break for the Yankees. Now they've got two outs with a runner at second instead of one out and runners at second and third.
That ball went from Tresh to Lins to Boyer. They're giving Hauser credit for a double.
Simone out on the relay from Tresh to Lins to Boyer. Seven six five.
Hauser is at second base with two out. That's the second hit off Downing. Two to one ball game.
Yankees lead. Now here is Leon Wagner who's struck out in the first.
Swings at the first pitch and he tried to stop but couldn't. Strike one to Wagner.
Well the Cardinals failed to score. Parsons came on in relief and retired the Cardinals.
There were the bases loaded and two out so it's still eight to four after four.
Wagner hopper to Pepitone at first. He's got it. Races to the bag and the side is retired.
One run on two hits. No Yankee errors. One man left the score after two and a half.
Yanks two and the Indians one.
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Okay, here comes Ellie Howard and we've got a change from the official score.
Dick Hauser is now credited with a single and not a double as we originally announced.
All right, Howard, who was passed intentionally in the first inning, comes to the plate.
Lee Stang into the windup. The pitch to Ellie is low and it's ball one.
Yankees two and the Indians one. We're in the last of the third.
Howard batting at 3-12.
Stang ready again to pitch to Ellie. Shot up the middle base hit.
Line drive right past the shoulder of Lee Stang.
So the Yankees get the leadoff batter on again for the third inning in a row.
The first lens doubled and the second downing single to lead it off.
And now here's Ellie Howard in the bottom of the third with a single to center.
That is hit number six off Stang and that'll bring up Joe Pepitone,
who popped to the second baseman in the first inning.
Dick Donovan and Ted Abernathy warming up for the Indians.
Stang sets the pitch to Pepitone, is swung on and missed and it's strike one.
There's one thing about Lee Stang, he has put in a long day right now and we're only in the bottom of the third.
Eight men in the first inning, five in the second and the leadoff batter on here in the third.
Stang delivers, the ball gets by the catcher. Johnny Romano down to second is Howard.
The big sweep around second but he holds.
The wild pitch is charged to Lee Stang.
So with nobody out, Howard is now at second base.
A 1-1 count to Pepitone.
The Yankees two, Indians one, last to the third.
After three, Detroit two and the Orioles two, they're playing a Baltimore.
Now Stang sets the pitch to Pepitone fouled off.
One ball, two strikes. Kansas City and Chicago playing at Chicago are scoreless after one.
O'Donoghue and Horlan, John O'Donoghue the left-hander and Joel Horlan the right-hander are opposing each other in that Kansas City Chicago game.
Alright, Stang sets the one-two pitch to Pepitone. Up the middle, nice stop by Hauser but he can't throw anybody out.
That ball went right through Stang's legs.
Hauser darting behind second base, caught the ball and then fell down.
And that'll go as a base hit for Pepitone.
So the Yankees have two men on and no one out. Howard stayed at second base.
That'll bring up Tommy Trash.
Alright, Tom Trash. Popped to the shortstop in the first inning. He's 0-1.
Yankees with runners at first and second.
Stang sets this time. The pitch to Trash is swung on and missed and it's strike one.
Well, Charlie Smith is homered for the Mets in the top of the fifth and now it's 9-4 at least with the Mets batting in the top of the fifth inning.
Stang ready. The pitch to Tom is low in the dirt, one-and-one. Nice block by John Romano.
The way that situation is developing in St. Louis, the Mets will have to become the most unpopular team of all time as far as the Cardinals are concerned.
Beat them last night 1-0 in a thriller. They lead 9-4 in the fifth inning today.
Stang sets the one-one pitch to Trash. It's swung on and missed and it's strike two. One ball, two strikes.
Boyer on deck, nobody out. Howard at second, Pepitone at first. Yankees leading 2-1. We're in the bottom of the third.
Stang stretches, checks Howard at second. The pitch to Tommy is foul down the left field side, out of play. Count remains one ball, two strikes.
Final game of the season tomorrow between these two ball clubs here at the stadium. Game time 1-30.
Now I'll wrap up the 1964 pennant race.
All right, Stang gets the sign from Romano. The pitch on the way to Trash is outside, a high fastball, two and two.
Stang once again. Here's the 2-2 pitch to Trash, just outside a full count.
Well, the Cardinals in the fifth inning have already used five pitchers. The Mets have used four and it looks like a battle for manpower right now.
Whoever has the most men at the end will win.
That's going to be a big ball game for the Cardinals. Boy, that could change the entire complexion of this National League race.
Pay off pitch, the runners are going. There's a drive to straightaway center, D'Avalio. Plenty of room and he can move his back.
He gets it. Howard goes back to tag up and will go on to third base. That ball was hit 410 feet in dead center field.
Howard and Pepitone were going on the pitch and then Howard stopped and went all the way back and tagged and then moved over to third.
So Trash, the long fly to center, he's out of there. There's one away. Howard is at third, Pepitone at first.
The batter is Cleet Boyer. Yankees leading 2-1, last of the third inning.
And now Romano is out to talk to Lee Stang.
Stang is pitching one of those games. He's been in hot water in every inning.
Yeah, the base is loaded.
In the first inning, Mantle doubled. Then they walked Howard, he had him loaded again with nobody out all through this.
And finally, he got Pepitone, Trash and Boyer on pop-ups to retire the side. But he was in a jam then. He gave up only two runs.
Pitched to five batters in the second inning. He got runners at first and third with one out here in the third.
Boyer the batter. Stang gets the sign. He sets the pitch. It's a ground ball to third. Into left field, base hit.
Howard in to score. Pepitone stops at second and it's a 3-1 ball game.
We thought Max Alves might have had a shot at that ball, but it just tipped his glove and sneaked into left field.
So Boyer gets credit for a single and an RBI. And the Yankees lead 3-1. And that will bring up Al Downing.
Downing had a leadoff single in the second inning. That is hit number eight off Stang.
Yanks three, Indians one, bottom of the third, one out. Pepitone at second, Boyer at first.
They're looking for the sacrifice, but Downing swings and it's strike one.
Alves was creeping in. Simone at first, playing away in.
So Downing took a swipe at the ball. Now let's see what happens this time.
Indian in field still playing shallow, looking for a possible bunt. Downing swings at this one and it's strike two.
Nothing and two to count. Now Al takes a look at Frank Presetti. Steps back in the box.
Stang sets the two-strike pitch. Strike three, call. Hit that outside corner.
That is strikeout number two for Stang. Now to bring up Phil Linds, who doubled in the first inning.
Bounced the short in the second. He's one for two. Linds scored a run in the first.
Two out, runners at first and second. Lee Stang, fairly compact right-hander on the mound for the Indians.
Delivers and Phil swings and misses and it's strike one.
Kansas City failed to score on the top of the second. Chicago batting in the bottom of the second.
No score in that ballgame. Linds fouls this one off and it is nothing and two.
No balls, two strikes to Phil Linds. Bobby Richardson on deck.
With the Cardinals batting in the bottom of the fifth, the Mets came up with one in the top of the fifth.
It's the Mets nine and the Cardinals four.
Charlie Smith hit a home run in the fifth inning to give the Mets another one.
All right, Pepitone off second. Boyer off first.
Stang sets a two-strike pitch to Linds and that ball was thrown over Linds' head,
past the catcher and hit the bat stop on a fly.
That had to be one of the best wild pitches you'll ever see.
That ball was two and a half feet over Linds' head and really got away from Lee Stang.
It hit the backstop, which is 75 to 80 feet behind home plate on a fly.
So it's one ball, two strikes and the runners move up.
Pepitone goes to third. Boyer to second.
That was rather startling because of how far off the target it was.
Now we're ready. Here's the one-two pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike three.
That one, a letter high fastball. That takes care of the Yankees.
But not before they came up with one run on three hits.
And the score after three full innings of play, it's the Yankees three and the Indians one.
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Okay, as we get ready for the fourth inning with the Yankees leading three to one,
here's the old redhead, Red Barber, to take you along for a while.
Now Jerry, just what have you told them so I won't repeat?
Well, I've tried to tell them just about everything.
I've stayed on top of that National League action and of course the action in Chicago
with the Kansas City A's and the White Sox going at it.
So we've tried to keep abreast of the two pennant races.
We did mention one thing that's startling.
If the Mets win and the Giants win, four teams will be separated by one game
going into the final game tomorrow in the National League.
You think there's any chance of a four-way playoff?
No, not there because Cincinnati and Philadelphia, somebody's got to fall.
They play each other.
All right, Jerry.
Well, we've got a mighty pretty day for this big ball game here at the Big Ball Park.
Al Downing for the second time has a two-run lead.
He is ready to pitch now in the fourth inning to Max Alves, the third baseman,
hitting number four and Tebbit's batting order, then Romano and then Harold.
Young left-hander going after his 14th win.
This is the third time he's tried for it.
He's won an O over Cleveland this year.
He's never lost to him in his short career.
He has four in a lifetime.
First pitch is over to Alves for a called strike.
Max hit into a force at second base in the first inning.
3-1.
Think of the Yankees.
Think and win it.
It's all theirs.
Change of pace, grounded foul between third base and the coaches, Salahimas.
Kicking down into the left-field corner where Tresh has to run it down.
Ball even kicked past him.
Two strikes.
We really got the wheels turning today.
We're going to be busy from now on.
You know, the football score is coming in.
End of the quarter, Purdue 7, Notre Dame nothing.
Pitch is low for a ball.
At the end of the quarter, Northwestern and Illinois, no score.
Detroit has just come up with four runs down at Baltimore.
One-two pitch.
High outside ball two.
Baltimore's problem is a hope to take second place from the White Sox.
They were eliminated by the Yankees when last evening.
It is Detroit 6 and Baltimore 2 and a three and a half and they got Papas out of there.
Strike three, low curve ball.
And now Downing strikes out his fourth.
He's the top man in the league in strikeouts.
He has 215 to Pasquale's 213.
And Downing may wind up as the strikeout leader this year in the American League because Pasquale pitched Thursday.
And I would think that he wouldn't be pitching anymore this season.
Now we have Romano who struck out in the second inning.
I mean, you have to watch Pasquale's arm for one thing.
He likes his full cop with a rest.
So Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
In other words, it's not like they're fighting for a penalty or something.
Bringing back on two days rest.
End of three innings of the Boston 1 Washington nothing.
And the new manager Billy Herman is running the Red Sox.
He has a two-year contract.
This is his second shot at managing.
He waited 17 years for it.
A curve ball in there.
Strike two, one and two.
Romano right hander badger.
Across the river.
Herman right after he finished his active career as a play on managed the power for a season.
And he said in his interview at Boston yesterday that he was young then and experienced.
But he's been learning about his mistakes for the waiting 17 years.
Strike three swinging on a curve ball.
So Downing now strikes out the first two and the fourth inning holding his three one lead.
Five for the day to 16 for the season.
Pete Ward just hit a home run for the White Sox.
And they lead one to nothing at the end of two innings in their battle with Kansas City.
Or Donahue for the A's and Haaland for the White Sox.
LA at Minnesota later.
The Mets are really making life miserable.
Got a run in the fifth inning.
And they're leading now nine to four.
What a hell fouls a pitch back and it is one and one one ball one strike.
Smith of the Mets hit that home run in the fifth.
Altman hit one in the second Crane Bowl with two on hit one in the third.
White and Boyer have hit home runs for the Cardinals.
Change up his other for a strike two.
In the Mets St. Louis game Fisher began for New York.
Right but in the second and Parsons in the fourth.
Sadecki who had one 20 began for St. Louis Craig in the second inning Richardson in the third.
Hope was in the fourth.
Strike three swinging and I'm Mr. Downing just simply sets down the side.
Strikes it out.
That's all I want to that three case the book and for the Yankees driving to nail it down themselves.
The end of three and a half New York three and Cleveland one.
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Lee Stang makes his first pitch a high lead up to Bobby Richardson as we move into the last of the fourth inning.
Stanger right hander has won seven and 13 this season.
He was dealt up to the curtain lifted you know from the twins to the Indians.
All back.
Boom.
Right over there and Jerry Coleman's Bellavick he moved over there on TV.
Richardson is a ground ball short.
How's that.
Oh what a first to some on and Richardson is out.
Bobby had gone up there too.
Now I have one out last in the fourth.
Yankee leading three to one.
There is Maris was walking fan.
They're defending well around at the right.
The first pitch is at a coaching at third Jimmy Gleason at first Roger hits a ground ball slowly to the pitcher who runs over the first base he intercepted the ball halfway between the mound and first base.
Marissa down to down and here is battle with the base is loaded.
Lens open with a double the right center.
He's got a lot of space to get out of a base hit.
Actually he didn't beat it out so much.
He's hustling all the time as someone who is an inexperienced first baseman got his feet crossed out.
In other words he tried to do the buck and wing and he didn't get the wing on it.
Mannequin.
He just missed touching first base with his foot and Richardson didn't.
He's got a double down inside the left field line ground rule double and the Yankees got their first two in the third inning a single by Howard a wild pitch and a single ground foul by Boya got the third run in two strikes to Mickey
Madeline batting in those two kicked his RBI is up to 110 which is a good year's work.
Lee Stang
pitches inside close to the handball.
Three to one favor New York Yankee number is one.
The Yankees themselves eliminated Baltimore last night.
They're out to eliminate Chicago today.
Pitches wide out of this to and to
at the end of five innings.
It is still the Mets nine and the Cardinals for
manager Kane isn't holding anybody back except the starting pitcher for tomorrow.
The Yankees are in the fourth inning and the Cuts in strikes out without a slider.
So for strikeouts for staying nothing across to New York.
And at the end of form they totals for the Yankees three runs eight hits and no errors for the Indians one run to his nowhere.
Now let's give you a little bit more detail on the battle of the Mets out at St. Louis.
The Yankees are in the second and Parsons in the fourth and he's still going and for the Mets all in a home run on the second
Crane for one of the third with two on and Smith one in the fifth with nobody on
so that gave the 20 game winner for St. Louis fully rested went out there and bang Roger Craig replaced him in the second
Richardson in the third Humphreys in the fourth Taylor in the fifth and Sierra in the sixth.
That's what I mean when I say that Kane is holding nobody back when you get to this stage you can't hold anybody back.
I would say there's only one ballplayer in the park at the stadium today who is not going to get in the ballgame.
And that's why before it was last night and they're counting on it for Wednesday.
Otherwise Yogi would use them all.
And of course Tevitz has got nobody to hold back.
Chicago San Francisco will be quite late.
It's an afternoon game three hours difference in time.
It is Detroit six Baltimore two at the end of form.
And the three the Red Sox under their new manager Billy Herman for Washington nothing.
And it to the White Sox one the athletics.
The first pitch is a move into the fifth inning.
Vic D'Avalillo up the very small left hand hitting center fielder.
Stand right up on top of the plate especially forward foot's foul ball strike one.
A fly ball out to left center field Maris is going sunglasses down he's going in one hand.
He's a pretty competent customer out there you know.
Now we have Billy Moran.
At least Lang gets out on deck whether he hits or not remains to be seen.
I mean Tevitz went to his bench early last night.
Al Downing pitching for the Yankees.
He's had a hit today and that means he's two up on bouton in the battle to see who's going to have the most hits for Yankee pitcher.
There is a looper that Richardson's coming in makes the catch.
To put out a second by.
Now let's see is it going to be a pitcher staying.
Yes sacrifice in the third inning.
But we'll have a chance.
He pitches tomorrow.
Mara ball game which brings down the curtain at 130.
They want pets in their first strike.
That was very interesting last night.
White Sox of course playing a double header and nobody here at the stadium knew.
When the Yankee game was over they'd won and the White Sox won the first what the second game was going to be.
In fact the athletics even got it tied for four if you recall.
They sang up swings and fouled it.
And they were the first to take two. So we checked with the writers and if you think you've got bad hours the newspaper man had to stay here and wait until the second game in Chicago was over before they could write their story.
There's a ground ball down the short lens over to Pemmetone.
That is the third out second straight inning down and put them down in order.
But at the end of four and a half it's an official ballgame.
The Yankees three and the Indians one.
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Least thing is getting all set to pitch to Howard.
Elston is one for one today. He was deliberately walked in the first inning.
The Yankees on top three to one.
When Howard single in the third he was later brought into the Yankees third run which is a big one.
The defense is straight away on Ellie.
Pitch it outside ball one.
Here are some of the writers who had to wait until that second game in Chicago was over.
And the loneliness of a press room here at the stadium.
In first strike.
And you know a lonely place in a major league ballpark with all the lights out at two three o'clock in the morning.
And the kitchen is closed.
Everything else is closed except the facility the Western Union and the telephone company.
Howard cuts on the curve.
Tommy Holmes of the Herald Tribune read his story this morning.
He got to bed later than you did.
Then a copy to the Times Joe Trimble of the News Jack hand to the AP.
Kim Moriarty of the UPI.
Tilber Denzi of the Journal American.
Larry Fox of the World Telegram.
Maury Allen of the Post.
Howard McWide ball two.
Bob Curlin of the Beacon Record.
Bill Quinn of the Newark News.
Jim Ogle of the Newark Star Legend.
John Drebbinger of the Yankees remained.
You know just to see that everything was quiet and peaceful.
Howard strikes out on a curve strike three.
Five strikeouts for staying.
Also there were three Western Union operators who had to remain down in the press room.
So while you are having a cup of coffee this morning and reading your paper.
Some fellows had to prop their eyelids up.
Now I have Joe Puppetoe one for two.
Joe takes a pitch curve in for a strike.
Bam around in the right.
The standard batter swings and grounds a foul back in the first base coach Jimmy Gleason.
Speaking of our fellow stand up late last night.
What I heard on the radio this morning.
There was some fellows that were getting up at the time these riders were going to bed.
Around three three thirty.
They must have been.
Pitches high inside.
Pepperdome hung up there a little late.
They might be a curve and it was a fastball and he had to drop.
Well I'm saying that I heard on the radio before seven o'clock this morning.
A fellow was given a rundown on the waiting time on a public golf courses around New York City.
Hi outside.
And he said.
And this is just before seven o'clock this morning.
And what I'm doing listening to the radio at seven o'clock.
I don't know.
I'm not interested in this kind of race or anything else.
He said anywhere from an hour and a quarter to two hours waiting time then.
To do a pitch swung on to the ground ball down to second.
Ran over the first to someone and Pepperdome is out.
And I came to the firm conviction and I've had it all day long.
And if it's seven o'clock in the morning fellows were already having to wait two hours to play golf.
There must be something to the enterprise.
Now we've got Tommy Tresh who is over to thank you for getting three to one.
Tres running.
I've had it takes on the outside ball one.
The Yankees had a chance to get a croaker sack full of runs in the first inning.
They had to end.
Had the bases loaded and nobody out and then staying got three infield pop ups.
Brown foul by the first base.
John Stevens down there and umpire makes the stop ball kicked out.
Rice at the plate. Stevens at first.
Valentine at second and map at third base.
I outside just think about these umpires are off season.
Stevens is a tough basketball official in the winter.
And Larry Mapp used to be a tough fight referee.
Championship fights at the garden he did.
Fall back.
You've all to strike.
And the four and a half innings it is Detroit six Baltimore two.
And the three and a half Boston for Washington nothing.
And the two Chicago one nothing over Kansas City.
But the A's have been about a long time in the third inning.
Fresh checks on our low inside curve ball three.
And the five and a half.
The Mets nine and the Cardinals four.
The Mets are going to play later Milwaukee.
Chicago San Francisco.
Houston LA.
Philadelphia Cincinnati is not scheduled.
Strike three swinging he went after the curve ball and slangs at the Yankees down.
In order for the second straight round.
Total at the end of five.
Three runs.
Eight hits no arrows for New York.
One run two hits and no arrows for Cleveland.
Reserved seats.
And after today's game.
At the stadium.
Dallas.
Now a moment ending six and we have the top of the other Chico Samon one hit single to
The middle in the third and that's not in Cleveland's tally.
Downing had walked Moran Richard sacrificed him over and Samon picked him up.
Yankees on top three to one.
Outside first pitch ball one.
The Yankees have beaten the Indians 14 out of 16 games this year.
Bertie Tabot says it's indecent.
That's his exact quote.
Pitch is high outside ball two.
I'll say this that the Cleveland club can blame the Yankees for this year.
Every time Cleveland got going it was the Yankees that killed him.
Curve is in.
Thank you.
Cleveland was trying to have a very respectable finish.
They were playing about the best ball in the league till the Yankees went out there last
week and won four ballgames in two nights.
Chico Samon.
They're trying him at first base now.
They've had him at second.
They've had him in right field.
They know he's got the bat.
They know he can run.
Where are they playing.
Ground ball to third pass for you down the left field line.
Simone is on his way to second base.
Valo has sent him.
He's coming in easily.
Trash throws in the third and it's a double.
So you keep hitting like he's been hitting.
They're gonna play you someplace.
As you hit number three off downing.
Simone has two of them now have how so who has the other one.
He single to left in the third.
Had there been nobody on base how they would have gotten a double in the third inning.
That was the time when someone was cut down at third trying to go around there.
That was the relay trash to men.
The boy at first pitch is in for a strike.
Nobody down.
How's our right hand hitter.
Thanks all for the strike strike to.
Well look at that at the end of five Detroit and Baltimore six and six.
Oreo still hoping to do something about second place.
This is their last game of the season.
They don't play tomorrow.
A drive along the right field line is fair and it's gonna get the run in and Pepperton
is kicking now to Stevens and Steven just trying to walk away from him.
Pepper Tom is demonstrating rather forcefully where the ball hit and Stevens I think is
warning him saying you better get away from me.
John was saying before the game that in a ball game in which you're playing for the
stakes that they're playing for he would try to be a little bit more patient.
But I'd say that Pepper Tom is trying his patience.
Is there a double right on the right field line as I saw it it kicked up the white.
But Pepper Tom was trying to claim it hit outside.
So we've got the tying run at second base if you go away don't go away very far because
this thing ain't over yet.
That's a three two ball game a line double right on the line to house it right.
This gets some on in and we have the tying run at second and no man retired here in the
sixth inning.
The batter is Leon Wagner and he popped it up at the short fly ball that trashed the
left fielders under.
He has a ball that pretty high.
Now the run that Howard scored the third inning is the difference.
And Austin is out there now talking to Downing.
Yogi has his bullpen going.
As we said earlier the only guy who won't be down there if he needs him is Whitey.
He did his job last night and he really did it.
Max Alves the third baseman who can hurt you right handed batter doubles by Simone and
housing three to New York.
There's a ball hit high back in the left center just going back.
He can't get it.
Alves is hit for an extra base hitters off the scoreboard.
There's a tying run coming in and Alves is coming into third base for a triple.
All tied three and three.
He hit that one and this gets Yogi out of the dugout.
Nicholson and Ramon surrender both hand Yogi is marching out to the mound.
Pepper Don is there at the mound.
Howard is there also.
Yogi has his arms folded now.
He hasn't made a move for the bullpen yet.
We don't know whether he will or not.
Nope he's walking away.
He's leaving at the downing.
A triple by Alves and a big one.
Trash went back as far as he could and left center and the ball simply sailed on past
him and bounced off the left center field auxiliary scoreboard.
That's a big blow here at this ballpark.
Now I have Johnny Romano who has been up twice and struck out the Yankees draw the infield
in and they are ruling very much the fact that they didn't harvest the crop that was
there in the first inning.
They had that chance.
He might say to put it away.
Wait a minute now Howard is talking with umpire Rice.
Just a moment Rice is most thing Pepper Don to go back to first base.
Pepper Don has started over to the mound.
What the umpire is trying to do is get the ballgame going.
Now wait here comes Yogi and apparently the stall was on and that's what the umpire now
Pepper Don says something to Rice and Rice is warning him.
Don't say anymore.
Yogi apparently wanted a few more pitches in the bullpen.
Of course the umpires are not at all aware of what clubs do at a time like this.
It's all a complete surprise to them.
Well Yogi has got to take him out now because he's not there for the second time.
He's got the ball.
This is all for downing and Yogi sends him and give him a pat on the backside and downing
and then he walks away.
Okay Al is out after five and a third innings.
The Indians caught up with him in the sixth.
No two ways about that.
A double by Samoan a line double by Hauser and a big triple by Alves running down to
The bullpen for Cleveland is Tion.
I told you nobody's holding anything back.
I mean Tevitz is simply infuriated that the way this season is going with the Yankees.
This is Louis Tion.
We're just his top pitcher right now.
He's going to the bullpen right now that they're not the Indians have got the ballgame even
have it said before the game he said people ask me who's my pitcher for tomorrow.
He said look you tell me what I've got to do today.
I know I've got the user and I'll tell you who it fits tomorrow.
Now you may have had in mind Tion tomorrow to start or you may not but he has gone to
The bullpen right now.
The Yankees had their chance in the first inning when they had two runs in and the base
is loaded and nobody out.
Pepper tone hit an infield.
I was automatically out.
Trish hit an infield five was automatically out and boy a pop to the second base and there
went the should we say the opportunity.
Pete Mickelson has gone on to all right hander a rookie who's had a sound year three three
ball game runner at third base one out.
Otherwise, Mickelson has nothing to think over and while he is warming up we will pause
for station identification.
Here a Broadway doubleheader during music of Broadway starting at 915 tomorrow morning
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Here in the sixth inning Mickelson will be pitching first of all to John Romano a boy
from across the river over in New Jersey.
Then what he held.
We have the runner at third and a three three ball game and the Indians are just simply
anguished at their fate with the Yankees this year and want to do something about it while
they still have a chance.
You can understand that aside from the fact that a ballclub always wants to win and we
understand that the Mets are really tearing up the P pass down at St. Louis.
KC Stengel assigned his contract for next year and the way he's going he may see to
it that Johnny King doesn't get a chance to sign one.
Now Romano's up swings at a sinker like one.
Mickelson on the mound.
He's been a busy boy.
This is game number 50.
He has won six and lost four.
He has been strictly a bullpen man.
Infield up runner at third one down the right hander pitches low outside and it is a ball.
Mickelson wearing glasses.
The throw side on his ball has a pronounced tendency to sink.
Actually he hurt his arm.
He originally was an overhand pitcher.
He couldn't throw overhand anymore.
Had to throw a side arm and the sinker just came with a new pitching motion.
So he regards the injury as a blessing.
After straight away the right hander delivers and as a ground ball foul softened to the
third base coach solid image.
He must look at it.
Throw it out to the mound.
Elm of our coaching at first.
They drawn in Yankee and field is Puppet on and I'll say that Stevens was very patient
with him just now.
Richardson lens who is doing magnificently.
Go back right.
And Boya trash Maris Madeline the out.
Howard giving the side back of the plate.
Relief pitcher Mickelson in position.
One two pitch swung on a ground ball a short and then knocked it all down.
Recovered throws over the first and time to get Romano and hold the runner at third base.
The ball bounced up and hit lens in the chest.
Had it had there been a swifter runner he couldn't have made the play but he did make
it on John.
He was trying to discourage his running speed but nevertheless there was a situation and
a rather important one.
Woody hell went up there and now I think he's going to be called back for a hitter.
This looks like a big Bob chance.
Big strong left handed batter.
He's hitting 279.
In the seventh inning.
Clouse is at a home run for the Mets with two on.
Christopher's hit one in the seventh and nobody on and the Mets are still going.
One of their happiest days in three years.
While they are moaning just the other side of the Mississippi.
Do you remember when St. Louis was referred to as the only major league team west of the
Mississippi River.
Cincinnati is not playing today.
San Francisco playing later.
Here's Bob chance up there.
The big rookie left handed batter right on top of the plate takes low and side ball one
chance hitting for hell.
Who was in right field.
So this is an easy switch for Tebbitz if he wants to make it he can put chances first
and send first baseman some on the right.
A swing and a mess low inside breaking ball one and one.
We have two men out.
The infield is back.
The whole defense is around to the right.
Top of the sixth inning.
Nickerson relieving downing delivers outside and low ball to.
To one pitch is swung on a curve strike to.
Joe Cooper just made an observation about a major league ball club in reference to the
Mississippi River he said the twins that's Minnesota.
So that's the only team on both sides of the Mississippi and I have to take a little difference
Joe.
It's got to be on one side of the other and the twins won't admit it to two pitch change
of face like three swinging.
And make it get out of the jam.
You struck him out.
And it is two runs on three hits.
It's an even up ballgame score in the five and a half with Mickleson making that save
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And Tebets makes the switch.
Chance who hit for first for right field of hell goes to first base.
And Simone who had started at first goes to right.
It is a three three ball game and so the Yankees have got to start all over again.
That was a big save there by Mickleson who is now the pitcher of records.
He's game to win or lose downing is off the hook either way.
Back when he left the mound he couldn't be the winner.
He might have been the loser.
We have Boya then Mickleson.
There's a curve ball grounded down to short.
Hauser over to first chance for the out.
One pitch one down.
Last of the sixth inning.
There is Mickleson coming on to be the batter.
Mickleson this year had one hit.
Lee Stang who was severely threatened.
It looked as though you didn't see how I could survive the first inning.
The numbers and Mickleson cuts Mrs.
Right one.
He's still with us.
He's now even again.
One strike on Mickleson hits right handed.
Stang is the right hander kicks delivers over.
And it is like to.
Do you know how many rounds the Mets made in the seventh inning at St. Louis.
Just six and now leading 15 to four.
Over all strike three.
This is the seventh strikeout for Stang.
Now we have Lenz who doubled in the first inning.
Headed to a fourth and second struck out in the third.
In the four innings the White Sox four and the Athletics nothing.
Curve is over.
So the Yankees look at look at that board.
They pretty well figure that it's up to themselves.
Well they haven't figured out anyhow.
Not news to them.
There's a high drive foul in the upper left field.
See I think the White Sox certainly have had resilience this year.
I think they won their last seven.
They're not letting up.
They're not only driving first but also if they can't get that they want second.
Considerably more money finishing second and third or at a time.
Lenz dropped underneath the high inside fastball.
Boys if he needed to save he got it.
One and two now he gets back up again.
Stang pitches and Lenz files it back and it knocked a lens off one of our cameras.
That's what the fans are howling about.
Now whoever holds the budget down at WPI acts I bet you had heart failure when I heard that.
One two pitch swung on at a high fly ball in the short left.
Here is the left field of Wagner and it drops.
Lenz is on his way to second base and he comes in and he's there for a double.
Wagner seemed to have the ball under control.
Then he stopped I think he lost it in the sun.
It dropped in front of him and it's a double for Lenz.
Ran it out.
Hit number nine now for the Yankees.
Three three ball game.
Man things are happening all over the baseball front these days.
They had a nod one last night in the ball game at St. Louis.
He had a ground ball hit an umpire.
Very simple ruling the ball was dead because the umpire was in front of the infielder.
Had the umpire been behind the infielder the ball would have been in play.
Richardson swings and has a drive foul at the right field corner.
He's leading in one.
Of course down to the American League system of umpiring.
I don't think that can happen because they keep their umpires back.
Second base umpire was inside last night at St. Louis.
Richardson the ground ball to third.
Alves up.
In time to chat.
No one hit a sun double and left field for Lenz.
Totals at the end of six three runs five hits and no errors for Cleveland.
Three runs nine hits and no errors for New York.
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Now we have the shortstop in here.
But Phil is foul ball to sort of keeping folks away country.
They sure are and that one hit that telephoto lens over there only cost about five thousand dollars.
They'd rather lose a cameraman than that lens.
Well we've got a pressure packed ballgame right here at Yankee Stadium.
The Indians have come back to tie it up at 3 3.
Couple of other pressure packed games around.
And the National League the Mets came up with six runs in the seventh inning.
And lead the Cardinals 15 to 4 at the end of six and a half.
Holy cow look at those homers Altman Crane pool with two on.
Charlie Smith.
Klaus with two on and Christopher five homers by the Mets.
White and Boyer of home it for the Cardinals.
And Philadelphia and Cincinnati just sitting there laughing up a storm listening to the game.
They're not playing today.
And the American League gets Baltimore six and the Tigers six at the end of six.
Red Sox five Washington nothing and a five.
White Sox for Kansas City nothing and a four and a half.
And they've just put the score up on the scoreboard.
And you hear the fans reaction as Pete Mickelson gets ready to pitch to Vic D'Avilio.
It's blown away ball one D'Avilio is hit to the box and flying to center.
Batting 271.
Mickelson's next delivery swing and a miss strike one one on one.
Pete Mickelson who came on in a real clutch situation.
A runner at third and one out got Romano to bounce out to lens and struck out Bob chance batting for what he held.
And that's what kept this game at a 3 3 tie.
He runs up the bunt takes it high ball to have the same type pitch on which Mickelson had struck out chance a change up curveball.
Now the 2 1 delivery in their strike to call 2 and 2.
This time of the year and this time of the day here at Yankee Stadium is tough to pick up that ball from the pitcher.
The shadows have completely covered the pitching box and home plate to pitch ground ball to the right side.
And that was right has it and that was waiting for Mickelson to come over.
That's what I'm going to make the play and then realize that Mickelson couldn't get there and tried to beat D'Avilio couldn't do it.
And that goes as an infield single.
What a weird play.
The Yankees got a break on a similar play in the first inning when Richardson butted.
The pitcher staying through to the first baseman Simone who caught the ball and then went to tag the bag and Richardson beat him to the bag.
And that play cost the Indians two runs the Yankees scored two runs in that first inning.
And Tito Frank Conor is going to bat for Billy Moran as Bertie Tebbott's going all out to win this ballgame.
As you know there's no team in baseball that likes the pennant winning team to win the pennant against their team.
They figure it kind of leaves a black eye.
So Tebbott's is going all out to thwart the Yankees in their attempt to wrap it up today.
Tito Frank Conor batting 249 has 12 doubles two triples eight homers and 24 runs batted in.
Left hand batter which makes the double play that much tougher.
Davileo who can fly is at first base.
He has 21 stolen bases.
Frank Conor digs in at home plate.
Davileo with a short lead at first. Pepitone holding him on.
Here's a stretch. Boyer is in at third.
Pitch to Frank Conor swinging a miss strike one.
Frank Conor steps back gets a little dirt.
Now he looks down at Sally Hema's coaching at third. Boyer is way in at third base.
Lins and Richardson have shortened up a couple of steps at short and second.
The stretch.
The pitch. A line drive. Beautiful play by Pepitone. Double play.
So Pepitone.
Oh it's feeling a little punk.
By letting Davileo beat out that rounder to him.
Leap high in the air to take a double away from Frank Conor and Davileo could possibly have scored on that ball.
It was heading down in the right field corner and Pepitone turns it into a double play.
So two quick outs and here's Lee Stang. He sacrificed and bounced to the shortstop.
Hitting 0-6-0.
A thriller here at Yankee Stadium today.
3-3 in the top of the seventh. The pitch is in there. Strike one call.
And had Pepitone not been holding Davileo on the bag at first that ball would have been in for a double right down the line.
Curve over. Strike two. Call. Nothing and two.
Yankee Mantle playing a very shallow right field against the right hand hitting Stang. Curve outside. One ball two strikes.
White Sox lead Kansas City 5-0 now at the end of five. Red Sox lead Washington 5-0 end of five.
And Baltimore and Detroit tied 6-6 end of six.
And it's the Mets 15 and the Cardinals four at the end of seven.
And the win delivers. It's outside with the curve. Two and two. On deck Chico Simone.
Two delivery. Low ball three. Full count.
Three balls. Two strikes. Two out. Nobody on. The payoff pitch. Low ball four.
Stang took it. It was close. First walk allowed by Mickelson.
Stang at first with two out. Here's Chico Simone. Fly to right. Single a center and double a left.
He has scored a run and driven in a run.
Well Holy Cross was leading Syracuse 8-0 at the half.
But Syracuse bounced back with 34 points in the second half and defeated Holy Cross 34-8.
In case you're wondering why you're not hearing the voice of the Yankees, Mel Allen the last two days, he was up there doing this game.
First pitch to Simone is in there. Strike one call.
Pepitone holds first against Stang. Stretch by Mickelson.
Pitch to the right hand hitter. Foul in back of the plate. Strike two.
Simone is batting 3-10. He's been a pleasant surprise for Bertie Tebbott and the Indians.
On deck Dick Hauser. Here's the stretch.
From outside he held up. One ball two strikes.
And the game with a short lead at first base. Mickelson checks him. Delivers a curved strike.
That good change up curve ball again.
And for the Indians in the top of the seventh, no runs, one hit. No Yankee errors, one man left.
At the end of six and a half, Cleveland three and the Yankees three.
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For the Indians Tito Francona has stayed in the game to play right field. And Larry Brown has moved into play second base.
So Francona will be hitting in the eighth position in the lineup. And Larry Brown will be hitting in the lead off spot.
Roger Maris steps in. Maris's walk struck out and bounced out to the pitcher batting 281.
Lee Stang who got off to a real shaky start.
And then they're all the way for Cleveland. His pitch to Maris is a curve outside ball one.
A 3-3 ball game in the bottom of the seventh.
Stang delivers a foul tip back. Strike one, one-on-one.
Here's the one-one. Pitch a curve. Popped in the air. The shortstop Dickhouser right near second base. Makes the catch.
Maris hit that one right off his fist. One out. Here's Mickey Maddell.
Mickey doubled with the bases loaded in the first inning driving in two runs then hit to the box and struck out batting 303.
Stang's pitch is on the inside corner. Strike one called.
The first ball fouled and the upper deck strike two. On deck Elston Hart.
Stang ready. Right handed delivers a curve low gets back to the screen. One ball two strikes.
Now Stang delivers. Foul again back in the upper deck.
Nobody on in the last half of the seventh inning.
Lee Stang ready. His curve is popped foul outside a third near the stands and goes back too far for Alvis to reach.
Still one ball two strikes on Mickey.
All right Stang gets set out on the mound. Fires it in. It's inside. Romano started to throw the ball to third base now with his hands on his hips talking to Johnny Rice.
The count is even at two and two.
Here's Stang's two to delivery. Little bit low ball three and this time Stang and Romano did not agree with Johnny Rice a full count on Mantle.
Three three ball game here in the bottom of the seventh one out nobody on. Stang ready now for the payoff pitch to Mantle.
Foul down the left field line near the stands and going back into the stands out of play.
All hit off a fan's hands and bounce back onto the field Larry now picks it up says we need a new ball in play.
But Stang does not like the ball that Johnny Rice to him he wants another.
So we'll have the three to pitch all over again to Mantle.
Here is the payoff pitch fouled again out of play.
Off the upper deck and down below and it hit the guide wire just as it was coming into the stands and bounce back onto the field.
Little horse play at home played with Madeline Romano.
All right Stang ready again.
He kicks delivers it's high ball.
The third walk given up by Lee Stang his first since the first inning when he walked two men.
One of those walks was intentional to Howard who is up now. Elias walk single and struck out batting 313.
Bob Chance holds first against Mantle.
Stretch by Stang pitches low with a curve ball one.
The deck leads away at first. Stang's pitches over the inside corner one on one and Howard was not happy with that.
One on one on Elston Howard.
Stang to the set position his pitch is low knocked down by Romano two balls and a strike.
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I were ready to go two balls one strike on Howard one out three three the score.
The first one to be a man at first were in the bottom of the seven.
Here's a stretch pitch a ground ball a short.
Alvis cuts in front of the throws in time to force Madeline second just did get him.
And it's a good thing Alvis cut in front of Dick Hauser or they've never got mad at second base.
And the better now with Howard at first will be Pepitone who is popped a second single and bounced a second Joe batting 250.
Chance not playing Howard real close to the bag.
The stretch in the pitch to Pepitone a foul back out of play.
Back of the plate one strike on Joe.
On deck Tommy Tresh to out Howard leading off first staying ready his pitches low.
The counts even at one to one.
Stang now ready for the one one pitch swing ground ball a second base up with it Larry Brown.
Let's the chance for the out.
That's all for the Yankees in the bottom of the seven.
No runs no hits no Indian errors one man left and at the end of seven it's Cleveland three in the Yankees three the National League at the end of seven and a half the Mets 15 the Cardinals four.
I'll say that again for those of you might have fell off your seats.
The Mets 15 and the Cardinals for the end of seven and a half Pittsburgh and Milwaukee just getting underway as is Chicago at San Francisco Houston at Los Angeles tonight.
Philadelphia and Cincinnati not scheduled and they must really be enjoying this day off with the Mets holding a 11 run lead playing the eighth inning out in St. Louis.
For the Indians it'll be Dick house a Leon Wagner and Max Elvis to face Pete Mickelson.
Mickelson who came on in the sixth inning to relieve Al Downing.
Ready to go.
How's her is two for two he walked singled and doubled he is driven in a run and scored a run.
How's about in 256.
This is the top of the eighth inning.
All right Mickelson toes the rubber gets the sign from Elson Howard.
First pitch the house here is taken strike one call.
Mickelson's next pitch low and away with the curve one on one.
Here's the one one pitch low and inside ball to two a month.
Boyer is playing in a third house again get down that line he has 20 stolen bases.
Time is called.
Just as Mickelson was ready to deliver the pitch.
The inning had come down from the upper deck right around the batter's box and Johnny Rice quickly called time.
Little things like that flying around the batter's box can affect the batter.
More so than the pitcher in a spot like this.
All right here's a two one delivery inside ball three three and one.
Mickelson kicks delivers it's right down the road it's not Johnny Rice started to lift the right hand and pulled it down quickly.
It's ball for that ball must have really been a sharp sinker.
And now Leon Wagner is coming up.
Bertie Tibbets came out of the dugout to talk to Wagner Wagner's 0 for 3 struck out bounce the first fly to left hitting 255.
Boya moves way in a third.
Capiton holding first against Howser let's see what Bertie Tibbets has up his managerial sleeve right now.
The stretch by Mickelson.
Pitch to Wagner swings and misses strike one.
Now Wagner looks down at Sally Hamas coaching a third.
A lot of times the manager will let a slugger swing at one pitch and then go to bond on the next one throw to first house a bag
Score is tied here three three. Nobody out in the top of the eighth
Stretch by Mickelson his pitch swing and a miss strike two
Oh
Now let's see if Mickelson uses that change-up curveball of his that's been quite effective for him since he's been in this ballgame
Got two strikeouts with it
Right hander stretches
Low and inside one ball two strikes. He didn't use it on that pitch. That was a sinker
Oh
Mickelson gets the sign from Howard he sets throw over the first how's her his back
Now Peter's ready delivers a foul just got a piece of that ball
Still one and two on Wagner
Nobody out and how's her at first score tied three three
Mickelson's change-up curve popped in the air in the infield boy a right at the mound is there he one hands it
And that'll bring up Max Alvis Alvis has bounced a short struck out and tripled to deep left field
Max Alvis batting at 253
Right hand batter
Throw to first base houses back. He's dancing off first bothering at Mickelson a little bit on deck Johnny Romano
Here's a stretch another throw over there how's her is back
Now the stretch
Pitch swing and a miss the runners going and he's hung up between first and second Richardson the pep it's on to Richardson the pep it's on a bluffs and in
That was a delayed by Dick Howser, but how it was alert for it and his perfect throw to Richardson
Hung them up between first and second for a little while there looked like Richardson and pepper Toma just playing catch throwing it back and forth, but they get how's her
Two to four to three to four to three so it's two out a one strike count on Max Alvis
Slow curve over strike two call
Mickelson pitching with his full wind up now gets the sign from Howard to strike pitch swing and a miss strike three
For the Indians no runs no hits no Yankee errors nobody left at the end of seven and a half Cleveland three and the Yankees three
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In the bottom of the eighth inning Tommy Trash leads off of the Yankees Tommy's over three pop the short fly to center and struck out batting two forty seven a 3 3 ballgame
While the Cardinals scored a run in the eighth inning it's 15 to 5 in favor of the Mets they got a long road to hold their out in St. Louis
Lee staying ready to pitch to Tommy Trash curve hit foul outside of first strike one on deck lead boy and then Mickelson will follow
Fastball hit on the ground foul again outside of first nothing into on trash Yankees have nine base hits but they got eight of those hits in the first three innings and they got one in the sixth
Stang has really settled down they had him on the ropes in the first inning Yankees scored two and then had the bases loaded with nobody out but staying got out of it to strike pitch curve
Pulled foul outside of first again still nothing in two
Here's a two strike pitch low and inside one ball two strikes
Goodness for a more perfect day for a ballgame
Stang gets it outside and the count is even at two and two
Here's his two to delivery ground ball a second base Larry Brown and the big hop flips the chance it's one out
It brings up Boyer cleat pop to second and single left field in the third with two out to drive in a run check that with one out at the time and that run was the third run the Yankees scored
Then in the sixth inning Boyer bounced a short he's one for three batting to 18 and Johnny Blanchett has come in the on deck circle.
So it looks like Mickelson will not come up to bat pitch to Boyer is low ball one and it could be that Pedro Ramos is heating up in the bullpen
Two balls no strikes now on cleat Boyer Pedro Ramos is heating up in the Yankee bullpen
It's two balls no strikes on Boyer staying into the windup pitches it's a ground ball in the hole a base hit to left field
Boyer round first Wagner up with it and fires it on in and cleat is on with a single and the batter is Johnny Blanchard batting for Pete Mickelson
Mickelson hit an excellent outstanding job in relief Blanchard batting to thirty seven eight double seven home is twenty eight runs batted in on deck fill in
Boyer at first with one out the stretch by staying pitch to Blanchard is low scooped out of the dirt by Johnny Romano ball one
Here's a stretch pitch pop foul coming near the stands and just back into the first row of box seats alongside the Indian dugout Romano could not reach it
And it's a one on Blanchard that ballgame is over out in St. Louis the Mets have defeated the Cardinals 15 to five Parsons is the winner and it looks like Sadecki is the loser
So Philadelphia and Cincinnati will have a good night's sleep tonight as they go into that final day of that National League pennant race that could end up in a three or possibly four way tie
How do you like that. I hate to explain that playoff situation that could develop. All right. Here's the stretch by staying the pitch to Blanchard hit high in the air to right field
But Tito Frank corner is moving in under it and he's got it. Blanchard flies to right field to out. That's right. Joe Cooper has just reminded me that either Philadelphia or Cincinnati will be eliminated tomorrow
Depending on who wins or loses the game. All right. Here's Phil Lynn's doubled bounce the short struck out and then doubled in the sixth two for four both of them doubled lens batting to 51
Boyer at first with two out the stretch by staying pitch to Lynn's is low ball one and don't forget this American League race white socks a win and five to nothing playing the bottom of the sixth
against Kansas City pitch a ground ball in the hole a base hit the left field for boy is around second going to third the throw comes into second base and Lynn's holds it first the Yankees have run is at first and third and two out and Bobby Richardson the batter
Lynn's now three for five at the 11th hit for the Yankees and here comes birdie Tebbitz out birdie Tebbitz is talking first to late on fire Johnny Rice Bobby Richardson who is two for four a bunch single a single a left center bounce the short bounce the third
and Tebbitz is coming out to the mound he's calling his infield in and of course they want to be on the alert here for a possible double steal a lot of managers want to double steal is in order in this situation like the catcher to fire the ball back to the pitcher
and in the event that the runner on third comes home they can hang him up and if he doesn't the pitcher can still turn around and possibly get the man going to second to an unusual play but it has worked in the past Tebbitz is talking to
Romano staying and Larry Brown the second baseman Bobby Richardson the batter Bobby was up in the sixth inning with Lynn's at second and two out and bounced out to third the score is tied 3 3 where in the bottom of the eighth inning two out and two on here's the official paid attendance
14,879 the total including servicemen fifteen thousand five hundred and forty four all right the huddle is over Tebbitz is going back to the dugout it looks like staying is staying in there unless Tebbitz does the same thing Yogi did walked out to downing walked back to the dugout and then came back out again took downing out
all right that's the situation Lynn's at first boy or a third Richardson the batter two out the score tied 3 3 in the bottom of the eighth here's the stretch pitch to Bobby low and outside ball one couldn't ask for a better man up at the plate in a situation like this than Richardson Bobby who has been hitting that ball hard consistently
The stretch the pitch fouled into the stands out of play Bobby Richardson has struck out only thirty five times all year and he's been at bat six hundred and seventy five times including the four times today a 1 1 count on Bobby runners lead off first and second
The runners lead off first and third the stretch by staying his pitch swing and a missed strike to Bobby went down on one knee after that swing one ball two strikes two out and two on tension here at Yankee Stadium and I got a headache from all the tension birds are flying around above us
here's the stretch look at the runner at first the pitch line drive
a base hit for Richardson he had a line drive that Dick has a lead for got his glove on but it trickled out of his glove he could not make a play on Linda's second or Richardson at first and Bobby come through with a clutch single
Yankee's lead four to three and the bottom of the eighth and the batter is Roger Maris Roger is over three he walks struck out hit to the box and pop the short actually house a leap too high for that ball and hit in the heel of his glove and just trickled out
here's the stretch lens at second Richardson at first the pitch to Maris is low ball one Bobby Richardson drives in his fiftieth run of the year and it could be the most important run he's driven in all year
The stretch by staying pitch to Maris ground ball just foul outside of third Maris hit that one right off the end of the bat and it's squid foul
one and one on Maris
lens leaves off second Richardson off first here's the stretch by staying his pitch file back to the screen the counts even not quite it's one ball and two strikes
staying gets a new ball Maris digging into the plate on deck as Mickey Maddle
all right staying is ready his pitch low two balls two strikes Pedro Ramos had been loosening up for the Yankees but now Whitey Ford is up alone in the Yankee bullpen
Whitey Ford pitch last night complete game one at five to two we'll wait and see what Yogi's gonna do right now the Yankees lead four to three two balls two strikes two out two on the pitch to Maris high and it's a full count three and two and the runners will be off with a pitch
a full count on Roger Maris staying ready for the payoff pitch the runners go he delivers it's high ball four and the bases are loaded
and here comes birdie Tebbit and that's gonna be all for Lee staying it's George Strickland walking out there and that's ready to have it but nevertheless that's all for Lee staying
pitched a very unusual ball game but a fine ball game he worked seven and two third innings he allowed 12 base hits walk for struck out six men seven men I think that is seven many struck out and has been charged with four runs but he's got the bases loaded here as Don McAvoy
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so Don McMahon the right hander is coming on a pitch to Mickey Maddle Mickey has doubled to drive in two runs hit to the box struck out and walk he's batting three oh three Mickey was up in the first inning and double a left with the bases loaded
this is the 70th appearance of the year for Don McMahon he's won six and lost four right side of the relief pitches have really been getting their work this year John Wyatt of Kansas City has been in over 80 games and Dick Raditz has been in close to 80 games
they broke Jim Constanze long standing record of appearances 74 that can stand he had while he was with the Phillies well that's the way this game has turned out to be specialist game and relief pitches are really specialties
all right the bases are loaded lenses at third Richardson at second Maris at first and Mantle will be the batter the Yankees lead in the ballgame four to three Johnny Rice dusting off home plate as Mantle steps into the batter's box
here's the wind up by McMahon pitch to Mantle swing and a miss strike one
and a man gets a sign takes delivers its low mantle checks his swing it's one on one
McMahon asking for time now wants to tie a shoelace
he's ready
one one count to Mickey Mantle
The wind up the pitcher foul back strike to one ball two strikes
let's see who the Indians have coming up next inning Johnny Romano Bob chance and Vic Davileo right hand batter and to left hand batter and then after Davileo Frank Kona another left hand batter that could be the reason why yogi's getting forward loosened up in the bullpen
all right here's the one ball two strike pitch high and away in the concert even at two and two that man is falling way to his left off the mound after he delivers each pitch
bases are loaded with two out Yankees lead four to three in the bottom of the eight
pitch high foul outside of third Elvis going back near the stands can't reach it it goes back into the crowd out of play
make it that one right off his fist
McMahon rubbing up the new ball
now McMahon gets the sign from Romano all three runners leading away pitch to Mickey almost hit him and did it hit him let's see I don't know how it missed him if it didn't hit him
no it didn't hit him it's three and two boy that ball was right at Mickey's right shoulder and he just got out of the way in time Romano dropped the ball
runners did not advance it's a bull count but now they'll be running with the pitch
McMahon moving his defense around Nick gets up dust himself off back in the batter's box
all right here's the payoff pitch to mantle
The ball is thrown out of the upper deck a base on balls a run batted in for Mickey his third of the day forcing in Phil Lynn's that run is charged to staying
The bases remain loaded and Elston Howard the batter Ellie has walked single struck out and bounce the third batting 312 so let's see metal has three RBI that gives him a total of one hundred and eleven on the year
Mr Robinson leads the American League and runs batted in he has a hundred and seventeen right now that ties metal for the second spot with Dick Stewart and Harmon Killeber all right here's Elston Howard ready
McMahon delivers a curve that's eyeball one
a big insurance run just forced across the plate how it swings and misses a curve strike one one on one on deck Joe Pepper Tom
one one pitch inside and how it had to jump back out of the way in a hurry two balls and a strike
here's the pitch it's over strike two call two and two man goes back to the rising back fires it down on the ground
all three men leading away the pitch is a curve bow back out of play in the upper deck how it holds that two and two
Mets beat the Cardinals 15 to five this afternoon
again we have the two to pitch foul off the end of the bat
out holds it to and to
still to and to on how Richardson at third Maris at second mantle at first Yankees five the Indians three in the bottom of the eighth
here's the wind up the pitch low and away and again we have a full count three and two with the bases loaded
McMahon asking for time checking the sign with Romano the runners all start to go here's the pitch line
and it's a one to four panel pulls up at third and the Yankees lead seven to three as Elston Howard hits a three to pitch in a line of center field
and George Strickland is coming out of the dugout and it looks like that's going to be all for Don McMahon with Joe Pepitone coming up Pepitone the ninth Yankee to bat here in the eighth inning
The Yankees lead seven to three
mantle is driven in three Howard to boil one and Richardson one Howard now has eighty three runs batted in on the air and on the day he is two for four so he's batting three fifteen
Bobby Richardson came up with a big base hit for the Yankees with two out a line single off the glove of Dick Hauser the drive in the run that put the Yankees ahead four to three and Dick Donovan is coming on
Donovan was scheduled to be one of the starting pitches in this series
and Bertie Tebbott might have to change his pitching plans now Donovan is making his twenty ninth appearance of the year he is one seven and lost nine
we noticed looking at his car that he has been used in relief
sixth relief appearance of the year tall right hander six three two hundred and five pounds from Quincy Massachusetts
Don McMahon
McMahon did not retire any Yankee player while he was in the ballgame
and Donovan coming on now will be facing Pepitone
Joe Ramos is up in the Yankee bullpen now the Yankees leading seven to three and the bottom of the eighth with two out mantle at third and Howard at first
Pepitone is one for four he's popped a second bounce the second twice and single batting 250 still looking for that one hundredth RBI of the year and he has had his chances especially in this Indian series
Joe Ramos who led off this inning by bouncing out the second is on deck
having a little ticket trouble here getting the other scores in
The Yankee bullpen leading Kansas City five to nothing at the end of five and a half but that's been up there for a long long time as at Boston at Washington Red Sox lead five nothing at the end of five and Detroit at Baltimore six six at the end of six but some of those games might be over by this time we're going to check to see if we can get any further scores
The Yankees only score in the National League the Mets beat the Cardinals 15 to five all right Dick Donovan ready to go now pitching to Joe Pepitone
Joe reads off there at Howard off first stretch by Donovan pitch to Pepitone is over a strike one call
Donovan shakes off a couple of signs how he sets way outside almost a wild pitch one on one Donovan goes to the rising bag
right hander stretches delivers a line drive to right field and as his 100th RBI a line single as Mantle scores the Yankees lead eight to three and Joe Pepitone finally gets that basic turns around and shakes Jimmy Gleason's hand coaching at first base
Joe Pepitone drives in Mickey Mantle with a line single a deep right field Yankees lead eight to three and his Tommy Trash up for the second time in the inning Tommy is 0 for 4 in this ballgame batting to forty six Howard now at third and Pepitone at first and that ought to relax Joe now
pitch the trash ground ball at third Alvis up with it goes to first base in time to get trash who made two outs in one inning but the Yankees come up with five runs on five hits no Indian errors and two men left and at the end of eight it's the Yankees eight the Indians three
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Pedro Ramos is coming on to do the pitching here in the top of the ninth with the Yankees leading eight to three Pedro is making his 13th appearance of the year as a Yankee overall his forty ninth appearance of the year and he is pitching against his former teammates the Yankees got him from the Cleveland Indians Pedro has one eight lost 10 and since he joined the Yankees he has won one and lost none
Ramos with New York has an earned run average of one point three one that's a total of 20 and two third innings allowing just three runs.
All right Johnny Romano will lead off Romano is over three struck out twice and bounce to the shortstop.
The Yankees looking to clinch their fifth straight pennant and their 29th overall.
First pitch to Romano ground foul outside a third.
Nice play by Sally Hamas in the coaching box strike one proud yells as a paper airplane blows right out in front of home plate.
Howard flips it away left handed saving that arm.
Yankees won the pennant five straight years once before 1949 through 1953 the pitch check swing foul back in the upper deck out of play.
Pete Mickelson is the pitcher of record for the Yankees and Lee Stang for Cleveland.
Here's a two strike pitch foul just off the end of the bat went for an outside curveball and just did Nick it.
Back in 1922 the Yankees won the pennant on the next to last day of the season.
St. Louis Browns finished second and in 1949 they won it on the last day of the season.
Red Sox finished second and I'll never forget that series because I was in it.
The pitch ground ball a short lens is up with it.
Fires the first one away.
That brings up Bob chance chance pinch hit in the sixth inning and struck out.
He's batting to 78 on deck.
Vic Davileo wind up by Ramos his pitch ground ball hit the short lens comes in.
He's got it over the first two away.
And you'll hear the crowd roar on this next out.
Two out nobody on top of the night the Yankees lead eight to three.
Vic Davileo the batter is one for three hit to the box fly to center and beat out a ground ball to first base.
I guess the Yankees figure that champagne is cold enough.
And in the refrigerator for a few days. All right here's the pitch to Davileo outside ball one.
Ramos into the wind up his pitch curve outside ball to do nothing.
Here's the two nothing delivery swing and a pop foul could be in play Howard back near the stands and Boyer and who's got it.
The Yankees win eight to three.
Are we on. OK number 29 we're down here and they'll be coming in in just a minute. The Yankees have just won their 29th Bennett and I didn't know I was on the air.
Here they come Pete Mickelson did a great job going through their actor Lopez Phil Lynn spectacular down the stretch.
Pedro Ramos and Yogi Mano Yogi Yogi Yogi congratulating his player there's a happiest man here in the clubhouse Yogi Berra Joe Pepitone.
God is 100. We'll get you a little bit. We're waiting for the manager to get him over here to talk to him.
Yo come on over here buddy. Yogi is this one sweeter than when you were a player. Yes it is.
Jerry sure is. Did that. Mickelson did a good job when he went in there and well we fought all the way.
Jerry I think this is the hardest one I think I ever been on. Well actually even though that one and forty nine went longer this one when your first year as a manager.
Were there any time at any time did you have any qualms about this club winning. Well Jerry was just one time the writers asked me the game we lost in Los Angeles.
Then I I really got it back up when we wanted to beat Minnesota twice over there in Minnesota when Washington beat Chicago though I said I think we could do it.
Yogi let me ask this how did you manage to say don't stay so calm all year. I'm excited you're not excited.
Well a lot of people say they don't show it Jerry maybe I did or not but I've been a ball player Jerry I know how it feels and every one of these boys deserve.
We worked hard for it Jerry and we deserve it. Well let me ask you this the big guys the Mantle the Howard the Maris's Pepitone coming in on the stretch drive Bobby Richardson.
When that ball went out Dick Hauser the pivotal play and he jumped a little too soon. What happened on that then. Oh boy everything Jerry.
That was a nice one. The Crusader was telling me the ball got in the sun there he jumped up from the shadow into the sun and they got his eyes.
Yogi go enjoy yourself a well deserved victory. I know you're thrilled to that but we're thrilled for you.
The first year out Yogi comes up with his big one the first planet Joe Pepitone. You're beautiful tell us about that 100th RBI.
Jerry took a long time coming boy but I'm happy I got it. There's my man right back there Phil Linds. Mickey he got it in for me.
You know Jerry all year long having trouble on first base and then coming through today you know I mean in the winning it takes old pressure.
I had a ball here and it disappeared after that last out. How did you feel this morning going into the game Joe? Jerry I was a little shaken up believe me.
I was real tight and I was worrying about the two days previous where I made a couple of errors on first base it was on my mind and it hurts me a lot.
But today in that in that evening when we got those five runs everything was going I said I just want to get one more RBI for myself Jerry that's 100.
All right a long time. Pepe let me ask you this when in the first inning the bags loaded.
Little nervous Jerry everything was tight. Do you get that tight that the arms get tough and the wrist gets stiff.
Oh Jerry I was like still this is the whole thing you have to be loose on first base.
The only time I was loose on first base when it was two out in the last inning when I saw that pop up go to Ellie I says Ellie don't drop it please I don't want to get the next ball hit to me.
I really feel good Jerry. This right now is the happiest time of my life right now believe me I'm really happy.
Joe Pepitone congratulations good luck in the series my friend. Thank you very much.
Jim Bowden 17 come on over here where's Ellie come on over here Ellie.
Now wait a minute don't pour it on me this year Ellie how about it a sweet one you've been around for a lot of them.
It was a good one Jerry and I really appreciate it because you know Yogi was the new manager and a lot of people say this is the year that we're supposed to lose the pennants.
So I think that that's one of the reasons why I took what we wanted.
Elson let me ask you this how about that Sun that looked devastating out there in the outfield it looked to me like a lot of balls the outfielders were having trouble they may have caught up to.
Is it that wicked?
Well you can recall during the World Series one year that Norm Steven played outfield and in this time of the year the Sun is very rough because it's for the shadows falls and the Sun is right through the stands.
So otherwise the ball hit it and if you don't get your glasses down and the ball is directed in the Sun you get one black dot so the ball is very hard to pick up.
Same as hitting up to the point it's very hard hitting.
Alright Elson Howard one last one how about this ball club the last seven weeks tremendous sir have you ever seen anything like.
Well I've never seen anything like it Jerry because everyone had counted the ball clubs.
Well see we were dead we weren't going to win the pennant and we came back with the help of Bowden Downing and Mickey began to hit and all the other fellows Lentz and Kubeck and Richardson and we got real fine relief pitching and Pedro Ramis and we did a real good job.
Ellie good luck to you enjoy the World Series enjoy that champagne relax and have some fun.
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You're managing one pennant pretty good percentage.
Well I don't know about percentage.
I think this was the toughest one I ever been in.
What happened to you?
Well they gave me I needed a shampoo and they gave me a champagne shampoo.
Just the first thing you ever had?
Yeah.
Well as you look back over your first year managing just how tough was this now that it's over with?
Well Ralph warned me he told me this is going to be like being a Blair Redden it was terrific.
I really enjoyed it I think you know like I said before I wanted a one year contract I wanted to see if I could manage I don't know maybe I still don't know but I feel pretty good Redden.
I would think so.
Yogan again congratulations.
Thank you very much.
I'm not even asking who you're going to play tomorrow.
So now they're going to take Yogan's picture filled in.
Just on with us.
They've borne a little more champagne on the manager.
Well this is sort of the tradition you know you give the manager the champagne shampoo just like throwing the winning cocks and overboard.
Now let's see here's Joe Pepito.
Joe wait a second.
We've got the radio mic here.
Congratulations Joe.
Thank you.
That's a big game.
Just seeing just you know it was big enough for me because I got my 100th RBI boy I was waiting one more game.
I didn't think I was going to make it.
Yeah but there was one more important point you know when Frank Conner came up to pinch head if that ball had been about four inches higher we might not be here.
Brad I didn't even think I was going to catch it because I was so tight believe me you know the two previous days fielding poorly very poorly and this is all season long and I was very tight and that eighth inning and ninth inning when we got those runs I said oh boy.
I just don't let him hit any balls to me there's any let him hit the other good ball players.
Hey wait a minute Ralph.
Friends here's Ralph Howe first year as the general manager with one pennant.
That's a pretty good percentage isn't it Ralph.
Well it's a wonderful year Ed.
You got to give the team a lot of credit and Yogi a lot of credit.
They came from behind it was a long season but in true Yankee style they pulled one out again.
It was a little rough for a while but this has certainly been a great year.
Well Mr. Howe you didn't have anything to do with bringing up a fellow named Stonema did you.
Well I'd like to say that the organization deserves all the credit for that our farm system Johnny Johnson's ahead of it and our scouts and this is what makes the Yankees the winner.
It's the organization.
And of course you weren't involved at all in the Remus deal.
Well we've always liked Pedro and we're glad he was on our side this last month.
Ralph I know you want to see a lot of people and one more thing aside from congratulations.
Is it tougher to be a general manager through a pennant battle or is it tougher to be down in the dugout as a field manager.
I think this is my hardest year Ed and I'd just like to thank all the Yankee fans for supporting us and I think that along with it gives us the zest to go on and be champions.
And let's hope that this year we'll prove that there's nobody in that National League can beat us and we'll bring that world championship back to New York.
That's where it belongs.
Well I know you don't know who you're going to play but I know this that you've had Cincinnati and St. Louis pretty well scouted.
Who have you had on them.
Well we've had Mayo Smith Johnny Noon and Bill Skiff and we've got all three clubs well scouted along with San Francisco.
So we're leaving no stones unturned.
You've even got a book on Philadelphia that you're not going to use.
It looks that way.
Ralph again congratulations.
Thank you Ed.
Ralph out friends.
Been a great year Ralph.
A real good tough one.
Now let's see who else is around.
I tell you we've got the fellows back in the shower room and they're back in the clubhouse.
I believe that actually this was one of the toughest punters that the Yankees have won and maybe it's left its mark because from what I've seen and my being around here in some years.
That this is about the quietest Yankee clubhouse after a punnett win that I have encountered.
Now let's see here is Jim Farley who just come in to say congratulations.
Jim I think that you are one of the real genuine all line Yankee fans and it's very wonderful to see you here looking so well.
Well thank you very much.
I've been rooting for the Yankees since nineteen four.
I used to go up and see them play or down through the years.
I'm a devotee of the Yankees.
I like baseball.
I come up here and relax and I feel badly when they lose.
I suffer just as much as they do and I'm happy when they win.
Jim I know that the Yankees have I know on a season with the Red Sox that one on the last day.
But I guess this is one of the real tough pennants in it.
I would think so.
I don't think they ever went down to the second last day before.
I was here in nineteen four right over the Yankees up at the old stadium and the Hilltoppers when they lost the game.
The pennants of the Boston Red Sox and then they won the second game.
One inning one to nothing eleven innings.
Chesbo made that very famous wild pitcher.
Kleino failed to catch the spitball.
I don't know who was to blame.
But they lost the pennant by half a game that year.
That was in nineteen four or five.
Well we're off together.
We got to see you Mr. Folley.
Glad to see you were in and all is well.
Well I say it right back at you.
Good luck and God bless you.
Thank you.
Now here's Pedro Ramas.
Pete let me borrow you for a second.
Here you have the poetic justice should we say.
You come from the Indians and then you lock up the ballgame against your old ball club as the Yankees nail down the pennant.
And congratulations on the work you've done over here.
Thank you very much.
I don't care what they need anybody else.
I just want to do a good job and I hope and I wish.
And I'm so happy that the Yankees win the pennant that I don't know what what else can I say.
You really put your shoulder to the wheel.
Well I try my best because I know when you were the winner you got to be first class.
Well you've been a first class man.
Pete congratulations.
Thank you very much.
OK. And I know the Yankees wish you said so that they could have you in the World Series.
Now I don't want to get in Jerry Coleman's television picture but there are a couple of fellows I do want to get to you around here.
I've got a long cord and I'm just going to walk right back out of it.
Jerry's talking to John Blanchard and he doesn't mind.
Let's get over here.
We've had Yogi and here's Steve Hamlin.
Steve.
Thank you very much.
Certainly feel a lot better now than I did about 20 minutes ago.
How much tougher was the pennant this year than last year.
It was quite a bit tougher last year we were on top all the way and it seemed like there wasn't as much pressure.
I felt like there was but I sure didn't after experiencing this year.
So when we go down to the next to the last day it's really tough.
Fine Steve. Let's get over to Bobby Richardson.
Bobby.
All right.
You had a line drive that had eyes didn't you. That ball that Howser couldn't hold.
Well actually Red when I got down to second base he explained that the sun was right over the top of his head.
He saw the ball all the way and just as he jumped up the sun of course hit him right in his eyes and he didn't see the ball.
The ball hit on the side of his glove and of course he didn't hold it.
Well I guess that'll make you a sun worshiper from now on.
Well sure will. I didn't hit the ball too good Red.
I hit it right on the fist but I was sure glad to see it drop in there.
Well the result was important.
Well it sure was. This has been a long struggle for us and I think since I've been with the club certainly it's been the hardest one to get and the one that I think we appreciate more than any.
Well Bobby I know this you've never had a September on this ball cup like this one have you.
That's true Red. This is what won the pennant for us.
Our tremendous record in September when we had to win those ball games and certainly Chicago and Baltimore set a good pace and we're just pleased that it came out the way it did.
Well you will set me in there again. Congratulations Bobby.
Thank you a lot Red.
Here's Pete Mickelson back here. Pete you came out of the bullpen the ball game was 3-3.
Cleveland had a man at third base and only one man was out and you really did the job.
Thanks Red.
How was the sinker today? Is that what you got him out with?
The first hitter I did then I got the last hitter Chance out on the change up.
Then you went two more innings and how did you feel about it?
Well I got behind like I walked the first hitter but I got out of it. He tried to steal second and delayed steal and they caught him in between and ran him out and after I got him out I had two outs and I felt pretty confident after that.
Pete you've done quite a job. You've been in 50 ball games this year.
Is that right Red? I didn't know exactly how many. I knew I was in the high 40's or so.
Well I think for a first year fellow that's quite a group.
That's a lot of games.
Well you rewarded the judgment of your manager. Yogi picked you in the spring. You're his boy and again congratulations.
Thanks a lot Red.
Now here's Bob Fischel the director of public relations and Mr. Fischel has come here for the clinching of course. He's got to be here.
But Bob we haven't seen you in several days. You haven't had anything to do have you?
No I haven't Red. Thank you. I really can't accept any congratulations. I didn't get a base set all year and I think that's the standard line that I give you every year.
But it's just as thrilling as the first one that I marked nine years ago. Probably that was the first big thrill I had here and there have been a lot since.
Well what's kept you out of the ballpark the last few days?
Well trying to decide how many programs to do and we've done two. One for Cincinnati and one for St. Louis and now the Giants are calling us.
They want us to prepare another book for them and they want our material for their book and I got Philly's material. If I have to do four of them I don't think we'll get done in time.
And of course you don't hear from many newspaper men and press and TV about accommodations. Oh boy.
And nobody in civilian life wants tickets.
No we haven't got a reserve or box seat left. We do have these open stand tickets though still. Fans can still get those tickets if they want to.
There are some of those open stand right center field bleachers and they're pretty good seats. Especially on a day like this.
Well Bob again congratulations and I know it's a great deal of work for you and the rest of the staff but it's worth it isn't it?
It sure is Red and thank you for everything you've done for us this year because your cooperation has meant an awful lot to us.
For goodness sake I can take a page out of your book. I haven't had a base hit all season. Thank you Bob.
There's Mickey Maddle back here. I want to get a quick word on him. Hi Tony. Tony Florio the bad boy. Just stay around here Tony.
Turn loose that cord. I asked Joe Ripley of all people to step in on it.
Mick just a quick word. I know you're talking to Jack Hand of the AP. This is about the roughest pennant for you you've been in isn't it?
I was just telling him that I think this is the biggest thrill I've had in the pennant so far because of the fact that it was so tough to win.
I hate to admit it but I did give up on it a little bit early. We lost four in a row to Chicago and I wasn't playing. I was feeling bad and Whitey was hurting.
Everybody was feeling bad and then all of a sudden our whole team just kind of knitted back together and it's a great big thrill to win it this year.
Well Mick may I say this. I don't want to try and get you to say it but when you started taping up those legs and forcing yourself to go you did a great deal about picking up this ball club my friend.
And I think you can feel prouder of this one than anyone you've been in. Well I do. I think you had to work harder. Thanks a lot. We did. We had to work real hard.
The American league is a lot better this year I think than it has been in the past. I know the pitching is a lot better than everything and I just feel real good that we won it.
Again congratulations. I don't want to try and hold you up. Okay now we promised hey Whitey. We've got Whitey Ford over here friends.
He can't go on television but radio doesn't have any seeing eye. We caught him on the way to the shower but we couldn't let you get by. That was quite a job you did last night.
Well thank you Red. I think the club has just been great the last six weeks. It's been somebody picking us up each day. If it isn't Mickey it's somebody on the pitching staff and felt like Phil Linskman had done a great job for Tony.
It's just been a real team effort if I can use a phrase. And speaking of somebody on the pitching staff making a pick up once in a while a fellow named Ford did that occasionally didn't he?
Well yes it's been a funny year for me Red. I just wish two out of the last three years I've been able to pitch every fourth day. This year in 1962 something happened and I just hope I can keep pitching every fourth day from now on.
Well I know York has in mind working you Wednesday if the National League won't get in a playoff and spoil the plot. But one question I want to ask you how's your heel and how do you feel generally?
Well it was fine. I was worried the first few innings last night because I was pitching with men on bases you know. But after the fall from the third inning on I just could take my wind up pretty near the rest of the game and there was nothing wrong with it.
And now I'll have until Wednesday for it to get a little better. I think I'll be alright.
Okay Whitehead. Good luck and enjoy your shower.
Thank you Red.