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The New York Yankees faced the Richmond Virginians on April 12, 1964 for an exhibition game before the season.
The Yankees entered 1964 under manager Yogi Berra.
Yogi had just retired as a player and the Yankees needed a new leader to replace Ralph Hauck,
who moved to the front office as general manager after losing the World Series in 1963.
Richmond was the Yankees' AAA club and they were managed by Preston Gomez.
This would be the Virginians' final season in Richmond.
After 1964, they transferred to Toledo, Ohio and they were renamed the Toledo Mudhens.
This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto.
At home plate, Yogi Berra meeting with Preston Gomez, the Virginians' manager.
The banding order for the Yankees will be Phil Linds leading off, shortstop, Bobby Richardson, second base,
Roger Maris in right field, Mickey Mantle in center field, Tom Thresh in left field, Joe Cuppetone at first base,
Elston Howard catching through for your third base, and Al Downing, who you pitched for,
which hung at one time, on the mound for the Yankees.
The Richmond team, which had been training in Hollywood just below Fort Lauderdale,
their season doesn't open for a pitch yet and they didn't send an entire squad.
They've got about 13 or 14 men.
Don Wallace will be leading off at shortstop, Alice Clark, second base, Art Lopez in left field,
Bob Smith will do the catching batting fourth. You remember him when he played for the Giants and the Senators.
Fred Hotkitt, first base, Rich Barry in right field, Mike Matheson, who worked out for the Yankees in spring training last year at third base,
Vic Pagel, center field, and Billy Muppet, who the Yankees had faced before when he was an Red Sox uniformer during the pitching.
And as I recall, their times had some trouble, Mr. Muppet.
Well, this is the last game on spring training. An open date tomorrow and Tuesday.
Welcome Yogi Day. And what a hand he got when he was introduced here.
They introduced the players from both teams.
I don't know how many decibels came up on Joe Cooper's machine over there, but he got a tremendous hand.
We have just two umpires today.
Val Gommon is back in the play. I'm looking for Frank Humon.
Oh, I see him. He was out there talking to the crowd at the right field fence, and he's held his hand up.
So wait a minute. The game's about to begin. Here's the first pitch, and no umpire first base.
It's in there for a strike to Phil Linds.
Humon, meantime, is talking to a policeman. That's why I couldn't find him.
Out in front of the... Here's the next pitch. Hits five short in the left center for a base hit.
It wouldn't have made any difference whether Linds touched the bat or not if he got back.
Frank Humon's coming in now. He was talking to a policeman along the right field foul line.
They have an overflow crowd asking him to keep them back and not to run onto the field of play.
Phil Linds singles the left center. Now here is Bobby Richardson. Takes it low and outside.
Oscar Kuhn is umpiring his third base.
Go over to first. The runner's back. It's a beautiful day in Richmond.
Wish we'd had a day like this in the last three days of our stay in Fort Lauderdale.
Here's the pitch inside for a ball.
It's a little more on the chillier side, but the sun is shining bright.
Muffin, the right-hander, delivers. Richardson takes it up high. Ball three.
I'm glad we didn't have a microphone at home play, as some folks would like to have.
I heard what Muffin said, but I'm going to tell you. Here's the pitch. It's inside for ball four and Richardson walks.
Linds moves to second. Muffin actually wasn't yelling enough. He was angry himself.
Now coming up is Roger Maris.
Linds on second. Richardson on first.
Muffin, the right-hander, delivers and it's in there for a strike.
Muffin looks as if he's put on a lot of weight.
Bill Linds leaning away from second. Bobby Richardson from first.
And the pitch. Maris swings and lines under clean first and second, the right field for a base hit. Rounding third is Linds.
He's coming in to store. The ball is cut off as the throw went toward third to hold Richardson.
The ball is cut off by shortstop Don Wallace.
And Bobby stops to put him back. Now Mickey Manil.
One to nothing, New York.
They have a tremendous parking lot beyond the fences.
Here's the pitch, high outside for a ball.
You know, sitting up in a place like this and looking out into a parking lot just jammed with more than a thousand cars, here's the pitch, swung on and foul tipped.
You get an idea that General colors people like most and they're more on the pastel side.
Muffin all set, delivers up high to Mickey.
Richardson moves off second, Marisol first. The delivery is swung on and foul back.
You know that ball as it came down hit a screen, I don't know if it was that close.
I'd have reached for Zuto out to get it.
Two balls, two strikes.
They're away from first and second. Here's the pitch, it's up high.
A 3-2 count.
They expected somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 people here today.
They certainly have that many with an old crow crowd extending from the right field foul line out to the point and deep right center.
Three balls, two strikes, two men on. Billy Muffin tries to pick off play but didn't throw the ball as he whirled around off the mound.
His strikes caught.
Don Wallace tried to slip in behind Richardson.
Richardson leads off second, Marisol first the pitch, the man will strike out.
Now tipped held onto by Bob Smith.
Nick was going for the long one, you could tell that.
Now the batter is Tom Trash.
Joe Puppet going on back.
He's up in New York. Richardson leads off second, Marisol first. The pitch is swung on by one hopper to Clark over to Wallace.
That's a first.
Nickly executed double play. Clark is second, Wallace is short, the hoppies first.
And the side is retired.
One run, two hits.
There were no errors, one left on.
At the end of the first half, the first inning, Yankees won, the Virginians coming to bat.
The last half of the first inning.
The Richmond Virginians come to bat.
They're not a set team as yet, you must keep in mind they brought up enough players from the Yankee farm area in Hollywood.
From there they selected them and sent them out to different teams.
It filled those boards executed a double play with Finesse.
Oh, he couldn't do any better than the big ladies now.
Leading off is Don Wallace, left-hand hitter.
Clark on deck and Art Lopez follow.
Left-hander Al Downing's pitch. It's low, ball one.
Al did some pitching for the Virginians.
Here's the pitch, swung on and missed.
One-one count.
And the next pitch, swung on, little tap toward the mound.
Second by Downing to throw to first.
In time he almost threw it away.
You know, Joe Puppetone almost daily impresses you with his feelings.
So good over there, he's a little bit like Vic Powell with that glove.
Didn't play to get too good because in the end field I don't care where he threw it.
Harris Clark comes up, right-hand batter.
And the pitch, in there for a strike.
He's from the Virgin Islands, his middle name is Mann, Harris Mann, remember that?
Harris Mann Clark, here's the pitch.
He went for a ball that tailed away from him.
Two strikes.
Now the delivery, outside for a ball.
A two-one count.
Al Downing's pitch is swung on.
There's a high fly ball in the medium center.
Mann drips in and makes the catch.
Two away.
Lopez, left-hand batter coming up.
And Blaney wears glasses.
Al Downing's delivery is low and inside for a ball.
There was a time when players refused to wear them.
They thought it was a stigma.
Here's the pitch, it's in there for a strike.
Actually, there are a couple of umpires that use them off the field.
Downing's overhand fastball is cut on and bowed to the left of the plate.
Naturally, they get kidded when they're spotted walking the street.
There's a ball player that says, you know you ought to use those in the game.
Downing's delivery, swung on, ground ball head out to second.
Richards is in up with it, throws on the peppertone.
And that's it in the last half, the first inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
And at the end of the first inning, the Yankees won, Richmond nothing.
And every fan attending the opener will receive a welcome yogi button too, Mel.
And a big free game program will get underway at 1.30 with game time at 2 p.m.
So it should be a big day.
Everybody come out and greet yogurt.
The Yankees get their American League championship emblems, right?
Elston Howard's and Los Angeles Player Award.
It'll be an historic opening day.
I know you people like to be in on it.
Joe Peppertone takes low, ball one.
Jim Gleason coaching at third and Spud Murray at first.
Peppertone takes outside.
Billy Muffet pitching for the Virginians.
The pitch is swung on as a high drive to deep left center.
Vic Pagel goes way back and makes the catch well over 400 feet away.
3.55 the left center, that had to be close to 400 feet.
It's a big ballpark.
Elston Howard up, he hits the first pitch, a drive deep to left field, going, going, gone.
He's a strong man.
That seemed very near smashing the windshield of the station wagon.
But a young man standing out there, there's several, with gloves.
He saved somebody's windshield and got the ball.
Two to nothing, New York, and here's Cleet Boyer.
Wow, that Howard can really put the wood to them.
Inside the first pitch to Boyer, there are many who claim he's perhaps the strongest fellow in the league.
The pitch is in there for a strike.
One ball, one strike.
Muffet's delivery, inside, ball two.
Strength, of course, is helpful, but it's not necessary to be a home run hitter.
Look at Ernie Banks, wrist action, timing.
If you've got them both, so much the better.
Now the pitch, swung on foul-tip.
A two-two count.
Here's the pitch, swung on, there's a drive down the right field line.
Rich Barry goes over and takes it right at the line.
Two down and Al Downing is coming up.
Al's familiar with these three cents.
He hits the no-hitter for the Virginia.
That's right-handed, takes a strike.
Two to nothing, New York, it's the first half of the second inning.
And the next pitch inside, Alfonso Erwin Downing from Trenton, New Jersey.
And the next pitch, cut on foul-back.
He pitched a no-hit game to Richmond where on May 12, 1960.
Here's the delivery, it's in there, false strike.
Sides retired, one run, one hit, no errors and no one left on.
And thus at the end of an inning and a half, the score, the Yankees 2, Richmond nothing.
In the last half of the second inning, the veteran Bob Schmidt, right-hand batter, takes it outside for a ball.
And Preston Gomez coaching at third base.
He's the manager.
Next pitch over the outside corner for a false strike.
Ike Futch is coaching at first base.
Now the delivery.
It's over that outside corner, just in the strike zone up high.
One and two.
And the pitch, swung on.
There's a drive to D plus D.O.
That ball is going to be topside, Tresh up against the pitch.
Right where it says courtesy.
No courtesy on the part of Tresh there.
He hit a ball as hard as Howard did, but he didn't get a hundred an hour.
And Bob Schmidt is retired.
Tresh banged into the barrier.
It held on.
Fred Hopke, left-hand batter, takes it low for a ball.
He's the first baseman for the Virginians.
Some of these names will become more familiar to you in short years ahead.
The pitch, cut on foul back.
Al Downing goes to work.
The pitch is low.
And the delivery, swung on and grounded foul.
Ike Sputch coaching it first, dabbed it.
You know, Pedro Gomez, the manager, was born in Oriente, Cuba.
Two balls, two strikes.
The pitch is low outside.
Went to college in Mexico City.
And in his baseball career, he was signed first of all by the Washington Senators.
The pitch is swung on and top foul.
Howard going over near the screen and he's got it.
Yes, missed the screen by inches.
Two down.
Pedro Gomez played with the Hanna.
Then another World Series here.
Right now, Rich Barry swings and fouls it off.
He was hired by the Los Angeles Club to direct their Spokane club in the Pacific Coast League.
Stayed there until he joined the Virginians last winter.
Here's the pitch, swung on and missed.
Tried to uppercut that one.
Downing New York.
Downing is delivery high outside.
Downing into the windup and the pitch change up is high.
Interesting to see some of these better players in your top farm club or on your top farm club.
Because one day they'll be up at Yankee Stadium.
Here's the delivery. He tried to check his swing but couldn't and strikes out.
Thus the side is retired. No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
And at the end of two innings of play, the Yankees 2, Richmond nothing.
In the first half of the third inning, Phil Lenz hits a line drive to short caught by Don Wallace.
Lenz had single in the first inning.
Richardson who drew a pass steps up. High outside, ball one.
Now the pitch, it's in there.
A 1-1 count.
The next delivery, high and inside.
Did he intend on an upper ball or a change in?
I know he's pissed off and it's hard to tell he's pitching so fast.
He is pitching fast.
Here's the pitch. Swung on as the line drive to straightaway center, Big Bagels comes in and makes the catch.
Due down and up comes Roger Maris.
Right field hit, Roger Maris.
Roger singled in the first inning. Takes it inside, belt high, ball one.
And the pitch, outside, ball two.
Billy Muffet comes in with the pitch. It's swung on and popped up.
Out back of second and the second baseman shots the shortstop off.
It's high spark and he makes the catch.
The side is retired. No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
And at the end of two and a half innings, Yankees two, Richmond nothing.
And the last half of the third inning, Mike Matheson, left hand batter, takes it inside.
Mike, of course, is the name, that is Matheson's name is one that you all know real well.
He was with the Yankees spring training last year.
Fastball on inside. For a while it looked as if he might make the team. He put on a pretty good display.
Two balls, no strikes.
Downing's next pitch swung on as a high fly ball to short left.
Going out to shortstop lens and he makes the catch way over near the foul line.
Up comes Vic Pagel.
Center fielder, right hand batter.
Al Downing's delivery swung on foul tipped strike one.
Downing working rapidly too, high outside with a fastball and the count's one and one.
Remember the Yanks and the Red Sox opened the season Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
The pitch is swung on in this. There's an open day and then the Red Sox are there on Thursday.
Now the pitch, swung on as a high ball to short, clubbed nicely by a lens going to his left to throw the cup its own in time.
And they're two away.
The man who makes out the schedules for the big leagues has a thankless task.
This year the Yankees have come up with a fine schedule, especially for weekend dates when more people can go.
Here's Billy Muppet, high ball one.
And don't forget those six suburban nights which will start at six o'clock.
Center of the rig at eight o'clock night games. Of course there are a lot of night games at eight in addition.
And the big game is inside.
That Fourth of July doubleheader of the twins on a Saturday is going to be pretty good.
That'll be quite a weekend.
Al Downing's next pitch is swung on and missed.
Muppet was swinging for.
There's so many cars out there. Just pick out one you like.
The two on delivery, up high.
Downing's next pitch swung on and missed.
Al fires away and the ball is popped high into a very short right.
Marist coming on and makes the catch. Just to the side are Bobby Richardson who could have made it if he had to.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
And at the end of three innings of play the Yankees own the game's only two runs, three hits and no errors.
Zero all the way around for the Virginians.
The Yankees have played in just about 30 minutes.
And as we go to the fourth Mickey Manil steps up and right behind the microphone Phil Rizzuto.
Thank you, man. I think he takes called strike one on the first pitch.
Mickey was called out on the second pitch. No, he was swung and missed in the first inning.
Changeup, bonded in the air over the pitch. He's there coming in fast and second base and he's got it.
Dred went by the pitcher but popped it up in the air and Marist caught him charging in for it on the fly.
No way. And here's Joe, no it's not, it's Tom Tret. Tret didn't know double play in the first inning.
You're tuned to your Yankee baseball station here in Albany, New York, WOKO 1460 on your dial.
Nothing to take, no wind up at all.
The pitch is inside corner, strike two called.
Nothing in two on Tret. Next pitch is fouled back out of play.
Billy Muffet, working a little too fast. Tret has the time of the play.
The pitch is a curve hit on the ground. Nice play knocked down by the second base and throw to Tret.
Inside, a nice play by Hockey. They've got Tret on a highly ground ball.
That hard shot knocked down on the edge of the outfield grass.
And his throw, even though it was wide, Hockey kept his foot on the bag.
Two outs, Joe Peppertow who fly deep to left center field in the second inning on deck Elton Howe.
First pitch to Joe, a ground ball to first base. Hockey has it, steps on the bag and there were three quick outs from Muffet.
No runs, no hits, no risks and errors, no brief ups at the end of three and a half.
It's the Yankees two, the Virginians nothing.
In here he has faced nine men in three innings.
And the legal fatter, Don Wallace, will be leading off against Downey in the bottom of the fourth inning.
He'll be followed by Horace Clark and Art Lurke.
Wallace hit back to the box, his first time in fact.
Downey's going straight in from center field.
Beautiful day though here in Richmond, Virginia.
Downey's pitch is a bonnet camp filed off strike one.
It's now showing you an overflow crowd here at Parker Field.
And standing all over.
Downey's first hit on the ground, leads to his left.
Up with it, one hand and face to face.
In time for the out and out, beautiful play by Phil Linds and Adelaide.
Really close to third base. That Wallace can get down the line.
Phil Linds who made three sparkling plays yesterday when the Yankees lost the grave has made two here already.
One hand changes, going to his left, making perfect throws.
Horace Clark five to center field, first down at bat.
Linds has got a real fine spring in between injuries.
He is another fellow that comes up with an awful lot of injuries.
Downey's pitch, hitting the ground at second base.
One hop, Bobby Richardson up with it.
So it's the first two outs.
And now Bob Lopez who will bounce the second base in the first inning.
Lopez back from left-handed.
Lopez stands deep in the box with a close center.
Pitch high and tight ball one.
Downey's pitch is in the first.
Ball two, two and up.
Downey gets the sign from Horace.
His pitch is fouled at the lowest.
Oh man, and that almost came through the window and got melt.
It hit to the screen right below it and then it pounds off fast.
And some of Joe Cooper's wire is hanging out there.
I wasn't worried. I was in position. I was ready.
All right.
The two-one pitch is outside ball three.
The ball was under the table.
A three-one count.
Downey's pitch is fouled off the screen.
Joe Cooper's all the way out on the field.
Full count on odd Lopez.
Downey ready now for the payoff pitch.
Two outs, nobody on. Yankees leading two-nothing.
There's the windup.
Pitch, a foul-tip at the plate.
Downey's running through the breaking ball that time on a three-two count.
Again the three-two delivery.
High and tight ball four and that's the first pace runner for the Richmond team in the ball game.
A face on ball to odd Lopez.
Downey had retired the first 11 men that he faced.
Tom Schmitz who hit a line drive against the fence in Redfield.
And Tom Schmitz made a spectacular play as he courted and banged into the wall.
Two men out.
Downey's on holding first against Lopez. The pitch is inside, ball one.
There deep in the left field and center field to Schmitz.
Big right hand hitter with good politics. Swing and a missed strike one, one-on-one.
Looks like it's going out to left field.
Downing stretches.
Curve is in there, strike two, one ball, two strikes.
Lopez leads away at first.
Over against the time, delivered a foul ball head over towards the Yankee dugout.
Still one ball, two strikes on Bob Schmitz.
Now Downey ready.
Down ball right at left one hop. He throws to Richardson for the fourth time.
Boy that ball drove left and back a step or two.
Four Richmond in the bottom of the fourth. No runs, no hits, no Yankees errors.
One man left and at the end of the fourth full inning it's the Yankees two, Richmond nothing.
Well Mel, what have we got to talk about here about this upcoming season?
You only talk about the whole 160-50.
Oh no, no.
Well I'll talk about a great portion of them. The popular Yankee combination plan is still available.
As I said earlier, the Yankee schedule this year is one more to the liking of fans.
And the combination plan as a variety of surprise extras includes 44 big games on 36 select days,
including 13 Sundays, 21 night games, the July 4th holiday doubleheader,
and the Gala Welcome Yogi opening day program there for tomorrow.
Combination plan ticket holders have the same choice seat locations for each game, and there are other privileges too.
To get your combination plan tickets or for more information about it, why don't you call
Cypress 3-4300, ticket manager, New York Yankee Yankee Stadium.
Of course you can ride him, but time is running short.
And if you want a season schedule, they're available free, two times.
Now we're ready for the fifth inning here still.
Okay Mel, and we have another Mel out there on the mound. Mel Stoudelmeyer has replaced Billy Muppet,
and Jake Gibbs has gone in to do the kick-tacking in place of Bobby Schmidt.
Elston Howard, first pick of the ball, second one is low, ball two.
Ellie Holm is deep over the left field fence in the second inning.
Yankees leading two to nothing.
Conductly Boyer.
Next pick to Howard is low, ball three.
A three-nothing pitch is inside, ball four. So Howard walks on four straight pitches.
And it brings up Cleve Boyer. Cleve's line to right field in the second inning.
When Boyer played down here for Richmond, Eddie Lopak was the manager. He played shortstop,
which he has done on occasion for the Yankees and done a real fine job.
Hopkey holding first against Howard. Here's a stretch by Stoudelmeyer.
Pitch swing and a miss, strike one.
On deck is Al Downing.
Ralph Terry is loosening up in the Yankee bullpen. There's a curve in there, strike two.
Stoudelmeyer leans over to get the sign. Howard with a short lead at first base.
Stretch and a pitch in the dirt. Howard starts the second in the hole. Nice play by Gidd.
He blocked that ball so it bounced in front of him.
Gidd, as you know, is a big bonus boy at the Yankee sign.
Not originally a factor, but he'll be better figures.
Some day they're going to need cash more than anything else, so he's breaking Gidd's in.
Two strikes pitch low, and boy it's extra swing, two and two.
Nobody out here in the top of the fifth.
The stretch in goes Howard. The ball is lined to center field right at pitch Pago.
Howard was down to second after Huffleback. Boy, he got good work on that ball.
One on that brings up Al Downing. Downing struck out in the second inning.
They tried that play in the last game the Yankees played. I think it was the last game.
Howard was thrown out at second. The boy are up, only boy has hit the pitch.
There's a throw to first and they almost got Howard.
All right, now just remind me on that particular play with Boyle at that,
there was a one-one count and the catcher called for a pick out.
Howard didn't go on the next play. The catcher called again for a pick out, which made it a 3-1 count.
But they got him. There's a beautiful bump that might go for a face hit.
Saddlemire throws to first. They got him. A beautiful play by Horace Clark.
Downing bonnet that ball by the uncharging Mel Saddlemire, who had a reverse of field and go back past the pitchers mound to pick it up.
He threw low to Horace Clark, who caught the ball lying flat on the ground.
Saddlemire's work from the ball play by Horace Clark.
Downing bonnet that ball by the uncharging Mel Saddlemire, who had a reverse of field and go back past the pitchers mound to pick it up.
He threw low to Horace Clark, who caught the ball lying flat on the ground.
Saddlemire's work from one to four.
Howard moves to second and here's Stillinges who single-elaps center and line to the shortstop.
Hits Stillinges in their strike one call.
On deck, Bobby Lichten.
And he's still leading to the nothing here. That's top of the fifth inning.
Right-handed stretches. Pitch low. Get away from Smith but not too far.
Grab it, J. Gibbs.
Gibbs runs out to the pitcher's box. Have a little chat with Saddlemire.
J. Gibbs might have been crossed up on that pitch.
And now Saddlemire wants to talk with Gibbs a little bit.
It's a one-one count on Stillinges.
Elston Howard leading off second base.
The stretch.
The pitch. The ground ball. Hopkey, the first baseman, upwarded races to the bag for the unassisted put-up.
For the Yankees in the top of the fifth, no runs, no hits, no Richmond errors.
One man left and at the end of four and a half it's the Yankees two, Richmond nothing.
Al Downey continues on the mound and he'll be facing Fred Hopkey, Rick Barry, and Mike Maffeeson.
Yankees leading two-nothing.
Hopkey fouled out to the catcher in the second inning.
Bill Stafford and Hal Runniff running over to the big old clubhouse.
They're out to do a little running in the outfield.
Looks like they're through for the day.
Right there hit a Fred Hopkey up there. Downey's pitch is fouled again and back of the plate.
This one coming back near the screen and out of play.
Hopkey's a jersey boy.
Downey's pitch is signed.
Swing and a miss.
Nobody out, nobody on.
Downey's pitch is high, one ball two strikes.
Downey ready. His pitch is a little bit high, two and two.
Hal Drummond dusting off home plate.
Downey leans over to the sign. His pitch is a check swing just a little bit outside, full count, three and two.
Downey ready for the playoff pitch.
It's swung at it, missed, strike three.
Two and a breaking pitch. Second strikeout for Al Downey in the ball game.
And it brings up Rich Barry who struck out in the second inning.
Downey's pitch is high, ball one.
Downey's one-nothing pitch is on the outside corner strike called one-on-one.
Mel told you this is a pretty ball park with tremendous parking area and quite accessible to the highways leading in and out of town.
Sting up is high.
Two balls, one strike.
Downey's pitch hit foul outside of third, two and two.
Steve Hamilton is up with Ralph Terry now in the Yankees ball game.
Yankees will work out tomorrow to get ready for their opening day on Tuesday, April 14th with the Red Sox.
Two-two pitch in the dish, three and two.
Now the playoff pitch to Barry. A tie ball four.
That's the second ball given up by Downey.
It brings up Mike McEachin who pops the shortstop in the third inning.
One away, the Yankees lead two-nothing bottom of the 7th.
Sir gets away from Howard and bounces his game.
It's kind of questionable whether they'll give a wild pitch or a fast ball. The ball hit the end of Howard's packing glove. Didn't look that far outside.
It's a wild pitch. Shots to Al Downey.
That's the second on the play, Rick Barry. It's a stretch. Pitch is the ground ball. Beautiful play by Rick. It throws the first inside for the out.
He's just a big bit away from Mike McEachin.
And moving ahead on the play, Rick Barry.
Somehow Bobby reached a little longer than his arms looked like he could reach.
That's the first infield here. That ball almost got by him.
There's a big takeover to the shortstop in the third inning.
Two men are out.
Rick Barry has third base.
Pagle right hand batter. Downing pitch is on the inside corner, strike four.
Third base so far against Al Downey.
One strike pitch is low. One-one.
Downing brightly here in Richmond, Virginia. Understand it's a nice day back home in New York.
One-one pitch is high. Ball two, two-one.
Downing is two-one pitch. Popped in the air to left field.
Down stretch is moving in under it.
And Tom Haffett for Richmond in the bottom of the fifth. No runs, no hits, no Yankees.
There's one man left. And at the end of five, it's the Yankees two to the Virginians nothing.
All right, we're ready to go. And ready to go again is Mel Allen.
Thank you very much, Phil. Bobby Richardson hits the first pitch high and deep into left center.
Art Lopez goes over and makes the catch just short of the running track.
Run away.
Richardson had walked in line to center previously.
And the late Billy Muffet who won the first four innings.
Tall Yankee right-hander now facing Rockamar.
And he can pop the second. The pitch is outside, ball one.
Now the delivery is swung on. There's a high drive to deep center going back.
Playing it perfectly, making the catch at the thick table.
And now Mickey Mantle is struck out and on an attempted drag front, popped it in the air to second baseman.
Despite the fact that the Virginians have not had a man reach base other than on a walk,
Al Downing is through for the day, taking some wind sprints.
They pitch to Mantle, high and away, ball one.
Terri and Hamilton have been warming up for New York.
They pitch to Mantle in the air force flight.
The thing about an exhibition game such as this, people come out to see a guy like Mickey.
They feel he ought to hit a home run.
Pitch is low on inside.
And in fact during the season.
That's one of the prices you have to pay when you do hit a lot of elements.
They expect you to do it every day you happen to come out.
Now the pitch outside, ball three.
And the rest is sure that the players can turn in which he could do.
Three balls, one strike to pitch.
That's low on inside, ball four.
Mantle draws a walk.
And we're going to have a runner, Archie Moore, for Mantle.
Get your hands.
As a matter of actual fact, in a game like this, a man such as Mickey or America or New York, they would like to be with you.
Trash, grounded in the second into a double play, and grounded the second time, no pitch.
Yankees leading two to nothing, it's the first half of the sixth inning.
Two outs, Moore running for Mantle on first.
The pitch is outside.
Watching Jake Gibbs, he is learning some things about catching.
It's a difficult position to learn.
Now the pitch outside.
I was just thinking of that little movement he made on the previous pitch.
When he caught the ball, he shifted right out to the left, ready to fire down the second if the runner is doing.
The catcher is blocked and you've got a left-hand hitter out there.
Here's the delivery outside.
Sometimes some catchers will lean back just a little, move back just enough to where they can get a look at that runner on first.
Now Stottlemeyer behind on Tom Trash and the pitch.
It's low outside for ball four.
So with two down, a pair passes.
He sets it up now for Joe Pepitone, who's flying the center, the very deep center, and grounded the first.
Joe's still having a little trouble with his wrist on the left hand, and he is a wrist hitter.
Two way, two on.
Stottlemeyer's pitch is inside, ball one.
Stottlemeyer again to the stretch and the pitch.
He's gone and grounded down to first. Right along the line, and Hopke, who was guarding the line,
feel it easily and Pepitone is retired.
No runs for the Yankees, no hits, there were no errors and two men left on.
And thus at the end of five and a half and to play, the score remains New York 2, Richmond nothing.
14Z radio WOKO in Albany, New York.
Last half to six pinning, two to nothing in favor of the Yankees.
Stottlemeyer will be the first batter, and Ralph Terry has come in to do the pitching.
We have other changes to give to you in just a moment.
Here's a first pitch from Ralph, been there for a strike.
Archie Moore has gone to right field, place of Maris, Trash has replaced Mantle and Center moving over from left field,
and Hector Lopez has gone to left field.
The third catching place of Howard, pitches low outside for a ball.
Two to nothing, New York leading, it's the last of the six.
Terry's next pitch is fouled off, the first out of play.
Now the pitch on the way, high, a 2-2 count.
Two balls, two strikes.
Here's the pitch, high and inside, ball three.
Terry wants a new ball, which gives me a chance to say that the attendance today is 12,240,
and 12,000 approximately is capacity for this part.
The next pitch misses the mark, ball four, and Stradlmeyer guards the wall.
I've just double-checked in 10,000, the capacity in round figures.
Those of you who don't like round figures, I'll give you the exact one, 9,583.
We've got 12,240 today.
Don Wallace, the leadoff man, the left-hand batter, takes the strike.
The next pitch, the left-hand batter, is hit right by Boyer and through the hole in the left field for a face-off.
Boyer was at the back, and Wallace took advantage of the positioning of the infield there and drove it by Boyer and through the gap,
and that's the first hit for the Richmond Virginians.
Al Downen, five innings of hitless pitching.
Terrell Terry has come on. He's walked one man and allowed a single to another.
I'm just on first and second.
Harris Clark, bunch, and the play as Terry falls down is too late.
Terry's last clock in the glass, he's dug a big divot.
What a divot he does.
He's got to be short to base hit.
Now you hear some folks waking up.
Three men on base.
Donald Meyer on third, Don Wallace on second, Harris Clark on first, and the batter is Arch Lopez, the left-hand hitter.
New York leading two to nothing, last of the sixth inning.
Three runners lead away to wind up the pitch. It's low, ball one.
Cuppet zone playing the toughest steps behind the runner at third.
Three men lead away to wind up the pitch.
One on nine and the high field is off of a base hit. Lawrence Downen on third, and the ball comes through Glantz at the end of the pitch.
And the game is back up.
The coach united the Glantz.
He couldn't handle it. He had a chance on the second runner, that is Don Wallace, coming home.
But all he did was jab and tag the man without the ball.
So Arch Lopez lifts a solid single to center for two runs, scoring Donald Meyer and Wallace, sending Harris Clark to second.
The tie ball game now, 2-2, and the Virginians have awakened.
Now the batter is Jake Gibbs, who replaced Bob Smith in left-hand batter.
Ralph Cherry to the stretch. The pitch is high, ball one.
Now you can hear the hubbub of the crowd.
You know that's helpful to a hamster, some of the other things.
You do a game and they're all sitting down in this quiet, you start getting as quiet as they do.
Runners lead away from first and second. The pitch to Jake Gibbs, one on, there's a high fly ball in the short left, could be trouble.
Now Lopez comes on to grab it, and then he's going out.
It's near the left field line.
The runners hold up, one bounce, and here's Fred Hoppe.
First baseman, another left-hand hitter.
Foul out to the catcher and struck out.
These left-hand hitters started picking on some right-hand pitching after looking at downing left-hand pitching for a while.
The delivery inside for a ball. Each team is about to step into that pitch.
Hoppe is a big fellow.
Runners on first and second.
Mark and Lopez of the pitch. Outside and high, ball two.
Now the pitch. One on, a down ball, hits Richardson backhand, it over to Linds. Linds world close to first for a good double play.
He did a complete circle. 180-degree turn after taking the toss from Richardson, who first of all made a sparkling draft almost behind second base.
It was behind second base because as he tossed to Linds, Linds had to do a complete circle around to get in position to throw the first base.
That's why pitchers do love good infielders.
Two runs, three hits, no errors, one left on.
And so at the end of six innings of play, the total is identical. Two runs, three hits, and no errors.
In order to watch some batting practice, but particularly infield practice.
And the infield just put on a show finger.
No better show could have been put on in the execution of that double play.
Now the Richardson race over, backhand of the ball, kind of flipped it sidewise with the glove.
I mean he kept the glove, but I mean the end ball flipped it over.
Here's Johnny Blanchard takes the strike.
That's why Linds was facing center field when he took the toss and had to come all the way around to turn to throw the first.
Johnny Blanchard takes it outside.
It has slowly changed, but it's true. Many years ago, before my time, I never saw a piece coming forward.
What show did he put on? There's a pitch that fouled on the right field line.
There was a policeman with his back to the play talking to one of the attendants at the ballpark.
And the attendant at the ballpark came close not to having anybody to talk to.
Here's the pitch, low and inside, 2-2.
Donald Meyers' pitch is flung on, hits hard on the ground to second. It's parked up, but it flips on to first, to Fred Hocky, and it's won away.
Police Boyer, flying to right, flying to center.
Tom Metcalfe, who showed so well for the Yankees' spring training.
The pitch is low for the ball, is warming up for Richmond.
Bob Meyer, warming up for New York.
The next pitch is in there for the Tigers, 1-1. Yankees 2, Richmond 2.
Now the delivery, hung on and missed.
I couldn't help but think of the old Satchel Page saying among his many things,
the pitch is into the dirt.
When that ball almost hits the place and not hits.
When you're running, don't look back, because somebody's out there gaining on you.
Here's the pitch, inside, ball 3, 3-2.
He had a whole list of things, wonderful.
Now the pitch, and it's low and inside for a ball.
Then I get ready to pitch while I warm up. I just stand there and just jangle my arms down by the side.
Just keep jangling them, because that gets the juices going in your body.
Then I have to warm up.
Ralph Terry, the batter.
There's the puck.
Fred Hopke, first baseman plays it to second baseman, Harris Clark, to sacrifice.
Here comes Phil Lynn, who singles to right center, lines it short and grounded to first.
Donald Meyer to the stretch, here's the pitch, swung on, grand ball hits the short, the play will have to be the first base in time.
The side is retired, no runs, no hits, no errors, one left on.
And at the end of the 6 1 half innings, the score remains the Yankees 2 and the Virginians 2.
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Harris pitches in there for a strike.
You know, as we've been broadcasting this game, it's been a little thing running through your mind.
Here's the pitch, high for a ball.
In terms of translation, the Richmond Virginians are wearing Yankee uniforms with the NY taken off and their own insignia on.
And you keep wanting to speak of the home team in terms of Yankees.
Here's the pitch.
Swung on as a time to take my field and it is going foul.
It's kind of funny, it's that.
That would put the Virginians ahead and the ball went over a sign that puts you in the driver's seat.
Now the pitch, swung on, went for a low outside pitch, a little anxious.
Jack Matheson coming up, Yankees two, Virginians two.
Ralph Terry, who succeeded Al Downing, delivers pitch one on and head out into right center.
Round track station, two away.
Don't forget opening day at Yankee Stadium, day after tomorrow, with a Boston Red Sox.
Welcome home to Yankee.
I know there's so many people out there, you can give them a stand on the back.
We can't do it verbally, we'll do it with the clap of the hands.
It'll be quite a big day, a historic day.
Big Tegel takes inside and high, ball one.
Red Sox are also there.
On Thursday, they're left Wednesday open in the event of a weather possibility so they can have the opening day the next day.
Here's the pitch, low and outside.
Two balls, no strikes.
Ralph Terry's delivery, high and inside, ball three.
Bill Cooper was remarking earlier, we hadn't seen too much of Ralph Terry this spring.
The pattern that the yogi devised in order to get pitchers more work with their rookie camp just a few miles from the base camp.
Here's the pitch in their first track.
They would send a lot of the pitchers down there to work.
So in a sense, they got more work than actual game.
Now the delivery, swung on and popped up to Joe Capitone, the mozova in the foul ground and one-handed.
The side is retired.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
And that's at the end of seven innings of play, two runs, three hits and no errors.
Those are the totals for each team.
Don Seeger running with Fred Muriel towards the dressing room and Stan Williams.
Don Seeger was the trainer here and so was Joe Thoris at one time.
We pause for station identification.
This is 1460 Radio in Albany, New York, WOKO.
Joe Cronin, president of the American League, will be at the stadium Tuesday.
He'll give the award to you through Elton Howard, the most famous player.
Gallimbado and his Royal Canadians will be on hand to entertain, a souvenir for all the folks who are there.
And Phil Rizzuto has just gotten a job with Gallimbado for the day.
How do you mean, cleaning the horns or a finger?
Finger, oh, okay.
Bobby Richardson leads off and Count now has two balls, no strikes on Bobby.
I heard you.
He's singing and playing the pick-a-lo.
Bobby started to try to duck out of the way, goes right back to the pitcher, throws to first Richardson, still hasn't left the batter.
Bobby trying to duck out of the way, actually sat on the ground, the ball hit his back, and it was an easy out, one to three.
Here's Hector Lopez up to the first time.
Bob Damaris while he was in there, had one single in three times at bat and a run batted in.
Down my assist is over, strike call.
Pitch is low.
One on one, I'm Decker Archie Moore.
Next pitch is on the inside corner, strike two call, one ball, two strikes.
I think he's opening this game like he's going to have a big day against Richardson.
Third strike, three balls.
Now here's Archie Moore up for the first time at bat.
Maybe Maddow was over too, got a base on balls while he was in the game.
On deck, Cleve Boyle.
No, on deck, Tom Thresh.
First pitch is inside, ball one.
Two out, nobody on it, two, two ball games.
Curve is low, two balls, no strikes.
Right hander back with a fastball hit, right back to the box, he's got on one hot close to first for the out.
Nice hand for Stoudelmeyer, as he ties the Yankees in order here in the top of the eighth
and at the end of seven and a half innings it's the Yankees two to the Juniors two.
Getting ready to go in the bottom of the eighth inning, a tie ball game, two-two.
That's Harry's on the mound.
And we're going to have a pinch hitter for Meryl Stoudelmeyer.
Wearing uniform number two, he's got the left-hand batter, Ike Butch.
He's going to turn it around his box.
But Hoppe, as quoted in the fair, this is a coach at first base.
The first pitch is inside, ball one.
Now, Stoudelmeyer, the Indians only have I think 14 men up here right now.
A lot of them are still in Hollywood, a lot will be sent down.
There they drive to center field, coming on fast, Tom Thresh coming on fast and he can't get it.
A deep spin and a tentatively single for the pinch hitter.
That's the fourth hit of a proud Harry and all four hits by the Virginians.
What Harry is now down in with five innings without giving up a hit.
Here's Ed John Wallace who's got the first pitch of the ball game for the Virginians in his seventh inning, a 10-to-the-left field.
Boy, a move to the third now with a short side two-two.
They are looking for the possible bunch.
They throw to first, not in time.
There's the stretch.
Boy is coming in, a 50-quid round bunch at high in the air.
Kyle Pepperstone has got it on a fly.
Let's get back to first base.
Ike Clark who beat out a bunch single in the sixth inning also fly to center bounce to second.
A left-hand batter.
Boy is still in on the infield grass.
Runner leads away at first.
There he goes and the pitch is low.
The throw is wide and not in time.
He takes a good pitch to steer line, a third ball that was low inside.
An advantage hurry throw was wide at the back.
Throw to stolen base and it puts the lead run at second base.
Pitch to the ball through Irish clock.
Stretch by Terry.
He's got a ground over half-back throw by right here.
Down he's got it coming on the floor as the floor is low off.
Nice touch from the beginning one-way three-to-two.
Boy, Pepperstone just had a deep pitch.
Oh, then he's touching on that too.
He's got a lot of work done down in spring training.
Very proud of his lead team.
Almost lost a couple there and a hard bouncing ball that bounced right over his right shoulder.
Throw, run, battered in.
Second hit for Irish clock.
And the Virginia's now lead three-to-two.
Here's Art Lopez bounce to second.
Walks and single to center.
Very pitchy.
Starts to butt-pick for the first strike.
Pepperstone holding fast, holding first against Irish clock.
First throw to first.
Walk inside.
Lopez drove in two runs with his single to center field in the sixth inning.
First is a changeup hitting the air to left center field.
That's going to be trouble.
And it's just coming up.
And Lopez, the first hit to the side just, and that was Lopez.
They're waving him in all the way.
He loses, throw to the plate.
While he's throwing from, he's got it to play on a beautiful relay.
From Lopez to Linz to Blanton.
And that second base for the double is Art Lopez.
And it's just coming from, he's got it to play just, and that was Lopez.
They're waving him in all the way.
He loses, throw to the plate.
From Lopez to Linz to Blanton.
And that second base for the double is Art Lopez.
The wind kept blowing that ball away from Tom Sessions.
He tried to backhand it.
Linz made a beautiful relay.
One hopper right, two gunnybugs.
Now to bring up Jake Yidd, now with two outs.
And that second base, Art Lopez.
Richmond leading 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth.
Stretched by Terry.
Touches and high foul by Al Finner at a county branch that is under.
And Blanton takes it just in front of the stand.
For Richmond in the bottom of the eighth, one run on three-base hit.
No Yankee errors, one man left.
At the end of eighth quarter, Richmond 3, the Yankees 2.
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Well, don't forget, it'll be opening day Tuesday, April the 14th.
And by the way, how many openings does that make it feel now?
As the voice of the Yankees.
Well, I'd have to go back and count on my sisters in the 39s.
I worked with them in the Army for three years.
And from 46 on, I've been doing new games now.
In fact, before the war, we used to do the home games of Giants and Yankees.
Never traveled.
And so we were in both leagues at that time.
That's a lot of openings.
Yes, sir.
We've got Tom Metcalf coming in now.
Metcalf has shown brittleness for the Yankees in spring training.
The decision had to be made between him and Mickelson.
And it wasn't so much the fact, as I said, that Metcalf didn't look so well,
but rather the style of pitching that felt that they'd go with Mickelson,
at least to start with, because he can throw centers.
Whereas Metcalf's type of pitching, he had a lot of balls up in the air.
They had quite talked with him and told him to work on that little pitch.
He's bound to make it a very intelligent fellow.
Here's a pitch swung on, and there's a looper out over second for a base hit.
And on the handle, too.
Tom Trash hit one on the handle and pushed it over the head of the second baseman,
Harris Park.
And that's the Yankees' first hit since the second inning.
Joe Pepitone, nothing to agree.
Tom Metcalf's pitch is swung on and fouled it, that one.
Billy Muffet, who started, gave up three hits in the first two innings
and the Yankees two runs.
Then he pitched two score openings, and Stoudelmeier went through the eighth
without giving up a hit.
And that's the delivery, swung on, hit foul.
And just the reverse, Downing didn't give up a hit for five innings.
Sanferri gave up three in the sixth and three in the eighth.
Metcalf's pitch to Pepitone swung on and hits right below us.
Opening day at Yankee Stadium Tuesday.
Connor Yogan-Barras, Elston Howard, and a host of others.
Dignitary's presence.
Here's the pitch swung on and bounced foul down the first base line.
Richmond three and the Yankees two.
It's the first half of the ninth inning.
Tom Metcalf all set.
The pitch swung on as it bounced to the first.
Hopke had to throw down the second for one, back to first to Metcalf nine times.
It was awful close.
Hopke threw down to Wallace and they knocked off fresh.
And the shortstop's relay to Metcalf within an eyelet of completing the double play.
Force out at second.
Pepitone on first, Nevada.
Johnny Blanchard.
Tom Metcalf's delivery.
It bounces away from the catcher over near the barrier and Pepitone moves on to second.
That's a wild pitch.
You can almost see what Metcalf is doing.
Yogi and Ford had a long talk in about a half hour before they asked him to go back down to Richmond.
That's what I learned, to keep the ball low.
I think I have to have a little too low.
Three to two, Richmond leads.
Here's the pitch to Blanchard, swung on and bowled off.
That ball's second.
Pepitone moving off second.
It's up high, fastball.
June 1 the count.
We're in the first half of the ninth inning.
Richmond leading by a score of three to two.
Pepitone leading away from second.
Metcalf's delivery is low and inside.
Green one.
He's trying to make him hit on the ground.
The stretch and the three-one pitch swung on and bowled down the first base line.
Strike two, full count.
Tom Metcalf in release.
Full count on Johnny Blanchard.
Pepitone on second.
Three to two Virginians.
And the pitch gets away from the catcher.
He fired that one and I believe it hit.
No it didn't.
Blanchard sort of, yes it did.
Pepitone had to go back to second.
I saw Blanchard kind of bend over and back up a little and then suddenly straighten up and throw his cap.
So the wild, what appeared to be a wild pitch, did not go to the Yankees advance because then Pepitone would have been on third where he could have scored on and out on a long fly.
Blanchard hit by a pitch ball and here's Creek Boyer.
One out in the ninth, three to Richmond. The pitch swung on and bowled back.
And the batter is hit by a pitch ball, a dead ball, and the runners have to return to their bases unless by virtue of the fact that they're becoming a base runner, it courses the others along.
Metcalf into the stretch. Here's the pitch to Boyer.
Low outside.
First to the ninth.
But Daly starts to warm up for New York, Terry on deck.
Richmond leading three to two. Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first and the pitch to Boyer. It's in there for a strike, a beautiful curve.
The plate started to swing at that pitch as ever up at home plate.
Metcalf seemed to return his own style of pitching suddenly.
One ball, two strikes.
The stretch and the pitch.
That one's into the dirt going outside.
A nice save by Jake Gibbs.
Two balls, two strikes.
Richmond three, New York two. First half of the ninth inning.
One out. Pepitone leading off second. Blanchard off first and the pitch.
It's again, it's the plate. Blanchard back is. Three and two to count.
They're trying to keep that ball low.
Of course hitting the ground ball or even find a hole, but the percentage is in favor of being handled by an in-theater.
Full count one out. We'll watch the runners. Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first.
They're holding the pitch. The swung on and fouled off. It's about to the plate.
Jim Gleason looks into the dugout to see if Yogi's got any change.
As far as the base runners are concerned.
The dangers move in the ninth inning. Running them.
The stretch. Runners taking their lead and then Metcalf steps off the rubber right quick.
Sometimes you can pick up the fact of whether the runners intend to go or not.
Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first. The stretch.
Runners are holding the pitch. The swung on. It says fly a ball in to short it out.
Art Lopez comes in under and loses it.
And he moves.
As Lopez picks up the ball and Pepitone is forced to third.
Instead of playing it halfway.
Pepitone apparently had an idea he was going to go back to second in tags.
And Lopez who lost the ball in the sun.
Now Boyer has left first base.
Thinking the ball was caught but now the holler at him in the egg he's got to run back.
But time has been called.
Now Yuma, and that's the oddest thing.
He thought the ball had been caught in the double play and the game over.
Now he's laughing.
Now I was wondering why time was called and I understand.
The left field.
Ostrich 2 and the Alpine fans.
Wanted some glass.
And he's the one that called time.
Else the game would have been over.
Isn't that strange Bill?
I've never seen anything like it though.
Boyer thought the ball was caught and Pepitone was doubled at third and he was in for home.
And when I say home I mean where he lives in the metropolitan area.
But the left fielder had asked for time to get glasses.
And when they hollered at him in the egg he's done got it.
He'd already crossed the third baseline.
He turned around and starts running back to first.
Jill didn't know what had happened.
That's the first time I saw that.
So even with the outfielder losing the ball in the sun, it's not a base hit.
It's a fourth play.
Lopez to Mephyson.
And Boyer saved by the grace of Lopez asking for the glasses.
And here now with two down is Pedro Gonzalez.
Man-pending, 3-2 Virginia.
Blanchard on second.
Boyer on first.
The pitch is won on.
The last five will be for Mark Lopez.
He's going to get under it.
He's waiting and the ball game is over.
And Gonzalez flies to deep left.
No runs.
One hit.
No errors and two men left on.
I'll be back in a moment for the total to highlight.
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And Al Downing started out and the Yankees started out against Muppet
as if they would have a pleasant afternoon.
When they scored runs in each of the first two innings,
Linz singled, Richardson walked, Maris singled Linz home.
And then Elston Howard blasted one over the left field fence in the second inning.
There was two to nothing, but Muppet settled down,
blanked the Yankees over the next two innings.
Without a hit.
In fact, the Yankees went from the second inning to the ninth inning without a base hit.
As Muppet hurled two hit the thinning and Stoudelmeyer, who came on in the fifth,
pitched four hit the thinnings and then came the wild ninth.
And where two situations were involved with the runner on second thinking about tagging up
instead of playing it halfway and then being forced its third
when the left fielder lost the ball in the sun.
And thus was able to force in a third, depriving the runner of a base hit.
And of course giving the Virginians an important out.
And Boyer who was running the first, caught the outfielder, had caught the ball,
and there was a double play at third and a game over and had left first base
and crossed the third baseline headed to the dugout.
And was saved by the fact that time had been called by the left fielder who had dropped the ball
in order to get some sun grass.
Something I've never seen.
And then Tom Metcalf came in and worked that while he was in there working tonight.
And then Al Downey just to the reverse hurled five no hit innings and was taken out.
And Ralph Terry came on and then the Virginians jumped on him.
Stottlemeyer the pitcher got a walk.
Don Wallace single to the left.
Harris Park got a base hit. Art Lopez a base hit.
The Virginians were in and then in the eighth inning, clutch hitting for Stottlemeyer, single to center.
Harris Park singled and Art Lopez doubled to left for the third run.
With a possible fourth run being cut down to play on a beautiful relay from Lopez to Lenz
and Lenz's perfect throw to Blanchard at the plate.
So that's the way the runs were scored.
Stottlemeyer the winning pitcher and the losing pitcher Ralph Terry.
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