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The New York Mets faced the San Diego Padres at San Diego Stadium for a Friday night game on May 1st, 1970.
The Mets were the defending world champions following their amazing 1969 season.
They were managed by Gil Hodges and were sending Tom Seaver to the mound for this game.
Seaver was the Cy Young Award winner in 1969 with a 25-7 record and 2.21 ERA.
He picked up where he left off in 1970, entering this game with a 4-0 record and 1.74 ERA.
The Padres were in their second season, looking to better their 110 loss record in 1969.
They were managed by Preston Gomez but had gotten off to a slow start entering the game with a 7-14 record.
This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Ralph Keiner, Bob Murphy and Lindsay Nelson.
Padding second, the shortstop Steve Hunt. Padding third, in center field, Clarence Gaston.
Padding fourth, in left field, Al Polara. Padding fifth, the first baseman Nate Colbert.
Padding sixth, in right field, Ollie Brown. Padding seventh, the third baseman Ed Spizio.
Padding eighth, then catching Chris Canazero and the pitcher Al Santorini. Padding ninth, the Mets have won 10 and lost 9.
Against San Diego, they have won 1 and lost 1 this year. Last year they met 12 times, lost the first game of the 12-game series and then won 11 straight.
The Padres so far this year have a record of 7 wins and 14 losses. The umpires for today's game have not come out yet.
Behind home plate will be Nick Stelho calling the ball through strikes. Now they do come on the field.
At first base, Al Warlick who started his major league career as an umpire in 1940.
At second base, Ed Fargo. The umpire at third base, Paul Pryor.
Tom Siever warming up down the right field bullpen. No one watching him.
He has a record of 4-0 this year and has won his last 14 decisions in the national league.
Warming up down the left field line in the bullpen, Al Santorini and there's a crowd around him.
I think it'll be just the reverse with Tom's 30th record in the major league.
In the ball game tomorrow we'll be on the air at 3.55. It's going to be Jim McAndrew in the mound for the Mets against Clay Kirby.
Jim has a record of 1-1. Clay Kirby has a record of 0-2. It was thought that Kirby might miss a turn due to the fact that he at first was believed to have had the measles.
But it was diagnosed as a virus and he'll be pitching in that ball game tomorrow afternoon.
He'll be on the air both on radio and television tomorrow at 3.55.
Sonny's game will be a doubleheader. We'll be on the air at 4 o'clock for that one. Radio and television.
Jerry Gentry and Jerry Kuzmin will be the two starting pitches for the Mets. Gentry with a record of 2-0. Jerry Kuzmin has won none and lost two.
And Mike Horkas will be pitching for the Padres. He's all three and Taps Tapson also sketching the goal for the Padres. His record at 2-2.
Now, Preston Gomez, the manager of the San Diego Padres at home, played with Gil Hodge, the manager of New York Mets, going over the grounds rules.
Back far here, symmetrical. 3-30 down each line. 3-70 in right center and left center.
And there is no marking in center field, but it is a deep center field.
And if memory serves me correctly, it's 420 feet. We'll check that out for you and give you the exact dimensions.
We're going to have a good crowd here tonight. It is predicted to be somewhere around a crowd of 20,000.
So far this year, the Padres have drawn 73,502 in eight dates here at San Diego Stadium.
It is 420 feet to the straightaway center field. High fence guarding the home run area.
Fence 17 feet high and you'll see a lot of walls played off that fence.
And it makes for some exciting baseball. We'll see the outfielders play the caroms.
Try and hold those drives off the wall, the two bases.
Still some twilight left here at this stadium.
And we're getting set for the first game of a four-game series.
A lot of attention focused right now on Tommy Agee. Tommy comes into the ballgame with 11-game hitting streak.
Last year he and Cleon Jones hit 11 consecutive ballgames during the season.
And Tommy with a chance this ballgame to do even better this year.
HUD-Helston has been a hot batter for the match.
HUD has hit in 17 of the 19 games he has played and he has played in all the games.
He only met the two-so. He has a five-game streak going.
And the Mets coming on strongly with their strong run up back in action.
Cleon Jones, Joe Foy, and Tommy Agee set out the start of three ballgames and then got back in yesterday as the Mets defeated San Francisco Giants by a score of 4-1.
As Nolan Ryan fits another outstanding ballgame.
Nolan Ryan now has a record of 2-1 and in the three games that he has been in this year he has given up one hit, two hits, and three hits.
And checking the records back on Tom Siever the last time he faced the Padres he did something no other pitcher in the history of baseball has ever done.
He struck out 10 consecutive batters. He struck out his last 10 batters in that ballgame as he fished a brilliant game striking out a total of 19.
And he became the only pitcher in the history of baseball to strike out 19 batters in a day ballgame.
Steve Croson struck out 19 against the Mets in 1969 to set an all-time record for strikeouts in a nine-inny ballgame but that was done at night and now Tom Siever has tied that record.
And he also has set one by doing it in the daytime. He erased some pretty good names out of the record book.
Names like Sandy Kovacs, Bob Feller.
So Tom Siever who is bidding along now with 14 consecutive decisions in the national league having picked up 10 last year his last 10 victories and four so far this year.
Record for consecutive game victories over a period of two seasons held by Carl Hubbell at 24 so Tom is not fronting too much of that record.
Now the umpires have taken their stations and we're having a slight delay here as they're trying to get the crowd in and now the Padres are going out in the field.
The Padres are 7 and 14. They're tied with Houston for last place in the Western Division. They trail by 8 and a half games behind the Red Hot Cincinnati Reds at the start of the action today.
The Reds lead the Dodgers by five games. They're in second place. Atlanta in third, five and a half back. San Francisco in fourth. They trail by six.
Chicago leads the Eastern Division at the start of the action today by two and a half games over Pittsburgh.
San Francisco is three games back in third. That's our four games, three and a half games back in fourth. And now our national anthem.
The Reds lead the Dodgers by five games.
The Reds lead the Dodgers by six games.
Our national anthem from San Diego, California sung by Jerry Vale who is quite a New York Mets baseball fan.
The Mets here will move into a tie for second place with Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh and St. Louis continue on their way today. Pittsburgh and St. Louis both at this point losing in their ball games.
The Mets if they win today can move into a tie for second place behind Chicago.
In the National League action, Atlanta beat Chicago by a margin of three to two.
And that means that the Mets now trail the Cubs by three games. They can have a half game and maybe one half game more if they can pick up a win here tonight against San Diego.
In that game, the winning pitcher was Phil Negros, second one of the year he has lost four. Joe Decker losing pitcher, he has a record of one and one.
Hank Aaron got his ninth home run. That's 563 for him in his major league career.
Joe Decker, the starting pitcher for Chicago had a home run and the third with no one on and Billy Williams playing in his one thousand and one baseball game.
Came up with a home run the night that he was no one on for his eighth home run of the season.
The only game concluded in the National League. In the American League, Boston beat California 8-3 as Ray Cope was the winner losing pitcher Tom Murphy.
And that's the only game played to a conclusion so far in the American League. Right now, this game about to commence. Here for the play-by-play is Lindsey Nelson.
Thank you very much Ralph Shannon. Hello everybody. It's Tommy H. in and waiting now. He has an 11 game hitting streak coming into this ballgame.
His average for the season is 225. He's had two homers, one of them hit yesterday at Candleseed Park in San Francisco.
He's batted in four runs. The right hand batter facing right hand pitcher Al Sanderini.
And here's the first pitch. It's hung on and topped up to Dave Short.
Steve Hunt goes back, second baseman Dave Campbell calls him out. Campbell makes the count.
On the first pitch, he has topped out. The second baseman Dave Campbell and Bud Harrelson is coming up.
Harrelson has a five game hitting streak. He's hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games and he's hit safely in 17 of the 19 games the Mets have played this year.
One home run, six runs batted in, switch hitter batting left. A beautiful baseball evening in San Diego, California.
Sanderini with a pitch, hung on and fouled up to the left side out of play.
Sanderini was born in Irvington, New Jersey. I think he's home now in Union, New Jersey.
Last year, the first meeting ever between the Padres and the Mets in New York.
Sanderini was the pitcher and the Padres won. It was the only victory for San Diego over the Mets all season long.
Chris Canisaro, the catcher now, calls time. Trying to reposition his outfielders a little bit.
There's one way over to his left against Bud Harrelson.
Here's a swing and a drive into left center field and it's a base hit. One hops out there by Gaston way over and left and the center fielder wheels it in there.
Harrelson holds it first with a single.
Once again, the Padres using the oil 69 shift against Bud Harrelson and so far this year Bud has been able to gloss up every team that has played him the way they played him last year.
That brings up Leon Jones. He is hitting 242 for the season. He has nine runs batted in.
Leon got off to a great start this year, then tailed off and as you go out you set him down along with Tommy A.G. and Joe Foy for three days.
Brought them back yesterday and Jones, A.G. and Foy drove in all the med runs as they defeated the Giants 4-1.
Off the stretch now, Santorini with a pitch and it's in for a call strike. The play on Jones.
By the way, Mets second baseman Kenny Boswell is away on military reserve duty.
Jerry Grote has rejoined the New York Mets. He is here, he is in uniform. He is not expected to be used at all.
Here's a long throw over to first night in time. Harrelson's back safely.
Grote had been hospitalized since the Mets arrived in Los Angeles to start this road trip.
Here's a swing and a miss.
Jerry told me before the ballgame that he wrapped around the field and after the walk around he was so tired he felt he had to sit down.
He did not of course participate in any drills at all because the hospitalization, the test, the treatment he's been undergoing did not leave him exactly in shape
to step into a uniform and play Major League Baseball.
Here's a pitch out but there's nothing on.
Chris Canavarro calling for the pitch out, thinking that the Mets might just have the running going and have a play on.
One and two now with Archansky waiting on deck.
Santorini checks again.
Here's a swing and a barren ball to the right side.
There's an old swinging roller taking on the first baseline.
And it doesn't help from the second.
There's two men out now.
Archansky is coming up.
That ball is right off the end of Leon Jones' bat and just sort of dribbled up the first baseline.
Mover charged in.
Loved it and tagged Leon on the baseback.
Archansky's a left hand batter playing right field.
Hitting 3-11, he has driven in three runs.
As Bob and Ralph indicated, they started this ballgame with first balls for just a few minutes to allow the crowd to get in.
It wasn't that it's that big a crowd.
It was simply that they had had a mix-up at the turnstiles about getting the people in.
And there were people outside who hadn't been able to get inside.
And so they held the game up just for a few moments to get them in.
Santorini with the pitch.
And it swung on and fouled off the strike line.
Lindsay, I know it's been used before, but when I ran the ball club down here in San Diego in the Pacific Coast League and the minors,
somebody called up and said, what time was the game?
And I said, well, can you make it?
It was that way in those years.
A lot of my other league fights.
I was over at your ballpark this afternoon, as a matter of fact, Ralph.
Nice shopping center, isn't it?
Yes, it is.
Pitch is low for now.
I want to ask you about that San Diego River running by there.
Did you ever get up in the ballpark?
We had a lot of trouble with that ballpark when we first built it in 1958.
With grannies, we had to put pumps in the dugouts because it's right on a very high water table.
And we had to pump water out of the dugouts all the time.
Here's a throw at second and Harrison gets back safely.
Shortstop Steve Hutz came in to take the throw.
Rodriguez picked up Hutz from the St. Louis Cardinal Organization in exchange for Billy McCool,
and the Cardinals promptly sent McCool, a left-hand pitcher, to tell them Hutz had been cut, assigned to Tulsa, and refused to report.
1-1 pitch.
Low for a ball, Shamsky.
People say that that parking lot out there for that shopping center had more cars in it today when it was closed than we had when we were in business.
Yeah, they had a lot of them there.
The big shopping center.
This will be a 2-1 pitch to Shamsky with Harrison at second and two men out.
He's swinging a foul ball.
That's not a play. It's 2-2.
Don Glenn-Dennon is waiting on deck.
When the Mets and the Cardinals played their first exhibition game in St. Petersburg this spring,
Steve Hutz was at shortstop for the Cardinals.
They were going to give him a good shot at being their shortstop.
They had Devannon and Hutz and ended up, of course, with Daryl Maxwell, the incumbent, retaining the position.
2-2 delivery, and it is inside low for a ball, and the count is full of three and two to Shamsky.
The San Diego Panthers have an infield alignment of Dave Colbert at first, Dave Campbell at second,
Steve Hutz at short, and Ed Spizio at third.
Al Perrara is in left, Clarence Gaston in center, and Ollie Brown is in right field.
Chris Cannazero is the catcher.
Here is a payoff pitch.
Swung on, and it is ran top of the second by Dave Campbell, as the catcher retired to die.
So it is no runs and a hit for Al and one left.
In the middle of the first inning, the score is the Mets nothing and the Padres coming to bat.
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Tom Siever is on the mound tonight for the New York Mets. He has a record of four wins and four losses.
He won his last ten last year, so he has 14 consecutive victories in National League play.
And a week ago Wednesday in New York against the San Diego Padres, he was struck out 19 to tie the all-time Major League record to set a new record for a daytime ball game.
He struck out the last ten Padres to set a new Major League record in that department.
Dave Campbell is coming up. He's a right-hand batter who has hit safely in eight consecutive games, hitting.307, and he's batted in three runs.
A right-hand batter facing right-hand pitcher Tom Siever.
Here's the swing and a miss for strike one.
Campbell came over from the Detroit Tigers organization, and the deal lets Sergio Nicolson from San Diego to Detroit.
Siever again into the motion. The pitch is low and away for a ball.
Waiting on deck is Steve Hunt, the shortstop.
Here's a 1-1 pitch. Swung on and missed it, 1-2.
Last time out, Siever defeated the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 3-1.
This is a 1-2 pitch to Campbell. Swung on and missed. Siever strikes out Campbell. Actually, he has struck out the last 11 Padres that he has faced since he struck out the last ten a week ago, and he's in New York.
I'd have to play somewhere along the line here just to get your confidence back. Somebody's going to have to punt one so they can break up that streak.
Steve Hunt is up there now, batting left against Siever. He's hitting.077. He's had one home and one run battered in. He is 1 for 13.
And it's in there for a golf strike. Joe Foley is on the edge of the grass at third. On the coaching lines for the Padres, Bob Skinner is at third and Dave Garcia is at first.
Siever deals a change-up, and it misses. Not that high. A lot of motion and a big change-up served by Siever. 1-1, the Guantanamo Hunch with Clarence Gaston on deck.
Here's a 1-1 pitch. Swung on and missed. The fastball again. It's 1-2.
Siever rubbing up the ball a little bit now. Siever was in the Marine Corps. He took his boot training here in San Diego. So did Gil Hodge. So did Bob Murphy.
Here's the 1-2 pitch. Swung on and is fast up to the left side. Oh, and near the line, across the foul territory. Makes the catch in foul territory.
At least the strikeout string has been broken by the Padres. Hunch has fouled out the third base. Two minutes out.
By Gaston coming up. He is at basically a four-straight yet. He's hitting 3-17 for the season. Two homers and 10 runs batted in.
The Padres have won seven and they've lost 14. Here's a pitch low for a ball. Al Ferrara is on deck. The New York Mets have won 10 games last night.
For a percentage of 526. Swing on and missed. It's 1-1.
The Padres, of course, are in the Western Division of the National League and the Mets are in the East, which means they play each other 12 times during the course of the season.
Six games here in San Diego and six back in New York. They're just swinging a foul ball off and out of play at 1-2.
The Mets will play four games against the Padres in this series. Single game tomorrow afternoon and a double header here on Sunday,
which means that after that, the Mets will have only two more games against the Padres here in San Diego this season.
Here's a 1-2 pitch. Breaking pitches for a foul strike. Got him with a curve ball.
And Seaver gets his second strike out of the inning as he retires the side in order. No runs, no hits, no errors, not left.
At the end of an inning, the score is, that's nothing and the Padres, nothing.
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Number 22, Don Slantonet.
Don Slantonet is coming up now.
Right hand batting first baseman.
Hitting 262, three homers and 11 runs batted in. He leads the Mets and runs batted in.
Sanzarini pitches foul back with drive one.
Joe Hoy is on deck. Had a great day yesterday.
Had a swing and a foul ball. Perhaps between innings you heard the happy birthday salute on the organ.
It was for Eddie Miller, who is the secretary of treasure of the San Diego Hotspoh League.
And he's celebrating his 65th birthday here tonight and was saluted between innings.
Two strike pitch to Ken Donnett.
Outside for a ball. One and two. Sanzarini has won one game and lost three. Last year he won eight and lost 14.
Now the pitch. Swung on. Hit on the ground and it is going through for a base hit up the middle.
Steve Hunt starts to get the ball.
Now the pitch. Swung on. Hit on the ground and it is going through for a base hit up the middle.
Steve Hunt started over his left and just did not get to it. It went through and Ferris Gaston returned it.
And Donnett is on with the ground single up the middle.
Second hit for the Mets. On foul Sanzarini and Joe Hoy is coming up.
Joe Hoy has had 13 hits as a Mets. Two doubles, one homer, eight runs batted in.
Hitting two oh six.
Or had a couple of stolen bases yesterday.
In addition to three base hits.
That pitch is low for a ball.
Wayne Jarrett on deck.
There's a couple of fellas parading a batter down through the crowd that says sports gala.
Bronx, New York to lose the Mets and they're not exactly getting a big reception.
Sports gala. Bronx, New York, no Mets it says.
Here's a pitch low for a ball.
There are over a hundred Marines there doing duty over here for two weeks at our front for Scott.
Where Tom Siever did some of his reserve duty and they're out here in force on mosque for the New York Mets.
Here comes another big batter.
That looks like a double bed sheet.
Here's a swing and a lift.
The boys from the Bronx love their Mets.
VA.
Two and one to count to four.
Glenn Denon is on it first.
Covert's holding against him there.
Sanzarini's pitch swung on and they score the first and Glenn Denon's back safely.
Two and two to count to four.
There is no score in this game with the Mets your batting in the top half of the second inning.
Canna's arrow flashes a sign out Sanzarini sets up.
The pitch is blown away for a ball.
It's out full at three two.
There is nobody out.
Dick Stelow the umpire behind the plate.
Crew chief Al Barlich the National League senior umpire is at first.
Ed Vargo at second.
Fall fire around at third.
Glenn Denon's running.
Pitches it on the ground up to middle and it's taken by Hunt for the fourth.
First and a drive.
That ground ball was right at the bag at second.
Which enabled Hunt simply to take it with his foot on the bag for the fourth.
He was about a step ahead of Glenn Denon.
And then throw on the first for Dennis Holyrover with the no avail.
So it is a six three double play.
The runner was going on the three two pitch with nobody out.
Wayne Garrett coming up with nobody on and two men out.
Left hand batting second baseman hitting one thirty three with one run batted in.
That's in for a toss right.
Wayne Garrett actually can be used at any of the end field positions.
Made more third base than anything else for the Mets last year.
But he can be used at second or at short.
There's a change that's in the air.
The center field is coming hard.
It's where Jaston had he can't get there.
It's a base hit.
That's been backed up by Ferraro to get on a hop.
This is natural grass turf here in San Diego.
So the Mets get their third hit off Santorini and Duffy Dyer is coming up now.
Duffy's five for twenty six.
Still looking for his first RBI this year.
He's hitting one ninety two.
We'll be on the air tomorrow at three fifty five p.m. New York time.
Bring you the second game of the series between the Mets and the San Diego Padres.
Santorini off the stretch.
Here's the pitch to Dyer and it's in there for a called strike.
I'm sure we're wearing the jacket but is that on deck.
The president of the San Diego Padres is Buzzy Bovesy.
Former vice president and general manager of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.
There's a pitch low.
One and one.
Bovesy is one of the owners of the Padres.
Now the pitch.
Blowing away from all.
It's two and one.
The Padres are still without the services of their shortstop Tommy Dean.
Who suffered a shoulder separation in an early season collision.
They expect him to be out about another week.
Here's the pitch high and away.
Three and one to Duffy Dyer with Seaborn on deck.
Three one deliver with the runner going and it is swung on.
It missed.
No throw.
And arriving safely in second with a stolen bench is Wayne Garrett.
It was a check swing by Dyer at the plate but umpire Nick Stella says he took it around.
The count goes to three and two.
It's a three one pitch.
Canazero knowing the pitch was outside it would have been ball for him.
It was way outside.
Just wasn't prepared to throw.
Now it'll be a three two delivery with the runner in second.
There is no score that would Wayne Garrett's first stolen base of this season.
And then he bends forward to take the sign down.
Canazero and the playoff pitch.
Blowing away.
So Dyer goes to first.
Garrett holds it second.
Tom Seavers coming up.
Seavers four for sixteen.
He's had a double batted in three runs.
He's hitting two fifties.
We follow a frustration identification.
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This is Lindsey Dawson with Ralph Kanner and Bob Murphy at San Diego Stadium in San Diego, California.
Mets and the Padres no score in the top of the second.
Men runners lead at first and second.
Here's the pitch to Seavers.
It's blown away for a ball.
Tommy Agee moves up on deck.
Chris Canazero, the Padres catcher, calls time and goes out to the mound.
Forward with Al Santolini.
He's a 21 year old pitcher.
Santolini's lifetime record against the Mets is one win and one loss.
The pitching coach of the Padres is Roger Crick, former Dodger pitcher, former Mets pitcher.
Here's a one-oh delivery.
Swung on and fouled out.
Out over the head of Yogi Berra, the Mets' coaching first.
Eddie Yost is on the lines of fear.
On Sunday, we'll be broadcasting both games of the doubleheader.
We'll be televising the first game on Sunday on the air at 4 p.m. New York time.
Here's a pitch in for Carl Sascha.
He was started to be gone late off.
He was in the strike zone. The count goes to one and two.
The runners take their lead, first and second.
Santolini nods affirmatively and delivers a pitch.
Fouled off to the right side out of play.
Count holds at one and two.
It was a warm and sunny day here in San Diego.
Well, a lot of those.
There's a swing and a ground ball and a foul back of third out of play going on down toward the Padre bullpen.
The count holds one and two to Tom Siever after his first time in the game.
The Padres are in their second year as a National League baseball team.
Pitch is outside for a ball. It's two and two.
Again, runners lead at first and second.
Two-two pitch. Swung on and foul back. It holds two-two.
On this road trip so far, the Mets lost two by identical scores of one-nothing to the Dodgers in one of those games with 15 innings and one-one.
Then in San Francisco, the Mets just reversed that.
They won two and lost one to the San Francisco Giants.
Pitch to Sievers. Swung on, hit on the ground to first.
Taken by Colbert, he goes to the bag and the side is retired.
So it's no runs on two hits, no walks, no errors and two men left. In the middle of the second inning, the score is the Mets nothing, the Padres nothing.
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He's a native of Brooklyn. He's hitting 225 with two homers and two runs battered out.
Was an expansion draft selection of the Padres off the roster of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Broken his ankle while playing with the Dodgers.
Severs pitches in there for a call strike.
Cuarro was the last man that faced Severs and his string of 10 strikeouts to close that game a week ago Wednesday in New York.
Earlier he had hit a home run. Here's a pitch outside. He started it and finished it, Lindsay.
Yes he did.
The Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs tonight by a score of 3-2.
Here's a breaking pitch that's foul back of third out of play.
1-2 to Cuarro.
In that game in Atlanta, Phil Negros, the knuckleballer, won his second. He started by losing four straights. He had won two and lost four.
And young Joe Decker was the loser for the Cubs. Phil Reagan relieved him in the eighth inning. Decker's 1-1 lost one now.
Henry Aaron, it is 563rd home run. At first hitting with nobody on that. That's Aaron's ninth of this year.
Decker hit a homer for the Cubs and then Billy Williams hit one in the ninth for the Cubs.
Pitch is low and away. Two and two out of Cuarro.
With Lake Covert on deck.
The end of seven innings of play. The Houston Astros lead the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3. Larry Decker for Houston. They've lost eight in a row.
2-2 for Twangahd and missed. Seabird strikes out for Rawa.
Three strikeouts for Seabird. He struck out two in the first inning.
For his mate, Covert, coming up.
He's had six home runs this year and 14 runs by the ladies hitting 216.
Steve Carver is pitching tonight for the St. Louis Cardinals. Sal Campisi relieved him in the sixth and reached 98. Lou Brock, home of Dindy.
Fizz with one on for the Cardinals. Brock's second.
It's a swing and a foul ball.
The end of seven innings of play. The Cincinnati Reds sixth. The Pittsburgh Pirates four.
Stargalley started for Pittsburgh. Al McBean in the seventh. Wayne Simpson started for Cincinnati. Clay Carroll in the seventh.
Johnny Bench in the three-round homer, his sixth of the year for Cincinnati.
That pitch is low. Willis Tarja will hit a grand slammer for the Pittsburgh Pirates, his third homer of this year.
The other two went over the right field for Williams and it's his fourth grand slam of his career.
Here's the swing and a high-five ball to left field. Leigh-Anne Jones is underneath, waiting, and he makes the catch.
Two-way and Ali Brown's coming up. Brown's hitting 242, two homers, five runs better than.
Game to the Padres from the San Francisco Giants. He was the number one draft choice in the expansion graph of these Padres.
The Padres are all displaying the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium tonight. Carl Morton going against Don Sutton.
And the Phillies are up at Candlestick in San Francisco. Jim Bunning against Rich Robertson.
So that's the alignment in the National League. Let's have a chance to move up.
Here's a pitch low for a ball. Yankees beat the Milwaukee Brewers 63. Mel Stottlemeyer is the winner. He's 2-3.
Gene Bobbins is the loser, 2-2. Danny Walden hit his eighth homer and the eighth and one on.
The Milwaukee change-up gets each shot knocked out by Harrison Redd, no play.
And Ali Brown is on with a base hit. Off-speed pitch by Siever. It's deep in the hole.
And Harrison went over and shot a backhand step and it just popped out of the glove. He tried to pick it up and couldn't find it.
Now, it's a base hit.
It's Fizio, third baseman.
Heading 2-19, one homer and three runs better than.
Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 9-3. Dave McNally the winner. He's 4-1. Dave Boswell the loser, 0-3.
Cesar Tobar and Terry Crowley had home runs. Pass ball outside for a ball.
And the Oakland Athletics beat the Washington Sunators 12-5.
That's Fish Hunter, the winner. Casey Cox, the loser. Green, Rodriguez and Lee May had home runs.
Red Sox beat the Cal Angels 8-3. Ray Culp over Tom Murphy.
This pitch is low. Carl Yosemsky had two home runs for the Red Sox. His second and third, George Scott had one.
His fourth, Reggie Smith had one. His fourth.
The end of seven innings of play. The Kansas City Royals 5 and the Cleveland Indians 3.
Dave Moriarty lead by Mike Headland on the seventh. Mojtrovsky on the eighth. Dean Chance lead by Bob Miller on the fourth.
Luke Vanilla hit his fourth home on the first with two on. As the pitch is low and away.
So Cesar's gone behind the physio 3 and 0. With two men out and a runner at first. No score in the ballgame.
Pitch is outside for ball and it's a walk. The physio.
He gets rid of the bat, goes down to first pace. That moves Olly Brown up to second and this Canazero will be the batter.
Canazero is hitting 255 and... Canazero is better than six runs.
The NBA playoffs score was just enough to have you heard it.
The end of the half. Los Angeles 54 in the next 47.
In the middle of the sixth inning. The Chicago White Bucys and the Detroit Tigers 4.
Joe Horne on the left hand side for Detroit. Kimmerman in the sixth. Al Kalan hit his second homer in the first inning for the Detroit Tigers.
Pitch is in for a call strike to Chris Canazero.
Canazero bats number eight in the order.
He was an original Mets. He was selected by the Mets when they were formed off the roster of the Cardinals.
Swing and a foul ball up to the right side now to play a two-strike.
On Sunday, Gary Gentry and Jerry Kuzma will be pitching for the New York Mets. Mike Horkins and Pat Dobson for the Padres.
Bottom of the second, no score. Padres at first and second with two men out.
Two-strike pitch now. I see where he checks the runners. And deal. It's outside.
One and two. Al Santorini is on deck.
This stadium was opened in August of 1967.
This will be a one-two pitch.
Outside it's two and two. The capacity of the stadium is 50,000.
All around the outfield there is a wall 17 feet high. Seating area is all around the outfield.
The crowd is happy.
Holly Brown at second. It's Bezier at first.
Pitchers come out and Seabrook gets his fourth strikeout.
And the crowd is retired.
No run. A hitter on the earth and two left. At the end of two full innings of play. The score is the Mets nothing and the Padres nothing.
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Here at San Diego the name of Murphy is very prominent.
Bob's brother Jack Murphy is the sports editor of the San Diego Union.
Right now though he's down covering the Kentucky Derby so we'll have to give you Bob for the point-by-point.
I'm sorry about that Ralph.
Get away tomorrow.
Tommy Agee will be up against Al Santorini. Top of the third no score.
After the in game tomorrow two on Sunday and the weather holds out tomorrow Sunday like it was today. It's going to be fabulous.
Tommy Agee is 0 for 1 retired on an infield top fly taken by Dave Campbell.
The second baseman is first time up.
And Santorini delivers low outside of ball one. Al Santorini born in Irvington, New Jersey now makes his home in Union.
Before long he'll be 22.
Had a swing and a miss at a curve ball. One well one strike.
He had a lot of very well pitched ball games for the Padres last year.
San Diego lacking for hitting.
Scored very few runs for him.
He'd lose 2 to 1, 3 to 2.
Off the outside corner taken by Tommy Agee it's two balls and a strike.
You're a young pitcher working for an expansion ball club that first couple of years until he can pick up some hitting.
It's a tough way to go.
Inside and low in the count three and one now to Tommy Agee.
San Diego probably has the ideal pitching coach in Roger Craig who suffered through
those early expansion years with the New York Mets and knows what it's like.
Three one delivery lined hard over second in the center field of base hit.
Clean single to center by Tommy Agee to lead off the third.
For the Mets base hit number four of Al Santorini.
Tommy Agee has now hit safely in 12 straight ball games.
Normally around the associate a 12 game hitting streak with a hot bat.
Really hasn't been true in Agee's case until I think just the last couple of days.
His last three base hits have really been hit hard.
One is a pinch hitter, one was a home run and then this one right here and they have been tagged.
Now Bud Harrelson waiting fouled back over the screen into the crowd behind third.
No play.
Last year the longest string the Mets had was 11 shared by Agee and Jones.
Bud Harrelson single his first time up.
And a line drive into center field of base hit by Buddy Harrelson.
Racing back is gas to the center fielder.
Agee is around third being held up in the second base with a double.
Bud Harrelson is fifth two base hit.
Bud Harrelson now has 25 hits this year.
Of the 25, five doubles, five troubles and one home run.
11 of 25 hits have been extra base hits.
That's the second time Bud in this ball game has crossed up the Fabries who are playing him like they did last year.
He pulled that ball into the vacated spot in center field when Gaston was shaded over to left center.
Now Cleon Jones stepping in.
Around the leg the word will spread rapidly and the opposition is definitely going to have the defense Harrelson differently than they have in the past.
Cleon Jones facing right hander Al Santorini.
Cleon 0 for 1, bounced out his first time up.
Cleon looked good returning to the lineup against the Giants at Candlestick Park yesterday.
And a foul fly hit deep down the right field line, no play.
Longest hitting streak in Mets history, 18 consecutive games by Frank Thomas back in that first year.
Low and outside.
One ball and one strike.
Frank also set the club home run record that first year with 34.
Frank makes his home in the Pittsburgh area now retired from baseball.
He does have a baseball cap in the summer.
He'll be coming back to New York in July for the old timers event.
And the Pitchford Jones a curve on the outside corner.
One ball and two strikes to Cleon.
No score the Mets are casting a threat AG on third, Harrelson on second.
Yogi Vera coaching at first, Eddie Yost coaching at third.
Art Chamsky is beyond deck batter.
The outfield is around toward left.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Swing and a miss he's stuck him out.
That was quite a pitch by Santorini.
Fast ball, low and away on the outside corner.
Probably one of the most difficult pitches in baseball to hit.
The receiver struck out his 19 against the Padres in New York.
He said after the game that it was probably the most consistent he had ever been at hitting that knee high outside corner with a fastball.
Now first base is open.
Art Chamsky will be intentionally walked and he'll pitch to Don Cleon Dunham with the bases loaded.
Strikeout by Santorini his first.
And Don Cleon Dunham who's been hitting will be coming up with a bases loaded.
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Don Cleon Dunham hitting 279.
Lined a hard single to left center field his first time at bat.
Padres have their infield back at double play depth.
The outfield is deep and shaded toward left.
Now the pitch.
Swing and a miss.
Al Santorini has a good arm.
He was first choice in the free agent draft by the Atlanta Braves when he signed his first pro contract.
Outland Dunham waiting.
Ground ball bounced toward the middle of the diamond base.
Going into center field.
HG scores.
Harrelson is flying home.
And the miss lead to nothing.
13 runs batted in for Don Cleon Dunham on a total of 13 bases this year.
Quite a ratio.
And Don Cleon Dunham has been the Mets hottest batter.
He has hit the ball awfully well over the last four or five ball games.
He has had three home runs.
And here Preston Gomez, the manager of the Padres, elected to play the percentage.
And he walked the left hand batter to get to the right hand batter who was red hot and it didn't work.
Don Cleon Dunham very easily could have had four for four at yesterday's game at the San Francisco.
He had two for four and twice was robbed of hits.
Had he not been robbed right now, Mr. Cleon Dunham would be six for six.
Joe Foy is up.
And now the pitcher Santorini Whirls with no throw is made.
Little mix up so Campbell, the second baseman, comes in.
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Cleon Dunham driving runs in at a rapid rate.
On 11 hits collected this year, 13 runs on 13 hits, 13 runs batted in.
New York in front now, 2-0.
We're on the top of the third inning.
Runners on first and second one out.
And the pitch to Joe Foy is a curve, swing and miss.
Now Preston Gomez ascending the sign to the San Diego bullpen.
We will start getting warm up action.
Ron Herball, a right hander, and Dan Goons, a left hander, will start warming up.
The pitch to Joe Foy, a fast ball over the outside corner of the ball strike.
Wayne Garrett is the on deck batter.
Joe Foy, back in the lineup yesterday, celebrated his return with three straight hits.
And the pitch by Sandorini, a swing and a miss.
He got him with a curve ball.
Sandorini with a good looking curve ball, fans Joe Foy, two men down.
And Wayne Garrett will be the hitter.
Wayne the seventh man to bat here on the third inning.
Tommy Agee started the rally when he singled the center.
Bud Harrelson promptly gave it momentum with a double to right center, putting Agee on third.
Cleon was struck out, Shamsky walked intentionally.
And Glendening singled the center, driving Agee and Harrelson home.
In the dirt, blocked nicely by Chris Cannizzaro, no advance.
In the American League, the Orioles beat the Twins.
Dave McNally won his fourth.
And Dave Boswell, a 20 game winner a year ago, has yet to win this year's game now, is 0-3.
Now Sandorini makes the one second stop.
Here's the pitch.
And a breaking ball over the inside corner of the ball strike.
Duffy Dyer is beyond deck batter.
Let's have made this road trip with one catcher, Duffy Dyer.
And a foul tip.
And for all practical purposes, it is still only one because Jerry Grody is just out of the hospital.
He's in uniform, worked out very lightly before the game tonight, but he is not ready to return to action.
Jerry said the fans in New York were just magnificent, the amount of mail he received while he was hospitalized in Santa Monica, California.
He can't beat a Betts baseball fan.
And the pitch on the way.
Fastball just inside to Wayne Garrett.
Jerry was saying that in the hospital he received calls from two of last year's teammates.
Bobby File and Rod Gasper playing with the Tidewater Club at the International League this year.
Tidewater was in Toledo for a ball game and they got on the phone and called Jerry to see how he was doing.
Here's the pitch to Garrett.
And a half swing, he held up in time.
Canazaro now is asking Stelho to check with his buddies.
He does check and it is a strikeout.
Stelho agreed with Garrett, but Al Barlick, the senior umpire at third, who would have the lip of the left hand batter up, said no, he swung at the pitch.
Side retired on the strikeout, Santorini's third.
Two runs, there were three hits.
No errors and two left on.
In the middle of the third inning, the New York Mets two and the San Diego Padres nothing.
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Dave Campbell, the second baseman, is on deck.
And a knee-high strike on the outside corner, and quickly,
Saver establishes a two-strike advantage in pitching to Al Santorini.
Santorini has been up six times this year.
He's looking for his first hit.
High, ball one. One ball, two strikes.
Now Saver over the head, around comes the arm, low and outside on a curveball,
and it's two and two.
Tom was in a minor jam in the last inning.
He had helped himself by getting that lead off batter, Al Ferrara.
He struck out Ferrara.
Ground ball hit toward the middle.
Tom Harrelson to his left. He's up with him.
Throws to Klondon, and Santorini is up.
One out and nobody on in the San Diego third.
Now the leadoff batter, Dave Campbell.
Campbell was struck out his first time at bat.
Cloud rates are very high on Campbell, and he certainly has been performing well to date.
Over the first 21 games of the season, Campbell hitting a 3-0-3.
His work is good in the field, and the pitch is a strike on the outside corner.
Now Saver side again on Duffy Dyer's target.
Swing and a miss. He looked like the slider he went after, and the counter strike too.
Steve Hunt's playing shortstop is the on-decadent.
Tommy Dean opened the season short for the Padres, played for a while and then was hurt.
They say he will return in about a week. Now the pitch.
Hit high in the air to center field. It's fairly deep.
Meandering back, Tommy Agee. Now he turns and makes the catch.
Close to the edge of the warning track in right center.
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Mets lead San Diego 2-0 last half of the third inning.
The batter is Steve Hunt.
And the former Cardinal takes a fastball for a strike on the inside corner.
San Diego gave up left hand pitcher Billy McCool to St. Louis to get Steve Hunt.
Inside and low.
He was in spring training as Lindsey pointed out with the Cardinals.
He was very much in the middle of that shortstop battle.
Eventually won by the incumbent Dow Maxville.
Foul ball, a backflip on a broadcasting group. No play.
After he came to San Diego in the trade, he went out to Salt Lake City.
And just about three days ago was brought back.
Talking to Peter Vavace before the ball game tonight, the Padres are working with Salt Lake City.
They said they have six inches of snow in the ballpark there right now.
One-two delivery. Foul behind third back into the crowd. No play.
But Peter says it's all right. We were lucky our ball club was on the road at the moment.
You're not supposed to get that much snow this late in the year, are you, Ron?
I don't think you are. Nothing's all foul left.
Pitching one and two. Outside and high. The count is two and two.
Two outs, nobody on. Time to save her in quest of number five.
And the pitch is thrown to the left-hand hitter.
Foul foul. He got a round on an inside fastball and ripped it.
But he was far in front of the pitch.
For the Padres, their center fielder, Clarence Gaston, has been doing very well as the on-deck batter.
Padres is trying to build their ball club on young pitching and trying to improve their defense to make their pitching even better.
And the fastball has taken the strike three goal.
Strikeout number five for Tom Saver.
Tom is continuing to average better than a strikeout and inning for the season.
No runs, no hits, no errors, and none left on.
And at the end of three, the New York Mets two and the San Diego Padres nothing.
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W. Dyer batting eighth of the order is the hitter against Al Santorini.
Ground ball off the pitcher's left, charging in hard now.
Is Speezy on the first is not in time and Dyer is on with an infield hit.
The fast one back to the mound, a count off the glove of the pitcher Santorini.
He changed the direction of the ball toward the left side of the infield.
Third base with Speezy, raised in, picked it up.
Close play but Dyer beat it.
That is the seventh hit for the New York Mets and Tom Siever will be coming up and let's see how Gilly likes to play it.
Number 41.
That's lead to nothing.
We have a beautiful night and a good crowd here at San Diego Stadium.
Now Nate Colbert holes against the runner.
They look for the bat. The second baseman charges in. Ground ball to Colbert.
He throws the second one out. Back to first save.
Oh there's a little wrinkle in defense against the bat.
I don't know whether Joe is sagging or not but he took the bum off and had Siever swing away.
And Siever hit a ground ball and almost went through the hole between first and second.
Colbert grabbed it and threw the second for the fourth play there.
Siever reaching on the fielder's choice.
The interesting wrinkle he possibly found was that the second baseman, Dave Campbell, came running in full speed to cover the bun instead of the first baseman.
That's one of the few times I've seen that play and it almost didn't work as Gil Hodges smelled it out.
He did a bat and a high pop up behind the play-doh Tommy Hagee's bat.
And a zero as an easy play.
Gil Hodges came so near to pulling that one off.
It was almost as though he anticipated it.
Instead of having Siever front, Siever swung away and hit a ground ball that Colbert lunged after and caught.
It almost went between Colbert and the second baseman Campbell who was racing in toward home plate.
And here's Harrelson has two for two, a single left and a double to right center.
That is now hitting three twenty-five.
And he bluffs it up on and takes outside and a high ball one.
Harrelson leading the Mets in runs scored in total hits.
In three base hits, ground ball smuggled beautifully by Dave Campbell.
Highway robbery to driving Harrelson with his bird straight in.
A diving stop by a second baseman Dave Campbell.
He plays second base and plays it well.
And he scrambled to his feet and threw the first for the odds.
No runs, one hit, no errors and one left.
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San Diego Padres will have the middle of the batting order facing Tom Seaver in the fourth inning.
There's Gaston, Al Carrara and Nate Colbert.
Gaston hitting 313 leads the Padres in total hits with 26.
The Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago Guv's 3-2 with Phil Negril winning his second game. He went the route.
Joe Decker was the loser and Henry Aaron hit his ninth home run.
Gaston taking a high ball one. At the age of 35, Henry Aaron is off to another sensational year.
Now the line up, pitched by Seaver, swing and a miss on a high hard one. One ball, one strike.
Gaston was fouled out on the strikes in the first inning.
We have not seen the strikeout figures in the league in recent days. Last we saw Seaver was leading the league.
A swing and a miss. It's 1-2.
And entering this game tonight, Tom Seaver had 43 strikeouts in 42 innings.
Both Seaver and Nolan Ryan averaging better than nine a game.
Here's the pitch on the way. Kerr with the outside. Two balls and two strikes.
Looks like the Houston Astros will break their eight game losing streak.
They lead the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on the ninth inning in St. Louis.
Larry Dierker pitching for the Astros.
Pitching 2-2. And a drive in the air to right field. Back to Shamsky. He's under it.
And out makes the catch near the warning track.
One out and nobody on.
For the second time tonight in Cincinnati, the game is being held up because of rain.
Cincinnati leading Pittsburgh 6-4 at the end of the seventh.
Willie Starr is doing a grand slam on that game and Johnny Bench is at a free run homer.
Doc Ellis and Wayne Simpson with the starting pitchers. Al McQueen and Clay Carroll are the relief pitchers.
Al Ferrarra is up and the bull takes a hard slider outside ball one.
Ferrarra struck out in the second.
Ferrarra right hand pull hitter. He has good power.
And Siever delivers a half swing.
He held up in time and Siever says, wait a minute. Let's check this one out.
Siever asking the plate umpire, Dick Stelos, when having some problems on the half swing.
Now they check with the first base umpire.
Al Bartlett and it is a strike.
This is the second time in an inning that that's happened.
Umpire frequently has trouble with that half swing. He gets blocked off.
He'll check with his mates at first and third. Swing and a miss.
Montreal got two in the first inning at Dodger Stadium tonight. The Expos lead the Dodgers 2-0.
Arl Sutton pitching for Montreal and Don Sutton for the Dodgers.
The Giants 1 and the Phillies nothing at the end of one. Bunning and Robertson are the pitchers.
Grounder hit hard and fouled on the third base line. No play.
At the age of 38, Jim Bunning is the oldest starting pitcher in the major leagues.
There are relief pitchers a little bit older.
Like old Sarge Hoyt Wilhelm who will be 47 years old in July.
Don McMahon is 40.
Down comes the pitch. Line drive caught by Joe Coy. Coy reaching over his head.
Flags down the whistler.
He watched nobody on. Metsley to nothing.
Now Nate Colbert coming up.
Rick Hall will reach 40 years old before the season is over.
The American League and the state of the Yankees beat Milwaukee 63 and Mel Stoudelmeyer back in that good group won his second.
Propped into the loser and Danny Weldon the surprise of the American League so far this year.
Hit his eighth home run.
One ball and no strikes.
Danny Walton was with Houston.
Late last year when the Astros were in the pinna drive they traded Walton to get Tommy Davis.
Now Walton is off going great guns with Milwaukee.
Low and outside. Two balls and no strikes.
Nate Colbert hitting the 213 but he certainly has been hitting for power.
He has six home runs and 14 runs patted in.
Towering pop foul hoping for a play.
W. Dyer he has to push Stelow out of the way and it will land in the crowd no play.
W. was having trouble getting around the play-off by Dick Stelow.
Dave McNally won his fourth as the Orioles beat Minnesota 93.
They turned back Dave Boswell.
Cesar Tovar and Terry Crowley had home runs.
Crowley the only new face in the championship oriole cast.
He was Oakland 12 and Washington 500 the winner Cox the loser.
Grounder foul.
Red Sox with Ray Culp pitching a six hitter beat California 8 to 3.
Carl Yastrowski had two home runs.
George Scott and Reggie Smith each had one.
Red Sox are having a good homestand.
Now breaking ball just off the corner.
Three balls and a strike to Nate Colbert.
Two outs and nobody on.
Last of the fourth inning and the Mets lead the Padres 2-0.
And the pitch low and outside ball four.
For Don Ciber the second one.
That's about Tom's heart rate.
It's about two a game.
Ari Don Don Brown is having a good.
Brown reached on an infield hit that deep short his first time about.
In Kansas City it's Cleveland 7 Kansas City 5.
They're going to the ninth inning.
And the White Sox suddenly scoring runs.
Lead Detroit 10 to 6 of the eighth inning.
Swinging out a miss.
A knee high fastball and what a cut he had at that.
Two outs and one on.
Olly Brown batting 254 tall rangey right hand hitter.
Looks at a breaking ball low and away one ball and strike.
Let's figure Ali has a power hitter and they play him a couple of steps toward left in the outfield.
Here at San Diego Stadium is three thirty down the lines and three seventy in the power alleys.
And the pitch.
Swinging out a miss and a curve ball.
They will tell you that here at San Diego Stadium that a ball hit.
From the foul line to the marker and listener and right center carries very well.
But a ball hit.
The area straight away center field does not carry that well and has to be hit a ton.
Now the pitch by Seabrook swing and he got him.
Seabrook going with his fastball strikes out Ali Brown.
Or Tom Seabrook strike out number six in four innings.
No runs no hits no errors and one bat.
At the end of four here at San Diego Stadium the New York match two and the San Diego Padres nothing.
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We go to heading number five at San Diego Stadium and Cleon Jones will try and get it going for the New York Mets against Al Santorini.
New York two runs on seven hits no errors.
San Diego no runs one hit and no errors.
Cleon over to tonight has bounced the first and was struck out.
Right hander Santorini delivers off the outside corner ball one.
Everybody traveling with the Mets talking mostly about the pitching on Nolan Ryan of late.
He has certainly been sensational.
Inside Ryan just a three hitter yesterday in San Francisco.
Nolan Ryan has now started three games this year.
He has missed a one hitter, a two hitter and a three hitter.
High fly ball well hit the right field.
Roll back back to Ali Brown near the wall and he's got it.
Right to the wall at the 370 mark in right center.
Number 24 Art Chamsky.
Art has lined out the second and reached on an intentional one.
Mets as the world champion certainly get their share of publicity and coverage not only in the newspapers but in the magazines.
And not only in the sports magazines.
This month for example Mr. Chamsky foul behind third and out of play.
Both Art Chamsky and Tom Siever are featured on the cover of women's fashion magazines.
Art a ball hitter the Padres swing around the right.
Last year Art finished the season hitting an even 300.
Curve is in the dirt out in front of home plate one ball and strike.
We'd like to remind you that the advanced sale window at Shae Stadium will be open tomorrow and Sunday.
For those of you who would like to stop by and make your ticket plans for the address series opening Tuesday night.
The Giants series next weekend at the Montreal series on Monday night and Tuesday afternoon Saturday.
Paul Fowl a slow grounder down toward Yogi.
A friend of Yogi invited him to go fishing while the Mets were out here in California and he was talking to Rube Walker about it.
He said Rube you ever been seasick? Rube said yeah.
Yogi said on water.
One ball to strike.
Yogi is certainly in demand every place the Mets go.
Every time there's a sports luncheon where one of the first guys they try to get to show up as Yogi.
Taking a high two and two.
The public speaking although Yogi handles it very well it's not something he condones to he doesn't look forward to.
The two to delivery to Shamsky look out Art he has to get his knee out of the way it's low inside three and two.
It's all over in St. Louis the Astros bombarding the Cardinals tonight snapped their eight game losing streak.
It was Houston nine St. Louis three Larry Durger a 20 game winner last year won his fourth game against two losses.
Steve Carle didn't the loser.
Lou Brack and Joe Pepitone had home runs.
Foul on a ground ball down the first baseline.
Pepitone is at five so far this year around although Jimmy Wynn does all right.
Normally that Astrodome is not too good a place to hit a home runs nor is St. Louis where they played tonight.
Three to delivery there is a drive in the air to right right out of the brown and he puts it away for the.
The. Jones and the Shamsky have both hit the ball hard to right field and both have been retired.
One of their final score in the American League it was played with seven Kansas City five.
Kansas City led that game five three going to the eighth inning and the Indians came up with four runs in the eighth inning.
Go ahead again picks up the win and relief and Mo Drabowski the loser and relief.
One down has two for two and he's single with a basis loaded in the third driving in the only runs of the game.
The Mets lead to nothing.
I fly ball at the center field.
This one should be easy for Clarence Gaston the center fielder he walks over and has it for the.
No runs no hits no errors and none left on now in the middle of the fifth inning.
The New York Mets to the San Diego Padres nothing.
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The bottom third of the San Diego batting order will hit against Tom Seaver in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
It's Beasley Oh Chris Canisero and Al Santorini.
Ali Brown has the only hit off time that was an infield hit the deep short back in the second.
Just missed the outside corner one ball and no strikes.
Tom has quite a rooting section of the stadium tonight of his old Marine Reserve buddies.
Here's the pitch on the way swing and a miss.
One ball one strike. Seaver pitching better than ever.
He has such command of his pitches and himself.
The one one delivery way off the outside corner two balls of the strike.
Duffy Dyer working behind the plate Jerry Grote is back with the ball glove and in uniform and it's going to be probably several days before you'll be strong enough to play.
Right over the center field back fiddling Tommy Agee he's under and has it for the off.
All is straight away.
One out and nobody on Chris Canisero the expat will be coming out.
The Padres have Chris Canisero and Bob Parton as their backstop.
And as one of the early members of the New York Mets.
He has found a home here in San Diego he represented the Padres in the All-Star Game last year.
Chris the right hand batter is a high five ball a fairly deep left backing up Leon Jones on the edge of the warning track.
He's squeezed in for the second out.
So to ask and nobody on now Al Santorini the Padres pitcher.
Number 23 Padres have an array of impressive young players.
Plus he believes in the general manager has been making moves trying to improve the defense to make the pitching even that much better.
And it's low ball one they are very pleased with the deal they made with the Tigers to get second baseman Dave Campbell.
It's the San Doria ground ball like the short knee high hop taken by Bud Harrelson and the accurate play to Clinton on the side goes down one two three.
No runs no hits no errors and then left at the end of five innings here at San Diego Stadium.
The New York Mets to the San Diego Padres nothing.
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Now here in San Diego the Padre ground crew has been out to manicure the diamond.
The playing field is in excellent condition.
They had their first postponement in San Diego Padre baseball history last night.
Last Monday night the Padres were to play Montreal.
It rained during the day and it was quite cold that night and the game was postponed because of rain, cold and wet grounds.
About a day later the weather started to break and we have beautiful weather for this weekend's series.
It is inning number six in San Diego. Mets leading two-nothing and describe the action for you Ralph Koenner.
OK Bob Murphy and in the fourth period it's the Lakers seventy nine and the Knickerbockers seventy nine.
First pitch to Joe Foy is over the outside corner called strike.
Joe is over two in the ballgame struck out his last time on a curveball.
Al Santorini on the mound for the Padres he has given up two runs allowed seven hits.
Next pitch is in the dirt on by the catcher Canizarro and it's one ball and one strike.
Santorini with an all-time record in the major leagues of nine wins and eighteen losses.
Lifetime against the Mets he is one and one.
He had the only victory for the Padres against the Mets last year in twelve ballgames.
Now the pitch back and Foy hits a ground ball in the hole going over to his left Espisio to grab it.
His first base is backhanded at first base by Nate Covert for the out.
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That brings up Wayne Garrett Wayne is looking for a second and he's one for two in the ballgame.
Wayne at a Texas Ligger in the left center field for his base and he's a left hand batter and a change up his high ball one.
Garrett batting one seventy six and the pitch back the way and there's a breaking ball over called strike one and one.
It's a Mets two of the Padres nothing. Next delivery low and they can't two balls and one strike one man on top of the sixth inning.
First game of a four game series and the next delivery is inside backhanded by Ken Azzaro on the cat goes to three balls and one strike.
Had a chance to chat with Jim Mulvaney the vice president of the San Diego Padres. He was the vice president of the Padres and they were in the Pacific Coast League.
His baseball associations as Andy Frayn usher in Wrigley Field in Chicago.
He's a fastball foul off in the cap three balls and two strikes. The principal owner of the San Diego Padres C. Arnold Smith.
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And a three-two that fits to Garrett, high ball four and Wayne walks.
That's the third walk given up by Al Santorini.
As Garrett goes to first, we'll go out for a station identification.
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The Mets leading two to nothing.
They have a runner at first base and the batter is Duffy Dyer.
And Duffy takes a called strike on a curve ball, strike one.
Duffy walked in the three-two pitches first time up.
He's single off the pitchers bare hand.
Up so he has been on twice.
Dyer batting at two twenty-two.
Right hand batter.
Al Santorini back and the pitchers hit hard to the shortstop.
A good set up for a double play before the second end time on the first double play.
Second double play for the reason of all game is a goal from Steve Huggs to Dave Campbell and Nate Colbert.
And every time is a side.
No runs, no hits, no errors and no one left on.
And in the middle of the sixth inning the New York Mets two, the San Diego Padres, nothing.
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Sixth inning with the Mets leading 2-0.
Tom Sabre has given up only one hit in the ball game.
A single by Ollie Brown that took a slightly bad hop.
But Harrell's had gone in the hole in the backhand and couldn't hold on to the ball.
If the ball had not taken that slight bad hop.
I'm sure Bud could have feel the ball and thrown the man out at first.
For the ball game they were talking about the fact the Pottery's have never been no-hitted.
Is that a word?
And Tom Sabre of course has never pitched a no-hitter.
But he has no chance here tonight.
The first pitch is outside the ball as Dave Campbell takes a fastball.
Dave is 0-2.
Brought an 8-game hitting streak into the ball game.
And right at this point he's batting 2-99.
The 1-0 pitch to the right hand batter has popped up back at home.
Played out of play.
It'll be Dave Campbell, Steve Hunts, and Clarence Gaston.
The top of the batting order for Siever here in the sixth inning.
Tom has struck out 6.
He has walked 2.
Siever with an overall win record of 61 wins.
Next pitch a breaking ball that's low and inside.
Two balls, one strike.
Siever's record in his major league career, 61 wins, 32 losses.
That is quite a ratio of wins over losses.
Now 2-1 the pitch to Campbell's swung on and the count, two balls, two strikes.
Against the Padres, Tom has won three and lost none.
Lifetime.
So three of the 25 wins Siever had last year.
Chocked up against the new entry in the National League, the San Diego Padres.
And a 2-2 the pitch to Campbell hit the center field.
A.G. Holtz now moves back, has a lot of room.
It's 4.20 to center and he makes the catch.
One away in the bottom of the sixth inning and the batter coming up is Steve Hunts.
Steve has no hits and two times up.
He's fighting hole 67 with one hit and 15 times up this year.
The one hit is a hit and a two.
He's up this year. The one hit was a home run.
He hit it in Cincinnati, right-handed, halfway up into the moon seats in Cincinnati in right field.
Now the pitch as he switches and bats left-handed against Tom Siever is inside a ball.
One ball and those strikes. Siever now back into the center and a deep drive to right.
It's going, going and a long, long good-bye.
Steve Hunts puts the Padres within one with his second base into the year and he now has two home runs on two hits for the year.
That brings up Clarence Gaston in the first pitchers high off the glove with the catchers up a dire ball one.
Hunts last year had three home runs playing for the St. Louis Cardinals.
There was no doubt about that one.
One-oh pitch to Gaston swung on and missed one and one.
Clarence has two home runs. He has ten runs batted in and a three-ten average.
Hunts was in 71 ball games for the Cardinals and had three home runs in bat of 194 last year.
The one-one pitch swung on and fouled back to count one and two.
LA leading 91 to 87 against the Nicaraguan Bocchers with three and a half to go.
And the one-two pitch, rounded foul.
Sieber had Gaston fooled and he just did get a piece of the ball and knocked it down foul by home plate.
So the count remains at one ball and two strikes.
One and two.
Sieber beats the Padres with his 19 strikeouts. He beat them two to one.
Next delivery is outside.
Sieber misses just off the plate around the knees two and two.
Al Ferraro had a home run in that ball game.
That's leading two to one. One man out, bottom of the sixth inning.
Next pitch is swung on and missed and Sieber gets his seventh strikeout.
That gives him two men away here in the sixth inning.
And a breeze up by Al Ferraro.
Al was struck out his first time up.
The next time up he was robbed of an extra base hit on a great play by Joel Foy at third on the line drive.
Al Foy, a right hand batter.
Sieber double pumps and the first pitch is a slider outside the ball.
When Sieber struck out the 19 batters against the Padres, he threw 136 pitches.
The one-oh pitch swung on and missed one and one.
Al Foy was struck out in that ball game as the first man of 10 consecutive strikeouts and the last man of the 10.
The one-one pitch. It is on the outside corner called strike two.
The catcher is hit.
Signs go out, Duffy Dyer the catcher and Sieber into the wind up.
And the next pitch a half swing and the Mets are asking what it was.
And Sieber wants the first base umpire to give some help on the play to Dick Settle.
Settle has yet to look the first, now he does and Al Foy said no he did not swing.
So Sieber does not get that one and the count goes to two and two.
Pahara checked just in time.
We've had two strikeouts called by the base umpire.
Next pitch is swung on and fouled back. Pahara with a hard swing and a high fastball.
Now remaining at two balls and two strikes.
Pahara has had two home runs this year and two runs batted in with nine hits.
He's batting two 14.
And Sieber tries again and the pitch to Pahara is swung on and missed and he gets it.
Eighth strikeout for Tom Sieber in the ball game. He retires the side.
In the inning one run and the home run by Steve Hunt.
The only hit, no errors and no one up on base and the score at the end is six.
New York Mets two, the San Diego Padres one.
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We're coming your way from San Diego which has become Guadalupe City.
That's a leading by a score of 2 to 1 as they bat in the top of the seventh.
The first batter is Tom Siever the pitcher Al Saterini and the first pitch is a curveball over at Ball Strike.
In about the last nine years San Diego has changed from a resort country town to a major city.
The 2-1 pitch swung on and missed and the cat at strike two.
And of course one of the implements that they have been very happy about the acquisition of major football and major baseball.
San Diego Chargers playing here along with the San Diego Padres.
The next delivery is outside and the count at one ball and two strikes.
San Diego located just about 125 miles south of Los Angeles.
The next delivery has swung on and this receiver is struck out.
And Arede getting his fourth strike out of the ballgame.
And with one man away Tommy Agee comes up.
Number 20 Tommy Agee.
Tommy has a base hit and three times up and a run score.
The base hit kept his hitting streak going.
He now has hit in 12 consecutive games.
The med record is 18 set by Frank Thomas.
Tommy last year along with Leon Jones had an 11 consecutive games.
Longer streak for the Mets last year.
And the first pitch is hit foul over into the stands out of play.
Agee with his 12 game streak batting now at 230 with two home runs and four runs batted in.
Mets two runs, seven hits, no errors.
The Padres one run, two hits and no errors.
One man out top of the seventh inning.
And now the right hander is one strike delivery a change up in the dirt.
He goes on by Canazaro the catcher one and one.
Santorini is one and three this year.
He has always pitched well against the Mets and the next pitch is grounded foul.
Count goes one and two.
Al is in Union, New Jersey.
6'1", 185 pounds.
He has a birthday this month.
Making 22.
Here's the next delivery and the fastball is under the chin of Agee.
Backs him away, it's two and two.
And the right hander checks out the signs and the next pitch.
It is low on the full count, three and two.
On deck batter Bud Harrelson for the Mets.
The three-two pitch to Agee.
Swung on and missed.
Santorini has struck out two in a row as fourth and fifth in the ballgame.
And that brings up Bud Harrelson.
Bud has singled and doubled and was robbed of a base hit by a fine play by Dave Campbell in his three trips to the plate.
Bud now is hit in 18 of the 20 games he has played in.
He has played in every game for the Mets, the only player to do so.
And he's batting 321.
And they shift the outfield on him.
First pitch is outside of ball.
Boudreau's had been playing him as the other teams all did last year.
Shifting way over as though he were a right hand batter against a right hand pitcher.
Now they have shifted the outfield straight away.
He crossed him up three times his first three times up.
And the next pitch is in for a foul strike.
It's one and one.
Center fielder is straight away.
Left fielder a shade toward the line but almost straight away.
Next pitch is popped up out towards second base.
Dave Campbell the second baseman coming in.
Also there is Spezio.
Spezio makes a catch as Campbell runs into him.
But Spezio holds onto the ball on the side as retired in order.
And the score in the middle of the seventh inning.
The New York Mets 2.
The San Diego Padres 1.
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Number 17,
It's the bottom of the seventh inning.
The Mets leading 2-1, and the Padres have their big home run hitter coming up,
the lead off against Tom Siever.
Siever has held the Padres with two hits,
an armless single and a not-so-armless home run.
The single was off the glove of Bud Halston.
The home run was by Steve Hunt, so it went into the right field.
Bleacher.
And the first pitch to Colbert is fouled back into the stands, and a play.
Colbert has had six home runs this year, and he has driven in 14.
Against Tom Siever, he has fought out the left field and walked.
Right hand batter.
He'll be followed by Ollie Brown and Ed Spizio.
And Siever into the windup and the one-strike delivery.
A check swing that fits just off the plate.
Siever missing with a slider.
One ball, one strike.
Dave Roberts is warming up in the bullpen now for the Padres, the left-hander.
Next pitch is ball two, and it's two and one.
Left-hander Dave Roberts.
Two-one delivery.
It is outside, ball three, and Siever falls behind three and one.
Colbert is batting in the fifth batting...
Army position.
The next delivery is popped up, and it looks like it could be a chance for Duffy Dyer as he comes back into foul territory.
He is under the wall, and he makes the catch.
So Siever getting the three-one pitch in and picking up an out.
Now Ollie Brown coming in.
Ollie got the first hit of the ball game off Siever when he hit one deep in the hole at shortstop.
Second time up, he was struck out.
Ollie Brown led the Padres in the major hitting departments last year.
He was acquired from San Francisco.
He had 20 home runs, 61 runs batted in, and batted 264 last year for the Padres.
And the right-hand batter was almost hit by the pitch as he backed out of the way.
It's ball one.
And it's indicated the ball hit the bat, so it's strike one.
Home plate umpire Dick Sello making the sign that it was a foul chip.
That pitch was way inside and high.
Next pitch is high and outside.
Scoreboard has a count at two balls and no strikes.
We'll check for sure and see if it's that or one and one.
Sello has not given the indicating signs with his hands.
Next pitch is fouled back and ball goes out of play.
Brown a big strong right-hand hitter.
Next delivery is in there and it's a strike call.
And evidently the scoreboard was right.
So they counted two balls and two strikes.
Two balls, two strikes.
Siever back.
And a high fly ball to deep left field.
Klon Jones on the warning track.
He has room and he makes the catch right in the left corner of the playing field.
Long high fly and Siever gets his second out here in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Met bleeding by one and it brings up Ed Spizio.
Ed has walked in line to center field batting at 2-12 with one home run and three runs batted in.
Right hand batter.
Spizio had 13 home runs for the Padres last year.
And he takes a slider over the outside corner, a call strike.
Siever back and one strike pitch is popped out in the right center field.
It'll be a base hit.
Ed Spizio over the field a ball.
Gathers it in and Spizio stays at first.
Looping line drive toward right center field and the Padres have their third into the ballgame.
And they also have the time run at first base with the catcher Chris Canazaro coming up.
That's about hit the Padres 7-3 as they lead 2-1.
Canazaro is 0-2 in this game.
Canazaro has a 2-45 average.
He has no home runs.
Has driven in six.
He has been struck out and he has swung out the left.
And Siever working from the set position.
The first pitch.
Low for ball.
99-99.
The Lakers and the Knickelbockers starting in the overtime period.
And the next delivery.
Line to left field.
Point over three on Jones to head it off.
He feels the ball.
Spizio goes to second base, makes a big turn and holds there.
Canazaro keeps it going.
And we're going to have a pinch runner for him.
Ron Slotcom has gone in.
And we're also going to have a pinch hitter for the pitcher, Al Santorini.
It is Ramon Webster batting for the pitcher, Al Santorini.
So Siever for the first time in the ball game.
With consecutive hits against him.
Back to back singles with two men out.
The ball was well hit by Chris Canazaro.
Leon had to get over in a hurry near the foul line to keep it from going on through.
Now a conference at the mound and Rube Walker talking with Tom Siever, Duffy Dyer.
Shortstop Bud Harrelson and the first baseman Don Fendena.
12-1, Walker.
So the time run is at second base.
Go ahead right at first with two men out in the bottom of the seventh inning.
And Rube Walker, the pitching coach, now back to the bench.
Daniel Webster has been up 15 times with three hits.
One of them an extra base hit, a double.
He has driven in one run.
He's a left hand batter.
Oh the crowd here at the last 20,000.
Trying to keep the rally going for the San Diego Padres as a match battled the Padres for the first time in Southern California.
In New York they split one and one with them in the two games they played there.
Siever sets.
And the pitch to Webster.
Foul back against the screen, strike one.
Ramon Webster batting for the pitcher Al Santorini.
Now Siever sets, checks at second base, comes back to the plate.
The ball is away from Dyer and Fisio did not see it immediately and could not move up.
Dyer momentarily could not find it.
It rolled about 20 feet away, maybe 30.
And Fisio breaking back toward second, took himself out of a chance to move on over.
Cal Coons is now loosening up for the Mets in their bullpen.
Siever set to go.
Lay on at second and Bud Harrelson takes the throw, puts the tag on, but it's not in time.
Fisio just barely got back in.
Quick play put on by the roomies Tom Siever and Bud Harrelson.
Siever last year picked out one of the great baserunners and a very crucial point.
Picked out Hank Aaron.
Helped him win a ball game.
One ball, one strike.
Siever to the plate.
And the pitch again is bowed back against the screen and Siever with a counted one and two.
One ball, two strikes, Duffy Dyer goes out to talk with Tom about his sequence of pitching now.
After getting two men out, Ed Fisio single the right center.
He moved down to second on a line drive single by Chris Cannazero.
Ron Slocum went in the run for Chris and with the pitcher coming up, Daniel Webster was put up to pinch hit.
Good savory, Martin Webster getting my literature mixed up.
Now Siever in the set position.
And the one-two pitch popped out to third base and Joe Foy has an easy chance.
He makes the catch and foul territory and Siever pitches out of the jam.
In the inning, no runs, two hits, no errors, two men left on.
And the score at the end of seven, the New York Mets two, San Diego Padres one.
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They brought the relief pitcher into the pitching area and a dooms buggy.
And I can think of a lot of people, Lindsay Nelson, that would call that a dooms-buddy.
Yeah, not only that, it's tiger striped. It'll get your attention.
Dave Roberts is coming to do the pitching now and we'll have a new catcher who is down in Greigalia right now and it's going to be Slocum, I believe.
It'll be Slocum who appeared as a pitch runner. So Ron Slocum bats number 8 in the order, keeping a scorecard.
Number 12, Ron Slocum.
And Dave Roberts is the pitcher batting number 9.
Roberts is making his eighth appearance of this season. He had one start.
He has a record of one win and two losses. He appeared against the Mets at Chase Stadium on April 22nd in relief for one inning.
He allowed no runs, no hits. That was the game won by Tom Siebert, 2-1, when he struck out the 19 batters.
The lone start for Roberts was at Houston. He was the loser 4-1. He worked the first six innings, gave us two runs on five hits.
The Mets are up on the top of the eighth. Cleon Jones has gone 0-3.
Dave Roberts is a left-hand pitcher. And here is ball one high.
Ron Swabota has moved out on deck to bat for Art Shamsky in a Gil Hodges righty-lefty move.
1-0 now to Cleon Jones. Swung on and fouled off. It's 0-2.
Jones measures the stance. There's nobody on. There's nobody out. Jones leading off here in the eighth.
Here's a pitch low. So it's 2-1. Al Santorini, pitch seven innings, gave up two runs on seven hits.
He struck out five and walked three, one of them intentionally.
This pitch is low.
Roberts kicks at the rubber a couple of times. Outfield is shaded around the left against Cleon Jones.
Now the pitch. Swung on and missed. It's out full at 3-2 down at Cleon.
Roberts takes the sign from Ron Slocum for the payoff pitch.
Still getting it and Jones steps out at the plate.
Gets a handful of dirt. Cleon's average for the season is down to 2-31.
Payoff pitch. It in the air to center field and Clarence Johnson ranges back but has it lined up and makes the catch.
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This is Lindsey Nelson with Ralph Cannon and Bob Murphy in San Diego, California where Ron Swaboda is batting for Ari Chamsky.
One man out, nobody on base. The Mets are leading the Padres by a score of 2-1.
And the pitch is low for ball.
From Dunn and it is on deck. Gil Hodge simply went to his right hand batter when the Padres switched to a left hand pitcher.
It's low for ball.
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Two-hole delivery hit on the ground for a second. Dave Campbell up, lays it to first in time and Swaboda is out.
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Don Klandunen is 2 for 3. He's driven in two runs. He has batted in 13 runs to lead the Mets in that department this season.
Breaking pitch is low for a ball.
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Here's a swing and a ground ball that is cut off at third by Especio. First to first in time to get one down.
A fancy fielding play by third baseman Especio who dashed to his left to cut off a ball that was headed for the hole between Short and Curve.
It's no runs, no hits, no errors, man left. In the middle of the eighth inning the score is the Mets 2 and the San Diego Padres 1.
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In the bottom of the eighth now, the Padres are up and it's Dave Campbell, the leadoff man. Seabreech Fitch is low for a ball.
There's action continuing in the Med Bowl pen with Cal Coots continuing to throw down there.
Seabreech has struck out eight and walked two and allowing one run on four hits. Here's a swing and a foul ball.
Dave Campbell came into this game with an eight game hitting streak. He has gone 0 for 3, struck out, fly to center, fly to center.
Seabreech trying to protect now a one run lead through these last two innings.
1-1 delivery, swung on, hit on the ground foul, back up 30, built a 1 and 2. The Cincinnati Reds have defeated the Pittsburgh Parrots by a score of 6 to 4.
Simpson gets the win. Wayne Simpson has won four and he's lost one. Douglas takes the loss, he's two and one. Willie Stargell had a grand slam home on the fourth of his career.
They're at home over here and Johnny Bench had a three run homer for Cincinnati. That's number six for Johnny Bench. Here's a one-two pitch to Campbell.
Foul back and out of play. So there's a little more on the line here now in this ballgame than there was.
If the New York Mets can win it, they'll be in a second place tie in the Eastern Division with the Pittsburgh Parrots.
Two and a half games back of the division leading Cubs. Here's a pitch outside for a ball. So it's 2-2.
In an overtime, the Los Angeles Lakers have defeated the New York Knickerbockers 121 to 115. That is a final score.
The Lakers have won it. There's a swing and a foul ball back and out of play. Count holds at 2-2.
And so that best of seven series now is deadlocked at two games each between the Lakers and the New York Knickerbockers for the NBA Championship.
2-2 delivery and it's high. Sievers gone full now at 3-2.
The leadoff batter here in the bottom of the eighth.
Steve Hunt is on deck. He's the fellow who hit the home run in the bottom half of the sixth inning.
This is a big playoff pitch. Put it on and they'll shut him out.
Sievers gets strikeout number nine. Has he got Campbell swinging? Steve Hunt is coming up.
Foul out, struck out and Homer is into the right field seat.
In Atlanta tonight, the Braves beat the Chicago Sub 3-2.
So Nitro got the win. Joe Decker took the loss. Henry Aaron had his ninth home of the year.
The 563rd of his career, Joe Decker had one and Billy Williams had one for Chicago.
Pitch is inside the hunt.
Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3, snapped their losing streak at eight losses.
They did it on the rug. They got back on astroturf in St. Louis and managed to snap their losing streak.
Here's the pitch high. 2-0 now to Hunt.
Decker got the win for Houston. Steve Felton took the loss for the Cardinals.
Lou Brock had a Cardinal homer and Joe Capitone had a Houston homer. That's number five for Pepe.
2-0 pitch to Hunt. Get on the ground to deep first base.
Second back run and waves off Sievers. Jogs to the bag to make the play unassisted.
Two men are out.
Fierce Gaston's coming up. He's gone 0-3. He brought a four game hitting speed.
Two homers, 10 runs batted in.
And the Reds beat the Pirates 64, Simpson over Ellis.
In the middle of the fourth inning up at Dodger Stadium, it's the Montreal Expos 2 and the Los Angeles Dodgers 1.
Carl Morton against Dom Sutton.
Sievers took a little walk to the infield grass. Now he's ready to work to the right hand batter and he deals it in for a call strike.
Here are the pay attendance figures here tonight in San Diego. 18,176.
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Just playing a miss.
Such a fine turnout here in San Diego.
Two strike count.
Jogs Gaston with two men out and nobody on base.
Sievers pitch outside for a ball.
At the end of four innings of play, the San Francisco Giants 3 and the Philadelphia Phillies 1.
Jim Bunning against Rich Robertson, Bobby Vonn. It is fifth home of the year in the second with one on for the Giants.
Here's a 1-2 pitch.
Little low, goes 2-2.
And the 2-2 delivery. Swung on and fouled up. Count holds 2-2.
At Yankee Stadium tonight, the Yanks defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3. Mel Stadelmeyer got his second win.
Gene Robindert took the loss and Danny Walton hit his eighth homer of the season and he ate with one off.
The Memorials beat the Minnesota Twins 9-3. Dave McNally over Dave Boswell.
Cesar Tovar and Terry Crowley at homers.
There's a swing and a high pop toward second base.
Couple of steps off the back, Harrelson is waiting and Bud Harrelson makes the catch.
So, Sievers retires the side in order.
In the eighth inning, no runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
And at the end of eight full innings of play, the score is the Mets 2 and the Padres 1.
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The Oakland A's defeated the Washington Senators tonight, 12-5.
It was Catfish Hunter over Casey Cox, almost by Green, Rodriguez and Lee May.
The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cal Angels 8-3, Ray Culp over Tom Murphy, Carl Jaspensky had two homers, George Scott had one, Reggie Smith had one.
Joe Foy is up for the Mets now in the top half of the ninth inning, facing left-hander Dave Roberts, his pitch high and away for a ball.
Foy was one of the heroes of the Met victory yesterday when he had three bases. He's gone 0-3 here tonight.
1-0 delivery, and it's time for a ball, 2-0.
The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-5, as Phil Henningen got the win and relieved his first.
Mo Drabosky took the loss and relieved Lou Pennella, had a homer in the first inning for Kansas City, his fourth of this season.
Pitch to Foy, and it's in there for a call strike, 2-1. Breaking pitch.
The Chicago Heights Sox, swamped the Detroit Tigers 13-6. Joel Harlan got the win, he's 3-2.
Les Kane took the loss, Al Kalon headed Detroit, a whole Bobby Knapp had one for Chicago.
Here's a three-run homer. Here's a swing and a ground ball dribble towards period, charged by Stesio.
He plays on in time to get to your point.
The swinging roller down towards third. One moment of indecision as to who would take it, Roberts or Stesio.
The third baseman took it and made the play.
Wayne Garrett's up. Wayne's one for two and a walk. Kenny Barswell away on military reserve duty.
Garrett's playing second base here tonight.
Ron Herball is throwing in the bullpen for the Padres, he's the former giant.
Roberts pitch is high.
A chant of Lesko Mets from a group down in the stands here.
This pitch is in for a call strike.
The Mets are leading here by a score of 2-1.
And they're batting in the top half of the ninth inning with one man out and nobody on base.
Here's a three-run homer.
Here's a swing and a ground ball dribble towards period.
The third baseman took it and made the play.
Wayne Garrett's up.
The third baseman took it and made the play.
And the man on base is a four-man, three-run homer.
The Mets are leading here by a score of 2-1.
And they're batting in the top half of the ninth inning with one man out and nobody on base.
Here's a swing and a fly ball down the right field line.
Olly Brown taking over across the line down toward the Mets bullpen and it's out of play.
That brings Wayne Garrett back to the plate.
In the bottom half of the ninth inning, the San Diego Padres will be sending up Al Ferrara, Nate Cobart, and Olly Brown.
Three potentially long knockers.
They'll be dives on deck.
Here's the pitch to Garrett.
Swung on and they're striking up.
So Roberts gets the strike up and as a fact, Roberts is coming on in the eighth inning as retired five consecutive Mets.
Duffy Dyer is coming up now. He's one for two and a walk.
Jerry Grote has rejoined the Mets having been hospitalized in Los Angeles since the first day of this trip.
But Grote is not yet in shape for duty.
Duffy Dyer has been handling all the catching on this road trip.
This is in for a call strike.
The Mets will be at Chase Stadium in New York on Tuesday night against the Dodgers.
That's low for a ball. It's one and one.
The Dodgers will be in New York for three consecutive night games and they're followed in by the Giants.
They'll open up a series on Friday night. That's a weekend set.
One on one pitch. Swung on. It in the air to center field and Clarence Gaston goes back.
But there's a lot of room out there and he makes the catch near the edge of the warning track.
The ball is at more than 400 feet. It's 420 to the wall out there.
The shot's out in order. No runs, no hits, no overs, no left.
And in the middle of the ninth inning, the score is the Mets 2 the Padres 1.
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In San Diego, California, it's the bottom half of the ninth inning.
The New York Mets are leading the Padres by a score of 2-1.
Tom Sievers on the mound for the Mets.
A round one run, a homer by Steve Hunt on only four hits.
He has struck out nine and walked two.
Al Ferraro is up and here's the pitch.
Mrs. Lohan away and it's ball one.
Action continuing in the bullpen for the New York Mets.
Nate Colbert is on deck.
It's Cal Cooch throwing down there.
Swing the foul ball back over the screen into the stands behind home plate.
And it's one and one.
Ferraro has struck out, lined the third and struck out here tonight.
His average for the season is 2-0-9.
Sievers takes the sign from Duffy Dyer and here is the 1-1 pitch.
Outside for the ball. It's 2-1.
Ferraro taking a little walk around.
Now coming back into the batter's box and Sievers ready to work.
The pitch is on the way and it's foul back out of play.
Two balls, two strikes to Al Ferraro.
Unfired excello moves around to brush off the plate.
Ferraro still outside the batter's box.
Sievers ready whenever Ferraro is.
He's back in and waiting now and here is Sievers' pitch.
2-2 on the way.
Little high. The count runs full at 3-2.
So when you have a one-run lead, the thing you do not want to do is put the leadoff batter on.
Sievers faced with the prospect of a 3-2 pitch here.
The playoff pitch.
He walked in high and tight.
That is the third walk issued in this game.
We're going to get a pitch runner coming in here now.
Jose Arcea is going to run for Ferraro.
Arcea will run for Ferraro. That is the potential tying run.
Nate Cobart coming up.
Nate Cobart has tried to left walk and found out to the catcher.
He's had six home runs and that's her leading 2-1.
Playing and a miss. That's strike one.
Waiting on deck is Ali Brown. There is nobody out.
Cobart takes a look down to Seinman. Bob Skinner at third.
Lindon and Holes against the runner. Jose Arcea at first base.
Sievers off the stretch and here's the pitch.
It's hung on and missed. Strike two to Cobart.
That's got two runs in the third inning.
The Padres got one in the sixth and that's all the scoring we've had.
Two strike delivery.
The miss is outside.
It goes to one ball and two strikes. The right hand batting Nate Cobart batting number five.
And the San Diego batting order.
Sievers checks the runner over his left shoulder.
Arcea is taking the lead. One two pitch.
Hung on and missed. Strike out number ten for Tom Sievers.
Well, Lindsay, I can just hear the technical analyzers of baseball saying when you're the home team in the bottom of the ninth inning you play to tie and how come they didn't sacrifice in that spot?
Well, that's what the foot says. That's true.
I'm sure what the Padres had in mind was they had a fellow up there who had had six home runs and they were hoping he could get a hold of one and win a ballgame for them in the bottom half of the ninth inning.
Olly Brown is up now. He's had an infield hit, struck out and fly to left.
It misses the outside corner and it's ball one to Brown. Just one man up.
Some of the big differences with ball clubs is the fact that in this case they don't have the kind of a ball club to sustain singles in order.
And I'm sure that's what Preston Gomez was thinking about. He had his big home run hitter up there and he was hoping he could come through.
The pitcher on the ground is short. Could be a game ending double play. It has won for the first pitch out over. A double play from Harrison to Wayne Jarrett to Don Glenn Bennett.
It was a high hopping ground ball. Taylor May for a double play to shortstop but Harrison and the New York Mets have their victory.
Tom Seaver has his fifth victory. He's one of the other five game winners in the majors.
And that's Jim Merritt of the Cincinnati Reds. The New York Mets are tied for second place in the Eastern Division of the National League tied with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Two and one half games behind the division leading Chicago Cubs.
In the ninth inning. No runs, no hits, no as a walk and none left.
We'll be back in a moment with a final summary in totals. Right now the final score of the game is the Mets 2 and the Padres 1.
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The New York Mets have won the first game of this four game series from the San Diego Padres by a score of 2 to 1.
To tell you something of how they did it, here's Ralph Kiner.
Well they say that Southern California and especially the San Diego area is a nice place to visit and for the New York Mets it has been over the last two years.
They have yet to lose a ballgame here having won six out of six and now having won one out of one in the 1970 season.
It wasn't easy. The Padres gave a real battle and the Mets were shut out from the fourth inning on without a base hit.
In fact they did not leave a man on base after the fourth inning.
So in the ballgame the Mets got their two runs in the third.
Bit of strategy in the ballgame and it did not work for the San Diego Padres.
Leading off the start of the inning was Tommy Agee and he singled to center field to extend his hitting streak to 12 consecutive ballgames.
Bud Harrelson then doubled against an over-shifted outfield.
An outfield shifted toward the way they played last year in 1969 and the double went in the right center field and that put Tommy Agee at third.
Mets with runners at second and third and no one out.
Leon Jones was struck out but then Art Shamsky was won figuring that Shamsky a left hand batter against the right hand starting pitcher Al Santorini would be a bigger risk than in pitching to the right hand batter Don Clendenin who followed.
Don has been the hottest hitter for the Mets over the past few ballgames and he came through with a single to center field to drive in the two runs that the Mets had in the ballgame.
Padres didn't do much with Tom Siever they got a infield base hit in the second the only one through the first five innings but in the sixth inning with one away Steve Hunt got his second home run of the season.
It was his second base hit of the season and the home run was the right field to make it a 2-1 ballgame.
Siever struggled through the seventh inning.
He gave up two singles with two men out but then got pinch hitter Raymond Webster to foul out.
In the eighth inning he worked one two three and then in the ninth inning he put the time run on.
That was Al Farrar who walked in the three two pitch.
Nate Colbert did not bunt and he was struck out and then Olly Brown hit into a double play and the Mets won the ballgame by a score of two to one.
We'll be back with more about the Mets in just one moment.
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