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The Montreal Expos faced the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium for a Thursday afternoon game on August 11, 1977.
Montreal was coached by Dick Williams, a new hire for the 1977 season, after the Expos lost 107 games in 1976.
They had a lot of talent coming into 1977, with youngsters Gary Carter and Larry Parrish, along with rookies Warren Cromartie and Andre Dawson.
Philadelphia entered the game red-hot, in first place in the NL East, with a 66-44 record under manager Danny Ozark.
They were looking to repeat their successful 101-win season from 1976, despite getting swept by the Reds in the NLCS.
Their appearance in the playoffs marked the first time in 25 years that the franchise was able to play in the postseason.
This audio recording is from the Philadelphia Radio broadcast, featuring announcers Harry Callis and Andy Musser.
Cash hitting a 280. Jim Cotts' next delivery is a fastball there for a strike call, and he's in front of Cash quickly, nothing and two.
Time call by Cash, 0-2 to count to him, if you follow by Warren Cromartie, then Andre Dawson.
A two-strike pitch, didn't miss by much, a breaking ball low, it's one and two.
Now Cotts is set. Cash is not, he calls time. A ball and two strikes to count to Dave Cash.
One-two pitch, just missed outside, it's two and two. Ozzy Virgil coaches a third, Billy Gardner at first for Dick Williams.
Here's the two-two pitch, swinging a bouncing ball up the middle, Boa long run, great grab, low throw, gets by John Stone into the photographer's booth, and Cash will take second base.
That'll be an infield single for Dave Cash, and he'll move to second on the throwing here on Larry Boa.
That was a great play by Boa, but he couldn't make a throw, couldn't make an accurate throw certainly. He was way wide at first.
So Dave Cash at second base, nobody out, it'll bring on Warren Cromartie. Cromartie hitting a 284.
Cotts' pitch to him, swing and a drive to left field, Luzinski back, can't get it over his head, it bounces over the fence for a ground rule double.
And the Expos are quickly on the board, one-nothing on Cromartie's run batted in double. Montreal leads at one-nothing, still nobody out here in the first.
Well Cromartie had a tough double header against right hand pitching, he was hitless in both games, but he gets against the left-hander and pops the ball hard to left field.
Here's Andre Dawson's center fielder hitting a 281. Pitch to him is low for a ball.
One-nothing to count to Dawson. Expos have a run in, nobody out, Cromartie at second base.
And then he committed himself on a slider that was low and inside, the count is one of one to Andre Dawson.
On one pitch a change up curve ball missed a little bit inside. Count is two and one.
Cotts' two-one pitch is outside, ball three, it's three and one.
Cromartie second base, nobody out. Pitch on the way, line drive left field, Luzinski there, makes the catch.
Well hit by Dawson, caught by the ball. That's one down and that'll bring up Tony Perez.
Tony hitting 274, 10 home runs, 57 runs batted in.
Cotts' pitch to Perez, low curve ball, high for a ball.
That was stretched by Cotts and the pitch popped out of play.
One-one to count to Tony Perez.
Tony coming to the Montreal Expos from the Cincinnati Reds in the deal that sent Dale Murray and Woody Freyman to Cincinnati.
Now the pitch fastball inside, it's two and one.
Freyman of course has since quit baseball. Murray has had his problems at Cincinnati.
Two and one to Perez, Cromartie second base and one out.
Pitch to him is inside, ball three, and Cotts falls behind him three and one.
This is Cotts' first start against Montreal. He's appeared twice previously against the Expos in relief with no decisions.
Three-one pitch, line drive left center field, in the gap and all the way back to the fence.
Cromartie scores, Perez on his way to second base and goes in standing with a double.
So the Expos lead it two to nothing. Single by Cash, doubles by Cromartie and Perez.
With one out it'll bring up Gary Carter.
Carter is hitting 274.
Nineteen home runs, he's knocked in 54 runs.
The pitch to Carter is over for a strike called.
One strike to Gary Carter.
Next pitch to him is low for a ball, it's one and one.
One-one pitch on the way, check swing, line drive, foul down the first base side.
Another count is one and two to Gary Carter.
Jay Johnstone playing first base today, Richie Ebner has a jammed shoulder.
Kelly's are getting some bullpen activity, Warren Brewster starting to throw.
One-two pitch, swing and a hard ground ball up the middle, gobbled up by Bowie.
His throw, Carter is out by a step and on the play, Perez holds at second base.
Two down, that'll bring up third baseman Larry Parrish.
Parrish batting 248.
Wayne Garrett jammed his knee sliding into second base in last night's double header.
Garrett has been sent back to Montreal for X-rays.
Tony Perez second base, two outs, pitch to Parrish is over for a strike called.
Now the pitch on the way, nubbed a foul back behind the plate.
Scott has a jump on Larry Parrish, nothing and two.
Two runs are in for the Expos here in the first inning.
Two outs, two strike pitch, just missed, one ball and two strikes account to Parrish.
One-two pitch, and just a little bit low, it's two and two.
Two pitch, wide ball, three and four count.
Three and two account to Larry Parrish.
Tony Perez at second base, two outs.
Three-two pitch, right swing and a foul back, added stays, three and two to Parrish.
Sam Mahias waiting on deck.
Larry Parrish goes back to the on deck circle to get the tying to our cloth, full count to him.
Here is Cotts stretch in a turnaround, looks back to second base, but Perez gets back in plenty of time.
Sizemore trying to sneak behind him, there was no throw by Cotts.
Two-nothing Montreal, top half of the first.
Three-two pitch, swing and a line drive to right field,
and then Bates McBride comes on, makes the catch and Parrish is out.
The Expos get two in the inning on three hits, one error and one left.
And at the end of one half, Montreal 2 Phillies coming to bat.
Now the Phillies this afternoon facing veteran right-hander Jackie Brown.
Brown has 1-8, lost 9, an earned run mark of 3.83.
The first time originally by the Phillies, has pitched in the major leagues for the Washington Senators,
Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and now the Expos.
Jackie will throw a lot of breaking balls.
34 years old, he comes out of Holdenville, Oklahoma.
Bates McBride will be the first one to face him, and the pitch to Bates is a curve ball high for a ball.
He's putting the count to McBride.
Fake to be fouled by Larry Boa, then Mike Schmidt.
Brown's one-hole pitch on the way.
Another curve ball, grounded to center field for a base hit.
So Bates McBride opens the Phillies' half of the first with a ground single to center.
They can first face nobody out.
That'll bring on Larry Boa.
Boa batting 284, he'll head left against Jackie Brown.
Brown is 1-0 this year against the Phillies, pitching brilliant relief against the Phillies on opening day.
Getting the nod over Steve Carlton, 4-3.
Here's the pitch to Boa, fastball high for a ball.
That's the last time Carlton has lost here at Veterans Stadium.
Steve has reeled off 13 wins in a row here at this ballpark.
Throw to first base and bake McBride gets back.
There goes McBride, swinging a drive into right center field, but drifting back is Andre Dawson, makes the catch on the run.
McBride going, Boa hit it pretty well.
They're caught by Andre Dawson.
One down, that'll bring up Mike Schmidt.
Schmidt hitting 277, 28 home runs, he's knocked in 65 runs.
We're in the bottom half of the first inning, Montre all leading at 2-0.
Bake McBride runner at first base, one out.
Here's the pitch to Schmidt, fastball on the inside corner for a strike call.
Now the stretch by Brown, and the pitch to Schmidt is low for a ball, it's 1-1.
Brown came from the Cleveland Indians to Montre all in the deal that sent Andre Thornton to Cleveland.
1-1 to count to Schmidt, Brown's stretch, throw to first base, Bake McBride gets back.
There's a stretch by Brown, and the pitch to Schmidt, face hit right field, Bake McBride will hold on at second base.
Bam, he just gets it back into the infield, Mike Schmidt, Brown's a single to right.
So the Phillies have two men on base, one out, and that'll bring on the Bulls.
Greg Luzinski hitting 318, his batting average has been going down the last couple of weeks.
But the home run and RBI production going well up.
29 homers, 90 runs batted in.
Six of his last seven hits have been home runs, pitch to the Bull, breaking ball inside for a ball.
Bake McBride at second, Mike Schmidt at first, one out.
Here's a stretch by Brown, and the pitch to the Bull, breaking ball, nub foul off the end of his path, the count 1-1.
Birthday wishes this afternoon to William Harvey, celebrating his 67th.
Phillies coming into this game with one seven games in a row, holding a two and one half game lead in National League East over the Chicago Cubs.
Pitch to the Bull, swaying and a miss, a slider.
Brown has the jump on him, one ball and two strikes.
Bake McBride at second, Mike Schmidt at first, one out.
One-two pitch, fastball laced into left field for a hit, Bake McBride being waved around third.
Throw, Marty's throw goes over the Phillies dugout, two runs will score.
Phillies have tied it at two.
Throw, Marty, he did way over the head of Gary Carter, it took one bounce and into the stand.
He had a shot, he had a shot at throwing out McBride, but he threw it over everybody's head.
Carter had a shot at it, Brown was back there, but he didn't come anywhere near the ball, it took one hop over the dugout.
One run batted in for Luzinski, the other run scoring on throw Marty's overthrow.
And it's a two to two ball game here in the first inning, still only one out, Luzinski at second base.
Here's Jay Johnstone hitting three oh nine, pitch to Jay Kerbo, high for a bowl.
Well the Expos got two in the top half, Phillies have tied it here in the bottom half.
Pitch to Johnstone, high again ball two, Luzinski now has 91 runs batted in on the year.
He is second in the league moving in front of Ron Say behind George Foster who has one oh nine.
Nothing to count to Jay Johnstone.
Stretch by Jackie Brown on the pitch, high for a ball, it's three and oh.
Jay will get a green light here if Brown will throw him a strike.
He does have a base open, with a right hand batter coming up next, probably won't give him anything to hit.
Here's a stretch, three oh pitch, low ball four, he walked in.
First walk surrendered by Brown, Phillies have two men on base, one out.
That'll bring up Gary Maddox.
Maddox batting 278.
Greg Luzinski at second base, Jay Johnstone first base, one out.
Here's a pitch to Gary, breaking ball fouled straight back, one strike to count to Maddox.
Maddox so far this year against Jackie Brown, nothing for four.
Luzinski second, Johnstone at first.
Here's a pitch to Maddox, another breaking ball, foul on a play.
Brown will throw a lot of curve balls and sliders and change speeds with both pitches.
Doesn't throw too many fast balls, he did try to sneak one by Luzinski.
After throwing him three breaking balls and Greg ripped it in the left field.
Two strike pitch, check swing foul, it stays on two.
Due to two ball game, we're in the first inning.
Phillies are on the road after this game, big weekend series in Chicago.
We'll be televising Saturday afternoon and the double header Sunday from Wrigley Field.
And we'll televise all three from Montreal Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Big pitch breaking ball low, it's one and two.
Don Stanhouse is throwing in the exposed bullpen.
One-two pitch, breaking ball tapped foul back behind the plate.
It stays one and two to Gary Maddox.
Right Luzinski at second, Jay Johnstone at first, one out.
Stretch by Brown, one-two pitch, bouncing ball hit the third.
Parrish throws to Cash, one, the relay not in time to double up Maddox.
They got Johnstone at second base for out number two and that'll bring up Bob Boone.
Let's pause here for station identification.
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That'll bring on Bob Boone, Boone hitting 283.
Luzinski at third, Maddox at first, two outs.
Boone got his night home run of the year here last night.
Parrish actually this morning, 20 of it, pitch to Bob, low for a ball.
Now the next delivery to Boone is in the dirt ball two, it's two and oh.
Two to two ball game, bottom half of the first inning.
Here's the 2-0 pitch, slanging a foul out of play.
It's two and one to Bob Boone.
The Phillies have had an excellent homestead, the Phillies nine and two on this homestead.
Here's the 2-1 pitch, ground ball hit the short, Spire has it, flips the cash for the force on Maddox.
The Phillies are retired in the first. But the Phillies tie the ball game with two runs in the inning on three hits, one expose there, two men left.
And at the end of one, Phillies to Montreal two. Now time for a tasty break.
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Mejia's a ground ball deep short, that's trouble. Boa long throw, not in time, Mejia speeds it out for an infield single.
Hit number four given up by Cot and that'll bring on Chris Spire. Spire hitting a 2-29.
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Mejia's first base, nobody out.
Here's Cot's stretch and the pitch to Spire is low for a ball.
One and nothing to count to Chris Spire. We're in the second inning score tied at two.
The pitch on the way is over for a strike called it's one and one.
That count is ready, the pitch is low for a ball, it's two and one.
Two balls and a strike to Chris Spire.
The 2-1 pitch, line drive right field, Bake McBride back and he makes a great catch right near the rim of the warning flag.
Bake almost did not get back far enough, pulled it out with a glove hand stamp.
One down. I think it was hit a little better than he thought.
Well it's obvious it was hit better than he thought. He kind of misplayed it but good recovery.
That's one thing that speed will do. It'll make up for some mistakes out there.
Here's Jackie Brown batting 159. He's down to bunt, bunt's have fouled on the third base side.
One strike to count to pitcher Jackie Brown.
There is one other game in the National League being played today at San Francisco.
Houston and the Giants, Houston failed in the first. Mark Lemongelo going against Ed Hallecky.
One strike to count to Jackie Brown.
Here's a pitch to him, a pitch out, nothing on.
One-on-one to Brown.
One-one pitch, butted right back to Jim Cotty.
He'll go to first base to Jay Johnstone for out number two, sacrifice good by Brown.
Figo's cut to Jay Johnstone for out number two.
Mahias moves up to second base, well with two outs it'll bring up Dave Cash.
Cash singled and scored a run his first time up.
Here's a pitch to Cash and it's over for a strike call.
Dave against the Phillies this year, 13 for 28.
Cots one strike pitch inside back to Mahias, one-on-one.
Ball of a strike to count to Cash.
Cash calls time, steps out.
One-one pitch, fastball high and away, it's two and one.
Cots two-one pitch, line drive right field, Bates McBride there makes the catch.
Cash is out on a sinking line drive to right.
For the Expos, no runs won, he had no errors in one lap.
And at the end of one and a half, Phillies two and Montreal two.
Ted Sizemore will lead off with the Phillies here in the second.
Figo's here in the second, Sizemore hitting 270-70 has hit safely in the last eight straight games.
Brown's pitched to him a breaking ball low for a ball.
Sizemore during that eight game hitting streak, hitting the ball at a 4-44 pace.
Two-pitched to Ted, bouncing up there with a breaking ball, it's two and nothing.
Two-two ball game, bottom half of the second inning, both teams scoring a pair of runs in the first.
Brown's two-oh pitch is over for a strike called, it's two and one.
The two-one pitch to Sizemore, a bunt try and he bunts it foul behind the plate.
Two and two they count to Ted Sizemore.
Phillies going on the road to Chicago and Montreal, back home here a week from tomorrow night against the Houston Astros on the 19th, 20th, and 21st.
Remember the night of the 20th will be our annual old timers game.
Here's the pitch to Sizemore, curve ball high for a ball, three and two to Ted.
Here's Brown's three-two pitch, swing and a high foul down the first base side, it'll be out of play into the seats.
And it stays three and two to Ted Sizemore.
Here's the three-two pitch, low ball four, he walked in.
Second walk given up by Jackie Brown.
Sizemore a base runner, Jim Cot will step up, Cot batting 143.
Ted Sizemore first base, nobody out.
Exposed to look for a bunt, caught a full swing and a drive to left center field, Dawson can't get it over his head.
Here's Sizemore being waved around third, he scores, caught a double, Phillies lead it three to two.
Well the pitchers have been helping themselves with a bat lately, Pritchinson drove in a run last night.
He had a big game last Sunday, Cot here way over Dawson's head, I think Dawson was playing in a little shallow.
Of course the Expos were looking for a bunt, but the outfielders shouldn't be looking for a bunt.
Here's Blake McBride, he's singled and scored around his first time up.
He's doubled to his own behalf in his last outing against Burt Hootin of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Here's the pitch to McBride and it's low for a ball.
Jim pitched seven shutout innings in that ball game, did not get a decision, but it's a great baseball.
Phillies lead three-two.
Cot at second base and nobody out.
Here's a pitch to Bates, swinging a foul back and just below us.
Ball on the strike to Bates and Cot.
Jackie Brown has his sign from Carter.
One-one pitch to Bates, bouncing foul down the first base side.
Two strikes to McBride.
Phillies have three runs and four hits.
Expos two runs and four hits.
We're in the second inning.
Bounds one-two pitch.
Pass ball, they're out of foul.
Pass third base, Coach Bill Demars.
Bates stays one and two to Bates McBride.
Brown stretches.
One-two pitch to it.
Swing and a fly ball, deep right field.
Mahias away back and it's out of here, a home run.
Bates McBride has just put one over the right field fence,
and the Phillies now lead it five to two.
Bates is a nice home run of the year.
He went out of the strike zone for a high pass ball.
He was just trying to pull the ball to move the runner,
and he got a little extra bonus there, built nobody out.
Bates McBride has honored for a case of tasty cake for him
and wife Celeste on that home run.
Here's Larry Boa.
Boa ground ball to Dave Cash.
Cash throws, Boa's out for the first out of the inning.
One down.
Phillies leading five to two in the second.
That'll bring up Mike Schmidt.
Schmidt is single to right his first time up.
Now the Phillies spotted Montreal,
two in the top of the first to come back with five runs.
Leading this game five to two here in the second.
The pitch to Schmidt, breaking ball.
Mike Schmidt gets his second straight single.
And for the Phillies, that is hit number six off Jackie Brown.
Out comes Dick Williams, and this might be it for Brown.
He's making the way to the bullpen where Don Stanhouse has been warming up.
We have a pitching change for the X-Bowers.
We're in the second inning at Veterans Stadium.
Phillies lead the game five to two, and we'll be back after this brief pause.
Game time Sunday night will be seven o'clock.
And musicians, bring your instruments on that night and be led by Fred Waring
in Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
Don Stanhouse ready to go.
Greg Lazinski steps in, single to knock in a run his first time up.
Okay, Harry, what was that Fred Waring group called when Fred was touring the country?
Pennsylvania.
That's good.
I'm surprised now.
I thought I was a lot younger than that, huh?
No, not that.
Schmidt at first base and won out.
Don Stanhouse stretches, and the pitch to the ball is over for a strike called.
One strike to count to Lazinski's second inning.
Phillies lead it five to two.
Don Stanhouse in first base, and Mike Schmidt is back in time.
Now the stretch by Stanhouse.
And the pitch to the ball is a fastball high.
It skips away from Carter, but not far enough for an advance by Schmidt.
One strike to count to Greg Lazinski.
Don Stanhouse on for Jackie Brown here in the second inning.
Stanhouse stretches, here's the pitch to the ball, swings and he misses it, a good fastball.
One ball, two strikes.
Three runs in here in the second.
Sizemore walked Jim Catt, doubled him in, and Bake McBride a two-run home run.
Bola grounded out, Mike Schmidt at first base with a base hit.
One-two pitch, swing and a foul back, and it stays one and two to Greg Lazinski.
Tomorrow afternoon at Wrigley Field, Steve Carledon will pitch for the Foles against the Cubs, Steve Ranko.
He'll of course be on the Phillies radio network for all of the games on this road trip,
and on the Phillies television network for all of the games except tomorrow afternoon's game.
Lobbed toss to first base, Mike Schmidt is back.
Another throw by Stanhouse, Schmidt gets back.
Five-two, Phillies lead the game.
We're only in the second inning.
There goes Schmidt. Pitch is a base hit to right field, nubbed right off the end of his bat.
Schmidt didn't see it. Ball juggled by Mejias, but Schmidt will stay at third base.
Schmidt stopped at second base, still had time to regroup and go to third.
Phillies have runners at first and third.
Right, Mike Schmidt had no idea where the ball was when he reached second.
Stopped there, dead stop, but no play at all as Mejias also bobbled the ball.
Like the Phillies will not be denied today, they're attacking the ball.
Mike Schmidt at third base, Greg Lozinski first base, one down.
Here's Jay Johnstil. Jay walked his first time up.
Jay playing at first base for Richie Hebner who's out with a jammed shoulder.
Jay Johnstil hitting three-oh-nine. Pitch to him, fastball high for a ball.
Out of the stretch by Stanaus, swing and a high fly ball, right field.
Mejias there, waits, makes the catch.
He's taking his Schmidt, the throw to the plate is wide, way down the line, Mike scores.
Ball gets away from Carter and Lozinski moves up to second.
Well, that Mejias can throw the ball also.
Ellis Valentine, who generally plays out there, has one of the best arms around that Mejias can throw.
This throw was way off target, however.
It's a velocity that way up the third base line and he'll probably get an error there.
Johnstil on a sacrifice fly and a run batted in.
Lozinski moves to second on the air on Sam Mejias.
So the Phillies now lead at six to two with Lozinski at second base, two outs, and here's Gary Maddox.
Maddox grounded into a fielder's choice his first time up.
Here's the pitch to Gary and he swings and fouls one out of play.
One strike to count to Gary Maddox.
Greg Lozinski second base, two outs.
The runs are in here on the second inning. Phillies leading by a score of six to two.
Pitch to Gary is quite high. It's one to one.
Ball on a strike to Maddox.
One-one pitch to Gary, swing and a fly ball foul down the right field side over the picnic area, not a play.
And Stan House in front of Maddox, one ball and two strikes.
Phillies during the course of this season had trouble scoring runs for Jim Cot.
Certainly not the case today.
Phillies leading six to two in the second.
Greg Lozinski second base, two down.
One-two pitch. Ground ball hit the third, glove by Larry Parrish, his throw and Maddox is out.
But the Phillies send eight men to the plate and score four runs in the inning.
Four hits, big blow, Homer by Bate McBride. One error and one left.
And at the end of two, it's Phillies six, exposed two.
Well, he's leading this game, six to two. We move to the third for more play by play.
Here's Andi Mustard.
Thanks, Harry. And here's Warren Cromartie heading for the plate.
He's a left-handed batter who's set a double the opposite way that bounced out of here for a ground rule double and knocked in a run.
Cot's first delivery to him is high ball one.
Cromartie hitting at 284. We've got a beautiful day at the ballpark. Sun is out right now.
Here is a hard ground ball through on the right side of base hit between Sizemore and Johnstone.
And a single to right field for Cromartie, his second hit of the ball game.
Third straight inning, the Expos have had their leadoff man on with a hit.
Andre Dawson will bat. He lined out the left field his first time up.
Had just tied an all-time record. Leadoff man on for three straight innings.
Held by many.
Yes.
Dawson the batter, he hit the ball hard but was out his first time up.
Cot stretches.
Dawson lays a bunt down and a good one down the third base side.
Fielded by Schmidt. Fair hand does not grow. Now on corks one to second base, but Cromartie had held the bag.
So that will be a bunt single for Dawson. Perfectly placed. Just fair down the third base side.
It's like one of those days for pitchers.
Well he's already had seven hits through two innings. Now the Expos threatening have six hits.
Kill nobody out.
And here's the man that they used to call Mr. RBI when he was with the Cincinnati Reds, Tony Perez.
And he has an RBI in this game on a double to left center field.
Perez a right hand of batter.
Tony hits a hard ground ball to second base. Sizemore to Boa for one. Back to first. That's a double play.
Sizemore with Boa turns it over at second base.
Larry Boa has dropped his glove. It looks as though Larry may have been spiked out there.
Advancing on the play, Cromartie to third.
Larry really took a shot from Dawson.
Larry a little late in getting the bag. He was playing Perez in the hole and had a long run to the batter.
And he got there about the same time Dawson and the ball got there.
That's dangerous. He did get hit. He's all right.
And here's Gary Carter who grounded out the shortstop.
So now two outs in the inning and Cromartie at third base with the Phils on top in the ball game, 6-2.
Breaking pitch to Carter is over, strike one.
Well if you're just getting out of work right now and it is about five o'clock, we've got room for you here at the ballpark.
Plenty of seats available and a bright, sunshiny late afternoon.
Perfect place to stop by.
Here is the change-up by Cotton. He gets it over, 0-2 to Carter.
Let's pause for station identification, the Phillies baseball network.
This is K. Cotton.
It's going to be cloudy, warm and humid tonight. No 72 and the attendance may have 94 degrees.
Cobb leads Carter in the count, no balls and two strikes.
Jim stretches and here's the pitch. He misses outside.
Expos broke on top in this game with two in the first.
Then the Phillies came back to tie it and take the lead.
Here's a pop-up, shallow right field. Sizemore is back and he grabs it for the out. The inning is over.
For the Expos in the third, no runs, two hits and one man left.
At the end of 2-1 half, the Phillies lead at 62 and now it's time for a tasty break.
Bob Boone will lead it off against reliever Don Stanhouse.
As the Phillies bat in the third inning, Boone, Sizemore and Cotton will come to the plate.
Stanhouse has a distinction this year.
He is the only pitcher in the National League to hit a grand slam home run.
He did it at Wrigley Field off Bill Bonham, but he was the losing pitcher that day.
Here's Boone who was grounded out and is only at bat.
First pitch by Stanhouse is inside, ball one.
Boone is hitting at 283.
Stanhouse next pitch is a breaking ball. Boone with a half swing fouls it back to the screen.
One ball and one strike.
Stanhouse working behind Jackie Brown, a reliever who had pitched very effectively against the Phillies earlier this year, got a start today.
He's been in their starting rotation lately and the Phillies really hammered him.
Next pitch to Boone is fouled away.
One ball and two strikes.
Phillies have won seven straight. They're trying for their longest win streak of the year today.
Last year in their ever so successful season, they never won more than six in a row. They did that twice.
Here's the one to Boone. It's a little bit low, two and two.
Stanhouse has the sign from Carter. Here's his two-two delivery.
Off the handle of the bat, looped into shallow right field, it's going to drop for a hit.
Boone takes a wide turn. He's heading for second. Now he's in the middle and he goes back and he will get back.
A single for Bob Boone and he certainly made it exciting.
He wanted to go to second in the worst way. He got about halfway there. It's a good thing he stopped though because
the cash he's got would have been too crisp fire there at the second base bag. It would have been plenty of time.
That's the eighth hit of the ball game for the Phillies. Second off, Stanhouse. Here's Ted Sizemore.
What a job Sizemore has been doing lately. Went five for seven in the doubleheader last night.
Has already walked and scored in this game.
Stanhouse from the stretch. Here's the pitch to Sizemore. Laced foul into the technique area down the right field side.
Strike one. What a catch down there by a fan with a glove.
He may have broken both legs to get it, but he loved it.
Probably tell you it was worth it. One strike on Sizemore. Jim Cotter has already had a big hit in this ball game.
Is on deck. Stanhouse from DuCoin, Illinois stretches and here's a ground ball. It's thrown to the left side.
A base hit. Boone stops at second base. A single for Sizemore. Sizemore has batted safely now in nine straight ball games.
His longest hit streak of the year.
That brings up Jim Cotter with runners at first and second and nobody out.
The boys have had something going every inning. They got two in the first, four in the second, and they are threatening again here in the third inning.
Cotter was at the plate in what appeared to be a sacrifice situation following a leadoff walk to Sizemore his first time up.
But Cotter did not sacrifice and laced a hard hit ball in the left center field that was over the head of Andre Dawson.
It went for a double and it scored Sizemore. Here's the rotation play for Montreal and Stanhouse bounces a throw to Cash covering second.
Good stop by Cash. That would have probably gone into center field and Boone would have at least gone to third and maybe more.
Nobody is up in the Montreal bullpen right now.
Stanhouse at the belt. Here's his pitch to Cotter. It's a sacrifice down the third baseline. They're letting it roll. It stays fair.
It is picked up and fouled round by the third baseman Parrish standing right next to the bag. A perfect punt by Cotter.
A base hit. It would have hit the bag. Parrish didn't let it roll any further. It would have gone out into the outfield.
So that's the only play he had was hoping it would go foul.
Bases loaded nobody out. That is the 10th base hit.
Phillies have loaded them here on a pop fly single to right. A ground ball single to left and a bunt single to third.
So, Blake McBride who homered in his last at bat is at the plate with the sacks full.
Blake is two for two. He also single his first time up and the Expos have brought their infield in.
They trail the ball game six to two. Stanhouse will work out of the stretch.
The right hander stretches. Here's his pitch to McBride. Low and away it gets away from Carter but nobody's moving.
Carter had to go halfway to the Phillies dugout to pick up that ball that trickled away.
But Bone at third did not get the jump and decided to hold on.
One nothing to count to Blake McBride.
Blake homered here last night so he now has more homers in a Philly uniform than he did as a Cardinal. It's five four.
Stanhouse ready to go back to work.
One nothing to McBride. Swing and a miss as he fails to get a fastball.
The Houston San Francisco game has gone to the fourth inning. They are tied two aside.
One ball and one strike on Blake McBride.
Phillies lead this ball game six to two trying for win number eight straight.
Cubs are not playing today so the Phillies could have a three game lead as they go to Wrigley Field tomorrow afternoon.
Pitch on the way to bake foul back to the screen.
Pittsburgh Pirates will play later today. They'll be opening a series against the New York Mets.
Scheduled starters in that game by the way. Pat Zachary for the Mets and Odell Jones for the Pirates.
It's a one to count on Blake McBride.
Bases loaded. Here's the pitch on the way to bake. Pop back foul.
Out of play just above our heads. One ball and two strikes.
The center fielder in the booth had his hands up as if to make the play.
I was ready for it.
I like those little pop flies. I don't like those line drive fouls.
No I think this was a very playable foul.
Phillies have them loaded with nobody out.
Don Stanhouse picking up where Jackie Brown left off. He's been in a lot of trouble.
He's ready to go.
Here's the one to McBride. Swing and a piece of it. He fouled it back to the screen. Bake twisted all the way around. He really had a rip at that.
Stanhouse seems like he's been around a long time but this is only his fourth year in the major leagues and he's still just 26 years of age.
The Expos got him along with Pete McCannon from Texas for Willie Davis in December of 1974.
Bases loaded with Phillies. It's Bob Boone at third, Ted Sizemore at second, Jim Cotter first. They all got singles.
One and two the count on Bake McBride.
Conference at the mound has broken up now and Stanhouse is ready to work.
Here's the one two to Bake. It's a line drive into center field. Retreating is Dawson. He gets over, makes the catch.
Tagging at third base is Boone. He will score and tagging at second base advancing to third is Sizemore and the Phillies lead the ballgame 7-2.
Third RBI of the ballgame for Bake McBride.
Holding at first base was Jim Cotter.
That's the first run the Phillies have scored against Stanhouse. The Expo infield with one down will remain in.
And here's Larry Boa, one of only two batters in the Phillies lineup that hasn't connected today.
And we're only in the third inning. It's Boa and Maddox, the only two hitters who are 0-2.
Larry's hit the ball hard twice, both of them caught.
Boa batting 2-83. The Expos continue to keep that infield in.
Runners on first and third with one away.
Stanhouse ready to work on Boa. Misses on the outside. Ball one.
This is a good squeeze situation, but I don't think the Phillies will do it with a five run lead.
That kind of is rubbing it in the noses of the opposition. I think Boa will probably get away.
Stanhouse stretches. Here's his pitch to Boa. And it's a line drive foul down the left field side.
As you pointed out last night though, Rich, a lot of the traditional baseball rules have really gone out the window.
That's true.
They haven't gone out the window with everybody. Danny Ozark still has some compassion for the opposition.
I don't think it's against his style, the squeeze run with a five run lead.
It's a one-one count on Larry Boa. Stanhouse is ready to go. And here's the pitch to Larry.
Swing and a miss.
One and two to Boa.
Phillies on their way to Chicago right after the ballgame. They'll leave directly for the airport.
And we'll be on the air from Wrigley Field tomorrow afternoon over KYW and the Phillies radio network starting at 2.30 tomorrow afternoon.
And the Phillies against their closest pursuers, the Cubs.
Here is a little looper to third base and stepping on the bag over a third is Parrish for a double play.
Just to comment on that little looper, that could have been an easy triple play had the Expos needed it because Cot was running and he was all the way down the second.
So the inning is over and the Phillies do get one more run though. They do it on three hits and there is one man left on base.
And the end of three, Phillies lead the Expos 7-2.
Many times this year the Phillies have been guilty of not scoring runs for Jim Cot but not so this afternoon as they've given him a five-run jump.
Phillies leading this ballgame 7-2. Here's Larry Parrish. Cot starts him off with a breaking ball. He pops it foul out of play.
Strike one to Parrish. He lined out to Bake McBride in right field in his first time up.
Cot's next delivery is low. One ball and one strike. Remember when the Phillies get back to town August 19th they'll be playing the Houston Astros that Friday night and it's free-holder top night.
Foul chopped off the plate by Parrish. The count is one and two.
That holder top is going to say all the good things wrapped up in one. Tasty cake and the Phillies.
The one-two on the way to Parrish. It's a pop-up. Bob Boone staring up at it right at the plate, muscling with Parrish to move him out of the way.
And Boone finally catches it about eight feet in front of a plate in fair territory.
Parrish is out on a pop-up to Boone. Boone actually collided with Parrish twice trying to get into position to catch that pop-fly.
One out on the fourth here's Sam Mejias. Mejias filling in in right field this afternoon after the injury to Alice Valentine.
Valentine was sent to Methodist Hospital here in Philadelphia to have his left ankle x-rayed.
Now look at that ankle before the ball game. It was really swollen up. He was hit by a foul ball in last night's ball game prior to the rain delay in game two.
Big swing and a miss by Mejias. He chased a bad pitch.
Mejias got an infield hit in his first hit back. There have already been 16 hits in this ball game.
Caught misses high. One ball, one strike. In the fifth, the Giants have gone ahead of the Astros four to two.
Next pitch is low a ball.
Gary Alexander hit a San Francisco home run on the fourth with one on his third of the year.
To separate those two teams, that's Mark Lemongelo pitching against Ed Hallecky.
Ball tapped off the plate, first base side. Caught bare hands it, kind of shovels it over to first base and he got it there ahead of Mejias.
A one-three play and Mejias is out.
Like he was going up on the backboard and tipping a rebound.
Tipped it right over to Jay Johnstone. Playing the bag today. Here's Chris Speier. He lined out to right field.
Pills lead the ball game seven to two.
Speier right-handed batter. The pitch to end fastball is high, ball one.
Pitcher Don Stanhouse is on deck.
Here's a curveball hammered through the hole. A base hit the left field. Speier singles between Boa and Schmit.
And that's hit number seven for Montreal.
Well he's about hit the Expos by three, but they lead the ball game by five. And here's Stanhouse.
Stanhouse getting his first at bat of the ball game. He's hitting it two-eleven.
Has the grand slam home run this year and those are the only four RBIs he has.
Stanhouse takes inside, ball one.
Cotts stretches. Here's his next delivery to Stanhouse. It's outside two and 0 to the Montreal pitcher Don Stanhouse.
Jim Cotts facing the Expos for the third time this year, but this is the first time he has started against Montreal.
The 2-0 pitch, check swing, pop fly foul out of play.
Two and one to Don Stanhouse. Phillies have scored in every inning. They've come to the plate.
Two in the first, four in the second. They added one more in the third.
The Expos got their two in the first. Cotts has blanked them since then.
Here's a foul back to the screen, two and two to Stanhouse.
Needless to say, neither team worked out before the ball game today.
After showering and talking briefly with reporters, most players didn't leave here last night until around four o'clock in the morning.
Cotts now steps off. So today there was no infield, no batting practice.
There was, of course, the annual father-children's game before the ball game, and that was fun as always.
Stanhouse stays in there as he fouls another one back to the screen.
Carlin against Renko at Wrigley Field tomorrow afternoon.
Then on Saturday they'll be up against Rick Ruschel. He has won 11 straight games at Wrigley Field.
Randy Lurch will pitch that ball game for the Phillies, and will send it back on radio as well as television.
Curveball foul to the screen by Stanhouse. Two and two.
Two outs in the inning. Spires at first base.
Cotts hasn't walked anybody today, and he hasn't struck anybody out.
Here's a fly ball hit into center field. Gary Maddox a few steps to his left, and he's there for the out.
The inning is over. The Expos on the fourth. No runs. One hit and one left.
At the end of three and a half, Phillies lead seven to two.
Phillies fourth inning begins with Mike Schmidt, who is building another one of his on-base streaks again.
Schmidt has been on base now six consecutive times. He walked three times in the second end of the double header last night.
Was also on base on a fielder's choice, so he was on base every time last night, and he has singled both times up this afternoon, and he has scored both times.
So six straight on base for Schmidt. He'll be followed by Luzinski and Johnstone as the Phillies battle the fourth inning.
Leading Montreal seven to two. Right hander Don Stanhouse winds. Curve ball is low. Ball one.
Phillies finishing up this homestand today. They have one-nine and lost only two on this homestand.
Next pitch to Schmidt. A fastball is over for a strike. Lost one game in the Giants series. Lost one game in the Padres series.
Swept the Dodgers. Lead the Expos two-nothing.
Here's the one-one to Schmidt. Swing and a foul back to the screen. He just got a piece.
Got another fine crowd here this afternoon. Phillies had 46,000 here last night for a rainy double header that stretched way into the morning hours.
We really had a milkman's matinee last night and today.
Schmidt tires of waiting and steps out. The count on him is one ball and two strikes.
Here's the one-two from Stanhouse. Pop-fly foul by Mike Schmidt out of play.
Count holds with a ball and two strikes.
Because of an earlier rainout, the Phillies and the Cubs will play a double header at Wrigley Field Sunday.
Barry Christensen and Jim Lomborg pitch for the Phillies. Ray Burris and Bill Bonham go for Chicago.
So that's a four-game series.
Next pitch to Schmidt. He misses inside. The count is level. Two balls and two strikes.
Schmidt and Luzinski, the number three and four hitters in the Phillies lineup, are combined four for four today.
The two-two is high, ball three. The count runs full on Schmidt.
Stanhouse hasn't walked anybody. The expo starter, Jackie Brown, walked two.
Ready for the full count delivery to Schmidt and it's a called third strike. Mike strikes out.
First strike out for a Montreal pitcher this afternoon. That's one out on the fourth inning and here's Luzinski.
Greg has singled both times at the plate. Has driven in one run.
It's 91st of the year. That moves him ahead of Ron Say and in the second place in the National League behind George Foster.
First pitch to the ball is over for a strike.
Greg Luzinski entertaining some people again in his bowl ring today.
They asked for a club of Philadelphia out there this afternoon.
Next pitch is high to the ball. One ball and one strike.
Phillies seeking their 67th win this afternoon.
And right now they've got a two and a half game margin in the National League East.
Could be three if they win because the Cubs aren't playing.
Stanhouse fires a change up and misses.
Two balls and one strike to count on Luzinski.
Now the Astros have come back to tie that game with the Giants. It's four all in the fifth.
Stanhouse misses high three and one.
One out and nobody on for the Phillies in the fourth inning. They have scored every time they've been to the plate today.
Here's Stanhouse three one pitch. Bull checks. It's a fastball. Misses high ball four and he's on base for the third straight time.
That's the first walk given out by Stanhouse.
It brings up Jay Johnstone who was walked by starter Jackie Brown.
And he also had a sacrifice fly ball to right field that scored a run.
Jay was not in the Phillies original lineup today. They were playing Rich Hebner at first base but Hebner is bothered by a sore shoulder.
Stanhouse stretches. Here's the pitch to Jay. It's outside corner of strike.
Jay hitting a three oh nine.
Those on top in this game seven to two. They have out hit Montreal ten to seven.
Here's the one strike pitch to Jay and it's a line drive base hit the right field.
Greg Luzinski will hold at second base and the Phillies have runners at first and second with one down.
And the Phillies just keep coming at them today.
That is the 11th hit of the ball game for the Phillies. We're in the fourth inning.
Here's Gary Maddox. So far Maddox and Bo are the only two who have not joined the hit parade.
Gary is over two grounded into a force out and grounded out third to first.
Maddox batting 276.
Breaking ball to Gary is outside ball one.
Maddox has already knocked in 50 runs for the Phillies this year.
Stanhouse delivers high. Two balls and no strikes.
Nobody is up in the Montreal bullpen right now with the Phillies leading it by five runs.
Things are in the grip of Don Stanhouse.
Here's the two nothing to Maddox foul balled off the right side.
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A two ball one strike count on Gary Maddox.
One out on the Phillies fourth inning and runners at first and second.
Here's the right handers next pitch to Maddox. It's in the dirt.
It gets away from Carter but no chance for Luzinski to move from second to third.
Runners hold and the count has slipped to three and one on Maddox.
Our daily news home run payoff will be the next time the Phillies bat.
And remember the payoff has been raised during the month of August.
Two thousand dollars for a home run and ten thousand dollars for a bases full home run.
Stanhouse stretches. Three one on its way to Maddox.
Ground ball off the first base side. It is chopped foul out of play.
Hit off the plate and took a huge hop and didn't come down until it landed in the right field picnic area.
So the count is full on Maddox. Three balls and two strikes.
And Gary is headed back to the dugout. He's going to get a new piece of lumber.
Full count on Gary Lee Maddox. Gary is batted safely in seven straight ball games.
Reminder that before we leave the air today the Tasty Cake Wrap Up Show will include an interview with a guest.
All the highlights of this one. Plus a check of the out of town score and schedules.
Like Tasty Cake it's all the good things wrapped up in one.
Full count to Gary Maddox. Luzinski the runner at second. John Stone the runner at first with one out.
Billy's leading Montreal 7 to 2 in the fourth inning.
Here's the full count delivery to Gary and it's a pop up.
This will be caught near the bag at second base.
Dave Cash calls off Chris Fire and Cash makes the catch.
Two outs in the inning. Luzinski at second. John Stone at first and it's up to Bob Boone.
Boone is one for two today. Singleton scored his last time up.
Here's the first pitch to Boone and it's in for a strike call.
The Cubs had six hits and six runs off starter Jackie Brown.
They have five hits and one run off for his successor Don Stanhouse.
The one strike pitch to Boone is a check swing foul ball.
Stanhouse on top of Boone no balls and two strikes.
Chicago Cubs enjoying the day off after their series at Pittsburgh.
Waiting for the Phillies to arrive in town and that series a four game weekend series will begin tomorrow afternoon at Wrigley Field.
Here's the 0-2 to Boone. It's a fly ball foul out of play.
San Francisco has again taken a lead on Houston.
It's now San Francisco five and the Astros four at the end of five innings.
Starters still working. Mark Lemongelo for the Astros. Ed Helicki for the Giants.
Gary Alexander with the game's only home run. He hit it for the Giants and the fourth with one on his third of the year.
Stanhouse at the ball. Here's his 0-2 to Boone. Reaches out and just gets a piece of the ball. Fouls it back to the screen.
Still 0-2 to Bob Boone.
Stanhouse looking in to Carter for a sign. Has it now? And here's the 0-2 to Boone.
It's a fly ball not very well hit the right field coming in as Mejias and he grabs it for the out.
Phillies retired in the fourth without scoring for the first time. No runs, one hit and two left.
At the end of four, Phillies lead the Expos seven to two.
Well this ball game edges into the fifth inning and here to liven things up Rich Ashburn.
Okay Andy, thank you. Dave Cash will lead it off.
Cash has won for two with a single. He takes a called strike.
Dave scored a run in the first. Cots pitch.
Pop fly right field hit pretty well. McBride going back under the ball makes a catch. Cash is out one down.
Arlene Dahl is 49 years old today.
What a beautiful lady.
Lloyd Nolan is 75.
Mike Douglas is 52.
And here's Warren Cromarty.
He's two for two with a double and a single and a run batted in.
Pitch to Cromarty is a ball. Cromarty batting 288 and was hit less than a double hitter last night.
And Barry Condron of Middletown PA is 31 today.
Ball two and a strike to Cromarty.
Billy leads seven to fifth inning.
Cots pitch. Swing and a miss on the slider.
Count evens up at two and two on Cromarty.
Sidearm pitch. Foul ball into the backstop.
Billy's with a lot of early scoring. Two in the first, four in the second, and a run in the third.
Cromarty takes low. Full count now.
Expo scored their two runs in the first inning.
Billy's have been getting great pitching from their starters.
Pitch on the way is fouled back.
Those can go ahead and win this game. They have a three game lead over the Cubs who are idle today.
Four game lead over Pittsburgh.
Cromarty bounces one to first grabbed by John Stone. Jay steps in the bag and Cromarty's out.
Two outs.
The batter will be Andre Dawson who is lined out and single.
Dawson won for two batting 282.
It's a hot, steamy day here at the ballpark. Good crowd on hand.
Probably 30-some thousand.
Scott's pitch to Dawson is inside ball one.
Billy's going for their eighth straight win.
Next pitch is up high, ball two.
Dawson lines one foul out of play, right side.
Billy's will go to Chicago tonight.
Big four game series for the Cubs. Here's a grounder to Schmidt. No pass Schmidt, a base hit.
Just out of the reach of Mike Schmidt going hard to his left so Dawson has a two out single.
And the batter will be Tony Perez who has doubled and hit into a double play.
He's also knocked in a run. Tony batting 275.
Scott's pitch. Top foul right side will reach the crowd in the picnic area.
Strike one on Perez.
After today's game the Phillies still play the Expos ten more ball games.
You're seeing a lot of this club.
Scott's pitch. Strike called. Scott will probably get a start against Montreal next Tuesday up in Canada.
Pitch to Perez is high and inside. Phillies lead seven to top of the fifth.
Dawson on first two outs.
There's a high pop fly. Playable I believe. McBride over towards the foul line and right field makes the catch.
Perez is outfetting in the inning. No runs, one hit, one left on.
Phillies batting in the fifth. They lead the Expos seven to.
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Ted Sizemore the batter, he'll swing for $2,000.
For Esther Dockery, Linwood Road in Philadelphia.
Sizemore's been on twice with a walk and a single.
Sizemore, Cott and McBride to face Stanhouse. Stanhouse misses outside, ball one.
Seven to lead Phillies, bottom of the fifth.
Stanhouse with a pitch. Pop, foul, out of play.
Ball one, strike one to Sizemore. Sizemore's hitting $2.79. That's the highest he's been in a long time.
Ball one, strike one to Sizemore.
Here's a fly ball, shallow right field.
Mahias right there, makes a catch.
Down with Sizemore's reserve seat tickets along to Esther Dockery here in Philadelphia.
Jim Cott the batter, he's swinging for $2,000 bucks.
For Rudy Justy Jr., hillside drive in Huntington Valley, PA.
Cott has two base hits, a double and a single.
He scored a run and knocked in a run.
Jim's batting $1.89.
Down to Stanhouse, first pitch to Cott.
Line drive, right field, base hit.
Looks like extra bases, the ball is against the fence.
Cott is going in the second with a stand-up double.
Jim Cott has doubled with one down, his third straight hit.
Down with Sizemore's reserve seat tickets along to Rudy Justy Jr. in Huntington Valley, PA.
Bate McBride the batter.
Bate has had a good day, single home run, sacrifice fly.
He's knocked in three runs, he's two for two.
He's swinging for $2,000 for Dorothy Dunn, Clayton Street here in Philadelphia.
Cott's on second, one out.
Seven to lead Phillies, fifth inning.
McBride batting $2.89 as he steps in.
First pitch to him.
Check swing, foul ball, strike one on McBride.
Bake swing for $2,000 for Dorothy Dunn here in Philadelphia.
Phillies have 12 hits already.
McBride has two of those, one of those, a two-one home run.
Well, the Phillies like that trade with the Cardinals, and I guess the Cardinals like the deal that gave them Tommy Underwood.
Underwood's pitching pretty decent ball for St. Louis.
McBride playing very fine grand to baseball here in Philadelphia.
Strike one to count to Bate McBride.
Cott leads off second, a pretty good lead.
Stanhouse checks the runner.
Pitch in the way.
Top foul out of play, left side, strike two to McBride.
Phillies trying to win their eighth game in a row.
Picked a pretty good time to go into a winning streak.
Starting play against all the Eastern Division teams.
Pitch to McBride, low on outside.
Ball one, strike two to Bake.
Don Stanhouse evidently pitches with the philosophy that as long as you got the ball in your hand, the hitter can't hit it.
Because he really hands on to it.
He's ready now.
Or is he?
He is, low on inside, two and two to count.
We're in our Daily News home run payoff. Bate McBride swinging for 2,000 bucks for Dorothy Dunn here in Philadelphia.
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Stanhouse ready.
Two-two pitch, low on inside, ball three.
Full count to McBride.
Stadium is drenched with sunshine today.
After an all-night rain almost.
Stanhouse ready again. Three-two pitch to McBride.
Bake fouls him back.
Count stays at three and two.
Philly's pulled one thing last night.
Going to be almost impossible to rain out a game here at the ballpark.
Five hours of rain delays.
Philly did win two games.
I guess the Expos must have been pretty discouraged after that long night.
They lost two games.
Continues off second. One out.
Seven two-lead Phillies. Fifth inning.
Three-two pitch.
Stanhouse side ball four. McBride walks.
Runners at first and second. One out.
It's in for a reserve seat. Tickets along to Dorothy Dunn here in Philadelphia.
Larry Bowe the batter.
Bowe is swinging for $2,000 for Tony Fiddler, Charles Street here in Philadelphia.
The ball is 0-3 today, batting $2,820.
Cot leads off second. McBride off first. One down.
Stanhouse out of the stretch. Here's the pitch. It's outside. Ball one.
Expos will go from here.
Runners at first and second. One out.
It's in for a reserve seat. Tickets along to Dorothy Dunn here in Philadelphia.
Larry Bowe the batter.
Bowe is swinging for $2,000 for Tony Fiddler, Charles Street here in Philadelphia.
The ball is 0-3 today, batting $2,820.
Cot leads off second. McBride off first. One down.
Stanhouse out of the stretch. Here's the pitch. It's outside. Ball one.
Expos will go from here to St. Louis for the weekend.
Ball one to count to Bowe.
Stanhouse ready.
Ground ball to second. Might be a double play. Cash is second to one.
First not in time for the double play. Bowe beats the relay throw from Spire.
It was hit sharply right at Dave Cash.
We get the fourth play at second. We'll send four reserve seat tickets along to Tony Fiddler here in Philadelphia.
Well, they have runners now on first and third, two outs.
And the batter will be Mike Schmidt. Schmidt is 2-3 today. Two singles.
And a strikeout. He's hitting $281. He's swinging for $2,000 for
Fran Caulfield, Fern Street, and Darby PA.
Cot on third. Bowe on first. Two down.
Schmidt slain for $2,000 for Fran Caulfield and Darby, Pennsylvania.
Stanhouse checks the runners. Here's the pitch.
Ground ball shortstop. Hit hard. Spire grabs it. Goes to second for the force.
And that will retire the side. We'll send four reserve seat tickets along to Fran Caulfield and Darby PA.
For the Phillies, no runs. One hit. Two left on after five full innings.
It's a full seven. The Expos 2, and now it's time for a tasty break.
Montreal here in the sixth inning, the leadoff of Gary Carter.
Carter's 0 for 2 in the day, batting 272. The Phillies lead 7-2.
Top of the sixth, Jen Cot. Winning the pitching for the Phillies.
He gave up two runs, and the first has held the Expos off since then.
Here's a line drive left center field. This will be extra bases.
The ball off the left center field fence.
Carter is staying at second with a stand-up double, as Maddox finally gets the ball in.
So Carter with his first hit, a double to left center.
And Montreal with a runner on second, nobody out.
Well, the group here is St. Clair Old Timers Baseball Association of St. Clair, Schuylkill County.
And Woffin County, Pennsylvania. Old time players.
Here's a line drive by Parrish, the left center field. This will be an extra base hit.
Carter rounding third will score easily. Parrish into second with a double.
And all of a sudden on two swings of the bat, it's a 7-3 ball game.
The Phillies leading. If Parrish are running bad at end.
So Parrish and Carter with line drive doubles the left center.
And the Phillies lead now cut 7-3. Gene Garber starting to throw in the Phillies' bullpen.
Well, the Expos have a lot of hits. They have 10, only three runs so far.
And they've got a cut pitch.
And Mahias with a line drive base hit to right field.
Parrish stopping at third.
So the Expos with three straight line drive base hits.
Have runners at first and third, still nobody out.
And shortstop Chris Spire coming to bat.
So the Expos with 11 hits now, and they have cotton some trouble here in the sixth.
As Garber continues to heat up.
In field back at double play depth, Spire takes low, ball one.
And Spire swings and misses at a high pitch, one-on-one account.
Spire's one for two with a single. He's hitting 2-30.
Parrish and Mahias the base runners.
Spire takes a little low, two-on-one account.
Phillies lead 7-3, the Expos trying to get some more runs in here.
We're in the sixth inning. Spire takes inside, ball three.
Pete McCannon out of the on-deck circle.
Spire takes high, ball four, and the bases are loaded, still nobody out.
Sacks full of Expos, nobody out.
Pete McCannon batting for Stanhouse.
Danny Ozark is coming out of the dugout and just guessing, probably off of Jim Cotts.
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Gene Garber is the new Phillies pitcher here in the sixth, and he comes in in a tough situation, bases load of nobody out.
Well, Friday night, August 19th is Haller Night at the ballpark. That's a week from tomorrow night.
All women will receive a free Haller top with the inscriptions, all the good things wrapped up in one,
tasty cake and the Phillies.
Well, it's Friday night, August 19th, when the Phillies play the Houston Astros.
Free Haller tops for all women.
That's discrimination.
I wonder why they don't give them to the men.
Speaking of clothing, you should see that suit that Harry Callis is wearing today.
I guess it didn't have his size.
Looks like it would be good for a cold wave.
Well, Garber is in trouble. Bases loaded, nobody out.
We'll face Pete McCannon.
Expos already have one run in here.
Phillies with a 7-3 lead.
Parrish is on third, Mejias on second, Spire on first.
Pete McCannon the batter. Garber's record, 6 wins, 5 losses, 2.95 ERA.
McCannon the batter, right-hand batter, hitting 2-30. The infielders back at double play depth.
Garber's pitching out of the stretch. First pitch, swing and a miss on a change-up, strike one to McCannon.
Garber giving McCannon good motion on that change-up.
We're in the sixth, the Expos trying to get back in this game.
Strike one to Pete McCannon, McCannon closed stance.
Garber sets the pitch. Slider, and I believe a swing and a miss. Yes, he did.
First base umpire Frank Pulley on the appeal said, yes, he swung, so two strikes on McCannon.
He's been fooled on a change-up on the slider.
Garber sets again. Pitch on the way. Ground ball foul past third.
Count stays at two strikes on Pete McCannon.
23 hits in the game here in the sixth inning. The Phillies with 12, the Expos with 11.
The Phillies still lead by four runs.
Garber checks the runners. The pitch struck him out. Struck him out on a good slider.
Good strike out for Garber. McCannon's out of there, one down.
And the batter is Dave Cash. Cash is one for three with a single today.
He scored a run. Cash is batting 280.
Infield, still back at double play depth.
Aces loaded, one out. Garber will pitch out of a stretch again.
First pitch to Cash. Fly ball hit well to right field, McBride going back, still going until he's head.
He misjudged the ball and lost it. One run is in, and now while the ball is dropped in the infield,
the Phillies would have had somebody out of there because the Expos had clogged up third base.
Dave Cash is hurt. He injured his ankle up the way, rounding first.
But he'll get a long single and a run battered in, and now it's a 7-4 ball game.
Bases still loaded, one out.
The Expos clogged up the bases a little bit. I think they thought that ball would be caught, and maybe it should have been.
Now, Bate McBride is out there in a dead sun field, and he may have lost that ball by Cash,
but he didn't get back in the ball. It went over his head for a single.
Now, he was on third along with Spire, but the ball, the relay throw, was dropped by Sizemore,
and by the time he recovered it, Spire had retreated to second base.
Now, Cash is going to have to leave the ball game.
Cash hurt his ankle, running the bases. Dave gets his second hit.
They've got a run battered in.
It's 7-4, Phillies lead. The bases are still loaded, one down.
Pepe Frias running for Cash. Saks loaded one out. The batter is Warren Cromarty.
He's two for three in the day, with a single and a double and a run battered in.
Pitch to him. He's inside, ball one.
7-4, Phillies lead. The Expos still threatening. Bases loaded, one out.
Sixth inning. Garber out of the stretch, the pitch.
Check swing, ground ball. Garber feels it hurt home for one first.
Double play! Oh boy! Big double play!
A little ground ball to Garber. He fired home to Boone. They got the force.
Boone fired to John Stoner first, and they just barely got Cromarty.
And that is a big double play.
Two runs for the Expos. Four hits, two left on.
After five and a half, the Phillies still lead in the game, 7-4.
Bill Atkinson is the new Montreal pitcher. Pepe Frias will stay in the game in place of Cash and play second base.
And Greg Lezinski will lead off for the Phillies here in the sixth.
Those lead 7-4. Lezinski down three times, two singles and a walk.
And he's knocked in a run. Greg takes inside, ball one. Lezinski batting 3-22.
It'll be Lezinski, John Stoner, Matt Oxtoface, right-hander Bill Atkinson.
Next pitch is a called strike. Ball one, strike one to Lezinski.
Atkinson's pitch swing and a miss.
Atkinson seems to give Lezinski a little trouble on that curve ball he's throwing.
He seems to take some velocity off the pitch.
One-two pitch, strike three called, and that's the curve ball over.
Throw the ball out on strikes, one down.
And Jay Johnston the batter. Jay has walked, knocked in a run on a sacrifice fly and single.
Officially Johnston is one for one in the game, batting 3-12.
Atkinson's pitch turn is a called strike.
7-4 lead Phillies, bottom of the seventh.
Off-speed pitch is outside to Johnston. 24 hits in the game, each team with 12.
The Phillies have the most runs, they lead by three.
1-1 pitch. Hit a mile but foul. Johnston hit a beat but pulled a foul.
Ball one, strike two to the Jay bird.
Jay is in the ball game because Heppner has a sore elbow, sore arm, sore shoulder.
Heppner on the left arm.
Next pitch by Atkinson is low, two and two count.
Houston has gone ahead with a giant 7-5, they're in the seventh inning.
2-2 pitch is outside, full count to Jay.
Little right-hander, Bill Atkinson.
2-2 delivery. Ball four, they lost him.
Johnston's on again.
Third time Johnston has been on first.
One down, the batter Gary Maddox.
Gary's 0-3, batting 2-76.
Atkinson will pitch out of the stretch.
Checks the runner. Maddox takes a called strike.
Johnston leads off first. Phillies leading 7-4, sixth inning.
There's a loop for right field, might drop for base hit it does.
Johnston rounding second, he's going to third.
Goal from right field is cut off, so the Phillies on Maddox is single.
Half-runners on first and third.
One down, and the batter's babooned.
Johnston at third, Maddox at first, one out.
That was Maddox's first base hit in the ball game.
The unbound lineup now is hit except Laurie Boa.
Booney is officially one for two with a single.
Hits a foul ball right off his foot.
That'll hurt, strike one on Boone.
Boone scored a run today, he's hitting 2-83.
Phillies with a chance to get on the board again.
Runners at first and third, one down, 7-4 lead, sixth inning.
Atkinson ready to pitch.
Booney ground ball to short, might be a double play.
Second for one, the ball is dropped.
Everybody's safe.
Johnston scores, Maddox going to third as the ball tickles into center field.
Now, Frias will get an error I believe.
That was a double play ball and a break for the Phillies.
And the Phillies now lead at 8-4.
That looked like a lead pipe since double play ball.
Boone will get a run batted in.
Johnston scores, Maddox all the way to third.
And the Phillies lead at 8-4 with runners at first and third still one out.
Here's Ted Sizemore.
Sizemore, one for two with a single, takes a call, strike.
Sizemore batting 278, the runners lead off.
Looks like a squeeze bunt.
It was, but it's fouled.
Phillies going with a squeeze bunt, but Sizemore fouled it off.
He had to reach way outside and try to bunt that ball.
He didn't get a piece of it.
So Sizemore now has two strikes on him.
Well, the run's getting a little tighter here in Danny Ozark going for,
trying to get an extra run.
Strike two to count to Sizemore.
Pitch in the way, stuck him out on a bad pitch.
Sizemore big cut, but he strikes out.
Gene Barber's going to bat for himself.
So two away now.
If Barber likes to hit, he doesn't get to hit very often.
He's 0-4 in the year.
Two on, two outs.
Atkinson's pitch inside, ball one.
Bill's leading 8-4 now, bottom of the sixth.
Atkinson sets, checks the runner.
Here's the pitch.
Barber fouls it off.
Strike one to Garber.
May I be so bold to ask you, Andy?
Never mind.
1-1 pitch.
Ground ball towards first.
Perez has it.
Steps on the bag.
Garber's out on that.
He'll retire the side.
One run, one hit, one error.
Two left on.
At the end, the sixth full.
It's the Phillies 8, the Expos 4.
Tommy Hutton will come in the ball game and play first place for the Phillies, take Johnstone out of the game.
The fans are going to have the world's largest orchestra out here on Sunday night, August 21st, conducted by the great Fred Waring.
The Phillies will play in Houston.
Now, that is Sunday night, a 7 p.m. start, August 21st.
All fans welcome to bring their own instruments to the ballpark.
And those of you who do not have an instrument will receive a complimentary kazoo when you enter the park.
Sunday night, August 21st, Fred Waring will conduct the world's largest orchestra.
How about that?
Andy Nusser, 7th inning.
Andy, what instrument will you bring to the ballpark?
I never really learned to play one.
I took piano as a kid, Rich, but I don't think I ought to bring one of them down here.
Here's Andre Dawson.
Dawson has two hits and three times up this afternoon.
Right hand of batter swings and misses at Garber's first pitch, strike one.
You look like an old harmonica type to me.
I suppose I could.
That's not too far from a kazoo.
Same technique, right?
You can carry it anyway.
Yeah.
Swing and a miss at a high pitch by Garber.
No balls and two strikes.
Dawson to be followed by Perez and Carter.
The Expos again behind by four runs.
They did trail by as many as five.
Here's Garber's O2.
Swing and a miss.
He strikes out Andre Dawson.
Second strike out for Garber.
That was a big man on the news heart, they call it.
You ever see one of those?
I don't think so.
Nice little instrument.
Can you still play it?
Our engineer, Dave Troy, he knows what they are.
You didn't lose your technique somewhere, huh?
No, I can play it.
Perez takes a strike.
Tony is one for three, an RBI double in the first inning.
He's grounded into a double play and flying out the right field.
Here's one foul at the plate.
Garber ahead on the count.
No balls and two strikes to Perez.
The Expos have announced that Dave Cash left the ballgame
because of a sprained right ankle.
They've got the only hit that Garber has given up
since coming on in a jam last inning.
Here's a pop-up and foul ground wide at first.
Tommy Huffman comes over, but that one goes into the crowd.
Count stays at 0-2 on Tony Perez.
Jim Cot is still the pitcher of record for the Phillies.
He worked into the sixth inning.
And the Expos starter, Jackie Brown, is on the hook.
Here's the 0-2 to Perez, and a change-up is over
for a called third strike.
Garber's gotten such good mileage out of that pitch,
and here he gets a strikeout.
Two batters, two strikeouts in the seventh.
Gary Carter, the hitter, he's one for three, a double,
and he scored a run last inning.
Phillies lead the ballgame eight to four.
There have been 25 hits in the ballgame.
Phillies have the margin by one, 13-12.
Breaking ball over to Carter, strike one.
Expos have lost five of the last six games.
They're still in fifth place in the National League East.
Garber misses outside, one ball and one strike.
They trail the Phillies' starting action today by 15-1.5.
Here's the 1-1 to Carter, and it's a strike on the inside corner.
He started to go after it, then held up, and it was a called strike,
and Carter is unhappy about the call.
Walks away from the plate, shaking his head.
One ball and two strikes. Garber's count on Gary Carter.
Phillies will be back here at the ballpark a week from tomorrow night.
Up against the Houston Astros, here's the pitch to Carter low inside, 2-2.
Just that weekend series of Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon series,
and then the Phillies are back on the road for another week,
so you better get your tickets for that series.
Going in a miss by Carter, Jane Garber strikes out the side.
Exposed out on the seventh inning at the end of 6-1-2, Phillies lead it 8-4.
Meg McBride followed by Larry Boa and Mike Schmidt.
Well, our flagship station, KYW, has honored us all here in the booth today
with KYW t-shirts, very similar to the ones that Rich wears every day.
I'm wondering, Andy, why KYW and their wisdom,
you guys really only gave me one.
Probably know that your kids are out of the t-shirt stage.
They expect you to down that one, Rich.
There's Atkinson's pitch to McBride.
A breaking ball is high and outside, ball one.
I should have to say that's a bright yellow, wouldn't you?
The orange in it?
Eye-catching.
You're the worst looking shirt I've ever seen.
Like I said, just like the others you wear, here's one fouled into the dugout.
The only thing worse than getting one of these would be getting three.
One ball and one strike to count to McBride.
I was going to keep them, but I guess the way you put it, we ought to send them back.
Here's the 1-1 to Baker.
Fly ball out of play along the third base side, 1 and 2.
Just kidding, of course, old KYW.
Got to have a sense of humor, right?
Kelly's on top in this ball game, 8 to 4.
Baker's already hit a home run today.
He's also had a single.
He's also had a walk.
There's a pitch outside.
2 and 2 to McBride.
He's also driven in a run on a sacrifice fly, so officially right now, Baker's 2 for 2.
Inside ball three, the count is full to McBride.
Atkinson winds.
Here's the right-hander's pitch.
It's a line drive to right field, retreating is Mahias.
It's over his head, it downs against the wall.
McBride on his way to second base.
Here's the throw.
He is safe.
Bake McBride shoots it over the head of Mahias in right field, and he's on second base.
A double for Bake McBride, his third hit of the ball game.
Well, Mahias lost that ball.
He got a bad jump on it.
By the time he picked it up, it was over his head.
Bakes had a good day.
He's only a triple away from hitting for the cycle.
And he is certainly capable as, more capable than most of getting a triple with his speed.
Well, that's the 14th hit for the Phillies.
And the 26th hit in the ball game.
Here's Larry Bola.
Larry, the only Phil who hasn't participated in the fireworks.
Larry is 0-4.
Bill Atkinson, the third Montreal pitcher.
They've all been right-handers.
Ground ball foul wide of first base.
Strike one to Bola.
Jackie Brown started, but he didn't make it through the second inning.
Don Stanhouse relieved him and worked three and two third innings.
And now the Phillies looking at right-hander Bill Atkinson for the second inning in a row and the second day in a row.
He was in one of last night's games.
Billy Demars calls Larry Bola over for a brief chat.
Larry might have missed the sign. I don't know. He might have had him running.
He was trying to pull the ball, trying to move him back over to third.
One strike to count on Bola.
McBride at second base.
Phillies have failed to score in only two innings today.
Here's the pitch to Larry's swing and a foul back.
0-2 to Bola.
Bill Atkinson has the sign from Gary Carter.
Here's his pitch to Larry. It's outside.
One ball and two strikes.
Remember to join us tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 from Chicago.
Phillies against the Cubs.
It'll be left-hander Steve Carleton pitching against Steve Ranko.
Bola takes a pitch outside, 2-2.
Carleton had a lead in a game that was rained out earlier this year.
Had Wrigley field a game in which Tim McCarver hit a home run, and it went 4-1.5.
The Cubs did not get their advance in the fifth, and so Carleton would actually be a 17-game winner right now if that one counted.
Here's Larry Bola and a one-hopper through on the right side. It goes into center field.
A base hit.
Fake McBride will come on in to score. Bola tries for two. He's safe.
Phillies laid the ball, game 9-4.
Well, the X's got tangled up a little bit there in the outfield.
Dawson and Mejias made some contact, and by the time they got separated, Bola took the extra base.
So Larry has his first hit of the day, and all of the Phillies who started this ballgame had hits.
RBI number 35 for Bola, and the Phillies again lead it by five.
Here's Mike Schmidt. Mike is two for four.
Mike has scored two runs, single twice also struck out.
Pitch to Mike is high, ball one.
Phillies with 15 hits. The X-Bow's have a dozen.
The only other game this afternoon at Candlestick, Houston leading the Giants 7-5 in the eighth inning.
Here's a pitch inside. Schmidt has to duck under a 2-0 to count.
Still nobody out of the inning. McBride started with a double. He scored as Larry Bola got a ground ball double.
Here's a called strike to Schmidt, two and one to count.
There have been four errors in this ballgame, three by Montreal.
The Phillies win this game today. They will even their series with the X-Bow's on the season four wins aside.
Called strike on the outside corner of the Schmidt, count level two and two.
Two balls and two strikes to Mike Schmidt.
Schmidt takes high, ball three and the count goes full.
Greg Lozinski on deck.
And the Phillies leading this ballgame nine to four.
Atkinson at the belt. Here's his next pitch to Mike. It is drilled to right field.
Mejias is there and he catches it. Tagging at second base is Boa. He will advance to third base.
That ball was really hit hard by Schmidt, but Mejias was playing it in the right spot for the out.
Let's pause here for station identification. This is the Phillies baseball network.
This is KYW News Radio, 1060 Philadelphia.
The weather is partly cloudy skies and warm in the U.S. tonight for the low temperature, about 72 degrees.
The hand for Greg Lozinski as he stands in at the plate. That's the first out of the inning.
Boa at third base and here's the ball, two for three with a walk.
Pitch to Greg. Change up over for a strike.
Lozinski has an RBI today. His 91st of the season. Tommy Hutton is on deck.
It'll be his first at bat of the ballgame.
Greg takes outside. One ball and one strike.
Phillies trying to win their eighth straight. It would tie their season's longest winning streak.
Here's the one-one. A hard hit ball to right field, but he is heading toward the line on the run.
He gloves that ball, tagging at third base is Boa. Here's the throw to the plate.
Larry scores. Phillies lead the ball, game ten to four.
RBI number 92 for Lozinski. Phillies have a six-run lead for the first time.
Two outs. Here's Tommy Hutton. Base is now empty.
Phillies scored six runs off Brown, one off Stanhouse, and now three off Atkinson.
Pitch to the left-handed batter. Over for a strike, a breaking ball.
Tommy is batting 229. One home run, nine runs batted in.
Tommy swings and fouls one over top of Phillies' dugout.
Atkinson gets the jump on Tommy Hutton. No balls and two strikes.
Hutton came in the game defensively in the seventh inning, playing for J. John Stone.
Only in the fourth and the fifth innings did the Phillies fail to score today.
Tommy Hutton swings and fouls tips it. Carter hangs on. Tommy is a strikeout victim,
and the inning is over. But the Phillies get two runs in the seventh.
They do it on two hits and nobody left on base.
Bruce Seven, the Phillies lead ten to four.
5-5-0 Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 0-8-0-0-3.
This game to the eighth inning, and here's Harry Callis.
All right, thanks, Andy. Larry Parrish leading off a fly ball.
Deep left center of field. Maddox and Martin both there, and they let it drop between them,
and it bounces over the fence for a ground-rule double.
Jerry Martin, who had just come into the game defensively for Greg Lozinski and Gary Maddox,
were both there. They got their signals crossed, and it fell between them.
Bounced over the fence, and it will be scored as a double, but the ball should have been caught.
One down. A rather runner at second base, nobody out, and that will bring up Sam Mejias.
Mejias is singled out of infield, grounded out, and single.
Second hit given up by Garber since he came on for Jim Cox.
Here's the pitch to Mejias. He takes low for a ball.
Phillies lead ten-four. We're in the eighth inning.
Parrish at second base.
The pitch to Mejias. Swing bouncing ball up the middle.
Boa's going to have to hurry. He does. Gets Mejias by a step, and Parrish moves a third.
One down. Parrish at third base, and that will bring up Chris Spire.
Spire is lined out to right, singled, and walked.
Garber came in on the sixth inning for starter Jim Cox.
It's Cox's game to win. Garber is the save if the Phillies can hang on leading ten-four.
A lot of hits in this ball game.
Phillies with 15, the Expos with 13.
Here's the pitch to Spire, and it's low for a ball.
Del Answer has moved into the on-deck circle, the bat for Bill Atkinson.
Now the pitch to Spire is a little bit outside for a ball. It's 2-0.
Garber ready. Here's the stretch.
2-0 pitch to Spire, low for a ball, and he falls behind him 3-0.
Pay the tennis this afternoon, 30,267 here at Veterans Stadium.
Phillies back home a week from tomorrow night against the Houston Astros.
3-0 pitch is over for a strike called. It's 3-1 to Spire.
Garber's stretch. 3-1 pitch. Low ball for, he walked him.
So the Expos have runners of first and third. First walk given up by Garber,
and Del Answer coming out to pinch hit for Bill Atkinson.
Answer hitting 263, nine home runs, 29 runs that of him.
Larry Parrish at third base. At first base Chris Spire, 1-0.
Here's the pitch to Answer. Check swing, looper into shallow left.
Jerry Martin coming on. He makes the catch and the runners will hold.
Answer checked his swing. The ball looped into shallow left field, caught by Jerry Martin.
Two down. That'll bring on Tepe Frias. He came in for Dave Cash when Cash
sprained his right ankle on a base hit over the head of Bake McBride.
A little confusion on the base pass. Dave had to put on the brakes and go back to first and jammed his ankle.
He had to leave the ball again. Frias batting for the first time. He's hitting 233.
Expo runners first and third, two outs. The pitch to Frias waves and misses at a good changer.
One strike to count to Tepe Frias.
Frias' switch hitter batting left against Garber. Here's the pitch to him.
On the outside corner for a strike called. And Gino is quickly in front of him, nothing in two.
The two strike pitch. Flowing inside with a slider, one ball and two strikes to count to Frias.
The W's have ten runs, fifteen hits. The Expo's four runs and thirteen hits.
Garber's one-two pitch. A change bounced up the middle.
Sizemore can't get it. It's off his glove and trickles into shallow center.
Even had Sizemore made the play, it would have been a tough force at second base.
Would have had to make it very, very quickly. A high bounding ball.
We'll have to wait and see how they score. It perished scores and it's now a ten to five ball game.
Well, they almost have to call out a base hit. They did a base hit for Frias.
Give Frias a run bat at him.
Here's one, Cro Marty. He is two out of four.
Pitch to him. Swing and a fly ball. Shallow right field.
Bill Baker McBride comes in and makes the catch. For the Expo's in the eighth, one run, two hits, no errors.
Two left. We go to the bottom half of the eighth inning. It's Phil's ten in Montreal five.
The winning combination in the Franksburgers, you fully expansion know about.
It comes from far right and is Lancaster Blandifor meets Franks.
Day wide over your lose time, 6.42.
New pitcher for the Expo's coming in is left-hander Will McEnany.
Bill Atkinson taking out for a pinch hitter. McEnany appearing in game number 51 on the year.
He's one, two, lost four.
And he's recorded three saves. Zern run marker is 4.04.
Gary Maddox will be the first one to face him to be followed by Bob Boone and then Ted Sizemore.
Will he lead this game? Ten-five. Try to win their eighth game in a row.
Win for the Phil's with put them in front of the Chicago Cubs in National League East by three games.
The Cubs are idle. Pittsburgh three and a half back. They are playing tonight at home against New York.
And the Phillies will go to Chicago for a road trip. Four game series there.
Three game series of Montreal back home here a week from tomorrow night.
Houston Astros will be in for a weekend series.
Friday night the 19th at 8.05. Halter top night, free halter top for all ladies in attendance.
And on Saturday night it will be the annual old timers game August 20th.
And Sunday afternoon the series finale.
Sunday night rather not Sunday afternoon. Sunday night game at seven o'clock.
Here's Gary Maddox and he takes a fastball for a strike goal.
Gary's one out of four.
A game on the 21st, a seven PM game. Here's the pitch to Gary.
Loops a foul back out of play. Nothing in two to Maddox.
Only Sunday night game of the year and it will not be televised.
Two strikes to count to Maddox.
Pitch on the way to Gary is high for a ball running two.
One-two pitch way wide. Two and two to count to Maddox.
Phillies scored early. Got two in the first, four in the second.
Pitch on the way. Hard ground ball. Faced hit the left field for Gary Maddox.
So Maddox gets his second hit for the Phillies. Hit number 16 in the ball game.
That will bring up Bob Boone who is one out of four. He has scored a run.
Maddox first base, nobody out.
The pitch to Boone. He swings. He chases a high fastball. One strike to count to Boone.
McEnany stretches his pitch. Swing and a foul ball down the right field side.
Back over the picnic area and out of play. Nothing in two to count to Boone.
McEnany has his sign. The two strike pitch. Swing. Base hit center field.
Maddox will stop at second base. And the Phillies have their first few men on base here in the eighth.
Boone singles up the middle for his second hit.
Phillies now with 17 hits in the game. That will bring up Ted Sizemore.
Sizemore sizes one for three as Watt single, fly to right and struck out.
Phillies leading this game ten to five.
Here's the pitch to Sizemore. Ways and misses at a curve ball.
Strike to Ted Sizemore. Dean Garber on deck.
One strike pitch. Fastball over for a strike call. McEnany has a jump on Sizemore.
Nothing in two.
On second he singles. Boone at first he singles. Two strike pitch. Swing bouncing ball tapped up the middle.
Takes a high hop at Spire. Grabs. Tags second for one. The relay in time for a double play.
Sizemore grounds into a double play. Good play by Chris Spire. Got the force on Boone at second.
Double up size at first. Moving to third on the play, Gary Maddox.
With two outs it will bring up pitcher Gene Garber. Garber grounded out and is only at bat.
On the year, Gino has been at bat five times without a hit. But lifetime he's picked up some hits. Pitch to him is a strike call.
Garber came into the season six for 27. Pitch to him, line foul behind the Phillies dugout.
Out on two to Gene Garber.
Pitch to Gino is low for a ball. One ball and two strikes. Maddox third base, two outs, bottom half of the eighth.
One-two pitch. Breaking ball bouncing up there and it's two and two.
Two and two to Gene Garber. Here's the two-two pitch. Fastball, strike three called, struck him out. Garber called out on strikes.
Phillies down to the eighth. No runs, two hits, no errors and one left. We go to the ninth inning with the score Phillies ten. Exposed five.
Now time for a taste debriefing.
While the teams are changing sides, why not make a scene change of your own?
Go straight to the kitchen for a fresh baked tasty cake chocolate or tasty cake vanilla cupcake.
Cream filled buttercream or cream filled chocolate cupcake.
You'll discover a delicious taste that can come only from the good things, tasty cake, fresh baked and each and every family packing baked.
You'll make them all the very best there is.
I'm on the side of the tunnel for everything. You know, last year I came along with the police. They gave me so many moments of joy.
When I love something, I want to be next to it. I want to be as close as I can.
So they would send other people in the parking lot to burn my house. I booked a hotel for them.
I'm going to give them all the hand they gave me. I'm going to get together and play games.
You'll please join us to share a glass of wine.
Ninth inning, last chance for the Exposed. Phillies leading by a score of ten, five. Andre Dawson will lead off from Montreal.
To be followed by Tony Perez and then Gary Carter.
The game at San Francisco is over. Houston beat the Giants 7-5. Dan Larson, the winner in relief, his first win of the year.
The loser was Gary LaValle, also in relief.
As of applauding, the National League Eastern Division standing, he was being flashed on the board.
Of course, the Phillies on top of the East with a win this afternoon. It would be a three-game lead over the Chicago Cubs who are idle.
But they wish you tonight the Herald Dream in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
And Janice Faber in Lancaster celebrating her 17th.
Here's a pitch to Dawson. He takes low for a ball. Andre Dawson is two out of four.
Hitting at 283.
Pitch to him. Swaying hard ground base hit center field. Dawson gets his third hit of the ballgame.
The Dawson at first base with nobody out. That'll bring up Tony Perez. Perez is double grounded into a double play.
It's flied out to right and has struck out.
Tony knocked interun.
Here's a pitch to Perez fouled back out of play. One strike to Tony Perez.
That'll be the Phillies and the Cubs tomorrow afternoon here on KYW and the Phillies radio network from Wrigley Field. Steve Carlton going against Steve Ranko.
Pitch to Perez. Fly ball center field. Maddox right there. Makes the grab. Perez is out.
And on the play, Dawson holds at first base. One away.
That'll bring up Jerry Carter the catcher. Carter is one out of four. Is grounded out, fouled out, doubled and scored a run and struck out.
Phillies on their way to their eighth win in a row.
Swept the Dodgers prior to this series.
Pitch to Carter. Long powering fly to deep left. Jerry Martin back near the fence. Makes the catch.
Carter is out on a deep fly ball to left field.
Two down and that'll bring up Larry Perry.
Perry should fly to right, fouled out, twice double, he has scored a couple of runs.
Stretched by Garber. And the pitch is outside for a ball.
1-0 pitch. Broken background ball. Nub to second base.
Sizemore throws. Ball game is over. Phillies have won eighth in a row.
For the Expos and the Knights, no runs to hit, no errors of one left.
Final score. Phillies winning it by a score of 10-5.
And this afternoon's winning pitcher is Jim Cotty. He wins the case of Tasty Cakes for him and wife Linda.
As the Phillies now won eighth in a row and lead the Eastern Division by three full games.