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On October 12, 1967, the St. Louis Cardinals faced the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park for Game 7 of the 1967 World Series.
The Red Sox had fought back from a 3-games-to-1 deficit to force a Game 7.
And this is the NBC Radio broadcast of the final game featuring announcers Pee Wee Reese and Jim Simpson.
Jim Lombard down looking to Elton Hart into the wind up the kick and the first pitch of the ball game.
A little bit outside, a curve ball. Defensively for the Red Sox, Scott at first.
Second base, Andrew. Shortstop, Petrocelli at third base.
Boy, the pitch by Lombard to Brock. The ball hit out in the left field.
Yostritsky going to, that ball may be in there. Yostritsky catches up with it.
A great play by Kyle Yostritsky starting this ball game off right in that left field corner.
And it looked like Brock may have dropped this game off with an extra base hit.
Yostritsky playing over toward center, had a long way to run, but he's fast and he got there and he made the play.
Kurt Blood, 4 for 25, batting 160. The first pitch by Lombard gets topped up out into center field.
Reggie Smith could have no trouble with it underneath it and takes it for out number two.
There has been only one previous 4-3 series in which the two seventh game starters have two and 0 records for the series.
1925, Walter Johnson of Washington and Nick Aldridge at the Pittsburgh club.
Walter Johnson went all the way, but they lost the ball game 9-7.
Jim Lombard, picking the Roger Mares. Her ball went after Kyle Strike 1.
And you're going to hear noise all day. It flew away when the top half of the first inning here at Fenway Park, in Boston, the seventh game of the World Series.
Jim Lombard picked his pitch. Better rolling inside. Elston Hart wanted that one.
The count, one ball and one strike. Mares had a good series. He's batting 3-48, 8 for 23. He has one home run.
And that was the one run that they got the cardinal draw for Jim Lombard over in Bush City. Here's the pitch.
Back to the middle. Andrews backhand to ball. No chance to throw out Roger Mares.
Both Lombard had a shot at that ball. Right back to the middle. He put his glove down, did not come up with it.
Andrews, knowing that he had no chance to throw out Mares, just held onto the ball.
So Mares, on his first base, was the first baser of the ball game.
And it brings up Orlando Cepeda, 3 for 24. He has one run batted in. Batting 1-2-5.
The umpires in today's game. Stevens behind home plate. Bollock at first.
Umonk at second. Donatelli at third. The left fielder, Rungy at the right fielder, Paul Pryor.
Orlando Cepeda, way back in that batter's box. Elston Hart gives the target. Lombard looks at Mares at first.
Here's the pitch. Almost got him. Little inside. Ball one. It's two away.
We're in the top half of the first inning. Orlando with that big bat of his.
Thirty-six inches, 40 ounces. Right down on the end of it. Lombard looks at Mares. Here's the pitch.
Inside. Ball two. Hart out in front of home plate, massaging the ball.
Says something to Jim Lombard. Cepeda having trouble with that batter.
As we said yesterday, he doesn't seem to be fooled on the pitches. He just can't make contact.
The Q&O pitch. Here it is. Gather out to Mike Andrews at second base. He'll go to George Scott over first.
And that's off of Cepeda. And that's off of the Carbos here in the first inning of thin-way play.
So the score,
and the Boston Red Sox coming to bat.
With Peeley Rees, this is Harry Carrey. Joe Foy steps him in the batter's box to get things started.
For the Red Sox here in the bottom of the first. OK, Peeley. Bob Gibson.
He's won two games in this series. Thirteen and six all in the year. Facing Joe Foy. Ends the line up the pit.
Outside, ball one. And as we've said so many times, Bob Gibson, he gets right back on that rubber as soon as he gets the ball from the catcher.
He is ready to pitch. Into the wind up. Joe Foy, springs. Bows it back.
One ball and one strike. Defensively for the Cardinals. Cepeda at first. Second base.
Javier, shortstop. Max ball. Third base. Shannon. In left field. Brock.
Into the wind up the pitch by Gibson. A curve ball. Low and outside. Out in center field. Way out there is Kurt Blood.
In right field, Roger Maas, the catcher. Tim McCarver. And the pitcher, of course, Bob Gibson.
Into the wind up. The two and one pitch to Foy. He started. Check these swings. Two and one. Inside.
Joe Foy leading things off for the Red Sox here in the bottom half of the first inning.
The Cardinals fail to score in the first inning.
Into the wind up the pitch by Gibson. It's too high.
So Bob Gibson, walks the first man he faces. And Harry, he doesn't do that too often.
No, he doesn't.
I can't lose. Batting 400. He's 4 for 10. He chokes up on the bat. Here's the pitch. He's once again down the first base line.
Cepeda up with her flip the ball over to Javier, covering first. Moving down to second base, Joe Foy.
Here's the tough situation for the Cardinals. They can't walk anybody intentionally in the very first inning.
Again, here's a real hard hitter up there. Todd Gostinsky. It's interesting to see what they do.
But I think that Biff Williams may have this in mind. He's just going to test the Cardinals and see if he's going to pitch to them.
It looks like they are. It's pretty hard to walk a man in the first inning intentionally. They're going to pitch to Jostinsky.
Bob Gibson, the kick. In there, just got the inside counterstrike one.
You better believe he will be careful with this fellow. Jostinsky, 9 for 22. Three home runs in this series.
Batting in a 2-4-0-9. Down at second base, Joe Foy. Jostinsky holds that bat high. Gibson looks back at Foy at second.
And wakes the wheel, flips the ball to Max Foy. As it looked like Max Foy was shot stopped with pointy cut in back of Foy, his ball broke off at second base.
Like he may be going.
One strike. On his 50th, it's one away. Where's the bottom half the first inning.
Gibson looks back at second. Here's the pitch. Best ball outside. Makes it count one ball and one strike.
Bob Gibson trying to win a third game here in this seventh game of the World Series.
Here's the pitch. He's sent a little lazy looper out to shortstop Max Foy. Fips his glass and takes it. And Gibson jammed him with that pitch.
It's two away. Brings up Ken Halson.
Talking about things you don't see too often. You don't see as much. You get jammed too much with a fast ball.
Halson, one for nine. Batting 111.
Gibson checking with McCarver. His pitcher, McCarver giving it a side.
Gibson sets. Looks back at second. Here's the pitch. Curveball in there for fast strike one.
Gibson looks to me like he may be changing his pattern.
And in the first two games he started off with a lot of fast balls. Today he's throwing a few breaking balls already.
One strike on Ken Halson. Here's the pitch. Swinging a nice strike here. Good fast ball.
He's on top of Halson with two strikes.
Joe Foy down at second base. It's two away.
Bottom half to first innings. This game has just gotten underway.
Halson way back in that batter's box. Moving that bat back and forth. Now he's set so is Gibson.
The pitch. Fast ball in there for fast right three. Halson part looking so that's off of the roadside.
Near the bottom half the first inning. The Scores. Sandler is nothing and Baston nothing.
Top half of the second inning coming up and Tim McCarver and Mike Shannon and Huling and Javier will be the first three hitters coming up for the St. Louis Cardinals.
No score. Bob Gibson after walking the first man really went to his fast ball and good breaking ball and got the next three men out.
Here's McCarver leading it off for the Cardinals.
Top half of the second inning. McCarver, Shannon and Javier. Jim Lombard. He's ready.
Halson Hart giving the sign. Jim kicks that big leg up in the air high. Here's the pitch. The ball is popped up.
Puts his glasses underneath it and takes it for at number one.
Both of these pitchers, if you can tell this, look sharp.
Mike Shannon. He has one home run in the series. Five for twenty batting two fifty. The big third baseman.
Hits from the right side right down on the end of that bat. Lombard. The kick. The pitch.
A third ball. He was taking all the way. It's in there for call strike one. Both of these pitchers. Lombard for the Red Sox. Gibson for the Cardinals.
Had good control. There's no need of taking anything. They're very solid walk anyone. There's a sign on third ball.
Come on. Missed. Track two.
And that's been the pattern. Lombard has followed against Shannon.
Try to get that first striking on it. Then sat on him with that curve ball. He comes way around but away at third base.
No balls. Two strikes on Shannon. It's went away.
Another side on. The first strike out.
For Jim Lombard.
And that'll bring up a little fellow that's had a real fine series. Not only with the batting three thirty three seven for twenty one.
But what a series he's had in that field. He's made a couple of great plays at second base.
Javier. Eddie Pursue. The shortstop.
Utility infielder for the Cardinals. Says you really can't appreciate this fellow until you see him play and be with him day in and day out.
Quite a player. Chokes up on the bat. Lombard kick. Here's the pitch. It's foul straight back. Elson Hart. Over to his right.
Stops on it. Right back in the stands. Strike one. It's two away.
We're in the top half of second inning here at Fenway Park. The seventh game of the World Series.
Harry Carey and I'm Pee Wee Reese bringing you this seventh game.
And it certainly has been a pleasure. Bringing you all seven games of the World Series here on radio.
The kick for Lombard. There's a face hit out into left field. Jostemsky takes it all one half.
And that's the second hit for the Cardinals. One by Mass and one by Javier.
That's the eighth hit in the series for Javier. He likes to run. And as Harry told you, Maxwell likes to hit and run.
Let's see what they do. We'll watch Javier at first. Lombard watching over at first. He's not going. A curve ball in there. Strike one.
We have the pitcher up next, Bob Gibson. And he is not a bad hitter.
Maxwell steps back out of that box. Checks for these codes. Joe Schultz at third base. Coaching in first base. Dick Sissler.
That's for the Cardinals. Lombard takes it easy. Here's the pitch. And Elson Hart pitched out a thought that Javier may be going.
So that makes account one ball and one strike. Maxwell still checking with Joe Schultz. Steps out of the box.
Schultz giving the sign down at third. Touching the cap. The letters.
Well, if he gave anything, he's already given it because Maxwell's back in the Lombard. Clips over to first.
And Javier had a pretty good lead. He may be going. One ball and one strike. It's two away. Top half to second inning.
Maxwell looking out at Lombard. Lombard going and he flips over to first again. And Javier diving back in there.
Javier gets a pretty good lead. Lombard looks over at Javier.
Here's the pitch. Javier made a bluff but he did not go in there. All strike two. And Hart came out behind that batter ready to throw.
A good bluff to Javier at first base. It's two away.
Macarvis started this inning off by popping up. Shannon struck out. Javier single.
Maxwell is a hitter with one ball and two strikes on him. The throw to first base. Javier back in plenty of time.
Maxwell has two for 15. Batting 133. Jim Lombard. He's stooped over getting the sign.
Here's the pitch. Sadon Kerrball just missed. Two and two. He's tough on right handers. Tough to stay in there.
Maxwell checking with Schultz at third base. They're playing Maxwell straight away not too deep.
Lombard sets. Here's the pitch. There goes Javier. The thin side. Hart threw it. They got it. Javier was thrown out by Elston Howard at just third.
And that's all for the Carlton's here. They pop it. But they're one and a half in the play. It's the same rule.
It's time of nothing. And the Boston Red Sox, nothing.
Elston Howard made some throw. The pitch to Maxwell was low and inside right off his shoe pops.
And Howard had a spin around and throw and he threw perfectly.
George Scott takes the first pitch by Gibson outside. Ball one.
Interpreter, George Scott. Reggie Smith. Enrico Petruccelli. Here's the pitch by Gibson. Low and inside. Ball two.
Scott batting 227 in the series. He has five for 22.
He's choking on the bat a little bit today. Gibson. Kerrball. In there for Carlstrike one.
That's what makes this fellow a good pitcher. He can throw hard, but he kind of finesses you every once in a while.
He gets behind you, he can still get that Kerrball over. There it is. A good fastball sprung out on this strike two.
And looked like that pitch was right in the power of George Scott, but just a little bit inside.
He tried to chop down on him. No contact. Two and two's account. Gibson the wind up the kick.
Kerrball, we've got him looking. George Scott looks at the third strike.
And that's the second strike out.
By Bob Gibson. That brings up Reggie Smith, the center fielder for the Red Sox.
You know the Cardinals had played in ten World Series. They've won seven of the games.
And five of those seven wins went to the seventh game. And the Cardinals have never lost a series that they've gone to seven games in.
Reggie Smith. Gibson. First pitch, run on miss, strike one.
It's one away. Win the bottom half the second inning.
Here at Fenway Park in Boston, the seventh game of the World Series. Gibson pitches.
Reggie Smith started, checked his way. I guess he got a piece of it. Strike two.
Bob Gibson, working fast. McCarver, giving the signs. Ends the wind up the kick. The 0-2 pitch.
A grounder after second base and Javier on a big hop. Rips the ball over to Cepeda. And that's all for Reggie Smith.
So it's two up and two down here in the bottom half of the second inning. Pettuselli gets a nice hand.
He's the shot stop for the Red Sox. He was in a little batting swamp until yesterday.
He just knocked two out of the park. He has good power. Gibson curve ball, low.
And I saw on the paper with Pettuselli, said the two home runs he hit yesterday were fastballs.
Gibson starts him off with a curve today. The 1-0 pitch. Another curve ball, swing on, miss, strike one.
They play Pettuselli, especially Kirk Flood out in center field around to left center, the full.
Pettuselli, Gibson, the kick. Another curve ball, swing on, miss, strike two. One ball and two strikes.
The first time Pettuselli saw Gibson in the first game, Gibson struck him out three times.
One ball, two strikes. The kick by Gibson, the pitch. A curve ball foul straight back.
And a count remains one and two. Coaching at first base by the Red Sox, the great second baseman Bobby Doerr.
Over at third base, Ed Patowski. He struck Pettuselli out and that's all for the Red Sox.
Here in the bottom half of second, the score. The St. Louis Cardinals nothing and the Boston Red Sox nothing.
Now Maxwell is a hitter leading off the top half of third.
You remember he was a hitter when they threw out Javier at second base trying to steal. Curve ball.
One inside. Ball one. It'll be Maxwell, Gibson, and Brock.
Rondberg kicks that arm. Fastball hit down at third base round, down at side.
Leontar down at third. Bates it, the fans give him a little blaze.
What a job these umpires have done in the series, eh? Certainly have, Peewee.
One ball, one strike. Calling time. It must be something draped over the wall in left field.
Frank Umont, the second base umpire, started it.
And there it is, a towel it looks like.
Well I think it's a towel. It looks to me like a fan.
Climbing up in the screen half here for they're getting him down. This game is ready to start.
Rondberg, pitch to Maxwell, hit out into center field. Ready to step going way back, way back, way back.
It's off of the wall. Maxwell, down to second. Going into third.
Kinnhausen over to pick up the ball and they hold on to it as Maxwell hits one off of that center front field wall straight away in center field.
That's unusual power for Dow Maxwell who this year hit one home run during the regular season and that was inside the park.
He really hit this one yesterday in a fly ball deep in the center that surprised everybody.
And today he surprised them even more by hitting one off the top of the center field wall.
Well it's a couple for Dow Maxwell.
Being off the third inning, the infield is in.
Bob Gibson is the hitter, the pitcher for the Cardinals.
Rondberg looks so with third. Maxwell here's a kick to pitch.
Curveball in there for Carlisle. You know Harry, Maxwell hit a couple of hard balls to center field yesterday with Paul.
Yes, that's the one that I was referring to, up here.
It's unusual for him to hit straight away. He usually hits the ball towards right field.
The pitch by Rondberg. Outside one ball and one strike.
So the Cardinals are threatening here in the top half of third and eighth.
The Red Sox have the infield pulled in with no one away.
Gibson's a hitter.
Rondberg looking down at his catcher Elson Howard. Looks over at Maxwell.
Here's the kick for pitch. Curveball inside.
Two balls, one strike on Gibson.
Gibson checks with Joe Schultz at third base.
Not a bad hitter.
He will just be trying to get a piece of it. Here's the kick to pitch.
That fastball just got the outside. Not a mix of counts, two and two.
Maxwell down at third. Just got two tripping off the center field wall.
Oh, that smoke out there. I believe the building's on fire out beyond the center field fence.
That's all we need, Harry.
Two and two. The cat on top gets it. Here's the pitch.
A nine-five, nine-five, third base.
He's through. Over to the bag with Maxwell being very alert.
When he saw the ball hit, he went back to the bay.
And Gibson really cleaned that one.
But all it is is a big out.
It's supposed to be a game of skill, not bravery, Peewee.
So it's one away now. Maxwell still down at third.
And it brings up Lou Brock. The infield is still in.
On board. Set. Here's the pitch. Curveball rolling outside.
Now what? Against Longboard, Brock is nothing out of nine.
It's the only pitch he's been able to stop him so far.
Well, let's see how he's trying to pitch him. That pitch was going outside.
It looked like Longboard wanted it.
Here's the kick, the pitch.
Maxwell outside. Ball two.
It's one away. The runner's still down at third base.
Down Maxwell, the Cardinals, with a top half to third inning. No runs for the Cardinals, but they have three hits.
Boston has no runs on no hits.
Lou Brock with a count of two balls. No strikes on him. Steps out of there.
As Longboard takes a little bit too much time.
Takes a little bit too much time for Brock. Brock now checking with Shultz.
He's coached third base.
Longboard just standing there staring down at Brock.
Now he's ready. Here's the pitch. Two and two.
Now foul out the left. Back up in the stands.
And again, two balls and one strike.
Brock had a fine series.
He has four stolen bases, has one home run, three runs bad at him.
A cool 400. Right now it's two balls and one strike on him.
Longboard, here's the pitch.
And missed strike two. A good fast ball. On the way.
That ball was by Brock.
Looks like he may be looking for something.
And the count of two and two. One away.
Maxwell still down at third.
They play Brock deep and straight away at the infielders end.
Longboard looks over at Maxwell's third. The kick, the pitch.
A foul off the left. Back in the stands.
No runs. Three hits by the Cardinals.
No runs, no hits for the Red Sox.
Longboard against Gibson.
They have both won two games in the series.
The seventh and final game of the World Series.
Here's the pitch. It's packed up.
That's a shot, fast ball. Back here to the edge of the grass.
And Maxwell cannot throw a net.
And it's two away.
Longboard. Not out of a jam yet.
But he's getting in pretty good shape as Maxwell started this inning off with a triple off the center field wall.
Two outs later he's still down there.
And it brings up Kurt Flood.
Who's flying out to center field his last time. The first pitch turned his two-eye. Ball one.
He knows the first pitch to practically every hitter is tight.
The inside part of the plate.
He seems to have a pattern, Harry.
That fast ball tight inside and breaking pitch away.
That's a ball hit out of center field to base hit.
Reggie Smith takes it all one-half in. The score is Maxwell the first run in this ball game.
And Kurt Flood gets his fifth hit of the series.
Dropping in down Maxwell.
So the Cardinals go out in front of this ball game by a score of one and nothing.
Longboard.
Doing a fine job of pitching getting two outs. Then Kurt Flood gets a base hit to score Maxwell. Roger Maas with a hitter.
Longboard looks over Kurt Flood. Here is the pitch.
Now hit by Scott out in the right field to base hit.
Up at the ball pass and going into third is Kurt Flood. McAfee, Mace, and he's holding up that third base.
On at first base, Roger Maas.
He we the Cardinals now have five hits.
We're in the third inning of this game.
In the first two games of Longboard pitch, a total of 18 innings, they have a total of four hits.
So that shot rest must make a difference.
Well, I would say we have to, Harry.
This fellow, as I said, pitched 290-some-odd innings during the season.
And they had a tough penitentiary all the way and he is a big man.
He had to pitch Sunday to beat the Minnesota Twins with a tough ball game.
I saw it and so did most of the fans over the country.
We had paired the game on NBC television.
So he's had a tough year, but don't count him out yet.
Sepeda, the first pitch inside ball one.
Harry, I hope this fire over there doesn't spread.
Look at that smoke billowing upwards.
Still haven't seen any flame.
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
The one and only pitch to Orlando Sepeda.
Has a ball hit Harry, but it's fouled and a left field line.
He was a count up at one ball and one strike.
On at third base, Kurt Blood.
On at first base, Roger Mares.
One ball, one strike on Orlando Sepeda.
Had a rough series.
The baby bowl has one run batted in.
Three for 25 now.
He got it out the first time after the second baseman, Mike Andrews.
Run barn.
Here's the pitch to Sepeda in there.
Out like two.
Two away.
Runners on first and third.
It can't be a serious fire.
The smoke's only coming out at the top.
Hehehehehe.
Well, we'll watch it.
Two strikes on Sepeda.
It's two away when the top half of the third and the Cardinals have one run.
They lead this game one and nothing.
To kick the pitch.
It's high and inside.
Ball two.
Jim McCarver.
In the on deck circle.
Run barn.
The big winner for the Red Sox.
Pitched the big games all year.
They won 22 and lost nine during their regular season.
And as we said, what a dog fight that was in the American League.
Run barn sets.
Looks at first and third.
Here's the pitch.
It gets away from Maston Hardt back up on the screen.
A big high bounce and cutting in the score from third base.
Kurt Flood going down to second.
Roger Maez.
So it's a wild pitch by run barn.
The count is now three and two on Orlando Sepeda.
And Peewee Jose Santiago is working on the Red Sox bullpen.
Well hey, we saw run barn pitch the first two games.
Up for now, it doesn't look like the same fella.
It doesn't.
He's not sharp.
So three and two pitch to Sepeda.
And down to after the shots, that Pemper Sully, the long throw over to George Stock.
And that's off to Sepeda and that's off to the Cardinals here.
And the top half to Ferdinand.
But they came up with two big runs and the score after two and a half innings of play.
It's the Cardinals two and the Boston Red Sox nothing.
This is Harry Carey with Peewee Reese.
The Cardinals are out in front with the result of a triple by not one.
They sit tight, what a nice and a wild pitch.
Two to nothing as we go into the bottom of the third, Peewee.
Nelson Hart, Bob Gibson's first pitch turn, low, ball one.
The Red Sox will have to play catch up baseball now.
Bob Gibson, the kick to pitch.
Little lazy pop is he jamming with it.
Sepeda down at first base in fair territory takes it.
So it's one up and one down here in the bottom half to Ferdinand.
Ron Bard, the pitcher.
Gets a nice hand from the fans.
Gibson, an overpowering pitcher.
So many of them.
Kings of the National League manager, Gene Mock told me that the manager of the Phillies.
Ron Bard swings and misses, strike one.
He just keeps fine.
Here is the kick to pitch.
Third ball, little outside.
One ball and one strike.
Harry, when you lost this fellow during the season, I thought you'd lost the pinning.
Nelson Brow step right in and did a tremendous job, Peewee.
Ron Bard tries a checky swing, goes around, one ball and two strikes on him.
It's one away with the bottom half to third inning.
Gibson has not given up a hit.
The Cardinals have two runs on five hits from the bottom half to third inning.
Here is the kick to pitch.
Now fastball and then a tanny.
Ron Bard, top looking, and that is the third strikeout, fourth strikeout.
For Bob Gibson, it's two away.
Brings up Joe Ford.
He walked his first time up.
The big third baseman for the Red Sox.
Gibson in the windup, the kick.
Third ball in there, strike one.
And there's no use taking against this fellow.
He's always around that plate.
Now the curveball just missed.
Sat on curveball, outside.
One ball and one strike.
It's two away.
The kick by Gibson.
Fastball just got that outside corner.
One ball and two strikes.
Well, Harry, are you satisfied now?
Here comes the fire department.
Boy, yeah.
I bet it, it might be a little late.
The one and two pitch to Foy.
Just barely got a piece of his balance straight back.
If I were out in center field in those bases, I may be a little concerned right now.
One ball, two strikes on Foy.
It's two away.
You have a lot of friends out there.
They heard your remark and they began to wave.
So there are a lot of train sister radios out there.
And that's off of the Red Sox here in the bottom half, the third inning.
So the score after three full innings, the Cardinals two, and the Boston Red Sox nothing.
Half the fourth inning.
The Cardinals two runs on five hits.
And Harry, I must say, those three innings went pretty fast.
It's your turn.
Come on in here.
Harry Kay.
Thank you, Pee-wee.
Tim McCarver will lead it off.
Popped up his first down up.
He's two out of 20 in the series.
Cardinals leading two to nothing.
Brown Borg first pitches a curve ball low.
Brown Borg working with two days rest.
Not as sharp as he was in his first two starts.
And that's understandable.
This boy has had a tremendous series regardless of how this game comes out.
Just as he's had a great season.
The pitch to McCarver, and it's a little bit outside at the knees.
Two balls, no strikes.
McCarver, nothing out of seven against the pitching of Jim Lomborg.
Bob Gibson has panned five men in the first three innings.
Gibson shooting for his fifth straight World Series victory.
Here's the pitch.
A fastball in there at the letters to strike his score.
They're at Southwood four, a third base, Petrocelli at shortstop,
Andrews at second, and Scott at first.
Behind the plate is Elston Howard.
Lomborg the pitcher.
Yastrumsky in left, Smith in center, and Harrelson in right.
Two balls and a strike to pitch on the way.
Fastball, swung and missed, and he lost his plastic helmet on that one.
And the count is even two and two.
The Cardinal hitters think they've been chasing a lot of bad balls against Lomborg.
And there was an example of it.
Two balls, two strikes.
Nobody on, nobody out.
Top of the fourth.
Cardinal's out in front, two to nothing.
Here's the pitch.
Curveball low and inside.
McCarver had a notion, started to swing, stopped, and then got out of the way.
The count is four, three balls, two strikes, and the fire has been put out in that building across the way.
Three balls, two strikes.
McCarver left-handed down to the pitch.
He bounces one foul off his foot and then fair down to Scott.
So he's still alive, although he's hobbling around a little bit.
That one hit him right off the instep.
McCarver picks up the rosin bag, dries off his hands, and returns to the play.
McCarver in the 1964 World Series against the Yankees was a sensation.
He hit.478 or something like that.
In this series, the Red Sox have stopped him.
.478 was right.
Now the signal.
Three-two pitch. Here it is.
Ground ball to the second baseman. That should be easy.
Andrews has it. Over to Scott for the up.
McCarver rolls for Mike Andrews.
And that'll bring up Mike Shannon.
He fanned his first time up.
He's nothing out of seven against Longborg.
That fire that we referred to was in a railroad car on a siding across the way.
I'm happy to report that it's been extinguished.
The pitch to Shannon.
Pass ball in there, strike his car.
One strike and no ball.
Longborg actually looks sharper here in this fourth inning than he did earlier in the game.
Seems to find a real good cross ball is again.
Here's the pitch.
And it's inside, forcing Shannon back.
The count is even and a ball and a strike.
The Cardinals two runs, five hits, no errors so far.
And the Red Sox nothing across.
One man out, nobody on base, top of the fourth.
Two to nothing in favor of St. Louis.
Here's the pitch to Shannon.
Curve ball fouled back and out of play.
Mike Shannon homered earlier in this series.
He hit a homer in the 1964 World Series against Whitey Ford.
Three, two strikes and a ball.
One out, we're in the fourth inning of the pitch.
Bouncing ball to Foy.
He's got it.
Here's the peg.
In time.
So Foy throws out Shannon.
Two up, two down.
And that will bring up Javier, who's single this first time at bat, was out trying to steal.
The first Cardinal thrown out stealing, in fact, is the first Cardinal to try to steal,
with the exception of Lou Brock, who's had four stolen bases.
Javier, having himself a great series, he's two out of seven against Lombard.
He ruined Lombard's no hitter in the second game of the series here at Fenway Park.
Down the pitch, and who he lines one foul, and Joe Schultz, preferred base coach,
hit the duck to get out of the way of that one.
And now kind of loosens and vertebrae a little bit as he does a little dance.
Javier, no matter.
There are two men out.
Nobody on base, two to nothing in favor of the card.
Air ball, strike call.
The scoreboard says one and one, but that's got to be a mistake.
He fouled off the first pitch and just took the second one for a curved strike.
Now they're correcting it.
Javier, the bat.
Jim Lombard getting ready for a pitch.
Three call, the fastball.
There's Lombard's second strike out, and the Cardinals go down an order,
one, two, three, and a four.
And at the end of three and a half innings, the score remains single as two,
lost to nothing.
They go into the battle of the fourth.
The skies have been overcast, but the sun, for the first time, heats from behind the cloud.
And here's Mike Andrews to lead it off the first pitch.
He didn't mean to swing, half swing, and he fouls it off to the right.
Bobby Dore recovers it.
Bobby fumbled that one.
When he was the second baseman for the Red Sox, he rarely fumbled the ground ball.
He had an errorless record, as I recall, later broken.
Bob Gibson, Thompson fires.
There's the strike call.
Andrews short enough as if to bump.
Mike Andrews sacrificed his first time at bat.
He's had a good series, hitting 400 with four out of ten.
Leading off here on the fourth, two to nothing in favor of St. Louis.
Here's the pitch, curveball low.
Gibson mixing his pitches more this afternoon than he has previously.
Mike Andrews, right-handed batter, chokes up a little bit.
Fouls back and out of play.
He got around late on a high fastball.
The decisive game of the World Series.
Whoever wins this one wins the booty, as it were.
The winner shares.
There's no tomorrow. This is it.
Mike Andrews waiting.
Two strikes and a ball.
And Gibson's fifth.
A tap.
Foul down the third baseline.
The carver pounces on it, but there's no reason to.
And so comes back to the play.
Shannon playing straightaway third base.
Andrews is played straightaway in the outfield.
Bob Gibson, who has fanned five in three innings, gets ready.
Two strikes and a ball.
Yes, Trensky will be next to the pitch.
He struck him out, called.
Andrews is called out on strike.
Strikeout number six for Bob Gibson.
And here's Carl Yastremski.
Gibson already has fanned as many in this game and won the fourth inning as he did in all of his shutout victories in his second game.
His second victory.
There's a pitch to Yastremski.
And it's a breaking ball low and inside.
Yastremski popped up to the shortstop Maxville his first down to bat.
He's had two out of nine against the pitching of Bob Gibson.
Carl Yastremski, the pitch to him.
Last ball he started the swing held up and it was high for ball two.
Yastremski hitting four oh nine in the series.
He's had nine hits for 20 total bases.
The most total bases of anybody in the series.
Now the signal.
Here's the windup and the pitch.
That ball in there is like his car.
We've talked about how hard Yastremski swings about.
I'm sure that's common knowledge now and it's significant that in seven games as hard as he swings he's only struck out once.
Now the windup.
Here's the pitch.
Bouncing ball to Javier.
Big Hoppy's got it.
Puts over the first in time.
Yastremski bounces out from Javier to the play.
Two out.
Only one man has reached base and none on a walk to lead our fans.
Joe Ford.
Ken Howson.
Was out on strike his first time up.
Gibson is fans sixth with me.
Bottom of the fourth.
Here's the pitch.
Swung and fouled back he had a good cut on a high fast ball.
One strike and no ball.
Ken Howson.
Charlie Finley's gift to the Boston Red Sox.
And to Howson as a matter of fact.
Now the windup for the pitch.
He swings and misses.
Strike two.
And Howson is in the hole.
Two strikes and nothing.
Gibson keeps pouring smoke.
I'm not referring now to that fire which has been extinguished.
We're in the bottom of the fourth.
Two to nothing in favor of the Cardinals.
Red Birds have had five hits.
Red Sox haven't had any yet.
They've got only one baserunner and he was stranded in the first inning.
The leadoff man, Joe Ford, walked and he sacrificed in the second.
But Yastremski popped up and Howson's sand.
Here's the pitch. Swung and fouled back.
Two strikes and nothing. Two out.
Bottom of the fourth. St. Louis leading.
Two to nothing.
Tim McCarver goes out to talk to Bob Gibson.
Gibson has pitched four complete game victories in a row in the World Series.
The first time he pitched in the series in 1964.
The first game he was beaten.
He pitched a decisive seventh game that year in winter.
Had a string of fourth straight World Series victories.
Here's the pitch. Curveball. Barely missed. Outside.
Two strikes and a ball. Ken Howson.
He's had one out of nine in this series.
Facing Gibson for the first time in this game.
He was out on strikes in the first inning.
Two strikes and a ball. Two out. Nobody on the pitch.
He struck him out swinging.
Seven strikeouts. One, two, three. Go to red dot.
In the fourth and at the end of the fourth full inning.
The score remains St. Louis two. Boston nothing.
Val Macfield leads it off here on the top of the fifth for St. Louis.
Quickly first time up. The first pitch still in his house.
He scored the first run.
He'll wind up the pitch by Lomborg. And it's a fastball a little bit low.
Ball two. Two balls, no strikes.
Lomborg is sand two.
He hasn't walked anybody.
He's allowed five hits and two runs.
Here's the pitch. Swung on. A bouncing ball to Foy.
He's got it. Lot of time. Throws perfectly.
Macfield bounces to Foy who throws him out.
Not a big a Bob Gibson who's retired on a line drive at the third baseman.
Joe Foy in the third inning.
You know after Macfield let off of the triple off the center field wall.
Gibson lined up Foy and Brant topped up.
And it looked like Lomborg might still pick his way out of the inning.
But then Foy contributed a vital singular center.
Here's the pitch to Gibson. Long when he fouled it back.
The Boston fans giving Bob Gibson a fine hand as he stepped up to the plate.
Here's the pitch. And it's low and inside.
As the St. Louis fans gave Jim Lomborg in St. Louis.
One ball, one strike. One out and nobody on.
Two to nothing in favor of the Cubs.
We're in the fifth. The pitch by Lomborg.
Picked his call.
Boy he looks much sharper these last two innings than he did at the beginning of the game.
Bright sunshine is bathing Sunway Park at the moment.
The pitch. One more.
The long drive. Deep left center. Way back.
It might be out of here. It could be.
And it is a home run for Bob Gibson.
And boy that was at the 379 foot mark up against the bodily of Cameron that was placed up there.
Bob Gibson joins the list of pitchers who have hit home runs in World Series competition.
And the score is now three to nothing.
He hit that ball a long, long way.
And the second base on fire, Frank Uman hustling out as far as he could to make sure he saw where it hit.
Indicated that it was a home run.
Although the ball bounced back to the field.
Here's Brock bouncing foul down to Dick Sissler coaching a first base.
Bob Gibson has helped his own cause with a long home run.
Beyond the 379 mark in the extreme center field corner.
Little Brock, nothing out of two. Here's the pitch by Larnboy.
Thinking fastball low and outside.
The count is even and a ball and a strike.
Brock has had ten out of twenty-seven now in the series.
Including nothing out of ten against Larnboy.
Here's the pitch. He swings and he misses.
Now the way it looks is 27, take out ten. He's ten out of seventeen against the other pitchers.
But for Larnboy, he would have a phenomenal batting average.
One run is in on a home run by Gibson. One out, the Cardinals are out in front three.
Larnboy's pitch.
And Brock takes it high. Ball two. Two balls, two strikes.
One out and one in.
Bob Gibson's first World Series home run.
Not a sign.
Brock waiting. Here's the pitch.
There's a line shot in the left field and Brock's in there for a base hit.
So Brock has his first hit.
Yostemsky fumbles the ball just a moment but Brock doesn't try to advance.
Brock has had his first hit against Jim Larnboy on his 11th time at bat.
That'll bring up Kirk Flood, who may have gotten the most important hit of the game.
When with two out and the runner at third, he lined his singular center to put the Cardinals out in front.
Now a little huddle around the mound.
Jose Santiago, who mounted you Dick Williams said would be his first pitcher up on the bullpen.
He's throwing out there.
George Scott and Elston Howard talking to Jim Larnboy.
More a delay tactic to enable Santiago to get ready out there.
Now Brock has stolen four bases.
He's a first base with one out and Flood is a hitter.
He takes a long lead.
Larnboy throws over there but Brock is back.
Brock leads with four stolen bases.
Long lead, no catch.
Oh, that goes behind Kirk Flood.
And he winds up spinning around on these bats to the opposite side of the plate.
During his entire national career, Bob Gibson hit 12 home runs in regular season play.
Today he got his first in World Series competition.
Brock a lead, Larnboy getting ready.
The hesitation of the bell goes Brock.
The pitch, Howard drops it.
And Brock has stolen his fifth base.
Little Brock steals second.
Howard is so anxious to get the ball away, he drops it.
Brock had a great jump off first base.
I doubt if Howard could have thrown him out.
Brock now has 11 hits in the series.
Leading everybody.
So Kirk Flood has a chance of driving it around.
Cardinal's out in front, three to nothing.
There's a stretch by Larnboy.
And a fifth.
It's a curve ball in there for a strike call.
Two balls and a strike on Flood.
With one out of two in this game, one out of nine against Larnboy.
He's had five hits in this series, which is in his seventh and final game.
Brock a short lead at second base for fifth.
High inside curve ball.
Ball three.
Jose Santiago is out on the bullpen and throwing hard out there.
Three balls, one strike on Kirk Flood.
Brock, who rarely tries to steal first.
Still 52 bases during the regular season.
Still in five in this series.
There he goes trying to steal.
And he's going to make it.
Wait a minute.
He's going to make it, all right.
Flood started a swing and then stopped.
The ball got away from Howard.
I thought perhaps he might have foul-kicked it.
But he didn't.
Ball four and Brock steals third.
See, I told you he rarely tries to steal third base.
I heard that, Harry.
But he had a big jump.
And he went.
And Flood took ball four.
And Roger Maritz comes up with runners at first and third and only one out.
And the Cardinals in the spot now to really break it open.
There's only one man out.
The infield playing halfway around short and second.
Brock's at third.
Flood's at first.
A lot of speed.
Score three down at East St. Louis.
The pitch to Roger Maritz.
Pass ball low and away.
One ball, no strike.
Maritz has ten hits in this series.
Ten out of 25, which is a 400 batting average.
Without too much publicity, he has done a fine job in this series.
Runners at first and third.
One out.
Here's Landborg's pitch.
Curve ball in the second call.
That evens out of the ball and a strike.
The infield in at first and third, halfway at short and second.
When they sharply hit ground ball, they'll try for the double play.
Three to nothing, St. Louis.
The stretch.
Here's the pitch.
Way outside.
Ball two.
Two balls and a strike.
We're in the top of the fifth inning.
The Cardinals have three runs, seven hits.
The Red Sox haven't had a hit and naturally no run.
Low block is tied to World Series record for stolen bases.
Here's the stretch.
Here's the pitch.
Strike ball.
Hit that outside corner.
And listen who we tied.
Jim Slagle of the Cubs who stole six and five games in 1907.
And Hannes Wagner of the Parrots who stole six and seven games in 1909.
Roger Mares with a count of two balls, two strikes.
Landborg's pitch.
Outside, ball three.
The crowd's very quiet here at Fenway Park.
You can almost hear a pin drop.
As in this decisive game, the miracle of Fenway Park has not yet happened.
It's a long way to go in these Red Sox.
You know the fabulous year they've had.
Now the stretch.
Here's the three-two pitch that goes flat.
Swung on line drive in the right field.
Harrelson's going to catch it.
He does.
Here's Black tagging up.
Here's a throw to the plate.
He scores.
And Mares has driven in his seventh run of the series.
He leads both teams and RBI.
A sacrifice fly by Roger Mares makes the score now four to nothing.
Two out.
Floyd who is starting on that three-two pitch had a comeback the first base.
So Cepeda steps up with a runner first.
Ross now has scored eight runs.
He leads both teams in that department.
He's had 11 hits.
He leads in that department.
He has stolen six bases.
He leads in that category.
And here's Orlando's fifth.
A throw with the first to runner back.
Forward and up.
They can save it to Cardinals in the top of the fifth.
Now the stretch.
By land Borgi throws over the first.
The runner is back.
I don't believe the Cardinals have ever lost a seven-game World Series.
And this is their fifth.
Now the stretch.
Here's the pitch.
Cepeda had a cut and he followed it back.
Orlando is talking on the stuff.
He's getting good cuts.
He's getting good pitches.
This is the Cardinals' 11th World Series and they're shooting for their eighth championship.
Now the stretch.
The pitch to Cepeda.
Pass ball is low.
And the count evens at a ball and a stretch.
Forward and up it in the top of the fifth.
Bob Gibson hasn't allowed a hit as yet.
And a stand seven in the first four innings.
Here's a lead by Flood.
The pitch by land Borgi.
Swung at a bad ball and he missed.
Two strikes and a ball.
Cepeda, who quite obviously now is pressing.
The big man to the Cardinals all year long.
He's been held to three hits and 26 times at bat in this series.
And he's nothing out of nine against land Borgi.
He was driven in just one run.
Cepeda goes to the rousin back.
Now returns to the play.
The outfield plays in deep.
Jim Longboy getting ready.
Now the pitch.
Here it is.
Her ball is low.
That evens it up a two balls, two strikes.
Top of the fifth inning.
A capacity crowd at Fenway Park.
Almost an abnormal silence at the moment.
You wouldn't think that 36,000 people or so could be so quiet.
Two balls, two strikes.
There's a throw there.
The runner's back.
Wow, they're whooping it up out there in the bleachers.
Wow, these are great fans out there.
Here's the stretch.
Two-two pitch.
Here it is.
Foul ball on the third base line.
Boy guarding the line closely was over there to make the play, but it was a foul ball.
Cepeda busted his down on that one.
Gets a new war club up there.
Two balls, two strikes.
Cepeda to hit her.
Kirk was on first base.
Top of the fifth inning.
Four to nothing, St. Louis.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch.
Inside a fastball three.
Three balls, two strikes.
Full count on Orlando Cepeda.
Kirk Flood will be going with the pitch again.
There's two men out and two runs are in.
The first on a home run by Bob Gibson.
Here's the stretch to three-two pitch.
There goes Flood.
Howled back to the screen.
And the count remains the same.
You know, everybody talking all through the series about the spectacular efforts of
Klaue Jostrowski of the Red Sox and Lou Brock of the Cardinals.
Bob Gibson might slip through to be the standout performer in the series.
Taking nothing away from the other two men.
Here's the stretch three-two pitch.
There goes the runner.
Swung on.
A long drive but foul.
Out onto the street here.
Jostrowski has been sensational not only all year long, but throughout the series.
Lou Brock for the Cardinals has sparkled.
Bob Gibson is alive.
The Red Sox one-run.
And that's by Jose Santiago.
But this game isn't over yet.
Much can happen.
Here's the stretch for pitch.
There goes the runner.
Swung on.
High pop-fly.
Short left field.
Jostrowski under the ball.
And he's got it for retire the side.
Supporter fly for Jostrowski.
So it's two runs, two hits, no errors in one left.
And at the end of the four and a half innings here in Boston, the score, St. Louis four, Boston nothing.
About a half to fifth innings of lights have been turned on here at Fenway Park.
George Scott will be the first here for the Red Sox.
And the Cardinals lead by a score of four to nothing to tell you all about it, Harry Carrey.
All right, here's George Scott to read it off.
Time is called as the umpires find a something on Ford going on in the right field corner.
But now we're ready to go.
George Scott's playing his first time up the pitch.
It's a little bit low on outside.
Gibson, Ozonar, they hit you.
Now the fervor of the crowd can be heard as they begin to cheer the Red Sox on.
Here's the pitch.
There's a long drive, he's going to be a way back.
12-year-old McGann and Munchy up against the wall.
Scott's around first.
On his way to second.
Now he's around second on his way to third.
And he makes him standing up.
Here's a ball getting away.
Goes into the Cardinals' red box and Scott will score.
Now he's in the end and trying to get through the play.
And the ball's shipped into the Cardinals' red box and the Red Sox have scored.
Solid save, 4-1 ball game.
And here's Ledgie Smith.
Left-handed out of the pitch, one on.
High drive ball, right field.
Rod Jimenez coming in under the ball.
He's got it.
George Scott got the first hit off Bob Gibson.
A long drive just above the 420 mark in center field.
First blood had trouble picking the ball up.
Scott advanced to third base standing up.
The flow, I don't know whether Harvey, I think Harvey or through the ball,
we'll have to check it.
Here's Pepsosulli and the curve ball is outside.
The flow in the third base.
Shannon trying to get through the ball, stumbled over Scott,
fell down and the ball's shipped into the Cardinal dugout.
Scott's scoring.
Here's a good flow with Pepsosulli.
The job has now come to life.
It's a 4-1 ball game.
Pepsosulli waiting the pitch.
It's a strike call.
Two balls and a strike.
That was Scott's fourth hit off Gibson and nine times a bat in a series.
Now to wind up, here's the delivery.
Brings and misses, strike two.
Pepsosulli has bowed it seven times against Gibson.
He's got to stand five times against him.
Orman threats he can hit that long ball as he proved yesterday to put Pepsosulli.
And the count, two balls, two strikes.
It was Javier's idea.
Yes, I was watching him play a third base.
I conjectured it was Javier that threw the ball towards third.
He'll get the air on the throw.
Two balls, two strikes on Pepsosulli.
Here's the pitch.
He struck him out swinging.
That's the second time in a row in this game that Pepsosulli has fanned.
And that is the eighth strikeout for Bob Gibson.
Here's Elston Howard.
As I mentioned, Scott, here's the pitch.
Howard swings a high pop by high shot left field.
Brock coming in, calling for the ball.
He has it.
So Howard on the first pitch flies to Brock.
One run, one hit, one air, nobody left for the Red Sox in the fifth.
And at the end of five full innings, it's the Cardinals four, the Red Sox one.
We pause 30 seconds for station identification.
This is WMAQ AM and FM, radio home of the Floyd Brown Show, Chicago.
Are you going to the top half of sixth inning?
The Cardinals have four runs, seven hits, they've made one air.
The Red Sox have one run on one hit, they have made no air.
Gibson all the way and Lombard all the way.
The first hitter, it'll be Tim McCarver for the Cardinals as they go in the top half of sixth inning.
Harry?
All right, Pee-wee, four to one.
The Red Sox have picked up one of those runs.
Here is McCarver, nothing out of two in this game.
Pop the short, roll the second, the pitch, in there, a slider, a strike call.
McCarver is nothing out of eight against the pitching of Jim Lombard.
The Cardinals have had seven hits, the Red Sox one.
One strike on Tim McCarver.
Just as Lombard gets ready, McCarver steps out of the batter's box.
Four to one, we're in the top of the sixth, stainless leads.
Here's the pitch.
There's the line drive and the right field, Harrelson coming in.
He's eyes for the bar.
He drops it down, there goes McCarver on his way to second.
A great try by Ken Harrelson and the right field line umpire, Paul Pryor, was right on top of the play.
He was ready to indicate that McCarver was out, that Harrelson had caught the ball fairly when he saw it pop out of his glove.
What I think is he hit the ground, the jar, loosened the ball from his mitt.
A fine try by Ken Harrelson, it winds up a double for Tim McCarver.
He's first hit off Lombard.
So the Cardinals have their leadoff man at second base here in the top of the sixth.
St. Louis four, Red Sox one.
Mike Shannon, who's nothing out of eight against Lombard, for the series.
He's a man and bounced out in this game.
Right-handed hitter.
We're in the sixth.
The stretch by Lombard, the glance back.
And the pitch.
Curveball is high and inside.
Dan Osinski, a right-hander, and Ken Brett, a left-hander, are busy in the Red Sox bullpen.
Shannon, hitting out of a wide straddle.
The Cardinals have had eight hits in this game.
McCarver lead.
Lombard takes a look at him.
Here's the pitch.
Curveball, oh, great stop by Foy.
Picks the ball up, can't make a play.
A vicious smash at Joe Foy, who knocked the ball down, but couldn't make a play.
They're going to call it an air.
An air charge to Foy.
It's not a base hit.
And the Cardinals have runners at first and second.
And here comes manager Dick Williams of the Boston Red Sox.
Jim Lombard.
You have to admire not only this boy's ability, but his courage.
With very sharp rest.
He hasn't had his stuff here today. It's been quite obvious.
He's going to stay in this ballgame.
The Cardinals, in 18 innings previously in this World Series against Lombard,
had a total of only four hits.
Today they've had eight.
We're in the sixth inning.
Runners at first and second, how near will be the batter?
The ball Shannon hit was hit hard, and Foy knocked it down.
But it was an air, and those runners at first and second, nobody up.
Javier, who's had one out of two in this game.
Right-handed batter waits. Lombard getting ready.
The pitch.
Swings and he fouls it back.
Javier was trying to go to the opposite field that time.
Down Knoxville would be next, followed by Bob Gibson.
Runners at first and second, the decisive game of the World Series,
finds St. Louis leading Boston 4-1.
The Cardinals perched at first and second.
Shannon at first. McClark at second.
Javier on board, gets ready.
Hesitates to belt and pitches to Javier.
He swings and misses a curve ball.
And Javier is in the hole, two strikes and nothing.
The Cardinals have gotten away to an early lead,
but these Boston Red Sox have made believers of everybody
but the way they have fought back so many times,
this unforgettable season, certainly the most unforgettable
in the history of the Boston Ball Club.
You know, the Cardinals drew over two million people
at their ballpark this year, and the Red Sox,
in a much smaller ballpark, drew something like a million seven hundred thousand.
That's how much interest they created.
Here it is. He held up on a curve ball, almost chased it.
Two strikes and the ball.
We're in the sixth. Cardinal runners at first and second, nobody out.
Javier, who's had eight hits in this series,
has distinguished himself both at bat and in the field, as a matter of fact.
One ball, two strikes. Lombard leaning forward.
McCarver a safe lead at second.
Shannon a shot when at first, Scott is not holding them on.
Lombard at the belt, the pitch.
There's a long drive way back. It might be out of here.
It could be. It is a home run.
Javier hits one off the screen in left field, and the Cardinals now lead seven to one.
Javier homers.
A high towering drive that hit the screen atop the Green Monster.
And there's Javier's ninth hit in this series.
That brings up Don Osville.
Cooley now has driven in four runs for the series.
Here's the pitch to Maxville, and it's a fastball low.
The Cardinals, with two in the third, two in the fifth, and now three in the sixth, have a seven to one lead.
Here's the pitch, and it's in there a fastball, a strike call.
That's Javier's first World Series home run.
Now the pitch, slung and foul tipped.
In the 1964 World Series, Javier was injured, played only a game or so, and Don Osville played second base most of the series.
Played only one game, and that is a pinch runner.
Here's the pitch, slung and foul tipped.
Seven to one in favor of the Cardinals.
Don Maxville, who started with a triple in the third inning, scored the first run on Kirk Flood's single with two outs.
Now to wind up the pitch, behind him, and the count is evened up.
Two balls, two strikes.
Jim Rambord, seven runs on nine hits.
Each team has made an error.
Out of pitch, fly ball right field.
Harrelson going over, under the ball, makes the kill.
Maxville fly to Harrelson right center.
That's one away, and brings up the pitcher Bob Gibson, who homered in the fifth.
Line hard to play in the third.
He's getting a nice hand from the Boston fans.
Rambord's pitch, here it is, and there's a curveball in the first strike call.
Gibson pitching his third game in the series, as is Rambord.
Each man went into this game having allowed one run.
Strike call, the fastball.
Gibson has won by scores of two to one and six to nothing.
The series, Rambord, by scores of five to nothing and three to one.
Now to pitch, curveball a little bit low.
One ball, two strikes.
Three runs are in.
St. Louis leading seven to one.
The Cardinals who never have lost a seven-game World Series.
Here's the pitch.
Swung a bouncing ball to Foy.
He's got it.
Over to first base.
He's out.
Foy throws out Gibson.
That will bring up Lou Brock.
Brock got his first hit of the series against Rambord in the fifth.
Stole two bases and has now swiped six in the series.
Brock has had 11 hits.
Rambord throws the ball in to Elston Howard.
Claymumpire John Stevens looks it over.
It's okay and they toss it back to him.
Here's Rambord's pitch.
Fastball sinks low and outside.
One ball, no strikes.
Three runs are in.
Two men are out.
Now the delivery.
Swung a line drive down the left-fee line and it is a fair ball going into the corner.
Brock's around first.
He's on his way to second.
Yastrinsky recovers the ball and fires it back towards the infield.
Lou Brock gets his second hit of the game and 12th of the series, a double into the left-field corner.
That brings up Kurt Flood.
Flood has had one out of two, drove in a run.
The hit he got in the third inning was the first hit he had had off Rambord in the whole series.
It's a curve ball in the first strike call.
Foy at third base, Petrocelli at short, Andrews at second.
Scott at first.
Howard the catcher, Lombard the pitcher.
There's Brock, a lead off second base, and Lombard's pitch.
Swung and he fouled tipped.
And so Flood has a count of two strikes with two out, three runs in, and Brock at second base.
We're in the top of the sixth.
Lombard leans forward.
Has his sign.
Pitching deliberately, glances at second base.
Now the pitch, and it's high on outside.
One ball, two strikes on Kurt Flood.
Joe Schultz coaching at third base for the Cardinals, Dick Sissler at first base.
Mike Andrews holding Brock close.
Here's the pitch.
Curve ball outside.
And the count evens two balls, two strikes.
Flood waiting.
Everything quiet here at the moment.
Now the glance back at second base.
The pitch.
He struck him out swinging.
Kurt Flood goes down swinging.
It's three runs for the Cardinals.
Three hits.
One air and one left.
So the Red Sox fans up on their feet cheering as we go down to the bottom half of the sixth at the score, St. Louis 7, Boston 1.
Jose Tardibold comes in as a pinch hitter for Jim Lombard.
Left-handed hitter.
The score is some of the one in favor of St. Louis.
Here's the windup and the pitch.
Swung and he missed.
Strike two.
Jose Tardibold.
Lombard.
A fantastic pitcher in this series.
And one wonders, here's a pitch and it's a curve ball on inside.
With proper rest, if he'd had his normal three or four-day rest, how this game would have gone.
Tardibold waiting.
Two strikes and a ball.
The pitch swung and he struck him out.
Tardibold becomes the ninth strikeout victim.
Here's Joe Floyd.
He's a fan once and walk once.
One out.
A ball game at the bottom of the sixth.
St. Louis out in front, 7 to 1.
Bob Gibson delivers and it's a curve ball outside.
Gibson is allowed two runs now in the series.
Right-handed delivers, swung on, a high top foul, coming back.
McCarver has a play under the ball.
He takes it.
So Floyd fouls to McCarver.
Two men up, two men down.
And here's Mike Andrews.
Andrews' sacrifice in the first inning was out on strikes in the fourth.
Two men are out.
Gibson is allowed one hit, a triple by George Scott.
Here's the pitch.
There's a smash and one half to Knoxville.
There's a throw over the first, end time.
Andrews hit the ball hard but a one bounce right at Knoxville.
So it's one, two, three, nothing across.
And at the end of six innings, it's St. Louis 7, Boston 1.
By going in the top half of the seventh inning, a new pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Jose Santiago.
Santa's Cardinals, seven runs on ten hits.
They've made one error.
The Boston Red Sox, one run on one hit.
They've made one error.
The first hitter for the Cardinals in the top half of the seventh inning, Roger Maris.
Harry?
Hi, Peewee.
Maris left-handed batter.
He's driven in a run today and had two singles, two out of two.
Here's the pitch.
Santiago's curve ball is swung on amidst.
Santiago had won 12 and lost four during the season with an earned run average of 3.60.
One strike, no ball.
Here's the pitch.
And it's a fastball in there for a strike and call.
This is the third appearance for Santiago.
His first in relief.
He lost two as a starter.
The pitch to Maris, swung on, a high pop foul.
Off to the left of the plate, Howard Chase again over to the stands.
Out of play.
And the count remains two strikes on Roger Maris.
We're in the top of the seventh.
The score is seven to one, St. Louis.
Maris, who's had ten out of 25 in the series, a 400 average, has driven in seven runs.
Now to wind up by Santiago, the pitch.
It's a long drive, but it's twist foul.
Onto the roof in the right field corner.
Maris got out in front, pulled that ball, but foul.
Two strikes is the count.
Santiago winds the pitch.
Curve ball outside.
Left-handed hitter digging in.
One ball, two strikes.
Here's the pitch.
Another long drive foul.
Just missed the light tower that time.
Santiago from Puerto Rico.
A friend since boyhood of Orlando Cepeda, the Cardinals.
27-year-old right-hander winds, and here's the pitch.
High five all, left center field.
Kremski going over, so's Reggie Smith near the wall, and he has it.
Maris wide deep for Reggie Smith in left center.
That's one out and brings up Orlando Cepeda, facing his countrymen here.
Cepeda, nothing out of three in this contest.
One out, nobody on.
The ball game in the seventh.
Maris out in front, 7-1.
Santiago winds, and here's the pitch.
A fastball in there for a strike call.
One strike, no ball.
One out, nobody on.
Top of the seventh.
Santiago's pitch.
Curve ball in there, a strike call.
Santiago quickly out in front of Cepeda with two fast strikes.
The outfield plays Cepeda straight away and deep.
The pitch, curve ball into the dirt outside.
One ball, two strikes.
Crowd in neighborhood of 36,000, whatever they can get in here.
For the decisive game of the World Series.
He struck him out swinging.
Cepeda goes down swinging.
That's two out and brings up Kim McCarver.
I think Orlando will be glad when this series is over, Pee-wee's having a tough one.
Yeah, I'm sure that he will be, Harry, because Orlando Cepeda had quite a season.
He led the Cardinals with the National League clinic.
He's quite a hitter, but he's just in one of those slumps and can't seem to get on track.
Here's McCarver and the pitch swung on, popped out.
Elston Howard, who's going to get it?
Foy comes down the line from third base and grabs it right in front of home plate.
McCarver on the first pitch, popped to four.
The Cardinals go down in order, one, two, three.
The crowd up on his feet hoping for the lucky seventh.
At the end of six and a half innings, the score remains St. Louis 7, Boston 1,
after seven and eight. Arnie Ostrowski, what a year he's had, what a series he's had.
A great ball player, an all-around ball player, facing a fellow by the name of Bob Gibson here in the bottom half of seven and eight.
Arnie Ostrowski, the Triple Crown winner,
is supposed to be the MVP of the American League.
Here's a pitch and he takes a low.
One ball, no strikes.
This fellow's been outstanding not only with his bat in this series, but with his arm and with his feeling,
and that's the way it was all year long.
Bob Gibson delivers. Here it is.
Fast ball low.
Ball two.
Two balls, no strikes.
Yostromski's had two hits off Gibson in the series, two out of ten.
Pop the shot and roll the second in this game.
Here's a pitch.
Striked over the outside corner, built high.
Sound the count, two balls and a strike on Claudia Stremski.
Ken Harrelson and George Scott are the first three hitters in this inning.
The Red Sox trail by six runs.
Here's the pitch.
Ball three is outside.
Three balls and a strike.
Gibson walked.
One man so far, and that was the leadoff man, Joe Foy.
Here's a pitch to Yostromski.
He had a cut and he missed.
And the count is full of three balls, two strikes.
Carl Yostromski, who swings so viciously but always makes contact.
As I mentioned, he's only fan once in the whole series, and that time he was called out.
Three balls, two strikes, the pitch.
He walked and ball four.
So Yostromski starts the seven for the Red Sox with a base on ball.
And that brings up Ken Harrelson.
Harrelson is nothing out of two in this game.
Right-handed batter up there.
George Scott will be next.
So the Red Sox have the heart of their lineup coming up.
Here's the pitch.
Curveball in their first strike ball on Harrelson.
He fanned twice in this game.
Called out in the first, swinging in the fourth.
Now the stretch, the pitch.
It's a fastball low and inside.
One ball, one strike.
Right-handed hitter waiting.
Yostromski in first base.
The Peta doesn't hold him on.
Now the pitch.
Roll, ball two.
Two balls and a strike.
And Red Cheney, the final manager, comes crawling out to top.
To his coach, Bob Gibson.
These fans enjoying themselves and hoping for a Boston rally here.
And he's closing in.
Whatever Red Cheney said to Gibson didn't take long because he's back off the field.
Gibson works quickly.
A runner at first base, Yostromski, to push the house.
He's one that he missed.
And the count evens with two balls, two strikes.
A lot of times in a situation like that, the manager will tell the pitcher to kind of take it easy, slow down, you're pitching too fast.
This is the type of game that Gibson pitches.
He always pitches fast.
Two-two pitch.
Here it is.
Fencing ball, third shot.
Knoxville has it.
Second base for one.
First base safe.
So Harrelson forces Yostromski from Knoxville to hobby air.
There's one away and that brings up George Scott, who has the only hit of the game.
A triple off the center field wall.
Scott during the regular season hit three-oh-three with 19 homers and 82 runs batted in.
He's been especially effective against Bob Gibson in this World Series with four hits and nine times at bat.
Right-handed batter with great power, the pitch.
And it's in there, a slider caught the outside corner at the knees, strike one call.
A runner at first base is Harrelson, has one off.
Scott didn't like that pitch.
Now moves back into the batter's box.
Eddie Papowski coaching at third base, Bobby Dorr at first base.
The stretch by Gibson, the fifth.
Curled in there, a strike call.
Two strikes and nothing.
Gibson is fan nine.
In the first game of the World Series he fanned ten.
In his second game he struck out six.
Here's the pitch.
Foul tipped as Scott had a good cut.
Two strikes, no ball.
Yostromski opened the inning with a walk but was forced by Ken Howse.
The Red Sox have had one run, one hit, one air.
The Cardinals seven runs, ten hits, one air.
That's the story as of now.
The stretch by Gibson, the pitch to Scott.
Swung on, a hard pop foul.
McCarver coming back, near the screen, may have a play.
He does.
Scott fouls to McCarver.
Two away.
And that will bring up Reggie Smith, the brilliant center fielder of the Red Sox.
Who at age 22 would seem to have some future theory.
Well I've seen Reggie Smith part of this this year and he's going to be a good hitter.
There's no doubt about that.
He has one of the greatest arms I've ever seen.
I've seen him make a couple of throws this year, throwing men out at home plate where I thought he had no chance to throw a runner out.
And you're right, Harry, he's going to be a great one.
He's had two home runs in this World Series.
He's nothing out of two in this game.
Here's Gibson's pitch.
And it's a fastball high and outside.
Reggie Smith has had one hit against Bob Gibson in the World Series, one out of eight.
Two men are gone, Harrelson's at first base.
We're in the bottom of the seventh.
Gibson's pitch.
And it's a fastball high and outside.
Ball two.
Two balls, no strikes.
Reggie steps out of the batter's box, takes a look at the third base coach, Ed Papowski.
The Red Sox trailing by six.
They've been a miracle team all year long.
Here's the pitch.
And it's a strike call.
A good slider caught the outside corner of Bonneha.
Two men are away, bottom of the seventh.
Bob Gibson from the belt delivers.
Hot shot foul, Bobby Dore.
Does a little cha-cha-cha step down there, skips the rope as it were.
And that's the foul ball roll under his feet.
We have a runner at first, Ken Harrelson, who forced Carl Yostremski open the inning with a walk.
Scott then fouled a McCarver and we have Reggie Smith up there swinging and pulling the ball foul out of the park.
Two balls, two strikes.
We're in the bottom of the seventh.
The Cardinals got out in front early with two in the third, two in the fifth, three in the sixth.
The Red Sox scored in the fifth.
Here's the pitch.
High ball three.
Three balls, two strikes.
Harrelson will be going with the pitch.
Enrico Panticelli is kneeling in the on-deck circle.
There's the stretch.
There goes Harrelson with the pitch.
Bouncing ball foul.
Passed Bobby Dore again.
And Ken Harrelson returns to first base.
Gibson has walked two and fan nine, allowed one hit.
Reggie Smith about her.
Switch hitter, hitting left-handed, of course, against Bob Gibson.
Three balls, two strikes.
There goes Harrelson.
Here's the pitch.
Swamp.
High pop fly.
Down to first base line.
Javier crawling to the ball.
Makes the catch with it back to the end bit.
Reggie Smith popped to Javier.
No runs, no hits, no errors, one left.
And at the end of seven full innings, it's save over seven, Boston one.
Harry Curran on PB Race.
Bringing you the seventh game of the World Series.
Fenway Park in Boston.
We're going to the top half of the eighth inning.
The first hitter for the Cardinals will be Mike Shannon.
Then it'll be Javier and Dal Maxwell.
Santiago will be the pitcher.
He took over for Jim Longbaugh who started this game for the Boston Red Sox.
Gibson's still in there for the Cardinals.
I'll tell you all about it, Harry Carrey.
All right, here we have Mike Shannon.
We'll leave it all for the Cardinals.
He's nothing out of three in this game.
Facing Jose Santiago.
Ball game in the top of the eighth.
St. Louis out in front.
Santiago has his side.
And the pitch to Shannon.
Swung on a bouncing ball.
Petrocelli has it, but good alarm of his, and Shannon is out at first base.
Petrocelli throws out Jim.
One away.
Petrocelli has about as fine looking a shot stop as you could want to see.
Great arm, moves around gingerly.
Has good range.
And not only that, he hits the ball with power.
Here's Javier who's had two hits in this game, including a three-run homer.
Santiago's pitch.
And it's a fastball in there for a strike call.
Jim Lomborg pitched the first six innings.
Santiago has retired four men in a row.
Dave Moorhead is now warming up in the Boston bullpen.
Santiago's pitch.
Curveball, and he wasn't fishing for that one.
Missed it a mile.
A wide-breaking curve.
Strike two on Javier.
Javier has had nine hits in this series and 24 times at bat.
Including a three-run homer, his first World Series homer.
Out of pitch.
Long drive right field.
Harrelson going back.
Near the track.
Leaps and he makes the catch.
A beautiful play.
Ken Harrelson went back to the track and made a backhanded leaping catch.
And Javier is good for an extra base hit.
A fine play by the converted outfielder.
Harry Kent is not supposed to be a good defensive outfielder, but that was a tough play.
That ball was hit directly over his head.
It was a tough play.
He turned right on it and caught it right up against the fence.
Here's Don Knoxville.
And the first pitch to him is high and inside.
Knoxville has had one hit today.
Left off the third inning with a triple.
And later scoring on a two-out single by Flunt.
Here's the pitch.
Curveball low.
Santiago seems much sharper today than he did in either game he started.
He pitched real well in the first game but lost 2-1 to Gibson.
Now to wind up and here's the pitch.
High pop fly on the infield.
George Scott backing out on the grass.
Waiting far and he takes it.
So Knoxville pops out to Scott.
One, two, three, nothing across.
And at the end, the seven and a half innings here at Boston.
The score, St. Louis 7, the Red Sox 1.
Dalton Jones is going to be the pinch hitter next.
Petticelli 0-2 today.
The pitch is high.
Ball two.
Petticelli fanned on the second and fanned again on the fifth.
Right-handed batter with good power.
Hit 17 homers during the season.
Here's the pitch.
A fast ball in there for a strike call.
Two balls and a strike.
Here's the windup and the pitch.
Line drive, base hit.
Into the left field corner.
Might be extra bases.
Petticelli's around first.
He's heading for second.
Broad's throw.
Hey, but second base.
A strong throw by Luke Rock out of the left field corner.
But Petticelli went sliding into the bag safely.
So there's the second hit.
The Red Sox have had two hits off Gibson and both have been
for extra bases.
A pimple by Scott and a double by Petticelli.
Here's Dalton Jones.
Seven hits in the series, batting 389.
Left-handed hitter.
Hit 289 during the season.
Here's the pitch.
Just away from a cover and Petticelli advances to third.
Let's see how they're going to call that.
Wild pitch on Bob Gibson.
And Billy Muffet comes out of the cardinal dugout.
He used to pitch to the Boston Red Sox.
He's the pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals now.
He used to pitch for St. Louis also.
And he's talking to Bob Gibson.
A double by Petticelli and a wild pitch.
Places Petticelli at third base with nobody out.
And Dalton Jones is the hitter with Narn Seabourn
waiting to pitch hit next.
Jones is batting for Olsen-Howard.
Seabourn will be hitting for Jose Santiago.
The Cardinal infield plays back.
Willing to concede the run.
They have a 7-1 lead.
The wind up by Gibson to fifth.
Pass ball outside.
Ball to Steve Carlton, the left-hander.
Nelson Braz, the right-hander, are in the cardinal bullpen.
The wind up to fifth.
Ball outside.
Ball three.
The Red Sox.
The Brazos fans rowing again.
With a good start here in the eighth inning to pitch.
Ball four.
He wants it.
Now Dalton Jones gets a base on ball.
And that'll bring up Narn Seabourn.
Left-handed batter, Cepeda, comes over to top.
To Bob Gibson.
That for Gibson is the third base on ball to his gimmick.
In the previous two games he had walked only one man.
So here's Seabourn when runners are first and third.
St. Louis leading 7-1.
Seabourn, left-hand hitter to pitch.
There's a strike out the knees, Carl.
One strike and up off.
Seabourn has power.
Gibson's pitch.
Curled in there, strike off.
Seabourn hit.220, used as a pinch hitter most of the way.
Groban's seventh run.
Makes his home outside of Kansas City now.
Formerly played with the Yankees as well as other clubs.
Here's a stretch pitch to him.
Bouncing ball to Javier.
The run will score.
The throw is the second, fourth play.
Seabourn drives in the run as he forces Dalton Jones from Javier to Maxon.
That makes it 7-2.
Here in the bottom of the eighth.
And here's Joe Foy.
Foy in this game, walk, was out on strikes and fouled to the catcher.
Nothing out of four against Gibson in the series.
The pitch.
And it's a strike, a slider caught the outside corner.
Gibson throwing all hard stuff.
Fast balls and slider.
Seabourn, a short lead off first base.
The Red Sox have to play it safe.
They're looking for the big inning.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch.
Low.
Into the dirt, not evens it up at a ball and a strike.
Gibson's still throwing hard.
Steve Carlton, a left-hander.
Nelson Braves, a right-hander.
Both starting pitchers during the year while the Cardinals are in the bullpen.
One ball, one strike.
Their pitch.
He swung and he missed the curve ball.
Joe Foy.
Right-handed Batu has power.
Here's the pitch.
A slimmer down towards Cepeda.
Backhands of all, passes to Maxwell for the force play.
Cepeda, range to his right, where a squibber hit off the end of the bat with a lateral reverse spin.
Those kind can cause a lot of trouble frequently.
But the ball came up for him.
He fielded it backhanded and flipped to Maxwell for the force out of Seabourn.
So now here is Mike Andrews with a runner at first.
Two out, the score's 7-2.
Petrocelli opened the same with a double.
Advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a force out.
After Dalton Jones had walked, batting for Elston Howard, Norm Seabourg hitting for Santiago.
Bounce into a force play, allowing Petrocelli to score.
Now the pitch to Andrews.
He didn't mean to swing and moved half down the first base line.
Gibson feels the ball and throws over to Cepeda.
Gibson coming off the mound quickly.
Andrews trying to stop his swing.
And so it's one run, one hit, no errors, one left.
And at the end of eight full innings, St. Louis 7, Boston 2.
Top of the ninth inning, the Cardinals are out in front, 7-2.
A good pitcher out there for the Boston Red Sox.
And now to wind up the final game of the 1967 World Series,
NBC's partner to Kurt Gotti on the game of the week, Pee Wee Reese.
Okay, thank you, Harry, very much.
We have a new pitcher, Dave Mohe.
We'll pause for 30 seconds for station identification.
WMAQ AM&F in Chicago.
I go to the top half of the ninth inning.
The Cardinals, seven runs, ten hits, and one error.
The Boston Red Sox, two runs, two hits, and one error.
Now Gibson's the first hitter, and it's a pleasure to have sitting by my side now.
A fellow who works on NBC with Tony Kubek every Saturday,
and I've worked with him before.
It's a pleasure having him here.
Jim Simpson. Jim?
Thank you, Pee Wee, very much.
Bob Gibson swings on the first pitch, foul it off the right, strike one.
The last inning here, unless the Red Sox can come up with five runs
in the bottom half of the ninth inning, don't ever count this ball club out.
They've done the impossible all year.
The Moorheads pitch to Bob Gibson, swing on, miss, strike two.
Moorhead, the third pitcher for the Red Sox.
Jim Lombard started for the Red Sox.
Then Santiago, a good curve ball by Moorhead, struck out.
Mr. Gibson.
So starting the top half of the ninth here,
Gibson strikes out, and that brings up Luberock.
Luberock had quite a series.
He's had two hits today.
Got a base hit in the fifth inning, stole second, and then stole third.
Got a double in the sixth inning, the first pitch to Luberock by Moorhead is low and outside, ball one.
The Cardinals scored two in the third, two in the fifth, and three in the sixth.
Red Sox scored one in the fifth, and one in the bottom of the eighth.
A breaking pitch inside, two balls, no strikes on Luberock.
Kirk Fleur, the on-deck circle.
It's gone right down to the wire.
We're the ninth inning now, the seventh game of the World Series.
The fastball just caught the inside corner.
Makes it count two balls and one strike on Lube.
Luberock, the left fielder for the Sanctuos Cardinals.
He has stolen six bases in these seven games.
He came into this game batting 400.
He's two for today.
They play him straight away.
The third baseman, Dalton Jones, weighing on the grass.
The count is now three balls and one strike.
His up pitch was too low.
Dalton Jones has taken over at third base for George Scott.
Moreheads pitch to Luberock is down on the left.
We also have a new catcher, Russ Gibson,
as we had a pinch hitter for Elson Howard in the last inning.
The Red Sox, whatever happens in this game,
I'll say one thing for them, they have nothing to be ashamed of.
They have played great ball.
There's a fastball inside.
Ball for us of Luberock.
Gets a free ticket.
And the score being seven to two, Luberock, who loves to run.
On top of five, he may not run here.
Kirk Blood is a hitter with one away.
There goes Brock. He took her off to throw the Gitsons in the dirt.
Gets by Andrew Petracelli.
Touch it out, but Luberock gets his third stolen base of the day
and the seventh in the series.
Dawkins Jones playing third in the place of Joe Foy.
Russ Gibson in the place of Elson Howard.
A new record has just been established by Luberock, seven stolen bases.
The pitcher's outside.
And one thing about this, Brock, whenever he gets on,
seems like he upsets everyone, the pitcher, the catcher, and the infielders.
And for playing in field so much when a guy's going to run, you have to always watch him.
As the pitcher's outside, three balls, no strikes on Kirk Blood.
The next hitter is Roger Marra.
The Red Sox trail in this game by a score of seven to two.
Gibson all the way for the Cardinals.
Here's the pitch.
That's for all the time outside.
So, Lube gets a free ticket.
And that brings up Roger Marra.
What has Roger done today? He's singled.
In the first inning, singled in the third inning.
He hit a sacrifice, Brian, the fifth inning, and hit a five balls to Reggie Smith in center field.
In the seventh inning, he's two for three.
Morehead's pitched to him.
A breaking pitch inside, ball one.
But Morehead's got a little wild streak here.
Morehead has a real good overhand curveball, good changeup.
His only problem is getting that curveball over.
One ball, no strikes for Roger Marra.
Here's the pitch, a fast ball inside.
Makes the count two and oh.
Dick Williams, out to say something to Morehead.
Russ Gibson, the catcher, comes out.
In the bullpen, we have Dan Osinski warming up.
And now then a left-hander's jumped up.
And his name is Ken Brett, 19-year-old left-hander we saw over in St. Louis.
And he looks sharp.
He's doing it pretty hard.
Williams now going off the field, Gibson back to his position.
And a few words with Morehead.
Trying to settle him down.
Runners on first and second.
Brock on it second.
On it first, Kurt Blood.
Roger Marra's for the hitter.
It's one away, two balls, no strikes on him.
Morehead looks back at Brock at second base.
Here's the pitch.
A swing and a foul, straight back.
And the count is two balls and one strike on Roger.
And a carry said a while ago that Brock Burry Selham steals third.
He saw him all year, but he did take off the last time he was on second and stole third.
Just watching him, he does not get too big of a jump.
Petrocelli is playing pretty close to him, right in back of him.
Roger Marra takes the next pitch.
It's low and outside, ball three.
Andrew is the second baseman, is playing Roger Marra to pull.
He's way over toward first base.
Petrocelli over close to the bag.
Dalton Jones at third, right level with the bag.
There's the pitch.
It's high and inside, ball four.
So the bases are loaded.
So that's the third walk.
Giving up a morehead and coming out of the dugout.
An old friend of mine will play with me over at the Dodgers, and I played against him quite a few years when he was with the Giants and quite a pitcher he was.
His name is Sal Magley.
And he just gave a little sign out for the bullpen, looks to me like we're going to get a right-hander.
And I believe it will be Dan Osinski.
Not only has Brock broken the series record with seven stolen bases, his three steals in a game ties the series record.
That was held by Hannes Wagner.
A lot of you fans will remember the great shortstop that played with the Pirates.
And I had a pleasure beating Hannes before he passed on, and what a great man he was.
Well, Jim, up to this point, what have you thought about this game?
Well, Peewee, for those of whom are Red Sox fans, of course the Red Sox are in deep trouble now.
The morehead has given up three consecutive walks with only one out.
But we can only look ahead because it is up to the Red Sox to do the scoring of more runs.
In the last of the night, it will be Jusfranski, Harrelson, and Scott.
In other words, the Red Sox go right into the middle of their power.
Okay, Jim.
Well, it's just a shame.
Jim Lomborgue, who started this game, and he looked pretty good for a while,
and you have to give him a lot of credit.
He showed nothing but courage all year.
He's pitched the big games for the Red Sox when they needed him.
I saw him pitch that game on Sunday against the Minnesota Twins when they had to win.
Not only did he pitch and win the game, he started the rally
that brought him back with a bump down the third base line.
He's pitched a lot of baseball this year.
This is Jim Simpson along with Pee Wee Reese back at Fenway Park in Boston.
We're in the ninth inning.
The bases are loaded with one out, and the Cardinals lead 7-2.
Osinski, the new pitcher, and he'll face Orlando Cepeda.
Pee Wee?
The bases are loaded.
Orlando Cepeda, the hitter, and all the runners got there by the way of the walk by morehead.
The first pitch for Osinski.
It's popped up down the third base line in foul territory.
Dalton Jones calls far.
Rico Pescioli comes over and backs of him and takes it.
Blue rocket, third base, tags up, makes a little blip with no one there at third.
But I don't think he was really serious about it.
Osinski, the pitcher, came in and cut the ball off.
But Joe Wade, as Cepeda,
still having trouble with that bat.
Now then we're going to have Magni come back out again.
And it wouldn't be a bit surprise that we may see the young left-hander,
Ken Brett, coming in here.
And the fans like this.
Ken Brett, 19 years old.
This will be a good experience for him, Jim.
He may be around for a long time.
He looked very good in St. Louis, Pee-wee.
And as McCarver's about to come to bat, we cannot help but remember what you and Harry Caravan have been saying all along.
McCarver, as well as Elson Howard of Boston Red Sox, have not been having good series with the bat.
But Pee-wee, I'm sure that you will agree that they are the men who have been handling the pitchers,
such as Jim Lawnbord, Nelson Wiles, and of course Bob Gibson.
They're the ones who run this ball club, or these ball clubs when they're on the field.
In that respect, I would say that McCarver and Howard have done tremendous jobs.
It is only a shame that Howard, who could be playing his last year,
and McCarver, who had such a great series back in 1964, have not done better as hitters.
But as catchers, they've done exactly what they're supposed to do.
Ken Brett is coming in.
Pee-wee.
Okay, Jim, yes sir.
McCarver, as you said, has not had a good series with the bat.
But back in 1964, talk about hitting.
He was a batting leader in the 64 series, hitting a full 478,
getting at least one hit in each of the seven games.
His 478 average was the best by a National League player since Pepper Martin's 500 in 1931.
Now, you're talking about Pepper Martin and the old Gas House Gang, the San Luis Cardinals.
You know, it would have been nice, Jim, to see a couple of fellows here at the series.
I understand one of them was here, Lefty Grove, a great pitcher with the Red Sox.
And he was the last pitcher to win 30 games in the American League, 31 in 1931.
And Dizzy Dean, who pitched for the Cardinals, he was the last pitcher to win 30 games in the National League.
That was back in 1934.
Dean pitching for the Cardinals and Dill pitching for the Red Sox and a couple of great ones.
Well, we're about ready to go as young Ken Brett, ready to take over with the bases loaded two men away.
And Tim McCarver is a hitter.
Block on at third, Flurrod on at second, and Roger Marison at first base.
Let's have a look at Ken Brett.
Into the windup, the pitch, good fastball, hit down to George Scott at first base.
He'll take it himself.
One pitch, and the youngs in there out.
So that's all for the Cardinals here in the top half of the ninth inning.
No runs.
So the score after eight and a half innings of play, they go to Cardinals 7, the Boston Red Sox 2.
Well, Pee-wee, we move now to the bottom of the ninth inning, it'll be Yostrinsky, Harrelson, and Scott.
And I'm sure that everyone in New England knows and around the country that the Boston Red Sox were not supposed to have won the American League tennis.
Those two big games for the Minnesota Twins came from behind and won both.
They were down three games to one to the Cardinals and have come back to win the next game.
They've got this series at 6-6.
They're now down by five runs, seven to two, three outs to go.
But here's the big one coming up, Pee-wee, Kyle Yostrinsky.
Yes, sir, never count them out.
Bob Gibson's first pitch to Yostrinsky is low and outside.
Ball one, the last chance for the Red Sox.
And they have a great one starting off here in the top, bottom half of the ninth inning.
It's 8-3, 7-2.
Bob Gibson's pitch to Kyle Yostrinsky, a fastball that's outside, ball two.
Still have action in the Cardinals, full pin.
Nelson Browns and Steve Carver.
Browns the right-hander, Carver the left-hander.
Yostrinsky takes the next pitch.
It's too low.
Ball three, the last time up Yostrinsky walked.
The three and 0 pitch Yostrinsky will be taking all the way.
He was and was right down in there for ball strike one.
He backs out of there, checks with Popowski's coach at third base and said,
Eddie, you want me to swing at this one or take it?
Three and one's a count on him.
Here's the pitch.
He's swinging at base hit out of the right field.
Yostrinsky.
Yostrinsky's last time at bat and that's the way to finish the season.
Who knows, let's wait and see. Ken Halston.
He's a hitter.
Bob Gibson's first pitch to a low and outside ball one.
Defensively for the Cardinals, Sepeda at first, Javier at second,
Maxwell at short, Mike Shannon at third base.
Bob Gibson's pitch to Halston, high and inside, ball two.
Red C&D's coming out of the dugout.
Walks the top until he's hitter Bob Gibson.
Macarver out.
Mike Shannon in.
Red C&D's gives him a little pat as Steve Popper, left-hander,
Nelson Browes continue to throw in the bullpen.
Red says, Bob, take it easy.
Not too fast.
As Bob Gibson falls behind, Ken Harrelson here at the bottom half
of ninth inning.
Hal Yostrinsky on at first base.
Gibson, one set.
Here's the pitch.
Fastball in there for ball strike one.
No one away.
The score, Cardinals seven, the Red Sox two in the bottom half
of ninth inning.
Here's the pitch.
Little tap is fouled down the third baseline.
Shannon in, picks the ball up and drops it.
He was a count up of two and two.
Halston all for three on the day.
Stuck out the first and in the fourth.
Gets the force out.
The seventh inning.
Here's the pitch to him.
Down foul off the next one short.
The football with Javier for one, the third of first.
A double play.
A real fine double play as Maxwell had to go in the hole.
The shortstop for the Cardinals gave the ball with something on it
to Javier at second base.
And the throw with a subpoena for a double play.
So it's two away.
And brings up George Scott.
The last hope for the Red Sox.
Swings on the first pitch and fouls it back.
Strike one.
Scott one for three.
Hit a triple in the fifth inning.
Scored one of the runs.
Here's Bob Gibson's pitch to him.
It's high.
Makes a count one ball and one strike.
Well, I certainly hope that you fans have enjoyed this world series.
We've enjoyed friendly until you.
Scott foul straight back.
One ball, two strikes on him.
Bob Gibson looking for his third win in the series.
The one and two pitch to Scott.
He struck him out and that's all for George Scott.
And that's all.