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On September 27th, 1973, the Minnesota Twins faced the California Angels at Anaheim Stadium
for a Thursday night game near the end of the season. Both teams were stuck in the middle
of the AL West with average records, but the excitement of the game centered around fireballer
Nolan Ryan. Ryan entered his last start of the season with 367 strikeouts, which was
15 behind Sandy Koufax's single season record of 382 Ks. This is a local California broadcast
featuring announcers Dick Emberg, Dave Nyhouse, and Don Drysdale.
Brian Carew and Oliva against Nolan Ryan and for the play, here's Dick Emberg.
As Bry hit the deck, he kicked dirt all over the plate. Jeff Talbork handling the catching
chores. Ryan wastes no time. The 1-0 pitch. Fastball grounded through the right side.
On the very second pitch of the game, Ryan loses any chances of a no-hitter as Bry singles
sharply into right field. Bry batting 259. These twins are red hot. They've been playing
great baseball. They're fresh from a three-game sweep of the Oakland A's up north. They've
now won 80 and lost 78 and need only one victory in the final four games of this series to
clinch third place in the American League West. Here's the American League batting leader
and the new champion again this year, Rod Carew, hitting 349. He has 200 base hits.
He takes the ball outside. Bry, the leadoff man, is on. Ryan straightens, takes a look
at him, and here's the pitch. A curveball drops over the outside corner, one and one.
Tony Oliva, the designated hitter on deck. His twins' team can hit. They've been leading
the American League and hitting for a while. The pitch, swing and a miss. Good fastball
sailing up and out of the strike zone, and Carew could not resist. One ball, two strikes,
and Rod scored 96. Rounds has 200 hits. Leads the club in stolen bases with 40. It's been
a big year for Rod Carew from the Panama Canal Zone. The pitch just inside. Fastball, Carew
backing away. Rod's back foot out of the batter's box. He's that deep trying to get a little
extra advantage on Ryan. He is not in the batter's box. Two and two, and Ryan goes to
first base and Bry dances back to the bag. Defensively, Gallagher at third, Schalk to
shortstop Parker at second, McCraw at first with Barry Rivers and Pinson in the outfield
from left to right. The two-two pitch. Carew ball just misses again. Carew has looked at
two pretty good pitches. A fastball that was just off the inside edge and a Carew ball
that just bended its way around the outside corner, and it's now three and two. Bry goes.
The pitch is high, and the twins have the first two men on. Carew walks. Bry goes to
second, and with no one out, here's designated hitter Tony Oliva. Tovar goes out to talk
with Ryan. We chatted with Nolan before the game tonight, and he said the key to his performance
tonight on a very warm late September night in Southern California is his control. He
feels he could have a big strikeout night if he can hit the corners. He just missed
the Carew and finished with a walk. So the twins have something going in the early inning.
Harmon Killebrew on deck, and Tony Oliva. He said for the first time all season, he
went without a wrap on that bad right knee of his in the Oakland series, and he said
it feels much better. Infield looking for two. The pitch. Swing a line drive right over
the head of Ryan into center field for a base hit. Around third comes Bry. He will score,
and the twins lead 1-0 on a solid single to center by Tony Oliva. They've had their hitting
close on, and they come out of swinging against Ryan tonight. That ball came very close to
hitting Ryan in the head. He was able to just duck underneath it as it whistled by him out
through Mickey Rivers in center field. Carew stopped at second. Killebrew is the batter.
The pitch. The double steal is on. A line drive down the left field line. Fair ball.
Carew scores easily. Oliva will be able to come home on a double by Killebrew. It is
3-0 Minnesota. And all the balls have been hit hard. So Killebrew on the double steal.
Lines went into the left field corner away from Ken Berry. So Carew running on the play.
He walked home, and Oliva, even on the bad leg, was able to score all the way from first
base as Carew has his 31st, or Killebrew has his 31st and 32nd RBI's of the season. It's
3-0 Minnesota as Tom Morgan goes to the mound to talk with Nolan Ryan, who has not been
able to log it out. And Dick, even though Nolan Ryan last Sunday against the twins beat them
for his 20th victory in the first inning, he was hit very hard by two of the three men
that started out the thing here this evening. Steve Bryce and Richie Scheinblum to the wall
in Minnesota after Rod Garou struck out. Then Tony Oliva lined out to Scheinblum. So he's
been hit hard in both first innings of these last two outings. Jim Holt goes after a bad
ball. Strike one. Ryan not able to throw that fastball by Oliva and Killebrew, that's for
the second. Killebrew at second, no one out. The pitch, fastball line foul, what a shot,
down beyond the Ansel dugout on the third-base side. A low, skidding line drive into the
crowd. Ryan ahead of Jim Holt, two strikes. Holt is batting 296. He's had a solid year.
Minnesota team is batting 272, the American League's top-hitting ball club. Playing for
Frank Fulasi, he has been rehired. Two-strike pitch, foul back on the screen. Ryan tried
to slip the fastball by Holt and did not. George Midderwald on deck. Midderwald enjoying
his finest season in the big leagues, 262 average and 16 home runs. Minnesota leads
3-0 in the top of the first inning, no one out, and Killebrew is at second base. Ryan
ahead on the count, two strikes. Here's the pitch. Curve ball is just a little high. Red
clarity has put the squeeze on Ryan tonight. That's the third borderline pitch and they've
all gone for balls. One and two to count. Ryan checks Killebrew, the pitch. Fastball
pound and foul off the fist, rolls into the Ansel dugout. First of a four-game series
between the Angels and Twins that will conclude the 1973 season. Twins need just one win of
the four to lock up third place. The one-two pitch by Ryan, high, two and two. And Ryan,
certainly very human and cognizant of all of the publicity, not only regarding his great
pitching but primarily the strikeouts. Curve ball, strike three, call. That one fooled
home. While Ryan would like very much to win his seventh straight game, he's already set
a New Angel record with his six in a row. The fans that are here tonight, and we would
guess around 10,000, are here primarily to cheer the strikeouts. He now has 368. The
magic number for a tie is 14. George Mitterwald batting 262. Killebrew at second base. Ryan
checks and the pitch. Swung on and fouled out of play. A fastball that Mitterwald hits
into the upper deck down the right field line. And of course, all of the foul balls will
be treasured souvenirs tonight, as they will on Sunday, because fans will be able to relate
to those who would be interested that it was a ball that was first delivered by Nolan Ryan
and finally captured by me, Joe Finn. Mitterwald, 16 home runs, 64 runs batted in. Big year
for the catcher from Hayward, California. The pitch, fastball, and that had plenty on it,
but it was too high, one and one. Tomorrow night, it'll be Dan Fife for Minnesota, either
Rudy May or Frank Tanana for the Angels. 1-1 pitch. He did not go around, says Flaherty.
First base umpire says, yes, he did. It's one and two. Flaherty, after Jeff Tauborg
asked for help, Bill Degan threw up the right hand and said he went around. And Degan is
answering some verbal volleys from the dugout of the twins. And Frank Willissey has gone
all the way from the near end of the dugout to the far end to get a closer shot at Degan.
The 1-2 pitch. High. Ryan overthrowing that fastball. They've all been up. Two and two.
And he's had some velocity on them. He's trying to get everything he has on each pitch. There's
only one more tomorrow for Nolan Ryan and he'd like to get as much of the job done tonight.
And is his goal. The 2-2 pitch to Midderwald. Too high. So Ryan unable to get the fastball
over. He's been upstairs with it and the count now full. In the inning, a leadoff single
by Bry Carrua. Oliva singled in one run and Killebrew doubled in two more. Hold has struck
out and now it's a 3-2 pitch coming up to George Midderwald. Here it comes. Curveball
gets him swinging. Apparently Ryan does have a great curve here in the first inning because
the men who tried to hit it have looked rather foolish chasing it. The bottom fell out of
that one. Three runs, two strikeouts for Ryan in the first inning. Eric Satterholm hitting
3-13. Right handed batter. Like the starting pitcher tonight, Dave Goltz. Minnesota boy.
Fastball outside and the fans are pulling for each pitch trying to help out Red Flaherty.
Ryan working quickly. The pitch curveball is a beauty. Satterholm was falling out of
the batter's box and that one snapped over. Excuse me. Satterholm although with a name
like Eric Satterholm he should be from that good Scandinavian Minnesota territory is not.
Goltz however is. He's from Pelican Rapids by a galley. Dick Nelson knows where that
is. Count is two and one now to Satterholm. Stocky right handed batter. One home run since
being recalled. Killebrew still at second. Three nothing Minnesota. And Ryan steps off
the rubber as Harmon had a big lead. Ryan has his sign from Talborg. His two one pitch.
Oh way up over the head of Satterholm. A curveball that slipped out of his grasp. It's three
and one on deck. Left fielder Mike Adams. Twins jump in front three nothing. Ryan ready
to three one pitch. Fastball is in there. When Ryan gets that fastball in that spot
on the outside corner it almost has a crossfire effect. It seems to be running away from the
right handed hitter. Three and two. Ryan trying to strike out the side. The pitch. Oh he fouls
that one off the plate umpire Flaherty's mask. That one had to sting. And the veteran umpire
takes that iron off and make sure it's all in one piece before it puts it back in front
of that guardian position. A full count on Eric Satterholm with two outs in the top of
the first. Killebrew at second base. Ryan sets and the pitch. Curveball bends outside
ball four. So Ryan has struck out two and walked two in the first inning and has thrown
a lot of pitches already. Mike Adams the number eight hitter in the lineup steps up. He's
averaging two thirty two on the season. Little guy right handed batter but he's got quick
hands and looks like he's going to be a good hitter. On a former Major League or Bobby
Adams the pitch. Check swing foul. Off the press box facing and shoots down there. One
strike on Adams. The angels and twins have played a dead even through the first 14 games
of this season. Each team with seven wins here at the big a Minnesota has the edge three
and two. Ryan with an exchange of baseball. Paul Borg down with a sign. Killebrew from
second Satterholm from first the pitch curveball outside broke too much one and one. It's basically
a right handed hitting lineup for Frank Willis these twins tonight against the right hander
Ryan left handers are Karew and Oliva and Holt. The pitch curve is in there. One ball
two strikes. Henry Aaron ran into some tough luck tonight the game with the Dodgers rained
out and of course that one will not be made up so he loses four more at bats. Ryan knows
how that weather action can hurt you. The pitch swing and a miss. Ryan gives up three
runs on three hits. He leaves two and strikes out three and after a half inning Minnesota
three the angels against Dave Golds are coming to bat. First pitch to Mickey Rivers has taken
low for a ball. Mickey with a 10 game hitting streak needs a hit tonight to tie the longest
streak by an angel all year chops this one toward first going to be a tough play. Killebrew
up with it the threat of first base is not in the foot. I guess that's one way to slow
him down and he goes hobbling down the right field line. Rivers is now hit safely and 11
straight games tying Sandy Alomar's longest hitting streak of the season and Mickey has
only been here this month when he chops one like that it's almost impossible to throw
him out. Commiserates now with John Roseboro. He bends forward just waiting for the sting
of that throw to wear off his ankle. Killebrew trying to fire to the pitcher Golds covering
but even had to throw gotten the Golds his glove. Rivers had beaten a play. When's lead
three nothing bottom of the first inning. Ray Federico out there to see two rivers.
Ready. Daughter Roseanne and celebrated her 21st birthday yesterday and we aired and not
sending along our best to her. And Freddie's certainly one of the super people in baseball.
I wish everyone in this ballpark could get a chance to shake the hand of this gentleman
from Seattle Washington. He's loved by all and the way he hustles off the field is indicative
of the kind of spirit he brings to this club. That guy needs a hot minute trainer in the
league. The river is OK. Dave chalk elevated to the number two spot in the order as manager
Bobby Winkle said to do some last minute juggling with Bob Oliver suffering from a mild case
of the flu. Chuck hitting to thirty six right side is open. Rivers leads away. Killebrew
holding him on the pitch. Check swing foul. Frank Robinson on deck. Looking ahead to
the second inning. Ryan needs one more strikeout to become the first man in major league history
to strike out seven hundred in two years. Go back. His record has been tied at six ninety
nine. Ryan needs one to break the consecutive year strikeout mark. Golds delivers low and
outside is wearing a bunch of chalk. Just joined us. Ryan gave up three runs before he got
an out in the top of the first then he struck out the side now has three hundred seventy
for the year. Twelve behind Kofax. Golds straightens and the pitch. Check swing foul back to the
screen. Golds is one and one lifetime against the angels mentioned he's from Minnesota the
eighth native of the state of Minnesota to play for the twins. Outfield playing chalk
shade to pull. Carew and Terrell up the middle looking for the double play ball. Here's the
pitch outside might have been a check swing foul as the ball popped out of middle wall
glove and his actions as he went after it indicative that he's not concerned about rivers
breaking for seconds. So chalk must have gotten a piece of it and the count would remain one
and two. Golds a very deliberate workman. It's a warm warm evening in Southern California.
The temperature must be in the 80s at this hour. Chalk waves the wood back and forth
rivers and easy lead from first the pitch high and inside ball to a fastball. Now Don
Drysdale not with us tonight. He and his lovely wife Ginger celebrating their 15th wedding
anniversary tonight and from all of us the very best. The Drysdale understand they gave
each other scuba diving equipment and lessons for their anniversary. Line drive right field
and the angels have runners at the corner. Here is Frank Robinson and the angels try
to get back for Nolan Ryan. He is Jeff Burrows for the runner up spot to Reggie Jackson of
the Oakland A's Jackson with 32 and Frank at age 38 is the fourth best RBI man in the
year. Jackson 117 may vary with 100. George Scott has 98 and Robbie now with 95 and a
chance to pick up at least one in this spot. The infield plays back. They'll give up a
run for a double play chance. Golds delivers swing a line drive on the left field line
foul off the facing of the box seat railing and comes out in the left. Robbie grabs a
good handful of dirt out of that batter's box and rubs the palms together fixes that
helmet to top his head. Tom McCraw on deck outfield deep toward left. The ball should
carry well tonight. Anything hit in the air is going to get more distance than normal
here at Anaheim at night. Rivers at third chalk at first one strike on Robinson the
pitch by gold swing line drive. Rivers scores chalk holds at second it's three to one.
Minnesota Robinson's 96 RBI of the season and just as it was for Nolan Ryan. Dave Gault's
having trouble getting people out. He's given up three straight singles Robinson needs one
more extra base hit to tie Jimmy Fox and Ted Williams number eight all time. That RBI ties
him with Bob Oliver and Leon Wagner for the most runs batted in in a month. That was his
26th in this month of September. So he has finished with a flourish. Now the time runs
on no and out runners at first and second time across the batter hitting two sixty four
he takes a breaking ball low ball one. McCraw he too has had a good September three twenty
four in the last 18 games has been his average. Minnesota three the angels one bottom of the
first inning looks like we might be here for a while tonight. Gault straightens. Here's
the pitch outside to an old well that heat wave is thrown a curve ball at our big a scoreboard
and it's like someone threw a knife right in the center that thing. It's thrown up some
funny figures tonight to another count the pitch low three balls Robinson the tying run
at first base Dave chalk at second and McCraw the hitter with three balls no strikes and
Frank Wellesley says get somebody loose in that bullpen. A right hander gets up to start
throwing Bill hands the veteran right hander acquired from the Cubs during the offseason
Gault says three oh pitch he walked in. The third Robinson to second the bases are loaded
and Frank Wellesley walking to the mound. Well he rehired by Calvin Griffith as the
Minnesota Twins manager again in 1974 his team has had some excellent streaks this season
and a couple of unbelievably bad streaks and we ask him about next year and how he will
attempt to keep his team away from the losing strings and he said he felt that the one big
need is the bullpen that his play was sloppy. The team's play was during those streets but
primarily the fall was on the bullpen. He used as a case in point Joe Decker had something
like four or five games in a row where he left with the lead and wound up Minnesota
losing the game. So the twins might be in the market for some relief help. Well as he
leaves hands continues to throw and they depend on his the matter hitting to 62 HALO over
every base McCraw Robinson and chalk no enough three to one twins in the first the pitch
check swing did he go around apparently not her ball was in that five straight balls thrown
by gold third base umpire spring said as the appeal is made shakes his head. No he checked
back in field set for two third baseman Satterholm is back high and well off the line. Killer
Brew playing behind the runner McCraw as Goltz winds the pitch lined out of play into the
upper deck one and one Ken Berry would be next. Mickey Rivers started it legging out
an infield chopper and hits by chalk Robinson now the walk to McCraw one one pitch fly ball
into right center field not too deep over to get it as he Brian makes the catch tagging
is chalk everyone is tagging chalk scores and going to third is Robinson. Frank Robinson
showing the hustle of a rookie advances from second to third with only one out he's in
position to score the tying run on and out as Ken Berry steps in. We pause for station
identification. Now we salute all of those youngsters in the angel organization that
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Youth Fund. Minnesota with three in the first the angels with two only one out McRaw at
first and Robinson at third again the infield plays back the pitch to Barry ground ball
right side that'll get the run in career up with it. Flips the first for the out at the
tie game at three. The big play that you won't see in the box score tomorrow Robinson alertly
tagging at second and advancing to third where he could score on that infield shot by Ken
Berry. So the angels something they've not done much of this year get two runs on out
in this first inning and were even at three. Al Gallagher the batter Barry's chopper to
the right side did two things that got Robinson in and advanced McRaw the tie breaking run
in the scoring position. Dirty Allen the lineup the pitch breaking ball for a strike Gallagher
hitting 277. How did that think he'd play anymore this year or at least start any more
games the way Bob Oliver was going. But with the flu dirty Allen there and a chance to
give the angels the lead. Galtz looks back at McRaw the pit low with a fastball one and
one. You know the twins happy not only about the sweep of the Oakland A's at the Coliseum
they grabbed that up last night but Bert Blylevin getting his 20th win against 16 losses his
record identical to that of Nolan Ryan. The 1 1 delivery outside. Nice stop by Mitterwald
2 and 1. Blylevin just missed a no hitter last night and infield hit. Carew made a diving
stop on the outfield grass but could not throw the Oakland batter out and that was the only
hit off by 11 his second one hitter of the season. Two balls and a strike on Gallagher
the action pitch coming up McRaw at second base with two outs bottom of the first out
three three tie Ryan struck out the side in the first curve ball chopped the third right
there as solder home he fires across for the out and the inning is over. Three runs for
the angels on three hits they lead one and after one the angels in Minnesota tied at
three from beautiful Anaheim Stadium on a midsummer baseball night the angels and the
twins wrapping up seasons play in a wild first inning. Each team getting three runs and three
hits and Nolan Ryan matching that magic number of three as he fan three twins and he stands
at 699 tied with Sandy Copax most strikeouts in consecutive years. No man has ever struck
out 700 and Ryan is just a few pitches away. Jerry Terrell starts it off the number nine
hitter right handed batter the curve ball is just a little inside ball one. Terrell
crowding the plate backed out of there and didn't miss by much. He's hitting 271 has
done a fine job subbing for Danny Thompson who has had a multitude of injuries this year.
One oh pitch fastball wave that a mess and that one was fine. You know Thompson had discovered
during the winter that he had a mild case of leukemia that is being treated. That is
not the reason he has not been flying. He is healthy. It's been a lot of other problems
muscle pulls and such ground ball to the right side Parker behind second fire the first for
the out good play by Billy Parker one gone. Here's the leadoff man Steve Brie. He started
that three run first inning with a base at the right. The quietly angels were in Minnesota
last weekend. Danny Thompson suffered a broken toe on his right foot during batting practice.
So he will be out for the rest of the year. And that goes with a groin pull he had in
May and he had a sprained ankle in July. So it's just been a tough year for him all
the way around. But Terrell has done an excellent job filling in. Here's Brian a two fifty nine
hitter the pitch by Ryan a curve ball is high ball on angels. Baseball is brought to you
by Chevrolet. Mighty happy to announce their newest wagon. The Vega has a one oh pitch
curve ball outside to know Brian right handed hitter wears twin ones on his back in red
to all pitch all the way to the screen off the glove of catcher Jeff Toe board three
balls and no strike. The Phillies got a run in the top of the 13th inning to lead Pittsburgh
three to two. The Mets are not scheduled tonight. So if Pittsburgh loses the Mets game that
half game would lead by one a victory by Pittsburgh would tie them with a Mets three oh pitch
channel down the middle three and one. Mets are 80 and 78 Pittsburgh 79 and 78 starting
this evening in the Phillies. Mighty troublesome three one pitch right to call that one had
a little heat on it. The bright thought it sounded a little outside. Full count of Brian
one out top of the second a three three time. Ryan rocks. Here's a pitch ground ball by
the mound by Parker in the right center field. So Brian hits the ball to the opposite field
again for a base hit the angels with Ryan on the mound playing everyone to hit late.
And so Parker was guarding the hole on the right side and although the ball was really
not hit that hard he could not range that far to his right to make the play. The bright
two for two and here's Rod Carew walked in the first inning. Boy he had a season again
200 hits the pitch curve ball low ball on and he just hit it anywhere. You have to play
him straight away because he'll line one down the left field line just as quickly as you'll
pull on into the other corner. The pitch curve ball on the inside is one and one.
The rules got that batting title all locked up no one close one one pitch outside. Here
it comes curve ball up too high three and one on the title last year with a 318 average
three one pitch curve ball fouled at the play. Rod's lifetime Major League average is three
oh nine and it's higher than that after his big year this season and he would have won
still another batting title had it not been for that knee injury in 1970 he was hitting
three sixty six at the time he was knocked out for the season three to pitch runner goes
on a miss throw to second base not nearly in time. In fact Parker was able to one hand
the ball on the shortstop side of the bag to keep it from going into center field. So
that's a three to four. That is the seven hundred strikeout for Nolan Ryan. No one in
baseball history can make that claim in back to back season seven hundred for Ryan. He
now has three hundred seventy one this year. Eleven the magic number to tie Kofax and
they want that baseball as Red Flaherty calls for it and throws it into the angel dugout.
That's another to add to the collection and the fans about the message board to spell
it out for him. Some realize that that is seven hundred for Ryan. As you mentioned the
big one eleven off to tie and actually a bigger one the 12th to go ahead. But he is also now
only seven away from his twelve hundred career strikeout. He is mind boggling really. He
is something foul back by Tony Oh nearly beheaded Mr. Nolan Ryan with a line shot single to center
field in the first inning to drive in a run one strike on Oliva. Brian has stolen second
base a three three tie two outs in the top of the second. You become a bit jaundiced
by Ryan straight strikeout abilities and forget truly what he is doing. The pitch strike two
and a half. Two strikes on Tony Oliva the tie breaking run. Brian is out there at second
base. Ryan delivers. Oh a little high and he had a leave a pool. The labor would have
been late pulling the trigger on that one one into the camp. Right at second base he
leads easily away the outfield playing Oliva not to pull one into the cat. Ryan delivers
a curve ball. Ryan has struck out five men in the first two innings and his magic number
is now reduced to 10 to tie Sandy Kopecks and after one and a half a three three tie.
Dave Gault a three three tie. Tunes up with George Midderwood. He'll face Billy Parker
Jeff Tolborg and then the lead off hitter Mickey Rivers. Each team with three runs in
that first inning. Ryan struck out three in the first inning and came back to get two
tough outs. Carew and Oliva on strikes in the second. So you now have the total of three
seventy two this year and seven hundred and one in the last two seasons. Oh my Billy Parker
hitting two fifteen last game Parker hitting three thirty three. Gault big right hander
he takes his time. Ready to work to Parker bat right down on the end. I with a fastball.
Stand up and the one oh pitch curve ball in there one and one. You look at the other club
records for most strikeouts in a season then you get some perspective on what Ryan's doing
here. One one pitch is waved at and miss. Dave McNally has the Baltimore all time record
for most strikeouts in a season. Two hundred two Ryan now tonight has three seventy two.
You go back to 1912 to get the Red Sox pitcher Smokey Joe Wood struck out two fifty eight
some hundred and fifteen less than Ryan for the all time Red Sox record. Ed Walsh for
the White Sox 1908 to sixty nine fastball knocks Parker down it's two and two. Of course
Bob Feller for the Indians at three forty eight in nineteen forty six. Mickey Lowlitz
the all time Tigers strikeout pitcher three hundred and eight two years ago. The pitch
line drive by the glove of golf but picked off by Caruso throws him out. Oh that ball
was hit hard hit the side of the mound however and that kicked it toward the second baseman
Caruso who was able to make the play. Jeff Torborg steps up he's batting to twenty the
Kansas City Royals strikeout record held by Bob Johnson he got two hundred and six three
years ago. Milwaukee's all timer hundred and sixty nine by Marty Patton. Minnesota Dean
Chance when he struck out two thirty four in nineteen sixty eight for the Yankees. That
would be an interesting thing. The New York Yankees all time strikeout pitcher 1904 Jack
Chesbro two hundred and forty low ball one Oakland A's or any A's pitcher including
the Philadelphia A's would be George Rubio ideal 1904 and for the senators or now the
Texas Rangers Walter Johnson's best was in 1910 when he struck out three hundred thirteen.
So you start tickling your memory with all of the great men who stood out in the middle
of that diamond and try to throw a ball by a hitter whether it be with a fastball or
with finesse. I again two and one to Torborg and suddenly Nolan Ryan is the best in the
American League and now he is just ten away from the all time major league record and
will repeat something we've said before. I think there would be even more drama if we
were in any other city in the United States. The memory of Sandy Koufax is much too fresh
for all of us here. The great left hander ground ball one hopper to the third baseman
Sotterholm who throws across for the out to away. By that I mean in Detroit or in Boston
or in New York one of the Midwestern cities that have been with baseball so long. Just
the fact that they might have a man to set the new American League record would be exciting
enough. Ryan has been pitching in the shadow of a man we all remember very well fresh in
our memory. The great left hander the Dodgers Koufax River steps in he beat out an infield
hit to start the three run rally the angels tying it in the first inning at three eleven
straight games now for Rivers who takes it outside ball one. Rivers with forty one hits
this month. That's out of a slightly open stance and a crouch. Golds delivers curve
in there. Minnesota got three without and out being recorded by Ryan in the first inning
single by Brian Carreau walked a single in a run and Killebrew doubled in the other two
take two called one and two a good fastball angels came back on straight singles by Rivers
chalk and Robinson Robinson knocking in the first run then McCraw walked to load the bases
and drove in the second run with a sacrifice flying very knocked in the tying run with
the ground out the pitch ground ball right side Rod Carreau at the edge of the grass
quick flip in time for the so Golds gets the angels on three ground balls in the second
inning one two three and after two the angels and the twins tied at three. Top of the third
inning the angels and the Minnesota twins are tied at three here at Anaheim Stadium
and this is Dick Henberg with Dave Niehaus and Dick Nelson from the big day hoping you'll
be with us final three games of the season tomorrow night at eight Saturday night at
seven and two o'clock on Sunday afternoon and Ryan might well be pitching on Sunday against
Minnesota in the finale against Bert Blylevin to the third Nolan Ryan ready to work to Harmon
Killebrew and here's Dave I'd take Harmon Killebrew his first time up a line double
down the left field line that drove in to Harmon playing and only his fifth game since
knee surgery the day before the All-Star game he takes a fastball upstairs one ball and
no strikes that final of Phillies beat the Pirates three to two that was 13 innings the
next pitch to Killebrew occur just outside two balls and no strikes George Culver the
winner Zachary took the loss for the Bucks the Bucks drop a half notch the line in the
two oh pitch to Harmon Killebrew a curve very high and inside three balls and no strikes
so Pittsburgh drops one full game behind the idle New York Mets in that wide open National
League East race line to the bill of his cap and the 3 0 pitch now to Harmon Killebrew
a fastball high and inside ball four and on four straight pitches Harmon Killebrew cuts
down the first base for Nolan Ryan that is the third base on ball that he is issued in
the ballgame and here is Jim Holt Holt was the first of Ryan's five strikeout victims
all struck out his first time up in the first inning left handed batting right fielder hitting
a two ninety six the pitch to him a fastball over the outer edge at the knees for a strike
ball oh and one Killebrew no threat at first base with that bum left knee Tom McCraw playing
behind Harmon Ryan at the belt Killebrew just walks off the bag and the pitch to Holt swing
and a miss like to Ryan walks down a front slope of the mound now back on top Ryan a
quick worker is at the belt again and the 0 2 pitch to hold a curve high and outside
one and two Ryan again is ready to go to the belt does so checks Killebrew at first and
the 1 2 pitch to hold change right.
Oh that kind of means do that to a big left handed batter.
Ryan gave him the big motion and then floated a breaking pitch over the outside edge of
the knee that is number six number three hundred and seventy three nine away from the tie can
away from the record second time that he has struck out Jim Holt looking and here is George
Mitterwald Mitterwald struck out in the first inning Killebrew with his hands on his hips
anchored at the bag at first Ryan stretches and the pitch swung on ground ball to Parker
backs up on the ball he goes to short and no he doesn't he drops the ball as he starts
to go to shortstop and Billy Parker will be charged with an error.
So Parker trying to get rid of the ball in a hurry he did not have to because Killebrew
cannot run that well and as he tried to fuck the ball out of his glove he dropped it so
it'll be an error on Billy Parker Mitterwald goes to first Killebrew to second and here
is Eric Satterholm the stretch by Ryan Satterholm walked his first time and there is a sweeping
curve way outside low on one.
I rather want to know what's for Ryan not only is he thinking of the strikeouts but
he's thinking in the wind column too and the angels still with a chance to tie the twins
with their they would need a sweep of this four game series however the one office to
Satterholm a curve for a strike one and one one man down in the third a three three tie
the stretch by Ryan and the pitch fastball high and away one ball and one strike well
one of the most precious ingredients in Bush's time time to age naturally time to create
its own natural carbonation so settle down to the natural one settle down to Bush the
beer that brings you baseball the two one pitch curves like to call two balls and two
strikes on Eric Satterholm Satterholm hitting a three thirteen he has one home run he has
driven across nine Killebrew is at second Mitterwald is at first Ryan has struck out
six the stretch the two to pitch high ball three and strike two Ryan again back on top
Satterholm very slightly close to and the stretch by Noli and the payoff pitch a fastball
swung on a ground ball toward short talks got it he goes to Parker Parker's way to the
first double play so one more strikeout here in the third six four three double play Ryan
and the angels are out of it here in the third inning no runs no hits one error and one left
we go to the bottom half of the third it's the angels three the twins three and the bottom
half the third in this three three tie right hander Dave Gose we'll look at Dave Chalk
Frank Robinson and Tom McCraw the angels three runs on four hits the twins the twins
three runs on four hits the angels three runs on three hits Mopov's up picking up all three
of their runs in the first inning Dave Chalk a line drive base hit to write his first time
up David batting average at two thirty six and after getting off to a very slow start
after being recalled like talk is picked up in his batting average Dave with five RBI
Dave Gose just stoically staring down to his battery made George Mitterwald in the pitch
of the curve for a strike all in one Eric Satterholm is at third Jerry Terrell is at
short Rod Carew is at second Harmon Killebrew is at first Gose one strike delivery chalk
runs up on it as if the fun and takes a fastball inside one ball and one strike and I'm resident
Mike Adams is in left field Steve rise in center Jim Holt is around and right Eric Satterholm
looking down tall six four right hander to the wine of the one one delivery now chalk
runs up as if the bun again and pulls the bat back out and takes a good one this time
a curve for a strike one ball and two strikes you just joined us Nolan Ryan has struck out
six through three innings he's already eclipsed the major league record for most strikeouts
in two consecutive seasons the one two pitch of the line drive a little dire and a center
field a ball in for a base hit and David chalk bleeds one loops it back over the second base
bag in the center field for his second base hit of the ball game the hit totals are even
at four and here's Frank Robinson Robinson with his ninety six run driven in his last
time up and Frank with a good shot at one hundred RBI to go along with at least those
thirty home runs Robinson all of a sudden is very much in that American League home
run derby for nineteen seventy three resting only two behind Reggie Jackson chalk a pretty
good lead at first out on my killer brew and the pitch by ghosts the Robinson is last time
up and Franklin a good shot at one hundred RBI to go along with at least those thirty
home runs Robinson all of a sudden is very much in that American League home run derby
for nineteen seventy three resting only two behind Reggie Jackson chalk a pretty good
lead at first out on my killer brew and the pitch by ghosts to Robinson fastball for a
strike all in one Dave Goltz against the angels this year has no record he is one and one
against them career wise so the first diving back in on his hands and he's Dave chalk
Goltz again turns around throws the first and chalk again dives back in on his hands
and knees into the dirt Harmon killer brew there's a chance that the great slugger of
the twins is playing his final four games in a Minnesota twins uniform and we'll pursue
that story in a moment or two the stretch one strike delivery to Robinson foul back
off the fists onto the screen oh and to Calvin Griffith the president of the twins has two
designated hitters and both of them carry hefty salaries way over the one hundred thousand
dollar mark Tony Oliva of course much the better average the three time American League
batting champion Harmon killer brew with a great power Mr. Griffith is not so sure that
he can afford to carry two hundred thousand dollar designated hitters this stretch and
the pitch to Robinson curve low and outside fake throw to first base by the catch of George
Mitterwald one and two killer brew's name goes with a Minnesota twins old Washington
Senators franchise about the way Henry Aaron does with the Braves franchise but sometimes
baseball can be a cruel game to go to first base but still get down the right field line
chasing in a second baseman Rod Garou and while all this happened Dave chalk will seem
all the way from first to third so it'll be an error on the pickoff move by Dave Goltz
twice before Goltz before going to the stretch and flip toss the first base trying to get
chalk and twice he had David diving back in on his hands and knees this time he tried
it and threw it away and chalk did something to show that even though he's a young man
he has learned his baseball lessons well as he broke for second base he did not bother
to waste time looking where the ball was he knew he could make it to second and before
he got to second he was already looking at Parker third to see whether he should come
on and Parker waved him on and without hesitation chalk made it to third and actually turned
through that's how well he got over there and Robinson now with a chance to pick up
his ninety-seven far behind the one two pitch to Frank a curve outside two balls and two
strikes to Frank Robinson leaning on the bat in the on deck circle is Tom McCraw Goltz
just behind the rubber now is ready to receive his sign from middle wall does so chalk just
a couple of feet down the line from third the two two pitch to Robinson a fastball low
and outside ball three three balls and two strikes the Angels with the go ahead run at
third nobody out and the twins infield playing up trying to cut off the run about halfway
up shortstop Jerry Terrell second baseman Rod Carew Harmon Killebrew playing even with
a bag at first just behind the bag at third Eric Sutter home goes with the glove off now
puts it back on Robinson waits the wind and the payoff hits the Frank Robinson a curve
outside a little change for a ball for the Angels with runners at first and third nobody
out second base on balls given up by Dave Goltz and here is Tom McCraw McCall McCraw
walked in the first inning the Angels after they had given up three runs in the top half
of the first came back with three of their own very quickly on an infield base hit by
Rivers a base hit by chalk a base hit by Robinson sacrifice fly by Pinson the stretch the pitch
to McCraw low and inside ball one one and oh and to stir around down in the Minnesota
twins bullpen now right hander begins to get up and throw earlier it had been Bill hands
Goltz at the belt one oh pitch to McCraw outside ball two two balls and no strikes
wins three runs four hits one error the Angels three runs four hits and one error center
fielder Steve bry pulled around just a little bit in the right center field conference at
the mound between Middlerwald and goats now with goats with his hands on his hips finally
broken up George comes back behind the plate Tom McCraw hitting a 264 has hit the ball
very well a month of September Goltz at the belt the two two delivery a fastball tap foul
of the plate two balls and one strike I believe the count should be they have to two on the
board now the plate umpire corrects the board it is two balls and one strike on Tom McCraw
plate umpire is red clarity Bill Degan is at first Lou Demuro at second Marty Springstead
around a third the stretch by Goltz and the pitch to McCraw swing and a foul tip at the
plate gets through the legs of both the catcher Middlerwald and the plate umpire red clarity
now the count is two balls and two strikes the first of the final four of 1973 Goltz
on top McCraw waving a wood back and forth the twins will concede the run for the double
play the stretch in the picks and a crawl line drive base hit right field in easy the
score is chalkman third base it's four to three angels Robinson makes a turn at second
will hold on there the throw behind him the shortstop Jerry Terrell trying to get him
in the billfold right at second base but Robinson was already safe at that bag so Tom McCraw
with another line drive base hit his 24th RBI of the year and it is four to three angels
bring along Beta Pinson who drove in to run his first time up and before he steps in we
pause for station identification this is the angels radio network Frank Quillacy at the
mound chatting he has a right hander Bill hands warming up in the bullpen and I believe
he is going to go to the bullpen right now Dave Goltz has given up five hits in the three
plus innings that he has worked the angels still have runners at first and second and
he will go to the bullpen well you know Christmas really isn't that far off here we are the
twenty seventh of September only three months of November December and for the baseball
fans on your Christmas gift list you can shop the easy one stop way with angels Christmas
gift certificates certificates are available for any game during the nineteen seventy-four
season and there'll also be a special six game bonus plan to be announced very soon
for complete information about angels Christmas gift certificates call the ticket office Monday
through Friday from area code seven one four you can call six three three two thousand
or from area two one three you can dial toll free six two five one one two three remember
the angels can make your Christmas shopping mighty mighty easy so I hand her Dave Goltz
will leave and a big right hander Bill hands will come in and take over take a look at
the scores that we have on an abbreviated baseball evening the important ones taking
place in the National League East with the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh
Pirates in thirteen innings by a score of three to two so the Bucks fall one full game
behind the New York Mets Pittsburgh now seventy nine and seventy nine the Mets eighty and
seventy eight in thirteen it was the Phillies three the Pirates to cover over Zachary answer
a home run for the Phillies in the first with one on for Dell that was his eleven now Oliver
had a home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first with one on that was his twentieth
of the year it remained to two through twelve innings and in the Phillies scored the winning
run in the top half of the thirteenth and won it by a score of three to two at Bush
Stadium in St. Louis this afternoon the Cardinals got a one hitter from Reggie Cleveland they
beat the Chicago Cubs by a score of two to nothing all but eliminated the Cubs from Bennett
contention in the National League East Cleveland the winner fourteen and ten who'd the loser
fifteen and fifteen the Cardinals are now two and a half games behind the idle New York
Mets the Cardinals are however three games back in the loss column behind New York the
Dodgers and the Braves got rained out in Atlanta as Henry Aaron got rained out of probably
four at bat look at the American League scores in just a moment as Vada Pinson steps in
against right hander Bill Hans the Angels with a base hit by chalk the throwing error
by Goltz buying chalk to go to third the base on balls of Frank Robinson the RBI single
by Tom McCraw they have taken the lead four to three Robinson at second McCraw's at first
the pitch by hand swing and a miss by Vada Pinson oh and one in the American League the
White Sox this afternoon before seventeen hundred and twenty nine in Chicago in ten
innings beat the Kansas City Royals three to two Buddy Bradford's home run won it for
Chicago Goltz at the belt one strike pitch now to Vada swung on a ground ball toward
short right there is Terrell he goes to the bag himself to throw the first for the double
play Terrell was already shaded over toward the bag at second it was an easy play for
him so the DP going six three with Frank Robinson moving down to third base on the play and
here's Ken Berry.
Ken Berry with a high chopper on the right hand side that drove in Frank Robinson from
third his first time up with a third run of the inning for the Angels for Ken that was
his thirty sixth RBI Ken's average standing at 285 the wind and the pitch by hand the
slider for a strike on one the Yankees on a nine hit shutout by Pat Dobson beat the
Milwaukee Brewers two to nothing Dobson nine and eight Slayton took the loss for the Brewers
thirteen and fifteen for Slayton the wind by hand the one strike delivery drag been
up third baseline foul third base coach Salty Parker will throw it back to the pitcher Bill
Hands on to Mr. Joe Coleman one is twenty third game of the year for Detroit Coleman
beating the Baltimore Orioles five to two Coleman over Garland those are all the scores.
Berry stands up there with two strikes on him Robinson down the line from third the
wind by hand the pitch to Ken high and outside one ball and two strikes to get back to the
plot as we go to the fourth Nolan Ryan has struck out six after the Angels finish with
their offensive show here in the top half of the fourth the wind by hand and the pitch
a fastball on the ground ball to the right side Garou gets a nice convenient hop flips
over to Harmon Killebrew and the Angels are gone in the third for the Californians one
run on a couple of base hits one error and the Angels lead one and the score after three
the Angels four and the twins have three.
Nolan Ryan just arriving at the pitching mound as we're set for the bottom half or rather
the top half of the fourth inning Nolan with six strikeouts perhaps taking it easy back
in the players lounge with the Angels during a rather long half inning in the bottom half
of the third so he is just finishing up his warmup tosses with Jeff Torborg in the fourth
he'll look at Mike Adams Jerry Terrell and Steve Brie the Angels four runs five hits
the twins three runs on four hits Mike Adams his first time up struck out against Nolan
Ryan struck out to end the first inning.
Mike wears number 25 on the back of his blue traveling double nips for the Minnesota Twins
Ryan tugs at the bill of his cap goes into the wind and the pitch to Adams outside with
a fastball one ball and no strikes.
The twins this year drawing just over 900,000 one-oh pitch way outside Nolan Ryan again
overthrowing a fastball two and oh but for Minnesota it was the year that saw them draw
a little over 100,000 more than they did in 1972.
The line and two oh pitch to Mike Adams a fastball a big rip and a miss and a batting
home it pops off the head of young Mr. Adams Adams hitting at 232 he has three home runs
he is driven across six
Ryan waiting for Adams to get back in he does so.
Ryan's two one delivery now fastball another rip and a miss two balls and two strikes.
Ryan with six strikeouts 373.
Adams steps back in here is the two two pitch to Mike Adams a fastball strike three called
it at 374 Nolan Ryan eight away from the tie nine away from the record.
He cut the plate in half with that fastball I think Adams was looking for that big vendor
the yellow hammer and got the good fastball looking for the hammer and he got the express
here is Jerry Terrell are grounded out to second baseman Billy Parker his first time
up Alan Gallagher in on the grass at third.
This is a good ballclub for Nolan Ryan to be pitching against for strikeouts her beautifully
thrown what I thought that was on one did you hurry Terrell.
Ryan again right back to the plate wasting no time this time he gets the express and
it's fouled back.
One and two on Jerry Terrell Terrell hitting it to seventy one.
The line in the 0 2 pitch fastball strike three.
There is three hundred and seventy five and Don Drysdale in the top 10 all time strikeouts
lifetime deserves a little piece of credit for that one because he had noticed during
the course of the year every time that Ryan went to the crossfire he always threw the
curve never throw the fastball to the hitters knew the curve was coming and that time no
curve ball a fastball and strike three called Steve Bride is two for two against Nolan Ryan
the line and the pitch slider just outside all and one rather one and no one ball and
no strikes to Brian right twice has hit the ball to the right side through for base hits
the one 0 pitch.
There is the curve strike called and he has the crackling curve ball tonight one ball
and one strike.
The bright kind of backing away and he bowed to the wishes of the curve the 1 1 pitch.
There's the curve again just slow two balls and one strike.
The count to Steve Bride Ryan little meditation walk behind the grass on the back slope of
the mound now back on top rubbing up the baseball all the wild tugging at the belly of the cap
the 2 1 delivery not a briar fastball foul back on the screen.
Ryan after giving up the three runs in the first struck out the side in the first and
he is one strike out away one strike away from striking out the side here in the fourth.
He has eight Ryan again is ready.
Here is the 2 2 pitch to Steve Bride curve high and inside three balls and two strikes
Ralph Rowe coaching down at third for Minnesota with his hands on his hips over at first.
Very Morgan Ryan again rubbing up a new wrinkle in the baseball count three balls and two
strikes and Steve Bride.
One with three hundred and seventy five and here she comes.
There's three hundred and seventy six and the record now very much in focus for Nolan
Ryan on this night as that is nine years only six strikeouts away from tying Sandy Colfax
his record seven for the record all along nine strikeouts in the game through four innings
for Nolan Ryan.
We go to the bottom half of the fourth angels for the twins three.
The fans still a buzzer at Nolan Ryan strikeout performance so far through four innings he
has struck out nine.
He has 15 more outs to get six strikeouts for a tie seven strikeouts for an all time
record Alan Gallagher leads it off for the angels in the bottom half of the fourth and
takes a fastball for a strike the right hander Bill Hanz.
No balls and one strike Gallagher his first time up grounded out to third to end the first
hands winds in the one strike delivery to Gallagher ground ball to third again right
there is not at home.
He throws high to kill a bird.
The first time in time it pulled off the bag.
I'm not going to write the old side of the bag and he got the ladder to get it.
It'll be an error on third baseman Eric Soderholm that'll bring along Billy Parker Soderholm
at all the time in the world.
But he had Killebrew about five or six feet headed toward right field right down the line
Killebrew trying to get back to the bag in time to get the tag on Gallagher but couldn't
do it.
Billy Parker grounded out to second his first time up.
Billy hitting a two fifteen it's a four three ball game angels but that is not really the
story.
Nolan Ryan with nine strikeouts through four innings.
The stretch by hand and the pitch to Parker way outside with a breaking pitch.
One ball and no strikes.
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And at the belt one oh pitch to Parker.
Try to spread up around the shoulders of Billy Parker.
Red clarity throwing up the right hand one ball and one strike Gallagher is at first
to four three ball game angels.
Bill holding Gallagher on at first hands at the belt.
Token toss to first Gallagher diving back in on his hands and knees.
Alan will not wipe off that dirt.
It's part of his uniform when he's flying.
Stretch one one pitch to Parker swing and a miss a big rip right up around the eyes of
Bill one and two.
Bill hands has been somewhat of a disappointment to the twins this year coming over figure
to move into the starting rotation.
But he has won seven and he has lost ten.
The stretch in the pitch to Parker way inside a little chin music to Mr. Parker that time
two balls and two strikes.
Hands has started 15 games for the twins this year.
This is his thirty ninth appearance out of the year.
And run average of three point six one and the pitch to Parker swung out on a ground
ball toward short.
Right there is a shortstop Terrell to step on the bag at second throw to first for the
easy double play.
And for the twins they pull off their second six three twin killing Jerry Terrell to Harmon
Killebrew two down.
Here's Jeff Torborg.
Jeff Torborg catching so many of Sandy Koufax's games that chance again to be a part of major
league history as he is behind the plate catching Nolan Ryan tonight.
And that deep breath into the line and the pitch to Jeff fastball on a ground ball toward
the hole over there to plug it up as Terrell.
He's got it the long throw high again but Killebrew up with the letter this time to
pull it down.
So the angels gone in the fourth no runs no hits one error nobody left and after four
the angels four and the twins have three.
Good thing you play again for more play here's that.
All right down three.
Okay sorry I was thinking about Don also three hundred and seventy six strikeout for Ryan
six shy and he's off to a tremendous start tonight.
He faces Rod Carell here in the fifth the pitch high and away ball one.
Jeff Torborg behind the plate Gallagher chalk Parker and McCraw in the infield Barry Rivers
and tension in the outfield Ryan rocks back and here's the pitch swing and a man.
Through walk and scored in a three run first inning for the twins he struck out swinging
in the second.
Well the fans tonight came with fingers crossed that they might see Ryan break the record
tonight but really realism said now it'll be Sunday.
The pitch straight to call.
But you can tell from their reaction after he struck out the side in the fourth inning
to get nine in the first four innings they're thinking now as everyone else is that this
could be the night he becomes the all time major league strikeout pitcher.
He's just broken one after another one two pitch high fastball Oliva and killer grew to
follow in the Minnesota fifth inning.
Ryan walks down the back slope of the mound rubbing up the baseball the outfield.
They've been spectators this far in the ballgame with the exception of feeling the base hits.
They have not had a put out a windup and a two to pitch high and he blistered that one
in there but around the bill of the helmet of the roof.
Perhaps to settle an argument or two between Angel and Dodger fans or Ryan and Kofax fans
first the three to pitch swing and a man and strikeout for Ryan as Peru chased a bad ball
a fastball scaling up and away three hundred and seventy seven he's five away from Kofax
when Kofax at the major league record of three hundred eighty two strikeouts in nineteen
sixty five.
He had 40 starts.
This is Ryan's thirty nine tonight.
His 40th would be on Sunday.
And that of course with that strikeout of Rod Carew Nolan Ryan again adds to his already
major league total.
That is the twenty third time that he has struck out ten or more men.
That is amazing.
One out in the fifth inning Ryan has 10 already a leave off the pitch high and outside and
Ryan just thrusting all one hundred ninety five pound sword the plate on every pitch
twenty six years old and sometimes you figure the pop of that mitt can be heard all the
way down to Texas and now a proud son of Southern California.
The pitch swing.
The crowd cheering every pitch now and we got a lot of time to go.
This could be one of the exciting nights of the season here at the big day reacting now
to the note that Dave gave you a twenty third time this year Ryan has struck out ten or
more to extend his major league record for the season.
One ball one strike.
Ryan winds delivers line drive base hit up the middle.
So I'll leave it twice and hit that fastball on a shot right back past Nolan Ryan and ends
the string a three straight four straight strikeout.
Oh Lava with his second hit after he struck out in the second and here's how many kill
a brew.
He doubled in two runs in the first inning and was safe at first.
He walked in the third and save a second on an air in the third.
So Carmen won for one infield will align itself or two.
The game score seems almost incidental at the moment.
It's the angels for Minnesota three each team scored three times in the first inning the
pitch fastball swung on right into the power of kill a brew.
Jim Holt who has struck out twice is on deck.
Ryan waste no time he sends it back changes up and in a folder string on a fastball and
adjustment lots of folks trying to help Red Flaherty now one ball one strike one out one
run lead for Ryan the pitch swing in the hour against power.
The fastball was by kill a brew.
Nolan reaches down throw some pebbles off the front slope of the mound.
Nolan drives toward the batter or toward home plate so vigorously that he wears out the
toe of that shoe and has had a blister throughout his pitching career.
He just wears on the right toe as he follows through the one to pitch.
All back as kill a brew nip that one enough to spoil strike three one and two and Ryan
thinking about every pitch he takes a slow walk around the first base side of the mound
now up on top one and two let the crowd call this pitch here it comes.
A curveball strikes out kill a brew.
That's the 11th for Nolan Ryan.
Nolan now has three hundred and seventy eight strikeout.
He is only four away from Colfax and now it is a very real possibility and everyone cognizant
of the fact that they may be sitting in tonight on the all time single season major league
record for strikeout the pitch to hold is outside ball one.
Ryan off to a tremendous start.
He struck out the side in the first got two in the second one in the third struck out
the side in the fourth and he struck out two here in the fifth.
He won't get hold who pops it up chalk on the outfield grass is hundred makes the catch
and the inning is over.
I had the feeling that some of the fans were asking chalk not to catch the ball.
Well that's not really in the spirit of things although we can understand folks here wanting
to see the record.
Ryan nevertheless has the side out in the fifth inning strikes out to allows one hit
and leaves one and at the halfway mark in this one four and a half innings in the book
angels lead four to three and Ryan has eleven strikeouts.
He needs just four more to tie Colfax and five to set the record.
Bill Hanson amount in relief of starter Dave Goltz.
He faces the top of the order Mickey Rivers one for two right hander delivers a strike
Nolan Ryan with eleven strikeouts in the first five tonight an excellent chance of setting
the mark this evening and certainly is right there on the doorstep in case he misses tonight
swinging a miss by Rivers at two and two and even with the two days rest regardless of
what happens in the final four innings tonight he'll be just a handful away from Colfax if
he goes Sunday.
Two strikes on Rivers and winds the pitch inside with a fastball.
The one two pitch Rivers swings and nubs one back a second crew going out in comes hold
it is hold who makes the catch on the run.
Little saw fly off the fist of Rivers and hold able to come in and squeeze it for the
first time.
Dave Chalk is two for two and he scored two runs tonight.
First we pause for station identification from Anaheim Stadium.
This is the Angels radio network.
And this is KXTC Glendale Phoenix 92.3 FM stereo.
The pitch to Chalk is he tried to bond and misses it strike one.
One strike on Dave Chalk is he is going to try to bond his way on.
Bill hands on the mound.
Here's the pitch right up over the helmet of chalk and by the glove of middle wall to
the screen one and one to the young angel shortstop Frank Robinson to follow.
We're in the bottom of the fifth inning the Angels four runs five hits the twins three
runs five hits.
But the story Ryan has 11 strikeouts line drive down the left field line hooking foul
by about five feet.
So chalk misses a double by just that margin.
You can see Dave feeling his maturity as a big league prospect with each plate appearance.
He looks more confident swinging that bat better and better and certainly has done some
fine work in the field.
One ball two strikes to count one out no one on bottom of the fifth inning.
The veteran hands getting a sign from middle wall says yes to the sign chalk up on the
handle of the bat.
Here's the pitch outside with a big breaking ball two and two hands and Decker coming to
Minnesota in the deal with the Cubs last winter when Dave LaRoche went to Chicago to two pitch
swing and a miss.
He got him with a breaking ball that strikeout for Bill hands is his first and the first
of the night for Minnesota pitching Frank Robinson RBI single in the first scored himself
and he walked in the third inning and six to and one 90s a New Jersey boy.
The pitch swung on a chopper to short third baseman outside of home in front of the short
stop throws high but in time for the out of skill a brew has to go up the ladder and spirit
and come down in a hurry to get the put out.
So hands retires the angels in order in the fifth inning we go to the six angels for Minnesota
three five inning totals angels for runs five hits in one error they left to Minnesota three
runs five hits and two errors of stranded five.
Nolan Ryan has walked three and he has struck out eleven batters through the first five
innings.
He has three hundred seventy eight strikeouts this season just four shy of the major league
record George Mitterwald Eric Satterholm and Mike Adams in the Minnesota six inning.
Better wall to struck out and save on Parker's error.
Pitch by Ryan fastball strike called on the outside corner.
Ryan gets it back and fires curveball strike to Mitterwald got two strikes on him in about
10 seconds and now he backs out of the batter's bug.
He said yeah at least want my time in the center circle here.
You can hardly blame him if he'd allowed Ryan to throw that next one in at the Venice strike
he would have taken the fastest walk to home plate and back maybe in history.
All right just getting the ball and just throwing it to wind up in the two strike pitch curveball
bounce the third Gallagher up with it.
Fairhands throws over the head of McCraw all the way into the crowd on the fly and his
second base goes the time run Mitterwald Gallagher through the ball not just against the boxy
railing all the way into the crowd and Mitterwald gets two bases on the air.
So the tying run and scoring position and Eric Satterholm is the better at when landing in
the seats down the only Minnesota dugout about oh nine or 10 seats in the first row.
Satterholm has walked and grounded into a double play angels got three runs in the bottom
of the first inning after the twins got three in the top of the first Satterholm hit this
one into the upper deck off to the right and a good catch made by a fan angels baseball
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one ball one strike Mitterwald with no one out stands at second base a four three angel
lead the pitch fastball hit in the air to right field that should get Mitterwald to
third he's tagging his pins and circles makes the catch near the foul line Mitterwald on
his way to third the long throw is cut off by chalk as Mitterwald goes in standing.
So a two base throwing error by third base Menell Gallagher and a long fly to right and
the twins can score the tying run on and out.
The twins could care much less about Nolan Ryan's strikeout performance they would like
to get a win tonight and know they have third place clinched in the American League West
Adams has struck out twice swinging and called facing Ryan tonight.
Infield plays halfway with one out trying to hold Mitterwald at third outfield toward
right for Adams Gallagher chalk Parker and McCraw in close the pitch strike fastball
Ryan is using the windup looks over at Mitterwald as he gets the sign from catcher Jeff Torborg
still staring in much more deliberate now now he nods yes sweeps into the windup kicks
and deals fastball too low and a good stop made by Torborg is down on those knees to
protect that one from going through 82 degrees as this game started tonight nearly October
but it's a warm summer ease in Southern California and Ryan with his fastball making it hotter
for the twins 1 1 pitch curveball too high two balls in a strike Jerry Terrell on deck
Ryan has at least one strikeout in every inning tonight and struck out the side in the first
and the fourth a total of 11 Mitterwald down the line from third the 2 1 pitch curveball
is outside and again a good stop by Torborg is that one bounced in three and one to Mike
Adams the left fielder hitting 232 with three home runs six runs batted in he's been with
the club all season long but hasn't played much been up only 56 times but shows surprising
power for his size 3 1 delivery hit foul into the upper deck a fastball
Frank Willis he has announced that he will use one less coach next year with Red Worthington
the pitching coach taking a college coaching job and ex-angel Bob Rogers will become both
the pitching and bullpen coach the 3 2 pitch foul back that one's sailing into the lower
press level one of the executive boobs off to the right Mr. Ockrey's boo that seems
only fair that the chairman of the board and his guest should have a souvenir of this night
touch of class by Mr. Adams there at the plate three and two one out Mitterwald at third
and here's the pitch just outside a fastball misses Adams walks on that 3 2 delivery the
fourth free ticket offered by Ryan tonight and Jeff Torborg calls time and goes out to
the mound Jerry Carroll has grounded out and took a third strike right handed batter way
up on the handle tough to throw the fastball by him Adams from Anaheim and Terrell from
the San Fernando Valley makes his home in recita runners at first and third one out
four to three angels here in the top of the sixth inning Ryan delivers a curveball bunted
foul it was a safety squeeze Mitterwald was not racing in from third he's going to make
sure that bunt was down before he made his break Dick we can't help but sit back here
and thank as we look at Nolan Ryan about that rain in Kansas City had it not been for that
he and Kofax would be tied right this very second and of course he was denied what four
more innings of pitch that's right fans might be thinking about 400 strikeouts this year
the pitch strike a fastball at the knees gets away from Torborg but not very far and the
runners have to hold so twice Terrell going to bunt once he did foul and that when he
took low at the knees for a strike Ryan pitch away from a dozen strikeouts Adams at first
Mitterwald at third one out the 0 2 pitch grounded to the right side and throw in the
right field the run scores there goes Adams around second and he holds as Pinson comes
up with a ball and the game is tied Terrell he doesn't get that fastball thrown by him
very often he just shot it right through the gap on the right side of the infield to tie
the ball game up so the air pays off on the under and run the twins tied up at four a
piece Terrell's thirty second RBI this year runners at first and second and Steve Brie
two for three in the game is the batter right handed hitting center fielder Pinson playing
shallow in right field so Adams could not advance the third curve ball called strike
at the outside corner the run for the first inning in the game does not appear overpowering
with his pitches and this has happened often especially about this time fifth sixth seventh
innings of games pitch by Nolan fastball fouled out of play and again he has two strikes on
a batter however he had two strikes on Sotterhall before he flied out he had two strikes on Adams
before he walked and he had two strikes on Terrell before he's single Rod Carew on deck
a four four tie sixth inning the 0 2 pitch from the side oh a great backhanded stop by
Torborg he had to throw his body outside and the fans applaud his effort Ryan side armed
that curveball up there and made sure to keep it away but it started outside and kept breaking
farther away and Torborg had to do a three quarter dive into the dirt to backhanded runners
at first and second the 1 2 pitch curveball grounded up the middle could be to chalk flips
to Parker Parker back to first a double play the inning is over and for the first time
tonight Ryan does not get a strikeout one unearned run on one hit and one left we go
to the bottom of the sixth or four four time bottom of the sixth inning we go for all tie
Tom McRaw they depends on and Ken Berry try to get the angels back to run as Dave Goltz
the starting pitcher from Minnesota has taken off the hook where the unearned run scored
in the top half of the inning it belongs now to Bill Haynes who gets ready to work the
McRaw who has walked and singled in a run Tommy has exploded in the second half of the
season he's raised that average up to two sixty four takes it high and off the glove
the middle walled all the way to the screen.
Ryan tonight has become the first major league pitcher in history to strike out over seven
hundred batters in back to back seasons.
Kofax is record with six ninety nine and now Nolan with three hundred seventy eight this
season four behind Sandy's record one old pitch McRaw hits one down the left field line
slicing away from Adams who races to the chalk to the warning track and makes the catch a
good play by Adams as he braced himself against the box seat railing.
McRaw fouls out to left right fielder Vada Pinson steps up Pinson is driven in one run
with a sacrifice fly and grounded into a double play.
Right hander hands against left hander Pinson the outfield plays Vada shade to pull Killebrew
guarding the line at first base and Peru on the edge of the outfield grass at second high
fly ball to left this is routine for Adams coming in on it Terrell goes out and gives
way and Adams makes the play to us.
To pitch his two outs for Bill Hands and here comes Ken Berry.
He is not going to run with the ground ball out he's over to angels for Minnesota for
each team with two errors plans about hit the angels six to five.
Toes the rubber winds the pitch slider hits the corner strike call five against either
May or Tana tomorrow night.
Singer goes Saturday night and Ryan possibly on Sunday inside one and one.
Arreale Monteguto begins to throw in the angel bullpen Ryan must be over 100 pitches already.
He was in the high 60s after three innings one one pitch ground ball pulled foul pass
third and backhanded by Satterholm.
The count is one and two on Ken Berry.
Now you certainly have to consider Nolan Ryan for the Salyung award this year.
He has not had much flack much publicity for it.
But I would guess he'll get some votes one two pitches filed out of play several 20 game
winners Palmer Blue Hunter Holtzman Colburn split or Joe Coleman of the Tigers Wilbur
Wood Bert Blylevin Bill Singer the angels hope on Saturday night and Gaylord Perry has
19 wins one two pitch fly ball to center over goes the center fielder Brian to right center
to make the catch and for the second straight inning Bill Hanz has the angels down in order
we go to the seventh of four four time from Anaheim Stadium Dick Henberg with Dave Niehaus
and Dick Nelson mighty happier join us Nolan Ryan with the 11 strikeouts through six innings
involved in now in a four four time we go to the seventh and more play here Dave.
I Dick Rodger who has struck out twice in three trips to the plate against Nolan Ryan
leads it off takes a fastball rather swings and fouls back a fastball up against the screen
for a strike on one Rod became Nolan's fourth and tenth strikeout victim last man to strike
out against Ryan was Harmon Killebrew back in the fifth in the sixth the only inning
which Ryan did not strike out a man why did the one strike pitch a fastball low and inside
one ball and one strike through all for two Rod steps back out.
Ryan likes to work in that fast fashion one one pitch strike to call through has struck
out eight times against Nolan Ryan this year Ryan Wines here is the one two pitch to Rod
Carolla fastball high and two balls and two strikes.
The two two pitch to Rod Carolla curve just inside red clarity gave it that extra long
peak and said no three balls and two strikes Ryan really wanted that when he stares back
down to the red head who doesn't have too much red in the hair anymore mostly silver
three balls and two strikes.
Ryan is ready for the payoff pitch to Rod Garou and here she comes three two pitch 379
three away from the tie or away from the record that is number 12 for Nolan Ryan tonight Tony
Oliva has single twice in three trips to the plate against Nolan Ryan.
He struck out the other time Tony O.
They get himself a foothold with that left foot calling time to make sure that Ryan is
not going to fast pitch him into the line and Nolan's pitch is a fastball high and tight.
He's going to fast pitch him whether he steps in or not with fastballs I would imagine although
Tony Oliva usually try to keep the breaking pitch low and in on this great hitter from
Cuba and he got the fastball the first time one ball and no strikes.
Ryan bends deep checks with door board the one all pitch to Tony O. change curve inside
two balls and no strikes.
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Right hander Bill Campbell warming up for Minnesota Twins in their bullpen aligned in
the two all pitch to Tony Oliva low and inside ball three three and all.
Ryan waiting for Oliva to get back in.
A four four tie the three all pitch fastball inside ball for Nolan Ryan with his fifth
base on balls and here is Herman Killebrew.
Herman has struck out once in three trips to the plate against Nolan Ryan.
He doubled in two in the first walked in the third.
Ryan has struck out Bri once he has struck out Rod Carew three times.
Here is a stretch and the pitch to kill a swing and a miss on one struck out Tony Oliva
once kill a brew once Jim Holt twice.
Mitterwald once Mike Adams twice the stretch in the pitch to kill a bruise back to call
her ball inside corner on to Andy has struck out Jerry Turrow once a total of 12.
If he can strike out Harmon Killebrew that would be number three hundred and eighty the
stretch.
Here is the pitch to kill a brew of fastball.
He challenged Killebrew with his best fastball right where Harmon likes it right up around
the eyes and he threw it right by him.
I'm in Killebrew become strikeout victim number three hundred and eighty the stretch.
Here is the pitch to hold a swing and a miss.
If he should strike out the side in the seventh inning they'll give him a standing ovation
all the way into that dugout.
Now they're all in it.
Holt waving a whip back and forth Oliva is at first.
Here's the stretch by Nolan the one strike delivery a fastball struck to Nolan one strike
away from being one strikeout away from Colfax's all time record and a chance to strike out
the side for the third time in this game the stretch the two strike pitch.
Slow and outside and red clarity really did want to come up with that right arm.
He did kind of a side step to the left and at the last moment said no it was just low
and outside one and two.
Oliva just stationed at first.
Here's the one two pitch line drive left field that'll fall in for a base hit.
Oliva will advance as far as second so after going one and two on Holt Nolan comes in with
a slow curve ball that hangs over the outer edge and Holt goes to left field with it.
Here's George Middowall a four four tie.
Nolan Ryan has thrown a lot of pitches something else Dave that naturally we would all overlook
but indeed is a possibility is the American League single game strikeout record at 13
inches five away from that.
That's right the stretch and the pitch change.
Also Dick I don't know how long they would let Nolan go but there would be a distinct
possibility of things continue the way they are going that we might go into extra innings.
I don't know how much rubber is left in that arm of his though.
The stretch and the one strike pitch.
Strike two call on the other end again Ryan with a two strike advantage on a hitter Ryan
tugged at the bill of the cap.
Well let the crowd tell you this one the two strike pitch.
Nolan Ryan is one strikeout away from Sandy Colfax's record he has struck out 14 in his
ballgame.
He has struck out the side again a standing ovation for the young man from Alvin Texas
as he disappears into the angels dugout along the third base line.
Baseball history could be made in the top half of the eighth inning after six and a
half.
We have a four four.
Go to the bottom half of the seventh.
Well I know selfishly speaking Mr. Richard Enberg a lot of people here would like to
see Nolan Ryan break the record tonight and you selfishly have to be pulling for him because
you are not going to be here.
That's right and I must say this now that Nolan Ryan told me tonight.
Don't worry about it.
I'm going to go after it this evening.
All right.
Here is Alan Gallagher in this four four tie the pitch swung on and a high fly ball to
right field in on the ball as Holt out of second baseman Peru and it's Holt for the
cats one down.
What did they call that in a in a ballet or an opera when the whole storyline is interrupted
just to allow you a chance to pull back and enjoy a diverties one.
This is what the top half of the innings are for Nolan Ryan tonight.
You kind of just need to relax and wait for his turn to go out on the mound.
Here is Billy Parker.
Parker has grounded out to second and bounced into a double play right hander Bill hands
into the line and the pitch swung on line drive base hit right center field over the
outstretched love of Rod Carew.
So while the angels fans at least are waiting for Nolan Ryan to make the appearance the
angels trying to get him to go ahead run here in the seventh with a one out single by Billy
Parker a four four tie the twins for run seven hits the angels for run six hits in regulation
time the twins have six outs against Nolan Ryan and Ryan has already struck out 14 the
American League record single game 18 the National League record 19 and Ryan most definitely
has a shot at both tonight.
Ryan in his no hitter against Detroit striking out 17 the most ever struck out in a no hit
game in his no hitter.
The stretch now by Bill hands throw the first back in time is Billy Parker.
Hands at the belt and the throw the first base again on his hands and knees Parker this
time time is called as Parker gets back up time called by Bill Degen firing down at first
we have a four four tie Nolan Ryan has struck out three hundred and eighty one batters this
year 14 in the game he is one strikeout away from Sandy Copax is Mark the stretch and the
throw the first again back in on his hands and knees is Parker.
And just staring over there is Harmon Killebrewd his little house cleaning after Parker had
died back in on the bag and Billy himself trying to get off some of the Anaheim Stadium real
estate from his double lift uniform.
The stretch by hand and again a throw to first this time Parker back in standing up getting
a little impatient with Mr. Hands the pitch to Torborg swing and a message to slider nicely
thrown by Bill 0 and 1.
Nolan Ryan in his forty first start of the year attempting to break Copax's record Copax
established his mark after forty three starts the stretch and a one strike delivery swung
on the ground ball toward short Terrell has it he goes to second for one Caruso really
the first in time for the double play and now we go to the top half of the eighth in
what could be a most historical happening for all of baseball the deep he turned six
for three no runs a base hit no errors nobody left and after seven it's a four four tie
after seven a four four tie the angels for run six hits and two errors the twins for
runs seven hits and two errors will this be the inning.
Nolan Ryan one strikeout away from Copax's all time mark up three hundred and eighty
two two strikeouts away from standing alone.
Ken Burke will tell you the story as we go to the right day.
Eric Sonderholm steps up first.
He is the only man that Ryan has not struck out tonight.
He has walked grounded into a double play and fly to right field a young right handed
batter hits out of a closed stand.
Ryan and everyone in the ballpark know the story.
The pitch passball fouled out of play strike one the crowd as Ryan came out to pitch or
take his position on the mound to warm up gave him a standing ovation.
The scoreboard the big a scoreboard inoperative earlier in the game has been working since
about the third inning the pitch in the dirt one and one.
And as Ryan has struck out each Minnesota batter 14 tonight the scoreboard has electronically
erased those strikeouts between Ryan and Copax fastball miss is a little low and Paul Borg
holds the ball right there.
Red clarity one of the few people in the ballpark not caught up in the spirit of things.
Two balls and a strike Sonderholm the hitter Ryan rocks.
Here's the pit fastball is fouled back to and to Ryan stands one pitch away from moving
up shoulder to shoulder with the ace left hander the Dodger Sandy Copax three hundred
eighty one and two third strikeout.
Sonderholm heaves a deep sigh.
He knows to where he stands perhaps in history.
Ryan has his sign.
He winds here's the pitch swung on in line foul down the right field line and out of
play.
He hit it on the nose a fastball.
If Ryan sets the record tonight nine thousand one hundred fans will see it.
That's the crowd this evening.
Ninety one hundred although it appears to be more than that tonight.
I think many folks did not figure on it happening this evening and we're waiting until Sunday.
Two balls two strikes on Sonderholm Ryan Ryan.
Here's the pitch.
Her ball is too high.
Ryan Foss at the front slope of the mound pitches at the glove.
Tucked at the bill of the cap the three to pitch fastball is too high.
Ball four.
Oh he has thrown a very high amount of pitches tonight.
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First pitch to Mike Adams is right up over the top of the helmet all the way to the screen
and Adams just laid in the dirt frozen for a moment as if to say did it hit me.
He really had to get out of the way in a hurry a fastball up and in one ball no strikes and
on the wild pitch Sonderholm moves into scoring position.
The game score and we apologize if we have lost that along the way is 4 4 each team scored
three times in the first.
The Angels took the lead in the fourth and Minnesota tied it on an unearned run in the
sixth.
And now Sonderholm with a walk in a wild pitch stands at second base and the Angel infield
looking for the sacrifice one ball account on Mike Adams.
Here's the pitch he's swinging away and grounds at the second up with it is Parker no play
at 30 flips the mccraw first for the out and on the play moving to third is Sonderholm.
Jerry Terrell he has singled in a run.
In fact he tied the game with a base hit the right field in the sixth inning.
He is grounded out and also took a third strike.
Tallborg goes out to talk with Ryan and we remind you that Angels baseball is brought
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The possibility of a squeeze in this spot the angel infield draws in and Ralph Rowe
the third base coach goes through a long series of signs for Terrell.
A good bunder Ryan works from the stretch the pitch ground ball off the glove of Ryan
here comes her under the plate the throw by Parker.
He is out of the infield playing and the ball seemed to take the glove of Ryan as it skipped
out to Parker and trying to score with Satterholm and he was out by a plenty.
In fact instead of sliding Satterholm tried to hurdle his way over Tallborg and Tallborg
nicked him with a glove tag as he leaped by.
Safe on the field his choice is Jerry Terrell two outs in the eighth inning and now time
running out in this game for Nolan Ryan.
He has four outs left and he needs to strikeouts to set the record.
Steve Bry has struck out once he swings and misses at a curve ball.
He also has single twice and scored a run.
Terrell a threat to steal at first base he has good speed.
One strike the count on right handed hitting Steve Bry and Nolan Ryan sets kicks there
goes the runner the pitcher swung on a miss.
Tallborg throw to second base is not in time.
Diving in head first for the field was Terrell two strikes on Bry and the crowd starting
to build and it's enthusiasm some fans already standing on their feet and there are very
few as you look at the crowd in the lower deck behind the angel dugout they're up on
the edge of the seat same in the mezzanine off to the right.
They start applauding they want one more strike that would tie Colfax Ryan straight and here's
the pitch he's got it.
And now they're all standing all on Ryan has got three hundred eighty two men this
year.
The crowd has finally quieted they stood for another 30 seconds cheering Ryan almost asking
if he wouldn't come out and give them a wave but he'll wait for the record for that.
Three hundred eighty two strikeouts Ryan whose most his highest strikeout performance a single
game is 17 he did it last September against the twins and in his no hit game on July 15th
at Detroit has 15 strikeouts tonight.
He has tied Colfax at three eighty two and looking ahead to the ninth inning he will
face and it should be this way.
Rod Carew Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew the three biggest names in the Minnesota lineup
stand in the way of Ryan and a record all for himself tonight.
Meanwhile new relief pitcher comes in Campbell goes to work for Minnesota.
He's done a good job and Frank Willis he's very high on this young man Bill Campbell
hands with five great innings in relief for four time Mickey Rivers now trying to get
the angels a run and Ryan his seventh straight victory Rivers one for three the pitch high
ball one.
A man from Alvin Texas just 26 years old continues to get out the eraser little number behind
short that's a tough play for Carol going out he reaches can't get it.
Rivers around first base and holds the angels have the speedy leadoff man on in the eighth
inning a soft fly ball off the head of the bat and Rivers has two more hits.
He's hit safely in 11 straight games and it's just been a terror since coming to the big
leagues from Salt Lake City that's 42 hits this month.
Dave Chalk is two for three tonight he scored a couple of runs.
We'll see if the angels go to the sacrifice the twins infield aligns itself looking for
the bunt.
Siderholm in on the grass at third Killebrew holds on Rivers at first base chalk right handed
batter stands erect up on the handle.
Made a good pitch but Rivers able to cue it out over short for the hit he sets chalk squares
bunted in the air.
Killebrew with an easy catch for the out.
So the angels have to go back to school on the sacrifice fun.
They have been consistently poor in that department all season.
The Rivers is still at first and Frank Robinson is the batter Robinson not in his 96th run
of the season with a single to center field in the first inning.
He has walked and grounded out one for two.
Ryan with that RBI has 26 RBI this month more than any angels ever been able to deliver
in September and that's also the most in any month by an angel tying Bob Oliver and Leon
Wagner Campbell against Robinson eight inning a four four tie throw to first and Rivers
is back.
The twins infield supporting Bill Hands with three double plays while he was in there.
Hands allowed only two hits in the five innings.
Good pitching.
Here's the pitch breaking ball down too low.
Campbell gives that hitter a lot of motion.
That bat on the end.
Here's the pitch inside.
It gets away from middle all that rolls out in front of him and River and Rivers unable
to advance two balls and no strikes and all the time the big a message board locked in
position the information one season strikeout leaders Ryan and Kofax three eighty two and
the years were in the bottom of the eighth inning.
The game is tied and so are Kofax and Ryan fastball for a strike two and one.
Bill Campbell hard throwing right hander Rivers at first base one out a four four tie in the
bottom of the eighth inning.
Campbell sets the two on pitch curve ball is too high three and one the twins tonight
must feel like a bridegroom all the attention on the person in white and tonight it's Nolan
Ryan.
He's the bride and the twins just are part of the whole exercise.
Nine thousand one hundred fans here and cheering this evening.
They're quiet now but they'll be erupting soon.
Three one pitch Rivers goes check swing and on the second goes Rivers with a steal as
Mitterwald does not throw the ball the pitch is called a strike.
Mitterwald perhaps thought it was ball four and that's why he didn't throw River is coasting
to second with a steal his eighth since being recalled.
He has done all the little things you want from a leadoff man.
So it's a full count.
Rivers in scoring position with one out bottom of the eighth inning and Robinson and McCraw
with a chance to get the angels on top.
Campbell sets here's the pitch sidearm curve is way outside ball four.
So at first base open Robinson wasn't going to get anything too good to hit.
That is the 80th time this year Robinson is walk Tom McCraw walked an RBI single and he
fouled out the left.
Campbell was 10 and five at Tacoma in the Pacific Coast League.
And Quillis a see his head as he watches the action from the near end of the Minnesota
dugout Bobby Winkle the same almost the identical position in the angel home the pitch a strike
at a period he changed or that might have been a forkball came up there a floating the
totals on the board identical ball run seven hits two errors each side the angels in the
bottom of the eighth trying to get the lead for Nolan Ryan.
Here's the pitch curve ball we've done and missed way out in front of a slow curve on
deck they depends on the marked men or marked man as the case may be in the top of the ninth
will it be Karoo Oliva or Killebrew or will it be any of them or all two strikes on McCraw
runners lead away and here's the pitch fastball inside one and two just toss in this aside
if Ryan should strike out all three of them in the ninth inning he not only would set
the major league all time single season record he would tie the American League single game
record three more would give me 18 Bob Feller's record one and two to count McCraw's pitch
chop foul at the plate another change came up and hit Tom on the backside up around the
numbers 22.
Campbell fixes the ball in his glove and pulls it out sets himself on the rubber a ball and
two strikes on McCraw.
Rivers from second Robinson leads away from first the pitch swing and a miss a straight
change and McCraw out in front.
So he kept Tom off balance in that entire sequence with off speed pitches.
First strike out for Campbell and it boils down to they depends on with two outs and
two on data is over to but he not getting a run with a sacrifice line in the first inning
Rivers and Robinson ready to go and Benson trying to get that base hit to give the angels
the lead.
Campbell stares down the chute.
Mitterwald with a sign and the pit high with a fastball.
Campbell throws hard and has a very big motion he really throws arms and legs at you when
he delivers the ball.
Campbell sets the pitch change is in there a curveball and he can get that off speed
pitch over one and one.
This is only his third year pro ball.
1971 he signed and went to Wisconsin Rapids where he was five and three last year at Charlotte
was 13 and 10 and then to come of this year where he won 10 and lost five.
The one one pitch.
Benson swings and hits it high in the air at a shallow right.
Mitterwald starts back but now he comes in for it makes the catch and we go to the ninth
inning no runs one hit no errors two men left the score after eight four four tie and Nolan
Ryan gets a hand as he jogs out to the mound.
We'll have the ninth inning in just a moment.
This is the ninth inning the twenty seventh of September a date that Nolan and his lovely
wife Ruth will perhaps long remember they've got to even through eight innings because
Nolan Ryan has 15 strikeouts tonight.
He has tied Sandy Kofax is all time single season major league strikeout record Rod
Carew up.
He takes it low ball one ninth inning.
Carew Oliva and Killebrew the best of the twins to face Ryan.
He needs one to erase Kofax his name the pitch curveball in there one ball and one strike.
Oh there's so many people I know that field close to Nolan Ryan now not just the fans
but the people who have been directly involved in his success.
And of course you start with his wife Ruth the 1 1 pitch fastball lined out of play.
It's one and two to Carew Carew has struck out the last three times up.
Wouldn't that be a nice way to get the record.
The major league.
Well one of the two top hitters there are two all alone.
The top hitter in the American League Rod Carew against Nolan Ryan it boils down to
that 382 strikeouts for Ryan the one to pitch outside and the fans standing ease back down
in their seats with a groan.
Ryan takes a slow walk to the back of the mound throws that rosin bag away from the
dugout a man who has been so helpful to Ryan Freddie Frederico the trainer between the
heat and the ice and the rubdown he has kept Ryan ready all season.
Nolan hugs at that glove.
He's ready to pitch that to delivery fastball fouled out of play way up into the third day
into the auxiliary press box.
In fact it remains to and to the career and Ryan with another stroll to the back slope
of the mound.
And there's Tom Morgan is pitching coach who has watched his every move from day to day
since way back in March.
That's a two pitch curveball five ball on the infield Parker waves everyone away.
It won't be Karrou.
Parker's got the out.
There are two left.
Tony Oliva two singles in three events.
He has walked and he has struck out.
Oliva a two time batting champion having a big season on bad legs as the designated
hitter for the twins hitting two ninety three as he steps up there at the moment.
He has 16 home runs and he leads the twins with 92 runs batted in.
Tony Oh Ryan has thrown we would guess one hundred and fifty pitches tonight.
He rocks back and here it comes fastball high ball on Oliva has sailed two line drives right
past the year of Ryan tonight for singles to center field.
Kellebrew on deck the number five home run hitter all time has struck out the last two
times up for four time.
Oliva out of the batter's box now back in the pitch curveball fouled at the plate.
He ran that breaking pitch right in on the fist of Oliva and he jammed it down off his
front toe that right foot a ball and a strike.
And someday Roberts Ryan will be two years old in November will understand what all those
baseballs mean and the Ryan then back in Alvin Texas Ryan not just the one one pitch fastball
foul back and again it boils down to one pitch one ball two strikes.
Ryan needs one more strike.
Oh knowing the pride of this Texan how he would like to get the strike out against the
caliber of header of a Tony Oliva and Oliva with his great prize up there falling away
at the batter's box.
He does not want to be number three hundred and eighty three.
Ryan and turn animal like pause at the front of the pitching mound and rocks back.
Here it comes fastball fouled out of play and Oliva hanging tough hit that one back
on a line into the terrace boxes in the lower deck talking about Rod Carew is going to win
his third batting title here as a man right now standing there that has three silver bats
in his den.
Oh Lava out of the batter's box now back in that widespread characteristic stance.
Ryan with all those gestures talking to the camp he leans back one to pitch to Oliva popped
up.
It'll be Parker again or will it be Pinson.
It is the right fielder Pinson who comes into shallow right field to make the catch and
Oliva has the monkey off his back here comes Harmon Killebrew two outs in the ninth inning.
Nolan Ryan has struck out 15 to tie Sandy Goff back to 382.
Killebrew doubled in two in the first walked in the third he struck out swinging in the
fifth and again in the seventh power against power.
Ryan rocks the pitch fastball high and away ball one that arm has to be tired surely doing
a lot of this on adrenaline the pitch curve ball is in there one and one.
Carew has popped up Oliva with a pop fly to right.
The game score is four to four.
The strikeout score is three eighty two to three eighty two.
Ryan and Kofax boils down to the final series in September and Ryan who has set American
League records eight straight consecutive batters struck out last year the American
League strikeout champion two straight years now has a 1 1 pitch on Killebrew on its way
outside a curve and tallboard calls time and goes out to chat with his pitcher.
Ryan has to be exhausted from the opening pitch tonight.
You could see that Nolan was throwing everything all of his body into every delivery and with
the 15 strikeouts and six walks plus seven hits he has worked a lot.
He's thrown many a pitch as we said he was nearly 70 through the first three innings.
Ryan perched calling upon some reserve from somewhere takes another walk a nervous walk
and now back up on top.
Two and one to Killebrew the wind the pitch curve is low three and one over the plate
but downstairs and Ryan wants another ball on deck.
Jim Holt Holt struck out his first two times but then popped up and single ninth inning
two outs time called Freddie Frederico goes out to the mound.
It could be that Ryan has developed a blister.
We'll see Frederico asking Nolan if he's OK and it could be between innings.
Nolan said that his shoulder was stiffening that he did not feel right and the Angels
no matter how important that record may be tonight or this season they would not want
to risk the talent of this fine right hander just to get a record.
Frederico leaves that could have been just to give Ryan extra breather.
Nevertheless Frederico is back in the dugout Ryan on the rubber three balls and a strike.
Here's the pitch fastball lined up the middle for a base hit.
So Killebrew single sharply on a 3 1 fastball and on a 4 4 tie the twins have the go ahead
score at first base and Jim Holt is the better.
You could see Ryan shoulders just sink when that one was hit by him.
He is acting like a man who knows he doesn't have much left although the bullpen finds
no one throwing for the Angels.
Rich Reese veteran first baseman who has gone from Minnesota to Detroit now back to the
twins will pinch run for Harmon Killebrew and if the game should go extra innings then
Reese would stay to play first base.
Jim Holt has struck out twice he is 1 for 4 in the game and now the bullpen bell is
ringing for the Angels and a left hander begins to throw Steve Barber the veteran Holt the
batter the pitch by Ryan low and inside ball one and Ryan's shrugging the shoulder as that
one got away from him.
Dave Self joins Barber in the bullpen.
Ryan checks raised the pitch fastball hit foul off to the left and the scramble on for that
souvenir one ball one strike on Jim Holt.
It has been an incredible evening in a fantastic year 15 strikeouts tonight one one pitch line
drive left field charging the ball is Barry he's got it and Ryan fails to get the strikeout
in the ninth inning but does get the twins no runs one hit and one left to the bottom
of the ninth inning of four four times.
Steve Barber and Dave Dave sells continue to throw out in the bullpen for the Angels and
it could be if the Angels do not score in the bottom of the ninth inning Nolan Ryan
is through for the night.
He has to be at a point where he just doesn't have too much gas left.
The Angels will try to get him a run in the bottom of the ninth inning and if they do
it would be Ryan's seventh consecutive win just tacking another win onto an angel record.
Barry Gallagher and Parker to face Campbell a right hander Bill Campbell he winds and
the pitch fastball in the outside corner for a strike.
I like what you see in this young right hander he is only 25 years old he's from Michigan
Highland Park Michigan a suburb of Detroit 6 3 and 185 but he lives in San Diego curveball
hangs inside one and one.
He was the strikeout king in the Southern League last year.
And a great era 2.4 2.
The 1 1 delivery from the side is grounded foul by Barry 1 and 2.
All is quiet now at the big a 9100 with us.
They have been able to cheer Nolan Ryan's 15th strikeout which tied Sandy Colfax's all
time single season record at 382.
We're in the bottom of the ninth for a piece.
The pitch high 2 and 2.
Campbell has a great assortment of pitches and pitching positions.
He comes over the top three quarters and sidearm.
He changes off both the fastball and the curve.
To two pitch ground ball by the mound off a thrown bat charging his trail he can't make
the play and Barry has a base hit all rolled out into the grass and shallow center field
and crew goes out to get it.
The angels have the winning run on in the bottom of the ninth inning and we're going
to pause right here for station identification.
This is the angels radio network.
Al Gallagher is the batter.
Rich Reese comes over to talk with the young pitcher Bill Campbell.
Barry the base runner at first carrying the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
If the angels can score it Nolan Ryan can celebrate his 21st win of the year.
Gallagher way up on the handle.
The situation calls for the sacrifice and the Minnesota twins are playing it that way.
Third baseman Satterholm weighing on the grass.
They charge as Gallagher squares, bunts and misses the ball.
Strike one.
Middle wall goes out to talk with Campbell.
As soon as the pitch is made is charging hard from first Peru breaking toward first to cover
shortstop Terrell has second base and of course Satterholm also charging in on Gallagher hoping
to get the ball if it's funded hard and make the play at second base.
The outfield very shallow.
Gallagher squares.
He's already given himself up.
Campbell's pitch, but it foul two strikes on Gallagher.
Well he certainly lived up to the name of the thing he's trying to do sacrifice.
He had given himself up long before Campbell delivered the ball but went after a high fastball
and bonded it foul two strikes the cat will see if he's still up there to sacrifice.
The fans think so and he swears outside one and two.
Can bury with an infield hit as he bounded one over the mound at behind second base to
start this ninth inning and again that scoreboard is locked even four runs eight hits two errors
for each side.
Billy Parker kneels in the on deck circle.
One into the count on Gallagher dirty Al way up on the handle.
Here's the pitch.
He's got a good response and a good bunch of first but Reese has a play at second get
one out there back to first base a double play.
It's got to be terribly frustrating to Bobby Winkle.
The angels just cannot buy a sacrifice if you know of any around I'm sure the price
would would not be too high for Winkle.
He likes like to have fun.
One man who can bunt the bull.
He got a bunt but for two outs and here's Billy Parker with two gone.
That's the fourth double play the angels have hit into tonight.
It goes three six four the pitch to Parker is low a breaking ball.
Jeff Torborg on deck the angel bullpen continues to throw some drama involved here as to whether
Ryan will continue in the 10th inning.
It's probably up to Nolan himself high and inside to a note of Parker.
Four double plays that certainly supported the twins pitching tonight to know on Parker.
Here's the pitch right down the middle to and one.
Some of the fans of course cheering for this game to go extra innings because understandably
they're here and they would like to see Ryan set the strikeout record tonight but they
may not see Ryan in the 10th curve ball is waved at and foul to and to two balls two
strikes to Parker.
If we go to the 10th inning George Mitterwald Eric Soderholm and Mike Adams are scheduled
for Minnesota to and to Parker the batter.
Young Bill Campbell on the mound right hander has his sign and here's the pitch fly ball
into right center field over goes Holt the right fielder and the center fielder Brian
comes over to make the catch in front of him.
We go to extra innings and let's say we're going to wait to see first if Nolan Ryan is
going to come out of that dugout.
As yet he has not made an appearance but that could be because Paul Borgat is catching gear
off and was in the on deck circle.
It's a 4 4 tie and here he comes.
Ryan will pitch the 10th inning.
After nine innings tonight the totals for the twins and the angels four runs eight hits
two errors.
Nolan Ryan has struck out 15 he is tied with Kovacs at 382 needs one more to set a new
major league record and he'll get the chance in the 10th inning as we turn it back to Dave
Nehau thank you Dick I have been lucky enough to be on the air for two of Nolan Ryan's epic
feats this year and I hope that this is the opportunity for the third.
First of all on the 19th of September he struck out Bill Sudeikis for the 350th.
Here's the pitch slider outside George Minerall want to know to break through Baudel's mark
and then his last outing when he struck out Steve Brie next pitch.
Or is it yes it is strike call one ball and one strike.
That was number 10 for the 22nd time this year he has done that and now he is only one
strike cut away from becoming the all time strikeout king the pitch slider outside two
balls and one strike.
Dr. Joe Zrasinski the angel position Dave has been kind enough to call us and the reason
why Ryan has been looked after he has a muscle cramp in the leg.
The two two pitch line drive they sit over the outstretched glove of Dave Chalk.
So George Minerall singles sharply to left here in the 10th inning.
It is in the leg apparently because of the heat of the evening I'm sure that Nolan with
all the pitches he's thrown has perspired heavily throughout the night and they feel
that that could be the cause just a muscle cramp due to the loss of body salt and that's
why there have been some delays between innings and why Freddie Federico went out to the mound
in the last inning.
Well here is the only man that Nolan Ryan has not struck out tonight Eric Satterholm
the pitch to him around a bunch takes a fastball outside one ball and no strikes.
Satterholm walked in the first bounced into a double play in the third flied out to right
in the sixth and walked in the eighth the only man that Nolan Ryan has not struck out
in the lineup.
That would be now with the exception of Rich Reese who came on defensively in the ninth
inning for Minnesota.
The stretch and a throw to first base.
McCraw was not on the bag at first and George Minerall was back easily.
One ball and no strikes on Satterholm again the stretch by Ryan and the pitch around a
bunch he does at the first base line it is a foul ball so called by Red Flairity.
One ball and one strike the count on Satterholm.
A 4-4 tie we're in the 10th.
Nolan Ryan if you've just tuned in we certainly hope you have not just tuned in because Nolan
has tied the all-time mark in Sandy Colfax by striking out 15 his victim being Steve
Bry.
Bry was his 382nd victim this year the stretch.
Satterholm around a bunch faked a bunch and then pulled the bat back and take a slider
outside two balls and one strike.
Alan Gallagher is playing about 45 feet away from Eric Satterholm.
Satterholm hits one on the button Gallagher doesn't have a chance.
The stretch Satterholm faking as if to bun swings away and sends a ground ball to second
chalk goes to the bag himself throws to first that's a double play.
So Satterholm indeed not bunning as he pulled the bat back and took the full swing but
grounded a chalk for the 6-4-3 double play.
Two down in the 10th and here's Mike Adams and Freddy Federico goes out to have a chalk
chat with Nolan Ryan and Dave Nolan really does not have near the stuff he enjoyed earlier
in the game and that's to be understood but he is not overpowering the hitters he's getting
them out and I guess he's just returning to what hitters would call a normal good major
league pitcher he's not able to really blow that fastball by them now and I guess the
toll of all the pitches that he has thrown has taken something out of that right arm.
Mike Adams has struck out two of the four times that he has faced Nolan Ryan.
The wind and the pitch to the right handed batting Adams is a fastball first strike on
one and there's a roar and you're going to hear it on every strike from here on out.
Adams became strikeout victims number 370 and 374 in the Ryan chronology of 1973.
The line by Nolan and a one strike delivery a fastball high and away and Nolan overthrowing
the fastball and very awkward in his follow through one ball and one strike.
He's trying to get everything on every pitch this could be the last man or the last out
he faces.
The 1-1 pitch to Adams low with the curve and clarity didn't give him much of a break
on that pitch.
Low and outside and just barely low two balls and one strike on Mike Adams.
The line by Ryan the 2-1 delivery a fastball outside ball three three balls and a strike.
And Ryan trying ever so hard and just missing again with that pitch.
3-1 Adams makes his home in Anaheim.
Time call by clarity as he waits for Adams to get back in.
The 3-1 pitch to Mike fastball ground ball back over the mound into center field that'll
be a base hit.
So Mike Adams risks one into center field and here is Jerry Terrell.
Ball wasn't hit very hard at all it was almost as if Ryan was too tired to really reach down
that far.
He just kind of gave it a little wave as it rolled by him out toward second.
Jerry Terrell is one for four he single off Ryan in the sixth.
When the twin scored the tying run tied at four.
Four runs nine hits for the twins four runs eight hits for the angels.
Right handed batter Jerry Terrell chokes up on the bat.
Line and there goes the runner from first goes all the way to the backstop a slider
Torborg back to get it.
Sliding on the play was Mike Adams and Adams by the slide may have cost him the extra base
going to third.
Be a stolen base given to Mike Adams that's the second for the youngsters this year.
So the go-ahead run at second base probably more important to Ryan right now than the
strikeout because the game is tied at four four.
Nolan twenty and sixteen.
Jerry Terrell steps back in Adams anchored at second base Ryan to the back slope of the
mound out of the grass to rub up the baseball.
Staring at his defense it finds it just about straight away and not too deep for Terrell.
Adams away from second Ryan at the belt the one-oh delivery to Terrell strike the fastball
right down the middle again that was not that real good smoke from Nolan Ryan.
Terrell with his hands on his hips staring down a third base coach Ralph Rowe but the
two down there's not much that Rowe can tell him.
Ryan stretches the one one pitch fastball popped up on the right side of the infield
he'll have to wait for another inning out in foul territory is Billy Parker to make
the catch and that'll do it for the Minnesota Twins in the top half of the tenth.
The twins no runs on a couple of hits no errors in a man left.
We go to the bottom half of inning number ten we have a four four tie.
Tall string being right hander Bill Campbell works on the Angels in the bottom half of
the tenth.
You look at Jeff Torborg and then Mickey Rivers and Dave Chalk Torborg in a conference with
third base coach Salty Parker before he comes to the plate.
The Angel both in as they bat in the bottom half of the tenth not throwing should be indicative
at least right now that Nolan Ryan would probably go on to the 11th inning or that Steve Barber
is already warm.
On the other hand Dave and Nolan walked off the mound he didn't jog to the dugout as he
normally would he walked off almost as if to say that's got to be it for me.
Jeff Torborg over three right hander Bill Campbell the third twins pitcher in the game
throws the curve it's been at the third base line it is a foul ball.
Torborg trying to beat a bun out down the third base line but he fouls it all in one
on Jeff.
The twins scored three in the first the Angels came right back with three of their own in
the first.
The Angels went ahead four to three with a single run in the third and then the twins
came back with a single run in the sixth to tie at four four and that's exactly where
we are right now.
One strike on Jeff Torborg.
Bill Campbell a ten game winner in the Pacific Coast League kind of double rocks and the
one strike pitch is laced foul off the first base side back out of play into the mezzanine
section no balls and two strikes.
That tight national league East Bennett race the Phillies a winner over the Pittsburgh
Pirates and the Cardinals a winner over the Cubs today so the Mets have one full game
lead on the Bucks two and a half over St. Louis three and a half over Montreal.
The pitch now inside and low gets off the shin guard to catch your George Middowald
and bounces about 15 feet to the right of home plate one and two.
The Cubs are four out there just about out of it and of course the Phillies bring up
the rear of nine and a devastating blow dealt however by the Phillies to Pittsburgh today
in 13 three to two and one.
The one two pitch to Torborg a fastball and a ground ball to the right side.
Carew is there and takes it on about three hops and throws the first to Rich Reese in
time for the first out in the bottom half of the tenth.
Mickey Rivers two for four tonight an infield base hit in the first to ground it out in
the second flight out in the fifth and single and stole his eighth base of the year in the
eighth off Bill Campbell.
Rivers was the first man that Campbell faced in the eighth the angels threatened but couldn't
do anything about it as chalk attempting to bunt popped out to Carmen Killebrew as he
bunted Frank Robinson then walked but McCraw struck out and Vincent flight out to end the
threat.
Right under Bill Campbell who faced Mickey Rivers I'm sure quite a few times this year
in a Pacific Coast leg and Rivers sends a high drive to right field over to his left
is Jim Holt and makes the catch two down.
Rivers just did miss getting all of this ball hit about 300 feet right down the right field
line about 30 feet in front of the 330 marker two down.
Here's David Chalk.
David two for three single in the first single in the third struck out in the fifth and bunted
in the eighth make him two for four.
Getting at 236 as he came into the game that average will move up the wine and the pistol
chalk fastball outside.
One ball and no strikes.
Young Frank Tanana or Clyde Wright tomorrow night and then Sunday builds a Saturday.
Bill Singer goes for his 20th change nicely thrown for Campbell by Campbell one strike
one ball and one strike and then depending on what happens later on this evening we'll
just have to wait and see about Sunday won't we.
If Nolan Ryan breaks the record tonight I would doubt that the angels would chance hurting
his arm the one one pitches a curve low outside two balls and one strike on Dave Chalk.
They have no one throwing in the angel bullpen so apparently Brian will continue on.
The line and the two one pitch chalk swings and foul tips it at the play reminds me of
the ballgame.
I believe we went 12 innings deck when he pitched against Detroit at Tiger Stadium in
Detroit.
How many pitches did he throw over 200 right.
It's got to be right around that mark this evening and he won the ballgame incidentally.
Two balls and two strikes on chalk.
Wind by Campbell the two two pitch sidearm fastball grounded to third right there as
solder on down with a tailgate throws the first and plenty of time and the angels are
gone in order here in the 10th one two three.
We will go to the 11th we will see if Nolan Ryan will go to the 11th waiting for his appearance
nobody warming up.
You'll hear a round of applause in the background as number 30 appears if indeed he will.
The gates to the bullpen have not been open.
John Roseboro bringing Dave chalk helmet back under handing the ball out to Jeff Torborg.
Ryan has still not made the appearance.
The crowd standing in anticipation the bullpen gate is being opened or not.
You see John Stevenson down there standing and Jeff Nolan Ryan has not made his appearance.
We will wait and see.
It has not been open.
Meanwhile the angel infielders just pegging the ball around.
Ryan perhaps still back being worked on by trainer Freddie Frederico.
A lot of the fans behind the angel dugout just standing.
The angel bullpen gate still has not been open which leads one to believe that Ryan
will eventually make an appearance.
Red Flaherty is staring over at the angel dugout.
Again Ryan is tied with Colpax at 382.
Red Flaherty is asking what are you going to do.
He steps over and nods yes.
The angel bullpen gate still is closed and here he comes.
So Nolan Ryan will go up into the 11th and we remind you that fan appreciation night
here at the big A this year will include gifts for the youngsters so plan on bringing the
entire family to see the angels and these twins on Saturday night when Bill Singer will
be going for his 20th victory of the year.
The first 8000 youngsters will receive souvenir gifts from the angels.
It's first come first served for a choice among three ring binders, t-shirts, pennants
and pictures.
And remember the game begins at seven o'clock.
That's on fan appreciation night this Saturday the 29th of September.
Tickets on sale at the big A box office from nine to five thirty daily at Mutual and Liberty
agencies and at UCB in Orange Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
We go to the 11th so does Nolan Ryan so does Dick Ember.
Thank you Dave Nolan will face the leadoff man Steve Bry, Roger Rue and Antonio Lever.
Ryan has struck out 15 but he has not enjoyed a strikeout since the eighth inning.
The pitch to Bry outside with a breaking ball.
It could be that the delay for Ryan was the fact that with that muscle cramp they may
have taken him back into the training room and Freddy Federico may have rubbed him down
try to improve the circulation.
The 1 0 pitch to Bry curve ball is in there.
Bry singled and scored in the first, singled in the second, struck out in the fourth,
hit into a double play in the sixth and he struck out in the eighth.
The last man that Ryan struck out.
Fastball is fouled back.
So Ryan is a strikeout away.
One ball and two strikes.
Three hundred eighty two strikeouts are already in the bank for Nolan Ryan to equal Sandy
Kofax's major league record.
And now the crowd's asking, pleading, cheering for just one more.
Right hander against right hander.
Steve Bry up there.
One ball and two strikes.
Ryan into the lineup.
Here's the pitch.
He fouls it off.
The fans cheering that one with their hearts and not their eyes.
Bry took a swing.
They knew he hadn't hit it into fair territory but he had clipped it foul off the mask of
red clarity.
It was not a strike.
One and two.
Steve Barber starts to throw in the bullpen.
Ryan rocks back the one to pitch her ball grounded a shot up with it is shot.
He throws the first one away.
So again, Ryan gets two strikes on a hitter and can't put him away.
And Ryan now is like the heavyweight fighter with a knockout punch that has gone so many
rounds that he has his opponent staggering and staggering but doesn't have enough left
to deliver that one blow that will knock him to the canvas and put him away.
He's getting the two strikes on the hitters but he can't get that third.
Rod Carew is 0 for 4 in the game.
He has struck out three times.
He has also walked and scored.
And the fact that you put a collar around Carewsnik is doing enough.
He's there to get a base hit.
The pitch.
Kerr ball outside.
Ball one.
Tauborg the catcher.
The infield Gallagher chalk.
Parker and McCraw in the outfield.
Barry Rivers and Pinson from left to right.
The pitch.
Kerr ball strike.
On the inside corner one and one.
Ryan struck out three in the first two in the second one in the third the side in the
fourth two in the fifth no one in the sixth but struck out the side in the seventh.
The pitch.
High and outside.
Tried to get a little extra on the fastball and then he struck out Steve Bry as the last
out in the eighth inning.
That was his three hundred eighty second but failed to get anyone in the ninth or the tenth.
And there's one out here in the eleven two and one to count the pitch.
Kerr ball too high.
Three and one on deck.
Tony Oliva.
And it is a great example for the fans here tonight.
The nine thousand one hundred to see just the little difference.
What a little difference it is between an overpowering strikeout pitcher and just a real
good pitcher.
The nine one pitches outside ball for breaking ball.
Ryan has walked his seventh man and here comes Tony Oliva and here comes Bobby Winkle to
the mound.
And Winkle.
Looks for the bullpen.
Ryan meets him halfway to the third base foul line.
And it's strictly up to Nolan Ryan.
Bobby Winkle is not going to take Ryan out of the game just to preserve a win.
He's not that kind of guy.
He is going to let Nolan Ryan pitch as long as he wants.
The only place where Winkle's might interfere with Ryan's thinking is the fact where Ryan
might be well falsely courageous or foolishly so and might injure himself.
Winkle's wants to protect against that and just wants to be certain that Ryan is really
OK.
Apparently Ryan has convinced his manager Winkle's leave.
Oliva tough to strike out.
Ryan got him once but that was way back in the second inning.
Oliva with two hits and a walk.
He's two for four.
One of the truly tough outs in the American League.
Harmon Killebrew on deck.
Ryan looks over at Carrow the pitch fastball inside.
Carrow remember has 40 stolen bases and Ryan isn't paying much attention to him.
Right side open.
Parker trying to cover the hole as McCraw is holding Carrow on.
One ball no strikes to count.
One out top of the 11th for four tied.
An unearned run scored by the twins back in the sixth inning tied the game.
After both clubs got three in the first and the angels took the lead with a run in the
third when they chased out her day of gold.
Ryan checks it through at first the pitch way outside with a curve and Ryan with each
pitch you can see that he's losing a little.
He does not have much left and he's paid facing some pretty tough hitters to be losing as
much as he is off that fastball and the curve.
And as Rich Reese of course was on deck Killebrew leaving the game for a pinch runner after
he singled the last time up.
Ryan does go to first and it's a fairly close play as Carrow has to dart back to the bank.
Two balls no strikes.
Ryan goes to first again.
Oh almost got him.
McCraw thought they had Carrow a good move by Ryan.
Carrow did not slide and that made it terribly close.
Ryan from the belt.
Here's the pitch.
Fastball swung on and Oliva is trying to hit that one to El Monte.
Two and one.
Oliva staggering out of the batter's box and his momentum carried him halfway to the screen.
Now he walks back up to the plate.
Ryan has struck out fifteen.
He has walked seven.
What a season for Nolan Ryan just wanting one more strikeout.
Two on pitch.
The runner goes.
It's a high fly ball to left center field.
Rivers easing back under it.
Carrow playing it halfway will return to first as Rivers makes the catch.
Let's pause for station identification from Anaheim Stadium.
This is the Angels Radio Network.
This is KXTC Glendale Phoenix 92.3 FM Stereo.
Rich Reese the batter.
The pitch swung on a miss.
You can feel it through the crowd.
A vibration saying maybe this is the guy.
Reese he hasn't faced him yet tonight.
Reese batting in Killebrew's spot.
Harmon was two for four.
He struck out twice.
He walked.
He's been two runs back in the first inning.
Reese is hitting one fifty one total with the twins and the Tigers this year.
Three home runs seven runs batted in one strike pitch.
That goes to a swing and a miss.
The throw to second base.
Not in time.
A close play and the crowd cheers the call of second base umpire Lou DeMiro.
It was very close.
The crowd wanted to run to be saved because Ryan now has two strikes on Ryan on Rich Reese.
So the go ahead scores at second forty one field for a two strike pitch coming up.
Ryan says here it is.
It's a major league strikeout king of all time.
He walks off the mound.
His teammates come over to greet him one by one.
From the
Detroit
They are still standing and sharing here at Anaheim Stadium.
Nolan Ryan has already given one on core wave and they're asking him to come out one more
time as the message board spells it out 383 strikeouts for Nolan Ryan.
He has broken Colfax's record.
Bill Campbell, the pitcher from Minnesota, stands out on the mound.
He has completed his warm up tosses.
The Angels fans here at Anaheim Stadium asking Ryan to come out just one more time and give
him away.
You know, here's where you wish baseball was like track and field when a man performs a
record breaking run or field event performance.
He will circle the track and acknowledge the cheers of the fans and that's what the fans
are asking for right now from Nolan Ryan.
Ryan, modest man, he's given him a quick wave.
He is appreciative of the fans and now the champ starts.
We want Nolan.
But they're not going to get Nolan.
Frank Robinson is at the plate ready to hit bottom of the 11th inning.
Bill Campbell on the mound.
Oh, that's got to be one of our greatest drills.
Campbell Wines, here's the pitch.
Curveball swung on and missed and Robinson now would like to give Ryan a victory.
The crowd still standing.
And now the one by one, they settle back in their seats.
Although they're chanting, we want Nolan.
And fans themselves, it's interesting the conduct of the people here.
They're shaking hands with each other as if they were all part of this great night.
That's swinging a miss by Robinson and well, they should feel that excited.
Young men, husbands and wives, friends shaking hands, embracing it just to say, yes, we saw
it.
We were part of it all.
And that is what makes this a great game.
It is perhaps the most personal of all games, all professional activity.
Robinson with a check swing roller to play foul.
Oh, and two.
I guess there are many reasons for that.
It's a game in which you get to know the players perhaps more than any other game because of
the length of the season, because it is a game that is set in a more pastoral setting.
You have a chance to absorb more of the activity.
There is the drama of the man in the center of the diamond.
Robinson knows what's going to happen.
He has the ball and he has to throw it.
And of course, one by one, all you had to do is count to three to appreciate what Nolan
Ryan has done tonight.
And the fans excited tonight.
9,100 were in on the new record at Anaheim Stadium.
Two strike pitch to Robbie is grounded toward short.
A tough play.
The third baseman cuts in front, throws the first just in time to get Robbie, who was
giving it all he had trying to beat that one out.
Now the Angels would like to get Ryan a run.
You have to feel that Ryan will not pitch in the 12th inning, that his season is over.
The 383 was his goal and he has it and he has worked very hard to get it tonight.
And it might be foolish for him to try to go beyond.
One out.
It remains tied at four.
Tom McCraw has a single and three at bats.
Meanwhile, Bill Campbell continues to pitch superbly in relief for Minnesota.
The pitch outside corner for a called strike.
So Ryan got his 380 second strikeout in the eighth inning, his 15th and his 16th of the
night with two outs in the 11th.
Rich Reese, the victim.
Ground ball up the middle to his left goes Terrell.
It's in the center field for a base hit.
Oh, what an effort by Terrell as he somersaulted to the second base side of the bag trying
to come up with the ball.
McCraw with a one out single.
The winning run is on and that would certainly cap a beautiful evening for Angel fans and
for Nolan Ryan.
If they could also get Ryan a victory, Ryan has given the fans the thrill that they asked
for and now the Angel teammates would like to present him with a victory his 21st of
the year.
Vada Pinson is the batter.
Pinson is 0 for 3, not going to run with a sacrifice fly back in the first inning when
the Angels scored three times.
Rod Carew comes in from second base to talk to Campbell.
George Midderwald goes out to the mound.
Well, it's quite an experience, David.
I'll tell you, it's an experience that I think, I hope that we have conveyed the excitement
certainly the fans here after Nolan Ryan had struck out 383 and headed for the dugout and
the shots in the background.
I'm trying to equate it with what I've been through before.
I can't come up with anything quite like it.
The only thing that was missing is about 33,000 more fans.
That's right.
Campbell kicks and deals and Pinson swings and misses at that good straight change.
And I have to think there'll be a day soon when it won't be 9100 but maybe 39,100 and
the game will not only be just for strikeouts but for the big money and a chance to get
into the American League playoffs.
And I guess that's what all fans for every team in the big leagues are hoping for from
the first day of spring.
Campbell goes the first and McRaw jumps back to the bag.
16 strikeouts and Ryan has the all-time record at 383.
The pitch low and a good stop by Midderwald.
I've been so lucky to have been part of so many great sports moments, the two of us and
certainly one that immediately comes to mind, certainly not baseball, but one of the great
thrills of my life.
I'm sure it was of yours is Tony Guillory's block punt of that Green Bay game and then
the touchdown pass.
Gabriel to Bernie Casey.
That's right.
That was one of the great thrills and this has to rank right there with it.
The 1-1 pitch coming up from Bill Campbell.
The runner goes.
The pitch is lined on one hop off the shins of Terrell and McRaw will have to hold at
second base.
The ball was not hit as hard as Terrell thought it was.
It was hit off the end of the bat so Terrell was expecting it to explode at his feet.
Instead it spun at his feet and kicked off his shins and it's an air charge to Terrell.
So the angels on a single and an air have the winning run in scoring position here in
the 11th inning and it is Richie Scheinblum who comes out of the angel dugout.
McRaw running on the play and that helped to make the play work because Terrell had
to see out of his peripheral vision.
McRaw racing to second and Terrell lost the play.
Quillis he goes to the mound to talk to his battery.
There's no one throwing in the bullpen.
Scheinblum batting for Barry.
I've talked to a lot of people who have been sportscasters in all of the fields hockey
and basketball, baseball, football and we have enjoyed so many thrills in all the sports.
But the consensus and I would have to say unanimously the biggest thrill that any man
can have as a radio play-by-play announcer is to be with a team that wins a pennant and
goes through and wins a World Series.
They all say it that there just is no thrill quite like the day-to-day excitement of a
team headed toward that one World Series championship.
It's because it is such a long season as Jim Brosnan said.
By golly you begin in February and it doesn't culminate until October and it is the repetition
I'm sure seeing a ball club win a pennant and then it even makes it more exciting now
because you have to go through the playoffs and then the World Series.
Like making love from April to October.
Here's the pitch to Scheinblum.
He takes a low ball on.
Ritchie batting left-handed and that's his strong side.
Have you ever had that experience?
Not going to get into that.
Scheinblum the hitter.
McCraw the winning run at second base.
We're in the bottom of the 11th inning a 4-4 tie on Nolan Ryan night at the big A. The
pitch to Ritchie inside corners says clarity.
Scheinblum is jumping away from the plate.
Scheinblum is hitting 313 but 352 left-handed.
McCraw at second, Pinson at first, one out.
The Angels trying to win it for Nolan Ryan.
Campbell on the mound.
His 1-1 delivery.
A change is too high.
2-1.
On deck Al Gallagher but remember Bob Oliver although he's suffering from a mild case of
the flu and was not in the starting lineup is in uniform and available for pinch hitting
duty.
At least that's the report we received at game time.
That was three hours ago and Bob may not have improved and it's conceivable he may have
retired for the night.
The 2-1 pitch.
Swing a line drive slicing the left center field racing over his bribe goes back and
it's over his head.
All the way to the wall here comes McCraw.
The Angels win 5-4.
Nolan Ryan strikes out 383.
He gets 16 tonight and the Angels help him to celebrate all of more.
His seventh straight.
He's going to be the first to make it to the top of the
Minnesota Twins 5-4 and 11 innings.
Shine Bloom's line shot to left center field tearing over the head of Steve Rye and his
rule to double and the Angels certainly one of the finest moments in Anaheim Stadium's
history have won a game.
Nolan Ryan has won the hearts of his many fans with another incredible performance of
Herculean effort.
He goes 11 innings to get his 16th strikeout and his 383rd for the year.
There are so many records to talk about but what really is important now is we get to
see Nolan Ryan and that's coming up in just a moment.