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The Brooklyn Dodgers faced the Philadelphia Phillies at Connie Maxx Stadium for opening day in Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 16th, 1957.
The Dodgers were looking to make it back to the World Series for the third consecutive season under manager Walt Alston, who was in his fourth year as skipper.
The Dodgers had won 90 or more games in seven consecutive seasons, including four trips to the fall classic in the past five seasons.
Philadelphia had been a 500 team for several seasons after their surprising trip to the World Series in 1950.
They entered the 1957 season under manager Mayo Smith in his third year with the club.
This audio recording is from the Dodgers radio broadcast featuring announcers Vince Scully, Jerry Doggett, and Al Helfer.
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Yes, here come the Dodgers. And this is Jerry Doggett with Al Helfer and Vince Scully, inviting you to stay with us now as they invade Connie Maxx Stadium to play the Philadelphia Phillies.
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We have a meeting at home plate now between manager Walt Alston and manager Mayo Smith.
We're going to have the forum part for tonight's ball game and this National League season for the Dodgers and the Phillies is going to be opening up here in just a very few moments.
Let's give you a rundown now on the starting lineup. For the visiting Dodgers, it'll be Jim Gilliam at second base.
Geno Samoley in left field. Duke Snyder in center field. Carl Ferrello in right field.
Gil Hodges at first base. Randy Jackson at third. Roy Campanella will do the catching.
Don Zimmer at shortstop and Don Newcomb on the mound to do the pitching.
Big Don, of course, the most valuable player of the year last year in the National League, won 27 games and lost seven.
For the Phillies, it'll be Richie Ashburn in center field. Chico Fernandez at shortstop. Ed Busce at first base.
Rip Raposki in left field. Willie Jones at third base. Stan Lopata, the catcher. Bob Bowman in right field.
Ted Kazanski at shortstop and Robin Roberts on the mound to do the pitching.
There's the umpire for tonight's ball game. Dusty Boggess at the plate. Tom Gorman at first base.
Hal Dixon at second and Ken Burkhart is at third base.
Right now, Robin Roberts burning down a few warm-up crosses and we'll have the National League season for the Phillies and Dodgers underway.
This afternoon, the other clubs got busy. The Pirates beat the Giants 9-2. Milwaukee beat the Cubs 4-1.
And St. Louis beat Cincinnati 13-4. An American League activity. The Yankees beat Washington 2-1.
Boston beat Baltimore 4-2. Chicago beat Cleveland 3-2. And Kansas City beat Detroit 2-1.
So now, on the mound. Robin Roberts tuning up with catcher Stan Lopata.
The practice side to second base and standing by ready to call the play-by-play for you for the F&M Schaeffer Brewing Company of Brooklyn and Schaeffer Beer.
Here's Al Helfer. Al, let's go with the season.
All right, Jerry, thank you very much. And hi, everybody.
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The first game in the National League was played right here in Philadelphia on the 22nd of April in 1876.
And Roberts fires the first pitch through to Gilliam for strike one.
Thus, this one has begun. Jim Gilliam, who last year hit an even 300 with six home runs and 43 runs batted in, is up there taking the next pitch.
And that's good too for a strike.
So Robin Roberts seems to be his old sharp self here tonight as he begins the season for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Jim Gilliam standing in, hitting left-handed against the right-hand offerings of Roberts.
There's a little fastball swung on and hit deep to right field. Bob Bowman is going back, back on the cinder track and hauls it down for the outs.
So the 1957 season has now begun.
One out for the Dodgers here in the top half of any number one. And the batter coming up is Gino Simoli.
This sort of culminates for Simoli, a tremendous attempt this year to become a member of the Dodger varsity.
Gino Simoli, who when he came to spring training this year, made one statement, a very quiet one.
He said one night, we were sitting around talking, he said, this has got to be my year. I've got to make it this year.
We said to him, Gino, do you think you'll be in the starting lineup opening day? He said, I'm going to give it everything I've got.
Gino Simoli, ladies and gentlemen, stepping up to the plate. He hit 111 last year for the Brooklyn Dodgers, had four runs batted in,
and the first pitch and hit the highest foul ball off the first base line. That goes to the roof and to the light tower out of play.
This will be quite a day or a night, as the case may be, for a couple of young fellows on the field.
Mr. Simoli is one of them. Roberts comes in with a right arm pick that's swung on and pops foul off to the right of the plate.
Looks how to dig it over to the stands. Can he get it? He cannot. It's into the box.
Gino Simoli is still up there swinging with the counter strike, too.
Dusty Boggess will play down fire, gives out a brand new baseball to Robin Roberts.
We're in the top half of the first inning of the opening game of the 1957 season.
Roberts comes down 0-2 to Simoli. The pitch is swung on and lined in the center field. Richie Ashburn has the range on it and hauls it in.
So Simoli hits the ball well, but lined it right to Richie Ashburn, the center fielder.
There are two outs in the top half of the first inning. There are no base runners.
Coming up to the plate now is Duke Snyder, who during the springtime, as is his custom, hits rather lightly.
But the bell has rung and the chips are down. They're big and they're blue.
Snyder has a determined step to his jaw these days.
Roberts delivers him. Snyder swings and pops a foul off to the left of the plate. That comes to the top of the roof on play.
No balls, one strike to count on Duke Snyder.
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That on fastball swung on, popped off off the third baseline. Coming over for it is Jones near the stands and he's got it.
So the first half of the first inning is over. And for the Brooklyn Dodgers, they have nothing across.
And the score at the end of the top half of the first inning, the Dodgers nothing, the now coming to bat Commodocie Phillies have nothing.
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Well, a couple of real control artists working here tonight.
Robin Roberts in the first inning didn't offer up a ball if they're all strikes.
John Newcomb has a real good arm as far as that fifth strike zone is concerned too, so here we go.
Last to the first, right back down.
Richie Ashburn coming up as the leadoff man for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Last year he hit.303 at three home runs and 50 runs batted in.
Stilled in the box with the flyer and hit some left-handed and is always a threat to drop the bunt down the third base line.
Thus, Randy Jackson plays up shallow at third base.
The outfield playing straight away and not too deep to Ashburn as Big Don Newcomb takes his time from Roy Campanella.
Now let's see the Dodgers defensively for 1957.
There's the fast ball fired through but low for ball one.
Richie Ashburn to be followed by former Dodger Chico Fernandez and then by Ed Bucci, the first baseman up from the Miami Ball Club of the International League.
Newcomb kicking dirt out of the mound.
The Dodgers defensively, Don Newcomb on the mound, 27-game winner.
His better-amate, Roy Campanella.
Down comes the next pitch, fast ball fired high for ball two.
Two balls and no strikes.
The Dodger infield of Hodges at first base, Jim Gilliam at second.
At shortstop, Don Zimmer, a big night for Don.
And as he said just prior to the ball game, he said he was deeply thankful and grateful for having the opportunity of playing at shortstop for the Dodgers,
but he hated to do so at the expense of a grand guy named Reese.
The third ball is over.
Denise for a strike.
We sincerely hope that if Captain Reese is listening in at the St. George Hotel in Brooklyn,
that he knows just exactly how the boy taking his place tonight on the field feels about him.
He wants him to come back just as soon as he possibly can.
Because Zimmer, well, Reese happens to be his item.
The pitch is flung on.
There's a fly ball hit to left field.
Gino Somoli over near the line, hauls it in.
Gino had that one played just right.
Ashburn jumping an outside pitch down the left field line and Somoli played it tight.
Oh, there's one away in the last half of the first inning.
Brandy Jackson is third for the Dodgers.
That completes their infield.
The outfield is Gino Somoli in left.
Duke Snyder in center.
And Carl Ferrello in right.
Chico Fernandez stepping up to the plate.
As a Dodger last year, he hit 227, hit one home run and had nine runs batted in.
He takes a crossfire that's under the letters good for a strike.
Fernandez, the right-hand hitter, bats McCrouch.
Stands about three-quarters deep at the plate.
This is a big opportunity for Chico.
He is starting his first big league season as a starter.
That ball swung on by Chico and popped back foul to the stands.
Strike two.
I don't suppose I'll ever forget the look on Chico's face when he was informed that he'd been sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Sort of mixed emotions.
He didn't want to leave the ball
Who would want to leave a bunch of guys like these Dodgers?
Noverhand Curveball is tied to Chico right off the face for ball one.
And yet Chico knew that moving into Philadelphia, where they were hungry for infield talent,
he would have an excellent opportunity to play a lot of baseball and start his career solid.
So he's down at the plate right now, number 45, leaning over with a count of one ball, two strikes with Don Newper.
Big Don starts his pumping motion. Here's the one-two pitch.
An overhand fastball swung on and hit down into the ground foul.
The bench.
Now the two-two delivery.
And it's the batter with a count of three balls and two strikes.
Big Don Newcombe out on the line for the Dodgers tonight.
Starts his motion. His three-two pitch is whipped in there.
Over for cold strike three.
Oh, Fernandez sadly turns and walks away.
Newcombe wrecks up the first strike out of the ball game.
The first to play now will be Ed Pucci. He spells his name B-O-U-C-H-E-E.
Edward Francis Pucci.
I think the pronunciation for his name actually is Pucci.
He was recalled by the Finners from Miami on the 4th of September last year.
Left-hand hitter swings on the first pitch and fouls it to the roof off the third-base side to strike one.
The ball was born in 1933 out at Livingston, Montana.
He now lives in Miami, Florida where he played ball last year.
Graduated from Lewis and Clark High School out in Foucault back in 1951.
Swings on the next pitch and dribbles it up the first baseline foul.
No balls, two strikes.
The boy who went to Washington State College and then went to Gonzaga played baseball, football, basketball.
Ed Pucci, French-Canadian, English descent, stands about three-quarters deep at the plate,
takes a look at a pitch and that's outside.
One ball and two strikes.
Ed Pucci began his organized baseball career with Spokane, the Western International League, 52,
and then he was on the national service list until 55 when he came back disconnected in the Eastern League.
56 he was with Miami and was up for nine games with the Phillies last year.
Swings on the slow curve and fouls it to the roof.
One ball and two strikes.
Last year with Philadelphia he hit 273 and with Miami the International League he appeared in 144 ball games and batted 294.
That's Mayo Smith giving him a good look over this year and an opportunity to start tonight as a Philadelphia regular.
Ed Boucher, Newcomb flaps his wings, comes in with a fast ball and that's up above the shoulders.
Two balls, two strikes.
Ed Boucher with two down, no base runners in the last half of the first inning and no score.
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Two-two delivery, fast ball, cold strike three.
Fired right in off the fifth.
Newcomb starts to walk off the mound as he picks up his second strikeout tonight.
And the first inning for Philadelphia, nothing across, the score at the end of one.
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Well there we go on the second inning.
Carl Perillo, Gil Hodges, and Randy Jackson.
The three do the face drop and Roberts goes right back down.
Last year in the National League, Brooklyn's right fielder Carl Perillo, very steady ball player, batted 289.
He had 21 home runs and 83 runs batted in.
Against the Phils he hit 268 in the springtime after a late start.
He settled for a 2-5-4 batting effort.
Carl, the right hand hitter, standing in.
Big square-shouldered right-hander delivers. A lot of fastball that misses outside for ball one.
Robin Roberts on the mound, Stan Lopata behind the plate.
Ted Boucher at first base, Ted Kizanski at second.
The shortstop Chico Fernandez and at third for the Phillies.
Foot and head jump.
We'll get the outfield for you in a moment.
Sidearm curveball that's outside and low.
Fiorello's count is two balls and no strikes.
Out of left field, Ripper Pulsky for Philadelphia, new face here at City of Brotherly Love.
In center field, Richie Ashburn and in right field, Bob Bowman.
Roberts ready, delivers two and nothing.
Sidearm curve and Fiorello fouls it back to the screen.
Two balls, one strike.
No score on this one here tonight.
However, the scores this afternoon had Milwaukee beating Chicago 4-1,
St. Louis defeating Cincinnati 13-4, and Pittsburgh taking the Giants 9-2.
Roberts ready, two ones to plate.
Fiorello takes the pitches outside by shape for ball three.
Three balls, one strike on Carl Fiorello, who now looks around and checks up with Herman,
coaching down to third base to see what kind of sign is on the pennant.
Roberts to the 3-1 delivery.
Down it comes, fastball, wrapped deep into left field.
Back and up for it is Ripper Pulsky.
Can he get it? He cannot.
It's in, the left field stands.
Is it? No, it's not.
Not quite. Did not quite make it.
Right up against the board.
The left fielder was able to reach up and make the catch.
So Ripper Pulsky handles that one.
He started to look up until that ball was gone, and then suddenly reached up and nailed it.
Joe Fiorello is out on a high fly ball driven deep to the wall in left field.
Kind of hard, that ball, settling down out of the night to see exactly where it has gone.
Really have to watch the fielder.
The battery punches with one out on the top of the second inning.
Roberts delivers the fastball. It's low and outside for ball one.
Boy, it looked almost for the moment.
Joe Fiorello had really gotten started.
Robin Roberts ready to pitch again now to Yellow Hodges on the one-nothing count.
Pitch is swung on. There's a high fly ball hit out into short center field.
Coming on for it is Ashburn calling for it.
It's Ashburn making the catch.
So two out in the top of the second inning.
The batter now will be Randy Jackson.
Randy Jackson hit 274 last year.
That's nine percentage points more than Hodges, who preceded him here in the batting order tonight.
Had eight home runs and 53 runs batted in that, Randy.
Right-hand hitter takes the lead up fastball over for a strike.
Two down. The bases are empty and there is no score.
Roberts back with a three-quarter overhand fastball, and that's fouled into the stands off the first-base side.
No ball, two strikes. The count remaining on Randy Jackson.
Two out.
Sidearm pitch is upstairs.
Number two, Randy Jackson to play.
We're in the second inning.
There are two out. There is no score.
Sidearm is swung on. Broken batter Roller down to third. Jones off to his left.
Plays it up to the post. The boots here first, and that's all for Jackson.
Second back roller to third base.
The hardest and loudest hit ball so far off this guy Robin Roberts with Perillo's drive deep to the wall in left field.
Look for the moment as Oaks was all the way out.
Let's see. Top of the second is over with nothing across for the Dodgers, and the score at the end of an inning and a half hits the Dodgers nothing.
The Pumadoufus Phillies have nothing.
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Second inning, Raposki the batter, and here again is Al.
Raposki hits him right-handed.
Last year, Rip batted 277, had 11 home runs and 55 runs batted in.
Newcom Ready comes to him with a fastball, a little higher for ball one.
Last half of inning number two, Raposki to be followed by Jones and then by Stan Lopata.
So far, this has turned out to be quite a duel, as far as pitchers are concerned.
Newcom Ready comes down one and all with a fastball, and there's a line shot hit into left field.
The fastball is chases over near the line in the wall, up with it, fires in, and it's a long single for Rip Raposki.
Al and Raposki get the first base blow in the meeting of these two clubs tonight.
Coming up now is Jones, third baseman, right-hand hitter.
Jones last year hit 277, had 17 home runs and 78 runs batted in.
The fastball leads it first. The pitchers make to the plate, the lead of fastball is over for strike one.
Lodge is holding the corner at first base on Raposki.
Rip's ready to move.
Newcom checks him. Now delivers the plate. Jones looks at a slow curve, and that hangs outside.
One ball and one strike. Jones checking up signs with Whitlow wide down at third base.
Raposki first has his signs also.
Walter Moses coaching him off down there. Lodge is holding him on.
Newcom delivers, the runner goes, it's a pitch out. Roy Campanella fires down to Gillian, the second baseman.
They've got him, and then the ball is stuck.
And the safe sign is immediately put on by Hal Dixon.
So Raposki draws his light at second base on Jim Gilliam's error.
Roy Campanella has fired that ball in there and they had him.
Raposki is on at second base. Error on Jim Gilliam. First error of the season.
Jones up there with a count of two balls, one strike.
Down rides the pitch, swung on, and off to the right field for a base hit.
Coming over is Carl Perillo. The run is rounding third and coming in to score.
Riding in the second with a double, Jones.
At number two, run number one off Newcombe, and the Phillies lead it here in the last half of the second inning.
The attitude of one that up in Jones at second base having doubled in the run.
And Lope out of the catcher standing in for his first setback in the season.
He hit 267 last year, 32 home runs, 95 runs batted in.
That's a very severe cut.
Here's Fowl-Pips, the first pitch into the ground, so strike one.
One to nothing Philadelphia, last half of the second inning.
Newcombe to the stretch, the check of the runner at second.
One point, Lopata takes, the slow curve is outside.
One ball, one strike, the count on catcher stand, Lopata.
A single, followed by an error, and then a double to right field by Jones,
has scored Philadelphia's first run, and has scored the first run of the ballgame.
Lopata strikes a look back at Jones at second, delivers the plate to Lopata on a lead up curve ball,
and it's swung on and fouled back to the screen.
One ball, two strikes on Stan Lopata.
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Newcombe's one-two pitch, down the grad, curve ball is high.
Two ball, two strike count on Stan Lopata.
On deck to go next is Bob Bowman.
In case you're just tuned in with us, we're in the last half of the second inning,
and the Phillies are leading one to nothing, with Jones at second base, nobody else.
Newcombe sets, delivers two-two, there's the pass ball swung on,
and Bob Bowman will come to the roof.
That's out of play.
Two balls and two strikes.
In the very first inning, when the Dodgers came to bat,
Gilliam flied to right, Somoli lined out to Ashburn and Centner,
and Snyder fouled out to third baseman Jones for nothing across.
The Phillies went quietly as Ashburn flied to left to Somoli,
and Fernandez and Bouschi both struck out.
Then the Dodgers went down one, two, three in the second.
Pass ball hit down across the carpet to shortstop.
The play by Zimmer is to Randy Jackson for the target, third base on the runner coming in.
So it's the fielders' choice, cutting Jones down from Zimmer to third baseman Randy Jackson.
Very nice play by Lowes-Zimm and by Randy Jackson to get the front runner,
and place Lopata on at first base.
The hole went away here in the last half of the second.
That brings on Bob Bowman, up from Miami.
They had six ball games last year for the Philadelphia Phillies, batted 188 for them.
Newcomb delivers to this right-hand hitter, pitches outside for ball one.
Bowman, for Miami in the International League last year, played 126 games in their outfield, batted 278.
Hit 19 home runs for them, had 81 runs batted in.
Bowman with a little of the pressure taken off his shoulders now, the front runner having been gotten,
looks over at Lopata at first base, then delivers the plate with a sidearm pass ball,
and that cracks over the corner for a strike.
Bob Bowman, hitting number seven in the order, he's the Philadelphia right fielder.
Has a widespread stance, stands about three-quarters deep at the plate with a slightly open stance.
Holds that bat way down to the knob.
Let up clear ball, he's hung on, hit down to Jackson, he knocks it down as he goes through his left.
Zimmer backs him up at the time he gets it, he can make no throw.
That'll blow us a single, and we have runners now at first and second.
That's at number three.
Off Newcomb, all three of them coming here in the second inning.
Goal with one-half, the Philadelphia Phillies now have runners at first and second.
Their batter is Ted Kizanski, their big tall second baseman, who hits that handed.
Last year, Kizanski batted 211.
Newcomb checks his runners, delivers, curve ball, Kizanski swings, pops it into right field.
Coming on for it is Carl Perillo, and the runners huckle back through their bases to hold on.
At number two in the second inning, and the batter coming up now will be Robin Roberts, who in winning 19
and losing 18 last year, picked up a batting percentage of 200.
He had one home run and eight runs batted in.
When Roberts went to Michigan State, it was then college, now university.
He was a first baseman and was quite a disappointed young man when his college baseball coach
insisted he become a pitcher.
Runners at first and second.
Pitch, two left-hand hitting Roberts, is low and outside.
Call one.
Newcomb gets that again, checks his runners at first and second, delivers,
Roberts swings, hits the ball right back to the mound.
Newcomb smothers it, turns and throws over to first base, and the inning is over.
In the second inning, the Phillies pick up one run.
There were three base hits.
There was one L.I. and there were two men left on.
The score at the end of two full innings of play tonight at Connemack Stadium in Philadelphia.
The home-standing Philadelphia Phillies have one.
The visiting Brooklyn Dodgers have nothing.
Now before we get to Jerry, let's pause quickly for station identification.
This is the Brooklyn Dodger Radio Network.
Dial 1460, WOKO Albany, the capital district's most talked about station
with downtown studios in the Hotel Wellington, 831,
Teen Time Jam away tomorrow night from 8 until 1030.
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Well, fans, this is only the beginning for our Dodgers in this opening game business.
They've got two more big openers coming up, and these two you folks can enjoy in person.
Opening day Thursday at Ebbets Field, another pennant goes up.
Newcomb-Rees and Drysdale get special honors.
National League Championship rings and watches for all of last year's teams.
Everett McCoy sings the national anthem.
The 14th Regiment band entertains with a concert.
Borough President John Cashmore throws out the first ball.
Excitement fanfare and your first National League Baseball of 1957.
And then on Easter Monday afternoon, Monday, the opener at Jersey City,
music by the Hudson County American Legion Band,
national anthem sung by the Jersey City YMCA boys, and a lot of fun over at Jersey.
So let's go back to play here now, and here's Al.
Roy Campanella standing in, hitting right-handed.
Gropich tries a soft curveball and misses with it outside for ball one.
Campanella hit 219 last year, it was a rather disappointing year for Roy.
But it's hoped that he's in A-1 shape now.
He swings on this pitch and hits a high drive to right center field.
Bob Bowman back to the scoreboard, leaps up and holds it down right to the scoreboard.
The ball was back, but Bowman was able to get under it.
Oh, one hop, it's off the third inning, that'll bring along Zimmer.
Don Zimmer last year hit 300.
And he was sent with the National League Champions, two runs batted in, no home runs.
He hit 275 in spring exhibitions and tagged the ball well.
Robert Slivers to him, the pitch is outside for ball one.
Zimmer, right-hand hitter.
If you're keeping score with us tonight, the run,
if it's only picked up in the first inning, is not figured to have been earned.
It's an unearned run.
They lead one-nothing.
Robert Slivers, didn't swing, got to get the hole up,
but there's a long drive deep into left center field, a well-hit ball,
and it is in the left center field, stands for a home run for Don Zimmer to tie up the ball game.
Boy, that little fellow really leaned in the button.
That's the first hit and the first run off Robert.
And I can bet you right now, Mr. Doggett, that the fellow cheering the loudest for this kid who just hit that home run is Captain Pee Wee Reek.
Oh, you're right, Al.
Sure is.
Don Newcomb, feeling better about the entire thing, thank you, is up there right now.
Roberts comes in to Newcomb, a big left-hand hitter, and he jumps back to take a fast ball, brushing the chest for ball one.
So the Dodgers have begun their home runs free, at least what Manager Walter Alston hopes to be a home run free for 1957.
Fast ball to Newcomb is high, in account, it's two balls, no strikes.
Well, let's see, prior to the one that was just hit by Don Zimmer, the National League had posted four home runs for their openers today.
Thomas hit one for Pittsburgh, Logan hit one for Milwaukee, and Bobby Smith and Wally Moon hit for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Right on fast ball, Newcomb tips it from foul.
Big Newcomb's got two balls and one strike.
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He was all grinning ear to ear.
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Two ball, one strike count.
Robert delivers, Newcomb swings, and Potter's one to center field, Ricky Ashburn going back, Bill going back, reaches up in the night and halts it down.
Two down in the third inning.
The Dodgers, they've scored one time to tie it up.
Don Zimmer leaning into one, hitting a home run.
We had occasion tonight to ask Don Zimmer in an interview
standing in against a fellow who was throwing that fast ball at him, bothered him because of the two beatings he'd previously had.
He said, no, it didn't. He proved it tonight.
Jim Gilliam up there swings on the first pitch and hits a high fly ball to deep right field.
Bob Bowman back on the cinder track, halts it in.
All the Dodgers here in the top half, the third inning, tie it up.
One run, one hit. Don Zimmer's home run.
The Dodgers, nobody left on.
The score at the end of two and one half, it's a play.
Here's Kynermack Stadium in Cunhaidulphia.
It's the Brooklyn Dodgers one, the home-standing Cunhaidulphia Phillies have one.
Well, say, Jerry, what do you think baseball is such a popular sport?
Oh, there are a lot of reasons, Al, but I guess we all add up to one thing.
People enjoy it.
You know, you can say the same thing about Schaeffer beer.
There are a lot of reasons why it's good and people really enjoy it.
Oh, sure, it's just pure pleasure made out of the finest natural ingredients,
including rich barley malt and the most delectable hot blossoms grown.
And it's made in a slow, careful way by skilled brewmasters.
It's packed with all of Schaeffer's 115 years of experience, too, Jim.
Boy, it's got flavor, man, and that light, dusty, exciting flavor you always want but don't always find.
And no wonder people enjoy it.
It's beer at its best.
So, brother, why don't you join the happy throng?
Try Schaeffer beer.
You'll enjoy it.
You'll always enjoy Schaeffer beer.
It's real beer.
Well, the Dodgers had the long-range artillery going that time against Mr. Robin Roberts.
Two fly balls deep to right, one deep to center,
and one lost in the left field stands in a tied-up ball game at one and one.
So we're ready to play now on the bottom of the third and right back to Al.
In the last half of the third inning, it'll be the lead-out man for the Philadelphia Phillies,
Richie Ashburn starting the second batting goal round.
Ashburn flies the left in the first.
The fastball fired to the left-hand hitter is inside off the hips for ball one.
The second batting.
Wilcoms set.
Delivers Richie Ashburn, takes the fastball, fired through at the knees,
and is countered with one ball, one strike.
Randy Jackson playing up tight at third base.
He's guarding against the bunch.
That field stands slightly around the left and playing rather shallow.
Newcomb delivers one-one, led a fastball, and hit fast them out on the second base.
Gilliam gobbles it up, fires over to first in time, and Richie Ashburn is up.
So in the bottom of the third inning, one out for the Phillies,
and coming up will be Chico Fernandez, struck out in the first inning for Don Newcomb.
Newcomb has two strikeouts, has given up three base hits, has walked nobody.
Roberts has given up one hit and one run. That was Zimmer's home run.
He's walked nobody and has struck out no one so far.
Chico Fernandez, hitting right-handed, takes the fastball,
fired through under the letters for strike one.
Go balls, one strike.
Newcomb takes his shot from Campanella, starts his motion, kicks and throws.
Down it comes, overhand fastball, and hit out the right field.
Carl Perla, off to his right, comes up three steps, grabs it.
Two down, last half of the third inning, the batter now is Ed Boucher.
The first baseman struck out in the first inning to retire the side.
Ed Boucher standing in, left-hand hitter slightly opens stance down the first baseline.
Newcomb pumps once, kicks high and throws a soft curve and floats it right through there for a strike.
Newcomb gave him all the motion in the world, no speed whatsoever.
Just got it up there.
Two down, last half of the third, no baserunners.
Fills one, the Dodgers one.
Sidearm fastball, that's right under the chin, Boucher hits through the dirt.
Tomorrow, an open date for the Brooklyn Dodgers, but on Thursday, oh, that's it, opening day at Ebbets Field.
Pittsburgh Pirates are in town, they want those Giants today.
Let up pitch is low and outside, count of two balls, one strike now, one Boucher.
Final score of that ball game was Pittsburgh 9 and New York 2 and Antonelli was the losing pitcher.
Antonelli, Grissom, and Jones worked in that one and Bob Friend went all the way for the Pirates.
Thomas hit a home run for the Buccos.
So he got himself started in the right direction too.
This is like Zimmer, let up pitch, swung on and foul-tipped.
Two balls and two strikes to count on first baseman Boucher and the number three hitter in the Philadelphia order.
The bases are empty in the last half of the third inning.
Philadelphia drew first blood tonight with an unearned run in the second inning.
Zimmer went right back out and got it back for Brooklyn.
A field run into the left center field stands.
Home run, two-two pitch, Boucher takes home strike three.
Fired right in off the fist.
So that's all for Philadelphia in the last half of third inning.
And for Newcomb the third strikeout.
Score at the end of three, Philadelphia one and Brooklyn has one.
The Milwaukee Braves behind Warren Spahn beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1.
For Milwaukee four runs, eight hits no errors.
And Chicago one run, four hits one error.
Reisch, Stratt, Valentinetti for Chicago and Spahn all the way for Milwaukee.
Johnny Logan a home run for the Braves and the sixth with one on.
And St. Louis, Clobbert, Sintonetti 13-4 as Herm Wehmeyer went all the way against Johnny Klippstein, Fowler, Gross, Freeman.
Bobby Smith a home run and the sixth one on for St. Louis.
Wally Moon on the eighth with two on.
And 15-17-0 for St. Louis, 4-8-1 for Cincinnati.
In the American League the Yankees beat Washington 2-1, two runs, seven hits one error.
For the Yanks and one run, six hits one error for Washington was forward against Stops.
And Boston beat Baltimore 4-2, Chicago beat Cleveland 3-2, and Kansas City beat Detroit 2-1.
That's the scores on the Shaper scoreboard now back to play and here again is Al.
And then they top half of the fourth inning, Gino Simoli who lines sharply to center field to Richie Ashburn in the first inning comes up for his second at bat in 57.
Roberts crossfires him and misses low and outside, football one.
Gino Simoli to be followed by Snyder and then by Perillo.
Roberts back with an overhand curve ball and Simoli punches at it and pops it back foul.
One ball and one strike on Simoli.
The totals at the end of three innings, both from Adelphia one run three hits, no errors for the Dodgers, one run one hit one error.
All tied at one apiece.
Gino Simoli, up there is the leadoff man in the fourth.
Roberts with a slow curve, middle outside, two balls and one strike.
The outfield for Simoli, unless the word has gotten around, they're playing him deeper than they would have played him last year.
The 2-1 delivery to Gino, fastball, Gino wraps it, a line shot right into the glass of second base from Kazansky who makes a nice leaping catch.
One out, top half for fourth inning.
Gino Simoli hits the ball well but he's hit it right at somebody. Here's Duke Snyder.
The curve is over but low to Duke for ball one.
Snyder retires to the side in the first inning fouling out the third baseman Willie Jones.
Swings on the next pitch and fouls it back off Lopata's shin guard.
One ball and one strike is the count now on Snyder.
Last year Snyder had a grand total of 43 home runs, a hit and 101 runs, about a 2-92 and against Philadelphia hit 2-77.
Roberts tries the fastball and misses low and outside to a left hand hitter.
Two ball, one strike count on the Duke. One out, top of the fourth, no base runners, all locked up at one apiece.
Schaefer Beer, very happy to be sending it to you.
From Karnimak Stadium in Philadelphia, Roberts pitches, lead up is high.
Snyder's count, three balls and one strike.
Thursday the opener at home, then Saturday, that's ladies day, Pittsburgh and Sunday, big double hitter.
Pittsburgh's viral.
It's a swung on by Duke.
D.C. Billabee, Snyder swings, there's a line drive over the outstretched rubble of the first base from Fuchsia into the corner.
Joe Snyder's digging for second. He tries, he's in there with a double.
A double rips up the right field side.
Snyder's on the second base with a second hit off Robin Roberts.
That bushy went up as far as he could go. Ball just over his fingertips.
The ball hits off Robin Roberts, has an extra base blow.
Don Zimmer's home run with one out, nobody on in the third inning.
And it was hit with a 40 into the left center field stand.
Now Snyder's ripper up the right field side for two.
The batter is called Perillo, who almost hit a home run in the second inning.
Slight deep to left.
Roberts ready, delivers, sidearm curve ball and Perillo hammers it out into the right center field.
That could be in the alley into the scoreboard.
It is up against the scoreboard. Perillo's digging for second.
Snyder's loafing around 30, coming on in to score.
And it's a two to one ball game in favor of the Dodgers.
Perillo doubles up the alley and right center to the scoreboard.
So give him the run battered in.
That is hit number three of Roberts.
Run number two and the Dodgers lead it, two to one.
With Perillo in pretty good scoring position in second base,
Giel Hodges is going to fly ball to center field to Richie Ashburn in the second.
Coming up for his second at bat.
Roberts checks Perillo at second, delivers a plate.
Hodges takes the sweeper over for a strike.
Roberts right back with a lead up curve.
That snaps off outside.
Two to one ball and one strike.
That's the count on Hodges.
Quite an opener in Philadelphia tonight.
The 82nd year of National League players.
Shot arm curve is outside.
Ball two, the count on Hodges two and one.
Of course as far as age is concerned,
they haven't begun to match up with Schaeffer.
They've been going 115 years.
That's real bear too.
That's his oldest son.
Side arm curve just outside the Hodges for ball three.
Down the bullpen, got some Philadelphia activity.
Got a right hander up there throwing.
In the combo Jim Hearn, formerly with the Giants.
Now Roberts ready.
Side arm pack ball and Hodges trots at it
and dribbles it up the third base line foul.
Three balls and two strikes.
Two to one the score, the Dodgers lead it.
The Philly scored an unearned run in the second.
And the third with one out, nobody on.
Jim are hitting number eight in the Dodger order.
The rifle one in the left center field stands to tie it up.
And here in the fourth inning with one out,
Snyder doubled down the right field line and Prillo hit him home.
The pitch is hung on the Hodges.
There's a long drive deep in the left field.
It's starting to slice off now and goes foul.
Oh yes Mr. Doggett, I would say that when they do get the number
on the ball here tonight, they're really spanking it.
Three hits, the Dodgers possess.
All of them extra base flow.
It's a home run and two doubles.
Off Prillo stepping off at second base, one out.
Roberts delivers a side arm pitch and Hodges starts to go,
checks himself in time and takes the pitch low for ball four.
Oh there's the first free ticket.
Roberts tops it up.
Two to one favor the Brooklyn Dodgers here in the top half
for fourth inning.
Randy Jackson hit a ball wide of third and Jones made a nice stop
and threw him out.
Jackson is coming up now for his second at bat.
One out, runners at first and second.
Campanella on deck to follow.
Roberts in a jam.
Jim Hearn in the Philadelphia bullpen.
There's a side arm curve.
Jackson laid in there for a strike.
Roberts takes his time for Umbo Pata.
Hodges leading off at first, Prillo at second.
Side arm press ball is dribbled up the third base line.
Top roller, that's foul.
Jones picks it up and fires it back to the mound to Roberts.
Old 36, Robin Roberts.
Began his organized baseball career in 1948.
Wilmington in the interstate league.
Came right up in 48 with some of the other two.
Jackson after the next pitch hit the foul ball to the light tower
off the first base side.
It's up on top of the roof.
Jackson's counter strike two.
As to this guy, Roberts has been a fixture with the Philadelphia Phillies
since 1948.
He's played in 20 games for them.
He's been grinding them out ever since.
Fires in there and Jackson again dribbles it away,
again up the third base side, foul.
Downholes right on to Randy, strike two.
Top of the fourth inning, one out.
Schneider doubled down the right field side right along the line
over first base.
And Prillo hit one up the alley and right center to the scoreboard
for a couple and that got Schneider home.
Prillo was on at second.
And Hodges is on at first now having been walked on the free two pitch.
Roberts ready, checks up with the runners, delivers.
Jackson takes outside for one.
Jim Herring continues to crank up down on the sum of the out your bullpen.
It isn't too often you see somebody backing up Robin Roberts.
Usually it's Roberts backing up somebody else.
One-two delivery.
A low curve ball outside.
No matter how you get down to the knee to block it, that's ball two.
Got on Jackson, two balls, two strikes.
Two on, number two at bat.
And the score is two to one in favor of the Dodgers.
Now let's see what Roberts offers up to Jackson, right hand hitter.
The two-two pitch.
Down it comes, Jackson swings on it and pops it up.
This one in foul ground off to the left of the plate coming down is Jones.
And Jones has it.
That's the second Dodger out in the fourth inning.
Dan Lopata could have handled that also, but Jones had a better shot at it
and Lopata kept calling him on to take it.
Jones did.
It's about an Osroy Campanella.
Campy spanked the ball well in the third inning, his first time up, hit it deep
to the right field and Bowman went wandering back by that high board fence,
or rather, high fence going to look bored tonight.
Haul it in.
Sweeping curve ball to Campanella is low and outside.
Ball one.
Three hundred and twenty-nine feet down the right field line here.
Four hundred and forty-four down the left side. Four forty-seven to center field.
Bigger sized ball park.
Roberts delivers, Campanella takes.
That pass ball fired through for a strike.
One ball and one strike.
To the right side, right center by the forty-two foot scoreboard.
Four hundred and five feet.
So the outfielders can roam, particularly the center fielder.
That's a good one by Campy.
One out of it.
Royce spinning all the way around, but he didn't get that one.
One ball, two strikes.
The count on Campanella here in the top half of the fourth inning with two downs,
two long, one run scored and the Dodgers leading two to one.
Hodges the runner at first, Burlowe the runner at second.
Sidearm lit up. One out of it. Strike three.
Roberts records his first strike out of the night and gets out of it rather cheaply at that.
One run.
There were two base hits. There were no errors and two men were left on.
So at the end of three and one half inning to play, it's the Brooklyn Dodgers two
and the home-standing Philadelphia Phillies have one.
End of the last half.
End of the last half, about inning number four.
Rip Rapovsky coming up there.
He's got the first hit off.
He'll come back in the second inning.
He'll do a life at second.
When Gilliam dropped the ball for an error,
he took the pitch outside on the outside corner for strike one
and then came in to score the unearned run when Jones doubled the right field.
Rip Rapovsky, right-hand hitter, seems to carry all of his weight on his right leg,
leans into the pitch and swings on it,
brings a high-fly ball into short left center field.
Comes over and calls for it, waves Somoli away, and Snyder takes it to the out.
Went out.
Last half of the fourth inning.
About an hour's Jones who doubled the right field to drive in, Rip Rapovsky.
Willie, who started back in 1947 with para-hoes,
sidearm fastball, swung on, hit down to short, stops in,
up with it, fires the first base and that's all for Jones.
So everyone is gathered around at Farsna for that station identification.
This is a Brooklyn Dodger radio network.
Style 1460 WOKO Albany, the capital district's most talked-about station
with downtown studios in the Hotel Wellington.
It's now 9 o'clock WOKO time.
Team time jamboree tomorrow night from 8 until 1030.
Labatta to play now with two down, nobody on to Stan Lopata.
Right-hand hitter batting from a crouched take to curve,
low and outside for ball one.
Labatta was a base runner and a second on a fielder's choice
when Zimmer came up with his hard smash at shortstop
and fired to Randy Jackson at third base for the tag out
and Jones trying to move over to third.
The one man nothing delivery to Lopata is taken, low and outside for ball two.
We said we'd tell you why we always alerted the boys around the network.
I can remember many times going down the hall for a glass of water or something
and all of a sudden somebody's singing through the network,
they're lying in queue and well, there was nobody there to make station breaks.
The bosses don't seem to like that too well.
Labatta curve ball is over the load of Lopata, ball three.
Three balls and no strikes.
Jerry laughing about that business of the standby identification.
I bet you've missed more than one dude, Jerry.
Three nothing delivery, a fast ball to Lopata, inside off the chest for ball four.
Now with two down, Lopata has walked.
That'll be the first base on balls given up by Newcomb.
Beach pitcher and I surrender to base on balls.
Bob Bowman, right hand hitting right fielder, comes striding up to the plate.
He's got a single wide of third base.
Randy Jackson was able to knock it down but he had no play back in the second inning.
Bob Bowman, aware of number ten.
Newcomb looks over, first base, then fires to the plate.
He's fast when he's through there for a strike.
This is not the only year Bowman has had a look over by Philadelphia.
You may recall that in 55 he played three games for the Phillies.
He was Syracuse for 141 ball games in 55, 56, Miami, and Philadelphia for six games.
Swings on his pitch and hits a line drive in the right field.
Perillo comes in to play it on the skip.
Bobopata goes to second base and holds on quickly as Perillo's throw comes into Jim Gilliam.
Long and a single in the right field.
Well, the Phillies are trying to get their way back into this one in the last half of the fourth inning.
They have two down, two on, and the batter is Ted Kizansky.
Ted's fly to right field in the second inning. He's 0-1 tonight. He's sort of a pesky type.
Another product is Sarah Holt, where he started his baseball career in the free-eye league.
That was back in 51.
Climbed up to Philadelphia in as early as 53.
It's all skinny right-hander.
Newcomb delivers a fast ball and hits up inside third down into corner for a base hit.
Bobopata comes in to score the tie-up.
Somali is up for the ball, throws it into third base.
But Foreman slides in there, moving around from first.
On the single to left field.
So it's all tied up.
Run number five, run number two of Newcomb.
Robin Roberts gets a round of applause.
All tied up to a base. Runners are first and third and two down.
First pitch to Roberts. Low, ball one.
Down comes a pitch to Roberts. Makes it a flow, that's ball two.
Another wing ding going here tonight.
The ball game has been tied up and the situation has been set up after two were down here in the fourth inning.
Roberts waiting, but do nothing delivery to him.
Roberts swings, hits a fly ball deep to right field.
Good going back, still going back. That's getting us off the wall.
Down in the Brooklyn bullpen, right-hander Don Fetton gets up and starts to work in a hurry.
Three runs have been scored here by the Fills in the fourth inning as they come roaring back to take the lead now.
Four to two. Four runs on six hits up, Big Newb.
The Dodgers two runs on three hits.
Robin Roberts is second.
Not the drifty Ashburn.
He's also true tonight.
Newcomb ready, delivers a soft curve and Ashburn takes it low inside for ball one.
Ashburn right foot forward to the plate, actually ahead of it.
Roberts leads off second, Newcomb checks in, delivers a fast ball and Ashburn takes it across at the knees for a strike.
One ball and one strike.
It's off to the second time in tonight's ball game. The Philadelphia Phillies are leading it.
Now four to two in their favor.
Newcomb checks up at second, then delivers a soft curve.
It slips over the outside twice at the knees for a ball strike two.
Ashburn turns around and mumbles something to play down by our dusty buckets.
Sixth man have come to bat in the fourth inning.
This is the seventh.
The Philadelphia Phillies have scored three times.
Three base hits.
Newcomb fast ball and Ashburn swings on it and lines it down the left field line small.
Three hits and a walk mat mixed in there with a fast ball.
And given the Philadelphia Phillies their opportunity, they seize the bonnet and it's now four to two.
That's Mayor Smith's charges.
Now the four to two counts.
Let's see if it changes.
Soft curve ball is coming on and lined up to right field.
Cruller coming on, makes the grab.
So Ashburn is up.
Signing out to Carl Cruller on right field.
So three big runs for Philadelphia on three base hits.
There was a man left with no errors.
There was one fast ball.
Now the score at the end of four full innings are played.
The Philadelphia Phillies have four.
The Brooklyn Dodgers have two.
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Well folks you're going to enjoy baseball a lot more this year at Ebbets Field because of an added attraction.
Come on out early and see Emmett Kelly, the world's most famous circus clown.
And now the newest Dodger pumps.
You'll get a terrific bang out of the circus gag he pulls at Ebbets Field.
Perhaps you'll meet him personally as he roams around the stands.
He's a great guy and one of the top comedians of our time.
Silence Emmett Kelly and his final portal of the sad, forlorn, unwanted circus punk.
Well he'll beat the Dodger home game at Ebbets Field in Jersey City.
And now we'll see the Dodger's training in this one.
They come to bat in the top half of the fifth inning.
It'll be a little Don Zimmer stepping up there, stepping up to the microphone.
Boy Lucky Strike into the play-by-play.
Here's Gary Dawkins.
Thanks Al and hi again everyone.
Zimmer steps in, had a home run last time.
First pitch is full on dribble up the third base line, bounces foul.
Played by Jones and it's just a long strike for Zimmer.
Little Don making his big league debut tonight with a home run in the lower stands in the third inning.
The Dodgers four and the, or two and the Phillies four and the Phillies got three runs in that fourth inning off Dianukum.
And the Dodgers were real busy against Robin Roberts in the top half of the fourth.
But left two men stranded.
The Phillies got their runs in that fourth after two outs.
Zimmer back with a strike one count.
Dianukum on deck and then Jim Gilliam to follow.
Fine crowd on hand tonight at Philadelphia.
Robbins delivers and it's a little on the outside corner.
It's the corner for a called strike.
And on Zimmer it's nothing and two.
Robin Roberts on the firing line for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Jones, Fernandez, Kuzanski, and Boussie the infielders.
Zaboski, Ashford, and Blomman in the outfield.
There's a curve ball up high and it's ball one strike two.
One and two to Zimmer.
The Phillies now have six base hits.
The Dodgers have three.
The one-two pitch on the way.
Outside again with a fast ball and the count even to two-two.
Two balls, two strikes.
Number 23, shortstop Don Zimmer.
Down it comes.
Curve ball misses again and the count goes full now, three and two.
So the string is out to Zimmer.
Jim Gilliam is in the on deck circle off to the right side.
Newcomb is due next.
The Dodgers occupy the dugout back of first.
Here's the pitch to Jim.
Outside ball four and Zimmer is on with a walk.
And that is the second walk given up by Robin Roberts.
So the Dodgers have one on, nobody out and Don Newcomb
comes up out of the dugout.
Don hit one deep to center field last time.
Don Newcomb, number 36.
On the mound Robin Roberts.
Likewise, number 36.
Newcomb swings left.
Roberts also swings left and Roberts drove in two big runs
with a double to the right field wall in the bottom of the fourth.
Four to two, the field's lead.
Newcomb waiting.
Runner on first, Zimmer moves off.
Here's the pitch.
Going to drive to right field.
It's going to be in for a base hit.
Going over to cover it off.
Here's Zimmer digging for third and is in standing as Newcomb
rips the single to right field.
And the Dodgers now are trying to get something going.
Don Newcomb is first hit for the Dodgers base hit number four.
Runner's on at first and third and up now will be Jim Gilliam.
Gilliam has flat out twice to right field of Bob Bowman
and both times fairly deep.
Gilliam steps in with two on.
Nobody out.
Top of the fifth inning.
Gilliam's got one in the second and three in the fourth,
but Dodgers got one in the third and one in the fourth.
Roberts checks the sign now with catcher Stan Losada.
Newcomb off first, Zimmer off third, and here's the pitch to Gilliam.
Pull on him.
Let's strike one.
Robin Roberts has one strike out of walk to and is allowed four base hits.
Sitting doubles for Snyder and Furlough and a homerun by Zimmer.
Here's a drive to right for a base hit.
Zimmer into score.
Newcomb goes to second base to turn and holds on there
as the Dodgers now pull up a little closer to four to three.
Gilliam slapping a single to right field.
His first hit of the game.
Newcomb into second base.
Zimmer across the score the third Brooklyn run.
And again Jim Hearn gets busy on the bullpen for Philadelphia down in left field.
Up now will be Gino Tremoli and Stan Losada goes to the mound to have a talk with Robin Roberts.
Jake Settler talking to Gilliam at the first base bag.
And Billy Herman standing alongside the third base coaching box saying something out to Don Newcomb.
And now we'll see how the colors are going to play it.
Lucy and Jones on the corners move in now expecting a bump from Tremoli.
Newcomb at second, Gilliam at first, edge off to pitch to Gino, butted foul at the plate,
right in the batter's box.
Don't fire a dusty bag that picks it up and fires it back out.
Go to strike one to Gilly, to Tremoli, Gilliam at first and Newcomb is at second.
Tremoli lined out the center and lined out the second.
So he's none for two in tonight's game.
And the Phillies looking for the bunt.
First and third, second and close, the pitch hung on and fouled up from the wire.
And it's strike two as Gino had a cut that time and drilled her back foul.
So now Jones, the third, and Boushey at first will back up.
Fernandez and Kuzansky play a double play-off that's short and second.
And the outfield is around to the left of it and deep against Tremoli.
Gino's got a very fine spring and a very determined effort as one in the left field job,
at least for the present.
Here's the O2 look.
Roberts delivers high and inside the ball on the count one and two to Tremoli.
On deck is Snyder in the hole for Rillo.
Four to three.
Phillies lead and the Dodgers have the tying run on at second.
The lead run is at first.
Roberts with the stretch and the look.
Here's the pitch to Tremoli, breaking ball down and outside and it's ball two.
Even up now at two and two.
Two balls, two strikes.
Tremoli a right end batter.
Has a close stance, the front foot pointed a little bit toward first.
Two-two offering.
Tremoli a drill right back to the middle for a base hit.
Newcombe turns third, heads home and here's the fill coming in.
It'll be not in time.
And on the play Tremoli goes to second.
Gilliam to third.
The ball game is tied.
As Tremoli rips the ground ball right back through the box.
Newcombe around third and the score from second base on the play.
Gilliam wants the third and on the throw to the plate.
Tremoli down to second.
The ball is going to be a little bit more.
He's got a brand new one going here and Duke Snatter is that.
With two on and nobody out for the Dodgers in the fifth inning.
Go for Tremoli a base hit or run battered in.
And a four-four ball game with Snatter coming on.
And a four-four down in the bullpen for the Philadelphia Phillies.
And Lucky Strike sending you all the action from Cuddymash Stadium in Philadelphia.
And Duke Snatter is going to get an intentional loss.
The fans start raising a howl about that.
That's where the fans really let up a real howl as the Trenors go purposely fast.
And that will be the third walk given up by Robin Roberts.
Base is loaded now.
Snatter purposely fast to load him up and it brings on Ferullo who doubled to the scoreboard
and right center and drove in a run in the fourth inning.
Roberts in a jam.
Dodgers have two in and three on and none out.
Ferullo had a real fine spring and has one for two tonight.
It's going to be a long five ball to right center field.
Ripping over for it at Dysbren.
Runners are tagged.
Here's the grab and in the score comes Gilliam going to third and down to second.
Out of second base is Snatter.
So the third not in time for Tremoli.
All the runners were moving and Snatter is caught in the trap going into second base.
Dysbren's throw came to Ted Kuzminski for the tag out there.
So Ferullo sacrificed five, gets in a run but it also gets Snatter going to second.
Dodgers lead five to four.
Tremoli in the third on the play and across the plate to score with Jim Gilliam.
No play was made on Gilliam.
The play was made on Snatter.
So give Ferullo a sacrifice five.
And how about that Alan, an RBI for a double play?
On that case yes.
Double play for the Fills, eight to four.
One of the few rare instances when a batter can get a run battered in for a double play ball.
Sacrifice five by Ferullo and Snatter out going to second.
Center field to Richie Ispren to the second base from Ted Kuzminski.
Tremoli on third.
And the pitch to Hodges.
Strike one.
Roberts deals again.
Gilliam checks up but it's ball one.
Even up now one-one.
Three runs in and the Dodgers lead five-four.
Long fly ball to right center by Ferullo and everybody tried to advance.
Snatter was out going into second.
Here's the one-one pitch to Hodges.
Low and outside.
Ball two.
Two and one.
Tremoli at third.
Double play, Brooklyn batting in the fifth.
The hits in the game were all even now.
That's six a piece.
They run five-four Dodgers.
The pitch.
Roll foul off to the left out of play and it's turned to on Gill Hodges.
Jackson on Beck and Roy camping under the follow so they can keep it going.
Line up and pitch.
Up high, outside, ball free, a full count now to Hodges.
Gill waiting.
Tremoli wandering off third a few steps.
The pitch then is four on him.
Strike three.
Dropped by Lopato but he tags Hodges in time for the out.
So Roberts gets his second strike out.
And the Dodgers go down in the fifth inning.
They show three runs on three bases.
No errors and add one man left.
So at the end of the top of the fifth inning the score, the Dodgers five, the Phillies have four.
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and some of the near marks.
We've had a home run. We've had a double play.
So the ball had already been started.
Fellas and gals, it's hang right on. More coming.
More play by play, too, and here's Jere.
Chico Fernandez first batter up to be followed by Ed Boucher and then Rip Raposte.
Newcomb delivers and Chico takes it up high, ball one.
Fernandez is struck out and flying to right in two trips tonight.
Five to four, Dodgers lead, each side with six base hits.
The Phillies get three hits in the second and three more in the fourth.
Dodgers get one hit in the second, two in the third, two in the fourth, and three in the fifth.
Here's a fastball for a strike on the outside corner.
Here's to Fernandez, one and one.
Chico hitting in the number two spot.
And is destined, of course, to become the regular shortstop for Philadelphia,
getting the opening night bid here.
One-one, wind up and pitch.
Foul ball straight back on the count goes to one and two.
Has a fine crowd on hand tonight at County Mac Stadium in Philadelphia,
and this could be an opening night, opening day attendance record for Philadelphia.
The previous record was 29,074 set in 1950 in a ballgame with the Dodgers.
And we don't see too many empty seats here tonight.
Here's a foul ball upstairs off to the right,
with a count on Fernandez stays at a ball and two strikes.
So just to remind you to be out Thursday when the Dodgers open up against the Pirates
that have a field Thursday afternoon.
Big Don winds and fires.
A roller hit off the third baseline.
Newt comes up with it.
Not in time, Fernandez legs it out for a base hit.
Long and captive along the third baseline, and before Newcomb could make the play,
Fernandez had his feet out.
So Chico, who is very fast, legs one out, hits number seven for Philadelphia,
and he brings on Ed Boushie, the first baseman.
He has struck out twice.
Left hand hitter.
Newcomb has three strikeouts and Roberts has two.
Newcomb has walked one, Roberts has walked three.
One of those was an intentional fast slider.
So the Phillies now come right back in the fifth inning and put the tying run on.
It's Fernandez dribbles in up the third baseline for a base hit.
Newcomb now out of a stretch delivers.
Passball comes in tight.
Ball one to Boushie.
Rip Leposki is on deck with Willie Jones down in the hole.
Now again, Newcomb ready.
Eyes Chico at first.
Bichit's pulling and dribbling along the right field line for a base hit.
Fair ball into the bullpen.
Fernandez coming around second, heads for third, around third, and in the score,
Lucina heads for third.
The relay from Gilliam is not in time and the ball game is tied up.
Ed Boushie building a line drive down the right field line, fair ball about two feet.
Then it's peeled off into the Dodger bullpen and before Ferilla can make the play,
Boushie has come around to third and Fernandez has scored a tie up.
Now the go-ahead run is the third and Hodges comes over to the mound to talk to Don Newcomb.
Hit number eight for Philadelphia and Don Besson now gets busy again on the Dodger bullpen down in the right field.
Rip Rapulski will be up, Willie Jones to follow and Stan LaFont after that.
So Roberts and Newcomb having a little tough time driving here tonight.
Big Don, wide and fires, infield in a pop foul, back over the top, strike one.
The entire infield with the exception of Zimmer playing it upside and Don lays back about three steps.
Strike one count on Rapulski and this is now able to develop into a real old-fashioned scoring bee here tonight.
Newcomb, wide and fires.
Pull on a miss, strike two.
Rip Rapulski to clean up batter and left fielder.
Strike two count, Dodger infield up tight and rolled the runner at third.
Ed Boushie who triples to drive in Fernandez and fire up.
Big Don, wide and fires to Rapulski.
Fastball is outside, ball one.
One and two.
One ball, two strikes.
Very enthusiastic crowd here tonight at County Mac Stadium.
They're really whooping it up.
Now the one-two pitch.
Just look at that side and the county even gets going too.
Don Bechman firing away on the Dodger bullpen in right field.
The two-two pitch to Rapulski.
Drop foul off to the left of the plate and the count stays there at two and two.
Dodger's five, totally spying at County Mac Stadium in Philadelphia.
Roberts against Newcomb and the hitters so far have dominated the ballgame up to this point.
Here's the windup and the two-two pitch.
Bull running, stop foul again at the plate.
Campanova picks it up.
Newcomb retired the first three men to base him and then was tied for a base hit and a run in the second.
Roberts retired the first seven men before Zimmer hit a home run to tie it up.
And from that point on, the hitters have taken over.
Newcomb had a one-two-three inning in the third.
Here's the two-two pitch.
Change up, bounce to third.
Jackson up with it, holds the runner.
Throws to first in time and it's one away.
Rapulski bounces out third to first.
Now it will be Willie Jones.
He doubled in the second, rounded out in the fourth.
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Willie Jones up and in.
One for two tonight.
And the Dodgers play it up close again with one out.
Newcomb goes to the lineup and delivers.
Passball outside, all one.
Atfield stated to the left now against the right-hand batter.
Infield up close, Gilliam back a couple steps.
And Zimmer at third is back about three steps, rather at short.
And Jackson at third is back about two.
So they give a little against Jones.
Newcomb delivers low and it's ball through.
Five-five score, bottom of the fifth inning.
And the Phils and the Dodgers have an edit on opening night.
Newcomb into the lineup and down it comes.
Curveball, top-draught foul.
That is the plate, Campanella grabs it.
And it's two balls, one strike.
Two and one.
As far as the eye can see, the fans in this ballpark all the way around.
Looks like a real capacity crowd.
Here's the two-one pitch.
Ground ball hit back behind second through the middle for a play-six.
The runners end the Phils lead.
Jones makes a big turn and holds up now with a single to center.
Ground ball just beyond the outstretched glove of Don Zimmer.
We see in the score, and it's now six to five Phils, Jones at first base with a single.
And Stan LaFatta comes on.
That is hit number nine off Dan Newcomb, three this inning.
A little older by Fernandez to start it, a triple by Boussé and a ground single by Jones up the middle.
Stan LaFatta up, there's nothing for one tonight.
It's a one-shorter run, was on on a field of choice.
So LaFatta at bat, one out here in the fifth inning.
Newcomb with a stretch in the pitch.
Third ball, high five ball to the short left.
Zimmer backs up.
Somoli comes on.
Zimmer waves him off and has it for the up.
So LaFatta pops out to Zimmer in short left field, two away.
And here's Bob Bowman, the rookie right fielder who's at two for two.
And a nice game and a scored one run.
So with two out, Jones on first.
The Pills lead six to five.
Now the stretch by Big Newcomb and the pitch to the plate.
Curve ball is in for a strike.
Newcomb has been slowing up a bit in the last couple of hitters,
leaving the fast ball and going to the breaking stuff.
Strike one on Bowman, right hand batter.
Stretch again, but down on the pitch.
Fast ball there, it's locked to right field.
Furlough on his tack, moves in two steps now,
bounds the glove but he has it and the side is retired.
So for the Pills in the fifth inning, there were two runs picked up.
On three they hit, no errors and they left one man on.
So at the end of five, the score, the Phillies six, the Dodgers five.
Well, we've had five innings of play in this one tonight.
And here are your totals.
For Brooklyn, five runs six hits one error.
For the Phillies, six runs nine hits no error.
Randy Jackson to the plate to start the six.
All right, Jerry, ready to go.
Randy is over two tonight.
And Robin Roberts on the firing line, but well,
he's going to have a conference now with catcher Stan Lopata.
And as Jackson is outside high, ball one.
Randy over two, Kemp and Alondick and then Don Zimmer to follow.
And a six to five ball game through the first five.
Third ball, Mrs. Low, and it's ball two.
Two and nothing.
Two-oh count.
Robin Roberts set the pitch to Jackson.
And the fastball finds the strike zone on the outside corner.
It's two and one.
Two balls, one strike.
Robin Roberts ready.
Jackson waiting.
Two on pitch.
Pull in and bounce to shortstop.
Big hop to Fernandez.
Long throw is in time.
One away.
Jackson bounces out, short to first.
And it brings on Roy Campanella.
Right out deep to right and struck out in two tries.
Nine hits for Philadelphia and six hits for the Dodgers.
And one error in the ball game, Jim Gilliam.
Drops the throw from Campanella on Rapulki in the second inning.
Rapulki later scored in what was an unearned run.
Now Roberts ready to go to Campy.
Foul ball coming back upstairs and this one is just under the press box.
Strike one on Campanella.
Very fine vantage point here at Philadelphia.
Under the roof, looking right down on the home plate,
with an angle off on the first face line, looking down the line.
Rapulki takes a high curve outside and it's ball one.
One ball, one strike to Campanella.
Zimmer on deck and then Newcomb to follow.
The game is in the sixth inning.
The pitch is fouled off and here comes one up our way, but it's on top.
And hits the edge of the roof and goes bouncing back downstairs.
So it is one and two on Campanella.
One and two the count.
Here's one right here and bang, just missed.
Foul ball, Campanella chopping one up here.
Well, we'd kind of like to get that opening day of baseball souvenir from County Mac Stadium.
So Mr. Campy, bring it over here about ten feet.
Here's the pitch.
Strike three.
Campy went over, tried to check his swing, the ball tipped off,
the bat was held on by Lafatta and it's a strike out for Roberts.
Campanella down on strikes on a foul tip actually.
And for Roberts, strike out number three.
And Tiredusty Vargas gave the foul tip sign very quickly.
The signs dimmer up now, Holman on the walk and Zip the score twice tonight.
Foul ball hit off to the right and it is the Dodger dugout on the first base guide, strike one.
The Philly is sixth and the Dodger is five.
Robin Roberts firing them in.
37,657.
We're going to miss for Zimmer strike two.
So we were close to a record but not quite.
Wait a minute, over a record, way over it.
37,000, the record was 29.
I'll see what he says.
Well, there's a real fine job.
That's well over capacity.
Here's a dry foul down the left field line.
37,667, the previous record was 29,074.
So that's a new record by 8,000 plus.
Fine crowd for the opener tonight.
Here's the pitch.
Then swings in with the strike three.
Down he goes.
Badly tied.
Strike out number four for Robin Roberts.
So for the Dodgers in the sixth inning, free up, free down.
No runs, no hits, no errors, and none left on.
So that's the end of the top of the sixth inning of the score and the ball game,
the Philadelphia Philly sixth, and the Brooklyn Dodgers have five.
Well stepping up the streak is no other than that baseball great and renowned Brooklyn backstop, Mr. Roy Campanella.
You know what two questions folks ask me most?
First is who's the fastest pitcher I've ever caught?
That's easy, Don Newcomb.
That man is really quick.
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Of course I do.
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That's all there is to it.
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Well as we go to the last of the sixth inning it will be Ted Kavinsky, Robin Roberts, and Richie Eispern
do up there to face Don Newcomb in a six to five ball game going into Philadelphia.
Okay, Kavinsky up one for two and Big Don ready to fire.
The lineup and the first pitch.
Over for a call strike one.
Good pass ball in the outside corner.
And ready again gets signed from his teammate Roy Campanella and the pitch to Kavinsky.
Up high outside for ball and the count goes one-one.
Jackson came charging in from third that time.
Halfway expecting Kavinsky to try to punt.
One-on-one.
Big Don rocks and fires.
No curve with upstairs and it's ball two, two and one.
Jackson, Zimmer, Gilliam and Hodges on the infield.
Somali, Snyder, and Perillo in the Dodger outfield from left to right.
The attendance tonight is somewhat over capacity of the ballpark.
Here's the ground ball backhanded by Jackson at third.
By the first that's in time, nice play by Randy Jackson.
Hard smash down there by Ted Kavinsky.
And Randy just wheeled over and backhanded her and made the play.
The all-time record in the Philadelphia ballpark was 40,720 against Brooklyn in 1947 for a double header.
Night game record 40,000 against Cincinnati in 1946.
And a single day game record 36,765 against Pittsburgh.
Here's Roberts coming on and gets a nice hand as he steps in.
Robin helps him stuff in the fourth inning with a double to drive in two runs.
So Robin Roberts up now swinging from the left side.
Newcomb goes into the windup band.
Down it comes.
A bouncer foul trickles off toward the Dodger bow dug out and it's strike one.
A rear-fired opening night crowd here at Philadelphia PA.
There's a long fly ball, a high fly ball to center rather.
Zimmer going out.
In for it comes Somoley in left center and he's got it for the out.
Roberts out on a high pop fly into short left center picked off by Geno Somoley.
Here's Ashburn coming up now.
Ritchie is 0-3 in the night's game.
Line to left, down to the second, line to right.
Ashburn, nothing for three.
Nine hits for the Fills, six hits for the Dodgers.
And a six to five ball game in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Here's the pitch.
Fastball high inside, ball one.
Newcomb checks the sign from Campanella.
Ashburn waits.
Curveball is in and over for a strike.
Count evens at 1-1 on Ashburn.
There are two outs, none on, six things.
Lucky strikes sending you play-by-play from County Mac Stadium in Philadelphia.
The 1957 opener between the Dodgers and the Phillies.
1-1 pitch on the way.
Ashburn bounces one wide a third.
Jackson one-handed.
Play the first in time for the outside retire.
So that's all for the Fills and in the sixth inning both sides go up and down in order.
No runs, no hits, no errors, none left on.
And so at the end of sixth inning to play the score, the Phillies sixth, the Dodgers five.
Well, let's kind of get up to date here on what happened around and all the other openers around the baseball world today.
So from the Lucky Strike scoreboard, here's Al.
Well, otherwise in the National League at Pittsburgh, the Pirates defeated the Giants 9-2 behind Bob Friend.
Pittsburgh 9 runs, 8 hits, one error.
Giants 2 runs, 10 hits, three errors.
Antonelli started, he's the loser.
Grissom in the eighth and Jones in the eighth.
Thomas hit a home run his first of the year in the second with nobody on for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Milwaukee defeated Chicago 4-1.
Milwaukee 4 runs, 8 hits, no errors.
Warren's fallen all the way for the victory.
Chicago 1 run, 4 hits, one error.
Rush started, dropped in the seventh and Valentinetti in the ninth.
Logan hit a home run in the sixth with one to board for the Milwaukee Braves.
St. Louis defeated Cincinnati 13-4 on 17 hits and no errors.
Weimar all the way for the St. Louis win.
Cincinnati 4 runs, 8 hits, one error.
Slipstein, Fowler in the sixth, Gross in the sixth, Freeman in the eighth.
Bobby Smith in the sixth with one on, Wally Moon in the eighth with two on, hit home runs for St. Louis.
The Yankees defeated Washington 2-1.
The Yankees 2 runs, 7 hits, one error, foured all the way.
Washington 1 run, 6 hits, one error.
Sobs all the way to take the loss, the battle of the left handers.
Severs hit a home run for Washington in the seventh with the bases empty.
And Barra hit one in the seventh with none on for the New York Yankees.
Boston defeated Baltimore 4-2.
Boston 4 runs, 9 hits, no errors.
Baltimore 2 runs, 9 hits, one error.
And in 11 innings, Chicago defeated Cleveland 3-2.
Kansas City defeated Detroit 2-1.
All right, Jerry.
Darin Newcomb waits and swings a foul back into the stands, strike one.
Robin Roberts on the firing line and the Dodgers now come up on the seventh inning, need a run to tie and two to go ahead.
6-5 ball game here at Philadelphia tonight.
Newcomb has one hit, two tries, singles in the fifth inning and then score the run.
Takes outside, ball one, McCown evens it 1-1.
Robin Roberts, who leads all active National League right-handers in career victories with 179,
tonight is the first player in modern baseball to pitch in eight season openers.
Fastball back, Newcomb awaits, and there it's ball two, strike one.
In the seven previous, Roberts has won four and lost three.
He's beaten Brooklyn three times in opening day efforts.
The Dodgers have not beaten him.
There's a pop-up on the first baseline.
Ed Boussee comes down near the bag, now steps across the line and makes the grab for the out.
So Newcomb bowels out to the first baseman, Ed Boussee.
It will be Jim Gilliam who has one hit, three tries.
Roberts beat the Dodgers 9-1 in 1950 and in 1951, 5-2, last year he beat them 8-6.
He beat Newcomb twice in 1950 and last year.
Gilliam waiting, here's the pitch.
It's close and it's ball one.
In 1955, Roberts beat the Giants 4-2 and had a no-hitter for eight and one-third innings.
Here's the pitch.
Fastball low inside and it's ball two.
Well, I guess maybe Bob Seller was the last pitcher to pitch an opening day no-hitter, Alan, is that right?
We don't have none this year either.
Here's the pitch.
Bouncer foul up the first baseline and Jake Pitler makes his first play of the new season, lobs it back into Roberts.
It counts to Gilliam, two balls, one strike, one out, down on top of the seven.
Bills leads 6-5.
Roberts into the windup and down it comes.
Here's a ground ball hit foul down the first baseline, goes all the way to the wall and bounces along and a couple of fans lean out and grab a baseball souvenir for the Knights opener.
Turn two.
Here's the pitch to Gilliam.
Swung right in.
This one is drilled foul down the right field line and bounces up against the boxy ridding.
And the count stays at two and two.
County Mac Stadium is double-decked all the way around.
There are no stands in right field.
In other words, the field's surrounded by stands on three sides.
There's a foul back upstairs up to the first box and it's still two and two.
The stands go all the way down the left field line to the plate, then all the way down the third baseline, and then all the way across left field at the center field.
There's nothing in right field except the scoreboard under high wall all the way across.
There's a drive hit right back to the middle for a base hit.
Gilliam is on.
Ashburn Field quickly fires into second base and Jim Gilliam gets a long single into left center field.
That's for Gilliam, hit number two, and for the Dodgers, number seven.
And here's Geno Somolia.
Line to center, line to second, single to center, and drove in a run.
So Geno has one, four, three in the Knights game.
Dodger left fielder, one out, one on.
Roberts now with a stretch to look.
Here's the pitch to Geno, strike called on the outside corner.
Fernandez and Kazansky play it in a step or two now and double play it after Jones.
Fairly close in his third and Busce, of course, holding Gilliam at first base.
Top of the seventh, one out, one on.
Roberts deals a swing and a miss, strike two on Geno Somolia.
Duke's batter on deck and then Kyle for a little follow.
Oh, two pitch. Sworn and rolled back to the mound, Roberts bare-handed, throws to first base in time and on the play, Gilliam goes into second.
Roberts slipped and came up from our distance time to bare-hand the ball and make his play to first base.
Had no chance for a play on Gilliam.
So the tying run moves to second base and Duke's batter comes on.
Foul out, doubled to right and was intentionally walked.
So Snyder up now with Perolo on deck and his second base is Gilliam with two away.
Six-five ball game in favor of the Philadelphia Phillies over the Dodgers here at County Mac Stadium in Philadelphia.
Roberts now with a stretch, now delivers fresh ball up high outside, ball one.
One ball, no strikes on Duke's batter.
Bow ball right up here underneath the stand, out of play, one-on-one.
Snyder had another one of his miserable springs hitting 177, but as Duke says, he never hits in the spring, he just waits until the bell rings and then off he goes.
The only time that he had a good spring, he had a bad season.
So Duke anxious to get off to a good start here with a season underway.
Rose one back toward the third base side of the mound, Roberts slips, goes 10 times for the out.
Nice play by Robin Roberts, who came to the third base line, slips as he grabbed the ball, flew from one knee and got his man for the out to retire the side.
So that's all for the Dodgers in the seventh inning, no runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on.
That's the end of the top of the seventh, the score, the Phillies six, the Dodgers five.
Well, seventh inning stretch, here's Al to tell us all about it.
Yes sir, that seventh inning stretch is coming right up and hey Jerry, by the way, touch me that cycle, lucky.
Okay, here you go.
Ah, thank you.
Now for a match of tea.
Oh, you're right here, got a lighter.
What a cigarette, a genuine cigarette.
Say, how about joining me?
Declare a light up sign.
Put a match to a lucky and then settle back and watch the rest of the ball game and listen to it.
Enjoy the best tasting cigarette you ever smoked.
Oh, I like that.
Yeah, it's good.
All right, Jerry, I guess we're getting ready for some more action, huh?
Right over Al, it'll be Chico Fernandez who's scratched single on the third base line,
started the Phillies off to a two run inning in the fifth, the inning that put them out in front.
The Phillies scored first in the second, the Dodgers tied it in the third and went ahead in the fourth.
The Phillies came back a three in the fourth to make it four-two, the Dodgers got three in the fifth to make it five-four.
The Phillies got two in the fifth to make it six-five and here we are.
Fernandez up one for three tonight, Ed Boussillon on deck and Rook Rapovsky to follow.
Newcomb and Roberts have gone all the way.
In fact, we have not had a lineup change on either side.
Roberts, one of the line drives, one hop to Zimmer.
Up with it, play is in time, nice play by Don Zimmer, a line drive, one hop in front of Don, almost handcuffed him.
He knocked it down, retrieved in time to get the speedy Chico Fernandez for the first time.
Roberts in his innings on the mound has walked three and struck out four.
Newcomb has walked one, struck out three.
Nine hits for the Phillies and seven for the Dodgers.
One out, here's Ed Boussillon up.
The wind up in the pitch to the rookie first baseman, up high for a ball one.
Boussillon struck out in the first, again in the third, but in the fifth inning he tripled to right field.
He went in the tying run and then came across with a lead run on a single by Willie Jones.
Left hand batter, Ed Boussillon.
Newcomb winds and fires, change up his high and it's ball two.
Two balls, no strikes.
Outfield swung around to the right against the left hand batter.
And the infield way around, Jackson way wide at third, Zimmer lined up almost behind second.
Gilliam with the edge of the grass on the right side.
Pass ball high and it's ball free.
We'll see one of the rookies on the Philadelphia squad and it might be it'll take the teams around the league a while to get a book on him.
Or they might have a pretty good idea already.
Sometimes they do.
Pass ball is over first strike and it's three and one.
Of course some of the clubs that'll look at Boussillon and Bowman last year at the tail end of the year in a few ball games.
But sometimes it takes longer than that to get things figured out.
Three and one pitch for Big Don.
Fouled off on the ground, it is three-two.
Newcomb against Roberts, they've met 12 times.
Roberts won seven, lost three, was not involved in two decisions.
Newcomb has won three, lost nine.
Twelve games he started against Roberts.
There's a long drive to right center field, Schneider huffing back, back, back, turns, he's got it.
Right in front of the scoreboard in right center field.
We'll see, watched that one well, but Schneider was able to get there and hold it down.
So it's two-goin' now and here's Rip Rapolsky on the left fielder.
A single flat out and rounded out. Rip Rapolsky right hand batter.
Newcomb winds and fires.
Bouncer hits down the third baseline foul, strike one.
Newcomb now has retired the last seven men in a row since Jones singles.
In the fifth inning, the sender crossed the go-ahead run for Philadelphia.
Big Don delivers.
Third ball for a strike, nothing and two on Rip Rapolsky.
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The 0-2 pitch. Fastball strike three called on Rip Rapolsky out on strike.
And for Newcomb now eight men in a row have been retired and that is strikeout number four.
So the Fills go up and down in the seventh inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors and them left on.
So at the end, seven full of means of play at the score.
The Phillies six, the Dodgers have five.
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Ready to go, Perlow first batter and takes the curve ball down low, ball one.
Kyle flied to left in the second, doubled in the fourth and drove in a run
and had to sacrifice fly to center in the fifth inning.
So he's one for two in the night's game.
Roberts into the windup and here's the pitch.
Call strike, curve ball at the letters and it's one and one.
Off day tomorrow and Thursday as the Dodgers open up at Everett Field.
We hope you'll be there.
The Pittsburgh Pirates come in to see the guest team as the Dodgers open up the season.
Fastball way outside and it's ball two.
Then there'll be an off day on Friday, Good Friday, Saturday, Ladies Day at Everett Field against the Pirates
and Sunday a big double header and next Monday the opener with the Phillies at Jersey City.
A lot of baseball.
Here's the pitch to Perlow, it's in for a strike and it's two-two.
Sal Magley due to pitch the home opener at Everett Field on Thursday.
Game time, one-thirty.
As the roller hits the third, in fast comes Jones.
Up will it go to first, him time to get the roller.
Rolls out Jones to Boucher.
Well he had to come very fast to make the play that time and get Perlow by a step and a half.
One away and here's Hodges, right out, walked and struck out.
Seven hits for Brooklyn and nine for Philadelphia.
Six to five ball game, top of the eighth inning.
Fastball on the corner for strike one.
Both Roberts and Newcomb were on the ropes in the early innings in the third, fourth and fifth.
But now a subtle down in the last two innings and have really been firing away.
With the high foul feeling off and back into the stands,
Well, Paddock comes back to give it a try but it's into the first row of boxed seats.
So on Hodges the count is strike two.
Well the Dodgers two hits by Gilliam, one for Somoli, Snyder, Perlow, Zimmer and Newcomb.
Two to a piece for Jones and Bowman, one for Fernandez, Boucher, Rapolsky, Gavansky and Roberts.
Strike two count, Hodges waits.
Foul ball straight back to the wire and it's still nothing in two.
Standing room crowd of 37,667 at County Mac Stadium in Philadelphia.
One out, eighth inning.
Hodges swings and there's a long one on that field, this one's going, going, this one is up in the upper deck
and it's a tied up ball game as Gil Hodges felt one out of here tied up by 6-6.
So we've got a brand new one going now, the eighth inning as Gil Hodges rips off his first home run of the 1957 season
and sends a thousand lucky's along to the VA hospital at St. Matthew, New York.
That's the third thousand lucky's to go tonight.
Two home runs and a double play.
Here's Jackson at bat now in a 6-6 ball game.
Randy Dix the first pitch, strike one.
Jackson nothing for three in tonight's game.
One out, one on and Roberts into the windup.
Foul ball on the ground off to the right of the plate, strike two on Randy Jackson.
Hodges and Zimmer have been home runs and the one for Gil is a tighter up.
One in the upper deck in left field.
Here's the pitch, low for ball.
Well among his other achievements Robin Roberts has the dubious distinction of being the National League soft at home run touch.
Forty-six home runs last year, a major league record of home runs allowed or hit off of or any way you want to play it.
Curve ball on the corner for strike three on Jackson.
Randy turns and walks off, got a word to say don't fire dust to Boggess, but doesn't say too much.
That's for Roberts' strike out number five and oncoming now will be Roy Campanella.
Roy has struck out twice and flat out to right field.
First pitch, curve outside ball one.
Six-six ball game here in the eighth inning. Two down, none on, Campanella waiting with Zimmer on deck and Newcomb to follow.
The Dodgers tagged Roberts for 12 home runs in 55 in the third inning last year.
Here's the swing and a miss, strike two.
Pamela Byron who has been in the bullpen comes on down to the Dodgers dugout now.
Maybe he's going to go to work here in the last of the eighth inning.
Campy takes outside for ball and the count evens it two and two.
Two balls, two strikes.
Campy swings and it's a line drive right to second baseman Ted Kvansky for the out to retire to five.
So the Dodgers pick up a tying run in the eighth inning on a homer by Gil Hodges.
One run, one hit, no errors and none left on.
So at the end of the top of the eighth inning we've got a brand new one going, the score, the Dodgers six and the Phillies have six.
Well, we got it going here and what to say?
Well, we've got it going here too.
Really something.
I wonder how the folks are going.
I can see them right now though.
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Well, we've had seven and a half innings of a ball game all tied up now.
The Dodgers six runs eight hits one error and the Philadelphia Phillies six runs nine hits no error.
We're changing pitchers on the mound for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
So to give us all the information, let's get right back to chair.
Claren LeBine coming on, 10 and six last year against the Phillies, a lifetime mark of seven and six.
Well, Don Newcomb gives way after going seven and easy allowed six runs five earned nine hits struck out four on walk one.
First batter for the Phillies will be Willie Jones who has two for three in tonight's game.
Claren LeBine, number one fireman for the Brooklyn Dodgers in now here in the eighth inning.
Claren Wines and Fires, Jones a fastball is in for strike one.
Newcomb allowed nine hits but the Phillies were only able to punch them in three.
Three in the second, three in the fifth, three in the fourth.
Here's a curveball for strike two.
Nothing and two on Willie Jones.
Sam will pat on deck and then Bob Pullman to follow.
All game tied at six and six here in the eighth inning.
Clem checks the time with Roy Campanella.
Down it comes, curveball low outside for ball on the count one and two.
Jones doubled in the second to drive in a run, single in the fifth inning to drive in a run.
He's been a real spark for the Phillies tonight.
Clem checks the time with the one-two offering.
Here's a fastball chop down foul of the plate on Firedusty Boggess, picks it up and rubs it up, throws it back out.
One and two on Jones.
Big number six on the back of Willie's white uniform.
A bouncer hit right back to LeBarn on one hop, played a Hodges and it's one away.
One up, one down and here's Sam Lofata.
He's known for two tonight.
On on the field is Joyce, walks in, scored and pops out.
Sam Lofata, the big backstop for Philadelphia.
They play them around to the left, last half of the eighth in a six-foot ball game.
LeBarn ready, delivers curveball outside, ball in.
Clem deals again, overarm curve is in for a strike and it's one and one.
LeBarn likes to mix up the curveballs, overarm and three-quarter and once in a while sidearm, but not too much sidearm.
And one of his most effective pitches of course is a sinker ball.
One-one, a windup in pitch, fastball bounced along to the left side, Zimmer comes in, gets a big hop,
score the first in time and it is two up and two down.
Oh, Zim really gets rid of that ball in a hurry.
Every time he fires that ball over there you think that runner's going to be there.
But he's usually out by about six or eight steps.
But Zim wastes no time.
And on the other hand you've seen fellows who will grab the ball and have a real fine arm and they'll kind of look at it.
And then finally they'll beat the runner by about a step or step and a half every time.
Bill Serena the Cubs is one guy who would do that.
He'd kind of read the trademark and then let her rip.
First pitch is outside, ball one.
Billy Cox, same way.
One-oh pitch, curveball in for a strike and it's one and one to Bob Bowman.
Two down in the eighth inning.
Newcomb had retired eight in a row from the fifth inning on and now LeBine has tacked on two more.
So the Pills have been ten up and ten down here against LeBine and Newcomb.
One-one pitch, down ball to the left side, Zimmer scoots over to his right up with it.
The long throw is in time but again the Pills go up and down in order.
Nothing to cross in the eighth inning, three up, three down.
No runs, no hits, no errors and them left on.
So at the end of eight we've got a new ball game all tied up at six and six.
The Dodgers and the Phillies.
Well Al, what'd you say there?
Well Al, let's give the folks a total for the end of eight innings in this tied up ball game, Jerry.
For Philadelphia six runs, nine hits, no errors and for Brooklyn six runs, eight hits and one error.
The Phillies scored one in the second, three in the fourth and two in the fifth for their six.
While the Dodgers have scored one in the third, one in the fourth, three in the fifth and one in the eighth to tie it up.
Otherwise, the scores today in the National League.
Pittsburgh defeated the Giants nine to two, Friend beating Antonelli.
Milwaukee defeated Chicago four to one, Warren Spahn beating Bob Rush, Logan a home run.
St. Louis defeated Cincinnati, Weimar beating Klipschra and Smith and Moon hitting home runs for the Cardinals.
And in the American League, the Yankees defeated Washington two to one, Ford beating Stubbs with Severs and Thera hitting home runs.
Boston and Baltimore, a victory for Boston four to two over Baltimore with Brewer beating White.
Chicago and Cleveland in 11 innings.
Pearson's score went all the way. Chicago won that over Cleveland three to two.
And Kansas City defeated Detroit two to one, Morgan and Larry going all the way.
Morgan beating Larry and Zirniel hitting a home run in that ball game for the Kansas City ball club in the sixth.
The winnets. Well, that's about it as far as all the scores and so forth are concerned.
We'll see if there's going to be any more scoring in this one as we go to the top of the ninth inning.
Don Zimmer coming up to the plate. Let's get back to Jerry.
Little Zip has a home run, a walk and a strike out.
So he's one for two. He's scored twice. Roberts delivers.
Zimmer swings a drive to left field. It's in for a base hit.
Lepofsky over to play it. Fires back in and Zimmer is on with hit number nine for the Dodgers.
That's two for Zimmer tonight.
In the bullpen now for Philadelphia, Bob Miller, a right-hander.
LeVine coming on with one on in the ninth inning as Zimmer leads it off with a swing to left field.
So now Gilliam and Zimmer each have a fair base hit. The Dodgers have nine.
And the totals are almost identical except for one error on the Dodgers side of the ledger and none for Philadelphia.
Here's LeVine up and of course that brings Jones up on the grass of third looking for LeVine.
And Boushie playing the bag against Zimmer ready to break down the first base line.
Here's the pitch-budded foul off on the first base side, strike one.
LeVine trying to make Boushie play the ball because Jones was right in on top of him.
Zimmer moves on back to first. On the butt nearly everybody moves.
The right fielder is over on the line backing up first base.
Second base moving toward first. First base went down the line, et cetera.
Here they go. The pitch-budded on the first base line and again foul.
Boushie after makes a play on it, grabs it before the ball has a chance to get back in.
So it is strike two on LeVine.
About the only players not running when the bunt goes on like that are the pitch and the catcher and the hitter.
Everybody else in motion.
It's a two-and-a-three. We'll see what Clem's going to do now.
The pitch, he's around the bunt, takes the call, strike three.
LeVine out on strike.
And for Robin Roberts, strikeout number six.
Up now will be Jim Gilliam who has singled twice, flat out twice.
He's going to run and score the run.
Six-six ball game, ninth inning.
Gilliam waits. Here's the pitch to him. Fast ball is in for a strike.
Gilliam waiting, nothing in one count. Zimmer off first.
Jim backs up from a low fast ball and it's one and one. One ball, one strike.
Dodgers up from the top of the ninth, top of the batting order.
Gilliam and then Simoli and then Snyder.
One out, one on.
Roberts ready again, looks and delivers.
A swing and a drive hits through the hole, the right field for a base hit.
Zimmer turns second, six for third. Here's the throw across, it'll be cut up.
It came on through and Zimmer is out of third.
It looks like Fernandez is going to cut it off.
And at the last minute he let it go through and it was in time.
We got Zimmer fighting the third.
Here's the throw by right fielder Bob Holman all the way through.
At the last instant, Willie Jones hollered to Fernandez to let it go and he did.
Fernandez was in the middle of the infield to cut that throw.
And Jones told him to let it come through and it came one hop through into third base with Jones and he put the tag on Zimmer.
Out trying to go from first to third on a perfect segue by Bob Holman, the right fielder.
Great play.
Here's Simoli up now with Gilliam on first and two outs in the ninth inning.
Jim was digging, came in first and it took a perfect segue to beat him and that's exactly what Holman offered up.
Here's the pitch.
Swung on and bowtip back, strike one.
Boy that was a fine throw by Bolman.
Strike one count to Simoli.
Two outs.
Gilliam dancing around off first.
The pitch to Simoli is swung and a liner hit over short and the left fielder for a base hit.
Gilliam turns and holds up that second base as the throw from Ashburn comes in to third.
So the Dodgers have had three singles this inning but now have runners on at first and second with Duke Sadler coming up.
For Simoli his second into the game, Gilliam now has three and the Dodgers have a total of 11.
The fielder at bat has had one hit three tries.
He doubled in the fourth inning and the later team in to score.
So Gilliam is on second.
Simoli on first.
Then we're out trying to go to third on a beautiful peg by Bob Bolman that possibly kept the Dodgers out of the scoring column at least up to this moment.
In the second inning, Roberts delivers, Duke takes it high outside, ball one.
Top of the ninth.
Two outs, two on.
Scores all knotted up at sixth and sixth.
Roberts again with a stretch and now Snyder steps out.
Second baseman Kazanski is playing about two steps on the grass and right field now backs up another step.
Lushy is right on the line and way back at first base.
Outfield shifted well around against Duke.
There's a high pop foul from his back and this will be out of play up on top.
And on Snyder to count one and one.
Outfield shifted way around against Duke.
The outfield shift is not too great.
In fact Ashburn is almost straight away in center.
But right fielder Bolman is pulled over a bit toward the line.
Here's the one-one look and the pitch to Duke.
Swung on and foul steps out of Lefato's glove, strike two.
One and two on Snyder.
And Duke had a real big cut.
Robin Roberts ready again.
Snyder waiting.
Runners poised.
The pitch pulled in a miss.
Strike two.
Snyder goes down and comes right down to seven for Robin Roberts.
Throw in the ninth for Brooklyn.
No runs.
Three hits.
No errors.
There were two left on.
The Dodgers had a real tense that inning but Robin Roberts was equal to the occasion and got out of the jam.
So that's all for the Dodgers in the top of the ninth and at the end of the eighth and a half inning to play the score.
The Dodgers six.
The Phillies have six.
Right down to the clutch, Jerry.
How about the last half of that night?
It'll be Ted Kavinsky, Robin Roberts, or a hitter.
And then Richie Ashburn.
Last of the ninth.
LeBine on the firing line.
Wines and delivers.
Kavinsky takes the strike.
Nothing in the one.
Well, the Dodgers had a lot of ilts in that top of the ninth inning after Zimmer let off.
Had LeBine been able to move him across, they'd have gotten a run.
And had Bowman throw that fence throw two to the mark, getting Zimmer third.
Here's a roller back to the mound.
LeBine comes off, makes his play, in time for the first stop.
One away.
Had the throw been not quite so good to get Zimmer.
They'd have had a run.
But as it is, Philadelphia came through there and held him back.
And now Robin Roberts comes on to get the tremendous round of applause from the fans here.
Robin Roberts in waiting, left-hand swinger.
LeBine delivers.
Curveball for strike one.
Twelve fillies have now been retired in order by Brooklyn pitching.
Newcomb got eight.
LeBine now has four.
Roberts ran up to Bud and takes the strike.
Nothing and two.
0-2 count on Robin Roberts, last half of the ninth inning.
LeBine winds and fires.
Roberts takes low overball on the count one and two.
Well, the Dodgers, of course, now pulling for an overtime ball game.
Hoping to get another shot at him in the tenth.
Here's the pitch.
Small on the ground ball, the shortstop.
Zimmer comes in, scoops up, fires to Hodges.
In time for the out.
Two away.
Roberts out on the ground ball, short to first.
LeBine brings up Richie Ashburn, who has none for four in today's game.
You'll recall the fillies in the fourth inning scored three runs after the first two batters had been retired.
One lapota walk, Goldman singles, Devanski singles, and Roberts doubles.
So hold on to your hats.
Last half of the ninth, two outs, score tied, six-six.
And LeBine ready to work to the left-hand batter, Richie Ashburn.
Wind up and pitch.
Passball comes down low and it's ball one.
Well, the fans on hand tonight here at County Mac City have really had their monies worth.
A real thriller all the way.
Got a little bit of everything in this one.
LeBine ready pitching to Ashburn.
Low inside for ball.
The count goes to nothing.
Ashburn chokes up on that bat.
That two or three inches off the end.
Real fine hitter.
It's 3-0-3 last year.
LeBine with a 2-0 pitch.
In for a strike and it's 2-1.
He has a lifetime average of 3-13.
Gives you an idea of what he can do with that bat.
He's almost a magician.
Two and one the count.
Two outs, none on.
Ninth inning, LeBine into the windup, delivers.
Little high after ball and the count goes three and one now.
Chico Fernandez on deck.
A capacity crowd.
In fact, standing room crowd tonight at Philadelphia.
And a really highly enthusiastic crowd.
Really whooping it up.
Here's a liner hit, one hop to Zimmer.
Great stop.
Turn through.
Not in time.
Ashburn is on.
The ball bounced away from Rogers.
And it'll be a base hit.
Fine play by Zimmer.
Breaking quick with his left.
Came up with the ball on a great stop.
He's been fielding through but was not in time to get the flying Ashburn.
The ball skidded away from Rogers down the line a little piece.
But Ashburn had a deep for a base hit.
That breaks the string.
Gives Ashburn a single and is up number 10 for Philadelphia.
And it brings on Chico Fernandez who has one to four.
Got an infield hit in the fifth inning.
Ashburn had that play beat.
And the ball was hit sharply to shortstop.
Zimmer had a great play on the ball but by the time Don could turn and throw,
the throw was not in time and even though it was low it bounced away from Rogers.
It's a throw to the base hit.
Fernandez waiting now as LeBion worked out of a stretch for the first time this evening.
Here's the pitch.
LeBion off to the right and it's strike one.
Two outs, one on, ninth inning.
The filly's batting.
Taking plenty of time now, wants to be careful with Chico.
Chexton delivers a looper hit back in the middle in the center field for a base hit.
Ashburn goes into second and holds on and the filly has got something going now with two outs and a ninth.
For Fernandez, his second hit as he just reached out and swapped one in the center field.
Ashburn into second and up will be Ed Boushee who has struck out twice, tripled and flat out.
He drove in a run in the fifth and scored a run.
The run that put the fillies ahead at the time.
Dodgers tied that one with a home run by Hodges in the eighth inning.
Left hand batter, rookie first baseman Ed Boushee at bat.
LeBion looks, checks the runners and delivers.
Curve ball is inside, ball one.
In on the hands, Boushee.
Left hand hitter waiting.
Ashburn is second and he can fly.
Fernandez is on first.
Looks like he can ignore him.
The big run is at second, Richie Ashburn.
LeBion will distract the left.
Now a pickoff try, throwback is not in time.
Ashburn fighting in ahead of the tag by Don Zimmer.
Six-six ball game right down to the wire here in the last of the ninth inning.
LeBion with the stretch to pitch.
Little low outside for ball two and it's two-numping now on Ed Boushee.
He's the filly, a rookie first baseman, batting in the number three spot.
To Vance Ginn-Roberts, the first two batters retired easily.
Then Ashburn got an infield hit to shortstop and Fernandez looped a single to center.
The Pills have two outs, two on and a two-all count on Boushee as LeBion comes to the stretch.
Curve ball is inside, ball three.
Three and nothing now.
LeBion trying to work on him.
Clem 110 lost six last year and a seven and six lifetime I guess to the Phillies.
Now the look, check of the runner and the pitch.
In first strike with a fastball.
And it's three and one and LeBion didn't fire that one right down the middle.
He came in around the knees on the inside corner.
Didn't want to give him anything fat.
Three balls, one strike.
Left hand batter waiting.
Ashburn off second.
Here's the pitch.
Full on a chopped foul off behind the plate and the count is full and we can turn him loose now.
Two and two out last of the night.
Here we go.
Okay, a tight spot all the way around.
Pressure's on everybody.
The runner's ready to move.
LeBion ready to fire and Boushee's standing at the plate.
And the crowd waiting expectantly.
Here's the three-two pitch now on the way.
Ball for him.
Walks him to load him up.
Off LeBion, walk number one.
And the third goes Ashburn.
The second goes Fernandez.
Up will be Raphosky who has one for four.
And now conference at the mound.
Jackson, Hodges and LeBion gather around to talk it over.
Bottom of the ninth and that's the two outs.
LeBion getting into trouble.
Two singles in a walk to fill them up and Raphosky, the cleanup batter, comes on.
And now we'll see.
Short side, six-six, last half of the ninth and the big run is the third and LeBion trying to get the big out here in the bottom of the inning.
LeBion hits Raphosky up high for ball one.
Time call to Campanella wants to go out and talk to Clem.
Delroy takes his time, walks slowly out, rubs up the ball.
Says a few words, talking to Clem.
Delroy's blowing them down a bit to give them a little time.
Gives him a pat on the arm and comes on back.
All right, here we go. Ball one count on Raphosky. Bases loaded.
Fillies on every sack.
Bottom of the ninth, six-six ball game.
LeBion ready into the windup.
Down it comes.
A high popup on the infield, a short stop.
Zimmer comes in, waits a step, pounds the ball, he's got it and will have overtime tonight.
Raphosky pops up to the short stop.
And so in the ninth inning, no runs, two hits, no errors, and three left on for the Phillies in the ninth inning.
So that's the end of nine and the score is all tied up at six and six.
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Tenth inning, it'll be Ferillo, Hodges, and Jackson to face Robin Roberts, and in now it's called the play-by-play for Schaefer Beer.
Here's Al Helper. Al?
All right, Jerry, here are your totals for the end of nine innings, six runs, 11 hits, and one error for the Brooklyn Dodgers,
six runs, 11 hits, and no errors for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Carl Ferillo batting in the cleanup spot will be the first man up for the Dodgers in the top half of any number 10.
Carl, by the way, was cleanup man more times last year than anybody else on the ball club, so it's not surprising to see him in there now.
Robin Roberts makes the first pitch, and Ferillo whacks that ball to center field with the ash bearing going over off to his right,
calls it down for out number one.
One away in the top half, any number 10.
By the way, the Dodgers have stranded six base runners tonight, and the Philadelphia Phillies have stranded a total of seven.
Gil Hodges got this ball game back on an even footing with his home run in the eighth inning,
one of the two home runs hit here tonight, one hit by Don Zimmer and one hit by Gil Hodges, both solo affairs.
Gil is moving in now. He's walked one time, and he's one for three. Takes a curve ball, it's over for a strike.
Shot on fastball, gets right back to the mound. Robin Roberts knocks it down. It knocks him down, too.
He makes his play and is still down on his hands and knees on the diamond.
That ball could have hit him in the pit of his stomach.
There was one hopper back to the mound. Hit Roberts, he stayed with it, knocked him down, he made his play.
He's up walking around now.
He's rubbing his wishbone. That hit him right in the chest.
He's going to be all right. It's a hard smash right back to the mound.
So two down in the top half of the tenth inning. Bob Miller gets up and starts to throw her lay down in the Philadelphia bullpen.
All lanky right-handers.
Coming up to the plate now will be Randy Jackson with two down and the bases empty in a 6-6 ball game.
There was another extra inning ball game today. That was over in the American League.
They took 11 innings before the White Sox were able to beat Cleveland and score 3-2.
Pitch is hung on, but Jackson knocks back to the mound.
Roberts, puts himself out on the grass, picks it up, fires the first and that's it.
Oh, Roberts has had a rough time of it.
Nothing of cost for the Dodgers here in the top half of the tenth inning.
Roberts justly deserves a round of applause he's getting right now.
At the end of 9 1 half innings of play remains a Dodgers 6 to throw it off your filly's half-stick.
I think you've got a score there too, haven't you, Jarron?
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Bottom of the pants, and here's Willie Jones and back again to Al.
Willie Jones has been one of the heroes for Philadelphia tonight.
He's batted in a couple of runs for them.
LeBiont ties that fast curve on him and moves it over waist-high for strike one.
Jones tonight has doubled and he's singled in four times up and has driven in two runs.
LeBiont throws the fastball and Jones after it, hodders one into very short right field coming on to Carl Perillo and makes the catch.
Well, Jones goes down, has the first batter up in the last half, inning number nine.
That'll bring on Stan Lopata.
Stan has forced the man. He's walked. He's popped the short and he's rolled the short.
So they've pulled out the catcher tonight, his 0-3.
One out, the bases empty, last half of the 10th inning.
Wouldn't you know that the Dodgers would get one started like this?
Six and six were in the last half of inning number 10 at Conny Mack Stadium in Philadelphia.
Schaefer Beer happy to be sending the extra innings down.
Sidearm fastball to crouching Lopata is taken outside for ball one.
This is LeBiont's ball game to win or lose, just as it is Robin Roberts.
He's given up two base hits, delivers, his pitch is outside to Lopata for ball two.
Then got himself in a whale of trouble in the ninth inning.
One or two men on, he walked Boche to load the bases, but he bore down then to get Big Rip Propulski to pump up the short, thereby got out of the inning.
Old rubber arms out there now working the tenth. He's got one man down. There's nobody on behind him. He's got to count with Lopata ball two.
He delivers an overhand curve and Lopata leans back and takes one, flips in for a strike.
Counting Lopata, two and one.
If you haven't seen Lopata at bat, it sort of reminds you of a guy about to sit down in a kiddie's rocking chair somewhere.
That's the way he gets down fast.
What's that Jerry? The way you swingers off the air.
Now the two-one delivery on Stan Lopata.
LeBron comes in with it. Lopata backs off and takes another fast one in there, right over the fifth, what's called strike two.
Two balls and two strikes.
We'll duck in the other scores off today's openers.
That's as soon as we get an opportunity right off the chief of scoreboard.
Many of you may not have heard all of the final scores.
Overhand curve, Lopata takes low and outside.
Full count now on Stan, three balls, two strikes.
One out in the bottom of the tenth inning.
There are no base runners and the score here is locked up at six and six at Tonyamax Stadium in Summit, Alabama.
Opening day activities for the Dodgers and the Phillies.
Everything else is over.
Stan LeBron gets ready to bend that three-two pitch in there.
That's what he does and it's outside and half a ball for.
Lopata drops off the first base.
That'll be the second base on balls given up by Stan.
Coming up to the plate now, wearing the number ten on the back of his shirt, Bob Bowman, the right fielder.
He's driven in one run.
Two base hits for beautiful right fielder and four times up tonight.
Stan Lopata, not too fleet of foot, is on the first base.
LeBron, back over his left shoulder with a branching check of that base runner.
Looks down to this right-hand hitter now and is ready to go to work.
He delivers, the pass ball is low and outside.
One ball and no strikes.
Six-six here, otherwise in the National League.
Pittsburgh defeated the Giants 9-2.
Milwaukee defeated Chicago 4-1.
And St. Louis took Cincinnati 13-4.
We'll get the American League for you in a moment.
Now they won and owe delivery.
The Bowman, in it comes, pass ball, Bowman swings on it and pipes it up.
Roy Campanella lost it for the moment.
Now he has it and fouls ground off to the left of the plate and hauls it in.
Should have seen Dusty Buggers heading out of the way of that one.
Dusty couldn't have moved that fast last year.
He weighed about 40 pounds more than he does this year.
Boy, he's trimmed down to a mere nothing for Dusty.
I took his fish in this one around and slimmed him up a little.
Yeah, I know, you scared it out of him, Jerry.
He rocked the boat, I hear.
Out of the plate now is Ted Kizanski.
Lopata still at first, two down.
Kizanski one hit in four times.
Got a single to left field in the fourth inning.
LeBion delivers to him and Kizanski backs off and takes the sweeping curve ball over the outside corner for strike one.
Know something that goes good on those fish and drips, Jerry?
A table beer, you bet your life.
Now the 0-1 delivery on Ted Kizanski.
Lopata at first base, the pitch in there for a cold strike two.
LeBion reared back.
LeBion sets, looks at Lopata, delivers, Kizanski starts to go and changes his mind and the lead of fastball is outside.
One ball and two strikes.
Last half of inning number ten.
Overtime night affair at Philadelphia.
People will long remember this one regardless of which way the cat happens to jump.
LeBion had six runs and 11 hits.
LeBion delivers, Kizanski takes the curve is just outside.
Campanella thought it was in there.
Turns and says something over his shoulder to Dusty Bargit.
Got a 2-2 count on Ted Kizanski, the number eight hitter in the Philadelphia quarter.
Robin Roberts will be the next man up if needed.
2-2 pitch on this right-hand hitter.
Feet wide spread apart as Kizanski.
Lopata takes the lead at first base.
Down.
Iron wins his way out of this one.
Strikeout did.
Oh, for Clem, that's his first strikeout.
And in the tenth inning for Philadelphia, no runs, there were no base hits.
They leave a man, they strand the race.
Score at the end of ten.
The Dodgers six, left Philadelphia Philly's half six.
They're ready to go here in the eleventh inning, Roy Campanella standing in.
Roberts comes into him with a curveball, it's low and outside for ball one.
Down in the Brooklyn bullpen, he's got a left and right-hander warming up.
Johnny Pudras, the left-hander, and the right-hander is Don Besson.
Sidearm curveball and Campanella drills it to center field.
Ashburn is off to his left, still going back, reaches up and hauls it down.
Campanella, a long fly ball to center field for the first out in the eleventh inning.
Coming up to the plate now will be little Don Zimmer.
Don is homered, he's walked, he's struck out, and he's singled.
He's driven in one run.
Two hits for three at best tonight.
Roberts comes into him with a curveball and Zim after it, hits a foul right back to the screen for strike one.
Six runs, 11 hits for the Dodgers, six runs, 11 hits for Philadelphia.
One error committed, the Dodgers have that chalked up on their record.
Zim is swung on a miss for the second strike.
The Dodgers have stranded six men tonight.
Philadelphia Phillies have left on a total of eight.
Roberts out there still going, guns the ball in again to Zimmer, sidearm fastball, and that's low and outside.
One ball, two strikes.
Hope you've got plenty of shaper on hand, this ballgame could go on for quite a spell.
Zim pitch, outside, Roberts trying to crossfire on Zim to get him to bite at it.
Two balls, two strikes.
One out, top of the 11th.
The bases are empty, and Zim of the batter.
Roberts pitches to him, outside and high, the ball three.
So having gotten out in front to Zimmer, he's wasted three now and it's a full count.
Zimmer standing just off the plate, midway in batter's box.
Roberts checking up with Lopata for the signs.
Now comes the 3-2 delivery.
Sidearm fastball, and Zimmer pops it back foul to the screen.
Still riding the 3-2, down on the bullpen for Philadelphia.
Bob Miller gets up and starts to throw.
One out, top of the 11th.
3-2 pitch by Robin Roberts.
Sidearm curve, again his pop back foul, this is Wupp on top of the roof.
3-2 count on Don Zimmer.
One out, no base runner, top half of the 11th inning.
3-2 pitch, curve ball, Zimmer certainly hits back toward the mound, Zim tried to check his swing.
Roberts comes off the mound, feels fire to Bucing, and that's all for Zimmer.
Little Don tried to check his swing on a high curve ball.
Ball hits the bat anyway and trickles back toward the mound.
So all the two outs, top half of the 11th inning.
The batter will be Clem LeBine, not hit for himself.
This is Clem's ball game, the winner-lose.
He's been on a couple of jams, but he's been able to stay right in there and move out of them.
So this kind of sets the scene, doesn't it, for the Thursday opener with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Ebbets Field come Thursday.
Game at 1-30, we'll be on the air with you at 1-25.
Hope you've got your tickets for that one, that should be a score to two.
Those Pirates taking a jaunt today, 9-2.
Ball to LeBine, he checks his swing and takes it outside, 4-1.
That's Bob Friend went ripping right through today to beat Johnny Antonelli, one of the best left-handers in the business.
Sidearm curve swung on by LeBine and missed 4-1.
One ball, one strike. Two down, the bases empty, top of the 11th inning.
The ball game tied at 6-6.
LeBine, a right-hand hitter, waits.
Roberts tries to curve and it swung on, foul-tips.
Strike two.
That's how it froze right on the batman.
Now Roberts is ready again.
LeBine waits.
The 1-2 delivery.
Sidearm curve is hit back to the mound, it's knocked down by Roberts.
He scampers after, picked up, throws easily to first.
And LeBine is up.
Roberts in the past couple of innings has been a pretty busy fellow, not only firing him, but fielding him.
Nothing across for Brooks, in top of the 11th inning.
Robin Roberts, strong-armed right-hander, is a quick hitter, and of course tonight he's been batting all the way as a left-hander.
Coming out to meet Glenn LeBine here in the last half of the 11th inning.
Pretty good hitting pitcher, Roberts.
In case you're tuned in with us late, we'll set the Brooklyn defense for you in just a moment.
LeBine delivers, Roberts after it.
Curls one up the first base line foul.
Strike one.
Glenn LeBine, who came on in the eighth inning out there to win or lose it for Brooklyn, is better remade as Roy Campanella.
LeBine relieves Big John Newcomb.
The first base is Gil Hodges.
The second baseman is Jim Gilliam.
Shortstop Zimmer.
Third base, Randy Jackson.
He knows Somoli in left field, Snyder in center, Carl Cirillo in right.
LeBine is ready.
Delivers a one.
His pitch is swung on and hung out in the center field.
Snyder comes up to it and makes the catch.
Roberts is out, one away in the last half of the 11th inning.
Reggie Ashburn comes moving along now to start another batting go-around for the Philadelphia.
All tied, 6-6.
Ashburn is sort of the pesky type leadoff guy.
He'll punch you, he'll work you for a walk.
Very fast.
Can move well.
LeBine ready.
Delivers to him and Ashburn hits it right back to the mound in one hop.
LeBine takes it, turns, fires the first and that's all for Ashburn.
Oh, two up, two down.
Last half of the 11th inning and the batter coming up is Chico Fernandez.
Chico, the former Dodgers.
With a five-time snipe, two bases and five tries.
He struck out one time.
That was for Don Newton.
LeBine fires to his former teammate and his pitch is high off the face.
The ball won.
Two down, last half of the 11th inning.
No base runner, score 6-6.
LeBine on the line.
Starts his motion, delivers an overhand fastball and cuts that one right through for a strike.
The outfield for Fernandez, laying around a bit to left and not too deep.
Chico Molley is playing the deepest in left field.
Randy Jackson pulled about a step and a half off the line deep behind Fird.
Jim Deep at shortstop, plugging up the hole.
An overhand curveball in there nicely for a called strike and that's the second one.
That one flipped in there about waist-high on the outside plate.
Last half, inning number 11.
The other extra inning ball game was an 11-inning affair over in the American League today.
Sidearm curve, called strike three, got him at the waist.
Fine work that crossfire in there very neatly.
That's going to be the second strike out of the clem.
So the 11th inning is over.
Kim Gilliams, Chico Molley and Snider, first three batters up against Robin Roberts.
And here again for Chico Molley and Al Helper.
This is the sixth batting around being started by Gilliam in tonight's play.
Jim has three singles and five times up, he's three for five.
Standing in on the top half of the 12th inning in the sixth-six ball game.
Hitting left-handed against Roberts, Gilliam is ready.
Roberts comes in there with the first pitch and Gilliam after hits a high fly ball in the straightaway right field.
It's an easy chance for Bowman.
Camps under it and takes it.
All one away, open the 12th inning.
So it would be the longest ball game of the opening day games.
Eleven inning went over in the American League between Chicago and Cleveland.
And the Dodgers and the Phillies participating now in a 12-inning ball game.
One out, nobody on top of the 12th.
Gino Somoli standing in.
Roberts delivers to him and Somoli takes the fast one over for a strike.
Somoli's been up five times.
This is his sixth whack at it tonight.
He has two base hits, two singles.
Pitch way outside to get away from Lopata.
That'll be ball one.
Soon as we find out what happens with Gino, we'll have time for station identification.
That'll get us in near that 11 o'clock spot.
Shot on curve, Somoli after it.
It's a long ball, a steep drive to left field.
And it is into the left field stand for home run for Gino Somoli to break the 6-6-5.
He kept telling you that boy could hit that long ball this year and he just did it.
Drive into left center field stands to put the Dodgers out in front.
Seven to six, now let's pause for station identification.
This is the Brooklyn Dodger radio network.
Dial 1460 WOKO Albany, New York.
Virgil Finkeley, usually heard at this time, will be delayed until after the ballgame.
LWS.
They're standing in.
Takes the first pitch in there for a strike.
Yeah, like and well imagined, Gino Somoli will long remember tonight.
Put the swung on, hit down to the right side,
gobble up at second base to throw the first in time and Sider goes down.
Two down in the 12th inning.
Gino Somoli, by parking that ball into left center field lower deck,
hits his first major league home run.
From now on we'll have to call him Muckle Somoli.
He's hitting that ball well this year, believe me.
Here's Carl Perillo standing in now.
The Dodgers lead it, seven to six on 12th.
Sidearm curve for Perillo is low and outside.
Ball one.
The Dodgers have hit three home runs tonight.
Zimmer and Somoli, the two young fellows who wanted to play in this ball club,
have hit home runs and the veteran Gil Hud.
Next pitch is swung on by Perillo.
He pops it up right up over our heads.
That goes to the roof out of play.
One ball and one strike.
Perillo back in batter's box now.
Sidearm pitch by Roberts is way outside.
He gets away from Lopata.
Two balls and a strike to count on Carl Perillo with two down.
The ball is empty and the Dodgers by virtue of Somoli's home run,
leading it seven to six.
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Sidearm curve is low.
Down on Perillo, three and one.
Miller up throwing again down in the Philadelphia bullpen.
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Sidearm pitch is in there for a strike.
A three-two count on Carl Perillo.
Boy, over 37,000 folks here tonight have been enjoying this one.
It's been nip and tuck all the way.
It's seen plenty of action.
Plenty of it.
Twenty-three base hits, 13 runs.
Sidearm curve low and outside for ball four.
Perillo throws his stick away and drops off the first base on the fourth base
on balls given up by Roberts.
Coming up to the plate now is Gil Hodges.
Gil has hit one of the three home runs the Dodgers have manufactured tonight.
That's his only base blow and he has a run driven in with it, of course.
He won for four. He walked one time.
Roberts to the stretch, checks Perillo at first.
Delivers the plate to the sidearm pitch that's a little high.
One ball and no strikes.
No ball game tomorrow for the Brooklyn Dodgers,
but they'll be getting ready for the big one Thursday afternoon
with the Pittsburgh Pirates opening day at Ebbets Field.
Sidearm pitch, they hit down to second base.
Through Kizansky's legs and out in the right field.
Carl Perillo goes down to second base and holds on.
That ball was hit right through Kizansky.
He went down to field it, didn't come up with it, so it's an error.
On Kizansky.
Each side now has a miscue, both charged to second base.
Perillo at second holding on.
The batter coming up is Randy Jackson.
Randy's been popping that ball pretty well this spring, too.
He's got started.
However, tonight he's been handcuffed.
He's 0-4-5.
Seven to six to score in favor of the Dodgers.
Roberts fits.
Delivers the runner's move to pitch a swing on a missed strike three.
Let's see, that'll be strike out number eight for Roberts.
And in the 12th inning, the Brooklyn Dodgers pick one up.
First baseman is up to face Ben LeBine in the last half of 12th.
That ball gets hit down to the right side.
Gillian in front of it scoops it out of the dirt.
Hodges covers first base across and that's the first out.
Two balls, no strikes.
The count on the pulse.
Campanella sets the middles of target.
LeBine throws the pass ball and it's ripped down to second on one big hop.
Gillian's got it, goes to first.
There's the second out.
Willie Jones hits one down to third.
Jackson's got it, goes to first base.
That's it.
It's all over.
And the Dodgers win the opener at Sonny McStadium in Philadelphia as the
National League starts its 82nd season of play.
Nothing across for the Phils in the 12th.
12 beginnings and a successful start to the defense of their
National League championship.
For the Dodgers, seven runs, 12 hits, one error, eight men left on.
And for the Philadelphia Phils, six runs, 11 hits, one error, and eight men left on.