The Pittsburgh Pirates faced the New York Mets for a Monday night game at Shea Stadium on June 26, 1967.
The Pirates were an above average team, coming off back-to-back 90-win seasons in 1965 and 66, led by manager Harry Walker.
The Mets, on the other hand, were still terrible, although their 66-95 record in 1966 was the first time in team history that they did lose more than 109 games.
This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Bob Murphy, Ralph Keiner, and Lindsay Nelson.
A shot put by Matty Alou, and he's on for a base hit.
Now Bob Shaw is completely unprepared for that.
A shocking start is Matty Alou. What a magician he is at handling that bat.
Pencessional bunter. He bunted that ball so beautifully, Shaw never got off the mound.
Trainball went for the ball. First base was wide open. They had no chance to get him.
A bunting single by Matty Alou, and it brings up Mari Wills.
Wills hitting 295. Now Shaw checks the runner at first. Here's the pitch on the way, and it's a called strike on the inside corner.
Wills has been handicapped to play. He has missed a number of ball games due to an injured knee.
Mari Swisher. Leon Jones, the left-center fielder, playing Wills to hit the ball to the opposite field. He plays him in rather shallow left-center field.
Now the pitch by Shaw. Now it's toward the middle. Hustling for it is Buchak. He can't make a play.
He backhands toward his glove and knocks it down, and everybody is safe. That's an infield hit for Mari Wills.
Buchak had a very difficult chance. He had to reach across the body and try and make a backhand pick up on that short hop near second base.
Had he been able to come up with the ball, he would have had a play made easily in second base. It was a very tough hop, and it is a base hit for Wills.
So now on a one-single and an infield hit, the Pirates have two on, nobody out, and Roberto Clemente coming up.
Clemente leading the National League in batting. Roberto is hitting.350.
Twelve home runs and 49 runs batted in. And the curve outside, ball one.
Almost before the crowd can get settled into their seats, the Pirates have a threat.
Manny Jimenez, the left fielder, batting clean up, waiting on deck.
Now the pitcher Clemente, bounced toward the middle, moving forward is Haraldson. He steps on second, he throws to first, in time, double play.
Roberto Clemente hitting into a double play, engineered by Bud Haraldson.
Now the hitter is Jimenez, the left fielder.
He has recently been recalled from Columbus of the International League, where he was hitting.338 with seven home runs.
Willie Stardill, the Pirates' regular left fielder, and the Pirates' ace left hand pitcher Bob Beale, both flew back to Pittsburgh this evening.
Beale's elbow has been bothering him. Stardill has a bad shoulder right now.
Both are expected to rejoin the Pirates in Chicago on Wednesday. It is taken high, one ball and no strikes.
Jimenez, three for nine, is joining the Pirate Ball Club, batting.333.
To make room for Jimenez, outfielder George Briggs was sent to Columbus.
Now Bob Shaw, out of his windup, here's the pitch on the way, off the outside corner, two balls and no strikes.
Matty Allou is on third, two men down, we're in the top half of the opening inning.
Johnny Pesky on the coaching lines at first, Al Gramis coaching at third.
Now the pitch, fastball, a strike in the inside corner, it's two and one.
Boy, what a beautiful night for a ballgame.
An afternoon game tomorrow at two o'clock, and a lot going on before the game tomorrow.
Pitching two and one, he is hit by the pitch. That one got away from Shaw and got Jimenez on the right leg.
Now runners on first and third, two men down, the hitter is Don Glenn Dunham, the first baseman.
Don Glenn Dunham batting.246.
Glenn Dunham, 6 home runs,.25 runs batted in. Ball, rangey right hand batter, a swing and a missed strike one.
Big Don hit.299 last year.
Well, Mr. Leo DeRosier, Chicago Cubs, won again today. They now have won seven straight.
At the moment, the Cubs are only three and a half out of first place.
Swing and a missed on a slider in the count strike two.
Runners at first and third, two men out.
Dennis Bennett, newest member of the Nuts Pitching staff, is on hand and will work tomorrow.
Just a little bit high, Shaw thought he had him struck out, one ball, two strikes.
Paul Steiner is umpiring behind home plate, Al Barley gets first, Augie Donatelli is second and Stan Landis is third.
The Mets have Jack Lemabe warming up in the bullpen.
Now the pitch on the way, breaking ball just off the outside corner.
Those last two pitches, just missing. Jerry Grody turns around to talk to Steiner about that one.
It's two and two on Don Glenn Dunham.
Mattie Allou is on third and Manny Jimenez on first.
Now Shaw looking in to get his sign from battery mate Jerry Grody.
The infield has dragged to left. Now the pitch on the way and the curve is popped up.
On the right side of the diamond, Ed Cranepool in toward the mound is under it and Eddie has it beside his eye.
Bob Shaw pitching out of a jam in the opening inning.
No runs, two hits, no errors, two left on.
And the score in the middle of the first, the Pirates snubbing, the New York Mets coming to bat.
Now here's a word from Rango.
March 1967, New York City under the pounding of a North Atlantic storm.
A
The
Harbor
comes aboard to give the little lady a hand.
What a slow hand, buddy.
The most dangerous time is to bring these ships into the harbor.
You see the pilot, the captain of the ship doesn't do this, but this is the pilot's job.
It's the pilot's job. It's not easy.
Sometimes the view from the bridge can be pretty bleak.
If you're going to take charge in New York, you've got to be good.
There are 302 beers trying to make it in New York City,
but the only one that's made it to the top is the rich dry lager Ringo.
Ringo, in this town either you have it or you don't.
Pitching for the Pirates tonight, right-hander Steve Blass.
Steve is from Lakeville, Connecticut.
25 year old right-hander
stands 6'1", weighs 165.
Last year with Pittsburgh Blass 111 and lost 7.
This year he has won 2 and lost 2.
He has a lifetime record against the New York Mets of no wins and one loss.
Bud Harrelson batting left-handed leading off against Blass.
The young right-hander from Connecticut fires a fastball, though it's ball one.
Pittsburgh has Don Glenn Dunn in playing first, Bill Masurowski in second,
Gene Alley is in short, and Mari Wills in close against Bud Harrelson at third.
Now Harrelson, blessed a bunt, doesn't offer, and the pitcher's low ball to it's 2-0.
In the far right outfield, Manny Jimenez in left.
The center fielder is Matty Allou and around it right field, Roberto Clemente.
Jerry May behind the plate handling Steve Blass.
Waiting on deck for New York, Cleon Jones.
Pitching 2-0, fastball in, a call strike gets 2-1.
Joe Brown, the general manager of the Pittsburgh club, watching the ball game this evening here at Shea from his field box.
Right now he's talking baseball with his scout supervisor for the New England area, Bobby Whalen.
Inside and low, 2-3 and 1.
Bobby Whalen signed Steve Blass to his first pro baseball contract.
So he is more than just lightly interested in the progress of Steve Blass.
3-1 delivery, it is over for a strike 3-2.
3-2 on the leadoff batter Bud Harrelson.
Bud hitting 2-41, stands up toward the front of the batter's box, chokes up on the handle of the bat, and the pitch to him, a ground ball and a shortstop.
Gene Alley bobbles the ball and Harrelson is on.
Bud Harrelson reaches on the air, chars to the shortstop, Gene Alley, and it brings up Cleon Jones.
Cleon was wielding a big bat in the series against the Atlanta Braves over the weekend.
Over the last five ball games, Cleon has done well.
He's at 3-81, breaking ball outside and lowest ball one.
In his last five games, Cleon has gone 8 for 21, raising his average from 177 to 202.
Tomorrow, a battle of left-handers, Woody Freiman, pitching against Dennis Bennett.
Here's the pitch on the way. The runner goes, a swing in the middle, it's the peg, the second to slide, out.
Harrelson on a hip-first slide, it's fagged out by Gene Alley.
Strong throw by catcher Jerry May, it covered the ground in a hurry.
One ball, one strike on Cleon, blast the right-hander, winds and pitches, and a high pop-up into short right field,
calling for it is Mazurasky. And on the rim of the outfield grass, Maz makes the catch.
By the way, the filming for the movie, Ad Couple, which will take place here at Chase Video tomorrow,
will run from 1-30 until 1-55. The ball game between the Mets and Parrots starts at 2 p.m.
The Mets will be on the field for the triple play, hit and two by Roberto Clemente,
with Mario Wills, Vern Law, and Mattie Allou on the bases.
The crew and equipment will begin to assemble at shale about 11 tomorrow morning.
Now the pitch, low and outside, one ball and no strikes. Ken Boyer hitting, Ken batting 2-22.
Slow grounder, foul down the first-base line.
Philadelphia Phillies applied the breaks to the Cardinals yesterday, sweeping 2 from St. Louis.
Reds lost the single game to Pittsburgh 5-4. So the Reds in second place are now 2-1 half games back.
The Cubs won their afternoon game. At the moment, they're just 3-1 half games out of first.
And the Parrots, 6 games back. Foul ball, it's slowly over toward the dugout, no play.
In the afternoon game at Wrigley Field, the Cubs beat the Phillies, 4-2, and the Cubs now have won 7 straight.
The winning pitcher was left-hander Rich Nye.
Cal Kuntz came on in the 6th inning and Johnny Hartnestein in the 9th.
The loser was Turk Farrell, who was given a start by manager Gene Marks.
And Billy Williams and Ron Santo both hit home runs.
Look out, foul ball back into the TV booth, no play.
That one came pretty close to Lindsey's ear.
The 1-2 delivery and the fastball is over, strike three call.
The Mets are out of their half of the first inning.
No runs, no hits, one error, and none left on.
And at the end of one inning, the score, the Parrots nothing, and the New York Mets nothing.
Ralph?
I don't forget that special night, July 20th.
That Thursday night, the Mets playing against the Houston Astros, and it will be hell of a night here at Chase Stadium.
Every boy and girl 16 years of age or under will receive a replica of the Mets batting helmet as he or she enters the ballpark.
Once again, that day, Thursday night, July 20th, helmet night.
I'd like to remind you that bus service from Brooklyn and Staten Island is available for fans living in Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Express bus service to Chase Stadium.
Buses leaving from Flatbush Avenue and Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn and from Bay Street and Burl Place in Staten Island.
Two hours before game time, and buses departing back from Gatey here at Chase Stadium up to 30 minutes after the ballgame.
Express bus service from Brooklyn and Staten Island and back from Chase Stadium.
Now we're going to the top of the second, once again, Bob Murphy.
All right, Ralph, Bill Mazurowski will be up against Bob Shaw.
The Dodgers are playing at Cincinnati tonight.
Flauto has seen nine and seven, pitching against Mel Queen.
Mel has won eight and lost two.
The Giants open a big series tonight at St. Louis.
Here's the pitcher on the way.
Curveball is over.
Strike one call.
In the American League, the Yankees play tonight at Kansas City.
It'll be Fred Talbot against Paul Lindblad.
The White Sox play at Baltimore. Bruce Howard for the White Sox and Pete Rickards for the Orioles.
Swing and a miss on the slider in the count strike two.
The Red Sox are playing at Minnesota and the Senators will be on the west coast playing the Angels at Anaheim.
The All-Star game will be played in Anaheim this year on the 11th of July, the home of the California Angels.
Two-strike delivery off the outside corner, ball left.
Bill Mazurowski batting at 283.
Now the windup by Shaw. Here's the pitch off the outside corner, two and two.
I would imagine that when the votes have been calculated for the All-Star team, Bill Mazurowski might very well be the All-Star second baseman again.
The 2-2 delivery, a slow grounder going foul down the third baseline.
Ron Hunt will draw considerable attention. Ron's batting average is up over 300.
He's been playing day in and day out for the Dodgers.
Now the windup by Shaw, the 2-2 pitch, swung on and a miss. He struck him out.
Shaw fans Mazurowski. That brings up the shortstop, Gene Alley.
Alley, like Mazurowski, I'm sure garnered a number of votes in the balloting for the All-Star game.
Alley hitting 279 has four home runs and 24 runs batted in.
He hit a surprising 299 last year. They play on the step to left in the outfield, the pitch on the way. He tries to bunt, but misses strike one.
In the season series, the New York Mets lead the Pittsburgh Pirates four games to two.
One of the most exciting nights of the year, the Mets swept Pittsburgh a doubleheader at Corbsfield.
Swing and a miss, and the count is strike two.
Now Shaw with a two-strike count. Here's the pitch on the way. Over his head, he has to duck under it.
On the 6th of June, the Mets swept a Twilight Knight doubleheader at Corbsfield, winning the first game 1-0.
Tom Seaver, Ron Taylor, and Don Shaw combined for the shutout.
The Mets won the night cap 3-2. Jack Hamilton was the winner in relief, and Elroy Fates was the loser in both games of that doubleheader.
Dick Salma had pitched the first six. Bill Dunahee won them, and Hamilton the last three.
The ball hit down to third. It comes up on a big hop for Boyer. The throw to Crane Boiler's end time, retiring Gene Alex.
That one started out as a grass cutter, and hit a little pebble or something out there, and popped conveniently right up in the middle of Kenny Boyer.
The batter is Jerry May. May hitting 3-13. He has won the number one backstopping job from the veteran Jim Valeroni, and he takes a fastball on the inside corner for a called strike.
Parrots carrying just two catchers. They send Jesse Gander to Columbus on the acquired Al Luplo from the New York Mets.
Now Shaw swings out of his windup, the pitch to May. A slow breaking ball just off the outside corner. One ball, one strike.
Bob Shaw has a lifetime record against Pittsburgh of six wins and eight losses.
Out of the windup by Shaw and the pitch, fastball brushes him away from the plate. Two balls and one strike to Jerry May, the number eight hitter and the batting winner.
A day game tomorrow starting at two o'clock, and Dennis Bennett will start his first ball game for New York. His opponent will be Southfall Woody Freiman.
Plan to come early and enjoy all the filming for the sequences for our couple of smash through the hole, a base hit to left field. Just beyond the reach of Ken Boyer.
Third hit for the Parrots. It brings up the pitcher, Steve Black. Steve has been up just 11 times this year, owns one base hit.
The Mets are home now until the All-Star break. The last day of a three-day break for the All-Star. The Nuts have their benefit game of the Yankees, the Mayor of San Juan benefit game at Yankee Stadium this year.
And the pitch is over on the outside corner, strike one.
Pittsburgh tonight and tomorrow, the Phillies are here Wednesday night and Thursday night. And the Cardinals for the weekend, Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and a doubleheader Sunday.
Swing and a miss on a breaking ball, strike two.
Now the two-strike pitch by Shaw. Swing and a miss. He struck him out. He got him to go for a curve the way out of the strike zone.
No runs, one hit, no errors, and one left. And at the end of an inning and a half, the Mets nothing and the Pirates nothing.
Now the last of the second inning and Tommy Davis will be leading off for the New York Mets.
Tommy hitting 3-0-9 with 10 home runs and 35 runs batted in.
Steve Blasswines and the fifth to Tommy fouled back toward the crowd, no play.
Now Blass, not again on his target, delivers. Foul ball and back up into the crowd.
And a counterstrike, too. Blass has not been used a great deal this year by Harry Walker.
Steve has started.
Only two other games this year. Otherwise, it's been used in relief.
That is one-two, lost two.
From Lakeville, Connecticut, 25-year-old Rat Hander.
He pitched more frequently last year and won 11, lost seven. Pretty good year.
Now the pitch to Tommy Davis is inside and high. One ball and two strikes.
Eddie Crane, who will be hitting next, and then Rounds will vote him.
The one-two delivery. Fly ball, well hit the right field.
The money walking back to the edge of the warning track is there, and he makes the catch, retiring Tommy Davis.
Run away.
Eddie Crane, who will brought his average back over 300, now hitting 3-0-7.
Eddie had one for three in the loss yesterday afternoon to the Atlanta Braves.
A smash hit hard in the left center fielder for a base hit.
Mattie Allou, the center fielder, picks it up, plays it back in, and Crane, who reaches with a base hit.
He drilled that one just beyond the reach of shortstop Gene Alex.
So the next half, they're first two of the game, and it brings up Ron Swabota.
Eddie Crane, Bull, and Ron Swabota are roommates on the road, inseparable friends.
And on this ballgame, they're hitting one behind the other in the batting order.
Salty Parker calling Ron down between third and home for a powwow.
Salty coaching at third, Yogi Berra coaching at first.
We have a real good Monday night crowd here at Shea, and a beautiful, absolutely perfect night for a ballgame.
Don Clinton holding against the baserunner at Crane Pool.
Now blast off the stretch delivers a fastball on the outside corner, strike one.
The Phillies are here Wednesday night and Thursday night, and the Cardinals Friday night.
The Cardinal outfield batting over 300.
Lou Brock, Kirk Flood, Roger Marrows.
Now the Pits are underway, and it's under the knees, one ball and one strike.
In addition, Tim McCarver is having a big year behind the plate, and Orlando's played a strong year at first.
Julian Javier at second is hitting much better than anybody thought he would.
Javier is still over 300.
Cardinals have a team batting average of over 270.
Ground ball bounced to second base.
Mathorovsky to Alley, they have one.
Now back to first, not in time.
And it's the throw from Gene Alex.
Two outs and one on, it brings up Jerry Buchak.
Jerry hitting at 230, and right here we pause for station identification.
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Bob Murphy with Ralph Keiner and Lindsey Nelson.
And Jerry Buchak goes after a breaking ball, strike one.
This afternoon at Wrigley Field, Chicago defeated Philadelphia, 4-2.
Billy Williams and Ron Santo both hit home runs, number 13 for each man.
Those Cubs are putting it all together right now.
Much better pitching than any one jump they had.
A lot of hitting and good defensive play.
Here's the pitch to Buchak.
Inside, off the fist, one ball, one strike.
The amazing thing so far has been the Chicago pitching.
They're getting outstanding pitching from rookies.
New names like Johnny Hartenstein, Rich Nye, Joe Neekro.
Swing and a miss, one ball and two strikes.
Everybody thought the bottom would drop out on Chicago when Kenny Holtsman went into the Army after winning five games without a loss.
Ferguson Jenkins, the ace of the Cubs staff, has already won nine ball games.
Here's the 1-2 delivery, and the breaking ball is inside.
The count is 2-2.
Don Clementon holding against the baserunner, Ryan Swabota.
Two men away, and it's 2-2 now on Jerry Buchak.
No score, we're in the last half of the second.
Right-hander Steve Blass delivers a swing and a miss.
He's struck him out.
In the second, no runs, one hit, no errors, and one left.
And at the end of two innings, the score, the New York Mets nothing and the Pittsburgh Pirates nothing.
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Third inning at Shea Stadium, Mets nothing and Pirates nothing.
And as the Mets come back to Shea, it's nice to hear in the background while the teams are changing sides,
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Thank you, Bob Murphy, and hi everyone.
First man up for the Pittsburgh Pirates will be Mattie Allou.
Mattie beat out a bun his first time up in the very first pitch of the ballgame by Bob Shaw.
Now Bob is moving Eddie Cranepole in closer to home plate, about even with the bag, and also over toward second base.
Mattie Allou, a left hand batter.
He has good speed, good speed, and he's got a lot of speed.
Mattie is inside at ball one.
Mattie is batting 3.30.
Ken Boyer at third base, also playing in very close.
Pitch back to the plate, it's one on line to center field.
It's going to be a base it might go through.
Cut off by Cleon Jones.
Allou with a big turn at first base and now stopping.
And going on batting, Mattie Allou is in the third base.
Cleon Jones, Allou with a big turn at first base and now stopping, and going on back as Cleon fires it back into second base.
So Mattie Allou, two for two.
And the lead batter on here in the top of the third, a scoreless ballgame with Maury Wills coming up.
Maury bounced the base hit off the glove with Jerry Buchak his first time up.
Wills batting 2.98 and batting from the left-hand side.
Wills has two home runs so far this year.
One of them over the left field wall at Pittsburgh, the other was inside the park.
Next pitch is outside at ball one.
Maury scoring out a slow to bottom.
Scoreless ballgame, the Pirates have four bases, the Mets have one.
Bob Shaw against Steve Blass.
Allou off at first base, Shaw throw to first base, just a calling card throw.
Just to let him know he's on the mound.
Mattie Allou has six total bases.
This time the throw over to first base is a little bit harder and Allou sort of falls back on his hands and knees toward the bag.
Gets back in safely.
Once again he's off.
Club leader for the Pirates, Maury Wills.
He has a total of 14 stolen bases.
The runner going, the pitch is ground out toward second base.
Buchak covering toward second stop, goes over to his left side, comes up with the ball and throws to first base in time for the out.
And the hit and run play moving Mattie Allou on down to second.
One away now on the top of the third and the batter coming up is Roberto Comenic.
Roberto Comenic, number 21.
Comenic hit into a double play his first time up.
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First pitch to Comenic is a slider over the outside corner.
It's called a strike.
Comenic batting 3.48.
12 homeruns, 49 runs batted in.
Next pitch, a curve swung on and missed.
Strike two, a perfect pitch by Bob Schong.
Comenic full by.
Comenic leads Orlando Cepeda in the batting race in the National League.
Right hand batter deep in the batter's box, Bob Schong to the plate, the ball wild.
On by the catcher, Jerry Grote.
It bounces right back to him off the screen, but Mattie Allou goes over to third base on the wild pitch.
Fast ball, it was way outside and Jerry Grote couldn't get his glove on it.
That puts a runner at third with one out.
So far, no score in the ball game.
And we'll check to see how manager Wes Westrom plays the infield.
So far, the short and second baseman, shortstop and second baseman playing back.
Ken Boyer at third even with the bag and Eddie Creampool also even with the bag for a play at the plate.
One and two to count.
Bob Schong into the windup in the pitch to Comenic.
Change up hit down to second base on through into center field of base hit.
Allou scores from third base.
The ball missed in the outfield and now picked up by Ron Cebola.
The throw as Comenic tries to go to second base is in time to party house and for the out.
And now Comenic arguing with all you got to tell you about the call.
A rightful throw by Ron Cebola who backed up the play after Cleon Jones had bobbled the ball.
So now the Pirates have the lead one nothing.
The Mets picked up their second out and the batter stepping up Manny Jimenez, a left fielder.
Even though Buczek was back, that ball hit so hard he couldn't get to it as it went by on the second base side.
Now a swing at the first pitch by Jimenez, strike one.
One batted in for Comenic his 50th this year.
Bob Schong starting to take his windup stopped by the home plate umpire as time was called.
Now time back in and the pitch. Change up popped out toward left field.
Tommy Davis moving to his right has plenty of time to get to it.
He does and he makes it catch the retire's aside.
In the inning one run on two hits, no errors and no one left on base.
And the score at the end of two and a half innings, the Pirates won the Mets nothing.
Bottom half of the third the Mets behind one nothing as they come to bat and the lead off batter will be Jerry Grote.
International League the Gumsby Philadelphia for their seventh win in a row, four to two.
The winning pitcher was Rich Nye, the losing pitcher was Merrill for the Phillies as the starting pitcher.
Williams got his 13th homerun in the first, Sando got his 13th homerun in the first.
First pitch to Jerry Grote, a fastball by Steve Lask. It's inside ball one.
Jerry batting 189. He'll be followed by the pitcher Bob Schock and then Bud Harrelson.
And the 1-0 pitch, a slider that swung on a miss that's one and one.
At the end of one the Dodgers nothing, Cincinnati nothing.
Badoe's team pitching for the Dodgers against Mel Queen.
Also scheduled San Francisco against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Cardinals lead the league by two and a half games over the Cincinnati Reds.
They lost a doubleheader yesterday to Philadelphia.
Big curveball over the inside corner called strike two.
One and two. In the American League at the end the two no score.
Talbot pitching for the Yankees against Lindblad for the Kansas City Athletics.
The end of two and a half, White Sox nothing, Baltimore nothing.
Howard against Rickards.
Now the next pitch is called time. No play at all.
Time has been called just before the delivery.
Boston and Minnesota scheduled, Washington and California scheduled.
Now time is in. The one-two pitch grounded foul.
Ball bouncing off to the left side and the count remains at one ball and two strikes.
Jerry Grote has two home runs this year. He has driven in eighth.
His biggest day coming against Atlanta.
And he had a four for five day.
One and two and Steve Glass now back again.
And the fastball hits to deep left field going back to left fielder Manny Jimenez.
He's waiting and he has it.
Manny Jimenez in left field going all the way back a step in front of the fence to make the catch of the long fly ball.
First out against the Mets here in the bottom half of the third.
They trail one nothing with Bob Shaw coming up.
Bob has had one hit in 17 times up.
Mets have had one base hit in the ball game.
Eddie Crane full single of center field his first time out.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have five bases. They lead one nothing.
First pitch to Shaw grounded foul.
Ball bouncing off to the right side and picked up by the catcher, Jerry May in foul territory.
A New York Mets against the fourth place, Pittsburgh Pirates.
Pirates are six games out of first.
And at one strike the pitch to Shaw is going on a miss. Strike two.
Glass now into the windup and back at two strikes and messing with the slider just outside.
One and two.
Steve Glass won his first ball game against the Dodgers.
Now the one-two pitch, again the slider and again outside, this time down low. Two balls and two strikes.
Glass beat the Dodgers four to two back in 1964 for his first major league win.
Two-pitch, swung on a miss. Strike three. And the right-hander picks up his third strikeout.
Two men away now in the bottom half of the third and the Mets have their leadoff batter, Bud Harrelson coming up.
Bud was safe on an error by Gene Alley his first time up, batting a 240.
And the first pitch to Harrelson batting left-hander, just swung on and fouled down in the dirt. Strike one.
After Glass had won five and lost eight his first year in the major leagues, he went back to the minors and pitched it to Columbus.
He won 13 and lost 11. That got him back in the majors. And with the Pirates last year he won 11 and lost seven.
He had one complete game and 25 game starts. This year he has had two previous game starts with one complete game.
A bouncing ball through in the right field by the second-makesman Bill Masurowski.
Bud Harrelson fakes a going to second. And Roberto Comenny after picking up the ball, fakes throwing the first base.
And Harrelson hustles back to first. That's where their second base is.
And the time run now at first base with Cleon Jones coming up.
Cleon popped the second base his first time up. He's batting at 201.
Cleon brought a five-game hitting streak into this ballgame. Harrelson with a good-sized lead at first.
And the first pitch is taken with a half swing and it's called strike one.
Home plate umpire Mel Steiner indicating that Cleon Jones didn't stop his swinging time.
Over the last five ballgames in which Cleon has had a hitting streak he has gone 8 for 21 to raise his average from 177 to 201.
D-blast with a pitch back of the plate it's swung on and fouled off the end of the bat. Back of home plate on the ground and the count goes to strike two.
Conference at the mound as Jerry May goes out to talk with the right-hander.
Jerry has taken over the complete catching duties for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He has always been known as a fine catcher but they didn't find out until this year that he was a good hitter. He's batting 313.
Harrelson again with a fairly good lead at first base. He has stolen two bases, been thrown out once.
The next pitch is a play to fastball inside. Cleon Jones taking the count goes to one and two with two men out here in the bottom half of the third.
Harrelson with a bigger lead now at first base.
Van Denen making the motion to watch him. He has not joined and the pitch is swung on and missed.
The ball down in the dirt dug out by the catcher Jerry May the tag made on Cleon Jones and the strikeout retires the side.
That is the fourth strikeout in the ball game for Steve Blass. That pitch was bounced in the dirt.
No runs, one hit. No errors and one man left at first. And the score is through three. Pittsburgh won and that's nothing.
Now the first pitch to Don Cleon Denen as we start the top of the fourth inning. Pittsburgh in front one nothing and the pitch is low a ball.
Bob Shaw has given up one run, allowed five hits. He comes back with a breaking ball and hits low, ball two.
Van Denen tops at first base his first time up with two runners on. Jimenez was on at first base and Matty Lou was on at third.
That out retired the side. Now Shaw back and the next pitch is hit high in the air toward the shortstop position.
But health and moving back on the edge of the grass now backpedaling a little bit further and he makes the catch.
One away in the top of the fourth and the batter coming up is Bill Maserasti.
Van Denen before the out batting at 2.45. Maserasti coming up batting 2.83.
He struck out his first time up. Shaw has struck out two batters in the ballgame. First pitch is fouled off the end of the bat off to the right side over the dugout.
Strike one.
Barrett's got their run in the third on a base hit by Matty Lou.
A ground out on a hit and run play by Maury Will. Now a curve back over strike two. Putting a Lou at second base and a single to center field by Roberto Comenny.
Roberto now has 50 runs better than him. He was thrown out after the ball was bobbled by Cleon Jones when Ron Crabort picked it up and threw to second base as Comenny tried to get on down there.
Now the two strike bits high and tight. Maserasti backs away in the count one and two.
Shaw now with the signs and the one-two delivery. It is fouled away. So once again, again they counted one ball and two strikes. On deck batter is Gene Alley.
And at one-two the pitch, a breaking ball and Maserasti started to swing, held off in time, the ball breaking way outside. Two balls, two strikes. That ballgame tomorrow will be an afternoon ballgame with the Pittsburgh Pirates, game time at two o'clock.
They're going to shoot the scene. The triple play at one-thirty. Now a two-two. A slider line to left center field. Could be extra bases. Going over Cleon Jones. He cuts it off. Maserasti makes the turn and holds at first base.
And Cleon Jones fires the ball in on one hop to second base. Good play to save a double. Six bases for the Pittsburgh Pirates and it brings up the shortstop, Gene Alley.
Gene grounded down to third base his first time up. Ball took a bad hop and Ken Boyer had to make a good play on it.
Alley batting 279, a right-hand batter. And the first pitch is hit hard down to short. A good shot at two, the throw over to second in time on the first base of double play.
Todd Halston and Jerry Buchak and on to Ed Cranepool, a double play to retire this time. That is double play number 52 for the New York Mets this year. No runs, one hit. No errors and no one left on base.
And the score is three and a half innings. Pittsburgh won. Met nothing.
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Going to the bottom half of the fourth inning. The Pittsburgh Pirates in front one to nothing with Ken Boyer, the lead off for the Mets. Steve Blass with his first pitch again and a tie for the ball.
Boyer was called out on strikes his first time up. Steve got him with a curve ball.
Boyer batting 221. He'll be followed by Tommy Davis and Ed Craneball. Now the next pitch grounded slowly down to Maury Wills at third. He has it on the second off, throws over to first base and plenty of time for the out.
One man down and Tommy Davis coming up. Tommy flat out to right field his first time up.
Tommy's average at 308 with 10 home runs and 35 runs batted in. He leads the club in both of those departments. He also leads the club and runs scored with 30. Base hits with 73.
And the first pitcher swung on a miss strike one. Tommy has played in 63 ball games. Mets have had 64 ball games for this one.
In the 1967 season and in 27 days here at J Stadium they have drawn 557,000. Brown ball and a curve ball foul. The count goes up to strike two. 557,552 and a good crowd here tonight. They estimated it at about 27,000.
It could be a big weekend for baseball. Also all through the week. St. Louis Cardinals come in for the weekend and after the Pirates tomorrow the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday night and Thursday night. Friday night St. Louis.
Saturday afternoon the Cardinals and Sunday a doubleheader. Now a fastball under the chin of Tommy Davis. He moves away and it's one and two.
Steve Glass wants a new ball and gets it from the umpire mill center. Al Barlich the umpire at first base. Augie Donatelli the umpire at second base. Dan Landis at third.
And at one two the pitch to Tommy is fouled off the hands into the lower stands down the right field line. That remains at one ball and two strikes. He's had that fastball by Tommy.
Alberg Barlich one run and six hits the Mets have no runs and two. One man out bottom half of the fourth.
Now once again Steve wants a new ball.
And looks at the one he threw in. Check it out and keeps it. Some pitches like certain balls. Sometimes they don't feel right. A curveball drilled to left field coming over into the corner as Manny Jimenez he goes right into the corner and makes a catch about a strike from the wall.
Right down the left field line three hundred and forty feet away.
So Tommy out on a deep drive for the second out here in the bottom half of the fourth and that brings up Eddie Cranepool.
Eddie got the first base hit of the ballgame for the Mets in the second his first time up. He's batting three eleven right at the moment.
Eddie leads the club.
He has hit three home runs and driven in sixteen runs.
Cranepool right on top of the play.
And the right hander with the first pitch. It's lined the center field a base hit.
So Cranepool two for two he rounds it first and holds there.
That'll bring up Ron Svoboda.
Ron ground it out to second base into a fourth play his first time up.
He's batting two fifty four with four home runs and twelve runs batted in.
Ron taking a couple of practice swings outside of the batter's box.
High run is at first base Cranepool there with his second hit of the ballgame. He's now batting three fifteen.
And now Steve Blass with the first pitch to Svoboda. It's high and inside a fastball.
Svoboda moves away and it's one ball.
One and all. Outfield very deep all the way around.
The left fielder Manny Jimenez about two steps in front of the warning path in left field.
Mattie Allou deep in center. Now Manny deep in right.
Now Blass back and the sliders hit down to second base.
And as Arashki has it goes to first base for the out and that retires aside. No runs one hit.
No errors and the man left it first and the score through four.
Pittsburgh one the Mets nothing.
Jerry May the Pittsburgh catcher batting eight from the order will be leading off against Bob Shaw in the fifth inning.
Jerry single to left his previous time at bat.
May hitting three nineteen. Ground ball hit towards the hole cut off by Ken Boyer.
Now Ken straightens up throws the first in time for the off.
The pirate pitcher Steve Blass comes up for his second time at bat. His previous time up he was struck out.
And while we wait for Steve Blass we pause for station identification.
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Now swinging a miss by Steve Blass strike one.
Pittsburgh one run six hits one error. New York no runs three hits no errors.
Shaw wasting little time delivers and he had badly fooled him with a breaking ball off the outside corner.
He swung at it strike two.
That's for the infield and the outfield straight away against Blass and the curve is foul back into the crowd no play.
The game tomorrow starts at two o'clock.
The scenes for the movie will be shot from one thirty to two.
Swing and a miss he struck him out. Blass banned by Bob Shaw.
Third strike out by Bob Shaw. It brings up the lead off batter Matty Alou.
Matty now has raised his batting average to three thirty three.
He bonnet for a single in the opening inning and he's singled a right in the third inning.
After he's singled in the third and Matty Alou moved the second on the ground out by Maury Will took third in a wild pitch and scored a hit by Clemente.
It's a strike on the inside corner.
But now he's driving home the only run of the game at this point.
Now Shaw picks up his sign from Jerry Grote.
Here's the pitch to Matty Alou. It is in the dirt goes all the way to the backstop. No harm done nobody on. One ball one strike.
The afternoon game tomorrow the only day game until Saturday. Saturday a ladies day game between the Mets and the Cardinals.
One one pitch swung on and foul tipped. One ball two strikes to Matty Alou.
Roberto Clemente leads the national league in batting. Matty Alou is really making a run at it now.
The Cardinals Orlando Cepeda is second. Cepeda hitting three forty five.
Tim McCarver of the Cardinals is third. Rusty Stab of Houston fourth. Richie Allen of the Phillies is fifth and Matty Alou is sixth.
Hit foul over toward the home dugout. No play one ball and two strikes.
Matty Alou was quite a story in winning the batting title for the Pirates last year.
He raised his average over a hundred points from the previous year.
The one two pitch a change up it on the ground down to first. Crane pulled up with it steps on the bag and the side is up.
Bob Shaw gets the Pirates in order. No runs no hits no errors none left.
We've come halfway at the end of four and a half Pittsburgh one New York nothing.
Jerry. OK.
Last of the footballing New York behind one nothing Jerry Buczak leading off against Steve Blass.
Jerry was struck out his first time up and the pitch by Blass low it outside ball one.
Jerry's average to twenty nine seven home runs seventeen runs batted out.
Now the pitch underway hit off the end of the bat a foul ball one ball and one strike.
Let's have a lot of excitement coming up around here between now and the All-Star break.
Five of the top national league clubs visiting Shea Stadium.
Philly is here Wednesday and Thursday night the Cardinals Friday night Saturday afternoon doubleheaders Sunday.
Then Willie Mayston Giants come into New York over July 4th for a game on the night of the third the afternoon of the fourth and the night of the fifth.
Round ball hit down the third baseline foul one ball two strikes.
After the Giants series the Atlanta Braves for a weekend set.
Then the traditional break for the All-Star game.
The All-Star game will be played in California at Anaheim the home of the California Angels.
Pitching one and two.
It is inside two and two to Jerry Buczak.
The All-Star game is on July 11th and on July 12th at Yankee Stadium the mayor's trophy game between the Mets and the Yankees.
All the proceeds going to the mayor of San Laud baseball program.
Two to pitch low and outside and the string is at three and two on Jerry Buczak.
Jerry a native of St. Louis Missouri.
The old timers night is rapidly approaching a week from Saturday night July the 8th for the Mets playing the Atlanta Braves.
He held up on the swing and the slider broke outside ball for Blass and May both objecting to the call by umpire Mel Steiner.
That is the first walk surrendered by Steve Blass.
Now Jerry Grote checks with Salty Parker to see how manager West Western wants to play this.
The pitcher will be hitting next.
Jerry got good with on the ball his first time up tonight a fly ball to deep left and him it has caught against the fence.
He's around the but doesn't offer his high ball one.
Willie Stargell and Bob Beale came into New York.
But this evening returned to Pittsburgh for examinations.
Stargell with a bad shoulder and Beale's elbow has been bothering him.
Here's the pitch on the way a swing and a miss as he took the bum play off one ball and one strike.
Don Glenn Dunn and ready to race up the line from first base in the event of a bunch.
Mari will shorten up a third against Jerry Grote.
Now Blass delivers inside with a curve ball two balls and a strike to Jerry Grote.
Jerry May wants to chat with his pitcher Steve Blass.
Blass has had very good stuff.
He's a hard thrower.
Good live fastball throws a hard slider and a pretty good looking curve ball.
Now Blass rub on to me looking in for his side.
The two one-pitch it is high in the air on the left side of the infield.
On the stem part of the dam and Gene Alley between the second and third takes it to the off.
One out and one on and Bob Shaw now will try and work at his own behalf.
Bob was strutting out his first time up.
18 times this year he has won him.
Mari will is walking over from third for a word here as the Pirates anticipate a sacrifice bunch.
Jerry Buchak is on first base one out. New York behind one nothing.
Now they move in looking for the but here's the pitch.
Ball swing and a squibbler going foul on the first baseland.
The playing field is in beautiful shape here at Shea Stadium. Beautiful green.
Now a quick throw to first not in time.
Johnny McCarthy and his ground crew do an excellent job.
Playing field here at Shea is probably the best looking field in the big leagues.
Bunted foul off to the right no play.
Now blast with a two strike count on Bob Shaw.
Bud Harrelson is the on deck batter.
Blast so far has allowed just three hits.
Eddie Cranesville has two of the three both singles.
But Harrelson has the other a single to right in the third inning.
The Mets have had two well hit drives that have been caught.
One by Tommy Davis the other by Jerry Grote.
And the breaking ball is outside one ball and two strikes.
One and two as Shaw waits on Steve Blass.
The Lakeville Connecticut right hander delivers a bouncing ball hit toward the middle.
Grabbed by Maserowski. Flips Valley for one on the clandestine double play.
Four six three double play on the side is out in the last of the fifth inning.
No runs no hits no errors none left on.
So at the end of five Pittsburgh one run six hits and one error in New York no runs three hits and no errors.
Ground crew coming out now to manicure the diamond for the last four innings of action.
The old timers game will take place one week from the Saturday night here at Shea Stadium.
The 1960 Yankees squaring off against the original 1962 New York Mets.
A nostalgic night and a fun night here in the big beautiful stadium and flushing.
As the Mets talked about original Mets cast will be back on hand.
Ken McKenzie coach Sally Hemis.
Hobie Landreth who was the first player drafted by the Mets in the expansion draft.
I remember Hobie won a big ball game very early in the season for the New York Mets with a home run that year off Warren's five.
Frank Thomas is the starting left fielder and Big Frank had 34 home runs but still stands as a Mets club high.
Jay Hook won the first ball game the Mets ever won and it was against the Pirates out in Pittsburgh.
Bob Miller and Craig Anderson will be on hand and Slim Roger Craig who had so many heartbreaking losses.
Richie Ashburn hit over 300 that first year.
Just Bell was in right field and there was the gentleman from Cherryfield, Maine that everybody thought so much of, Carl Willie.
Hot Rod Kaniel and Roadblock Jones, Charlie Neal.
The Yankees will have such as old reliable Tommy Henry.
Whitey Ford, greatest left hander of them all for the New York Yankees.
Bobby Shins, Bob Serves, Charlie Kelleher, Joe Page, Eddie Lopat, Bobby Richardson, Art Dittmar and Gil McDougal.
Dale Long who humored in eight consecutive games for a record as still stands.
Bill Stafford and Bob Turley, Jonah Mastry and Bud Moss.
And of course the old professor Casey Stingle will be here.
Barry Wills up against Bob Shaw as we go to the sixth inning and the pitch is over strike one.
Wills has an infield hit and has rounded out second to first one for two.
Barry hitting two and ninety seven.
His knee has been bothering him quite a bit lately.
He was hit on that knee by a pitch thrown by Ray Sedecky.
Shaw out of his wind up the pitch to Wills.
Fast ball a strike on the inside corner of the pitch.
Wills sitting close to the plate jumped back thinking he was going to be more inside.
Roberto Clemente coming out on deck.
Now the pitch on the way.
Breaking ball in the dirt in front of the plate.
One ball two strikes to Maury Wills.
Now Shaw checking with Jerry Grody.
The Dodgers got two runs off Mel Queen in the third.
Dodgers to Cincinnati nothing at the end of three and a half of his team against Queen.
And it's hit in the air to shallow left center field drifting over is Leon Jones.
And Leon puts it away for the.
Now Roberto Clemente.
Roberto hit into a double play started by Bud Harrelson in the first inning.
But in the third inning he's single the right center driving home.
Matty Alou with the only run of the ball game.
Giants and Cardinals have their big series underway at St. Louis.
He Lord Terry is the giant pitcher he's had about as much tough luck as anybody in baseball this year.
Harry Walker.
Come out to argue a point with Empire now.
I don't know what the point is.
Up to this point and it's not really an argument.
It is merely an explanation on the part of Mel Sanders regards to whatever Harry Walker is saying.
Harry Walker is.
And are trying to walk away from him.
Harry Walker stays right with it.
Now the argument starts to break up and Harry Walker hits back to the dugout.
I don't know whether Harry was contending catchers interference and Jerry Grutter or what he was arguing about.
Fastball for a strike to Clemente.
He was not arguing obviously about the call on a pitch because that would mean banishment from the ballgame.
The Giants scoreless in the first inning at St. Louis.
Now breaking ball over strike two.
John Kastman is pitching the bat for the Cardinals.
He was with the Cardinals during spring training was sent back to the minor leagues on the cut down date and brought back up with Ray Washburn suffering a fractured thumb.
Washburn is now on the disabled list.
His strike delivery off the outside corner one ball and two strikes.
It might very well have been to that area Walker was talking to Mel Steiner about the possibility of Bob Shaw throwing a spitter.
The one to pitch fastball off the outside corner it's two and two.
This afternoon the Cubs made it seven straight they beat Philadelphia four to two.
Rich Nye the rookie left hander won his sixth game against three losses and Dick Ferrell was the loser.
The Williams and the Sando each clubbed a home run for each of the number 13.
Now Shaw pitches two and two.
A ground ball is through the middle.
They've hit back for many.
Clemente is now two for three and it brings up Manny Jimenez the left fielder.
Yankees nothing Kansas City nothing at the end of five.
Fred Fowler to give Paul Lindblad.
White Sox nothing the Orioles nothing after four and a half.
Bruce Howard pitching against Pete Rickard.
The Red Sox Minnesota game not yet underway.
Swing and a miss strike one.
And later tonight the Senators and the Angels play at Anaheim.
Right here we're in the sixth inning one out and one on.
Pittsburgh in front one nothing.
Eddie Crane now holding against Roberto Clemente.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Inside and low one ball one strike.
Manny Jimenez was hitting 338 at Columbus in the International League when the
Parrots decided to bring him up and send George Briggs down.
Now Clemente leading off first.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Bounced foul into the dirt near home plate one ball two strikes.
Pittsburgh one run seven hits New York no runs three hits.
The Mets were in Pittsburgh on their last road trip.
There were three well-pitched ballgames for the series.
The Mets won a Twilight Knight doubleheader winning the first game one to nothing.
And the second game three to two.
The one to delivery a swing and a miss he struck him out.
Strikeout number four by Bob Shaw it brings up Don Glenn-Dennett.
First baseman Don Glenn-Dennett has popped the first and popped the short nothing for two.
Dennis Bennett pitches tomorrow against Woody Freiman in the battle of left-hander.
Now the pitch on the way a ground ball hit the short stuff.
Snagged by Harrelson he flips the boot check.
Force play on Fennedy and the side is out.
No runs one hit no errors one left.
After five and a half innings the Pittsburgh Pirates won and the New York Mets nothing.
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Bud Harrelson, the first step in the last of the sixth inning.
Bud has reached safely on an error charge to Gene Alley
and singled a right field for one of the three hits given up by Steve Blass.
So New York will have Bud Harrelson, Leigh-Anne Jones, and Ken Boyer hitting in the last half of the sixth inning.
Now the pitcher on the way, foul ball back into the crowd, no play.
And the Mets were last in Pittsburgh after winning the Twilight Night doubleheader.
The following night they were shut out by right-hander Tommy Sisk.
Jack Fisher pitching well in a losing ball game.
Bud Harrelson waits, and the pitcher by Blass, a curve up high, that failed to act up for him.
One ball and one strike.
Bud had a notion about bunning that ball, and Maury Wells came in on the run.
Blass has walked only one, struck out four.
The 1-1 pitch inside of the low, it's 2-1 on Bud Harrelson.
For the month of June, Bud's batting average is probably around 270.
Center fielder Mattie Allou, playing Harrelson to hit to the opposite field as he plays him over toward left center.
And a swing and a miss on a fastball, it's 2-2.
Roberto Clementi drove home Mattie Allou in the third with the only run of the game.
Now we're in the last of the sixth inning.
Blass with his sign now from Jerry May.
The pitch to Harrelson, a shot through the hole of him, he's hit the left field.
So the tying run is on with nobody out, as Harrelson again gets the job done.
This time he's single to the opposite field, he hits the ball hard, through the hole.
Bud is now 2-3, the fourth hit of the game for New York, and coming up to hit is Leon Jones.
Leon has popped up the second and been struck out, nothing for 2.
Now a lively Monday night crowd here at Shea starts with a let's go, let's drive.
Maury Wills moves in close to third, looking for the bunt.
Lendena holding against the runner.
Now Blass up in pitching position.
He turns around, doesn't offer, and it's a fastball high, one ball and a strike.
Leon bunts the runner over, and that's when we'll have Ken Boyer and Tommy Davis to try and tie the game up.
Outfield playing rather deep and a round toward left.
Again, Pittsburgh anticipates the bunt.
He squares around, doesn't offer, and it's high ball too.
Two balls and no strikes.
Now Jerry May trots back to the mound with the ball.
And Leon Jones checks with Sally Parker to see if things are still the same, or if they're going to play a waiting game.
Two balls and no strikes.
Lendena edging up the line toward home.
He squares around, bunts, fair ball, Lendena up with it, the play is going to first base in time for the odds.
Just for a moment, it looked like Lendena would gamble and fire the second.
But against the speed of Halston, he elected to play it safe and threw the ball to Masurowski, covering it first.
So Leon sacrifices his turn at bat trying to help build a run.
Harrelson goes into scoring position, and the batter's sub again is Ken Boyer.
Ken Boyer has been called out on strikes and grounded out third to first, nothing for two.
Now Blass looking in for his sign.
Here's the pitch on the way.
A slow grounder hit right back to the mound.
Blass grabs it.
He throws to first in time to get Boyer, and Harrelson moves over to third.
Now before Tommy Davis steps in, we'll pause for station identification.
This is the New York Mets baseball network.
This is Bill Edwardson asking you to start your day on the right note with me, 7 to 10 a.m. on the Big Bright Sound, here on WGY Connected.
Rod Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Keiner from Shea Stadium where the Mets now have Bud Harrelson on third, a few men down, and Tommy Davis coming up.
Tommy has flied to right and flied to deep left field.
His drive to left was caught right up against the left field wall by Manny Jiminez.
Here's the pitcher against right-hand hitter.
Tommy Davis hitting three-seven.
Fastball outside, one ball and a strike.
Right here, Tommy Davis hoping to bag his 36th run batted end of the year.
If he can, this game is tied.
Beautiful Monday night crowd at Shea.
The paid crowd is 27,294.
And a total crowd of 28,152.
Now the pitch on the way.
Swing and a miss on a curveball.
One ball and one strike and Tommy Davis took about as hard a swing at that curveball as you can take.
Eddie Crane, we won't need a contact.
Pittsburgh 1, New York nothing.
Last of the sixth inning.
Now the windup by Blass, the pitch, swing and a miss and a high hard left.
That fastball was up in Tommy's eyes.
He went after it.
Tommy is strong, an aggressive hitter.
He likes the looks of it.
He really goes after it.
Now one ball, two strikes to Tommy Davis.
Speed of Blass, 25-year-old right-hander from Lakeville, Connecticut.
Good stuff.
Now the one-two pitch, a swing and a miss, he's dragging out.
And Blass, a fan of a tough hitter, Tommy Davis.
For Blass, strikeout number five.
No runs, one hit, no errors and one left.
The tying run, left-stranded on third.
At the end of sixth, the Pirates won and the New York Mets nothing.
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Now in the top half of the seventh inning, it's Bill Masuratsky coming up for the Pirates.
The Pirates scored a run in the top half of the third inning, and it has stood up to this point.
They're right in front, one nothing through sixth.
For the Pirates, one run on seven hits and one error.
The Mets, no runs, four hits, no errors.
Bob Shaw's pitch to the right-hand batter, and it's one run, hits deep to left-center field, way back.
Going, going, gone.
A home run for Bill Masuratsky.
His fourth of this season.
It leaves off here in the seventh and puts the Pirates out in front by a score of two to nothing.
Now it's Gene Alley, who's hitting 276 with four homers and 24 runs about at end.
In this game, he grounded out third, the person grounded into a double play.
He's a right-hand batter.
Bob Shaw's pitch, curve ball, and it's in there for a called strike.
Jerry May coming out to the on-deck circle now for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Starting the night in fourth place in the National League standing.
And the pitch breaks low for a ball, it's one-one.
Now Don Shaw gets up to throw in the Met bow pen.
Tonight's baseball quiz, two pitchers share the American League mark for the lowest number of strikeouts to lead the league.
Can you identify them?
It's a one-one pitch and it's outside for a ball, two and one.
Nobody on, nobody out for the Pirates in the seventh with one run in.
On the home run by Masuratsky to make it Pirates two, Met's nothing.
Now swinging a foul ball, off into the corner of the dugout of the Pirates and rebounding out of the playing field.
Run down by umpire, Sam Landis.
Levels are counted two and two.
This is a bobtail series between the Met's and the Pirates.
Play again tomorrow afternoon.
Curve ball in up the alley and left center.
Tommy Davis coming on, can not get to it.
He short hops it and whips it in and holding it first now is Gene Alley.
As Tommy Davis short hopped the ball out of the middle and took a quick look to see if he would get a call from the umpire.
It has happened, but both are getting down to Tommy and Sam Landis for indicating the ball is in play.
So the Pirates have a runner at first base, nobody out and Jerry Mays up.
He's one for two.
Bob Shaw works off the stretch, runner goes, here's a swing and a miss.
He throws down to Buczak and he is safe at second base.
Solemn base for Alley.
Number three for Gene Alley.
Hidden round was on, Jerry Mays took a hefty cut and missed.
Now May steps back out of the batting box for a moment.
While umpire Mel Sanders comes around to brush off the plate.
Nobody out for the Pirates and the Sevens.
Bob Shaw delivers a swing and a high pop foul back into the seat and out of play.
Jerry Goodey gives it a run and now turns and goes back toward the plate.
Nothing in two.
Shaw now checks.
The pitchers run out and hit one off the house and deep and short his play is at first base in time, the runner holds.
Alley on the bag at second base.
One away, pitcher Steve Blass is coming up.
The answer to the baseball quiz, Bobo Newsom and Tex Houston each struck out 113 American League hitters in 1942 to share the title.
Blass has been up twice in this game, he struck out both times and all show has struck out four and he's walked none.
Checks the runner at second.
Here's the pitch swung on and missed for strike one.
Maddie Alou has moved out on deck.
Again, Bob Shaw checks his runner and here is the strike one delivery.
On the outside corner for a call, strike two.
Gene Alley leads the pitchers one out and missed the curve ball.
So Steve Blass has struck out three times and the fifth strike out credited to Shaw, they're at two away.
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Manager West Westrom calls, time goes to the mound now to talk to Bob Shaw about the possibilities here.
First base is open.
Alley is the runner at second.
Maddie Alou is at the plate and Maury Wills is on deck.
So it's a short conference just to decide whether or not they'll put him on or pitch to it.
And they're going to put him on.
So an intentional walk will be issued to Maddie Alou to set up a fourth play at third and second.
They'll put two men out and they will pitch them to Maury Wills.
As ball four away outside and Maddie Alou gets rid of the lumber, goes down to first.
That is the first walk issued by Bob Shaw.
Maury Wills is coming up, switch at your batting left.
He's one for three tonight.
He's hitting 296 for the season.
No pitch as Maury Wills backed out of the bat.
It's not sure if he's ready to deliver but umpire Mel Steiner moved out and raised his hand.
Now runners lead first and second.
Shaw's pitch, swung on it on the ground to second base.
Puchak up with it, goes to Craneville and the side is up.
Now the Pirates get a run on two hits, no errors and two runs.
In the middle of the seventh the score is the Pirates two and the Mets nothing.
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First right turn.
And break.
Now in the bottom of the 7th.
Ed Graenbohm is coming up.
He's 2 for 2.
The Mets fail by two runs.
Steve Blass is on the mound.
He's been in all the way.
Limited the Mets before he hits to this point.
Blass has the sign.
Pitch to the left hand batter.
And it's a fastball low.
It's ball one.
Scheduled up in the inning.
Graenbohm, Swaboda and Vuchek for the Mets.
Steve Blass has struck out five at each walk one.
1-0 pitch in there for a called strike.
Steve Mickelson's now throwing in the bullpen for the Pirates.
Late inning insurance, Pete Mickelson.
This will be a 1-1 pitch to Ed Graenbohm.
Lifts on the way.
Wings and misses.
Strike two.
It's 1 and 2.
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It's a swing and a base hit for Graenbohm in the center field.
One hop, half-second baseman Bill Maserati.
Graenbohm is three for three.
Leadoff bases here in the seventh set.
That's a tying run at the plate.
Graenbohm and Swaboda coming up.
Grounded under force play and grounded out.
Pete Mickelson continues to throw in the bullpen now for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Mets fans come alive as the Mets try to get something going here in the bottom half of the seventh inning.
That was base hit number five for the Mets off C-Blast.
Don Glenn Dunham comes over to hold against the runner Graenbohm.
C-Blast works off the stretch in the pitch to Swaboda.
Sliced foul down the right field line out of play.
The counties strike one.
Swaboda measures his stand, digs in a little bit at the plate.
Graenbohm takes the short lead at first base.
C-Blast is up in set.
Here's a pitch that's inside. It's one and one.
Jerry Buczak's waiting on Dike.
Now the little man, Roy Faith, gets up.
Now the little man, Roy Faith, gets up to join Mickelson in the bullpen.
When the Mets in Pittsburgh recently took both ends of a twine-eyed double header from the Pirates' face
with the losing pitcher in each game.
Here's a one-one pitch and it's low and away for a ball. It's two and one.
Glenn Dunham walks over a few steps on the infield grass to yell something across.
The pitcher, Steve Blass.
Nobody out for the Mets in the bottom half of the seventh inning.
The Pirates lead by a score of two to nothing.
This will be a two-one pitch to Swaboda.
Bow back off the screen and out of play and they count even to two and two.
Swaboda again, measures his stance.
Defensively the Pirates play Swaboda straight away.
This will be a two-two delivery and it's on the way.
Swung on and fouled out to the right side into the seats and out of play.
Now the scramble is on for the souvenir.
Count holds it two and two to Swaboda with Cranepool at first and nobody out.
Blass then forward to take his time. Cranepool leads at first base. Two-two delivery.
High hopping ground ball and shortstop.
Taking it over to Mets for the fourth.
Swaboda going across the bag at first. No relay there.
Marty Wills ducks out of the way of the ground ball to allow Gene Alley to steal it and fire it over to Maserowski at second.
With a high hopper so there was no chance to double Swaboda.
He replaces Cranepool at the runner at first with one man out now and Vuchek coming up.
Vuchek struck out and walked.
At the end of this half inning we'll bring you up to date on scores of other games all around the major leagues.
So it's Vuchek who's tying run to play now. Pirates lead two-nothing.
This pitch is low. Bounds in front of the plate is blocked by Jerry May.
No chance for Swaboda to advance.
Blass really cranked out on that one.
Came very close to being what Choo-Choo Coleman used to call a 55-foot curve ball.
Now again, Blass is set.
Swinging a foul ball. Offspin out of play.
One and one to Vuchek.
The flag on the flag-saving center field, completely motionless at this point,
The flag on the flag-saving center field, completely motionless at this point.
No one-one delivery. Swung on and missed. It's one and two now to Vuchek.
Jerry Grudy waiting on deck.
Pirates have nine hits in the Mets at five.
One man out on a one-two count. Swaboda takes his lead.
He's swinging a high fly ball to right field, and Clemente goes back to the warning track,
and he's there and he puts it away. Halfway on the fly ball, the right Swaboda retreats to the bag at first,
and there are two men out.
Jerry Grudy is the batter, and he is being called back, and Larry Stahl is being sent up to bat for him.
Larry Stahl batting for Jerry Grudy.
Stahl is a left-hand batter, an outfielder by trade.
Hitting 192 with four runs batted in. Five for 26.
Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, for New York, batting for Grudy, number 25, Larry Stahl, number 25.
Here comes Clyde King, the pitching coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates, out to the mound now for a word with Steve Blass and Jerry May
about the manner in which they will pitch to Larry Stahl.
King turns now and runs back toward the Pirate dugout.
Pirates lead in this game two to nothing, with two men out. The Mets have a runner at first and Larry Stahl batting for Jerry Grudy.
Steve Blass off the stretch, and the pitch is low for a ball to Larry Stahl.
Bob Schaller is waiting on deck.
1-0 pitch, swung on and fouled back out of play.
Don Schaller still throwing in the bullpen for the New York Mets.
Steve Blass takes just a moment, taking a big deep breath before getting ready to work again for Larry Stahl.
He has a sign, and this is a 1-1 pitch coming.
Swung on and missed, it's 1-2.
Now it's got a run in the third and another in the seventh.
Mets have five hits, but they have not been able to get more than one hit in any inning in this ballgame.
1-2 pitch, swung on and missed, and Steve Blass with his sixth strike out of the night gets pinched at a Larry Stahl, and the side is out with no runs or hits, no errors and one left.
The end of seven full innings, the score is the Pirates 2 and the Mets nothing.
Now scores of other games, first in the National League at Wrigley Field in Chicago this afternoon. Manager Leo DeRosier, Chicago Cubs, made it seven wins in a row with a 4-2 victory over Gene Marks, Philadelphia Phillies.
Rich Nye started and got the win, Cal Coons in the sixth, Jeff Hartenstein in the ninth, Dick Farrell started and took the loss, Grant Jackson in the first and Dallas Green in the seventh.
Billy Williams had his 13th home in the first with nobody on, and Ron Sando had his 13th home in the season in the first with nobody on.
Tonight at Crosley Field in Cincinnati at the end of five, the Dodgers 2, Cincinnati nothing.
Rod Osteen going for his tenth win of the year against Mel Queen going for his ninth.
In St. Louis at the end of two and a half innings, the league leading Cardinals have managed a red chain beat to the San Francisco Giants nothing.
Jim Cosman who has just called up on the mound for the Cardinals and Gayloid Perry for the San Francisco Giants.
The American League going to the bottom half of the seventh inning now, the Yankees won the Kansas City A's nothing.
Fred Talbot relieved by Billy Mambo getting the seventh for the Yanks, Lindblad going for Kansas City, Tom Tresh, Homer to put the Yanks out front.
Going to the bottom of the seventh in Baltimore, the league leading Chicago White Sox 2 and the Baltimore Orioles 2, Bruce Howard against Keith Rickards,
Kurt Bleffrey and Smokey Burgess have had two run homers.
Boston at Minnesota, latest start to warm up Jim Lomborg against Jim Cotton and Washington at California in a latest start.
Roberto Clemente is up, Johnny Sullivan catching for the Mets, Bob Schaugh's pitch is outside.
It's ball one with the Parrots up in the top half of the eighth inning.
Clemente is two for three in this game.
He's thinking of driving the first one and the third. Here's the pitch in for a called strike. It's one and one.
Here's the pitch in for a called strike. It's one and one.
Parrots two, Mets nothing. Bob Schaugh has been an all-away, delivers outside to Clemente and it's two and one.
Two and one.
Two and one pitch. Swung on and fouled off to the right side out of play.
Roberto Clemente has to be the finest ball player ever picked up in the minor league draft.
Here's the property of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Brooklyn Dodgers, they had them at Montreal and they thought they had them hit out pretty well.
But the Parrots drafted them. He has lost them into a superstar.
Here's the swing and a high pop foul to the right side out of play.
Clemente threw his bat at that ball and he traveled halfway up the first base.
And he stays alive with a 2-2 count.
That year that the Dodgers had Clemente at Montreal, they thought they had him pretty well hit him.
So much so that if there was any thought that a scout was in the stands anywhere, they didn't play him.
Here's 2-2 pitch. Here's the swing and a high drop to deep right. It's way back and going back.
It's for Roberto and he's there to make the catch.
Clemente flying out to deep right field.
Manny Jimenez hit by a pitch ball.
Live to left, struck out swinging.
Bob Shaw pitches it on the ground and Cranepool gloves it in the hole, throws it on to Shaw in time.
A nice fielding play pulled out by Cranepool and Shaw.
Cranepool moves his right one in the hole between first and second to glove the ground smash.
Third pitch, he's got it in the hole.
Cranepool's got it in the hole.
Bob Shaw, Cranepool moves his right one in the hole between first and second to glove the ground smash.
Took the full pivot and pegged Bob Shaw who's coming full flight.
To the left.
Don Clemente done it.
Popped out, popped out and grounded into a fourth play.
And the pitch is low for a ball.
And this pitch is in for a called strike. It's one and one.
Two in and out, nobody on base. Pirates two in the
Bob Shaw with a one-one offering.
And it's in for a called strike. It's one and two.
And Ron Taylor is up and throwing along with Don Shaw.
Billy O'Dell is throwing down the bullpen of the Pittsburgh Pirates, tuning up.
Wim Dunnan back in and waiting as Bob Shaw deals a one-two curveball.
It's only gone to third and on back and boy in the left field.
It is a base hit.
The official score is a base hit and that will bring up Bill Masurowski who has two hits, one of them a home run and the seventh inning.
The hit was number ten for the Pirates off Bob Shaw.
Two minutes with the runner at first. Show off the stretch and the pitch is fine and pops up to shortstop.
Haraldson's there, puts it away and the side is retired with no runs.
On a hit no errors and one left. In the middle of the eighth the score is the Pirates two and the Mets nothing.
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Bob Johnson's gonna pitch it for Bob Shaw. We pass the station identification. This is the New York Mets baseball network.
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This is Lindsay Nelson with Bob Murphy and Ralph Cantor at Shae Stadium in New York. Bob Johnson is up.
The first pitch is a little high and it's off the finger. I'll catch you Jerry May.
We're waiting to see if there were any indications of all the clicks off the bat but there's been none yet.
Johnson is 5 for 10 as a bench hitter. And now Mel Sanders signifies it is a strike.
It didn't click off the bat and he's getting the call chains on the scoreboard here at Shae Stadium. It is strike one.
No. Now he's changing it back indicating it's ball one.
Well here's the swing and the ground ball is short and it's taken by Alley and played over to Clint Denham so it's no consequence for his pitch because Johnson is grounded out short to first.
One away and it's a strike.
Well here's the swing and the ground ball is short and it's taken by Alley and played over to Clint Denham so it's no consequence for his pitch because Johnson is grounded out short to first.
One away and Bud Hamilton is coming up now.
Hamilton is 2 for 3.
Matty Moda is in the ballgame now and left field for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Harrison, switch hitter has been on base three straight times. He blasts with a pitch.
In first strike as Harrison bluffs a bunch. So it's clear now what happened on the pitch a moment ago.
When Siner was signaling with the index finger of his right hand so vehemently he wasn't indicating strike he was indicating Matty Moda is playing left field.
Juan Pizarro is up and throwing down there in the pirate bullpen now. Blast delivers high and away and it's one and one.
Leon Jones waiting on deck for the Mets batting in the bottom half of the eighth inning with the Pirates leading here by a score of 2 to nothing.
A blast for the one one pitch hit on the ground to second. Maseratsky has it to Clint Denham and they're two away for the Mets.
Leon Jones nothing but two and a sacrifice tonight.
Leon Jones is down.
Leon settles himself in now. Steve Glass has struck out six and walked one in this game.
And it's in for a close strike. Ken Boyers on deck.
Bring in a drive in the left center field. Tagged up that ball and it's taken by Moda and played back.
Leon Jones keeps the Mets hopes alive here in the bottom half of the eighth.
The swing of the left Ken Boyers tying run at the plate.
Leon Jones keeps his hitting streak going at sixth consecutive game.
The Mets are down.
Base hit number six for the Mets.
Off Steve Glass.
The pitch to Boyers.
It's way back there. It's going going. It's a home run.
Ken Boyer with his first home run of this season.
It's a ball out into the pirate bullpen over the left field wall and the score is tied 2-2.
Tommy Davis up now with two men out and nobody on base and we have a brand new ball game.
As the Mets have come from behind to tie the score.
Glass with a pitch low hits in the dirt comes in on one hop and it's ball one.
Jerry Maycoe's time goes halfway to the mound tosses the ball out to Steve Glass who isn't very happy.
By having given up a home run to Ken Boyer.
Boyer until that moment has driven in only four runs this entire season.
Got two RBIs there. Here's a pitch to Davis low and it's 2-0.
Ron Taylor throwing down to the med bullpen. 2-0 pitch now and it is low.
Glass goes behind three and out of Tommy Davis with Ed Crane full on deck.
And Jerry Maycoe shots there. Well statistically now Bob Shaw is off the hook.
He cannot be the losing pitcher. He was removed for a pinch hitter in this inning.
Here's a 3-0 pitch and it is low ball for it.
The Mets get the go ahead run on it first and Harry Walker the manager of the Pirates is on his way to the mound.
And that's all for Glass. We're going to get a pitching change.
He's at Pizarro throwing down the bullpen. Perhaps he wants the left hander to pitch to Crane full. We'll find out in a moment.
Now Juan Pizarro is walking over towards the electric curtain. He's going to get the right end from the bullpen.
And that is all for Steve Glass. Harry Walker standing there at the mound but he's back to Glass looking out for the bullpen.
Pizarro gets the right end to make his sixteenth appearance of this season.
Overall Pizarro has won three and lost six.
He pitched against the Mets on the sixth of June for the full nine innings.
Gave up two runs and six hits with the losing pitcher in a 3-2 game.
It went into extra innings I believe.
Of course manager West Western can make a decision of allowing Crane full to hit. Crane full is three for three tonight against the right hander.
Or he can go to his bench and get the likes of Tommy Reynolds or Hawk Taylor or Ed Charles.
Crane full at this moment is going back into the dugout.
Steve Glass went for seven and two thirds. Gave up two runs on seven hits. Struck out section walk two.
Now Pizarro is on the mound.
He is obtained by the parrots from the Chicago White Sox during the off season.
Crane full back out now ready to bat as soon as Pizarro has warmed up.
The end of three innings in St. Louis is the Cardinal two and the Giants nothing.
Gaylord Ferry against Jim Cosman at the end of six. Dodgers two something adding nothing.
Claudio standing against Mel Queen.
This afternoon the Cavs beat the Phillies four to two.
At the end of seven the Yankees won Kansas City nothing.
Mamba's got against Sanford now both in relief. Trash Homer for the Yanks.
The end of seven the White Sox two and the Orioles two. Locker against Watt both in relief.
Leffrey and Burgess with home runs.
Lost in administer to the warm up Jim Lomborg and Jim Cotts.
Washington and California late at start.
Listen to the chat of let's go Mets.
Crane and Fulgum tries to get the left hander against the right hander. He was three for three tonight.
That's the batting in the bottom half of the eighth inning with Tommy Davis on his three.
Two men out and the score is tied two to.
Juan Fizarro is up and set.
Runner goes and the pitch is low and it's on the second and it's a stolen base.
The fourth for Tommy Davis.
Tommy Davis with a stolen base move the go ahead run in the scoring position.
One and oh the capture Crane boo.
Now Tommy Davis leads off the bag at second. Fizarro off the stretch.
One hole pitch to Crane boo. Low and away in the dirt dug out by Jerry May.
The fire is get your calls time and he goes out to the mound to have a talk with Juan Fizarro.
Roy Faison Billy Odell and I'll throw in the bullpen for the powering.
Right hander Roy Faison left hander Billy Odell.
It will be a two oh pitch day at Crane boo.
The boat is waiting on day. Now the two delivery and it is in for a call strike.
Two and one the crane.
Again the pitch.
Swung on and looked out in the right corner field committee coming on coming on and committee makes the catch on the right.
So the side is out. But the Mets picked up two runs on two hits after two were out.
No errors and one left. The end of eight full innings the score is the Mets two and the Parrots two.
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Now in the do the pitching for the New York Mets is Ron Taylor making his 18th appearance he has won one and lost two.
Last time out in Atlanta he worked one and two thirds without no runs no hits.
He picked up a victory against the Atlanta Braves by working a third of an inning.
So it's right hander Ron Taylor and as soon as he is warmed up he'll be working to right hand batter Jean Alley the shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In case you've joined us along the way the Pirates went out in front in the top half of the third inning here tonight when Mattie Allou lined the single to center.
Moved to second on a hit and run play when Maury Wills grounded out second to first and then Roberto Clemente singled him home.
That run stood up until the seventh and Bill Masurowski hit a lead off homer and the Pirates had a two run lead.
And then after two were out in the bottom half of the eighth inning for the Mets.
Cleon Jones got a single to keep his hitting streak alive at sixth consecutive game.
And Ken Boyer stepped up and hit his first home run of this season into the Pirates bullpen over the left field fence to make it a 2 2 ballgame.
Neither of the starting pitchers is around now and the pitchers of record are the pitchers in the ballgame.
Jean Alley grounded out, grounded into a double play and singled a left.
He's hitting 279.
Ron Taylor's pitch in for a called strike.
Flicked off the bat of Jean Alley says umpire Mel Steiner.
Jerry May is waiting on deck.
Strike one pitch and it's low for a one and one.
Here's the one one offering low for a ball.
So Taylor goes behind two and one.
The Mets have two runs seven hits.
Pirates have two runs ten hits.
And the Pirates have a three run lead.
And the two one delivery is a chopper at a third and Boyer charges a three run lead.
And the Pirates have a three run lead.
And the two one delivery is a chopper at a third and Boyer charges comes up with it goes on the run in time.
So Alley is grounded out third to first and that'll bring up Jerry May who has won for three.
Number 12.
Andre Rogers is coming out of the on deck circle.
Here's a swing and a looper and a right and a late start.
Right field around for butter and it falls in as a base hit for Jerry May.
Now Andre Rogers looks back to the dugout.
He is out there on deck as a perspective at it for Juan Pizarro.
However this might be a sacrifice situation and Rogers is looking now he's being called back.
And Al Luplo is going over to the bat rack.
Al Luplo who recently went from the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates is getting a bat.
He does not yet have a base hit with the Pirates.
He's gone over eight since down in the uniform of the Pirates.
So his season batting average is down to 177.
Luplo batting for Pizarro and manager West Westrom comes out now.
And the talk with Ron Taylor, John Sullivan and Ed Craneville.
With Luplo batting for Pizarro, Mattie Alou has moved out there on deck.
Story time 2-2 but the Pirates have picked up a base runner here in the top of the ninth with one man out.
Al Luplo. Luplo is a down. He's a left hand batter.
Downs the plate and digs in a little bit.
Craneville holds against the runner Jerry May at first.
And the pitch is hung on. It's on the ground foul back at first. It's strike one.
Luplo looks down to sign man Alex Gramis on the coaching line at third.
Luplo wears contact lenses on the playing field. He wears conventional glasses at other times.
Ron Taylor sets and the pitch. Low for a ball as Taylor came overhand.
It's one and one.
Again Ron Taylor looks down to get a sign from Johnny Sullivan.
The one one pitch. In for a call. Strike two. That's the knee. So it's one and two.
Pizarro out of the ball game of course with Luplo up here batting for him.
Roy Face and Vernon Law are throwing in the pirate bullpen.
Jerry May takes his lead. The one two delivery. Low. Two and two.
Don Shaw is throwing in the med bullpen. A little lefty with a left hand batter Maddie Allou on deck.
One away for the pirates on the ninth.
Jerry May leads it first. The two two pitch to Luplo. It's deep to right. It's way back there if it stays there.
And it is a foul ball. Just to the foul side of the foul pole. Way down in the right field corner.
Edwin was hanging up there a long long time and Jerry May cuts across the infield grass. Coming back to first.
Now it holds it two and two to Al Luplo as he gave that one a long ride.
With the match he had three home runs.
The long ball hitter.
Two two pitch. And he hits it deep to center. Leon Jones goes way back. He's at the warning track.
He makes the catch and Jerry May apparently thought there were two men out. He is rounded second.
He'll have to touch second going back to throw the first and double play.
And so it is a double play that goes eight six three.
And Jerry May had a middle left. Thought that there were two men out and he ran all the way around almost to third.
Before Alex Gammis got the word to him.
So on the long fly to center taken by Cleon Jones. And he's turned into a double play.
The side is out. No runs. They hit no other as man left.
Now in the middle of the night the score is a match two and the power is two. And now here's a word from Reingold.
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The picture for the pirates now is little man Elroy Faith.
On the 6th of June in Pittsburgh the Mets took both ends of a twilight doubleheader from the Pirates.
Faith worked the last inning of each game and was the losing pitcher each time as the Mets won it one to nothing and three to two.
Faith overall is making his 25th appearance for the Pirates.
He has won four and lost only the two games that he lost to the Mets this season.
In the bottom of the ninth the Mets are scheduled to send up Ron Swabota, Jerry Buchak and John Sullivan to try to pull it out in the bottom half of the ninth inning.
There he goes, Jerry Mays throw down the second around the horn and Ron Swabota is coming up.
Round it into a force play, round it out and round it into a force play.
Of course the fans here chasted him the Mets and the Pirates were the winners.
The Pirates were the winners.
Round it into a force play, round it out and round it into a force play. Of course the fans here chasted him the Mets and the hopeful that Swabota or Buchak or Sullivan can get a hold of a one and give it a long ride out of the ballpark to end the ballgame.
Roy Faith takes the side.
And the pitch is outside for a ball.
At third base, Maury Wills is guarding the line, protecting against the extra base hit.
One open and it's in for a call strike, it's one and one to Swabota.
Bottom of the ninth with a score tied 2-2. Here's a one-one pitch, swung on and missed.
A slider and Swabota took a hefty cut, one ball and two strikes. Buchak kneeling in the on deck circle, defensively the Pirates plays Swabota straight away.
A little man now, and pitches. And it's outside, 2-2, Swabota was ready to go. Moved his body forward but did not swing the bat, so the count's level at 2-2.
Humpire Mel Santé comes around quickly to brush the plate.
The voters had four home runs and twelve runs vetted in this year.
This is a 2-2 pitch. Foul back and out of play and the count continues at 2-2.
Again Roy Fates, goes to the rubber to take the sign.
Swinging a ground ball foul back of third, Maury Wills over bare hands and flips it right back to Roy Fates.
So the count continues 2-2.
Swabota swings the bat as he waits. The pitch, swung on and missed. Roy Fates strikes out Swabota. First strike out, four-face. Steve Blass struck out sixth.
Jerry Buchak's up. He struck out, walked and flied deep to right.
Buchak is a right-hand batter.
Johnny Sullivan moves out on deck.
Pitch is in for a called strike. Right-hand pitcher working to a right-hand batter here.
Bards play Buchak straight away as well. Here's a swing and a ground ball up the middle. Nazarovsky will behind the bag, gets rid of it over the first and not in time. He's there safely. The throw was in the dirt and Glendening tried to scoop it up and could not come up with it cleanly. He sort of scooped it up into the air. It's a base hit for Jerry Buchak.
He becomes potential winning run. Here in the bottom half of the ninth inning with one man out, left-hand batter John Sullivan coming up.
John Sullivan, number 28.
Nazarovsky went in behind the bag a second to get that ground ball, got rid of it in a hurry, but did not have enough on it to get it over there all the way.
Don Shaw throwing in the bow pin for the mess with Ron Taylor moving out on deck. Score tied 2-2. Buchak leads it first, face for the pitch. Hung on, that missed, strike one.
Sullivan's up for his first time in the game.
Hitting 191. We had one run battered in.
The pitch in for a called strike two to Sullivan who stares at the plate.
And now Roy Face has gone ahead. He has an 0-2 count to the left-hand batter. Glendening is holding against the runner at first base.
Here's a swing and a drive in the right field coming on it for Mitty. He can't get it. He goes mostly slow.
Buchak ground second on his way to third. Mitty falls down, gets up with the ball, throws the first. Buchak's at third and Sullivan's at first.
Well, Clemente was battling it every step of the way and it was battling back out in right field. It was a line smash. Clemente decided he would try to shoestring it.
It went off his glove and rolled a dozen feet away. If he got to it, he slipped down.
It is scored as a single. No error. A single all the way. No error on Clemente as it is the opinion of the official scorer that Buchak should have gone from first to third.
So now the potential winning runner is at third base. We're going to get a pinch runner. Dick Selma comes in to run for John Sullivan at first base.
Selma runs for Sullivan. Ed Charles is going to come up now to bat for Ron Taylor. One man out. The Pirates will have to play it here to try to choke off the run.
Ed Charles is batting for Ron Taylor. Dick Selma is running for Johnny Sullivan.
Now the Pirates move the outfield in because the long play ball will end the ball game anyway. So the outfield is playing shallow.
The infield is set halfway so they can still try to go for the double play or possibly make a play at the plate.
Charles is the right hand batter. Roy Faith working.
He's taking a time. I'm catching Jerry May. Now he goes up and set and the pitch.
The next win it as the run crosses the plate. Selma goes on to third. Charles with a single to left center and a run batted in and the Mets win it by a score of three to two.
Getting their tenth hit of the ball game to win it. And again Roy Faith is the losing pitcher in this ball game.
Ed Charles drives Buczak in from third base. It was a streaming line drive out into left center field. So Ron Taylor is the winner and Roy Faith once again is the losing pitcher in this ball game.
We'll be back here in a moment with a final summary and totals.
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Well the New York Mets have come from behind to pull one out here tonight against the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning it by a score of three to two and winning it in the bottom half of the ninth, any one man out when the winning run was scored.
Starting out it was Steve Blass working on the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bob Shaw for the New York Mets and the Pirates scored first in the top half of the third inning.
Mattie Allou singled a center field. On a hit and run play Maury Wills grounded out and moved Allou to second. Roberto Clemente singled a right driving in the first run of the ballgame.
It stayed one nothing until the seventh inning. Then Bill Maseratky had a lead off home run and the Pirates had a two run lead.
The Mets meanwhile were getting nowhere against Steve Blass but in the bottom half of the eighth inning with two men out, Cleon Jones kept his hitting streak alive at six consecutive games with a single to left center.
Ken Boyer stepped up to the plate and on the first pitch by Blass to Boyer he homered into the bullpen over the left field fence and we had a brand new ballgame at 2-2.
It was Boyer's first home run of this season and then after Tommy Davis threw a walk Blass came out, Pizarro came in, got Craneville to fly out and end that inning.
Then the Pirates threatened in the ninth inning when they got Jerry May aboard. Ron Taylor was in the ballgame in relief at that point for the New York Mets but the Mets got out when Jerry May suffered a mental lapse and after a long fly ball was hit by Al Luplo batting for Pizarro to center field.
Jerry May took off all the way around second and was almost at third before he realized there was only one man out until he had no chance to get back from it completing the double play.
Then in the bottom half of the ninth inning with one man out Jerry Buczak got a base hit when he hit a ground ball up the middle.
Mazurowski played it over the first but in the dirt and Buczak was on with a base hit.
Sullivan lined the ball to right field, Clemente decided to try to shoestring it. It was off his glove, rolled a dozen feet away when he got to it he fell down.
It was scored as a single and Buczak went all the way to third. Then Ed Charles came up to bat against Roy Faius working in relief for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
And Ed Charles lined a shot to left center to drive in the winning runs and the Mets had won the ballgame.
In one run ballgames now the Mets have won 12 and lost 7. The Mets are now one game and three percentage points in tonight's play in the National League standing.
The winning pitcher is Ron Taylor who has won two and lost two. The loser is Roy Faius who has won four and lost three and the Mets have beaten him all three times.
So here are the final totals in the game. Four of the Mets, three runs on ten hits and no errors for the Pirates, two runs on eleven hits and one error.
Final score Mets three, Pirates two.