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The San Francisco Giants faced the New York Mets at Chase Stadium in New York for a Sunday
afternoon game on August 29, 1965. The Giants entered the game red hot, fighting the Dodgers
and Reds for first place in the National League with a 70-56 record. The Mets, managed by
Casey Stengel, were dismal as usual, in the basement of the National League with twice
as many losses as wins. This recording is from the New York WHN Radio broadcast featuring
announcers Ralph Keiner, Lindsay Nelson, and Bob Murphy.
Right here is Chase Stadium in Flushing, New York. It's the New York Mets playing the San
Francisco Giants.
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Hello everyone, this is Ralph Kern here along with Lindsay Nelson and Bob Murphy from Shade
Stadium. Actually, Lindsay Nelson is not right here with us in Shade Stadium. He is quoting
high in the air just above us in a Goodyear blimp. He'll be doing Tom and Jerry. Lots of
ball games are right up there on television. This is the final game of the year between
the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets. The Mets have won the last game of this
series, winning last night 3-0 behind the combined pitching of Galen Sisko and Al Jackson.
They lost the first game as the Giants outslugged them by a score of 9-2. So this game is another
game of this series. Mets just offer one of the finest weeks in their history. In fact,
they're playing as weak as they won six of the eight games played throughout the week
against the Cardinals, winning two on Sunday from the Cardinals, three out of four from
the Dodgers, and one out of two from the Giants. This ball game all set to go on a beautiful
day for baseball. Real bright sky and pleasant weather and a large crowd on hand for the
final game of this series.
Johnny Lineups will see Ron Hunt for the New York Mets at second base. Batting in the
second position playing center field, Johnny Lewis batting third at first base at Crane
Bowl. In the cleanup spot, I'm playing third base Charlie Smith. Joe Cryptiver playing
right field batting fifth. Johnny Stevenson, the catcher, batting sixth. Ron Sepota in
left field batting seventh. And Roy McMunn at shortstop batting eighth. The pitcher will
be Jack Fisher and he'll be batting ninth. Now it's Willie Mays coming out with the lineup
cards to home plate and present the San Francisco Giants lineup. It'll read like this,
Mattie Lue in right field batting first. Len Gamberson, the catcher, make it the left fielder
batting in the second position. Willie Mays batting in the third position in center field.
Willie McKelvey at first base in the cleanup position. Jim Ray Hart at third base batting
fifth. Tom Haller, the catcher, batting sixth. Alan Neer at second base batting seventh.
And the shortstop, Tino Fuentes, batting eighth. On the mound for the Giants, Bob Bowlin. Two
former teammates out at home plate with the umpires, Wes Westrom, the pro-temp manager
of the New York Mets, talking it over, going over the grounds rules, and Willie Mays, the
captain of the San Francisco Giants. The umpires will be Stan Landis behind home plate. Mel
Steiner, the umpire at first base. Hal Pollock, the umpire at second. He's the crew chief
of this group and umpiring at third base. Augie Donatelli. Linda's going in from center
field at Shade Stadium on a very pleasant day. I mentioned here at this ballpark, 3-41
down the left and right field lines and center field 4-10 up the alleys in left and right
center at 371 feet. Now Willie Mays walking away as he goes back to the dugout and the
New York Mets will be taking the field in just a moment. The Giants are in third place
in the National League race, two and a half games back of the Dodgers. The Dodgers won
last night to hold their lead of one and a half games over Cincinnati. In fourth place
Milwaukee they trailed two and a half back, a percentage point behind the Giants. Pittsburgh
in fifth place, they are six games back and then Philadelphia. In the overall important
loss column, the San Francisco Giants have lost 56 ball games and the Dodgers have lost
56 along with Cincinnati. Milwaukee has lost 57, Pittsburgh 62 and Philadelphia 62. New
York Mets have a record of 43 and 87 going for them. They're trying to come up with a
year that will top last year's record, all-time high wins of 53 ball games. The Mets need
10 more to tie that overall position. Now the New York Mets have taken the field. It
will be Eddie Greenbull at first base, Ron Hunt at second base. Shortstop is Roy McCellan,
the third baseman, Johnny Smith. Out in the outfield going from left to right, Ron Cevolde
in left field, in center field Johnny Lewis in right field, Joe Fritzberg. The catcher
will be Johnny Stevenson. And waiting now for the pitcher, Jack Fisher, to come out on
the field and take his position on the 15 rubber. Action in the National League scheduled
around on a full Sunday afternoon and also the American League will bring you right up
to date on the action that has taken place in just a moment. But right now our National
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The crowd here today looks like it will be the all-time high for a single Sunday game.
The top crowd in the past was June 3rd, 1962 against the Giants for a single Sunday game.
That was a 34,102 crowd. That, of course, was in the Polar Grounds.
The largest crowd here at Shea Stadium was a 30,185 crowd against the Pirates on April 19th, 1964.
That was the first Sunday that the Mets played in Shea Stadium.
And the crowd here today looks like it will be somewhere around 40,000 people.
Of the 16th and 20th, the Mets have drawn 253,112 people. Giants have so far played for 290,045.
The Mets are on their way to more records as the ball game gets underway.
Mattie Allou, the first batter for San Francisco. Mattie playing right field, hitting 236.
And the first pitch is for Honigsthal out of place, strike one.
Zach Fisher with a record of 8-16 on the mound for the Mets.
A lifetime record in the Major League, 54 wins and 82 losses.
He is all in three this season against his former teammate, San Francisco Giants.
A lifetime he has won one and lost six against them.
One strike out on Mattie Allou, left hand batter. The pitch back and it pops up back of home plate.
Johnny Stevenson with a 10, goes back to the screen.
The Mets put one away, the first man in the ball game.
And the batter coming up will be the left fielder, Len Gabelson.
Gabelson the left hand batter with an average of 3-0-2. Seven home runs, 22 runs battered in.
And the first pitch is low for ball one. One ball, no strikes.
Gabelson acquired from the Chicago Cubs. Big strong left hand batter.
Out of the University of Southern California. Change of pace, it's inside of mole ball two. Two balls, no strikes.
Two balls, no strikes. One man out on the top of the first.
The Giants against the New York Mets.
And the next pitch is low. It's ball three. Three and all and the on deck batter is going to be made.
Ending's on the Mets. He's going right now to join the Dodgers in first place by a game and a half.
Next pitch is inside, ball four. And that's what Gabelson brings up.
What is that? Four hits and eight times up in the first two ball games against the Mets.
One of them a home run. It's going to be his 40th home run of the year.
He's going to make it.
Gabelson's got one about four steps off the back and that pitcher is picking right off the back with a perfect draw.
And the first pitcher gets in the middle of the base hit.
The pitcher was in the field for the first time in the game.
He was involved but made home the first pitch. And that pick off serves him in big way. And Willie McGummie comes out.
He's batting at 325 now with the base hit.
Willie McGummie coming in batting at 280 with 32 home runs and 72 runs batted in.
And the second is a major makes a home run.
First pitch to McGummie is in the dirt.
Now Maze goes for second.
The throw there is in the dirt.
Willie Maze is going out.
The ball is in the play side.
Great play and he took the ball out of the dirt.
Throw two. Taking off the base.
And the Giants go down in the first two runs on one hit.
The one left on in the score. The end of one and a half and the Giants nothing and the Mets coming up.
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Bottom half of first inning. The first half ending foot away and the Mets coming up to bat for the first time.
I'll picture Bob Bullock.
Bob is a right hand pitcher with a record of seven and four.
He'll be pitching to Ron Rund.
That's his first pitching shot.
Ron coming up with that four hits and eight times up in this series so far.
First two games foot away.
And the four hits have all been two base hits.
Ron now with ten doubles on the season.
Ten of his twenty-three hits have been for two bases.
He's batting at two fifty-three.
He'll be followed by Johnny Lewis and then Ed Greenball.
Bob Bullock, the big strong right hander and now he throws hard.
Six foot four, two hundred pounds his first pitch.
Air ball fouled over the top of the screen. Strike one.
Bullock is twenty-seven years of age.
Make it twenty-six years of age. He was born January 29, 1939.
He resides in Hickory Grove, South Carolina.
He was originally signed by the Giants. He played his first year back in 1957.
Next pitch is a fastball in tight. Ron tries to get out of the way and it's off his bat against the screen.
Strike two.
Paul in last year, six and nine with the Giants in thirty-eight ball games.
Here before, ten and six.
This is his thirty-fifth appearance.
He's a seven starter. His pitch back is high and one ball, two strikes.
One ball, two strikes. Ron heard it. He leads it off for the men. No score.
Final game of this pregame series. Single game today.
Next pitch is high and tight again. It's ball two.
Not even out of two and two.
Giants have Willie McCovey at first base and second Haller near a shortstop.
Tito Forintes at third base. Jim Ray Hart outfield. Len Gabelson on the left.
Willie Mason center and Mattie Amu on right.
Catcher is Tom Haller and the next pitch is foul back in the screen as Ron Hood keeps the count of two and two.
This will have a day off on Monday and take up again against Houston for five games.
Pitch is high. A fast ball up two.
Ron has worked the count of three balls and two strikes.
Ron has played in only twenty-eight previous ball games this year.
It's been a tough year for him. He was out twice with injuries.
He's been out for almost three months with a shoulder separation.
Three-two pitch. Way inside and hits a third ball. He goes to first base.
Inside to his ball.
Ron as he went down to first base threw his bat at the ball which rolled over by the first base side of the foul.
I just tossed his bat at him.
You notice anything about Ron. You notice that he does nothing to help the other clock.
If somebody happens to let a bat go out towards second base on a missed swing, he won't pick it up.
He'll make the other clock get it.
He's off for one swing and that's the win. He'll do it completely on your own.
That'll bring up Johnny Lewis.
Johnny, a left-hand batter, hitting two forty-eight. He takes a called strike.
John with fourteen home runs and thirty-nine runs ratted in.
Bob Boland checking with his catcher, Tom Haller.
Ron Hunt at first base leading off.
And the next pitch is way outside, a fastball missing one ball, one strike.
A throw to first base but Hunt beats the tag.
No score, no one out. About a half to first.
That's to have their first batter on.
The count is one and one on Johnny Lewis.
Next pitch is fouled off out of play.
The count goes to one ball and two strikes.
Haller down there with a cardboard box trying to catch the ball from the box.
And almost made it.
He held it right above his head.
It might have gone right on through and hit him on the head but it was off-line.
What did they say? Get a basket.
One ball, two strikes.
Pitch back to Lewis, a swing on a missed strike three.
Bob Boland gets his first strike out.
That'll bring up Eddie Grainborel.
Head batting 265 with eight home runs and 48 runs headed in.
Grainborel a left-hand batter and his first pitch is outside, way outside, a one-hand grab by Tom Haller.
Now he walks it back to the mound.
It's all conference just a short one at the mound and then Haller back behind home plate.
That is one for eight against the Giants.
And his next pitch is swing on a missed strike one.
One ball, one strike.
On the pitch Ron Hunt made a bluff as though he might be going to second.
Haller came out in drawing position ready to make a draw.
He just joined us the Mets picked you off base in the first inning.
Ben Gaberson picked off at first base and Willie Mays was thrown out trying to go down to second base and the ball had got away from the catcher.
Now a pitch out but nothing on.
No play at all on the count of two balls, one strike.
One man out bottom half to first.
Bob Bolan pitching for the San Francisco Giants.
His record seven and four.
And he throws the first base, Hunt has to get back in in a hurry.
Got back faster than he had to.
Makes sort of a half slide back in.
No tag made by Willie McCovey.
Hunt off again as Bolan sets up on top.
And the next delivery just hit deep to right field.
Hooked by the warning track he drives to one handed, misses the ball.
Ron Hunt over to third base.
Dean Hall there as the throw comes in and Eddie Gravewell goes to second.
It's going to two base hit.
On the play Mattie Alou missed just the ball.
And at the last minute trying to jump in one handed.
He was not back far enough.
He had stopped.
He had some more room to go back.
But it goes to two base hit.
Well the Mets have their first hit.
Runners at second and third and Johnny Smith the batter.
That two base hit for Gravewell is twenty-third.
Club record is twenty-eight held by Ron Hunt who is on at third.
John is playing their infield back with the exception of Willie McCovey at first base.
Johnny Smith the batter hitting two sixty.
Johnny has sixteen home runs.
Clayton McCrumpet runs battered in with fifty-five.
And his first pitch.
Slider up too high and it's ball one.
One ball no strike.
One ball one strike.
Now the next delivery a swing and a foul tip.
Fast ball by Buller inside.
Johnny Goingford fouled it off.
Ball drop by the catcher Tom Hotter.
One and one on Johnny Smith.
And at one one the next delivery is a curve ball fouled off.
Bill Bob Bolan has it down in his favor.
One ball and two strikes.
On deck batter for the Mets Joe Christopher.
Mets trying to break in here in the bottom half for first.
One away they have runners at second and third.
And the one-two pitch to Smith.
Swung on it Mets strike three and Johnny Smith strikes out.
Giants picking up their second out and that will bring up Joe Christopher.
Two outs picked up by the Giants in this game have been balls on strikeouts by Bob Bolan.
Joe Christopher stepping in he's batting 247 with four home runs and 34 runs batted in.
Joe a right hand batter and his first pitch a curve ball on the outside corner taken for a strike.
In field playing back all the way around with two men away.
Runners at second and third and the next pitch to Joe is a fast ball high.
He's got it one ball one strike.
Christopher's had one hit in the series one parade that was a double on the left field.
The double being his 11th this year.
One ball one strike the next delivery is foul tipped to strike two.
Joe with a half swing trying to keep the bat out of the way and still getting the bat out far enough in the strike zone to be nicked by the ball.
He's got it one ball and two strikes.
Bob Bolan checking with the catcher he has the signs here's the pitch it's inside for ball two.
Fast ball missing way inside two balls and two strikes.
Christopher had to tuck away on the pitch.
Two and two with runners at second and third.
Ron Hunt was hit by a pitch ball on a three two pitch as a leadoff batter after Johnny Lewis struck out.
Ed Greenbull doubled off the glove of Mattia Lewin Wright the ball misplayed by Lew and Johnny Smith struck out.
Now at two two the pitch back to Joe Christopher is high for ball three.
He's got it three balls and two strikes.
Yandex batter for the Mets is Johnny Stevenson the left hand batter.
So right here the pitch that Bob Bolan has that he likes to throw in a jam will be the pitch that will be coming up there with first base open.
And at three two curve ball hits foul.
So Christopher keeps a count of three balls and two strikes in the foul ball.
Ron Hunt at third base moving up Ed Greenbull at second and again a three two.
Fast ball three on a Mets strike three.
So Bob Bolan leaves two on the bases giving up one hit hitting one batter and striking out three.
No run.
And the score at the end of one the Giants nothing the Mets nothing.
Well this is the last appearance for the Giants in Sherry Stadium.
But the Mets still have plenty of baseball left to play.
In fact they'll be playing double duty on Tuesday night against the Houston Astros.
It'll be a twilight doubleheader starting at 6 p.m.
And following that another doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon.
Game time will be at one o'clock on Wednesday afternoon.
The Mets playing a total of five games against the Astros in the next series.
The final game will be Thursday afternoon on September 2nd and that will close out the homestead.
As the Mets play five with Houston.
So make your arrangements to come on out and join in on the double fun.
Friday night or on Tuesday night starting at 6 o'clock and on Wednesday a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
Single game to close out the series on Thursday afternoon.
Right now we pause for station identification.
This is the New York Mets baseball network.
And this is your station for Mets baseball in the northeast.
WGY 810 on the islands connect today.
The time is 2.28.
Bob Kiner along with Bob Murphy and Lindsey Nelson from Shea Stadium.
Actually Lindsey is not here at Shea Stadium.
He's flying above it.
Reporting the ball game on television from a point high in the air.
First man up will be Willie McCovey.
He was left at home plate but Willie May tried to go down to second base.
And the ball had got away from Johnny Stevenson.
And the first pitch is strike one on Willie McCovey.
Willie batting for the first time officially in the ball game has a 280 average.
32 home runs and 72 runs ran it in.
Curve ball by Fisher is in.
It breaks over on the outside corner.
Strike two.
Covey two for seven in the first two ball games.
Both of those hits were home runs.
One of them off the scoreboard and right field a tremendous drive.
He brings up it down to first base foul.
Ball kicked by Eddie Creamball as he comes over to pick it up.
Downstays it's strike two.
The Mets had two base runners in the first.
The Giants had two base runners in the first.
Another ball game all even.
Both teams with one hit and no score.
First base umpire Mel Steiner checking out the ball.
It was thrown to him by Jack Fisher.
Now Jack has it back.
There's Lindsey right now just holding by in the Goodyear blip.
Now two strikes to pitch back to McCovey.
It's fouled off.
He hasn't even got the door open on the gondola underneath the blip part.
Maybe Lindsey's going to try a parachute jump.
Lindsey Nelson's our man in charge of all altitudes.
He was the fellow who went up to the top of the astrodome too.
Now again at two strikes.
Then a ball hit down to first base off the handle.
McCovey doesn't even run.
As Creamball comes up and goes over to the back.
McCovey just plotting on down to first base.
He goes all the way down, tags a bag and then kind of lumber off.
Now the Mets have one away at the top of the second.
The batter will be Jim Ray Hart.
Start a right hand batter hitting 297 this year with 16 home runs and 68 runs batted in.
Hart last year in his freshman year had 31 home runs.
Battled at 286. First pitch to him is inside its ball one.
Hart three for eight in the previous two games.
One of them a long home run with two runs.
His pitch back is a slider over.
It's one ball and one strike.
One ball, one strike.
Jack Fisher back again.
A sidearm curve ball and stays inside.
So they get it now.
Two balls, one strike.
Jack started his major league work with a ball of Orioles.
Went over to San Francisco and then the Mets picked him up in a special draft.
He has done quite a job for the Mets.
His 2-1 delivery hit foul.
A fastball swung on and hit foul to the right side.
One of two balls and two strikes.
One away.
We're in the top of the second.
No score in the ball game.
Mets against the judge.
And the next delivery by Fisher is a fastball perched out into right center field.
Time for Lewis to get to it.
Good running play by Johnny Lewis.
If you want to know whether the ball is live or not, that was a check swing.
And the ball has got about 365 feet away in right center field.
He tried to home up on the ball.
That'll bring up the catcher Tom Howler. Tom, a left hand batter, his average is 244.
Ten home runs and 34 runs batted in.
He takes the first pitch. It's long.
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Six pitches popped up back at second.
Roy McCullin calling for it five to ten.
Moving out now a little further into center field and he makes the play.
That retire is a side in order.
And the score at the end of one and a half in him, so that's nothing to giant nothing.
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Tuoralleri is a song that Swedish Americans sing over and over at their parties and picnics
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Then they change their tune.
Elan Gorr is a traditional Swedish drinking song.
And often the beer they drink is Rhine Gold Extra Dry.
In fact, in New York City, where there are more Swedes than in all of Husqvarna,
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Bottom half of the second, the Mets coming up.
Again, the John Spitzer by a bowler.
The first batter for New York will be Johnny Stevenson.
He'll be followed by Lawrence Vipona and then by Roy McCullin.
That's how the six, seven, and eight batters against the right-hander here in the bottom half of the second.
No score in the game.
And Johnny now leading off.
A left-hand batter hitting 231.
He tries to run.
It's not far enough toward third base.
Bowman comes off the mound, makes the throw to first base and dies.
One man out.
And Lawrence Vipona now the batter.
We're filled up with batting in the bottom half of the third.
Alex Johnson has hit a home run with a man on.
And the Phillies now lead the Dodgers by a score of at least five to nothing.
Donald Dean knocked out of the box.
And Nick Wilhite has come into the ball game in the third inning.
Ray Colt pitching for the Phillies.
The Dodgers lead by a game and a half in the National League.
First pitch, the supporters inside, it's ball one.
Arm batting 236 with 19 home runs and 46 runs leaded in.
Big strong right-hand batter and a curved back is outside.
Two balls, no strikes.
At the end of one, Houston nothing, Pittsburgh nothing.
Don Notherbar pitching against Bob Prince.
Right here, no score with one out in the bottom half of the second.
Bowman back and a curve ball is swung on.
Two balls and one strike.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Bill Paul is pitching for the Cubs against Hank Fisher for the Braves.
St. Louis and Cincinnati, Ray Sedecky pitching for the Cardinals against Sammy Ellis for the Reds.
Two balls, one strike.
Bowman back again with a curve and then high in the air at the left field.
A ball just a little bit too high coming over the left fielder Len Gilson.
Willie May standing by.
And Willie left him taken.
If Willie was right there he could have made the play.
That ball was a towering fly ball to run after.
Lawrence will call it just a fraction underneath it.
The other tennis pickups are second out and that brings up Roy McMillan.
Roy with two hits and six downs up in the series batting that 251 now.
One home run and 34 runs batted in.
And the first pitch to McMillan is a breaking pitch that's in for a golf strike.
Boland is a sidearm right hander, tough on right hand batter.
He wheels around, comes away a port Arthur and he comes back with a fastball.
It's fouled and it's a stand strike two.
Next pitch is fouled off again.
Downholes it's right there.
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Two strike pitch and in the left field a base set.
Roy McMillan on a curve ball coming up at first base with the Mets second hit of the game.
That will bring up Jack Fisher.
To continue with the Gemini report, Cooper and Conrad indicated that what they wanted most was some sleep and a shade.
Mission director Christopher Kraft says he is fairly certain that Gemini-Pi ran out of fuel just prior to splashdown.
Kraft said in Houston, the game was reading below zero at the time.
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Next pitch back is outside of fastball for ball one.
Jack Fisher the batter hitting at 167.
Roy McMillan at first base.
And Bowler now back again and a fastball is filed off to count at one ball one strike.
Fisher has had 11 hits so far this year and 66 times up.
Two of the hits have been two base hits. He has driven in two runs.
Nothing nothing ball game.
And the next delivery a fastball low and away ball two, a backhand catch by Tom Haller.
Two balls one strike.
Balling again and the curve is inside. It's three balls and one strike and Jack Fisher with Ron Hunt on deck.
Three balls one strike.
Bowler back to Fisher and a swing and a fastball.
Strike two. That fills it out and Roy McMillan at first base will be going on the next pitch.
Three and two with two away, the bottom half of the second. No score.
McMillan runs and the three-two pitch is high for ball four.
So Roy heases up going into second base and Jack Fisher walks to first.
That is the first walk issued by Bob Pollard.
He did put Ron Hunt on when he hit him with a three-two pitch his first time up.
Ron batting at 253.
Ron batting with runners at first and second base.
Time gone if Jack Fisher puts on a jacket.
It's a very autumn type day here at Chase Stadium.
Temperature is right around 73.
By now the sun has been blotted out.
It's a little bit overcast.
A swing at the first pitch by Ron Hunt on the slider at strike one.
The Mets have had runners on the bases in this ball game previous this inning.
In the first they had runners at second and third but Roland tightened up and struck out
Charlie Smith and Joe Christopher to leave them there.
And then he also struck out Johnny Lewis so he struck out the side of the third.
Bobby Wine has hit a home run in the third for the Phillies so they have scored at least
four runs in the third and they lead by at least seven to nothing over the Dodgers.
Next pitch is a curve on the inside corner strike two.
Ron Hunt got the pitch with this side.
Ronald Steen knocked out of the box.
Nick Wilhite now pitching for the Dodgers.
Home run coming off Wilhite.
And the two strike delivery high-sized pass ball.
One ball, two strikes.
Ron ducking away.
And now the next pitch, pass ball fouled off.
All right in tight, Ron fouled it over the top of the screen.
One ball, two strikes.
Roy McMillan back to second base.
Jack Fisher on it first.
No score in the game.
Two minutes away in the bottom half for second.
And the next delivery curve ball hit fouled on the left field line.
Ron just out in front.
Ball going into the stands and McKenna remains with one ball and two strikes.
Although the Giants have a powerful looking ball club with such names as Willie Mays,
and he is powerful, they have done a lot of their winning on their fine pitching.
Now the next pitch is a curve ball inside, two balls and two strikes.
The Willie Mays, Willie McKovey, Jim Ray Hart.
Ben Gamberson, the Giants, has had a very formidable crew with the bat,
but they don't score a lot of runs and when they do score runs, they score them in clusters.
And it's been good pitching that has held them in tight in this race.
Two-two pitch has hit foul again.
This one off the end of the bat and Ron Hunt takes the line.
The ball is caught as it went into the stands by one of the spectators.
Good pitching by Bob Bollens, Mike Lindsay in relief,
Massenori Morikami in relief, Bob Shaw, and even Warren Spahn is chipped in for two out of three.
Now again a foul ball.
Well, Ron Hunt battles away against Bob Bullens, and it's a two-ball and two-strike.
Willie scored five runs in the third, so they lead by a score of 8-0 over the Giants.
Ball game going to the top of the fourth.
Ray Culp, the beneficiary of those eight runs, working for Philadelphia.
Two balls, two strikes. Bullens will try again.
His next delivery, pass ball, swung up, and missed like three.
The Bullens get this fourth strike out, and it came in.
And the clutch against Ron Hunt.
In the inning, no runs.
One hit, no errors, and a walk.
Two men left for the score at the end of two.
The Mets nothing, the Giants nothing.
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Now the Giants coming up on the top of the third. Don't score in the ball game.
And the first man up will be Hallamere.
Hallamere batting for the first time.
A right hand batter hitting at 233.
And Fisher with his first pitch. It's locked down the right field line.
Ron Hunt has a long run. Is he going to get good? He can't take it.
It's all locked in. Here goes to the second baseman. Holds there.
Little top double. Now the right field line is locked right near the line.
And back up Eddie Crane, who was going out in front of Joe Christopher, who was coming in and also just beyond the reach of Ron Hunt as he came from his second base position.
Ron went about 123 trying to get to the ball.
All the Giants have a baseman at second base for the first time in the ball game.
But going out in the top of the third and the batter coming up is a shortstop.
Tito Fuente.
He's got him that pitch. Hallamere was full just once. The curve ball was outside.
Fuente has no home runs and no runs battered. And he's batting 175, a right hand batter.
And he fouls the first pitch. It's like one.
One strike down on the right hand batter. Fuente was recalled from Tacoma where he batted 311 at 19 home runs.
He joined the club about 10 days ago.
His one strike delivery. Fastball, putt and sword, second base, a good hit, base hit.
Coming in is Ron Hunt. He has no play.
Perfect front by Fuente and on the play Hallamere rules the third.
So that base hit for Fuente is a base hit.
It's an ace in the lake and 41 times up.
A hundred Giants threatened here with no one off the top of the third.
The batter will be the pitcher.
They'll know what record they are breaking that belongs to the Met Ball Club.
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Now the Giants coming up on the top of the third.
They'll score in the ball game and the first man up will be Hallamere.
Now batting for the first time.
A right hand batter hitting at 233.
And Fisher with his first pitch.
It's popped down the right field line. Ron Hunt has a long run.
Is he going to get good? He can't hit him.
Ball's off in.
Here goes in the second base and holds there.
Little pop double down the right field line.
It's dropped right near the line.
And back of Eddie Greenpole who was going out in front of Joe Christopher who was coming in.
And also just beyond the reach of Ron Hunt as he came from his second base position.
Ron went about 120 feet trying to get to the ball.
All the Giants have a baserunner at second base for the first time in the ball game.
But going out in the top of the third and the batter coming up is the shortstop, Keaton Hill Fuente.
On that pitch Hallamere was full just once.
The curve ball was outside.
Fuente has no home runs and no runs batted in.
He's batting 175, a right hand batter.
He fouls the first pitch.
Strike one.
One strike count on the right hand batter.
Fuente is as we call from Tacoma where he batted 311, that 19 home run.
He joined the club about 10 days ago.
His one strike delivery, fastball, put it toward second base.
It could be at base six.
Coming in to Ron Hunt, he has no play.
Perfect front by Fuente.
And on the play Hallamere moves the third.
And on the play, it's at base six for Fuente.
It's at base six in the major lakes and 41 times up.
And the Giants right here was going off the top of the third.
The batter will be the pitcher, Bob Bowling.
Bowling has four hits and 32 times up.
He's batting 125.
Right hand batter and his first pitch is swung on a miss.
Strike one.
A strike one count.
That's a play in their infield back looking for a double play.
They'll give up a run here with no one out.
Charlie Smith is about halfway.
No one out.
Top of the third.
Next pitch is a curve dug out of the dirt by Johnny Stevenson.
One ball, one strike.
The next delivery swung on a miss.
Strike two.
A throw to first base.
But Fuente's is back with no time.
Kido Fuente's at first base got his first pitch in series with that bunt.
It was a perfect bunt just like the book has laid it out.
Ball pushed by the pitcher just hard enough and Ron Hudson couldn't make a play.
Now the one-two delivery.
Curveball fouled back in the screen.
So they can't hold it.
One ball and two strikes.
On deck batter is Maddie Allou.
No one away.
The score tied at nothing, nothing.
Fischer's set to work.
A look at first base.
His next pitch is hit right through the middle of base there.
Fuente's going over to third base.
Johnny Lewis throws the ball in the second base and on the play.
The Giants score the first run of the ball game as Al Rehner starts from third.
No ball balling drives in his third run of the season.
A two-strike.
They hit through the middle on the curveball.
And the Giants still have runners at first and third and the batter will be Maddie Allou.
They're fouled out at first time up.
Mets getting some action in their bullpen now as Gordon Richardson takes off his jacket and goes out to the pitching mound in the bullpen.
Gordon, a left-hand pitcher.
Allou batting two-thirty-five and the Mets now have their infield in at first and third, back at second and short.
First pitch by Fischer to Allou is fouled away.
And the Mets strike one, Fischer with a fastball over the outside part of the play.
Maddie Allou loves to front.
He has great speed.
The Mets have their third baseman, Charlie Smith, even with the bag.
And the infield has shortened up.
Eddie Crane will also play in front of the runner at first.
One-strike pitch is fouled off again.
Strike two.
Two-strike count. The Giants lead one-up, inch-going to run here in the top of the third, going away.
Now Crane Bull has dropped back with a two-strike count, not looking for a bun.
And the next pitch is a slip pitch outside, a change-up missing. It's one ball, two strikes.
Allou with two home runs, an 18 runs batted in.
And Fischer back to him with a curve that's hit down the line in foul territory. Crane Bull back by the stand.
And he can't get to it. He stumbles over the top down in right field, but he's not hurt.
Ball going into the stands. The count remains at one ball and two strikes.
At the end of one-and-a-half innings, Houston two, Pittsburgh nothing. Not a ball against Bob French.
At the end of one, Chicago nothing, Milwaukee nothing. Ball against Fischer.
At the end of one-and-a-half innings, St. Louis nothing. The Reds coming up.
Sammy Elm is going for Cincinnati. Grace Sadecki pitching for the Cardinals.
And at the end of three-and-a-half, Philadelphia eight. The Dodgers nothing.
Now Fischer at one-two. And the next delivery is fouled into the dugout of the Giants, right by the on-deck batter, Len Gabelson.
He dives out of the way and the ball goes into the dugout.
Ball attention focused in the dugout right from our point. We can't see exactly if it hit anyone, but from the way the crowd gathered around, it looks like it might have hit.
Hey, Sue Salou is now getting up and walking away. Not seriously. Either that or Orlando Cepeda.
Next pitch is outside and we count now two balls and two strikes.
Cepeda walking up to the front part of the dugout, talking with the home plate umpire and also with some of the Mets players, indicating that it hit the ball out to the field.
Two balls, two strikes. And the pitch outside and that fills at that three-and-two.
Three-and-zero with runners at first and third. No one away. We're in the top of the third. The Giants lead one-nothing.
And a three-two. The runner not going, the pitch is low and inside ball. Four and that holds them up.
Pitches are loaded on the second walk issued by Jack Fisher.
And the batter coming up is Len Gabelson.
Len, a left-hand batter, walked his first time up in four pitches ahead of early May. Gabelson batting at three-oh-two.
Now throwing along with Gordon Richardson, a left-hander, is Bob Morheads, a right-hander.
Out on the bullpen for the Mets. The first pitch to Gabelson is swung on a miss, strike one.
Gabelson going for a high pass ball. Pitch above the letters and Fisher picking up a strike.
Gabelson batting with seven home runs and 22 runs better than.
He's at one hit in the series against the Mets. That was a home run.
There's one strike pitch. It's inside. It's ball one. One ball, one strike.
That's what they're infield back at first, second, and short.
Still hoping to pick up two to give up one.
Giants played one-nothing. Charlie Smith, the third base, is just about halfway. He can go anyway.
Now to one-one pitch. It's hit down to second base.
Picked up by Ron Hunt over to McMillan. He has no throw on the first base, but the fourth play is picked up at second.
But on the play, the Giants score their second run.
Pitu Florentes coming to drop from third base and moving on down to third on the play by a bowler.
Now it's runners at first and third with Woody Mays coming up.
Woody Mays the batter.
And his first pitch is inside a fastball.
He started swinging and spun around, but held the bat back and it's ball one.
Mays all geared up. He's got 40 home runs and 86 runs batted in. He's batting 325.
He has been on a terror streak here in this month, having hit 16 home runs so far.
Really five for nine against the Mets in the series.
And Fisher now back at one. Oh, and the next pitch is in the dirt for ball two.
Mays says, look at the ball, and throws the home plate on fire.
Dan Landis takes a look and throws it out of play.
Two balls, no strikes on Woody Mays.
Fisher a look at first and a throw there, but Gabelson who was picked off first base his first time on,
only a couple steps away.
He was only a few steps away when he was picked off.
Down the two off edge.
So, Woody Mays writes a new record book in the National League.
He has just hit a 17 home run in the month of August, and that is an all-time record in the National League.
Well, it had to happen. There's no doubt about that.
Willie Dodd, he's the hottest man in baseball. Certainly a hall of famer, one of the greatest players that ever lived.
That home run is 494. It puts him ahead of Lou Gehrig in the home run, Debbie.
And it also knocked out Jack Fisher.
High change up. Perfect pitch for Mays to hit. It's all over the left center field now.
And the Giants lead by a score of five to nothing on the free run home run.
Now, Willie Mays is 41st home run this year. He leads the Major League.
Coming in now, left-hander Gordon Richardson in place of Jack Fisher.
Jack officially was credited with two and one-third innings of work.
Charged with five runs, he gave up five hits.
Jack struck out none and walked two.
And Gordon Richardson will be pitching to Willie McCovey.
So while he warms up, we'll run down the scores once again.
At the end of fourth, Philadelphia nine, the Dodgers nothing.
Wilhite now pitching for the Dodgers. Osteen was the starting pitcher.
Ray Culp, working for Philadelphia.
Corrales, Alex Johnson, Bob Wine, Richie Allen home run.
At the end of two and a half, Houston two, Pittsburgh nothing.
Don Nottabart pitching for the Astros against Bob Fritz.
At the end of one, Chicago nothing, Milwaukee nothing.
Bill Paul pitching against Hank Fisher.
St. Louis nothing, Cincinnati nothing after one.
Ray Sedecky working for the Cardinals against Sammy Ellis.
In the American League, the Yankees are scheduled at Kansas City for a single game.
Boston playing two at Chicago at the end of one, Boston nothing, Chicago nothing.
Marble gets pitching for the Red Sox against Howard for the White Sox.
Baltimore at Washington for a single ballgame at the end of five and a half inning.
Baltimore four, Washington three.
Don Larson relieving no tapas in the sixth.
Cluster Nirm still in the ballgame at the starting pitcher for the Senators.
Dick Ninh home run the fourth with no one on.
At the end of one, Cleveland nothing, Minnesota nothing.
The Targon against Merritt, two newcomers to the American League.
Also scheduled Detroit and Los Angeles.
Right now we pause for station identification.
This is the New York Vance Baseball Network.
This is WGY 810 on the dial, Schenectady.
And while we have this opportunity, we'll take advantage of it to appraise you of
President Johnson's just completed press conference.
He opened his conference, that is, Texas Farm, by congratulating the astronauts
and announcing plans for the astronauts, as he indicated earlier when he talked with them,
that they would be going on a world tour along with other astronauts to better
world understanding of the situations now taking place.
The President announced the end of the 75-day old shipping strike, but in response to
a reporter's query as to the status of the steel strike, could give no answer,
but that he hoped it would be settled before the Tuesday deadline.
The President announced the appointment of John Gronowski,
U.S. Postmaster General as Ambassador to Poland.
The ambassador will be Lawrence O'Brien, who has been up to this time a special
assistant to the President.
He also touched on international situations, saying that for the first time
the agreement is now in the Dominican Republic.
He is also hoping for a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute between
Pakistan and India.
We'll have further details on the 6 p.m. news on WGY.
The first of all two strikes, Richardson on the left hand pitch, taking a sign
from Johnny Stevenson.
And his next pitch is fouled over the screen.
Another counter hold at one and two.
Major League record for home runs in one month is held by Rudy York.
Only one other batter has hit more than 16 in one month, along with Willie May.
May Ruth has hit 17.
Next pitch is fouled back in the screen, and the count stays at one ball and
two strikes.
And the next delivery is swung on at miss, strike three, actually a foul tip.
It was held on two by Gordon Richardson, the indication by the umpire that the
ball was a foul tip.
So Richardson strikes out his first man.
That was a first strike out against the Genets in the game so far, and the
Mets now have their second out, and the batter will be Jim Ray Hart.
Jim flied out to center field his first time up.
He's batting at 296, a right hand batter.
And he takes the first pitch for a called strike.
Hart has hit 16 home runs this year and driven in 68.
Giants lead 5-0, scoring five runs here in the third.
Richardson 26 years of age, 6-foot-jaw, 185.
Hart's going left-hander, last year won four, lost two, four.
Five deep to right field.
Back in the warning track is Joe Christopher.
He is there.
He makes the catch.
That retires the strike, but in the end the Giants score five runs on Morbay
six.
There were no errors and no one left out.
At the score at the end of two and a half innings, the Giants five.
Mets is up eight.
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All the Giants sent eight men to the plate in the third inning.
You got five of them across home plate.
All the way around the bases they lead by a score of five to nothing.
Now they take the field and they have made one change.
Willie McCovey has been taken out of the ballgame.
Glenn Gabelson has moved in at first base from left field.
Mattia Lew, who was in right field, has moved to left field to take
Gabelson's place.
And in the ballgame, in batting in the fourth spot of the batting
order, Ken Henderson now playing right field.
This will have Johnny Lewis against Bob Bolin here in the bottom half of
third.
And the first pitch to the left hand batter is the curveball inside
at ball one.
Johnny batting for the second time.
Look out.
This is a fastball.
It's the first time out.
Bob Bolin has struck out four.
He got three in the first.
Next pitch is looked at for a called strike.
One ball, one strike.
And the one-one delivery popped up.
The second baseman, Hal O'Neal, going back.
The right fielder, Ken Henderson, and Willie Mays off of converging.
Henderson calls.
Mays lets him take it.
Now the Mets will have Eddie Creampool coming up.
Eddie doubled off the glove of Mattia Lew in right field his first time
up.
Ball was misplayed by Lew and went for a two-base hit.
Mets had runners at second and third in the first with one man away.
They were left there when Smith and Christopher struck out.
They had runners at first and second in the second with two men on.
And Ron Hunt struck out.
A ground ball on the first pitch hit down to the first baseman, Gabelson.
He goes over to the pitcher.
With the throw on, he makes the play at first to retire Creampool.
That'll bring up Charlie Smith.
Charlie 0 for one, batting that 260.
Creampool before the out, batting 267.
Giants five, the Mets nothing, two men out, bottom half the third.
Bob Pullman working for the Giants and giving up two hits.
And at first pitch, Smith is down low at ball one.
The 1-0 delivery and a curve ball is bounced toward third.
On crew into right field, ball bouncing by the glove of Jim Ray Hart.
It's picked up by Mattia Lew and Smith holds it first base.
The Mets have their third base hit in the game.
And with two men out, the batter is Joe Christopher.
Joe struck out his first time up, batting at 246.
Joe has his four home runs, driven in 34.
And the first pitch is called a strike, right around the knees, strike one.
The Mets are playing their 130th ball game.
After this homestand, they have only 11 more dates at home.
One strike pitch is swung on and missed, strike two.
Two home runs after five games with Houston, two on Tuesday night,
two on Wednesday afternoon, and one on Thursday afternoon.
Now two strikes, a fastball in tight, one ball, two strikes.
Ball went back again and missing again.
Fastball two, Mitch Hyne away, backhanded by Tom Holler, two and two.
Donnie Smith at first base with a short lead.
Mitch Hyne to left field, on the line, and a ball for a base hit.
Lou has a strong run, goes it all the way in.
Ball caught on the short hop by Tom Holler right near home.
Throw a double for Joe Christopher.
Joe has 12 doubles a year.
Once again, the Mets have two baserunners.
And for the second time in the game, in three innings,
they have had baserunners at second and third.
They have yet to get one across, and the batter this time will be
Johnny Stevenson.
Tom Holler talking it over with Bob Boland on the mound,
now back behind home plate, getting set to send the signs out
as they get ready for Johnny Stevenson.
Johnny, betting 227, tried to run his way on his first time up.
He's in front of the first pitch, right back to the pitches.
Bob Boland puts the ball in play, and it's over to first base,
hoping to pick up an out as the Giants claim Joe Christopher missed first,
but the indication being that Joe touched it as Mel Steiner indicates
the safe sign, and he cuts the bag.
Now Boland, bringing the signs again.
Into the windup, here's his pitch.
Swung on and missed, strike one.
Masadari Morikami warming up on the bullpen for the Giants,
and that's threatening here with runners at second and third.
The Giants lead five-nuckets.
One strike delivery, swung on and missed, strike two.
Bob Boland in a similar jam in the first, struck out, too.
He also had runners at first and second and struck out one,
picking himself out of two jams with strikeouts.
His two-strike delivery.
Fastball swung on and missed, strike three.
So Boland reaches back and leaves two-on, striking out Johnny Stevenson.
That strikeout is fifth in the ballgame,
and all the strikeouts coming with runners on base.
No runs, two hits, no errors, two left,
and the score at the end of three to Johnny's five to miss nothing.
Now you're going to hear a terribly sad song about a man who's unlucky in luck,
but lucky in beer.
From the little cafes of Romania comes the song about Eumenolet,
who drinks to forget the fire that burns his heart because Marijuana doesn't love him.
Even if you're not on fire like poor Yonelo Le,
you can work up a passion of Romanian thirst with spicy salamale,
and then you'll very likely call for the Reingold.
It's a fact that in New York City, where there are more Romanians than in Bailesh,
more people drink Reingold extra dry than any other beer.
How come?
Maybe you can find out at your local peewee test,
but we must be doing something right.
It's the top of the fourth inning.
The Giants coming up as they lead five to nothing,
and the first man up will be Tom Holler.
On the mound for the Mets, and the leaf of Jack Fisher who is knocked out.
In the top of the third is Gordon Richardson.
And Gordon, a left-hander with his first pitch to the left-hand batter,
and swung on for strike one.
Holler batting 243 with 10 home runs and 34 runs batted in.
Richardson pitching to his third man since coming in the game.
He got his first two, and he misses low and away.
One ball, one strike.
Now the left-hander ready to work,
and his next delivery is a curve that sweeps in for a golf strike two.
One ball and two strikes.
Holler will be followed by Howell O'Neer and Tito Fuente.
And he checks on the swing.
It's in time, and the curve breaks too low, and it's two balls and two strikes.
Two and two, with no one out in the top of the fourth.
Giants have five runs on five hits, but a big one by Willie Mays, scoring three.
It went all the way.
Two-two pitch, a curve hit down the first.
Crane Poole digs it out, goes over to Richardson,
covering it first basing time for the out.
Now with one away, the second baseman, Howell O'Neer, will come up.
Howell started off the five-run third with a blue double to right field.
The ball was just a little check swing hit on a curve ball outside and dropped in
just out of the reach of Ron Hunt, who tried to track it down from second base.
After that, Fuente, beyond deck batter, beat out a bunt and moved O'Neer over to third.
Bob Boland helped his guard with a two-strike base hit to center.
First pitch, O'Neer hit deep to right field.
A far run by Joe Critch, with the rim holding the ball up, he makes the catch.
So on one pitch, the second out.
Put in the record book, and it brings up the shortstop, Tito Fuente,
who is scored when Ben Gaberson hit him to a fourth play in the third.
Maddie Alou walked in that third to load up the bases.
Gaberson got one in when he grounded out, leaving two on for Willie Mays,
who hit his 41st overrun to make it a 5-0 game.
Fuente, with his first hit in the series, a punt at last time, uptakes high, it's 4-1.
He's batting 195, a right-hand batter.
Boop.
And Richardson with the sign and back again.
And a swing of the miss, strike one.
Fuente is a Cuban.
He played at Tacoma the early part of this year, about at 3-11.
He swings and misses again at strike two.
One ball, two strikes.
And Richardson at one-two.
This is the swing on a miss, strike three,
but Gordon takes the side away in order,
picking up his second strike out since coming to the game.
He now has retired five in a row since coming to the game and the score.
At the end of three-and-a-half innings, the Giants five, and that's nothing.
Now here's Lindsey Delfson with another unusual fact for the Viceroy Hall of Records.
I've got a question for you.
Know when the first night game was played?
I was surprised it was so long ago.
But the Viceroy Hall of Records gives the nod to a couple of amateur teams
that played in Massachusetts the year 1880.
Surprising, huh?
But I'll tell you this, it's no surprise to see more and more smokers choosing Viceroy.
It's because Viceroy has got the taste that's right.
You see, Viceroy is specifically designed to taste the way you'd like a filter cigarette to taste.
Viceroy is not too strong, like some brands,
it tastes as if they didn't have a filter and not too light, like some others.
You know the kind, they just don't seem to satisfy your taste.
But when you light up a Viceroy,
you get the filter cigarette that's not too strong, not too light.
Viceroy's got the filter for the taste that's right.
Viceroy's got the taste that's right,
not too strong and not too light,
Viceroy's got the taste that's right.
And that's Batty now in the bottom half of the floor.
The first man up will be Ron Svoboda.
He'll be followed by Roy McMillan.
And then the pitcher on the pitcher's position.
They trail five to eight.
On the mound with the five all eight is Bob Bullock.
Bob has struck out five and has given up four base hits.
He hits the first pitch in the right field, right there is Anderson.
He makes an easy catch at the line drive.
Anderson is a very good-looking outfield prospect.
He plays in the field, right field and left.
He made that catch just like he was willing to make.
It was a hard shot to right.
He just dodged it onto the ball and he put it away.
It's all in one pitch.
Ron Svoboda goes back to the bench.
He had flied out to left field his first time up.
And the batter will be Roy McMillan who's single to left field his first time up.
Fifty-three, a right-hand batter.
And he takes the first pitch for a called strike.
One strike out of Roy McMillan.
Roy three for seven against the Giants in this three-game series.
One strike delivery is a high fast ball.
This is inside and it's ball one.
Woo!
All the scoring in the game coming in the top of the third.
The Giants scoring five as they send eight up.
All five runs charged to Jack Fisher the starting pitcher.
One-one pitch, a slider outside and low in its ball too.
Two balls, one strike.
And the next delivery has popped up.
First baseman Len Gabelson and Alan Eyre the second baseman.
Right there, Lan Eyre calls and he makes a catch.
So two away in the bottom half.
The fourth in the batter is Gordon Richardson.
Gordon is all for four.
He bats from the right-hand side.
That's pretty good swing.
Right here with a miss-spinning by five.
Wes Westrom not wanting to use up any more pitching as he has five games coming up against Houston.
We'll be telling you about that in a minute.
First pitch is a called strike for strike one.
Five games in three days.
On top of that, Richardson has looked good.
He has retired all five in his base.
He takes high now and it's one ball, one strike.
And the next pitch is a curveball, swung on and missed, strike two.
One ball, two strikes.
And Bowlin back again.
Then the fastball is in, strike three.
So Bob Bowlin strikes out a sixth man in the ball game, retiring the side in order.
And the fastball is in, strike two.
And the fastball is in, strike three.
And the fastball is in, strike two.
And Bowlin strikes out a sixth man in the ball game, retiring the side in order.
And the score at the end of four, the Giants five, the Mets nothing.
As we were mentioning, Wes Westrom has five games coming up starting Tuesday with a twilight doubleheader against the Houston Astros.
He'll also play a doubleheader on Wednesday.
That's an afternoon game starting at one o'clock.
The twilighter starts at six.
Then Thursday, the Mets close out the homestand with a two o'clock day game against the Astros.
Scheduled pitchers for the Tuesday night game, Robin Roberts.
Now back in the National League.
He has had quite a start in the National League in his second childhood, so to speak.
Won his first two games on four-hit shutouts.
And along with Robin Roberts, it'll be Bob Bruce.
So the Astros will have two right-handers.
The Mets will counter with two left-handers, Tugnall and Larry Miller.
Tug off with two big wins over the St. Louis Cardinals and the Dodgers.
Tug defeating Sandy Kopacs.
Last time out, that's no chore.
And he can toss off lightly.
So we're looking forward to five of the Astros starting Tuesday night.
Hope you can be with us out here at Shea Stadium.
If not, the games will be radio and television.
In the National League, at the end of five-and-a-half innings, Philadelphia leading the Dodgers by a score of nine to one.
The Dodgers finally scored in the top of the sixth on a homerun by Willie Davis.
Boyd's still pitching for the Dodgers in place of Claude Osteen, the starting pitcher.
Ray Kopp going so far all the way for the Phillies.
Corrales, Alex Johnson, Bob Wine, Richie Allen, and Willie Davis, homeruns in the game.
Right here, it's a 5-0 game with Bob Bullen, the batter against Gordon Richardson, Bob, a right-hand batter.
And he takes the first pitch, hits strike one.
And he even helped his cause in the five-run third when he singled on a two-strike count in the center field off Jack Fisher to keep the rally going.
It drove in the first run of the game.
Bullen now with three runs battered and hitting 152.
He takes low and it's one ball, one strike.
One ball, one strike.
And the next deliver is hit in the air to shallow right center field.
Rich for coming over.
Johnny Lewis also there.
And Johnny cuts across to make the catch.
So they get Bob Bullen for the first out in the top of the fifth.
Now with the Giants leading 5-0, the leadoff batter, Mattie Allou, will be coming up.
At the end of seventh, a tie game, Baltimore 4, Washington 4, Larson pitching for the Oil's,
Buster Nairm for the Senators.
The end of three, Minnesota 1, Cleveland nothing.
Morgan against Merritt.
And also scheduled for the Yankees at Kansas City, Detroit and Los Angeles.
Mattie Allou now the batter.
He tries to burn it.
It's in the air.
And Rainbow will get to it.
And he makes the catch.
He's out there.
Bullen Allou is the ball's done on a punt try.
And now the second out in the top of the fifth.
The first in the batter will be Len Gabelson.
Gabelson has driven in the run even to a fourth play to score a second run for the Giants.
And they scored five in the third.
They lead five nothing.
And he also walked in four pitches.
He's batting an even 300 with his 0-1.
And he bounces the first ball by Cookie Lavagetto for a foul ball, strike one.
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Enjoy a buffet dinner at the Marine Theater.
Then see Mardi Gras, Kyle Ibargo's new musical extravaganza.
It's the best ever at Jones Beach.
One strike count on the left-hand batter.
And he takes inside corner for a called strike two.
Gabelson jumping away thinking he thinks he's inside.
Still thinks he's inside as he talks back to the umpire, Stan Landis.
Gabelson stands right on top of the plate.
He's no more than a foot away.
Now Gabelson ready to go and Gordon Richardson ready to go.
The next pitch is swung on a missed strike three.
So Gordon Richardson picks up his third strikeout in two and two-thirds innings.
And he now has retired eight in the roll since coming in the ball game and the score.
The end of four and a half, the Giants five to Metsnummey.
Now coming in to do the play-by-play, Mr. Bob Murphy.
But first here's a very sad French-Canadian song about a fellow who lost the key of his clarinet. Listen.
J'ai perdu le dos de ma clarinet.
Ah, qui m'a failli parer à moi.
J'ai perdu le dos de ma clarinet is a song with the kind of humor French-Canadians love.
But one song leads to another and the thirst that follows is no laughing matter.
Ah, qui m'a failli parer à moi.
J'ai perdu le dos de ma clarinet.
Ah, qui m'a failli parer à moi.
The kind of humor French-Canadians love.
But one song leads to another and the thirst that follows is no laughing matter.
Ah, qui m'a failli parer à moi.
J'ai perdu le dos de ma clarinet.
Ah, qui m'a failli parer à moi.
Grand Saint-Picoult is what they'll sing as they reach for a beer.
Probably Rheingold extra dry.
In fact, in New York City, where there are more different kinds of people than in any other city in the world,
more people drink Rheingold than any other beer.
Why do French-Canadians like Rheingold? We don't know.
But we must be doing something right.
JE PEUS LE DOS DE MA CLARINE
Is a song with the kind of humor French-Canadians love.
But one song leads to another and the thirst that follows is no laughing matter.
matter.
Grande en piquant is what they'll sing as they reach for a beer, probably Rheingold extra
dry. In fact, in New York City, where there are more different kinds of people than in
any other city in the world, more people drink Rheingold than any other beer. Why do French
people drink Rheingold? Well, Canadians like Rheingold, we don't know, but we must be doing
something right.
Now the last half of any number five, Ron Hunt will try and get something going for New
York against hard-drawing Bob Bullock. And the curve is under the knees, one ball and
no strikes. Ron has been hit by a pitch and struck out, nothing for one. Ron now starting
that rhythmic staccato, hoping the mess can get it working. Just taking a high, two balls
and no strikes. And the drive to high is ball three. Ron will be trying to wade him out
and get on. That's thrilling by five, need a cluster of base runners. St. Louis got five
runs on the third inning at Cincinnati, and the Cardinals now lead six-nothing after two
and a half. Way inside, ball four. So Ron is on for the second half and three-fifths
of the plate, it brings up Jenny Lewis. Outside and high, one ball and no strikes. Now the
ball is rolling down, making a trip to the mat to talk to Bob Bullock.
Round ball through the hole, a base pitcher on the right field. Other round ball, a base
pitcher on the right field. Other round second will stop there. That's thrilling by five
runs, they won't be taking chances on the baseline. So on the single to right by Jenny
Lewis, the Mets, now have runners on first and second, nobody out. Eddie Greenbrew coming
out. That was the fifth base of the game off by Bullock. Now the two of the company is
kind of back to their
two-糾 the rotation earlier, battered there, and when they hit the all pitchorganized
Runners on first and third and nobody out.
The Nuts have runners on first and third, nobody out.
And Charlie Smith coming up.
Charlie has been struck out and single event.
One hit and two times at bat.
Charlie has been struck out and single event.
One hit and two times at bat.
Bob Pollan will stay in.
Now he has another time left with Tom Holler.
Meanwhile the Giants both have Masanori and Murakami.
And relief ace Frank Leslie are warming up.
We'll take another check at all of the games from this tight Nashville-Aquinnah race at the end of the inning.
Giants have the infield straight away looking for two.
The outfield is dragged to left.
Fast ball inside to Johnny Smith.
One ball and no strikes.
Charlie has been struck out and single to left field.
Charlie is hitting 261. He's the top run producer on the ball club.
Curve over the inside. One for a call strike.
One ball and one strike.
Wes Westrom is asking for time.
And walking to home plate. He wants to talk to Charlie Smith.
I think this has something to do with Charlie's left arm.
You know he was hit above the elbow by a pitch throw by Stallard and Cardinal series.
When he was first put back in the lineup he was put back against the obituaries who were not flame-growers.
Because he couldn't get the bat around as fast as normal.
He hit the ground ball to third. Heartthroats the second they have one.
That's all they can get. Hit the store as Johnny Lewis.
Well he did get around on that fast ball and hit it hard on the ground down to third.
Now it's 5-2. A run batted in for Charlie Smith on the ground ball to third.
It's 56 to run batted in.
Charlie Smith on first. One man out. Joe Christopher the batter.
And the miss of this goal in the heart in the spinning.
Now the pitch to Christopher. A check swing slow roller down the third base line.
Hits up by a goal and the peg is in the hand at first base.
Throw to Lynn Gabrielson. Just got there and it nicked Joe Christopher.
Charlie Smith with it over to second.
Christopher didn't mean to hit that when he checked his swing.
Hit a slow roller down the line going toward third.
Now there are two away and Charlie Smith is on second base.
Johnny Stevenson has tried to bunny's way on and been thrown out.
And been struck out. No hits in two times at bat.
Johnny hitting 224. He's a left hand batter.
Bolan's pitch on the way. Curve outside. One ball and no strikes.
Bolan delivers to Stevenson and he pops it high into the air.
A foul ball back toward the crowd. And it's out of play.
Now the 1-1 pitch. A fast ball and a tie. Two balls and a strike.
Giants scored their five runs in the third inning.
Curve ball high. Three and one. Rounds for Bota waiting on deck.
Big blow for the Giants with the three run homer by Willie May.
Three-one delivery. Inside and high. Ball four.
Winners on first and second. Two down. Rounds for Bota is coming up.
Brown has slid to left and lined the ball hard to the right fielder Henderson.
And now on signal, Sam Haller is going to the mat to talk to Bob Bolan.
Herman Frank standing on the dugout floor near the front corner of the dugout flanked on one side by Cookie Lavagento and on the other by Charlie Fox.
And they all fully realize that rounds for Bota is the kind of hitter you have to be careful with.
A high pop fly with a short left field. The winner is the shortstop, those backhand comes out of Alou and Alou takes it for the out.
The bat is retired. New York scoring two runs. On two hits, no errors, two left on.
Now five innings complete as the Giants five runs, five hits with no errors.
The New York Mets two runs, six hits and no errors.
A day off tomorrow and a twin mill Tuesday evening against the Astros starting at 6 p.m.
Bob Bruce and Robin Roberts pitching for Houston, Tug McGraw and Larry Miller for the New York Mets.
At County Mac Stadium, the Philadelphia Phillies lead the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-3 at the end of six and a half innings.
Osteen, Will Hyde, Reed and Kekich have pitched for the Dodgers, Kelk for the Phillies. Corallies, Johnson, Wyon and Allen have homered for Philadelphia, Willie Davis for the Dodgers.
Houston 2, Pittsburgh 1 after four and a half, not a part against Friend.
Chicago 2, Milwaukee nothing after four and a half, Bill Fahl against Hank Fisher.
St. Louis had a five run third to route Sammy Ellis.
St. Louis 6, Cincinnati nothing at the end of two and a half, they had Sedeckia in the mound.
Yankees play in Kansas City this afternoon.
White Sox are leading the Red Sox two to nothing after four in the first game of a doubleheader, Mount Bukette against Howard.
Last of the ninth inning in Washington with the ball game between the Orioles and Senators tied four to four.
Larson and Relief of Pappas narrowing pitching for Washington.
Minnesota leading Cleveland one to nothing after three and a half, Steve Hargett against Jim Merritt.
Detroit at Los Angeles later today.
Now we have a new pitcher in the game for the New York Mets, Bob Moorehead takes over the pitching.
As we go to the sixth inning and Willie Mays will be leading off with the Giants.
Gordon Richardson turning in a flawless job in Relief.
Richardson faced eight men while in Relief and retired only.
Gordon Richardson in two and two-thirds innings allowed no runs, no hits. He walked nine and he struck out three.
Willie Mays has singled his center and vaulted a three-run homer.
The homerun, a record-breaking moment, is 17th during the month of August. 494 in his career.
He stands alone now, number five in the all-time homerun derby.
Curve ball, swung and missed, rank one.
Tremendous year for Willie Mays. Willie has hit 41 homeruns and knocked 89 runs in.
Moorehead winds down against the pitch. The knuckleball is swung and missed and the count strikes two.
We're in the sixth inning, Giants five and the Mets two. And it's over on the outside corner, bank three.
Bob Moorehead making his first appearance and joining the ball club from Williamsburg. Bob has won none and lost one.
Alken Henderson, who went to right field in the last half of the third inning, he's up for the first time.
One ball and now strikes.
A fly ball hit deep to center, drifting back is Johnny Lewis. He's under it, taps the glove and puts it away.
Two outs, nobody on in the top of the sixth inning and the batter now is Jim Ray Hart.
Third baseman Jim Ray Hart has fly deep to center and fly to right, no hits and two times up.
Batting at 296. He's a right hand hitter with good power, he has 16 homeruns.
Curve, low and away, one ball, no strikes.
Wild pitch, not officially with nobody on but it's failed all the way to the backstop, two balls and no strikes.
Bob Haller kneeling in the on deck circle, now Mooreheads 2-0 delivery. Breaking ball inside and he falls behind on Jim Hart, three balls and no strikes.
If the Mets can pull this one out, they will win six games this year from the Giants, the same number they won from the Dodgers.
Ball four and Jim Hart walks on four pitches.
Tom Haller will be coming up, Haller has popped a short, drafted out to Eddie Cranepool. Haller 0-2.
Tom is batting 242 with 10 homeruns and 34 runs batted out.
Now Mooreheads, so a breaking ball gets away from Johnny Stevenson and hit off the shin guard at Stan Landis.
So going on to second base goes Jim Hart. Nothing ball by Bob Mooreheads. This will be a fastball charge to Johnny Stevenson.
Now Bob eyes the runner at second, here's his pitch on the way. Down in the dirt, a good stop by Johnny Stevenson, two balls and no strikes.
Mooreheads drives the knuckleball and it's over for a strike, two and one.
Al Lanier is in the on deck circle. Pitching two and one. Low in the dirt, bounds away and moving on to third goes Jim Hart.
That ball carries to Johnny Stevenson, that was down in the dirt though.
So a hard and dry walk has now gone around to third on a couple of fastballs.
That last knuckleball hit the dirt in front of the plate. Normally those are scored a wild pitch.
Three and one on Tom Haller. Moorehead out of his windup, here's the pitch. It's two high ball, four and Haller goes to first.
Al Lanier started off the five run inning back in the third with a fly ball, one blown double down the right field line.
Moved over to third on a bun single by Tito Fuentes. Bob Bolin behind on the cap, then singled up the middle driving in the first run.
Then Gabriel Sinsgrouter drove in the second run and Willie Mays in a three run homer to make it five nothing in favor of the Giants.
That's got two runs in their half of the fifth inning so it's five to two. The Giants are batting here in the sixth inning. Runners on first and third in two outs.
It's down to Al Lanier, it's down to the knees for a call strike.
Ground ball hammered down to third, fielded by Charlie Smith. He begs to Ron Hunt and they have the force play to side it up.
For the Giants in the sixth, no runs, no hits, no errors and two left. At the end of five and a half, the score, Giants five and the Mets two.
Last of the sixth inning, Roy McSmillen will be up against Bob Bolin. Mack has singled to left and been retired on a pop fly to second, one for two.
This will get warm up action in their bullpen. Bob Moorhead is scheduled up next. Fast ball, two high, one ball and no strikes.
A lot of great looking batters brought here today by the Mets young following.
A fly ball in high in the air to shallow left center. Mattie Allou comes down to begin and makes the catch.
One away, nobody on it. Now Chuck Yiller will bat for Bob Moorhead.
The bait attendance this afternoon is 46,33. A marvelous crowd. A total attendance 47,170.
Line drive in the air to the right, in comes Henderson, he picks it off shoulder high.
Yiller hitting the first pitch, lines to Henderson and Wright. The three days with the Giants have drawn 150,347.
Saw the seven day period with the Dodgers and the Giants coming into New York. Attracted almost 300,299,145.
Ron Hunt batting at the top of the order as Bob Bullen winds and pitches and the curve is a strike on the inside corner.
Now the pitcher on the way and it's popped up, he hit him off the first with a good pitch.
Gabriel's in the first base but near the bag in fair territory, takes it for the eye. Bullen coming back with a strong inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Now six innings complete. The Giants five and the New York Mets two.
It's hard to imagine New York City without every kind of jazz from Dixieland to progressive.
Unfortunately you don't have to listen.
That's Backstreet Rag, a uniquely American sound. It came up to Mississippi out of New Orleans with the Negro Jazzmen who played it to the world.
But they didn't stop with Dixieland and the blues.
Little David's View by John Lewis is a new sound that's part of a new generation.
But whether it's the old jazz or the new, it's thirsty work for the musicians.
And when they put down their instruments, they'll pick up a cold beer, often wringled extra dry.
In fact, in New York City, where there are more kinds of jazz than in any other city in the world, more people drink Reingold than any other beer.
Why do so many people like Reingold? We don't know, but we must be doing something right.
Dave Eyers is on the pitch now for the New York Mets, and before we go to the seventh inning, we'll pause for station identification.
This is the New York Mets baseball network.
You're tuned to wait 10 on the radio dial. WGY is connected. Your station for Mets baseball in the northeast.
Bob Murphy with Ralph Kainter and Lindsay Nelson from Shea Stadium.
Dave Eyers now on the pitch for New York as the game goes to the southern.
Hido Pouwines, the shortstop, hitting eighth in the order, will be leading off.
Third ball game for Dave since he joined the Mets. His first two appearances, he has chalked up a save and a win, relieving against the Cardinals and the Dodgers.
Hido Pouwines has a bunch single and has been struck out one hit and two times up.
Dave, a right-hander, a sinkerball pitcher, a high fly, hits deep to left by Pouwines, back to Swabota, near the bullpen, he reaches and makes the catch.
Brown Swabota was flat up against the screen in front of the bullpen fence, reached over his head and made a one-hand grab of that drive hit by Hido Pouwines.
Ballpark was just the right size to hold that one.
Big Schofield is coming out. Schofield is trying to hit for it by a bullpen. So Herman Franks making a move here.
Not taking any chances on Bullens firing, although Bullens came back strong for an impressive six-bunning.
Outside and high, one ball and no strikes on Big Schofield.
Now high as Wines, the pitch, breaking ball over, a strike, one ball and one strike.
The Sonora, Amirah Cami and Frank Lindsay are the pitchers getting ready in the giant bullpen.
Ground ball raked a second round hunt in front of it, Dixon out of the dirt, juggles and throws, he got him by running strides.
Now two outs and nobody on, time of the seventh, the leadoff batter, Mattie Allou, comes up for the fourth time.
Mattie has fouled out to Johnny Stevenson, reached on a walk and fouled out the crane bull for hanging to bucks.
Ground ball and no strikes.
Looping fly ball in the left field, Rav Swaboda is in the stride, he's under it and he takes it to side his up.
Dave Ehlers gets the chance quickly in the top of the seventh.
No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Seven minutes stretch time at the end of six and a half to score, Giants five and the Mets two.
Now it's time for another unusual fact from the Vance Roy Hall of Records.
Today's story could be called a batter's nightmare.
When Frank Chance was playing for Chicago he reached base five times in one ball game.
But Frank wasn't doing the hitting, he was hit with five pitch balls.
Ouch. Now let's turn to a more pleasant stuff, you can talk about Vice Roy.
Vice Roy's got the taste that's right. You know why?
Because Vice Roy is specifically designed to taste the way you'd like a filter cigarette to taste.
Not too strong like some brands that taste if they didn't have a filter.
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Masanori and Yurakami is the new pitcher for San Francisco.
It's been that seven minutes, half of the seven minutes.
For Masanori in the 34th ball game this year.
He's had a pretty good year in relief.
Yurakami has won three and lost only one.
Every appearance for Masanori has been in relief with one exception.
He started one ball game on Masanori and Yurakami day at Candlestick Park.
A ball game he started against San Francisco.
That game by the way against Philadelphia.
A ball game by the way wound up 15 to 9.
Let's have our left hand hitters coming up.
Johnny Lewis and Ed Crane pool and so on.
And Franks comes in with Masanori and Yurakami.
He's a curveball stylist but he gets the ball over.
Breaking ball on the outside corner, strike one goal.
Johnny Lewis single his last time up to help build a run.
Johnny has one hit and three drips.
Jim Hart plays him in close at third.
But when he shades towards second.
And it's popped up on the left side of the diamond.
Hart drifting back behind third in fair territory.
He has it for the off.
One out and nobody on.
Ed Crane pool will be hitting.
Eddie has a double and a single and three times up.
Eddie now has hiked his batting average on his home stand to 268.
Pittsburgh has now gone out in front of the Houston Astros.
They're being behind in the early part of the ball game.
On the outside corner, strike one goal to Eddie Crane pool.
Have a pitcher on the way.
And it gets the outside corner, a breaking ball to Crane pool, a two strike count.
The Giants are out in front on the strength of a three run homer by Willie Mays back in the third inning.
They lead five to two.
Swing and a miss, he's struggling out.
Two up and two cast aside by Masanori Murakami.
Charlie Smith has struck out single to left and restart a force play.
He reached on the force play on the fifth inning, he knocked in a run.
Eddie Crane pool and Charlie Smith have been credited with the two RBIs for New York.
Murakami over the head, the pitch to Charlie Smith, a swing and a miss on a curve in the cast rank one.
Watching Murakami work, he saves the pitch with a minimum of effort.
Now he goes to his fastball that's inside, one ball and one strike.
The Giants will not have Murakami next year, Masi will stay and play baseball in Tokyo.
Pitching one and one, low and outside, two balls and a strike.
He had quite a hassle over Murakami before the season started.
He's inside, ball three, three and one.
A lot of cable grams were sent back and forth before they finally decided.
Murakami would honor his contract with the Giants instead of remaining in Tokyo to play,
where as you can imagine, he is their top baseball celebrity.
Three-one delivery.
Foul pop-up, no play, this is back beyond the screen and to the ground.
A swing and a miss, Murakami struck him out.
Murakami comes in to get the side in order, the Mets unable to get the ball out of the infield.
No runs, no hits, no errors and none left.
Seven innings complete, the Giants five runs, five hits, no errors.
New York two runs, six hits and no errors.
Let's get right up to date now on the pennant race.
Last of the eighth inning in Philadelphia,
Bill's having a big day bombarding Dodger pitching, they are out in front 10-3 behind Ray Colt.
Osteen was the Dodger starter, he went out in a five run Philadelphia third inning.
Phillies have hit four home runs, Corallies, Johnson, Wyand and Allen.
Willie Davis hit one for the Dodgers.
Pittsburgh tied Houston in the fifth inning, got two more in the sixth inning to go in front.
It's now Pittsburgh four, Houston two at the end of six.
Gibbon is the fourth Pirate hurler, not a bird has gone all the way for Houston.
Chicago got three in the sixth inning.
Reds comes now leading Milwaukee five to two at the end of six and a half.
Braves have lost five in a row.
Bill Fall is the Chicago pitcher.
Billy Williams, Ron Sano and Ernie Banks have all humored for Chicago.
Big day for the Cardinals, they lead Cincinnati 10-0 after four and a half behind Ray Sedecki.
Reds just got four runs in the fifth inning on two run hummers by Harper and Benson.
St. Louis 10-4 at the end of five.
Right here we go to the eighth inning and Len Gabrielson is the leadoff batter against Dave Isler.
Pitch is inside, one ball and no strikes.
In the American League it will be the Yankees and Kansas City, it will be Al Downing against Luke Krause.
The Red Sox and the White Sox are tied two to two at the end of six in the first game of a double header.
Baltimore and Washington are tied four-four at the end of 11-0.
Ground ball toward the hole, Hunt can't run it down, it goes into right field for a base hit.
Minnesota one grave with nothing after four and a half, Steve Harden against Jim Mertz.
And Detroit plays at L.A.
Now, the Electricity going through the crowd, Marks and the presence of Willie Mays has to hit it.
The Dodgers are out in front, the Giants, I beg your pardon, are out in front on the strength of the free run hummer hit by Willie Mays back in the third inning.
Powering pop-up outside first in the foul territory, Crane Bull drifting over by the dugout, makes the catch.
One out and one on.
Well, it's hard to really say who's the biggest attraction in New York, the Dodgers or the Giants.
In eight dates at Shea Stadium with the Dodgers this year, the Mets drew 340,758.
In eight dates against the Giants this year at Shea Stadium, 336,278.
Just about a standoff, the Dodgers and Giants combined to attract playing the Mets, 677,000.
Outside and lower on Ken Henderson, one ball and no strikes.
Dave Ehner is looking in for his sign.
Gabrielson is on first, one out.
Ground ball hit toward the hole, it's going through for a face hit to right.
Gabrielson on his way to third, there'll be no play for him. And now the Giants have runners on first and third with one out.
Single to right by Ken Henderson.
Giants have runners on first and third and the batter is Jim Ray Hart.
Now Ron Hunt and Roy McMillan are looking for two, Ron Shades a bit toward second.
Jim Hart has flied out twice, last time at bat he reached on a walk.
Batting at 296.
Pitch is over, strike one goal.
28-year-old Dave Ehlers, stocky right-hander from Carmine, Texas pitching in relief for the New York Mets.
Lined in the air to center field running for it is Johnny Lewis running, running and he can't handle it and breaks off his glove.
Gabrielson down the line to score, Christopher fits the ball up.
And the runners wind up on second and third, Hart the batter on second and Ken Henderson on third.
It's going to go as a two-base hit.
Johnny Lewis after a long run to the alley in right center got a glove on him but was unable to hold it.
The second base hit for Jim Hart at a run by the end is 69th RBI.
Giants now take a 6-2 lead.
Now the intentional walk will be given to Tom Haller, the left-hand batter with first base open.
The right-hander Hal Lanier is on deck.
Ball two is served outside intentionally by Dave Ehlers.
Hal Lanier waiting to bat next.
Has one hit and three times up.
He got a windblown double down the right field line to start off a five-run inning back in the third.
The third goes down to first on the intentional pass.
Well, fans remember Viceroy's not too strong, not too light.
Viceroy's got the filter for the taste that's right.
Lanier hitting a 2-33, a rangy right-hand hitter.
Now others out of his wind up, the bits ground ball it toward the hole.
Grabbed by McMillan, the throw to second, low throw goes into the outfield, one run is in.
Now digging for the play that Jim Hart helped him in to score.
Power goes to third and Lanier all the way to second base.
That was a slow bouncer hit toward the hole.
McMillan made a good play in reaching the ball.
But his off-bounce throw was a low throw.
It was in the dirt.
It skipped into the outfield.
So score it, a base hit for Hal Lanier of the infield variety.
A base hit brought home Ken Henderson.
And the second run, Jim Hart, comes in to score on a throwing error charged to Roy McMillan.
Meanwhile, Haller goes around to third and Lanier goes into second.
Three runs are in and the Giants now lead 8-2, a swing and a miss by Tito Palinnius, strike one.
Roy McMillan has had a remarkable year, has gone 41 consecutive games without an error.
Runners on second and third, one man out, the batter is Tito Palinnius.
Swing and a miss on a breaking pitch.
The Giants now have three runs in on four hits, an intentional walk and an error here on the top of the eighth inning.
And they've opened up at 8-2 lead.
A foul fly walked it back over into the crowd, no play.
Well, all the Nashville League ball clubs have tomorrow on.
The Giants resume action Tuesday evening with a double header in Philadelphia.
And let's resume with a double header right here at Chase Stadium Tuesday evening against Houston.
Starting time for the double header is 6 p.m.
The infield drawn in, the batter is Tito Palinnius.
Here's the two strike bits.
Swing and a miss, he struck him out on a foul tip.
Palinnius didn't mean to hit the ball, he was trying to defend himself and get out of the way.
But as he swung the batter around, getting out of the way, it ticked his fat handle and was held on to by Johnny Stevenson.
The jerk from Monsignori, Murakami.
Murakami coming up.
Monsignori left hand batter, the infield dropping back now with two men down.
Foul tip, strike one.
Murakami has been up ten times this year and had one hit.
He's the largest Sunday single game crowd in New York Mets baseball history.
Here's the two strike delivery.
Ground ball hit down to third.
Johnny Smith straightens up, throws to Crane Bull, the Giants are out after scoring three at the eighth inning.
They score three runs.
There were four hits.
One air, carries to McMillan and two left on.
At the end of seven and a half innings, the score on the Giants eight and the New York Mets two.
Say it's just one of those days when you're not yourself.
You'll feel more so when you listen to this.
This song gets sung over and over at Irish parties and picnics until the singers raise a ferocious thirst.
Then they change their tune.
Are more Irish than in the whole of Dublin.
More people drink Reingold than any other beer.
Why do Irish Americans like Reingold?
We don't know, but we must be doing something right.
I'm a man you don't meet every day, every day.
I'm a man you don't meet every day.
Last half of the eighth inning, Joe Christopher coming up for New York.
It's all over at County Max Stadium. The Phillies blasting the Dodgers this afternoon 13 to three.
So the five bar clubs chasing the Los Angeles Dodgers presented with a golden opportunity.
High fly by Christopher way, way up and going. There it goes.
So Christopher heading his third home run of his home stand on number five on the year.
He yanked that one high into the air and fly beyond the left field wall back into the back part of the bullpen.
He hit it up. Masunari Murakami of the score of eight to three San Francisco.
Jeff Schoepfer coming out of the dugout. He'll hit for Johnny Stevenson.
Here's the line score on the Dodger Philly game. Philadelphia 13 runs, 15 hits and no errors.
The Dodgers three runs, five hits and no errors.
Ray Culp all the way winning his ninth game. The Phillies hit four home runs.
Back to rallies Alex Johnson, Bobby Wyden, Richie Allen all hummered.
Willie Davis for the Dodgers.
Glenn Osteen who was knocked out in the third inning is the losing pitcher.
Two of the bar clubs chasing the Dodgers are losing right now.
The Braves are losing to the Cubs five to two after seven innings.
Cincinnati losing to the Cardinals ten to four after five and a half.
Jeff Schoepfer up. Swing and a miss strike one.
Masunari on the outside corner strike two.
One strike pitch fastball outside one ball and two strikes.
Masunari out of his wind up pitch to Schoepfer. Check swing and a foul ball back toward the dugout. No play.
Miller and Tug McGraw take the mound on Tuesday evening against the Houston Astros.
They will be pitching Robin Roberts and Bob Brutes.
Two and two delivery outside the high it's two and two on Jim Schoepfer batting for Johnny Stevenson.
Pitching two and two breaking ball is in strike three call.
Masunari now has struck out three of the five batters for the S.F.A.I. Ron Swaboda has flied to left lined out to right and flied to left nothing for three.
Ron hitting a two thirty four.
Ron already holds the rookie record for home runs in the season for the New York Mets.
The strike one called to the letter.
Gentle breeze blowing from right across toward left.
Inside and low on Ron one and one.
Roy McMillan is the on deck batter.
The one one delivery he waxes foul high into the air and back toward the second level.
Ron hasn't altered his batting stance any to speak of but he has moved closer to the plate and it has helped him out considerably.
First part of the year he was standing well back from the plate and they were curving him over that outside corner and it was aggravating him considerably.
The one two delivery outside the high it's two and two on Ron.
Giants with a victory can move back within a game and a half of the league leading Dodgers.
Now the pitch five New York County taking outside four count three and two.
Cincinnati in a position to move within a half game of the Dodgers but they are losing to St. Louis.
The Dodgers used Sandy Kofax in the ninth inning as a relief pitcher last night.
They are hard hit with their two relief bases both sidelined right now. Ron Peranoski and Bob Miller.
Hello to the sore arm and Peranoski with a hamstring muscle pull.
Gets outside and Ron Frabota goes down to first.
Right hand fly to left nothing for three. Ron hitting a two thirty four.
Ron already holds the rookie record for home runs in a season for the New York Mets.
Right in there strike one goal to the letter.
General Breeze blowing from right across toward left.
Inside and low on Ron one and one.
Roy McMillan is the on deck batter.
Here's the one one delivery. He whacks it foul high into the air and back toward the second level.
Ron hasn't altered his batting stance any to speak of but he has moved closer to the plate and it has helped him out considerably.
First part of the year he was standing well back of the plate and they were curving him over that outside corner.
And it was aggravating him considerably.
The one two delivery outside the highest two and two on Ron.
Giants with a victory can move back within a game and a half of the league leading Dodgers.
Now the pitch by Murakami taken outside full count three and two.
Cincinnati in a position to move within a half game of the Dodgers but they are losing to St. Louis.
Ten to four.
The Dodgers used Sandy Koufax in the ninth inning as a relief pitcher last night.
They are a hard hit with their two relief bases both sidelined right now. Ron Peranosky and Bob Miller.
Miller with a sore arm and Peranosky with a hamstring muscle pull.
It's outside and Ron Svoboda goes down to first.
Roy McMillan has single to left pop to second and fly to left center.
Let's get the bullpen going now with Dave Adder's due up next. Dave being called back to the dugout.
Swinging a miss on a fastball at strike one.
Jim Hickman has come out of the dugout moved out into the on deck circle to bat for Dave Adder's.
One out and one on. Outside and high on the count of one and one.
Murakami checks the runners.
Breaking ball and swinging a miss. It's one ball and two strikes.
Doug McGraw tuning up along with Tom Parsons. Jim Befke had been warming up. Jim may be already warmed up.
Ron Svoboda on first one out. Mashi's one two delivery. He'll hit foul back into the crowd no play.
Murakami off the stretch to one two pitch. Pop foul again by McMillan.
And once again no play for Gabrielson. It'll be in the field back area behind the dugout.
Murakami checks the runner Ron Svoboda. Here's the pitch to McMillan. A swing and a miss. He got him on a change up breaking ball.
Right here we pause for station identification. This is the New York Mets baseball network.
You're tuned to way 10 on the radio dial. WGY is connected. Your station for Mets baseball in the northeast.
Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Carter from Shays Stadium. The Mets trailing eight to three. We're in the last half of the eighth inning.
Jim Hickman batting for Dave Otters takes up five all one. Murakami in less than two full innings in relief has now struck out four men.
I see a curve ball status. This is the Hickman and gets the outside corner. He had pinpoint control with it. One ball one strike.
Foul ball cut on and put back up above the press box into the crowd.
The double headers there Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon are the last home double headers of the year.
Murakami checks the runner and comes to bed. A swing and a miss. He's struck it out. He got him with a high hard one. Murakami has now struck out five in two innings.
One run one hit a home run by Joe Christopher. No errors. One left on. At the end of eight innings the score the Giants eight and the New York Mets three.
Sixteen home games remaining after the action here this afternoon. Tickets for the 16 remaining home games are on sale seven days a week in the advanced sale window at Emperance D here at Shea Stadium.
In Manhattan you can buy tickets for the remaining home games of the New York Mets of the Long Island Railroad Waiting Room at Penn Station.
The Grand Central Terminal at the foot of the 42nd Street in Vanderbilt Avenue ramp. And for Mets fans to live on Long Island tickets are on sale during regular store hours at Macy's and the Walt Whitman Shopping Center in Huntingdon.
Reservations can be made for box and reserve seats at all Howard Close stores in the greater New York area.
And you can take advantage of the Austin Reservation Service now available at all Charles restaurants and Calico kitchens in the New York area.
Battery.
Jim Bethke is now 50 and Jim Schaeffer goes behind the plate for New York as we go to the ninth inning.
Bethke is on the mound Schaeffer behind the plate. Jim is the fifth pitcher used by New York this afternoon.
Jack Fisher the starting pitcher went out on the third at Gordon Richardson work to add two thirds Bob Moore had pitched one day by others to and now Jim Bucky takes over.
Mattie Allou leads off with a chance in the ninth inning. They are in front of the ballgame eight to three.
Now 18 year old Jim Bucky winds down comes his pitch a smash hit up the middle for a base hit.
Mattie Allou with his first into the ballgame swings around first.
That is the attempt collected by the Giants.
Three runs on seven hits.
Then Gabriel Sen is reached on a walk.
Reached on a fielders choice stretch out and single to right field one hit and three times.
Gabriel Sen hitting two ninety nine.
That ball just missed the inside corner one ball and no strikes.
Bethke up and pitching position and he pitches down the middle for a call strike one and one on Lynn Gabriel Sen.
There goes the runner hitting the run play and a smash that is fouled on the right field line.
Just fouled on a wicked ground ball hit down the right field line.
Giants were playing hit and run.
Mattie Allou turns and comes back and the count is one and two on Lynn Gabriel Sen.
Now the one two delivery foul ball off of his foot and it knocked the feed right out from under Lynn Gabriel Sen.
He winds up putting down.
Charlie Fox comes running down to make sure Lynn is alright.
That one really hurt he got that one right off the ankle.
Now Herman Franks also coming out.
Ali asked Lynn Gabriel Sen to sit down so the trainer can take a close look at it.
Giants go on to Philadelphia.
They have a doubleheader on Tuesday evening.
Warren Spahn the winning pitcher in the opening game of the series will be pitching in one of the two games against the Phillies on Tuesday evening at County Maxxpedia.
Warren Spahn and Ron Herbill are the poppable pitchers for the Giants against Philadelphia Tuesday evening.
Charlize Theron opens the game and Hailey and
Caroline
Howard
Now Beth Key up in pitching position.
Patrick
Fires low and inside on Gabriel, some two balls and two strikes.
The 2-2 delivery. Driven deep to center field, back throws Johnny Lewis. He's getting under it, and Johnny makes the catch in deep center.
One out and one on at the top of the ninth inning. Willie Mays coming up again.
Willie has a single and a three run homer. Two hits from four times and back.
Willie now stands alone, number five in the all-time home run derby. His home run today sent him one ahead of Lou Gehrig.
It also enabled him to stand alone as the holder of the National League record for the most home runs in one month.
Willie's home run was his 17th this month of August.
One out and one on. Beth Key's pitch, a curve outside, all-one.
The game is now over at Forbes Field, and the Pirates gain a full game on the Dodgers. They're now five games back.
They came from behind to beat Houston 4-2. Wilbur Wood was the winning pitcher in relief of five friends.
And he came on in the sixth inning. Not a bird was the loser.
The Pirates used four pitchers in pulling that ball game out. They had from the starter Wilbur Wood, Al McBean on the seventh, and Joe Given on the seventh.
He stayed to finish.
Breaking ball outside. It's two balls with no strikes on Willie.
Chicago with that big middle of their batting order. Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, and Ron Sano having a big day.
Our leading the Braves, eight to two at the end of seven and a half.
Williams has hit one, Homer. Sano has hit one, and Banks has hit two.
Lobbed over to first by Jim DePauw.
A two-oh delivery. A ground ball hit the shortstop. McMillan puts the hunt.
Now Ron in the dirt, kicked out by Jane Bull, double play, and the bat is out.
No runs, one hit, no errors, and none left.
At the end of eight and a half innings, the score of the Giants, eight, and the New York Mets, three.
It's very hard to tell sheet music in Jamaica, you know.
They make up songs whenever they need them, like this.
Having a party, eating rice and peas, dancing happily, as you please.
Mmm, charming lady with a very nice pile.
I'll talk to her for a while. I'll talk to her for a while.
When Jamaicans get together for a party, the beat is calypso and the songs are made up on the spot.
The party was hilarious as it could be, but in the morning they wasn't used for me.
And then he was the man playing wedding tune on his pipe.
The fighting lady is now my wife.
And when the singer finds his throat a little dry, something refreshing will be improvised.
Probably Reingold beer.
In New York City, where there are more different kinds of people than in any other city in the world,
more people drink Reingold extra dry than any other beer.
Do Jamaicans like Reingold? We don't know, but we must be doing something right.
Last of the ninth inning, Murakami on the mound for the Giants.
Ron Hunt will lead off for New York.
Mastanari in two innings has given up one run, one hit.
That was a home run by Joe Fiske.
He has walked one net and struck out five.
Round O for two eventually has been on twice.
He was hit by a pitch meter or one.
He hits over at the knees, strike one.
Bounce down to third, a big hop where it's taken by Jim Hart.
His long throw gets the runner Ron Hunt.
Fast ride, one out in the last of the ninth inning.
Johnny Lewis has singled a right, one hit and four Giants up.
Giants have combined the pitching of Bob Bolin and Mastanari Murakami.
The science-y flow, a three-run homer by Willie Mays back in the third inning.
Right in there, strike one call to Johnny Lewis.
Swing and a miss and a breaking ball in the count strike two.
Giants with a victory will be back within a game and a half of the league-leading Dodgers.
They'll make back the game they lost last night.
Inside to high, it's one ball and two strikes.
A one-two delivery, a swing and a miss, he struck him out.
Johnny Lewis, man, on that strikeout number six by Murakami.
Two outs, nobody on, Eddie Cranebuehl the batter.
Today's crowd of 46,033 paid.
The largest single Sunday game crowd in Mets baseball history.
And the three-game series attracted 150,347.
Breaking ball low and away on Eddie Cranebuehl.
Eddie has a single and double, two hits and four downs, and has driven in a run.
He hooks it over the outside edge of the plate, one ball and one strike on Cranebuehl.
All the National League ball clubs get a day off tomorrow and they go back to action Tuesday evening.
One-one pitch, a high fly to left field, it should be a ball game.
Waiting under it is Matty Alou.
He has it in the jazz liners.
Strong relief sent by Murakami in the ninth inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors, and none left.
Murakami finishing out for Bob Boland, this is the last three innings.
A lot of one run gave up one hit, a home run by Joe Christopher, who walked only one man,
and he struck out six men in three innings.
So the Giants have taken the rubber game of the series.
They won the series two games to one.
With Philadelphia blasting the Dodgers 13-3 this afternoon,
the Giants gain a full game on the league leading Dodgers.
The Giants now are a game and a half out of first place.
All National League ball clubs have a day off tomorrow,
and the Giants go back to the wars with the doubleheader in Philadelphia Tuesday evening.
The Mets resume with the doubleheader against the Astros on Tuesday evening.
In today's game, the big blow was a three-run homer by Willie Mays,
struck in the third inning when he hit it and made the score five to nothing,
and put the Giants well on the road to victory.
For Willie, his 41st home run of the year.
His 17th in the month of August, a new National League record.
He is now number five in the all-time home run derby,
moving one ahead of the beloved and immortal Lou Geary.
Final score, the Giants, eight runs, ten hits, no errors, and four left.
The Mets, three runs, seven hits, one error, and nine left.
Starting pitcher Bob Boland, who worked six innings,
allowed two runs, gave up just six hits, is the winning pitcher.
He now has one eight and lost four.
Losing pitcher, the Mets starter, Jack Fisher, now eight and 17.
Jack followed to the mound by Gordon Richardson, Bob Moorehead, Dave Iders, and Jim Becci.
So now it's the Astros coming in on Tuesday evening with Doug McGraw and Larry Miller,
opposing Robin Roberts and Bob Bruce.
The Twin Bell are getting underway on Tuesday evening at 6 p.m.