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The California Angels faced the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 1st, 1973 for a spring training game at Dodger Stadium.
California was coming off another average year in 1972, never having been able to win more than 86 games during their first 12 years in the league.
They were managed by Bobby Winkles in his first year with the Angels.
Los Angeles was managed by Walt Alston in his 20th year as skipper of the Dodgers.
This audio recording is from the Angels Radio broadcast featuring announcers Don Drysdale, Dick Engberg, and Dick Nelson.
Back at Dodger Stadium, a very pleasant good afternoon to everybody.
Don Drysdale, Dick Engberg, and Dick Nelson. Today's game the third and rubber game between the California Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It'll be right-hander Nolan Ryan who continues to warm up down in the Angel bullpen. Ryan this spring making his sixth appearance has a record of two wins, three losses.
He's pitched 20 innings, given up 17 hits, 14 runs, 11 earned runs. He's walked 27, struck out 18, and has an earned run average of 4.95.
For the Los Angeles Dodgers, they'll send left-hander Tommy John who has now finished his warm-up tosses and is in the Dodger dugout.
John this spring is making his third appearance, his record 0-1 this spring. The Dodgers now take the field.
He's pitched six innings, given up 10 hits, four runs, four earned runs, three based on balls, two strikeouts, and an earned run average of even six.
We'll have the starting lineups in just a moment. Before that, we'd like to remind you that Ariel Fireworks, along with Nolan Ryan pitching pregame music by the Cavaliers youth band, and the release of 1,000 balloons.
They all add up to the American League opener at Anaheim Stadium on Friday night, April 6.
It's the new angels against the Kansas City Royals, and you'll want to be a part of all the fun.
So make your plans now for opening night at the Big A, Friday, April 6.
Tickets on sale at the Anaheim Stadium box office, which is open daily from 9 to 5.30.
Also at Mutual and Liberty agencies, and at United California banks in Orange Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Now our national anthem.
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First of all, the starting lineup for the visiting California Angels leading off and playing third base will be Bill Grabankiewicz batting second.
And at shortstop will be Bobby Valentine playing center field and hitting third will be Veda Pinson.
Hitting fourth, our pregame guest today and playing left field will be Doug Howard batting fifth.
And at first base, Jim Spencer playing right field and hitting sixth will be Lee Stanton.
Sandy Alomar will hit seventh and he'll play second base batting eighth and doing the catching this afternoon, John Stevenson.
And the starting pitcher for the California Angels, right hander and opening day pitcher, Nolan Ryan.
For the Los Angeles Dodgers leading off and playing second base will be Dave Lopes batting second.
And in left field, Von Joshua playing first base and hitting third will be Billy Buckner batting fourth.
And in center field, the captain Willie Davis playing right field at a big night last night with a home run, a double and a single hitting fifth Willie Crawford.
Batting sixth and the first time that we've seen this man, Ken McMullen playing third base batting seventh.
And during the catching will be Steve Yeager playing shortstop and hitting eighth, Bill Russell and the starting pitcher today for the Los Angeles Dodgers left hander, Tommy John.
As Billy Grabarkiewicz gets ready to stand in, here's Dick Enberg.
Thank you Don, good afternoon everybody. Beautiful sunny day but the wind is going to make it most interesting on all fly balls.
The first pitch of the game is a curve ball low. The left hander, John, from Terre Haute, Indiana.
Last year with the Dodgers, 1-11, lost only five. Working quickly, kicks and here it comes.
Low, 2-0, Steve Yeager behind the plate. The infield for the Dodgers, McMullen, Russell, Lopes and Buckner with Joshua on left, Davis in center, Willie Crawford in right field.
The hills were there. Flowers beyond the center field fence providing a beautiful backdrop to this lovely setting.
The pitch, check swing and it's low, 3-0. Purple flowers on the hillside immediately behind the flags in center field and then off in the distance the rugged peaks and the snow capped mountains.
The pitch, low ball four and on four pitches Grabarkiewicz opens the game with a walk.
And just as though we had many Dodger fans down at Anaheim Stadium for the game's Friday night and Saturday night. So do we have some angel fans here today?
Bobby Valentine batting.258 steps in. Bobby playing shortstop this afternoon.
The wind at the moment, always blowing 20-25 miles an hour toward the right field corner.
It will be very tough for the right-handed hitters to hit the ball with any distance at all the left.
In fact, Joshua now moving in even closer. He's playing pretty shallow left field for a right-handed hitter and a big swirl of dust is raised up behind home plate.
A strike at the knees and Valentine, no way he could have hit that one. That big dust storm moving through the home plate area just as John delivered the ball.
Cyclonic winds in this horseshoe shaped stadium.
Dick, as we were talking in the press room earlier before the game, why this is the windiest day I have ever seen at Dodger Stadium. Never before have I ever seen wind like this.
And again Valentine forced the back out of the batter's box as another swirling wind raises dust up around home plate.
It was a circus during batting practice. The ball hit in the air and they'd start in one field and end in another.
John goes to first base. Krobarkowicz back easily. Johnny Roseborough touching it first and Saldy Parker down a third.
The infielders especially will have to be alert on balls that normally would be routine flies to the outfield.
There goes Krobarkowicz, the curveball inside. Yeager's throw, not in time. Krobarkowicz steals second base.
Grabby with a good jump. The pitch was a curveball inside.
The counterball and a strike to Bobby Valentine.
Krobarkowicz with his second stolen base to the spring.
So the Angels in the first inning with a chance to get in front.
John, flanky left-hander, looks back at second. Here's the pitch. Valentine looks at the ball low, two and one.
John has worked in only two games this spring, official game. Pitch six innings allowed four runs and ten hits.
So based upon that spring performance, John does not appear to be that ready to start the season.
He's six-three, 185 pounds. Grabby with a good lead at second base.
The two-one delivery, low, three balls and a strike. John, a low ball pitcher, his ball sinks well.
He is much like Clyde Wright, however, he won't overpower you with his stuff. He has to hit the corners, pick his spots.
Last year fine ERA, 2.89.
Krobarkowicz away from second base. Bobby Valentine up first inning going up.
Three balls and a strike. John has his sign. The pitch, line foul into the lower deck down the right-field line.
Final score, Boston defeated Detroit today, six to five. Marty Patton getting the win over Joe Nicrow.
The Dodgers go to Arizona for games Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Angels back to Palm Springs tonight.
The pitch, swung on line drive, slight down the right-field line, but it's foul as it lands in the warning track and bounce up into the empty seats.
The crowd, tough to read. The Blakers in left field, almost completely packed.
And most of the general admission seats in the fourth deck high above home plate are full. We would say crowd 15 to 20,000.
Three balls, two strikes. The pitch by John. Valentine takes it in the dirt, ball four.
That is not a good sign when a control pitcher walks the first two men that he faces in a bowl game.
Center fielder Vada Pinson up. Vada with eight hits and 42 advanced this spring.
At Tucson today, the Cleveland Indians shut out San Diego two to nothing.
Steve Dunning getting the win over Clay Kirby. The Indians six hits, the Padres seven, but Cleveland wins it two to nothing.
That's good news for Cleveland fans. Dunning pitches a strong game. Infield looking for two. The pitch, bunted up the third base line, foul.
And Yeager, near the fungo circle on the third base line, picks up the ball.
Brevarkowitz back to second base and Valentine to first.
Tomorrow in Palm Springs, the Angels will experiment with the yellow baseballs as they meet the world champion Oakland A's.
It'll be Clyde Wright on the mound for the Californians. Our broadcast time, 1240 Pacific Standard Time.
Time called, Yeager goes halfway to the mound to talk to Tommy John.
Give you a strange feeling, Don Drysdale, to be sitting in this spot rather than out in that center circle in Dodger Stadium?
Well, it really does, Doug. It's the first time that I've had a chance to broadcast from Dodger Stadium, although I have been up in the press area many times before.
But I have to say that this is kind of an eerie feeling, you might say.
If any memories come to mind, share them with us.
One strike to count on Pinson. Runners at first and second.
And a little pick-off move in this case where Russell, the shortstop, ducks behind Brevarkowitz and then breaks for third.
Then they hope that the runner will take the bait and follow him, and then a second baseman loves breaking to the back sharply, but Brevarkowitz was alert.
No play. One strike pitch. Down low with a curveball, one and one, and Pinson again was going to bunt.
The Angels trying to get a run on the board here in the first inning.
After walks to Brevarkowitz and Valentine. No one out. Doug Howard on deck.
Here's the pitch. Pinson squares and takes it low. The throw by Yeager to second base and back head first goes Brevarkowitz ahead of the tag by Russell.
Dodger Stadium right now, just like the Big A down in Anaheim, they brought in their fences here.
And it's quite noticeable being up here. It looks a little bit smaller.
3.95 now to center field, 3.85 in the alleys, 3.70 behind the right and left fielder. The pitch bunted toward third. John has to play at third and he gets Brevarkowitz.
So they sacrifice the iltas. John makes the play easily. Pinson did not hit the ball toward third base. He bunted it sharply, but John had to move only a couple of steps off the hill to glove it and go on to third to McMullen for the fourth.
Brevarkowitz erased 1-5. Valentine to second base. Pinson at first. One out and here's left fielder Doug Howard batting 2.70.
Ten hits, 37 at bats. Doug Waring number four in his back. In field set for two. John at the belt to pitch. Curve ball, bends at the ease, strike call.
John now 29 years old. 0-1 on the spring. The runner goes. The pitch is inside the throw by Yeagers to second base and they got Pinson halfway. Come up and now Pinson gets in there.
On the double steal, Valentine was running, but Pinson didn't pick it up quickly at all. Valentine had third base stolen so easily that Yeager didn't throw there, but he saw that Pinson was very late breaking from first, so Yeagers throw into second base.
And Lopes covering. The ball bounded to him and he was about 8, 9 feet in back of the bag and Pinson was able to streak in on the blind side. Lopes didn't know he was coming, so a double steal works. Howard is jammed and fouls it on the ground pass for Dodger Dugout.
You've got to say right there that was a very heads up play by the young catcher with the Dodger, Steve Yeager. He saw that he had no chance for Valentine, but he did pick up Pinson very quickly and had Lopes maybe been a little bit more awake on the play, why they would have had Pinson trapped between first and second.
A ball and two strikes now to Howard. The pitch. Kerrball swung on and missed and one of the few times all spring, Howard strikes out and it's a spot where you want him to make contact with a runner at third and only one out. That's only the third time in some 50th bats that Howard has struck out.
The runners hit second and third and Jim Spencer is the batter.
John of course knows the Angels well.
Well with the whites actually won 13 and lost 13 against the Angels, but his ERA was under two again. Kerrball, Luke Fowle out of play.
Back into the lower deck down the left field line.
So two walks and three stolen bases by the Angels here in the first inning.
But nothing to show for it yet. Two outs. Valentine down the line from third, Pinson away from second from the wind up Johns. Fitzkerrball tapped up the first base line. It is a foul ball. Foul ball just missed hitting the cone of the bag.
Gloved by Buckner and he had the easy out had it been ruled fair by first base umpire Don Deckinger.
So back to the plate comes Jim Spencer.
Doug Rowe getting in some work in the Dodger bullpen.
Out in the left field corner.
Two strikes on Spencer. Tom John trying to work out of this first inning. The outfield playing Spencer.
Not straight away. Davis a couple of steps into right center but John was hugging the line and left.
The pitch. Kerr outside. One and two.
John getting a lot of break on that curve. Sometimes when the wind is blowing in as strong as it is it will flatten out the curve.
John getting good action on it. The one two pitch. Inside with a fastball and the count runs even. Two two.
Lee Stanton on deck.
The wind is blowing very briskly. It's kind of shredded the California state flag out in center field.
Curve ball low. It's three and two.
Spencer with a full count. Valentine claps his hands down a third base encouraging Spencer to get a base hit.
Henson ready to roll from second base.
Yeager down to flash out the sign. John picks the ball out of his glove.
Wines the three two pitch. Curve ball line drive center field. Base hit. Valentine scores. Here comes Henson.
Here comes Davis. His throw to the plate. It's cut off. Throw to second base. No throw.
Buckner falls down as he tries to plant himself and fired a second.
And the Angels lead two nothing on a line single to center by Jim Spencer.
Number 36. Right fielder. Spencer with his fifth and sixth RBI's of the spring.
Valentine scoring from third. Henson from second base. Davis' throw would not have been in time to get Henson so
Buckner tried to cut it off but if he did so and tried to plant himself his feet slipped out from beneath him.
Stanton fouls it back on the ground.
Spencer with a throw coming to the plate. Advancing to second. I believe Buckner would have gotten him had he been able to
keep his feet but when he fell to the ground he had to just eat the ball.
So Spencer at second base. Two outs. Two nothing Angels. John with a count one strike. Stanton looks at way outside. One and one.
You get the feeling with the wind conditions we're going to have a high scoring ball game today.
We haven't had that first high pop up yet and I think all the infielders hoping they won't be the first one.
There's that change upstairs two and one. When you talk about wind conditions you just can't overlook Wrigley Field in Chicago.
When that wind blows in or when it blows out it is just unbelievable what that wind can do with a ball.
Another place. Candlestick. Two one pitch. Outside three and one. And it has to bother the control of the pitcher too.
It's very hard on a pitcher and of course Tommy John here this afternoon has not thrown that much this spring.
As Jim Brewer John had surgery on his elbow also so he's been testing that out too.
The three one delivery. Swung on and missed. A big cut by Stanton.
Boy the pitchers have to love it when you take a big swing today.
Because the odds on throwing hitting a home run are very slim. If it happens it would happen to right field where you would get a little boost with the wind.
But the left field I don't think King Kong could hit one out today.
Foul back by Stanton. Three and two the pitch.
Here's the case right here with a left handed pitcher and the wind blowing so hard from the left field in towards the first base side.
Left handed pitcher right handed hitter just throw that change up up there and let them take their best shot to left field.
Because like you say I don't believe they're going to hit it out of here.
Three and two. Spencer at second. The pitch to Stanton. Low ball four.
And that's the third walk given up by John in this first inning.
First and second occupied. Two outs and the hitter Sandy Alomar batting right handed against the left handed John.
Alomar hitting three forty four this spring as the eleven base hits.
Spencer with a two run single out at second base. Stanton leads away from first.
The infield back. The outfield. Just medium depth for Sandy.
Here's the pitch. Curve hit the outside corner. Strike called Alomar.
Tommy John checks the runners and here's the pitch. Alomar swings and taps it foul.
Trickles toward the Dodger dugout and rolls on into the home with the Dodgers.
When you were here at the Dodger Don and were not well as a starting pitcher did you ever go in the bullpen during the course of an off day.
Oh I used to go down there and sit and talk with them. You got to keep those guys happy you know.
They're your buddies. That's right. Outside one and two.
Well then when you weren't in the bullpen did you have a particular spot on the dugout where you sat.
Was there a place that was kind of you know acknowledges your spot or do you move around.
Well we'd move around quite a bit. Sometimes you'd be setting up by the by the where the bats are towards the home plate side of the dugout.
Fouled again by Alomar one and two.
And of course other times while Wal Olson we always carried two trainers with with the ballclub.
Wayne Anderson was more or less in charge of all the pitchers working on their arms.
And Walt in bad weather in Candlestick Park in particular he would never have you go out.
He said no need to come out here and sit around in the wind.
But we'd go back in the clubhouse and Wayne had to work on our arms.
One to pitch outside with a breaking ball two and two.
So you go down in the bullpen now and they just kind of make rub their necks a little bit those relief pitchers.
Oh yeah especially the night before you pitch.
Want to make sure that they all get a good night's sleep and feel good tomorrow.
Two balls two strikes two outs two on the pitch outside with a fastball and three balls two strikes.
The runners will be going.
John Stevenson would be next as Tommy John having a rough first inning.
Nolan Ryan this is not good for him either.
It's been a long time since he threw his last warm up pitch.
He's had to sit down in that cold dugout for a matter now of almost 30 minutes since he finished warming up.
John checks the runners and turns but no throw to second base.
Spencer back at second. Stanton ready to roll from first base.
Alomar waiting full count.
Here's the pitch swung on a fly ball to right field.
That goes the right field.
Crawford still going back and he makes the catch and the wind took care of that one.
Alomar hit it all the way to the warning track in right field.
So if that's an indication the ball will carry very well to right but not a lick toward left field.
So the angels are out in the first inning.
They get two runs on one hit.
No errors and two men left.
They stole three bases in the first inning.
And after a half inning the angels too the Dodgers are coming to bat.
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Right hander Nolan Ryan the angel starting pitcher when the California club opens the 1973 season Friday night at Anaheim Stadium.
Ryan gets to go today on this windy Sunday at Dodger Stadium.
Dave Lopes, Von Joshua and Bill Buckner we would guess that the program sales will be very good here at Dodger Stadium for the first few weeks of the season because there are so many new names.
Many of the familiar Dodger stars have left in the course of just one year by trade by retirement.
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Ryan facing Lopes hitting 273.
The pitch fastball high ball one.
I have a feeling that Ryan may rely more on his fastball today.
He told us that he was concerned that the curve ball would flatten out in this win.
The pitch to the right handed hitter all the way to the screen to a.
The John walk three men in the first inning and Ryan begins by throwing two pitches far out of the strike zone.
Brian on the spring.
This is his sixth game.
He's pitched 21 innings allowed nine runs and 19 hits.
He's walked nine was cut down that walk ratio.
He struck out 15.
That also is down from last year.
The pitch high and inside three and oh and Lopes comes bounding out of the batter's by three and oh and Ryan hasn't come close to throwing a strike yet.
Except his target from John Stevenson.
Here's the pitch high ball for John walk the leadoff man.
Robocos on four pitches so does Nolan leadoff hitter Davy Lopes.
Here's on Joshua having a good spring hitting 318.
It's not 10 10 runs.
Doctors in their home wide uniforms with blue numerals blue helmets blue socks and a red numeral on the front of the shirt.
Angels on their road grades.
Ryan rubbing up a new baseball John Stevenson changing catcher's mittens.
He's walked down toward the angel dugout in the way he's most needed.
Might be that that's what I want he says and then he pointed it to say go back in the clubhouse for my other glove.
Stevenson back to home plate.
Ryan has walked Dave Lopes who is an outstanding runner.
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Robocos in on the grass at third base.
Alomar and Valentine looking for two up the middle of the pitch curve high.
That's five in a row missed by Nolan Ryan.
Bill Buckner on deck.
The pitch there's a strike fastball letter high outside corner one and one to Von Joshua.
I feel playing him around toward left.
The daughter first and Lopes is back.
Ryan with a quick throw they're hoping to catch Lopes walking away from the bag with his head down.
Get those feet crossed.
Here it comes.
Strike two called fastball letter high.
Ryan has been high on all of his pitches but able to get those last two down across the letters for called strikes one into the count.
Angels giving Joshua all of the right field corner.
Stanton playing well well off the line.
Throw to first and back is Lopes.
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Overall the Angels have won nine times the Dodgers six.
Ryan with a count of all and two strikes.
Joshua takes his time plants himself in the batter's box.
He said so is Ryan the pitch swung on Luke foul out of play that went back into the second deck behind the Dodger dugout.
As dugouts go down in the National League was there one that the players will dislike most.
I would have to say it was a one an old Connie Max Stadium because you walk down into the dugout but the roof was not very high and you had to always duck to get down in there.
The pitch curveball tapped a third.
Grabakowitz has it on one hop to throw to first and plenty of time and that's the first out brings up first baseman Bill Buckner Lopes advancing to second place based on the play.
Buckner hitting 235.
Connie Max Stadium you had to kind of get the door back just to get into the hole.
Well you had to really bend over as you walk down the two stairs going into the dugout.
Number one it was cement and sometimes your spikes would slip but then you'd sit there and you get kind of excited something had happened.
You'd go to jump up and there was many guys that cracked their head on that dugout.
I suppose this is about as big and as comfortable as any in the National League or at least when it was built.
That was the case.
Buckner squares around the pitchers all the way to the screen.
Lopes takes third.
Stevenson coming all the way back to the screen and you have to go a long distance to get a ball that's by you.
So Lopes on the wild pitch is at third.
So both pitchers were their troubles in the first inning.
John giving up two runs on men that he had walked and now a walk, a ground out and a wild pitch and Lopes in position to score with only one out.
One ball account on Bill Buckner.
The Mets and Yankees in overtime today.
They're tied at three after nine innings.
Drive into right center field.
Hit well.
Back goes Pinson still going back.
He reaches up and makes the catch.
Bagging a third is Lopes.
He scores but what a play by Pinson.
Considering the win, that is a marvelous effort.
Well the other day when we had Veda on the warm up show, I asked him what position that he preferred.
He said, well I've got to really tell you.
He said I broke in as a center fielder and he says that's the one that I like.
And right there I'll tell you it was one of the fine catches you'll want to see.
Ex efficient game or regular season anywhere.
And you had to wonder what the wind was going to do to the ball.
Curve ball upstairs to Willie Davis and it just kept carrying and Pinson breaking at the crack of the bat.
Sprinting to the three ninety five sign and on the dead run reaching up over his head to glove it.
The one oh pitch to Davis.
Curve on the inside edge one and one.
So the left handed hitters or at least balls hit to center field and right field carrying much better than you would anticipate.
We have not seen one hit toward left as yet.
The pitch high fly ball to left center field.
That goes Pinson again.
He's under it now.
Makes the catch.
You can see the wind kill that drive.
The Dodgers get a run without a hit.
No one left and after one inning the Angels two.
The Dodgers one.
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From Dodger Stadium on a windy Sunday.
The scores the Angels two.
The Dodgers one as we go to the top of the second inning.
And the wind is expected to continue I guess tomorrow so down in Angel Stadium in Palm Springs where we have no protection it's going to be interesting.
In fact, Dick Nelson is not going to sleep tonight.
Don he is just show what kind of a great guy he is as producer engineer.
He is going to chip score books out of stones so that we won't have to chase our jeeps around tomorrow.
I'll tell you I'm going to go out in the desert and look for some rocks that will fit in my pocket.
I think it's like it is here in Palm Springs. We're in for trouble.
You hear the story about the guy at Sky Harbor Airport down in Phoenix.
They've they found him out on one of the runways stark naked running around trying to fly the pitch to Stevenson is inside.
I'm not kidding you. They found him out there and they didn't even arrest him for indecent exposure.
Some violation the anti flying rule.
The pitch by John Stevenson checks in it's low to know.
Sounds like an old pitcher or a broadcaster.
Listen we might be flying if we've got that wind catches our clothes just right tomorrow.
Inside three and out of the catcher John Stevenson and John kind of stares up at the sky.
I have to say I can't quite get my readings in this wind.
Tommy John into the wind up the pitch.
He catches the inside corner three and one.
Chris Pellicota is a very deliberate umpire.
He takes a good look at it and a little pause and he signals straight.
The pitch that's inside and Stevenson leads off the second inning with a walk.
That's the third walk from fourth walk now from Tommy John.
Let's pause for station identification from Dodger Stadium.
This is the Angels radio network.
You're listening to KXTC 92.3 Glendale Phoenix Arizona.
Transmitting from the tower with the power top the hotel Westward Ho in the heart of downtown Phoenix.
Pitcher Nolan Ryan out the Dodger infield looking for the sacrifice.
Ryan is one for two this spring.
He squares and takes it on the corner strike called.
Buckner charging from first and Ken McMullen from third.
Now what Billy Buckner now every time the Dodgers will have the first baseman go over and tell their pitcher.
He'll tell them that I'm going to go all the way so don't look too long.
This time apparently told him that I give it a little look there.
I'm going to bluff coming in and they will get Stevenson wandering too far away.
That's exactly right.
They'll always let the pitcher know whether they're coming or whether they're going to bluff and go back.
So you can work your move accordingly.
John looks at Stevenson Ryan squares.
Bunch it foul up over the head of umpire Chris Pellicota.
Final score Minnesota defeated Houston in Houston three to two today.
Bill Hands getting the win for the twins against Don Wilson.
So hands acquired from the Chicago Cubs goes the distance apparently he's pitched well this spring and that's one of the reasons why they let Jim Perry go to Detroit.
Ryan scoring and takes strike three called a big rainbow curve and Nolan fooled on the pitch.
He was going to bunt but take strike three this second strike out for Tommy John.
Here's leadoff hitter Bill Grabakowicz.
He walked and was forced in the first inning.
The angels two runs on one hit.
They've had four walks from John.
Dodgers one run no hits as the man that Ryan walked eventually scored.
There's a line drive backhand by Lovesey throws the first double play.
You can see the wind curl that line drive right back to the second baseman.
It started up the middle but as Lovesey broke to his right the wind hated the flight right to the leather.
He made a fine backhanded catch and then the off balance lob back to first base and Stevenson halfway between first and second could not get back.
So Grabakowicz lines into a four three double play and that's the second inning for the angels.
No runs no hits and no left and after one and a half the angels two the Dodgers one.
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Wully Crawford the batter.
The Dodgers up bottom of the second inning.
Crawford with three hits last night.
The pitch by Ryan.
Curve high ball one.
Crawford with a shot at the Fresco Thompson Award for the most valuable player in the series.
That's still up for grabs.
You'd have to figure with both the starting pitchers today giving up a run already that Al Downing has all but won the Lefty Phillips Award as the best pitcher in the series with his perfect seven in the third innings last night before the Angels finally got a run.
Another breaking ball that's high and outside.
Ryan unable to get his pitches down.
The 2-0 pitch to Crawford.
High again.
Three and 0.
A fast ball.
Ken McMullin on deck and then Steve Yeager to bat for the Dodgers in the second inning.
Could have won Angels lead.
Ryan's 3-0 pitch.
There's the strike.
Burrows that one over the inside edge.
Crawford checks with third base coach Tommy Lasorda to see if he's swinging three and one.
Jim Gilliam down at first base for Los Angeles.
The pitch.
Strike.
Fast ball.
Whipped that one over the outside corner.
I feel playing Crawford toward left center.
The wind and the 3-2 pitch.
Line foul out of play.
Slicing back into the lower deck down in the left field corner.
But just as that pitch was delivered, a gust of wind hits the right side of the infield
and little Sandy Alomar was moved about 10 feet to his left.
Sandy trying to grab for his hat and keep his feet on the ground.
He was being moved.
Three and through the count.
Ryan's pitch.
Just missed inside and Crawford walks.
Now the record is intact.
The four men that have led off an inning thus far have all been walked.
Ken McMullen batting 241 this spring.
Seven hits and 29 at bats.
Bothered by a bad back.
He's been used only as a pinch hitter in this series but starts today.
Strong right-handed hitter.
The pitch by Ryan.
Upstairs but the strike.
A fellow could have said that when he caught the letters.
Just watching and listening to what Doug Howard said about Ken Berry helping him.
Ken down in the angel dugout now moving him a little bit to the left.
Curve foul back.
And doing some more now and Howard moving a couple more steps to his left.
I think the right fielder is going to be surprised at how the ball is carrying.
Stanton is playing quite shallow in right.
Fence in fairly shallow in right center.
Crawford leads from first.
The pitch inside with a fastball.
Pops out of the glove of John Stevenson.
Lots of paper with all the wind.
Paper rolling around the corners of Dodger Stadium.
And now a peanut wrapper floating by Ken McMullen on its way to the backstop screen.
Crawford from first.
The one-two pitch.
Swung on and missed the fastball.
Gets McMullen.
First strikeout for Ryan.
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Steve Yeager batting 192.
Right-handed hitting catcher.
Uses an open stance.
Where's number seven on the back of his Dodger whites.
Foul.
This one out of play.
That one up into the upper deck.
But for the wind, it is a beautiful day.
The temperature around 60, but for those fans not in the sun, it's a cool 60 degrees.
And those on the third base side, with the exception of a few rows of the box seats down beyond the Dodger dugout,
got to be a bit chilly.
You see a lot of sweaters and coats.
The ball high, one and one.
Those on the first base side enjoying the afternoon sun.
Wind continuing to just starch the two flags out in straightaway center field.
One-one pitch by Ryan.
Curve is popped up.
This could be trouble.
High into shallow center.
Out goes Valentine.
In comes Pinson, and it's Alomar who finally makes the catch between them.
15 feet on the grass out behind second base.
You can see all of the players are alert.
Any ball hit in the air, they're all converging.
You never know which one's going to get it.
Two outs.
Bill Russell, who has an eight-game hitting streak, steps in.
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Crawford goes.
The pitch is lined to right field.
Stanton at the line makes the catch about three feet in fair territory.
So Stanton playing perfectly for Russell, shallow and toward the line,
and the wind blowing it in that direction anyway.
Russell with a soft line out to right field.
No runs, no hits.
One left for the Dodgers.
Two innings complete.
Angels two, Dodgers one.
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Bobby Valentine has started the third inning,
and it's our pleasure to call in for the play-by-play,
the man who has won more games than any Dodger in history, Bigby himself, Don Drysdale.
Well, thank you very much, Dick.
Bobby Valentine will lead it off for the Angels.
He'll be followed by Veda Pinson and then Doug Howard in that order.
The top of the third, two-to-one Angels.
Tommy John having kind of a rocky start.
He walked three men in the first inning as the Angels scored twice.
Jim Spencer lining a single to center field, driving in the two runs.
John goes to the lineup, the left-hander's first pitch.
Line drive, right center field, base hit.
Willie Davis on over to the hole.
Valentine around first, and he'll have to hole there as Davis gets the ball back in a hurry.
So Valentine, as we've noticed, has been hitting that ball to the opposite field,
and it could very well be an indication that Bobby knows that he's been in kind of a slump.
And right now they say when you're in a slump,
that a lot of hitters will try and hit the ball back through the middle
or hit it to the opposite field, and Bobby's been doing that this whole series.
Veda Pinson now bunts up the third baseline, a good one.
Ken McMullen can't get the handle.
Valentine around second, he'll stay right there.
So the strong point of Ken McMullen,
barehanding that ball down the third baseline, this time cannot find the handle.
That'll be a base hit for Pinson.
Kind of dirty pool in a way.
The Angels know that McMullen has a bad back, and they're going to see how bad it was,
and he really just couldn't bend down that low.
Mack swooping in with that barehanded pick-up.
He just couldn't get down to the grass tops, and Pinson gets the base hit.
Again, McMullen now doing a couple exercises over at third base.
In field and double play depth as Doug Howard stands in.
John's first pitch is a ground ball wide to McMullen.
Russell over to the hole. He goes to Lopes for one.
Back to first double play, and the dirt.
The backhander knocks it down, but keeps it in play, and Valentine cannot advance.
Doug Howard on a fielder's choice.
Pinson out, 6-4.
And the Angels now have runners at the corner with one out,
and the hitter will be Jim Spencer.
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The first pitch to Spencer is a called strike on the inside corner.
Dodger in field and double play depth, hoping for a ground ball here,
double play to get out of the inning.
The next pitch is bunded up the first baseline. Buckner picks it up foul.
Not a bad play right there.
Oh, Valentine will go back to third, back to first, Doug Howard,
and the count, 0-2 now to Spencer.
The infield straight away, the outfield the same, Joshua,
slightly over towards the line and left.
Tommy John way out in front of Spencer now.
0-2, John to the stretch, checks the runners.
The next pitch called strike three, fastball over the outside corner, got him looking.
Strike out number three for John, and it will bring up the right fielder, Lee Stanton.
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The first pitch to Stanton is a called strike.
In 230 innings against the Angels, his earned run average was 1.96,
but his overall record was 13-13. There's a breaking pitch swung on and missed strike two.
Well, 1.96 in 13-13. There was a little lean in those years, I think, with the White Sox in Cleveland.
John to the stretch, checks the runners at two strike pits just outside ball one.
One ball, two strikes now to Lee Stanton.
Valentine at third, Howard at first, two-to-one Angels were in the top of the third.
John wipes off a sign. Here's the one-two pitch, curveball, check swing, got him swinging, dropped by Yeager.
He picks it up and touches Stanton, and that'll do it.
But Angels in the third, in the inning, they get no runs.
On two hits, there were no errors in two left, and the score after two and a half, it's the Angels two and the Dodgers one.
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We go to the Dodger third, and it'll be the pitcher Tommy John will lead it off. He'll be followed by the leadoff hitter Dave Lopes and then the left fielder Von Joshua.
A lot of that crushed brick dust around, blowing around here at Dodger Stadium today. We can notice it even way up here in the booth.
The Giants first pitch to John's a fastball called strike. John throws from the left side, hits from the right side.
The one strike pitch is a little looper hit in the right field, going to drop for a base hit.
And Senn goes back to Spencer at first base, but Spencer did not get back to the bag in time. Had he done that, they very well could have had a play on Tommy John at first base.
That's the first hit given up by Nolan Ryan.
I can remember in Ebbets Field many times, Carl Ferullo doing just that same thing, that short right field porch there in Ebbets Field.
And of course, Carl had the great arm, and he'd charge a ball and pick that thing up and fire it to Hodges at first base.
And I'll tell you, that was awfully embarrassing for a runner going down that line. Get a base hit to right field, and all of a sudden you look up and you're thrown out.
We'll go to the leadoff hitter, Dave Lopes, who walked and scored the Dodgers' only run. The first pitches knocked him down, ball one.
Charlie Dressen used to say, high neck in.
Spencer not holding John at first. Here's the 1-0 pitch. Curveball drops in and over. Strike one, called.
Angel infield and double play depth. Grabarca, which is third up in front of the bag in the cut of the grass.
The 1-1 pitch, curveball outside, ball two.
Two runs, three hits, no errors for the Angels. One run on one hit, no errors for the Dodgers. We're in the last of the third.
The next pitch, a curveball up over his head, and he falls out of the way to count three and one.
Just sitting here in between innings watching Nolan Ryan warm up. He took his eight pitches to throw. He threw one curveball and didn't throw it very well.
Now he's throwing three curveballs, one a strike, two a ball. The next pitch, fastball, called strike.
I think that's probably one of the most, well, one of the biggest faults you would see of major league pitchers.
They don't give you those eight pitches out there in between innings. You should go out there and take advantage of all eight pitches because you've got to get yourself back in that groove again.
A groove is repetition, and just to throw it for no reason at all doesn't make too much sense.
Three-two pitch, up high, ball four. And Lopes draws a base on balls.
Second time Lopes has walked. That's the third base on balls given up by Ryan.
You can see Nolan on that pitch rear back and really try to get a little extra on the fastball.
And what he did, he overthrew it and threw it high. And that again, such a common fault, and not just with Ryan, but any pitcher you try to throw a little too much and you don't succeed at all.
Fond Joshua now, they hit her. Spencer up at first, Gaparkowicz at third. Joshua not funning. The fastball taken up high for ball one.
Now Joshua steps out, looks down at his third base coach, Tommy Lasorda. Tommy flashing some signs. Lopes at first, John at second. No outs.
Here's the one-oh pitch, fastball. That's a called strike, and the count evened up now to ball and a strike.
Angel infield, double play depth. Gaparkowicz, Spencer up at the corner. Outfield swung to the left.
Now around the bun and pops in the air. Gaparkowicz makes the catch, and everybody gets back as Jim Spencer just drops to his back, trying to get out of the way in case of a possible play at first.
Now there was a play right there, and once again we've talked about instinct, a high pop-up. John standing on the bag at second base. Gaparkowicz lets that ball drop.
All he's got to do is throw to Valentine at second, who can touch John, tag the bag, and you got a double play. First pitch to Billy Buckner, the fastball up high, ball one.
John at second, lopes at first. Nolan to the stretch, and the next pitch, curveball, taking up high for ball two.
Buckner hit the ball right on the nose his first time at bat, and Veda Pinson made a great catch going away right at the 395 marker in center field.
Ryan to the stretch, the 2-0 pitch, breaking pitch outside, ball three. Well Ryan having trouble with his curveball.
Nolan checks signs with Stevenson, here's the 3-0 pitch, fastball, high ball four, and Buckner has a base on balls, Lopes will go to second, John will go to third, and Willie Davis will be the hitter.
The fourth base on balls given up by Nolan Ryan. Well if you're looking for the double play right now, it's going to be tough.
That's the only way here when you stop and look at it, a line drive at somebody somewhere where they can double up somebody on the face or a one hopper back to Ryan.
Ryan rocks, here's the first pitch to Davis, swung on and missed, strike one, foul tipped and held by Stevenson.
Willie going all the way around, Tom Lasorda clapping his hands, yelling encouragement to Davis. John at third, Lopes at second, Buckner at first, the base is loaded.
Two to one, Angels are the last of the third, one out. Ryan checks signs with Stevenson, now nods his head yes, takes a little too much time and Davis steps out.
The Angels up on the front step, pitching coach Tom Morgan standing alongside Tom Berry, manager Bobby Winkle is playing around with the dirt a little bit.
Coach Sallie Parker standing there. Ryan Wides, here's the one strike pitch, ground ball, hit to the shortstop, Valentine, Hallimoth the one to set the double play.
Willie Davis hits into a fast double play and it had to be fast with his speed to end the inning for the Dodgers in the third.
End the inning, no runs on one hit, there were no errors and two left and a score after three complete, it's the Angels two and the Dodgers one.
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Back here at Dodger Stadium on a bright, sunshiny afternoon, a very windy afternoon, the Angels lead it two to one.
They come to bat in the fourth, and it'll be the middleman of that inning-ending double play.
Sandy Elomar will lead it off. He'll be followed by the eighth place hitter, Stevenson, and the pitcher, Ryan.
Tommy John, starting his fourth inning of work. Tommy's settling down now, getting a little more consistent as the innings roll along.
Elomar, his first time at bat, sent Willie Crawford deep to the warning track right in front of the Angel bullpen to haul down his drive with a couple men on.
John now taking a little extra time, a few extra warm-up tosses. He's out on the base paths in that last inning, and the umpires in spring training will usually let you do that.
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Sandy Elomar hitting 344, the first pitch by John is fouled away, strike one.
Elomar, with 11 hits and 32 times at bat, has six RBIs this spring.
Here's the one-strike pitch that leans him out of there, and the cat now ball and a strike.
On deck, Johnny Stevenson. John rocks the next pitch as a screwball outside, ball two.
You'll find that a lot of the Dodgers on this staff, after Jim Brewer came up with that screwball, a lot of the Dodger pitchers now throw it.
Osteen throws it, John throws it, Downing throws it. There's a high fly ball curling back to the right over the Angel dugout.
It'll go back and out of play about five rows. Don Sutton will even throw it.
I'm not too sure whether any of them have had the success with it that Jim Brewer has, but if they get half of the success, why, they've got a pretty good pitch going for them.
Because Brewer's got a great one.
John Wines, a 2-2 pitch, line drive, left field, base hit on one hop.
Von Joshua gets it back in to Bill Russell, and the Angels have something going again.
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John, working from a stretch now, the first pitch to Stevenson, started to go, checks takes outside for ball one.
The wind really blowing in from left field.
John to the stretch, goes over to first, a little easy lob toss, and Alomar back.
John to the stretch, and next pitch, line drive, right at Buckner, almost knocks him down, he goes to the bag for the force of Alomar.
They double him up.
Stevenson hit that ball right on the nose. It staggered Buckner at first base.
He right at himself, went back a couple steps, stepped on the bag, did double up Alomar, and very quickly, two men away for the Angels here in the fourth.
That's two line drive double plays the Angels have hit into in the first fournints of this game, and perhaps a sign of their hitting luck.
They hit the ball pretty well last night and couldn't find the open spot.
Nolan Ryan now will stand in. He was caught looking his first time at bat. He takes a curve ball a little high for ball one.
The next pitch is inside, Nolan getting out of the way of that pitch, out around his knees to count two and oh.
On deck the leadoff hitter, Bill Grabarkowicz.
Ryan swings it a fastball and misses, strike one.
The count now, two balls and a strike.
John Wines at two one pitch, ground ball tapped up to third base side, foul, Sauli Parker.
Goes over, he'll just flip it back out to John, and the count evened up at two and two.
Ryan was one for two this spring, they won for three at this time at bat.
The two two pitch got him looking, called strike three with a fastball.
So the second time Ryan has been caught looking, had to retire as the Angels in the fourth.
They get no runs on a hit, nobody left on base, and the score after three and a half, it's the Angels two and the Dodgers one.
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Willie Crawford will lead it off for the Dodgers in their half of the fourth.
He'll be followed by Ken McMullen and then the catcher Steve Yeager.
Crawford his first time at bat drew a base on balls.
Willie having a fine spring hitting.351.
Ryan Wines the first pitch of fastball swung on and missed strike one.
Good fastball by Ryan.
And he got it right in where you have to get that ball on Crawford.
Up and in.
Crawford, one of the three Dodgers competing in that spring championship batting race.
Hitting.351, Lacey.352, Ferguson.367.
The next pitch is a change up outside ball one. The count evened up at one and one.
Donnie Quiz up on the board. Did any pitcher ever hurl a no hit no run game on opening day?
Next pitch is bowled on the right side. The count now one and two. Gee, I don't know about that.
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The next pitcher Crawford is lined on the left field side and will go back and out of play.
Could have been Mr. Feller.
I think Bob Feller did it around 1939, 40, 41 in there someplace.
I think it was the Yankees that he no hit.
Ryan Wyens, here's the one two pitch to Crawford at curveball and Willie kicking that left leg back out of the way.
Keeping out of the way of that breaking pitch. He kept breaking in on him.
The count evened to Crawford at two balls and two strikes. Ryan's two two pitch high and away, ball three.
Crawford takes the count full again, three balls and two strikes.
Ryan checks signs with Stevenson, Wyens, here's the three two pitch.
High pop to the left side, back Grabarowicz and Valentine.
Grabarowicz calling, right on the line, staggering backwards and makes the catch.
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One out here in the Dodger fourth and Ken McMullen will stand in.
The first pitch of curveball drops in and over, strike one call.
Ryan rocks, here's the one strike pitch, another curveball called strike two.
So far the most consistent inning that no one has pitched.
Ryan Wyens, here's the two strike pitch, curveball up high, ball one.
One ball and two strikes. On deck the Dodger catcher, Steve Yeager.
Ryan's one two pitch, fastball high and away, flag down by Johnny Stevenson.
The count evened up now, two and two.
Here's the two two pitch, McMullen started to go held up and now after going on two, Ryan is three and two.
One out, nobody on. The Angels lead it two to one, we're in the last of the fourth.
Here's Ryan's three two pitch, curveball, got him swinging, strike three.
McMullen tried to hold up but he went around, says home plate umpire Chris Felikoudis.
That's the second time McMullen has struck out and the only two strikeouts for Nolan Ryan.
Two gone and Steve Yeager will be the hitter.
Yeager this spring hitting 192, five hits and 26 times at bat.
Ryan Wyens and the right handers first pitch is fouled to the right side, back up in the blue level.
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All in one to Yeager. Ryan Wyens, here's the one strike pitch, curveball taking up high.
The count of ball and a strike, Grabarcovich at third base is about 15 feet off the line and almost to the outfield grass.
The first pitch is a breaking pitch up high for ball two.
The outfield around to the right.
Ryan's two one pitch, curveball taking up high, ball three.
Nolan checks sides with Stevenson, here's the three one pitch, fastball swung on and missed, strike two.
Fastball by Ryan, Yeager had a rip.
On deck the Dodger shortstop, Bill Russell.
The rubber game of the three game series, the freeway series, each team with a victory of feast.
The next pitch is popped in the infield, Valentine calling behind the mound, right there makes the catch for out number three.
Retires the Dodgers three up three down, the first time they've been retired in order.
No runs, no hits, no errors, nobody left and a score after four complete it's the Angels two and the Dodgers one.
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We go along now to the top of the fifth with the Angels leading it two to one.
Billy Grabackiewicz will lead it off for the Angels and for here with the action, Wickenburg.
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It was Bob Feller who did throw a no hit, no run game on opening day 1940.
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Bill Grabackiewicz has walked and lined into one of two double plays.
The Angels have been victimized hitting the ball right on the nose into double plays.
They've had some base traffic in every inning, scoring two times in the first inning on walks to Grabackiewicz and Valentine, a fielder's choice and a two run single by Jim Spencer.
The pitch by John, Grabackiewicz takes the screwball outside ball one.
The Dodgers came back to score their end in the bottom of the first inning without the aid of a base hit, a walk, a ground out, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.
That's a drive into right center field racing towards right is Crawford and he can't handle the ball.
Grabackiewicz around first, he's going to second, here's the throw, it is not in time.
And again Dave Loeb's a little indecisive about getting the ball and going to the bag.
That's twice as, that's happened today that Loeb just had the ball off the bag but in time to tag the base runner had he gone to the bag.
But he's caught the ball and seems surprised that the runner was trying to advance and in that hesitation period lost the chance to get the out.
It is ruled a double all the way, Crawford racing over and in left his feet and as he got his glove on the ball he landed on the turf and it rolled away from his grasp.
And Grabackiewicz with a play in front of him on the gamble made it to second base a double.
Here's Bobby Valentine, a walk and a single, he bunts off home plate foul, Jaeger gloves it about ten feet behind the plate.
So Grabackiewicz hits the ball hard twice, opens this fifth inning with a double, the Angels leading 2-1.
That's five hits for the Angels, the Dodgers have only one, a looping single to right by the pitcher Tommy John of Nolan Ryan.
Grabby leads from second, John checks him and the pitch, tap foul at the plate by Valentine.
Two strikes to count, Veda Pinson on deck, Pinson has made an outstanding defensive play to Rob Billy Buckner of extra bases sprinting straight back to straight away center field and reaching high over his head to glove a drive off Buckner's bat in the first inning.
On that play Loeb scored the only dodge to run.
John sets ahead on the count, two strikes, looks back at second and the pitch, curveball hangs high and away.
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Here's the pitch, swung on, a fly ball hit pretty well to right field, Crawford backpedaling, he's under it, Grabackiewicz tags, the catch is made.
Grabackiewicz on his way to third, the throw won't get there in time although it was a strong accurate throw, one hop right to McMullen.
Grabackiewicz able to advance.
The Angels again with a man at third and one out.
They had it set up that way in the third inning, first and third with one out but John struck out Spencer and Stanton.
Now Grabackiewicz with excellent speed at third base, Aldi Parker talking to him as Veda Pinson steps in the better spots and the Dodger infield draws in.
McMullen, Russell, Lopes and Buckner will try to cut off the run at the plate.
The pitch, swung on a ground ball foul passed Buckner and of course with that infield drawn in, if you hit the ball hard at all, you've got a good chance for a base hit unless it's aimed right at one of the opposing infielders.
The outfield plays Pinson straight away in medium depth.
Two to one Angels, Angels trying to add to that lead.
Big story today as it's been an errorless game.
Some fine defensive play.
Grabackiewicz leads, here's the pitch, swung on and foul back to us out of play.
So John jumps in front of Pinson, two strikes.
On deck is Doug Howard.
Grabackiewicz at third base now with three hits in the series.
Couple of walks, the pitch outside the third base, they get him.
Grabackiewicz has picked off third base on a snap throw by catcher Steve Yeager.
They had Grabackiewicz too far off the bag and a perfect throw by Yeager and McMullen had the ball waiting for the head first line of Grabackiewicz.
So the Angels lose the scoring chance again.
Curve ball inside, two and two.
Boy that Yeager shot the ball down to McMullen.
I don't know if that was a play that they had worked out but McMullen playing in got over to the bag, perfect timing.
Outside, three and two now to Pinson.
Flying by John is three-two delivery, swung on, bounce to the right side. There's Buckner to underhand the ball on to John in time for the out and the Angels are denied in the fifth inning.
No runs, a hit, no one left and at the halfway mark in this one, four and a half innings in the book.
It's the Angels two, the Dodgers one.
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Bottom of the fifth inning at Dodgers Stadium, Nolan Ryan warming up.
He's allowed one hit through the first four innings, but he's walked four, struck out two.
He'll face Bill Russell, Tommy John and Dave Lopes. Neither both in busy at the moment.
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Bill Russell looped a line drive to right, caught by Stanton his only time up.
Russell, the lanky, right-handed batter. Excellent speed.
Grabakowicz bags high at third. Spencer backs off at first base. The outfield playing around toward right.
Ryan delivers. Fastball bounced to the left side. Grabakowicz in front of Valentine. Quick throw in time.
Nice play by Grabby. He was at least half of the way between third and second when he gloved the ball at the edge of the grass.
And then side wheeled his throw over to Spencer in time for the first out.
Tommy John, the only doctor with a base hit as he just punched one in front of Lee Stanton in right field.
Stanton flanged drastically over toward the line. And that's right where John hit it before.
Doug Howard way off the line in left field. Now Pinson moving from center into right center and shallow.
Pitched by Ryan. High and away with a fastball. Davy Lopes on deck.
Ryan works as fast as any pitcher in the league. He's waiting for John to get back in the box and here it comes.
High again with a fastball but a delayed called strike by Pellicutis. One and one.
The pitch. High. Two and one.
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A two one angel lead. It's 1973 freeway series in the balance.
Strike outside edge. Ryan with four consecutive fastballs.
The whole aerodynamics created by the strong wind and the circular stadium.
A ground ball to the right side handled by Spencer. He throws to Ryan for the out. Two away.
Three one on the put out of Tommy. John brings up Dave Lopes.
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Lopes, little right handed batter, has walked toward the Dodger run in the first inning. Walked again in the third.
Pitch by Ryan. Curve ball. A beauty.
Sharp breaking curve that caught the outside edge.
Drabachowicz, Valentine, Alomar and Spencer.
The infield. The outfield. Howard and left. Pinson and center. Stanton and right.
John Stephenson the catcher. He sends out the sign and Nolan Ryan kicks and fires.
The curve. Waived out and missed. Strike two.
Von Joshua would be next. Ryan retired the Dodgers in order in the fourth inning the first time that he had mowed them down.
The pitch. High with a fast ball. One and two.
Ryan throwing hard.
He's ready. The pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike three.
So for the second straight inning Ryan gets the Dodgers one, two, three.
And after five innings since the Angels two, the Dodgers one.
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To the top of the sixth inning, two to one Angels.
The run scored in the first inning a walk to Gravachewitz.
Valentine walked. Henson forced Valentine.
Make that sound a bunch by it was the lead runner. Gravachewitz forced a third.
So Valentine in second, Henson at first.
And then they worked a double steal.
And with two outs, Jim Spencer's line drive single to center field scored the two runs.
There have been other opportunities for the Angels, but a couple of line drive double plays have helped Tommy John.
The Dodger run a walk to Lopes leading off the first. He moved a second on a ground out to third on a wild pitch and came home on Bill Buckner's long drive to center field on which Vada Henson made an outstanding play.
Doug Howard, 0 for 2, steps in. John kicks his pitch. A little low ball on.
Angels two runs, five hits. The Dodgers no runs or check that one run and one hit.
The pitch on the outside edge, one and one.
Playing Howard as a dead pole hitter, they give him the gap in right center.
One one pitch, swung on late and missed. Howard struck out for only the third time this spring in the first inning.
John working quickly.
The one two delivery, low, two balls, two strikes.
Howard stands up in the batter's box, that front foot right on the front chalk line.
The pitch, swung on and missed and John gets him again. So Howard has struck out only twice all spring and John gets the job done twice today.
Poor Tommy John, that is his sixth strikeout. Brings up Jim Spencer.
Two runs single in the first inning. He took a third strike in the third and that was costly because the Angels had runners at first and third at the time.
The pitch, fouled away. Angels also had Grabakwitz picked off third with only one out.
So it's two to one. The Angels in front here in the sixth inning.
Lee Stanton on deck. Wynn continues to just whip the flags toward the right field corner.
Curveball bends away. One and one.
Those giant flag steps just bending with the force of that wind.
The pitch swung on, ground ball sharply to Buckner. He has to deep it first and goes to the bag himself in time for the out.
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John's pitch Stanton looks at it outside. Angels come into this game with only three more left this spring and still just one home run hit by the Angels ball club.
Low two and oh and that by Frank Robinson his first time at bat.
The pitch by John on the outside edge two and one.
The Dodgers have not hit a lot of home runs either but they've got a few more.
High fly ball to right and the wind has it. Crawford drifting back. He's at the warning track still going back and he makes the catch at the bullpen gate.
You could say the wind was going to help that one. Crawford easing back and finally forced to get all the way to the bullpen gate in front of the Angel Relief Corps to make the catch of Stanton's windblown fly.
That's the first time that John has gotten the Angels in order and after five and a half Angels two Dodgers one and with a word from the proud bird here's Big D.
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To one angels lead the Dodgers bottom of the sixth inning Von Joshua rubbing some dust out of his eye before he steps in now has to back back out again as the wind swirling around the home plate area.
Nolan Ryan has retired the last seven men in order Joshua over two in the game pitch by Nolan high ball on Joshua Buckner and Davis and Crawford next four left handed hitters stacked up in a row in the Dodger lineup.
I to know these are the things right now that we're in the spring it can really take a toll on a starting pitcher pitching on a windy day like this.
He's got the fastball down below the belt and carved the plate in half two and one Valentine just turning his head away from a big dust storm out of short and Ryan delivers high and away three and one when seemed to throw his pitching motion off that time right in the middle of his delivery Ryan seemed to fall off the mound.
He's got a long standing throwing for the Dodgers no one throwing out in the angels and three one pitch right down the middle three and two.
Ryan has given up just one hit through five innings and by pitcher Tommy John three to delivery line foul slicing back into the seats down the left field line.
Doug Rowe throwing again he was working back in the first inning for the Dodgers.
Ryan's longest outing of the spring six innings that was the last time out against Milwaukee Brewers file back again by Joshua and the count remains full.
Ryan's work three against the Cubs and three against the Brewers then extended the four innings against the Indians five against the Giants six against the Brewers might try to go seven today. The wind and no man has to back off the rubber and tosses the ball into Stevenson and asked for an exchange.
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Two one angel lead Joshua up full count bottom of the sixth inning.
I feel playing Joshua well around toward left gave him all to the right field corner.
Here's the pitch swung on a miss he blew him down with a fastball and it appeared to be ball for but had a lot on it.
That's that good rising fastball looks like a strike about 20 feet out in front of home plate but at the time you swing on that ball is coming up over the shoulders or strikeouts for Ryan Billy Buckner sacrifice fly and a walk so he's not been up officially.
I feel playing him about the same toward left strike outside corner.
Willie Davis on deck right hander from Texas Nolan Ryan's pitch a curve upstairs one and one.
A ball and a strike Ryan serves it Buckner takes it inside a change changed off the fastball shadows from the left field stands growing out toward the foul line and the third base time.
All the players still in that warm sunshine to one pitch high fly ball to left the wind will hold that up Howard drifting with it toward the line and coming in makes the cat.
Two away and that's down nine in a row retired by Nolan Ryan we pause for station identification this is the angels radio network.
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The ball is up for the Dodgers the pitch by Ryan strike with a curveball a key point in this game was back in the third inning the Dodgers had the bases loaded with one out and Davis up and Ryan got Davis to hit into a sharp double play six four three.
A little all one and one and since then Ryan has not allowed a base runner a ball and a strike to Willie D two outs no one on bottom of the sixth inning. Here's the pitch swung on a high fly ball the left center Howard coming in still coming in Valentine out who's calling.
The ball. And David's second day at Howard ball but no one seemed to be calling for it. Valentine was in control and the last minute had to reach over his head went off his love and that's an air charge to Bobby Valentine.
And there are the weekend Davis the second and the batter is Willie Crawford.
Well it would have been amazing had we gotten through this afternoon without at least one of those.
And then sets the pitch to Crawford high ball one. No question to what Ryan is a straight pitcher partially because he's so much better from the wind up he has much better control than he does from the stretch and that's how he has to work now the pitch curve outside to
the left. That play that last play right there. Dick you're so right. It is a left fielder's ball coming in anytime that infielder has to backpedal out as Bobby Valentine is a left fielder coming in has to play right in front of him and all he has to do is call him off.
Davis leads from second to pitch strike change on the outside edge. I think that here's an inexperienced outfielder in Howard and with the wind blowing as it is if Valentine was calling you probably think well the wind's going to keep blowing away from me anyway maybe Valentine does have a better chance but it didn't work out that way.
Two one pitch Crawford swing right through a fastball Crawford with a big swing at a rising fastball and it's two and two. The Dodgers trying to tie it to balls to the strikes to outs and number three Willie Davis out of second base.
Ryan looks back at Davis pulls up a sleeve on that right arm now from the belt the two to pitch fastball foul to the screen. Ryan got that one down where he wanted it down around the thighs.
Ken McMullen on deck.
Still no one throwing in the angel bullpen Doug Routh more serious in his work in the left field corner for the Dodgers.
Two one ball game the angels in front been that way since the first inning. The two to pitch inside and Crawford bending with the knees forward and arching the back to get his chin out of the way is that fastball came running in on him.
Three and two on Willie Crawford Crawford with a double a home run and a single last night.
Knocked in two and scored two in the five one Dodger win the three to pitch curveball bounce weakly to the right side Spencer up with it to the bag in time for the out and the inning is over.
Ryan continues his masterful pitching and although Al Downing was brilliant last night pretty tough to find fault with Ryan's work today is not only a punch single by Tommy John through six innings no runs no hits and air and a man left for the Dodgers in the sixth we go to the seventh to one angels lead.
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From Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on a sunny windy Sunday afternoon. This is Dick Enbridge with Don Drysdale and Dick Nelson.
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Top of the seventh. Here's Don. Thank you Dick. As Sandy Elomar stands in, John's first pitch is a breaking pitch, taking up high for ball one.
Elomar this afternoon, one for two. He flied to right, deep to right, sending Crawford to the warning track and single back in the fourth.
The 1-0 pitch is outside for ball two. Two balls and no strikes.
Elomar now steps out, looks down at his third base coach, Saldy Parker.
Here's the 2-0 pitch outside for ball three. And John not too happy with that call.
McMullen about a step behind the bag at third. Buckner shortened up at first.
The next pitch is down low, ball four. John now unhappy as Elomar draws a base on balls.
Elomar at first and Johnny Stevenson will be the hitter. John walked in the second and lined into a double play in the fourth.
Oh, Buckner holding Elomar. McMullen up even with a bag at third as John goes to the stretch. The first pitch is swung on and missed strike one.
On deck is the pitcher, Nolan Ryan. Two to one Angels were in the top of the seventh.
John goes to the stretch. He checks Elomar. The next pitch is a pitch out. Elomar not going and the county's a dusted one and one.
Dodger infield and double play depth. The outfield about straight away. Joshua in left field not too deep.
Davis in center field not very deep also. They go to first base and back with one big step is Elomar.
John on the rubber now, leans in, checks signs with Yeager. To the stretch as he checks Elomar at first.
There he goes. A pitch grounded to Buckner. Fair ball. He will go to the bag and Stevenson retired on the play. Elomar moves to second.
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A runner in scoring position, Sandy Elomar out at second base with one out and the pitcher, Nolan Ryan, will be the hitter.
Ryan has been caught looking twice today. Two of the six strikeouts that Tommy John has.
Now John whirls and leans his head down like a bird dog running back at Elomar at second base, nobody covering.
John to the stretch, he checks Elomar. The first pitch to Ryan, a check swing taken outside for ball one.
Nolan, not a bad hitting pitcher. Russell trying to jockey in behind Elomar at second. John to the stretch, checks Elomar, checks again,
and tries to drag Ryan and he fouls it away. The count now, ball and a strike.
One ball, one strike to Nolan Ryan. One out, we're in the top of the seventh. The Angels lead it two to one.
John once again to the stretch. The pickoff plays on and Elomar back in time. Russell breaking behind, but Sandy no more than about three or four steps off of the bag.
First base coach, Johnny Roseboro, yelling at Elomar to keep an eye on Russell for him.
John now set, kind of a quick pitch, line drive, a looper to Buckner. He makes the catch and Elomar back in plenty of time with no play being made.
So Ryan, a little looping liner to Billy Buckner right on the first base bag. Two gone now for the Angels. It'll bring up the third baseman, Bill Grabarkowicz.
McMullen now moves back at third, about three steps behind the bag. John to the stretch, checks Elomar. The pitch, Lanes Grabarkowicz back inside for ball one.
Now a bunch of wind swirls around home plate, really coming through there now, and Grabarkowicz spinning out of the way, letting the dust fly by.
Now Bill back in the box as John on the rubber checking signs with Jager Grabarkowicz steps out again and gets a little dirt out of his eye, now steps back in.
John to the stretch, checks Elomar. The next pitch swung on and missed, strike one. Grabarkowicz trying to hit the ball the opposite way.
Lopes giving him a lot of room to hit between the hole at first and second.
John once again, Lopes jockeying back Elomar. The next pitch, checks swing, grounded over to the Angels dugout.
One ball, two strikes to Grabarkowicz.
Grabby this afternoon walked, hit into a double play and doubled.
John wipes off a sign now, goes to the stretch, checks Elomar. The one, two pitch, Kerpa got him looking, Carl strike three, Grabarkowicz knew it.
That retires the Angels in the seventh. No runs, no hits, no errors, one man left. And the score after six and a half, it's the Angels two and the Dodgers one.
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Ken McMullen will lead it off for the Dodgers as we move to the last of the seventh. The Angels lead it 2-1.
McMullen this afternoon. Kenny having a rough day, struck out twice.
First pitch is a pop line into short right field. Stanton coming on now stops and moves back and makes the catch for at number one.
One pitch, one out. And it'll bring up the catcher, Steve Yeager.
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Ryan Wines and the first pitch to Yeager drops inside for ball one.
Ryan checks down with Stevenson into the windup and a 1-0 pitch and that drops him out of there, a breaking pitch up over the head of Yeager.
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Two 0-pitch fastball called strike.
Good pitch over the outside corner. On deck, the shortstop, Bill Russell.
Ryan Wines and now time is called as Yeager steps out.
And again, as we stated before, the one rule that is really not enforced whatsoever.
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Two 1-pitch and he went around. Yes, sir, says home plate umpire Chris Felikoudis.
Yeager trying to hold up on a high fastball.
The 2-2 pitch by Ryan, once again up high, this time taking ball three.
Yeager takes the count out, three and two.
Ryan Wines, here's the 3-2 pitch, checks swing and it's fouled up to the third deck.
And the count remains, three and two.
Ryan checks his time with Stevenson. The 3-2 pitch is hit off the hands foul coming back.
And a count, still three balls and two strikes.
Bill Russell down in the on deck circle. Ryan now stands out behind the man on the grass, now moves up onto the rubber.
And will check sides with Johnny Stevenson. Does so, Wines, here's the 3-2 pitch.
That got him looking, called strike three, curveball, dropped in and over and Yeager knew it.
The fifth strikeout by Ryan this afternoon and it will bring up the shortstop, Bill Russell.
Russell has flied to right and grounded to third, 0-2. Bill hitting 3-16 coming into today's game.
Ryan Wines in the first pitch, fouled away, strike one.
Nolan now gets a new ball from home plate umpire Chris Felikoudis back out on the grass area behind the rubber, behind the mound.
Gets his side from Stevenson. Wines, the next pitch is popped to the right side, O'Curl foul going back and out of play behind the angel dugout.
0-2 to Russell. On deck we have a pinch hitter, Joe Ferguson out for pitcher Tommy John.
Ryan Wines, the two strike pitch, curveball just misses. Count now, one and two, one ball and two strikes.
Here's the 1-2 pitch, fastball, line drive, right field base hit.
Lee Stanton right there gets the ball back into Sandy Alomar.
So Bill Russell has the second hit of the afternoon for the Dodgers, a line drive single between Alomar and Spencer.
On deck, number 13, Joe Ferguson.
Joe Ferguson now will come on and he'll hit for the pitcher Tommy John.
Ferguson having a great spring hitting.367. The first pitch by Ryan swung on and missed, strike one.
Ferguson been sitting over there watching all those fastballs and he took a real good swing at that one.
Leads the Dodgers and RBI's with 12, has a couple home runs.
There goes Russell, the pitcher calls strike to throw to second. They get him.
Right on the money, the throw from Johnny Stevenson and the Alomar covering and Russell cut down stealing.
And that retires the Dodgers in the seventh. No runs are hit, no errors, nobody left.
And the score after seven complete, it's the Angels two and the Dodgers one.
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We move now to the top of the eighth with the Angels leading it two to one.
A new pitcher for the Dodgers, Doug Rowe, coming on to work inning number eight.
And we're here to tell you all the action nears death.
That's been quite a ball game and great pitching by Nolan Ryan.
For the Angels, giving up just the two singles through seven innings.
And for the Angels, that has to be about the best news that they've heard since Frank Robinson got back in the lineup.
However short live that experience was.
In the eighth inning, Bobby Valentine leads it off to the Angels.
Valentine, a single and a walk, he's one for two.
The Angels got their two runs in the very first inning, a couple of walks, and then a two run single by Jim Spencer.
And the Dodgers got their run without the aid of a base hit, a walk to Lopes, a ground out, a wild pitch, and Lopes scored on Buckner's long sacrifice live.
Valentine, right-handed hitter.
Pitched by the left-hander, check swing, and the strike.
The left-hander Rowe, R-A-U.
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The Angels to the Dodgers one, Rowe kicks and fires, curve low, one and one.
It's a change of battery, Ferguson also into the game.
Replacing Yeager, McMullen, Russell, Lopes, and Buckner on the infield with Joshua Davis and Crawford in the outfield.
Pitched by Rowe, low, two and one.
Not very often anymore do you see Major League Outfield with three left-handed throwers, but that's the case today for the Dodgers.
Two and one, Bobby Valentine, Vada Pinson, then Doug Howard to follow.
The Angels got just five hits and their two runs off Tommy John, who struck out six and walked five in his seven innings of work.
That has to please the Dodgers.
The pitch swung on, bounced on one big hop to third, McMullen has it, his throw in plenty of time.
One out here is Vada Pinson.
Pinson with a fielder's choice of one single and a ground out, one for three.
John had seven strikeouts and five walks, five hits, the two runs were earned.
Rowe much more deliberate than either Ryan or Tommy John.
He faces the left-handed swinging Vada Pinson.
Here it comes, curveball way outside.
In the Angel bullpen, Terry Willshosen, side-arming right-hander.
Ryan has gone longer than any time this spring and certainly for Tommy John, he's gone seven innings today, he's gone six all spring.
Fats ball hit the outside corner at the knees, one and one.
Rowe last year at Albuquerque, he won 14 and lost only three games.
He winds, here's the pitch, swung on a high fly ball and shallow right-center, Davis easing toward the line, glasses down, he makes the catch.
Willie kind of shielding himself from the sun, lifting that left shoulder to turn himself away from the sun and make that catch.
Two away, left fielder Doug Howard is 0 for 3, struck out twice.
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Howard swings and fouls it out of the glove of Joe Ferguson.
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High with a fastball and Howard able to hold back on the swing.
One ball, one strike, two outs known on Angel eighth inning and the Angels hanging on to a 2-1 lead.
Both Angel runs and the lone Dodger runs scored back in the first inning.
The pitch, low, two balls and a strike.
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Curveball grounded up the middle off the glove of Rao and by Russell into center field.
So Howard takes a big turn at first and holds as Davis hurries the ball in.
Howard with his first hit, the sixth by the Angels in the game.
And here's Jim Spencer.
Almost didn't get to vote for the most valuable player.
My ballot for the Fresco Thompson Memorial Award had designs on going to San Fernando by way of the latest win curve.
Jim Spencer, he knocked in both Angel runs with that line single to center back in the first inning.
One for three for Jim.
Left-hander against left-hander.
Howard does not have good speed, about average.
Buckner holding him on the pitch.
Swung on, bounced foul.
Buckner trying to knock it down in front of John Rosedro in the first base coaching box.
Well, it's really tough to pick the outstanding player in this series.
There have been very few players to have played in all three games.
And there's no obvious standout.
But we're going to be provincial and if the Angels win today, we're going to vote for an Angel.
Swung on and missed. Spencer couldn't find the slow curve. 0-2.
In terms of on-base percentage, Grabakowicz on base three times.
Four, five times in the series.
The pitch inside with a fastball. 1-2.
Friday night, Grabakowicz two hits, Barry had two.
Spencer an RBI single, so he's knocked in three runs in the series to lead the Angels.
Jim Spencer, they had a Pinsonetta hit. Sandy Alomar was two for four.
The pitch fouled to the screen.
So Alomar, long fly today, a walk and a hit.
He's three for six in the series.
Jim Brewer now throwing in the bullpen for the Dodgers.
The pace of the game is slowed considerably with Doug Rowland.
The attendance today, 21,099.
So the three-game series drawing near 60,000.
Pitch, swung on a long drive to right field, down the line, hooking foul.
And that's way back into the second deck.
Boy, Spencer got all of that but was a bit out in front.
Howard at first base, two outs here in the top of the eighth inning.
The Dodgers in the series, Bill Russell with five hits.
He leads all the players.
Pop fly, shortstop Russell backpedaling into the outfield and he makes the catch.
And the inning is over.
No runs, a hit, and a man left for the Angels.
And after seven and a half innings of play, the score remains the Angels two, the Dodgers one.
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With a change of battery in the last inning, Joe Ferguson was inserted into the ninth spot in the batting order.
He leads off for the Dodgers to be followed by Dave Lopes and then Von Joshua.
Ferguson's strong right-handed hitter, pitched by Ryan, foul back.
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Line by Ryan, one strike pitch, fouled in the same spot.
Two strikes on Joe Ferguson.
He's the spring, has a couple of home runs.
He's the leading Dodger hitter, an average 367 this spring.
The pitch, just outside, one and two.
So Nolan Ryan stretching out into his eighth inning.
He looks ready to go for the opener Friday night against the Kansas City Royals at the Big A.
The pitch, curve ball, gets him looking, strike three.
Ryan's sixth strike out of the game.
Brings up Dave Lopes.
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The pitch to Lopes, he squares, bunts, and it goes off him. He's out.
He was out of the batter's box, hit by his own batted ball, and Lopes is rolled out.
He bunned the ball. He had left the batter's box when it hit the dirt in front of home plate and kicked right back into the leg of Lopes.
So he's out, gives a put out to the catcher, John Stevenson.
Two outs and Von Joshua, he's got the power to tie it with one swing that steps up. He's 0 for 3 today.
It's been quite a pitching job by Ryan, two singles through nearly eight innings.
The pitch, high pop, fly out of play. A little late on the swing, and it lets it back into the upper blue level.
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The Marines just off the outside corner, 1 and 1.
The 1-1 pitch, strike, and Joshua was bailing out of the batter's box because a big windstorm had hit home plate,
but the pitch was already on its way and there was no chance for the plate umpire to call time.
They're going telekotas, but he couldn't call time with the ball already on its way to the plate.
The back tie had not asked for time. No way he could see the ball with all that wind and dirt flying.
Paper Rappers now running the course across the diamond from first to third,
although the wind is blowing toward right field. The currents during the paper is the other way around home plate.
Swung on in this, strike three on a curveball, and Ryan runs off the mound.
He gets the Dodgers in order in the eighth inning, logs two more strikeouts to run his total to seven and through eight innings.
It's the Angels two and the Dodgers one.
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Doug Rowe to pitch the ninth inning against the Angels will face Lee Stanton, Sandy Elomar, and John Stephenson.
And they haven't picked up our ballots yet. And with Ryan's pitching through eight innings,
he's gone farther than anyone else in this series. And certainly it has been his pitching that has kept the Angels in front today two to one.
He has not had a big lead to lean on. He's allowed only two hits. That's the number of hits.
And runs a lot by downing last night and less than eight innings. So we're going to give our pitching vote to Nolan Ryan on the strength of his performance today.
Stanton swings and misses strike one. And we're going to vote for Bill Russell as the outstanding player,
although it just is very tough to pick out one person that was a standout in this three-game series.
There's a loafer behind first, slicing foul by about eight feet and down into the corner it goes.
But Russell, the only player to hit in each of the three games, with the exception of one bad throw, has come up with some very nice plays at shortstop.
The Angels, two of the Dodgers, one. Two runs, six hits, one error for the Angels. One run, two hits, no errors for the Dodgers.
Angel bullpen is busy. A left-hander, right-hander throwing. We'll see whether Ryan tries to work the full nine.
The pitch, strike, out in the outside corner, and Stanton takes the long walk, and we pause right here for station identification.
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Sandy Alomar, one for two today, a line single to left field. He also had a long out to right and walk.
Batting right-handed against Doug Rowe. The pitch, high with a fastball, ball one.
John Stevenson on deck. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Dodgers will have their big guns up. Billy Buckner, Willie Davis, and Willie Crawford.
The pitch by Rowe, strike, outside corner fastball. So a three left-handed hitter scheduled, Bobby Winkles may go to the bullpen.
For the left-hander, Steve Barber. Lloyd Allen also working with Barber in the right field corner.
Wind by Rowe, the pitch, swung on and missed. Alomar dropping the bat in the batter's box as he followed through on a swing.
A ball and two strikes on Sandy Alomar. Brown now pitching from the shadows of the upper deck.
Kicks the pitch off the corner, outside fastball, two and two.
Dick, just watching all the excitement in this three-game series between the Dodgers and the Angels,
you've got to think that really it would be great if realignment ever came along. It would really add, I think, a lot to the game.
You bet. Fastball away, three and two. Now the fans are the ones who would benefit so very much.
You can just feel, there's a lot of, you can just see a lot of little wagers going here. A Dodger fan against an Angel fan.
And they'll go back to work and argue about it the rest of the year.
Outside corner, says Pellicotis, and Alomar on his way to first base is called back by Pellicotis' strike call.
So Rao gets Stanton and Alomar looking on strikes. And here's John Stevenson. He's walked, lined into a double play, and grounded out.
And the same would be true of San Francisco against Oakland.
The two Chicago teams. Oh my. The pitch. Fly ball into right field, very high. Out goes the second baseman, Loaf.
He wants it. He's got it. And Doug Rao works a very easy ninth inning. One, two, three, the Angels go.
And now to the bottom of the ninth, Buckner, Davis, and Crawford, with the Angels leading two to one.
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Dolan Ryan is going to attempt to become the first Angel pitcher this spring to go the nine inning distance.
He's out there warming up with catcher John Stevenson. Behind him is Robachowicz, Valentine, Alomar, and Spencer.
In the outfield, Howard, and left. Henson in center. And Leroy Stanton in right field.
The two hits by the Dodgers. A single by Tommy John punched to right field in the third.
And a line single from Bill Russell to right field in the seventh inning.
Ryan has struck out seven. He has walked four but has not walked anyone since back in the third inning.
The only run given up without the aid of it. The leadoff walk to Lopes.
Ground out to Joshua. Wild picks and then Buckner's long sacrifice fly back in the first inning.
And here's Billy Buckner to start it off. He's 0 for 1 today. Sacrifice fly, a walk, and a fly ball to left.
So Ryan will have to get out the Dodgers' best left-handed hitters to win it for the Angels.
He's into motion, the pitch. Right. He starts Buckner with a curveball.
21 down to 99 at Dodger Stadium. And many pulling now for a Dodger last inning rally.
The pitch, another curve upstairs, 1 and 1. The wind again will aid a ball pulled down the line in right field.
So the left-handed hitters do have a little boost from that wind. And it's whipping the Flaniks again.
The 1-1 pitch, swung on in there. Ryan challenged Buckner with a high fastball.
The Angels 2-run, 6-hits. The Dodgers 1-run, 2-hits off Nolan Ryan.
Ryan pulling at the bill of his cap, then tucks at his glove, rocks in a motion.
The 1-2 pitch. Fly ball, slice to left. It'll be out of the reach of any Angel back into the seats.
Robach was racing over to watch it fall in about 15 rows.
Freddie Federico, the Angels' trainer, jogging out onto the mound for the second time to look at Ryan's pitching hand,
whether it's a fingernail or a blister, some problem.
Sometimes Ryan develops that heavy callus on one of his pitching fingers, the index or middle finger, and needs to just have that rough skin, the dead skin, cut away.
A ball and two strikes on Bill Buckner. Bottom of the ninth inning, 2-1 Angels, the pitch.
Fly ball to center field. Pinson drifts back, now comes up a couple of steps and makes the catch.
So Buckner flies out to straightaway center field. One out and here's center fielder Willie Davis.
Davis had his 10-game hitting streak snapped last night when he went 0-5 and he's 0-3 today.
So he's good.
Homer on Friday night.
Willie Crawford, who's homered last evening, on deck.
Ryan into motion, kicks and fires, hung on and foul back.
Jim Spencer guarding the line at first base, trying to take away the extra base hit, but that opens up the area between Spencer and second baseman Sandy Alomar.
Stanton very deep in right field. Davis backs out.
Ryan pitching from the shadows. They've turned the lights on now at Dodger Stadium.
The infield area now pretty dark.
And Willie Deah going to make sure that that wind stops blowing before he steps in there.
It's a gust of wind that's taking a lot of that crushed red brick with it into the stands in the third base side.
I think it's got to really be hard for those batters up there now.
The shadows have gone just past the pitcher's mound, but still trying to pick that ball up against the bright sun in center field has got to be tough.
The pitch? Low, one and one.
That has to be a pitcher's advantage for sure.
I guess anyone who is involved in photography knows that that whole problem is trying to take a picture of someone in the shadows with a bright background.
And that's what the hitters trying to do, focus on that little white pill.
Ryan's pitch, swung on grounded to the right side. Alomar there scoops it and gets it over to Spencer for the out.
The Dodgers down to their final out here in the home half of the ninth inning and Willie Crawford strides to the plate.
Crawford walk, pops up and grounded out.
Ryan one out away from pitching the Angels to the freeway series title in 73.
The Angels then would keep the Mayor's trophies as there was no series last year because of the baseball strike.
The Angels won it two out of three in 1971. Pitched by Ryan, high with a fastball.
Ryan certainly has not lost his velocity. He's finished strong, trying to close his own deal.
Into motion, he kicks and delivers. High again, two and oh.
Both pitches over the plate, but above the shoulders of Willie Crawford.
Ken McMullen would be next.
Closing in on the start of this season, Ryan's 2-0 pitch.
Low, three and oh, so Crawford looks down at third base coach Tom Lasorda to see whether or not
Walter Olson will give him that advantage at taking a swing at a 3-0 pitch.
Here it comes, Crawford takes it all away. It's ball four low.
That's the first walk by Ryan since back in the third inning, the fifth that he's allowed in the game.
And I had a feeling he'd rather pitch to McMullen than Willie Crawford.
But the Dodgers who like to run, also in a position of possibly being able to steal themselves
into a tying run at second base situation.
Well that's probably one of the things right there Jim Spencer was telling Nolan Ryan at the mound,
keep an eye on Crawford over here because they'll try and get that runner in scoring position,
but Nolan's got everything going for him, a right-handed hitter, right-handed pitcher, wind blowing in from left.
He sets the pitch, curve is in there for a try.
Big curve ball, the wind continuing to be an enemy of all the players offensively and defensively.
One by one they're constantly fighting off the wind trying to hold their uniform in place.
Popped up, no foul, it'll make it into the seat away from Jim Spencer beyond the angel dugout.
Just back to the auxiliary scoreboard on the first base side.
So it's match point for the Dodgers and Ken McMullen.
Two strikes, two outs, bottom of the ninth inning, Crawford the tying run at first base.
Two on the angels lead, Manny Moda's in the on deck circle.
Here's the pitch, just upstairs, one and two.
Ryan as he followed through and he had his best fastball on its way to the plate was taking that step toward the dugout
hoping he'd get Pellicotis to call strike three.
Ryan sets the one-two pitch, grounded foul.
Far end of the angels, I got Kerms out beyond the foul line into third territory where Sandy Alomar picks it up.
Well, it's been a rough spring training season for Bobby Winkles in terms of wins and losses,
but if the angels could beat the rival Dodgers in the freeway series that would certainly give the club a lift.
The one-two pitch, foul to the screen by McMullen.
And in fairness to McMullen, he's just not getting very good cuts.
His back obviously must be bothering him. He's not swinging freely at all.
Crawford still at first base and between each pitch he's checking with La Sorda to see whether or not the Dodgers want him to run.
He leads away. The pitch, curveball just missed outside and McMullen took a pretty good pitch.
Two balls, two strikes, two outs, two to one angels.
Bottom of the ninth inning, the outfield playing toward right field for McMullen.
Stamping way over near the line. Ryan sets. Here's the pitch.
Strike three called and the angels win the freeway series as Nolan Rhyme goes all the way to beat the Dodgers on a brilliant two-hitter,
giving up only two singles as the angels win on this windy Sunday at Dodgers Stadium two to one before 21,099 fans.
And Nolan Rhyme with a top-pitching job of the entire spring for the angels being congratulated by his teammates and the happiest of the lot,
Valentine Grabakowicz in their patting backs and shaking hands.
They've come back to Dodgers Stadium and they'll leave tonight as winners.
With the totals, here's nine. All right, Dick, the totals for this afternoon's game.
The angels two runs on six hits. They committed one error and left six.
The Dodgers one run on just two hits. They committed no errors and they left five.
The winning pitcher going nine innings this afternoon and that is Nolan Rhyme.
He's now evened his spring record at three apiece, three wins and three losses.
The losing pitcher, Tommy John, he's now 0-2. The attendance, 21,099, a game played in two hours and 14 minutes.
Nolan Rhyme, we said before, going nine innings and we'll visit with Nolan on Angel Report and that'll follow in just a moment.
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Here at Dodger Stadium, the California Angels won the freeway series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1.
And it was Nolan Ryan going all the way, the first nine innings pitched by any Angel pitcher so far this spring.
And looking at how the runs were scored, it all happened in the first, and from there, why, it was just 0s.
In the first inning for the Angels, Grabarowicz walked.
He stole second, Valentine walked, and Pinson was on in a fielder's choice with Tommy John forcing Grabarowicz at third.
Then on a double steal, both runners were saved.
Howard struck out in a two-out single by Jim Spencer driving in Valentine and Pinson.
That counted for the Angels only two runs.
In the first inning for the Dodgers, Dave Lopes opened up with a base on balls.
And he went to second on a ground out, went to third on a wild pitch, scored on a fly ball, and that was the Dodgers only run.
So it was 2-1, the Angels over the Dodgers, and now in the freeway series, the Angels have won 10 and the Dodgers have won 6.
Nolan Ryan going nine innings this afternoon, striking out eight, walking five, allowing just one run on two hits,
evening his record now at three apiece, three wins and three losses.
And Nolan will be our special guest as Angel Report continues.
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And to start the questions, here's Dick.
Congratulations, Nolan. The Angels looking for any boost that they could find.
And to beat the Dodgers, the team that they're going to have to hear about, read about, and we'll talk about all season long,
has to be something that warms all of you on this windy day.
Well, thank you, Dick. This is a big win for me because I don't believe I've ever won a game in Dodger Stadium.
Four years I was with the Mets. I pitched here every series we came in and for some reason I had some good games here,
but I never could seem to win. And it was another one of those kind of games today where it was low scoring
and we really had to battle for what we got. And at times it looked like I was really going to have a bad game.
The first four or five innings I really struggled. I had trouble with my rhythm.
My arm was somewhat stiff in the elbow and I just couldn't seem to get it going.
Did you have any thoughts at all at the start of the game that you would like to go nine innings if possible?
Well, I indicated earlier in the week that if I felt good and I didn't throw too many pitches,
I'd like to go ahead and try to get nine under my belt. I never have done that in spring training.
I know that from past experience when I do go nine innings, you know, my first game in the season,
I seem to have an awful lot of stiffness and it takes me a while to recover from it.
So I felt like if I could go ahead and get one in with the five days off on my hands with the opener,
that I felt like I could work a little harder this week and get ready for the opening day.
So let's get that straight then. This is the first time you've ever won at Dodger Stadium
and this is the first time you've ever gone nine innings before the start of the season.
Right.
And a final question regarding Freddy Frederico's appearance at the mound in the ninth inning.
What was that about?
Well, I had a blister come up on my middle finger on my right hand and he came out with a needle
and we went ahead and punctured it and drained it so I could go ahead and finish the game.
Nolan, looking at you this afternoon, it looked as though you mentioned you were struggling in the first four or five innings.
It looked as though you were having a little trouble with your breaking pitch.
How was it, Don? For some reason I was either trying to overthrow it or my rhythm was off where, you know,
I was having trouble with my stride. I don't know exactly what it was.
I was fighting myself an awful lot during the first four innings and mainly with my curve ball.
It was hanging high and then I was trying to put a little extra on the fast ball and doing so I was having trouble getting it over.
Now that you have, you'll have four days off right now between the opener
and you mentioned you do get a little stiff in the spring going the long distances.
What will be your plans now the rest of the week in Palm Springs?
Well, Tuesday I'll probably throw batting practice and doing a lot of extra running these first couple of days
and try to work the stiffness out early so that my arm will bounce back.
And I think if it seems like it's still going to be a little stiff Tuesday then I'll probably come back and throw again Wednesday.
Do you have any kind of preparation done to your arm now after you've pitched? What is your routine?
Well, as far as after the game I'll just have it melt down and having put alcohol on.
I really don't ice it down or any of these type of things and I just wait until the next day and start my program all over again.
You mean what you're trying to say is you still have youth on your side?
If that's what it is then yes, that's my procedure.
I know that you see Faranowski on the table and getting his arm stretched and so far I've been fortunate not having to have Freddie do that but I'm sure someday I will.
Nolan, Don Drysdale and many of the Dodgers were commenting before the game they have never seen it so windy at Dodger Stadium as today.
How much of a factor was that in your pitching performance?
It didn't affect any ball hit in the air but in terms of your pitching, what's that a factor?
Well, naturally it just makes it tough all over the pitch and I think that the hitters were more at a disadvantage than I was.
I know when I hit myself I had trouble seeing the dust blowing up around home plate.
I think also it may have had a tendency to make the curve ball ride a little more.
It didn't have a good break on it and I don't know if it affected the fast ball any or not.
It might have made it ride a little.
Well, Nolan, congratulations. A great 9th inning performance.
Al Downing was named the most valuable pitcher in this series but the ballots were cast around the 7th or 8th inning.
I think if everyone had waited until the end then they would have named you and regardless the Angels of the Freeway Series champions.
Thanks to your pitching today and Jim Spencer's two run single and let's hope that's an omen and you can come right back on Friday night with another strong performance.
Well, thank you, Dick. I hope we do.
And then Ryan, our guest, and we'll continue with a look at the exhibition baseball scoreboard from Dodger Stadium as Angel Report continues in just a moment.
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We'll take a look now at some of the scores around in exhibition baseball this afternoon.
Of course, right here at Dodger Stadium today the California Angels defeated the Los Angeles 2-1.
Nolan Ryan the winner going all the way, and Tommy John the loser.
At Tampa, it was Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1, the winner Gullet the loser, Brials.
In Clearwater, Montreal, the feet of the Philadelphia Phillies, the winner Ernie McAnally, and the loser, the big man for the Phillies, Steve Carlton.
In Birmingham, it was Baltimore and Atlanta tied after 14 innings 9-9, and it was called there because of a Sunday curfew.
In St. Petersburg, it was the Chicago White Sox 2, and the St. Louis Cardinals nothing.
Bonson was the winner, Gibson the loser.
Houston and Minnesota, it was Minnesota 3, and Houston 2, Bill Hans the winner, and Wilson was the loser.
Bobby Darwin had two home runs for the twins. He hit one in the first with one on, and he hit one in the sixth with none on.
So Darwin driving in all three runs, Minnesota 3, Houston 2.
In 13 innings in New Orleans, it was the New York Yankees 4, and the New York Mets 3.
The winner was Parker the loser, Magnuson.
In Tucson, Cleveland defeated San Diego 2-0, the winner Dunning and the loser Kirby.
The Chicago Cubs were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4.
The winner was Colburn the loser, Jenkins, Billy Williams a home run in the eighth with none on.
It was the San Francisco Giants 10, and the Oakland A's 9.
In a slug vest over in Phoenix, the winning pitcher was Barr and the losing pitcher Gardner.
At Winterhaven, it was the Boston Red Sox 6 and the Detroit Tigers 5, the winning pitcher Marty Patton, and the losing pitcher Joe Necro.
Horton a home run in the sixth with one on, and again in the eighth with nobody on.
At Pompano Beach, it was the Texas Rangers 8, and the Kansas City Royals 6.
The winning pitcher was Bosman and the losing pitcher Dick Drago.
He might be the opening night pitcher at the Big A.
Home runs in that game, Maddox in the second with one on, Otis in the sixth with one on, Harris in the eighth.
And those are the scores, and we'll have more on Angel Report in just a moment.
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Tonight after the game, the California Angels will move back down to Palm Springs where they'll play the Oakland A's tomorrow.
It'll be Clyde Wright with a spring record of one and two, and of course tomorrow will be the time when they will be playing with the Orange Baseballs.
Then they will be playing the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday and Wednesday. It'll be Rudy May followed by Bill Singer.
The Angels this spring now have a record of seven and twelve.
This afternoon defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 to win the Freeway Series of 1973.
The winning pitcher, Nolan Ryan. The losing pitcher, Tommy John, in front of 21,099.
That wraps up today's edition of Angel Report.