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On October 4th, 1967, the St. Louis Cardinals face the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park for Game 1 of the 1967 World Series.
This is the NBC Radio broadcast featuring announcers Pee-wee Reese and Harry Carey.
Over 200 million listeners in today's game. This game is about ready to start.
And it will give me a great deal of pleasure to turn this over to a fellow that's really a pro behind this mic.
He's been doing the games for the St. Louis Cardinals since 1946.
And I always enjoy listening to him. I get him quite a bit at my home in Louisville, Kentucky.
None other than Harry Carey. Come on in, Harry.
Thank you very much, Pee-wee. All set to play baseball here.
You know, it's a strange thing. The outstanding ball player on the 46 Red Sox was Ted Williams, the left fielder, this year.
In 67 is their left fielder, Carl Yostremski.
In 46, the outstanding Cardinal was their first baseman, Stan Yosef.
And so it is this year, Orlando's the fated first base.
Let's pause here 10 seconds now for station identification.
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The only mixer we know of that people built a city just to be near.
Bill Edwardson here twice a day, seven in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Here are WGY and WGFMs connected.
The Red Sox need I tell you have just taken the field.
Dalton Jones in third base, Rico Petroselli in short style, Jerry Adair in second base, George Scott in first base, rolling the practice ball around.
Jose Santiago kicking at the rubber as he gets ready to make his first practice pitch to Russ Gibson behind the plate.
In left field is Carl Yostremski.
In center field is Reggie Smith.
And in right field is Ken Harrelson.
You know a year ago they said that Jerry Adair talked his way out of a share of the World Series.
Remember then he was with the Baltimore Orioles.
He said to them in effect, either play me or trade me.
They traded him.
Baltimore went on and won the American League pennant, won the World Series.
Adair was not there to get any share of it.
But this year he winds up with the team that is in the World Series playing second base for the Boston Red Sox.
Lou Brock ready to lead off a first ball hitter.
He stole 52 bases during the season.
You know every one of the nine St. Louis starters has had World Series experience.
None of the nine Red Sox starters today have ever figured in the World Series.
So let's see if experience really makes any difference in a short series.
It will be Brock, Flood, and Marist coming up on the first inning for the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinals won their pennant handily by ten and a half games over the second place Giants.
The Red Sox are one of the most memorable, most dramatic finishes in any league's history, and certainly the American League's.
One on the final day by one game over the Detroit Tigers.
The 1967 World Series is about to start.
Lou Brock has stepped into the batter's box.
The Commissioner of Baseball, William Eckert, has already thrown out the first ball.
They're playing Brock, I notice, Yastrowski far over towards center field.
They give him the left field corner.
I imagine with that short left field fence they'll play practically all hitters that way.
Jose Santiago from Puerto Rico into the windup.
The World Series is under way.
The first pitch sunk, and he missed the curve ball.
Strike one.
So Lou Brock, a first ball hitter, did go after the first pitch.
A breaking ball, and he swung and he missed.
And so it's one strike, no ball.
Santiago's pitch.
It's a fastball high and outside.
John Stevens of the American League behind the plate.
The count evens up.
One ball, one strike.
Bright sunshine at Fenway Park.
The sky, a blanket of azure blue.
Sleeced here and there with little white clouds.
The windup, the pitch to Brock.
A looper into left field.
It's a base hit, the first hit of the series.
Lou Brock loops one into short left field.
And Lou made up his mind to go the opposite way and succeeded against Jose Santiago.
So Lou Brock is on, and here's Kurt Floch.
He, with this fella, loves to hit the ball to the opposite field.
And he, like you did, had to work hard at mastering that net.
Well, I'm anxious to see Brock, Lou Brock at first base.
They say he likes to go and he'll run right away.
So better watch him.
Let's see if he will.
The stretch.
There he goes.
Very first pitch.
There's a throw.
He is.
Safe.
He's stolen.
And boy, I'll say this.
This Gibson got the ball away in a hurry and his throw was there, but Lou Brock just simply outran him.
And Lou Brock has started the ball game in typical Cardinal fashion.
He singles to left field and on the first pitch he steals second.
This will give you a little bit of an idea about the abandon with which the Cardinals play baseball.
There might be pressure in the World Series, but you wouldn't know it.
This is the way Brock played all day long.
In the very first pitch usually he'd go and he did again.
Here's Floch now, a man on second base and nobody on.
Floch who likes to hit the ball to the opposite field.
The stretch by Santiago.
The count is ball one.
The pitch.
He did try to hit the right field and he sliced a foul back to the screen and it evens it up on the ball and a strike.
The sun is so bright that it's difficult to determine the ball and strike count on the board because the lights actually don't show as a result of the bright sunshine.
One ball, one strike.
Fenway Park, a mass of humanity.
Whatever you can possibly jam into a ball park this size, they've got here.
One ball, one strike, Kurt Floch the hitter.
Brock, who very rarely tries to steal third by the way.
The stretch.
The pitch to Floch.
By Santiago.
Here it is.
He was going to bunt it.
It hit the bat.
It did.
He meant to hold up.
The pitch was high.
A bad ball.
And he tried to pull back but it hit the bat for a strike two on a foul tip that he did not mean to do.
Two strikes and a ball.
Floch and the whole Roger Maris will be next.
With Brock at second base barring a line drive double play it means that Floch, Maris and Sepeta will have a shot at driving in the run.
Kurt Floch straddles a play to hit 335 at a banner year.
Five homers and 50 RBI.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch to the right handed batter.
And there's a dare going behind the bag the pitch.
Curve ball.
Fake free call.
There is a big off.
What an able to advance play.
It was full on a curve ball.
And there's one away.
Here's Roger Maris.
No stranger to Fenway Park.
Veteran of some years of the America League.
Nine homers during the regular season.
55 runs batted in.
He hit 261.
His average is not indicative of his worth.
He was one of the key members of the Cardinals.
Many a game winning hit.
Especially early in the season when the pennant was in contention.
So Brock at second base with one out the stretch by Santiago.
From the belt the pitch.
Maris takes a fastball high.
One ball no strikes.
Flood who is usually very, very successful at advancing a man.
Failed against Santiago here in the first inning on a good sharp breaking curve ball that fooled him.
One ball no strikes.
Roger Maris waits.
They play him straight away and deep.
He always loved to hit in this ball park as a Yankee.
Out of pitch.
And here it is.
Third ball.
Cut the corner at the belt.
And Santiago's curve is not a big one.
It's quick.
And he's been able to hit that corner so far.
One ball one strike.
Runner in scoring position.
Top of the first no score.
The first game of the World Series from Fenway Park, Boston.
On a beautiful afternoon.
Out of signal.
Santiago glances at second.
Petracelli holds Brock close.
And the pitch to Maris.
Fast ball outside.
Ball two.
When Brock is on base, it isn't only what he does before running.
It's the distraction that he affords to the pitcher.
And what he does to the infield.
For example, Petracelli and Adair have been taking turns.
Actually, they've been out of position as a result.
And that's what a fellow like Brock can do to you by getting on base.
Now then you pitch to Roger Maris.
Two balls and a strike.
The glance at second.
Petracelli holding him close.
And Santiago steps back off the rubber.
The breeze, the wind is not any factor today.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch.
And he takes outside and high.
And the count ball three.
Three balls and a strike.
Brock faked as if to make a delayed attempt to steal.
And Gibson was ready to fire.
Gibson the catcher of the red side.
Three balls and a strike.
And here's Schultz coaching at third base for the Cardinals.
He controls the hit or take sign to Maris.
Dick Sissler coaching at first base.
Here's Santiago getting ready.
Brock a lead at second base.
There's the glance back.
And the pitch.
He walked in ball four.
And so the Cardinals candidate for the National League's most valuable player,
who had himself a banner year with 111 runs batted in,
and had a 325 homers, hit 325, Orlando Cepeda comes up to face his friend from Puerto Rico,
but right now baseball enemy, Orlando, digging in.
Stay in state.
Runners are at first and second one out.
Cepeda is a double play possibility because he doesn't get away from the plate well,
and he has good straightaway speed once he gets started.
The reason that he's a double play possibility is because he hits the ball so sharply.
There's the stretch.
From the belt to pitch, it's a fastball inside.
One ball, no strikes.
Runners at first and second.
In the National League, the opposition tried to jam Cepeda.
Fastball's in on his fist.
One ball, no strikes.
Runners at first and second.
Orlando waiting.
Santiago glances back.
Here's the pit.
Inside ball two, McCarver waiting to hit next.
And Santiago having trouble.
We're in the top of the first inning with no score.
Runners are at first and second with one out.
Orlando Cepeda digging in.
Jose Santiago, who had a fine season winning 12, losing 4 for the Red Sox.
Stockley built right-hander.
Two balls and nothing.
Runners at first and second.
Now the signal.
The glance back.
Maris, a long lead at first base.
And the pitch to Cepeda.
Oop, he steps back off the rope.
Brock continues to dance around at second base.
Now Cepeda digs in.
The stretch.
From the belt.
A dare.
Jogging around the pitch.
Swung high-pop file back.
Out of play.
In the stand.
Gibson chases it, but no chance.
The ball into the stands on the first base side.
Saw the count, two balls, and the strike.
With two balls, no strike.
Santiago threw a fastball.
Jams Cepeda with it and he got around late.
The count, two balls, and a strike.
The outfield, deep everywhere.
Cepeda the hitter.
Maris at first base.
Scott doesn't hold him on.
Plays deep.
Brock at second base.
Petraselli and Adair have been doing an excellent job of holding him close.
Two balls, one strike.
There's Petraselli behind Brock.
The pitch.
Swung and he fouled it back to the screen.
He had a good cut.
He was trying to go to the opposite field.
That evens it up.
And so it's two balls, two strikes.
The ball rolls off the screen and back onto the wall.
And the Cardinal bad boy, Jerry, picks it up.
Runners at first and second one away.
Orlando Cepeda the hitter.
The Cardinals trying to break out in front.
Santiago gets set.
The 2-2 pitch.
Here's a big one.
Curveball high and outside.
Barely missed with it.
And the crowd groaned on that one.
Three balls, two strikes.
Cepeda, as the pitch passed the plate, quickly looked back over his shoulder.
I don't think he was too sure which way it would be called.
Three balls, two strikes, and let's see if the runners break.
There's only one out.
Cepeda waiting.
Brock a lead.
Maris is at first.
There's the stretch.
The hesitation.
The whirl and throw to second Brock is back safely.
Hadair took the throw.
Three balls, two strikes.
All year long the Cardinals run in this situation.
And let's see what they'll do on the World Series.
There's only one away.
The danger of running is that should Cepeda strike out, you'd run into the end of the inning perhaps.
But Brock is fast.
Three balls, two strikes.
The stretch.
There go the runners.
A pitch.
Bouncing ball to the third base.
Steps up third for one.
Jones throw to first.
Double play.
Now Cepeda hits to a double play.
From Dalton Jones to George Scott.
And so in the first half of the first inning it's no runs.
One hit.
No errors.
One left for the Cardinals.
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Well here we have a threat for the Cardinals with no score.
Now let's see what the Red Sox will do.
Well Harry, San Diego could have got himself in the jam right there.
He had runners on first and second and one out.
But he got out of it. Let's see what happens to Bob Gibson.
Jerry Adair right handed batter. First pitch he swings and he misses strike one.
Adair hit 273.
Three homers and 35 runs battered in.
Jerry's been around the American League a little bit with Baltimore.
The White Sox now Boston.
The pitch is a fastball low and outside.
Gibson a fastball pitcher.
And a good slider.
There are days when his breaking ball is very, very effective.
Other days he might hang. Here's a pitch on the way.
And it's a fastball high.
Two balls and a strike on Jerry Adair.
Eddie Popowski coaching at third base. Bobby Doerr at first base.
Adair leading off right handed batter. The Cardinals play him straight away.
The wind up the pitch.
He had a good cut and he fouled back to the screen.
Adair had three homers this season.
His biggest year in home runs was 11 with Baltimore in 1962.
Right handed hitter.
Two balls, two strikes to count.
Now Gibson-Wines. Here's the pitch.
Curveball, run away.
The count is full of three and two.
And the Red Sox fans and their legion here today wait in expectancy to pitch.
He struck him out swinging at a high fastball.
He may have chased a bad ball.
Well I guess with a fellow like Bob Gibson he pitches a lot of high fastballs.
And not too many pitchers can get away with that.
But you don't want to take that third strike and Adair went down swinging.
There's one away and here is Dalton Jones who started the inning-inning double play for the Red Sox in the first.
Here's the pitch to the left hand hitter and it's high on outside.
Dalton Jones, a line drive hitter, pops that ball to all fields.
He hit 289. Three homers, 25 runs about it in.
Straddles the plate, Gibson's pitch.
It's a fastball a little bit low and Gibson wasn't happy about that call.
Two balls, no strikes.
One arrow to nobody on and Carl Jastremsky will be up there next.
The Cardinals' strategy if you call it that, two balls, no strikes, the pitch.
He swings later to fastball.
The Cardinals hope to be able to keep Adair and Jones off base so when Jastremsky comes up the bases will be empty.
They figure he's going to get his hits.
Here's the delivery, swung and missed a curve ball.
And the count evens at two balls, two strikes.
So far it's only a few pitches but Gibson is overpowering.
Two balls, two strikes. Jones waits.
The windup, the pitch.
He struck him out swinging.
Dalton Jones goes down swinging.
And listen to the hand and how richly earned for Carl Jastremsky.
What a year. This fella had a career in one season.
Forty-four homers tied in that department with Tom and Killibro.
Here's the windup, the pitch to the left hand hitter.
Fastball a little bit low.
He drove in 121 runs which was tops.
He hit 326, that was tops.
A triple crowd winner and undoubtedly a unanimous MVP.
Here's the pitch.
Curve ball low, he changed up on that one.
Two balls, no strikes, two out.
Bob Gibson is playing the first too many things.
Gibson, you know, holds a World Series strikeout record established in 1964.
Now the sign. Two balls, no strikes.
Jastremsky left handed down to the pitch.
Swings, high pop foul.
Sapeta coming down the line.
Gibson's quality ball ball.
But Gibson let Sapeta take it.
Gibson, you know, is that kind of an athlete.
But Sapeta took the little pop foul and the Red Sox go down in order.
And the score at the end of the first inning.
St. Louis nothing, Boston nothing.
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We're going to the top of the second inning and Tim McArthur will lead it off to the Cardinals who threatened the first but were retired at Santiago.
Forced Orlando Sapeta to bounce into a double play beautifully handled by Dalton Jones, the third base.
He stepped on the bag to force Brock and fired perfectly to Scott to complete the double play.
But now it's the second inning and here's McArthur.
He hit 295 his career high this past season.
He hit 14 home runs his career high this past season.
He drove in 69 runs which was his career high this past season.
Need I tell you, he had his greatest year.
The pitch.
Curveball in there.
Strike call.
Santiago has a fine curveball.
Tim, left handed bat.
Does a little form of calisthenics, loosening up up there.
29. Here's the wind up.
The pitch.
A tap fall.
Two strikes no more.
The outfield.
I guess it's because of this ballpark.
It seems like they play all hitters about the same.
But it looks that way.
I've noticed that in your strumski outing left field they have a little spot that's worn out there.
He plays a little bit more left center I think than most outfielders do in most parts.
But this park is so short that he just gives them that left field line.
Pitch to McCarver.
Slowly lifts and he lost his helmet on that one.
McCarver goes down swinging.
There's a second strike out for his Santiago.
And that'll bring up Mike Shan in the third baseman of the card.
He hit 245 this past year.
He had 12 homers.
Drove in 77 runs.
He's a tremendously popular athlete being St. Louis born and bred.
Here's the wind up in the pitch.
Curveball line.
Left field base in.
Santiago hung that curveball and Shan drilled it like a bullet in the left.
So Shan is on with the Cardinals second hit of the ballgame.
And here is Hooli and Javier.
The Cardinals second baseman who hit 281 this season with 14 homers and 64 runs batted in.
Shan in the first base with one out.
Down Maxville kneeling in the on deck circle.
Now the signal from the stretch.
Little pitch.
Hooli takes curve into the dirt.
Nice play by the catcher, Russ Gibson.
One ball, no strikes.
One out, one on.
No score.
Second inning, first game of the World Series.
Beautiful afternoon.
The temperature must be in the 70s.
Now Hooli gets set.
He has faced Santiago in the Winter Leagues many, many times.
Now the stretch.
A lead by Shannon.
The pitch.
Line drive.
Left center field base hit.
Shannon around second base.
Will he try for third?
Here he comes.
Reggie Smith bubbles the ball.
And Shannon goes sliding in the third base.
Boy, that was some daring on Shannon's part because Reggie Smith has one of the greatest arms in baseball.
And had he not fumbled the ball, I think he would have thrown Mike out by a pretty good margin at third base.
But the Cardinals were gambling and they wind up with runners at first and third and one out.
Harry, I'm kind of sorry to see Reggie Smith fumble that ball because I was telling you last night,
if we get an opportunity, this Reggie Smith has one of the finest arms you'll ever see.
And you said finer than Carl Alfarillo, the old outfielder for the Dodgers right fielder.
I believe he does have Harry.
And he would have had a shot at Mike Shannon in the third base.
This is what this Cardinals have done all year.
They've taken that gamble.
So it's runners at first and third.
Let's watch the Red Sox in field.
They play halfway around short and second.
Down Max Hill to batter.
He hit 227.
Had a lot of timely hits.
Drove in 41 runs.
With one homer that inside the park.
There's stretched up pitch.
Max Hill takes curve outside.
Now Javier has better than average speed.
Very fast at first base.
Shannon's at third base.
The infield, Scott holding the runner on at first.
Dalton Jones is just a step behind the bag at third.
Petracelli and Adair are halfway at short and second.
The outfield's playing with Jastremski towards left center.
A lot of line drives at most ballparks with the extra bases at the left center.
Will be easy outs in this ballpark.
Runners at first and third.
The Cardinals threatening for the second straight inning.
Here's Santiago getting set.
The stretch.
The pitch to Maxville.
Ooh, he undressed him on that one.
There was one right under his chin.
That's what you call a major league brushback.
And Maxville, his helmet went one way.
His bat went another way and his body went still a third.
And I'm glad his body went in the direction it did.
Because that way he avoided the pitch.
So the count.
Two balls, no strikes.
Runners at first and third.
Maxville likes to hit the runner.
Especially with Javier at first base, which he is now.
Shannon's at third.
Two balls, no strikes.
The stretch.
Javier lead.
The pitch.
Curve outside.
And it's ball three.
Now the pitcher, Bob Gibson, will be coming up next.
There's no score in this ballgame.
We're in the top of the second inning.
Runners are at first and third with one out.
Peewee?
Harry, at times like this you've seen it and I've seen it.
Were you a pitch around this fellow here and hoping that you can get to the pitcher and have an easy out,
maybe get two outs and not score, but not with Bob Gibson the next hitter,
because he is a very fine hitting pitcher.
Here's the pitch.
He walked him ball four and the bases are loaded.
So Maxville is drawing the base on balls and Bob Gibson, who has bemoaned the fact,
Peewee, that this has been his fourth season batting in his career.
He has hit home runs in the major leagues.
This season he hit only 133 with just eight hits and 60 times at bat.
A right-handed batter, activity for the Red Sox in their bullpen.
We'll tell you about it in a moment.
Bases loaded, infield back, the pitch to Gibson.
Curve ball high, ball wide.
Lee Stang is warming up in the bullpen out in right center.
The manager of the Red Sox is walking slowly out to talk to Jose Santiago,
Dick Williams, who without any question will be the manager of the year
in the American League and maybe the manager of many a year.
What a job this fellow did.
And while Manager Williams walks out to the mound,
we'll pause 30 seconds for station identification.
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Bob Gibson, low and outside.
Ball two.
This inning started with McCarver striking out.
Shannon lined a single left.
Javier looped a single to center.
Shannon going to third.
Knoxville walked on four straight pitches.
Now Bob Gibson has a count of two balls, no strikes.
Now the wind-up.
Here's Santiago's pitch.
Ground ball, might be a double play.
Jones up.
Throws to second for one.
Over to first base.
A double play.
They turned it over.
Dalton Jones for the second inning of the row.
A double play goes from Jones to Adair to Scott.
And so the Cardinals fail the score.
There's no runs, two hits, no errors, and two left.
And the score at the end of an inning and a half, St. Louis nothing, Boston nothing.
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He was just put on.
He went out and talked to San Diego.
He did that last Saturday.
San Diego was a little high with the ball.
He told them to keep the ball down.
And that's exactly what San Diego did there.
And he got another double play and got out of two tough innings.
Boy, that he did.
And the play on Gibson at first base, I was amazed how close it was.
Gibson, you know, just had a broken leg this summer.
Here's the first pitch swung on by Ken Harrelson, a fly ball to right field.
Roger Maher is there and he has it.
Ken Harrelson, who hit 255 with 12 homers and 54 runs by the end,
went after the first pitch and flat out demands.
That'll bring up George Scott, a popular favorite here.
Listen to the crowd.
Scott hit 303 with 19 homers.
This is WGY, a General Electric Broadcasting Company station.
He's got a total of 82 runs, bad at 303, 19 homers and a great defensive first base.
This fellow's got a short left field fence.
Here's the pitch.
Line drive base hit.
Left center field, Bronco going over.
Here's Scott rounding first, holds up there.
And there's the first red sox hit.
A line single to left center by George Scott.
Bronco Petrocelli, the shortstop.
You have a shortstop that hits 17 homers, you know you have yourself some property.
He drove in 66 runs.
He hit 259 right-handed by the stretch pitch.
He swung and he missed.
He was trying to go to the opposite field.
One strike, no ball.
Petrocelli the hitter, right-handed by the.
Scott the runner at first.
Listen to the red sox fans at all staccato of law.
The pitch.
Here it is.
He swung and he missed, strike two.
Petrocelli had a good cut that time.
We're in the second inning.
No score.
With one on up Scott is single to left center.
Petrocelli is the batter.
That was the first hit for the red sox.
Now the stretch.
The pitch high.
And the red sox has plenty of smoke.
You know Dalton Jones playing in his first World Series has already tied a World Series record by starting two double plays in a game.
That's a record for a third baseman.
Sometimes it doesn't take you long to get into that record book in World Series competition.
Some great stars never even played in a World Series.
One out or one on first.
Petrocelli.
Two strikes and a ball.
Gibson's fifth.
He struck him out swinging.
And there's the third strike.
Reggie Smith to center field.
He stole 17 bases.
He hit 246.
He had 15 homers.
61 runs batted in.
Switch hitter.
Batting left handed against Bob Gibson.
I see Flood is playing him towards left field.
They don't play him to full.
In fact Flood is looking towards Roger Maris for guidance.
As he moves towards left field out of his center field position.
Reggie swings and misses a fastball.
Had a good cut.
Or they say this youngster has a tremendous future.
It's his first full year and it's a good one.
He'll hit much higher than 246 before he's through.
Great speed.
Wonderful arm as we've discussed.
The stretch pitch.
There goes the runner.
Swung.
Bouncing foul.
Past Bobby Doerr.
Into the Red Sox.
Dugout or Dick Williams.
Grab that ball.
So two strikes and nothing on Reggie Smith.
George Scott the runner at first base.
You know Scott for a big fella can run.
He stole 11 bases.
The stretch.
He has the lead.
The pitch.
Right foul.
Into the stands on the roof in left field.
He got around lane on that one a few weeks.
They know what they're doing out there.
Reggie Smith, he's a few times that I've seen him this year.
He's liable to hit the ball anywhere.
Of course Bob Gibson's real good fastball.
He's more apt to hit it off over in the left field.
But if he throws him a curveball, gets it down in a little bit on him, he's more apt to pull it.
Two strikes is the count on Reggie Smith.
Scott a lead so Peta holding him on.
The pitch.
Fastball outside.
And the count.
Two strikes on the wall.
I don't believe that was a pitch out although it was in a pitch out position.
We're in the second inning.
No score.
The Red Sox have just had their first hit.
The Cardinals have had three hits so far.
Threatened twice but failed to come across.
Throw to first, runner back.
Peta returns the ball to Bob Gibson.
Bottom half of the second inning, no score.
Gibson takes his cap off, wipes his face.
It's warm down on that field.
Now time is gone.
Let's see.
Anyway I wonder if they're getting an admission price out of those fans who are draped around that sign out in center field outside the ballpark.
Well of course a lot of part of this season they've been up there.
We even had a couple of them on the scoreboard out in right field.
Of course they finally chased them off because it's right inside of the ballpark.
But they've been trying to get into this ballpark and of course it's standing room only.
And that's a nice place to be out there.
You know we have a delay now because one of the fans is on the top of a green monster right next to the foul pole.
And they're trying to get him down.
So with a small ballpark here at Fenway, fans are using every devious means of witnessing this spectacle.
Even to the point of taking their life in jeopardy as it were by hanging off signs that are extended some 100 feet above the ground.
Reggie Smith is the hitter.
Two strikes and a ball to count.
We're in the bottom of the second no score.
The runner at first base, George Scott.
Gibson's pitch.
Here it is.
Swung and high pop foul back and Pee Wee Reese I thought might have a put out but over his head and onto the roof.
What's your record this year on foul ball?
I've been dunking him all this year.
What's your record with that little basket of yours?
That never mind it was in a slump all season long.
I think it caught fire this year.
Here's the stretch.
Me and the pitch.
There goes the runner.
Swung and he struck him out.
Reggie Smith becomes the fourth strikeout victim.
For Bob Gibson who was fan too in each of the first two innings.
No runs, one hit.
No errors, one length.
The score at the end of it.
The second inning.
St. Louis nothing.
Boston nothing.
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We go into the tap of the third.
No score.
Anyway I'm wondering if this is one of those ball games where one team keeps knocking at the door and never quite arrives.
And then the other team suddenly slips in and it's all over.
Well both these clubs Harry they have they have pretty good power.
And of course there are two pretty good pitchers working out there right now.
San Diego if he can keep the ball down as you noticed a while ago he does not have a big curve ball.
But he has a real quick breaking slider.
He keeps the ball down he's pretty tough.
And of course everybody knows that Bob Gibson's tough.
So it could be a low scoring ball game but maybe they're kind of fencing here just feeling each other out.
We go to the top of the third and as we do it'll be the top of the batting order again for the Cardinals.
The Redbirds by the way have won the series opener only twice in 1934 and in 1964.
They lost their opening game in World Series competition eight times.
Now the Cardinals have won more World Series seven in ten tries than any major league club except the Yankees who won 20 out of 29.
Here's Little Brock.
He opened the ball game with a base hit and stole second but did not score in that first inning.
We're in the top of the third, San Diego's first pitch. Brock swings.
High fly ball, deep left field.
If it stays there let's see.
It is a foul ball into the left field corner.
Little Brock aiming for that fence.
You know Peewee he has hit home runs into our left field stands in St. Louis which is a much deeper poke than here in Boston.
Yes it is.
I've seen Little.
I've seen the Cardinals a couple of times this year and I saw him hit two tremendous home runs in right center too.
This fellow who is not too big has good power and as we've said so often he is not the type of fellow that will only beat you with his bat or with his glove.
He can beat you on that base with just a base on ball.
The pitch to him.
Swat line drive and he says Little Brock.
Line's a single in the center field.
So he's been the bat twice.
He's single twice.
He's batting at a thousand.
During the season he had 206 hits.
Roberto Clemente led the league in total hits.
Last night Mr. Harry Carey was making prediction on the series.
He said my prediction to be the star of this World Series will be none other than Lou Brock.
Two for two so far.
Not bad Harry.
Well it's a long way to go in this series but he's got so many things to star with.
Lou Brock the throw over to first base by Santiago but he's back there.
Again he throws it might be close and he is saved.
He had a dive back at first this time.
He almost got him leaning the wrong way.
The Cardinals now have had four hits in this ball game.
Kirk Flaud who was out on strikes his first time up as the hitter.
A lead by Brock.
Santiago ready.
The pitch inside and high.
I noticed Santiago pitch Flaud inside his first time at bat.
Got him on a curve ball over the inside part of the play.
And this pitch to him was inside again.
Here's Brock taking a lead.
He stole second in the first inning.
Here's the first.
A single by Brock and a walk to Maris in the first before Sepeda hit into a double play.
Then the inning, they had singles by Shannon and Javier and a walk to Maxville in the second before Gibson hit into a double play.
And now they've got Brock at third and Flaud at second.
Five hits for the Redbirds.
We're in the third inning.
The infield is playing back.
Runners at second and third nobody up.
Santiago gets set as Roger Maris waits the pitch.
He had a good cut and he fouled back to the screen.
Strike one.
One strike and no ball.
Little Brock at third base.
Kurt Flaud at second base.
Nobody out.
The infield playing back and feeding the run for the out.
Roger Maris digging in.
Here's the pitch.
He had a good cut again and fouled it back.
Boy, he just had two real rips.
This inning started with little Brock lining a single in the center field.
Then Kurt Flaud ripped a low line drive into the left field corner for a double Brock racing the third.
That's where he is now.
Roger Maris with a counter strike two.
Now the signal.
Santiago's pitch.
And here it is.
Swings and he fouls tips.
Curve ball.
They like to throw Maris off speed pitchings.
Here it is.
Swings and he fouls tips.
Curve ball.
They like to throw Maris off speed pitchings, especially when they get in front of him.
Roger Maris.
Veteran right fielder.
The only man who ever hit more home runs than Babe Ruth.
Cardinals threatening for the third straight inning.
Now Santiago gets set.
The wind up, the pit.
Inside fastball.
The crowd groans as they thought it might have caught the inside corner.
A gutting pitch by Santiago that time.
He tried to jam him with the fastball and almost caught that inside corner.
Lee Stang is working out on the bullpen for the red side.
Two strikes and a ball on Roger Maris.
Sepeda will be next.
Now the wind.
Little pitch.
Foul tipped.
Barely got a piece of the ball.
And Santiago has done a tremendous job when the pressure has been on.
He got Sepeda to hit into a double play in the first.
He got Gibson to roll into a double play in the second.
And he is really battling Roger Maris here in the third.
Runners at second and third and nobody else.
No score.
Now the signal.
Here is the wind up.
The pitch to Maris.
Smash on the ground.
The run will score.
Scott up with the ball.
Steps on the bag.
And Flood advances to third.
Roger Maris drives in the first run of the 1967 World Series.
A hot shot on the ground to Scott.
Who failed with the ball.
Stepped on the bag and assisted.
Brock crossing the plate.
Flood advancing to third.
And now here is Sepeda with the infield coming in.
Orlando hitting into a double play as I mentioned in the first.
The big man of the Cardinal, Leto.
Here is the pitch by Santiago.
Popped out.
Foul territory.
Dalton Jones has got to play.
Makes the count.
Sepeda on the first pitch.
Dalton Jones.
And Santiago got a big man out.
And now with two away, the infield can play a normal position as Tim McCarver comes to the play.
Santiago has had the number of his countryman, Orlando Sepeda, the first two times at bat.
Each time we have been in scoring position.
He got him hitting into a double play and he got him to pop up with a runner at third.
Now there is two out and here is McCarver.
He fanned his first time up.
Left handed hitter, the pitch.
Curve up beauty at that outside corner to the end.
One strike and no ball.
Jim Pack ballpark in Boston.
First game of the World Series, the Cardinals are out in front one to nothing.
Now Santiago is set.
Here is the pitch.
Outside.
That evens it.
A ball and a strike.
Flood was way down the third base line and Gibson the catcher took a look at him.
Tim McCarver.
Left handed batter.
Cardinal catcher.
Drove in 69 runs during the season.
Here is the pitch.
Barely missed the outside corner.
McCarver wants a squeeze of that rising bat.
In the 1964 World Series in the pivotal, pivotal fifth game after Tommy Tresch with two out and a man on in the bottom of the ninth that hit a homer to tie up Gibson 2-2.
It was McCarver in the tenth who hit the three run homer to win the ball game 5-2.
And of course that was perhaps the key game of the series.
Here is the pitch.
High.
A fastball ball three.
Three balls and a strike.
Shannon will be up there next.
McCarver takes a look at Joe Schultz coaching third.
For the hit or take.
With a count three balls one strike.
Time is called.
Just as San Diego started his windup.
One to nothing St. Louis.
Top of the third.
The Redbirds have had five hits.
The Red Sox have had one.
Here is the pitch.
Ball four.
He walked him.
There is the third pass given up by Santiago.
He has certainly been in a lot of trouble Peeway and still trails only one to nothing.
Yes he certainly has.
He hasn't had his real good control.
Of course the ball club like the Cardinals you have to pitch him a little bit carefully.
I believe that he did not want McCarver to hit that pitch.
He wanted to pitch around him and pitch to Mike Shannon.
Of course Shannon has one for one today.
But I believe he would rather pitch to Shannon he had McCarver.
Alright here is Mike Shannon.
Runners at first and third.
Two out.
Cardinals lead one to nothing.
They will pitch.
Popped it up on the infield.
He pulled him with a curve ball.
And Adair will field this one.
Peta.
Shannon pops it.
What a.
Two hits.
No errors.
Two left.
And the score at the end of two and a half innings is now Saint Louis one.
Boston nothing.
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Well so far it's been Bob Gibson and the Cardinals.
The San Luis Cardinals have one run on five hits.
The Boston Club has not done too much with Gibson.
They have no runs on one hit.
The first hitter for the Boston Red Sox will be the catcher Russ Gibson.
Harry Carey.
Alright Pee Wee Gibson who hit two or three with one homer.
Fifteen runs about it in during the season.
He is not known as much for his hitting as for his defensive ability behind the plate.
But these are the kind of fellows sometimes who are the stars in the World Series.
There's a curve ball swung on and missed.
Gibson is fan four.
He's allowed one hit.
He hasn't walked anybody.
He leads one to nothing.
We're in the bottom of the third.
Out of it.
He swings at a curve and he misses it.
Two strikes.
No ball.
Russ Gibson.
He's been in the Red Sox organization.
Up and down.
Here's the pitch.
Curve ball outside.
Been with the Red Sox since 1957.
Last year he was at Toronto.
Out of pitch to him.
He struck him out.
And now Russ Gibson becomes Gibson's.
Russ Gibson becomes Bob Gibson's fifth strikeout victim.
In fact, that's three strikeouts in a row for Gibson.
After Scott Singleton was second, he fanned Cutto Selle and Reggie Smith.
Now he opens a third striking out Russ Gibson.
Here's Jose Santiago.
Right handed batter.
He had eight hits during the season.
One home run.
The pitch.
I call the fastball.
Drove in three runs.
He hit 190.
Right handed batter as he is a right handed pitcher.
One out.
Nobody on base.
We're in the third.
Here's the pitch.
Foul back to the screen.
And Gibson is out in front of Santiago.
Two strikes.
No ball.
Gibson who has fanned five already.
The last three in succession.
And he's ahead of Santiago.
Two strikes.
No balls.
Cardinals leading the third one to nothing.
Now the line.
The pitch.
Swung late foul back.
Into the press box.
Almost got Bob Addy.
The Washington sports writer and Neil Russo of the St. Louis Post is back.
They didn't show me too much courage on that one, Peewee.
Don't blame him.
Discretion is a better part of valor anyhow.
Here's the pitch swung.
There's a fly.
Foul back.
It might be out of here.
It's Peewee.
And there's a full run.
Jose Santiago brings this crowd roaring to its feet with a home run to the screen left
center.
With a count of two strikes and no balls.
And Bob Gibson is a little put on in himself.
Here now is Jerry Adair.
The pitch.
Swung foul back.
Out of play.
Anybody who swings that bat is dangerous.
And Santiago just broke off.
He was in the hole two strikes and nothing.
He's the pitcher.
Gibson hung a slider and he hit it on the screen.
Here's the pitch.
Adair takes a curve.
Spike two.
This game is tied.
The Red Sox with one swing of Santiago's bat.
Now equalized.
Here's a pitch low.
What the Cardinals have done with five hits and three walks.
So the Cardinals have had eight men on base and have scored one run.
And Santiago the pitcher swung his bat once and tied it up.
Jerry Adair.
Here's the pitch.
He struck him out swinging.
The sixth strikeout for Bob Gibson.
Here's Dalton Jones who panned his first time up.
Jose Santiago.
Well, I wonder how many pitchers have hit home runs in World Series.
I know there's quite a few, but nevertheless it's a most honorable distinction for a pitcher who remembers a base hit at any time.
A home run in the World Series.
Jose will be talking about that one for the rest of his life.
Here's the pitch to Dalton Jones.
Swung and foul bat.
One strike, no ball.
I imagine Bob Gibson will be talking about it too with no balls and two strikes on him.
He does not make that mistake too often, especially to a pitcher.
He probably got a little careless.
One strike, no balls.
The pitch, and it's a little bit low.
Mundt Kat Grant of the Twins was the last pitcher to hit a home run in the World Series back in two years ago, 1965.
Now the wind, the pitch.
Howled it back to the screen.
Two strikes and a ball on left-hand hitting Dalton Jones.
Bob Gibson, who is fan six, he's allowed two hits, but one of them a home run by Jose Santiago.
Now the signal.
Waiting.
Here's the pitch.
Broken bat, pop fly, got a chance to drop.
Here's Javier going out.
Cepeda goes out and Orlando makes the catch.
Cepeda ran down the right field line and grabbed Dalton Jones, pop fly.
So it is one run, one hit.
No errors, nobody left.
And the score at the end of the three innings.
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Brand new ballgame, P.W.E.W.E. going to the top of the fourth.
All tied up, 1-1.
And Houli and Javier, who singled his first time up, will lead it off to the cut.
The pitcher, Santiago, with two strikes, no balls, homered to the left center field screen.
The pitch to Houli, strong, ground ball.
Up the middle, in the center, face in, cut the silly dough for the ball but couldn't reach it.
So Javier, like Brock, now has had two hits.
This is the third time, the third inning out of the four play that the Cardinals lead off, man, has hit safely.
Here's down Maxville.
Now here's a situation where Maxville likes to hit and run.
With Javier on at first base and nobody out.
The pitcher, Bob Gibson, will be up there next.
Let's see how the Cardinals play it here.
How the air lead is stretched by Santiago.
Here's the pitch.
Swung, trying to hit the right and fouled back and out of play.
One strike, no ball.
Beautiful afternoon at Fenway Park in Boston.
A capacity crowd, of course.
Seeing a good ballgame, tied up 1-1.
Bob Gibson against Santiago, Jim Lombard will pitch tomorrow for the Red Sox against Dick Hughes for the Cardinals.
Throw in at first, the runner back.
Javier, good speed as I believe I mentioned before.
Maxville likes to hit the ball to the opposite field.
The stretch, the pitch, curve ball low.
So it's a ball and a strike on the right hand hitting shot stop for the Cardinals, down Maxville.
Who has a degree in electrical engineering from Washington University.
Now the sign.
Javier, by go.
There he goes.
The pitch swung a high bouncing ball towards second.
I dares only play us to first base and he gets them.
But Javier has advanced to second base.
Maxville, with the hit run on, bounced a high chopper over the pitcher's head.
A dares only play was to first base and then he just barely got Maxville and there's one away.
Bob Gibson steps up.
He hit with a double play with the bases loved in the second.
The Cardinals now had six hits.
Scored one run.
They've had runners at first and second with one out and failed to score.
At the bases loaded with one out failed to score.
Here's a pitch to Gibson, swung hard in this.
Had runners at second and third with nobody out in the third and got only one run.
So they've had a lot of opportunities.
Bob Gibson for a pitcher not a bad hitter.
Javier a long lead at second base.
Here's the pitch.
Gibson swings and pulls it far.
Jesse Bush, the owner of the Cardinals, almost grabbed that one.
Right in front of him.
Two strikes and nothing on Gibson.
Santiago, a big number 30 on the back of his uniform.
Gibson's number is 45.
Cardinals have their names across the back of their shirts.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch to Gibson.
Lowe almost threw it away.
Nice stop by Russ Gibson.
A runner at second base.
There's one out.
Lou Brock will be coming up next.
Brock has had successive singles two times in bat.
He's had a stolen base.
He has scored the only run.
Bob Gibson in the hole.
Now to glance back.
Hoolie a lead.
The pitch.
Curved strike for Gibson.
Gibson has called out on strike.
Well I tell you there was some difference between the pitch
Santiago made to Gibson with two strikes and the pitch Gibson made to
Santiago with two strikes.
I was just thinking that area on the first pitch when he hit no balls
and two strikes on Bob Gibson.
Santiago threw that curve ball low and almost threw it away.
And I'm now guessing two balls and two strikes and one ball.
He really does break off a real good curved ball and caught him looking.
All right here's Lou Brock.
Each of his other two times at bat he was leading off the inning.
This time he comes up with two out on a man in scoring position.
Left handed batter waits.
Here's Santiago's pitch.
It's a curve ball outside ball one.
Brock is the type of hitter that you really cannot defense.
By that I mean you can't play him to pull.
You can't play him to hit to the opposite field.
You can't play him straight away because he hits the ball everywhere.
He can hit home runs down the left field line as well as down the right field line.
His power alleys are left center and right center.
He can bounce.
He gets a good hitter.
Left handed batter waits.
One ball no strikes.
Now the signal.
Santiago is fifth.
And here it is.
Ground ball on the third base line.
Oh, why about a foot?
And the crowd drones on that one because that one looked like it might stand there and go into the corner.
And the count is one ball, one strike.
Two men are out.
We're in the fourth.
Blue rocks about it.
Brock hits 299 during the regular season.
Had 21 homers.
Left hand batter waits.
Now Santiago gets set.
Javier Lee the second base.
From the belt, the fifth.
Low outside.
Two balls and a strike.
Santiago on this time at bat on Brock is really moving the ball around.
First inside and outside.
And everything's been low to him.
Two balls and the strike.
The game is tied.
We're in the fourth.
Santiago glances back at Javier and pitches.
Ground ball headed for left field.
Javier out third.
He's got a chance to score.
Yosemite throws.
He is out at the face.
Fantastic throw.
Oh, Yosemite charged the base hit like an infielder.
Ticks the ball up on the lung.
Fire to strike all the way on the fly to get some and throw out Javier trying to score.
And it's no left.
No hit.
No air.
One left.
What a ball player.
And the score at the end, a three and a half innings remain.
The Cardinals won and Boston won.
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It's the first pitch of one hop to Javier, who throws them out at first base,
and there's one drawn here on the bottom of the fourth.
Here we have only a professor who's been true at all and been down on the field
and in that gray and white uniform in these kind of games,
I guess could really appreciate all of the fans did to the ability necessary
to make the kind of a throw that Jaspensky did.
And I know you want to comment on it, but first, here is Ken Harrelson
taking a curveball for his first pitch.
Well, I've seen Jaspensky do that so many times this year.
He'll go out to his right and make a rifle throw to second base.
He really did charge that ball.
And it's remarkable how well he throws it now.
That play was a tough bounce when he picked the ball up, Harry,
but he came up throwing and threw a strike to the catcher.
Ruck gets it at home.
All right, here's a pitch to Harrelson at the curveball hop.
Throw it as two balls and a strike.
One out.
Jaspensky charging that ground ball single to the left like an infielder might.
At full speed, picking it up and firing all in one motion.
And what a strike they had Javier at the plate quite obviously.
Here's a pitch to Harrelson.
Come on, pop up.
Right center.
Javier backing out.
Marist coming in.
Flood calls for the ball and makes the catch.
Harrelson popped the flood in short right center.
Here's George Scott who got the first hit.
You know, the Cardinals have had seven hits and three bases on balls already
and four innings that have scored only one run.
It's almost unbelievable.
Here's Scott.
And here's the pitch.
Strong and he filed it back and boy, he ought to cut it that one.
One strike, no ball.
Peewee, how can you have ten men on base and four innings and score only one?
That's what I was thinking.
Seems like this score should be about five to one in favor of the Cardinals.
But here it is, one and one with about a half to fourth inning.
They say that's the way the Red Sox have played them all day long.
Here's the fastball to Marist.
Two strikes, no ball.
Two men around, nobody on base.
Game tied, one-one.
A lot of action in this one.
Here's the pitch.
Boom, filed back.
End of the press-by.
The, uh, think of Weston Union man wound up with that one.
Two strikes, no ball.
George Scott the hitter.
Gibson getting ready.
In the excitement of the play at the plate, here's the pitch.
Almost tasted, held up in time.
Two strikes and a ball.
In the excitement of the play at the plate, my candidate for star of the series,
Lou Brock out of his third hit, here's the pitch.
High and inside.
Two balls, two strikes.
Brock has had three hits in a row.
You can really pick them there.
Two away.
Right-handed batter digging in.
George Scott.
Gibson's pitch.
Here it is and it's a fastball low.
Ball three.
Rico Cutlesselli will be next.
Scott has a short left field porch here at this ball park,
but he hits the ball more to left center and straightaway center field.
He has great power.
Three balls, two strikes.
Here's the fifth.
Line drive, big left field, way back is Brock.
Off the fence.
Here goes Scott around first, finds a second to throw.
He is paved with a double.
George Scott lines a double off the left center field wall.
You don't see where there is an example.
Everybody talks about how sharp that fence is, which it is,
but there are a lot of balls hit to left center,
line drives, and another porch with travel for home runs.
They only hit that wall and go for either singles or doubles.
That's still true, Harry, because a lot of times it's not easy to hit a home run in this ball park
unless you hit a high drive or high high ball
because it will still catch part of that wall that must be at least 60 feet high.
Rico Petrocelli swings at the first pitch and there's a fastball up around his Adam's apple.
One strike and no ball.
Two outs.
The Red Sox have had only three hits, but they've played long balls.
A home run by Santiago and a long double by George Scott.
Here's the fifth.
He swings at a curve.
He tried to stop.
He had chased it.
And Gibson's ahead of him.
Two strikes, no ball.
The game's tied. We're in the bottom of the fourth.
Rico Petrocelli with a count of two strikes, no balls.
A pitch.
He struck him out swinging.
That seven strikeout for Gibson.
No runs.
One hit.
No errors.
One left.
And the score now at the end of four innings remains.
The Boston Red Sox won the St. Louis Cardinals one.
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This is Howie Cowley with Pee Wee Leach.
We're going into the top of the fifth of an exciting ball game.
All tied up one-one and here's Kurt Fluss.
He's banned in the first.
He doubled in the third.
Santiago's first pitch of the fifth.
Fluss.
Line drive in the left field.
You're going back.
Leach, that's a pass.
Holy cow, what a play.
Well, I tell you, they say that a lot of fellas said, well, this guy has such a superhuman ear,
you couldn't expect him to continue it on the world's earth.
Well, I got news for you.
He's still doing it.
Here it is.
Roger Maris, one-out for fifth.
Curveball inside.
Flood was robbed of a double.
Just then he went back.
Leach high in the air and made a spectacular backhanded pass.
The fifth for Maris.
Popped up.
Shot right field.
Might drop.
Everybody chasing it.
Space hit.
Maris dropped the single between Adair, Smith, and Howelson.
And that'll bring up Cepeda with a runner at first and one out.
That is now eight hits for the Cardinals, not counting one that Flood was robbed of a moment ago.
Yes, Semsky has been the defensive wizard.
If there's such a thing as Superman and baseball, the Red Sox left fielder's got to be it.
Here's Cepeda. He failed twice with men on base.
And let's see if Santiago goes to the well once too often against him.
Go pitch.
Curveball low.
One ball, no strikes.
What a game this is.
See, wait.
A guy hit the ball like Flood and just an A-B.
Just an out.
Then you bloop one like Maris when you get a base hit.
Here's the pitch.
Pop straight up.
On the infield.
Guard Scott into the ball.
He's got it.
I'll bet you right now Cepeda is glad that Santiago's in the American League.
Because his countrymen certainly has handled him well so far.
It looks to me like Orlando's Cepeda will get a free meal from Jose Santiago tonight.
Because he's got a couple of base hits, of course this ballgame is nowhere, but he's handled him pretty easily so far.
Here's McCarver with Maris at first base and two outs.
The Cardinals will hit Santiago.
I know they'll have a lot of opportunities.
A fine play by Yastremski with a perfect throw to the plate kept him from scoring in the fourth.
And a remarkable catch by Yastremski in this inning.
I stopped him in the fifth.
Now McCarver's up there.
They're up there.
Wings and he fouls fifth.
McCarver hasn't had a real good cut at Santiago's.
He hasn't quite zeroed him in.
Might be one of the few times he has faced him.
Santiago's a member of the Kansas City Club.
Faced the Cardinals in their wing training in Florida.
Here's the stretch.
And the fifth.
A fastball outside.
That evens it.
A ball and a strike.
Maris at first base, two men are away.
We're in the fifth.
The crowd's still buzzing a little bit about Yastremski's last piece.
A remarkable leaping backhand of staff.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch.
Foul back.
Just above us, onto the roof.
Now McCarver is in the hole, two strikes and a ball.
Shannon will be up there next.
We're in the fifth.
A lot of things have happened, but the score is one and one.
And Santiago hit the home run for that run, for the Red Sox.
Meanwhile, the Cardinals have had base runners all over the place.
Now the signal given.
From the belt.
No fish.
Popped up.
That'll be an easy out.
Hits from the catcher off at the mask, getting under the ball and he takes it.
McCarver fouls.
No runs, one hit.
No errors, one miss.
At the end of four and a half innings, the score is single and one miss.
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Runge Schmitt leads it off.
Knockout seven.
It's a good game to be honest and now Mariss comes over.
Mariss makes the gap.
They almost collide.
Mariss crossed in front of a flood.
They banged each other.
the right fielder's eyes, but it'll get a little worse as the game progresses.
Gibson, Russ Gibson, right-handed batter will be the hitter here.
Ball game and a fifth tied up 1-1.
I tell you, these first five innings have had a lot of action, although the score is only 1-1.
They tell me, Yatsremski, here's the pitch and there's a strike ball.
They say Yatsremski could run for mayor. I think he could run for governor.
In this state, here's the pitch. High pop ball back. Two strikes, no ball.
Happy to see it for the youngster, Peely. He's a wonderful lad. And he had a couple of years when things were a little tough for him around here.
But he rallied like the thoroughbred and he's had a tremendous season. Here's the pitch. High.
Russ Gibson, who hit 2-0-3 during the regular season, he had one homer.
Or day, Santiago had one homer during the regular season and now he has hit one in the World Series.
Here's the pitch. He almost chased it. Stopped in time.
The count evens up. Two balls, two strikes.
Ready to hear the hand that Santiago probably will get when he comes up next. Here's the pitch.
He struck him out. The eighth strikeout for Gibson.
There's two outs. Listen to the hand for Jose Santiago.
A homer with a count of two strikes and no balls in the third.
Right-handed batter. Here's the pitch. There's the strike call.
Santiago with eight hits during the regular season. One of them a homer.
Down to fifth. He had a good cut.
I tell you, he's no joker about that.
Whenever you swing a bat like that, you're liable to hit a homer. He had a cut.
Two strikes, no balls. Two outs, nobody on. Gibson fifth.
He's always got a curveball striking out. So that's nine strikeouts for Gibson in five innings.
And one, two, three. No runs, no hits, no errors. Nobody left. At the end of five, the Cardinals won Boston one.
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Harry Carrier, Sunway Park. We're going to the top of the 6th with the score all tied up. Boston 1, St. Louis 1.
And now here to tell you all about it is Pee Wee Reese.
Okay, Harry, thank you very much and a fine job. A job well done with the top half of the 6th and the first hitter for the Cardinals will be Mike Shannon.
Let's see what he's done today. Shannon.
He's won for two. Got a base hit his first time up in the second inning.
Jose Santiago all the way for the Boston Red Sox. All hit hard as the base hit out of the center field.
Reggie Smith, the center fielder, down on one knee, picks that ball up, and Shannon makes the turn at first base back in there.
So these Cardinals, I'm telling you, they've done a little bit of everything today. They have one run on nine hits.
They scored one run in the third inning. The Boston ball club tied it up.
They have one run on three hits in the third inning on Jose Santiago's home run. Yes, sir, of all people.
The pitcher, Bob Gibson, made a bad pitch to him with 0-2 count on him, and he put it up in that screen out over this big green wall in left field.
The hitter now is the Daniel Little second baseman, Javier, and what a year he had. He's two for two today.
He has good speed, hard to double this man up. Mike Jenner in his first base. Watch him. They like to run this ball club.
A curve ball in there for Carl Strike one.
This Cardinal ball club is called the Chicago White Sox with power. They like to run, and they do.
If you throw them out, it doesn't bother them. They'll come back running again.
The score is one and one, though. The Red Sox are right in there.
A fellow in the left field, the name of Yostremski, made a couple of great plays.
Threw a runner out at home. As Harry told you, charged the ball like a short stop, which he was at one time.
Out here, because he was just kind of flat, the ball in the right field. He did not have too good of a cut.
The count now is Owen Hughes. No balls and two strikes on Javier.
Javier is a threat, a home run threat on this ball park. Any hanging, breaking ball, he'll hit on that screen.
He's had quite a year. Yes, he has.
Javier will be followed by the short stop, Darrell Maxwell, and then the pitcher, Bob Gibson.
Don Diego takes a look at ten, and a curveball way outside makes the count one ball and two strikes on Javier.
If the count gets two to two, two and two, be careful.
Okay, May Sunday. Don Diego taking a little time.
Javier checking with his coach, Joe Schultz, at third base.
Javier has a closed stance. His front foot is laying, his front foot is back. Back foot is way back rather.
Little tap is fouled, and a third base line, and a count remains. One ball and two strikes.
Pee-wee Lee Stang is up on the bullpen for the Red Sox again. It's about the third time that he's gotten up out there.
Tires are now here. One ball, two strikes on Javier, the second baseman. He has two for two today.
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That ball high on inside makes the count two and two.
Well, let's see if they'll send him now with a count of two balls and two strikes.
There's no one away, and the score here, Cardinals one and the Boston Red Sox one.
The Cardinals have nine hits, and the Red Sox only have three.
But one of them was a big one by the pitcher, a home run, Jose Santiago.
Two and two is the count on Javier.
Santiago looks to over his fan, and he did not go with a foul-tip.
These same two teams will be right back here tomorrow.
So, we certainly hope that you fans should be with us.
Harry Carey and Ira Pee-wee Reese will be bringing you to tomorrow's game, the second game of the World Series, right here at Fenway Park.
Certainly hope that you're enjoying the game today.
I know one thing is a big thrill for me.
Here comes the count of Javier. No one away. Runner on first base, Mike Shannon.
Santiago comes second.
The ball gets away from the pitcher, and here comes the runner, Shannon, diving in there.
Yeah, head first dive like the old pepper martin of the Cardinals.
No play, but Gibson as the ball gets away from him.
And it was a pass ball on the catcher, Gibson.
Well, the count's three balls and two strikes on Javier, who can handle that back.
No one away. Let's see if he tries to hit that ball on the ground to the right, and gets the run of the third base.
So, the fly ball will score it.
The next hitter will be Dow Maxwell.
Not too big of a lead by Shannon down in second base.
Let's see if he comes up a couple of steps. There's a tap foul down the third baseline.
They're playing Javier straight away.
The right fielder, Ken Harrelson, he's playing in a few steps.
Jastrzynski in that familiar spot of his out there in left field, straight away on practically every hitter.
He can move. Jastrzynski, I'm talking about, quite a ball player.
Does not have a hit in this game, but made a couple of great plays.
A three and two pitch by Santiago. He's stuck it up!
That's the fourth strikeout for big number 30, Santiago, as Javier goes down swinging.
Brings up the shortstop, Dow Maxwell.
He has grounded out twice. He's 0 for 2.
During the season, he walked once and grounded out. He's 0 for 1 today.
On the season, he batted 227.
But Herrig, who has seen this young fella all year, said he's gotten some important hits.
Like Shannon down at second base, the curve ball.
Looks to me like Santiago has kind of settled down a little bit.
He's gotten a couple of jams of first two innings of this ball game and pitched out of them.
The score is 1-1.
If Harlow scored 1 in the third, so did the Boston Red Sox.
When the top half is fixed hitting, Santiago looks back at Shannon at second base who's dancing a little bit.
That on curve ball has popped up and Gibson, the catcher, should have a shot.
And here comes George Scott, look out!
George Scott, Gibson, took the ball. The catcher, George Scott, ran right by.
And I'm telling you, that's a lot of beef.
George Scott, they call him Tater.
I imagine maybe Russ Gibson has trouble with the ball.
Because it's quite obvious in his territory, Scott had a run about 90 feet from his position.
And boy, he was really motoring.
Harry, I'm glad you noticed that because we were doing a game here the other day and Gibson lost two balls.
Or two pop-ups the same way and George Scott caught one of them and couldn't get to the other one.
So he had a little trouble picking the ball up here and the sun is very bright.
The high fly out to the left field, Yoskintsev, shading his eyes, he's going to hit the ball and take it for out number three.
That ball for the Cardinals here in the top half is fixed hitting.
No one wants to hit no one as the one man left on base who has to foul and a half and he's a play.
It's a table of Cardinals one and the Boston Red Sox one.
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I'm here at the sixth inning here at Fenway Park.
Hey Kerry and I'm Pee Wee Reese bringing you the first game of the World Series.
Kerry it's quite a thriller.
Yes and the Red Sox have a top of their batting order coming up Pee Wee with Jerry Adair stuffing in the bottom box right now.
Adair he has struck out twice.
Bob Gibson ball hit down to the third base but Mike Schenna makes a great play.
What a play he made.
That ball was right over the bag.
A short hop in between her and he came up with it.
Made a sad on toss to Orlando Savator getting Jerry Adair.
Didn't look to me like Pepper Martin on that one.
I tell you that young man deserves a lot of credit Pee Wee.
He's become quite a third baseman.
Never played the position before in his life.
Dalton Jones takes the first pitch all one.
Dalton Jones struck out and popped up.
He's all for two.
A fast ball and a dandy in there.
A call strike one. One ball and one strike.
The score here one run for the Cardinals nine hits.
Boston one run on three hits.
We're in the bottom half of the sixth inning of the Red Sox.
Trying to go ahead of the Cardinals.
We've had everything to happen in this game.
Some real fine plays.
Little hitting good pitching.
Two balls one strike on Dalton Jones.
Here's a fellow that looked real sharp for the Red Sox all other part of the season.
A good hitter. They say they have a trouble finding a spot for under play.
That pitch is outside.
Dalton Jones will be followed by Carl Yostrowski.
Ball right back to the middle of the base hit.
Making the turn at first base.
Dalton Jones up with the ball out in center field.
Well you can hear the ball coming in.
Dalton Jones is in the middle of the base hit.
He's got a good shot.
Ball out in center field.
Well you can hear the old baseman.
And he deserved it.
Carl Yostrowski.
He hasn't done anything at the back.
But he's made a couple of great plays in the outfield.
Went away. Dalton Jones on it for its base.
The game is all tied up here at Fenway Park.
Yostrowski takes the first pitch. It's low and outside for ball one.
You know Bob Gibson had his ankle broken during the season.
He's a big strong boy.
He has pitched four times since coming back and he's looked real sharp.
He won three of them.
You saw him.
You saw him Harry.
Actually Peewee he pitched better after returning from the disableness than he did before.
And he's throwing as well today as I've seen through at any time.
One ball one strike on Carl Yostrowski who holds the bat high.
Closed stance.
Pulls the ball more than sheer.
Bob Gibson good fast ball.
Low and away.
Yostrowski did not like the call.
And of course the fans here at Fenway Park didn't like the call.
Most of the sports writers have picked the cardinals to win this series.
Yostrowski couldn't be no trouble for the left fielder Lou Brock.
He's underneath the left fielder.
And takes it first out of number two.
You talk about nine challenge.
You see on that fly ball Brock actually took his eyes off the ball to see where the runner,
John Jones was and then located together and made the catch.
I noticed that Harry.
I thought he may be pulling some kind of a trick play there.
That's kind of dangerous to take your eye off with that ball.
But he did look to see.
Where Dalton Jones was.
He was going back to first base and it brings up Ken Harrelson.
All for two.
Tries to check his swing gets piece of the ball.
Fouls it back.
One strike on Ken.
I got a big kick out of Ken Harrelson.
On a Saturday.
Big game with Minnesota.
I said, Dewey, I'm telling you, I am really nervous.
I said, whether to leave you.
Ken, when the game starts, if it doesn't, you're in trouble.
Fouls it straight back.
Oh, and two.
No balls and two strikes on Ken Harrelson.
This fellow has good power.
Start of the season now with Kansas City.
Got a real good break, released and came over here with the first baseball club and won the pennant.
A little extra money beside.
Bob Gibson.
He has struck out nine in this ball game.
And he's on top of Harrelson.
Oh, and two.
Let's see how he pitches him.
Now, he tried to get him go fishing, but he didn't go.
Harrelson didn't go.
Now, he tried to get him go fishing, but he didn't go.
Harrelson held up.
One ball and two strikes.
A runner on it first base, Dalton Jones.
The score of one and one in the bottom half, the sixth inning.
Santiago all the way for the Red Sox.
And Bob Gibson all the way by the Cardinals.
He pops it up.
In the car, a calling card.
Here comes the pay to the car, but takes it.
And that's all for the Red Sox here in the bottom half, the sixth inning.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
And one man left on base.
The score after six ball innings.
San Juan has won.
And Boston won.
Ready to go to the top of the seventh.
And Lou Brock will be leading it off to the Cardinals.
He's had a perfect day.
Three out of three.
And this is the third time in this ball game, can you read it?
He's been the first man up in the inning.
Now, he has been tough as you said, three for three.
And you keep getting this man on you.
Get yourself in trouble.
Brock, could it be four for four?
Yes, sir.
A base hit out in the right field.
By Jerry Adair, can't help snuff it.
Brock makes a big turn, but goes back into first base.
He has 52 stolen bases.
We'll have to watch him.
Now, Peewee's had two hits into center field, one hit to left field,
and one hit to straight away right field.
So he's hit the ball in every field today with getting four for four.
I would say that he's pretty hard to defend against.
And with his speed, he gets the ball down that line,
and you'd better hustle back in here to have a triple.
Kurt Flood, who's batting second and remarkably hitting 335.
And that's a tough position to hit 330 in or hit 300,
because a lot of times you have to give yourself up.
By that I mean with a runner on second base,
or that man if you hit and run a lot,
you have to get a piece of that ball,
you don't get your ball to hit.
But here's a man hit 335.
Had quite a year, Kurt Flood.
A new Brock, and there he goes.
A throw by Gibson, it's in, but he didn't get him.
Throw was a little high, P. Weir, that I had on that time,
but throw had been down a little bit.
Pep Useli still thought he had him,
but the throw was up around his eyes.
By the time he came down, the lurch slid in there.
What a day he has had.
The score here, one run, ten hits for the Cardinals.
One run, four hits for the Boston Red Sox.
For the Red Sox, they're going to have to get a little bit of a
break, but they're going to have to get a little bit of a break.
One run, four hits for the Boston Red Sox.
For the Red Sox, they're threatening.
Here in the top half, the seventh inning.
Kurt Flood, let's see if he goes to right field.
As Kurt, as Lou Brock just stole second,
to try to get him to third.
That's what he was trying to do,
and he bowed hard off the right in the stands.
Lou Brock, he stole 52 bases.
Very few of them were over to third base.
Most of his stolen bases are from first to second.
Four hits for Brock, kind of the series record he held for many.
Nobody has ever had five.
Her ball, just missed, low and outside.
Two balls, one strike on Kurt Flood.
I run her down at second base.
Lou Brock.
The game is all tied up one and one.
Santiago all the way for the Red Sox.
He's looking back at Brock.
Foul tip, makes it count two and two.
There's John Wyatt out on the bullpen,
along with a 19-year-old youngster named John.
A 19-year-old youngster named Ken Brett, three weeks.
Of course, I've seen John Wyatt.
I've never seen this young left-hander,
but they say he can bring it pretty hard.
Well, Kurt Flood did what he intended to do.
He hit a ground ball down at George Scott,
and he took the claim himself.
But on the play, Brock moved to third.
Now then, let's see if the infield will be playing in
as big Roger Maris comes up.
The score is one and one.
The tie-breaking run is down at third base.
In Lou Brock.
One away. The infield is in.
They're playing Roger Maris deep and straight away.
Top half to seventh inning.
I've never seen Brock steal home, Barry.
That's funny, here it is.
I used to be the same way.
I used to steal quite a few bases when I played.
I never did like to steal home.
I was always afraid of that batter.
It may not seem to be coming in there.
That'll foul straight back.
There's Sandy Elder trying to keep that ball
down and away from Roger Maris.
Brock back to third.
Count as one ball and one strike, it's one away.
Roger Maris on deck.
Orlando Cepeda.
And he has not given San Diego too much trouble today.
Maris.
One for two.
As it hits its hand outside.
Two balls and one strike as Maris checks with his coach Joel Schultz.
At third base. Coaching at first base for the Cardinals.
Dick Sissler.
Jerry Adair came up with the ball but he has no play on Brock.
He threw it for the ball.
Down on his knees he had to flip the ball over to George Scott.
That makes the score two to one in favor of the Cardinals.
They have been threatening at every inning.
But they still only have two runs off of San Diego.
Ten hits. The Red Sox have one on four hits.
Orlando Cepeda.
He's on for three. Takes the first pitch.
One ball on Orlando.
San Diego.
In there. Call strike one. One ball and one strike.
San Diego looking for his...
Well on the year he had twelve wins and four losses.
The L.P.W. and the Cardinals have had ten hits and yet their two runs have scored on infield outs.
Both time and Maris has given in the runs.
The Red Sox have one on four hits.
They have scored on infield outs. Both time and Maris has given in the runs with infield outs.
As a line driver it's foul.
It's been a strange game.
It's a very interesting game.
We had a lot of things happen in it.
But as we said on goal it looks like the Cardinals
should be about three or four runs out in threat.
But this Red Sox ball club don't ever count them out.
They have been coming from behind all year.
They seem to thrive on pressure.
They're a very competent ball club.
As a pitch it's too high.
Two balls and two strikes.
In fact you may even think that they're a little cocky sometimes.
But I guarantee you that doesn't hurt.
The two and two pitch.
He's stuck in the eye on a sidearm curve ball.
That's all for the Cardinals here in the top half.
The seven and eight.
One run, one hit, no errors and no one left on base.
The six and a half lead to play. It's a Cardinals two and the Boston Red Sox one.
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Bottom half, the seventh inning.
Here at Fenway Park, Harry Carrey and I'm Pee Wee Reese
bringing you the first game of the World Series.
The St. Louis Cardinals lead in this game by a score of 2-1.
George Scott up for the third time today.
He's had two for two, a sing on a double.
Bob Gibson, first pitch.
In there for call strike one.
Her ball is low and outside, makes it count one ball and one strike.
They are playing this ball deep.
Kurt Fudd is way back out there in center field.
And I've seen George Scott hit a few in that dead center field.
There's the ball hit out to shortstop.
Down Maxville, one hopper, flips the ball over to Sepadeh.
And that's all for George Scott for the first time today.
A little slow, but he's got it.
And that's all for George Scott for the first time today.
A little shortstop, Rico Petrocelli is the hitter.
He was a third strikeout and a seventh strikeout victim
that Bob Gibson, he's old for two today.
Petrocelli, supposed to be a good curve ball hitter.
There's one in there for call strike one.
Has good power for a little fella.
Bob Gibson does not take too much.
Another curve ball.
Started, checked the swing, went around the umpire, Johnny Stevens said.
Gibson, who is a fast pitcher, did not take too much time between pitches.
A curve ball just missed.
One ball and two strikes.
The score here at Fenway Park, it's the Cardinals two.
And the Boston Red Sox one.
We're in the bottom half, the seventh inning.
And it's one away.
One ball and two strikes.
Petrocelli goes down swinging.
And that is the tenth strikeout for Bob Gibson.
Reggie Smith, he's old for two.
He struck out in the second inning and flew out to the right fielder his last time up.
He has good speed.
He's a little bit like Brock.
He's just a young fella.
Hits a whole lot like him.
He's a switch hitter.
Hits the ball to all fields.
Has good speed.
Curve ball, low and outside, ball one.
Hits two away.
A good fast ball, good swing, no contact.
Makes a count, one ball and one strike.
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I'm glad you didn't tell me that earlier.
You'd have made me nervous, Peewee.
I'll never believe that.
Two balls and one strike on Reggie Smith.
He fouls it straight back.
Makes a count of two and two.
Peewee, you want to see something, a study of real concentration.
Watch the way Gibson comes off that mound.
If I remember correctly, he falls over towards first base a little bit, doesn't he?
Quite a bit.
You can see he really puts everything into the pitch.
I know a fellow here that does that quite a bit.
He even goes down with his glove, Henry's bare hands, releases the ball, Jim Bunning.
Speaking of Jim Bunning, he had quite a year for the Philadelphia Phillies.
There's a high hopper that better hurry and Javier can do that.
Can they get him?
No, sir.
Reggie Smith beat it.
There was a high hopper right back over Bob Gibson's head.
Javier, the second baseman, rushed in there.
He had to hurry because Smith can fly, but he did not good it on the first rep.
You miss one time with a fellow like Reggie Smith, a little block.
One of these fast runners, you can just stick that ball in your hip pocket.
Peewee, one of the few fellows with the Red Sox who's had World Series experience
is coming out as a pinch hitter now, Norm Siebert.
He was born in St. Louis, now makes his home outside Kansas City in Independence,
a left-handed batter hitting for Russ Gibson,
with the Red Sox having a time run at first and two away in the bottom of the seventh.
Dick Williams going to his bench.
It's getting late in the ball game, and with the scorer,
two to one in favor of the Cardinals, he's trying to get back in this game.
Let's see what Siebert did on the year.
He batted 2-0-5.
No home runs, seven runs battered in.
Big left-handed hitter.
Fast ball in there for Colts right one.
Reggie Smith on his first base with two away.
I doubt seriously if Dick Williams will send Reggie Smith, putting a pinch hitter up there,
but you don't know, there he goes.
Look out, they may get him, and I think they do.
Reggie Smith is thrown out on a good throw by Tim McCobbert.
So that's all for the Red Sox here in the bottom half of the seventh.
They take no runs, one hit, no errors, and no one left on base.
The scorer at the seven full of things, the St. Louis Cardinals two,
and the Boston Red Sox one.
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The Cardinals leading two to one, going to the top of the eighth inning.
And that changes, Norm Siebert who is the pincher for Russ Gibson.
When Reggie Smith was out trying to steal, which ended the seventh inning,
stays in the ball game so he'll still come to bat.
And since he bounded for Russ Gibson, his place in the batting order will be eighth,
and he'll be playing right field, which means that Ken Harrelson is leaving the ball game.
Siebert is now playing right field and Harrelson is out.
We have a new catcher, he'll be Elston Bower, and I think a little bit of a surprise here for you,
he seems to be the second man coming up in the eighth,
unless they switch their batting order, which we'll have to get down from the press box.
We have John Wyatt replacing Jose Santiago.
Yes, it was a little surprise, as you said, Santiago who has accounted for the only run
that the Red Sox have here.
He had a home run in the bottom half of the third, then he scheduled up to be the second hitter.
He's been taken out of the game, I hope there's nothing seriously wrong with him.
Manager Dick Williams has switched his batting order by making the multiple change.
He's able to place Elston Howard ninth in the batting order,
so he has Siebert and Howard coming up.
So, put your Wyatt actually will be in Harrelson's place in the batting order.
Thank you, Harriet.
The first hitter to face, John Wyatt, Jim McCarver.
That bitch is low and inside, ball one.
Go ahead and the top half the eighth, honey.
The Cardinals lead in this ball game by a score of two to one,
the first team of the World Series.
John Wyatt takes a little more time than Santiago did.
There's a little lazy looper out in the center field.
Reggie Smith comes in and takes it for out number one.
So, Carver is all for three on the day.
Santiago won seven innings, gave up ten hits, two runs.
He got five and walked three.
It's one away that brings up Mike Shannon.
Mike Shannon has two out of three, and he made a great play at third base.
John Wyatt, who sat on curveball, low and outside, ball one.
Alston Howard doing the catching.
I know a lot of you fans remember him.
A great catcher for the New York Yankees for so many years.
There's that sat on curveball, Shannon.
Fouls it straight back.
It's a solid one strike on Mike Shannon.
It'll be Jim Lombard.
We thank for the Red Sox tomorrow, and a fellow by the name of Hughes for the Cardinals.
Dick Hughes and Larry Jaster is working in the Cardinal bullpen out there in right field, by the way, can you see me?
Larry Jaster, a left-hander, doing a little throwing out in the Cardinal bullpen in case Bob Gibson gets in any trouble.
One ball and one strike pitch, it's too high.
The Cardinals, first to score in this ball game, they scored one in the third inning.
Alston tied it up right back in the third inning on a home run for Jose Santiago.
And the Cardinals scored another one in the seventh inning.
It'll be Jim Lombard.
We thank for the Red Sox tomorrow, and a fellow by the name of Hughes for the Cardinals.
Dick Hughes and Larry Jaster is working in the Cardinal bullpen out there in right field, by the way, can you see me?
Larry Jaster, a left-hander, doing a little throwing out in the Cardinal bullpen in case Bob Gibson gets in any trouble.
One ball and one strike pitch, it's too high.
The Cardinals, first to score in this ball game, they scored one in the third inning.
Boston tied it up right back in the third inning on a home run by Jose Santiago.
And the Cardinals scored another one in the seventh inning, and they lead 2-1.
2-2 is a count on Mike Shannon, for the top half of the eighth inning.
The first two games will be played here at Fenway Park, then it will be an off-day Friday.
And we'll move to good old St. Louis for three games, and the more needed will be right back here to Boston.
The 2-2 pitchers foul back remains 2-2 on Mike Shannon as he walks over to get a little rosin on his ends in the on-deck circle.
Javier.
Javier's had two for three today.
And Lou Brock, what a day he's had.
Four for four.
Two stone bases, and that ties a series record.
Gal Bermini, there's a high pop-up.
Your Strip-Ski goes over, Reggie Smith comes over, your Strip-Ski takes it.
Out number two.
Nobody has ever had five hits in one game.
Why would a wonderful move by a Red Sox manager, Dick Williams, be waiting?
The way he's changed is batting harder now.
Instead of having his eight plays hitting catcher and his pitcher coming up, he's got Seabrook, Elston Howard, and Jerry Endaire as his first three hitters in the bottom of the eighth.
I would say he's stanking a little bit.
He's done all year.
Javier swings on a curve ball, no contact, strike one.
Well, I'm sure that's the reason he sent Reggie Smith down to steal second base in the last inning.
He got thrown out, he's going to leave him in there so he'll still be up this inning.
A good shot on curve ball by John White, and that was by the way of third base.
Leave a mate knee-clinch a little bit up here.
O-and-two on Javier, the third baseman guarding the line. In it not even with the bag. Curve ball outside.
Boy, Peewee, this Wyatt is wicked on that right-handed hitter. He really wheels from the side.
Yes, he does.
He has a good sinker.
Fast ball, he caught him looking. That's all for Javier, and that's all for the Cardinals here in the top half of the eighth inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors, and no one left on base. After seven and a half innings of play, San Maros Cardinals 2 and the Boston Red Sox 1.
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Carrie Carrie and Pee Wee Reese from Fenway Park. You know, Pee Wee knows the first time the Cardinals have been retired in order in this whole ballgame.
And it took a new pitcher to do it, John Wythe. Bob Gibson first pitch to Norm Siebert. It's a base hit out of the center field.
Heart flood up with the ball. Siebert making the turn at first. I imagine we'll have a pitch runner for Norm Siebert. Yes, sir. Here he comes out of the dugout as Jose Cardaball running for Norm Siebert.
As Norm Siebert hits the first pitch, a line drive and straightaway center field.
And you can hear these partisan fans here at Fenway Park. They're coming to life. And that brings up Elston Hart.
Will Dick Williams bunt to try to tie this ballgame up?
Oh, but he left. Elston Hart hit away.
Now, let's see. Bob Gibson looks over Cardaball. He bunched the ball, fouled down the first base line.
Ron Willis, a right hander, and Joe Harner, a left hander, are working now on the Cardinal bullpen.
One strike on Elston Hart. The score, 2-1. We're in the bottom half of the eighth inning. It's the Cardinals over the Red Sox here at Fenway Park.
And the fans have come to life. Did he foul it? He butted the ball. The umpire said it was fair.
It was funded rather high, and the Cardaball started to go to second base of the ball. But Cardaball, and it had good speed.
Harner decided not to, so he had to go to first base. So Elston Hart gets a sacrifice, and that brings up Jerry Adair.
Adair is 0-3, struck out twice and grounded out to the third base in his last time-up.
He'll be followed by Dolph and John. Bob Gibson has 10 strikeouts.
He looks to me like he has not lost any of his stuff. He looks back at the winner. There's a pitch.
Kind of jammed there, but he fouled off the right. Strike one.
Adair, the last game here Sunday against the Minnesota Twins on a double play, tagging the runner between first and second.
He had a spike. He had seven stitches take his leg. Ask him about it today. He said a little sore, but he wouldn't stare at this game for anything.
Orlando Cepeda wants some sunglasses, as Joel Schultz, one of the coaches, for the Cardinal, brings them out.
Cepeda standing out by the dugout. He's checked about three of them. Now the fans are getting on him a little bit.
One strike on Jerry Adair. The tying run down at second base in Jose Tartabal. He was a pinch runner for non-sever who started with setting off with a base hit.
Gibson taking a little more time. As the ball hit out to centerfield, should be no trouble for Kirk Fudd. He has to come in. Tartabal is not tagging up.
Back to the bag goes Tartabal. The throw goes to the shark stop and that's full. And it's still right.
Dalton Jones. He's one for three. He got a base in his last hand up. And Jones, I know that both of these clubs have scouted each other and scouted each other thoroughly.
I know that Dalton Jones is a pretty good hitter. Yes and this might be a very, very key moment in this ball game because if the Cardinals can retire Dalton Jones, it means that they will still hold their 2-1 lead.
In more order, it means that the next time they face Jaskierowski in the ninth inning, he'll be the leadoff man. He'll be coming back with nobody on base rather than if Jones gets on, Jaskierowski will be coming up in the spot to break him up.
It's true if you can keep those big hitters leading off, you're in a much better shape. There's a little lazy pop up, should be no trouble. Max Foll is shark stop. Backs up and takes it for out number three.
That's all for Dalton Jones and that's all for the Red Sox here in the bottom half of the eighth inning. No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base.
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The Cardinals leading two to one. Lou Brock will be coming up in the ninth inning and has a chance to become the first player in World Series history to get five hits in one game. But our next goal, waiting at the plate and here to tell you all about it, is Pee Wee Reese.
Okay, Harry. If San Diego loses this game, he stands to be the loser right now unless the Red Sox do something about it. The first pitch to Max was in there for call strike one. It'll be his first loss since July the 5th when he lost at Anaheim.
In relief, also his first loss at Fenway Park since April the 23rd as a curveball that's outside by John White. One ball and one strike. He was beaten 75 by the Yankees in relief.
He was 81 at home during the season. That's Jose San Diego. John White on the mound now for the Red Sox as a curveball just got the outside corner.
All for two for Darrell Maxwell. Curveball too high. Makes the count two and two. Wyatt did a real good job on Javier the last time up there. He sat on him, curved him twice.
Got him looking for that curveball and he popped a fastball right down the middle. He's kind of tough to stay in there against Ray Henry. There's a foul ball straight back and the count remains two and two.
Bob Gibson. The big pitchers the next hitter. When the Cardinals lost Bob Gibson this year, it looks like they had lost the pennant.
But a couple of young pitchers, a name of Hughes and Brails, did a terrific job for the Cardinals. There's another foul off the right and the count remains two and two. Darrell Maxwell the first hitter for the Red Sox for the Cardinals.
You in the top half the ninth inning with the score Cardinals two and the Red Sox one. They tell me this Brails has a real fine curveball. Yes he has a good line fastball, fine control and he's very competitive.
The two and two pitch. It ain't necessary, held up. Makes the full count, three and two. The pitcher disposed of pitch to Mar. Dick Hughes, what does he throw? Fastball and slider. Pretty good curve.
Good control. He's not afraid, that helps. Three and two pitch. Outside, John White walks the eighth place hitter.
Down Maxwell, that brings up Bob Gibson. He's checking with his coach at third base, Joe Schultz. You know this might military against Lou Brock's chance at a record-breaking five-nilts because Gibson succeeds in advancing Maxwell.
He'll leave first base open and the Red Sox perhaps will have a chance to catch around Brock. We'll have to wait and see what happens. Yes sir, Lou Brock has four for four. Let's see what Gibson does if he does sacrifice Darrell Maxwell.
Perry has a good point, but when you got a fellow batting in back of you but hitting 335, jump and Kurt Flood. Gibson squads around the front, he does make a butt down to first base line, Elson Harvich and roll foul.
It was a good butt. If we'd have gotten the job done, would Elson Harvich let the ball roll foul. Gibson now coming back to the plate and back to first base Darrell Maxwell.
I don't think it's necessary to remind anybody the importance of this extra run in a two-to-one ball game playing on the road. Yes sir, the Red Sox. There's a butt. Look out, George Scott comes up with it.
Hannibal semi-line bow and Scott charging in. Retired Bob Gibson, he started to flip the ball back to Jerry Adair who was coming first base, but Maxwell who was wide awake was back in there in plenty of time.
What Harry was talking about, the score 2-1 and the Red Sox get someone on in the ninth inning if they can butt. Now they have to get two men on. Makes a big difference.
It's a pitcher that'll relieve two. Well let's see now, Blue Bronx looking for a serious record. He has four straight hits. No other player has ever had five. Four foot four. Darrell Maxwell on it first. Fastball outside. It's one away.
Two runs on ten hits for the Cardinals. One run on six hits for the Red Sox. They play Lou Brock straight away. And deep. Had a good ripple. But no contact. One ball and one strike on Lou Brock.
Darrell Maxwell on it first base. George Scott the big first base and holding close. This Cardinal Ball Club likes to run. And do. They've had quite a few opportunities today, but have not cashed in on too many of them.
Currball inside. Nelson Howard makes a fine stop with that ball. Saves a wild pitch for John Wyatt.
We have a new right fielder, Jose Tartabull as he went in to run for Norm Siebenerle. I say he is gone in the right field.
Brock takes a pitch that's outside. Three balls and one strike.
Right now with Coach Flood in the on deck circle, he is checking with his third base coach, Joel Silks. See if he wants him to do anything when he gets up there. Which a lot of times a coach at third base will do. He will give the sign to you while you're in the on deck circle.
We're in the top half of ninth inning. The Red Sox have only one more chance as they trail in this game by a score of two to one.
Ball forward so Lou Brock does not get a chance to get his fifth inning, fifth hit in this ball game here in the top half of ninth inning. And that brings up Kurt Flood if we're in the way.
Now pay way the Cardinals have had. Fifteen base runners. Ten on hits and five on walks today.
Only scored two runs and they lead two to one.
Runners on first and second. Kurt Flood is a hitter. It's one away.
John Wyatt takes plenty of time. And Kurt Flood has a real good cut at it and fouls it back on the straight. Let's see what Kurt Flood has done today.
He struck out. A base hit lined out to left field and graded out at the shortstop his last time up. He's one for four.
Here's a cool three thirty five on the season.
That's a ball hit out of the right field. Todd Tartaboll should come up over. He does. Nice catch. Back to second base.
Down Maxwell. Back to first. You better believe that ball was hit pretty hard. But Tartaboll was right there.
Big picture for the Cardinals. Bob Gibson prior to the ninth inning he has missed 35 series innings and struck out 41.
Roger Maris. Roger Maris has driven in both runs for the Cardinals on ground out. It's hit hard but it's gone foul down the first baseline.
One strike on it. You know the way Flood was robbed of a great catch by Yostrumsky the fifth. And he hit this ball real well too and right center that Tartaboll grabbed.
And you know it was his ground out. The neighbor Brock who advanced to third base in the seventh inning when he hit behind the runners.
Finding out if he needed a team lead would do that. His ability to do that actually is a difference in this ball game because then Maris bounced out and the Cardinals scored a run which by virtue of which they lead now 2 to 1.
That's very important to get that runner from second to third. And John Wyatt committed a bop. He made a move.
He didn't come on through with it. And so Maxwell goes over to third with a little Brock down to second.
One strike on Roger Maris. Talking about Flood hitting that ground ball to the first baseman to get the run over to third.
There's a ball hit out into left field. Yostrumsky. He's shading his eyes with his glove. He takes it for the third out. And that's all for Maris and that's all for the Cardinals who are in the top half of ninth inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors and two men left on base. It's four after eight and a half and they're playing still but Cardinals 2 and the Boston Red Sox 1.
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We're going into the bottom of the ninth and Cardinals are leading 2 to 1 and three-way here's the big man, Klawiostromski.
We've delivered all year long in these kind of situations. Can he do it again?
Well they've set the stage for him and as you said he has done it so many times this year.
Of course he hasn't done it against Bob Gibson. A curve ball in there for call strike one.
He hasn't done too much today. Has not hit the ball hard. He's all for three.
That ball good. Balls down to left field.
Low Brock over in front of Kurt Flood and takes it for out number one.
He had it started in the right direction but it was not hit hard enough.
That's one up and one down and the pinch hitter is Foy.
Joe Foy.
Batting par.
John White.
That's good power. He hits 17 long arms on the year.
Batting 251. We're in the bottom half of the ninth inning and the score is 2 to 1.
Inside, ball two.
Bob Gibson on the mound for the Cardinals all the way.
He is given up six hits in one run. Foy chops down on that high fastball foul to the back.
Red Shandies walking up down that dugout over there.
Keeping a close eye on Bob Gibson.
One thing you don't have to worry about too much is this big fella getting tired.
As a foul off the right, the Cardinals are going back to him. You have no chance.
And the count remains. Two balls and two strikes.
And Joe Foy.
Pinch hitting par. John White.
The next hitter will be old George Tater Scott.
He's had himself a couple of hits today. A single and a double.
He's two for three.
The last chance for the Red Sox. Ball hit back through the middle but Max for the shortstop.
Over to cut it off. Over to Tater and it's two down.
One more chance.
We're in the ninth inning here at Fenway Park.
Harry Carrey and I'm Pee Wee Reese.
We certainly enjoyed bringing you this first game of the World Series.
Pee Wee there's two out, nobody on base. A guy up there that could tie the game.
He's got that kind of power. George Scott.
And the Cardinal catcher Tim McCarver is taking no chances.
He's going out to talk to Bob Gibson. They want to make sure that they're in accord as to what they want to do.
To the one man that stands between the first game victory in this World Series and perhaps a defeat.
So right Harry. Don't make a mistake now.
McCarver probably told him.
He's got to get the ball down or keep it up. How are they going to pitch him?
There's a fast ball. It's a little high on inside.
Because you remember the only run that the Boston Red Sox got back in the third inning with a two strike, no ball count on San Diego.
Bob Gibson made a bad pitch turn. He hit in the screen.
Far home run.
They count now on George Scott.
Two balls, no strikes. It's two away.
Just half the nine to be the last chance for the Red Sox.
It's too low. Ball three. The next hitter Rico Petrocelli.
Petrocelli, I would say he's due. He struck out the second, the fourth, and the seventh.
In there for call strike one as George Scott was taking all the way.
But I don't believe he'll be taking this time if this fast ball's in there to his liking.
The out of half a ninth inning.
Good swing, no contact for George Scott. Curveball, I think he was looking for that fast ball.
Yes, and Peewee, that might have been the best breaking ball he's thrown all day.
He really snapped it off.
Two to one.
In favor of the Cardinals.
Bottom half to ninth inning. The last chance right here for the Red Sox.
No sir, he didn't go around.
But George Scott gets the base on ball.
Peewee, that's the first pass that Gibson has made.
The first walk he has issued.
That's only the sixth man to reach base for the Red Sox.
But they're in a spot where they can win the ball.
And when Red Changes has gone out to talk to Bob Gibson, Orlando Cepeda comes out.
The entire infield has converged.
And I believe they have a role in World Series limiting the number of men who can talk to the pitchers.
So shortstop down that hill, now that you're at Red Changes and Kim McArthur, along with Bob Gibson, are talking things over.
We're going to have a pitcher here for the Red Sox.
But we certainly are here and I'll say one thing for Williams.
Patrick Selle, who can hit the long ball, he struck out three times today, Dick Williams knows this, so he's putting in Mike Andrews.
Let's see what we have on Mike Andrews. He batted 263 for the year. Eight home runs, 40 runs batted in.
Mike Andrews is the last hope now for the Boston Red Sox.
Here's a fine young golf player. He's a second baseman.
He should be around a long time. Chokes up on the bat. Bob Gibson, first pitchers, low it inside.
Remember fans, it's two to one. We're in the bottom half of ninth inning.
Two miles on top. It's two away.
It's popped up. It should be all of a whip. Roger Marissa, right fielder going over underneath it and takes it for out number three.
So that's all for Mike Andrews and that's all for the Boston Red Sox here.
The bottom half of ninth inning, no runs, no hits, no errors. And one man left on base.
Final score here at Fenway Park. The same old as Cardinals, two runs, 10 hits, no errors. Boston Red Sox, one run on six hits, no errors.