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The California Angels faced the Washington Senators at RFK Stadium for a Wednesday night game on June 2nd, 1971.
California was an average team, which was a common occurrence in each of their 11 years as a franchise.
They were coached by Lefty Phillips in what would be his final season with the Angels.
This was the second version of the Washington Senators, having expanded as a new team in 1961,
after the original Senators moved to become the Minnesota Twins the year before.
The Senators were coached by Hall of Famer Ted Williams, but the team was a train wreck with very little young talent,
lots of old stars, and washed-up free agents like Frank Howard, Danny McLean, and Kurt Flood.
They had perennially lost 90 or 100 games before giving Ted Williams a shot as a manager.
He turned the team into a winning program in 1969, but his managing style didn't fit well with the players,
and they quickly fell back to their losing ways.
This audio recording is from the California Radio broadcast featuring announcers Dick Umberg and Don Wells.
The Angels batting order reads this way. Roger, a pose will be in center field.
Alex Johnson in left field batting second. Jim Fregosi at short.
Jim Spencer will be at first base. Spencer at first batting fourth. Ken McMullen at third.
Tony Canigliaro in right field. Tony C. in right batting sixth. John Stephenson will do the catching.
Stephenson behind the plate. Mandy Alomar at second. And the pitcher, Clyde Wright.
And quickly for the Senators, Danny McLean has already worked his few warm-up tosses.
Toby Harrell will be at short. Elliot Maddox in center.
Frank Howard at first base. Dick Billings in left field batting fourth.
Larry Bittner will be in right field. Paul Casanova will do the catching in bat six.
Don Wirt will be at third base. Tim Cullen at second base.
Tell them at second batting eighth. And the pitcher, Danny McLean.
Toby Angels and the Senators complete it all here at the same thing. And right now, here's Dick.
Thank you, Don. Good evening, everybody. The first pitcher of the game is fouled back on the screen by repos.
Strike one. Danny McLean. Certainly the headline maker during the winter when he was traded here at World Series time.
And that startling deal that involved the entire left side of the Washington and Field Rodriguez and Brinkman going to Detroit.
This one is hung on a pop fly back of short. Out goes Harrah. In comes the left fielder Billings.
He wants it and Billings has got it for the first half.
Repos started tonight with a 250 average. Here's Alex Johnson batting 258.
Alex has a modest seven game hitting streak. He'll be followed by Jim Fregosi.
McLean four and eight with a 4.05 ERA. 13 and eight lifetime against the Angels. First pitch is a strike.
Fastball inside corner. Danny with that characteristic high kick.
Broad shouldered stocky right hander. Wines one strike delivery. High. Fastball one and one.
As the lights have not taken their full effect, McLean may choose to stick more with his fastball early.
He rocks into motion the one one pitch. Outside with a breaking ball. First one he's thrown. Two and one.
McAntra-Castanova, Wurthara, Cullen-Howard on the infield. Billings, Maddox and Biffner in the outfield. The pitch low. Three and one.
McLean pauses a moment as Johnson backs out. Now with their set. Three one pitch. Swung on.
Sliced fly ball back of first. Howard with a long run in foul territory. Can't get there. It's back a couple of rows.
Down in the right field corner. Three and two to Alex Johnson.
Star for the Senators last night. Elliott Maddox with a game winning three run home run out in center field.
He had some interesting comments after the game last night. He roamed with Alex's brother Ron Johnson at the University of Michigan.
The pitch slider outside ball four. Johnson walks and with one out here shortstop Jim Fragosi.
Frank Howard will hold on Alex Johnson. Fred Kinnig reminds AJ one away. Rocky Bridges threw a series of signs down a third.
And Jim Spencer on deck. Fragosi hitting two twenty-six. Throw to first and Johnson is back.
Just seems as if the whole infield is leaning towards Frank Howard when he's positioned there. The pitch. Swung on and sliced back foul.
Deep into the lower deck to the right.
McLean with the two big years back to back in sixty-eight and sixty-nine in the Tigers pennant winning season.
Sixty-eight he was thirty-one and six and the next year twenty-four and nine.
And then last year with all his troubles three and five. The pitch. Swung on. Pop fly behind.
Home plate. Casanova whips the mask away. He's under it and on the warning track makes the catch.
Fragosi fouls out to the catcher two away. Johnson at first base and here's first baseman Jim Spencer.
It's interesting to hear on his own pregame show a five minute broadcast before the Washington ballgames tonight.
And he was asked about the Angel Bowl Club and how he analyzed their situation.
And he talked of hitting balance having right and left handed power in the lineup.
So by McLean out of time to scare Johnson at all.
And he said when you have all right handed hitters as was the case when the season began with the Angels except for Jim Spencer.
Then you have to figure Spencer's going to hit big. The pitch. Outside and low of the fastball.
And when he has trouble getting his hits then that really causes trouble.
Then as has been the case, Leslie Phillips has had to go to a more platoon system getting left handed hitters like Stevenson and repose in the lineup.
The Angels hope that Spencer with his good swing and Williams comment is upon just that that he feels that Spencer is one of the bright young hitters in this league will get going.
Swung on. A drive to right field. It's hit well down in the corner.
Right fielder Bittner deep in the corner and he makes the catch as he crosses into foul territory.
The ball died down in front of the three thirty five time Spencer fouls deep to right.
The Angels leave a man in a hit list first inning and after a half Angels nothing Washington coming to bat.
When you say. It means you want to be.
When you say. You said it.
Wide right trying to get above the 500 level personally. He's won for and lost for his DRA sparkling two point nine five.
Shortstop Toby Herra and the number one spot in the batting order tonight he has a seven game hitting streak he's batting two forty two.
There are just twenty two years old.
He and Larry Bittner have been very impressive the two youngsters in the Washington lineup in this area.
Right into the wind up his first pitch.
Fastball outside ball one.
Aramatic and Howard Williams juggles his lineup to get a lot of right handed batters in against Clyde Wright.
Angel Southfall winds kicks. Here it comes.
And away ball to.
The flag atop the double deck stadium.
Here in Washington is blowing in a bit.
Clyde Wines the two all pitch taken all away ball three.
Here up bluffing a bunch to try to disturb the concentration of Clyde Wright and he falls behind the leadoff man three and all.
Right into the wind up left hander delivers all the way taken for a strike.
Fastball aimed down the middle three and one to her. So bothers not to look at third base coach Wayne to Williger. So apparently he's taking three and one as well.
Nellie Fox coaching at first for the net.
Three one pitch. Oh he was swinging and he fouled it away.
That'll be over the Senator dugout on the first base side.
Three and two to Toby Herra.
Yesterday it was clear and low humidity today.
Hazy overcast and it's most typical Washington hogger's high humidity heat.
Good pitching weather. The three two pitch outside with a fastball and here a walk.
Leadoff man on for the senators. Here's Elliott Maddux who hit his first home run as a senator last night and it came with two men on base against Dave LaRoche and proved to be an insurmountable lead for the senators at the time as it gave them a six to advantage.
The angels got three runs in the eighth and had the tying run at third and only one out in the ninth but could not force the senators to come to bat in the bottom of the ninth.
Here with a good lead. Right staring Adam Dolbers. Fastball for a strike. Outside corner.
In field looking for a double play chance. Maddux along with Don Wirt came to the senators with Denny McLean in that trade with Detroit.
Throw the first base and it's not close enough for a tank by Spencer.
Norm McRae a pitcher was the other acquisition.
Coleman Brinkman and Rodriguez and Hannon going to Detroit. This one is lined in the right field for a base hit. Hannon on his horse is around second.
And Hanna. Hara has to put on the brakes and go back to second base as Tony C. fast fielding holds the senators lead runner.
But Maddux on a curve ball. Off balance just shot the ball to right field and here comes the big guy Frank Howard with runners at first and second.
And no one out in the first inning.
Howard playing first base tonight. He's hitting 293 best of any of the regular Washington players.
The six home runs leads in that department 19 runs batted in.
Howard had a couple of base hits last night a single and a double.
Shift is on not quite as drastic with runners at second and first.
The pitch curve way outside. Ball one. Alomar is playing behind second base on the edge of the grass.
Fregosi midway between second and third and McMullen hugging the line deep at third base.
Outfield very deep and swung toward left field.
Runners at second and first. No one out the pitch. Outside with a fast ball. 2 and 0.
Right involved in an early jam.
Hara with the leadoff walk and Maddux with a single to right field.
Occupy second and first.
No one out and 2 and 0 to count on Howard.
Right set. Double check. The pitch.
Strike. Fast ball taken by Howard. He kept it away from Frank.
Howard called the strongest baseball player that Ted Williams has ever seen.
He has to be the biggest in the major leagues.
6'7 and about 280.
The 2 on pitch. Low.
Three balls and a strike.
On deck. Young Dick Billings. Right handed hitter.
Hara from second.
Maddux from first base. They have their lead.
A big pitch. 3 and 1. Howard swinging if he likes it.
Here it comes. He takes low. Ball four.
The Senators have a base loaded against Clyde Wright in the first inning.
On two walks and a single. And here's Dick Billings, the left fielder batting 283.
Another of the Senator youngsters.
He does not have the youth that the 22-year-old Hara enjoys or Biffner on deck at 24.
He's a graduate of Michigan State.
And he is 28 years old. Right handed batter.
With Denver last year he hit 3-0-5. 15 home run. Right pitch. Low. Ball one.
Hara third. Maddux at second. Howard at first. No one out. Senator first inning. No score.
And Washington with a chance to take the early advantage.
They can feel playing back. They'll give up a run for a chance at a double play.
Kickoff move at second. And they don't get him and the throw gets away.
Here comes the runner Hara. He's four.
Fregosi picks up the ball behind his position at shortstop.
They had a good chance at Maddux as Alomar slipped in from second base.
But the throw hit Maddux and ricocheted behind Fregosi out at the deep shortstop.
And Hara alertly sped in from third with the first run of the game.
Wright is charged with an error.
And the Senators on two walks a single and an air have a run without an out recorded yet.
Maddux stayed at second. Howard at first.
Good heady play by Hara. He was ready to go as soon as the ball got away.
Did not hesitate. Wright delivers. Swung on. A bounce at his short.
Fregosi goes to second for one. Alomar to first. Not in time.
Safe on the field. His choice is filling. Howard a race. Six-four.
And Maddux moves to third. One-nothing Senators. Runners to third and first. One out.
And right fielder Larry Bittner, who has been on a tear the last week, is a hitter.
Left-handed batter. First baseman sent into the outfield by Ted Williams.
Bittner has a six-game streak in which he has twelve hits in the six games and is batting 571.
Senators, as you recall from Denver, averages 394.
Runners lead from the corners. Wright delivers. Strike. Fastball. Knee-high.
Again the infield. Playing back for the double play.
Spencer holding the runner at first base. Dick Billings.
On deck Paul Kazanova, the catcher.
Wright set. Here's the pitch. Curve inside. One-and-one. Didn't break much and Billings waiting for it to break.
Almost waited too long. Nearly hit him.
Outfield. Playing Billings straight away and giving him both lines.
Tony C. way off the line and Wright not expecting him to pull.
Attacks from third. Billings from first. The pitch. Swung on a miss.
Fastball sinking in the count one and two.
The Senators who had an atrocious month of May.
Getting Juneau off to the right start after closing out May with a win.
Four-nothing against the Angels on Memorial Day and winning last night 6-5. They get a one-nothing later late tonight.
Fastball low. Two-and-two to Bittner.
The Angels meanwhile, winning only two and losing five on this road trip, now find themselves ten and a half games behind Oakland
and in a tie with Milwaukee for fourth place. Just a game and a half in front of Chicago.
The Senators are nine and a half behind Boston and Baltimore at the beginning of play tonight.
Two-two pitch. Swung on a miss. And for the first time in the series Bittner did not look good. Wright had him fooled.
Kept the ball low and got him on low fastball. One strike out for Clyde Wright. It comes at a big spot.
And here's Paul Casanova hitting 235.
The Nats can't get the run on the out.
Anfield can move back a little deeper.
Still at third and Billings at first. A run in. Couple of walks, a single and an error in the first inning.
Wright from the stretch. Looks at Billings to pitch. Swung on. Bounced to the right side. Alomar has to charge the ball.
His hurried throw in time to get Casanova and Wright pitches out of it. One run on one hit, one error and two left.
And after one, the Washington Senators won the California Angels nothing.
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One nothing Washington, top of the second. Ken McMullin leads it off for the Angels.
Mack who celebrated his 29th birthday last night with a home run and an RVI single is hitting 245.
Speaking of birthdays, Jim Maloney will light 31 candles tonight as Maloney celebrates his birthday.
Another strike from Denny McLean, 0-1.
McLean only 27.
His pitch from the side is a curveball outside, 1-1.
McLean will come over the top, he'll come three quarters sometimes all the way from the side and crossfire.
He's ready, the 1-1 pitch.
Fastball ripped on one hop to the shortstop, Harrah.
He's got it.
Throw to first in time.
And Harrah Handcuff was able to juggle that drive off McMullin's bat.
Get a second chance at it, it was hit so hard that he still had time to throw out McMullin.
Tony Canigliaro heading 235 with four home runs, steps in.
John Stevenson to follow.
McLean working quickly delivers.
Swung on and fouled high out of play.
McLean sailing back down into the lower tier, flips around, threw a few hands.
The Angels and Washington an off day tomorrow.
Washington will host Oakland over the weekend and the Angels go up to the Finns and meet the Boston Red Sox Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Sunday.
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The one strike pitch, change inside, a straight change, 1-1.
Right back comes McLean from the side, it's bounced over his head behind second.
Harrah can't get it.
Cullen comes up with it, it's thrown to first, not in time.
The shortstop and second baseman crisscrossing behind the bag at second.
McMullin came up with it, juggled for a moment and then from the shortstop side, the second baseman firing off balance but not in time.
An infield hit for Canigliaro, the first hit off McLean.
And with one out, here's John Stevenson.
Stevenson's average, 325.
McLean from the set position, the pitch, swung on line, drive base, hit center field.
Canigliaro has a chance to make third, he's on his way.
Up with the ball is Maddox, here comes the throw.
Canigliaro slides in safely on a single to center field by John Stevenson.
And for Stevenson, that breaks the string a 13 straight out.
Canigliaro able to load it to third where an out can outscore Tony C with a tying run.
Canigliaro with a late five seemed to jam his foot into the bag as he made his slide but he's alright.
Stevenson at first base.
Back to back singles by Tony C and Stevenson.
Speaking of ending batting slumps, how about Louis Apparicio?
He finally got a hit after 44 straight outs.
Of all the people in the American league that you would say who is going to go into a thump like that, you wouldn't guess Apparicio.
With his speed he figures he'll get just some leg hits.
And here's Sandy Alomar, he swings line drive base hit center field.
Canigliaro scores, there goes Stevenson to third.
Here's the throw by Maddox, it's cut off with a short stop and the Angels have runners in the corners.
And the game is tied at one apiece.
Alomar, last night, suddenly seemed to find that hitting stroke.
He singled twice sharply up the middle and on the first hit from McLean, lines a single to center field.
His 20th RBI and Sandy Alomar again leads the Angels and runs batted in.
Donnie C, scoring from third and Stevenson around to third.
And with one out, here's Clyde Wright with a chance to give his ball club the lead.
Pitch by McLean, breaking ball low and outside, backhanded by Casanova.
In field playing back with the exception of third baseman Don Wert.
He's back high, he would come to the plate.
The pitch, flung on, hit off home plate up the third baseline foul.
Casanova gloves it as he moves into the fungo circle to the left.
One ball, one strike to Clyde Wright who has one RBI this year, four hits and 31 at bat.
That figures out at 129.
McLean with four victories and eight losses and although the fans still find him with a bit of glamour,
some of the reporters starting to get a little nasty regarding McLean.
There goes Alomar, the pitch is high and inside, Casanova throws the third but no play there.
Alomar has his 12th stolen base.
Casanova threw out Sandy last night, only the second time that that's been done this year.
So Alomar with a stolen base is at second.
Stevenson alertly, and as a catcher he knew what Casanova might be thinking,
bluffing the throw to second, try to pick him off third.
He was hinged to the bag.
Now the infield moves in.
The pitch, flung on line, drive base, hit right field.
Bittner plays it on one hop.
One run score, here comes Alomar.
Here comes the throw, close play, Alomar is out of it.
Line, drive, base, hit and Bittner charging the ball, got it on the first hop
and it was not too far from home plate at that point because Bittner was playing in for Clyde Wright.
A perfect one hop throw that got to Casanova although it was to the first base side.
Casanova received the ball and then making a dive, was able to get the glove on the toes of Alomar
as he made a slide to the plate.
The Angels then get one run as Stevenson scores.
Alomar race 9-2 on Clyde Wright's RBI single to right field.
The Angels with four straight singles off Sandy McLean take the lead 2-1 in the second.
Repose the hitter, curve ball swung on and fouled out of play.
Gogolowski begins the throw in the Washington Bulls end.
Clyde has his second RBI of the year.
Repose, fly to left, his first at bat.
Clyde Wright at first.
Howard playing behind him.
So after McCullum hit the ball hard to the shortstop here for an out.
And Conigliaro Stevenson, Alomar and Wright single and order.
The pitch high over the head of Repose with a breaking ball, 1-1.
A claim.
Reading Casanova.
There's no no yet.
Wright with a safety lead, the pitch high, curve ball.
Again he floated one up around the eyes of Repose, 2-1 to Roger.
Alomar got a good break from second base.
But it was a matter of that line drive of Wright's getting out to Bittner in a hurry,
one hop and relayed right back in to Casanova.
And just in time to Nip Alomar.
The pitch swung on, popped up.
High, high on the right side.
Cullen comes down from second on the infield grass.
Behind them on makes the catch.
In the inning, two runs, four hits, no errors, and one man left.
And after an inning and a half in Washington, the Angels 2, the Senators 1.
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The angels lead after an inning and a half.
Washington will send Wirt Cullen and McClain to face Clyde Wright in the bottom of the second inning.
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Now back to Washington.
Don Wirt, little right-handed hitter, waits as Clyde Wright winds his pitch.
Strike, fastball, outside corner.
Wirt batting 0-77, also a slow start with the Senators.
He has just two hits in 26th's bat.
I feel playing him to pull.
Fried wine, here it comes.
Scrooge misses outside, one and one.
Wirt has been an enigma.
He's had some great seasons and then some years where he couldn't come close to getting a hit.
This one is ripped on two hops to Fregosi.
He's up with it right in position, throws quickly to first for the out.
Wirt at 63.
Tim Cullen, the second baseman, batting 176.
But Cullen in this series has been tough to keep off base.
He had two walks and an infield hit in the first game, and last night two walks and two hits.
So he is three for four and has been on base seven of eight times in the series.
Right-handed batter, chokes up on the handle, close stance, stands right up on the plate.
Curve misses the outside corner, ball one.
Denny McLean to follow.
A 2-1 angel lead.
Wright winds the pitch.
Strike with a fastball, one and one.
Wright appears to have better rhythm than he did in New York,
and Clyde complained about the slope of the mound at Yankee Stadium.
He said he just never felt that he could get all of his timing together,
that the drop-off leading to the plate was so quick that he seemed to be stumbling.
This one is slicing foul down the right field line and way back into the seat.
The counterball and two strikes to Tim Cullen.
Well, Jim Maloney celebrating his 31st birthday,
he is not the happiest man in the ballpark tonight in an angel uniform.
That honor goes to Chico Ruiz, one-two pitch Scroogey Low.
Chico visited the Mexican Embassy today and has learned that a visa has been arranged
and his parents will be able to visit him from Cuba.
The 2-2 pitch by Wright.
Curveball, check swing, roller up the third baseline.
McMullen handles it at the cut of the grass.
Go to first, dug out by Spencer in time for the yards.
Ball took a funny bounce as it came to McMullen.
He was looking forward right on the chalk line,
and he had moved very quickly to his left to glove it,
and it took an angular hop to his left.
Chico will fly out of Boston Sunday night to Mexico City,
and within a couple of weeks, his parents, both around 65 years of age,
will be able to fly out of Cuba through Mexico to Chico's home in San Diego.
The pitch to McLean swung on a miss.
It will be the first time that he has seen his parents in over 10 years,
and he was so happy there were tears in his eyes.
Wright lines, one strike fit.
Curve, strike two calls.
Big breaking curve that nibbled the outside corner.
Oh and two to McLean.
He's hitting 130, has three hits in 23 events, but has driven in six runs.
He has a triple.
Where is number 17 in red on the back of his white plantles?
No and on, two out.
Senators second inning, two to one angels.
And the two strike pitch.
McLean swings and lines at the right field.
Conigliero is right there, however, to stab it with one hand as he moved to his left.
McLean lines out, and the Senators are out one, two, three in the second.
After two at Kennedy Stadium, angels two, Washington one.
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Two one, the angels lead top of the third and with more action here's Don Well.
Thank you Dick. Alex Johnson leads it off and Alex had walked his first time out.
Here's a smash up the middle for a base hit.
The dynamic lane throws a curve here to Alex and got it up in his eyes.
And Alex Johnson went to work on it and slugs this one up the center.
So Alex is one for one. The batter will be shortstop Jim Fragosi.
And in the Jim's first trip to the plate, he had fouled out to the catcher Casanova.
And the on deck man then will be Jim Spencer.
So the angels two runs, five hits.
Washington one run, one hit, off wide right over the first two.
AJ wait a bit, he goes.
The pitch is cut on and hammered foul up on the screen.
And Johnson taking off in a hurry.
Fast acceleration as McLean didn't pay too much attention to him.
Well Denny's next pitching assignment will be on Sunday.
And he almost committed the block right there.
He was very close to being in contact with the pitching rubber and the ball spilled out of his glove.
And had he been in contact with it, Alex would have been awarded second base.
Sidearm curve in for a strike and the count is on two.
Denny on Sunday will work against the Oakland ball club and he will go against the sensational Vita Blues.
Be the day game on Sunday.
Alex wanders out to his lead.
And the pitch to Fragosi's fun on ground ball toward third.
Picked up by workplace at the calling one on the first double play.
So the Angels in a hurry have two away on the third.
And the matter will be Jim Spencer.
Jim hit one down the right field line that finally carried a foot or so into foul territory in the corner.
And Larry Bittner took care of it.
It's 335 feet down the line here at Hennedy Stadium.
378 to right center out in front of the giant scoreboard.
The pitch to Spencer way up above the line.
And the ball is on the right side of the line.
378 to right center out in front of the giant scoreboard. The pitch to Spencer way up over his dead ball one.
381 in the left center field.
And in the dead center field 410 feet in this completely enclosed park.
Spencer hitting 181.
Starting out the evening's play. The one-nothing pitch.
And there's the curve that breaks through for a strike.
Let her high to make it one and one.
Two down for the Angels.
They lead it 2-1 here in the third.
And they claim the hasty worker again.
He started the rock into the motion.
But then he saw Casanova make one other sign.
The one-one delivery now off the curve.
A line drive out of the right center field.
That ball is settling in quickly for a base hit.
It almost spins its way by Maddox.
But Kelly able to reach out to his right to glove it quickly.
So Jim Spencer lays the line drive into right center.
The Angels now have six hits.
The batter will be Ken McMullen.
Mack had grounded a short in the second.
The Angels in double figures in the hitting department out here last night.
Despite the loss.
Quick curve and the dirt ball on.
Where were their team batting average?
The same as when the series got underway.
Team figure 222.
1-0 delivery.
Missed inside.
1-0 delivery.
Missed inside ball two and it's 2-0.
So the Angels with the base run it to begin with.
Alex and then Fregosi double play.
Sidearm curve.
And it's low ball three. 3-0. Off state.
Denny with a 3-0 pitch.
Getting first strike 3-1.
McLean doesn't make much of a hesitation at the belt.
When he comes down in that area the hitter better be ready.
Because he doesn't pause very long.
Spencer about five feet away from the bag at first.
A little bit more now.
The next one is cut out of this.
Good breaking ball here. 3-2.
So McLean who had not been state to a run in his last two starts.
Senators gave him one to work with in the first inning.
And Denny trying to break out of a personal three game losing streak.
3-2 delivery low with it. Ball four.
So Spencer goes to second base. Ken McClellan moves along the line to first base.
The batter will be Tony Canigliaro.
And Tony with one out from the second.
Half one over the mound out of the reach of McLean.
Second base and Cullen in cutting in front of the bag finally made contact with it.
But by this time he had carried well beyond second base going towards short.
So no chance to try to throw across his body that nailed Tony Canigliaro.
And the infield hit was the gate open to there.
John Stevenson then on a high fastball as McLean threw right up over the top.
Hit a line drive to right center.
Swing and a miss there by Tony on a slider for strike one.
Sandy Alomar then followed with a base hit.
And that too came on a high fastball to Alomar.
So McLean again in dealing with Alomar batting left handed.
He came right up over the top of the pitch.
Then five right with his single in the right field.
And Alomar was thrown out of the plate.
One strike pitch hit him on the hands and he runs his up toward the fresh box off to our right.
Strike two.
Nothing and two count on Canigliaro.
Runners the first and second.
The walk to McMullin the second issued by McLean this evening.
Denny who wears contact lenses.
Swims through here at the Casanova for the sign and the two strike pitch.
Tony C drives it high in the air out in left field.
It may be playable Billy's coming to the line just across the line and grabs this.
About ten feet foul for the out.
So sky high fly ball down the left field line off to that of Canigliaro.
And that takes care of things for the Californians.
No runs, two hits, no errors to pair left.
And the score at the end of the top of the third angels to Washington one.
Last of the third from Kennedy Memorial Stadium.
One of the feature stories for baseball that came out of New York following Vita Blue's performance against the Yankees.
The fact that Vita Blue is driving around Fun City today in a new baby blue Cadillac convertible.
Compliments of owner Charlie Finley.
In fact, the story had it that Charlie chipped in an extra twenty five dollars and purchased a personalized California license plate reading blue.
And the brainstorm got a hold of Finley as he was watching his twenty one year old left hander beat the Yankees five to two last night.
And Vita said to Mr. Finley, thank you, but he refused to get carried away.
He said, I'm not really the type.
I don't care what it is just so long as it gets me to the ballpark and back.
First delivery here to tell me how the leadoff man and shortstop and quiet throws it outside ball one.
And the thing worrying about the worrying Vita Blue is whether he can afford to run the car on his salary of just over the minimum of twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
This is cut on ground ball to our chart going to be tough here for Fugosi deep in the holes.
Long throw to first base to get him. No.
And Jim Spencer vacated first base a little too early.
Jim Fugosi gunned the throw to first base.
Jim trying to make that quick move away from the bag.
And this part of the media plays so Chubby Harrah is rewarded with an infield hit. The batter will be center fielder Ellie Maddox and Ellie with a base hit his first time up.
So that is only the second hit given up by Wright here in the last of the third now.
Curve high outside ball one.
Frank Howard that Turkish power Lottie. I'm a very nervous individual and perspires a great deal.
And of course the humidity reading being a little bit higher this evening than it has been first two games of the series and uses that to wipe off those massive arms curve across the knees for a strike to make it one and one.
Frank taking care of that sure right now as he watches right right here deal with Elliot Maddox the outfield around slightly to the left for Maddox.
Harris laid the fix fastball clip foul this will mark its way up into the second tier off to our right and then ricochet down below and the count goes to ball one and strike two.
One of the scheduling in the league after the big breakers at Geneski Park Chicago involving the white the White Sox fan and Dan Buford of the Baltimore players and then a cool off during because they even though Baltimore remained in town they had an off day yesterday and they play again tonight.
The chapter the curve smash back to right picks it up. I have a study makes the force their guns to throw the Spencer to complete the double play. So the Angels register one here. The ball was smashed hard by Elliot Maddox the brand of the line back to get a right.
He got the ball very quickly and he managed to wheel and fire accurately to Sadie Alavar and Sandy then on to Spencer and the Angels have a twin coming of their own. Two down here's Frank Howard. Frank walked in the first inning.
Right delivery off speed curve and first strike to make it on one and the manager of the Orioles Earl Weaver indicated that Dan Buford would be in the Oriole lineup tonight.
First strike that's half foul off the head of the bat to the right side of the plate strike to the Washington and the delivery by Clyde curve long outside ball one and two.
So now Buford will be playing in left field tonight.
For the birds in Chicago. They have that little safety valve.
Now we'll see if it works for the off day and a peculiar off day to come in the middle of the series one to delivery now to Howard goes after it boxes it to the right side and go by the only man guarding the right side.
Now the Angels back down on our for go see in the quantity playing second and third.
Nelson points out it's getting a little bit murky here in the ballpark immunity has something to do with it but it may have been our ride from the ballpark back to the Washington Hilton Hotel last night.
It added to it. Dick Billings takes a strike over the outer edge on one for the rental car.
The hotel one strike delivery checks and takes it low one and one the fan belt slipped off. So now the car is overheating. And then when the valve when the valve started the pound that little rhythm on the drum.
That was the candy cameras scene. We went down the street to Washington.
We're going to go on delivery now to Billings and it's foul back off the mask of Larry that this combination really of steam and smoke coming out from under the hood and the funniest scene of all we pulled up to a construction site as we were headed for Connecticut Avenue.
And there was a young man standing there with a flag to indicate whether you could pass it whether cars could pass or not. They have this huge crane and the rear end of the crane was kind of turning itself out of the intersection so he had to hold up traffic from time to time.
And the car goes round ball hit up the middle that for goes he goes for it and then play will be the first base in time.
So Billings rounds out short the first and the young man stood there with a flag.
And we were forced to stop because of the position of the crane but he wanted us to go. He wanted to wave that thing because when he saw the smoke pouring out from under the hood.
He thought certainly that he was going to go up with us but we managed to finally get back within range of the hotel and.
And.
Dick Nelson did the job I'll tell you that he stood around and watched the steam the front side was when he finally got it back to the hotel after it installed and died a couple of times he couldn't get it to stop.
He turned off the ignition and he kept buttering and boiling out all that smoke.
Well the third inning has stopped right here no runs two hits no errors the man laughed in the score at the end of three angels to Washington one.
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John Stevenson the batter in the first delivery term set a low for ball one and then the next pitch to him John rips one down the right field line is going to be fair on the corner.
And that's what bounces over the fast the ground rule double for Stevenson.
So John is two for two off McLean.
Got the fastball the first time the curve ball here so he's handled two pitches well. Here comes the Addy Alomar.
John Stevenson who have been having his problems lately and now coming up against the veteran right handed Danny McLean has given him some personal punishment.
Here's Alomar.
You got the right over the top fastball from McLean for the base hit in the right center field in the second inning and the pitch fastball low with this one.
But in the strikes on across the knees to make it on one.
Alomar with a chance to get Stevenson home here the angels lead to one in the fourth inning and we'll bring you up to date and some of the other games as we go along here in the fourth.
McLean works again Alomar swings ground ball at Howard backhand goes to third and the tag is made on Stevenson.
So Frank Howard from Washington, Miami, picks this one up a good backhand at top.
Saw Stevenson going for third and he gunned him down and John Stevenson a man with a very surprised look on his face as he came in standing and he almost danced with Don Word.
He did a little fast shuffle there and will apply the tag so on the field of choice Alomar is the first base and Stevenson is a gunner and the matter will be Angel pitcher Clyde Wright.
In the first of two Cubs at Cincinnati they're tied 2-2 at the end of six that's hands against Wilcox.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh getting underway Cleveland against Walker.
Houston being entertained by Atlanta tonight Wilson against Reed toss over to first base Alomar back and he picked up his 12 stolen base in the second inning.
Philadelphia will be at San Diego and Los Rios at Los Angeles today the match beats San Francisco 5-2 Alomar goes to pitch inside throw through to second base he guns him down.
Alomar red hot about the call there was a photo finish there it appeared that Alomar had a big hit with a strong throw by Casanova.
Say that for a man working behind the plate he doesn't throw it off target.
So one of baseball's greatest moments of excitement with Casanova up and firing and Alomar going trying for his 13 stolen base but he is out of there and the angels have to go away.
Why right remains out to play to the next little bit of Clyde low with a ball to 2 and 0.
Flipping pitch Peter takes it high and tight ball free.
No Galuski gets up and throws with the bullpen again next delivery in for a strike that pops out of the middle of Casanova.
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The angels counted it off with Stevenson's two base hit but the whole thing turns out to be another story for him here in the fourth inning no runs one hit no errors and nobody left out there and the score at the end of the top of the fourth angels to Washington 1.
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Now through June the sixth.
The drive of the fourth now with Larry Bittner Paul Casanova and Don word the man scheduled to face quite right.
Johnny C and right field Roger opposed and center opposed working a step or two toward left center field and moving into a deeper position now and then checks the wire fence behind him to find out where he is in relation to that.
Alex Johnson straightaway left her bounce off the plate toward second baseman Sandy Alomar a waist high hop for Santos the top dispenser for the out and Washington has one away on the first pitch walking up to the plate now capture Paul Casanova Paul grounded out to Alomar in the first inning.
Good thing good to say Jim Fragasi making some strong throws from short tonight and he has accuracy has been good and Jim has been a struggle for.
The pitch curve and for a strike and it's on line and understandably so too even though you throw on the side before game action.
Getting into the ball game and playing in the game conditions and finding yourself yourself in different positions and trying to find yourself properly to make accurate throws and so Jim with each game now this seems to be an improvement for him.
Next delivery is a little low and close for the curve ball to count as one and one one down nobody on angels lead two to one and right next pitch one one delivery lifted down the right field side to the old problem here.
And you see coming on can't get to it.
And now the ball picked up by an egg layer he talked it back toward the end to him and then allowed to talk to Sandy Alomar.
So dying fly ball slice that way by Casanova in for Washington's fourth hit and the batter will be third baseman Don word.
And then he's down and grab the Dupre go see in the second inning.
And he starts with an 077 batting average right hander the road runner and the pitch to him and he plants this one foul down the first base side.
They've given Tim Cullen the eighth man in the lineup and nickname the worm.
I don't know why.
And the second bat here by Don word.
And for Bittner when they call him double I double T like spelling of his name that was the I.T.T. NER.
Casanova's lead at first not a very long one and the pitch curve and the slap this one foul to the right of the play like to
got to complete that to carry right back from the ballpark last night with with J.C. Nelson.
And when we finally reached the stoplight where there are three young men and they were looking at all of this awful smoke pouring out of the hood of the car and find the one came over.
And you know everyone keep a straight face as if we don't even know what's going on and actually can't even see through the windshield and the one man shot and your engines on fire.
And you turned to him and said no we're we're charcoal broil broiling some steaks for the Washington National Guard and he just not as if to say well that's it.
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It was really a candid camera story they thought to pitch apps laying here lobster foul down the first base side Spencer charging up.
That makes a fine basket got to this wheels around and fire to Sandy Alomar came over to cover his first base and Casanova gets back.
So Jim Spencer with a good play on Don word and about it will be second baseman.
The one man that construction worker I can still see the expression on his face when he's holding the flag to stop the car.
But at the same time you know he wants to wave that flag wave you on because he did three of the greatest double takes I've ever seen.
He look at the car and they look away and they look at the car against you some more smoke and steam curl out from under the hood.
That's the color that's it off the plate could be a troublesome play Stevenson at Ford guns to go to first base and it's there in time and a fine piece of reception work on the part of Jim Spencer as he reached around telling the handle the phone.
So for the angels for Washington against the angels who did some good defensive work here in the fourth inning.
One hit no errors the man left at the end of four it's the angels to in Washington one does F310 work in a major test motorist switched from the gasoline they had previously used to Chevron gasoline with F310 for 2000 miles.
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Moving on to the fifth inning of play this is Don Wells with Dick Enberg and Dick Nelson and delighted to have you with us this evening Roger repose will start off the fifth inning angels lead to on your second right down the first pitch by McLean is upstairs for breaking ball Rogers flying to left and pop the second angels to run seven hits one Washington one run four hits and no air McLean's one ball pitch repo swings and whips it foul down into the right field corner high and that one might reach the second tier.
It's the facing of the second deck and then bounce down into the lower seat.
Senator's got to run in the first inning a walk to hear a single by Maddox Howard walk below the bases and the run scored as right try to pick Maddox off second base but the run would have scored anyway because the next man building it into a ground ball out this one is full to the right side up with it is telling on the first for the
Roger reaching outside and then calling the ball to the right side and telling has him for the first time in the fifth inning is Alex Johnson extended his hitting streak to 18 for the single up the middle is last time at bat he walked in the first inning he's one for one.
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Danny McLean waste no time he's already thrown two fastballs inside and the count is to know that Alex Johnson.
And the plane rocks right back into motion the curveball is one on a drive to center field hit well but Max is playing deep anyway and he's there to put the leather around it for the second.
Now he's got a handball.
And here's Jim Fragosi he filed out and he grounded into a 5 4 3 double play on the plane and right.
He's got his McLean and writer at work because you don't have time to think all is coming right up to the plate. As soon as the pitcher gets it McLean is ready he winds the pitch to McFragosi is hung on a high foul fly hook back into the lower deck to the left over to watch it fall in non word.
Two outs in the fifth inning no one on who to one the angel play and get their two runs in the second and four straight singles can igliaro Stevenson Alomar and right Alomar and right getting the RBI.
Two singles in a walk in the third but in between for go see a knock into a double play and the leadoff double by Stevenson in the fourth fastball on the outside corner for a strike two strikes to Pregosi.
Spencer would be next.
McLean kicks and deal outside with a fastball one and two.
Any barely had time to get his time and he comes right back one to Pregosi swings and misses right three or Danny McLean.
And it comes to close out the beginning the angels are retired in order for the first time in the ballgame and at the halfway mark and that's one four and a half innings in the book it's the angels to the senators one.
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Slide right and the last four base hit all singles Maddox with a single in the first inning as the senators got their only run on a couple of walks the single and an air gave up the single to Frank Howard in the third and an infield hit the Tobi here in the third but a double play Maddox bouncing into a one four three twin killing if the senators off the board in the third and one out looping single by Paul Katz and open the fourth inning.
Penny McLean lined right fielder Tony Canigliaro his first time.
He'll be followed by Toby here and then Elliott Maddox.
Right trying to get his fifth win of the year. He's born for
broadcast time Friday night from Boston Fenway Park will be 410 Pacific Daylight
and then day game Saturday and Sunday right kicks the fit one on and this fastball
McLean gets his swing
not a bad hitter right except design and is one strike that McLean swings through another fastball on to
to Denny McLean leading off the Washington fifth inning the senators trailed the angels by a run to the one
right ready is to strike delivery swung on and missed a low sinking fastball McLean the second strikeout victim
with one out here's Toby here out of a slide right Detroit is Minnesota tonight Cleveland and Milwaukee those
games just getting underway Baltimore Chicago the same this afternoon the Yankees defeated the Red Sox
six to one Stan Bonson getting his third win Sonny Siebert absorbing his first loss after nine straight wins
the big man for the Yankees Bobby Mercer he had two home runs his ninth and tenth both with no one on hits to
the Yankees and here are her ball time away ball one here a walk and scored in the first inning and was credited
with an infield hit when his ground ball deep the short and for go see time throw Paul Spencer off the bag and
here are credited with a hit Scrooge outside to know in the National League St. Louis at Pittsburgh Cleveland
against Walker doubleheader in Cincinnati and Chicago and the Reds are tied to two in the seventh inning first
game tonight Atlanta Philadelphia San Diego Montreal at Los Angeles later the Mets beat San Francisco this
afternoon five to two Harris swings and sends a high fly ball to center repose coming in for he's there and
makes the catch two outs in the center fifth inning here center fielder Elliott Maddox a single to right
and grounded into a double play in the game at San Francisco our Chamsky hit a home run Williams and relief got
to win Marshall the loser Juan Marshall now eight and three the Dodgers as they host Montreal tonight
have a chance to gain some ground on the high flying Giants first pitch to Maddox is out of the strike zone ball
was it'll be Carl Morton the right hander going for Montreal the Dodger Stadium against Bill Singer
Bill is three and nine and Willie Davis going to for his twenty fifth straight game to get a base is Maddox
files this one back on the ground one and one they were Charles Finley has given his young lieutenant
pitcher vital blue of powder blue Cadillac to drive the one one pitch ground ball short for go see has an
easy one to clean up fire the first for the wide right works an easy one to three this inning and after five
in Washington angels to senators one.
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Brown screw has resurfaced the infield portion of Kennedy Stadium and we're set to go in the sixth inning
with Jim Spencer leading off the angels Ken McCullin and Tony Canigliaro to try to add to the angel lead
it to one Danny McClain into the wind up the right hander delivers the curve ball upstairs ball one McClain
has had trouble with the slow curve looks at his hand as if to say now what are you doing to me.
And that high overhand curveball has not been breaking down it's been hanging up off the bill of the
helmet one all day change is in for a strike a straight change at the knees one and one dispenser was one for
two in the game the angels with seven hits off McClain in the first five innings but only the two runs when
they put four singles together in a row low with this pitch two and one Oakland A's are idols tonight
and tomorrow night and will open a weekend series here in Washington Friday night to one pitch by
McClain swung on and fouled on the ground a Fred Kenny the first base coach.
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Two two pitch swung on ground ball off the glove of Howard picks up by Cullen he goes to McClain for the
defense or hit a low getting one hopper wide a first Howard with that long reach got his glove on it deflected
it to the second baseman Cullen who was coming that way anyway to the left to back it up.
Rolled right to Cullen and McClain alertly covered first base and the 3 4 1 put out Rob Spencer of the
base here's Ken McQuillan he has walked and was out on a hard ground ball to short McClain delivers from
the side of curve ball it sweeps outside ball one.
McClain comes right back 1 and 0 fastball low 2 and 0 man of many speeds and many deliveries.
And McClain has the sign is to both it McQuillan checks his swing a cost him a strike fastball.
2 and 1 still a lot of McMullin fans here in Washington he was very popular while playing for the Senators.
2 1 hit low 3 and 1 and Mac now the home run leader with the angels with eight.
Danny Alomar has regained the RBI top spot on the angel ball club with his 20th tonight.
3 1 hit McQuillan swings and sends a one hopper to work deep at third he has a long throw in time to a way.
Tony Canigliaro an infield hit behind second and scored and he fouled out to left.
Tony's brother Billy Canigliaro has moved into the top 10 in the American League batting derby.
Billy seed just under 300 with a 297 mark and 49 base hit.
That's as many as Alex Johnson started with tonight and he's the angels best.
McClain delivers Tony Seegs sends a high hopper over works at deep and short as Tara he throws not in time and it was close.
Tara showing quite an arm because he actually took two steps on the outfield grass and when he picked the ball out of his glove looked at it before he threw as if he had plenty of time.
Had he braced quickly and thrown across he might have gotten Tony Seegs on a most difficult play.
That's about as much range and they said that was the one negative in Harris playbook that he did not move that well side to side.
But he covered a lot of ground and with that great arm almost threw out Canigliaro who has his second infield hit.
With two outs Canigliaro at first base.
John Stevenson has a single and a double two for two looks at a fastball for a strike.
The angels lead two to one on eight hits twice as many as the senators have collected off wide right.
We're in the sixth inning and Tony Seegs at first base with two outs one strike pitch.
Stevenson fouled it off the head of the back.
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Two strikes on John Stevenson.
Couple of exchanges of baseballs.
Between Casanova, Plano Parallel and the pitcher McLean he's found one that he likes and with two strikes he walks behind the pitching surface.
And wheels his arm once.
Pulls up the sleeve on his pitching arm.
And now right foot on the front edge of the rubber.
Canigliaro leads. Here's the pitch.
Inside with a slider one and two to count.
Angels two, Washington one.
McLean's one two pitch.
Stevenson looks at a high curve again.
That high overhand curve ball does not get down into the strike zone.
Two balls two strikes.
Outfield playing Stevenson toward Lafille.
The pitch.
Bounced off the plate towards second.
McMullen has it on the second hopper.
The ball is in the middle of the field.
Big board towards second.
McMullen has it on the second hop.
On to first base for the out.
So Cullen to Howard for the final out in the sixth inning.
No runs are hit, no errors
and a man left for the home half of the sixth inning
where the score, angels two Washington one and with a word from the proud bird, here's Don.
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Here's a man who can make that horse tide fly, Big Frank Howard.
The shift on McClellan, Fregosi and Alomar all on the shortstop side.
Spencer Lone on the right side and right winds the pitch.
Outside with a fastball.
For the first time in the series, last time up, Howard shot the ball to right field for
Vasez taking advantage of the lack of defense on that side of the diamond.
He walked and single tonight.
A 2-1 angel leads the pitch.
Low of the fastball.
2-0.
The attitude of the angel pitchers almost to the man is they will not let Frank Howard
beat them which means in this case that if Howard is going to get a base hit he's going
to have to swing a Clyde Wright's pitch or he will be walked.
Right winds.
He has 2-0 delivery.
Swung on, bounced off the glove of Wright to the second base side.
Alomar up with it, throws to first and gets him.
A fine play.
Wright as the ball was shot high over his head, Leap got the fingertips of his glove
on it and deflected it into a more difficult play for Alomar who had to move from 10 feet
on the shortstop side a second to about 15 feet on the second base side and gloved the
ball stretching as far as he could to his left and then on the run whipped his throw
to Spencer just in time to get the lumbering Howard who was moving up the line.
1-4-3 on the putout.
Here's Dick Billings.
He's 0-2 on a pair of ground balls.
Right handed hitter, the pitch by Wright.
Change, it's swung on, high hopper, Wright to Ken McMullen at third.
He has it, throws the first two away.
You said it, this game is moving along.
Two outs in the sixth inning and we've played about an hour and 15 minutes.
The hitter will be Wright's yielder Larry Bittner.
Bittner needs a base hit to extend his hitting streak.
He's hit safely in the last six games.
He is struck out and grounded out.
Doesn't look quite as smooth against the left-hander Wright as he has against the right-handed
pitching in this series.
Wright's delivery outside with a fast ball.
Paul Casanova would be next.
Oakland coming to town, they set a new team record for games in which they did at least
one home run.
Swung on, bounced by the mound, near the bag, Alomar has it on the run.
On the first for the out.
And there go the Senators in the sixth inning as Wright breezing along, retires them in
order for the second straight frame.
And after six at Kennedy Memorial Stadium, the score remains the Angels two, Washington
one.
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Angels 2 Washington 1 into the seventh inning and more play.
Here's Don.
All right, Rich.
Sandy Alomar leads it off.
Sandy one for two and a swig and a miss onto McLean.
McLean fastball for strike one.
So McLean picking up and pitching strength as he has moved along in this game.
And these two men just complete the pitching matchup just as it was billed for this evening's
game with the Angels leading 2-1 a very fast game.
A shot out of the left center field.
Maddox is there, however, and just makes a couple of easy steps off to his right to handle
the line drive off the bat of Alomar.
So one down.
That will bring up Angel pitcher Clyde Wright.
Clyde on a humid evening taking the towel wiping away some of the perspiration.
About ready to get up and make his move toward the plate.
He'll be followed by Roger Repose.
Said we'd have a little fog in the Washington area this evening and apparently that's what
we have.
Some of it drips into Kennedy Memorial Stadium.
Next delivery outside of the letters for ball one.
And the Anacostia River only a few steps away from this ballpark.
One-oh delivery fastball high and tight ball two, two and oh.
Clyde with the base hit and an RBI on the second.
And the most important one for the Angels that's Jack Stevenson across and that's the
run the Angels lead by right now.
Next delivery curve ball high ball three.
McLean a little bit upset with plate umpire Larry Knapp.
So Denny did not immediately accept the return throw from Casanova.
He just spun around and turned his back toward home plate.
Working back with a three nothing pitch through this high ball four.
So Clyde is on and the batter will be Roger Repose.
Earlier in the season and I think it was at County Stadium in Milwaukee when Denny had
a no hitter going in.
About five and then he got into a verbal sparring match with a plate umpire on a couple of calls
and he also gave up a few base hits in the inning.
And the next thing he knew he had given up four runs in the inning and then he had some
additional words and Lane was tossed out on the spot.
But he had a no hitter going for five innings.
Repose drives it foul up on the screen for strike one.
And Denny a guy with a kind of an interesting boiling point.
You don't know whether to read it low or read it high.
It depends upon the day.
Repose has gone 0 for 3 against him.
Popped up grounded out and Clyde shouted left field.
Fast ball high and tight one and one.
Alex Johnson in the on deck area.
So the Angels try to pick up something additional for Clyde Wright and Clyde starting it off
here with one out and the base on balls.
They claim for the one one pitch.
Off speed curve a little bit blow ball too two and one.
And they're a pitch that was in a questionable period and McLean making a motion to Larry
Knapp as Odo indicated you feel it was low and Knapp indicates I didn't only feel it
was low I saw that it was low.
Here's that fastball that's thinking fastball and repose right over the top on the pitch
and the count is two and two.
Frank Howard flying behind Clyde Wright at first base.
Will the left hander repose up and hard rather close to the shot.
Two to delivery and repose with a slugging of this fastball here.
So reposes 0 for 4 against McLean and that will bring along Alex Johnson.
McLean is really something.
You watch him pitch and you think that all of a sudden he's hit a flat spot that it looks
as though he doesn't have much in the way of stuff.
And then he turns right around and when it's needed then he turns it on.
In this case he delivered two fastballs a thinking fastball and came up and reposed
with the next one and got him on strikes with good quick stuff.
Here's Alex Johnson the pitch AJ takes a fastball close ball one.
Alex one for two he started out at two fifty eight he walked in the first and then came
the base hit in the third and a fly ball to center field in the fifth inning.
Alex with a swing and a miss here.
This looks like a slider thrown by McLean he threw it hard to count one and one.
And he does possess a very good slider.
Now we have Billy Gogolewski and Joe Grisenda throwing at the bullpen for Washington.
A swing and a miss here and again he threw some heat to count one and two.
Ball on strike two on AJ.
The Gussie in the on deck area wondering if he will have a chance here on the seventh
inning with two away the pitch.
Alex almost hit with it.
In fact I guess it did it got him.
Tried to jump away from it but it caught the uniform.
So Alex tosses the bat aside and winders up the line.
Apparently they've got him on the left forearm.
Left forearm or left wrist.
So Alex now moving to first base and on to second base goes wide right and for Gussie
will have a chance.
Jim tonight 0 for 3 McLean has been able to handle him well.
He fouled him out to Casanova got him on a double play and then in the fifth inning struck
him out.
Two down the pitch to Gussie.
Low and away with it ball one.
And again McLean fire this one hard to Gussie but missed the target.
And right at second Alex Johnson with an enormously long lead at first.
The pitch slider low outside 2 and 0.
So then he just huffs and puffs.
Little more on the mound as he has worked behind for Gussie to nothing.
Ready and the delivery.
Breaking ball a little low with it and now McLean hollering in to Larry Knapp about the
call and so from long range he and Knapp with a word exchange and the count is 3 and nothing.
Of course so frequently the Angels against McLean we have seen this happen.
3 nothing pitch and Knapp says you missed with that one ball four so the Angels have
the bases loaded two away.
And he's history against the Angels and it's held true with other teams but and now they
have a little quiet down period of the mound as Sid Hudson comes out and Frank Howard goes
out and Paul Casanova has already gone out.
And he has already been the first to at nine he said he looked don't get yourself all upset
because I say I don't know exactly what has occurred against other things but as long
as McLean has been in this league and pitching against the Angels it's been that way even
though he in his overall is one and lost record against the California club shows a plus not
much of a plus however but so frequently he has managed to get himself upset because of
the man working behind the plate things wouldn't go right for him in a couple of pitches and
perhaps the workman that he is of the craftsman that he is he feels in a very deserved way
he should get these pitches but in the case of Larry and a plattery saying no on the fourth
of every major for Gussie so Jim is the man who loves the bases and the bases have become
loaded because of two walks and a hit back from the batter Jim Spencer and Jim is one
for three.
So the Angels with a big chance here in the seventh inning despite the two outs deep in
the right side Howard and Cullen runners awaited their leads and the pitch by McLean and spent
takes the fastball high ball one and there was a pitch he couldn't question Larry Knapp
about his decision on that particular delivery well inside the Spencer and riding high pops
it up again and the one delivery and spent hits the fly ball it's going to be shallow
and right field Cullen is going out for it the second baseman backs out under it and
takes care of it and the Angels leave the bases loaded.
For the Californians then no runs no hits no errors three men left and the score at the
end of the top of the seventh the Angels two and Washington one.
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We move along now to the last half of the Sabbath inning and we're going to pause right
here and allow KPRO and Stanford, Latino and Riverside and all of our network stations
to identify themselves this is the angels radio network you're listening to the big
fifteen ten command radio KMND Mesa's own it's one minute after six in Mesa.
The last of the seven and it comes after Paul Casanova and Don works and I'd ride as Texas
Senators on four hits and push them aside in order of the fifth inning and again in
the sex wind and the pitch on the way to the right hander Casanova and it's outside ball
one and another with a fly ball that's a soft fly ball single down the right field line
in the fourth inning right back with a one nothing pitch Casanova's bounce off the fast
ball and it's one and one single by Elliott Maddox in the first inning it was an infield
hit by Toby Harrah the third single by Frank Howard in the third and the fly ball single
by the angels and Washington played an extremely close way here late in the game.
The angels have an update tomorrow and will travel tomorrow morning on the Boston ready
themselves for that weekend series one to deliver his card he came around Casanova stumbled
across the plate in pursuit of this pitch and trying to hold his sling and couldn't
get it.
Got a breaking ball by Clyde Wright that he kept down to Casanova get him on strike covering
up third baseman Don word replied right that is his third strikeout word over to tonight
grounded a short and then on a good feeling play by Jim Spencer Jim got him on his top
foul in the fourth inning.
Right pitch curve and he whacks this one toward short two big hops to forgo the young like
bro the first base for the up downward is gone.
That'll bring up second baseman Tim Collins.
It appears that either the natives are getting restless or there's a train traveling down
the other cost of the river that it might be a little some of the preliminary sounds
to storm here in the Washington area.
Over the column fastball over the inside edge first strike on one sounds that type of like
some rolling thunder in the background and thunder showers scattered under showers expected
tonight one strike over and get it turned this over and throws it long away one and
one.
So what a hookup it is then five right against Danny McLean one and one right handed Tim
Collins.
It is telling takes a fastball for a strike to run that right down through there.
Oh and after grounding out to McMullen and then the good feeling play by both been involved
catcher John Stevenson and Jim Spencer on one that he chopped out in front of the plate
in the fourth inning one two offering by Clyde with two down and nobody on curve broken background
ball is short for Gussie Hamilton there there's the throw and it's there in time the right
has him in order again for the third inning in a row with nothing across the score at
the end of seven angels to Washington one.
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All right, down the first pitch to Ken McMullen is high and inside with a fastball, ball one.
Mack in the ball game has grounded hard to short, walked and grounded to third, 0 for
McClain.
The angels two runs, eight hits. Washington one run, four hits. The pitch, wider outside,
2 and 0. And they're bowling upstairs now. A lot of rumbles and a lightning spark starts
to flash in the sky overhead. The pitch, check swing roller that is gloved, backhanded by
McClain on his knees. He throws the first to the out. McClain able to skid to his right
and backhand the ball and then just turn on his knees and throw to Howard for the out.
Tony Canegliero, a couple of infield hits and three at bat. There was rain forecast,
thundershowers for tonight. And unless they're missing to the south or north, it appears
that we're bound to have some rain before this ball game is over despite the fact that
it's moving along at a very fast pace. Just a little over an hour and a half old and we're
in the eighth inning with one and a half. Tony C, 2 for 3. Here's the pitch, swung on
and mid. Canegliero with an infield hit with one out in the second. Then Stevenson followed
with a single. Alomar singled one run in and then Wright singled in the second. That's
the ball game as far as the angels are concerned. Four straight base hit. On Wright's singles
with runners at third and second, Alomar was thrown out at the plate by right fielder Larry
Bittner. John Stevenson next. Quiet right is retired 11 men in the row and since the third
inning, Denny McLean has allowed only two base hits although the angels loaded the bases
on two walks and a hit batsman in the seventh. But Spencer popped up in the inning. High
and away with a hard slider, one and two to Tony C. Canegliero understandably very pleased
about hitting back to Boston to see all of his family and friends over the weekend. One,
two, pitch, swung on and here comes the rain and it's coming down in sheets. There wasn't
that first drizzle. It's just all of a sudden the sky is open and all the players and umpires
are running for cover. Oh my. Incredible. There was not the first drop and all of a
sudden it was raining a torrential downpour. The fans caught down in the lower box seats.
They're scrambling up the aisles but many of them will be soaking to their skin before
they make it underneath the overhang. Incredibly quick shower. The ground crew trying to get
the tarp out onto the field as the rain just swept in. I think one other time in here in
Washington it rained just like this with no advance warning at all. There wasn't that
preliminary drizzle and a few drops here and there to warn of it. It's storm but this time
it's just one moment dry. The next moment as hard as you'd ever want to see it rain.
The tarp now is being moved out across second base area in the outfield and they'll try
to drag that out over the infield. Already it's rained so hard there are puddles forming
on the infield earth. That's how hard it rained in so short a time. 28th inning with Tony
Canigliaro up and they got one ball and two strikes. The heavens have begun to cry and
they are crying big tears. And the lightning cracking all around and the thunder rolling
and a through summer storm in Washington D.C. The tarp has covered the second base side
of the infield but the third base and shortstop areas remain uncovered. And now men huddling
as hard as they can on this ground screw to try to get the cover. They have pulled it
across the mound area and now to the third base foul line. These are the kinds of storms
usually that end as quickly as they begin. Lightning and thunder close by. That one was
a near hit. That was a giant sycamore tree that fell that day. This is a section of the
country. I don't know whether men I guess refer to them in different ways across the
country but it's really a squall is what it amounts to. And when they indicated the scattered
thunderstorms, thundershowers for the season this being the first one that we have experienced
and it may possibly look up before July. Look at that folks. That ran straight down to the
bridge over the river. And judging from the time interval it had to be close.
Hays to join us late. Here's the story of the ball game. In the first inning the Senators
got their only runoff starter Klein right. Here are the leadoff man walk. Elliott Maddux
followed with a single to right and Howard walked below the bases. With the bases loaded
knowing how the angels tried to pick Maddux off second base but the pro hit Maddux, give
it away and Harris scored from third. That's the only run. The angels took the lead in
the second after McClellan smashed Lowhopper to short and was thrown out. To Nick Lear
albeit out a hit out the middle. Stevenson single to center. Alomar drove in one run
with a single to right center and Klein right single to right field got in the other. A
two to one ball game. Since the second the pitching of Ryan and McLean negating any offensive
thrust by a heather club although the angels hit out the bases loaded two outs in the seventh
on a couple of walks and a hit batsman when Spencer popped out. And for the Senators their
only serious threat came the third an infield hit but then the double play by Maddux and
Howard singled and Billings made it now to end it. Since then Ryan has allowed one hit
and he is retired the last eleven men in a row and it is raining very very hard at Kennedy
Stadium in Washington. The field is now covered but we're going to have a considerable delay.
It is out of the bench. Washington dugout before the game with Ted Williams and one
of the Washington Stadium police sergeants came over and said and Williams turned him
said what about the forecast for tonight. The sergeant said it will not rain tonight
because the wind is coming from the wrong direction. So Ted turned to me and he said
well that takes care of it. And I said there's only one thing about it yet. I think he's
the same police sergeant when we were back here in the television date last year that
we had the same situation and this could have been the same man and said oh don't worry.
No no rain for today's game. And all of a sudden we were inundated here. In fact both
dugouts were flooded on that occasion. So we will warn all of our network stations now
to get ready to fill on a local basis. But first of all a reminder for all of you about
your plans for the Fourth of July and announced the time to make your reservations for another
fireworks extravaganza. We're having one of nature's best here tonight. But this one
will be at Anaheim Stadium following the Angels 6 p.m. game with the division leading Oakland
A's and last year's show was a sellout. So we suggest that you obtain your tickets early.
Enjoy both events game and fireworks at the regular game price. So no change in the price
cost and tickets are on sale now. The Anaheim Stadium box office open nine to five daily
at Mutual and Liberty Agencies and at UC Banks in Orange County. And to give our stations
some additional time we'll check over the scoreboard. The Trites will be at Minnesota
tonight. Cleveland plays at Milwaukee. Baltimore at Chicago. And today the Yankees defeated
Boston 6-1. Stan Bonson the winner and Sonny Siebert losing his first after a 9-0 record.
And Bobby Mercer hit Homer's numbers 9 and 10. St. Louis at Pittsburgh tonight. First
game of two Cubs at Cincinnati. The Cubs defeated Cincinnati 6-3. The win to hands.
The loss to Wilcox. Banks hit his first homer. That came in the seventh with two on. May
had his tenth in the ninth with nobody on. So that is a first to two. Houston leads Atlanta
1-0 at the end of five. Wilson against Reed. Philadelphia will be at San Diego. Montreal
to the Dodgers play in Los Angeles. And today at Candlestick the Mets beat San Francisco
5-2. Williams the winner 1-1. And Marischal the loser 8-3. And Chansky hit a base and
sent the homer in the eighth inning. Rain still driving down here at Kennedy Memorial
Stadium. And all we can do now is just settle back and wait. Last night a power failure
for some 32 minutes. So we'll see what sort of a rain delay we have this evening and if
they are able to continue the game at all. As it stands right now the Angels lead at
2-1. And they have two runs, eight hits, one error. And Washington one run, four hits and
no errors. So that's about all the information we can give you from Washington. Dick Nelson
will keep in check with you along the network line and keep you posted as to the way the
weather goes here in Washington D.C. So that's it for the moment. This is the Angels Radio
Network. Just minutes ago from Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, Larry Knapp, the senior
umpire of this crew came out and they took one look at things and said let's forget it
for the night. Earlier he had come out with one of his fellow umpires. They pulled the
tarp halfway off the infield and at that time Knapp gave an indication the infield was still
in good shape. So they were just going to say that perhaps they could take the tarp
off and we could continue this one. Now the outfield has to be quite a quagmire. And then
with the infield, with the tarp pulled halfway off all of a sudden the start of the rain
harder. Now it's let up again and it seems to be just a very fine drizzle. But you have
to consider the outfield as well and it's of course with a shadow out there. The indication
to the automobile that brings in pitchers from the bullpen areas and the tracks being
left and muddy tracks indeed as he works around the warning path itself and now goes out through
the gate in the right field corner. So Larry Knapp, the senior man behind the plate has
said let's forget it and the Angels win it in the eighth inning as the rains came. So
Jupiter Pluvius has provided an Angel victory and perhaps this is what the California club
needs to get things rolling in the proper way as Clyde Wright picks up his fifth win
against four defeats. The Angels win it 2-1 with two runs, eight hits, one error and eight
men left. Washington one run, four hits, no errors. They have stranded four men and it
took an hour and 37 minutes of game time. Denny McLean, the loser and Denny was pacing
up and down and the Washington dugout earlier as the rain continued to fall and McLean now
winds up with his ninth loss against four victories. And the attendance on this rainy
night, 3,606. We'll have to have Clyde Wright, the winning pitcher on Angel Report as our
guest and that will follow in just a moment.