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The San Francisco Giants faced the Chicago Cubs at Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona for a spring training game on March 8, 1972.
San Francisco was managed by Charlie Fox and were coming off a strong season in 1971, despite losing to the Pirates in the NLCS.
Chicago was managed by Leo De Rocher in his seventh and what would turn out to be his final season with the Cubs.
This audio recording is from the San Francisco Radio broadcast featuring announcers Lon Simmons and Bill Thompson.
Well, that is the bat, Willie May, from the leadoff position. May from the leadoff play center field.
Keto Quintes batting number two, playing second base. Another experiment, Dave Kingman batting number three and playing third base.
Willie McCovey at first base, batting number four. Bobby Bonds hitting fifth, playing in right field.
Kenny Henderson in left field, batting number six. Fran Healy doing the catching and batting seventh.
Chris Spire, who is conducting an experiment of his own this year. He's trying switch hitting.
He is batting eighth. And Don Carrithers, who won five and lost three for the Giants last year, both as a starter and reliever.
He will be on the mound for the Giants.
The Cubs, Rick Mundy acquired and traded from the Oakland A's and traded from the center left-hander Ken Holzman to open.
He will be in center field and might be the answer to the Chicago Cubs' difficulties in the past in center field.
Glenn Beckert will be at second base, batting number two. Billy Williams in left field, hitting number three.
Ron Sando or Joe Capitone at first base, hitting fourth. Ron Sando batting number five and playing third base.
Jose Carden now in right field, hitting sixth. Don Kessinger, the shortstop, batting seventh.
Ken Rudolph is the catcher hitting eighth. And Ferguson Jenkins prepares for the first pitch.
The right-hander delivers to Willie Mays, who takes high and inside for a ball, 1-0.
The Cy Young winner, Ferguson Jenkins, five consecutive seasons, the 20-game winner, 24 wins last year.
Mays takes low and away for a ball two. Jenkins with a good fastball and excellent slider.
This is the 25th spring opener for the Giants in Arizona.
As Mays bats against Ferguson Jenkins, the outfield is around to the left. The infield backed up against Willie.
Willie bluffs a bunch, takes inside for ball three.
Willie will be doing some things up there as the leadoff man that he doesn't do in the number three position, of course.
Willie will be trying to get his way on ahead of the Kingman's McCuffys to follow. Strike call, three and one.
Art Williams, the home plate umpire, Paul Runge at first, and Hal Vann at third.
Williams, who umpired here in spring training last year, a minor league umpire, who will probably be in the middle.
Mays deserves a drive to deep left field. That one going back all the way to the fence and waiting for it in left field.
He's got the ball. Billy Williams dropped the ball. That was 370 feet from the plate.
Williams backed up against the wall and in this high sky of Arizona and looking into the sun,
Williams dropped the ball right by the barrier and Mays winds up at second base.
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Mays at second base, Tito Point is up here batting left handed. He takes his strike.
The defense double play combination now will be, both will be switch hitting at least for a time as Chris Fier is trying it and Tito has for the past few years.
And Tito batting left handed against the right hander Jenkins.
Fitch to Tito. Broken bat, blooper down the right field line. If that stays fair, it's trouble. It's a fair ball.
Mays will come in to score. 26 for second base. He has a broken bat double and the Giants lead it by a score of 1 to nothing.
As the first two hitters for the Giants score the first run of the season.
And air charged to Williams on that drop fly ball. This is a double for 20.
Mays hit the ball hard to left field. A high drive that appeared for a moment as though it had a chance of getting out of here.
Williams backed up to the fence and then dropped the ball.
Then Tito hit one off the end of the bat, broke the bat, and blooped it in down the right field line for a double.
He's at second and Dave Kingman, right hand batter up here, swings and misses strike one.
Kingman is going to wear out left handers. He's going to have to learn a bit about hitting the right handers.
But he batted 278 in his brief stint with the Giants last year, 41 games.
He had six home runs, 10 doubles, and two triples.
A big problem this year for the young fella is whether he can concentrate on two things.
A curve is low for a ball one on one, that is trying to hit major league pitching and trying to play third base, a new position for him.
He is an excellent athlete. A surprising quickness for fellow 6'6".
And he needs the quickness at third base.
Of course, this is not to say that Dave Kingman is going to play third base because there's a fella by the name of Alan Gallagher that played it last year that figures the job was his.
Pitch to Kingman a curve low for a ball.
The obvious reason that they want Kingman in at third base is for his power hitting.
Bobby Bonds discussing the number three spot in the batting order said, well, he's not too sure about maize batting.
First maize has the experience to bat third. He says, after you've made outs, pitch to Kingman is low for a ball.
He says, batting in the number three spot and after you've made outs that ended innings about five or six consecutive times,
you'll notice when you look down the bench that Willie McCovey is sort of looking at you.
Kingman waiting as Jenkins looks back at second base.
The pitch to the big guy, he checks his swing and takes outside for ball four.
Close pitch, but Kingman held up on the delivery.
He goes to first base. One is at second and Willie McCovey coming back from neacer three in the offseason.
Willie last year was plagued by bad knee all season long without a good cheer of the year.
Two seventy-seven batting average, eighteen home runs, seventy RBI.
A good season for most people, not a good one for McCovey.
Willie has hit three home runs in inter-squad games so far this spring.
And he's up here to bat left-handed against Jenkins as the outfield is well around to the right and backed up.
The pitch has hit high and foul to the right over near the stands going over as Pepitone long run.
It will be back into the seats as Pepitone and Becherts, the second baseman, go over to the low railing.
At capacity, how's it turn away?
Out there is a standing room crowd out behind the chain-link fence in the right field corner in foul territory.
But it is jammed here in Scottsdale for this one.
They had to turn people away.
Everyone counts on McCovey, nobody down, a run in.
Mays safe on Billy Williams there.
Fwonty's doubled him home.
And Kingman walked.
Kingman at first.
Fwonty's at second.
Kessinger breaks in behind.
Tito at second base.
The pitch outside for a ball.
Jenkins having his control problems.
Jenkins, a fellow that in the regular season, you have to get two in the first couple of innings.
If he gets by the first two, and this is true of a lot of the good pitchers that have a little trouble settling down the first couple of innings,
if they get by that and you give them a run or something, give them a lead.
They're tough.
Jenkins pitched to McCovey, a breaking pitch high for a ball.
Two and one.
One to nothing, the Giants in front.
Spring training opened for the Giants last year.
15 and 11 record in spring training games.
The Cubs were their leading team in the Cactus League play.
Giants went on to win the Western Division Championship.
Swing and a looper out into short left.
That one's going to drop in in front of Williams.
Fwonty's is heading for the play.
Williams has the ball bounced off his glove.
Kingman goes to third.
McCovey's at first with a bloop single.
And Fwonty's comes in with a second run.
So they're wearing Jenkins out.
A dropped fly ball and two pop flies off the end of the bat that dropped in.
McCovey has an RBI single.
The Giants in front, two to nothing.
The old saying about better to be lucky than good.
Well, McCovey is definitely good.
In that time he was very lucky.
So he had both things going for him.
Now Bobby Barnes in the number five spot.
Barnes, the Giants' leading hitter last year, an RBI, home runs, takes low for a ball.
One and oh.
And third is Kingman at first is McCovey.
Gioia Malfatano, a new member of the Giants.
He was formerly on the first base coaching line for the Cubs.
He is coaching at first base for San Francisco and Johnny McNamara over at third.
Outfield to the left for Barnes, backed up, double play position in the infield.
Curve is outside for a ball.
Two and oh count on Barnes.
McCovey was a short lead at first and Kingman moves away from third base.
Jenkins from the stretch, the pitch, top foul out of play.
Two and one.
Barnes batted 288 last year.
Barnes, as most of the Giants last year, suffered through injury torment for a while.
He was sidelined for a short period of time.
It seemed like everybody was sick, lame, and halted one time or another during that 71 season.
Blowing away for a ball three.
Jenkins having difficulty finding the play.
And he's behind three and one to Barnes.
He hasn't been retired yet, although it may have been on the fly ball to Williams that Williams dropped for an error.
Three-one pitch.
Ponds grounded to shortstop, could be two.
Over to second for one.
Becker's throw to first.
In time, double play.
Ponds bounding into a double play from Kessinger to Becker to Pepitone.
So the Cubs who were having trouble getting one get two on that play.
And Kenny Henderson will be the batter.
Dave Kingman came in to score on that double play.
So the Giants now have themselves a three to nothing margin as Kingman crosses the plate and the Cubs were converting the two out.
Kenny Henderson fouls the first pitch back batting left-handed.
Kenny is switch batter.
Strike one count.
Henderson.
Also, Ken started out brilliantly last year and then he was hurt.
Pond up hitting 264 with 15 home runs, 65 RBIs.
Takes outside for a ball.
Count of a ball and a strike.
One-and-one count to Henderson.
Base is empty.
Three runs in.
Pitch outside for a ball.
Jenkins missing with that one and it's two and one.
Fran Healy on deck.
Scheduled to be Jenkins, Pappas, and Regan for the Cubs.
Carruthers, Dequisto.
Strike called and John Cumberland for the Giants.
Two-and-one count to Henderson.
Giants in front, three to nothing.
May is safe on an error.
Pwanty's doubled him home.
Kingman walks.
McCovey singles.
Ground ball to Sharpley hits the first.
Pepitone knocks it down and rolls away from it and picks it up.
Throws the first to Jenkins covering inside.
Good play by Pepitone on a shot hit by Henderson.
And here in the first inning for the Giants, three runs on two hits, one error, and no one left on.
We go to the bottom of the first.
The Giants lead three to nothing.
You know.
Don Carruthers, young right-hander for the Giants.
Don, well, there are a lot of jobs open on the pitching staff.
And Don is working for one of those.
Don said before the game, Sam McDowell is known as a character before he got to the Giants.
And he's not going to do anything related to ruin that image.
He said to Carruthers, Carruthers was sitting in the dressing room for the game in the clubhouse.
And he said to manager Charlie Fox, he said, who's pitching today?
And Fox says Carruthers is starting.
And McDowell says that's how we're trying to win.
Rick Mundy will lead off, left-hand batter.
The fellow trying to answer the center field problems of the Chicago Cubs takes a fastball outside for a ball one-on-o.
The Giants defensively, Henderson in left, Mays in center, Barnes in right.
Kingman at third, Spire at short, 20s at second, McCovey at first, Dan Healy the catcher.
Carruthers deals off to Mundy.
Top foul out of play and it's a ball and a strike.
Carruthers has to keep the ball down.
That's a fine shutout against Houston.
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Kingman, besides having to learn how to pick up the ball and throw it, is going to have to learn about positioning himself at third.
There's a drive deep to left field down the line, twisting away from Henderson.
It lands a one-hop, picked off by Henderson, and Mundy has himself an off-field double.
Mundy hits that ball hard to the opposite field.
Henderson chased it down and got it back to the infield, but Mundy had himself a double.
Each team starts off with a runner at second base on a drive to left field.
Rick Mundy, in first appearance in a game as the Chicago Cubs, doubles the left field.
Glenn Beckert will be the batter, right-hand batting second base and one of the toughest men in baseball to strike out.
It's last year, 3-42.
Look at second by Carruthers, the pitch to Beckert, a breaking pitch for a strike, 0-1.
Think about Mr. Valuble, Glenn Beckert certainly has come along to be one of the top Chicago Cubs in the field and at the plate.
Spire bluffing behind Mundy at second, the pitch to Beckert popped up into short left.
This may be one of those little loopers that dropped in.
Henderson comes on, he makes the catch.
Kenny Henderson, a one-handed catch.
This is something, the way they're hitting him off the fifth and off the end of the bat.
That one popped into short left, but Henderson with his good speed was able to get there to make the one-handed catch.
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Billy Williams.
The guy always looks like he has to hit 600 and hit 60 home runs every year, left-hand batter with a smooth swing and baseball.
At second base is Mundy, he remains there as Henderson caught Beckert's bid for a base hit, a strike call in the knees and the outside.
Where in the bottom of the first, the Giants lead 3-0, the Cubs have a runner.
At second base, Rick Mundy, Billy Williams, who hit 3-0-1 last year, drove in 93 runs with 28 home runs.
He's up here, one strike pitch, popped up down the left field line, a long run for Henderson.
He is drifting near the line, he's there and makes the catch for the second out.
Williams flies the left and it's obvious from the swings here by the two left-hand hitters that Carruthers is putting quite a bit on the pitch, is getting it by those left-handers.
Williams flying out to the off field, Mundy doubling to the off field and now another left-hand batter, Joe Pepitone is up here.
Joe spent the off season as the lead role in the hair.
Pepitone waiting, Mundy at second base.
Mundy looks back, the pitch to Pepitone, grounded to second base, Mundy scoops it up, throws the first at the scoreless inning for Carruthers.
Despite the leadoff double, hair in the first, no runs on the hit, no errors and a runner left on.
At the end of one, the Giants 3 and the Cubs nothing.
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We go to the second inning.
And as long as this is spring trading, let Bill Thompson get the kinks out of his Thompson.
Catcher Fran Healy hitting seventh in the Giants or deleted off in shortstop crisp fire
and pitcher Don Gridders against Ferguson Jenkins here in the top of inning number two.
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Right-hander Jenkins kicks and throws to the right-hander batting Healy who bounds it to third base foul.
He goes by Sano outside the line.
Healy last year got off to a great start for the Giants, particularly in a pinch hitting role.
He had a big pinch hit all matter in the season to beat Houston.
Finished with a very respectable year batting 280, appearing in 47 games.
Fran 6-5, native of Massachusetts. Jenkins to the plate, breaking pitch low.
If Kingman plays third base, McCovey at first base and Healy behind the plate, you get some height.
Dodgers up, be careful about starting a fight this year.
1-1 pitch to Healy, low, ball two.
McCovey in field, the bits to the left are straight away.
The outfield the same way, Monday just slightly in the left center.
Williams deep in left, she keeps checking the sun.
It is going to be tough on all the outfielders.
Low again is Jenkins, ball three.
Jenkins drops behind on Healy, three balls and one strike.
Jenkins to the plate, 3-1.
Outside and low, breaking pitch, ball four.
Healy draws the watch, number two given up by Jenkins.
And Chris Spire, the Giants shortstop, will move in.
Chris, experimenting as a switch hitter, as Lon mentioned, will be making his first appearance against
any other than his own teammates as a left-handed batter.
Healy at first, nobody out. Top of the second, Giants lead three to nothing.
Jenkins from the stretch, misses low, ball one.
Sano crowds him on the grass at third.
Becker, Kessinger, short and up.
The outfield, shallow, with Mundy playing Spire as a late swinger to left center.
Jenkins gets the fastball over in the outside corner, 1-1 count.
Williams, shallow, near the line and left.
Cardinal, well off the line and right field.
Capiton, playing a step behind Healy at first base as Jenkins looks there, comes to the plate.
Gets the outside corner called strike two.
Jenkins checking signs with catcher Ken Rudolph.
Healy away from first.
Breaking pitch, a half swing, and he checked in time.
Played up by Art Williams, saying Spire did not go through,
and King asked to check for the first base umpire Paul Runge.
The decision will stand.
Count on Spire, goes to two balls and two strikes.
Healy again moving away from first.
Capiton playing off the bag now.
Sort of first.
Capiton had to cross behind Healy to make the catch.
Jenkins throw over there.
Goes to the plate, 2-2, outside, a full count, three balls, two strikes.
Yon deck circle for the Giants, Richard Dime, Carruthers.
Jenkins looking to Rudolph for a sign, as one he likes.
Quick throw to first, Healy back in.
So the full count, three and two.
Capiton now playing on the bag, holding Healy there.
Jenkins sets, 3-2 pitch.
Outside ball for those fire walks.
That pushes Healy up to second.
Third walk of Jenkins, in the second in a row.
The Giants batter will be Richard Dime, Carruthers.
Dime bats as he pitches, right-handed.
Carruthers checking with third base coach John McNamara.
The Cubs of course look for the bunt with the pitcher at the plate.
The runners at first and second and nobody out.
Sanna will try to anchor at third.
Kessinger will try to hold Healy close to second base.
Capiton, cradding it on the grass at first.
Outfield, shallow, playing Carruthers around to the right.
Carruthers around the bunt, fouls it off.
Mask of Rudolph, strike one.
Note Pappas throwing the cup bullpen in left field.
Pappas scheduled to be the second of three cup pitchers in the afternoon.
No rules that say only three men can work.
A one-strike count on Carruthers.
Capiton weighing on the grass at first base.
Carruthers around the bunt, bunts it down to third base line.
It's a good bunt.
Sanna has to come into field, throws to first.
M. Dime with Becker covers.
Perfect bunt by Don Carruthers.
Right down the line, push it past Jenkins for Sanna to come in and make the play.
Healy goes to third, spire to second.
Carruthers retired on their sacrifice.
Sanna to Becker's cover.
And Willie Mays will be the Giants batter.
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Mays, safe on Williams' error in the first inning, later scored the Giants' first run.
Mays had a towering drive to the left field fence.
Williams lost the ball in the sun, had it skip off the tip of his glove.
Cubs play the infield back as Jenkins works from a windup and Mays swings in a breaking pitch and misses, strike one.
Healy at third, spire at second, one out top of the second, and the Giants lead 3-0, threatening to get more.
Jenkins with a play.
Sliders a called strike on the outside corner.
There was the good slider that Lon mentioned.
Jenkins quickly in front of Mays, 0-2.
Big right hander under the motion, 0-2 pitch, breaking pitch, loop to left center field.
A long run for Williams. On the run, cannot get it.
Drops in front of him. One run scores, two run scores. Mays trying for second. He's got a sliding double.
Mays with a looping fly ball on the left center. It drops between Williams and Bundy.
Williams fielded the ball. Healy and Spire both score to put the Giants in front.
Mays has a double and two RBIs.
Tito Pouenis, who had a broken bat doubled on the right field line, his first time to drive in the Giants first run will be the batter.
Tito switch batter, batting left handed.
Jenkins now works in the stretch.
Bundy very shallow in center field. Williams the same way and left against Pouenis.
Jenkins with a play. Line drive, pass Becker.
Mays hit right field. Mays held up. Now comes the third. Will not try to score.
As Cardinal hustles the ball in a line drive just out of the reach of Glenn Beckert.
Mays had to hold up at second thinking Beckert might be able to make the catch.
The ball went through into right field. Willey moved over to third. Tito is on it first with a base hit.
Tito now two for two. And Tito hit that single about three times as hard as he hit the double in the first inning.
Here's Dave Kingman who walked this quarter a run in the first inning.
Giants with two runs in, one out. Runners at the corners. Mays at third, Pouenis at first.
The Cubs will play the infield double play deep.
Pouenis moving away from first. Jenkins looks there, comes to the play.
Kingman foul tips the first pitch into Rudolph's glove, strike one.
One strike out on the right end of batting Dave Kingman.
Jenkins sets up the belt, the O-1 pitch. Popped up foul off first base drifting back into the stands or
like over the seats into the parking lot.
Jenkins in front of Kingman, O-2.
Rudolph out to talk with the Cubs pitcher.
Conversation now breaks up as Rudolph heads back behind the plate.
Mays at third talking with Johnny McNamara. Willey standing on the back. Now will move away.
Pouenis is shorted at first.
Jenkins ready, O-2 pitch.
Fastball inside at the golf ball one. Kingman leaning over that plate, he's there to be looking for a breaking pitch.
Jenkins hummed one, fell high on the inside. Straightened Dave up in a hurry.
A ball and two strikes on the Giants third baseman.
Jenkins with a play. Breaking pitch, swung on it, missed, strike three.
Kingman down on strikes for out number two. Jenkins gets his first strike out. We pause for station identification.
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Willey McCovey with a bloop single to left center in the first inning to drive in a run to Giants batter.
McCovey checks takes low ball one. Mays at third, Pouenis at first, two outs, two runs in.
We're in the top of the second on the Giants lead five to nothing.
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Jenkins delivers outside.
Ball pops out of Rudolph's club, but rolls only a couple of feet away.
Jenkins falls behind on McCovey, two balls and no strikes.
The 2-0 pitch to McCovey, swung on and missed, and McCovey had himself a rip.
Jenkins appeared to take a bit off the pitch.
McCovey had quite a swing.
A one and two count. Jenkins works quickly.
Breaking ball, line to right field. Cardinal is there, makes the catch up over his head.
McCovey hit it on the nose, but right at Cardinal for the outs.
The Giants in the second, two runs on two hits.
There were no errors. Two runners left on.
So at the end of an inning and a half, the Giants lead it by a score of five to nothing.
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For the Cubs, the first batter for the Cubs, the third baseman, right hand batting Ron Sano.
Sano hitting fifth in the order.
Followed by the right fielder Jose Cardinal and shortstop Don Kessinger.
Sano, really trimmed down for this early in the spring training.
Don through it, his kicks and throws.
Slider for a strike in the outside corner.
Sano, last year about at 267, takes just outside a 1-1 count.
Played in 154 games, had 148 hits, 21 home runs, 88 RBIs, swing and a miss on a breaking pitch.
Carruthers in front, a ball and two strikes.
Mundy opened the bottom of the first with a double to left off Carruthers,
then Don retired to next for a men's Becker and Williams on fly ball to left field,
and Pepitone on a ground ball, a second.
Now back to Carruthers, his spirit turns throws to first out number one.
Sano hit a hard one hopper.
Carruthers check out the glove, picked it up, turned it into an easy out.
The one is away and right hand batting Jose Cardinal will move in.
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Cardinal right in a batter, takes low and away, ball one.
Cardinal acquired from Milwaukee in the offseason.
Browns went up the middle, it'll go through in the center field for a base hit.
Mays charges in, bare hands it, throws quickly back to the infield.
Cardinal takes a big turn at first and then holds on.
Now with a second down off Carruthers, shortstop down, Kessinger will move in.
Kessinger batted 258 with the Cubs last season, a switch batter.
Kessinger successfully made the transition to a switch batter in the big leagues,
something that Chris Byers is now trying to do for the Giants.
Carruthers steps, throws to first base, drives Cardinal back to the bag, no tag by McCovey.
Cardinal at first, one out.
Bottom of the second, the Giants lead the Cubs, five to nothing.
Carruthers again throws to first and again Cardinal is back.
Giants play Kessinger as a bit of a lace winner.
He did not exaggerate against them as they did when he first started to switch it.
Carruthers fires, balls striking the outside corner.
Infield straight away, double play deep.
Carruthers takes a look at first, Cardinal with a good lead.
Don delivers just outside.
A one-one count on the Cubs shortstop Don Kessinger.
Kessinger had been the Cubs leadoff man, but the job is now being given to Rick Mundy.
Cannot throw to first base, Cardinal back, beating the tag by McCovey.
Carruthers checking signs with Fran Healy.
The one-one pitch on its way, high, ball two.
Ferguson Jenkins has been scheduled to pitch three innings, apparently will not as he now has the warm-up jacket on his running in the outfield.
So I'm glad he pitches in those first two innings.
The two-one pitch to Kessinger, bounded foul to the right, and Carruthers and Kessinger go even at two and two.
Carruthers with a new baseball.
Cardinal moving away from first as Carruthers looks there, comes to the plate to two, high, ball three.
Carruthers, got a full count, three balls, two strikes.
Carruthers off the mound.
Tito for one-e's yelling something into him. Carruthers nodding, okay, whatever was it Tito had to say.
Cardinal with his lead.
Carruthers steps off.
Now Don Reddy, Cardinal away from first.
He is running, pitches it high and near the left center field.
Mays drifting back, has room, makes the catch, throws back into the infield.
Cardinal was all the way down to second base, has to retreat to first.
Counter number 15, Ken Rudolph catches.
Counter Ken Rudolph.
Rudolph was with the Cubs, San Antonio.
Last year with the Cubs farm club at Tacoma, but spent, he's getting 25 games with the big club, hitting 197, about a 285, and triple-A ball.
Right end of batter. Don Carruthers, pitches lice foul outside first base, strike one.
Cardinal at first, two outs. Bottom of the second, Giants in front five to nothing.
Carruthers sets, the 0-1 pitch, a bit too low, 1-1 count.
Cardinal getting a lead.
Mr. Rudolph a let-up, misses low, ball two.
Two-and-one count.
Ken Rudolph, the Cubs right end of batting catcher.
Cardinal moves away from first.
2-1 pitch, lined in the center field for a base hit.
Cardinal will go to third as Mays over in the right center, cuts the ball off, throws in towards the plate.
Now Rudolph moves up to second base.
Ball off McCovey's glove, but Healy backing up fields it.
Mays, feeling the ball in right center, cut loose with a throw towards the plate.
It was a high throw over the head of the infielders.
And Rudolph, able to move up to second as Cardinal goes around to third.
Left-hander batting Pat Burke will be a pinch better for Jenkins.
Burke, stockley-built.
The San Antonio, most of last year, about a 279.
Pat takes high for ball one. Burke, 6 feet, 210 pounds.
23, 24 years old.
An infielder by Treg.
The Reathers from a line-up misses high, ball two.
The Reathers behind on the pinch batter, Pat Burke, two balls and no strikes.
Jose Cardinal at third.
Ken Rudolph at second.
Two outs.
Giants in front, five to nothing in the bottom of the second.
Cardinal down the line.
The Reathers misses very high, ball three.
Healy, asked for time, runs out to the mound to talk with.
Giants young white, ender.
Healy now, moves back behind to play.
The on-deck circle for the Cubs, their leadoff man and center fielder, Rick Mundy.
Three outpitch, ball strike in the inside corner.
The Reathers, 3-1 pitch.
Just outside, ball four.
So Burke draws for one, first off the Reathers.
At most, up the base is Cardinal as at third, Rudolph at second.
And Rick Mundy, who doubled the left field in the first inning, will be the Chicago batter.
Mundy, with great speed, has always had good power to the opposite field and in the left center.
Finch runner for Burke, Jose Ortiz takes over at first base as a runner for Pat Burke.
Mundy, left hander, hitter.
Time, crew, there's some windup.
Fastball as a strike.
Cardinal at third, Rudolph at second, Ortiz at first.
Time, pleading five to nothing in the bottom of inning number two.
Reathers, kick, throws, 0-1.
Fastball, call, strike two.
The grandstand umpire is not in complete agreement with that call.
Reathers, in front of Mundy, 0-2.
Three runners lead away, the 0-2 pitch.
High and outside, Healy had to reach up the stab, that pitch, keep it from going to the screen,
and there's a sale.
One-and-two count.
Left hander batting Mundy, waiting at the plate.
The one-two pitch on its way.
Popped up behind second base, fire drifting back, Mays coming in.
It's Mays who calls, he's got it.
The side retired on a pop fly, the Willie Mays in very short center field.
Now if the Reathers gets out of the inning, the Cubs no runs on two hits, no jointers,
three runners left at the end of two full, the Giants five, the Cubs nothing.
Well we've mentioned how fast the spring training get around this year.
It's not going to be too long until opening day at Candlestick Park either.
Opening day tickets for Thursday, it's a Thursday opener this year, April 6th against San Diego.
Opening day tickets are available, $4.50 for box seats, $3.50 for reserves.
You can write to the Giants ticket office, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, 94124.
Giants ticket office, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, 94124.
Now if you can't make it to opening day on a Thursday, maybe Sunday is the first chance you'll get to see
brand new Candlestick Park, and believe me it looks beautiful.
They've done a magnificent job in closing Candlestick.
If you didn't see it during the football season, the 49ers playing there,
you'll be very much surprised.
In fact they've done a lot more work since the football season ended, and Candlestick Park looks great.
That's Sunday against the San Diego Pottery, the first double header of the year.
First chance to see the Giants in the double header.
Tickets for the season's first double header, available now by mail.
You can write to the Giants ticket office, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, 94124.
Box seats, $4.50, reserve seats, $3.50.
Opening day, Thursday, April 6th, the first double header is Sunday, April 9th.
The new pitcher for the Chicago Cubs is Milt Pappas, and I'll tell you about it here as well.
Pappas, better than right hander, with the Cubs last year, won 17 and lost 14.
His highest win total in his big league career, which started back in 1958, or 57 actually, with Baltimore.
Bobby Bonds, grounds one, sharply to third base, bobble by Sano, picks it up, throws, and gets in.
Joel Malpatano, the Giants first base coach, does not think so.
A double play in the first inning, thrown out by Ron Sano.
Malpatano was sharply hit, skipped off Sano's guard, he chased it down, turned mid, a good throw to first base.
Just nipped Bonds.
Bobby, tried for out number one, as Pappas gets the first man he faces, and Kenny Henderson.
He's grounded sharply to Peppit on his first base in inning number one, a little bit of Giants batter.
Foul tips the first pitch off Rudolph, does strike one.
Pappas, last year, was an ERA of 3.52.
Been in 461 major league ballgames, 185 wins, 145 losses.
Lettup, it's popped up, short left field, drifting back, Kessinger's a shortstop, waving Williams off.
Kessinger makes the catch for out number two.
Ferguson Jenkins pitched two innings for the Cubs, gave up five runs, three of them earned.
On four hits, he struck out one and he walked three.
Fran Healy, who walked his quarter run in inning number two, a Giants batter against Noel Pappas.
Pappas delivers slider outside ball one.
John Diaclisto throwing in a Giants bullpen in right field.
Bounding ball, one hop to Sano at third.
Sano goes across to Peppiton and the side is retired.
Pappas comes in to fix the first one, two, three inning of the ballgame.
Giants go very quietly.
No runs, no hits, no coming in, there's no runners left.
At the end of two and a half, the Giants five and the Cubs nothing.
Giants make one lineup change as Ed Goodson goes in at first base, replacing Willie McGooby.
The rest of the lineup remains the same.
Kingman at third, Spirits short, Bollini's at second.
Outfield from left to right, Henderson, Mays and Fonz.
Healy to Kessinger and Don Carruthers, the pitcher.
For the Cubs, the two, three, and four spots in the batting order.
Second baseman, Glenn Beckert.
Left fielder, Billy Williams, and first baseman, Joe Peppiton.
Slider is a strike.
Beckert, fly to Henderson and short left center in inning number one.
Right end of batter.
Chokes up on the bat.
Ground ball, right side.
Carruthers falls down, but when he's coming, he fields the ball, throws to first base for the out.
Carruthers starting to move out the mound in case he should be called in to cover first base.
Tripped and fell.
Giants gather around him.
Charlie Fox runs out to the mound.
Now trainer Leo Hughes comes out.
Carruthers is walking around.
It proves to be all right.
It's sure as manager Fox as he is, Charlie gets back to the deck out.
Cuts off Leo Hughes at the pass.
Now coming to bat, number 26, Billy Williams.
Billy Williams who fly to Henderson and left in inning number one, Vieticub batter.
Left handed batter against right handed down to Carruthers.
Fastball is high and away, ball one.
The one-o pitch to Williams.
Popped up foul, it will be out of play.
Healy starts back, but this one goes back into just over the seats, not to the left of the plate.
Carruthers on an account of one and one.
The one-one pitch is low ball two.
Carruthers, the youngster John DiAcquisto and John Cumberland, the Giants scheduled pitchers today.
Two-one pitch on its way.
Bounded foul to the right.
Carruthers and Williams with an account of two and two.
Carruthers with a sign from Healy.
John kicks and throws, just misses low inside.
Williams had a notion, but laid off in time.
The account goes full of three and two.
One out, bases empty.
Bottom of the third, Giants lead five to nothing.
Three-two pitch, low ball four.
Carruthers gives up his second walk.
Cubs have a runner at first with one out and first baseman Joe Pepitone will move in.
Pepitone, the left-handed batter.
Williams away from first.
Carruthers looks, there comes to the plate.
Misses just inside ball one.
Giant outfield deep and around to the right.
Infield double-played it.
Carruthers sets some fires.
Drive to deep right center field.
Bonds a long ways to go.
This one is off the wall.
Gets by Mays and Bonds bounding back towards the infield.
Williams comes on to score from first bases.
Pepitone has a stand-up double.
Pepitone gives that one a ride.
Solid line drive in a deep right center field.
Hits high up on the wall at about the point at foot mark.
Mays and Bonds converge.
It bounce fast and back towards the infield.
Pepitone could go into second base, but Williams was able to score.
Cubs get on the scoreboard.
It's now 5-1, Giant League.
Pepitone with the first RBI.
Here's Ron Sato, who has thrown out the Carruthers, ending number two.
Takes a clear first strike.
Sato doesn't like the call.
Again, the fans agreeing with the Cubs captain.
Pepitone, a lead at second.
Here's Jackson, comes to the plate.
A swing and a miss on an off-speed curve ball.
First time the Carruthers had thrown that pitch today.
Took something off the curve and had Sato way up in front.
Carruthers in front, 0-2.
Pepitone, a short lead.
Carruthers looking at him.
Now comes to the plate.
Misses, just a bit too low.
A ball and two strikes on Ron Sato.
On deck for the Cubs, right through to Jose Cardinal.
Swing and a miss by Sato on a good breaking pitch by Carruthers.
Sato down on strikes.
The Carruthers get their first strike out.
Now Jose Cardinal is single to center in ending number two with a bit of Cubs batter.
Cardinal, in the big leagues with, briefly with the Giants, California, Cleveland, St. Louis, Milwaukee.
Now, remember the Cubs.
Two-sixty lifetime major league average.
Cardinal, feet close together.
Carruthers misses, low ball one.
Pepitone at second, two outs, a run in.
Giants lead five to one in the bottom of the third.
A lead up, misses.
And Carruthers drops behind on Cardinal, two balls and no strikes.
Carruthers checks Pepitone, who leads from second.
A slider is a strike in the outside corner.
Two-and-one count.
Again Carruthers sets up the bulk, two-one pitch on its way.
Cardinal checks and takes low, ball three.
Carruthers dropping behind Cardinal, three balls, one strike.
Don, ready, three-one pitch.
Hit high in the air to right center field.
Mayes doesn't go back and on the run, no deep right center, still going, reaches out, makes the catch.
In the right center field corner, 415 feet away from home play.
Willie Mayes on the run to all in end.
Where the Cubs in the third, one run on one hit.
There are no Giants here, there was a runner left.
At the end of three-four, the Giants five and the Cubs one.
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Chris Pyer swings at the first pitch and hits a two-hopper to second baseman,
Glenn Beckard, who throws him out at first base and pats his first pitch.
The first out of the fourth inning.
Pyer, retired.
And Jim Rayhart will be batting for Carruthers.
Don Carruthers, who pitched an impressive three innings.
Carruthers in at three innings, giving up four hits.
One run, walked one, struck out, walked two and struck out one.
Hart batting right-handed last year, plagued by arm problems after an arm operation.
Takes low for a ball, one and oh.
Jimmy could certainly help out if he could bounce back.
One-oh pitch, swung on and missed.
One and one.
Pappas came in on the third inning.
Jenkins giving up all five of the giant runs.
Jenkins, wild, which is unusual for him.
He had 11 complete games in which he didn't walk a man last year.
Pitch is low for a ball.
Two and one.
And had the best record, control record in the league,
walking an average of just slightly over one man per game.
Four for a ball to Hart, and it's three and one.
Jenkins obviously having his control difficulties because of the early spring training.
Three, one, pitch, low, ball four, and Hart draws the base on balls.
The first baserunner off Pappas, said Jimmy, goes to first base, is Willie Mays, will be the batter.
Mays has been on twice.
He's safe on an air and scored a run in the first inning when Billy Williams dropped his fly ball at the base of the fence in left field,
and then he doubled in the left center field to drive in two runs.
Both those appearances against Jenkins, and now he faces Pappas here with Hart, a runner at first base.
One man down.
Mays swings and fouls it away.
Strike one.
Willie reaching for a breaking pitch that time.
Strike one, Kev.
Jenkins went two innings, gave up five runs on four hits.
He struck out one, he walked three.
Mays has the outfield swung around to the left as he swings and misses a high pass ball.
Strike two.
Nothing in two that counts to Mays.
Pappas is out in front of him.
Hart gets a short lead at first.
Pappas delivers to Mays.
He takes low, dug out by Rudolph as the ball hits the ground.
He was able to block it, prevent it from going to the screen, and keeping Jimmy Hart at first base.
Giants leading five to one.
Don Carruthers going the first three innings for the Giants.
We'll have a new pitcher for San Francisco.
It'll be John DiAcquisto.
Pappas pitch.
Mays fouls it back.
It stays at one ball, two strikes.
DiAcquisto, a young fellow who can throw hard.
Last year, struck out 244 men in 233 innings.
Pitching for Decatur, he broke by the Blues, strikeout record there.
Pitch to Mays, outside.
Rudolph had to spear that one to prevent it from being a wild pitch, and it's two and two.
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Pappas steps off the rubber and bluffs Hart back into first base.
Two-two count to Mays, one out, one on.
Giants lead five to one.
Pitch to Willie, swung on, fly ball to center field.
Waiting for it is Rick Mundy, has it, and Mays is retired for the second out as Hart retreats to first base.
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Tito Fuentes has doubled in his singles.
He's driven in a run, and he scored one up here batting left-handed against Pappas, facing Pappas for the first time, first time today.
Hart remains at first, Fuentes follows it off, strike one.
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Pappas pitched to 20. Line drive to Beckert off his glove into right field.
Hart will go to second base and hold as Cardinal comes up.
That was a line shot, and Beckert reached up.
That ball just skipped off the tip of his glove out into right field.
And Dave Kingman will be the batter to see if they give that credit bet as a base hit for 20.
His stinging line drive off the mitt of Beckert.
That is the first hit issued by Pappas.
And Kingman waits. Swings and misses, strike one.
Dave has walked and he's struck out. He's scored a run.
Kingman trying to learn defense at third base.
And Mr. Charlie Fox trying to put Kingman in the lineup as an infielder, bounding ball to the left, then it's strike two.
The Giants have a difficulty right now. It's infield depth.
They have a lot of people who can play third base, but they have very few who can play short stuff.
One-eighth at first. Hart is at second with two down and Kingman waiting with an O2 count.
The O2 pitch, low and away for a ball and it's one and two. Ed Goodson on deck.
Ed taking over for McCovey at first base.
Pappas in front of Kingman, a ball and two strikes. The outfield deep and around to the left.
Pappas delivers. Kingman takes low in the dirt for a ball too.
Rudolph is doing a good job of boxing those low pitches, giving them from going to the screen.
Two and two count. Kingman has the infield and outfield backed up against him.
Straightaway stance for the big guy, six feet, six inches tall.
Low and inside, slip pitch and it's a three and two count now on Kingman.
The runners will be going with two men down.
Kingman slams a dramatic home run in the final game of the regular season last year.
Three, two pitches, low, a ball, four blocked by Rudolph. Kingman goes to first.
Hart moves over to third, 20s to second and Ed Goodson will come up to be the batter.
Kingman's home run in San Diego.
On the final day of the season, the Giants clinch the pennants.
Day in a second game with a grand slam home run last year.
Ed Goodson, left hand batter, here's the fellow that knows how to play bat.
He has good bat control, takes a strike at the knees on one.
He is also a fine defensive player at first base.
Giants worked with Goodson last year as a third baseman at Phoenix.
All the way out of play and Goodson has a two strike count.
It was in 20 games of the Giants last year, 42 batting appearances, that eight hits.
With Phoenix he batted 294.
Bases loaded with two down. Kingman at first, 20s at second, Hart at third.
The Giants lead five to one. We're in the fourth inning.
Pitch to Goodson. A strike call. He is out on strike.
There's Pappas give a good pitch over the outside corner.
Two runs, one hit, no errors, three runners left on.
We go to the bottom of the fourth, the score, the Giants five and the Cubs one.
Couple of changes for the Giants.
The equistos comes in to do the pitching and Jimmy Rosario goes in to play center field.
Perrithers went three innings, gave up one run, four hits, struck out one and walked two.
A little bit on the equisto.
John Francis D. Equisto, that's D apostrophe A-C-Q-U-I-S-T-O.
San Diego, 6'2", 205 pounds. He is 20 years old.
This is his third season.
It was the Giants' first selection, June 1970 free agent draft.
Last year he struck out 244 men in 233 innings.
That generally means a pitcher throws hard and he does.
Kessinger, the batter, tries to punt the ball and fouls it off strike one.
D'Equisto, a right-hander, wears glasses.
He has appeared to have a little control problem in early spring training,
but that would be natural.
He walked 124 men in the 233 innings he pitched last year at Decatur.
110 and lost 13.
Kessinger batting left-handed against the right-hander, John D. Equisto.
The left-hander plays up even with a bag at third.
The outfield rather shallow and around the left to strike one pitch.
Oh, look out, John. That was a fastball in at his feet and he was hit by that pitch.
Couldn't get out of the way.
Kessinger, hit by D'Equisto with that pitch.
He tried to jump out of the way.
He was anxious to get out of there.
He didn't want to get out. He's going to be hit by that pitch.
Hit him in the foot. He's all right and he goes to first base.
Now, Ken Rudolph will be the batter.
He's going to be the parither's his first time up, right-hand batting catcher.
Runner at first.
Nobody down.
The Giants lead five to one and we are in the bottom of the fourth inning.
The Giants picked up three runs in the first, two in the second.
Cubs got a run in the third.
D'Equisto working from a stretch as Kessinger leads from first.
And the lob throw to first base.
Now, you can understand that this is quite a big moment for this young fellow.
He's bound to be a little nervous. Pitch is up high for a ball.
It's only spring training to everybody else.
Time to enjoy themselves.
But for D'Equisto, he's pitching in a major league uniform.
He's wanting to show the boss what he can do.
Ground ball to right side.
Base hit on the hit and run as Kessinger goes to third.
Rudolph hitting behind the runner beautifully.
Drilled that one through the hole into right field and the runners at first and third.
Rudolph really went with that pitch.
They sent Kessinger.
And now they're runners at first and third and Milt Pappas will be the batter.
And Pappas is a good hitter for a pitcher.
He will face D'Equisto with runners at first and third and nobody down.
The Giants play a double play position.
Willing to give up the run if they can get a ground ball and make two outs on it.
A hit batsman and a hit and run single and the Cubs are in business with runners at first and third.
D'Equisto working from the stretch.
The runners lead away from first and third.
The pitch, Pappas turns the puck, pushes it back toward the mound.
D'Equisto has it, will go to first.
Does in time, the runner Kessinger holds at third and Rudolph moves up to second base.
So Pappas with the sacrifice, moving the runner to second,
is thrown out by D'Equisto for number one and Rick Mundy will be the batter.
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Second and third occupied now on that sacrifice, but Rick Mundy, the batter.
Mundy has doubled to left field and flied to center.
Popped up with the bases loaded to end the second inning. Left hand batter.
D'Equisto working from the windup.
The pitch is a strike, a fastball good on the outside, Oremond.
Kessinger is a runner at third, Rudolph at second.
Outfield shades Mundy slightly to the left.
Rick, a star at Arizona State, very close to Scottsdale here.
Pitch low, blocked by Healy and it's one and one.
It's difficult on a catcher when a pitcher throws as hard as D'Equisto does if he gets the ball in the dirt.
It's a little tough for that catcher to block the ball, but Healy got down on that one in a hurry and kept it from going to the screen.
Rudolph away from second. Kessinger moves away from third.
Mundy waits for the one-one pitch.
A pop-up to the left side in short left field into center field.
Now it's fire goes out. Rosario comes in. Rosario makes the catch.
Kessinger bluffs and Rosario fires the ball by Healy, but it's backed up by D'Equisto, who was in the right place where he should be.
And he picked up the ball and Kessinger had to hold at third base.
So Rosario's throw went through Goodson, then Healy, but D'Equisto backing it up, got the ball.
And Kessinger had to remain at third.
So Mundy pops up to Rosario in center field for the second out.
And Glenn Beckert will be the batter. Beckert has flied out and has grounded out.
Second and third occupied with two men down.
Giants lead five to one. We're in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Rookie John D'Equisto during the pitching for the Giants from the windup.
His pitch to Beckert, high for a ball, one and oh.
He gets it up there in a hurry. The Giants have a couple of young hitters who can throw a heart.
D'Equisto is one of them, whether he will be ready this year to join the Major Leagues.
And now D'Equisto steps off the rubber. Are they going to call a ball?
He stepped up on the rubber, but I don't know if they're calling a ball.
He stepped up on the rubber. He said he did not go into his windup.
Then he stepped off the rubber, but the first base umpire.
Paul Runge says that he had started into his windup.
D'Equisto is claiming that he just stepped up on the rubber to get the sign,
and he is allowed to step off the rubber if he hasn't gone into the motion.
The umpire claims that he had gone into the motion.
So coming into scores, Kessinger on the block and Rudolph moves over to third.
Kessinger made a long bluff down the third baseline,
and D'Equisto moved, stepped back off the rubber,
but he had already made a motion going into his windup.
So it is ruled a ball. The run comes into score.
It's now five to two game.
The Giants in front, and Rudolph has moved over to third.
Bechard waits with a count of one and oh.
Two down, a run in.
D'Equisto working from the windup again, looks over at third, and Rudolph now delivers to the plate.
A strike, slider good, it's one and one.
Ball on the strike to count, and Bechard turns to talk to the home plate umpire,
Art Williams, about that call.
D'Equisto ready with the one-one pitch.
A rounded foul to the left, and it's a ball and two strikes.
A ball and two strikes.
They count to Glenn Bechard.
Here's the one-two pitch, low for a ball two, two and two.
Two and two count to Glenn Bechard, batting with a run in and two minutes.
D'Equisto's pitch, swung on and missed.
He foul-tipped it into Healy's mitt.
Bechard is out on strike.
One run, one hit, no errors.
The score is what they left on.
At the end of four, the score, the Giants five and the Cubs two.
Inning number five, the Giants leading five to two, and Bobby Barnes will lead off.
Barnes has not had the ball on the infield.
He hit into a double play in the first inning and then grounded to third in the third.
Bill Rigan gets up to start loosening up in the Cubs bullpen.
They probably have to use an extra pitcher today because Jenkins went only two innings.
Bobby Barnes, right-hand batter, no pappas, right-hand pitcher.
The outfield deep for Barnes.
The pitch to Bobby, look out, it's inside for a ball, one and oh.
Kenny Henderson and then Fran Healy to follow.
Don Carrilers went three innings.
Don will be our postgame guest as soon as we clean up his language.
Pitch to Bobby is swung on and missed, strike one.
Count of a ball and a strike.
Barnes, Henderson and Healy against pappas in the fifth inning.
A change-up is good for a strike and it's one and two.
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I assume that's safe to say.
Pitch is low for a ball and the count is a ball and two strikes, two balls and two strikes to Bob.
Two and two count.
Infield backed up now with two strikes on Bobby who crouches at the plate, waits for the 2-2 pitch
and hits one deep into right-center field.
That one is going to be in between them, bouncing off the fence at the 4-17 mark.
Barnes is turning it on, he's around second.
He glides for third, trips almost, balls, keeps his balance and goes into third with a three-base hit.
Barnes drilling one up the alley in right-center and as he grounded second base,
he was just sort of gliding toward third and looking back over his shoulder, he tripped,
almost fell down, maintained his balance and went into third base.
So he is open with a triple, a second hit off pappas.
And Kenny Henderson who has grounded out and popped up will be the batter.
Bill Thompson and George Cooper listening to pornographic tapes.
Pitch to Henderson, swung on line drive, base hit center field, coming in to score is Bobby Bonds.
Henderson hits the first pitch for a solid single, the Giants have their sixth run
and it's a 6-2 ballgame, the Giants in front.
Fran Healy will be the next hitter, a triple and a single against pappas here to lead off the fifth inning
and the Giants have increased their, did he say naughty words?
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Healy has walked and he's grounded out, he's scored a run, takes outside for a ball on all.
Fran came in against the Cubs last year in a bases loaded situation against Phil Rigg and he doubled off the center field.
Pinch drive in, three runs, Giants eventually came from behind in that ballgame to win it.
Henderson getting a pretty good sized lead at first.
Pitch to Healy is hit high in the air in the short left center field, who wants it?
Rick Mundy and Mundy makes the catch in left center for out number one.
Healy pops out to the Cubs center fielder and Chris Spire comes to the plate.
And now let's get ready for a big inning, just pop open a good cold hand, there's always room for another brother.
Spire has walked and grounded a second.
Batting left handed, takes a strike going one.
Our producer engineer Rich Smalley is doing his South Pacific imitation, his plantation hat.
Strike one, count to Spire, throw to first base back in there.
This is Kenny Henderson, one out, a run in.
Spire switch batting, batting left handed, line drive to second base.
Bechert has a flip throw to first in time to get Henderson a double fly.
Good play by Glenn Bechert on that solid line drive off the back of Chris Spire, turned into a double fly.
And here in the fifth inning for the Giants, one run, two hits, no errors, no one left on.
We go to the bottom of the fifth and the Giants lead it by a score of six to two.
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A couple more changes for the Giants.
Now in the bottom of the fifth inning, Bernie Williams goes in to play left field.
Jimmy Rosario is in center field, and Gary Matthews takes over in right field.
Gary was with Amarillo last year.
He is 6'3, 190 pounder from Southern California, Sam Fernando.
And last year he hit 279 with Amarillo, hit 279 for Fresno in 1970 at 322, and his first year at Decatur in 1969.
He is 21 years old, and everybody figures that he is a cinch to make it.
Great speed, good power.
Billy Williams leads off against John DiAcquisto on swings and misses the first pitch strike once.
Williams, the cut left fielder up here, has flied out and walked and scored a run.
The Giants lead 6-2. We're in the bottom of the fifth inning.
DiAcquisto's next pitch, high for a ball, it's 1-1.
Pete Reiser, the third base coach for the Cubs, the first base coach, is Ernie Banks.
John Cumberland starts loosening up in the bullpen.
No, it's not Cumberland.
He could skip pit lock down there.
Swing by Williams and a high drive into left center field.
It will be playable for Rosario. He has it.
He has it. Pour out number one, so Williams flies to Rosario.
If you're in the left field, small line, please get behind the fence.
Bout of number eight, Joe Pepitone, first base.
Skip pit lock is throwing the Giants bullpen.
Cumberland was scheduled to be the third pitcher today, but maybe pit lock will be the man who will take over.
One man down, Ron, or Joe Pepitone now, the better, to face DiAcquisto
and pops the first pitch into short left center field.
Rosario is there for this one. He makes the catch for the second out.
Pepitone and Williams flying to center field against DiAcquisto, and Ron Sando will be the batter now.
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Two down, Sando has grounded out and struck out.
DiAcquisto for the first time, delivers, fouled off to the right, strike one.
Giants scored three times in the first inning, twice in the second, once in the top half of this fifth inning.
The Cubs get a run in the third and a run in the fourth.
Carreira's pitched the first three, DiAcquisto now working his second inning.
Curveball, line drive, base hit into left center field.
DiAcquisto hung that pitch. Rosario over to field, fires into second face and holding with a single of Sando.
DiAcquisto hung that curveball right out of the play and Sando busted it into left center.
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Jose Cardinal has singled and he's flying deep to center.
Sando at first.
Pitch to Cardinal, high inside for a ball.
Dave Kingman probably thinks his third base is a cinch to play.
He hasn't had a chance over there today so far.
He's just stood around not doing nothing, waiting for his turn to pass.
One and O count to Cardinal, right hand batting right fielder.
Flop throw to first base by DiAcquisto.
DiAcquisto working from a stretch, two down, Sando at first, high fastball for a ball.
Got a two and O to Cardinal.
DiAcquisto telegraphs his curveball a little bit.
They're going to have to work on him in that phase of his pitching.
It's a tendency for young pitchers to sort of wrap their wrist,
curl their wrist when they're going to throw a curveball to get a little more spin on it.
Very easy for the opposing coaches and hitters to pick it up.
Swing and a miss at a fastball.
And when I use the term fastball, I use it seriously in this case.
He busted that one in there and Cardinal walked around outside the batter's box,
talking to himself, proudly congratulating himself on still being able to walk up to the plate.
Two out, runner at first, two one count.
DiAcquisto's stretch, looks at first, the two one pitch, fastball filed away.
And Cardinal was going one way as the ball was going the other.
Jose really wasn't excited about facing that one.
It's two and two.
In spring training, these hitters, especially the veterans who have a job made,
are not too anxious to get up there and swing a bat against young, wild right-handers, or left-handers for that matter.
Sato leads away at first with two down.
Fastball is a bit low, and it's a full count of three and two.
Sato will be running.
A few changes for the Cubs next inning.
Manager Leo DeRosier going to get some lineup changes in there.
Three, two, pitch.
One on line drive foul, past third base.
Hit hard, but pulled foul by a couple of feet.
Spring training is time when the managers want to get a lot of people in there to play.
And all of a sudden you find yourself looking at rosters,
trying to figure out just exactly who the manager is sending in to play.
Count remains of three and two to Cardinal.
The equestria stretches.
Sato leads.
He'll be going on the three, two, pitch.
A throw over there, and Sato gets back in.
Giants have Kingman at third, Spire at short, 20s at second, Goodson at first,
Haley catching, DiCaprio doing the pitching.
The outfield is Williams in left, Rosario in center, and Matthews in right.
Stretch for the three, two, pitch to Cardinal.
Swung on and missed, he struck in on.
No runs on a hit, no errors on a runner left arm.
At the end of five, the score tells a giant six and the Cubs two.
Numerous changes, myriad changes for the Chicago Cubs,
and to tell you about it, here's Bill Thomas.
Bill North goes in to play center field, Paul Popovich at second base,
Jim Tyrone in left field, Jim Hickman at first base,
Carmen Fanzone at third base, Cleo James in right field,
Hector Torres the shortstop,
Ken Rudolph remains in the broad game to do the catching,
and the new club pitcher is right hander, Phil Bacon.
For the Giants, Gary Thomason will be a pinch batter.
Thomason, left-handed batter.
Thomason was Amarillo last year, about at 373 in 126 games.
Swings and misses on the first pitch, strike one.
Regan delivers a line drive, right field, it'll be a base hit.
Coming over towards the line field is Cleo James.
Thomason trying for second base, and he'll be in at second with a slide.
Thomason, the young fellow, batting for the first time in a San Francisco Giants uniform,
why, he says, a double in the right field.
Beats Cleo James, throw, with a slide into second base.
And Jim Rosario, center fielder, will be a batter.
Jimmy batting for the first time in his broad game, switch batter,
about at 224 for the Giants last year, in 93 games,
played 13 games at Phoenix in the middle of the season.
Thomason gets the double to open up against Regan.
Regan, better than right-hander,
wants a starting pitcher with Detroit, center to minors, got a trial with the Dodgers.
This is high to Rosario for ball one.
Came out of the minors with the Dodgers, won 18 games as a reliever one season.
Rosario waits, Regan delivers, misses high ball two.
Gary Thomason at second base, nobody out.
Top of the sixth in the Giants lead 62.
Regan looks at second, comes to the plate, gets the breaking pitch over.
Two-and-one count.
Regan often accused of dockering up the baseball.
Thomason will lead at second.
The two-and-one pitch to Rosario, grounded, base hit, right field.
Around third is Thomason.
Here comes James Stewart.
Thomason falls down.
He will get back to third, and on to second goes Rosario.
Thomason coming around third base was waved home by Johnny McNamara, but tripped and fell.
The throw came all the way to the plate.
It's not cut off by the Cubs.
Thomason was able to get back to third, and Rosario moves up to second.
Give Jimmy a base hit.
He takes second on the throw.
Giants have runners at second and third with nobody out, and Tito for one-ease will be the batter.
Tito, three for three, had a blue double in the first inning, single in the second,
so he'll begin in the fourth.
He's driven in around his quarter run.
One-ease, which batter, batting left-handed.
Regan, the work in the stretch, as the Cubs pull the infield in.
Van Zon, Torres, Popovich, and Hickman all move in.
Regan from the stretch delivers a slider for a strike on the outside corner.
Thomason at third, Rosario at second, nobody out.
Top of inning number six, Giants six, Cubs two.
Regan sets it to the boat, comes to the plate, drive to center field.
Going back, making a catch to center field, a one-run will score.
Rosario heading for third to throw his cutoff, and Rosario is in at third.
Bill North, the center fielder, had to move back on that drive hit by Tito Pouenis.
He set 20 deep enough for Thomason to come in and score easily to make the Giants lead now seven to two.
Rosario moved to third.
Pouenis has his second RBI of the day, and he's still perfect in the day at three for three.
Dave Kingman walked in quarter run in the first inning, struck out in the second, walked in the fourth.
Again, Regan works in the stretch, and the Cubs keep the infield in as Regan misses outside, ball one.
Right-hander against right-hander.
Regan ready, was down the line, drive to right side, base hit.
Ground ball passed the drawn-in infield, and looked like Kingman was trying to go that way, and he did.
Dave punched the ball through that drawn-in infield to the right side.
Rosario scores.
Giants now lead at eight to two, Ned Goodson, science first baseman, what was that?
Strikeout victim his first time.
Willie McKelvey started the ball game, singled and lined out.
Goodson left hander better, Ed a good smooth swing.
Drive to deep left center field.
He's trying on the run, the Cub outfield will not get this, as it goes all the way to the wall, the left center field corner.
Kingman turning it on, coming around third.
He will score standing up as Hector Throys the shortstop runs the ball back in.
Jim Tyrone the left fielder, center fielder Bill North had no chance.
That was a drive, high drive, but in the alley in left center, and all the way to the center.
Kingman scores the third run of the inning, Goodson gets a double and an RBI.
Right fielder Gary Matthews will be the Giants batter.
Gary and Nathaniel Matthews, Goodson away from second, pitches low ball one.
Matthews played at Amarillo last year, about at 279, had 15 home runs, 86 RBIs, right handed batter.
Ed Goodson away from second, Regan looks there, comes to the plate, ground ball, deep shortstop, Torres has it, his throw is in time to get Matthews.
Gary gets down the line very well, Torres just gets him by a step at first base.
The next batter, number 20, Bernie Williams left fielder.
Left fielder Bernie Williams moves in for the Giants.
Williams divided the year with Phoenix and San Francisco, 73 games at Phoenix, battered 308, 35 games with the big club, battered 178.
Goodson had to hold on at second base on Matthews ground ball out.
Williams another guy with good speed, and another right handed batter.
Regan to the plate, foul of the screen.
Foul of the screen, it's Regan up on the count to Williams on one.
Goodson at second, now with two outs, two runs in for the Giants, San Francisco in front, 82, two in the top of the sixth.
Regan's pitch high inside, Williams has to bail out of there.
A one-one count.
Regan ready, Goodson away from second, a one-one pitch, breaking ball for a strike.
Regan, the edge in the count, a ball and two strikes.
Regan looking at second, now comes to the plate, misses outside with a slider, a two-two count.
Two-two count, Joe Regan's pitch, looped on the left field line pretty deep coming over the left fielder on the run,
making the catch Jim Tyrone, a good running catch by Tyrone on the left field line.
Williams retired and so are the Giants, San Francisco comes up with two more runs.
Three more runs.
So I stand corrected on the score, three runs on four hits.
No errors, one winner left on. At the end of five and a half, the Giants nine, make up skills.
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Changes for the Giants. New batteries. Skip the black pitching. Dave Rader doing the catching.
Alan Gallagher goes in to play at third base. Chris Arnold is at second.
Fit like the left hander has not been scheduled to pitch today by Manager Charlie Fox.
Skip, something of a mystery to the Giants, says in 1970 Skip was 10-3 at Phoenix in mid-year,
came up 1-5, lost 5 at the big club, and last year could never get it together.
Phoenix had a disastrous season. Ground ball, base hit the left field by shortstop Hector Torres,
leading off the bottom of the sixth for the Cubs.
Torres grounds a solid single to left.
The battle with the catcher Ken Rudolph.
Fit like at Phoenix, lost 7, lost 11, had a turn around average of 6.40.
Right end of batting catcher, Ken Rudolph standing in.
Fit like looks at first, comes to the plate, and misses high with a fastball for ball one.
Giants 9, Cubs 2.
Giants with 3 in the first, 2 in the second, 1 in the fifth, and 3 in the sixth.
Cubs will single runs in the third and fourth.
Fit like's 1-0 pitch.
Field, through Gallagher in the left field, going to second, holding on as Torres.
Williams throws in towards third base.
A solid shot.
Gallagher made an attempt on the ball, a ball went right through him in the left field.
Protect the official scoring, and it'll probably go to the base hit.
It was hit like a shot.
The next batter, number 27, Bill Riggins.
It does go as a base hit for Rudolph.
This is third of the ball game.
And pitcher Phil Regan, well bat for himself.
For the first two batters that they spit like, they hit the ball solidly.
Both four base hits, left hander looks at second, delivers, Regan round the bunk, pops it up.
Radar lost it, now comes over and cannot get to it as it drops untouched in foul territory.
Regan has been at bat 320 times in the big leagues.
Not exactly an overpowering hitter, has an 0-9-0 average.
A sacrifice.
Cleo James, the right fielder on deck.
Pitlock ready, the runners lead from first and second.
Round the bunk is Regan, the bunk system to the right side, a good bunk.
Pitlock picks it up, throws to first, a good spin covering as both runners move up.
Regan sacrifices successfully, moving Torres to third, Rudolph to second.
Cleo James, the right fielder, will bat for his first time.
James, with a Cubs and Tacoma last year, batted 368 in 71 games at Tacoma,
287 in 54 games with the Cubs.
James, right hander battered.
On deck, the second baseman, Paul Popovich.
Torres at third, Rudolph at second, one out.
Bottom of the sixth and the Giants lead 9-2.
Pitlock fires a curve a bit too low, ball one.
One ball, no stag cat.
Pitlock back to the play.
Fastball popped up.
Foul, Raider might have a play coming back towards the screen,
all the way to the screen and it's back into the sixth.
Giants with Gallagher at third, Spire still at short.
Chris Arnold at second, Ed Goodson at first.
Hatfield, Bernie Williams in left, Jim Rosario in center.
Gary Matthews in right.
Pitlock the pitcher, Raider the catcher.
Pitlock the third pitcher for the Giants.
John Corretto started with three innings.
John DiAcosto went the next two.
Now Pitlock coming on here in the sixth and John Cumberland throws
into bullpen for San Francisco.
Pitlock kicks, delivers 1-1.
Big curve ball is way outside and high.
Two ball, one stag cat.
Pitlock checking later for a sign.
A 2-1 pitch on its way.
High and outside with a fastball, ball three.
Pitlock behind on the count, three balls and one strike.
Pitlock glances at third as Torres comes down the line.
A 3-1 pitch, way outside and high ball for James Wachs.
To load up the bases, second baseman Paul Popovich will bat for the first time in the game.
Popovich, switch batter, will bat right-handed against the left-hander.
Skip Pitlock.
Popovich, last here with the Cubs.
That is two-spot in Dane.
Popovich plays all the infield spots and has been using the Cays in the outfield.
Cubs with the bases loaded, one out, trailing the Giants 9-2 in the sixth.
Ground ball sharply hit to Arnold.
Bobbles, picks it up, throws to first, gets the one-runner.
Popovich is a run and scores.
The ball had double play possibilities.
Handcuffed Arnold, bounced off his chest.
Pick it up and maybe the only play you had left to play on Popovich at first is a run and scores.
Popovich with the RBI.
Rudolph goes to third.
James up to second.
And right-fitter Jim, or left-fitter, Jim Tyrone will be the batter.
Tyrone with Quincy last year, that is 3-0-3.
Sixty-one games, right-handed batter, takes a curve, high ball one.
Understand Tyrone has good power.
It's going to go over well with the young audience.
Good luck, kicks, throws, fastball, swing on a mess, a one-one count.
Jim Tyrone, right-handed batter.
Tyrone, an All-American baseball player at Pan-American College in Texas.
Good luck, curve, deep to center field.
Rosario turns, goes back, still goes back, over his head and off the center field fence.
Two runs score.
Round second heading for third is Tyrone and he can run.
Here comes the throw, it hits him, bounces away out along the left field arm and he will stay at third.
Tyrone crashed one over the head of Jim Rosario.
It took one bounce off the center field fence at the 430-foot mark.
James and Rudolph score.
Tyrone winds up with a triple and two RBI.
Gets the ball a long ways.
Great speed, he showed on the bases.
Jim Hickman, veteran campaigner for the Cubs, now playing at first base in this ballgame.
Replacing Joe Pepiton, right-handed batter.
Good luck to the plate.
Fastball, low ball one.
Last year Hickman batted 256, 19 home runs, 60 RBI.
The year before he had a great year, 32 home runs, 115 RBI, 315 average.
Tyrone down the line at third.
Fastball misses outside.
Fidlock drops behind two balls, no strikes.
Flores and Rudolph single, Regan sacrificed.
James walked.
Popovich got one run across on an infield out and Tyrone has tripled to drive in two.
The Cubs with three across, the Giants lead now nine to five.
Fidlock's pitch, called strike a fastball just in the strike zone up around the letters.
Skipping on account of two and one.
Two on pitch to the right-handed batter.
Lettup popped up, right side of the infield.
Arnold calling, drifting over behind first base on the outfield grass, makes the catch,
Regan at his side.
And the Sun gave Chris a bit of trouble.
Four Chicago on his six, three runs on three hits.
No Giants errors, one runner left on.
The Giants nine and the Cubs five.
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Number seven, as the Cubs come up with three and a six to close,
or cut the Giants lead, and now it's nine to five, margin.
And for any number seven, here again is why.
Don't forget opening day at Candlestick Park.
Thursday, April 6th, San Diego will be the ball club opening against the Giants.
And then the first doubleheader of the season will be that Sunday, April 9th, also against San Diego.
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You can write the Giants ticket off at Candlestick Park, San Francisco 9-4-1-2-4.
That's San Francisco 9-4-1-2-4.
I know you'll want to be out and see Candlestick Park.
It has blossomed into a beauty, a new construction out there.
And you'll want to come out and watch the Giants in action, a Western Division champion.
Dave Rader will be the leadoff batter.
Takes outside for a ball.
Regan.
Now Art Williams is going to take a look at the baseball.
Home plate umpire is going to inspect the baseball and toss it back out to Regan.
The Giants leading 9-5, out hitting the Cubs 11-9.
Has Rader, a left-hand batter.
Faces the right-hander, Phil Regan.
Takes a strike.
One-on-one count.
David Martin Rader, he is 23 years old.
Lives in Bakersfield.
Takes a strike.
For a ball and two strikes.
Started his baseball in 1967 at Salt Lake.
Resnaud in 67 and 68.
Amorello 69-70 and Phoenix 71.
Last year he appeared in three games with the Giants.
Parents left foul ball back out of play and it's one and two.
Rader then Spire.
And the pitching's done.
Hotfield straight away against his left-hand batter.
He hit 314 for Phoenix last year.
That's his biggest year with the bat outside of his first year with Salt Lake City when he hit 321.
Swings and tops it up behind the plate.
Rudolph waiting for this one and makes the catch for out number one.
So Rader fouls out to the opposing catcher and we'll pause for state identification.
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Chris Spire hits a drive to left field.
Back deep goes Jim Tyrone.
The left fielder turns and makes the catch for the second out.
Spire batting left-handed.
Hits it all along the way to left field.
Quite sure this year at Candlestick the left field has not been particularly home run haven for hitters.
But I think this year at Candlestick with the stadium enclosed that the ball is going to be jumping out of there a great deal more.
Steve Sanoveros is up here to bat for the pitcher Skip Pitlock, a left-hand batter.
He takes up side for a ball.
He was with Fresno last year at 321.
Had 18 home runs and 92 RBI.
He was being changed to an outfielder from third base.
He played third base with Fresno last year.
Swings and fouls it to the screen and it's a ball and a strike.
Two down, bases empty.
Regan was tagged for three runs in the sixth inning.
He has retired the first two minutes faced in this seventh.
Osfield gives Onoveros the right center field area.
North the center fielder playing well over in left center.
Cleo James guarding the right field line.
In field backed up.
1-1 count to Onoveros.
Left hand batter checks his swing, rolls a foul down the third baseline.
1 and 2.
Next broadcast will be Saturday from Tucson, Arizona.
Hopefully it will come from Tucson.
1-2 pitch.
Foul away to the left and it stays at 1 and 2.
It's an upset if you go into Tucson ballpark and you get broadcast lines.
Last year we had to tie two cans together.
Tin cans with a piece of string.
Swing and a miss.
Onoveros is out on the strike.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
And as we go to the bottom of the seventh inning,
the score, the San Francisco Giants 9, the Chicago Cubs 5.
Good working out.
Is this an opening inning?
All right, it's an opening inning.
Let me tell you about some of the special events coming up.
Opening day of course is April 6th against San Diego.
We've mentioned that.
The first double header is Sunday, April 9th.
New kids bat day is Sunday, April 23rd.
I guess there aren't many kids listening right now.
They should be in school if you're not in school.
And I'm going to let you come to bat day.
Bat day, Sunday, April 23rd.
That's against Houston.
There are tickets available for those games.
Now last year, if you'll recall on bat day, they had a turn away crowd.
So it would be wise to get your tickets in advance for that April 23rd date.
You can order by mail just right to the Giants ticket office,
Candlestick Park, San Francisco 9, 4124.
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Get your tickets ahead of time so you'll be assured of a seat.
John Cumberland comes in to do the pitching as Pitlock went one inning.
He could have been out of it without being scored upon.
A potential double play ball was missed and a hard shot went through Gallagher,
because that's not an indictment of Gallagher because it was hit like a bullet.
Carmen Fanzona is the first batter, swings it, hits a line drive off the glove.
It will fill up the shortstop and Fanzona will be saved at first.
Phillips took his eye off that ball.
It was a line drive, hit through the hole.
He got over there, added glove on the ball, but it popped out of the glove.
Fanzona is safe on that first base.
Then air charge to Phillips, the shortstop.
Michael Dwyer Phillips, who is 21 years old, is from Beaumont, Texas,
or born in Beaumont, Texas.
He lives in Irving, Texas.
Irving, with Amarillo last year at 233.
Bill North, center fielder, up here right-hand batter now with a runner at first, nobody else.
The Giants lead 9-5. We're in the bottom of the seventh inning.
John Cumberland, left-hander doing the pitching for the Giants.
Cumberland, one of the reasons the Giants got up to such a fabulous early start last year.
He fits very well.
Delivers high for a ball two, and North turns the look south at the third base coach.
Fanzona first. The pitch is outside.
Ball three, Cumberland behind, 3-0.
Giants 9, the Cubs 5.
Cumberland 3-0 offering on the way, taken for a strike and a 3-1.
One count. Upfield, around to the left, infield, backed up.
Hoping for a ground ball to get two outs with one swing of the bat. 3-1 pitch.
Bounded to shortstop, could be two. Phillips backed up, throws a second for one.
Arnold threw the first, is not in time.
Phillips had to back up on that ball, and that was just enough to erase the double play as North beats it out.
The Giants, three forces, Fanzona second base for a top of the one.
Hector Torres, who had a single in his one trip, will be the batter.
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Hector Torres, right-hand batting shortstop, takes a curve in the dirt, bounds away, Raider scrambles after it, and North
remains at first base.
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You can smell Glendeckey Clare over here.
Hector Torres, wakes, swings, and fouls it away.
Out of a ball and a strike to Torres, it was one down and one on.
That hander starts throwing on the bullpen for the Chicagos.
Cumberland, the fourth Giant pitcher, Carothers, De Acresto, Pitlock, and now Cumberland.
Torres chokes up on the bat about three or four inches.
North leads from first to drive by Gallagher into short left field.
Phillips chasing it down, North rounds second and holds on as Bernie Williams comes into field of all.
Gallagher is probably wondering why me.
Kingman stood out there for five innings and nothing was hit in that direction.
Gallagher has been there two innings and he's had two shots and had to be wearing a bulletproof vest.
Ken Rudolph, now that was Torres' second hit.
It moved North to second base and with one down the Cubs have a threat at the bottom of the seventh inning.
Giants leading nine to five.
There goes the runner going North to throw to third and he is safe at third base.
Rader made a perfect throw but North had a big jump on Cumberland and as North moved into third,
Hector Torres stole second with a double steal.
And the Cubs have runners at second and third with one out.
Rudolph who has three hits and three trips, a right hand batter against Cumberland.
The Giants still play the infield back and the outfield deep.
Cumberland lines for the 1-0 pitch.
Ball two, 2-0.
North at third, Torres at second, one down, a 2-0 count to the right hand batting catcher, Ken Rudolph.
Wind up by Cumberland with a 2-0 pitch.
Low ball three.
He's in danger of loading him up.
3-0 count.
Cumberland 3-0 pitch to Rudolph.
Takes five, all four, and they are loaded up.
Cumberland walks his first man.
The base is filled and we'll have a pitch back and now Breeden will come up to bat for the pitchers.
Breeden batting in this seventh inning will bat for Regan.
Base is loaded, one out.
North at third, Torres at second.
Rudolph at first.
And a big right hand batter, Hal Breeden, and I mean he's a figment.
Eleven feet, six inches tall.
Takes low for a ball.
Six-two, 195 pounds, he looks bigger than that.
Ball one.
Bases are filled with Chicago and Breeden to see what he can do about getting them home.
1-0 count to him, Cumberland in difficulty, the 1-0 pitch.
Curve ball dribbles to first base.
That's going to be a tricky chance.
Cumberland didn't cover first and faith that first base is Breeden.
That ball dribbled off the end of the bat.
Goodson fielded it.
Had a long run to first.
For some reason, Cumberland did not go over to cover first base.
And it costs him.
A run comes in to score.
It will be a base hit for Breeden on a little dribbler off the end of the bat.
The bases remain loaded.
In clear, the genes will be the batter.
So it's a nine to six ball game.
The Bows north scores.
Torres went to third.
Rudolph to second.
And Breeden is saved at first.
On the bottom of the seventh, the Giants lead, cut to nine to six.
The bases are loaded, one out.
James has balked and scored a run in his only appearance.
Cumberland winds and his pitch.
Curve ball, pop foul.
Out of play.
Cumberland throws himself toward third base side when he pitches.
Makes it difficult for him to get over to first base or to cover on the right side.
He just plain didn't move over there that time and it cost him an out.
Those are things that can take a baseball game away from you.
Cumberland winds up the pitch high for a ball.
One and one.
If the base is loaded and you get somebody out, you want to get them out.
That time Cumberland let Breeden get off the hooks.
A one-one pitch.
Strike two calls.
Good pass ball on the outside.
It's one and two.
Ball and two strikes.
That's the count for Cleo James.
A run in, the bases loaded.
The Giants lead nine to six.
The Cubs threaten.
In field, double play position.
The outfield backed up.
Right hand batting James facing John Cumberland.
He's away from third, Rudolph from second, Breeden from first.
Low for a ball that's two and two.
Close pitch.
James didn't go for it.
James is the sixth man to bat the inning.
Cubs scored three times in the sixth inning.
They've scored once and continue to threaten here in the seventh.
Way high with a curve ball attempt.
And now three and two.
Cumberland has gone as far as he can with James.
Three-two count for the right-hand batter.
Cumberland winds with a three-two pitch.
Dribble to first base.
Goodson steps on first, throws to the plate too late.
To get the runner coming in, he retired James at first base.
The runner that's coming in to score was Torres.
Goodson had a choice to make there, whether to come to the plate or run over and step first.
He decided to go to first base, get the sure run and then throw to the plate.
But by that time it was too late to get Torres.
The ball was not a double play ball because it was hit too slowly off the end of the bat.
Runners at second and third.
Now Breeden moved up to second.
And Rudolph went to third.
The batter is Paul Popovich, right-hand batter.
He's in third place, and they switch batters.
Takes way high outside.
Cumberland almost threw that one away.
It's going nine to seven.
Two down.
Runners at second and third.
Popovich to seventh.
Now we're going to have a pinch runner.
Gene Heiser going in to run at second base for Rudolph.
Or for Breeden rather.
Heiser running for Breeden at second base.
Heiser takes over for Breeden at second.
Rudolph remains at third base.
And Popovich swings and pops the foul out of play.
It's one-on-one.
Cumberland throwing that fastball that tails away from the right-hand batters.
He's had two of them in succession dribble it off the end of the bat to first base.
One was close to the bag so Goodson could make the play.
The other one was off the bag and Cumberland failed to cover first.
And Goodson could not get over there in time with the ball after he fielded it.
Cumberland should be on the bench right now had he fielded his position.
One-one pitch is low for ball two.
Two and one.
John's having a struggle out there with his control.
He's throwing some over the plate and some under the plate.
That's what spring training is all about.
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Strike calls and fastball two and two.
Now it goes to two and two to Paul Popovich playing second base.
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Nine to six the Giants lead.
Nine to seven the Giants lead.
Two runs in for the Cubs in this inning.
It's to Popovich.
Swung on and missed.
He's fucking out.
Here in the seventh, two runs on two hits.
No errors.
One error and two runners left on.
Two runs, two hits, one error, two runners left on.
Nine to seven is the Giants nine and the Cubs seven.
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Inning number eight, a new pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Roberto Rodriguez.
And to tell you about it, there's Bill Thompson.
Rodriguez, the right hander, 6,385 pounds, a non-roster player with the Cubs,
was with Tacoma last year, a good one in the last record of 15 and 8,
an earned run average of 4.01.
Rodriguez will face the tap at a giant batting order.
Center fielder Jim Rosario, second baseman Chris Arnold,
third baseman Alan Gallagher, dude batting the third spot.
Rosario, a base hit, scored a run in the sixth inning.
Jimmy, 511, 175, takes low outside ball one.
Born in Puerto Rico, was raised in New York City.
Switch batter batting left-handed against Roberto Rodriguez, misses outside for ball two.
Rodriguez short arms the ball, delivers something in the manner of an infielder throwing,
at least he does on his first two pitches.
Two at a delivery, the slider for a strike, two-and-one count.
Two on pitch to Jim, bounded foul, pass first.
Rodriguez, Rosario, even at two-and-two.
In number eight, the Giants in front, nine to seven.
Rodriguez, fourth pitcher for the Cubs, Jenkins, Pappas, Regan, preceding him.
Two-two pitch to Rosario, swung out and missed, foul tipped into Rudolph's glove.
Rodriguez strikes out the first man he faces.
Rosario, an off-speed hit. Chris Arnold will bat for his first time at the Giants.
Chris played 120 games at Phoenix last year.
Outstanding year at the play, batted 343, gotten six games with the Giants at the end of the year,
batted 231, had a home run, played in the air against the Braves in Atlanta.
One strike, that's Arnold. One out, the base is empty.
You know one pitch, swung out and missed, strike two.
A breaking pitch by Roberto Rodriguez.
Rodriguez, the time from Rudolph with the two pitch, that side ball won.
Arnold is mentioning Gallagher saying why me at third base.
Rudolph has caught the entire ball game, which is very unusual for an opening game of Spring-Jang.
In the temps are in the nineties.
Foul tipped, Rudolph is winged by him.
He's hitting around behind home plate.
A ball and two strikes on Chris Arnold.
A one and two count.
The right-hander batting Chris Arnold.
Rodriguez back to the plate.
Pop-up on the left field line coming in is Jim Tyrone waiting and makes the catch for out number two.
With two outs and the bases empty, Alan Gallagher will bat for his first time.
Gallagher, 136 games with the Giants last year, batted 277, had a five home run, 57 RBI.
Right-hander batter against the right-hander, Roberto Rodriguez delivers.
A breaking pitch that's popped up down along the right field line.
We have James coming over into foul territory down towards the corner and makes the catch.
As he came across the line and had to drift towards the outfield fence.
The Giants go one, two, three against the youngster, Roberto Rodriguez.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no runners left.
At the end of seven and a half, the Giants nine and the Cubs seven.
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The first batter for the Cubs is number 34, Jim Tyrone.
Against John Cumberland in the bottom of the eighth,
Cubs will lead it off with left-hitter Jim Tyrone, who tripled in the sixth.
I need to drive in a pair of runs, right-handed batter.
Come under the plate, lead up is butted and it's foul, pop up back towards the screen,
a little low pop, no chance for Raider to make a play.
Both clubs have not completely changed lineups with the exception of Rudolph,
the Cubs catcher has gone all the way.
Attendance, the Scots still today, 4396, which is somewhat over capacity.
Cumberland's 0-1 fetch, breaking ball inside at the ankles, a 1-1 count.
First baseman Jim Hickman waiting in the on-deck circle, Cumberland delivers.
Pop-up along the first baseline coming over Goodson towards the mound
and makes the catch for out number one.
Tyrone retired on pop-up, the Giants first baseman Ed Goodson and Jim Hickman,
who popped a second and he numbers six.
His first play to Prince, we'll move in.
Hickman right-handed batter against left-hander Johnny Cumberland.
Prince moves the defense around to the left playing Hickman as a pull-hitter.
Cumberland kicks and throws, fast ball is a good strike in the outside corner.
Cumberland with a sign from Dave Raider, breaking pitch just misses inside,
one strike.
1-1 pitch on its way, screwball, missed low and outside for ball two.
Cumberland drops behind on Hickman, two balls and one strike.
One out base is empty, bottom of the eighth, Giants lead nine to seven.
2-1 pitch, grounded sharply to Gallagher at third,
who has it on a second hop, his throw, and plenty of time to get Hickman.
That's the third solid shot that's been hit at Gallagher since he came out of the ballgame.
Now batting number 23, Carmen Fanzone, third base.
Third baseman Carmen Fanzone.
Fanzone safe on an error, as one previous plate appearance.
Right-handed batter.
Cumberland misses, high and away, ball one.
Breaking pitch is a strike, a 1-1 count.
Cumberland delivers, breaking pitch, a deep to left field.
This one has a chance.
If it's fair, it is fair, it's gone.
Carmen Fanzone.
Fanzone hit a home run in his first time at bat in the national league,
hit it off of Steve Blatt.
The Pirates hit the first home run of their spring training,
and he hit a long drive to the left field fence.
The defense lead is now 9-8.
Bill North, center fielder, right-handed batter,
bounce left the middle, through, base hit, center field.
Into field, Rosario, North, solid ground ball, up the middle.
Pass, Chris Arnold, on in the center field.
Number 21, Hector Torres, shortstop.
Hector Torres, shortstop, who is two for two since coming into the ballgame,
is a straight-up batter.
Sort of first by Cumberland, and North gets back in.
Goodson holding against North at first base.
Torres choking up on a bat, takes high outside, ball one.
North getting a lead, held there by Ed Goodson.
Cumberland watches as Brenner goes, pitches, grounded to left field, base hit.
On his way to third, now holding up and going back to second is North.
So Brenner hustles in, comes up with a ball and gets it back into the infield.
Torres is now three for three.
Now coming to bat for the Cubs, number 15, Ken Rudolph.
Hector Ken Rudolph will be the batter.
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Hector Ken Rudolph up for his fifth time, three singles, and he has walked.
Perfect day.
Cumberland misses, low, ball one.
North at second, Torres at first, a run in, two outs.
We're in the eighth and the Giants lead the Cubs, nine to eight.
North and Torres lead.
Cumberland flances at second, comes to the plate with a fast ball.
It's a strike.
That's high in the strike zone.
A one-one count on Rudolph.
Picture Roberto Rodriguez in the on-deck circle.
Cumberland takes a second look at second base.
Change up is swung on in this.
Cumberland gets in front on account of ball and two strikes.
Frank Fernandez now comes out in the on-deck circle, taking Rodriguez's place there.
A one-two pitch.
Bounded slowly towards Stewart Gallagher in front of Phillips,
as it goes to second in time for the fours.
Rudolph forcing Torres, Gallagher to the second baseman, Chris Arnold,
for the final out.
For the Cubs in the eighth, a run on three hits.
No Giants, two runners left.
The end of eighth, full.
The Giants nine and the Cubs eight.
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The ninth inning of a thriller.
Nine to eight.
The Giants lead the Cubs as each manager has sprinkled the field with substitutions in the Cubs.
Number two ball club has come up with six runs in the last three innings
to narrow the gap to nine to eight.
Now the Giants with a single run lead send up Ed Goodson,
then Gary Matthews, and Bernie Williams against Roberto Rodriguez,
the right-hander delivers the left-hand batting Goodson,
who checks his swing and takes his strikes.
Goodson has struck out and doubled, driven in a run.
Playing first base.
Giants had three runs in the first and two in the second.
You have one in the clip.
Pop ball out of play, I believe.
It's over close, Dan.
No, Panzone is there and makes the cap.
Pop ball over near the stands and it came back, turned over,
and Panzone, the third baseman, made the catch about, oh, ten feet probably inside the playing area
for the first out.
Now Gary Matthews.
Giants have had nine consecutive batters retired.
As Matthews waits, he's 0 for 1, swings and misses, strike one.
We're in the top of the ninth inning, nine to eight.
Giants being out hit by the Cubs, 14 to 11.
Saturn curve, drilled to third.
Panzone almost falls down but comes up with it, throws to first, and gets Matthews.
That was a hot shot and Panzone going to his left,
but it staggered as though he had taken a short left hook on the chin.
But he managed to keep his balance, gets the throw over to first base for the second out,
and now Bernie Williams.
Rodriguez looking in for the sign for the first pitch to the right end batting Williams.
Swing and a miss, strike one.
Nothing in one that counts.
Giants leading by a run, nine to eight in the top of the ninth.
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One-one pitch.
Check swing and a roller down the first base side foul.
Williams falling away from that pitch.
It hit his bat, trickled down the first base side, but it was foul,
and it's a one-ball-two strike count.
Top of the ninth inning, the Giants in front nine to eight.
Rodriguez is the fourth cup pitcher.
Jenkins, Pappas, Rigan, and Rodriguez.
Check swing and a roller to shortstop.
Long throw by Torres is not in time.
Bernie Williams beats it up.
Long went over to try to field that ball in front of the shortstop.
Couldn't get to it.
Torres made the play a deep short and a flip throw to first was not.
Not in time to get Williams.
Dave Rader will be the batter now.
The Giants get their twelfth hit after two rounds.
End of the ninth inning.
Rader has been up once and fouled out.
Left hand batter.
Looks at third base coach Johnny McNamara.
Joey Amalfadano is coaching at first.
Did the Giants continue on to win this one?
Ferguson Jenkins would be the losing pitcher, and Carruthers would be the winner.
They were the starters.
Jenkins went two innings, gave up five runs to the Giants.
Carruthers went three innings, gave up one run to the Cubs.
Throw to first base and Williams gets back in.
Burnie with an infield hit after two were down, and that broke a string of ten consecutive batters, retired by Cubs pitchers.
Williams had his lead at first.
Rodriguez throws over there quickly and Burnie gets back again.
Two out.
Williams at first base.
Top of the ninth.
Rodriguez pits.
A fastball strike.
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Williams away from first.
Throw to first base. He gets back.
Pit outside for a ball.
Raider has a one-on-one count.
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Raider takes outside for a ball and it's two and one.
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Looking first, the 2-1 pit.
Lowell for ball three.
Rodriguez behind on Raider.
Mike Phillips is due up next.
Young shortstop.
He will bat if Raider keeps things going here with two down on the ninth.
Nine to eight, San Francisco in front of the Chicago Cubs.
Stretched by Rodriguez.
Swung on, line drive into left center field, going over the left fielder and dropped the ball.
Does Tyrone.
Williams is around third.
He's heading for the plate.
The throw comes into the middle of the infield and Williams has scored.
At second is Raider.
That was a low line shot into left center field.
Tyrone with good speed got there, but the ball kicked off the heel of his glove.
Drop to the ground and Williams, flying from first base, comes in to score.
And we'll see how that is scored, a double or an air.
The Giants now lead it by a score of ten to eight.
And Mike Phillips is the batter with Raider over at second base.
It's a two-base double.
Raider at second base as Phillips grabs the first pitch, two second base.
Up with Popovich, he's throw to first and the side is retired, but the Giants get a run on two hits.
No error, then a runner left on.
And as we go to the bottom of the ninth, the score, the Giants ten and the Cubs eight.
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Now heading for the pitcher, number 47, Frank Fernandez.
Frank Fernandez will come up to hit for the pitcher, Rodriguez.
Fernandez, the right-hand batter.
As Cumberland looks in for the sign for the pitch to Fernandez,
John delivers, swung on, grounded down the third baseline, it was off his foot.
Foul ball, strike one count.
Ball was in fair territory, but it hit the batter on the foot when he fouled it at the plate, and it's a strike one count.
Cumberland has a two-run lead, ten to eight.
The Giants trying for the sixth consecutive time to beat the Chicago Cubs in the spring opener.
Cumberland into the windup for the pitch.
High for a ball, it's one-on-one.
Ball on the strike, John Cumberland, who last year was in the Giants starting rotation.
His difficulties out here this afternoon, pitch a strike call, that one's just in the strike zone.
It's a ball and two strikes.
Might have been a strike if he'd had Fay Wray in his arms, but it looked to be a little bit high.
One-two pitch, outside for a ball, and it's two and two.
Hotfield playing back deep against Fernandez, batting for the pitcher, top of the order.
Then Cleo James and Paul Popovich.
Two-two pitch, lead up is just a bit low, and it's three and two.
He'd give him a screwball that time, and it was just below the knee, so it's a full count of three and two.
Cumberland not wanting to walk anybody, certainly not the leadoff man in the bottom of the ninth inning.
But he is as far as he can go down, three and two is three-two pitch, swung on, cracked foul to the left,
past third base coach Pete Reeser.
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and 430 to straightaway center field.
Ball park, three-two pitch, ball four, he walked in.
Cumberland walks the leadoff man, and Cleo James will be the latter.
Raider goes out to talk to Cumberland.
James has walked and grounded out in his two trips.
Right-hand batter against the left-hand pitching of John Cumberland.
Giants hopefully looking for a double-playground ball in this spot.
Cumberland stretches for the first pitch, a strike called 0-1-1.
Cubs have scored in the third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth inning.
Have a runner on here with nobody out.
The bottom of the ninth, the Giants are in front by two, 10-8.
Line drive foul, look out, ooh, that one skipped over the low fence in right field and shot into the stand.
There aren't many empty places where that ball can land.
Got his 0-2 to James.
Stretched by Cumberland and the 0-2 pitch, low and inside for a ball, one and two.
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One-two pitch, top foul out of play.
Stays at a ball and two strikes.
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John Holland, of course, for the Chicago Cubs.
Pitch fouled away, out of play to the right.
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Two and two count.
Runner at first, take two pitch.
Swung on one hopper to third base.
Gallagher throws the second for one.
Arnold's throw to first is low, but dug out by Goodson on a good backhand catch by Goodson of that ball in the dirt.
And it's a double play.
The Giants get the double play to erase two men.
Paul Popovich, who is 0 for 2, Cumberland one out away from recording the Giants' first win of the season.
Popovich batting right-handed against Cumberland.
All of the switch batters, two down, bases empty.
Cumberland's pitch to Popovich is low for a ball, 1-0.
1-0 count.
1-0 pitch. Popovich pops it up.
Should be it as Goodson moves into foul territory.
Waits, makes the catch, almost drops it, and that is the final out.
So here in the ninth, no runs, no hits, no errors, no one left off.
And the Giants win it by a score of 10-8.
The final total, the Giants, 10 runs on 13 hits and one error.
The Cubs, 8 runs on 14 hits and one error.
The winning pitcher is Don Carrizas, who will be our post-game interview.
And the losing pitcher is the starter, Ferguson Jenkins.