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The Chicago Cubs faced the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park for opening day on Tuesday, April 3rd, 1984.
The Cubs were led by new manager Jim Fray, who was looking to put some life into the Cubbies after five straight seasons finishing no better than fifth place in the NL East.
San Francisco was managed by Frank Robinson in his fourth year as skipper.
The Giants had been an average team at best in each of his first three seasons, but was looking to make some changes in 1984 by acquiring some new All-Stars that included a trade for Al Oliver and the signing of free agent Manny Trieu.
This audio recording is from the Chicago Radio broadcast featuring announcers Milo Hamilton, Lou Boudreau, and of course Harry Carey.
And we're anxious to get going, and here we go. Bob De Nair is the hitter. The first pitch of the game, but a left-hander is flung on and a bullet up the middle for a paint-pitch.
And Bobby De Nair sniped it off with a solid single, whizzed right by the ear of Davis. Aggressiveness, that's what I'd like to see.
The Cubs showed it in batting practice. Let's hope it continues right through the cage.
So Bob De Nair is on, one pitch, one single. And Ryan Sandberg.
Now, when we're out there talking to Davis and the plate on Kyle Wendell's that's gone out, he's had his first duty today other than taking in the lineup car and say, hey, there's only one pitch, this is not the end of the world.
This is right, and I didn't think Davis had too much on that ball as far as velocity. It looked like he was just aiming the ball over the plate. Open to get that first pitch in and get things underway.
Well, here's Ryan Sandberg with an old teammate of his three years through the minor league system. Big lead, pitch on the way, low inside of the ball, and it's one and 0 to Sandberg and Carey Matthews is due up next.
And it'll be Ron Say. One ball, no strikes. They play Sandberg with a big hole in right center. The center fielder's playing him to full.
That's a little unusual. Throw to first, not close. Usually, Sandberg. But of course, some of this will go into how Brenley and Davis have talked about tracking to him.
But you still don't see many center fielder's playing him to full as much as Davis is. Now offensively, Sandberg can see that setup so he will know how they're pitching to him.
Now, time called to near, wants to smooth out that dirt where he's trying to get in his own sliding blocks down there.
We talked about defensive maneuvers and that soft clearance. The offensive running game may be held up a little.
Edging not going, strike call to Sandberg, good softball, and it is one and one.
John Zmukovic in his third year with the Cubs is coaching at first. John Zimmer, up by himself, is coaching at third. It's great to have him back.
He was a player with the Cubs several years ago. His manager was, was a five, the old number five.
Good bounce. All right. Let me tell you, he was the closest to A. I brought up Sandberg in 1960 and told Zimmer, you make a third base put out of him. And he did a great job.
Hey, I guess he did. Two balls and a strike to near with the lead. I think he was going that time. And Davis went over that way.
Jack Clark, he's a little toward the line. There is a big hole in right center for Sandberg. Runner going, pitch out.
The throw down will be, it's right in the down pocket field. A great job by Wimley calling for a successful pitch out. Jim Fry did not think he would do it.
Not to put on the field, but with that pitch out, he had a perfect shot. You don't see double pitch outs on a two one count to go to three and one very often.
And the element of surprise was there from their standpoint. Absolutely. So now it's Sandberg with a three one count. Wimley really got rid of that ball and put it right down there from a master right on the bag.
Swinging high, bounce his third, big hop, young blood, fires in the dirt. But Oliver comes up with that play. Oliver made a good play on a tricky hopper into the dirt.
And that's not Oliver. He has no sense of making that play. It was an overhand pass throw from young blood that hit right on the edge of the grass.
And Oliver makes the play protecting himself, I believe. All right, here is Gary Matthews. He's only played one game with a gun, but with a trinket.
He's a veteran who's being counted upon to come over here and provide some stock. Add some more leadership as well. He stands deep in the batter's box.
Leads out over the plate straight away, stands down the little ball and it's one and oh, nobody on and two down. Cubs and Giants.
Milo Hamilton and Lou Boudreau with you on Cubs radio from Candlestick. And here is the one oh to Matthews. Off speed, tried to check it, couldn't.
Swinging strike one and one. Straight change. He changes off the fastball. One ball, one strike. And here is the pitch down low and it is two and one.
Gnerst started it off with a solid single back through the middle. With caught stealing, then Sandberg bounced the third. So it's two down and nobody on. The two one pitch. Low inside, he's gone to three and one on the second straight hitter.
Now this pitch will tell us whether they are going to make Matthews try to go after an off speed or a breaking pitch. They've kept the fastball low and away to him.
Now he's ready again looking in to get his sign from Brenly. Outfield playing into full in all three positions. Three balls and a strike. Pitch on the way.
Swinging and a foul back to the right. First souvenir for the fans and it's a full count to Matthews. They do up next.
The Biro's in off date. We'll be back Thursday night. Rainey will go against Kruko. Three balls, two strikes, two down. Pitch on the way. Low when he walks in.
Kept keeping that ball down on Matthews. But he kept it too low and ends up walking him and it will bring up third baseman Ryan Say. And these fans remember how he used to punish them when he was with the Dodgers.
He gets booed as he gets to the batter's box.
Want to welcome one of our new network stations coming aboard this year. KFBT in Davenport, Iowa. They'll be carrying all of our games.
Little sentiment there for me. That's where it all started.
Well I started in Iowa too. Cedar Rapids.
Little wild fish. He threw it in the dirt. And Matthews will get the suck it easily.
It's great to have the folks out in Davenport and the Quad City area and KFBT joining our CUB network.
And if we're going to pass out of OK, we've got a chance right here good kid. As Herms Durette comes out to stock to the Gen Westies.
This CUB network today with 44 stations. That's triple what it was when Jack Rosenberg and Vince Lloyd started setting this thing up.
And it's great to see the job they've done and have all these stations on with us and know that all these folks will be listening around the middle west.
Seven states are involved. It's by west. It's Coolidge, Arizona. Omaha. And it's great to have all the new stations with us this year.
And they want to welcome them. All right the conference over. Herms Durette is back into the dugout.
Ron Stay waiting. One ball no strike. Gary Matthews second base.
Let's see if we can take advantage of the wild fish. A hit to get you on the board.
High and away with his fastball. And it's 2-0 to the Penguins. Keith Wharland due up next.
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Whoa and he falls behind him 3-0. Only the fine decision by Friendly on the count of 2-1 to Sandberg to throw out to near has kept the Cubs from scoring thus far.
All right here we are on a 3-0. Now they're going to put him on. This will go as an intentional pass even though they didn't elect to do it until the board won.
The giant is going to come this break. Fry has been with the type of manager that has been letting his ball crook go after the 3-0 pitch.
I think they thought that with this cozy left field fence and power alley they weren't going to give him a chance to go after a 3-0 pitch.
So Robinson knowing that felt that the 3-0 pitch green light was on for safe and the Cubs were going to be in the lead.
Fry has been with the type of manager that has been letting his ball crook go after the 3-0 pitch. So Robinson knowing that felt that the 3-0 pitch green light was on for safe with two outs here in the first inning so they decided to walk it.
Marlin with a chance to get the run home now. Matthews second, Bay first. A walk and an intentional walk and a wild pitch in between strikes to Marlin.
Marlin ended up with the eighth hitter in the league last year with 3-0-2, 16 homers, 70 RBIs.
He's starting today since Bay are starting a lefty. When the right hander crook goes 30 Mel Hall will be in right feet.
0-1 to Marlin. Swinging, line drive left. Right at Leonard. Side retire. Hit hard, but right at it. If he got under that a little we'd have had some cheer in him.
It would have been gone. We play the half an inning. Cubs do not score one hit. They leave a couple. So after a half an inning the Cubs are strong with one hit and the Giants are just now coming into bat.
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Their coaches Danny Ozarks. Third base. Don Hufford at first. And the leadoff hitter is Johnny LaMouser.
And it's in for a strike right across the letters.
And he really uses those other pitches to set it up. Yes, indeed. That was a good fastball.
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Low outside and he's gone full with LaMouser.
All right, now he's showing that breaking stuff low and away. Let's see if he goes to the fastball for his out pitch here.
He got one by him for an opening pitch.
He does. You'll probably come up and in on him.
But he's had a breaking ball and he hung in a little. LaMouser went right with it to right field for a line drive single.
He's out in front of that ball, but he changed up on his own and that's where he's placed it. He just poked it to right.
So both lead off hitters reach.
The master at first with a single. Manny Trio.
Former Cubs. Philly. Cleveland Indian. Montreal Expo.
Good solid ball player.
The players will not wait long. They're both aggressive so we can look for a hit run at any time here with Trio at best.
Threats went over. LaMouser fakes a break, doesn't go and Trio fakes a bust, took a strike.
Now that brought Stay moving up a little bit at third base.
To a couple of years ago and the Cubs didn't as much as anybody they ran on him, but he's really shortened up that stretch.
And a breaking pitch inside. He barely comes to the letters.
We're in a set position now. This is right. He holds that club with a in hand with a ball in it almost in front of his face.
One ball, one strike to Trio. Jack Clark two up next.
LaMouser with a lead off single has it. Lead at first. Durham holding against him.
Now Ruthven will step away because LaMouser was yacking around and moved back toward the bag.
And Ruthven wants Jody to slide over with the sign.
Runner going. Pitch on the way. Jody's throw will be way in the center field.
LaMouser's up. He may try to come to third. He will be there.
LaMouser near came in hard. Fired. But LaMouser got up quickly. LaMouser hesitated at all.
They might have had a shot at him. But once the ball went on in the center, LaMouser got up and came right over.
The throw was high and it went off of Stanberg's glove.
Had Stanberg missed that ball and the near was in the proper spot he would have thrown LaMouser out.
When he reached up that hand and grabbed that high throw by Davis, it just paramed off of his glove and floated up getting good in the air.
So they've got a runner at third and nobody out. Jody Davis muscled up on that throw and it stalled.
Took off. And as a result, stolen base and an E2 runner third, nobody out.
A baby hit in the right field. A 2-1 pitch at 3-0 who goes that well as anybody in this league went right there again.
Yes, yes. He saw the hole over there. Get the fastball and then once again the two hitters for the Giants here in the first inning going to the opposite field on Rufus.
They're going to be topping San Francisco. Wark the batter.
Wark and manager Robinson have had their differences.
They've tried to patch them up even to the extent of doing some comical commercials for the ball club that we've been seeing here the last couple of days.
He's the kind of a player who can carry a club and the first pitch to him high inside of all.
He was a great hitter in the summers last year. He had a great spring, 375 average.
That was an unlimited play because he was hurt early in spring training.
A stretch pitch by Ruthven. Hit him on the fifth, popped him over to the right. Durham has the play and Durham squeezes it.
Boy, what a pitch and a power hitter.
Well, the first two hitters that we mentioned went to the opposite field with Ruthven's curveball.
So now he comes in and jams that powerful hitter with a good fastball.
Bring up Al Oliver.
He's been a great player with the Pirates, the Texas Rangers and Montreal.
He's come over here now and he gives them some stock at first base.
He's a veteran who can still run, might be in as good a physical shape as anybody playing baseball today.
An off-speed pitch for an opener, Oliver looks at it up high of all.
Oliver had a 435 spring. He is certainly a great hitter.
Won a batting title two years ago with the Montreal Expos.
He's a dangerous left-hand hitter. He can pull it, he can spray it.
Line fouled on the left side above the start, short of our bullpen.
And the count is one and one.
A single by LaMaster, stolen base throwing Aragiotti.
Trio got LaMaster home. Clark popped up. So it's one to nothing Giants.
The runner at first is Manny Trio and the count to Al Oliver, a bull and a strike.
Jeff Leonard is due up next. Ruthven ready.
Stretch pitch, swing and a foul. Boy, he sawed the bat off right in his hands with that baby.
This fastball has been his best pitch here early this fall game.
I wish he'd have thrown one to LaMaster.
Right. He's strong and he's fooled the Giants on fastballs and consequently Davis is staying with him.
One ball, two strikes. Oliver waiting, batting from the left side.
Trio at first doesn't take a big lead. Now he's etched away another step.
Ruthven ready, stretching, looking back, runner not going, pitch on the way.
And that pitch rolled in and hit Oliver.
And he wanted to. He was trying to pitch him tight again and just rolled right in on him and got him.
That was a fastball inside. It just paid Oliver for quite a while.
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Trainer out, Oliver trying to walk it off.
Right above the knee maybe, huh?
Yes.
Jeff Leonard the batter. Really came on strong for this club a year ago. 21 homers and 87 runs batted in.
Ball lanky outfielded.
Line drive hitter who obviously found himself some power last year with 21 homers.
Bouncer deep short. Bolo will go to second. Go to first.
No, it really wasn't a good double play and I want to mention something that really took it away from a double play that Lou and I talked about before the game.
Bolo going to the hole, had no chance to set up. You saw his feet flip in that horrible infield.
Absolutely. He could not get his footing consequently. He could not throw the ball with any speed at all to Sandberg. It cost us a double play.
So you've got runners on the corners. Oliver was erased on the force from Bolo to Sandberg.
Leonard's at first and Manny Trio is the runner at third. The batter, center fielder.
Well, they've got Youngblood hitting in front of Davis. They made a change here.
And the scoreboard operator doesn't even know it. The lineup card out there doesn't even know it.
This is Youngblood. That had to happen when they handed in the lineup card, didn't it? Yes, indeed. The only way it could have happened.
So Youngblood is the batter. And the pitch to him is a ball. Shilly Davis then is on deck.
Runners at first and third. Giants are leading 1-0. Ruthven having a long, troublesome inning here.
Two hits and an error. It, Batsman, pitch on the way. High inside with a breaking ball with something off of it.
That is two balls, no strike.
Ruthven taking a look around before he goes down in to get the sign from Jody Davis.
Trio third. Leonard first. Pitch on the way. Swing and they miss. A good swifty down and away from him.
If you're going to throw Youngblood a fastball, you really got to keep it down and away because if you get anything up in the middle of the plate, he'll hurt you.
Go to first, not close. Leonard dives back safely.
Moreland shading Youngblood a little toward right center. Durnier a little toward left center. And Matthew's playing him to pull all the way.
Two one fifth. Swinging. Bouncer's toward third. Sadie long throw across. Got him. And with all that trouble, out-subtle for the one run.
Oh, indeed.
The Giants get on the board with one run. Two hits, one error. It, Batsman, they leave a couple. And after one inning, it's the Giants one and the Terrence nothing.
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All right, we go to the second inning. Jody Davis will be leading it off to the Cubs. She'll be followed by Durham and then Larry Boa.
Lionel Hamilton and Lou Boudreau with Cubs baseball from Candlestick in San Francisco. We've got a final from Kansas City. The Royals beat the Yankees 4-2. The Yankees only got three hits in that ballgame.
Black was the winning pitcher, Miles. Susan Berry ended in the eighth to shut the Yankees out for the last inning.
Downster, shortstop, over to his left. LaMaster picks it, had a little trouble with it, threw it away, and Oliver fell down and almost got hurt. If Jody Davis hadn't hurtled him, there would have been a heck of a collision right there.
Here again, LaMaster losing his footing. At second base, he moved over, caught the ball, and when he tried to straighten up and set his back foot, his right foot's a throw, it flipped on him.
They're scoring it as a hit.
With Jody Davis down for the leadoff single, the bat is the bull, Leon Durham.
Durham last year played in only a hundred games. Injuries kept him from seeing a lot of action.
Still has 12 homers and 55 ribbies, swing and a miss with a breaking ball. With the left-handers starting, more San Francisco, Durham dropped down to the seventh spot.
Oh, a due effect. Our ballgame is in the second. The Giants 1-1, 2 hits, the Cubs are scoreless with two hits.
Davis, nice agreement, stretches, looks to first, swinging, a shot to second, double play ball. Trillo clips LaMaster one, first base, wins, a double play.
Taylor May, double play. Trillo, LaMaster, Oliver, they turned it perfectly.
They could have asked for a better double play ball as it was hit solidly right to Trillo. He didn't have to move.
And his Trillo flip, LaMaster made it easy.
Now here is Larry Boa. Boa has switch hitter.
Got a fine here last year. Golden Globe Award.
And here's the first pitch to Boa. Swing and a foul up to the right side.
I should like to have Boa get on here. If for no other reason than to have Ruthland bat in the innings so that you can start with the top of your order in the next inning, if it turns out that way.
Here's the 0-1 to Boa. Cubs captain looks at a high fastball and the count is even at 1-1. The hits are even at 2, the Giants lead 1-0.
What error belongs to the Cubs in the help of the Giants 2, the 1-0 lead?
Fastball missing outside. Two balls and a strike.
Mark Davis. Blue talked about opening day and butterflies. You can bet he had some.
Here's the 2-1. Fly ball out into left center. That ball's pretty well stroked. It's going to carry over Billy Davis.
The Cubs are still aheading for second and as he looks at the ball being brought in, he will take a short turn at second and hold with a double.
First extra base hit of the season for the Cubs by Larry Boa.
Got a little more pop when he bats from the right side.
Now here is Dick Ruthland. This Dick can help himself.
He's playing with the runner at second. Two down. Giants leading 1-0. First game of a two game series.
First game of a seven game road trip. Two here, three in San Diego over the weekend and two early next week with the Dodgers.
The Cubs will be home Friday the 13th to open against the Mets followed by the Cardinals and then the Pirates.
Stretch looks back. Pitch to Ruthven. Swing and a foul. He was up there ripping. He was looking for the fast ball.
He got the fast ball right down the middle and just fouled it back. He'd like to have that pitch back.
No balls. One strike. Ruthven waiting. Look back by Davis. Pitch on the way. Big swing and a miss.
I think that was his flair. It could have been. He moved on Ruthven. He couldn't believe it.
No balls. Two strikes. Hope that the folks at Newcastle, Indiana, join the game on WJNZ FM. Swing and a miss.
Ruthven strikes out. First strike out for Davis. Side retires. No runs and a couple of hits.
No errors. Double plays. Four who doubled was left. But after an inning and a half, Giants won Cubs nothing.
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To be followed by Brenway and then the pitcher, Martin.
Side of our season of Wrigley Field will be entertaining three Eastern Division clubs.
The Mets open our home season with a big three game weekend series beginning on Friday, April 13.
Whitey Herzog and the Cardinals come to town for three midweek games beginning through the April 17.
The first home stand concludes with a three game weekend series with the Pirates.
Plenty of action that first home stand. Should have made you glance out of it with us.
And to first hit your ticket in advance.
First pitch to Chili Davis is a strike call.
In September of Kansas City, his two home runs, one home run, it was his first.
And I guess he figured if Davis could hit one for the Reds yesterday, he'd hit one for the Royals today, good kids.
They only had 10,006 for that ball again?
Isn't that unbelievable?
Isn't that unbelievable in Kansas City with the Yankees? 10,006 opening game.
Well they got rained on yesterday, maybe that hurt them.
Strike call right across the knees.
Boy, I tell you, you talk about a buzz bomb in a perfect place.
He just simply blew the ball by, Chili Davis.
Look out, my observation that this is the best fastball that Bruce has had all spring.
Even though he's trailed one to nothing.
Well with that little nip out here, the pitcher's got to feel strong, doesn't he?
Yes, indeed.
Here's Bob Friendly, the catcher.
Friendly bounding with nobody on and one away.
We're in the bottom of the second, Giants bounding leading one to nothing line.
He's up off the top of the glove of a leaping dog, goes down into the bullpen.
Orland has to go over to get it, and Friendly is standing for the double.
He's twice a hard line drive to the right side.
Durham leaps as high as he could, might have just hit that big first baseman's claw.
Then it's spun over into the right field bullpen and scatters the Giants bullpen numbers, and it's a double for Friendly.
Another good fastball, there's an indication how a defense will set up now early in this ball game.
With Ruthland using that good fastball, right-handed hitters are not pulling him.
The left-handed hitters will go to the opposite field.
Now maybe in the fifth, sixth, or seventh inning, if Ruthland is still out there,
he may change his style of pitching and go to the breaking pitch.
Mark Davis, the pitcher with the runner at second, swings away and does his job right there
because he bounced it to the right side where Friendly can get over easily
and will bring up LaMaster with a runner 90 feet away from home.
So Sandberg throws out Mark Davis.
It advances Friendly from second to third, and LaMaster, who had a base hit in the first inning,
still with a, what's a third on the throwing error when Davis couldn't throw him out
and Goad on a Manning 3-0 single is stepping in.
The Lewis-Harris family of San Mateo out here cheering for the Cubs, obviously former Chicagoans.
They're going to see several of our games on the west coast, and we'll see a lot of that when we're out here.
A lot of transplanted Chicagoans and Midwesterners when we play in San Fran, San Diego, and Los Angeles.
LaMaster, one for one, a pitch to him, a breaking ball in for his strike goal.
Manning 3-0 on deck.
Hits are even at 3. Giants lead in the score 1-0. Ruthman winding, delivering.
A little outside. Good stop of that ball in the dirt by Jody.
Jody followed that ball to the right, went to his knees to be sure that it didn't get away from him.
The runner had to remain at third base.
One ball, one strike. Friendly up the line at third.
Here's the pitch from Ruthman, swinging a bouncer. Good stop, charging. Bowers right in the bag.
Myers got him by a step, and the side has been retired this way by Larry Bowers.
With LaMaster, who runs pretty well, nifty with the wire. No runs, one hit.
No errors, one left.
We have played two innings in the 84 opener for these two props, and the Giants lead the Cubs 1-0.
In the third inning of Candle 6, Bob DeNear leaps it off against Mark Davis.
The first pitch to him shows Bunt takes the strike.
Bob DeNear will be a special project of Jimmy Fry, who has been known as a good hitting instructor.
Here's the pitch. And high inside with a fastball, one and one.
He'll leave him alone for a few days, see what he does on his own.
Here's a ball and a strike.
LaMaster waits back with a fastball running, but still got him by a step. Good throw by LaMaster.
Here is out George the First, LaMaster to Al Oliver.
The infielders will have to do just what LaMaster did.
Wait for that ball, and gamble on getting rid of it quickly and throwing, instead of trying to move in on that soft stand.
Because both yard stops have shown us already that it's going to be tough for those spikes to dig in for you here today.
Ryan Sandberg bounce the third in the first inning.
Ryan will up here 0-1.
Low inside with a fastball, and it is 1-0 to Sandberg. Matthews due up next.
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Forty-four stations on the Cuff Network as we get underway today.
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One ball, one strike. Go fish. High outside with a fastball. 2-1.
Now he's ready again. Young left-hander, 23 years old, earned that starting assignment with a great spring and finish.
Bounce the foul off here to the left, Sandberg, and it's 2-2.
Well, there's a constant buzz here today because this place is nearly full.
2-2. Sandberg, after fouling it off, steps back up in there straightaway.
The Golden Gloves second baseman of a year ago waiting on Mark Davis.
The left-hander kicks the deal to 2-2.
Off she goes, followed it up to the right side.
Get it out of the box over there where Tom Haller, the general manager of the Giants.
Old sport.
Tell you one thing about Tom Haller, he's willing to make a move, isn't he?
Yes, he is.
2-2, swinging, bouncer, right of trio, backhand, throws in the air.
Safe! Sandberg, beat it out.
The trio credit for a great effort, but they just didn't figure going that far to the right that trio could throw out Sandberg.
No, not at all. Sandberg's going down that line very fast.
I was looking for a trio to flip it to Lamaster who cut in front of them.
Four hits for the Cubs. They lead in the hit column 4-3, but are down 1-0 in the score, and here is Gary Matthews.
Matthews walked in the first inning.
Faye is on deck, third inning, Candlesick Park, San Francisco, first game in a two-game series.
Open day tomorrow, we play here Thursday night.
Stretch looked the first, hits to Gary Matthews, strike called over the outside corner.
Matthews started right here at the Giants, went to Atlanta, then on to Philadelphia, became a Cub a few days ago.
In the opening day lineup in left field.
Sandberg with a big lead, and I'll tell you, I had to figure a kill down over there, if you'll tell me please.
With that kind of a lead, he just wasn't going to let him stay out that far.
Not many ball clubs have it in here, or Sandberg getting 1-2, Shiloh.
Now, let's throw to first base.
Boy, if DeNiro can do it and play every day, we'll see those two manufacture some runs.
Oh, yes indeed.
No balls, one strike, look over again, and a throw over that way, close, he dives back and makes it.
Sandberg slipped somewhat, trying to get back.
Just what you said, it not only affects the defensive infielders with this shot going, but it also affects that base, would-be base stealer.
Zip hit, swinging, bounce it toward third, young blood in, Glockman, got to go to first base, out at first.
On the play, Sandberg moves to second.
The young blood charges, throws out Gary Matthews, third to first.
And while we're waiting for Say to step in and friendly have a little chat with Mark Davis, we'll pause right here on the WGN Chicago Cubs Baseball Network.
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Ross Say taking some time stepping back in, Milo Hamilton and Lou Boudreaux with you in the early innings.
Harry Carey will come along later.
Milo, the first three innings, we've had a man in scoring position.
We've got to start picking up those men, get some runs, can't let those opportunities slipping by continue.
And Say looks at an off-speed pick for one, didn't miss by much.
Sandberg with good speed at second, Say was walked intentionally in the first inning, Davis fell to behind him, 3-0, and then the bench ordered to go ahead and walk him.
Here's the fifth, swinging in a high hop, hop behind first, second baseman going over Oliver now as he is about 10 feet off the line, has it, and the side has been retired.
Say popping in foul ground about 60 feet behind first and about 10 feet foul, and so it's no runs, one hit, no errors, and Sandberg left.
We're in the middle of the third at California's Candlestick Park for the Giants, and the Giants lead the Cubs 1-0.
Say ended spring with a string batting swing right now.
At Evans, all the string dressing needs, plus with 15 coats too, are now at Evans, the 10th of May.
In the bottom of the third, Manny Creo, who drove in the only one in the game to this moment with an RBI single in the first inning, will step in to lead it off.
Straightaway stance, looks at the pitch down and away, ball one.
Creo will be followed by Clark and then Oliver.
Here's the 1-0 from Roosman, and a strike call to good fastball up around the letter.
Frank Robinson, I don't think it's that he has helped to in the defense by firing Creo, and he's helped his offense by training Bateson.
1-1, bounce it right back down, knocked down by Roosman, grass throws, got him, ball hit hard, didn't bounce into Roosman's glove plainly,
got a ball out in front of him, but he gets it and throws him out, and of course the play for Oliver.
Here's Jack Clark, he pops up to the first base of the door in the opening inning.
Remember after the game, we'll have our scoreboard, and in Chicago there should be some time left for Uncle Bobby.
Oh yes, boy I wish we could hear that.
Are you leading Goose?
He used to lead.
Yes, a great temptation when we're on the road to have him save Bobby Collins-Kill and Nailor too, because it's customary.
Swing and a miss.
We listen to him every day when we leave Chicago, when he's on and when he's off too.
No ball, two strikes.
No matter, Roosman has moved out in front of his dangerous right fielder Jack Clark.
Here is the 0-2 pitch.
Swing and a ball, and up the middle he hit it out to the pitch.
Roosman would like to have that ball.
They made it a state.
Tired the ball, lit it high over the plate.
Even at four, Clark is on with a single, and it brings up now Oliver, who was hit by a pitch to move time up.
John Buford having a close shot with Clark at first.
Now Oliver the batter.
Guy has one run, four hits, cuts scoreless with four hits.
Roosman's in the stretch, pitch on the way to Oliver, swing sends a high pop left side.
Coming back to coach's box, Bob Faye, he squeezes it, the pen went and came right over,
made the play, a very high pop up, a good pass ball right on Oliver's pitch.
Good thing those clouds that were around here yesterday weren't here today,
if you want to know how high that pop up was, that might have brought Wayne up to work out yesterday.
Here's how it'll bring up Jeff Leonard.
I thought for a moment they wouldn't make the Cubs work out because of the condition of the field.
Well Dallas Drain came with the club and we walked out of the field waiting for the players to dress,
and he walked over that end field, but it's just as bad as they wrote that it was.
The two way runner at first point went into batter, hits by Roosman, swing, high drive left,
coming over to Matthew, he'll grab it on the line and the side is the inside.
Well hit ball by Leonard, Matthew's got a good break on it, going toward the line,
holds it in, so runs, one hit, now there's one left.
Alright good kid, hold it down here, I'll see you a little later on.
Very bad. We played three innings and the Jazz Weed the Cubs 1-0.
Gentlemen, gentlemen.
We're at score, and five of those teams are very slight groups.
Combinations.
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Hello again everybody, now it's time for the good news all.
As we go down to the top of the board, one minute off the stand, and the Giants losing it off
with a deep baller behind Howard Jua and Ethel Mersimmi.
One's enough for the Jazz Weeds to pitch a fast ball running away from the right hand hitter.
Half a count, two balls and a strike, bounce on half.
Beautiful afternoon in San Francisco.
Opening day 1984.
Two balls and a strike, here's Patricia Morley.
One ball, nine drops, let's see if that even works.
Beautiful ball.
Very nice catch by Leonard DeBauw.
Looked like they were going into the corner.
It stayed up for him and he had to make the great backhand attack.
He had a good jump on that ball, it was in hard into the corner, but he made the catch easily.
The winner, Portland's hit, the two hardest balls of the day, is Jody Davis.
The Harry were getting minutes scoring position, but we just can't get that pace hit at the right time.
That's a very familiar and sad lament, isn't it, too, in baseball lore.
And that's the difference between winners and losers, that it's when it counts.
One arm over the yard, there's no long way to go.
One to nothing Giants, the pitch on the way.
Jody Davis takes the strike off.
That evens it up a ball from the stripes, it comes around the arm one week from Friday.
Friday the 13th against the Mets.
We have a weeklong swing on the West Coast.
Ground ball up the middle, Lamaski's got it over the first of the yard.
And I tell you, Mark Davis, who was in trouble in the first inning, has really settled down now,
whatever the opening day EBJV is, he's overcome him.
That's right, and the rest of the pitching coach went up in to settle him down.
One play in that first inning.
With a speeding Dernier at first, and a count, two balls and a strike on Sandberg.
A natural hit-and-run pitch.
Now the delivery, a little bit high to Durham.
I say natural because seldom will a catcher call for a pitch out, which would make the count three and one.
Now the delivery, low and outside, but that's exactly what Bob Brenley did, and Dernier was thrown out.
That's the difference of this ball game.
Instead of having a big first inning, the Cubs got nothing.
There's a pitch into the dirt.
Ball three.
Three balls, no strikes, two out, nobody on, Larry Bowe up next.
Bowe had doubled over Chilly Davis' head his first time up.
One to nothing, the Giants are leading the ball game on the top of the fourth.
Here's the pitch.
It's a little low and away.
And that is the second base on balls given up by Davis, a 23-year-old left-hander who, too, used to be with the Phillies, makes up the third base on balls.
One was intentional.
He has sanded only one and that was Ruffin.
There now is Larry Bowe up, two minutes out.
Now the pitch, here it is, swung off, five balls, right center field, nobody doubles.
That ball's going to go to the wall.
Here's the time, run around third base.
He's racing for the plate.
Bowe has come through again.
Hey, nice going there, hey.
With his second double of the afternoon to tie up the ball game one and one.
And you know, Larry Bowe is relative to many of his friends from nearby Sacramento.
His original hometown.
Are here to see him today.
It's very difficult where that power comes from if you keep swinging the bat.
So there's Larry Bowe with his second double.
A long drive to right center.
This game is tied up with a two-out to one to the left-hand-hitting Durham,
the only left-hand-hitter in the lineup today.
I think the RBI double by Larry Bowe is Ruffin.
The pitch.
Into the dirt, gets away, but here comes Bowe trying to third base and he makes it.
No pitch.
Second one of the day for the kid on the mound.
Well, I'd like to see another one right now.
I would too.
Another point here, it means that how important that double was to Bowe,
not only tying up the ball game and giving him his second double of the day,
but it brings Ruffin to bat.
Yeah, good point.
Either of these should not hit, now you start with the top of your batting order next to me,
whether an automatic first out, which the pitcher usually is,
and who's going to hit that on that?
There's the smash, to the shortstop,
Bowe's first point, he covers through.
And now Oliver comes up with a terrible throw,
a great play by Oliver that cost the cuts a lot.
Oh, I like the second pitch, kept his base on a throw into the dirt.
He's not normally known for those great plays.
One run, one hit, no errors, one left.
At the end of three and a half, all tied up in one.
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Harry Kelly with Luke Woodrow, we're going down to the bottom half,
before setting off tied up one-one, the cuts are about near the five to four.
The only end of the ball is the charge to the cuffs.
Now Oliver has saved Johnny Lamas for two errors already on great plays on short,
hot, low throws.
And that loss with Lewis particularly damaging because he cut the cuffs,
but he's in the lead.
Yes, indeed.
I thought Ruth would have a very fine opportunity to keep the play,
not only keep the play, but that's why I saw the low throw,
that part was a pitch.
Here we go now with the old young blood.
Young blood who has a 315 lifetime batting average against the cuffs.
Both he and Lamas do.
This becomes pitching better than they do anybody else's pitching.
Now the one at the pitch, there's a slider and whip and roll, one ball no strike.
We're in the fourth, big crowd on hand, capacity on a perfect day for baseball.
Now the whine.
Here's the pitch strike over the outside corner.
And that evens it up a ball and a strike.
We're in the fourth across the river, across the bay, right over the bridge,
about ten miles away.
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One-one tie, here's the bet.
Breaking ball with a low.
Ball three, don't want to watch anybody.
Three balls and a strike.
Young blood waiting.
He's real fast.
Five balls, center field should be caught, they're near waiting.
And he has it.
One draw.
Young blood.
He cracks as bad as he flies now.
The whine, Rupin with a good fastball today, Gary.
He's been in trouble with the breaking pitch, but he's been throwing up high.
But he still has that good, thinking fastball.
One man out.
Jim Finch and Andy McKenna has a good foul back on the play.
Jim Donald, Mrs. Donald, all from the Covens official family along with Dallas Green,
sitting down behind the Covens Dunghounds, watching the game here.
The French, strike off.
All into the count of Jimmy Davis.
He was out on strikes the first time up.
Ball game in the fourth, tied up one and one.
Now the delivery, here's the pitch on the way.
Just missed with a fastball outside, he was trying to hit the corner.
One and two to count.
One away.
Here is the pitch.
Good foul, good turn ball.
Jimmy Davis and Dennis caught out on strike, second time in a row.
That'll bring up the catcher, Bob Renley.
On the bottom of the fourth, one-one tie.
Boy, how about the Boston Red Sox last night at California?
They were only three games on opening day.
The empty game at Kansas City was rained out.
The Red Sox won their game at Baltimore.
And Cincinnati beat the Mets.
The Red Sox had the game one-one to nothing, two out on the bottom of the ninth and eight.
When Bobby Boone hit a routine ground ball to the shortstop,
his ground ball hit the short.
Larry Bowen gobbles it up.
Oh, the first to be out.
One, two, three, that's the first perfect inning hit by Rufus.
The other one, three and draw.
The other ball.
Tied up at once.
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Harry Carrey back to campus, taking the golf top on his fifth of the city side,
and thought about the Red Sox.
As in Game 1, he had his foot in a defensive shot, such as Harris.
A little too ground ball, which was the end of the Game 1,
but I think the steal of the ball easily lobs the throw that a first base
grew poorly, a bounce in front of the first base,
but rolled away. And both the tying and winning Red Sox
instead of the Red Sox winning one, they lost two to one.
That's not something to see. You can start out as a...
Here's Vanier to lead it off. He's 102 today, the first pitch is out,
start ball one. Now the pitch, curveball low, ball two.
That's what drive managers crazy into the ass for, yeah, but, Jar,
great here. You think you're going to get a good shot, but you're not.
You're going to make a smart move putting in your defense of base.
That's developed.
Now the pitch on the way, swung on, popped up.
How fly should we call it? LeMans is there, Leonard's there,
takes a lie, somebody holds onto the ball, and it looks like it's Leonard.
They held onto the ball, all right.
Leonard's got it.
LeMans went out quite a ways for that ball.
Leonard, thinking that he wasn't near the play, didn't even call for it.
Therefore the collision in the cup both near.
Look how far LeMans went back for that baseball.
Now there's one out.
Vanier was out front two balls, no strikes,
tried to jerk one out and popped it up.
He's one out of two, an infield hit,
and a third inning. Now the delivery, here it is.
He's starting up his genna bunt, fastball in,
strike off. One more, Davis is getting covered.
One out,
here's the bet. Bouncing ball,
deep shot, LeMans takes back in,
young one tried to cut that ball off
and missed. LeMans, the other, scooped it up behind him.
With a perfect off balance throw,
got Sam Berger first.
LeMans, the first to have done it.
Leedle that one to get the head.
Johnny LeMans' parents, who are from Tainville, Kentucky to Washington.
Two outs, nobody on, Gary Matthews, they hit it.
Line drive off the third baseman's block, a base hit.
Matthews, first hitter to cover.
Gonna bring him around save.
Boy, he really rightful one that diamond, Joel Youngblood.
Leeds up, got his drum on the ball, and just pour its way right through.
Here's save.
They are very moved save because they well recall.
Remembering from the games that he has beaten the Giants while a member of the Dodgers.
They're a hated rival.
And the silly beat the Yankees today.
Now to stretch the bench.
Wow, get up on the first pitch.
Easy out, Danny Treo there.
Hey, an easy top fly out.
And it's no run, one hit.
No air, one last to come to that consistent fire living.
And also beneficiary to three bases on ball.
But a score of only one run.
And a tight up one-one.
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With Hall of Fame and little draw, Harry Jennery, Dodgers San Francisco.
It's all tied up one-one.
We go on to the bottom of the fifth.
Leading it off, Airborne Davis the pitcher.
He rolled out his first time at bat.
The Cardinals have knocked out Valenzuela.
The lead at Dodgers Stadium.
Still batting in the fourth.
The headboard of three.
Here now is the pitch.
Good fastball right in there.
Strike off.
One strike and nothing.
Big group.
That was a good lifetime average against the Giants.
Here's the pitch.
Slow curving, bun foul.
Good idea.
Yes, and he had his pitch too far.
He's bouncing his slow curve ball.
Got it.
He's just started down the line too quickly.
He's in the hole, hole and two.
Now ready.
Single jibbing.
Here's the pitch.
And he struck him out.
It's nice to have that pitcher leading it off.
One third of the inning is over already.
That's right.
The third strikeout for Luther.
Here's Johnny Lamas.
He's scored the only run.
He's single a right on a three-two-pitch,
so second.
A damster fair with Johnny Lamas who still went to center field
and scored on Manny Treo's single a right.
That was in the first inning.
Here's the fastball in there.
Strike off.
One out, nobody on.
Fifth inning.
Tied up one-one on him.
The ball game, the fifth.
Just slidin' right under the fieldie.
Manny's at end of them now.
Oh and two.
One away.
Ball game on the fourth.
White hander starts to warm up in the bullpen.
With a giant.
The pitch.
Wow, backhanding at the right.
Oh, everybody here today.
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whose brother-in-law is Dino Michalecki,
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And Marino Nibby has a restaurant here in San Francisco called
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Here's the pitch.
He's stuck him out swinging.
Strike out number four.
Great curve ball.
Died out and somewhat dropped the arm and went away from it.
What a master.
Inexpected.
That is seven of them are all retired by Ruthven.
Manny Trito's rolled in the early run.
By then battered.
One-one tie that cuts about him in six to four.
And the bottom of the fifth.
The delivery.
By, boy, he is popping that ball in there Ruth.
He has repeated a great fast ball.
And the better knows what to do with it.
He can continue to have great control as he's had here for the first four and two-thirds innings.
There's another one a good splat over the outside corner.
Every hit of this inning, all three so far, he's been 0-2 ahead of them.
Now the one for delivery, here it is.
Just missed with a shot breaking slider.
Going through the count, a one and two rather now.
Here's the pitch.
There's the long drive.
He's left him twisting foul ball.
Manny Trito is going for the long one.
On the side.
No matter how bright the sunshine, beautiful day.
The best.
Just missed.
And he's been up killing two.
He's locked on deck.
There's danger there, Cherie.
Through two pitch.
He went around, struck him out.
Try to check.
He has gone through four.
He's struck out the side.
Now taking a roll.
Four of them on strikeout.
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At the end of five, we're tied at one.
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Mark Davis, the left-hander, hands his sign.
Here's the pitch to Morland.
There's a drive.
Deep left field, way back.
It might be out of here.
Whoa!
Come on in!
Wahoo!
Holy cow!
Morland has given the count of the lead.
Third time this day he hits a ball on the button.
That was great.
Morland's very happy, clapping his hands as he rounded second base.
Then he came in, and he's hit a big lead with the way Rooster looks right now.
Well, he's saying to high-five with Joey Davis.
And listen to teammates now.
More than a happy young man.
Two to one and paint of the cup.
A long high towering Home Run drive over the left field wall.
Here's a pitch to Ohio.
He makes sure that Jeff Leonard wouldn't catch this one.
One ball, no strike.
Joey Davis, one on a two today.
Now to delivery.
Here it is.
Long and he missed.
And the count evens up with a ball on a strike.
Morland a long Home Run to give the Cubs a two-to-one lead.
Joey Davis, the left-hander ready.
Now the pitch on the way here then.
High, top ball back, not a player.
Off day tomorrow or that Thursday will be our first night game of the year here.
Remember, there's a two-hour difference in time,
two hours later in Chicago than it is here.
Now the pitch here then.
Long drive, deep right center field, way back in Jimmy Clark though.
Jack Clark is there under the ball and he makes the catch.
Joey Davis, flying deep for Clark.
But out is Leon Dunham.
Rolled into a double play in the second.
Walked with two out and scored when Larry Bowen doubled in the fourth.
Now ready.
Now to delivery.
Here it is.
Long drive into left field.
He's got a second swing and he looks to swing him enough.
And Dunham has his first of the season.
Now the Cubs now have a total of eight.
Here's Larry Bowen with a run of his first one out through one Cub,
we're in the sixth.
You may see a little maneuvering on the base half here.
Here's why Davis ready to delivery.
And a third ball in a beautiful strike call and Bowen stepping out of the box.
Looks to Don Zimmer coaching third.
John Bukovic the first.
Luke's brother and father are here to see the game.
Now the best.
Line's fast left in, another hit from Bowen, his third straight.
What a way to start the season.
Three out of three.
And the crowd gets a little rush.
We're just getting roots going out.
Would you bum with him here, bro, or would you not hit away?
Oh, I'd bum with him.
Move him along.
See if we can pick up another runner, too.
A little huddle around the mound, the first base for Joe Youngblood,
along with the catcher Bob Wrenley and the pitcher Mark Davis.
And the right hander's working on the both ends of the jam.
Young's taking the lead.
Now Don Zimmer wants to talk.
Leon Dump, who's the runner at second base, Bowen's the first base.
The wheels are spinning.
Here's Bukovic coming down the line out of the left field corner.
He'll be available if they bring in the right hander.
Now that he's on the fence, he's on 21 foul, strike one.
Boy, the Cubs going into the foul game with the lineup they have on the field.
Look at these left-hand hitters who are available.
That's Pinchotter, Jay Johnstone, Richie Hentner, Mel Hall, and Phil Buckeye.
All outstanding hitters.
Now ready.
It's the roofing.
He's going to bounce on foul strike two.
That's Frank Williams, the youngster warming up for the jam.
The right-hander.
Bob Deniro on deck.
Now ready.
Roofing in the hole.
It's a known hit.
He's not exactly helpless up there.
Now the delivery here.
One of the jams he does is a beauty and will advise everybody to throw the first in time of sacrifice.
Here's Deniro foul with runners of second and third.
He's got a strong right-hander on the bench.
A very strong left-hander.
Here's Deniro. He's one out of three. What a good hitman through here.
Pass ball, straight ball.
Deniro started the ballgame with a single or seven.
One out of three.
Now Mark Davis is running through the one and favor the cubs.
Durham down the line.
Trying to bother him.
Time call by the plate on fire. Harry Wendell Steph.
The young ball and sheet.
The national leader is here.
Now ready to delivery.
Third ball low. The count evens. The ball on the strike.
Ryan Sandberg on deck.
A home run by Keith Malden is given a comfortable lead here in the sixth.
Now to wind up the pitch here it is.
A high, top foul coming back into the stands. Out of play.
He's still alive but he's behind on the count one and two.
Deniro's just trying to make contact.
Wendell's going out now and warning the young Skip Davis that he's going to keep an eye on Durham.
I don't believe that he would have kept a steal of home with these strikes on the right hand and hitters.
No, think of your own life in your own hands.
But if the kid gets through, Carol, and throws one into the dirt, we may have the third wild pitch in this game.
Davis survives all superstitions. He wears the number 13 on his uniform.
Here's a wind up the pitch. There he is.
Please! And he fires it back. He's got a good shot.
Davis is throwing him a lot of fastballs. He may throw one too many.
One and two to count. Right hand in the waiting. Durham down the line.
He's trying to entice him into a box. Here's the pitch.
Set!
There goes one.
One run.
Three hits.
No air.
Two left.
Comes a stranded eight.
We move him to the bottom of the six, two to one and save him from Chicago.
It's now time for John Plumb in the traffic hopper for a traffic update.
Mary, the Kennedy is at a crawl from the Ryan-Often-Agle. It's 42 minutes travel time from the Eisenhower to Junction.
62 out to O'Hare. Eisenhower construction crawl, Ryan to Austin.
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Now back to the ballgame.
Harry, Harry and Lou Goodwill are as we go into the bottom half of the sixth inning.
The St. Louis Tigers, Florida with five, have gone to the stadium knocking out Fernando Valabuella.
Now St. Louis, Covent, Los Angeles three, that game at the bottom of the fourth inning.
La Pointe, on the mound, with St. Louis and it's passed as the lead win.
Here's Jack Clark to lead it off. First pitch a slider in and a strike call.
Rooksman is retired. The last eight in a row for them on strikeout.
Now the Y is the pick. A breaking ball low to even account them on on the strike.
Jack Clark is one out of two to slugging like realers.
Now Rooksman's fifth. Here it is. One bag, one hopper. The Stamburgs have got it on the grass.
Throw them the first of the up. One away.
Stamburgs being smart, playing on the, coming into the grass.
You're going to take any chances with that soft infield. One away.
Here's Al Oliver. Good bye, pitch ball, and foul out so far.
Making his debut in the Giant Uniform.
Now to wind up the glimmer. There's the five ball centerfield in there going back, back, back, back.
All the way to the wall. Oliver Loughn is second base, holding up with a double.
Did you hear him misplay that ball, Harry? He thought the ball was hit far out of line rather than being hit as powerful as Oliver can hit him.
Oliver's a strong man.
The ball got over Garnier's head. Man, he really creamed that ball. Yes, he did.
When it was in, I thought maybe Garnier would catch it, but it just put off on him.
Now the time running, it's going for the, here's Jeff Leonard. He's 0 for 2.
Leonard lined out of line to Gary Matthews his first time up.
That double by Al Oliver has brought the crowd to life.
Now protecting the one on lead. Here's the pitch.
He held up in time, a breaking ball, the one away.
One ball, no strikes. The Giant's fifth hit of the day, the seven to that nine.
The third strike. Go pitch. High, five ball, left field. Gary Matthews has room.
Makes the cut. Leonard's wide to Matthews.
Here's Joe Young-Watt now. The old nemesis. Young-Watt who murders the double.
Jody Davis goes out to talk to Dick Rupa.
Gary LeBella left-hander started a warm-up for the Giant.
New mother out. Young-Watt 0 for 2 today.
Now ready. The pitch. Curveball and in their ability.
Rupa would have to reach back now, give it all he has against this hitter who has been very tough against the Cubs.
Now the stretch, the delivery. The pitch swung and he missed the bees ahead of him.
0-2. Young-Watt is hit 315 during his career against the Cubs.
He's hit four homers against them.
Now he's in the hole, 0-2. Don't make a mistake here.
Down the side. Here's the pitch.
That's a tough pitch. Rupa and the veterans should know better than that.
That's if you give him anything that he can play at, it would have to be put in the count. You have to set up a pitch when he gets so out front 2-0 that a timing run is going to be sufficient.
That is the second time today it's happened.
Now hit on the pitch, 0-2. And he lays the ball right in there. Young-Watt drilled it into left field on the 0-2 pitch.
Oh boy. He'd have bounced the ball up there.
He might swing at it and study later right down the middle of the plate.
Here now is Jilly Davis, and it's a little bit outside. All tied up 2-2.
The outfield straight away indeed.
We're over to 1st to run it back. Boy, Rupa has been pitching so magnificently.
He got out in front of Young-Watt, 0-2.
Probably there's nothing wrong with the pitch itself. He just got away. He didn't want to throw it.
There's the pass.
Here's the run around second leg to the fairway.
Here's Rupa's got a chance. And he is taking it. Oh, he dropped the ball.
He dropped the ball and then a hammer.
The throw is to the left field side of the bag.
On air and on stage.
There comes Jim Friar. Boy, invariably that'll happen.
You got a lot of guy who got on the cusp, get away, and everything begins to develop.
He's going to be out of the inning leading 2-1.
He's now tied 2-2, and they have runners at 1st and 3rd with 2-0.
This is Friar's move by Jim, in my opinion. He knew that Rupa made a mistake.
Rupa knows he made a mistake. And then the baseman follows. He wants to settle him down.
Talk to him. Talk to his coach. If he still has it, he'll leave him in there.
If he feels that he's losing it, then he'll bring in Stoddard.
Stoddard is in the bullpen right now, throwing hard.
Friendly, they got the bell ready.
The Giants know they'll pinch hit.
Boy, the pinch of Mark Davis.
They have tied it up with 2-0 out here.
Here's Friendly who doubles in the 2nd, bounced down in the 4th.
Right hand hitter.
Now, we're not friendly.
We'll see if Roddy gives Friendly two strikes before he wants the cups to throw the ball in the air with use of double steal.
There's a pinch and it's a breaking ball in the first strike call.
You may only allow him one strike. We don't know.
30-year-old receiver up there.
Hit 2-24, last year with 7 homers.
Game tied 2-2.
Now the delivery, here it is.
Curveball, low to low.
But Doddery, that's where he wanted to make that pitch to Youngblood, but got it up high instead.
Now ready.
Runners are first and third.
Fencing ball to Larry Buller throws the second, fourth player to repire the shot.
One run.
Three hits.
No errors, I guess.
Yes, but did they get an error?
Apparently not. There's only one error up on the board.
Okay.
I thought they announced it. Say it. They give it an error for dropping the throw.
At any rate, two men are left on base.
Milo Hamilton will be rejoining the room in a moment.
This is Harry Carrey at Candlestick Park.
We're at the end of sixth in an exciting ball game.
We're all tied up at 2. We're back here.
The Giants got a run in the first. Cubs tied it in the fourth.
Moreland's homers have fixed it in the Cubs to brief lead.
The Giants quickly answer to tie it.
So we're 2 to 2. The Cubs have out hit the Giants 9 to 7.
One error, throwing error to Jody Davis.
First inning gave the Giants a chance to get on the board.
A strike ball to Gary Matthews.
Mark Davis was wielding a little bit in that sixth inning, but now in the seventh, he's throwing good again, Lou.
High fastball, he muscled up in its sails with good velocity.
I'd say maybe he's back up around that 88 to 90 now.
And he's using that fastball more now because he's loosened up. He's relaxed a little bit more.
Here's the 1-1. Down low the ball to Gary Matthews.
I thought Janier's throw to third has retired the runner and saved an able to throw out of the box.
That's what I thought and I said that Charlie Williams, the umpire, really waited.
He waited to save because he was ready to call him out and then when he saw the ball trickle out,
there's the ball to make it 3-1 to the charge.
Gary Matthews will be going after this one if he likes.
Trying to break us out of the tie.
The pitch, did he go? No, he didn't.
He has walked for the second time today. Gary Matthews on.
That is the fourth walk given up by young Mark Davis.
23-year-old Leslie is young one coming in to chat with him.
Here's Rod Say, walked intentionally in the first,
popped up to Oliver in the third,
popped up to Manny Trito in the fifth,
to the Penguin looking for his first hit today.
And that's going to put their bullpen to work again and it will be the left-hander Gary LaValle,
who threw briefly, won the Giants from batting in the bottom of the sixth.
And Milo, fourth place hitter or not,
when the man is not swinging as he has been doing against Stevens,
a hit run is possible.
That's been swinging and he pops it up again.
This time off behind second Manny Trito called, Manny Trito there.
That is two away.
Third time in a row that he's popped up.
Yes, they didn't give Fry a chance.
If he would put it on the first,
they're going to go for say the first pitch and then perhaps put on a hit run,
make him keep his eye on the ball, which he is not doing today.
Now to bring up Morland, who's hit the ball hard every time up today and finally jacked one out of here in the sixth inning.
We'll be getting in a break for you just as soon as we have time.
You have anything later on the Dodgers and Cardinals?
Looks like the Cardinals are doing a number on you.
They knocked him out of the box, going five into fourth inning.
There's a swing for the Morland.
And Rice for a feet as St. Louis 7, Los Angeles 3.
Los Angeles was batting in the fifth inning and according to the scoreboards,
they have scored one run and are still batting.
All right, seven to four.
That is right called to Morland.
Got it over the outside corner.
Gary Matthews at first base, two away.
Morland batting, throw over to first.
Not close.
Matthews is only a step away.
Custer batting in the seventh, opening game 1984 on the road.
We open at home on Friday the 13th.
Open with the New York Mets.
No ball, two strikes.
Line drive hit into left center.
Davis would come over to keep it from going through the gap.
And with the play in front of him, Matthews took a turn.
Gilly Davis bobbled the ball ever so briefly, but then when he regrouped,
Matthews stayed right where he was.
So you've got runners at first and second with two away and Jody Davis the batter.
And we've had at least one hit in every inning for seventh inning.
Let's see if we can add to it right here by Jody.
Total of ten hits.
Let's get that break in here.
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Jody Davis the batter.
Jody is one for three today and a base hit in the second inning.
Breaking ball stayed outside, one and oh.
One of those stations just coming in for that last break.
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Great to have the folks at WNNO with us on the Cubs network in 84.
Jody looks at the strike, came over the top.
There was that flair.
That was the flair.
Now that looks more like a curve than a slider to me.
He uses that pitch in the jam with mid-ass heat.
One ball, one strike.
Matthews second, Morland at first with his second straight hit.
Drive out in the right center slicing, Jody Davis running.
He'll get it.
He'll be up against the bench.
Matthews will score.
Three to two.
And as Morland crosses, it is four to two, a two run double by Jody Davis.
He came back with the same pitch but it didn't break as much as the prior pitch when you called it like a color ball.
This one hung up outside for Jody and he went to the right center beautifully with it.
I like it when Jody doesn't try to jerk everything to left and left center.
I've seen signs of him in the last ten days being a more patient and dedicated man to going with the pitch away.
He's disciplined himself by not trying to pull the ball at every time at bat.
Now I hope that it continues once we get at home in Wrigley Field.
Very good point.
This is Durham.
A fast ball if the letter is too tight.
One ball, no strike.
Remember after our game we'll have the scoreboard.
Then in Chicago, Uncle Bobby Collins will slip in and it will be sports central.
And here's the one oh, whoa, what a rip.
Oh, oh.
Bo might have screwed himself into the ground like a corkscrew but he didn't connect.
And the count is even at a ball and a strike.
Durham has hit into a double play, walked and scored on a bow and double.
And last time up had a face hit.
Both Judd handled fly ball a blooper into left.
That makes up for the ball that he hit like a scream and maybe in the second it was a double play ball.
That's a strike over the outside corner.
They say they even out, do they?
Not in my career.
One ball and two strikes.
Cubs are leading by two, biggest lead they've had.
They're drilled by one, led by a run, got tied again, leading four to two here.
Hit him on the fifth, can't they?
Ops is at the second trio, fires the first and the side has been reset.
Let me add one comment here with Robinson going just too far with his young left hander,
at least two hitters I would say, is changing because he had LaVelle in the bullpen
because David leads off the inning.
So he wants to try to keep him in there to put in a pitcher.
Very good from the good kid.
And two runs on two hits, big two run double by Jody Davis.
The Giants fans are up for their first seventh inning stretch.
The Cubs are leading four to two.
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The Giants settling down now after their seventh inning stretch.
And I'll tell you one thing, they're trying the psychological seventh inning stretch
because they reintroduced Dusty Baker.
He had another standing O. This crowd went crazy.
Yes, indeed. Just think what they would have done if they would have had the two run leaders.
They'd have knocked down a few quicks from Candle Stick Park.
Davis being lifted and Kiper is the pitcher.
Kiper will be batting for Davis.
Lane Kiper from Rosseen, Wisconsin.
Played with Cleveland for a number of years. It's his third year as a Giants.
Batting left-handed against Ruthven. Low inside, ball one.
Now, Fry has to watch Ruthven very closely. He's had great stuff up here.
He's got into trouble in the sixth. He has a two-run lead to work on.
Four to two counts. One-oh pitch.
That's strike a good fastball. That is one-and-one. Ruthven has had a good fastball.
Yes, he has. A good fastball all during this ballgame. Hope he can hold it.
Ruthven reads the sign from Jody Davis, his battery mate who got him in front again with a two-run double.
A little under the letter is too tight and it's two balls and one strike.
Remember back in Chicago, Saturday night, the big Ray Meyers salute at the high-end regency.
Here's the two-one. Swinging and a bouncer, deep short. Boa got it set up in a hurry by Ruthven.
Got him. Good play by Larry Boa.
Good play by Larry and a good stretch by Jerome.
Good play on both ends. That keeps that leadoff batter from getting on and you saw Boa again having trouble with that soft jerk.
He goes back and moves it out after every play that he has to make at shortstop.
The master of the batter, speaking of that Ray Meyers salute, Ray will be throwing out the opening pitch, opening day at Wrigley Field on the 13th.
I think Marge ought to help him a little bit on that.
Oh, she'll be there. There's a strike to the master who is one for three in scroter run.
And Mary High from Ed Mineta's office at the ball tells us the tickets are still available for the day.
You can call Herb Newman and his gang at 321-7643. Swing and a miss. Boa is Ruthven quick in this effort.
Yes, indeed. Those two runs look beautiful up there. For everybody that's rooting for the cut.
Cuts him out. Hits the chance 11 to 7, leading the score 4 to 2.
Tried to golf one. He needed a two iron for that one. That was right on his shoe laces.
Bowled it off to the left. No balls, two strikes. Johnny LeMaster.
They have seven hits but nobody has more than one.
Morland has two, Davis two, and Boa three for the cut. Try called. Dropped down on him a little with a good breaking pitch. Gave him a different look.
Yes, indeed. Gave him a tight-arm curve ball. And the master wasn't expecting it.
This is what happens when a hitter gets set up and looks in a certain area for the release of that baseball.
So pitchers should drop down now and then, especially with two strikes on the net, if they don't pick it up.
Six strikeouts for Rufus. Here is Manny Trio, drove in a run with a right field single in the first.
In the third hit a hard shot back to the mound and Rufus knocked down and threw him out, then struck out swinging last time up.
Swinging in a miss here. So if you're interested in that big Raymier salute dinner at the Hyatt Regency Saturday, call 321-7643.
We'd love to have you join us.
Yes, sir. If ever a dinner should be sold out standing alone, it should be for him.
Well, I'm looking forward to flying back for that one.
Yes, indeed. I wish I was going back with you for Ray's sake.
Quite an honor to be asked to. The MC is having along with Billy Packer, and it'll be a big night in Chicago.
They know what class he is, but, kids, you got it. Along with Meyer.
And as an off-speed pitch, Trio looked at it for a ball and it's 2-1. Jack Clark, 2-up next.
Their RBIs have come from Trio in the first and Youngblood in the sixth.
The Cub RBIs have come from Boa, Morlin, and 2-by Jody Davis.
They're next. Swing! And they miss.
Perfect spot, right? He's only made one mistake thus far in his ball game, and that was to Youngblood.
Well, I thought when he didn't throw a fastball and hung a breaking ball at a master, the first inning was a little bit too.
Well, you're right, but the count was against him.
There's a line right in the left center. It'll drop and roll. It'll take off to the fence. That'll be an extra base for Manny Trio.
Matthews fires it into the shortstop, the one out into the outfield, where he has to get it.
And it's a two-out double for Manny Trio, his second hit of the game.
Well, we're not worried about Trio right now. We have to be worried about Clark.
And this is where Ruebfurt, the defenseman, knows that the tying run is at the plate.
He wants to keep Clark from hitting the long ball.
Clark has won for three at a base hit in the third inning.
Around that single, he's popped to first and he's bounced to second.
And now a different man gets up in the cup fullback because we're in the seventh inning and this time it's Big Lee Smith.
Jack Clark to batter, Trio at second, two away, tying run at the plate.
Good fastball. He just regs. He really bounced something extra.
He gave everything he had on that pitch and he has to on every pitch right here. This is the ball game.
No balls, one strike, pitch on the way. Swing! Got a miss and the bottom dropped out.
Oh and two. Clark was trying to tie this game. I see Bill Buckner now going down toward the bullpen.
That's the defensive move coming up. And this is where it comes into what Jimmy Fry talked about to us over the weekend
and we talked about on the roundtable. Good kids. He had everybody happy.
Swinging, fly ball, no carry, left field, Gary Matthews there, the inning is over.
He really hits Clark beautifully that time. That shows what the veteran knows what to do in a given situation.
No runs, one hit, Trio who doubled was left. We played seven innings and so far so good in the opener on the road.
The Cubs lead the Giants 4-2.
The new pitcher came out, Gary LaValle, and he asked Harry Wendelstam to have the ground crew come out.
Looks as though maybe they're having some trouble around the rubber, huh?
Yes, might have been loosened up a little bit. Well if that dirt on the mound is as soft as it is on the infield,
it's a wonder it can hold the rubber in place. There's no doubt about that.
I don't like to belabor the point, but we're not making it up or talking about it out of context.
We came in here Sunday night and the papers were full of it because the players from both Oakland and the Giants
who played a Bay City weekend series, both were beeping about it. So it's not our imagination or something the Cubs are using as an excuse.
It's a fact here. Oh yeah, absolutely. Both clubs will admit to that.
They had a role that's not only yesterday or early in the morning, but this morning trying to settle that infield out,
and yet it still is in the same coldy condition. Gary LeVell, who will be the new pitcher, Davis worked seven innings,
four runs, 11 hits, walked four, struck out three, served up a gopher ball to Moreland.
Now Gary LeVell starting his tenth year in the big leagues, 6'1", 200. All of his career with the Giants.
He got a sinking fastball, a slider, and last year he started fooling around with a kind of a combination forkball split finger.
Yes, though he liked it, stayed with it this spring, and will continue to throw it. We'll probably see him throw it here.
And it's made him a much more improved pitcher, that he doesn't have just the two pitches, the curveball and fastball.
Smith continues to throw Fido in the Cubs bullpen, so Fry wants him to be ready on quick notice if something happens in the bottom of the eighth inning.
And it's also, since we can't see you into our dugout, he may have already made up his mind, because Ruthman is due up a second in the inning,
and we might get a tip on that when the on-deck hitter finally does come out, and he has not come out yet.
I think you're absolutely correct, because this is the farthest Ruthman has gone, even in spring training.
And of course, when you think of the sixth inning, that might have taken a little toll on him, because that was a rough inning.
Number one.
All right, Larry Bola, three for three, and he'll be batting right-handed again. Larry says, bring on those lefties.
And how? What a great start, this little short stop there.
Oh, he was fired up yesterday in the workout. He was on the batting practice pitchers. He said, throw me something I can hit.
This is Bola swinging, sends a fly ball to right. Clark is there. Clark makes the catch. That's a difficult outfield at this time of day.
Yes, it's like Winkley Field. Not as bad as Winkley Field to play with that son, but it can be tough.
Ruthman will come out and bat for himself.
We've got a great cup fan who came to Mesa, Arizona last weekend and got out of town before we could acknowledge him.
Michael Mott from Highland Park and his nine-year-old son, Jeremy Mott.
I know they're listening to the game today. Big cup fans.
Swing and a miss by Ruthman.
Cubs radio from San Francisco.
Gary LaVelle in relief of Davis. Outside to Ruthman. One ball, one strike.
Gary LaVelle, veteran reliever, delivering and a little outside of all.
Gary LaVelle, active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He's quite a young man.
Here's the pitch. Swing and a high pop. Over to the right side. Oliver coming over.
Oliver is there and makes the play. Wrenley has gone up the line, but in that kind of a situation,
you'd rather have the infielder take it, whether it's on the first base or third base,
because they've got a different kind of glove, first of all, they usually have a better look at.
And plus the fact that he has glasses, dark glasses, and he's facing the sun.
And the infielder is on that right side. Trio end Oliver plus the right fielder with glasses.
Number one. Keener being there for Obdermare.
Obdermare one for four. He got a base hit in the first inning. He hit the very first pitch of the game,
a rifle shot right back by Mark Davis's ear. Here is the pitch. That is a ball.
A little upstairs with his fastball.
Keener was caught stealing in that inning when Wrenley gambled and called for two straight pitch outs
with a 2-1 count. A ball low inside. At that time, it was a big play. It still might be,
but it was certainly something that was unexpected. You just don't go three and one, do you?
No. I thought that kept the Giants from giving the Cubs the lead in that inning,
and then they took the lead scoring in the bottom of the first inning.
2-1 pitch high outside of Bull. And it's three and one to Bob Dernier. Ryan Sandberg would be next.
Nobody on two away. LaVelle working in the eighth inning. The Cubs are in front four to two.
As you're starting to get into the drive time back home and you're picking us up on Cub Radio,
great to have you with us and start another season. High outside. He walked him.
So LaVelle, after getting Bull and Ruthven, loses to Dernier on a pass, and that is the fifth
chop to walk in this game, and it brings up Ryan Sandberg. Sandberg had a base hit in the third.
It was a leg hit. Then in the fifth inning, LaMaster, who went to school on the hit before,
boy, he let go of that ball in a hurry and got him the next time.
He had a very fine play.
Then in the seventh inning, Sandberg struck out, so he's one for Bull. So to first, Dernier dives back.
I'll tell you one thing about Dernier. Anytime he gets on, you have a feeling that he might go.
Absolutely.
To look to first, he has a big lead. LaVelle's this. One on line drive, left field, and they,
left field, he reaches up and grabs it. That ball was hit hard.
Sandberg hit the ball right on the button, but it just didn't get any uplift to it.
As a result, Leonard was able to grab it. No runs, no hits. No errors, a walk.
One left. We'll go to the bottom of the eighth. The Cubs are still in front, four to two.
Still on our feet, there's one promise made. He's gonna win. He's gonna take it all.
We'll go to the bottom of the eighth, and good kids fill me in on this now. I've got a feeling
that since Smith continued to throw through the inning, that probably Jim Fry, Billy Connors,
and Ruth Lunds talked it over. They said, all right, you're gonna come back out there.
There's a double hit by a pitch in the first, popped up to say in the third.
And a double with one out in the sixth and later scored on a young blood single.
At that time, it tied the game a two, but the Cubs then went out in front with two more
and lead four to two. Pitch by Ruth, went to Oliver, slicing fly ball, left center.
Jenner coming over, and Jenner is there! And that ball gave him a little trouble.
Yes, he was playing a little deeper for Oliver that time due to the fact that,
earlier, Oliver sent one over his head, which he started in.
Right.
So he's playing deeper that time and had to come in to make the catch.
And the reason you can tell he had trouble because you never want to see or neither does
an outfielder want to catch a ball with the top of his glove down and he had to that time.
This is right.
But he's short enough to make the play.
Here is Leonard.
Leonard is 0 for 3.
I want to tell you, the young Cubs fans, about a big promotion coming up Saturday, April 21st.
When the Cubs entertain the Pirates.
And a strike call to Leonard.
Cubs are leading 4-2.
Giants are batting in the eighth inning.
Ruthven has pitched all the way against Davis and LaVelle.
The pitch by Ruthven.
Swing and a miss and he's still got some velocity.
That's right.
I was just going to say same thing.
We still got a little busting on that fastball.
Nice to have the folks in Lawrenceville, Illinois with us on WAKO.
WAKO in Lawrenceville joining us.
Four opening day.
Here's the 1-2 pitch.
Did he go?
Two balls, two strikes.
Remember right after the game, the scoreboard.
We'll be back with you on Thursday night.
Cubs and Giants go at it again to wrap up this two-game series.
Mike Drukow, former Cub, will go against Chuck Rainey.
The wind of the 2-2.
Just missed ball three.
Leonard the batter.
Safe and a few choice in the first.
Wind out the left in the third.
Fly it out the left in the sixth.
He is 0 for 3.
Boy, last year you could remember the times when he hurt us.
Leonard was a good, hot hitter.
Bowled off way up to the right side.
Two young Cub fans will want to be in the park on Sun Kissed Orange.
So does Bounding Helmet Day.
Saturday, April 21st, when the Cubs entertain the Pirates.
Every youngster 13 and under.
Leonard's Wrigley Field.
We're receiving all-new White Cubs Bounding Helmet.
That's right.
This year's helmet day is all white with the Cubs Blue and Red Circle logo on the front.
3-2 pitch.
May cups the middle of eighth base.
Leonard gets his first hit of the day.
That's hit number nine off Ruthven in seven and a third.
And it will bring up Youngblood.
Mel Hall is loosening in the bullpen.
Those Gary Woods and Cotto.
That's the first time we've seen three outfielders wanting up to the Cubs in the bullpen.
And Lee Smith continues to heat it up on the bullpen mound.
Youngblood 1 for 3.
And a base hit in the sixth and drove in their second run.
Youngblood waiting, stretched by Ruthven, checking Leonard at first.
Pitch on the way.
A little inside lull of all.
The Giants also have their bullpen working.
And you can bet since LaVelle has been in the game that it will be mitten in that bullpen now.
Yes, you're right.
Now Jimmy Fry is coming out.
And as he heads toward the mound, we'll remind those youngsters again that those batting helmets are one of a kind.
And you won't want to be without your son's his orange soda cups batting helmets.
So make your plans now to be a Wrigley Field for Batting Helmet Day.
And be sure to purchase your tickets in advance.
That will be Saturday, April 21st.
Jimmy Fry has reached the mound.
He's telling Ruthven, you gave me everything you had.
You pitched a heck of a game.
And Ruthven did just that.
And Big Lee Smith will be making his appearance trotting in for the bullpen.
Well, he was thinking with us or we were thinking with him.
So there's a pitching change in San Francisco.
All right, Lee Smith's ready to work.
Last year, Lenda League was saved with 29.
With a great ERA of 165.
And he comes in in a game situation and that's for sure.
Lee Smith, 26 years old, fastball slider, straight change.
Will seldom throw the cutter ball.
And what he does, he'd rather show it to them.
And the first buzz bomb is inside of the knees.
Now, Youngblood, who is 1-4-3 in an RBI, goes to 2-0 with that count because Smith inherited a 1-0.
Knowles is throwing in the Chicago bullpen.
The pitch, swinging in a line right, spin by Bullock.
A sinking liner that Bullock stretched out prone and could not get leather on it enough to keep the ball from going through.
That will be a base hit.
Yes. Youngblood is definitely a fastball hitter.
That Smith is a fastball pitcher, so consequently it's 1 throwing his best pitch against a hitter who is climbing a fastball quite well, Youngblood.
All right, it's the Cubs, four runs, 11 hits.
The Giants, two runs, 10 hits.
But the tying runs are on board and there's only one out.
At the batter, Billy Davis.
Davis batting with two on and one out, eight inning.
Smith stretches, looks back.
Big right-hander fires.
Bullseye over the outside corner into the letters.
And it's strike one.
Davis was called out on strikes in the second.
Called out again on strikes in the fourth, got a base hit in the sixth.
Ruthven went seven in the third, nine hits.
Two runs, but one of the runners on is Ruthven's responsibility.
Struck out six.
High foul on a playoff to the left, two strikes.
He hit a batter.
And the good kid will check his sheet.
I don't think he walked anybody.
He did walk him in.
That's amazing, isn't it?
First time out, it's great.
So Ruthven, as he usually does, keeps you in a ballgame.
Hits into the eighth inning.
Now it's up to the bullfins.
And Stoddard has replaced Knowles in the bullfin.
Smith stretching, looking back, looks again to suck it.
Brings him to the hitter, high outside with his fastball one and two.
Julie Davis has one of their ten hits.
Youngblood has two.
Trio has two.
Trio drove in a run in the first.
Youngblood drove in a run in the sixth.
Jody Davis's two-run double in the seventh is the difference right now.
Four to two comes.
Long look back and delivers.
Swinging, high pop, shadow left, Noah out.
Matthew's in.
And Boa makes the play.
Boy, Boa really stayed with that one, I want to tell you.
Yes, he did.
It was high, really.
And it was getting a little dangerous because Matthews was coming on hard behind him.
Right, but Matthews wasn't sure he could get to the ball.
Consequently, he didn't holler.
He let Boa back into him to make the play.
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Richards will be the batter.
He'll be batting left-handed against Lee Smith.
And Scotty Thompson, former Cub, is on deck as another pinch hitter.
But let's hope right now that he doesn't get to that.
Wait for Thompson in the night, then.
Hey, you don't think Scotty would be up there with some adrenaline pumping him up, do you?
The stretch pitch by Smith, swing and a foul.
That's a fastball bind.
Yes, he did.
Luckily, he fouled it.
No balls, one strike.
Smith in the relief of Ruthman.
Stoddard continues to throw in the bullpen.
Minton continues to throw in the giant bullpen.
Cubs leading 4-2.
Smith running, checking runners first and second with two downs.
Long look back, kicks and he fires.
Fastball up and away, evens the count of the ball and a strike.
Outfielders know and have been told already by a couple of veteran infielders that tying run is at first base.
That's the man we have to stop if a ball hits safely into the outfield.
Don't make a mistake or throw into a wrong base in this situation.
Here's the 1-1.
Foul back.
Good fastball again by Lee Smith.
A situation where outfielders must play deep also, Milo.
We don't want any ball hit over our head.
We'd rather have a ball hit in front of us than getting past us, which would enable the tying runner score.
Smith, 6'6", 235.
Power pitcher delivers.
Fastball and Jody wanted the appeal by Wendelstadt.
He did appeal to Charlie Williams, but Williams said he did not go around.
So now it's 2-2 with two out and two base runners.
Leonard is second, Youngblood at first, two away.
Big pitch by Smith.
And here comes that big pitch.
Smith and a miss and he's cracking him out with his hit.
I didn't want to get to 3-2, which meant that the runners would be running.
So Smith records his first strikeout.
Seventh giant to struck out in the game.
That fastball really had some action on it.
No runs, two hits, no errors.
The Giants leave a pair.
We go to the ninth with the cuts in front, 4-2.
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Our game moves to the ninth.
Cubs batting leading 4-2.
And Gary Lovell, who came on in the eighth inning, continues to work in the ninth.
And the new catcher for San Francisco, Steve Nikosha,
came up in the pirate organization.
In fact, in the 79 World Series as a rookie catcher,
Chuck Tanner had the confidence in to start him in four of the seven games.
And he was traded out here last year because with Kenya coming on strong for the Pirates,
he just had no job left.
Then he had worked his way into the starting catcher for today's game,
but got hurt in Sunday's exhibition game.
I can't understand a man that can come in this late in the ball game
and not being able to start if he's my number one catcher.
Well, unless you're just afraid that he cannot swing the bat.
And consequently, that must be the reason that he's in here for the ninth inning.
All right, the first pitch is a strike called to Gary Matthews,
and he swings and fouls one off to the right side.
It'll carry over enough towards the tarp in front of those extra seats.
They've got seats here today like you see in a playoff All-Star games in the World Series.
Maybe they rehearsed for this for their All-Star game.
That's correct.
They're using the field boxes as what they're termed.
Here's the 0-2 to Matthews, swing and a foul into the screen.
Matthews has been on base three times, a walk, a single, and a walk.
He scored run number three ahead of Morland when Jody Davis got the two-run double
in deep right center in the seventh inning.
Blow the ball.
There are 54,188 here today of those 52,700 paid.
A great crowd, and I feel good for Bob Lurie because they have tried to get this franchise back on the track,
and this is a good opening crowd.
Swing and a miss.
I think that was the fourth ball that you were talking about.
So that is strikeout number one for LaVelle.
Fourth strikeout of a cub in the game.
Here is Ronsay, 0 for 3.
He's popped up three straight times after getting an intentional pass in the opening inning.
Randy Lurch, a new member of their pitching staff, is throwing in the giant bullpen.
Down the lower ball to the penguins.
The Cubs about hit the giant 11-10, leading the score 4-2.
Two errors in the game.
They both belong to the Cubs.
One went to a run, and the other just...
A high drive.
LaVelle going back.
Going, going, and done.
Holy Toledo.
Did the penguin crank up on one for his first bit of the year?
He felt it out of here to the left.
Yes, indeed.
Now he can dip his hat to those spoo birds, and there's a lot of them here remembering what they did to them, the giants, when he was with the Dodgers.
He got a hold of it.
Second cub home run of the day.
Morland went off to sixth with one, and Faye gets one here, and it's a three-run lead for the Cubs.
Morland takes a high fastball.
St. Louis way out in front of the Dodgers.
Kansas City beats the Yankees.
Several games tonight.
We'll talk about them when Lou and I get together with you on the scoreboard.
There's a high foul way down the right side back into the seat.
So it's one ball and one strike to Morland.
Jody Davis due up next, and it'll be Durham.
Now to look around, we're ready again.
Pitch on the wood, swinging and fouling it down the right side.
The penguin with that home run now has 253.
When the good kid ranks it down, you can take it to the bank.
253 career.
Nice.
Good.
Two balls, two strikes.
Jody Davis due next.
He had a big hit, a two-run double in the seventh inning that broke the tie.
Fouled up to the right side.
It almost looks like Morland has made up his mind, batting against LaValle, that he's going to try to take him to right field.
He's got a high foul ball that way.
I think he's looking for that breaking pitch away from him or that fork ball.
Here comes another 2-2 to Morland.
Another high foul back to the right side.
Now that wasn't the case of trying to go that way.
That pitch was just by him, and he got back on it late.
I don't think you'll try to go now, Armando, with two strikes on him.
He's going to just hit a strike.
Two and two.
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Here's the 2-2.
Check the swing.
Fouled it.
Frank Robinson, who's thrown a few, picked it up, lifted it to the bat boy.
And he said, when you get up in the booth today, say hello to that other Hall of Famer here today.
Oh, he's a good guy.
Swing!
And a miss.
The bottom drops out.
You talk about a sinking fastball.
That was a sinking fastball.
Strikeout number five against the Cubs, two in the inning, and in his relief appearance today for LaVell.
Oh, it's great to get back into the saddle here.
Especially when you're leading by three runs going into the night.
That has something to do with it.
It is.
And the big boy on the mound.
There is a strike.
So Jody Davis, two for four.
Voa has three hits.
Here's the pitch.
Fouled or off, down here below the fret box.
Drive's on hand.
Dave Van Dyck, the beat man, raised arms.
Out to do some columns.
The sun times, a tribute occurrence with Fred Mitchell who covers the Cubs on a daily basis.
And award-winning columnist Bob Verde is here.
The saucer is fouled down to Zimmer.
Race on.
He joined us in the later stages of swing training again and come on up with his hair.
Here is the O2 pitch.
Swing and a foul by Jody Davis.
LaValle shakes off his side.
Now he's ready.
Way outside.
He waits to the fastball.
Cubs are leading five to two, picking up an insurance run and a long homer by Say in this night's inning.
Twain's going to miss.
And he's struck him out.
Boy, I tell you, he threw a wicked fastball away.
And he strikes out the side with the home run, enabled the Cubs to get ready for the bottom of the ninth, leading by this score, Cubs five, Giants two.
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We've got a change in high field.
It'll be Mal Hall.
A little defensive maneuver here by Jimmy Fry.
Also, keeping Hall in the ball game might have a little attitude problem corrected.
Now, Pittman will be the bench hitter for LaBelle.
Utility infield.
He's filled us in some spring games that he can play about any place you put him.
Go, Pittman will bat for LaBelle.
That's Johnny LaMaster.
He's already on deck.
And it'll be Manny Friot.
Lee Smith trying to go after that first hitter here.
As the Cubs lead 5-2, they've out hit the Giants 12-10.
First pitch on the way.
Oh, guy right down the middle for a cold strike.
Also with us covering from Harald Sitty, the Arlington Harald, Mark Ruda.
I don't know how I forgot him a minute ago because we must have talked for an hour at the workout yesterday.
Mark Ruda on his first trip to the West and enjoying the city by the bay.
And with good reason.
He has a good appetite.
It's a good spot to visit.
The ball makes it 2-1.
Pittman the pitch hitter, LaMaster on deck and Manny Friot, inning number 9.
Cubs are in front, 5-2.
Smith kicks and fires.
Swing and a foul.
Heads the fastball by.
Foul to back, pass the strain.
2-2.
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Not to the right side, Durham over.
Smith's got to get over to take the peg and just did get it.
Man, that was close.
I want to tell you something, Pittman got down that line.
Yes, indeed.
And let me tell you, Durham had to throw the ball over here in a tough place for Durham, but he made it very nicely.
And even Davis was out to just get to 5.
Man, oh man, you know Durham had to go quite a ways off that line to make that play.
I didn't like it.
I didn't like to see Durham go that far off the base because Sandberg could have made the play.
I think that will come now with him playing there more.
And they'll have to get used to that again.
And in fact, he and Sandberg are talking about it right now.
This is right.
Here is WMASTER, 1-4.
Started their first inning with a base hit, stole the base, later scored on a 3-0 single.
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Fastball backs him out of there, 2-0.
All that Lee has to do now is throw a strike, make them hit themselves on base.
Don't give them a chance.
No, that's right.
They have to get the hits to get out.
Got eight guys out there to help him.
They're right.
And of course, with the 5-2 score, with the 3-1 lead, Chicago 5-2, the match is taken all the way there.
Now, 2-1 the count.
Smith kicks and he brings it.
Up high with his fastball, 3-1.
Don't walk this guy.
Dallas Green down below hoping that Smithy can end this thing along with his assistant, the traveling secretary, Don Cox.
The pitch.
He walks in.
Boy, that makes that say Hallmerfig now because otherwise you'd have been bringing the tying run to the plate here.
Walk number one by Smith.
First walk of the game given to the Giants, Manny Trillo, the batter.
And of course, the head of studio broadcasting, Jim Donnell, out for the opener.
And the McManor, the chairman of the board of the Cubs.
And the chief operating officer, Jim Finks, is here.
So make an impression, Cubbies.
You got the big guys looking on here.
Manny Trillo, 2-4, a single, a double, and an RBI.
Smith will go to the stretch.
We'll master with a lead at first.
Pitch on the way.
Right down the middle for a called strike.
Jack Clark on deck.
We don't want Clark to hit.
Let's get Trillo to hit and do a double play.
No ball, one strike.
Pitch on the way.
Low outside, and it's one and one.
Big Lee Smith trying to bolt one down for Ruthven, who deserves to win this game.
He gave you a fine starting assignment, as he did.
One ball, one strike.
Smith with the belt looking back.
Pitch on the way.
Swinging wide, all center.
Turn air, back step, five-step, makes the play two down in the night.
Now you see, they go back to point up the importance of that insurance home run by Say.
You'd have had Clark, a dangerous hitter, stepping in now, representing the tying run as it is.
Even if he jacks one out of here, you've still got a one-run lead.
He is still in the lead, correct.
A three-run lead is so important when you get into the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings.
Jack Clark got a base hit in the third inning.
He's one for four.
The pitch to him is outside of war.
Davis is going out to talk to Lee Smith, just telling him, get the ball over the plate.
You don't want Oliver to come up there as the tying run.
And wrapped in the game, the scoreboard, all of these same conversations.
Jack Clark, one ball, no strikes.
Jack of the runners, first drill, playing behind the runner now with two away.
And Clark tried to butt his way on with Say playing back, but it was high and away.
He didn't connect on it, and it's two balls and no strikes.
Milo Hamilton, Lou Boudreau, comes radio from Candlestick.
We need an out to open up this season on a winning note.
Here's the two-ohs.
And a strike right under the letters on the inside corner.
Two balls, one strike to Clark.
Now Oliver's due up next.
You talked about you didn't want to see Clark hit.
Well, you don't want this thing for long and give Oliver a chance to bat either.
Here's the pitch.
Swinging, line drive left field, Matthew's back.
That ball's tail's over him.
Matthew fires it in in a hurry to Bowe.
And it's a one and three combination here.
Burson Murray, that line drive, talk about how hard it was hit.
He really thought that when it left the infield that Matthew had a chance to catch the ball, but it kept on sailing.
It just got over his head.
The ball was hit like a bullet.
He had no chance after that ball got over his head.
If he had gotten under that ball, that would have been gone.
A 11-hit for the Giants, the Cubs have 12.
Clark's getting a second hit.
And now here is now Oliver, and he represents the time run.
Now the complexion of this inning has changed.
Runners first and third, two down.
Pitch to Oliver.
Line drive hit at the left header.
The run is in.
The ball got by Matthew.
Mark will come to third.
The throw wisely comes into second.
He just want Oliver coming in there and destroying the distance.
That's right.
If Matthew's a hit in the ear on that play, he's got to allow his front to go to third.
Oliver with an RBI single.
It's a 5-3 game.
The tying runs are aboard, and Leonard the batter.
Oliver getting the RBI.
It's a 5-3 game.
And Leonard, one for four, and it makes this the last time up.
It's a 5-3 Cubs, but it's getting a little tricky at candlesticks.
Jeff Leonard, one for four.
Clark is the runner at third.
Oliver the runner at first.
Oliver represents the tying run.
The hits are even at 12.
The Cubs lead 5-3.
Stoddard is throwing in the bullpen, and Lee Smith still needs it out.
It's to Leonard.
He right calls.
No sense holding back now, this guy.
No, no, no.
Got to go after him right now.
Two on, two out, a run in, Cubs lead by two in a 5-3 game.
It's the end of the ninth inning.
Smith ready.
At the belt, looks back over, delivers.
Right through calls.
He's letting it hang out now.
Don't gauge it right now.
Now I'd like to see him come from underneath.
But if he does, throw the ball away.
Don't throw it, try to get it inside to make a mistake, not time has been called.
Getter steps out, Harry Wendelstam, the new crew chief.
But everybody knows time has been called.
Clark at third, Oliver first, a walk, and two hits in the inning.
Here's the 0-2.
Oh, I thought Wendelstam was going to call it.
Throw it at Jody, throw it at Smith.
Oh, Harry, don't prolong the agony.
One ball, two strikes.
I thought he had it.
Now let's see if he can come back and get it.
One, two pitch, and a foul, and he's still alive.
Just nailed it right off Jody's skin guard, rolled up to the right side,
and it's still one ball and two strikes.
And a crowd of over 54,000, and I'd say 45,000 is still in here.
And they are having a reason to stay here because the Giants are thrusting in the ninth,
trailing five to three.
Good press, good press.
He's got it, he's got it.
And this ball game is over.
Second strikeout for Smitty, eight Giants a strikeout in the game.
Oh, brother.
Palpitations, set your high feet.
In house, one run, two hits, one error, an error on Matthews.
A walk, they leave two.
And the final score has become, get off on the right foot to start the 1984 season,
with Ruthven pitching at the home run back of Morland,
a stray and a bit too undoubled by Jody Davis.
The Cubs have knocked off the Giants five to three.
Good kid, our ball game here today.
We had a good one in the first inning.
They took advantage of LaMaster getting on.
He went after a Ruthven hanging breaking ball.
After he had shown the good fast ball, LaMaster reached, stole the base.
Jody tried to slow him out and couldn't.
The error got him the third.
Trio got him home.
And the thing about that inning was that the top of the inning before,
when Duneer started off with a hit,
and at that time it looked like a big play, it didn't turn out that way,
when Renly the stunning catcher with a 2-1 count on Sandberg after Duneer hit,
called for two straight pitch outs.
You just don't see that.
Well, I thought that was the smartest play of the ball game,
besides Smith retiring the last hitter.
But nevertheless, as you've mentioned,
you very seldom see that to make the count go to 3-1.
So this is something that perhaps is going through the league.
Now, with Duneer as leadoff man and Sandberg,
who they worked very well together in their batting second.
So we may have to look for that a little more often.
We may have to go to hit run earlier or give Duneer the green light earlier.
But this today, I have to say, was deeply a group victory.
You've got to throw in the great pitching performance of Roof and Milo.
I thought it did an outstanding job.
The best are just outduels Davis along until he got the 2-1 lead,
and then he just tires.
All right, it was 1-0 then with that 3-0 hit, getting LaMastre home in the first.
It stayed that way until the fourth, and Larry Bowe got his second of three hits, a double.
And he drove in Durham who had walked, and with two out, Durham pedaled around, and we were tied.
With the score tied at one and the thick spinning,
Morland stepped in to lead off the Cubs' fifth.
Here's the fifth to Morland.
There's a drive.
Deep left field, way back.
It might be out of here.
Holy!
There he is!
It's there.
Holy cow!
Morland has given the Cubs the lead.
First time in this day he's hit the ball on the button.
Morland's home at breaking the tie, and now Youngblood in the sixth inning gets a base hit to get Oliver home to tie it again quickly 2-2.
Then in the seventh inning with one out Matthews won.
With two out, Morland got his second hit of the day, and that brought Jody Davis to bat.
Drive out into right center twice and Jody Davis running.
No!
He'll be up against the French.
Matthews will score.
3-2.
And as Morland crosses, it is 4-2, a two run double by Jody Davis.
In the ninth inning, leading by the score of 4-2, Matthews started the inning by striking out against Gary Lavelle.
All the other actions for scoring had been against the starter Mark Davis.
With one out in the ninth, Ron Say was 0-3 and then...
Going back, going, going and...
Done!
Holy cow, he knows it's a Penguin Clank-Up on one for his first inning of the year.
He felt sit out of here to left.
Now the Cubs on Penguin power had a five to two lead, and it looked as though they were going to need it because in the ninth inning,
Smith who had come on in the eighth and gotten out of a bit of a jam, got into some trouble when he walked Lamaster with one out.
Trio then flied out, but Clark got his second hit of the day.
Oliver got to base him to make it 5-3, but then the big right-hander from Louisiana struck on Leonard, and as you said, that was one of the big ones.
Yes, and, Ronald, as we mentioned in the last day or two from spring training, I did not think Smith was throwing well.
He was not the fastball pitcher that we knew, but today he was much different.
Even though they got three hits off him and scored a run, I thought he was throwing like the Smith of last year.
All right, the happy total board, Cubs 5-12-3, lead 10, Ruth from the winner, save Smith, winning RBI Davis, and for the Giants 3-12-0, they strand 11, and Mark Davis was the starter and loser.
So, with the off day tomorrow, we'll be back with you on Thursday evening when Chuck Rainey will go against Mike Kruko.
And that's the scoreboard for today.
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