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The Philadelphia Phillies faced the St. Louis Cardinals for the final game of the season at Bush Stadium on October 2, 1969.
Philadelphia was trying to avoid their 99th loss on the season.
Coached by George Myatt, Myatt was the interim manager after the Phillies fired Bob Skinner mid-season after falling 20 games under 500.
The Phillies had very little star power beyond Dick Allen, who would be traded to the Cardinals five days after this game for Tim McCarver, Kurt Flood and others.
This is the infamous trade that later snowballed into Kurt Flood challenging the reserve clause and demanding free agency.
The St. Louis Cardinals were coached by Red Sheen based and they came into the game with 86 wins and in fourth place,
which was a disappointment following back-to-back World Series appearances in 1967 and 68.
This audio is just a partial recording of the radio broadcast. It is missing a lot of the action from the middle of the game.
It features St. Louis announcers Harry Carey and Jack Buck.
We'll be right back.
And that's part of it.
And I don't feel that anything that I do off the field can affect me that much the way I dress.
I'm sure that a sideburn short or long can't make me throw the ball any harder, make me have better control.
Maybe windage or something. But the way I dress, this is just an extension of what I am personally and not what I am when I'm on the field.
Funny thing now, actually there's no difference between established veterans the way they dress.
I notice the way some of the rookies dress. They dress the same way. You guys are young men.
That's exactly right. We're not in high school anymore or college where we have to be governed as such.
I believe that we're in a position to where most of us are men and we expect and want to be treated as such.
However, I think one thing that we have to look at is the fact that because we are athletes and that we do play at a major league level, we do a lot of traveling.
We're exposed to a lot of things that ordinarily people are not exposed to. Therefore, you acquire different tastes.
You're able to enjoy things that other people cannot enjoy and therefore your taste grows and because of the exposure you develop just whiter taste.
I think that's what's happening.
Isn't this a great nation, a great enterprise, a free enterprise that we have, the ability for the young man to grow and stature and surround?
Isn't this where we all are in the business for?
The United States is famous for its forest alger type stories. Rikes to riches, this type thing.
I think if you'll investigate most athletes, they come from humble beginnings, which is wonderful because from these beginnings, they know that through athletics they have a chance to make something of themselves,
perhaps do something for their family in gratitude for the way that they sacrifice for us in bringing you up. And through athletics, you have a chance to better yourself.
You have a chance to perhaps wear nice clothes where you weren't able to before.
And usually when you're deprived of something, when you're able to achieve say a financial level or whatever, and this is something you want right away.
So perhaps sometimes it's clothes, sometimes it's a new car, but when you're deprived of these things, I think sometimes it's kind of a fulfillment of both yourself that you like these things.
Isn't it true that when you do get to these things and you reach this level and you begin to enjoy these things, I would think it would work the other way around, that you would then play harder and harder to maintain this level of life?
This is the way I see it. Once you arrive at a point that I don't think there's any athlete on our ball club that is self-satisfied.
No one is more disappointed in a poor season than the athlete who has a poor season because he has confidence in his ability and he knows that he is capable of producing better.
No one is more critical of anyone than we are of ourselves. So it's when we go out and on the field we know that if we don't hustle, if we don't put out as much as we can, the only person we're hurting is ourselves.
Nellie, nice talking to you and have a great winter.
Thank you very much, Harry. You've been my pleasure.
Thank you very much.
Nelson Brahe, we'll be back in one minute.
Harry Shane Eames with the singing of our national anthem.
Well, you already know a lot about this ball game.
Bob Gibson is the cardinal pitcher and Bob is looking for his 20th win of the year.
He goes into the contest with a record of 19 and 13 and his opponent on the mound will be Grant Jackson, the Philadelphia left-hander, and Jackson has won 14 and lost 17.
Also in this ball game, Joe Toria, the cardinals, will be seeking his 100th run batted in of the year.
The two pitchers are still warming up. Bob Gibson down in the right field corner and Grant Jackson, the left-hander, warming up in the Philadelphia bullpen.
George Myatt coaching at third and Billy DeMar is at first base for the Phillies. Tony Taylor leading it off.
The final game of the year, the Cardinals and the Phillies. We hope you enjoy the broadcast.
And for the play-by-play, here is Harry Carrey.
Thank you very much, Jack. Hello again, everybody. The final broadcast of the season, final game of the year.
Bob Gibson trying for number 20 and we're all set to go with Tony Taylor leading it off, hitting 265.
First pitch, it's a breaking ball in there for a strike call. One strike and no ball.
Taylor, who has hit three homers, is third here. Here's the pitch by Gibson.
Fast ball, a little bit low on the outside. Tim McCarver behind the play.
Joe Toria at first. Boolean and Javier at second. Jerry Devanen at short.
Here's the pitch. It's a strike call and a fast ball. Mike Shannon's playing third base.
Luke Roxxon left, Kurt Blom in center, Joe Hagan right. Two strikes and a ball. Here's the pitch.
Fouled it back into the state. Two strikes and a ball. Cincinnati and Atlanta.
The Reds lead one to nothing. Now Atlanta leads three to one at the end of three.
The Braves are shooting for their 11th in a row. Now the signal. Two strikes and a ball.
The pitch is on the way and it bounces in front of the play. Two balls, two strikes.
Johnny Briggs will be next. The final game of the year. This is the way it began.
Will Bob Gibson touch it for the Carpenter? Now the signal, give it.
The wind up and the pitch. Boom and he struck it off. Tony Taylor goes down three.
On opening day, some six months ago, Bob Gibson in the opening game of the season pitch,
nine innings or out, two runs, left for a pinch hitter. The Cardinals lost it in the 14th.
Here's the pitch to Briggs and it's low and inside. On that occasion Gibson struck out ten and walked nobody.
Hit one man. Now the pitch and it's a slider inside.
The Cardinals had a two to one lead. Now they trailed two to one. They tied it at two to two.
And did very little in the last six innings. Two balls, no strikes, a pitch to Briggs. Swung at a curve in the middle.
So Bob Gibson who started it, the same Bob Gibson will end it here tonight. Here's the pitch.
Swing on, fly ball right field, Joe Hay coming in. Under the ball, waiting. And he makes the gap.
Two up, two down. Here is Johnny Callison. He's had 16 homers this year, driven in 62 runs.
Bob Gibson gets that. The first pitch is high and outside. Callison has been with the Phillies since 1960.
The pitch. Skinner of beauty. Howie Wendell stepped the plate on five. Runners are at first,
or rather it's a count of one ball, one strike. No runners on, two out. Here is the pitch and the swung on.
High fly ball on the right. Joe Hay coming in, it will be an easy out. He's got it three-five.
So we bowl into the bottom half of the first, no score.
Going to the bottom of the first, Luke Rock will lead it off to the Cardinals.
Red Birds trying to nail down this final game of the season. They lost the first game.
You know, in fact, they lost the first three at home. All three of them. Here's Luke Rock who has a chance to finish in 300.
He's batting 298 with 12 homers, 47 runs about today. Atlanta leads the Reds 3-1 at the end of three.
Here's the wind up the pitch by Grant Jackson. It's a fastball, high and outside.
Jackson with a losing ball, top is 114. Lost 17. Now the side. Here's the pitch.
Sidearm fastball for a strike called at the knee. And that evens it up. One ball, one strike.
Grant Jackson looking for his 15th win. Now the delivery, here it is. Swung and he fouled it back.
Two strikes and a ball. Kenny Boyer, formerly a former Cardinals star now with the Dodgers.
Here in the press box tonight. Here's the pitch. And it's low curveball outside. That evens it up.
Two balls, two strikes. What did you do, jump the ball club? I left.
We lost more, I think we have. No, as a matter of fact, we lost more ball games than you have.
Here's a bouncy ball hit by Brock to Richie Allen, steps on the baggies. You lost 77, the Cardinals lost 75.
One of the time I thought the Dodgers were going to win it all over there.
Well we thought so until the last ten days and we couldn't win a ball game. I think we lost nine in a row when the Braves were in the midst of winning nine in a row.
So it reminded me a lot of the 57 Cardinals when we lost nine in a row and the Milwaukee Braves won nine in a row.
Here's Kurt Flood, one out, nobody on. The pitch is a fastball a little bit inside. Of course you're going down to see Brother Cleese.
Well I don't think I'll take in the playoffs if they make it to the series. I'll close off the end. Watch that.
The ball is delivered to Flood, bouncing ball hits. This shot should be easy.
Terry Harmon over to first and it's out. Two up, two down. Why aren't you going to be a coach for the Cardinals next year?
No, I think definitely that I can say that I'm not going to do that. I think they've already announced rehiring them all or something.
Well you can always ask somebody else.
Well the truth is that I'm not and although I'm looking for a job and can't do anything technically because I'm still under contract with the Dodgers until after tonight.
Two men are out and here's Javier, right handed batter. Here's the windup by Grant Jackson the best.
Long on a little tough foul. Richie Allen chasing it. Can he reach it? He does. Good running test. In foul territory. Now retired to side one, two, three.
And at the end of one inning no score.
We're going to the top of the second inning with no score and Richie Allen comes up and will defer talking to Kenny Boyer for just a moment because on any pitch this guy's level is knocked down at scoreboard.
What power he has. 32 homers, 89 runs battered in hitting 290. Here's the pitch.
One many fouls to the strike wall. One strike and no ball.
Well all the problems Richie has, you wonder where in the world he finds time to play at all.
I guess that's why he's AWL sometimes. Here's the pitch and it's a fastball low.
One ball and one strike.
Ball game in the second inning. Richie Allen. The pitch by Gibson. Swim bouncing ball up the middle. Javier to his right. Throws. It's fine. Nice throw.
Kenny Boyer just set a moment ago as a matter of fact you were looking for a job. What do you want to do? Sell forwards or what?
Well I already had a job at that time. I was giving you that little loan back to the club.
It's in the automobile business of Herman right?
Here is Darren Johnson. First pitch lined in the right center and so they said hey go one off.
So there's the first hit. You want to coach? You want to manage? What do you want to do?
Well I've got a pretty open mind. I think whatever opens up I guess I think this is the time of year when the ball clubs are looking for fellows to replace ones that either retire or get out of the game.
Or quit or what have you. So I just have to make the statement that I'm in the market for a job.
Stick around we'll talk things over. One out and one on. Here's Ron Stonk. Left handed batter. The stretch by Gibson. He takes the fastball low.
Kenny how many managers did you play under at the Major League? Now Walter Alston which had to be a great education.
I'd say he's the finest gentleman manager I've ever seen in my life. Boy it was really an experience to spend two years under him.
He threw me off guard when you asked me the exact number. I'd have to thank you just a little bit.
Of course there was Stanky which is in contrast to all the other types.
I'd say I have a lot of respect for Eddie Stanky. Of course he gave me the first job up here and I don't think anyone would ever question the fact that he knows a lot of baseball.
It's just that he seemed to have the unfortunate position of not being able to get along with the people he was working with.
Here's Johnny Keene of course. Johnny Keene, Red Cheney, Sally Heavis, Wes Westrom over with the Mets and Dixie or Harry Walker. Here's a pitch to Stonk. He swings and he misses.
The Walter Alston type with the temper of Freddie Hutchinson. Oh he was a great man. Great gentleman. Two strikes and a ball. One on and one out. The pitch to Stonk, Stonk fouled out of play.
You know I imagine Kenny Gil Hodges would be very much like Freddie Hutchinson. I suppose he is. I keep comparing him with Walter Alston because I never see him lose his temper either.
And yet a strong disciplinarian at the same time who had the greatest respect of a player. They knew what he meant to do.
I talked to a lot of the guys on that club because I knew some of them that I played with. He's a great man on fundamentals and I think that they all admit that that was the difference to both of them. He came over and taught fundamentals.
Here's a pitch to Stonhine. The count is even. Two balls, two strikes. Well I don't know why we shouldn't ask you. Everybody else in the world is being asked.
I give you a little time to think of an answer but what's been wrong with the cardinals? Two balls, two strikes. The pitch.
Slow on five ball. Right center field. One on the run, on the run, on the run, on the run. Can't reach it. Here's Deron Johnson. He could be thrown out of third. He is thrown out.
From Flood to Shannon and the beauty about that is that I think Jerry Devanen was trying to cut the ball off but it skipped by on a short half. Went right into Shannon who tagged him out.
So Stonhine singles the right center but Deron Johnson is thrown out from Flood to Mike Shamp. Come on.
I give you enough time? Well I'll tell you the truth, Harry. I couldn't find too much wrong with the cardinal ball club because I think they beat the Dodgers this year something like nine and three.
They look like the ball club of the last two years to us and I know that some of the other clubs around the league had a little better success with them.
I think it was more just the timing of their base hits more than any other thing. I don't know how you put your finger on one or two guys or any other situation at the ball club
and say this is what happened. I suppose as it's winning it was just a team effort and losing.
Dave Watkins the catcher up there. One ball one strike. Actually the Cardinals pitching staff has a better run average.
The Cardinals batting average of the team is better than the Mets. Just one of those years when things just didn't gel.
Here's the pitch. Fervent there at strike four. Two strikes and a ball. Two men are up. We're in the second inning. Watkins hitting 174.
Now the stretch by Bob Gibson going for number 20. The pitch. Followed by two strikes and a ball.
Kenny why would a guy want to be a Major League Margin? The way they're... here there's Dick Williams. He was a genius two years ago.
Now he's fired. There's Bill Rakey. Everybody thinks he's one of the smartest baseball men around. Here's the pitch. Watkins swings for Mr. Stryker.
Well I suppose you could put it in the class of ego or pride or combination of the two. I think that most of us spend 20 years in the game and we feel like this.
I suppose when we get minutes we know more than any other manager that ever managed and I'm sure that there's many many situations that none of us understand until you get the job.
I think it's a matter of pride and wanting to pass along to some of the other youngsters the things that you feel like you've learned over the years.
It's just a matter of satisfaction and knowing that you can handle men and have learned the game well enough to beat them.
In other words it's just the ultimate for a man who has played baseball to be the Major League manager who will lead a team in a World Series and a Champions League.
Well I suppose that would be the ultimate goal. I know as a kid we certainly all envisioned ourselves being on a championship ball club and in a World Series.
So I suppose you'd have to carry it further and play it if you managed. That would be the thing you'd want to do if you managed.
We're talking with Kenny Boyer. We're moving now to the bottom half of the second inning with a score still. The Phillies nothing. The Cardinals nothing.
The count evened up at a ball and a strike. They make it two strikes and a ball now. Kenny Boyer has been our guest.
Harmony of the Dodgers. Harmony of the Cardinals. Harmony of the White Sox and the Mets. Two strikes and a ball. Here's the pitch swivel.
Long drive. Way back. This might be the 100th RBI. Home run. George Horry lost in a home run over the left center field wall.
There's the 18th homer. All of his teammates are up giving him a standing ovation. That's the way to drive in your 100th run.
Here's the home run. His teammates congratulate him. That's his 18th homer. His first home run is the Dodgers to 21st.
More than a month ago. So Horry has 18 homers and 100 runs about an inch. Here's McCarver. The pitch is low.
One ball, no strikes. One to nothing in favor of the Redbirds. The pitch. And it's low ball two. Two balls, no strikes.
Horry hit a fast ball over the left center field gate. Now the signal. The pitch. It's a strike at the knee.
Two balls and a strike. One to nothing St. Louis. The pitch slumped. Snatched ball. Two balls, two strikes.
Here's a wire from Norman, Oklahoma. Here's the two to pitch. String. Three. Just to show you how ridiculous things are.
Almost as ridiculous as a fact. The guy has a bad ear because he wears long sideburns.
Here's a wire from an MJ Mercer in Norman, Oklahoma. Every time as the Shady sings the Cardinals lose. Example of the final game of the 68 World Series.
They haven't recovered yet. That's too much. One strike and I have to give this to Mary to put her scrapbook.
Here's the pitch. And it's a strike call. Two strikes and nothing. Mike Shannon the batter hitting 254.
Brad Jankes gets ready. Here's the pitch. And it's blowing outside. I think we figured out everything like the clothes and the shoes.
The Shady singing the national anthem. The broadcaster and everything is being what's wrong with the ball. Except what happens on the field.
Here's the pitch swung on. A high top fly in the infield. He was fooled. And there's Tony Taylor driving out. That will bring up Joe Hanks.
A real event on Joe Torey's 18th homer. And his 100th run batted in. The pitch swung on. A little tap down the first base line trickles into foul territory.
Jim Doeby just reminded me that Mr. Shady also sang before the seventh game of the 64 World Series. They won that time. Of course that's a long time ago.
One strike and no balls. A pitch to Hague and it's blowing outside. Well this will just give you an idea. MJ Mercer, nominal 12. Now the pitch, a little bit low.
Two balls and a strike. One to nothing in favor of the Redburns. Joe Hague the hitter. Now the pitch. Grant Jackson waiting. Here it is. He swings and he misses.
That evens it up. Two balls, two strikes. Joe Hague, H-H-E-U-E. He's got two homers for the card. Now the delivery. Strike! Three calls.
That is one run, one hit, no errors. And nobody loves him. At the end of the day, same-o is one for the Ralphie Nutter. We go into the top of the third. Bob Gibson's pitch to Terry Harmon and it's a strike call.
Gibson's given up two hits. He is fan two. He's going for his 20th victory. The pitch's lost. High top foul McCarver. Off with the mask, under the ball and he makes the catch. Harmon foul to McCarver.
The pitch went away. And it brings up Grant Jackson a pretty good hitting pitch. We're at the top of the third. Montreal and Pittsburgh tied 1-1. Pittsburgh batting bottom to fifth.
If the Pirates win, they clinch third place. The Cardinals, therefore, would finish fourth. If the Pirates lose and the Cardinals win, they'll divide third place money, which isn't much. Here's the pitcher that's swung and he misses. Strike one.
One strike and no ball. One up. Third in it. Now the delivery. Here it is. One run. A high top fly. It's foul territory. Lube Rock and Jerry Devan in hands. Nobody can make the play.
Strike two. Well, what in the world's a guy going to do tomorrow night?
We'll be flying to Ann Arbor where Missouri plays Michigan Saturday afternoon. Doesn't mean nothing different. Here's the pitch. Inside and low. Two strikes and a ball.
Now the pitch. Foul to bat. Grant Jackson.
For the second time tonight, a foul ball has landed in the vendor's basket.
The ball's all over the place. Here's strike three.
Third strikeout.
That's one. About to go. Mike Shannon. Big hop. Hop, skip, and throw. In pass. One, two, three. Humping across. We're going to the bottom half of the third. One to nothing, St. Louis on Joe Torey's home run.
For identification, this is the Cardinals baseball network. From Tower Heights in Princeton, Indiana, this is WRNYFM. 98.1 megahertz. The good listening radio voice in 50 Tri-State counties.
Harry Carrey from the ballpark. We're going to the bottom of the third. Leading off for St. Louis, Jerry Devanen. Bob Gibson will be next. Final game of the year. Here's the pitch. And it's a fastball low. Devanen held up in time.
One ball, no strikes. Now the signal given. Here it is. It's a fastball a little bit low. Ball two. Two balls, no strikes.
The playoff starts Saturday. Baltimore favorite three to two over Minnesota. And the Atlanta Braves are favored 11 to 10 over the Mets.
They're defending odds as, if you'll excuse the expression, as appears in the disfavor.
Fly balls and a strike on Jerry Devanen. Now the pitch. Long and he fouled it off. Three balls, two strikes.
Wide handed hitter waiting. Three to two pitch. Swim on, fly ball, deep left center field. It'll be caught. Ron Stone waits in the head. Devanen flies to Stone.
One away. Here's Bob Gibson. Gibson has been a tremendous pitcher.
Wide handed hitter waiting. The windup, the fit. It's a strike call. Gibson last year had an earned run average of 1.12.
Here's a pitch foul. This year's earned run average 2.26. So anytime he pitches, if the Cardinals make three runs, he wins.
That's the way it figures out. It hasn't worked out that way though. They never make three runs when he pitches. Two strikes, no balls. The pitch's long.
One foul out of play. One man gone, bottom of the third. Beautiful evening. Boy, we're going to miss some great weather by not having the World Series here.
Two strikes, no ball. The delivery. Low. One man out. Ball game of the third. Beautiful evening. Ah, you can't beat fun at the old ballpark.
Two strikes, no ball. Strike three. A slider caught the corner. That's strike out number three for Gibson. Here's Loughbrock. Bounced out his first time up.
Batting 2.98. Fertile homer. Every time he fails ahead, his chances of batting 300 just about vanish. Here's the bet. He busts, and he may beat it out of it. Stay third, give him a foul.
One strike, no ball. You know, you look at these averages, you certainly can't fool anything as that being the reason McCarver doesn't win.
2.98, flood 2.86, Howdy air 2.85, Torrey 2.89 with 100 RBIs. McCarver is off at 2.63. Shannon is off at 2.54.
Back from the lower end of the batting order, of course, to the stuffer. One ball, one strike, two outs, nobody else. Oh, I tried to reason why. Just forget it.
Bad year, somebody else won, so what? Here's the pitch, bunch foul. Who used it? Huh? Two strikes and a ball.
Signal given, the wind appears to pitch. A high jump fly. Short left field. Short stuff out there makes the play. Terry Harmon takes care.
A broad spot block. One, two, three, nothing across. And at the end of three, St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0. A moment ago I asked a photographer who he was and he said he's with the AP.
Another man's here with the UPI and they tell me a story, who? Oh, you're from Chattanooga. They tell me a story has just moved on the wire that my contract has not been renewed. My contract's not up until December 31st and nobody has told me anything yet.
So apparently somebody has told somebody something. At the end of 25 years you think that at least what you know without the press being all over you. At the end of 25 years they usually give you a gift. They're going to give you a kick and you know what.
If these guys are right, these newspaper men, they say UPI has moved a story that my contract has not been removed. Two balls and a strike. Johnny Briggs, they hit her. The pitch is low. Ball three. Three balls, one strike.
Well, we might as well have some fun if this is the last one. It won't be the last one. It might be the last one with the team I love, the Cardinals, but it won't be the last baseball I'll ever do, I'll tell you that. I hope.
Ball four to Johnny Briggs. Here's Johnny Callis. A runner at first and nobody else. The stretch, the pitch. And it's a little bit low on outside.
A runner at first base. Bob Gibson getting set. And now the delivery. Swung and a high pop fly. In foul territory. Mike Shannon under the ball and he has Callison fouls to Shannon. One gone.
Here's Richie Allen. Boy, you know, they really have you in a mood. They really have you in a bind. You know, you don't want to sound facetious or funny because it's hurting down inside.
And yet, you know, the world hasn't come to an end either. Here's Allen, the pitch, there goes the runner, swung and missed. There's a pack he is. Safe but stolen.
Johnny Briggs, field second. So Richie Allen now has a man in scoring position with one out.
Right handed hitter digging in. The pitch. Swung and he fouls it. Two strikes, no ball. One on, one out. We're in the fourth.
A little bit on the way. Here it is. A little bit outside. Bob Gibson shooting for number 20. A runner in scoring position with one gone.
Now the stretch. The delivery. Low ball two. Two balls, two strikes.
Two balls, two strikes. At the mouth, the pitch. Ball three. Three balls and two strikes.
The wires are hot. Oh, they meant. Why can't they wait until at least the final game is over and then send Barry my body if that's what they want? This is ridiculous.
Bang. Ball to Richie Allen. Darren Johnson now steps up. Well, let's see. The Globe Democrat has had me fired. The Post Dispatch has had me fired.
The UPI now has a story I have been fired. Here's the pitch. Darren Johnson didn't mean to swing a little over to the first baseman. Torrey's got it. Steps on the back for the guy.
No runs. No hits. No errors. One left. And Bob Gibson working for number 20 as the shutout joint as we move into the bottom of the fourth. St. Louis one. Philadelphia nothing.
We got to go into the bottom of the fourth. The score of one to nothing at St. Louis. Kurt Flood will lead it off. Joe Torrey wouldn't be something if this game ends one to nothing. Bob Gibson wins his 20th.
Joe Torrey drives in his 100th win with a homer to win it. Be a nice way to end the season.
Kurt Flood rolled out his first time up. The game delayed for a moment as Johnny Briggs goes to center field.
Montreal has taken a 2-1 lead at the end of five over the Pirates. Bob Moose with no hitter, no hit pitcher working for the Pirates. Here's Flood and he takes it in there for a strike off.
Ramon is now relieving though for Montreal in the sixth though maybe the Pirates are doing something. Now the pitch and it's rolled. One ball, one strike.
Nobody on and nobody out.
The delivery.
And it's outside ball two. Two balls and a strike.
Here's the pitch. Bouncing ball left field base hit. Flood drives a single to left. He's on there. That will bring up Javier.
Javier who fouled out his first time up. Ball game in the fourth.
Now the signal given. The pitch. And it's a strike over the outside corner for me. One strike and no ball.
Richie Allen holding the runner on in first base.
Now the stretch.
The pitch.
And there's a strike call. A beauty. Two strikes and nothing.
We're in the fourth. Each team has had two hits. The difference is Joe Torey's home run for his 100th run by the day. Two strikes, no ball.
Now the delivery. Bouncing ball looks like a double play. Derrick Johnson a second one. Tony Taylor can't make a play as Flood went into him hard.
Well there you are. Final game of the season. Doesn't mean a doggone thing. You think they'll just try to get it over with as quickly as they could. Try not to get hurt.
Flood's within hard to Tony Taylor to break up the double play.
There are professionals and then there are professionals.
One out, here's Joe Torey.
The Cardinals have lost. Not because they haven't tried their doggoneness, I'll tell you that. They've lost because they just haven't had it this year.
They can bounce back with the same club maybe and win the next three years.
I don't know that it'll happen that way but I mean, support effort and desire and determination and they've had it all but they just couldn't get the base hit when they needed it.
That can happen to anybody. One ball and one strike. The pitch. There's a high fly ball in the rough. Johnny Callison way back waiting near the track and he has two outs.
That will bring up Tim McCart.
Pittsburgh got two runs. They're leading 3-2. If they win they will have French bird flicks. Here's McCart. Two outs. A runner at first.
The pitch. Swung on and popped up. That'll be an easy out. The second baseman Tony Taylor and he has it. No runs, one hit. No errors, one left.
And at the end of four, St. Louis won Philadelphia nothing.
We go to the top of the fifth. The Cardinals are leading 1-0. Ron Stone will be leading it off to the Phillies.
And Jack, before I turn it over to you, if these stories are right, the more you hear from the various services, the more you've got to be convinced that they know what they're talking about, although I don't hear nothing about it.
I want to tell you one of the things I'm going to miss is my association with one of the most talented men I've ever met in my life. Me and you.
And so, Mr. Talon, take over the top of the fifth. Thank you, Aaron. You can double that with regard to my sentiments for you.
We go on to the fifth inning of the ballgame. 1-0 the Cardinals leading on Torrey's home run in the second inning.
Each team two hits in the ballgame and a high fly ball hit to right center by Stone.
Stone, flood coming hard, can't get there and it's a base hit by Stone leading off in the fifth inning.
A lead by the runner, Gibson swings and a fly ball to right. Forces Callison back a couple of steps but he makes the catch.
And that's all in the seventh inning. Gibson is 0-3. He flies to right. The Cardinals get no runs, one hit, no errors, a walk.
One man out stealing, one man left. The Cardinals have left four and at the end of seven they lead Philadelphia 2-0.
We go on to the top of the eighth. Bob Gibson going for number 20 has a three hit shut off.
Joe Torrey is driven in both his 100th and 101st run of the season. Dave Watkins the catcher is banned twice.
Gibson is banned eight, the first pitch, low and outside. One ball and no strikes.
Well, I tell you, here's the pitch. Half it's outside, ball two. I went over to Stadium Club and went over to make some arrangements.
Even though we're going to finish fourth, I'm going to host a little champagne party in the Cardinal clubhouse because I don't know how many of us are ever going to see each other again it looks like.
So we might as well have a pop or two. Here's the pitch, ball four. Watkins draws the base on ball.
Here's Terry Hunter, Bob Gibson with a two to nothing lead. Pittsburgh is in the process of clinching third place.
Now the pitch. Swung and he fouled it back. He had a good cut. One strike and no ball. A runner at first, nobody out the ball game of the day.
One ball, one strike. Terry Harmon. The shortstop. All rages. Right handed hitter. Batting 240, the pitch. Curve is a beauty. Strike two. Two strikes and a ball.
A runner at first and nobody out. Now the pitch on the way. Line drive, center field base hit. Watch the runner at second, he's going to hold.
Watt threw a man out earlier. Saw Harmon line to single the center. There are runners at first and second with nobody out.
And Grant Jackson now will fight for himself which would indicate that he will advance him along. Jackson has nothing out of two. He's had 11 hits as a batter.
He's trying for 15th victory while Bob Gibson tries for number 20. The strikes the bit. And he funds foul off to the left. Strike one. One strike and no ball.
Now to signal Jibbit. Pick off last second. He'll throw the pitch to the plate. He was trying to bunt. He was inside. One ball and one strike.
Runners at first and second. Nobody out. Where in the eighth? Bob Gibson trying for number 20 has it two to nothing lead.
Now the pitch. He's going to bunt it and he does foul. Strike two. And now Bob Gibson to the spot where if he strikes him out.
He doesn't have to fear the sacrifice which would put the tying runs in the scoring position. Two strikes and a ball.
Now ready. The pitch. He bunts. Gibson's going to throw the first. Oh off Janet Gross. Everybody is safe. The bases are loaded.
And actually Watkins could have scored. The ball bounced far enough away but he had swung it to the back and he didn't know where the ball was. On air on who? Air on Shannon.
Now bases loaded with nobody out and Bob Gibson to win his 20th game will have to do it the hard way. Tony Taylor to bat.
Right handed hitter digging in. The wind up the pitch. Her ball in there a beauty of strength is called.
Right here this year in the game I recall Gibson struck out the side with the bases loaded. Now the wind up the pitch.
Half swing and he fouls it out of play. Strike two. Two strikes and nothing. Bases loaded nobody out. We're in the eighth.
The second game of the season. Now the delivery here it is. He tucked and foul. The count is still strike two. Tony Taylor a tough man in this kind of a spot.
He has fanned twice though and he has bounced up. Gibson has struck out eight. Now the bet. He struck him out.
Tony Taylor for the third time tonight goes down swinging. That's a nice strike out for Gibson. That's one out. Johnny Briggs comes up.
Gibson now has fanned 268 men this season.
Here's the wind up the pitch. It's one out bouncing ball foul.
This is the most men that Bob Gibson has fanned. He struck out 268 last season. 270s is cops. 1965. Here's the pitch to break.
Inside. One ball one strike. One out bases loaded. Cardinals are leading two to nothing. Infield playing back hoping for a double play.
Briggs is a tough man to double up the pitch. Puts up on the infield. That'll be an easy out. Jerry Devana under the ball. He's got it.
But he had slid into the bag and he didn't know where the ball was. On air on who? Air on Shannon.
The bases loaded with nobody out and Bob Gibson to win his 20th game will have to do it the hard way. Tony Taylor the batter.
Right handed hitter digging in. The wind up the pitch. Her ball in there a beauty of strike is called.
Earlier this year in the game I recall Gibson struck out this side with the bases loaded.
Now the wind up the pitch. Half swing and he fouled it out of play. Strike two. Two strikes and nothing.
Bases loaded nobody out. We're in the eighth. Final game of the season. Now the delivery here it is.
He tapped it foul. The count is still strike two. Tony Taylor a tough man in this kind of a spot. He has panned twice though and he has bounced out.
Gibson has struck out eight. Now the pitch. He's stuck it out. Tony Taylor for the third time tonight goes down swinging.
That's nine strikeouts for Gibson. That's one out. Johnny Briggs comes up. Gibson now has panned. 268 men this season.
Here's the wind up. The pitch. It's one out. Bouncing ball foul. That's the most men that Bob Gibson has panned.
He struck out 268 last season. 270 is his top. 1965. Here's the pitch to Briggs. Inside. One ball one strike.
One out. Bases loaded. Cardinals are leading two to nothing. Infield playing back hoping for a double play.
Briggs is a tough man to double up the pitch. Pucked up on the infield. That'll be an easy out. Jerry Devan out of the ball. He's got it.
Two out. And now he's got Johnny Callison coming up. With the bases loaded. A moment ago the bases had loaded nobody out. Now the bases are loaded with two out.
And they still haven't scored. Can Bob Gibson do it here? Callison is nothing out of three. Left handed batter.
Into the wind up. The pitch. High pop foul out of play into the left field corner. Got around late on a fast ball. Pittsburgh is about to clinch third place.
They lead Montreal 8-2 in the night. One strike. No ball. Here's the pitch. Little wide of fast ball.
Miles Gibson. His pitch four shut out that leads the team. One ball one strike. Here it is. Swung and he missed strike two.
Two strikes and a ball. Bases are jammed. Two men are out. We're in the eighth. Cardinals are leading two to nothing. The wind up by Gibson. The pitch.
Base hit. Up the middle. One run is in. The game is tied. The second run scored. Here goes the runner to third. He got two out of the bases. A lot of them could get the other one. With two strikes and a ball. Johnny Callison lined a single of center.
Scoring Watkins and Harmon. Brad Jackson raced to third. Here's Richie Allen now. The stretch. The pitch. Low outside fast ball. One ball no strike. Darren Johnson will be next.
Final game of the year. Now the delivery. Here it is. Low and outside. Ball two. Two balls no strike. Ball game of the eighth.
The stretch. The pitch. He swung and a bad pitch. He tried to stop. He had gone around. The ball popped away from McCarver but he recovered it in time. Two two tie. Each team has made five hits. Each team has made one error. Two balls and a strike.
The stretch. The pitch. Whoa ball three. That might be the best thing that could happen is for him to be won. But you can hardly do it intentionally with runners in first and third. So Gibson is pitching carefully. Three one pitch.
Into the dirt. Ball four. The bases are loaded again and here's Darren Johnson. So Bob Gibson's hopes of a shut off victory for number twenty have been destroyed. Now he's battling for his life for the victory. Darren Johnson's had one out of three.
Ball game in the top of the eighth. Now the signal given. Here's the pitch. Pop ball back. Out of play. Strike one. One strike and a ball.
Here's the pitch on the way. High curveball inside. One ball one strike. Santiago Guzman warming up on the bullpen.
Now the delivery here it is. Popped up around of the inning. But they tie the score. Mike Shannon under the ball and he's got it. That reparties the star. Two runs. Two hits. One error and three left.
A moment at the bottom of the eighth. All tied up two and two. Harry Carrey and Jack Buck from Bush Memorial Stadium. Bottom of the eighth tied up two and two.
Cincinnati is murdering Atlanta tonight but I imagine the Braves are still celebrating. Here's LeBron to lead it on. Pittsburgh has finished third in the Eastern Division. By beating Montreal eight to two they've clinched third place.
So the overwhelming favorites. To win the championship this year the Cardinals will finish fourth. Here's the pitch low.
Blue Brock has had one out of three. One ball no strikes the fifth. There's a line drive and a left. Stone is there waiting. He's got it. Brock lined the stone.
Bob Moose the 22 year old rookie right hander who pitched a no hitter against the Mets a week or so ago was the winner for the Pirates tonight. It was his 14th victory against only three defeats.
2,700 watts again. Here's the pitch to flood at the top side. One ball no strikes one out. Now the delivery. One ball and one strike. One out. The delivery. There's a smash on the ground. Harmon's got it. Over to first easy up.
Two up two down. Javier is nothing out of three.
Looking ahead to the Phillies ninth right. Ron Stone will be leading it off. Javier nothing out of three tonight. Two out nobody on base. Here's the pitch. High pop fly. Johnny Callison coming in. This will be an easy inning.
He's got it now retired to the side. At the end of eight tied up two to two. Welcome. Brock hitting 298 now. Chances of finishing at 300 become more minimized. Here's Stone to lead it off.
Here's Fitch in there strikes. 11,680. A wonderful crowd I think under the circumstance. Here's the pitch. Five balls center field. One converging on in the head.
13,414 total. 11,680 paid. And the Cardinals wind up.
There's a pitch outside. 1,680,583 official paid attendance for the year. One out Dave Watkins about or the pitch by Bob Gibson low and outside. Joe Tory will be leading it off in the bottom of the right.
Do you think he can end it the way he started the scoring with a home run. Two balls no strikes. Tory is driven in both runs. Here's the first. There's a strike call. Two balls and a strike.
Two balls and a strike. There's a pitch low ball three. One man out ball game of the night. Mundt can't grant down the bullpac.
Three balls and a strike defense. Looping liner. Sharp center. Claude can't reach it. Pace hit. Watkins singles to set. So they now have six hits. One more than the Cardinals. Here's Terry Harmon. He's one out of three.
Here's the pitch. Fly ball to center. Float under the ball. He's waiting. And he has it. Two men are gone. And Greg Jackson will be the hitter. Jackson is nothing out of three.
He's a fine pitcher. He's had a good year. He's one 14 on 17. Earned run average 3.47. He's won 14 games for a team that's won only 63 all year. So he's won better than one fourth of the ball game.
Two men are out. A runner at first. The stretch. The fifth. Swung and he missed. Mundt can't grant. Warming up. I don't think Mundt can't have any chance to get into this ball game or anybody else as long as Gibson has a chance to win it.
Here's the pitch. Swung and fouled to. Two strikes, no off. It's only because he has a chance to win his 20th that he's pitching at all. He would have been five pass like everybody else except for the fact that he's earned the right to win 20.
And that's what he's getting. Two strikes and nothing. The fifth. Bouncing. Oh, the right. A base hit. Here's the runner on the second base holding up.
Here's Jackson. Bounces a single to center. That's right, rather. And here is Tony Taylor. He's paying three out of the four times. He bounced out the other time. And if you know Tony Taylor, you've got to worry more about him right now than anybody else in the lineup.
He's in a very bad of situation. He is tough in. Runners at first and second two outs. Right handed batter digging in.
Bouncing ball. We should be out of the inning. Devan in. Scoops it up and throws it back. Jerry Devan in. Charges up all night. No runs. Two hits. No airs. Two left. Left stranded. Eight.
We go into the bottom of the ninth. One run will win it for the Carpenter. It will be scored by two and two. All right, Jack. Joe Torre, who's been the offense, he's now driven in 101 runs for the season.
Grant Jackson has been an outstanding pitcher. Could he have gotten away from Torre? He would have won this game.
Joe Torre. What a dramatic way to end the season. However bad it may have been to win a game in the bottom of the ninth with a home run.
Here's the wind up and the fit. And it's high, Voa. One ball and no strikes. Grant Jackson's fit. Top dead up. Richie Allen under the ball. And he makes the cut.
Jerry Fowler Allen. That's one out and here's McCartney. Cardinal Devan, five hits. Tip of the Cardinal cap reads the board. To you fans for your loyal support through the 1969 season. See you next year, it reads up there.
That was caught and uncorked. That's what's up on the board. Here's the pitch. And McCartney takes a strike.
Here's the ground ball hit by McCartney to Richie Allen. He's got it, steps on the bag and tie. Two up, two down.
I understand UPI has read a story on their wire and that's one of the international news services. Here's the pitch. And Shannon Fowler's one back out of place. Strike one.
And they know definitely that I have been fired. Voa, I tell you, it could easily happen. But why would they know first? Why would anybody else know first? That's what's really grinding inside of me after 25 years.
Here's the pitch. Outside. One ball and one strike. Two men are up. Mike Shannon the bat. Now the delivery. Strike call.
Shannon waiting. Oh what Mike loved is. Get hold of one. The pitch. He's struck him off. Shannon goes down swing. One, two, three. Nothing across.
So, the season started with an extra inning game in St. Louis. The season will end with an extra inning game in St. Louis.
In the first game of the year which went 14 innings, the Pirates won. And let's hope in the last game of the season, however many innings it's going to go, it's got to go at least 10 now.
Let's hope that the Cardinals can turn it around. It's tied up 2-2 at the end of the night. Johnny Briggs fouls off the first pitch. Now Gibson's delivery. Swung on. High top fly.
Left field Brock under the ball. He makes the catch and fouls third goal. So Briggs. Bops out to Brock. One man out. And here's Johnny Callison who tied it up with a 2-out bases loaded sickle in the air.
That drove him to two runs this night. So lined up so fast. Long drive foul into the stands. One strike and over. Pittsburgh, 23rd place tonight.
And delivery swung on. Bouncing ball. Javier over the first inside. Now Richie Allen.
Allen is nothing out of three. Here's the pitch. High fly ball. Deep right field. Hage got Rome on the track. He's waiting. Makes the catch. They go down in order 1-2-3.
Allen. Fly deep ahead. Removed into the bottom of the tenth. Tied up 2-2. Here's Joe Hage. A long belt. Would end the season. Here's the pitch by Grant Jackson. It's a strike. Hage has had one out of three.
He's knocked out his first two times and then sickled. Left handed batter holds the bat high. The pitch. There's the smash right field. Hage. Sickles the right. The winning run is on. And here's Jerry Devanen.
Devanen is nothing out of two. Grant Jackson is going all the way. That's only the sixth hit he's allowed. A pitch runner. Don Bellicchio is going to run for Hage.
Here's George Kitzel coming down the line. The third base coach to trot to Jerry Devanen. Runner at first and nobody else.
Now the strike. The pitch. He takes it low. Ball one. One ball. No strike. Final game of the year.
Now the signal given. The delivery. Low and inside. New York has won the Eastern Division. Chicago has 22nd. Pittsburgh 3rd. St. Louis 4th. Philadelphia 5th and Montreal last.
Now the strike. In the West Division. Atlanta, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Houston and San Diego. The way they finish. Here's the pitch.
He held up. Ball three. He walked into seventh. Right out of the fifth. Right out of the seventh. Three balls. No strike. Devanen looking at Kitzel.
Signal given. Three balls. No strike. Don Bellicchio lead off first. The pitch. By Krediner. And now the count is three and one.
Jerry Devanen getting set. The three one pitch. Here it is. Strike two. And now it's down to three and two and will he try to butt with two strikes?
Will they get the runner going? Will they hit away? Three balls, two strikes. Here's the stretch. The pitch. Strike three. Call.
Oh, what a job a pitcher. By Grant Jackson. And now here is Bob Gibson. How about winning your own game, Robert?
Ball game in the bottom of the tenth. Tied up two and two. The stretch. The pitch. Low inside ball one. One ball, no strikes.
And there's the lead off first base by Don Bellicchio. The pitch. And he followed it back and he had a good set.
One ball and one strike. Right handed hitter digging in. And now the pitch. He butted. Back to the ball and he may beat it out. The throw. He's out on a good play by Grant Jackson.
Calling a sacrifice for Gibson. He was really trying to butt for a hit on that one. And now he's got the winning run in scoring position. And here's Luebrock.
Dave Watkins, the catcher out talking to the pitcher Jackson. Redbirds trying to end it with a victory. They started it with a 14 inning loss for Pittsburgh.
Bob Gibson on that occasion pitched the first nine innings but was not the loser.
Mel Nelson was the loser in relief when the Pirates scored four runs in a 14 inning. After Bob Gibson had held him to two runs for the first nine innings.
Ready to go with Luebrock up there trying to end it. The stretch. The pitch. Here it is. Swings and he follows it out of play. One strike and a one.
The Pirates have already clinched third place. The stretch the pitch. There's a grab ball back to the pitcher. Knots it down. Throws the first. It's time a good play by Grant Jackson.
Not easy that he could have gone further for a hit but he knocked it down off his foot. And threw Luebrock out. Luebrock is one out of five and there's no way he can finish it 300.
No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. At the end of tenth tied up two, two.
Here we go into the 11th inning with Darren Johnson. And the first pitch is in their first strike off. Big D'Amelillo is now playing right field.
Here's a pitch. Swung on. A drive in the center. Flood is back there, back there, back there. Lueb can't make the play. Here goes Darren Johnson in the second base with a double.
Darren Johnson doubles over Flood's head. Larry Heisel will run.
Rod Stone is going to be the hitter. A runner in scoring position with nobody else.
Game tied two with two. The pitch. High pop foul. That'll be an easy out. Shannon under the ball. He's got it. Rod Stone.
Failing the sacrifice, swung away and fouled at Shannon. That will bring a Dave Watkins. A runner in second base went away.
Now the stretch. Here's the pitch. Bouncing ball to Shannon. Waiting for the hop. He'll throw the first in. Tying for the off.
And Heisel still holds second base. Here's Terry Harmon now. Two men are out.
Looking ahead to the bottom of the 11th it'll be Flood, Javier, and Torrey. Terry Harmon has had one out of four. Larry Heisel, the runner in second base.
The stretch. And the pitch. Fast ball, a little bit low ball. One ball, no strikes. Two men are gone or under in scoring position.
Now the pitch. Curve ball outside. Ball two. Two balls, no strikes. We're in the 11th. Gibson's stretch. There's a good fast ball right in the stretch ball.
Two balls and a strike. Here's the pitch. High pop foul, Torrey chasing it no play. It's in the stand. Two balls, two strikes.
The Phillies have had eight hits for Cardinals and that sixth each team has made one error. Terry Harmon waiting. Two balls, two strikes.
Now the stretch. Fly ball to center but Flood is there. He grasps it. So the leadoff double was wasted. No runs, one hit. No errors, one left.
They move into the bottom of the 11th side, two and two.
Bottom half of the 11th inning. Here's the first pitch to Kirk Flood. Line 12 on the third base line. Just extra faces by inches.
Kirk Flood has had one out of three. Nobody on and nobody out. Ball game at the bottom of the 11th. Tied up two and two to fifth.
Here's the curve outside and that evens it up. One ball, one strike. Right handed hitter waiting. High fly ball. Big center field.
Johnny Briggs is back waiting and he has one go.
Here's Javier now. Fully is nothing out of four.
One out, nobody on. Here's the pitch. High fly on the infield. That will be easy. Terry Harmon, the shortstop takes it.
Here's Joe Torrey. Three balls, no strikes. Torrey takes a look. I had a guess. I guess they're going to turn him loose hoping it will end it with one swing.
Here's the windup, the pitch. Ball four. Here's McCarver.
Here's the pitch. High fly ball. That ought to be easy. Ron Stone waiting. He's got it. No runs, no hits, no hitters. One left.
At the end of 11th, it's tied up two and two. We go into the top of the 12th.
Well, we started with a 14 inning game, the first game of the season, and lost it. 6 to 2. It was tied 2-2 going into the 14th and the Pirates then got four.
Let's hope it doesn't come out like that.
Here's Grant Jackson. High lazy fly ball. That will be easy. Under the ball, there's blood and he's got it.
One left. Gibson has given eight hits. Ball winning. And this has been the story of trying to hear that Gibson has had.
Pitch is well enough to win but doesn't get enough runs to do so. And that is going for his 20th.
The pitch to Tony Taylor. High. The pitch. He struck him out. A good curve ball. That's the first strikeout since the eighth.
And the tenth strikeout of the game. That's the 269th of the season for Bob Gibson. His all-time high is 270.
Here's Johnny Braggs with two out the pit. Four long and he missed. The pitch to Bragg. High fly ball. Easy out. Blood in right center.
Waiting. He takes it. Six in a row. Retired by Gibson. The ball to the bottom half of the 12th tied up 2-2.
Well, I don't think anything has to be said for the integrity of the game of baseball, but I think you have a pretty good example here.
The Cardinals cannot catch the Pittsburgh Pirates with a number three spot in the Eastern Division of the National League.
It already has been completed. New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. And the best the Cardinals can do is end up one game behind the Pirates.
And for the Phillies, well, they're not going anywhere. Grant Jackson's record. He can't get to the 500 mark. His record is 14-17.
Gibson, of course, has a lot at stake with 20 wins, but with regard to these Phillies, they're not just turning over and playing dead for the Cardinals.
They've been battling right down the line. They tied the game in the eighth inning, and now we find ourselves in the bottom of the 12th inning.
Out there on the board, they put to the Cardinal usherettes. Thanks for the cake. I suppose the usherettes gave their boss out here.
Receiving a cake at the end of the year is always a sad occasion on the final day or night of the baseball season.
Well, the fans have been in. Shannon, most of the evening, he's leading off in the bottom of the 10th inning against Grant Jackson.
Shannon has had one out of four.
Here's the pitch. And it's low.
Bottom of the 12th.
It was 2-2 in the first game of the season at this time. Grade 2 pitch hit it.
Ball 41. Well, there's the winning run on.
And here's Vic D'Avaloscho. Vic D'Avaloscho came in as a pitch runner for Joe Hay.
After Hay got his second hit in the night in the 10th.
Hay fanned his first two times up. Probably the first time he ever saw Grant Jackson.
But he's singled against a tough, tough counter in the 7th. And he's singled again in the 10th.
Here's Grant Jackson's pitch. A little tap. He might advance a man at that. They don't throw in a second, they throw the first.
So D'Avaloscho, after failing to sacrifice, taps slowly enough to the pitcher.
To get what is 10 of them out to a sacrifice, although he is not so credited.
Here's Jerry Devanen now. They're going to walk Devanen intentionally to get the good stuff.
Are they giving Bob a chance to win his own game?
And I, for one, am happy to see that. Winner is the first and second with one out.
Here's the stretch. The pitch to Gibson. Bouncing by the third. Steps on third one out. Throws the first.
Wild third. Pulls it off the bag. No double play. Now it's Roof Rock who can end it off.
Second runner is the pitch. Oh, full order. He walked it.
That's the third walk of the inning off Grant Jackson.
Here's Flux. He doesn't think he can walk his fourth man in the inning. Three balls and a strike. Here's the pitch.
The card to win on a face-off ball. Grant Jackson wound up walking four men in the inning.
And Jerry Devanen has scored the winning run.
The Redbirds are starving to beat the Phillies 3-2 and Bob Gibson is one number 20.
We'll be back with the turtles in a minute.
Well, that's it. And to the tune of all angstines, a cloud of a little better than 13 fouls,
of which 11,680 walked through the exits having seen Bob Gibson for the first time during his career
win 20 games or better. And this year was exactly 20 and he had a pitch 12 tough innings together.
Here's the total. Three runs, six hits, one error for the Cardinals. Bob Gibson the winner now 20 and 13.
For the Phillies two runs, eight hits, one error. Grant Jackson who pitched an excellent ball game
until he tired as he walked four men in the bottom of the 12. Jackson the loser. He now has won 14, lost 18.
Time of the ball game, two hours and 15 minutes.
Now Jack will have a rundown on all the other baseball coming up in a moment.
And following that we'll have our postgame interviews.
So this is it. Another baseball season. The Cardinals finish fourth this year.
And hopeful of course of doing much better next year.
Again, as we said before, many, many thanks. Your wires are much appreciated.
Your expressions. Thanks so much for your support.
I hope we'll have a chance to see each other again somewhere sometime.
And I hope right here.
So speaking now for engineer Merle Perry and for our producer,
I'll chance for Jack Buck, Harry Carrey, wishing all a very pleasant good evening
from Bush Memorial Stadium where the Cardinals edge the Phillies in 12 innings, three to two.
With Bob Gibson winning his 20th victory of the season.
Hope you enjoyed the broadcast and the season.
See you somewhere along the line. So long everybody.
And that's it on the Cardinals scoreboard. The Cardinals in 12, one at three to two.
Poor Harry Carrey and Al Chance has been our producer all season long.
In the finale of the 1969 campaign, we certainly thank you for the many times that you have tuned us in.
And we've enjoyed bringing you Cardinal baseball this year.