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On June 16, 1957, the St. Louis Cardinals faced the Brooklyn Dodgers for a doubleheader at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
The cards were coached by Fred Hutchinson and entered the game with a 30-23 record.
This was the final season for the Dodgers in Brooklyn before moving to Los Angeles, and they were coached by Walt Alston.
This is game one of the twin bill featuring Brooklyn announcers Vince Cully, Jerry Doggett, and Al Helfer.
Unfortunately, the recording of this game is missing the final out.
Rest assured, there were no last-minute heroics after the tape cuts off.
The final out was a routine ground ball to first base unassisted.
Enjoy the game.
Dan Muzey will hit third. He'll be at first base.
Dan hitting fourth, right fielder Del Annis.
Center fielder Ken Boyer will hit fifth.
Dan hitting sixth will be Wally Moon in left field.
Obie Landis will do the catching. He'll hit seventh.
Eddie Castro will be at third base.
And the pitcher will be Little Murray Dixon.
The veteran right-hander has won three. He has lost two.
He has no record with the Brooklyn Dodgers yet this year. He's on or with them.
On the last time, he's 18 and 28. Last year, he had a one-in-five record with Brooklyn.
The batting orders are now being taken up to home plate with the umpires,
Chakor, Landis, Baker, and Daskoly officiating.
It'll be Chakor behind the plate, Landis at first.
Baker will be at second base and Daskoly will be at third.
For the Brooklyn Dodgers, they'll line up this way this afternoon.
Gil Hodge is still out nursing bruised ribs.
Gillian leads off. He'll be at second base.
Hitting number two will be third baseman Pee Wee Reese.
Hitting third, center fielder Duke Snyder.
Elmer Fallow remains in the cleanup spot. He'll be in left field.
At Gino Somoli, the right fielder, he'll be hitting fifth.
Hitting sixth, Roy Campanella to catch the first game.
Hitting seventh, John Roseborough will be back again at first base for his third straight day.
Charlie Neal will be the shortstop and the pitcher will be young Don Drysdale.
Drysdale has one fire this year, has lost three, and with St. Louis, he is 1-0.
He defeated the Cardinals 10-4 at St. Louis back on the 20th day of May
in his only previous lifetime start against them.
He pitched out with only seven innings and ran out of gas.
In 73 innings this season, Drysdale has allowed only 60 hits with 20 walks and 58 strikeouts
and has an earned run average of 2.71.
His 1956 earned run average was 2.64.
The Brooklyn Dodgers coming out now to take the field.
And as the day starts, we should like to remind you that Milwaukee is riding in first place in the National League.
Since the 92nd half game off the face, then comes Brooklyn and Philadelphia Tries for third and fourth.
They're two games behind.
Philadelphia is actually two and a half behind.
St. Louis is two and a half games behind.
So they are the ones that are really tied.
Philadelphia and St. Louis Brooklyn standing in third place in the National League.
Philadelphia and St. Louis actually tied for the three and four positions.
So we're getting ready to get this one underway.
We're expecting a big afternoon of it, a real shape of afternoon.
And now stepping up will be a down blessing game to lead things off for St. Louis as Don Drysdale has taken the mound.
Drysdale throwing a few pitches down to get the feel of it.
Frank Secoy the plate umpire standing just outside waiting to call the first batter up.
And on this fine, sun shiny afternoon with a slight wind blowing in from the hard right field,
we're going to get the first game of this doubleheader started.
This will be the getaway set of games for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
They'll be showing up for a game tomorrow night with the Mild League leading Cincinnati Redlegs.
And stepping up to the microphone to bring us the play-by-play for the F&M Shape of Brewing Company Brooklyn on this first game of the doubleheader.
Here's the guy who has just said that this is the greatest day he has ever seen.
Vince Goff.
Thank you. Hi everybody.
And it sure is.
We certainly hope things are going just right for you, whatever you may be, for things are just fine right here.
Don Blasingame, Alvin Dark, and Stan Musial.
Should anybody get on, maybe we'll see Dell in it.
We have a lot of Indians around the ballpark today.
Just to add to the proceedings, we'll tell you about them.
Members of the Shinnecock Tribe who will put on a tribal war dance in between games.
They gave out tomahawks to manager Austin, Peewee Reese, and our good friend Jim Murray.
And also a big Indian headdress to Herbie Sharpman, the photographer.
Fastball to Don Blasingame in for the strike on one.
I wish I could find the big chief of the Shinnecock's in between games while we'd have them do the, well, not the rain dance, the cool weather dance.
If you know any Shinnecock Indians, give them a call.
The strike one, the surprising game is outside, one ball, one strike.
Let's make a pact, okay?
From now on, it's just a nice day.
It's not too hot, not too cold, it's just right.
Just try and forget all about it.
Blasingame batting 298.
Two home runs, 28 RBIs.
Dyesdale ready and the right-handed delivers.
Fastball fouled away, one and two.
Nice crowd on hand.
And friends, if you're anywhere in the vicinity of the ballpark and you decided, well, not too much to do around the house,
well, we still have seats for you out in left field in the shade of the upper deck.
A nice breeze beginning to ripple up from back of the right field corner and slanting over to left.
I'd like to have you with us.
Dyesdale checking signs with Campanella, one and two, the count to Don Blasingame.
Dyesdale ready and the overhand curve cut on and this strike three and that thing looks sharply down at Blasingame's feet.
Oh, Don Dyesdale starts off on the right foot, strikes out Don Blasingame and it brings up Alvin Dye.
Alvin Dye batting 315 with two home runs, 26 runs batted in.
Dyesdale ready and delivers and the curve over for the strike on one.
Frank Sakoi, the plate umpire, Stan Landis at first, Bill Baker at second, Frank Daskoly on the line at third.
He knows with two X National League managers in the coaching line.
Strike one, Pitch to Dark, fastball, a line drive foul outside of first, on two.
Mr. Terry Moore coaching at first, one of the truly great fielding centerfielders of all time.
And around at third, a great third baseman, the smilingest man in the National League I guess, Stan Hax.
On two to Alvin Dark, one out on the first, no score on deck, Stan Musial.
Dyesdale ready and the strike two, Pitch, fastball at the knees, call, strike three.
So Mr. Dyesdale has chopped down two men, Blasingame and Dark on strikes.
Stan Musial being announced to the crowd and gets an ovation.
Hey, Spiderfellas.
Stan might tear the walls down, but they like him very much over here in Brooklyn.
He's batting.357 with 13 home runs, 47 runs batted in.
Fastball hit to the hole and through and Mr. Stan is hitting 15 straight, not do.
A Musial single strike with two out on the first inning.
Hey, somehow you might have missed it.
Waves and Ray Krohn, Danny O'Connell and Bobby Thompson to the Giants and the Giants sent off a redhead, Mr. Chamedeep to Milwaukee.
Understand Ray Krohn is going to be put right into service today, playing the pitch for the Giants.
Stan Musial in first, two out and Dell enters the batter.
Dell hitting.257, Dyesdale ready and the fastball is low, ball one.
And this was eight home runs, 35 runs batted in.
You figured out the Braves, of course, this is more or less what the people around baseball would certainly call a one-year move.
It's not anything for the great future, but the Braves want to win so badly this year, so they made the deal.
The one-on-fifth tennis is golfed at and hit up along third foul, one and one.
Meanwhile, the Giants get Danny O'Connell and they'll probably play him at third.
Danny's played second, short and third and I think most people would agree he's better at third base.
Here Bobby Thompson to play in the outfield.
And they have a fine young pitcher, Mr. Ray Krohn, who could very well be the sleeper in the deal.
The one-on-fifth tennis, curveball, fouled away again outside of third, one and two.
Allen Northen going back through Stan Musial's private war against Brooklyn pitching, finds that that base hit the right field was his second single, that's all, against Brooklyn this year.
He has hit four doubles and two home runs.
Fastball hit to the hole and flew in the left field for the base hit.
Vallow comes on to field it and so Delennis singles to left.
Drysdale at the striking out blasting game in dark now gives up consecutive singles to Musial and Ennis.
Kenny Boyer batting 2.49. He has six home runs, 19 runs batted in.
Playing center field, doing a good job.
It's amazing the Cardinals had two of the more prominent young rookies breaking into the National League at one time, both in center field.
And you figured, well, their problems there were certainly solved.
Instead, Rapulski, the left fielder, he went.
Bill Burton, who was the fine center fielder, he left.
Wally Moon, who was the fine center fielder, is now on left.
So the third baseman, the all-star third baseman, Kenny Boyer is now the center fielder for the Cardinals.
Fastball lined to left field, Vallow comes on, it's in for the base hit.
Here's Musial around third coming to the plate. He'll score easily.
And so with two out, the Cardinals hit Drysdale for three consecutive base hits and they have a run.
Boyer singles to left.
Musial scoring one-nothing Cardinals.
All right, the batter is Wally Moon.
Drysdale delivers fastball for the strike on one.
Moon batting 280 as 12 home runs, 31 runs batted in.
Dell at the second base, Kenny Boyer at first.
Musial over with the run.
So after striking out Blazingaim and Dye, the Cardinals come up with three consecutive base hits.
Drysdale turns on the rubber, now he's ready. The strike one fits, change up, cut on is a high pop fly.
Charlie Neal backing out on the grass.
Vallow charging in, Neal is calling and makes the play.
On the top of the first inning, the Cardinals come up with one run on three hits, all with two out, and they lead two men.
At the end of half an inning, the Cardinals won and the Dodgers will be coming up.
Then ready for the last half of the first inning, old boy.
Okay, Jim Gilliam, Beewee Reece, and Duke Snyder, last of the first one-nothing Cardinals.
Murray Dixon, been right hot on this Eastern swing for St. Laura's.
He has three consecutive complete game victories.
He leads the majors.
I wonder why I got that line. Hold it.
The first pitch now to Gilliam is outside, ball one.
He beat, let's see, seven to one at Milwaukee, six nothing at Pittsburgh, five-two at Philadelphia.
He's not started against Brooklyn this year.
Murray Dixon against Don Drysdale in the first game and Willard Schmidt going in the second.
Dixon ready, Murray delivers one-oh, and the pitch is cut on and filed away, one-on-one.
Murray Dixon, of course, a fine pitcher with the Cardinals, then with Pittsburgh.
He used to throw just about every pitch in the book.
He threw fastballs, curveballs, sliders, change-ups, screwballs, knuckleballs.
You come up with it, he had it, sinkers.
Now he's more or less staying with the knucklers.
Knuckler dancing outside, ball two, two-and-one.
Cincinnati did not score in the first inning, so the Giants hit back now.
Two-and-one, the count to Jim Gilliam.
Dixon ready and delivers.
Knuckler and his a line drive to right field, it's a clean base hit.
Jim Gilliam opens up and jumps on a knuckleball and singles to right.
The Dodgers were quite surprised.
They faced Dixon one time in relief.
He got two men out.
And they noticed that night out at St. Louis, and they fonded Dixon a little bit, too,
the fact that all he threw were knuckleballs.
We'll see if they can guess correctly, and if that's all he's throwing,
the Dodger book will have to be changed on Murray Dixon.
Gilliam inching off the bag at first and usual holding as Reese steps in batting 232.
Dixon ready, there's the knuckler, makes him move out of there, ball one, one-and-oh.
Reese has one home run.
Six RBIs.
Eddie Casco on the edge of the infield grass at first.
Dixon's traveling the rubber, now gets up on top.
One-nulling Cardinals, last of the first inning.
It's a high up fly, going out is Dark.
It could be a little bit of trouble as he makes a complete turn coming in as Boyer to help out,
but Boyer just watches now as Dark takes it.
Alvin going out into left center, making a complete turn to make the play.
One out and here's the do.
Good batting, 256.
He has 11 home runs, 26 runs batted in.
On deck, Elmavalo.
The infield way over shifted around toward first, Dark over to his left to plug up the middle.
The outfield deep to right.
Knuckler, the line drive, deep to right field is going to be halfway up the screen.
The ball is finally fielded by Ennis, holding at third is Gilliam Snyder.
Slides at second, he's out at second.
Oh, Duke Snyder is out at second base on a strong throw by Del Ennis.
To second baseman Don Blasingame, and going around to third base is Jim Gilliam.
It gives Snyder a base hit and he's outstretching.
Gilliam advancing to third on the play.
Gilliam going, but nevertheless the ball had hit and came right back into Del Ennis' hands,
and Junior had no chance to come to the plate.
Two down, Gilliam at third base, and Elmavalo the batter, hitting 346.
He has four of the eyes.
Dixon ready, winds and delivers, Knuckler low and inside, and Landryd is fighting that baseball to death.
I tell you, do you ever see a goalkeeper in hockey?
Hobie's doing everything possible to prevent it from squirting through to the backstop
and then of course allowing Gilliam to come over.
Oh, what a battle he's giving that ball.
Ball players call it boxing a few.
The 1-0 pitch to Landryd.
Knuckler outside and Hobie stayed with it to grab it, ball two.
Landryd looks into the dugout, just shakes his head and gets back behind the plate.
Elmavalo waiting, two and all to count.
Gilliam at third base, we're in the bottom of the first inning.
Cardinals one, Dodgers trying to pick up a run and tie it up.
Dixon staring in, now Murray's ready, looks to Gilliam, the 2-0 pitch to Elmavalo.
Fastball cut on and a little pop-up, just up along third, coming down for it is Casco and makes the play.
So Elmavalo pops up to Eddie Casco and the Dodgers have their bid denied.
In the first inning, no runs, two hits.
One man left on as Snyder is outstretching.
At the end of one inning, the Cardinals one, the Dodgers nothing.
Dyesdale ready and delivers.
Fastball cut on and missed for a strike, and I imagine Hobie up there now hitting.
It must be a pleasure to him to see a fastball.
After handling Murray Dixon's knucklers throughout the first inning.
Hobie batting 182, he has four runs batted in.
Dyesdale back again, the overhand curve misses outside one and one.
Say before we were talking to you about the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Giants trade,
and it's conceivable with a lot of folks perhaps getting up very early this morning and heading out,
you might have missed the Yankee trade.
The 1-1 pitch, fastball cut on is a high foul.
To the left of the plate, Campadella is calling as he shields his eyes from the glare and makes the play.
Well, not one away.
Well, the Yankees in Kansas City had themselves another trade.
The Yankees sent to Kansas City, second baseman Billy Martin, infielder, outfielder Woody Held,
who played the infield a great deal at Denver but during the spring played a lot of center field.
He has a fine arm.
Ralph Terry, a young pitcher, and Bob Martin, N-A-R-T-Y-N,
whom the Yankees I think considered the second fastest man on the squad, back of mantle, an outfielder.
Now I'll tell you who the Yankees got from Kansas City.
The pitch to Eddie Casco is down low, ball one.
The Yankees got Harry Simpson.
Harry had a rough spring.
He had chipped a bone and his ankle was out quite a while.
He's an infielder and outfielder, place first base when he's in the infield.
The 1-0 pitch to Eddie Casco, fastball missing, ball two.
Reinal Duren, and of course that's a name to strike fear in the hearts of any batter.
He is very, very fast, but he also has, well, not too good eyesight.
Very wild.
The 2-0 pitch to Casco, fastball, bounce-away foul, 2-1.
So Harry Simpson, then Reinal Duren, the Yankees faced Duren this year,
and Gil McDougal came up with quite a quote about Duren.
McDougal said Duren's going to beat a lot of clubs just using fear psychology.
Gil, of course, honest enough to admit that you are afraid up there when a fellow throws that hard
and you're not too sure where the ball's going.
2-1 pitch to the curve outside, ball three, 3-1.
The Yankees also got a young outfielder who played some shadow field for Kansas City,
Jim Frisone out of the Texas League, and they got an infielder,
played a lot of second base by the name of Milt Graff, G-R-A-F-F.
3-1 pitch to fastball low, ball four, so Eddie Casco walked with one out in the second inning,
Cardinals leading 1-0.
So thumbnail sketches on the men.
To Kansas City, Billy Martin, Woody Hill, Ralph Terry, and Bob Martin.
From Kansas City to the Yankees, Harry Simpson, Reinal Duren, Jim Frisone, and Milt Graff.
Murray Dixon, not a bad hitting pitcher, hitting.222 with four runs batted in,
up there with one out, and Eddie Casco at first base.
Cardinals have a run, Dodgers nothing.
We're in the second inning, the first game of a double header, a big day in baseball.
Geisdale already takes a peek at first, whirls and fires over there, and Casco's back.
Eddie's fast, the Dodgers know about him.
Geisdale turns on the rubber now and goes set.
The pitch to Dixon, sidearm fastball over for the strike on one.
Cincinnati at bat at the Polar Grounds have already picked up three runs.
They are still swinging and lead the Giants 3-0 in the second.
It's 2-1, Milwaukee over the Phillies at the end of five,
and 2-0 Cubs over Pirates at the end of four and a half.
Strike one pitch is bounced slowly down to Gilliam,
with players at second, they get the force, the throw to first is not in time.
Small wasn't it sharply enough to get the double play.
Fourth play, four to six.
Two down in the second inning in the batter, leadoff man Don Brazingame,
who struck out in the first inning.
Went after a sharp curve that drove right down at his feet.
Brazingame forgot his helmet, so he has to go back to the Cardinal dugout now and get one.
Don batting 2-97.
He's had a fine series, especially defensively, before he's been all over the field.
The pitch is caught on a comeback here, and Drysdale stays with the hot one and throws him out at first.
One bouncer right at the right side of Drysdale's ribs and he made his play.
One to three.
For the Cardinals in the second inning, no runs, no hits, they leave a man.
At the end of an inning and a half, the Cardinals won and Brooklyn nothing.
Now we're going to the last half, with Vinnie number two right here on the shape of broadcast.
Addiction back to the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals.
They're leading in the ball game one to nothing.
They have one run on three hits.
Brooklyn no runs on two hits.
Brooklyn's first man will be Gino Cimelli, then Roy Campanon, then Johnny Rose Burroughs.
Vinnie, it's going to be something this afternoon, be a doubleheader, nice one.
I was just thinking while you were talking to the folks out and we had the thoughts or kept looking it up.
It came very close.
Murray Dixon will be 41 years old in August.
That's a warm day here in New York.
You know that Murray Dixon was pitching professional baseball when Don Drysdale was one year old.
That's something, isn't it?
Murray's quite a man that you could stay in the kind of shape he's in.
The boys say, oh, when he reports to spring fanny all this, do take a shower and a shave and he's about ready.
No, I'm not looking at you.
I think you were.
No, no, no.
Heavens to Betsy.
Gino Cimelli batting 339.
He has eight home runs, 25 runs batted in.
One nothing Cardinals bottom of the second.
Cimelli, Campanella and Rose Burroughs.
Dixon ready now and knuckles the first one way high right at Cimelli's helmet and Gino just dances away from it.
401.
Drysdale was born in 36.
Dixon was pitching in 37.
The one on pitch to Cimelli.
It's cut on a bouncer by the mound down to dark.
It takes it on a big hop close to first and that's it for Cimelli.
One up, one away.
We'll send three games from Cincinnati.
Monday night, June the 17th.
Wednesday night, June the 19th.
And Thursday night, June the 20th from Cincinnati, all three.
The air time, 8.55 for each game.
Then a week from Monday, Monday night, June the 24th from St. Louis.
Air time, 8.55.
Wednesday night, June the 26th from Milwaukee.
Air time, 8.55.
And Sunday afternoon, June the 30th, the first game of a doubleheader from Chicago.
Air time, 1.55.
Cavadala up there swings at the first pitch and loops it to center.
Kenny Boyer had no jump on the ball.
It's going to drop in front of him for the base hit.
Boyer seemed to just freeze momentarily.
Perhaps he lost the ball in the white shirt background.
Delayed its start and the ball had dropped in for the singles.
Head off, Murray Dixon.
Remember, all those televised ball games will be sent back to you on WOR TV, Channel 9,
and of course all Dodger games, day and night, home and away, on WMGM Radio
and the Brooklyn Dodgers radio network.
So we'll be talking to you while we're away.
Johnny Ruinsborough batting 125.
John has one base hit in the major leagues.
Mike Bunt against Lindy McDaniel, Friday night's game.
Dixon's knuckleball is on the outside corner for a strike, 0-1.
One out, bottom of the second inning.
Cardinals 1, Dodgers nothing.
Roy Campanella at first base.
0-1 to Johnny Ruinsborough.
On deck, Charlie Neal.
Dixon's bat to strike one pitch.
Knuckleball cut on and missed, 0-2.
Murray has to count his way now, Roseborough waiting.
The strike two pitch to John, got that and missed, strike three and down he goes.
I think maybe it sounds like nothing to me if I keep saying the knuckleball, knuckleball, knuckleball.
It bothers you all, I'll stop using it for a while.
Maybe it does.
If we're going to flinch on a hot day like today, we're not trying to get anybody mad.
So we'll just say Dixon pitches for a while, the very thing.
Neal batting 273.
Murray delivers and it's outside, 4-1.
Neal, we have two home runs, 13 runs batted in.
Dixon at first, two out on the second inning, Cardinals one, Dodgers nothing.
Dixon checking signs, Murray ready, delivers and the 1-0 pitch is outside, ball two, 2-0.
The Dodgers had two base hits in the first inning.
Gilliams singled and after Reese had popped out, Snyder hit the screen and right.
Delenis threw a strike to second, Snyder was out and Gilliam had to hold it first.
And then Vallow popped up.
Here in the second inning, Sandwich in between outs, Campanella single to center.
Count to Charlie, Neal two balls and no strikes.
Dixon ready and the 2-0 pitch to Charlie, cut on and missed, 2-1.
Dixon ready and decides to throw to first, Campanella's back.
Two out on the second, Cardinals one, Dodgers nothing, first game of a double header.
Dixon delivers 2-1 and the pitch is cut on and bounced down to Blasding game.
Who's up with it cleanly, goes to Musial and that's it.
Play going 4-3.
In the second inning, no runs, one hit, a man left on.
The other two innings are played, the Cardinals one, the Dodgers nothing.
Right now, Rex Rickard is making an announcement.
We're not too sure if we can pick up his words.
We know what he's going to say, but we'll just fill you in on it.
Rex is now making the announcement to the folks here at Everett Field that this is Father's Day
and we certainly want to welcome all the pappies who are here at the ballpark.
We have our own pappy at the control.
And we have a special Father's Day section in the upper deck, section 17, 19, and 20.
And now we have a round of applause for all the dads here at the ballpark.
On that corner up there in the upper deck are some of the greatest athletes of all time.
No doubt telling their sons just how they did it years ago.
And the sons just as proud as they can be.
It makes quite a picture.
Section 17, 19, and 20, we ought to kind of wrap them up a little bit.
There's a special crowd today.
It would be nice if there were a couple of old, nice, easy high fouls up there
and some fathers make the catch.
That's a great thing to see at a ballpark, to see a father catch the ball
and turn his hand to his son and say, see what I mean?
I used to do that all the time.
Well, we got anything new on the scoreboard?
Well, I babble away here.
What about when a little eight-year-old boy catches one hand to his dad
and says, Pop, this is for you?
I'd say the least.
Cincinnati in the Giants at the end of an inning and a half.
Cincinnati 3 to Giants nothing.
At the end of six innings and a half, it is 2-1 Milwaukee over Philadelphia.
First game of the doublehead.
All right, then.
Okay, we'll get a few more scores in as dark fouls are pitched away.
0-1.
Cubs and the Pirates, it's 2-1 Chicago at the end of five and a half innings.
In the American League, not much to report yet.
Don't think we're trying to slight the American League,
but the Eastern team's about west.
Again, with the time difference at all, we don't have too much to report.
Yankees at Kansas City, they're not even warming up yet.
Dyesdale ready now, delivers to dark.
Changeup is hit off the hands foul outside of first base, 0-2.
Washington and the White Sox are playing a doubleheader.
That just started.
Ramos against Wilson.
And Washington did not score in the first inning.
First of two, Baltimore and Cleveland.
Johnson and Mossy.
Three to two in favor of Baltimore at the end of three and a half innings.
Dyesdale ready to strike two pitch.
A changeup, reach for and tap down to short.
Charlie Neal has the hurry.
His off balance, throw is in time.
Nice play by Charlie.
Dark way out and caught on the chain, just kind of tapped it by the mound.
Neal, who was deep, had to charge and just seemed to risk that ball over to first base.
So dark is out, short to first.
One up, one away, and here's Mr. Mugell.
Dan batting a cool 360.
He's single to right in the first inning.
He has hit in 15 straight games.
Dyesdale changes up and misses low and inside for one.
Dyesdale ready, one-oh pitch to Mugell.
Fastball, foul away, one and one.
Philadelphia Phillies have come to life in the bottom of the seventh inning.
They have pushed over a run to tie the Braves two and two, and the Phillies are still at bat.
So we'll watch that for you.
And any further report, gladly pass it along.
Dyesdale delivers.
Fastball hit to Neal's right.
Charlie up with it.
He has to make a long throw.
It's in time.
Oh, my goodness, Mr. Neal.
You know that fellow can play shortstop?
He made two plays right there that were just about telling he can do it.
He had to charge a slow ground ball that got dark and flipped it to first.
And that time he had been over-shifted near the bag at second, had to go to his right,
and had to throw from the grass and got Mugell.
Two out.
Here's Dyesdale Ennis, who is single to left.
Dyesdale batting 261.
Dyesdale delivers.
Fastball line drive off Charlie Neal's glove and on out into left field.
Charlie tied a backhand to Bullitt and couldn't do it.
They probably would have elected him mayor if he had held onto that one.
Okay, Ennis singles to left, and he ripped that one.
That's his second hit.
Hit number four for St. Louis.
And the batter, Kenny Boyer.
Campanella had something to say to Dyesdale before Boyer came up.
Well, remember, it was two out on the first inning and runners at first and second.
Boyer's single to left, and Campanella appeared to be a little upset at whatever Dyesdale had thrown
or where he had put it.
And Dyesdale seemed to agree with Campanella.
He was a little bit mad at himself for the base hit drove in the run.
So let's see how they work on Kenny now.
Boyer batting 253.
Dyesdale ready and delivers overhand curve, low and outside, ball one.
Breeze has picked up a bit.
Kind of nice out here at the park now, coming from right field corner,
slanting over to left.
The 1-0 pitch to Boyer, fast ball, missing outside, ball two, 2-0.
A lot of blue skies up above. Nice to have them with you.
2-0.
Dyesdale ready, checks first.
The 2-0 pitch, curve outside and backhanded nicely by Campanella.
That thing was heading for the backstop, ball three.
Nice crowd on hand today. It is not capacity, anything like that.
There are some scattered empty seats in left field.
Nevertheless, it's a nice turnout.
Glad to have the folks here to kind of say goodbye to Brooklyn.
Be going out on their second Western trip right after the double header.
3-0 pitch, a fast ball at the knees for ball four.
So with 2-0, Kenny Boyer draws a walk.
Dyesdale is advancing to second.
Dyesdale having the 2-0 blues.
Moon came over in the first inning with two outages and jam here in the third as Wally Moon comes up.
Moon pops a short in the first inning.
By the way, we're happy to announce our Schaefer Award winners.
And the young man at shortstop who's been writing his name in capital letters defensively today,
Mr. Charlie Neal, is one of the two award winners.
The other pitcher, Eddie Robuck.
The 1-0 pitch to Wally Moon is a fast ball and a bounce into the seats off third.
0-1.
Moon batting 279.
Cardinals 1, Dodgers nothing.
We're in the top of the third inning, two out.
Del Ennis at second.
Kenny Boyer at first.
Dyesdale ready and the strike one pitch.
Moon swings and misses 0-2.
I think Moon had guessed correctly that time.
I don't know whether he just guessed at it or what.
But Wally started to move up in the hitters box as if he expected the change and he got it.
He swung and missed 0-2 to count.
Dyesdale staring in.
Runners inching away from first and second.
The strike two pitch, curve ball inside and low ball one, one and two.
The one and two pitch to Wally Moon, cut on a bouncing ball hit to Jim Gilliam,
awaits for Roseborough to get to the bag, then hits him with his throw.
So Moon goes out second to first.
In the third inning, no runs, one hit, two men left on.
The Cardinals have got five now and they have three innings.
At the end of two and a half innings of play, the Cardinals won Brooklyn nothing.
And as we're being serenaded by Miss Gladys Gooding in the background, let's listen to Ralph.
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Lots of natural talent?
Oh, sure, that's the material the coaches work with.
But what else?
Ah, you guessed it, experience.
Well, you know it takes a thing, combination, fine materials, plus experience,
to make a great beer, Schaeffer beer.
You bet, the Schaeffer people choose rich barley malt and tangy hops,
another fine natural ingredient.
Then they put real old-time brewing skill to work,
skill that's been perfected in 115 years of experience.
The result, oh man, for that answer, you just sip a cold golden amber glass of Schaeffer.
It's beer at its best, beer that gives you the lively, satisfying flavor you want but don't always find.
So remember, fans, when you want real enjoyment, you have a cool foaming glass of Schaeffer beer.
It's real beer.
Now, number 53, Don Drysdale.
Now we go to the last half.
At any number three, Don Drysdale will be the first man up for the Brooklyn Dodgers,
and then we'll jump off to the top for batting order for Gilliam and pick up Reese.
Right now, let's pick up Vinn.
Well, while we have a chance before Drysdale comes up,
we'd like to say hello and a big, fat welcome to a happy group of folks sitting in the upper deck,
halfway between home plate and first place.
Members of the Chamber of Commerce of Southampton, Long Island,
then we certainly greet them and hope they have a fine day.
The folks from Southampton are with us.
Drysdale, Jim Gilliam, and Peewee Reese, bottom of the third, one nothing Cardinals.
Drysdale is 0 for 22.
Dixon delivers and the first pitch, cut out and fouled away on one.
That was not the you-know-what.
Looked more like a curveball.
Dixon pouring at the dirt in front of the rubber.
Cardinals have run on four hits, but there's no runs on three hits.
We're in the bottom of the third.
There's the knuckleball.
We'll say it now, and that's inside, one and one.
Dixon just staring into Hobie Landry.
Now Murray's ready.
The 1-1 pitch to Drysdale, cut on.
There's a little fly ball in the shallow right center that could be trouble.
Don Blasey game out, but it got behind him, and Drysdale safely on with his first hit of the year.
Don Blasey game knew the ball was going to be trouble.
He was charging out there, and the ball landed behind him.
He was running with his back to home plate.
So Don Drysdale, after 22 futal attempts, comes up with a base hit.
Little looper in the right center.
That's hit number four for Brooklyn, and it brings up Jim Gilliam,
who's singled a right in the first inning and got around as far as third.
Jim batting 247.
Dixon checking signs now.
Drysdale inching off the bag at first.
Musial not holding.
He's back of the runner.
Dixon delivers.
Gilliam tries to punt and piles it away on one.
Jim not trying to drag a bunny.
He's going to dump it up along third.
0-1 to count.
Dodger fans begin a little hand clapping now in the background.
Gilliam waiting.
0-1 to count.
Dixon ready to strike one pitch.
Cut on and dribbled away foul on a full cut. 0-2.
The Phillies are still out down there in the seventh inning.
They have scored a run against Milwaukee's Granny Henry at a home run.
They would make it 2-2.
No further reports.
Cincinnati 3 Giants nothing at the end of 2-1 half innings.
Strike two pitch is cut on and missed.
Passed by Landriff.
The first base is occupied so there's no need for a throw.
Gilliam strikes out.
One out and leaps the batter.
Peewee popped up the short in the first inning.
0-1 batting 2-29.
Dixon looks out.
Alvin Dark has made a sign to him.
And if you read the sign correctly, Dark put his glove to his chest.
That means that Alvin will be covering the bag at second if there's a play.
Dysdale emptying off first.
Dixon ready.
Murray delivers to Reese.
Peewee swings and doesn't get it. 0-1.
You know there's a lot of guesswork around second base when a batter like Reese is up there.
I figure he might be playing hit and run.
But a hit and run man doesn't necessarily have to hit behind the runner.
In this case, Dark's figuring that maybe Peewee will so he'd cover the bag.
I'm guessing all the time in this game.
That's what makes it so tough.
Dixon ready.
Takes a look at Dysdale.
The strike one pitch to Peewee.
In the dirt.
Jumps away from Landriff.
And there goes Dysdale.
He's around second.
Makes a big turn.
Hesitates halfway.
Swift.
And he's in trouble.
They're going to hang him up.
Landriff throws to second.
Big Don goes diving back like a rag doll and he's in.
You know who we just saw between second and third?
Ichabod Crane.
My goodness.
That's just who he looked like.
If you ever studied English in school.
Ichabod Crane.
Oh my.
Don Dysdale, 6 feet 5 and about 3 foot 8 of him was going to third.
And about 2 foot 7 was going the other way.
He almost twisted himself right out of his uniform and big lanky Don finally dove back on his desk and made it.
The wild pitch got him to second.
Boy did he look funny.
Excuse me but it was funny.
Alright.
One ball and one strike to Peewee.
The dirtiest pitcher on the Dodger staff right now is Don Dysdale at second.
The pitch to Reese is cut on and missed.
One and two.
The knuckle ball went in the dirt, jumped right between the feet of Landriff and went all the way back to the backstop.
Dysdale started to stop at second, picked up, continued on and actually got halfway between second and third.
He then made up his mind he had better get back to second and stumbled.
So Landriff started to run the ball back to the infield staring at the pitcher making him commit himself.
And then he fired just a little to the right of the bag and Dysdale did a swan dive and that's a cool way to describe a swan.
But he made it back.
The one and two pitch to Reese is cut on a bounce to the eddy casco at third.
He'll hold Dysdale and throws in the dirt and Mugil can't dig it out.
Reese is safely on at first and Dysdale remains at second.
Oh, the official scorer figures that Mugil with his glove flat in the dirt should have still been able to come up with it and stands on the arrow.
Oh, it's quite an inning.
There's a meeting at the mound now.
Dysdale at second.
Reese at first.
One out in the bottom of the third inning.
Cardinal one, Dodgers nothing and the batter is Duke Snyder.
Oh, gee, I wish I had seen Dysdale going back to second.
Duke Snyder batting 260.
He singled off the screen and right field in the first inning and was thrown outside the stretch.
Oh, Dixon in the jam.
Now he looks to his base runners.
Now delivers to Snyder and it's way outside ball one.
One and all the count of the Duke on deck, Elmer Vallow.
No action yet on the Cardinal ten.
One nothing Cardinal, bottom of the third, one out.
Dysdale at second, Reese at first.
The one on pitch to Snyder.
Cut on his high drive to deep right field.
That's a way out there.
It's going to be off the screen.
Dysdale had a hell of a up.
Now he's around third.
Come into the plate, he'll score.
Dark gloves to the plate, not in time.
And Vallow rejects and fused him on that one.
Don Dysdale is flat.
He is absolutely the dirtiest young pitcher in the league right now.
He'll be dirty, but he's carried over the tying run.
Newcomb, Alston, Cavadale, half the Dodgers come to greet him.
What happened was the ball had hit the right.
Del Ennis did a very fine job of making believe he had a play on it.
Dysdale held it's track and Reese was running and he almost ran up Dysdale's back.
The throw by Ennis came in towards third base and was cut off by Dark.
And Dysdale got in under Dark's throw and Reese advanced to third.
Well, Snyder's second hit.
Run batted in.
It's all tied one and one.
Elmer Vallow the batter and this has been a wild inning.
Vallow winning 333.
Takes a pitch low and outside, ball one.
But Dysdale comes over on the base hit.
Reese goes around to third.
The Dodgers one run on five hits and the Cardinals one run on four hits, one error.
Reese coming down on third.
Snyder at first held on by Stan Musial.
The one on pitch to Vallow, cut on tap to the hole on the left side and bare handed by Dark
and they get the fourth to second.
A great play by Dark and the throw now will get Snyder at second base.
There'll be an argument at second with second base umpire Bill Baker, Billy Herman and Walter Austin
arguing that the throw had pulled on Dysdale off the bag.
Reese is on the whip around to make it two one-bookers but things aren't bubbling here
at Eversfield.
Austin and Herman are fuming mad.
The argument continues with Bill Baker.
Herman is really the heated man.
Austin kind of standing aside.
Now Walter does a little chewing himself.
Alvin Dark made a magnificent play going into the hole.
He could not backhand the ball with his glove.
He actually bare handed it.
Throw at it in the air and fire devising game.
We just did Fodan's the bag for the fourth.
So Vallow hits into a fourth play, six to four on a great play by Alvin Dark.
The run comes over.
It's two one Brooklyn.
Two out on the third.
We'll pause for station identification.
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in the Hotel Wellington.
All right, Gino Simoli to batter.
Not too many runs over here on the third but boy they've been dancing in the air.
It's two one Brooklyn now and Gino Simoli to batter.
Vallow one first with two out.
Dixon delivers.
Simoli takes low.
Ball one.
What a great play by Dark.
Vallow lobbed at the base hit and instead it's turned into a fourth play at second.
Reese carrying it over.
Brooklyn two runs five hits.
Cardinal's one run four hits one error.
Simoli waiting.
Dixon delivers one oh and the pitch is down low.
Ball two, two and oh.
Herman Wehmeyer continues to loosen up down in the Cardinal bullpen.
Dixon ready.
The two oh pitches cut on lift off his right leg.
It's staggered and he chases it.
Pitch it up and throws not in time.
Murray Dixon at a hook one right off his right leg.
It really staggered him on demand but he chased it anyway.
Out on the grass court short.
His draw a little too late.
And Simoli literally gets a base hit off Dixon off his right leg.
Oh this is tough.
One is at first and second two out.
Brooklyn two Cardinal one in the third inning.
And Roy Cavanaugh with the batter.
Can't be blue to single the center in the second inning.
He's batting 276.
Eversfield rocking today and it's just the beginning.
We've got quite an afternoon in store for us.
Hope you have plenty of shapers.
Dixon ready now.
Cavanaugh waiting.
The pitch to Roy is low at his feet four one.
Cavanaugh the seventh man to come to bat here in the third inning.
The Dodgers have scored twice.
They lead two to one.
Elmavalo at second base.
Geno Simoli at first.
Two out.
Dixon ready.
Takes a peek at his runners.
Now the one-oh pitch.
Cavanaugh takes on the outside corner for strikes.
One ball one strike.
And now Cavanaugh is mad at playing on by Mike Cicari.
Red hot ball game.
Shaper weather in New York.
Got it all here at Eversfield today.
Dixon ready.
The one-one pitch to Cavanaugh is outside a diving lunging block by Hobie Landriff.
Oh, that pitch would have been back to the backstop.
Two and one.
And back Johnny Roseborough.
Two-one pitch to Cavanaugh.
Come on, there's a high drive.
The deep left gonna feel a blare going near the wall.
That ball is gone.
Roy Cavanaugh whacks his ninth home run, a low line drive, just taking off in the vicinity of left center.
Kenny Boyer ran far out of the wall and finally just disconsolately had to drop his hand to his side.
And the ball actually went right down an exit way in the left center field seat.
Bertie Hutchinson out to the mound and that will be all for Murray Dixon.
Herman Weimar is coming in and the Dodgers have come up with five runs in the third inning.
And now lead the Cardinals 5-1.
Boyer won an inning.
Well, Herman Weimar taking over for Murray Dixon.
And Dixon, who had had three complete game victories in a row, has to come out.
And enough things happened to him out there in the field.
He could write a book on the inning alone.
Well, Dixon gives way and Herman Weimar takes over.
Murray Dixon worked two and two-third innings.
Gave up seven hits, five runs.
He had a wild pitch, did not walk anybody, struck out one.
Well, Herman Weimar taking over.
Herman, you remember, perhaps one of the finer performances of his career.
He turned it in against Brooklyn in an extra inning ball game.
He pitched 12 of a 16-inning game.
Weimar is making his sixth appearance in relief.
He has guarded seven ball games.
He has two wins and four defeats.
We checked with the official scorer and found out that the Dodgers,
having scored five times here in the third inning, to lead five to one.
Only one of the runs burned.
Herman Ready and delivers and Rosebough takes a strike on one.
So, by the way, any time Kamen Alley hits a home run,
he establishes a new record in the National League for most home runs hit by a catcher.
He had tied Gabby Harknett at 2.36 and he hit one the other day to break the tie and stand alone.
And now he takes another giant step.
He is now at 238 in his career.
He is a new mark for a National League catcher.
Weimar works to Rosebough outside and low.
One ball, one strike.
At the end of eight innings, Milwaukee three and the Phillies two.
The end of four innings since 93, Giants nothing.
At the end of this inning, we'll give you a complete rundown of the scorers.
One-one to Rosebough, caught on is a high drive to left field.
Back goes Moon to the wall, reaches up and grabs it.
Oh, Johnny Rosebough came within a couple of feet of hitting his first Major League home run
instead at the long out.
Now to add it up, five runs on four hits.
There was one error.
That's by Musial.
There was a wild fit.
There was a wildest rundown between second and third we've seen in a while.
And a chance for Don Griesdell also to get a rest.
I wonder if he went in and changed uniforms.
We'll wait and see.
Five runs on four hits.
Nobody left on base.
And the big bro, the home run by Campanella.
At the end of three, Brooklyn five runs, seven hits, and no errors.
The Cardinals one run, four hits, and one error.
Don Griesdell in a new uniform.
He's washed off half a grime that he picked up at second base and also at home plate.
There's also a psychological angle too, you know, about putting on a clean uniform.
You feel a little bit better, maybe fresher.
The Dodgers hope it will work.
Griesdell was quite a moving man out there in the third.
In the three innings of play, Brooklyn five runs, seven hits, and no errors.
Cardinals one run, four hits, and one error.
Another moving man, Mr. Hobie Landryd, will be coming up.
He'll start it off in the fourth.
And for the F&M Shape of Brewing Company of Brooklyn, Brewers of America's oldest lager beer.
And for the play-by-play, here's Al Hopper.
Thank you very much.
Ben, hi, everybody.
Well, Ben really got himself a workout in that last half of third.
It was really something.
Big runs and four hits for the Dodgers to pick up the lead five to one.
Hobie Landryd is 0 for one.
The first pitch to him is high and outside for ball one.
Landryd, a little left-hand hitter, followed out to Roy Campanella to start things in the second inning for St. Louis.
Landryd batting 178 as Griesdell comes in with fastball and it's placed down across the carpet for short.
Jim Gilliam digs it out, snaps his throw to Roseville, and that's all for Landryd.
One up, one down here in the top half of inning number four.
Eddie Casco drew a rock when he came up in the second inning, so he's coming up for his first official at bat, hitting a 293.
Brooklyn leads it five to one.
They have five runs on seven hits, no errors.
And St. Louis one run four hits, one error.
Right on fastball, it's fired in there for the strike.
Casco, a right-hand hitter, stands about three-quarters deep in batters, boys.
Griesdell, tall, skinny right-hander, delivers a sidearm fastball and it's up the mound with a stand-out of play.
No balls and two strikes.
Following Eddie Casco will have pitcher Herman Wehmeyer coming up.
He relieves Murray Dixon after two and two-third innings down to the board.
Murray charges all five runs.
Curveball, swung on and lifted off the right field.
Off to his right goes Gino Somoli, and they've just got it.
Two down, top half of the fourth inning.
Coming up to the plate now will be Herman Wehmeyer.
He's had two runs batted in for the Cardinals this year, hitting a 235, four to 17.
Hits them pretty well.
Griesdell takes his time for Campanella.
Down comes the first pitcher.
Wehmeyer watches the fastball streak across the face for ball one.
Two down, the base is empty, top of the fourth.
Brooklyn Five and St. Louis has one.
Griesdell pumps one, kicks and throws.
Upside on fastball, Wehmeyer fouls it off to the left of the plate.
One ball, one strike count on St. Louis' winning pitcher.
Just the beginning of a long afternoon between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Got another one to go after this one.
Probably Willard Schmidt going against Opax or Padres in the second game,
and it all depends on how this first one comes out.
The one-one delivery.
Nobaham fastball center, a miss, four, strike two, the ball was fired in just off a letter.
Six, no strike please.
Throw that ball for Wehmeyer, called out on strike.
Young Griesdell hangs up his third strike out of the afternoon.
And the score at the end of three and a half innings remains St. Louis one,
and the Brooklyn Dodgers have five.
You know what our plans are for tonight?
We fly to Cincinnati.
Oh well, with or without airplane.
Back down.
Joleneal coming up now in the last half before it, then he's 0 for one.
He closed out the second and he's rolling out to the right side to Don Blossomgate.
Herman Wehmeyer ready to go again.
Big blonde Cincinnati Dutchman, twist, kicks and throws.
Big curve ball, it's hit right back to the mound.
Wehmeyer's got it, flips over to first base and Charlie Neal is up.
One away in the last half of the fourth inning, the better now will be Don Griesdell.
Well Don started things off in the third inning with a loopy single into right center.
Hats himself a heyday and a quick think on the base pass.
Deserves a round of applause he gets as he comes up to the plate right now.
Griesdell one hits him 23 at bat, so that gives him the lofty percentage of 0-4-3.
Don waggles that bat around.
Herman Wehmeyer now, Griesdell cuts at it and doesn't get it.
Strike one.
I go along with Benning what he said about Griesdell.
You should have seen him hanging up between second and third.
He was going in all directions, all ways, at all times at the same time.
Curve ball is under his knees and Griesdell's counting out the ball on a strike.
Ever see one of those cartoons where the subject is running one way and decides to go another and he bends in the middle?
Sort of skips along and then starts back.
That's what Griesdell looks like.
The one-one delivery.
Fast ball, one on, it's a long drive.
Griesdell gets on a home run.
It is well-builted into the sixth home run for Griesdell.
Well, Fluckers, Flucker Griesdell, that is, won't have to hang up between second and third.
He comes on in.
Don Griesdell, he really built one into left color.
Big Don Newcomb shakes his hand as he comes in and the ball comes off it.
That's the second major league home run for Don Griesdell, his first this year.
He really is smart.
He's got his flops this afternoon, hasn't he?
Oh, great goodness.
This is the kids' day.
That's the number one run, number one out, Waymo.
And up there now is Gilliam, punching the first pitch back for strike one.
Foul ball to the net.
We kept telling the old spring wrong that this Griesdell can hit a ball when he gets a hold of it.
The kid just proved it, except the fans wasn't.
Six to one now in favor of Brooklyn.
High curve ball to Gilliam is outside, ball one.
One ball and one strike.
I tell you, Mr. Scully, when we get on that airplane tonight and fly down to Cincinnati,
there'll be no holding that Griesdell and he'd be.
Women are delivered.
Gilliam is in there.
That'll be a hit in an hour.
Jim Gilliam has successful on his front up the third base line to get a single.
And then when Casco's barehand pick up, though the first was wild,
he moves on down to second base on the air by Eddie Casco.
That's the second air for the St. Louis Cardinals.
And Peewee Reese comes up to the plate now.
Weimar has surrendered his second base hit.
Gilliam in pretty good scoring position in the 6-1 ball game in favor of the Dodgers.
Down comes the pitcher, Reese Alford hits a hard fly ball on a short left field.
Wally Moon comes charging in for it, has a good shot at it and takes it.
Gilliam holds right there at second.
Duke's got it, gets a round of applause.
It's only 20 days.
Duke's been going up there to the strains of mixed emotions.
But the Duke has two for two this afternoon.
He's driven in one round.
He hit two singles high off the screen.
Right field, the first inning he was off trying to stretch it into a double on a fine throw
might be a liquefiance to Alvin Gotts covering his second base.
They're going to put him on and they're going to monkey around with him.
Now Schneider will be walking tension-laced.
That'll be the first base on balls.
Picked up by Pupton this afternoon off the combined pitching on a starting pitcher, Dixon.
And now really we're coming Weimar.
First ball for Schneider is off to first base.
He's going on Elmavello.
Elmavello, we got the side in the first inning with a pop-up third base.
Then in the third hit a rifle shot down to shortstop.
Down to second base and he's forced Schneider at second from crossing game to shortstop dart.
Elmavello, a left-hand hitter batting in the cleanup spot at 321.
I'm a very determined square-shouldered guy, unlikable fellow.
After Kerpo, it's about into right center field coming on for it is Ken Boyer and Boyer makes the catch.
So in the fourth inning, did not just pick up a run on Drysdale's home run.
There were two base hits in the inning.
There was an hour and there were two men left on.
So the score at the end of four full innings of play.
It is Brooklyn 6 and the St. Louis Cardinals have 1.
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Now we move into the top half, opening number five.
The first man coming up will be Don Blossomgame for the St. Louis Cardinals.
I'll just light you up a lucky now and we'll see what happens as Blossomgame Dark and Musial
will be facing Don Drysdale. Four innings total, six runs, nine hits nowhere as Brooklyn.
One run, four hits, two errors, St. Louis.
Drysdale's run of fastball is over for strike one.
At the beginning of play today, the St. Louis Cardinals won fourth place, two and a half games off the page.
Shot on fastball, good foul off the third base side. Check up on the standings once more.
To make sure, caught off in St. Louis, we're tied two and a half games behind for fourth and fifth place.
Brooklyn had third place exclusively since now they was in second and Milwaukee in first.
Drysdale delivers a bit of swing on and laced out into right field.
That's going to be in for base hit. It's up the alley going to the wall. Blossomgame is on his way to second.
Simone is picked up out there and throws in. Here comes Blossomgame moving all over the third.
It'll be a sliding triple for him. Blossomgame tripled up the alley in right center.
Tip number five given up by Drysdale. One run, five hits, four to go it now.
Blossomgame at third and Alvin Clark. The old quill coming up to the plate.
Clark's out there thinking for you all the time.
Caught out on strikes in the first inning, grounded to short the third.
Drysdale ready to work to him.
Diles hits one on.
Line down in the right center field. That's in the alley too.
Maddic is over to cut it off and knocks the ball down.
The ball is scored easily as Dark Coast is feeling in the second of the double.
A triple followed by a double both to right center has produced another run.
And before we have New Deal up there, let's pause for station identification.
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Dial 1460WOKO. Alvin AWOKO, the capital district's most talked about station with downtown studios in the Hotel Wellington.
Time New Deal coming up to the plate.
Nobody on one on. One on scored. Six through the score.
And David Blossom shot on fastball to stand his high off the face.
Ball one.
Manager Austin gets up and looks down at the bullpen.
He notes he wants some action.
Eddie Winkluck gets up and he'll start to throw down in the Brooklyn bullpen.
Good swung on by New Deal.
Thoughtback foul. Got his one on one on him.
Alvin Dark moving away from second.
Rised down to the top of the stretch. Check stand New Deal.
One one's him.
The curve ball is pined and tossed out in a very short left center field.
Coming on is John Mazzolo.
And he can't get it. It drops in front of him.
Did a pretty good con job on making Alvin Dark believe he was going to catch that ball.
Dark had to hold up so he moved only down to third base.
New Deal a little popper out in the left center for the base hit.
Alvin Dark moving over to third.
That'll be hit number seven off Young Drysdale.
Nobody out. One is the first and third and the batter coming up will be Dallanet.
Walter Austin's called for time and the manager comes walking out of the Dodger dugout.
He'll block and talk to Young Drysdale.
Eddie Robuck is down in the bullpen, cranking it up.
Hard spot.
Because here Drysdale is leading by four runs.
Nobody out and one is the first and third and he hasn't pitched these five innings to leave a ballgame with a commanding lead.
So what do you think Walter Austin's going to do?
Leave the kid in there and take a chance or will he bring in Eddie Robuck?
And hopes that they can stop it right here and now.
That's one of the problems the manager has.
He's got to make the first guess and he's got to make his first guess right.
He doesn't have a chance to look back over everything in retrospect or chance to change his decision once he makes it.
The manager cannot be the second guesser. He's got to be the first guesser.
And Walter Austin is going to take Drysdale out of the ballgame right now.
Eddie Robuck is coming off.
For Drysdale pitches four innings plus three men.
There's the announcement for Robuck.
He'll come on to pitch here to Del Ennis in the fifth inning.
Nobody out, one on the score.
Doug is on it third. Musial is on it first. Del Ennis who has single twice, both to left field, both times left field, will be up to face Eddie Robuck.
While we check up on Robuck's record.
Drysdale takes the long walk and gets the fine round of applause.
We'll get over to Jerry for all of the news off the Electric Strikes 4 ball.
Okay, our one game is over. Milwaukee at Philadelphia, first game of a double header.
The game won it three to two. Three runs, 11 hits, no errors.
Philadelphia two runs, five hits, and no errors.
Pizarro was the winner and Miller, who relieved in the eighth inning, was the loser.
Jones and Hamler had home runs for Philadelphia and both game was none on.
In the first game, single game rather, Cincinnati and the Giants, the Red Legs lead three to nothing at the end of five innings to play.
Gross for Cincinnati against Cromwell, Davis, and Blackley for the Giants.
At the end of seven and a half, Chicago four, Pittsburgh one.
Kaiser and Lowne relieved in the eighth for Chicago and for Pittsburgh, Arroyo faced in Klein.
Golds are a home run, banks a home run, and Moore on a home run for Chicago.
That's the first of a double header.
Yankees at Kansas City in the American League have not started. Cucks against Morgan.
Double header between Chicago and Washington, first game.
Chicago two, Washington nothing at the end of four. Monoso home in the first, one on.
Baltimore Cleveland double header, first game at the end of six and a half.
Baltimore three, Cleveland two, Johnson against Mosse.
Boston Detroit, one nothing Detroit at the end of three and a half.
For Nealus against Bunnings. That's off, but lucky strike.
Go board now, back to Al.
All right, Eddie Robuck's ready to go. Here are the pictures to Dale Ennis.
Dale, the big right hand hitter.
Robuck comes in with a sidearm snicker and a swung on.
Ball tipped for strike one.
No ball, one strike.
Eddie Robuck appearing in his eleventh ball game.
That's one one, he's lost one.
Started one game.
Curved Ennis, not slow, that's ball one.
One ball and one strike.
Eddie Robuck taking over for Don Drysdale.
Here in inning number five.
One on score, two men on, runners first and third.
Nobody out for St. Louis and the Dodgers lead six-two.
Robuck sidearms the next pitch in there, swung on and hit off the end of the bat foul of the first base side.
Terry Moore, the first base coach, knocks it down. One ball, two strikes.
Dale Ennis will be followed by Ken Boyer.
Then Moon if needed.
Runners are first and third.
Nobody out top of the fifth.
Blargin game open with a triple to right center.
Dark scored him with a double to right center.
Now slow on it, long drive, but I feel it's curving now and goes foul.
One ball and two strikes.
We can't close out Young Drysdale's record as yet because the two men on the bases are his responsibility.
It happens with him before we can put it down, but we do know this, he cannot be the losing pitcher.
Musial at first, Dark is on at third. Second is open, no outs.
Robuck fires in there and then the swing and he doesn't get it.
Strike three.
Ball was actually foul-pitched a bit, Roy Campanella held it.
Robuck comes out of the bullpen, gets the first man he faces, nice strike out.
That will bring on Kenny Boyer.
Kenny drove in a run in the first inning with a line shot single to left field.
He moved Stan Musial in from second base.
The single was caught in the run in the first inning.
He walked in again in the third so he's one for one.
Boyer batting at two fifty-three.
Black hand hitter, tall, rather slender.
Robuck sidearms, even if it's a swung on, missed for strike one.
Repeating the score down at Philadelphia in the first game of the doubleheader, Milwaukee three and Philadelphia two, that's the final.
Robuck delivers oh one, his pitch is just low, ball one, one ball and one strike.
At the end of sixth inning, Cincinnati continues to lead the New York Giants, their first of two.
Wait a minute, that's a single game, three nothing.
Robuck sets, the one-one pitch sidearmor, swung on and hit down back to third.
Reese is up with it, makes his play to home plate as they run a break.
Alvondark is back out.
Throw down to Roy Campanella.
Throw on the fearless choice, Boyer moves up to second and Stan Musial moves over to second base.
Boyer on first, Stan Musial on second on the fearless choice.
Reese throwing out, Alvondark trying to score from third, Roy Campanella covering.
Second out, Musial at second and Boyer is on at first with Moon coming up to the plate.
Repeating in a single ball game, Cincinnati at New York, the Polo grounds at the end of sixth.
Cincinnati three and the Giants have nothing.
Chicago defeat at Pittsburgh, their first of two, four to one.
And Milwaukee took Philadelphia, their first of two, three-two.
The totals on that first game, Chicago four runs, 14 hits, one error, and Pittsburgh one run, seven hits, one error.
Winning pitcher was Kozler, Louis Arroyo lost it.
Thank you, Alan.
Here's Wally Moon hitting left-handed.
Down comes Robert Han Kerpo, hit right back to the mound off of the knee of Robert Gilliam.
Certainly playing it picked up close to first base in time.
Well, that play will have to go one to four to three.
Repetize the side and leaves two men on.
One run in the inning for the St. Louis Cardinals on three bases.
Another score at the end of four and a half minutes of play now.
It is the Brooklyn Dodgers six and the St. Louis Cardinals have two.
Now let's have a word from Jerry Douglas.
It's time to talk to you folks again about Lucky Strike.
My purpose, of course, is to suggest you buy Lucky's.
In support of this proposal, I might array any number of facts.
For example, I might point out that Lucky's are all cigarettes, all fine tobacco, looks naturally good tasting, that's toasted to taste even better.
All these facts are true, of course.
But how are you going to find out until you give yourself a try?
You're lucky, so buy Lucky's, okay?
For the taste that you like, light up a Lucky Strike.
You say a Lucky's the best tasting cigarette you ever smoke.
Last half of the fifth inning, Gino Samole coming on to bat, so let's get right back to Al.
Gino Samole has rounded out the shortstop and he actually got a base hit off Murray Dixon's legs in the third inning.
Samole hitting number five in the order, batting at 3-41.
We have our bumps and fridges and Samole takes a curve on the corner.
Yeah, that's a strike one.
Samole to be followed by Roy Campanella and then by Johnny Roseboro.
Six to two, Brooklyn.
Weimar delivers the Samole, a soft curve and Gino Lange fouls just outside curve.
That'll be strike two on Samole.
Roy Campanella on deck to go next.
Second batter's box now.
Weimar backs Samole, swings and misses strike three.
Weimar, that's his first strikeout.
Coming up now is Campanella.
Roy had a three-run homerun in the third inning.
That's been three of the five runs the Dodgers picked up in that third.
But he's 238th homerun of his major league career.
By establishing himself another record, he's the man of record now in the homeruns for catchers.
Pitch to him low, ball one.
That is, he is the catcher of record in the National League.
Most homeruns hit by catcher, career.
One-on delivery to him, way outside, and that's ball two.
Many times it's been said and observed,
has its two fine catchers as Roy Campanella and Yogi Pera.
They're in the same league at the same time.
Saddam curved, he can't be in there for a strike.
Count us two and one.
Kobe Landry for started off the ball game catching Murray Dixon.
Had to jump all over the place.
Had a little easier time of it with him and Weimar.
Two-one delivery.
And curve is tapped out in front of a plate and then kicks out.
A lot of English on it.
Two balls, two strikes to count on Roy Campanella.
I hope as you're driving along in your car this afternoon and enjoying your lucky strike
that you'll take it easy and pay attention to all the rules of the road.
Come home safely.
Boy, it's a beautiful day to be out, too.
Fine day to be right here in the ballpark.
Saddam curved, snaps off shoulder high outside for ball three.
Campanella now has the count of three and two.
Going out, last half of the fifth.
Nobody on.
Six-two to score for Klinley.
Weimar, the relief pitcher for St. Louis, delivers three-two and the pitcher's outside for ball four.
Campy Watts, that'll be the second base on balls offered by Weimar.
The batter coming up will be John Roseborough.
Struck out in the second ring and just narrowly missed hitting a home run in the third.
Set a ball deep to Moon in left field.
Well, they had to back up against the boards to make the catch.
Oh, Roseborough, moving on, has just one base hit and ten times up.
That was a front single.
We know he can clip the ball.
He's proved it.
Slender left-hand hitter.
Weimar tries one on him at the knees.
Johnny doesn't go for it.
That's ball one.
Swings on the next pitch and it's a high pop-up.
Right back at pitchers mile, first baseman, New Zealand Roof, and calls it in.
Campanella Hall right on there at first base.
Two down in the last half of the fifth inning in about an hour.
It'll be Charlie Neal.
Charlie's been up twice.
He rolled out to the right side to the second baseman's blessing game to retire Brooklyn in the second.
And as the leadoff man in the fourth inning hit back to the mound.
What's going on?
Weimar checks his runner, Campanella, delivers the plate and Charlie Neal hits a high pop-up out into short center field.
Kenny Boyer flips the grass and comes charging on for it.
Now he's got it.
And that's all in the fifth inning for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
No runs, there were no base hits.
A walk left the man.
Campanella was the man stranded at first base.
Now the score at the end of five full innings of play remains Brooklyn six and the St. Rose Cardinals have two.
End of the sixth inning of the ball game with Landriff, Casco, and Weimar a first-free do up to face Eddie Robuck.
And so now for a lucky strike right back to Al for the play-by-play.
All right, Jerry, the total's at the end of five innings.
It's Brooklyn six runs, nine hits, no errors.
And the St. Rose Cardinals two runs, seven hits, they have two errors.
And on a bullpen, McDaniel up throwing for the St. Rose Cardinals.
Ron McDaniel throwing for the Lindy McDaniel.
Robuck's first pitch to left-hand hitting Landriff is outside for ball one.
Obie's over to he fouled out to Campanella and was thrown out from second base in the fourth inning by Gilliam.
And now left to knees, gets in, and strike one.
One ball and one strike.
Lucky strike, very happy to be popping it to you from up at field, this first of the double header.
Two balls and off the fists, too tight up against the hitter, that's ball two. Two balls and one strike.
Robuck back to the hitter, Landriff, pitches him inside off the hands, ball three.
Three and one.
That's the second game of today's double header. The Dodgers will afford their brand new Dodger Convair.
They're winging out to Cincinnati.
Touch ball outside, ball four.
Landriff walks to open the six for St. Louis.
That'll be the third base on balls. St. Louis has picked up on the first off Eddie Robuck in relief.
Without it was Eddie Casco. He's walked and he's flied to right. He's 0-1 starting at 2-9.
By the way, that game tomorrow night will be heard over the Dodger Radio Network and WMGM and also will be TV'd right back on Channel 9.
Pitch to Casco, low, ball one.
A trip, you'll see ball games, three of them from Cincinnati. You'll see ball games from St. Louis and from Milwaukee and Chicago.
Curve in off the hips, twisting Casco out of there, that's ball two.
Two balls and no strikes.
Landriff at first base, nobody out in the top of the sixth inning. The St. Louis Cardinals are bad.
They're trailing full runs, the Dodgers six, St. Louis two.
Second game here this afternoon, Will Schmidt probably against Kofax or perhaps Puddes.
Sidearm curve is low at the knee, right under the ball for Eaves.
The three-nothing delivery, sidearm fastball is in for the strike. Count is three and one.
Ten to six and a half innings, Cincinnati in a single ball game with the Giants. Lead to Giants, three-nothing.
First game of the doubleheader, Milwaukee beat Philadelphia three to two and Chicago took Pittsburgh for one.
Third ball in the inside corner.
Casco runs his count to three and two. Down the bullpen now for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Glenn LeBine starting to get that soup going loose.
Nobody out, one on here in the sixth inning. Landriff the runner first.
Holds on the three-two pitch as it's filed away down the third base side.
For the three-two delivery on Casco.
One, strike three.
And before we have Herman Wimba or Ben Schiller up there, let's quickly pause for station identification.
This is the Brooklyn Dodger radio network.
Dial 1460 WOKO Albany, WOKO the capital district's most talked about station with downtown studios in the Hotel Wellington.
The weatherman says mostly sunny, not quite so warm today with the Giants of thunder showers this afternoon high 85 to 90.
The time, 30 seconds, four o'clock.
Joe Cunningham up there to bat now for Herman Wimba, left hand hitting outfielder infielder.
Batting at 311 takes the first pitch inside for ball one.
Well, this is all Von McDaniel coming on to do the pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals with the seal of open for them, right-hander.
Drobach is ready. Pitches, fast ball inside off the hills. Two balls, no strikes.
Now, Eddie is ready. Do it with a soft curve and get that in on the balletters. That'll be strike one.
Two balls and one strike.
In the second game down at Philadelphia, Milwaukee will have on the mound Lou Burdette and the Phillies will go with Kurt Simmons.
Burdette and Simmons. Milwaukee took the first game from Philadelphia three to two.
Over the inside corner, enhanced Cunningham, strike two and that's in to John and Horne.
We'll play it on Barstocori.
Albie Lambert still down that first base. Drobach at the top to stretch. Sullivan and the pitch is low.
Ball three. Three balls and two strikes.
One out here in the top of the sixth inning. One base runner. Score six to two in favor of Brooklyn over St. Louis.
First game in the double header.
Cunningham batting for Herman Weimar who pitched two in one third inning.
Gave up two hits and a run.
Overhand fast ball and it's inside for ball four.
That'll move Lambert down to second base now as Pinchot or Cunningham takes first.
Two bases on balls given up by Robots and we'll go to the top of the batting order to pick up Don Blottingame.
Don was called out on strike, stepped back to the mound and then hit a triple to right center field in the fifth inning and was scored as the one run.
Pardon me, snicked up there in the fifth.
Still six to two. That's the score, six to two.
In favor of Brooklyn over St. Louis.
Blottingame standing in now as Robots goes to the stretch. Delivers the plate.
Soft curve. It's over the inside corner of the hands for strike one.
Robots taking plenty of time.
Don Blottingame throwing hard down in Brooklyn both ends. He's just about ready. He stops every once in a while between pitches.
Flips around to see what's going on.
Two outs of place to runners at first and second. There's one out.
Sidearm pitch swung on and trickled up the first-place line foul.
Countdown Blottingame is no balls and two strikes.
The Johns came up with a run in the seventh inning. So at the end of seven, it's Cincinnati three and the New York Johns one.
They're playing a single game at the Polo grounds today.
Don was starting pitching that ball again. He was relieved.
The ball swung on, hit in the center field. It's in for a base hit. Schneider over to cut it off.
Fires in quickly and the bases are loaded. To a strike right into the plate too to Campanella.
Those two walks in the single center have loaded the bases with one out in the top of the sixth inning.
Robots first hit.
St. Louis now has a total of eight base hits.
That's seven off Young Drysdale who went four innings plus pitching to three men in the fifth.
When he was touched for a triple, a double, and a single, Walter Austin came out and got him.
My robot with one out has the bases loaded behind him as the Brooklyn infield goes to double play depth.
Up there is Dark. He's got the first pitch at the bottom of the needle. He goes back to Gilliam to win the first base.
Time, the run comes in to score. Cunningham winds up at third.
Force out, gives Dark the RBI.
Across the second is Dossingame from a short second.
The run scoring is Landrup from third base. Taking station now third is Cunningham.
Robots cross up a run. It's now six-three in favor of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
And the Sanco's Cardinals have winners at first and third with Sandman Man coming up.
Musial has two base hits and three drives. Up with singles.
Musial right now batting at three sixty-one.
Robots delivers to Musial. The left-hand batter takes Lowen away for ball one.
Cunningham stepping down off third. Alvin Dark moving away from first.
Two down in the sixth running.
Musial digging in. Robots ready. Five's in there. Musial swings on the pitch.
Alvin, the right fielder, that's here at double. And it is over.
The Wildflow home run for Musial.
Dan Newville, his 14th home run of the year, and he drives in.
Three runs with it.
Force all rocked up at sixth and sixth.
The first runs that are gotten here in this sixth inning by singles are the property of
Harmon Wehmeyer for whom they hit in the sixth inning.
Robots gives up his second hit. Second, third, and fourth runs.
The one that's at play now is Del Ennis.
Well, if you don't like the complexion of the ball game, just wait a minute.
It'll change.
Del Ennis takes the curve and it's in there. It's an ease for a strike.
No balls, two strikes to count on Del Ennis.
Boy, that Musial.
Break up a ball game for you in the twinkling of an eye or cemented up or something.
Jackson going out of the both end now to throw.
Ready.
Pitch is outside. Del Ennis just counted the ball in two strikes.
Back on the one-two count to Ennis. He pitches in there for strike three.
Ennis drawing up at the score here. Doesn't seem to like it. That's not going to help him much.
Third strike out for Eddie Robots. That's count up the damage here in the sixth inning.
Four big runs for the St. Louis-Cardinal-Santai for ball game.
Only two hits in the inning. A single in the home run, but two walks were in there and figured prominently.
There were no errors and nobody left off.
The score at the end of five and one-half and he's a play.
It's the St. Louis-Cardinal six that Brooklyn Dodgers have six.
Jerry, I know you've got something, so speak your piece.
Right, Al. Say, fans, ever hear the expression good balls?
Translated, that's baseball talk for a player with sharp eyes and a good sense of the strike zone.
A guy who takes the bat-room fan gets lots of word on the good ones.
Now try this one. Real smoking enjoyment.
If you want to know what that means, just light up a Lucky.
Why a Lucky? That's easy.
A Lucky is a genuine cigarette, all cigarettes, all fine tobacco that's toasted to taste even better.
Cleaner, fresher, smoother.
Yes sir, smoking a Lucky is a genuine pleasure, a pleasure you can help yourself to right now.
The best tasting cigarette you ever smoked.
After the six-winning coming on and Lindy McDaniel's little brother, Bob McDaniel,
now comes on to do the pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Ball game all tied up at six tricks.
The Dodgers six runs on nine hits, the Cardinals six runs on nine hits.
A home run by Muzo got it all caught up after Campanella's home run had put the Dodgers out in front by five to one.
So here we go, last of the six-winning and right back to Al.
Did I hear correct, you correctly hear that Lindy McDaniel's little brother, make it younger brother.
I was just going to say this one out there now is about six feet three. He's a pretty good-sized kid.
He was signed by the Cardinals as a three-aged interbonus player.
On the 23rd of May this year he bats and throws right-handed.
He was born in 1939 of Hollis, Oklahoma.
Six feet two and a half, weighs about 180 pounds, so he gives you the impression he's pretty much of a string bean right-hander.
Sandy Ambrose will bat against him.
Takes the curve from the kid, good for the strike.
He appeared as Vaughn McDaniel, a bird against the Philadelphia. He has no record.
He pitched four innings, came in a relief.
Gangly right-hander pitches to Ambrose.
Batting for Robuck doesn't get it.
So for Sandy now the count is no balls, two strikes.
Six and six, that's the score. So young McDaniel has to assume this ball game.
Both Dixon, Weimar, down to the boards this afternoon.
Dixon off the hook and Weimar cannot win or lose it.
Gang of lovers, his curve is low.
One ball and two strikes.
Scott posted incredible records at R.F. High School.
Three years he won 44 and lost eight.
He's won in a few ball games.
Glevers and Oberhand curve on Ambrose, beat this one up for first base line foul.
One ball, two strikes on Sandy.
What a combination this boy is, McDaniel.
Probably the reason he gets the word Vaughn, he's German-Scotian-Irish descent.
That's mixing up pretty good.
Now the one-two delivery. Down it comes, Ambrose swings and doesn't get a big curve ball.
Strike three. Ambrose batting for Robuck, strikes out.
Now Jim Gilliam, we've got a crack, batting against this young fellow.
Eighteen-year-older delivers, the curve ball is inside and low.
One ball and no strikes.
Jim Gilliam, single twice, he struck out once. He's two for three, batting at 249.
One-all delivery, fast ball, hit back foul.
All tied, six and six. Each side having nine base hits.
Robuck is out of the ball game after actually having pitched two innings.
John LeBons, the sole worker down in the Brooklyn goal fans, looks as though Clem will be coming on.
One-one delivery, the curve, nicely in at the knees.
One ball and two strikes.
Vaughn McDaniel, Lyndon McDaniel's younger brother.
He's been pitching on the Cardinal staff.
This one is for bonus, baby.
Out there in the mound, great big heave and a side.
Now he lays the course of the stretch, delivers one and two, and the curve is just outside.
Ball two, two balls, two strikes.
As I guess I should have said, as far as these McDaniel boys are concerned,
this is the youngest of the bonus babies because they both were shying for about 50 grand apiece, reportedly.
Fast ball, swung on, by Gilliam, hit the center field, Ken Boyer, and he strikes out there,
holds it down at the second out, my staff is extending, the bases remain empty.
The better coming on now will be Reese.
Reese the veteran facing the kid.
Vaughn has just taken his cap off, the Moppy's brow, and you should see the shock of hair he's got.
Stands straight up like a fright wig and cut off close.
Is it the Ivy League style they call that? We used to call it the crew cut, which is which.
Here's Reese. Pitched to arm as well for ball one.
I can remember that on this field, Reese playing his very first ball game coming up as a Dodger.
Hasn't changed a great deal.
One-oh pitch, curve on the inside corner to fifths for a strike. One ball, one strike.
He's gone 0-3 this afternoon, he's about to show up.
With the base run on the third on mutuals fielding error, on a low throw, and in the fourth fly to left.
Daniel tries fast ball, gets it in at the knee, strike two.
Ball into the strike.
Look, Daniel, rather goccy and gangly.
That's another pitch loose, and Reese takes that in there at the knee, it's a fast strike three, and that was a fast-breaking curve ball.
Captain's called out on strikes, nothing across in sixth inning.
John McDaniel hangs up two strikeouts in pitching one inning.
Score at the end of sixth inning to play. St. Louis six runs, nine hits, two errors.
Brookman six runs, nine hits, and no errors.
That's a bunch of errors all over the place this afternoon, so let's get to the lucky strike scoreboard.
Jerry, high it out on the ball game with the Polar Grounds at the end of seven and a half.
Cincinnati three, the Giants one.
The first game from Philadelphia, three to two, Ferdow the winner over Melo the loser.
Second game, it'll be Burnett and Simmons, and no score at the end of one.
Chicago beat Pittsburgh four to one, Kaiser the winner over Arloia.
And the second game, it'll be Rush and Perky.
The Cubs now are beating the Pirates three straight after the Pirates have knocked off the red legs four in a row, so how do you figure it?
The Yankees and Kansas City game at the end of three innings, no score.
Johnny Cooks against Morgan, Washington, Chicago, it's four to two, Chicago at the end of six and a half.
Baltimore, Cleveland, first game, four to three.
Cleveland leads at the end of eight innings of play, and Detroit leads Boston one-nothing at the end of six innings of play.
And that's everything right off the lucky strike scoreboard.
Well, you know, sitting here and watching that young Wendy McDaniel, I wonder how the kid feels.
A month ago he was a high school student out in a little town in Oklahoma.
Here he is in the biggest city in the country, facing golfers like Amarose, Gilliam, and Reese, and just whipped cool with a cucumber.
How about that?
Yeah, reminds of young Bob Taylor who came in and cut the other night for the Braves.
I wonder how he felt. I guess you could say that they felt about the same because it wasn't so long ago he was catching for his high school too out in Metropolis.
That's what makes baseball a great game, Al, when kids can come out of high school like that and with all that ability come out up here and play it.
Yeah, how old do you feel today, Dad?
Four-foot-sixteen. Hello.
Yes sir.
I don't know. There's something about this great game of baseball that keeps you thinking young, feeling young.
Young boy who's up there now to face Clem LeBarn who hooks him and is in there for a strike.
Clem LeBarn coming on.
Clem LeBarn has won three and has lost one. He saved eight ball games for Brooklyn.
This has come on as a long drive deep to left field as the well hit ball and it is gone into the left field stand for a home run for Boyer.
Boyer hitting his seventh home run.
Two home runs have been poked here.
They send those Cardinals this afternoon. The match is for two, hit by Brooklyn, one by Campanella, one by Drysdale.
Oh, the Cardinals move out in front, seven to six.
Another thousand lucky for our honored hospitals on this broadcast.
By the moon up there taking a strike. Our honored hospitals for this broadcast this afternoon.
The United States Army hospitals at Fort Monmouth down at West Point.
The result so far of today's play at 4,000.
Lucky's on earmarked and ready for him. Moon swings on the next pitch, misses up strike two.
LeBarn ready to pitch again now to Moon.
Starts his motion, delivers on to, touch ball, outside, one ball and two strikes.
Moon backing off McCurrball and hooks in over the pitts. That's ball two, two balls and two strikes.
The other night against the Wave's, LeBarn came in and saved the ball again.
That's ball just outside, down to three and two now to Moon.
Then came on the 13th.
And last one, lucky's first ball game. Big walk in the crowd, John Stadding in the last half of the eighth inning.
He'll come up with three runs to move out in front of Cincinnati, four to three.
They're still at bat. LeBarn pitches, low, ball four.
Clem gives up, first pitch on balls.
Back to the plate now as they catch it for St. Louis.
Toby Landriff, he's gone over two. He walked his last time out.
It was in the sixth with the leadoff man. He scored one of the seven runs the Cardinals now have.
LeBarn whittles through to the first. Moon has to dive in on his stomach.
Down on the Brooklyn bullpen, right-hander Don Besson gets up and starts the throw.
LeBarn has been having trouble with his shoulder, his left shoulder.
Ready to work to Landriff, but he backs away from the plate and calls for time.
Here on the seventh, Boyers leadoff home run has given the St. Louis Cardinals a one-run ball.
Moon has walked, he's on it first. Roseboro holds the corner.
And Landriff is the batter to be followed by Casco.
The final set delivers. Hit the swung out. Almost hits LeBarn in the face as it goes by.
Ripped out in the center field. Moon goes down a second to hold on as Landriff singles Chaffee to center.
That's the second hit off LeBarn. Now he's got trouble on the bases behind him. Runners are first and second.
He's given up one run on the home run to Boyer here in the seventh inning.
That draws the conference to a mound.
The plate out of Casco. They're expecting him to bump the infield poles in.
Kerr falls to him as outside. He gives no indication and takes ball one.
Runners are first and second. Nobody out in the seventh.
The Cardinals have gone ahead. On Boyer's home run they lead seven-six.
Putting on the double play here in the seventh inning with Moon at second and Landriff on the first.
LeBarn ready. Delivers to Casco. A bit swung on and bounded down to shortstop.
Knee ruffles. He goes to second for one to throw on the first.
There's the double play with Moon moving over to third.
Going down to Learmark. Another thousand lucky for a VA hospital.
But one left and right point. That's an Army hospital.
Casco hitting into a double play.
Now we're waiting for a batter to come out of there. It should be Vaughn McDaniel.
He's looking around for a half. Hard half at pitching. And here comes the kid.
He was out there stuffing that ball in pretty well in the sixth inning.
Let's see how he is for the backman.
One up third. That's Wally Moon. One run has been scored.
Seven to six ball game for every St. Lawrence.
LeBarn delivers pass ball. Kid takes it low.
He stands about three-quarters deep at the plate. Slightly open stance.
Sort of cautious and holds it that way down with a knob.
Six feet, two and a half. He has plenty of swinging room.
Moon a couple of chopping steps down up third as LeBarn delivers the strike.
One ball and one strike.
LeBarn taking plenty of time.
Looks over at third now. Looks down. Delivers one run. The pitch is swung around and missed. Strike two.
First game of the doubleheader. Cleveland pulls it out. Beats Baltimore 4-3.
Ball runs. Six hits and an error. Baltimore three runs. Nine hits. One error.
Johnson lost it. Connie Johnson. And Raynard Lipski won it for Cleveland.
First game of the doubleheader. 4-3 Cleveland over Baltimore.
Third ball swung around and missed. Strike three.
Well, that's all. That's McDaniel.
Strikes out. Ten things in the seventh inning.
One run. There were two base hits.
There was only one man left on thanks to the double play.
Another score at the end of six and a half innings of play.
It is St. Louis seven and the Boston Dodgers have six.
Well, fans, what do you say we listen in on some thoughts as expressed by a Dodger fan who incidentally is also a lucky smoker.
Okay? Well, let's go.
Well, lucky seventh. Time for all the hometown fans to stand up and be counted.
I guess I'll do likewise.
Stretch way out. Oh boy, that feels good.
Now, where are my lucky fresh pack? Nothing like it.
Lucky seventh and a lucky strike.
Oh boy, that's crazy.
They're not just talking when they say luckies taste better.
Tell you how much better. You light one up.
You'll say a lucky is the best tasting cigarette you ever smoked.
Go with a little hand clapping music by Gladys Giddings. We have had the seventh inning stretch.
Offensively, we go to the last half of the seventh inning. Snider, Vero and Somoli up in that order.
It's a seven and six ball game with young Vaughn McDaniel.
Eighteen-year-old youngster on the mound for St. Louis. It's his ball game to win or to lose it. He has the one run and balls to go on.
Snider standing in has two base hits and an intentional base on balls.
So he's perfect so far for today, two for two.
Daniel delivers him. Snider goes after it and doesn't get it.
Snider batting a two, six, four.
Del Mazzallo hanging around to be the next batsman.
Young McDaniel pulls at the peak of his gap, straightens the headpiece, and now he's ready to go.
Waving that bat back and forth menacingly.
The pitch, Duke backs off and takes a curve in off the fifth for ball one.
Soon as we find out what happens with Duke-Snider,
we'll have the stations identify themselves, so stand by close to the switches, fellas.
Off for the one-one delivery.
McDaniel cuts it loose. Snider looks at it and it costs him. It's in there. Strike two.
It's a nice curve ball.
Mopi Lander working behind the plate for St. Louis, trying to help pay Sean McDaniel.
Now for a little fun. Got to watch out for signs.
McDaniel's ready. The one-two pitch to Duke-Snider. Down it comes. Curve ball, and it's swung on, hit foul.
Actually hit foul and hit the foot of Snider and rolled out toward the mound, but foul ball.
On the count of one ball, two strikes.
Seven-one. On eleven base hits for St. Louis, Brooklyn six runs on nine base hits.
New York Beach, Cincinnati four-three.
Single ball game.
John's four and the Cincinnati Red Lakes three. Final score.
One-two delivery. Snider swings. He doesn't get a fast-taking curve ball off the fist.
That's the third strikeout for young Vaughn McDaniel.
In the sixth inning, he struck out Amarose batting for Robuck.
Had Gilliam Plow to send in and got Reese on cold strikes.
So his taste for men has struck out three. Now he'll pitch to Elmavalo.
Eddie Casco comes across in third base to say something young McDaniel.
Skinny right-hander, goes to the rosin side.
Moves up there, his fellow left-hand hitter digs in.
Elmavalo this afternoon is 0-3. He scored one run.
In third, and he was on.
Now a force out. Takes a curve ball, and that's in there for a strike.
Young McDaniel is spinning in there pretty well this afternoon.
It's his ball game. The winner doesn't lose it.
He leads it 7-6. St. Louis 7 and Brooklyn 6.
Pitches. Vallow swings. Hits a fly ball to deep left field. Going back at Moone to the wall.
He leaps. He cannot get it. He bounces off the wall. Elmavalo on his way to second.
Deans in there with a two-bagger.
That ball missed just by about a quarter-so. Going into a left field fan.
Elmavalo hitting an outside pitch for a double for the field.
Young McDaniel has been jolted for the first time.
Here's another guy who can jolt you if he gets a hold of it.
Gino Simoli.
I'll tell you, the fiscal kid has had one base hit this afternoon in three times up.
He struck out his last time. That was in the fifth inning.
The only time he got on base he came in as one of the runs to score when Campanella
in the third inning unloaded his ninth home run of the year.
It's 238th in his major league career for three runs.
7-6 to score. The Dodgers setting the tide here with one out for seventh.
Elmavalo on his second base.
McDaniel set. Looks at second. Delivered.
Only takes low and outside's the ball one.
Delavalo takes a short lead at second base.
Stands up there hands on hips.
Elvin Dart pulled down a couple steps more on our sort of third base
and he's back deep at short.
That feels about straight away to Simoli. They're planning deep.
Right hand hitter with an overly close stance.
Gino McDaniel with the stretch.
Comes up. Delivers. A sidearm curve that's low and away outside.
Ball two.
Now this will be the first chance we will have had to watch McDaniel work with pressure on his shoulders.
Elvavalo in scoring position at second.
Simoli to be followed by Campanella.
7-6. That's the score. Faber St. Louis.
Brown delivers. His curve is nicely in at the knees for a strike one.
Two balls and one strike.
At the end of three innings, the Yankees nothing in Kansas City, nothing in their ball game, not at KC.
Repeating the Giants beat Cincinnati this afternoon, 4-3.
McDaniel ready.
Two ones to break. Fitz-Fong on. Hit up the first base tie.
Testos. Makes his play hurriedly.
The San Mugello is out of hold. Second is the second up.
Now before we have Campy up there, let's pause for station identification now.
This is the Brooklyn Dodger, radio network.
Dial 1460WOKO Albany.
WOKO, the capital district's most talked about station with downtown studios in the Hotel Wellington.
Roy Campanella starting to dig in now for the Dodgers.
Has single.
Had a three run home run.
And has walked.
Campy's batting average stands right this minute at 281.
The Albany, the lone base runner for the Dodgers, non of the second.
McDaniel check-team delivers a curve to Campanella at the knees on the corner for a strike.
Three years of high school competition. This young fellow won 44 and lost 8.
Very incredible record.
Skinny left hander ready.
Sets. Delivers.
A curve into the dirt, blocked by the chest of Bobby Landrup, his catcher.
I don't know of anybody in the business of working behind the plate that scrambles more than Bobby Landrup does.
He's fighting that ball all the time he's in there.
He'll dive to his knees, he'll jump out on his chest.
He'll do anything to get a hold of a baseball.
Now the one-one delivery.
He hits a swung on the Campanella, bounding ball is short. Dark is up with it. Oops, he threw it across the diamond to Musial.
And that's all for the Dodgers, left and seven.
No runs, one hit for Brooklyn. One man was left on. No errors. Underscore at the end of seven.
Hit a single seven runs, 11 hits, two errors. Brooklyn six runs, 10 hits and no errors.
And now let's have a word from Jerry Darvidge. You've been resting quite a while, Jerry.
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Well, we go to the eighth inning now with the top of the Cardinal batting order coming on to face Clem LeVine.
The Cardinals lead it by 7-6 score. The margin now supplied by Kenny Boyard's leadoff home run against LeVine in the seventh inning.
Dodgers missed out on a chance by Elmer Vallow there in the seventh inning. Elmer's ball just missed by inches of going into the left field stands to tie it up.
Elmer got the second, was left-handed there. So we go to play in the eighth inning and again for Lucky Strike, here's Al.
Don Blessingame will leap things off for these English Cardinals. He'll be starting their fifth batting around.
He's been called out on strikes. He's tapped to the mound. He's tripled the right center and single the center. He has two for four.
Don, slender, left-hand batter, going along at 3-0-1. Clem LeVine ready to go to work.
That's a slender ball game. He's the pitcher of record now for Brooklyn. Delivers the pitcher, the fastball, through to Elmer's strike.
This is Hughes for the pitchers. This is the third one to work for the dots. Fastball, right in there again. That's strike two.
Ready, D-O-2 pitch. Blessingame looks. A lot of curveball is outside. One ball and two strikes.
In fact, to remind you all that we have a very interesting between-game show lined up today.
The Shinnikok Indian Reservation from Southampton, Long Island, going to put on some of their Indian dancers right here on the field.
That's a song on. Missed. Strike three. That's all for Blessingame. Strikes out for LeVine here in the eighth inning. Clem is first strikeout.
Back that up. Make that the second strikeout for LeVine.
Alvin Barks about it. That's the first pitch and hits the bounding ball to second. Gilliam gloves it.
On the come in, throws the Rosebird first, and that's it for the Fedlowe shortstop. Two down. Out of now is Sam Neuvio.
Like we said a minute ago, we have some interesting goings on here at Epitts Field in between games.
We have a real live Indian princess. Noah Donah. She'll describe them to the folks.
Describe them to you too, so stay tuned between games today for the Shinnikok Indians from Southampton, Long Island.
That'll be something.
Sam Neuvio. Twice a single, once a small one. And four times up.
And the lifting that batting percentage up quite well. He's batting at 364. Takes the LeVine pass it ball. A giant football one.
Cranks up again. Fires that pitch in there. Muse you laughter. Peels it back foul. One ball and one strike.
If you're not keeping score with us and you're looking ahead to the last half of the inning, it'll be Roseboro, Neal, and the pitcher's spot coming up.
Neuvio letting Muse cool out a little bit while he grinds a new ball around the palms of his hands.
Now the one-one delivery. A little outside. Ball two. Two balls, one strike.
On Sam the man. Two down. The bases empty in the top of the eighth inning.
St. Louis seven. Brooklyn six. New York took Cincinnati this afternoon in the single game at the Polo grounds.
The final score was four out of three. Jots coming from behind to win it.
There ball. It's going on. But Muse went back up into right field. Coming on is Gino Somoli looking up into the sun and balls it down.
So that's the cause of the side in the eighth inning. For St. Louis they go down and bumping across. That's only the second time they've gone down flat.
Score at the end of seven and a half innings now at St. Louis seven. And the Brooklyn Dodgers have six.
James, now for a quick trip to the captain's corner. Captain Peely, you're up.
I'm often asked to name my all-time all-star team of fellas I've played against. It's a tough thing to do.
And you will notice I have listed quite a few cardinals, but they have had some great clubs during my career.
Well, here it goes. First base, Johnny Mize. Second base, Red Shandies. Third base, Whitey Kurowski.
Shortstop, Alvin Dark. Left field, Enos Slaughter. Center field, Willie Maze. Right field, Stan Musial.
Best pitcher, Ewell Blackwell. Man, he was a nasty one on that mound.
The all-around best hitter would have to be Stan Musial. I guess it's the kind of a team a manager dreams about.
Well spoken, Captain Reese. Got a suggestion for you before we focus back on the game, fans.
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Last of the eighth Dodgers coming on with Roseboro, Neal and LeBiondo up here to face young Vaughn McDaniel.
So back to play, and here again is Al.
Johnny Roseboro has struck out his farthest left, his proper first. He's 0-3 for this one.
Playing his third game at first base since having been brought in from Montreal.
And on the way up base hits, Roseboro has one base hit. He got a bunch of singles.
He's 1-11, hitting at 0-91, the fan batter.
Vaughn McDaniel, 18-year-old right-hander, kicks and throws a curve. It's a little, the Roseboro for ball one.
The press and gets up and starts to throw now on the Brooklyn bullpen.
Probably will have a hitter for LeBion in the last half of this eighth inning.
Vaughn McDaniel delivers again to this left-hander. Roseboro after, golfs one foul down the first base side, back into the crowd out of play.
One ball and one strike.
Three innings of their second game. It's Milwaukee nothing and Philadelphia nothing.
Lou Bredette going against Kurt Simmons. The first game went to Milwaukee, 3-2.
Chicago to Pittsburgh in their first game, 4-1.
Curve ball to Roseboro is high on outside. Two balls and one strike.
In the second game of the doubleheader at Pittsburgh, at the end of two innings, the Pirates lead the Cubs 2-1.
And at the end of four and a half innings, Kansas City leads Yankees 2-0.
Got a final here for you in the first game. We'll give it to you in a minute.
Last ball, Roseboro cuts and doesn't get it. That's like two. Two balls, two strikes.
The Chicago Whites are having their first game with Washington. Lead them 4-2. Jim Wilson won another one.
And Pete Ramos lost it for Washington. 4-2 final, Chicago over Washington, first of two.
The two-two delivery to Roseboro. Curve ball and he swings and misses, strike three.
McDaniel's pulling that ball in there. One of them has got four strikeouts now.
See, he came out in the sixth inning. Set four men down in order, three by strikeouts.
And then Ballot doubled. Now he's got three more down.
Facing eight men, he struck out four of them. Charlie Neal about it.
Charlie's drawn the horse collar so far. He's open three.
And a pitch hits him on the left hip. Soft curve ball. He twists but can't get away from it. So Neal is on.
Carl Frillo's going to come up to bat now for LeBine.
Well, Charlie Neal, face runner, represents the tying line for Brooklyn. John at first base, hit for the pitch.
Carl Frillo, right-hand hitter, moving on to bat for Kremlin-LeBine.
Carl batting at 276, 276.
John went on, last of the eighth inning. Seven to six to score, St. Louis.
Carl Frillo batting for LeBine. Swings on the pitch and hits a hard-line ball.
He's straight away from the field. Let's play a ball, and Boyer's under it and holds it down.
Hersey's throw in and Charlie Neal, halfway to second, has to come back.
Two down in the last of the eighth inning, about an hour to Jim Gilliam.
John Fitchburg, at the end of the second inning, out there, doubleheader.
Wayne has come down and is holding up the ball game. Fitchburg lost the first one. Chicago took them 4-1.
At the end of four innings, now it's Milwaukee nothing, Philadelphia nothing in their nightcap game.
Milwaukee took the first from 3-2. John beats Cincinnati in a single game at the Polo grounds for 3.
At the end of five, Kansas City leads the Yankees 2-0.
Now let's take a look and see what happens with Gilliam.
McDaniel checks his runner, looks at Gilliam, feeds a curve into him, and junior slaps a foul on first base.
No balls and one strike.
Gilliam's got four times, he's single twice, he's struck out once and fly to center.
Batting at 2.48.
Dodgers have a tying run on here in the eighth inning at first base.
The card moves lead them 7-6.
McDaniel eyes his runner, Charlie Neal, then looks down at Gilliam, delivers, there goes Neal,
he's going on and looks out into the field, coming on for it, his moon, and he's got it.
Well that's all in the eighth inning for Brooklyn.
The run to win O-Base hits.
The hit by Smith left one man on, Charlie Neal started his first.
Goal to score at the end of eight, four innings of play. St. Louis 7 and the Brooklyn Dodgers have 6.
Gilliam, you got a word for it?
They got the time now, it's exactly 4.55.
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Going to the ninth inning, Dallinus do it for the Cardinals and coming on to the Dodgers is Don Besson to replace Levine.
Levine would opt for a pinch hitter, Carl Flullo.
So back to the action and here's Al.
All right, Jerry, Don Besson is appearing in his 11th ball game, all in relief.
He's pitched 22 innings.
His record with the league is one win and two losses.
His earned run average is 5.73.
Don Besson out there in the mound now, smooth and dirt, standing outside.
Not his boss waiting to get up there.
The Del Hennets, then will come Ken Boyer and Wally Moon.
If you're looking farther ahead than that through the last half of the ninth inning,
that's going to be the meat end of the batting order for Brooklyn.
Reese will lead it off, followed by Snyder and then by Vallow.
If anyone else is needed, Gino Simoli.
It's a seven to six ball game, with the St. Louis Cardinals leading by the one run.
They have seven runs on 11 hits.
They have two errors.
And for Brooklyn, six runs, 10 hits and no errors.
The pitchers of record are Vaughn McDaniel for St. Louis and Glenn LeBine of Brooklyn.
They're now out of the ball game and Besson is on here to pitch in the ninth inning.
So we shall see what we shall see as Del Hennets steps up to the plate.
Del single-tries both times to left field and then the next two times up struck out.
Still for four.
Hennets batting a 2.63.
Right-hander hit her.
Besson, right-hander gets ready.
She delivers an overhand fastball and pops that one through for a strike.
Hennets turns and says something to Sir Corey.
Now Besson says, is that one pitch?
Another overhand fastball and it's pitched in the corner. That's strike two.
Second ball game.
This afternoon we'll have Will Schmidt going for St. Louis and either Colfax or Padres pitching for Brooklyn.
That'll be the getaway game for the Dodgers.
Another overhand fastball is blown away and it counters one ball and two strikes on Del Hennets.
The Dodgers board their conveyor and move out to Cincinnati to begin third Western swing,
which will carry them to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Milwaukee and Chicago.
They'll play 15 games in 14 days on this Western trip.
Fastball outside.
Look out, it's two balls, two strikes now on Del Hennets.
By the way, six of those games are going to be televised right back on Channel 9, 3 at Cincinnati.
That's on June 17, 19th and 20th. One at St. Louis on the 24th, one at Milwaukee on the 26th of June,
and then the first game of the doubleheader from Chicago on the 30th of June.
Of course you can hear all the ball games right where you're tuned right now.
Bits swung on by Hennets. Found it right back to the mound.
Besson strikes it, fires it first to Roseboro. There's the first out in the ninth inning.
One down. The batter coming up now, the Boyars, whose home run leading off in the seventh inning
has given the St. Louis Cardinals their advantage. Hit it off Glenn LeBarn.
Boyar has two hits and three at bats.
Got a single left in the first, walked in the third, was a runner in the fifth on a field of his choice,
but got a run down at the plate, and then home run in the seventh.
Boyar batting a 2-5-5.
Besson curves, even a pitcher swung on, and lays down in the right center field.
It's in for the base hit. Simole goes over, grabs it.
Boyar holds on and first contends with a single.
Gives him three base hits, four times up.
Single to right center.
That outbets him, who's hit number one.
On to the Cardinals, they're in fourth.
Seven runs, 12 hits. They have two more than the Dodgers have, and one more left.
The batter will be Wally Moon.
He's gone over three the last time out he walked.
Moved around the third, but there he died.
He stopped the second, grounded the second, and went out on a round ball that hit the pitcher
and came off to Gilliam, and he was thrown out.
That time batter.
Besson fires a pitch out. It's called for by Campanella.
Boyar was not going, so that's ball one now on Moon.
Mr. Short at Freddy Hudson would like to get himself an insurance run here in the top of the ninth.
There's the throw to first. It's not in time.
Grease comes a closing in at third.
Dodger infield, apparently expecting Moon might be trying to drop a punt, move Boyar down the second.
Besson carefully in the position out, checks the lineup.
Now delivers to Moon.
Rairs back, Moon takes the pitch low.
No bunt indication that time.
Two balls, no strikes is the count on Wally Moon.
Getting pretty close to station identification time, too.
We'll be sliding that in in a minute.
See what happens with Moon here.
Two-nothing delivery from Don Besson.
He had a break, the pitcher swung on and filed away.
Count is two balls and one strike.
He gets a new ball from Played Empire's Sir Cory and starts to rub it up for Don Besson.
Drysdale started this afternoon, went to four innings and touched it for three men in the fifth and had to come out of there.
Wellbuff took over for two innings and was touched for two runs, including, or two hits, including a home run, which manufactured four runs, all told.
Don gave up a run, two hits.
Besson billetters now on the 2-1 count.
The winner breaks again, the pitcher swung on.
There's a half-mile ball to deep left field.
Bellow back, still going back, under and holds it down.
Boyer standing on in second base, has to turn and come charging back to first.
And let's pause now for station identification.
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Hit and play drives, single to center in the seventh inning. Besson well scores the first, keeps Boyer close.
In the last half of the ninth inning, it will be Reese, Snyder, and Bono, the batsmen for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Seven to six to score, St. Louis.
Besson wheels the pitch in there, Landruf hitting left-hander, takes it low into the dirt, and he gets away from Campanella, but Boyer cannot break.
Ball kicking out in front of Campanella. One ball and no strikes.
Besson's ready, so is Landruf. There's another throw over the first, can't avoid him from getting too much of a lead.
Besson's ready. His one-hole pitch to the plate to Landruf comes whistle on in there, and he'll be after.
Loops one out and left field, it's in for a base hit, Simone comes over, grabs that ball quickly.
Boyer on his way to third, there goes the throw down, it's not in time. Boyer gets there.
Landruf, hitting behind Luana, moves him around to third base for two down.
Looping single hit into right field. That'll be hit number two of Besson.
That'll be the Cardinals' 13th base hit in the ball game.
Looking over the situation in the National League, Milwaukee took Commodoffee in the first game 3-2,
at the end of five innings of the second game, and Commodoffee no score.
Chicago took Pittsburgh 4-1 in the first game, at the end of two innings with Pittsburgh leading 2-1,
rain came down, that ball game is being held up.
In a single affair this afternoon at the Polo grounds, the Giants walked back from behind, took Cincinnati 4-3.
And at the end of five and a half innings, the Yankees have picked up a lead on Kansas City now 3-2.
They scored three times in the top six innings.
At the plate now, hitting right-handed is Eddie Casco.
Besson's fastball cracks in there low for ball one.
Two down, two on. Landruf is first, Boyer is third.
Last half of the ninth inning, St. Louis 7, Brooklyn 6. Besson delivers to Casco, low and outside.
Two balls, no strikes.
The last half of the ninth inning, Reese, Snyder, and Vano will be the Dodger backman backed up by Simoli,
if he should be needed.
The lead on this home stand, by the way, against the Western Clubs is six and six. They've won six and lost six.
Bits of swung on. Hit out to right field, backing up to the scoreboard is Simoli, and is able to make the catch.
He almost stepped back too far.
He reached down around the shoe tops to make that catch too.
That's it. End of ninth inning, four St. Louis, no runs, two hits.
They strand two men, runners are first and third. So no errors.
St. Louis 4 going into the last half of the ninth inning. St. Louis 7 and Brooklyn has six.
So let's get back to the action, and for lucky strike, here's Al.
All right, Jerry, Reese is over four. He's popped the short, a base runner on an error in the third,
flied to left and was called out on strikes.
Reese batting a 222. McDaniel was backed up by Larry Jackson in the St. Louis bullpen.
The total's going into the last half of the ninth inning. Four St. Louis, seven runs, 13 hits, two errors.
They've got ten on. Six runs, ten hits, no errors. Seven stranded by Brooklyn.
Reese, that the plate takes a curve low for ball one.
That's the last chance for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
One-oh delivering, Reese takes a curve, and that's low. That's ball two.
McDaniel, young 18-year-old right-hander, bidding for his first ball game either way, delivers a curve,
and Reese takes high under the 10-crochet. That's ball three.
Now, I'll just let you lucky up now and stay right with us.
Three-oh delivered to Reese. Over first strike. Reese got to throw his bat away and go off the course.
Mike DeCorey called him back. Reese, matter and bellow.
That's a long time for McDaniel during the St. Louis pitching.
That's a side from Hopeland. Comes once, throws three-one.
That's a pitch in for strike two.
Now, Reese will have to be guarding that plate rather carefully, and young McDaniel will have to be coming in around it somewhere.
Reese moving back up to the plate now, digs in. Now, the three-two count on McDaniel starts his motion.
Delivers Reese. That's not the curve, and it's in there for strike three-four.
That hurts Reese. He's gone on talking to DeCorey. Reese is called out on strike.
Strike out for young McDaniel. Reese is vehemently protesting as Manager Olsen comes out of the dugout and talks to Reese.
Strike out. McDaniel faces 12 men and gets five up by strike out. Duke sliders the batter, struck him out to seven.
Duke has two for three. Driven in one run today. McDaniel's fastball is into the dirt. It's ball one.
One out, nobody on. Last of the ninth inning, St. Louis seven, Brooklyn six.
McDaniel pitching from the first base side of Pitcher's River, delivers Snyder-Dix over the fifth first strike.
That's Snyder's turn. Do a little beeping. One ball, one strike.
McDaniel delivers and Snyder after hits a bombing ball to second.
Wapping games got it on the big hop. Throws the first to Mews and Snyder goes down.
Oh, it's on a film of valor now.
Brady Hutchinson comes off of St. Louis bench and going out to talk to young Vaughn McDaniel. This is the brother of Lindy McDaniel, the younger brother.
Kid has his chance to win his first ball game.
Vaughn O'Rofson comes bouncing off the Dodger bench and meets Mike Secori halfway between the Dodger bench and home plate.
Before he turned around and put something back to the dugout, it's either Vaughn O'Rofson out of the ball game or somebody else.
But Vaughn is really chilling and enjoying with him right now.
Ball popped up on called strikes on Reese and Snyder.
Unfortunately, the recording of this game is missing the final out. Rest assured there were no last minute heroics after the tape cuts off.
The final out was a routine ground ball to first base unassisted.