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The New York Yankees faced the Milwaukee Brewers at County Stadium for a Saturday afternoon game on April 10th, 1976.
The Yankees hadn't been to the postseason in 12 years, its longest drought since 1920, but there was some new excitement in town thanks to the hiring of manager Billy Martin.
This was the year before the signing of Reggie Jackson, but the Yankees had also made some big moves prior to the season when they acquired Willie Randolph, Mickey Rivers, Doc Ellis, Oscar Gamble, Doyle Alexander, and Carlos May.
The 1976 Brewers were managed by newcomer Alex Gramis.
Following the success of his coaching involvement under Sparky Anderson's Big Red Machine, the Brewers set their sights on Gramis as their next skipper and signed him to a three-year contract in November of 1975.
1976 also marked the final season for home run king Hank Aaron. Aaron left the Braves and joined the Brewers in 1975 in order to return back to Milwaukee.
This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, and Bill White.
...to Mickey Rivers, oh and two. John Milton Rivers, where do you get the nickname Mickey?
When he grew up in Florida, he was a big Mickey Mantle fan and that's how it all started.
Oh two pitch coming, take it outside on the fastball, ball one.
One ball, two strikes to Mickey Rivers leading it off for the Yankees here in the top of the first.
And the one-two pitch swung on, popped up into the air, George Scott under it in fair territory in the first base and puts it away.
So Mickey Rivers pops up too, George Scott, there's one away from the Yankees here in the top of the first and it'll bring up left fielder Roy White.
White sets the collar Thursday afternoon, an 0-3 performance.
White this afternoon batting left-handed, right-handed that is, against the left-handed pitching Bill Travers.
Wind blowing out to left and the first pitch fouled away to the right up over the Milwaukee dugout, strike one.
They play white medium deep, left fielder Charlie Moore shaded a bit to the left.
And the 0-1 pitch coming out of Roy White, bumped it on at the plate, fouled away, strike two.
So Bill Travers gets ahead of White at Rivers one and two before Mickey pops up to George Scott at first base.
And now a quick 0-2 count on Roy White.
White a 2-72 hitter last year for the Yankees.
And the 0-2 pitch line fouled down the first base line into the stand, count holds 0-2.
White just trying to get a piece of it, punching it foul.
And Travers still ahead of the hitter, throwing only one ball to the first two batters.
0-2 pitch curve ball down low and inside, ball one.
One and two to White.
Thurman Munson, the Yankee designated hitter is on deck.
And the 1-2 pitch, swung on and missed, strike three.
Bill Travers gets his first strikeout, Roy White and now Thurman Munson, counts to the plate.
Munson went 0-4 Thursday, coming off a 3-18 season.
And the first Yankee to drive home more than 100 runs in more than a decade.
Rick Dempsey doing the catching until Munson's finger heels, he can swing that bat but Thurman says he just can't really throw the baseball the way he'd like to.
So here's Munson stepping in, they play Thurman full.
And the first pitch breaks in there, strike one, call.
0-1.
Bill Travers, a left-hander, used the fork ball quite a bit.
Pitch with no spin, breaks down and around a lot, kind of like a knuckleball.
Next pitch outside, ball one.
One and one to Thurman Munson, two outs, top of the first.
No score in the ball game.
And the 1-1 pitch, fastball low and inside, two and one.
Ground crew was working on that mound feverishly prior to the start of the ball game.
Following Yankee manager Billy Martin's protest of Thursday afternoon's game.
Two and one pitch, left-hander kicks and throws, curve ball breaks low and inside, and the count goes 3-1 to Thurman Munson with Chris Shambles on deck.
Travers getting ahead of the first two hitters, getting rivers to pop out, white to strike out, and here's the 3-1 pitch.
Long on, bounce to short, three hops, Robin Young has it, comes up throwing a shot, inside, side retired, Yankees go down, one, two, three.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
The score after half an inning of play, the Yankees nothing, the Brewers coming to back.
The program, that's Chris Shambles at first, rookie Willie Randolph at second, Fred Fanley at the shortstop, Greg Nettles at third, Roy White in left field, Mickey Rivers in center, Luke Pennella is in right.
Charlie Moore will lead it off for the Brewers.
Moore a converted catcher, moving to the outfield, very aggressive ball player.
Alex Gramis, all night comparing him to Pete Rose as far as ability is concerned, is telling me he compares him in many ways in his desire and his aggressiveness.
Going out to left field, still says he prefers catching, but he'll play anywhere.
First pitch by Ed Figueroa, the Yankees, taking in their strike one.
Figueroa, right-handed pitcher, and they play Charlie Moore to pull the ball, center fielder Mickey Rivers shaded way over to the left, and the pitch taken in there, strike two, call.
Figueroa goes out in front, oh and two on Charlie Moore.
Figueroa doesn't strike out many, but then again he doesn't walk too many.
Last year, 84 bases on balls and 139 strikeouts.
Oh and two pitch, check swing, swung on and missed those, as played on fire George Maloney, strike three.
So Charlie Moore goes down on three pitches and there's one man away.
It'll bring up third baseman Don Money.
Money was one of the keys for the Brewers Thursday afternoon.
After Catfish Hunter got Moore in a pop-up, he went ahead oh and two on Don Money.
Money fouled off about a half dozen pitches, finally worked the count to three and two and then bounced one hard down the third baseline in between nettles in the bag for a double, and the Brewers were off and running for three runs.
First pitch by Figueroa, taking up high ball one.
Figueroa throws an excellent sinker, gets the sign from Rick Dempsey, and the pitch, fastball, strike one, one and one.
So Don Money, Money wound up the afternoon two for four, coming off a 277 batting season last year.
And the one-one pitch, swung on, fouled at the plate, strike two.
So Figueroa gets ahead of Don Money with George Scott on deck.
Scott the big man for the Milwaukee Brewers, for the league and RBI's.
Tied Reggie Jackson for the league lead and home run.
Figueroa gets the sign, one-two pitch, hit high into the air, right field, curving foul, moving over Panella, and it bounces into the stands up and about the fourth row, so the count holds one ball, two strikes.
Long run for Sweetmoo Panella, and he heads back now to his position in right field.
Who can't believe we're sitting here in our shirts, please, this afternoon, temperature around 60, and they say it may snow tomorrow. Fastball, strike three, and Figueroa has struck out two in a row, called third strike to Don Money, and it'll bring up George Scott.
George Scott, the power hitter for the Milwaukee Brewers.
One-oh for three Thursday, super fielding third baseman, five times winner of the American League's Golden Glove Award, five years in a row overall, seven times.
First pitch to Scott, fastball high and inside, and Scott hits the deck, and the crowd responds.
He's now up and wiping the dirt from his pants legs, as plate umpire George Maloney calls third.
Figueroa ready, the one-oh pitch, taking high and inside, ball two. Scott just backing away a bit.
George Scott coming off the best season of his major league career, this is 11th year in the big leagues, his fifth in Milwaukee, 202 career home run, 222 against the Yankees last season.
And Figueroa looks in now to Dempsey, around comes the right arm, in comes the pitch, swung on and missed, strike one. George Scott with a heavy cut, and the count now two and one, Roy White playing him extremely deep and left.
Mickey Rivers just about straight away in center. Shortstop Stanley about three steps from the outfield grass, two-one pitch up, eyeball three.
On deck for the Milwaukee Brewers, catcher Darrell Porter.
And the three-one pitch coming, taking up high, ball four, so George Scott works the walk with two men away, and Darrell Porter.
The catcher went one for three. Thursday afternoon comes to the plate. Porter's just 23 years of age, just a real young ball club these Milwaukee Brewers have.
At 18 home runs last season, it's 232. Two of those homers were grand slammers, and both came against Baltimore. Now Yankee manager Billy Martin goes out to the mound to talk with that Figueroa.
Rick Dempsey joins him, along with Greg Nettle, and perhaps a discussion of the mound. Billy wanting to ask, but you're at Figueroa, the mound is okay. Now Martin returns.
And Darrell Porter steps in. George Scott leads away from first base with two outs. Here in the bottom of the first, no score. The stretch and the pitch, high on outside, ball one.
Figueroa got more and money on strikes than walks Scott. The stretch, Scott takes the lead, the pitch taking high on outside, ball two, and the fastball, and it's 2-0.
Looking down to third base, Darrell Porter to coach Jimmy Bragan.
Hit or take, we'll see. 2-0 pitch coming. Outside again, ball three. Figueroa trying to keep the ball away from Darrell Porter, keeping it too far away.
And he's falling behind, 3-0, with Henry Aaron on deck.
Ganks play Porter to really pull that baseball. Fretz Stanley just about six-eighths steps to the left of second base. And the pitch, down low, ball four.
Four straight pitches, Darrell Porter walks, and the cheers for Hammer and Henry Aaron.
Aaron in his first time up, Thursday afternoon, single home, two off, catfish hunter. And in the second inning, he single home a third run.
And that's really all the Brewers needed. Two outs, two runners lead away. Figueroa throws to Aaron, and the pitch up, high ball, one.
George Scott leads away from second, Darrell Porter from first. The Brewer fans start the rhythmic applause.
To the stretch, yet Figueroa checks the runners and the pitch taken in their strike one call.
At Zinkerball, just above the knees, and the county.
Two outs, bottom of the first, no score, Brewers threatening.
Wind blowing out to the left, Aaron now calls time at the plate.
Greg Nettles about six-eighths steps off the third baseline, Roy White deep in left.
And the one-one pitch to Henry, bounce to short, two hops to Stanley, throws to Randolph at second for the fourth, and the side is retired.
For the Milwaukee Brewers, there were no runs, no bases, there were no Yankee errors, and there were two men left on base.
So through one inning of play, the score, the Yankees nothing, the Brewers nothing.
No score in the ball game, the Brewers threatening without a base hit in that bottom half of the first inning.
When that Figueroa had a touch of wildness, walking George Scott and Darrell Porter, but he got Henry Aaron, the bounce into the force play.
Leading it off for the Yankees, left-handed swinging, Chris Shambliss, the first baseman to be followed by Luke Fenella and Greg Nettles.
Shambliss went 0-4 in the opening game, slow curve, taking up high ball one.
Left-hander Bill Travers, they play Shambliss straight away.
And the one-one pitch fastball lined to center, Sisto Lescano has a beat on it and puts it away.
Well-hit baseball, but right to Sisto Lescano, and there's one away.
Luke Fenella is first at bat of the 1976 season.
Luke suffered, really suffered through the 1975 season with an inner ear infection, hitting only 196 after a Super 305 season back in 1974.
The even years seem to be Fenella's best, 74, 72, and 70, batted over 300.
First pitch bowled away at the plate, up off the screen, strike one.
No balls, one strike to Luke Fenella.
Luke's super line drive hitter does not hit that many home runs.
His career high 11 with Kansas City, curveball breaks inside and checking his swing was Fenella.
First base umpire Jim McKeon was asked by George Maloney if Fenella went around.
He said no, so the count evened one-on-one.
Travers looks in for the side, and the one-one pitch fastball inside, ball two.
On deck, Greg Nettles, the Yankee third baseman.
Should anybody get a board, catcher Rick Dempsey.
Fenella now steps out.
The cows be coaching his third.
Now to first base, one of the all-time great Yankees, Elston Howard.
Two-and-one pitch.
Swung on, bounced to short, three hops, Robin Yonk gets it on the short one, flips the shot inside for the out, and there are two quick ones for the Yankees here in the top of the second.
And it'll bring up Greg Nettles.
Nettles 0 for 3.
Thursday afternoon.
A big season for Greg back in 1975.
Nettles at 267 with 21 homers, 91 RBI.
Left-handed hitter against the left-handed pitching Bill Travers.
First pitch fastball inside, ball one.
They're playing Nettles just about straight away and deep.
The pitch up high and tight, ball two, 2-0 to Greg Nettles with two men out here on the top of the second inning.
From the school of ball game, Rick Dempsey on deck.
Travers gets the side from Porter, 2-0 pitch again inside, ball three, trying to jam Greg Nettles, keep it on the inside corner, and Travers is falling behind.
He's set, gets the side from Porter, and the 3-0 pitch, taken in there, strike one, go. Nettles taking all the way.
Greg will be swinging at this one if it's a good one. 3-1 pitch, swung on, bounced the first, curving foul.
Played there by George Scott who flips it back to Travers.
Nettles gets a light with a count remaining at three and one and a long walk back to home plate.
Opening day at Yankee Stadium, next Thursday afternoon against Minnesota, and now it already is still out.
Make it to the new Yankee Stadium Saturday or Sunday afternoon as the Yankees go against Rod Carew and the Minnesota Twins.
They win 2-2 pitch, swung on and missed, strike three. So Travers recovers and gets Greg Nettles for his second strike out of the ball game.
Nothing across for New York in the top of the second. No runs, no hits, no errors, nobody left on base.
Throw an inning and a half. The Yanks nothing, the Brewers nothing.
For the second inning now, the Brewers send out center fielder, 6th-dollars, Scott-O, Bill Sharp, and Robin Yarns.
They're telling a super play on Greg Nettles, robbing him at least a triple Thursday afternoon.
First pitch by Figueroa, taking up high ball one. Scott-O has one for four.
He was one of the problems last year, so to speak, for manager Del Crandall.
Line drive, center field, base hit.
Nicky Rivers plays it on two hops, flips it back in his second, taking the turn with Scott-O.
He holds on with a first base hit of the ball game, a line single to center.
The Brewers with the lead runner on it, right fielder Bill Sharp coming to the play.
Early in the ball game, let's see what Alex Dramis does.
Greg Nettles standing on the grass, down the third baseline.
Taking the lead from first is Lescano. Bill Sharp, left-handed hitter.
Figueroa to the stretch, and the Yankees call for the pitch out.
Lescano was not going. He stole a dozen bases last year.
That was tops for the twins. They are not particularly a running ball club.
The Brewers, Bill Sharp at the plate.
And the 1-0 pitch taken up by ball two, 2-0.
For Bill Sharp, who was not traded to the Minnesota Twins in the last five minutes, he is still a Milwaukee Brewer.
At Figueroa, his first appearance as the New York Yankee coming off a strong spring
and a 16-game winning season out in California.
And the pitch up high, ball three.
Figueroa had control problems back in the first inning.
After striking Joe Charlie Moore and Don Money, he walked the couple before pitching out of the jam.
Short conference between Rick Dempsey and Figueroa.
Greg Nettles joining it for a moment.
Leading away from first, six-0 Lescano.
Let it off here on the bottom of the second with a single.
The pitch taken in there, strike one, call.
Three and one.
Shortstop Robin Yantzi on deck batter.
Yankees play sharp straight away.
To the stretch, Figueroa.
Throw over to first, Lescano diving back.
And he is safe.
Figueroa trying to keep them close.
Here is over again.
Goes to the stretch.
Lescano takes about a six, seven foot lead.
And the pitch.
Line grabbed by Shamblett who will double Lescano off first base.
Super play by Shamblett who grabbed a hard hit line drive and easily doubled off sixth
to Lescano at first for the double play.
If you are scoring, that goes as three on the double play.
Shortstop Robin Yant comes to the play.
Yant went 0 for three in the season opener.
Coming off a 267 season and no longer a teenager.
Third full season in the bigs.
He is only 20.
Takes the first pitch high and inside ball one.
Center fielder Mickey Rivers playing relatively shallow.
The pitch fouled into the stands behind the plate.
Lescano is even one ball one strike to Robin Yant.
Jimmy Bragan coaching down at third.
Harvey Keane down at first.
And the pitch.
Line left field just over the glove.
Shortstop Stanley Bay fifth.
Stanley timed his lead perfectly.
But just up over his outstretched glove for the Bay sixth.
On at first is Yant with a single.
And right here, we pause for station identification.
This is the New York Yankee baseball network.
This is WMCA Straus Communications in New York.
Pedro Garcia the batter with two men out.
And the pitch taking up high ball one.
Robin Yant down at first with a two out single.
Spencer Ross for Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto and Bill White at Milwaukee County Stadium.
In a scoreless ball game in the bottom of the second.
Brewers with two Bay sixths in this inning.
Double play getting the Yankees out of a bit of trouble.
The pitch pops up into the air.
Catcher Rick Dempsey down the line.
Wave settles off and he makes the catch for the third out.
So again, Figueroa pitches out of a jam and leaves two runners on base.
For the Brewers, no run.
There were two Bay sixths.
There were no Yankee errors.
And two left.
Two innings complete.
The score, Yankees nothing, Brewers nothing.
For the New York Yankees, leading it off will be catcher Rick Dempsey.
And joining me in the broadcasting booth,
Coro Rizzuto's favorite sportscaster at shortstop, the Scooter, Phil Rizzuto.
All right, Spence, I see you put a couple more hundred miles on your flying time.
Flying Spencer Ross.
Here is Rick Dempsey and he hits one deep to right center.
I couldn't know it was hanging up there.
And Lascano is over there making the catch.
Didn't have time to serve it.
Didn't hear Spencer either, but Dempsey caught this kid Bill Travis in the Puerto Rican Witter League.
And every one of his pitches and he claimed he was going to have a good day against him.
And he did hit that ball well.
But the wind is blowing from right field to left field.
Strong wind and it held it up so it's one away.
And young Bill Travis has retired the first seven Yankees.
Here's Willie Randolph who takes the strike on the outside corner.
Yankees got to get started.
You get in a rut like this for a while where it's tough to get a base hit, base run to score one.
Once you break out of it, things are good.
But you get a little tight when you haven't scored.
And there's strike two to Willie Randolph.
There was shutout opening day here at the Yankees.
And even though Billy Martin protested the game, Russ Getz said he didn't have a chance of winning it.
Right, Spencer?
That's right.
You begin to think too much too when these things start happening.
That's right.
You tighten up a little more.
You try a little harder instead of just relaxing and hitting that ball.
One ball, two strikes on Willie Randolph.
Travis winds and the pitch swing there with that fork ball.
He swung over it.
And that's the third strikeout.
He's had one in each inning.
Wow.
Fred Stanley will be the batter.
Fred did not play opening day.
Well, we'd like to welcome Mr. R. David Ridgeway, WDOE Radio, from Dunkirk, New York.
It's a very famous town.
I have a lot of Yankee fans up there.
That I know.
It was the famous battle, too.
But I'm talking about Dunkirk.
I remember I've seen that in the movies many times.
Also from Ellenville, Mr. Al Dresner from WELV Radio, Ellenville, New York.
Next pitch to Stanley is inside and it's one-on-one.
Glenfall, that's one of my favorite towns.
I go through that when I go up to visit my daughter up in Vermont.
All then on board, WBGA Radio.
There's a foul back in the crowd, not a play.
And Gloversville.
Now, I have a very fond attachment to Gloversville.
I used to be signed with a glove company from Gloversville, New York.
Where else would a glove company be?
That's right.
That's what that town was named after.
Mr. Larry Peck, WENT Radio.
Gloversville, New York.
High to Stanley and it's two and two.
But you know how long ago that's been?
Everybody connected with that firm has passed away.
Now, nobody remembers me and I don't get any more gloves.
What does a glove company do?
I don't know.
I guess they do, otherwise it would have changed the name of the town.
You're right.
High and it's three and two to Stanley.
No score here in the top of the third inning.
And we have been blessed with some very nice weather,
although tomorrow might be a drastic change.
I don't believe it, though.
I don't either.
It cannot snow tomorrow.
Well, they say, you know, when you're on this lake, Lake Michigan, anything can happen.
The ball is pitched to Fred Stanley.
Outside ball four and the Yankees finally get a base runner.
Travis had retired eight in a row.
Stanley gets to walk and the batter will be Mickey Rivers.
Rivers popped her first his first time up.
Well, it's got to be sad news for a lot of Yankee fans
and people who like to attend openers,
knowing that it's a complete sellout and not a ticket available.
In fact, the Yankees are asking people not to arrive at the ballpark that day,
unless you have a ticket because it is a definite 100 percent sellout,
but Saturday and Sunday.
Yeah, they got time to get them in, right?
All right, the pitch to Rivers, a curve breaks a little low, ball one.
Yeah, some of the twins will still be in town,
and there are tickets available for those games.
Scooter, you worked on Rivers bunting, didn't you?
Yep, but this is not a time to bunt.
No.
Pitch to Rivers popped up.
Oh, he hit it pretty well in right field, shots moving back to the warning track.
And make the catch, oh, he lost his hat.
I thought he dropped the ball, his hat came off.
Here I thought Rivers popped it up,
and the ball went all the way to the warning track in deep right center.
So for the Yankees, no runs, no hits, no errors.
The man left at the end of two and a half.
Yankees, nothing in the Brewers, nothing.
Festeros with Phil Rizzuto, Bill White and Frank Lester,
and best wishes go out to Frank.
You get back here to this broadcasting booth, Frank,
who underwent an operation recovering,
and he's going to be back here shortly, Scooter.
We're all rooting for him to make it real quick.
Okay, Spencer's very nice here.
Charlie Moore, who struck out his first time up when fishing for a bad curve ball,
facing Ed Figueroa for the second time.
Kingston, New York, the home of Fred Davy.
We'd like to welcome Mr. Joseph Shuler from WKNY Radio in Kingston, New York.
Pitch is in there, strike one call to Charlie Moore.
Figueroa has set Moore up with all breaking pitches the first time up.
Came in with a fastball, looked like Moore was leaning, looking for the breaking pitch.
The next pitch, there's one, again inside, and it's one-on-one.
How about the way he low-bridged the big George Scott, Spencer?
In fact, the back third.
Wouldn't want to get that guy mad at me.
One-one delivery is high ball two.
He has not had good control of his fastball.
His breaking pitch has been his best pitch so far early in this ball game,
talking about Figueroa.
Actually, he makes the game look easier than Catfish Hunter out there.
What's the score?
I'm a line drive, yeah.
I got two-shores.
On the ball, right.
Okay.
Don Money struck out his first time up.
Foul's run back.
That'll be out of play.
Dempsey chasing it, but it's back into the seats well back.
Right now, I'll pick Stanly who's ahead of Chambliss.
Well, again, you've got to take into consideration,
had that ball gotten by Chambliss, one and any,
because the next guy singled after that, after two were out.
Stanly's was the more difficult play, you're right.
Except it hurt Chambliss a little more.
Yeah.
That had a smart.
That was from wicked line drive.
Pitch is on the inside corner.
0-2, and it looks like Figueroa is trying to pitch all the right-hand hitters inside.
And of course, the good play has helped for the shape of the stars of the game.
I think he's hardly had anybody worth a star opening day, Spencer.
I know you gave the points out.
I gave Oscar Gamble three points, Sparky Lyle one.
That's about it.
No fibers.
No.
Bouncer hitting the hole, nettles by him.
Greg got to that ball, and it looked like it pulled him.
He thought it was going to come up higher than it did, it went under his glove.
And that'll go for a base hit.
Well, that reminds me, and I was not a consideration on that particular play,
but that infield, the grass, is very rocky.
That meant it's an alibi because it does not take a bad hop on nettles.
That is incredible.
It is.
Looks like they had that battle of Dunkirk right down there.
Looks like Prospect Park.
Hey, that was a good ball.
Wait a minute.
Diamond one was too mental.
Sure.
Here's George Scott, who walks, played many a game out there.
Well, he's a good base runner.
They have to watch him.
Net the ball, hits deep to right field.
And over there is Spinella near the line, near the wall.
He can't get it, but it's a foul ball.
Oh, man, that was close and missed by about six inches of being fair.
It hit the base of the wall.
Spinella got there.
But the way the wall just out, Spencer, he didn't have an opportunity to go hard at it.
And it was a difficult play also because if it just out, it also just in.
And that wall hit Spinella a little quicker than I think he thought it was going to happen.
And he bounced off it hard, but he seems to be okay.
He could have gotten hurt badly had he been going full tilt.
And he played it well.
So it's just a long strike on George Scott.
Money leads away.
The kick and the pitch is a curve outside one-on-one.
No score in the bottom of the third inning.
Figure over to the belt.
His pitch popped up on the right side.
Chambliss going back, calling for it in fair territory.
Chris makes the catch and air it two out.
And that brings up Darrell Porter, who walked his first time up.
Lev Cain comes through again with a very, very small assist from Jerry Kelly.
He's just bringing Spencer Roth and either two hard workers a little sustenance.
It's coffee, folks.
I wonder if people are on the idea, too.
All right.
Left-hand batter Porter hits one high in the air to right.
Didn't get a hold of it.
Pennella should have no problem.
In fair territory, Lew makes the catch.
And that's out number three.
No runs to hit.
No errors.
The man left at the end of three.
It's the Yankees nothing and the Brewers nothing.
Here at County Stadium in Milwaukee, the Brewers no runs through yet.
No errors.
And the Yankees still looking for their first base hit of the ballgame.
So Travers has retired the first eight Yankees before Fred Stanley drew a walk in the third inning.
Now Roy White is struck out swinging his first time up, 0-4 on the season, batting right against the left-handed pitching Travers.
They play Roy just about straight away.
The pitch bounced slowly past the mound.
Scott has it.
Travers over to cover.
Not in time.
White beats it out.
Scott got the baseball, but Travers a little slow in getting over to first base as he thought he had an opportunity first at getting that baseball.
And Roy White will get an infield single, the Yankees' first base hit of the ballgame.
And it brings up designated hitter Thurman Munson.
Munson bounced the short back in the first inning, 0-1, 0-5 on the season.
Looks down to third base coach Dick Hauser.
Four aside.
Grave infield back at normal depth as Munson steps in.
At this point, not looking for the butt.
White leads away.
Travers to the stretch, the pitch, fastball, in there, strike one.
No balls, one strike to Thurman Munson.
Again, peers down to Dick Hauser at third base for a side.
White takes the short lead at first.
Scott holding him on tight.
Travers looks in for the side from Darrell Porter.
And the 0-1 pitch.
Line to the center field.
Escoto on the run, makes the catch.
White half-way, has to hustle back to first base, and there's one away.
Escoto got a good jump on the baseball to retire Thurman Munson.
And it brings up Chris Shambliss.
Shambliss flied to center his first time up.
Came up with a super defensive play back in the second inning,
taking a double away from Bill Sharp and a hard hit line drive.
Could have produced a big inning for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Instead, they wound up with zero.
Shambliss a 300-hitter last year, super year for Chris.
Day in, day out.
First pitch, curve ball, breaks in, strike one.
Twenty-three-year-old Bill Travers.
Through the stretch, checks white, and the pitch, taking up high.
Ball one, one and one.
Travers won his first four decisions last season,
and then lost seven in a row, wound up six and eleven on the year.
Goes through the stretch, and the one-one pitch, there goes white.
Porter's throw to second is low in the dirt, picked up by Garcia,
but white is in there safely for the stolen base.
Darrell Porter got the throw off, played nicely by Pedro Garcia on the short hop,
and then white was in there with the steal.
So the Yankees were there, first runner in scoring position of the afternoon.
The pitch was appalled to Shambliss, the count goes two and one,
and white now leading away from second.
Score is ball game, top of the fourth.
Travers through the stretch, checks the runner.
Two-two pitch, swung on and missed, strike two.
Travers throws that fork ball, no spin, to an extent similar to an uphill ball.
Two-two pitch, swung on and missed in the curve, strike three.
Travers gets Shambliss, his fourth strike out of the ball game,
and it's up to Sweet Lou Pennella.
Pennella bounced the short back in the second inning.
In the lineup this afternoon with the left-hander Bill Travers on the mound,
Thursday Oscar Gamble played right field with right-hander Jim Slayton pitching.
Greg Nettles on the on-deck circle, and they are going to walk Lou Pennella intentionally
to get the left-hander hitting Greg Nettles.
Milwaukee manager Alex Grammis playing the percentages, count goes to two and oh now.
It's the kind of situation that gets a batter with the power of a Greg Nettles,
with his adrenaline flowing.
You walk him to get to me, and I'm going to show you.
So Nettles steps in, Yankees now with the runners at first and second
as Pennella is given the intentional base on ball.
First walk issued by Travers, two men out, two men on.
Roy White leads from second, Lou Pennella from first,
left-hander Bill Travers pitches, Nettles flings, bounces in the hole,
Garcia over the high second base, hooks the on in time for the fourth play,
and the side retires.
Pedro Garcia taking a base hit away from Greg Nettles by going behind the bag
at second to retire the side on the fourth, four to six,
and the Yankees threat goes by the board.
Four to York, no runs, one base hit, there were no Milwaukee errors,
and the Yankees lead two to four through three and a half innings of play.
The score, Yankees nothing and the Brewers nothing.
Elsewhere in the American League this afternoon, Boston and Baltimore,
Schoolers going to the bottom of the fourth, Wise against Holton,
Detroit leads Cleveland three nothing through four,
Willie Horton had a two run home run for the Tigers,
Joe Coleman against Dennis Ecker's lead.
In the National League, the Nets and Montreal,
Dallas in the first, Pittsburgh leads Philadelphia two one
through four and a half innings of play,
Cincinnati five, Houston one after an inning and a half,
Chicago two, St. Louis nothing through four.
Henry Aaron leads it off for the Milwaukee Brewers
and takes the first pitch in their strike one call.
Ed Figaro has given up three bases thus far,
and Bill Travers just won and that an infield hit.
Aaron bounced into a force play back in the first inning,
with the runners at first and second and two men away.
Lines it in the left field, that'll be in there for a base hit.
White up for the ball, lost it back at his second base,
and Henry Aaron onto the line, single to left,
to lead it off for the Brewers here in the fourth inning.
Aaron went two for three Thursday afternoon,
and now another line smash to left field.
He had been quoted as saying he was going to start punching the ball
to right this year.
After the game Thursday I spoke to him about it,
and he said despite those two bases,
he's looking forward to going to right field this year,
hasn't done it yet.
Nick Deloscano, the center fielder,
with Aaron at first, nobody away.
Deloscano, single to left his first time up,
and the pitch swung on, bowed at the plate,
off the chest protector of plate on fire George Maloney.
Jimmy Bragan, the coach down at third base,
Deloscano looking down the line, four aside.
Henry Aaron leads away from first base.
A leadoff single here on the bottom of the fourth.
Scoreless ball game.
Tigger over to the stretch, and the pitch outside,
ball on the curve ball, one and one.
Tigger on, gets the side, the stretch, the pitch outside,
and the count goes two balls in one strike.
They play Deloscano just about straight away.
In field and double play depth.
Scoreless ball game, bottom of the fourth.
Two on pitch, line deep to center field.
Rivers way back, one handed over the shoulder.
Aaron more than halfway, scoops back to first base,
and there is one man away.
Deloscano with a wicked line drive to center,
and Rivers goes back to put it away,
and it'll bring up Bill Sharp.
Cincinnati got three more in the bottom of the second.
They now lead Houston by a score of 8-1 after two,
and the Mets have taken the lead for Montreal,
one-nothing now in the bottom of the fifth.
Priming against Matlack at J. Stadium.
Bill Sharp, pitch change up down low, ball one.
Sharp, line to Chris Shambliss back in the second inning.
Shambliss took a double away from him,
and wound up doubling Deloscano off first base,
ending a potential Milwaukee rally.
We have one out in the bottom of the fourth.
Henry Aaron leading off first.
Siguroa goes to the stretch, and the pitch.
Bounce to second, could be two.
Randolph, the Stanley for one,
and unable to get the throw off,
as Aaron came into second.
Just the fourth play, goes four to six.
Randolph, the Stanley, and they're a two-man away.
Sharp reaches on the fourth play.
And shortstop Robin Young.
The single to left his first time up.
Now one for four around the season.
Right-handed hitter.
Sharp, the runner, leads away from first,
and the throw over by Siguroa.
Sharp back and side.
...
Siguroa, the stretch, and the pitch up,
five-ball one.
Sharp, not much of a threat to Steath.
He has stolen only two bases in his major league career.
That came back in 1973.
One and 0 to count.
The pitch to Young.
Fastball, strike one.
One ball, one strike for Robin Young.
Scoreless ballgame.
We're in the bottom half of inning number four.
Yankees looking to break the shire
to get their first run of the season.
The pitch, that's the short,
and we can't get it in the center field
for the base hit.
Rivers up with it, holding it second,
taking a big turn.
Here's Bill Sharp, the Brewers now
with runners at first and second,
two-man away.
Here in the bottom of the fourth,
and right here,
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Pedro Garcia at the plate now for the Brewers.
Milwaukee threatening in the bottom half
of the fourth inning.
The pitch, right, left field.
It'll be in there for a base hit.
Roundy Kirk coming out of the fourth shot.
Digging for third is Scott.
He's in there easily.
Round the floor, going down to second is Pedro Garcia.
And the Brewers lead it by a score of two to nothing.
Second one to nothing.
Yonk moving to third.
And Sharp scoring.
And Pedro Garcia with the RBI single.
The second he goes on the throw-in.
And we go to the top of the order, Charlie Moore.
The first lead, one nothing.
More 0 for 2.
Struck out swinging.
Bounced to short.
Pitch taken up by ball one.
But Stanley took the base hit away from him in the third inning,
going far to his left to throw him out.
Brewers with three base hits in this inning.
Six in the ball game.
1-0 pitch.
Fastball.
Right one to Charlie Moore.
Robin Yonk down to third.
Pedro Garcia at second.
Milwaukee has gotten on the board.
They lead it one nothing.
Ed Figueroa gets the side from Rick Dempsey.
The pitch, fastball outside.
Ball two.
Two balls, one strike.
To Charlie Moore with third baseman Don Money on deck.
They play Moore to pull the ball.
Pretty good power.
2-1-6.
One-nine foul at the plate.
Strike two for the county even.
Two balls, two strikes to Charlie Moore.
Plate on fire, George Maloney goes out, dusts off on plate.
Ed Figueroa steps out behind the mound, rubs up the baseball.
Now comes back.
Just the cap on his head.
Looks around, he got it third.
He'll go to the full windup.
Robin leads off third.
Pedro Garcia from second.
Two-two pitch coming.
To Charlie Moore.
Now Moore steps out.
Figueroa taking a great deal of time.
Brewer's lead one nothing.
Pedro Garcia single just moments ago.
And the two-two pitch coming.
Full windup.
Page up a five-ball three.
Three balls, two strikes.
To Charlie Moore.
Figueroa has for a new baseball.
Now he wants another one.
And that's that aside with this one.
And plate on fire, George Maloney throws him yet another ball.
Aaron let it off with a single.
There's still a runaround first with just two men away.
Then Yacht single to left.
And Darcy goes home the game's first row with a line single to left field.
The counter full of Charlie Moore.
Figueroa into the full windup.
The pitch taken up by ball four.
And the Brewers have loaded the bases.
Third base on balls issued by Ed Figueroa.
And it brings up Don Money.
Money's one for two.
Took a tall third strike back in the first inning then single to left.
Brewers have six bases to the Yankees one.
Yacht leads from third.
Garcia from second.
And the pitch up high for a ball.
Bases full of Brewers.
Figueroa.
Around comes the right arm of the pitch inside ball two.
Rick Densley now calls time out to go out and talk with that Figueroa.
Figueroa had some control problems back in the first inning.
After striking out Moore and Money, he walked George Scott and Darrell Porter.
And regained his control and until walking Moore just moments ago.
He had not issued another pass.
Now Depthi finished with his conversation.
Moved back behind the plate.
Robin Yacht leads off third.
Pedro Garcia from second.
Charlie Moore from third.
Brewers have a run in here at the bottom of the fourth.
And Ed Figueroa trying to work himself out of this jam.
Around comes the right arm of the pitch.
In there strike one.
Goal.
Two and one.
Figueroa stands on the mound.
Now looks out toward the outfield for a moment.
Now looks in for the side from Rick Depthi.
The two on pitch.
Coming to down Money.
Swings.
Bounces at the third.
Nettles backs up.
Bakes the play.
Dives to third and he gets the runner.
Pedro Garcia coming in.
Super play by Nettles.
Saw he could not run to third.
And beat Garcia with a tag.
And instead Nettles slid into third base.
And just beat Garcia by half a stride to retire the side.
The four of the Brewers in the fourth inning.
They come up with one run on three bases.
There were no Yankees errors.
And the bases were loaded.
Three left on.
So through four.
The score now.
The Brewers won and the Yankees nothing.
That's a rock for Frank Messer with Bill Resuno and Bill White.
We go to the fifth inning.
Yankees now trailing the Brewers by a score of one to nothing.
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Rick Dempsey leads it off as we go to the fifth.
Takes the first pitch.
Up five ball one.
Dempsey.
Fly to center his first time up.
Pitched by Travers.
Curve ball breaks in.
Inside that is.
And the count goes to it all.
Big opportunity for Rick Dempsey.
With Herman Munson unable to play behind the plate.
Lines the ball.
Hits the right field on the run.
A sharp one.
Hands it over his head.
Now Dempsey was saying after having played in the Winter Leagues with Travers.
He can hit this guy.
And he sure has sucked the ball two consecutive times.
But right at fielders.
The first time to Liscano and this time Bill Sharp making a long run to put it away.
So there's one man away and it's up to Willie Randolph.
Randolph struck out swinging back in the third.
Right handed hitter against Bill Travers.
And the pitch.
Taken down low ball one.
The fourth ball.
Travers has looked strong.
He's given up only one base hit that an infield hit by Roy White.
The pitch fouled at the plate.
Bounced off Willie Randolph's leg out in front of the plate.
But a foul ball.
On deck shortstop Fred Stanley.
Wind blowing out to the left.
315 down the lines here at County Stadium.
402 to straightaway center.
392 on the power alleys in left and right.
The pitch bounced to third slowly and foul.
Money gloves it.
Flips it back to Travers on the count one and two to Willie Randolph.
Randolph out of Samuel Tilden High School in Brooklyn.
Product of the Pittsburgh Pirate Organization.
He hit 339 last year at Charleston in the International League before being called up for the Pirates.
Came to the Yankees and the deal had sent Doc Medich to Pittsburgh.
Pitch inside.
Ball two.
Two balls, two strikes to Randolph.
Austin and Baltimore now scoreless through five.
Detroit leads Cleveland three-nothing, five and a half.
Pitch lined left field.
Moore comes in and puts it away.
Again right on the money.
Randolph hitting the baseball but right at Charlie Moore.
And there are two outs.
Fred Stanley.
He became the Yankees' first base runner in the third inning after Travers had retired the first eight Yankees to come to the plate.
A base on ball.
In the National League, and that's leading Montreal one-nothing through five.
Pittsburgh three, Philadelphia one in the bottom of the seventh.
First pitch to Stanley up five, ball one.
Cincinnati eight, Houston one after three.
Chicago and St. Louis tied at two.
They played five.
A one-oh pitch to Stanley down low, ball two.
On deck Yankee leadoff hitter Mickey Rivers.
Two-oh pitch lined to right field.
Sharp comes in, has to play it on the bounce.
And Fred Stanley comes up with the Yankees' second base hit of the ball game.
The first part hit one.
A line single to right.
And it brings up Mickey Rivers.
Stanley with a perfect day thus far, a walk and a single.
Yankees have hit a lot of hard outs.
Right at Milwaukee fielder, Rick Dempsey.
On two occasions, Willie Randolph with a line shot to Charlie Moore.
Mickey Rivers at the plate.
Stanley leads away from first.
Travers to the stretch.
The pitch, a fast ball up five, ball one.
They play Rivers straight away.
Second baseman, Pedro Garcia, back on the edge of the outfield grass.
Any little kind of bouncer over Travers.
No way Garcia's going to get Mickey Rivers, who Travers now throws over to first.
Stanley back easily.
Don Money shortening up on the infield grass down the third baseline.
One-and-oh pitch to Rivers.
Bounce to second.
Garcia goes to second to Robin Yacht for the fourth play.
And the side is retired.
A four to six force out.
And for the Yankees, no runs.
They had one base hit.
No Milwaukee errors.
And they leave one through four and a half.
Halfway home now, the score.
The Brewers won, the Yankees nothing.
Bottom of the fifth.
Takes the first pitch for Matt Figueroa in their strike one.
Figueroa has been touched for six base hits.
One run change up.
Ryan Leffield base hit.
Roy White over.
Has it on three hops.
Scott makes the third.
White throws it into Stanley.
And George Scott on with the single.
His first base hit of the season.
He had walked and popped the first baseman, Shambliss.
Brewers with the lead runner on.
Darrell Porter, the catcher next.
Walks, slides to right.
So he's 0 for 1.
1 for 4 on the season.
Left handed hitter.
Scott leads away from first.
And the pitch, right center field.
It'll be in there for a base hit.
Rivers has it on one hop.
Scott hits second.
And doesn't even make the third as Rivers throw comes into the infield.
But the Brewers have opened up the bottom half of the fifth inning
with back to back singles.
Runners on first and second and nobody out.
And Hammer and Henry Aaron coming to the plate.
And both base hits in this inning have been hard hit shots.
Line drive.
Whistlers.
Aaron, 1 for 2.
Bounced into a fourth play.
Single to left.
So he's 3 for 5 in the early part of the season.
Figueroa to the stretch.
And the pitch.
Fastball.
Strike one call.
George Scott leads away from second.
Darrell Porter from first.
Yankees trail 1-0 here in the bottom of the fifth.
Figueroa goes to the stretch.
And the pitch.
Line to center.
It'll be in there for a base hit.
George Scott, now third.
On his way to the plate.
Rivers throw at the third.
Cut off by Stanley.
In there safely.
This Darrell Porter and Henry Aaron.
He's on with a run scoring single and the Brewers lead it 2-0.
And there is action in the Yankee bullhead.
Full pen.
Right hander Dick Sidro and the left hander is Sippy Martinez.
Scott scores the Brewers second run of the ball game.
Porter moves all the way to third.
And Henry Aaron is on at first with a second base hit of the ball game.
Nick Soloscano, the center fielder.
Single to left and fly to center.
Brewers with men at the corner.
Quarter at third.
Aaron at first.
Still nobody out.
Nine base hits off Figueroa.
It goes to the stretch.
And the pitch.
Taking in there.
Strike one.
Soloscano is only 22 years of age.
His 247 last season, 333 against the Yankees.
This is a young ball club.
First man at first base by baseball standards.
Not too young, but young at heart.
Henry Aaron.
Strike two called out of Soloscano.
Who asked home plate umpire George Maloney.
So please have a look at the baseball.
Maloney exchanges it.
And throws the other one out.
And now Figueroa says he doesn't like the one he got from Maloney.
That's Figueroa at his first start for the New York Yankees.
That's a hit for two runs, nine hits.
There's action in the Yankee both end.
The Brewers with three consecutive hits here in this fifth inning.
Still nobody out.
Tidro and Martinez continue to work in the Yankee bullpen.
The pitch to Lescato.
Taking up high ball one.
One and two.
Darrell Porter down at third.
Henry Aaron at first.
And Figueroa trying to work out of a jam.
The pitch change up.
Pounce to third.
Nettles backs up.
Goes to Randolph for one.
Backs to Shambliff to throw high.
Off his glove.
Digging for second out of Lescato.
And the ball goes into the Yankees.
Into the Brewers dugout.
And Lescato is on his second.
The run scores.
And it's now a three to nothing ball game.
Randolph had a Taylor May double play.
The ball high and Shambliff could not control it.
Porter scores from third.
Aaron is wiped off the base pass.
And here is Bill Sharp, the right fielder.
That'll go as an error to second baseman Willie Randolph.
Enabling Lescato to advance to second.
One man away.
The pitch by Figueroa way high.
And in third.
And Bill Sharp looking out to the mound.
At Ed Figueroa.
Figueroa into the stretch.
The pitch is high in the air to left field.
Troy White moves back a couple of steps in front of the warning track.
Makes the catch.
Lescato playing halfway.
Moves back to second.
And they're now two men away.
And it brings up shortstop Robin Young.
Is that a perfect day for this ball?
Two for two.
Single to left in the second.
Single to left in inning number four.
That's when the Brewers finally got on the board.
Right handed hitter.
The pitch by Figueroa outside ball one.
Yankee's play on just about straight away.
The sun is gone behind the clouds here in Milwaukee.
The afternoon began with it shining brightly.
The pitch to Young.
Strike one.
One and one.
Six to Lescato down at second.
Brewers have scored two here in the bottom of the fifth.
And lead the Yankees three to nothing.
Figueroa to the stretch.
The pitch to Robin Young.
Bounce to the bottom.
Good play by Figueroa.
Takes his time.
Throws on over to Shambliss.
It's time for the out.
The side retires.
But not before the Milwaukee Brewers come up with two more runs on three base hits.
There was one Yankee error.
That's by second baseman Willie Randolph.
And the Brewers leave one.
It's a five complete inning.
The score, the Brewers three runs, nine hits, no errors.
The Yankees, no runs, two hits, one error.
That's a round for Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, and Bill White in Milwaukee.
We've just received a revised weather forecast.
The temperature is now 70 degrees in Milwaukee, and the snow is out of the forecast.
Turning colder tonight with a low in the 30s and maybe some thundershowers.
Tomorrow partly sunny.
That's good news.
Now the Yankees need a few runs.
Roy White leads it off here in the sixth inning against Bill Travers, who has given up only
two base hits in the ballgame thus far.
One of them, the White, an infield hit.
Bounce foul at the plate.
Count goes even one and one.
Bounce one over Travers to the right side of the mound.
George Scott made the fielding play, but Travers just a shade late in getting over to cover,
and White beat it out.
That was back in the fourth inning, the Yankees' first base hit.
Next pitch taken outside, ball two.
Yankees trail three nothing here in the sixth inning.
And the 2-1 pitch by the left-hander lined a left-field base hit.
Robin Yant, dope for the baseball, couldn't come up with it.
Roy White gets the Yankees' third base hit of the ballgame, his second of the afternoon,
and it'll bring up Thurman Munson, the designated hitter.
Munson's 0-2.
Bounce to short, fly to center.
0-6 on the season.
Chris Shambliss moves him to the on-deck circle.
Yanks looking to get something going here in the sixth inning against left-hander Bill Travers,
a 23-year-old who once sixth lost 11 last year for Milwaukee.
White leading away from first.
They play Munson straight away and deep.
Thurman hits it to all fields and with power.
And the pitch, up high, ball one.
Munson coming off his best season in the Major League.
It's 3-18, the pitch taken inside for a ball, ball two.
He became the first Yankee since 1964 to drive home more than 100 runs.
He drove home 102.
Seventh big league season with the Yankees, and he's had three 300 seasons.
Do another count to Thurman.
Roy White leads from first.
The pitch popped up into the air, down the first baseline.
George Scott makes a run at it right in front of the railing.
He stumbles momentarily, and the ball hits inside the railing, but no play.
Scott with a good run.
And it came mighty close.
Finest fielding first baseman in the American League.
Five times consecutively the American League's Golden Glove Award winner,
overall seven times in his career.
Munson steps out now.
With Roy White leading away from first, he's being held on by George Scott.
The count is two and one.
Travers to the stretch.
And the two-one pitch lined in the center field.
Sixth to Lescano, however, comes on and makes the play.
White halfway, moves back to first.
There's one man away.
He'll bring up Chris Shamblin.
Yankee first baseman is 0 for two.
Flied to center, struck out swinging.
Travers began this ballgame by getting the first eight Yankees and gave up a walk to Fred Stanley.
It was an infield hit in the fourth inning and an intentional walk to Lou Pennella.
Singles by Stanley and another base hit by White here in the sixth.
First pitch to Shamblin's hit into left center field.
Lescano moves over.
Moore waves him off the left fielder, and he puts it away.
And there are two men away.
And it'll bring up Lou Pennella.
Sweet Lou bounced his short and then was walked intentionally back in the fourth inning.
Greg Nettles became the batter and bounced one in the hole right beyond second base.
Pedro Garcia made a good play to get the fourth play, Garcia to Yan.
White leads away, pitch lined in a center field, base hit.
White hits second, doesn't take the turn, as Lescano throws it back into the infield,
and the Yankees now with a tying run at the plate in the person of Greg Nettles.
As White moves down to second, Nettles is 0 for two, struck out swinging, bounced into that fourth play.
Pennella fourth inning, Garcia to Yan, which retired the side.
And Greg coming off a 91 RBI season, looking for number one here.
Yankees looking for their first run.
Shutout Thursday, 5-0.
Travers goes to the stretch, White and Pennella lead away, first pitch curveball, breaks outside, ball one.
Travers has walked two this afternoon, one of them intentionally, that was Pennella, back in the fourth inning.
Left-handed pitcher to the stretch, checking the runners, the pitch, high and inside, ball two.
2-0 now to Greg Nettles with catcher Rick Dempsey on deck.
Yankees trail, 3-0, we're in the top of the sixth inning, second game of a three-game series.
And the 2-0 pitch coming, high and inside, ball three.
So Travers falls behind on Nettles, who represents the tying run at the plate,
and catcher Darrell Porter now moves out to have a chat with the 23-year-old left fielder, who hails from Norwood, Massachusetts.
And he's a big fella, 6'4", 187 pounds.
Conversation ended on the mound, Porter returns back behind the plate.
The young boy, White, resumes his lead off second, blue Pennella, leads away from first.
They play Nettles to pull.
And the pitch, in there, strike one, 3-1 to Greg Nettles.
Right side of the infield, playing back just about on the grass.
Garcia on the grass, got a couple of strides in.
The outfield grass, that is.
3-1 pitch to Nettles, taking down low, ball four.
The Yankees have loaded the bases, and it'll be up to Rick Dempsey.
Now Dempsey has hit the ball well on all two occasions against Bill Travers.
They played together in the Puerto Rican League during the winter, and Rick is being called back.
He just went out to get some pintar, as Alex Gramitz goes to the mound, and that's going to be it for Bill Travers.
It's one visit to the mound, and Gramitz making up his mind very quickly.
So we'll have a new pitcher in there for the Milwaukee Brewers.
The new pitcher is now making his way to the mound.
We're at the top of the sixth inning.
The Yankees are threatening.
They have the bases loaded.
There are two men out, and Milwaukee has come on with a new pitcher.
And it's going to be Ed Rodriguez.
Replacing Bill Travers, who pitched excellent baseball, Travers gets credit for six and two-thirds innings, gave a four-base hit.
He walked two, struck out four, is responsible for all three men on base.
And Ed Rodriguez will come on to pitch.
Rodriguez, a right-handed thrower, appeared in 43 games for the Brewers last year, was undefeated 7-0.
Travers is pitching it up to get credit for this ballgame if the Brewers can win it.
And now the Yankees threatening, now 3-0, but with the bases loaded.
And we have an opportunity to check the scoreboard.
In Baltimore, the Orioles are trailing the Red Sox, 1-0, playing the bottom of the seventh.
Wise against Holtzman, Detroit leading Cleveland, 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh.
Joe Coleman started for the Tigers.
John Hill around in the seventh inning.
Dennis Eckersley all the way for Cleveland.
Oakland at California.
Minnesota, Texas later starts.
In the National League, it's Shea.
The Mets won.
And Montreal nothing through seven.
Breiman against Matlack.
They've gone seven and a half now at Philadelphia.
And the Pittsburgh Pirates lead the Phillies by a score of 3-1.
Doc Medich started for the Pirates.
Dave Justy in the eighth.
Cott for the Phillies.
Christensen on an inning number eight.
Houston at Cincinnati in the red, lead by a score of 8-2.
They've gone four innings there.
Johnny Bench with a three-run homer in the first inning for the Reds when they scored five times.
Jack Billingham in all the way for the Cincinnati Reds.
Larry Durker, the starter for the Houston Astros.
He didn't make it out of the fourth inning.
Chicago at St. Louis all even at two.
One-sixth inning complete.
A bill bottom against Bobby Forch.
LA at San Francisco.
And Atlanta at San Diego.
Those are later starts.
So Ed Rodriguez comes on now for the Milwaukee Brewers.
With the Yankees at all corners.
And a third base.
It is Roy White.
Lou Pennella is at second.
Greg Nettles is at first.
And it's up to Rick Dempsey.
And Dempsey hit that baseball hard against Travers both times.
Now he has to go against Rodriguez.
He had an earned run average of 3.49 last season.
He's a right-handed thrower.
Looks in for the side from Porter.
Goes to the full lineup and the pitch.
Up high ball one.
One and O to Rick Dempsey.
They play Rick straight away and deep.
White away from third.
Pennella from second.
Nettles from first.
One O pitch outside.
Ball two.
Two and O now to Dempsey.
On deck for the Yankees.
Rookie Willie Randolph.
Rodriguez is set.
Around comes the right arm.
In comes the pitch.
Fast ball.
Strike one.
So it's two and one.
To Rick Dempsey.
For the Yankees.
Trailing it by a score of three nothing.
And the time runs on base.
The two on pitch to Dempsey.
Line deep to left field.
Moving back is Charlie Moore.
At the edge of the warning track he makes the catch.
And the side is retired.
Dempsey again hits the ball hard.
This time right to left fielder.
Charlie Moore.
A threat by the Yankees.
Goes by the board.
Four New York.
No runs.
They had two base hits.
There were no Brewer errors.
And the Yankees leave three.
Through five and a half innings of play.
The score.
The Brewers three and the Yankees nothing.
Well the Yankees with a threat.
But nothing on the board.
And still down by a score of three to nothing.
As we go to the bottom half of inning number six.
And for the Brewers.
Leading it off will be second baseman Pedro Garcia.
The ninth man in the Milwaukee batting order.
Be followed by Charlie Moore and Don Money.
At Bigarowas.
First pitch is up high ball one.
Garcia one for two in the ball game.
Popped to Dempsey.
And single to left.
To drive home the Brewers first run of the ball game.
That was back in the fourth inning.
And a big gust of wind.
Blowing up the dirt right around home plate.
And Garcia steps out.
Fortunately for Garcia he's a right handed hitter.
And even a left handed hitter.
That just would have flown right into his face.
One and oh pitch.
Bounced to third.
Nettles backs up. Pops off his glove.
And Garcia's in it first.
And will await the official score's ruling on this one.
Nettles backing up on the ground ball.
And Garcia is on safely.
A lead off batter for the Brewers here in the sixth inning.
And it'll be an error.
Charge to Greg Nettles according to the official score.
And it brings up Charlie Moore, the left fielder.
Moore's over two.
Struck out swinging.
Bounced to short.
A great play by Fred Stanley to take a base hit away from.
And then he walked.
Garcia leads away from first.
And Figueroa throws over.
Garcia back safely.
To the stretch once again.
And the pitch, busted on.
Figueroa has nowhere to go but the first.
Randolph covers the sacrifice.
Works successfully for the Brewers.
As Garcia moves down to second.
On the sacrifice if you're scoring.
It goes one to four.
And Garcia moves in the scoring position.
And it'll bring up Don Money in the third baseman.
Money's one for three.
Second call, third strike back in the first inning, single to left.
And grounded out to Greg Nettles.
A force play as he touched third base.
The retired Garcia was.
One for three in the first pitch.
Tinkerball down low, ball one.
One ball, another strike to Don Money.
We're in the bottom of the sixth.
The Anks are trailing three nothing.
They play Money deep in left and toward the line.
Playing the full of baseball.
Now Figueroa steps off the mound.
Seems to be pointing back to the mound.
Remember Thursday Yankee manager Billy Martin protested the ball game.
Due to what he considered to be poor conditions on the mound.
He's filing a protest with American League president Lee McPhail.
Now Figueroa's ready.
Garcia leads from second.
There's one out.
We're in the bottom of the sixth.
Figueroa to the stretch for pitch fastball.
In there, strike one call.
One and one.
Nettles down the line at third.
Five or six strides off the power.
Figueroa goes to the stretch.
Checks Garcia and the pitch.
Bounce to short.
Stanley with a hole in his left.
Loves it.
Comes up, has no play to make.
But he saves the run from Seurich.
Brett Stanley gets that ball from going to the outfield.
And Garcia advances wholly to third base.
That had gotten by Stanley.
It would have been a four nothing ball game.
An infield hit for Don Money.
So Garcia over to third.
Money out at first.
And big George Scott to the plate.
He's one for two.
Walks.
Pops the first.
Single the left and scored a run.
Brewers now at ten bases off that Figueroa.
Still activity in the Yankee both end.
Dick Tidro and Tippi Martinez continue to work.
Figueroa's pitch.
Swung on.
Fouled at the plate.
Strike one.
Right off George Scott's left foot.
He is shaking it around a bit.
Very spring training.
Senator Alex Gramis is telling me that Bobby Darwin hit with about 450 feet to center field over a big high wall.
Gramis said to George Scott, let me see you hit one like that.
You see the altitude.
Scott's comment was, I don't worry about altitude.
I got enough altitude.
And I can hit them as far as anybody.
He sure can.
Thirty-six homers last season.
The O-1 pitch coming now from Figueroa.
Up high.
Ball one.
One and one.
Let the American League and RBI's with 109.
One-one pitch coming.
Figueroa goes to the stretch.
The pitch up high.
Ball two.
The sun begins to come out once again here in the Waukesha County Stadium.
Two and one.
The Brewers got one run in inning number four.
Pedro Garcia singled it all.
Henry Aaron.
And Joel Foam, yet another one in inning number five for Milwaukee.
Figueroa to the stretch.
And the pitch.
Right center field.
Could be up the alley.
Garcia scores.
The ball goes all the way to the wall.
Harding's gonna score.
And Yankee manager Billy Martin has gone out to the mound and he is gonna remove that Figueroa
from the ball game.
As the Brewers have come up with two more runs here in the sixth inning and they now
lead it by a score of five to nothing.
Garcia scoring from third, Don Money scoring all the way from first on George Scott's big
triple.
And the Brewers with a 5-0 lead.
Scorless ball game through three.
The Yankees got one in the fourth, two more in the fifth and now the Brewers that is,
one in the fourth, two more in the fifth and two more here in the sixth.
And that closes the book on Ed Figueroa.
Who officially pitches five and two thirds innings and gives up 11 base hits.
He walked three and he struck out by two.
Opening day Thursday against the Minnesota Twins.
That's the new Yankee Stadium, a complete sellout.
Fans without tickets are asked please not to arrive at the ballpark.
There just aren't any more left folks.
Cooperation of thousands of workers in the city of New York.
The stadium virtually entirely complete.
Fans are asked however to understand that there may be some normal opening day and conveniences
but in the spirit of Yankee baseball we trust everyone will be understanding of the situation
and enjoy the new stadium and the ball game.
Big crowds expected Saturday and Sunday with the Twins.
With American League batting champion Rod Carew at the big opening weekend of the new stadium.
Tickets are available for the Saturday and Sunday games and all other home games
at the Yankee ticket offices.
Zippy Martinez will come into the Yankee lineup on the mound.
Tickets to Yankee home games are on sale throughout the season at the Yankee Stadium
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left-handed center replacing Ed Figueroa who started off fairly strong
but then the Brewers breaking through to grab themselves a 5 to nothing lead.
And they're still at bat here in the sixth inning.
George Scott with the big hit that not Figueroa out of the ball game.
A line triple up the alley to right center field.
Martinez last season appeared in 23 ball games for the Yankees.
Picked up a couple of saves.
A record of one victory and two defeats.
And an earned run average of 2.68.
Checking the saves, Zippy had eight of them last year and that was top four of the New York Yankees.
Martinez 25 years of age from Mahuta, Colorado.
That's where he still lives.
First pitch to Darrell Porter. Swung away at the plate. Foul. Strike one.
George Scott leading away from third.
Still only one man away.
And the Yankee infield comes in on the grass looking for the play at the plate.
Swung on and missed. Strike two, 0-2.
A shortened up Yankee infield with Nettle, Stanley, Randolph, and Shamblin.
Virtually in on the infield grass with just one out.
And the pitch. Strike three. Call.
So three straight pitches.
And Zippy Martinez gets Darrell Porter.
And here is Henry Aaron.
Aaron's two for three.
Mastinor force play.
Single to left. Single to center.
And drove home a run. And Yankee manager Billy Martin.
Once again out to the mound. That's going to be it for Zippy Martinez.
Who faces just one batter.
And we'll get the right hander in here now for the Yankees.
Believe it will be Dick Tidro.
Martin does not want any more runs to cross the plate.
Yankees still with three opportunities to get on the board.
Against these Milwaukee Brewers.
And the runner at third, George Scott.
Still the responsibility of Yankee starting pitcher Ed Figueroa.
Checking the scoreboard. They've gone to the bottom of the eighth now at Baltimore.
And Boston in a ballgame which has the New Yorkers trailing now by a score of five to nothing.
Tidro made 37 appearances for the Yankees last season.
He was converted to a relief pitcher last year.
Picked up six wins, five saves, and the run average of 3.12.
A record of six victories and three defeats.
Tidro is 28 years of age.
He dies in Kansas City, Missouri.
And broke into the big leagues with the Cleveland Indians back in 1972.
Had a couple of 14 game winning seasons.
And came over to the Yankees on that deal.
It also brought Chris Shambliss and the Cecil Upshot in New York.
A big change for Chris Peterson, Steve Klein, Fred Bean, and Tom Buskey.
Dick Tidro, 6 feet 4, 230 pounds.
Yankees trailing five-nothing.
We're in the bottom of the sixth and Henry Aaron set to step into the plate.
Milly Martin bringing in Martinez for just one batter.
And he got Darrell Porter on three straight pitches.
Tidro goes to the stretch with the runner at third.
The pitch to Aaron outside ball one.
Henry's two for three.
Bounced into a forced play.
Single to left, single to center, drove home a run.
He was two for three Thursday afternoon.
And the pitch hit down the left field line foul up into the upper deck.
So the count goes one and one.
Bill Travers started for the Brewers.
They shut out baseball until the sixth.
The Yanks loaded the bases.
Rodriguez came on to retire the side.
One-one-fifth to Aaron.
Fast ball down low, ball two.
Center fielder Mickey Rivers shaded to the left, looking for Henry to pull that baseball.
A lot of room down that right field line.
Two balls, one strike to Henry.
Fast ball, strike two, call.
Aaron has been saying he's going to start punching to right.
And Tidro going to the stretch.
Scott with a short lead at third.
The pitch down low, ball three.
Three and two to Henry Aaron with six to Los Canos on deck for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Yankees trail by a score of five-nothing here on the bottom half of inning number six.
And the full count pitch taken down low, ball four.
So Aaron walks and it'll bring up six to Los Canos.
As the Brewers keep it going.
Los Canos single to left, line to center.
That's an all-force play.
The Brewers took advantage of that also as the runs scored.
Second baseman Willie Randolph throwing high, the first to pick up the error.
Shamblitt's unable to control the throw.
Right-handed hitter.
Fast ball outside, ball one.
Yankees with their big threat in the top half of this inning.
They loaded the bases.
Rodriguez came on to get Rick Dempsey and a long fly ball to left field.
Tidro to the stretch and the pitch.
Taking in there, strike one call.
One and one to six to Los Canos.
George Scott down at third.
He drove at Figueroa from the ball game with a two-run triple.
Tippi Martinez came on to strike out Darrell Porter.
And now Tidro is on.
The pitch in there, strike two.
One and two to Los Canos.
Tidro walked Aaron.
And now he's ahead of Los Canos.
And the one-two pitch.
Right, left field.
Roy White comes in.
Cannot get it.
Blades it on about.
Scott scores.
Aaron holds it second at the six-nothing ball game.
So the Brewers continue to hit the baseball.
And Scott scores from third.
And it'll bring out Billy Sharp, the right fielder.
Sharp is 0 for 3.
Hit into a line drive double play.
Chris Shambliss making the play, taking a double away from him in the second inning.
Austin will force score to run and fly to left.
Takes the first pitch outside, ball one.
Left-handed hitter.
Sharp 1 for 3 yesterday.
So 1 for 6 thus far in this series.
Getaway day tomorrow afternoon.
The Yankees and the Brewers.
And the 1-0 pitch down low.
Ball two.
Two balls, no strikes.
To Bill Sharp.
And the pitch.
Bounce to second.
Two hops.
Randolph loves it.
Goes on to Shambliss.
The side retires.
But not before eight Brewers come to the plate.
Milwaukee picks up three runs.
There were three base sets.
There was one Yankee error.
And two men left on base.
So through six innings of play, the score of the Brewers 6 and the Yankees nothing.
Censor off for Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, and Bill White.
We've gone six Yankees trailing by a score of 6 to nothing.
And joining me in the broadcasting booth right now,
Bill White.
Bill, leave a couple of runs.
Yes, they do, Spencer.
And Willie Randolph will try to get something started here in the top of the seventh.
Yankees down six nothing to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Willie Randolph is in.
He's struck out.
He's lying to left field.
He's 0 for two.
The pitch to him is a little bit high of all.
Ed Rodriguez, who came on last inning in relief of Bill Travers in there now,
against Willie Randolph.
The pitch is in a called strike.
And the Brewers have made a defensive change.
Gorman Thomas out in center field moving six stole less, can't hold it left.
Down low the next pitch, and it skips pass porter.
And it's two balls and a strike on Randolph.
We'll have Randolph, Fred Stanley, and Mickey Rivers for the Yankees
against Ed Rodriguez.
Check swing is high, it's three and one now on Willie Randolph.
We've got a pitcher, it looks like, on deck to bat for Fred Stanley, Spencer.
High ball for Randolph walks.
And Oscar Gamble will bat for Fred Stanley.
Alex Gramis didn't waste much time pulling Bill Travers out of the ball game
the way Dempsey was hitting the baseball again.
Well, not only that, you know, Gramis was third base coach for Sparky Anderson
over at Cincinnati.
And Sparky Anderson didn't let his starting pitcher stay around too long either,
so he probably picked that up from Sparky.
He wants a fresh arm in there all the time.
Here's Gamble, he picked up a couple of hits in the opener on Thursday.
The set now by Rodriguez and the pitch, the check swing is down low ball.
Scott playing behind Randolph at first base.
With the top of the seventh, the Brewers lead the Yankees six to nothing.
Randolph at first base, no outs.
Now the set, the check of the runner, and the 1-0 pitch.
It's in there on the outside corner called strike one ball and one strike on Oscar Gamble.
They're playing Gamble straight away in the outfield.
Infield back looking for two, that's Money at third, Yonk the shortstop.
Garcia at second, Scott playing behind Randolph at first.
The next delivery, too high this time, two and one.
Brewers have six runs on 12 hits, the Yankees no runs on four.
Now the set, and the two-one delivery.
Swung on and missed, it's two balls and two strikes on Gamble.
Alex Grams was telling me he was happy to see Gamble get that haircut because he couldn't understand how a helmet could help him on his head prior to this.
Here's the two-two pitch.
Swung on, bounced forward first, off the glove of Scott out of the right field.
Around second base and going to third is Randolph and going into second base standing up is Oscar Gamble and the Yankees have a little life here in the top of the seventh.
Give Gamble a double.
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Of course, that double by Gamble will make you enjoy it a little bit more.
We have runners at second and third, nobody out.
Here's Mickey Rivers.
He's popped up, flying out and bouncing to a four-side.
Brewers have their infield back except for the third baseman, Don Money.
He's weighing on the grass as Rodriguez sets.
The pitch is swung on a bit.
We're in the top of the seventh.
The Brewers lead the Yankees six to nothing.
Yankees have runners at second and third, nobody out.
On deck is Roy White.
Rodriguez taking a lot of time.
Now he looks in his quarter.
Doesn't like the sign.
Still looking.
Shakes another one off.
Now he sets.
And the one-strike pitch.
Swung on it on the ground a second.
A runner scored.
Garcia digs it up.
Goes on the first base.
Rivers is out.
But Randolph scores.
Gamble goes on the third base and the Yankees get on the board for the first time in, let's see, 16 innings.
So it's 6-1 Brewers now.
Gamble at third base and the batter is Roy White.
You know, a lot of times, Spencer, once you get that first run, the floodgates seem to open and everything's easy from then on in.
So when I was talking about that, you begin to think, am I ever going to get one?
And the Yankees were wondering a little bit.
They're on the board now.
And the pitcher White is in there for a called strike.
Gamble down at third base.
Infield back once again.
Money the third baseman, though, is even at third base.
Outfield straight away.
The next delivery to White.
Called strike to a good breaking ball.
Knee high on the inside corner.
White is struck out.
He's got an infield in.
He's stolen the base.
Knee single to left field.
So he's two for three.
He has two of the Yankees' five base hits.
Here's a wind.
And the two-strike pitch.
Breaking ball.
Luke to right field.
That's going to be in for a base hit.
Gamble will score easily.
And White will hold at first base.
And the Brewers now lead the Yankees six to two.
And beginning to happen.
Bill, correcting this assumption, when you're going well, you grab the bat and say, let me get up there and hit.
When you're not going well, you grab the bat and you say, wait a second.
What's he going to throw at me now?
Yeah.
A little hesitant.
Here's Munson.
Thurman looking for his first base hit.
He's over seven.
So far, he was over four on the opener.
He's bounced to short.
Flied to third field twice here in the second game.
What's my mean opener?
When I say opener, I mean the opener back on Thursday.
Pitch to Thurman.
Too high a ball.
Backs him out of there.
White at first base with one out.
Top half of the seventh inning.
Yankees scored twice here in the seventh.
But the Brewers lead at six to two.
Now Munson wants to look at the baseball.
And George Maloney will throw it out.
Brewer Enfield back looking for two with Scott holding on White.
Now they're set by Rodriguez.
And the one-oh pitch to Munson.
Swung on and fouled back out of play.
And it's a ball on the strike.
See, Boston leading Baltimore one to nothing,
but they've used a couple of pitchers in that eighth inning.
Rick Wise started.
House came on.
Now they've got another pitcher in there.
One-one pitch to Munson.
Hit deep to left.
More going back.
That ball is out of here.
Home run for Thurman Munson.
And the Brewers now lead six to four.
A two-run home run for Thurman Munson.
And that's his first base hit of the year.
A Getty Round Tripper for Thurman Munson.
A drive over the 362-foot marker in left field.
And for his Getty Round Tripper,
Thurman Munson receives Getty gift certificate.
Good towards the purchase of Getty premiums.
The gasoline that, according to a recent survey,
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than most other major premiums.
Getty's got what's best for your car.
And that may be all.
It's going to be all for Ed Rodriguez,
who comes up with a rather inauspicious debut in this 1976 season.
The Yankees right back in the ball game.
A two-run homer by Thurman Munson.
First base hit of the year.
So Thurman Munson getting a fastball
and driving it deep into the seats in left field.
Of course, that wind's blowing out that way.
The left fielder, 6-0 Lescano, started back,
but he had no chance at all
as it went about ten rows back over the 362 mark.
Munson, as Spencer mentioned to you,
with his first base and his first runs back at the end of the year,
and the Brewers now, their lead has been cut to two runs.
Seventh base hit for the Yankees.
Who's the pitcher, Spencer?
It might be Jerry Augustine.
He's coming in the automobile right now.
It's hard to tear through the windshield,
but I believe it's Augustine.
And he will face Chris Shamblin.
Yankees had trouble with Bill Travers.
And Rodriguez came on in the bottom of the sixth
to get Dempsey with the bases loaded.
But here, the Yanks have scored four runs.
Jerry Augustine comes into pitch now for the Milwaukee Brewers
in the bottom half of this, in the top half of this seventh inning.
Third pitcher of the afternoon for the Brewers.
And we got a ball game, will you?
Oh, yeah.
You know, it's bound to break open sometime.
Yankees lost five-nothing in the opener,
and they hit the ball hard here early against Bill Travers.
Of course, the Brewers ran them down.
Dempsey had a couple of balls hard.
Randolph hit a ball hard.
So the hits are beginning to fall over the Yankees.
Milwaukee's still leading six to four.
Plenty of time left as left-hander Jerry Augustine
now out taking his warm-up throw.
He came to the Brewers in September,
and he won his first start in the major leagues
against the New York Yankees.
That came on September 16th.
Finished with a 2-0 record and earned an average of 3.04.
Only 23 years of age, he's a left-hander.
Brewers had counted on him a bit earlier in the season.
He suffered a knee injury in spring training
and wound up missing the first two months of the season.
He's a left-hander Jerry Augustine.
It is now a two-run ball game, and Chris Shambliss
will be coming to the plate.
Lundsen just got off the Schneid.
Let's see what Chris can do.
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Here's Shambliss.
He's flying the center field, struck out,
so he's 0 for 3.
First pitch to Chris.
Breaking ball is outside.
A ball.
One out, nobody on.
Brewers lead 6-4.
We're in the top of the seventh.
Yankees have exploded here in the seventh inning for four runs,
including the two-run home run by Thurmond.
Augustine misses again outside.
Two balls, no strikes.
Baltimore leading Boston 5-1 after 8.
That's why they used all those pitchers.
Willoughby had come on.
Two-hole pitch, one hopper to the shortstop.
Grabbed by Yacht.
Good hand.
Good throw to first base.
Shambliss is out.
Two away.
Here's Lou Pennella, the right fielder.
He's bounced the short, bounced up the middle,
and single to center field.
Bounce went up the middle.
The Travers got his glove on.
Garcia got it behind second and made the force a second.
No, check that.
Pennella bounced the short, walked intentionally,
and single to center field.
The play was made on nettles on a bounce out of the middle.
A good play by Garcia.
Down low to Pennella.
One ball, no strikes.
They play Pennella straight away.
Bill Sharp not too deep in right field.
Third ball, looped up the middle.
Base hit.
Out of reach of the shortstop, Yonah.
Quickly, Gorman Thomas, the center fielder,
and Pennella will hold at first base.
So Lou Pennella at first base with his second base
into the ball game.
They're two men out.
And the batter, Greg Nettles, the Yankee third baseman.
Nettles has struck out, bounced into a force out,
and he's walked, so he's over two.
Augustine, the third pitcher used by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Left-hander Bill Travers started.
He went five and two-thirds.
Ed Rodriguez came on fish two-thirds.
Now it's Jerry Augustine, who sets kicks and deals to Nettles.
Curve ball, it's swung on him.
Now George Scott, the first baseman,
saying something to Pedro Garcia at second.
And Garcia moves a couple of steps back on the grass.
Now the one strike fish to Nettles.
That's a fast ball in the dirt, it's a ball that strikes.
Dick Hauser, the Yankee third base coach.
Ellie Howard, the Yankee first base coach.
With that and a little more action here in the second game
of this set than in the first game.
Here's a 1-1 pitch now to Nettles.
Outside low, two balls and a strike.
Brewers scored a run on the fourth, added two more on the fifth,
three in the sixth, and they took a six-to-nothing lead into the seventh.
Yankees scored four times here in the seventh inning.
Two-one delivery.
Nettles takes outside.
Ball three, it's three and one.
Rick Dempsey's on deck.
We've got action out in the bullpen for the Milwaukee Brewers.
It's a bullpen is hitting, but it's a right-hander.
Looks like Murphy might be out there throwing.
Nettles bounces one foul outside of first base.
And the count is full.
Bonilla halfway down to second, we'll have to go back to first.
So he'll be off and running with the three-two count and two outs.
They'll play eight in Cleveland, and the Tigers lead Cleveland three to one.
The Phillies tied up 4-4 after that.
Here's the payoff pitch, not a Nettles.
The runner's going, the pitch is in.
Nope, just hit his bat and caught by Porter.
He's out.
Nettles strikes out.
Greg's got it out of the way of ball inside and hit his bat.
Porter grabs it.
So Nettles strikes out.
Yankees four four times here in the seventh inning.
On one, two, three, four base hits, they leave a man on base.
So the bottom half of the seventh inning, the Brewers six, the Yankees four.
Jim Mason moves to shortstop for the New York Yankees,
replacing Fred Stanley who left for a pinch hitter.
Yankees trail it by a score of six-four.
We go to the bottom of the seventh.
Elsewhere in the American League now, eight innings complete.
Baltimore five, Boston one.
Cleveland trailing Detroit three-one as they go eight innings.
And now that is a primal.
Baltimore beats Boston by a score of five to one.
Leorio's getting five runs in the eighth inning to do it.
And here's Robin Yantz to lead it off for the Brewers.
Here's Bill.
All right, Spencer.
Yantz so far in the game is two for three, both singles.
One's to left center and the other in the center field.
He's also bounced back to the mound.
How's Tidrow's pitch back and into the screen?
No balls and a strike.
Down the bottom part of the Brewer batting order, Robin Yantz,
Pedro Garcia, and Charlie Moore.
Tidrow's next delivery.
Breaking ball on the inside corner to call strike two.
Six to four Brewers, bottom of the seventh.
Tidrow's two-strike delivery.
Just misses outside.
One and two.
And we've got a note that Ron Bloomberg has been placed on the
21-day disabled list, effective the 8th of April.
Swing and a miss.
Yantz goes down swinging, went away.
So that's not good news at all, Spencer.
No, speaking of the Boomer here, it's Thursday, and he was just so down,
so disappointed.
He was looking forward to this season, hoping he could help the Yankees
after last year's injury problems.
And just want to wish him the best of luck.
He'll be heading out, I believe, to Los Angeles to see Dr. Curlin,
the gentleman who treated Sandy Koufax through all those years,
and hope he can get the Boomer back quickly.
Here's Pedro Garcia.
He's fouled out, doubled in a run, got on on an error in the sixth inning
and scored.
Garcia bats right in.
One for three.
Tidrow's first pitch is printed down the third-base side, but it's fouled.
Nettles lets it go, grabs it in foul territory.
No balls and a strike.
The Brewers lead it 6-4 when the bottom of the seventh went out, nobody on.
Tidrow, the third hurler used by the Yankees, Ed Figueroa started.
He went five in the third, gave up six runs, five of those earned on 11 hits.
Tippie Martinez came on and struck out Darryl Porter.
Then Dick Tidrow came on.
He's still in there.
Tidrow came on on the sixth.
Outside, a ball to strike on Garcia.
Nettles guarding the line at third base.
Mason, the new shortstop playing in the hole, they play Garcia to pull.
White deep in the corner and lets field.
Tidrow winds.
Kick steals the 1-1 pitch.
Swung on and fouled back.
One ball, two strikes.
You know, Bill, Mickey Rivers plays the center field position
kind of like Dominic DiMaggio did.
He kind of flanks to the side instead of facing straight up.
That's the whole point.
One ball, two strikes to count on Pedro Garcia.
Tidrow now rocking, kicking, dealing the 1-2 pitch.
Swung on and fouled off.
Off the shin guard to Rick Dempsey.
Grabbed by the home plate on par, George Maloney looks at it
and gives it back to Dempsey who flips it back to Tidrow.
The count remains, a ball and two strikes.
You know, they changed the weather forecast.
We're not going to get snow, Bill.
How about the cold weather?
It's going to be about 50 tomorrow, maybe a little bit of rain.
It won't be bad.
Here's Tidrow's 1-2 delivery to Garcia.
Swung on, popped up, shallow left.
Mason going back near the line, waiting.
And the shortstop puts it away for out number two.
With two outs and no body on, we'll get Gorman Thomas.
Thomas went into the ball game for defensive purposes
in the sixth inning.
He went into play center field, and the six-to-less Donald
moved from center field to left field.
So Gorman Thomas is up.
Big right-handed hitter.
Tidrow's first delivery.
Chuck Swing bounced back to the screen.
No balls and a strike.
Brewers have six runs on 12 hits.
The Yankees four runs on eight hits,
including the two-run homer by Thurman Munson,
where the bottom of the seventh, two outs and no body on.
Fast ball is inside and lower ball and a strike on Thomas.
Tidrow is taking a lot of time reading Dempsey's signs.
Now he rocks and deals.
Curve ball swung on and missed, one and two.
Now Thomas backs out, gets back in.
And Tidrow is one-two delivery.
Swung on, Luke fouled into the seats down the left side.
And the count remains one and two.
Tidrow came sidearm and jammed Thomas.
44,000 Brewer fans were here a Thursday afternoon.
They've got about 10 or 12 here this afternoon.
Final game of the set will be tomorrow.
They're expecting a good crowd tomorrow afternoon.
Well, they should be a little better after a year
of this revised weather forecast.
They thought it was going to snow.
One-two pitch now to Thomas.
Luke's in the shallow center.
It's going to be trouble.
Panela's after still digging and he can't get to it.
Ball's in front of him.
And Thomas with a wide turn at first base will go back there
as Panela gets the ball back in.
So Gorman Thomas has just picked up the Brewers' 13th base.
He's at first base with two outs.
And the batter will be Don Money, the third baseman.
Money has struck out.
He has singled a left, bounced into a four south,
and he got an infield hit and scored in the sixth inning.
He was two for four in the opener,
and he's two for four this afternoon.
So he's four for eight against Yankee pitcher.
Right-handed batter.
Likes the ball up, likes the ball straight.
Gidros sets and the pitch.
In the air, two shallow lefts that are white coming on,
crawling now, waiting.
He's got it for out number three.
No runs on a base hit and the Brewers leave a man.
We'll play seven and the score, the Milwaukee Brewers six,
the New York Yankees four.
The Brewers leave the Yankees six to four,
and here to see if they can keep this Yankee rally going,
Spencer Ross.
Okay, Bill, you got us four.
And it's six-four now.
The Yankees are behind with two more opportunities,
and Jerry Augustine on the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Third pitcher of the afternoon for Milwaukee.
Augustine came on following Thurman Munson's two-run home on the left,
which made it a six-four ball game.
There was just one out in that seventh inning.
Yankees unable to muster anything else, and Rick Dempsey lead it off.
He has hit the ball hard on all three occasions, each time to each outfielder.
Line drive to center, line drive to right, and line drive to left.
So he's 0 for three, and Rick 0 for six in the two games of the set thus far.
Open to California just underway, Vita Blue pitching for the A's,
and no score in that ball game after one inning of play.
California pitching Nolan Ryan.
Detroit beating Cleveland this afternoon.
That's a final now, 3-1, Joe Coleman beating Dennis Eckersley.
The two finals in the American League, Baltimore 5, Boston 1,
Kenny Holzman winning it for the Orioles,
and they got five in the eighth to take the decision.
Detroit 3-1 over Cleveland, and Oakland to California just getting underway.
In the National League, the Mets got a shutout pitching performance from John Matlack at Shea,
and beat Montreal and Woody Priman by a score of 1-0,
the game's lone run coming in the fourth inning.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, the Phillies got three in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
Pittsburgh out in front of that ball game now, 4-3,
with the Phillies batting in the bottom half of inning number seven.
Check that, it's a 4-4 ball game now.
Rick Dempsey steps to the plate for the New York Yankees as we go to the top of the eighth
to face Jerry Augustine.
Don Money now protecting the line down at third base, first pitch down low ball one.
It'll be Dempsey, Willie Randolph, and shortstop Jim Mason.
Pitch line right to Robin Yacht for the out.
And for the fourth time, Rick Dempsey getting good wood on the baseball.
For the fourth time, not making the fielder move, hitting it right at him.
And that, of course, a frustrating afternoon for Rick Dempsey.
Getting an opportunity to play with Thurman Munson suffering from the dislocated finger,
hitting the ball well each time, right at a fielder.
Willie Randolph, the batter, swings at the first pitch, bounces his foul down the third base line,
where it's glove by, well, that glove is handled by a pretty good feeling shortstop in his day,
Dick Houser, Kansas City, and the Yankees.
They put the lights on here in Milwaukee, pitched to Randolph, flung on,
flied away at the plate up to the screen, and a count-oh and two.
Willie Randolph, and I don't know if Les moves out in the on-deck circle.
He will undoubtedly be the pinch hitter for Jim Mason.
And the oh-two pitch inside ball one, one and two to Randolph.
Willie Zolper two struck out, flied to left, walked and scored a run.
Curve ball breaks low and inside ball two, two and two.
They play Willie straight away.
Two-two pitch inside ball three.
Augustine went out in front of Randolph, oh and two, the count now goes full.
The Yankees looking for a base runner.
Three-two pitch bounce from the hole to his right goes Yacht, long throw to first inside.
Robin Yacht going to his right and throwing out Willie Randolph, and they're a two away.
And it will bring up Otto Velez as a pinch hitter for Jim Mason.
This is Otto's first appearance of the 1976 season.
We have two men out.
Otto hit the ball very well this spring.
Right-handed hitter, Jerry Augustine, wheels and deals inside ball one.
The Syracuse last year hit two fifties.
Played points in the last three seasons with the Yankees.
The pitch, big cut, big swing, big strike.
And it's one and one.
The fielder, six throw, Liscano playing deep and toward the line.
And a one-one pitch by Augustine, low and inside ball two.
Jerry Augustine working very quickly.
Twenty-three-year-old left-hander, rubs up the baseball.
Dips his cap, gets the sign from Porter, two-one pitch, check swing, outside ball three.
Three and one to Velez.
The Yankee leadoff hitter, Mickey Rivers on deck.
Velez checks down for the sign from third base coach Dick Houser.
And here comes the three-winner.
Fastball right down the pipe, three-two.
Three and two to Otto Velez with two outs in the top of the eighth.
And the pitch popped up into the air.
George Scott moves back into the grass.
Second baseman Garcia waves him off, under it and he one-hands it for the out.
The wind began to pull that ball a bit to the left, but Garcia stayed with it for the third out.
The Yankees in the eighth inning, nothing across, no runs, no hits, no errors.
There was nobody left on base through seven and a half.
It's the Brewers six and the Yankees four.
George Scott checks swing, pops it up down the first baseline in foul territory.
Chris Shambliss makes the play, one pitch, one out.
Here in the bottom half of the eighth inning.
George Scott with quite an afternoon, two for three.
With two RBIs and a couple of runs scored.
Catcher Darrell Porter now comes to the plate.
Porter one for three, walks, slides to right, single to center, scored a run, and took a call, third strike.
Nick Tidro's first pitch, bounce to the ball hole.
Between second and short and beyond, Randolph for a base hit.
Center fielder Mickey Rivers throws it back in.
And Darrell Porter has a second base hit of the ball game.
A ground single to center.
And it brings up Henry Aaron, who is at another Brewers performance.
Aaron two for three, bounced into a fourth, single to left, then single to center to drive home a run.
His fourth in two ball games.
And he walked in the sixth inning.
Yankees trail, six four, we're in the bottom of the eighth.
Tidro to the stretch and the pitch, right foul, down the left field line into the ground.
Aaron ripping the baseball, but out in front of it.
Henry Aaron, 42 years of age.
The all-time major league home run hitter.
Nick Tidro looks in for the sign, checking Porter at first.
The pitch, bounce down the third baseline, just foul to the left of the bag.
Third base up by Russ Getz, making the call. Mighty close.
Aaron with 745, lifetime home run.
His average dipped to 234 last year, 12 homers, 60 RVIs.
He's already got four in two days here against the Yankees.
Oh and two pitch coming. Change up inside, ball one, Dempsey loses control momentarily, drops the mask and picks it up.
And Porter's not going anywhere.
Henry Aaron, holder of numerous records, most runs batted in a lifetime.
Most home runs.
Stretched by Tidro and a one-two pitch in the inside corner, strike three call.
Tidro catching the corner to pick up the strikeout and predict that it's his second.
And it'll bring up 6'0' Escano. Escano with a two for four ball game.
Single the left, fly to center, hitter to a fourth play, reached on an error on that particular fourth.
Going to second and then single the left to drive home a run.
First pitch fastball outside.
1-0 to 6'0 Escano.
Darrell Porter down at first, we have two men out.
They're in the bottom of the eighth.
Yankees who are down 6-0 have cut it to 6-4.
Fastball inside, ball two, 2-0 to Escano.
Looks down to third base coach Jimmy Brake and it flashes the side.
They play Escano straight away and deep.
Stretched by Tidro, 2-0 pitch, fastball on the outside corner, strike one.
Tidro hitting the corner as well.
Darrell Porter down at first, on a single to center.
Two on pitch, take it inside, ball three.
Three and one now to Escano.
With Bill Sharp, the right fielder on deck.
Escano a right handed hitter.
Lots of twos, two balls, two strikes, two outs and the pitch.
That is inside ball four.
Scoreboard set two and two, it's three and two as I said.
And a base on balls issued by Dick Tidro.
Moving down to second is Darrell Porter and Yankee manager Billy Martin going out to the mound.
And with left handed hitting Bill Sharp coming to the plate,
we may see a left handed Yankee pitcher.
Sparky Lyle warming up in the bullpen.
And that's who it's going to be.
Sparky Lyle will come in to replace Dick Tidro.
Tidro came on in the sixth inning.
After Tippi Moore Artina has struck out Darrell Porter,
Martina's facing only one batter.
And Tidro leaves having given up one base hit to three base hits.
In two innings.
He walked one, struck out two.
And he is responsible for the runners on base right now.
Sparky Lyle, who pitched a very strong inning Thursday,
getting the Brewers in the eighth inning striking out two, comes on.
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Sparky Lyle comes down for the OX.
Is Sparky looking for the comeback year after what was an off year for him?
A lot of action in the spring and pitched rather effectively for the New York Yanks.
Lyle, the fireman of the year in the past.
Last season just was not one of his better performances as he appeared in sporting games.
A record of five up and seven down.
In 89 innings he gave a 94-base hit.
And an earned run average of 3.13.
The park rifer with figures of 19.74.
And Sparky, 1.9, lost three.
And in 114 innings of pitching gave up 93 hits.
And an earned run average of 1.66.
So the left-hander Sparky Lyle brought in by manager Billy Martin
to face the left-hander hitting Bill Short.
Fourth pitcher of the afternoon for the Yanks who trail in the ballgame by a score of 6-4
here in the bottom of the eighth.
The fluttery audio has nothing to do with the duplication process.
It is found on the master reels.
Sharp in the ballgame is 0-4.
First pitch by Sparky breaks in strike one.
No balls, one strike.
Final from Philadelphia, Pittsburgh.
Got a run in the 11th to beat the Phillies by a score of 5-4.
Tug McGraw taking the loss.
Larry Demery the winner.
Pitch hit into the air.
Right field, moving her over is Luke Pennella.
And we're out cutting in front of him, center fielder Mickey Rivers who makes the courage.
And at his ovaries the center fielder's ball.
He owns that very story out there.
Rivers puts it away for the Brewers in the eighth inning.
No runs.
They get one base hit.
There were no Yankee errors.
There were two men left on.
So we go to the ninth inning.
The Yankees leading 2-2 tie.
The score, the Brewers 6 and the Yankees 4.
To Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto and Bill White.
This is Spencer Ross from Milwaukee County Stadium.
And into the ninth inning we go.
The Yankees lead 2-2 tie, 3 to grab the lead.
And we're down 6-0 in this ballgame.
They come up with four runs in the seventh.
And it'll be the top of the Yankee order.
Mickey Rivers, Roy White, Thurman Monson.
And should anybody get aboard, Chris Scherbler's to follow.
Mickey Rivers is 0-4, bounce to first, fly to right, hit into a forced play.
And then Juro Fomer run with a ground ball.
First pitch taken down, low ball one.
Rivers shortened up to bunt.
And third baseman Don Money way in on the infield grass there on the third baseline.
Rivers can scoot and Billy Martin will take him anywhere right now.
But, oh whatever, Monday night in Fort Lauderdale the Yankees winning a ballgame from the Mets.
Double steal, a squeezed play.
Billy likes to play it that way.
One and one pitch.
Bounce in the hole toward short.
Up with it is gone.
Long throw gets away from Scott.
And Mickey Rivers is aboard.
And can he fly down that line?
It was chopped over third baseman Don Money's head.
And he got it in the hole, threw on the first.
Chopped over third baseman Don Money's head.
And he got it in the hole, threw on the first.
And it's ruled a base hit.
Mickey Rivers beat it out.
An infield single.
Just about a definite out for anybody else although Scott did not hold the baseball.
And now Alex Gramits moving out to the mound.
And he wants to talk with Jerry Augustine.
Roy White the scheduled batter.
Roy of course will stay in there.
Thurman munching the fire and that's going to be it for Jerry Augustine.
So Augustine leaves.
And he pitched well in relief for the Brewers.
He came on in that seventh inning when the Yankees erupted for four runs.
Got the Yankees one, two, three in the eighth.
And the new pitcher coming into the ball game for the Brewers will be Tom Murphy.
So Murphy becomes the fourth pitcher of the afternoon for Milwaukee.
Each club is gone with four.
Bill Travers started for Milwaukee.
Ed Rodriguez came on.
He got rocked for the four runs.
Jerry Augustine followed.
And Jerry Augustine pitching very well in relief.
One and two-thirds innings for Augustine.
And he gave up a one-base hit.
Struck out one.
Did not walk anybody.
And he is responsible for the runner, Vicki Rivers, down at.
Zern Run average was a rather anemic 4.60.
He won one and lost nine.
The right-hander, Tom Murphy, 30 years old from Cleveland, Ohio.
We'll try and save it for the Brewers as the Yankees.
Trying to come back from a six-run deficit.
Quickly checking the scoreboard in the American League.
Baltimore beat Boston 5-1 with five in the eighth.
Detroit over Cleveland 3-1.
Oakland and California just getting underway in the first.
There's no score.
Vita Blue against Nolan Ryan in the National League.
Metz won.
Montreal nothing.
Pittsburgh 5-4 over Philadelphia.
Cincinnati beat Houston 13-7.
And it was Chicago edging St. Louis by a score of 4-3.
Tom Murphy is ready.
Ready to pitch to Roy White.
Vicki Rivers, the runner down at first base.
Rivers got his first stolen base of the season Thursday.
He had 70 last year.
And Murphy goes to the stretch.
The pitch fouled away behind the plate.
Up into the upper deck, strike one.
It's been a good afternoon for Roy White after striking out in the first.
He's got an infield single and single to left, then single to right to drive home a run.
So three for four for Roy White.
Fighting left against the right-handed throwing Murphy.
Murphy to the stretch.
Gets the sign and the pitch.
Swung out and missed.
Strike two.
Tom Murphy gets out ahead of Roy White.
Don Money close to that line at third.
Doesn't want to let anything get by.
This could be an extra base hit.
The rest of the Brewers playing White straight away.
Murphy to the stretch.
Rivers leads away.
0-2 pitch.
Upside ball one.
On deck, Thurman Munson.
Got the Yanks back into this ball game with a two-run homer in the seventh.
The 1-2 pitch by Murphy.
Taking in there.
Called strike three.
Murphy let up on him a little and hit it on the outside corner to pick up the strikeout.
So there is one man away here in the ninth inning.
And Thurman Munson comes to the plate.
Thurman, one for four, bounced the short,
tied the center twice, and then uncorked his first home run of the 1976 season.
Over the wall in left field, up beyond the 362-foot marker,
and that made it a 6-4 ball game.
Now Darrell Porter goes out to the mound to talk to Tom Murphy.
They play Munson.
Deep and straight away.
Thurman with excellent power to Hall Field.
Nicky Rivers leads away from first base.
The stretch by Murphy.
And the pitch.
Outside corner, strike one, called.
George Maloney, unlike some umpires, doesn't come with that call quickly.
He mows it over for a second, then raises that right hand or does not.
The 0-1 pitch.
There goes Rivers.
Taking low.
Porter's throw to second.
Rivers in there by quite a distance.
And Rivers steals his second base of the season into ball games.
And he eliminates the potential double play ball.
And the pitch was taken for a ball, one-on-one to Thurman-Munson.
The Yanks get out of the double play possibility.
Rivers in scoring position down at second base.
On deck, Chris Shamblin.
Thurman-Munson at the plate.
One-one pitch coming.
Murphy goes to the stretch, checks Rivers.
And the pitch, swung on, fouled away down the first baseline.
Up into the crowd, and the count goes one ball, two strikes to Munson.
Murphy gets ahead of Thurman.
Tom taking plenty of time.
Walks out back beyond the mound.
Throws up the baseball, now steps up to the dirt portion.
And on to the rubber.
Now he's set.
Looks in for the side from Porter.
Rivers leads away.
Murphy to the stretch.
One-two pitch to Thurman.
Swung on, bounced to short.
Backhanded by Yacht, but he will not have a play.
In field single for Thurman-Munson.
Yacht prevented it from going into the outfield.
Even with Rivers' speed, had that ball gotten to the outfield,
it is doubtful that Mickey would have scored because he held up at second.
For fear the Yacht would come up with it.
But nevertheless, the Yankees now have the tying run on base on an in field single by Thurman-Munson.
And here is Chris Shambliss.
Shambliss 0 for 4.
Left-handed hitter against the right-handed pitching Tom Murphy.
Yanks trail 6-4.
We're in the top of the night.
There's one man away.
The pitch by Murphy, taken down low, ball one.
Rivers lead it off with an in field single off Augustine, Alex Gramis,
and brought on Murphy who struck out White and Munson for the in field base hit.
First and second, one away.
Chris Shambliss steps in.
Murphy kicks and throws outside ball two.
2-0.
Murphy taking plenty of time.
Getting the side from Porter, goes to the stretch.
Rivers lead from second, Munson from first.
The pitch, strike one, call, fastball, and it is 2-1.
On deck for the Yankees, Lou Fenella.
Shambliss steps back in now, and Murphy is set to the stretch.
Here comes the 2-1 pitch.
It's swung on, fouled away, up on the screen, right below us, and the count goes even 2-2.
Nicky Rivers standing on second base with his hands on his hips.
Now begins his lead.
Munson away from first.
And the 2-2 pitch.
Lined up the alley, left center field.
It's going to be in there for extra bases.
He will score.
Munson rounding third.
He's coming to the plate.
He will score.
The ballgame's tied in the second with a stand-up double, as Chris Shambliss.
The Yankees have come from behind to try this ballgame at 6-6, here on the ninth inning.
After being down 6-0 in the seventh, 4-7, 2 here in the ninth, and Chris Shambliss with his first base end of the season.
And what a biggie, up the alley and left center field.
And we are all even, as Munson scores all the way from first.
Rivers comes in easily from second.
And now, Lou Pennella with a lead run in scoring position.
Lou is 2-3.
Bounced to short, was walked intentionally, and single to center twice.
Right-handed hitter against Murphy. Lines and deep down the left field line, but curving foul.
Into the stands, long strike one.
Pennella getting just a bit out in front of that one.
Milwaukee got 1 in the fourth, 2 in the fifth, 3 in the sixth.
Open up a 6-0 lead.
And the Yankees storming back with 4 in the seventh, 2 here in the ninth.
Shambliss down at second.
The 0-1 pitch coming to Lou Pennella.
Line left field, on the move is Wisconsin.
It is off the wall, extra bases.
Shambliss comes in to score.
Digging for second Pennella.
He's going to go for third.
Center fielder, Gorman Thomas throws in and Pennella hits a dirty save.
For the triple.
Lou Pennella, triple zone, the lead run.
And the Yankees lead it by a score of 7-6.
Three runs for the Yankees, here are the Knights in it.
And Lou Pennella coming back after last year's problems.
The inner ear infection, unable to get a track all season.
The Brewers are going to walk, Greg Nettles intentionally.
To get to Rick Dempsey, who is at a frustrating day.
Been up four times, hit the ball hard each time.
And he's over four.
Had three balls to Nettles.
And Murphy's fourth pitch coming up.
And Greg Nettles moves down to first base on the intentional walk.
First and third now for the Yankees.
Who have gone out in front, 7-6.
And Alex Gramisch moves to the mound.
And he is calling for another pitcher.
Big ninth inning for the Yankees.
We had Bill Whiten here for the seventh inning.
Yankees scored four times.
I was beginning to think all the Yankee runs were reserved for when Bill O'Fill come in.
For the Yankees, they're turning that around.
Murphy leaves as New Yorkers score three here in the ninth.
And Billy Champion will come in to pitch for the Brewers.
Tom Murphy just did not have it.
He got Roy White on a called third strike.
He has not gotten anybody since.
One third of an inning.
Augustine charged for the run which made it a 7-5 ball game.
One third of an inning though for Tom Murphy.
He gives up three bases.
He walked one and struck out one.
And he has given up two runs responsible for the runners on base.
And Billy Champion will try and put out the fire for the Brewers here in the ninth.
Yankees go to Baltimore.
Monday night and Tuesday night.
The Monday night game by the way will begin at 8.25.
The on deck circles show.
Spencer Ross for Frank Metz for Phil Rizzuto and Bill White.
We're in the top of the ninth inning.
Yankees have scored three times.
And they have taken a 7-6 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Billy Champion who began his major league career with the Philadelphia Phillies
is the fifth pitchers of the afternoon for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Came over to Milwaukee in the 1973 season.
Along with Don Money and John Bukovic for pitchers Jim Lombort, Ken Sanders, Ken Brett and Earl Stephenson.
And Champion last year a record of six victories, six defeats.
He's about half and half in either a starting or relieving role.
And an earned run average of 5.89.
Oakland, California, their scoreless after four.
Vita Blue against Nolan Ryan.
And here's Rick Dempsey.
Rick Ofer for has hit the ball hard each time.
Line to center, line to right, line to left, and line to shortstop Robin Young.
Down to third, Luke Pennella.
On it first, Greg Nettles.
And shortening up the bat, the squeeze is out and Dempsey works it perfectly.
Pennella comes in the score, ball gets by, Garcia at second, and all the way to third goes Greg Nettles.
A perfect squeeze.
And the Yankees lead it now by a score of 8-6.
The bun was on and Dempsey didn't hit the ball hard that time,
but he has his first base hit of the season.
On the squeeze play.
And moving down the line was Luke Pennella to score the RBI for Rick Dempsey.
And here's Willie Randolph.
And all the way to third on the play goes Greg Nettles.
The ball got through Garcia.
So Nettles at third.
On it first base it's Rick Dempsey and we get a timeout called Yankee first base coach Elston Howard.
Wanting to tell Rick Dempsey something.
And now we're set.
Let's see if the Yankees do it again.
But Willie Randolph at the plate.
Greg Nettles is down at third.
The Yanks lead 8-6. They scored four times here on the night.
And the pitch, Randolph takes strike one.
Willie championed the fifth pitcher of the afternoon for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Lights have been on since the eighth inning here in Milwaukee.
Champion of the stretch.
Two runners lead away.
The pitch hit deep to center field.
Moving in Gorman Thomas now a couple of steps.
Makes the catch.
Tagging up at third is Nettles.
Here comes the throw all the way to the plate.
Nettles slides in safely for the Yankees' ninth run of the ball game.
And moving on to second on the throw, Rick Dempsey.
So an RBI for Willie Randolph on the sacrifice fly.
Scoring Nettles to make it 9-6 in favor of the Yankees.
Five runs in here in the ninth inning.
And Sandy Alomar comes to the plate.
Alomar, the third Yankees shortstop of the afternoon.
Both Stanley and Mason were pinch hits for.
So Sandy taking over.
Swings and misses at the first pitch, strike one.
Rick Dempsey leads away from second.
The Yankees have scored five here in the ninth.
Sandy Alomar with his first appearance at the plate during this season.
Takes the next pitch in there.
Strike two called.
Nine to six Yankees out in front.
And Alomar at the plate.
Sandy batting left-handed against the right-handed pitching bill champion.
And the 0-2 pitch, high and inside, ball one.
Looking ahead to the bottom of the ninth for the Brewers, Robin Yacht, Pedro Garcia,
and Gorman Thomas, the scheduled hitters.
One-two pitch coming.
Dempsey leads away from second.
The pitch bowed back out of the screen.
Count holds.
One ball, two strikes.
In the American League, Baltimore beat Boston 5-1, Detroit over Cleveland 3-1,
Oakland, California scoreless in the fourth.
Met Speed Montreal 1-0 in the national.
Pittsburgh 5-4 over Philadelphia.
Cincinnati 13-7 over Houston.
Chicago Ed State, Melissa 4-3.
And the pitch bowed away at the plate again.
Count holds.
One ball, two strikes.
Rick Dempsey down at second.
Pedro called the Yankees eighth run of the ball game on a perfect squeeze play
with Lou Pennella scoring from third.
Has dragged the butt past the pitcher perfectly.
Pitch taken up high, ball two.
Two balls and two strikes to Hallimore.
And the pitch outside, ball three.
Sandy who fell behind on two is now working count full.
Three balls, two strikes.
Top of the ninth inning.
And Sparky Lowe will be sent out to protect the Yankee lead.
Yanks at one time down by six, now up by three.
Pitch bowed away behind the plate right back here out of the screen.
And the count remains full.
Temperature got up as high as 70 this afternoon in Milwaukee.
We began the day.
The word was we might get a snow storm tomorrow.
Two years ago, just about to the day, today is April 10th,
they had 16 inches of snow in Milwaukee.
And the pitch hit high up into the air, down the third base line, Don Money,
out onto the outfield grass, puts it away.
The side is retired.
The Yankees got around.
And the New Yorkers come up with five runs.
And there are one, two, three, four, five bases.
There were no Milwaukee errors.
And the Yankees lead one.
So we go to the bottom of the ninth inning with a score.
The New York Yankees nine and the Milwaukee Brewers six.
To the bottom half of inning number nine with the Yankees leading it by a score of nine to six.
And it is up to Sparky Lowe.
And Sparky can pick up the victory here, he has a pitcher of records.
He came on with two outs in the eighth inning for Dick Tidro.
And he got Bill Sharp to fly to center field.
Leading it off for the Brewers will be shortstop Robin Yant.
Yant on the day, two for four, single to left, single to left,
bounce to the pitcher and took a call, third strike.
Yant steps in, right-handed hitter against the Sparky.
And the pitch-taker strike one call, 0-1.
They play Yant a shade to pull.
And the pitch fouled at the plate, 0-2.
Sparky Lowe.
The Yankees need a strong inning Thursday, and the Yankees need a strong one from here.
Some bad news from Philadelphia.
Johnny Oates suffered a broken left flavicle at the shoulder.
He'll be out from six days weeks.
It happened in the ninth inning when one of the Pirates Dave Parker crashed into him,
forcing Oates to drop the ball and Pittsburgh tied the game.
Next pitch fouled away by Robin Yant, can't hold.
One ball and two strikes.
And Pittsburgh wound up winning the ballgame by a score of five to four.
Larry Demery beating Sutton-LeGraw on relief.
1-2 pitch inside ball two for Robin Yant with Pedro Garcia on deck.
Pitch fouled away, and the count holds 2-2.
Sparky not taking much time.
He's up on the mound, looks into the side from Rick Dempsey.
Down comes the left arm, in comes the pitch, fouled away again.
Up over the Brewer dugout, into the crowd, and a souvenir for one of the 10,871 on hand here.
We're mighty happy through sixth inning.
Their club led it six-nil.
The Yankees got four in the seventh, a big hit, a two-run homer by Thurman Munson.
And the 2-2 pitch lined into the hole, the center field for Ovae Smith.
They sit for Robin Yant to lead off the ninth inning.
And the Brewers get the lead runner on, and Pedro Garcia will come to the plate.
Garcia is one for four, pop to the catcher, single the left to drive home a run,
reach down an error and score, and then pops the short.
Nobody out, top of the ninth, bottom of the ninth inning.
Yankees lead it nine to six, and they got five more in the ninth after four in the seventh.
Sparky's first pitch to Garcia, taken down low, ball one.
On deck for the Brewers, the top of the order, Gorman Thomas.
Bobby Darwin has stepped out, and he will be the pinch hitter for Gorman Thomas.
The pitch, a high ball, too, and Darwin, a man with great power.
Sparky doesn't want to lose Garcia, so looks down to get the side from third base coach Jimmy Bregan.
They play Garcia to pull.
Mickey Rivers shaded way over to the left, Roy White close to the line.
The pitch, strike one, call, two and one.
Left-hander Sparky Lyle against right-handed hitting Pedro Garcia.
Nine-six, Yankees lead it, bottom of the ninth, exciting ball game in Milwaukee, a high ball, three, three and one.
Sparky now steps off the mound on the backside of it, now steps back.
The Justice cap goes to the stretch, checks the runner, and the three-one-six, rolling inside, ball four.
And the Brewers now have the tying run at the plate.
And the person of Bobby Darwin, who will hit for Gorman Thomas.
Darwin had been a pitcher for the first seven years of his professional career, and he has become a home run hitter.
And Billy Martin out of the Yankee dugout makes his way to the mound.
And we may be getting a new pitcher to face the right-handed hitting Bobby Darwin.
There is action in the Yankee bullpen.
Darwin had 25 home runs for the Minnesota Twins in 1974, and a total of 13 last year for Minnesota and Milwaukee.
Came to Milwaukee in a deal with Santiani Briggs to the Twins. Sparky Lyle leaves.
And we're awaiting the next Yankee pitcher.
The bullpen is partially hidden from us, and as soon as the pitcher comes out from behind the wall, he hops into an automobile.
And unable to tell just who it is.
But Sparky Lyle leaves.
He still has the pitcher of record on the wind side. He can win it, he cannot lose it.
The Yankees lead it by a score of 9-6.
And Sparky will put the first two batters on here in the ninth inning.
Robin Yard on a single to center. Pedro Garcia on a base-down ball.
And Dave Pagan will come out for the Yankees.
Hard-throwing right-hander.
Getting the call from manager Billy Martin.
Pagan makes his way to the mound, and he'll start throwing in his warm-up tosses.
It's a 9-6 ball game. The Yankees, who were down six-nothing, scored four in the seventh, five in the ninth, to take the lead.
And now Milwaukee has put the first two runners on here in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Tomorrow getaway day in Milwaukee, then it's on to Baltimore.
So Dave Pagan goes through his warm-up tosses now.
Pagan, who has been up a couple of times with the Yankees.
Hey, we just got word that Andy Messersmith has signed a contract with the Atlanta Braves.
A four-year deal, worth a dollar.
I don't know how many dollars, but it's a bunch.
So Messersmith signed. The Braves under new ownership this year said Turner.
But he wants to turn things around there, so he signed Messersmith.
Dave Pagan appeared in 13 ball games for the Yankees last year.
And that's a big one for him right here at the outset.
Right-handed pitcher, 6'2", 176 pounds.
A native Canadian from Saskatchewan, first pitch pass ball inside, ball one to Bobby Dorland.
Robin Young is down at second. Pedro Garcia on at first.
With nobody out here in the ninth.
And Dave Pagan, the fifth Yankee pitcher of the afternoon, facing plugging Bobby Dorland.
And a one-oh pitch coming. Flung up, bounced to third.
Neto cannot handle it. Gets away from Yankees, he will not go any further.
And the bases are loaded.
The bases are loaded for Milwaukee.
And there's an error on Greg Neto, says the official score.
And it brings up Don Money.
Pagan got Darwin and hit the ground ball.
But Neto's unable to handle it.
And here's Don Money.
Yoncich serves, Garcia second.
And Darwin at first. The pitch, the money down low, ball one.
Dave Pagan looks in for the sign.
The ball is in the right hand. He goes to the stretch. The pitch, what a team left field.
Way back, long right, go back.
It's ball in the corner. A grand slam home run for Don Money.
From a four-pointed play by a score of ten times.
Incredible.
An incredibly disappointing finish for the New York Yankees.
And Don Money is in a grand slam home run.
The left field. And Yankee manager Billy Mark out there arguing, failingly, with a first base up five.
And kicking up the dirt.
The Yankees have lost this ball game.
It's a yellow, I guess. But that appears to be it.
The ball game is over. The Milwaukee Brewers come up with four runs.
In the ninth inning, a grand slam home run by Don Money wins it.
And that is it. The final score is the Milwaukee.
Hold it, hold it. Hold it. The Brewers are being told to come back out.
I believe what happened is we had a timeout, possibly called, by the Yankees.
And Billy Martin kicks up a storm.
And the umpires are telling the Brewers to come back.
Billy Martin argued, argued, argued.
And now Alex Grannis is going to argue, argue, argue.
His ball club was back in the dugout.
Ready to go home with a 10-9 victory.
But the umpires are calling him back.
And Grannis now begins his protestations through the umpiring crew.
Alex out of the dugout. And he'll begin to kick the dirt.
He's being told this ball game is not over.
Don Money jumps on a fastball and a 1-0 pitch by Dave Vegas.
And rocks it into the left field stand.
No doubt from the moment that ball left the bat, it was going to go out of here.
And then, after everybody crossed the plate, the Yankees stayed in the field.
Manager Billy Martin began to argue.
I believe the argument concerned a timeout at first base, called by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Martin won his point.
The Brewers are being told the ball game is not over.
The bases will remain loaded, although Alex Grannis has not told his ball club to go back out onto the field.
This has been an incredible ball game.
The Yankees trailing 6-0 at 4 of the 7, 5 of the 9 to take a 9-6 lead.
The Brewers load the bases with nobody else.
And listen to this crowd.
There are 6,871 on hand, and every one of them is doing.
Don Money will have to go back to the bat rack, get himself a bat,
and come to the plate again, against Dave Fagan.
The Milwaukee base runners have not gone back out onto the field.
Robin Yott on third, Pedro Garcia on second, and Bobby Darwin on first.
But Alex Grannis hasn't sent them out yet.
There's no doubt Grannis will play this game under protest.
So we'll have two games this season, two protests.
Yankee manager Billy Martin protests the Thursday's loss, due to the conditions of the mound.
But she said it affected Catfish Hunter's performance in the early going.
It's going to get adjusted to it.
First face up by Reggie McKeegan, along with both way to the fire,
George Maloney over there, sending everybody out onto the field.
And this crowd is set.
A couple of fans have jumped up on the Brewers dugout,
and are being asked to leave by one of the utters.
So the end of the ball game that wasn't the end of the ball game.
And we're going to continue.
Don Money back at the plate.
Robin Yonko back to third, down at second, Pedro Garcia.
Bobby Darwin is at first, and Don Money with a 1-0 count.
And the crowd booing and booing and booing.
The pitch taking a high ball, too.
2-0.
On deck, George Scott.
This is incredible.
2-0 count, and the pitch piled away, strike one.
The timeout was called by first face umpire Jim McKeegan.
And that's the reason for the delay.
2-1 pitch, down low, fastball ball 3, 3-1.
The Brewers have the tying run at first.
A potential winning run is at the plate.
They thought they'd win, but Don Money cracked a grand slam home run,
but Jim McKeegan is all time out.
Here's the 3-1 pitch.
Hit up for the big air to right field.
Moving over, Lou Fenella tagging at third is Scott.
Fenella makes the catch.
Yonk fakes the run and goes back to third, and Chambliss cuts the ball off.
So there is one away.
And it remains a 9-6 ballgame.
And now it brings up George Scott.
Scott on the afternoon, which is rapidly becoming the night, is 2-4.
Popped the first, single the left, drove both two runs with a triple and a six,
and then popped the first.
Right-handed hitter, and the pitch, change of fate, a pie ball one.
Robin Yonk is down to third.
Pedro Garcia at second.
Bobby Darwin at first.
Dave Pagan, the fifth Yankee pitcher of the afternoon.
9-6, Yankees lead it.
And around comes the right arm.
In comes the pitch.
Hit to center field.
Mickey Rivers has a beat on it.
Yonk will tag and score from third as Rivers makes the play.
Down to third is Pedro Garcia, and there are two men away.
It is now a 9-7 ballgame.
Bobby Darwin holds it first.
Sacrifice fly for George Scott.
As Yonk scores from third.
So now runners on first and third, and it will be up to Darrell Porter.
And Billy Martin back out onto the Yankee mound.
And we may be seeing pitcher number six of the afternoon against left-handed hitting Darrell Porter.
There goes the automobile out there again.
That's the kind of baseball, the exciting baseball that Billy Martin,
hoping to interject to this Yankee ball club, not so much this disputed golf.
That's the squeeze play on the ninth inning, which drove home a run.
Now it's a now 9-7, that run extremely important.
It drove home the final run of the inning, as the Yankees scored five times.
In this ninth inning, Sparky Lyle was in there, gave up a leadoff single to Robin Yonk.
Pedro Garcia, Lin Wong, Yankee manager Billy Martin, decided to go once again to his bullpen.
Dave Pagan came out. Dave Pagan got Bobby Darwin to bounce the ground ball to third base.
Greg Nettles could not handle it. That loaded the bases.
Ken Brett now coming in for the Yankees to make his first appearance as a Yankee pitcher,
replacing Pagan, who pitches two-thirds of an inning.
As far as the Brewers concerned, he gave a four-run, but he did not.
Following Darwin, reaching on Nettles' error, Don Money took a ball.
On the second pitch, he cracked one over the wall and left field for an apparent grand slam home run.
The Yankees remained on the field, and Billy Martin leaving the field as the crowd is throwing paper soda cups at him,
takes a deep bow and a curtsy as he heads into the dugout.
And it's hit by a couple of more paper cups.
And now a half-dozen fans have moved into the outfield.
That's Ken Brett. The left-hander comes in to face Darrell Porter.
Don Money's home run was called back when first-base umpire Jimmy Keegan ruled that the at-call timeout,
Martin saw it. First-base, first-base, Kamlin also saw it and heard it.
And Pagan's home run pitch does not go into the record book.
After the Brewers had gone to the clubhouse, they were told, come on back.
And they did. Pagan then got Don Money to fly to right.
George Scott sent in a sacrifice fly, scoring Robin Young from third.
We now have runners at first and third for the Brewers. Bobby Darwin is at first. Pedro Garcia at third.
The tying runs are at base, and Darrell Porter is at the plate.
The Yankees lead 9-7. Porter, two for four in the ball game, flies to right, single to center, score the run.
First pitch, low and outside, Dempsey, good defense to play, blocks the baseball.
Porter flies to right, single to center, took a call, third strike and single to right.
So he's two for four, three for seven in this two-game series. And the pitch outside, ball two.
On deck for the Brewers is Henry Aron. Porter now steps out.
Here's the 2-0 pitch outside, ball three. A base on balls would send the tying run in a scoring position down at second base.
Third base on fire, Russ Getz.
Is now calling the whole plate on fire, George Belloni.
And another timeout was called. This one by third base on fire, Russ Getz. So it is not 3-0, it is 2-0.
The Brewers are losing the timeout battle.
Two balls, no strikes. And the pitch, check swing, strike one.
Right in front of the Yankee dugout, it is entirely littered with debris. Mostly paper cups, a couple of cans.
Two-one pitch bounce over the mound. Randolph has only one plate of shambles at first.
He gets them and the ballgame is over. The New York Yankees have won it.
The Yankees have beaten the Milwaukee Brewers in an incredible, exciting finish.
Here at the county stadium of Milwaukee, it is the Yankees heading to the dugout.
They are hit by paper cups, but they have won the ballgame.
The ballgame is over. The final score, the New York Yankees, nine, and the Milwaukee Brewers, seven.
We'll be back with today's game totals right after this message.