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The beautiful Bush Stadium in St. Louis where the National League season is scheduled on today, but you never know.
The St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Mets.
Galen Sisco for the Mets and Kurt Simmons for the St. Louis Cardinals.
And our guest on the dugout show, one of the great men of baseball, the manager of the Mets, Casey Stengel.
You'll hear from Casey in just one moment.
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Our guest on the dugout show, Mets manager Casey Stengel.
Casey, I'm sure that you realize everybody in the world of sports is happy to hear that you're going to be back as manager next year.
Yes, that's true. I have received many, many telegrams of friends that have been calling for me most all my life from a baseball standpoint since.
You know, that are interested in my years as a player and I would say managerial career.
I'd have to say that that was for a number of people that are elderly and that had seen me play baseball and also saw that I was rather successful as a manager in a number of years.
You never lose your enthusiasm for the game.
You get older like everybody else gets older too for that matter, but you never lose your zest, Casey.
Well, no, I feel healthy enough. I'm strong enough. I'm quick enough.
If you feel all right, you ought to stay managing and if you are a man that doesn't feel well, you shouldn't stay managing in the major leagues.
You should decide, let somebody else do it because a well man always does a better job.
Casey, going into a series like this with one of the teams fighting for a penalty, did you give your team any pep talk before the series started?
Well, I did the first day we went over the hitters. Naturally, you should do that. You should try to win every day that you've been in the league.
And up to this year, we've had so many difficulties to play a number of the teams.
The only team that I think that we bothered was Cincinnati. In the last series, Cincinnati came in and caught us playing very poor baseball.
And they actually put them back in the pennant race. And then when they come here to St. Louis, this club here is a good baseball club, well managed.
And the players are terrific players.
I believe that in this series, the first game, it was just unfortunate that hard hit balls were caught by my receivers and the pitcher Jackson pitched two marvelous a game when it was one to nothing.
The game yesterday, everybody knows that the Cardinals had an off day and you can't catch, the pitching had to be poor because you can't go up into the grandstand and catch the ball.
And therefore, that's where they were handicapped just now.
Casey, in all your years, can you remember a race where three teams went into the final day with a chance?
No, I have been in one game in one year. I think it was 49 when I was with the Yankees in which the Red Sox were a game ahead of me.
And then we evened it up and we took two, we had to play a series, we took two out of three and just nosed them out of the pennant.
Casey, which of these three teams are still fighting it out for the pennant do you think would have the best chance against the Yankees in the World Series?
Well, to tell you the truth, I think that all three clubs will only be handicapped with one thing and that's the fact that they've had to extend their pitching staff too much at the end of a season.
Now, that really could affect the National League club. But I honestly believe that your club here at St. Louis will give them a splendid battle because you're skilled in a number of ways and have speed.
And I think Cincinnati would do a splendid job in the World Series. I really figure that that just would be great if they could have four or five days rest, or rest their pitching staff.
Especially if there's a playoff, then the Yankees ought to be in a great shape.
Well, if there's a playoff, yes, they'd get the rest maybe too long, although they don't allow you to rest too long. They make you work out every day of the World Series and keep you on edge.
Casey, do you see the Mets coming out of the wilderness for next year?
Well, yes, I do in some ways. We get more home runs than we did last year or the year before. We got younger personnel on the team. I think McMillan has helped our ball club at shortstop.
He's kept our pitching better. And I think that Hunt is a very good ball player. He was voted by the ball players as the best second baseman for this season.
And I honestly believe that Hickman is a very good man and capable in the outfield. He can hit balls distance. Christopher now is a much better batter than he ever was in his life.
He used to only play against right-handed pitching, I mean left-handed pitching. And now I think he's very splendid. He can hit some of the right-handed pitches better than anybody that's on our staff.
I would have to say that he's a much improved batter.
Casey, it's a challenge to a ball club who's not in the race to be able to play one of the contenders and have a hand in deciding who wins it.
Well, yes, you know, but you really have to go out there and put the man, I suppose, when he signs the contract to play until the last day and the ninth inning.
And that's the reason why our club maybe at this year time is doing very good. We lost two games in Milwaukee, I thought, because we didn't have the ability.
But I think here, Jackson, just was a little too great to allow your club to get on basis and handicap it.
Casey, a million thanks for this chat and continued success to you. And last time I mentioned it, I was going to give you a bull of a 17-jewel watch that told you the time of the day and the time of the month.
You also asked me to tell you the time to take your picture out, and I hope you have to take several pictures out today.
That's good. If I was you, I'd have that same thing.
Okay.
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Now, it's time for St. Louis Cardinals, Lake Road.
A beautiful baseball day in St. Louis. Hello again, everybody.
This is Harry Carey with Jerry Gross with Roy May in Cincinnati on the final day of the baseball season, maybe a perfect day for baseball.
The Cardinals who are tied for first place with the Cincinnati Reds, one game ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies who play the Reds in Cincinnati today.
It'll be Cisco for the Mets today, Simmons for the Cardinals.
Let's quickly go to Cincinnati and Roy May to see what the pitching situation is over there.
Thank you, Harry, and good afternoon, everyone. In Cincinnati, it's a gorgeous day, bright, sunny, shining, the temperature in the 60s.
The two starting pitchers are warming up far below us. Jim Bunning for the Phillies, his record 18-8, and another right-hander, John Sartoros, for the Reds.
Sartoros' record is 9-12. We're going to have a capacity crowd here, and there's a lot of excitement in the air in Cincinnati, as I'm sure there is in St. Louis, Harry.
All right, fine, Roy, we'll be coming back to you. So you got the situation there.
There's a surprise we thought maybe Maloney would pitch for the Reds, but John Sartoros, who shut the Phillies out one-to-nothing last week in Philadelphia, will be pitching for Cincinnati.
And here it'll be Kurt Simmons pitching for the Cardinals, and Gail and Cisco for the New York Mets.
And we'll be back with the starting lineups and then the exciting play-by-play in just one moment.
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The umpires are coming down the line in a moment. Johnny Keene, the Cardinal Manager, Kasey Stengel, the New York Met manager,
who is our guest on the Dugout Show, will be coming out to exchange the official batting orders.
Here now to give you the lineups for today's game and bring you up to date is Jerry Gross.
All right, Harry, thank you very muchThe wind we might mention right now is blowing from the left field corner toward the right field line,
and it would help a ball hit up toward the right field bleachers out toward center possibly blow it out.
It could be a big factor in this afternoon's ball game.
A look at the lineups in the ball game for Kasey Stengel's Mets leading off, and at second base it will be Bobby Klaus.
Klaus in the leadoff position. Macmillan, Roy Macmillan, will hit second. He'll be the shortstop.
Batting third and a man who has ripped us all year long, Joe Christopher, the right-handed hitting right fielder in this afternoon's game.
Batting in the cleanup spot, it will be Jim Hickman, Hickman of former Cardinal.
Hickman will be in center field. He'll hit cleanup. In the fifth spot, the third baseman, Charlie Smith.
Smith batting fifth down at third. Bob Taylor, the hawk will be the catcher for Stengel's Mets.
He'll be catching Galen Sisco. Taylor batting sixth, working behind the plate.
Ed Cranepool, who has really hurt us in this series so far and hurt us all year long, as Harry has mentioned, batting seventh.
Cranepool will be the first baseman. And George Altman in left field.
Altman hitting eighth in the order out in left.
Galen Sisco with a record of six victories and 18 setbacks will start on the mound for Stengel's crew,
his record against the Redbirds this year, one victory and one setback.
His earned run average on the season, 3.45.
So Sisco, the right-hander, warming up down the right-field line prior to the ballgame.
Simmons already has concluded his warmups to our left, down the left-field lineup.
And let's now take a look at the Cardinals' starting lineup.
Manager Johnny Keene will go with Kirk Flood, leading off in center.
Lou Brock out in left field, batting second. White will hit third, he'll be at first.
There go the Cardinals in the final game of the regular season, 1964.
Captain Kenny Boyer will be hitting cleanup at third.
That's sixth, or rather fifth, and will be a shortstop.
Tim McCarver will be catching Mike Shannon out in right field.
Dal Maxwell playing in place of the injured Julian Javier.
We heard his back in the ballgame yesterday.
Dal Maxwell will have the job at second base, he'll be batting eighth.
And Kirk Simmons is out on the mound to start for the Cardinals.
He's 18 and 9, one and two against the Mets.
Right now, the capacity crowd our national anthem.
Great crowd on hand, Marty Bronson singing the national anthem.
Before we give you the play-by-play, we'll take ten seconds for station identification.
This is the Cardinals' baseball network.
KMO-X and KMO-XFM, St. Louis.
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This is Jerry Gross with Harry Carrey back at Busch Stadium.
The wind, 16 miles an hour, blowing out from left field the line toward the right field line.
We're set to go with the final game of the regular season, and here to bring you all the exciting action,
The voice of the Cardinals, here's Harry Carrey.
Okay, Jerry, a beautiful day, and we're all set to go.
Kurt Simmons, who has pitched good ball against the Mets all year long,
and Galen Sisco, who has done likewise against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Simmons has won one and lost two.
He lost to the Mets 4-3 on a two-out, ninth inning home run, July the 9th,
and 3-2 on July 19th here in St. Louis.
He beat the Mets 2-1, September the 22nd in New York.
Galen Sisco lost to the Cardinals 5-1, May the 9th, beat them 2-1 on September the 23rd.
A tough right-hander who always has pitched well against the Cardinals.
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Okay, we'll keep you posted then.
The one left to go on here is Bobby Klaus, hitting 2-21,
four homers and 16 runs about it in.
Kurt Simmons gets ready to win, as Jerry told you, blowing strongly towards right field.
Here's the pitch on the left, and it's a fastball outside.
It'll be Klaus, McMillan, and Christopher here in the first.
The Mets have won the first two games of the series.
The National League race is in a two-team tie.
Here's the pitch on the way.
It takes a strike over the outside corner, belt high, and that evens it up a ball and a strike.
The St. Louis football Cardinals lead the Washington Redskins 14-10 in the second period.
One ball, one strike.
Bobby Klaus, who hit a home run yesterday.
Kurt Simmons getting ready.
Into the wind of the pitch on the way.
There's a fly ball, right field.
Flood way back. He's there. He's going to make the catch. He does.
Oh, that ball got up into the wind, which is blowing strongly towards right field.
Now, Simmons, being a left-handed pitcher, will have an advantage so far as nullifying the left-handed batters in the Met lineup.
The Cardinals will be facing a right-hander, so their left-handed batters, Brock White and McCarver, will be helped by the wind.
Here's the pitch now to Ryan McMillan.
And it's a fastball, strike called, hit the outside corner after the knee.
One strike and no ball.
Electricity in the air. You could cut over the night.
A supercharged afternoon in St. Louis.
One strike, no ballThe wind up, the pitch on the way. Here it is.
Strike two called. Fastball after the knee.
A lot of possibilities.
The Cardinals could win the pennant today.
The Cardinals could lose the pennant today.
The Cardinals could finish in a two-way tie today.
The Cardinals could finish in a three-way tie today.
Two strikes, no ballsThe pitch on the way. Here it is.
A little low.
And outside. Two strikes and a ball.
One out on the first.
Ryan McMillan, the veteran shotstop, batting 214 with one homer and 25 runs batted in.
Now the wind. Here's the pitch on the way.
A bouncing ball followed on the third baseline.
Wes Westrom coaching over there.
Two strikes and a ball.
Robinson coaching at first. Westrom at third.
One out, nobody onThe ball game at the top of the first inning.
Here's Simmons winding the pitches on the way.
Sloak Kerr fouled back out of play into the stands. First souvenir of the day.
Two strikes and a ball.
The Yankees quenched their pennant yesterday.
They know they're going to be in the World Series, but the National League doesn't know yet.
Any one of three ball clubs might play the Yankees.
Two strikes and a ball. One out, nobody on.
McMillan to hit it.
Here's Simmons into the windup. Here's the pitch on the way.
It's a little bit outside.
Just barely missed the strike zone.
The Phils went down in order in the top of the first at Cincinnati.
Two balls, two strikes, one out. McMillan to bat it.
Now to signal Gibbett.
Into the windup, here's the pitch on the way.
Swing on, a little pop fly, short right field coming in for it.
It's Shannon. He's there. He's got it.
McMillan popped to Shannon and right.
That's two out.
Seems strange not to see Javier at second base, but he injured his hip yesterday.
And Darrell Maxwell is playing in his place.
In fact, Javier might be sidelined several days.
Two men are out. Joe Christopher to bat it, hitting 3-0-1 with 16 homers and 76 runs about it in.
Simmons gets setThe windup now, the pitch is on the way.
Slow curve, he bunched down the third base line, and it's going to be a base hit.
Beautiful. Bunny picked the perfect pitch.
On a change of pace, Christopher bunned down the third base line.
There was no play at all. It's a hit.
He'd bunned that way in the first inning yesterday and beat it out to load the bases.
Simmons has won his last five decisions.
Not his last, but six decisions.
But this ball club gives him trouble.
Here's Jim Hickman with 11 homers and 57 RBI.
He's batting 259.
Now the stretch from the belt, the pitch. Here it is.
It's a fastball low, ball one.
One ball, but no strike.
Hickman, yesterday, had a couple of hits, drove in two runs in the first inning.
Now the stretch by Simmons, here's the pitch.
A capacity crowd on air.
A dramatic setting for the final game of the season. Final game, maybe.
One ball, one strike.
The stretch, the pitch.
A high pop fly. We're going to be out of the first inning, I think.
Maxwell is out. Shannon coming in.
And he's got the ball.
Hickman pops to Shannon and shot right.
One hit, no runs, no errors. One left.
Now into the bottom half of the first inning, no score in the ball game.
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Before Kurt Flood leads off, let's go to Cincinnati. Roy, anything happening?
No score here in the bottom of the first inning. Nobody on.
And there's one out with Chico Luis, the better.
And by the way, as in St. Louis, there's a rather stiff breeze blowing toward the right field here.
And it should be a definite help to the left-handed hitter.
We might see a few in the right field bleachers today.
So there, the wind condition is the same as here with the right field section having the wind advantage.
All right, here is Kurt Flood to lead it off, batting 311 for the season.
And this little fellow's had some here, 210 hits.
Galen Sisto on the hill. He has won.
His record isn't a good one, but he pitches tough baseball.
He's won six, lost 18. All set to go.
Former Ohio State University star.
Kurt Flood with four homers and 45 runs batted in, hitting 311.
Into the wind of the pitch on the way.
The curve ball in there, a strike called, a good overhanded curve.
One strike and over.
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Three teams with a chance to win the pennant on the final day.
Here's the pitch. Curve a little bit outside. That evens it up.
Again, Sisto came with the overhanded curve ball.
Bob Hawk Taylor from Metropolis, Illinois, behind the plate for the Mets, goes out to talk to Galen Sisto.
Right-handed batter digging in. Bernd Benson coaching at third.
Joe Schultz at first.
Now the sign given. One ball, one strike.
Into the wind up. Here's the pitch on the way.
It's a fastball, lowball, two. Two balls and a strike.
The wind blowing towards right field as we have to keep repeating because it might be a factor.
Two balls and a strike.
Galen Sisto delivers. Here it is.
There's a line drive in the center, but it's going to be caught.
Hickman is there and he has it.
Broad line to Hickman in center. That's one out. Here's Lou Brock.
Here's a guy who could take advantage of that wind.
Batting 314 with 14 homers, 58 runs out of this.
Left-handed batter up there. Lou Brock, his left wrist is taped.
The wind blows strongly towards the pavilion roof.
Now the wind. Here's the pitch on the way to Brock and it's low.
Roy May quickly. What happened at the bottom of the first?
Reds went down in order, so at the end of one there is no score here in Cincinnati.
No score at the end of one in Cincinnati, as you heard.
Here's the pitch on the way. Brock hits a base hit up the middle.
A ground ball in the center field.
And Brock is on there. He's going to try for second.
Here's a throw. He's in there.
Jim Hickman momentarily fumbled the ball and Brock never did hesitate.
Probably be a hit in the air. That's what it is.
Here's Jimmy, who's looking forward to doing his fifth World Series.
If the Redbirds make it, the scoreboard operator flashes the air sign.
So we have a man in scoring position with one out.
Roy Hickman with a great arm, you know.
Just momentarily fumbled the ball and Brock never did hesitate.
That indicates there's no pressure when you can do things like that.
Here's Bill White batting 302, 20 homers, 100 RBI.
Listen to this crowdThe fervor is building a bird early.
The pitch too wide. Here it is.
A line drive to the shortstop who leaps and makes the cut.
White line to McMillan, who leaped to grab the ball.
And here's Boyer hitting 294.
Boyer with 24 homers and 118 runs batted in.
Bouting 294.
White hit his ball good, but right at McMillan, the shortstop, who leaped and grabbed it.
Lou Brock in scoring position.
We're in the first inning.
Gale and Sisco beat the Cardinals 2-1 the last time he faced them.
Signal given.
Ready for the pitch.
Now the stretch and the hesitation.
And the pitch is on the way. Here it is.
Whoa! Inside almost. Hit him.
One ball and no strikes.
Two out in the bottom of the first.
No score.
Kenny Boyer hoping to drive in the first run of the day.
There's the stretch.
Sisco ready from the belt.
And here's the pitch.
Inside again, he's crowding him with his fastball.
And so it's two balls, no strikes.
The runner at second base, two out.
Beautiful baseball afternoon in St. Louis.
Boyer straddles the plate.
The stretch, the hesitation.
The pitch.
Outside, ball three.
Three and nothing now on Boyer.
Takes a look at Vern Benson. They might turn him loose here.
Boyer can pump that ball into the stands in either direction.
Three balls, no strikes.
Two out.
Right-handed batter digging in.
Gale and Sisco getting ready.
Over the head, down to the belt. Here's the pitch.
Line drive foul into the stands and left bale.
They turned him loose with three balls and no strikes.
And the Cardinals certainly haven't approached this game as if they're under any pressure.
Brock with daring base running.
Kenny Boyer allowed to hit a three and nothing pitch, which he had hard but foul.
Three balls, one strike, two out.
A man in scoring position, first inning.
Like to get out in front of these fellows once.
Now the sign.
The last three games, the nets of one have all been from the Cardinals.
They beat us two to one on the 23rd in New York and then lost eight in a row
and then won the first two games of the series.
So the only team they have beaten in two weeks are the Cardinals.
Three balls, one strike.
Hawk Taylor talking to Gale and Sisco.
Beautiful afternoon.
Just absolutely perfect. An Indian summer day.
Bright, warm, brilliant sunshine with a delightfully cool, invigorating breeze.
A ballpark jam packed.
A dramatic setting for the final game of the season.
Three balls and a strike, the strikes.
And the pitch now to Boyer.
Strike two, a curve ball hit the outside corner.
He didn't like it.
And now it's three and two.
That was a curve that Sisco broke overhand.
What group would be next?
Boyer up there.
A runner in scoring position in two outs.
Three balls, two strikes.
Sisco gets sucked, rock a lead.
The crowd anxious for a base hit.
Now the stretch, the hesitation.
From the bow.
And the pitch.
Before he walked in.
Cardinals have runners at first and second with two outs.
Here's Dick Groat who could put us out in front.
Groat hitting 291.
With one homer and 69 runs about at it.
Groat hits the ball deep in the right center.
And he's a homer on threat today the way the wind is blowing.
If any ball hits deep in that direction, it's going to be carried well.
Now the stretch.
From the bow.
The pitch to Groat, here it is.
It's a strike over the outside corner at the knee.
Dick Groat, veteran shot stop.
Right-handed about it.
Runners at first and second and two outs.
Now to signal-giver.
The hesitation.
The pitch on the way.
Nice foul out of plays and a whole strike too.
He was trying to go in the right field but Sisco threw the ball inside to him.
Which made it difficult and he hit the ball off his fist.
Mayor Tucker sitting down in the cardinal box.
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Two strikes, no balls.
Right-handed hitter digging in.
Kaelin Sisco ready.
Now the stretch.
Groat in the hole, two strikes and nothing.
The pitch from the bow.
And here it is.
Oh boy, barely missed the strike zone.
Anything going on quickly in Cincinnati, Roy?
There is now one man on as Captain Shockley just dropped a single in the left field.
There's one out and Tony Taylor will be the batter.
All right, so the Phillies are batting in the second inning with one on, one out.
And here it is, big groat with a count of two strikes and a ball.
Signal given.
Runners at first and second.
Kaelin Sisco gets ready.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Outside curve, ball two and the count evens at two and two.
Kaelin Sisco trying to hit those corners.
Just barely missed that time.
Two balls, two strikes.
This fellow, once he gets you leaning, will jam you with his fastball as he did on the second strike to Groat.
Two balls, two strikes.
Right-handed hitter waits.
Now the stretch from the bow.
The pitch to Groat.
And here it is.
A bouncing ball this inning might be over.
The pitch is going to have to cover.
There's the toss and he is up.
Groat bounces out from Cranepool to Sisco.
And it is no runs, one hit, no errors, two left.
At the end of one in St. Louis, the Phillies, the Cardinals nothing, the Mets nothing.
We go to the top of the second inning here.
And Charlie Smith, who's a home run threat.
He's got 17 of them this year, steps up to the plate.
Batting 240 with 57 RBI.
Right-handed hitter digging in.
No score.
We go into the second inning.
Coach Simmons gets set.
Into the windup, the pitch is on the way.
There's a high pop fly going towards left field.
Groat goes out, calls for the ball.
He's under it.
He's got it, went away.
Charlie Smith popped a groat in short left.
One out, and that will bring out Bob Taylor, Nick Dan Hawk, from Metropolis, Illinois.
Ed Cranepool would be next.
Right-handed batter up there, Taylor.
The Cardinals are now half of the second to lead off with McCarver, Shannon, and Maxville.
Here's the pitch.
It's a fastball low and away.
One ball, no strikes.
Kurt Simmons, trying for his 19th victory.
Now to wind the pitch.
And here it is.
It's a strike over the outside corner.
He threaded the needle that time.
One ball and one strike.
One man out.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Slow curve outside.
Two balls and a strike.
Bob Taylor the hitter.
We're in the second inning.
Now to signal given.
Here's the pitch on the way.
There's a drive.
Way back, way back in the left center.
It may be Brock.
Makes a sensational pass.
Holy cow, unbelievable.
Luke Brock, a backhanded shoestring catch in left center.
A remarkable play, two away.
Holy cow, I've never seen one to match that.
He didn't seem to have a chance.
And the wind is blowing the other way, taking the ball away from him.
He just outran the ball.
A spectacular backhanded shoestring catch in deep left center while running at full speed.
Here's Eddie Cranepool now.
Left hand hitter.
The wind, the pitch on the way.
Line and a short center.
Flood coming on.
He's there.
The inning is over.
So the Mets go down one, two, three, thanks to a remarkable play.
Listen to the hand that Brock is getting as he comes in here.
Listen.
And it's nothing across.
At the end of an inning and a half, no score in this ballgame.
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Just to give you an idea about the excitement that exists here.
The scoreboard man on the top of the second for the Mets made nothing.
He put the bottom of the second up before he put the top of the second up.
Who's excited?
Here's McCarver to lead it off.
Tim could take advantage of this breeze.
We're in the bottom half of the second inning, a game marked by a remarkable catch by Lou Brock.
Now to signal-give it.
There's the wind-up on the pitch on the left.
It's a curve ball into the dirt ball one.
One ball, no strike.
It's nothing, nothing at the end of one in Cincinnati.
In a moment we'll flash to Roy May over there.
One ball, no strike.
Left-handed batter waiting. Tim McCarver, here's the pitch by Sisco.
It's a strike call. Quickly, Roy, anything happen in the top of the second?
We're at the end of the bottom of the second now, Harry.
There's still no scoreThe Rebs coming to bat with Robinson, Johnson, and Edwards.
All right, no score at the end of an inning and a half in Cincinnati.
Tim McCarver with a count of one ball, one strike.
Left-handed batter hitting 284, the pitch on the way.
Ball inside, just barely missed the inside corner.
Gale and Sisco pitches to good spots.
Two balls and a strike. Mike Shannon will be next.
Second inning, no score.
That's the way it is in Cincinnati with the Phillies and the Reds.
Now the sign given, two balls, one strike.
A windup, here's the pitch on the way.
A hot shot, it's a ball down the left-hand line.
Here's McCarver around first. He's going to go to second with a double.
He hit the ball right off the bat. A double for McCarver.
He didn't get around on that ball, and he hit it off the end of the bat.
He didn't really hit it hard.
It hit the bag fair and trickled into the Cardinal bullpen in left field.
So the Cardinals have a leadoff double here in the second.
He hit that ball, Harry, right off his right hip.
Actually, it looked as though the ball might have shot in and it would have been a ball.
But he hit it off the hip, unlocked himself somehow, and we have a runner on second with nobody else.
And Mike Shannon will be the batter here.
The Cardinals trying to break out in front, something they haven't been able to do.
Neither one of these two games previously in the series.
Lost 1-0 Friday night, 15-5 yesterday.
Here's the stretch, and now the pitch on the way.
He's foul-tipsed at strike one. Mike Shannon hitting 262.
He's had nine homers and 42 runs batted in.
The Reds are batting in the bottom of the second at Cincinnati with no score.
The Cardinals are batting in the bottom of the second in St. Louis with no score.
One strike and no ball.
Now the signal given.
Right-hand batter waiting.
Galen Siscoe, broad-shouldered, right-handed.
Takes his time, gets his sign.
Now from the belt.
The pitch is on the way.
Folded back trying to hit the right field.
Two strikes and no balls. He's in the hole now.
McCarver let off with a double. Shannon up there now.
With Dowd-Maxville due next, followed by Kurt Simmons, who's not a bad-hitting pitcher.
Last of the second inning.
Right-hand hitter digging in.
Siscoe, a very methodical, deliberate worker out there.
He's in no hurry.
Got nothing to do after today until next spring.
Two strikes and no ball.
Now the sign.
Takes a lot of time. He's ready now from the belt.
And here's the pitch on the way.
There's a line drive to the left field. It's going to drop in the third base.
Here's the run around third base. He's going to try to score.
Here's a throw to the plate. He is safe. There's Shannon, class of second.
He is out.
Shannon singles to left, scoring McCarver.
But he's out trying to take second on the throw to the plate, which was cut off by the third baseman,
Charlie Smith, and fired down to Bobby Klopp.
So the Cardinals are out in front, one to nothing on Shannon's 43rd run batted in.
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Maxfield takes the first pitch outside. One ball, no strikes.
Here's the pitch. Sidearm and it's bounced far.
One to nothing in favor of the Cardinals.
Well, our friends over the downhouse sent over a Redbird cushion or pillow.
And we're using it. Maybe it'll bring us some luck today.
One ball and one strike.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Maxfield swings and pops up. Easy off.
Second baseman there. Hey, the wind almost gave him trouble and Klaus had to make a one-handed stab.
Two out now and here's Kurt Simmons, the pitcher.
One to nothing in favor of the Redbirds. We're in the bottom of the second.
It's the first time in this three-game series that the Cardinals have ever led.
With a victory, the Cardinals are sure of at least a tie.
If they win, the very worst they can do is play in Cincinnati tomorrow.
And the best they could do would be to have clinched the pennant.
Here's the pitch to Simmons. He fouled it back.
If the Cardinals win and the Reds lose, the Cardinals will be the National League champion.
If the Cardinals win and the Reds win, there'll be a playoff in Cincinnati starting tomorrow
with the second game here Tuesday and the third game if necessary here Wednesday.
If the Reds lose and we lose, it'll be a three-way tie.
Here's the pitch. Strike call, the fastball. Two strikes and no ball.
A double by McCarver and a single by Shannon has given the Cardinals the lead here in the second inning.
Now the wine. Here's the pitch on the way.
A little outside and the count, two strikes and a ball.
If the Cardinals win and the Reds lose, the Cardinals will be the National League champion.
If the Cardinals win and the Reds win, there'll be a playoff in Cincinnati starting tomorrow
with the second game here Tuesday and the third game if necessary here Wednesday.
If the Reds lose and we lose, it'll be a three-way tie.
Here's the pitch. Strike call, the fastball. Two strikes and no ball.
A double by McCarver and a single by Shannon has given the Cardinals the lead here in the second inning.
Now the wine. Here's the pitch on the way.
A little outside and the count, two strikes and a ball.
There's no score at Cincinnati with the Reds batting in the second.
Two strikes, one ball. Left-handed batter waits.
Galen Siscoe gets set. A wind and here's the pitch on the way.
A bouncing ball to the left of the third baseman, a great stop, and now the throw.
He is out as Cranepool made a one-handed pick up of the low throw.
So that was a fine play all the way around. One run, two hits.
No errors and nobody left. At the end of two innings in St. Louis, the Cardinals won them. That's nothing.
Before we go into the top of the third, let's go to our man in Cincinnati. Right?
We're now at the end of two as Marty Keough just flies deep to center to retire the side.
So we're going into the third, still no score in Cincinnati.
Okay, nothing, nothing up there, so we're a little bit better off. We're leading one to nothing.
Here is George Altman eluded off against Simmons and the first pitch is right at his head and he ducks out of the way.
Ball one. One ball and no strikes. Nobody on and nobody outThe ball game in the third.
Boy, a spectacular play by Lou Brons. Bob Taylor, but at least a double and perhaps a triple.
There's the pitch on the way. Altman foul tips it back. He was really trying to pull that ball into the wind.
Altman with nine homers and 47 runs about it and hitting 229.
George has been hobbled with injuries. Here's the pitch he was going to bunt.
Going outside. Two balls and a strike.
Left hand hitter digging in. George AltmanThe pitch by Simmons. A bouncing ball fouled on the first base line.
Anything happening up there, Roy, while we have a second?
So now, Bunningham on the top of their batting order coming up for the Phillies in the third.
They have a packed house there, too.
George Altman to batter. Two balls, two strikes.
We're in the third.
Kurt Simmons gets ready.
Into the windup. Here's the pitch on the way.
A fast ball a little bit low and inside.
Three balls and two strikes on the left hand hitter.
George Altman. Top half of the third inning.
Now the wind the pitch. A tamp foul again after a fast ball.
Three balls, two strikes. Top of the third inning.
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Three balls, two strikes.
The wind hears the pitch on the way.
Folded back trying to go to left field with it.
And the count is three and two.
The atmosphere is so great. At least that we open our radio booth door.
The transistors, which are around the ballpark, are giving us quite a feedback.
I don't know how we can cure it because they want to hear the ballgame, too.
Three-two pitch now. Swung on and popped foul back.
And the count, three balls, two strikes. That's easy.
We'll just keep the door closed.
Full count of three and two. Left-handed batter up there.
Kurt Simmons is set. Here's the pitch on the way.
Curve outside. He walked him. So Altman leads off with a walk.
That enables the Mets to use their pitcher to sacrifice him along.
Galen Sisco coming up.
Sisco's at six out of 54 as a hitter.
He's hit one double. He's driven in four runs.
Right-hand batter digging in.
Now the sign.
And from the belt, the pitch is on the way.
Yay, McCarver drops the ballThe pitch is high.
One ball, no strike.
George Altman, a pretty good runner at first base.
White was charging in. Maxwell was coming over to cover.
One ball, no strikes.
Now the signal given.
Ready from the beltThe pitch on the way. He's going to bunt.
Strike call.
A fastball over the outside corner, knee-high.
One ball, one strike.
Kenny Boyer playing a shallow third base.
Bright sunshine here.
Now the pitch on the way.
He bunts, and it's a good one.
Simmons has only one play, and that's the first base where Maxville covered.
It's a sacrifice.
Simmons fumbled the ball, but the old pro that he is, he didn't panic.
He knew the pitcher was running down the line, that he had plenty of time,
and he made sure that he picked it up on the second grab and threw him out.
So they have the tying run and scoring position with only one out,
and they have Bobby Klaus and Roy McMillan coming up with a chance to drive in the run.
We're in the third. Right-hand hitter digging in.
There's Simmons getting set from the belt to the pitch.
It's a curve at the knees, a beauty, a strike call.
One strike and no balls.
Wide at first, wide at the back.
Maxville over near second.
They play Klaus to pull.
Now Simmons backs off the rubber.
One strike and no balls.
There's the pitch. Low fast ball.
Simmons, 15 years ago, was on the Philadelphia-Philly WizKid team that won the pennant.
He helped them win the pennant with 17 victories, but he didn't get to play in the World Series
because he was in the service when the series was being played.
Here's a strike call to Klaus. Two strikes and a ball.
Simmons pitching the most important game of the year.
Two strikes and a ball.
Right-handed batter digging in.
We're in the thirdThe wind blows towards right field and strongly.
Simmons pitches the bell on the way.
Fast ball is outside and that evens it up.
Two balls, two strikes. Bobby Klaus, the hitter.
He homered yesterday, his fourth of the year.
Had a brother named Billy who was in the major leagues.
The Red Sox, and Philly's another club.
Two balls, two strikes. Here's the pitch on the way.
A bouncing ball to Boyer. He should throw him out.
There's a long throw to first.
He saves! He rolls it. Bill White came off the bat.
The throw was a little high. White thought he had his toe on the bag.
Altman held second. See how they're going to call that an infield hit for Klaus.
That'll bring up Roy McMillan who can handle that bat.
White thought that his toe had stayed on the bag and he argues about it.
An infield hit. Puts runners at first and second with one out.
The slow hopper to Kenny Boyer. Roy McMillan up there.
He can handle that bat. He can hit on the opposite field.
Okay, Roy, quickly. Anything happen?
In the top of the third inning here, the Fills have men in scoring position.
At second and third, Johnny Callison will be the batter.
There's one out and the Red Bull pen is busy with Joe Nuxall, a left hander.
Here's a hot smash. Hit to Boyer. Looks like a double play.
To Maxwell, oneThe first. Two! McMillan hit into a double play.
From Boyer to Maxwell to Bill White.
That ball was hit like a bullet on one hop right at Kenny Boyer
who executed the double play with a pivot to Maxwell.
White ending it at first base. So it is one hit, no runs.
No errors and one left.
We go into the bottom half of the third inning. Cardinals one, Mets nothing.
While we go into the bottom half of the third inning,
Kurt Flood who lined out to center his first time at bat will be the hitter.
Cardinals leading one to nothing.
Now the signal given.
Gale and Siscoe is ready.
There's the wind up and out of fifth.
It's a strike, a good fast ball over the outside corner.
One strike, no ball.
Capacity crowd on hand. Looks capacity.
One strike, no ball.
Kurt Flood leading off against Gale and SiscoeThe pitch is on the way.
It's a high curve ball.
One ball, one strike.
Kurt Flood the hitter.
Siscoe gets set.
Now ready.
Into the wind up.
Here's the pitch. Way outside, quickly to Cincinnati. Roy, anything happen?
Yes, Harry, the Fills have taken the lead.
As Russ Cunningham ripped the single scoring two men.
What's the score, right?
Two to nothing now.
It's the top of the third, one out, the Fills still batting.
Two to nothing in favor of the Phillies and they're still batting in the third.
Here now is Flood, two balls, one strike. Oh, what excitement here.
Now the wind up by Siscoe. Here's the pitch on the way.
And it's low and inside, ball three.
Three balls and a strike.
Nuxol is now relieving Sartorius.
In the third inning at Cincinnati, three balls, one strike. Here's the pitch.
Ball four, he walked him.
So we have a runner at first base with nobody out and here's Lou Brock.
Brock single in the first inning.
And with some dazzling base running, wound up at second when Hickman just momentarily juggled the ball.
The third baseman, Smith, comes in shallow expecting a bun.
Left-handed batter waits.
There's the stretch, the hesitation.
And the pitch. And a pitch out, nothing happened.
One ball, no strikes.
Lou Brock, the batter.
Why, everybody in this ballpark must have a transistor radio.
One ball, no strike.
Now ready, Brock a lead, here's the stretch.
What a lead, rather. Here's a pitch to Brock and he foul-tips.
One ball and one strike.
The third baseman, Charlie Smith, plays in on the edge of the grass.
Brock gave no indication of bunning.
Flood is the runner at first with nobody out.
One ball, one strike.
Now the signal given.
Ready.
Now the stretch, the hesitation. Flood a long lead.
The pitch to Brock, here it is.
Strike two called over the inside corner.
Two strikes and a ball.
And Brock didn't like that. One Eddie Vargo dust off the plate.
Now all set to goThe third baseman drops back, another step this time.
Left-hand hitter, the wind blowing towards the right.
Brock has power in that direction. Here's the stretch.
And a pitch way outside. That evens it up two balls, two strikes.
A runner at first. We're in the third.
Luke Brock waiting.
The breeze blows strongly towards right.
Galen Sisco takes his time into the stretch from the belt and the pitch.
Outside ball three. And it's a full count of three and two and flood will be going up.
Nobody out. Luke Brock the hitter. Three balls, two strikes.
Cardinals leading one to nothing in the bottom of the third.
Phillies leading two to nothing in the top of the third.
Over Cincinnati. Three balls, two strikes. Left-hand batter waiting.
Signal given.
Now the stretch by Galen Sisco from the belt.
The pitch is on the way. Here it is. Swung and foul tipped as the runner was breaking.
Quickly Roy, what's happened?
Runners at first and third. One out, thick power is the batter with a 2-2 count.
Phillies lead two nothing.
Three balls, two strikes.
A ball game in the third. One to nothing in favor of the Cardinals.
Now to signal given.
Galen Sisco on the hill. Flood will be going with the pitch.
The 3-2. Here it is, there he goes.
A hot shot to the second base. Don't play a second.
He fumbles the ball. Everybody is safe.
Bobby Klaus fumbled the ball for an error.
And having the runner going on three and two, he was trying to rush it thinking he could still get the man at second.
And he dropped the ball.
And when you drop the ball with Brock running, forget about it.
So everybody is safe. Runners at first and second, nobody out.
Here's Bill White.
White lined out to short his first time up.
Left-hand hitter waiting.
Bill Wakefield has started a warm-up in the bullpen for the Mets.
Listen to this crowd.
Boy, there's frenzied excitement here.
Here's the stretch.
And the pitch to White. It's inside a slider. Ball on.
Oh, Bill can get a hold of one the way that wind is blowing.
One ball, no strikes.
They want to see the baseball while they look at it. Back to Cincinnati and Roy May.
There are two out now with runners at first and second. Tony Taylor just ripped the single up the middle.
They now lead three to nothing.
Good reporting, Roy. Good reporting.
As long as you can wrench for the Phillies, you're the greatest.
Three to nothing in favor of the Phillies, and they're still batting in the third at Cincinnati.
One ball, no strikes on Bill White.
And now, Galen Siscoe is ready from the belt.
The pitch, it's outside.
Ball two, and Wakefield is down to the bullpen.
Harry Bill White, in checking the records, has had great success against Siscoe.
He hit a home run off him earlier in the season, and got a two-base hit in an earlier game.
Two for five against him going to this one.
He hit his first time up a line drive to the shortstop.
All right, two balls, no strikes.
Runners at first and second, the stretch.
The pitch, a bouncing ball to the first baseman, Cranepool. He's going to throw to second.
In time, runners are at first and third.
Nice play by Ed Cranepool.
So White forces brought Cranepool to McMillan.
Here's Boyer now with runners at first and third, only one out.
Oh, we've got to win this ball game.
Boyer walked his first time up.
There, McMillan the shortstop talking to Galen Siscoe.
They're going to play back for the double play.
Boyer might try to poke that ball to the opposite field against that defense,
with Crouse practically standing on second base.
Right-handed Vanaweets.
Kenny Boyer waiting.
Galen Siscoe gets set, the infield back hoping for a double play.
Oh, I'd like to see him slice one in the right field.
There's the stretch and the pitch on the way.
A double play ball to Crouse.
Over to McMillan for one. Over to first base for two.
From Crouse to McMillan to Cranepool.
So it is no runs, no hits, one air, one left.
At the end of three here, the Cardinals won, the Mets nothing.
While we go into the top of the fourth now, here comes a three up for Philadelphia.
Everybody sees it now.
Here's the pitch to Christopher in a slow curve, strike is gone.
One strike and no ball.
Joe Christopher who beat out a bunny his first time up.
Christopher hitting three-oh-one.
Sixteen homers in 76 runs batted in.
Simmons gets set.
The wind up now, the pitch on the way.
There's a high pop fly.
Short right field.
Shannon waiting for the ball.
He's got it one up.
Christopher fly to Shannon in right.
One away and here's Jim Hickman, a power hitter.
Eleven homers in 57 RBIs batting 259.
He fly it out to right his first time up.
A balloon comes blowing onto the field.
Well, that's how high it will all be if the Reds lose and the Cardinals win today.
There's the pitch on the way to Hata Hickman.
It's a little bit inside.
One ball and no strikes.
The football Cardinals lead 14-10 at the half.
Now the pitch slow curve of beauty.
That evens it up for the ball and no strike.
One out, nobody on base.
One to nothing in favor of the Cardinals.
It would feel a lot better if we could make a few more runs.
One ball, one strike, the pitch on the way.
It's a high fastball, ball two.
Two balls and a strike.
Looking ahead to the Cardinal fourth, it will be Grote leading off.
We had a great chance in the third, but White and Boyer were retired.
Within field, ground ball.
Two balls, one strike, the pitch.
There's a fly ball left field, Brock coming over.
He's there now.
He makes the cut.
Hickman fly to Brock and left.
And here's Charlie Smith, popped up his first time up, right-handed batter.
We're in the top of the fourth, let's pause quickly for a cold bottle of Bush Bavarian beer.
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This is Harry Carey with Jerry Gross in St. Louis, and now to Cincinnati and Roy May.
Jim Bunning just up the field, down an order in the third, so at the end of three, it's Phillies three, Reds nothing.
All right, here's a strike call now to Charlie Smith.
So it's three to nothing at the end of three, Philadelphia over Cincinnati.
Charlie Smith is the batter.
One ball, one strike.
The Y now, the pitch by Simmons, and here it is, let off pitch outside.
Two balls in the strike.
Top of the fourth.
Cardinals leading one to nothing.
Boy, these Mets give us a battle.
Now the Y and the pitch, here it is.
He swung and he missed, strike two, and the count is evened up two balls, two strikes.
Billy McCool is relieved for the Reds now in the fourth.
So, the Phillies lead three to nothing with McCool relieving Nuxo, who probably went out for a pinch hitter.
Two balls, two strikes, the pitch on the way.
There's a little pop foul out of play into the stand.
And the count evened up two balls, two strikes.
Two men out.
Ball game in the fourth.
Charlie Smith the batter.
Kurt Simmons in another pitching duel with Galen Sisco.
Two balls, two strikes.
The wind up the pitch and here it is.
There's a drive, way back.
It might be out of here, but stays fair.
It could be, it's a home run.
Just down the right field line and this ball game is tied.
Charlie Smith has just hit his 20th home run of the year.
The only hope was it might go foul, but it stayed fair.
Right down the line and the ball game is tied one and one.
Charlie Smith's 20th home run.
Boy, that takes the steam out of the crowd.
Here is Bob Taylor, who was robbed of an extra base hit on a remarkable play by Lou Brock.
The pitch, low curve, lined in the left of base hit.
Taylor is on there.
And that will bring up Ed Craneful, a power left-handed hitter.
Boy, that chance we missed in the third inning.
Runners at first and second, nobody out with White and Boyer.
Boyer hit his ball sharply, but he hit it right up the middle, which is exactly where they were playing him.
They figure he'll be trying to pull every time, and so they give him all the right field.
And with the wind blowing towards right today, that's the power field.
Here's the pitch and it's low.
One ball, no strike.
Bob Gibson is limbering up on the bullpen for the card.
A tight up ball again.
Now the stretch, the hesitation, the pitch on the way.
There's a pop fly.
Everybody chasing it. Who's going to get it?
Flood is there. He's got it to retire the side.
Craneful again fly to Flood.
One run, two hits, no errors, one left.
We're going to the bottom of the fourth, all tied up.
The Mets wonThe Cardinals won.
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Bottom half of the fourth inning.
We have a moment, let's go to Cincinnati, Roy.
Top of the fourth, there's nobody on and one out
with Jim Bunning the batter.
How's Bunning look?
Very good, Harry.
Okay, here's the growth to lead off of the Cardinals
in the bottom of the fourth, all tied up one and one.
Oh, we got to get some runs.
Amazing how this ball club holds this.
Nine of the games played with the Mets have been decided by one run.
In two out of the last three games we played with them,
and they won all three, by the way.
The pitch to Groat is a strike call.
They beat us two to one, one to nothing,
and of course walloped us yesterday 15 to five.
The last time we beat the Mets was by the score of two to one.
So they're pitching just buffaloes.
Here's Groat, one strike, no ball, Cisco's pitch is on the way.
There's a drive, and the right fielder line fell by about a foot and a half.
So Groat is in the hole two strikes and nothing.
Bottom half of the fourth inning, all tied up one and one.
And Cincinnati batting, or Philadelphia batting in the top of the fourth,
leads Cincinnati three to nothing.
Groat the batter, two strikes and nothing.
We're in the fourth.
Now the pitch on the way, and it's a curveball high.
The Phils didn't score on the fourth.
The Reds are now batting, trailing three to nothing.
Two strikes and a ball.
The present pace, the Cincinnati game is ahead of ours,
just about equal.
We're in the bottom of the fourth, they're in the bottom of the fourth.
Two strikes and a ball, the pitch to Groat.
Into the dirt, low, that evens it up.
Two balls, two strikes.
Cardinals have had three hits, the Mets have had four hits.
The Mets had a home run from Charlie Smith down the right fielder line
to the Pavilion Roof, his 20th home run of the year.
He went to the opposite field and took advantage of the wind.
The little fellows had a great year.
Anytime he had 20 home runs in this league, he'd done something.
Here's the pitch to Groat.
There's a fly ball, deep right center field, that's going to go out of the way to the wall,
maybe extra bases, Groat's around first, heading for second.
Here's the throw, he's going to make it easily, a double.
Groat opens the fourth with a double to right center.
And now it'll be McCarver, who'll double the left in the second, followed by Shannon.
That's the lead run at second base, nobody out.
McCarver takes a look at Vern Benson coaching third.
Now the stretch.
The pitch is on the way.
A bouncing ball back to the mound, he holds the runner at second, throws to first, and McCarver's out.
Boy, that hurt, he didn't pull the ball at all.
Just pushed his bat at it, hit it right back to the pitcher.
One situation you've got to try to pull, because a ground ball to the first base side would put Groat at third with one out.
As it is now, takes a base hit to score.
Here's Shannon, who drove in our first run with a single to left.
Groat in scoring position with one out.
Now the stretch, the hesitation.
The pitch is on the way.
It's a fastball low, ball one.
Down Maxville will be next.
One and one, we're in the bottom of the fourth.
The Mets have won the first two games trying to make it a clean sweep.
The Phillies are leading the Reds, three to nothing in the bottom of the fourth at Cincinnati.
One ball, no strikes.
The pitch is on the way.
He had a good cut on that one and he fouled it off.
One ball, one strike.
Anything happening, Roy? Quickly.
Shannon one out here for the Reds in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Frank Groat is in the last place.
All right, one ball, one strike here.
Shannon the batter.
Score tied, one-one.
Galen Siscoe rubs up the baseball.
Now we're ready.
The outfield bunches Shannon towards center.
Siscoe gets set.
Groat a long lead at second base.
And the one-one pitch is on the way.
And here it is.
He had a cut and he fouled it back.
Boy, he had a good swing of the curveball that time.
He returned the ball to the pitcher and almost hit him in the face.
He wasn't looking.
Two strikes and a ball.
In Cincinnati, is Robinson still up, Roy?
Yes, he is, Harry, with a one-one count.
A runner at first, one out.
Two strikes and a ball here, with one out and a runner at second, and Mike Shannon the batter.
Down Maxville would be next.
One-one tie.
Charlie Smith, who hit a home run yesterday and another one today.
Now the stretch from the belt and the pitch to Shannon on the way.
A pop fly, and the short center field is going to be caught.
Hickman is there.
He's got it to a win.
Shannon didn't have much of a swing of that one.
So there's two out here on the fourth.
And here's Down Maxville.
He popped up his first time.
Right-handed hitter up there, playing in place of the injured Javier.
Maxville bounding 222, right-handed hitter.
Galen Susco takes his time, rubs up the baseball.
Now ready from the belt.
There's the pitch to Maxville.
It's a high inside curve ball, ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
Maxville, not a power hitter.
No homers and two RBIs bounding 222.
Chokes up on the bat about an inch from the end.
One ball, no strikes.
The stretch and the pitch to Maxville.
Oop, he backs off the rubber.
Galen Susco, very deliberate.
After this pitch, we'll flash back to Cincinnati.
There's the stretch and the pitch to Maxville.
Here it is.
Wind drive, base hit.
Here's the man going to try to score.
Here's Jim Hickman up with the ball.
And it scores.
The Cardinals lead 2-1.
Maxville singles the center, scoring group.
And the Cardinals lead 2-1.
Now let's see if anything has happened in Cincinnati.
Two out here now as Frank Robinson struck out,
but the ball got away from the catcher,
and Finson is on second base now.
The batter is Darren Johnson.
Two out, Philly 3, Reds nothing in the bottom of the fourth.
All right, here's Kurt Simmons now.
Down, Maxville drives in his third run of the year,
and he ripped that ball hard up the middle.
And Simmons steps up there, 2-1 in favor of the Cardinals.
Bill Wakefield arms up again, far in the midst.
Cisco getting ready.
Now the stretch by Cisco and the pitch to Simmons.
And here it is.
Outside, ball one.
One ball to no strikes.
Cisco, broad-shouldered right-hander, who has won six, lost 18.
2-1, the Cardinals lead, we're in the bottom of the fourth.
Cranepool doesn't hold the runner on.
He plays back off the bag at first.
The stretch, the pitch now to Simmons.
Here it is, outside, ball two.
Two balls or nothing.
Kurt Flood would be next.
Redbirds trying to build up a cushion,
which is hard to do against this ball club.
Two balls, no strikes.
The Phillies beat the Mets 15 out of 18 this year,
and we wonder how in the world they did it.
Two balls, no strikes.
Now the stretch from the belt, the pitch to Simmons.
It's ball three low.
Three balls and no strikes.
Two out, a runner at first.
The Mets built it in, the tie-breaking run.
The football Cardinals are leading in Washington, 21-10.
Three balls, no strikes.
Two out, runner at first base.
Flood would be next.
Gale and Cisco get set.
Now from the belt, the pitch on the way.
Here it is, ball four.
He walked in.
So we have runners at first and second with two out,
and Kurt Flood coming up.
Let's switch now to Cincinnati and see if the Reds are still
batting in their fourth.
The situation was the same here.
A man on second base, two out, and a one-two count on Darren Johnson.
All right, right.
Here's Kurt Flood.
Simmons at first, Maxville at second.
Ball game in the fourth.
The Reds did not score in the fourth.
Here's a stretch now on the pitch to Flood.
It's inside, ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
Kurt Flood, who lined out his first time, walked his second time,
Brock would be next.
Right-handed batter waiting.
Two to one in favor of the Cardinals.
Here's the stretch and the pitch on the way.
He swung and he missed.
He was going for the pump that time.
What's that, Roy?
Here's the stretch.
One ball, one strike.
A bouncing ball just ought to end the inning.
McMillan's got it, flips to second.
Flood for Simmons.
From McMillan to Clouse.
One run, two hits.
No errors, two left.
At the end of four, the Cardinals two, the Mets one.
Top of the fifth, the Cardinals lead two to one.
George Almon will lead it off.
Anything going on in Cincinnati, Roy?
Yes, Derry.
In the top of the fifth inning,
Richie Allen has just homered against the center field wall.
They now lead four to nothing.
Nobody out, nobody on.
All right, wonderful.
Richie Allen has just homered, and the Reds and the Phillies lead
four to nothing in Cincinnati.
Here's George Almon up there.
One strike and no ball.
Now the wind.
Here's the pitch on the way.
And he started to swing and he held up.
One ball, one strike.
They're in the fifth at Cincinnati with the Phillies leading
four to nothing.
Left-handed batter Altman waits.
He walked his first time at bat.
Here's the wind up now, the pitch by Simmons.
And it gets away from McCarver.
Two balls and a strike.
A little bit inside.
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Two balls, one strike.
The pitch is on the way.
Fouled out of play and the count is in.
Two balls, two strikes.
Altman the batter.
We're in the fifth, and they're in the fifth up there.
We lead two to one.
The Reds trail four to nothing.
Two balls, two strikes.
Now the wind up and here's the pitch on the way.
Line drive, base hit for all.
Altman singles to center.
And so once again, the tying one is on base with nobody out,
enabling their pitcher, Galen Sisco, to come up and sacrifice.
Altman single to center.
Football score, Harry.
At the end of three quarters, the football Cardinals lead 21 to 10
over the Redskins.
Okey-doke, here's Sisco.
And the stretch, the pitch on the way.
He bounce and it's a good one.
Boy, they can lay that ball down.
There's a throw to first to Maxville.
They just don't fail on that sacrifice, do they?
And the play goes from Boyer to Maxville as Sisco sacrifices,
and here is Bobby Klaus, right-handed batter.
The ball game in the fifth.
The Redbirds in a real struggle with the Mets, but leading two to one.
Mets have the tying run at second base, one out.
The stretch now, the pitch on the way.
He swung and he missed the fastball strike one.
One strike and no ball.
One out.
Groat edging a little bit towards Altman.
He has a long lead.
Simmons pitch.
Strike two hit the corner.
A fastball to nip the outside corner.
So it's two strikes and no ball.
One out.
And a man in scoring position here in the fifth.
The delivery on the way.
There's a high pop fly.
That should be caught by somebody.
Maxville is there.
He's under the ball.
Oh, he lets it drop.
And here's a runner on third holding up.
Klaus winds up at second base.
Shannon could have caught the ball, but Maxville had called for it,
and the wind grabbed it.
Come on, Mike, take those kinds.
Okay, an easy pop fly.
Now they have the leading run at second, the tying run at third.
Maxville had called for the ball, so Shannon let him have it.
And he didn't play the wind at all.
And it goes for a double.
And now McMillan, the tough man up there with runners at second and third,
and the infield has to come in.
McMillan hit the ball sharply in the third, but into a double play.
Right-hand batter waits.
Simmons in a jam.
Ready to wind up.
Here's the pitch on the way.
It's outside.
Joe Christopher would be next.
The Cardinals in trouble.
Bob Gibson down on the bullpen.
We lead 2-1, but a pop fly was just permitted to drop,
as Dow Maxville miscalculated the wind.
One ball, no strike.
The pitch on the way.
And it's outside, ball two.
Two balls and nothing.
Shannon in right, Flood in center, Brock in left.
What really hurt about that one was that Shannon could have caught the ball,
but Maxville kept yelling for it, so Shannon had to back away from him,
fearing a collision whereby the ball might drop.
And so by retreating, he wasn't able to lunge for the ball at Maxville.
Completely misjudging it, allowed it to drop.
Two balls, no strike.
In field, in.
Can Simmons pitch out of this?
He's behind the hit or two balls and nothing.
Now he's ready.
Into the wind if he goes, and here's the pitch on the way.
Line drive is going to score both, and the Mets have taken the lead.
Into the corner, McMillan's on his way to second base.
A double to left.
And the Cardinals trail three to two.
McMillan, a tough hitter in the clutch.
And now both of the two of the teams right now, if everything would end the way it is now,
there'd be a triple tie starting tomorrow in Philadelphia, with the Reds playing the Phillies.
Boy, that high pop line, that really hurt.
Changed the whole inning around.
And now Joe Christopher comes up.
Gibson is down on the bullpen.
And Gibson in relief, you don't know.
Here comes the manager, Johnny Keen, out.
And Gibson's going to be brought in here.
Simmons has been tailed.
Boy, that's a shame on that pop fly.
If Maxville had just stayed away from it, completely why it would have been all right.
But it started out like a routine pop fly behind first, and he kept yelling for it
and running out for it, so Shannon stopped coming in.
And then he didn't come within five feet of it.
Simmons is going to stay in there.
Just a little chat.
One out.
Three to two in favor of the Mets.
Boy, are we ever going to beat these fellows.
All right, now Johnny just wanted to give Gibson a little more time to get ready.
Now he's coming out, which means that Simmons will have to go out,
because he's come out twice in one inning.
All right, let's go now to Roy May in Cincinnati and see what the picture is there.
We're going into the bottom of the fifth inning now with the Phillies out in the front,
forward and nothing, and in the top of the inning, as you know,
Richie Allen hits that long home run to center field, so that's the situation.
Reds coming in the back, in the bottom of the fifth, Phillies leading forward and nothing.
And the Reds are trailing forward and nothing, as you heard, and we're losing three to two here.
And Bob Gibson comes in in relief.
Let's see, for Gibson, this is only the fourth, the fifth time that he's relieved.
He comes into the ballgame trailing three to two.
Kurt Simmons has been knocked out here.
Two doubles and a single, but one double with just a high pop fly behind first base.
But young Dowd Knoxville misjudged, let the wind carry it away from him,
and a drop behind him.
As he was calling, he had it.
So Gibson now comes in. He lost one to nothing Friday night.
What makes this particularly tough for you, for us, is that the Reds are losing,
which is the combination you need, a Cardinal victory and a Red defeat would clinch the pendant for the Cardinals.
A Met victory and a Philadelphia victory would throw the three teams into a tie,
which would make all-time baseball history a three-way tie, necessitating a round-robin playoff.
All right, Joe Christopher will be the batter. One out.
A man in scoring position, the Mets lead three to two.
The stretch, the hesitation, and the pitch to Christopher.
Strike call, the good fastball.
One strike and no balls.
Christopher beat out a bun on the first. He's hitting 3-0-1. He's flying out to right on the fourth.
Jim Hickman, another right-handed batter, will be next. Here's the stretch.
And from the belt, the pitch on the way. A high fly ball to right.
Shannon is there waiting for it. He's got it.
Two gone. Here's Hickman, a right-handed batter.
Simmons cannot be the winner in this game.
He could be the loser if the Cardinals never catch up.
He would be the loser if the Cardinals don't catch up.
We've got a long way to go.
Now Hickman comes out, nothing out of two in this ballgame.
He had nothing out of four against Gibson Friday night.
Man's in scoring position, one out.
Now the stretch, the hesitation, and the pitch on the way.
It's a fast ball high and inside ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
In the fifth.
The delivery by Gibson on the way.
A tap right in front of the plate. McCarver's got it. Throws the first in time.
And so the inning is over and Gibson did the job.
There's two runs score, however, on three hits.
No errors in one left.
And now we go on to the bottom of the fifth.
The Mets three, the Cardinals two.
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with the Redbirds down three to two, we'll take time for station identification.
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This is Harry Carrey with Jerry Groves.
A beautiful Boer Stadium in St. Louis.
The Cardinals trailing by a run.
Three to two, here's Lou Brock to lead it off.
Galen Sisco has been on the ropes, but he leads.
Here's the pitch to Brock on the way.
He had a cut and he missed strike one.
Quickly, Roy, what's going on in Cincinnati?
We're at the end of five now, Harry.
Still, Phillies four reds jumping, and Jim Bunning looks sharp indeed.
He's got these reds popping up all over the place.
Let's hope he continues.
One strike and no balls.
Brock Bayhitter, here's the pitch on the way.
Outside, and that evens it up.
One ball, one strike.
Come on, Lou, let's pump one out on the grand avenue.
One ball, one strike.
Here's the pitch on the way.
He had a cut and, boy, that's what he had in mind, but he fouled it off.
Two strikes and a ball.
It's at the end of five now, four to nothing.
Philadelphia, Cincinnati.
I haven't posted that other one yet.
Two strikes and a ball.
Lou Brock waits.
A ball game and a fifth.
Cisco's pitch is on the way, way outside.
And the count evens it two balls, two strikes.
What is it, Roy? I didn't get you.
Joey J., Joey J., the new pitcher for the Reds in the sixth.
Four to nothing, Philadelphia.
Two balls, two strikes. Here's the pitch to Brock.
Lou, ball three, barely missed the strike zone.
Harry looked as though Cisco had trouble with his curve ball in the fourth inning,
but here in the fifth he's had trouble getting the fast ball over,
which is tailing away from the left-handed hitter.
Cardinals one run behind.
Gail and Cisco getting ready.
There's the windup on the pitch.
He double pumps and then stops, and now he starts all over again,
and now he delivers, three and two.
Ball four, he walked up.
Maybe this is the inning we can break it open.
Here's Bill White, who lined out the shot and bounced into a forceful.
Cardinals have been out hit seven to five, outscored three to two.
Activity down and the net fullback.
Oh, there's Casey Stengel is playing it right down to the hilt,
which is the way the game is supposed to be played.
Here goes Hot Taylor out to talk to the pitcher.
Bill White will be the batter.
None of our left-handed batters have taken advantage of this wind yet.
Bob, Bill Hunter is the left-hander down there,
and Bill Whitefield the right-hander.
Come on, Bill, pump one out on the roof.
Runner at first, nobody out.
Lawyer will be next.
Gail and Cisco getting set.
There's the stretch.
The throw to first and Brock is back.
Cisco just lobbed the ball.
Bob Taylor the catcher.
Bill White the batter.
Brock a lead.
There's the pitch.
Pitch out, he's not going.
One ball and no strikes.
Runner at first, nobody out, fifth inning.
Now the signal given.
The stretch, Brock a lead.
There's the pitch, he's not going.
Ball two.
Two balls and no strikes.
Let's go to Cincinnati and Rymay as Casey Stengel comes out of the dugout here.
Right in the top of the sixth inning.
The Spills have the start of something.
They have runners at first and second, nobody out.
And pitcher Jim Bunning at the plate.
They're looking for the bun, of course.
So all the fullies are threatening to get more up there with runners at first and second and nobody out.
Casey Stengel is coming out to talk to Galen Sisco.
A left hander is down on the bullpen.
Will Hunter.
Back to Cincinnati and Rymay.
Here in the sixth inning the bases are now loaded.
As Bunning dropped the bunk, they let it roll and it stayed fair.
Bases loaded, nobody out.
Gonzalez will be the batter.
Wow.
Come on, let's us have an inning now.
It looks like the Phillies might be headed for one.
Already leading four to nothing now.
The bases loaded and nobody out.
Come on, Bill.
Two balls, no strikes.
Sisco stays in there.
Now the stretch, the hesitation.
And here's the pitch.
Line drive, right field, base hit.
And Brock stops at second base.
And the Cardinals have runners at first and second and nobody out.
With Kenny Boyer coming up.
Boyer walked and hit into a double play.
And let's see now what the Cardinals do.
Will Boyer hit or will he bunt?
There's a left hander and a right hander down on the bullpen for the Mets.
Boyer this year has faced Sisco six times.
He had a home run and a triple off him earlier this year.
But he's 0 for 1 here this afternoon, grounded into the double play.
Yet he did hit the ball very hard and plows for the double play.
All right, Boyer the batter.
Runners at first and second and nobody out.
The Cardinals are trailing three to two.
The Phillies are leading the Reds.
Now to signal gibbon.
Right handed batter digging in.
This crowd is really alive.
The stretch, the hesitation.
And now the pitch.
It's low of fastball, ball one.
One ball and no strikes.
Hunter the left hander, Wakefield the right hander continue to pump in the bullpen.
This might be Sisco's last man if he doesn't retire him.
Now the stretch and the pitch to Boyer.
A hot shot, left field, base hit.
The tying run is in.
Here's another man racing for third.
There goes Boyer the second with a double.
The Cardinals have tied it up.
As Boyer double pass Charlie Smith into left field.
And now Casey Stengel coming out.
The score tied 3-3.
Runners at second and third and nobody out.
And I believe it's going to be Wakefield.
Bill Wakefield is going to come in.
That's for Boyer run batted in number 119.
Let's go now to Cincinnati and see what's happened there.
And here at Crosley Field the Phillies now lead 6-0.
6-0.
Runners at first and second, nobody out.
And Richie Allen at the plate.
There you have it.
The Phillies are now leading 6-0 and still batting.
Oh what excitement here today.
I wish you could all be here.
Harry as we mentioned earlier,
Cisco had fastball trouble in the inning.
And when he did come in with what appeared to be an off speed pitch to Boyer 1-0,
Kenny rather than being over eager waited for the pitch
and lined it just inside the line for the big double.
Something else in Cincinnati.
What is it Roy?
Harry Richie Allen has broken this game wide open.
They now lead 9-0.
He just homered into the right field.
9-0.
9-0 in favor of the Phillies.
The Courtaulds could clinch the panel with a victory here today.
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Listen to this crowd.
All right, Bill Wakefield is the new pitcher.
Game tied 3-3 the infield in.
The windup by Wakefield the pitch to growth.
Outside slider.
Oh, face it now the Cardinals would be leading.
Bill Wakefield who comes out of the Cardinal chain.
One ball, no strike.
Into the windup the pitch to growth.
Here it is.
He swung trying to hit the right field and he missed.
One ball, one strike.
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Here is growth.
Here's the windup by Wakefield.
Here's the pitch.
He fouled it back and he's in the hole.
Two strikes and a ball.
Tim McCarver will be next.
Cardinals are tied here.
3-3.
Runners at second and third.
Nobody out.
The med infield playing shallow.
Bill Wakefield in relief.
He's out of Kansas City.
Two strikes and a ball.
Now all set.
This crowd is in a hysterical frenzy.
Two strikes and a ball.
Now the line.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Fouled back and out of play.
Grob trying to get a piece of that ball.
The infield in.
Two strikes and a ball on veteran shortstop Dick Grob.
Bill Hunter a left-hander.
And Jack Fisher a right-hander down to the bullpen for the Mets.
We've got to get some runs.
Two strikes and a ball.
Wakefield is ready.
Here's the wind up now and the pitch on the way.
He fouled it back again.
Grob staying alive.
He's trying to hit that ball to the first base side of the infield.
Whites at third.
Boyers at second.
Brock has scored.
The tying run.
The Cardinals with a chance to blow it open here.
And the Phillies are leading 9-0 at Cincinnati.
Two strikes, one ball.
The wind, the pitch.
Here it is.
A ground ball up the middle of the pitchers.
The run scores.
Gord is thrown out at first base.
The Cardinals lead 4-3.
And Boyer held second base not knowing whether White would break for the plate or not.
Give Wakefield an assist on the play also.
He deflected the ball.
A run batted in for Grob, number 70.
Here's McCarver now with a runner at second and only one out.
That Richie Allen has really put on a show this last week.
Certainly in this Cincinnati series.
As soon as we get a moment, we'll have our man in Cincinnati come in.
There's the stretch.
They're going to walk McCarver intentionally now to bring on Mike Shannon.
An intentional pass.
Well, while this is being done, Roy, any more up there in the sixth.
So Harry, Bill Henry came in to put out the fire.
Retired to free manny face.
But a little bit too late as the Fills jumped all over.
Joey J here in the sixth inning for five hits and five runs.
Including a home run by Richie Allen, his second of the day, along with a double.
Three out of four for Allen.
So we're going into the bottom of the sixth.
Nine to nothing, the Phillies open the reds.
All right, McCarver has been intentionally passed.
We have runners in first and second.
And here's Mike Shannon.
There's only one out.
Down Maxville would be next.
Oh, to pump one out of here now.
To give a little push in.
The Cardinals leading four to three.
With Gibson in relief.
Of Kurt Simmons.
Now the stretch.
Frown the bell.
The pitch to Shannon.
He takes it inside ball one.
One ball, no strike.
Shannon, who drove in a run our first of the day in the second inning.
Hitting 262.
Nine homers and 43 RBIs.
One ball, no strikes.
One out.
All right, one ball, no strikes.
There's Bill Wakefield getting ready.
Now the pitch.
Low ball, two.
Two balls, no strikes.
Maxville would be next.
Oh, for an in-betweener now to get a little breathing room.
Cardinals one run ahead.
The Phillies nine runs ahead.
Two balls, no strikes.
The stretch, the hesitation.
And the pitch on the way.
Straight, slider hit the outside corner of the knee.
Bill Wakefield, a product of the Ban Johnson League.
The football Cardinals beat Washington 23 to 17.
Two balls and a strike.
Right hand batter waiting.
Mike Shannon, the hitter.
The pitch.
He swings at a curve and he made him look bad on that one.
Here comes the five for the Phillies on the scoreboard.
Two balls, two strikes.
Right handed batter digging in.
There's the stretch.
And now the pitch.
He struck him out.
Shannon goes down swinging.
So here's Dale Maxville.
He drove in a run on the fourth.
Can he drive in another one here on the fifth?
Bob Gibson would be next.
Four to three in favor of the Cardinals.
Maxville popped out and singled in a run.
Now the one-one, the first pitch is a curveball outside.
One ball and no strikes.
Oh, if we win this one, the World Series will start here Wednesday against the Yankees.
We've got to win this ball game.
One ball, no strikes.
The pitch.
Outside, ball two.
Two balls and nothing.
Dale Maxville, that little fellow, but he can sting that ball.
The outfield plays him shallow.
They don't expect him to hit for power.
They expect him to hit for power.
Two balls, no strikes.
Now the stretch.
And from the belt, here's the pitch.
Ground ball to the right, a nice hit.
Here's the runner going to try to score.
Christopher fumbles the ball.
And the Cardinals have another run.
Maxville, singled the right.
And here comes Casey Stengelod.
So Maxville certainly is atone for that pop lie.
He's driven in two runs.
And the Redbirds lead 5-3 with two out and pitcher Bob Gibson coming up.
Jack Fisher, a right-hander, is going to be the next pitcher.
What a motion packed with the installation of Dale Maxville into the lineup.
You can imagine what went through his mind, the mind of anyone who would come into a game deciding the pennant, Harry.
This young man had only been to the plate 22 times prior to this ball game,
and he has come up with two clutch hits and driven in two big runs, perhaps the biggest runs of his career.
All right, it will be Jack Fisher.
So let's get a later report now as he walks in from the bullpen from Cincinnati.
Here in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Reds are batting with one out.
They have a man at first.
And Chico Ruiz is at the plate.
Billy's leading 9-0.
And Harry, it's good to hear that's good news from St. Louis.
All right, Jack Fisher takes over the third pitcher.
He started the ball game yesterday, was knocked out.
Cisco started today, then Wakefield.
Bob Gibson, who was stymied trying for his 19th victory when he lost 1-0 Friday,
would be the pitcher of record if the Cardinals can hold this lead.
So he still would have a chance to win his 19th.
Sadecki has won 20.
Simmons has won 18.
Gibson will be trying for number 19.
And a youngster from Webster Groves, Billy Southworth, playing in a major league game,
just hit his first home run.
Billy Southworth playing for the Braves is homered with a man on.
He's a graduate from Webster Groves High School, a great athlete over there.
Well, Bob Gibson is going to be the hitter.
We have runners at first and third.
Maxville, who has driven in two runs today.
He's single on the ground just beyond the glove of that crane pole.
Oh, what a finish.
You all enjoying yourselves here at the ballpark today?
Wonderful.
All right, here's Bob Gibson now, and here's the pitch.
And it's a slider outside.
Gibson a good-hitting pitcher.
Five to three in favor of the Cardinals.
We're in the last of the fifth.
Phillies have a big lead over the Reds.
Now the stretch.
And the pitch on the way.
He folded out a play into the upper deck.
One ball and one strike.
There's the hesitation from the belt.
The pitch on the way.
But he missed it.
Strike two.
Two strikes and the ball.
It's a tough pitch to bump.
Caught the outside corner at the knee.
Two strikes and the ball.
Now ready.
From the belt.
Fisher steps back.
Two strikes, one ball.
The pitch.
Slider outside.
That evens it up with two balls, two strikes.
Two balls, two strikes.
The pitch to Gibson.
And here it is.
A high pop foul.
Might go out of play.
Over near the stands and nobody can reach it.
Two balls, two strikes.
The Cardinals with a chance to clinch the National League pennant.
As the Reds are trailing nine to nothing.
The Redbirds leading five to three.
Jack Fisher getting ready.
Oh, the Fates wouldn't be so cruel as to deprive us this one, would they?
Two balls, two strikes.
A stretch.
The pitch.
He struck him out.
Gibson goes down swinging.
Well, that ends the inning, but a good inning.
Three runs score on three hits.
No errors, two left.
The Cardinals have stranded seven and at the end of five,
The Cardinals five, the Mets three.
Well, here we're going into the six.
Charlie Smith, who homered and pumped up will be the hitter against Bob Gibson.
Let's go to Cincinnati now.
Roy, what happened in the bottom of the sixth?
Well, Harry, we're going into the seventh now.
The Phillies still leading nine to nothing.
These Reds can't do a thing against Jim Bunning.
He's allowed just three hits, struck out four and walked no one.
And Tony Taylor will lead off here in the seventh inning.
The Phillies leading nine to nothing.
All right, here's Charlie Smith and the first pitch swung on.
A little fly ball to the short center.
Flood coming on and he makes the catch.
Smith popped the flood in short center field.
One out.
Well, I know there's going to be a lot of commotion and excitement after the game.
If it ends like we all pray it does.
So as we go along, we certainly want to express our appreciation.
On behalf of everybody up here,
Roy, you're a loyalty and friendship down through the years.
It's been a hectic, marvelous, wonderful year.
Here's a pitch to Bob Taylor and it's a curved strike call.
To our stations along the line.
To our originating station with Bob Hyland.
To our Gardner advertising agency.
Here's a pitch. There's a curved strike call.
Bill Fisher and Ed Langan.
To all the people here at the ballpark.
Doggie Lynch and Emma Bach and Ed Keating and Eddie Messier.
Among others, two strikes, no balls.
A pitch to Taylor's outside.
To our various engineers.
Our originating station.
Roy May who's in Cincinnati today.
For Jack Buck and for Jerry Gross.
Here's a pitch. Hot shot to left.
Oh, Gross made a great effort.
But it's a single and Taylor is on with his second hit.
So just in case we don't have a chance at the end of the game and all the excitement that might be existing.
To Bernie Fox and the rest of the fellows who do so, so much for us.
Too many of the engineers to mention but we mention them all after every game.
Here's Ed Craneful.
Boy, here's a threatThe left-handed batterThe pitch is a strike call.
He drove in the only run against Gibson Friday night.
Five to three, the Cardinals are leading.
Now from the belt, the pitch.
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One ball, one strike.
The pitch on the way to Craneful is a strike call.
Two strikes and a ball.
We're in the sixth.
Five to three in favor of the Cardinals.
Who would like to get a few more runs?
Like about seven more.
Two strikes, one ball.
And the pitch on the way.
Fast ball outside.
It's even up at two balls, two strikes.
Yeah.
Two balls, two strikes.
Ed Craneful waiting. Here's the pitch.
Low outside, ball three.
Three balls, two strikes.
On Ed Craneful, a dangerous left-handed batter who's hit ten home runs,
including a big one with two on yesterday.
Got to worry about himThe Cardinals leading only by two.
It's still anybody's ball game.
Three balls, two strikes.
The stretch.
Here's the pitch.
He walked him.
So that men at first and second with one out, let's go to Cincinnati, right?
In the seventh, the Phillies now lead ten to nothing,
as Tony Taylor scored on Bobby Wine's sacrifice fly.
After you, Harry.
So the Phillies continue to add. They now lead ten to nothing in the seventh.
Here's George Altman.
Left-handed batter, Bob Gibson.
Altman represents the lead run of the plate, the stretch.
Here's the pitch.
He swings and he misses. Strike one.
One strike and oh ball.
One blowing out towards right field, and you've got to worry about that every time a left-handed batter comes up.
Gordon Richardson starts limbering up.
Gibson pitched a tough ball game Friday night. Here's the stretch.
The pitch to Altman, low, and that evens it up.
One ball, one strike.
Altman has walked and singled in this ball game.
The Mets.
Threatening here in the sixth.
The pitch is on the way.
A bouncing ball, it's fouled.
And boy, you can see Altman trying to pull.
Because the wind is blowing strongly towards right, any ball hit at all well will be carried out of here.
And Altman represents the lead run.
Two strikes and a ball.
And the lead is only two.
Two strikes and a ball.
Now the stretch, the hesitation, and the pitch on the way.
Curve into the dirt.
He really tried to snap that one off.
Two balls, two strikes.
One out, runners at first and second, the ball game in the sixth.
Bob Gibson waiting.
Now the stretch.
Here's the pitch to Altman.
A ground ball to Bill White.
He's got it. Gives it to Gibson covering.
The runners advance to second and third, and the pitcher will be coming up.
And it's been rolled out from Bill White to Bob Gibson.
And now let's see, just see Gander is going to be the pinch hitter.
Gander is going to pinch hit.
A left-handed batter with power.
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Manager Johnny Keenaw talking to Bob Gibson.
Gander, a left-handed batter.
Kevin Homers, driven in 35 runs, batting 271.
He's always dangerous, but particularly on this kind of a day,
with the wind blowing strongly towards right.
I have to keep repeating that because that can be a big factor.
It's already been one on a pop fly that was blown away from Dow Maxville.
Looking back, Harry, Gander hit a home runoff, Bob Gibson, in a ball game earlier.
So he has had good success against Bob.
Stengel perhaps remembered that.
He hit a two-run, first-inning home run in a ball game played here in St. Louis.
Eventually Gibson hung on to win the ball game,
but he can hit the ball out even without a win. Good power.
So Gibson's going to stay in there, and he'll pitch to Jesse Gander.
There's two out, and the Mets will have a new pitcher, Bill Hunter,
facing the Cardinals in the sixth.
They're going to want Gander intentionally to get to Bobby Klaus,
a daring move because this is the lead run of the ball game.
Gander is going to be intentionally passed.
Klaus has had a single and a double, two out of three.
Klaus against Gibson Friday night, fanned twice, but had a base hit.
So the lead run will be at first base with two out.
And Klaus, the right-handed batter, will be coming up.
An intentional pass. We're in the sixth.
Bobby Klaus up there, and Roy McMillan will be next.
So Gibson in a jam.
Now to wind up, and here's a pitch. It's a strike call.
One strike and no balls. A fast-moving slider caught the outside corner.
One strike, no balls. Two men are out.
Here's a pitch. Slider missed outside. That evens it up.
Bobby Klaus batting 221. Right-handed batter. Gibson getting ready.
Now to wind up, and here's a pitch on the way. He's swinging. He missed strike two.
Two strikes and a ball. We're in the sixth.
The Cardinals leading 5-3. Right-handed batter waiting.
Now to wind. Here's a pitch on the way. He foul-tipped it back.
Two strikes and a ball, and Klaus was trying to hit that ball in the right field.
Bob Gibson gets set. Bases are jammed.
Now to wind up, and here's the pitch. Just missed with it inside, and it evens up a two-balls, two strikes.
The right-hand batter digging in. He hit his fourth home run of the year yesterday.
Two balls, two strikes. Here's the wind-up. Here's the pitch. Ball three now.
And we're really in a jamThe runners will be going. Three balls, two strikes.
They want to look at the baseball. He got out in front of Bobby Klaus, but now has come down to a crucial pitch.
Three balls and two strikes, two out, bases loaded. Cardinals leading only 5-3.
Crowd quiet. You can hear a pin drop. Three balls, two strikes, the stretch.
Here's the pitch. Everybody going. Forced in a run.
He walked him, and now that makes it 5-4. And here is a tough hitter in the clutch, Ryan McMillan.
He doubled in two runs and a fifth to put him into the lead. He comes up again in the spot where he can put him into the lead.
Lauren Richardson and Bob Humphrey in the bullpen.
Gibson has walked three men in this inning. Now the wind-up, and here's the pitch.
Outside, ball one. One ball, no strikes.
At the end of seven innings, the Phillies lead the Reds 10-0, but we have our own problems here.
One ball, no strikesThe pitch now. A bouncing ball up the middle.
Maxville is there, and he steps on the bag for the force out.
A high hopper that Maxville fielded while running to his right stepped on the bag for the force play.
The inning is over. One run. One hit. No errors. Three left.
And we go into the bottom of the sixthThe Cardinals five, the Mets four.
Well, we go into the bottom of the sixth, and we'll have the tamponabatting order against Will Hunter, who did a fine relief job against the Cardinals.
And again, the Galen-Cisco beat us two to one.
So Will Hunter will be the pitcher, and Jesse Gonder, Gonder will be batting in the ninth slot, and Hunter, the pitcher, will be hitting in the sixth spot.
And Hawk Taylor is out of the ball again.
This one is nip and tuck, five to four in favor of the Cardinals in the bottom of the sixth, while at the end of seven in Cincinnati, the Phillies lead 10-0.
The Cardinals could clinch the pennant with a victory. We've got to win to clinch it.
If we lose, there would be a three-way tie.
All right, here's Flood. He's hitless. Nothing out of two. Bill Hunter on the hill.
There's the pitch on the way. It's a fastball strike off. Hunter, a hard-throwing left-hander.
Now the line, the pitch on the way. Hot shot to the shot stop. McMillan's got it. Over to first base in time.
So Flood rolls out to Roy McMillan. That will bring up Lou Brock. He's had one out of two.
He's been on base every time, once with a base hit, once on an air, once on the wall.
One out, nobody on. Five to four in favor of the Cardinals.
The windup now, the pitch is on the way. A line drive base hit in the left center.
He might be able to get a double out of it. He's around first. He's going to try for second.
Here's Altman's throw. He is safe.
So Brock doubles in the left center. He just took advantage of Altman's weak throwing arm.
No question about it, Harry. Schultz wasted no time. Neither did Brock and Benson on the play earlier on the base hit to Altman in left field.
Sent McCarver in a situation earlier and there was no hesitation knowing the capabilities of the out-feeders and especially Altman who was with the ball club.
Here now is Bill White, a man in scoring position with one outThe Cardinals leading by a run five to four.
The stretch. And the pitch.
There's a drive. Way back. It might be. It could be. It is. A whole run. Listen to the crowd.
Look at those red birds in that dugout. Everybody standing up. And the Cardinals lead seven to four now.
Well, is that a happy dugout?
Here now is Kenny Boyer. That was White's 21st home run. There's the pitch by Hunter. And it's high.
That was not supposed to hit left handers, is he Harry? He really teed off on that one. It looked like a two iron drive. It kept going higher and higher.
Landed out on Grand Avenue. Here's the pitch to Boyer now. And it's high and outside. Ball two. Two balls and no strike.
The red birds lead seven to four. Bottom of the sixth. Cincinnati is losing ten to nothing in the eighth.
Here's the pitch to Kenny Boyer. And it's high and outside. Ball three. A double by Brock and a homer by White.
White now has 102 RBIs for the year. Third straight year, of course, and he's driven in 100 runs or more. He had exactly 102 two years ago.
Now the line. And here's the pitch. High and inside. He walked him. And the crowd, hungry for more runs, are really clenching.
In 1962, White drove in 102 runs. About a 324. Last year, he had 29 homers that year. Or rather, 20 homers. He drove in 102.
Last year, 27 homers, 109 RBIs. And this year, 21 homers and 102 RBI. Boyer on at first base, one out.
And he groped the batterThe stretch. Now the pitch. High fastball. Grewd, who drove in a run on a big fifth inning, and also scored one on the fourth when he let off with a double.
One ball, no strikes.
Ninety-three games will win the pennantThe Cardinals won 93 last year and finished six games out.
Their 93rd victory, if they get it today, will clench the pennant. One ball, no strikes.
The pitch. Foul back into the stands. One ball, one strike.
Dick Grewd, the hitter. Two runs are inThe Redbirds lead. Seven to four. Bill White hit one out of sight. Bill Hunter getting ready.
And now the stretch. From the bow. And a pitch to Grewd. Strike call. Two strikes and a ball. A fastball over the inside corner.
Right hand hitter up there. Cardinals again with a three-run lead. In fact, it's their longest lead. Seven to four.
They led one to nothing. Tied one-one, then led two to one. Then behind three to two, then led five to three. And now lead seven to four.
The stretchThe pitch to Grewd. And here it is. Turn around and he missed. Struck him out.
Grewd swung in a high fastball and struck out. And that will bring up McCarver. Seven to four, the Cardinals lead in the last of the sixth.
McCarver left-handed batter. He doubled in the second and scored our first run. He's had one out of two.
Now the sign given. Ready. And the pitch is on the way to McCarver. There she goes! Way back! It might be out of here! It could be!
It's off the screen! Here's another man going to score! Here's McCarver stopping at second. He's going to be caught now between second and third.
Here's Charlie Smith. Hey! the throw hits McCarver! Bounces in the left right field! Now he's trying for third! the throw's going to get him! He's out!
But Tim doubled off the right field screen. And the Cardinals lead eight to four. In getting back to second base safely, the throw hit him on the shoulder and bounced into right.
But Christopher recovered it and threw to third and McCarver was out. So it's a double, a run down and in for McCarver as Boyer scored all the way from first.
It's a big inning for the Redbirds who score three. There were three hits. And let's see if they charge an error. And nobody left on base.
At the end of sixth, the Cardinals eight and the Mets four.
We're going to the top of the seventh. Confetti's already being streaming all over the place.
Oh, if this can hold up until the end of the top of the ninth, this joint will go crazy. In fact, it might be crazy now. I know I am.
Eight to four in favor of the Cardinals. You know, let's just for a moment go back to Cincinnati. Roy, are you there?
Here Harry, we're in the bottom of the eighth. They're two out. Jim Bunning continues to be superbThe Phillies still lead ten to nothing and the fans have started to leave here.
Okay, so that game's going to end before this one. Here's Joe Christopher to lead off the seventh inning.
We're in the top of the seventh. Eight to four in favor of the Cardinals.
Now the wind up by Gibson the pitch. Christopher ducks out of the way. Ball one.
Boy, I'm glad that game in Cincinnati has lopsided. I don't think we could stand anymore, except one ball, no strikes.
Here's the pitch on the way and it's high on inside ball twoThe Phillies are leading ten to nothingThe Cardinals are winning eight to four.
If that continues, the Cardinals clinch the pen and today with a 93rd victory, two balls, no strikes.
Joe Christopher, the hitter here in the seventh. Now the pitch. Inside. Did it? He claims it hit him and it did. Hit by a pitch ball. Barely ticked him.
Joe Christopher from the Virgin Isles. Just ticked by a pitch ball and that'll bring up Jim Hickman.
Gibson has been struggling. He's walked three, he's hit one, he's allowed one hit. He's allowed one run.
But he's out in front. Eight to four and activity now on the bullpen. Barney Schultz gets up.
Along with Gordon Richardson. So here's Hickman. And here comes manager Johnny Key now.
We might have a change here. Gibson on the hill has been struggling. We're in the seventh.
Keane talks to the Cardinal pitcher. Big crowd on hand. Must be around 30,000.
Gibson will stay in there. Jim Hickman the batter. He's 0 for 3 today. Boy, these Mets don't go down easy at all.
Good thing we're scoring runs today because so are they. Eight to four in favor of the Cardinals.
Now Gibson gets set. Here's the pitch on the way. Strike call to Hickman. A fast ball. One strike and no ball.
Now from the beltThe pitch. A slow tap foul. Strike two. Two strikes and nothing.
A runner at first, nobody out. We're in the seventh. At the end of eight innings at Cincinnati, the Phillies 10, the Reds nothing.
Now the stretchThe pitch. It's high. Two strikes and a ball on Jim Hickman.
Top of the seventh. Eight to four Cardinals. Now the sign and the stretch. From the belt, the pitch.
Swung and he fouled it back and boy he had a good cut at that one. Come on, no more excitement. Let's just get these guys out.
One, two, three. Get it over with. Two strikes and a ball. Right hand batter digging in.
And the pitch on the way. A high pop fly on the infield. Grode calling for the ball. Waiting for it. He takes it.
So Hickman popped to Grode. One away. And here's Charlie Smith.
Charlie, a right-handed batter, tied up the ball game with a home run on the fourth.
The Mets tied it up 1-1 at the fourth, then took the lead 3-2 in the fifth. But the Cardinals scored three in the bottom in the fifth and three in the sixth.
Bill White has the only Cardinal home run. Charlie Smith has hit the only one for the Mets.
Now the stretch and the pitch to Smith. It's a strike call. One strike and no ball.
Bob Gibson readyThe pitch. Swung, pop fly on the infield. That's going to be easy.
Maxville under the ball. And he has it. Two out here in the top of the seventh.
And that will bring up a pinch hitter now for Hunter. See who the hitter is going to be.
There's two out of runner at firstThe Cardinals leading 8-4.
The St. Louis Cardinals with a chance to clinch the 1964 pennant.
Larry Elliott, a left-handed batter, is going to hit for Hunter.
Funny how things develop.
About 10 days ago we all were hopeful. We figured we had an outside chance because we played three games of the Phillies
and knew that the Phillies would have to finish up in Cincinnati.
And we figured that they might have trouble over there.
Well, just the opposite. It's the Reds, when they actually played over there, who had a chance to do something.
And it's the Reds who have had trouble losing yesterday and getting trounced today.
Larry Elliott, a left-handed batter. There's a pitch by Gibson. And it's fastball outside.
One ball and no strikes. Elliott hitting.229 with nine homers, 22 RBIs.
Left-handed hitterThe stretch, the pitch. A high pop foul out of play.
And the count is evened up with a ball and a strike.
We're in the top of the seventh cardinals' lead, 8-4.
Now the stretch readyThe pitch. It's a strike call. Fastball right in there. Two strikes and a ball.
Left-handed batter digging in. Now ready. And the pitch. It's a strike call. He's out of there.
Fastball over the outside corner. No hits, no runs, no errors, one left.
We're going to the bottom half of the seventh inningThe cardinals' eighth, the Mets' fourth.
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We're not going to Cincinnati as much as we did earlier because of the lopsided score over there, thank goodness.
Well, let's see now what the developments are. Roy May?
All right, Harry, we're going into the bottom of the ninth inning. Jim Bunning has but three outs to get, and it will all be over here in Cincinnati.
And just about half of this capacity crowd is left at this time. Ten to nothing Phillies going into the bottom of the ninth.
Very good. Roy, come in with us as soon as it's over.
Danny Rybun will be the new pitcher. Slim Will the right-hander was obtained from the Brave organization. He pitched in relief yesterday.
And as we start the bottom half of the seventh inning, the score eight to four in favor of the card.
Mike Shannon will lead it off. Shannon has had one out of three drove in a run.
Here's the wind up now, the pitch is on the way. He swung and he followed it back. One strike and no balls.
Right-hand batter waiting. Mike straddles a plateThe wind up now, the pitch is on the way.
A bouncing ball to third. That's going to be easy. Here's Charlie Smith's peg in time. One out on the bottom of the seventh.
Here's Dow Maxville. This kid has driven in two runs, gets a nice hand from the crowd.
Popped up, drove in a run on the fourth, drove in a run on the fifth.
Had a little trouble on a pop fly but a strong wind is blowing and we've seen even veteran infielders or outfielders have trouble under those conditions.
The pitch swung on. A high fly ball to right center will be caught. Under the ball is Christopher Tugah.
Two out on the bottom of the seventh and here's Bob Gibson coming out. He'll get a fine hand from the crowd.
Gibson a good hitter. Fanned his only time up in this ball game. Rybun gets set.
The wind now, the pitch is on the way and it's high and inside.
The Mets will have the lower end of the batting order in the eighthThe crane pool will be starting it off and then Altman, two dangerous left-handed hitters.
They're down on the batting order because Simmons, the left-hander, started for the Cardinals. One ball, no strikes, the pitch. High and outside, ball two.
There's two out in the bottom of the ninth at Cincinnati, 10 to nothing Philadelphia.
Two balls, no strikes. There's the line now, the pitch on the way. There's a high pop fly back and out of play. Two balls, one strike.
Bottom half of the seventh, the Cardinals leading eight to four.
Now the signal. Ready. Two balls and a strike. Rybun's pitch. He foul-tipped back.
Two balls, two strikes. Thirty thousand one hundred and forty-six paid here today.
Two balls, two strikes. Now ready. Here's the wind-up. Here's the pitch. He struck him out swinging.
So at the end of seventh, as it's knuffing across for the Cardinals, the score remains the Redbirds eight and the Mets four.
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We're going into the top of the eighth inning. Crane Pool will lead it off, and here's Jerry Gross to tell you about it.
Bob Gibson winds and pitches and gets the fastball in. Belfort Buckel high for a call strike.
Crane Pool ripped us in the series five for nine prior to this ballgame, but he's 0 for 2 walked his last time up.
We're in the eighth. Gibson trying to hold it down.
Gibson misses with a slider inside. Here's Harry.
It's all over her in Cincinnati. Philadelphia 1, 10 to nothing.
Roy May, a great job, boy. Come on home for the World Series.
Thank you, Harry. I thought for the very end. I'll see you Wednesday at the opener.
Okay, now all we got to do is win it.
Bob Gibson with a 1-1 count pitches. It's swung on in line fair, just beyond the glove of white out in the right field. It's a base hit.
So we're in the eighth inning, and it, Crane Pool, opens up with a line drive base hit.
Harry's going to hustle down, and he'll be on the field, very close to the corner of the Cardinal dugout,
and be able to bring you some postgame interviews, which I think you'll find very interesting.
Here's George Altman.
Altman has a base hit on two trips.
Crane Pool is the runner on at first baseThe pitch to Altman is in there for a strike.
Altman walked in the third, singled up the middle in the fifth, and bounced to the first baseman.
Bob Gibson ready to work. We're in the eighth inningThe pitch is swung on, hit out into left field.
Lou Brock loses it momentarily in the sun, then backs up and makes the catch.
Throws back into the infield, one down, and Bob Gibson has only five outs to get
to nail down a pennant for the 1964 National League race in the Cardinals.
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Eighth inning. Bob Gibson's pitch as the fastball gets away from McCarver inside,
goes back to the screen and moving on to second base is Ed Crane Pool.
Redbirds have out hit the Mets, 11 to 9. Cardinals leading 8 to 4.
We're in the top of the eighth inning.
McCarver made a good save on a ball in the sixth inning on a 2-2 count to George Altman.
Went down in the dirt, knocked the ball down. One ball, no strikes.
The pitch to Gonder swung on, hit sharply down to Boyer.
Kent stays with it on one bounce, throws and gets it. Two down, and the runner at second holds on.
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Now once again, an exciting ball game. Let's go back to Bush Stadium.
Gibson ready as we bring you back to action here on the top of the eighth with two down.
The pitch to the right-handed hitter, the leadoff man, Bobby Fous is in there for a strike.
Fous has skied to center, single to third, double to right, and walk.
Right-handed batter on second base, it's Ed Cranepool.
Gibson's one-strike pitch is a fastball that hits the corner of the glove of McCarver
and bounces away and moving on to third base.
On the play will be the runner down at second. It's a fastball against McCarver.
Runner down at third, it's 8-4, eighth inning, Bobby Klaus against Gibson.
The pitch just misses outside, two balls and a strike.
Gibson came onto the ball game with runners on second base. McMillan was on second.
The pitch is swung on and missed, strike two.
McMillan was on second after doubling two home in the fifth inning,
and he forced Christopher to sky to Shannon and got Hickman on a ground ball to the catcher, a number.
Two balls and two strikes, two down. Klaus swings and he fouls it back into the screen.
Activity in the bullpen, Barney Schultz and Gordon Richardson, a right and left-hander respectively.
Looking ahead to the last of the seventh, it'll be the pitcher's spot coming up for the Cardinals.
8-4, Gibson is ready. Two balls, two strikes, two outThe pitch to the right-hander,
a fastball that drives him back and the count is full, three and two.
Out on deck it's Roy McMillan. Gibson's fastball moving inside.
Gibby, as you know, pitched eight innings on Friday.
He's been strong. Three balls, two strikes, the pitch, swung on and missed, he's stuck in there.
Bob Gibson registers his second strikeout here in the top of the eighth inning,
and in the eighth, no runs, one hit, no errors, one runner left on it.
Third at the end is seven and a half, the score.
The Cardinals eight and the Mets four.
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Now we go into the last half of the seventh inning, or rather the eighth inning, I beg your pardon.
Last of the eighth inning, and it'll be Kirk Flood, top of the batting order, Redbirds leading 8-4,
Dennis Riven out on the mound for the New York Mets.
Riven winds and pitches to Flood and misses outside.
One ball, no strikes.
The Cardinals struck for one run in the second, one in the fourth, and three in the fifth and sixth.
Trying to nail down the pennant here in St. Louis.
Dennis Riven pitches now to Kirk Flood.
Swung on, hit up into the air on the deep right center.
Back goes the right feet of the ball.
It's way back. Back. It's gone.
Home run!
Kirk Flood has just put the Cardinals out on top, 9-4.
And look at that bench!
Flood hits his fifth home run of the campaign,
and Lou Brock is the hitter, with the Redbirds adding another here in the last half of the eighth inning.
Brock hits a ground ball, foul down the right field line.
Flood gets his first base hit here in the eighth inning, and the Cardinals lead 9-4.
Thirty thousand, one hundred and forty-six frenzied fans on hand.
Curved ball, slap foul into the left field bleachers.
No balls and two strikes.
Activity now in the bullpen for the Mets.
The left-hander, Locke, is up and warming up.
Dennis Riven came on in the ball game and retired him in the seventh.
But Kirk Flood has rocked him for a home run.
Two strikes on Lou Brock.
Riven's pitch inside drives him back.
One ball, two strikes.
We've got to win this one. We win this one.
The World Series opens on Wednesday against the New York Yankees.
The pitch, Brock takes it in there.
Strike three call.
Riven gets his second strike out.
And Bill White will be the hitter.
And what a big blow Bill had to drive in two in the sixth.
In a home run off the left-hander, Will Hunter.
White is two for four.
The photographer's already around the Cardinal box, around Colonel Bush.
Bill White is ready.
One out. We're in the last of the eighth inning.
The Cardinals lead nine to four.
White takes a fastball inside.
One million, 143,294 the Cardinals have drawn this year.
The pitch to White.
Line like a bullet out to deep center.
Back goes Hickman. Way back and makes the catch.
So we have two down.
A home run by Kirk Flood to open the last of the eighth inning.
Here's the captain, Kenny Boyer.
The players tell us one of the most underrated ballplayers in the National League.
Boyer, another tremendous season.
Twenty-four home runs.
He drove in a run in the fifth inning.
Boyer today, with that big double, is one for two, and the pitch to him is a ball.
Right-hander against a right-hander.
We're in the last of the eighth inning.
And the score here at Bush Stadium is nine to four.
Rybant is ready, and the pitch to Boyer.
Fastball in there in the inside corner, the count one and one.
Interesting interviews to follow the ball game with Harry Carrey.
In the dugout and in the dressing room.
So wherever you may be, hang on.
Two outs, last of the eighth.
One-one count to Boyer.
The pitch, swung on and fouled back into the screen.
Simmons and Siscoe started, neither around.
Kirk went four and a third plus two hitters, gave up three runs, seven hits, struck out none, and walked one.
A windblown double led to his downfall.
Gibson has been brilliant in relief.
Siscoe started, gave up four runs, seven hits, and four innings plus three.
Walked three and struck out none.
Casey Stengel, since then, has used four pitchers.
The one-two pitch on its way to Kenny Boyer, with two down in the eighth.
Over but low, and the count holds at two-two.
No one has left the ballpark yet.
Philadelphia upended Cincinnati, a win here in the Cardinals for the first time in 18 years.
We'll have a pennant.
The pitch to Boyer, crossfire outside, just missing three and two.
Harry Carey standing by near the box down to the right of the dugout.
The three-two pitch to Boyer is ball four, over but low.
So Boyer walks with two down here in the last of the eighth inning.
Dick Grode will be the hitter.
Grode bounced to the first baseman and a double to right center scored a run,
has struck out and grounded out with a pitcher getting an assist in the second baseman,
Klaus, making the play.
Cardinals nine, New York Mets four, last of the eighth, two down.
Grode the hitter.
Ken Boyer is on first base.
They change balls, no activity in the Cardinal bullpen.
Wednesday the big day if the Cardinals and Bob Gibson can get three outs in the ninth inning,
and as we look ahead it'll be Roy McMillan, Joe Christopher, and Jim Hickman,
two, three, and four in the order for the New York Mets.
Grode trying to get some more swings and hits a pop-up off the right field side,
down the right field line, back goes Cranepool coming on and unable to make the catches.
Christopher as he runs into the bullpen down the right field line in foul territory.
Two down here in the last of the eighth inning, one strike on Dick Grode, Boyer is at first.
Cardinals leading nine to four.
Ryvon is ready, he's at the belt in the pitch, hung on and nub foul off to the left.
Cardinals took a one-nothing lead on a double by McCarver and a single by Shannon in the second.
The Mets came back to tie it on a home run by Smith in the fourth.
Then went ahead by two.
In the fifth inning is McMillan doubled in two.
In the fifth the Cardinals came bouncing back with three runs,
and three in the sixth come from behind club all year long.
Two strikes on Grode, the cross-fire is outside and it's one of two.
Not only in the back against the runner, Boyer at first base is Cranepool.
Cardinals on top by five.
Right-hander Ryvon is ready.
The one-two pitch to Grode.
Over but low and the count goes to 2-2.
Heroes in the game, well, hell, you could find almost everyone.
White, two RBIs, Boyer one, Grode, McCarver one each and Shannon two.
From Dow Maxville, a fellow who had to start because of the injury to Javier with two big RBIs.
2-2 count, now to the right-handed hitter, Grode.
Two down the pitch, he's swung on and popped up.
Here's Gonda the catcher coming back, he's under the ball and goes in a circle and it lands fair.
No, it goes foul, they say, just foul.
Looked like it kicked up some chalk and landed eight feet to the right of the plate.
It went in a complete circle and the ball kicked up some chalk,
but it was the chalk on the extreme front portion of the left-handed hitting batter's box.
So it's a foul ball.
Two balls and two strikes.
Harry Carrey getting set to send you an interview and bring you also the ninth inning of play-by-play
down right next to the Cardinal dugout.
Two balls, two strikes, two out.
Last of the eight, cards on top by five, the pitch.
Swung on, lined out into right field.
The right fielder, Christopher, goes back.
The ball is up against the wall.
Here is Boyer around second to third.
Grode goes into second.
Boyer holds it third and it's a double for Dick Grode.
Kurt Flood open up with a home run.
Brock struck out.
White skied to center.
Boyer walked here in the eighth inning and Grode has just doubled.
Runners at second and third.
Here's Tim McCarver.
McCarver looked as though McCarver would get one out of here in the sixth, but it hit the screen.
He's two for three, driven in a run.
Here comes manager Casey Stengel.
Ring lock on in the ball game, Stengel comes out.
So coming out of the ball game will be Dennis Rybant.
He came on in the seventh, retired the side one, two, three.
Now he comes out of the ball game.
So Rybant has pitched one in, two third, plus two hitters innings.
And the two runners on base, he of course will be responsible for in the event they eventually score.
So McCarver will have to face the left-hander Ron Locke.
So Ron Locke comes out in relief.
Left-hander.
Locke was born in Wakefield, Rhode Island, resides in Schenick, Rhode Island.
We're still in the last of the eighth inning.
The Cardinals win this ball game, won't have finished.
They will have won their 27th ball game by losing only 11 since August 24th.
And at that time the Redbirds were 11 games behind.
Dick Grohl will be at second.
Ken Boyer talking now with Vern Benson is down at third base.
Tim McCarver today doubled in the second, bounced to the mound in the fourth,
walked in the fifth, and doubled to right in the sixth.
He was eventually hung up and run down.
I want to remind you the St. Louis football Cardinals defeated Washington 23 to 17 today.
Talk about pressure, pressure on the players, but what about the pressure on the umpires?
Eddie Vargo, Al Forman, Bill Joukowsky, and Shags Crawford, what a job they've done today.
Tim McCarver, the hitter with two down here in the last of the eighth inning, the Cardinals leading by five.
Winding and pitching is Ron Locke.
Fastball popped up and back out of play.
And by May our man in Cincinnati reporting with the good news that Jim Bunning rolled to a victory
as Philadelphia ripped Cincinnati 10 to nothing.
Harry Carrey downstairs set to bring you the ninth inning of play-by-play.
Jerry Gross standing by up here in the booth.
Locke's pitch to McCarver.
Fastball that's up high, one and one.
Bob Gibson in the ball game in relief of Kurt Simmons shooting for his 19th victory.
He'll be pitching that ninth inning.
Locke is ready.
The one-one pitch to McCarver just outside for ball two, missed with a breaking ball.
Locke is 5'11.
The Mets have been tough.
They've won 24 ball games against the top four teams in the National League this year.
The pitch now to McCarver.
Swung on, hit past the mound, down towards second.
It's through, on into center, makes it.
In to score comes Boyer.
In to score from second is Groves.
And the Cardinals now have taken the lead 11 to 4.
Redbirds have added three here in the eighth inning, and don't go away, it's not over yet.
Locke out on the mound, has just had a left-hander drilling up the middle.
It's 11 to 4.
The pitch to the right-hander, Shannon, is swung on and missed.
What a day for McCarver, three RBIs.
The first pennant in 18 years.
And look at the smiles in the Cardinal box.
The one-strike pitch to Shannon, it's hung on, lying to deep left field, back goes Altman, way back, then comes in a bit and makes the catch.
To retire the side here in the eighth inning.
The ball died, but the Cardinals didn't die in the eighth.
In the eighth inning, the Redbirds come up with three runs on three base hits, no errors, one runner left on.
And at the end of eight innings with three outs to go for a pennant, the score, the Cardinals 11, the New York Mets 4.
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This is Jerry Gross back at Bush Stadium. Bob Gibson needs three outs to go.
Now down to the playing field, here's Harry Carrey.
This is Harry Carrey, and now down in the Cardinal box, Roy McMillan leading off the first pitch as a strike call.
Cardinals leading 11 to 4. Top half of the ninth inning, three outs away from the National League pennant.
McMillan fouls a pitch back, strike two.
Wow, we thought it was exciting upstairs in the booth.
We're down here now where we're right among the fans.
We're sitting in Gussie Bush's box right behind the Cardinal dugout.
Roy McMillan the batter, two strikes and nothing. Bob Gibson delivers the pitch high and inside.
Gibson would win his 19th game of the year.
The Cardinals with an 11 to 4 lead here in the top of the ninth.
Gibson gets set, into the windup he goes, and here's the pitch.
High, ball two, and that evens it up. Two balls, two strikes.
Mayor Ray Tucker, Mrs. Tucker sitting right in front of me here.
August A. Bush Jr., president of the St. Louis Cardinals, and his wife, August the third and his wife.
Here's a pitch high and inside.
Three balls, two strikes.
On McMillan, the Cardinals with a seven-run lead.
How sweet it is.
Here's the pitch. Ball, he walked it.
So McMillan starts the ninth with a base on ball.
You know, the use of Gibson here in relief would indicate that when the World Series opens here Wednesday afternoon,
Ray Sadecki probably will be the Cardinal pitcher.
And that might be a good development at that because in this small ballpark, small and right field,
and the Yankees with left-handed power, the Cardinals would probably prefer to use southpaws here in St. Louis.
Whereas at Yankee Stadium with a big ballpark, it doesn't make much difference.
So here's Joe Christopher.
Christopher hitting 3-0-1 for the season, right-handed batter.
Runner at first base, nobody outThe Phillies wallop, the Reds tend to nothing.
Now the stretch, and the pitch to Christopher.
There's the strike-off, one strike and no ball.
The Cardinals with them three outs of their first pennants since 1946.
Joe Christopher, a little unhappy.
From the Virgin Isles, and I know that Armed Forces is carrying our broadcast throughout the Caribbean
as well as throughout the world today.
There's a stretch, and the pitch is on the way.
Christopher swings and misses, strike two.
Boy, I don't know if you can hear us here in the, what an excited frenzy this crowd is in.
Better than 30,000 people sitting in on the winning of a pennant.
And what a hectic two weeks we've had.
The stretch, the pitch, Christopher pops it up.
In foul territory, Bill White, one out.
One away here on the top of the ninth is Jim Hickman, who used to be in the Cardinal Organization.
Two more outs to go, and the almost impossible achievement of the St. Louis Cardinals will have been realized.
Six and a half back with about 12 games to go, about to clinch the pennant.
One out, one on. Hickman the batter.
Gibson gets ready to pitch, and it's a little bit outside.
McCarver behind the plate, a strong wind blowing out, and several hitters have taken advantage of it.
Nothing else really matters on that scoreboard.
Here's the stretch, and the pitch to Hickman.
He takes it inside, ball two.
Two balls, no strikes.
McMillan at first, one out.
The ball game in the top of the ninth.
Bob Gibson, who replaced Kurt Simmons in the sixth.
Boyer at third.
Groted short.
Maxville, who's done a great job substituting for Javier at second today.
White at firstThe pitch to Hickman is a strike at the knees.
And this crowd is roaring with every pitch now.
We're down at the field level, and we will later be in the clubhouse.
So stay tuned. Here's the pitch.
Ball three is high. Three balls, one strike.
One away. Right-handed batter digging in.
Bob Gibson gets set. Jim Hickman the batter.
Let's turn it over, six-four-three and out.
Strike, no ball for, inside.
So Johnny Keene coming out of the dugout now as right-handed batter comes up there.
Charlie Smith.
And it's going to be Barney Schultz, the knuckleballer, coming in.
Bob Gibson, a wild tonight, today rather.
But he just pitched Friday evening and lost one to nothing.
So if he's not as sharp as usual, there's good reason for it.
We have runners at first and second, one out.
Barney Schultz, a knuckleballer, coming in.
The wind blowing strongly, and that's considered good for a knuckleball pitcher.
The Phillies won from the Reds today, and that's what has caused this development,
where the Cardinals needing two outs to clinch a pennant.
Bob Gibson getting a big hand. Listen.
Barney Schultz, one of the reasons why the Cardinals are in this enviable position that they are at this moment.
This fellow has been fantastic since he joined the Cardinals on August the 1st.
A knuckleballer who's been credited with something like 12 or 13 saves already.
Veteran at age 38, seemingly his Major League career was over.
Went to Jacksonville hoping that some team might need a little help and if he did well, might bring him up.
Little dreaming that it would be the Cardinals who had had him in spring training.
And here he is, Barney Schultz.
And maybe it is poetic at that, that Barney Schultz, who perhaps has done as much if not more,
plugging the biggest gap, weakness in the bullpen, to make the Cardinals drive possible.
Perhaps it's only fitting that it should be Barney Schultz who gets the final two outs necessary for a pennant-winning victory.
Charlie Smith up there, he homered earlier.
He homered yesterday. He's hit 20 out of the ballpark.
Runners are at first and second, a seven-run lead.
Now the strike.
Ready to pitch on the way.
And Smith takes a strike.
Fastball strike.
One strike and no balls. Runners at first and second.
A double play would end it all here.
Boyer at third.
Roe to chart.
Baxman at second, White playing back at first.
Here's a foul ball as Charlie Smith went after a low-knuckle ball.
Two strikes and nothing.
It takes two outs to be able to save.
And Heiser-Busch first in the brewing industry and first in the National League.
We need two outs to do that.
Two strikes, no balls.
Signal given.
Barney Schultz, how can you be that cool, Barney?
Takes his time, leans forward.
From the belt, the pitch.
And here it is.
Torrance, to work it out.
So Charlie Smith goes down swinging.
Out here is Rod Kniell from Springfield, Missouri.
Right-handed batter.
Right in business down that way.
I believe in the cement business or something, he'll be home in Springfield tonight.
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Out runners at first and second, one more out.
And the Cardinals will have clinched the pennant.
Barney Schultz gets ready.
The stretch, the pitch, swings and it hits it.
One strike, no ball.
This crowd is besides itself.
Vlad Fakarde, I just overheard saying the impossible really happened.
Here's the pitch.
It's a wild pitch, it's the Empire.
The runners advance to second and third.
Ed Borgo was in on that one.
A knuckleball that hopped over McCarver's mitt.
It'll be a pass ball.
And runners are at second and third with two away, 11 to four in favor of the Cardinals.
Rod Kniell the batter.
In the ninth.
Here comes Bill Joukowsky down from second base to see that Ed Borgo isn't hurt.
Now all set.
One ball, one strike.
Now the signal given.
And the windup by Barney Schultz, here's the pitch on the way.
A ground ball, left field, two runs are going to score.
And now it's an 11 to six ball game.
Kniell singles to left.
So that makes it 11 to six.
Two out, one out to go, here's Ed Creedpool.
Makes a one run, only one run, 11 to five.
We're down here at the field level.
Only one run scored as they played it safe.
The Mets, Lou Brock fumbled the ball out there.
But the runner at third base, Hickman, held on.
So it is 11 to five in favor of the Cardinals.
And here's Ed Creedpool.
Top half of the ninth inning, the stretch.
From the belt here's the pitch to Creedpool.
It's a strike, a knuckle ball over the outside corner.
One strike, a no ball.
Two strikes, no ball. Ed Creedpool the batter.
Runners at first and third, two away.
The pitch, strike two called.
Hit the outside corner at the knee.
And the Cardinals, one quick.
One more strike, come on.
If you've never heard Mr. Gussie Bush excited,
you just heard him over my shoulder.
Two strikes, no ball.
Runners at first and third, the Cardinals leading 11 to five.
Johnny Keene about to bring the Redbirds their first punter since 1946.
Two strikes, no ball.
Listen to this crowd.
Let's go! Get him out!
Now the stretch. Ready, everybody standing up.
The pitch, a high pop ball.
The thrower's there.
The Cardinals win the pennant!
Everybody out! Johnny!
Everybody congratulating everybody.
I don't know if I'll ever get here.
The Cardinals have just won the pennant.
Mayhem on the field.
Joe Schultz, congratulations.
Ray Washburn, Bob Schitter.
Hey, hey Tim, hey Tim, hey Tim, hey Tim, come here.
How about it, boys?
I never happened to be in my life.
Okay.
All right, let's hold it up.
Oh, hold on. We made it, did we, Harry?
We're finally made. Congratulations.
Mr. Bush, congratulations. How do you feel?
I never was happier in all my life, Harry.
And by gosh, after 18 years, we're now able to return to our fine fans
a real pennant team and we're going to win the World Series.
That's right, that's right.
You never dreamed you could get this excited, huh?
I never did, but I've been to this.
I'm darn near limp from excitement right now, I'll tell you that.
I know how happy you are and congratulations.
Thank you a million.